The Express. — London, England, 1867-01-26 00:00:00

• No. 6,31 , 9. ) CIWOPFNCE YILOM LI vIOI.:Nn.L OR QUYANSTOWN 10 I.W W ILA A WAAL. TILE LlVElti'Oul., NEW YORK, and LAY.i.AIIIP COMPANY Mend tio, notching ti.;ll' I u 11.1.14 ered I),ltt•ballt Iron Screw Stisus-ShlPs. ,or)ia.: the int...l styli. mail% Pli3l LI V Iv ad. In, NIP/ YORK: I 1 1 e:t1.11%1,.!!!. JAW SO. ...• sanintiy. Veh. 4 :II 4.1•• %, 1...i1l roN. O. eery eud &AVIV"). Cain p114514,Al by the 111411 reamers sailing every Wednesday, V% and yI raineva. ackvavtlng to the ACCollllllodati,ll. /forward pasange includea a lull sopply d conked provisions. passetwers 1.4 r C 311.111 all, the United Staten booked throd4ii ors very ivlrsiitnce.na r ; rther particulars appe WILLIAM INMAN, 22.. Water street, Liverpool; &Amite treilgO and blAcKl'. bl. king Wolltra34trert. London. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, Highi Holborn.—This rei7 elsnant and spaokan establishment haring two antirel) redecorm,l, OPLN EVIAY ENINU. The trald band. waducted M. M. Packel,l4llportorin olghtl a choke selectioa of operatic sad dance mode. Open at past : close at it. Admission. Is. of the smuggler'; and be appeared to consider that the system of search should be treated in the same way as had been done with the passport system, and he added, "what is there left to smuggle!" It is obvious that is France the larger number of customs duties, and the fact of the octant makes many difficulties ; but M. You'd was not afraid to encounter thew, and the new Finance Minister mid n I doubt be actuated by equally enlightened views, the policy of the Emperor ever having been to remove every barrier which tended in any way to obstruct the freest intercommunication between the great peoples of France and England. I have since being in Paris bad a note from the American Minister stating that in view of the large number of American tourists that were expected To pay France a visit du the cowing summer, be had urged total abolition of the baggage search strongly M. Fould, and he thought the minister quite to "-operate with England. The matter is there fore now ear, in your hands, and as we have reason to believe that the government of France will make no difficulty, we ask you to assure us that if that government will suspend the odious practioe of search during the period of the exhibi tion, you will do the same.. . _ . K INAHA N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1885. /his celebrated old 110414 IIIbICY gained the DUBLIN PRIZE lIIKUAL —lt Is pure, mild, mallow, Millstone, and very wholesome. Sold in bottles, 9e. ed. each, at the retail houses to bspion; by the agents lu the principal towns In Inland; or wholewde at 8, Oren/ Windmillsutet, London, W. Obeerve ha red seal, pink label, and cork branded ''Xinshan's LL Whisky BARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, a new Invention, so admirably contrived that a full butt, as well so smaller casks. may be raised or Medi on it without labour or trouble. Its action k so impalpable that the sediment of the most limpid fluid by no poembdity can he disturbed. Priors 9a., 13., 14a, to suit 44, 9, ausl In gallon caste. R ARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP. No vent-peg required. No more Oat beer or soar wine. Prloe 45. 6d.: dftt.o. electroplated. 9s.—Apply direct to JAMES BARLOW, patentee, 14, \lug illiametrost, Illanakombosum. See that Ma name and addresa are on every article: all others are spurious imitation& Engravings gratin Established 1130. VUNA RD LINE.—BRITISH and NORTH 11C1 OVAL lIAII, srEAm SHIPS, appointol by thr :o LI% LICYIaIL anal NEW YORK, sal beta, o LIVER VI t 4 LAI:47IIN, the lioaton ships calling at 141“:“ b , IRIS.' WM and mails. The fol• ..r api.inted to sail Irmo lAverpool, lain,. 4, 0.1 k t.. n.rilie 'oak .‘ •I h.tl..tai N. ;or t.tl %MCA. Naurday, Jan. N. i 111 N.t. -atili,LAy Feb. .1. •.I.'V t. N , aturday, Feb. 9. Takla, .11.1 ...1, for Nastan and Havana:lh, to tra,ferord at New t ort -.abject to the pertn6l4.ll of the I mitt .totes :inthorne , "la bo.aal the It.M.a.a.for.-[ca. basaa_te.notney, toddling •teaar.fs lee and protiabeta but without nine* or liquota:—To 11.difax and Boston, chief cabin, e. 20: so:aol 1 - t, Nen book, t hid cabin. xol V.,011.1 calalu. 1:•2 ; %11,1) . I: thoadatreet, Lourbuc J. It nark. fll•i 12. al . e de In lantrae. Paris: G. and J. BUMS. 30..I.anc..A•tron . t. D. aunt C. Mat.i vvr, 44t1.111.21- SOWO : or D. and C. Intel ter, a, Wateratreet, IdrerpouL her:NORMALL LAVRIE,the chairman of the Brighton Railway Company, and interested in the conveyan c e of pa/mangers to and from Paris rid the Newhaven route, mid that he oordially concurred in all that had fallen front Mr. Watkin._ PEA is CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25., 11 Zs cal. per pound are the prices at which PHILLIP?! and Co., tea merchants. S King %Vllihinietreet, City, Loudon, E.C., aro selling good and line BLACK TEA. A price current post tree. Ms. worth carriage free to any railway station or market town la the Culled Kingdom Ohierre.-111 I 1.L11.4 and Co. bare no agents, nor any connection with any house In Wormier is Swan we. Sugars are supplied at market prices. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—GentIemen, I need hardly enure you that her Majesty's government are deeply interested in the success of the Paris Exhibition, and the facilities which our fellow-subjects should enjoy in visiting it. The government itself is per sonally interested in the Exhibition, because at their instigation and by their advice a large amount of money has been appropriated for the purpose of exhibiting the products of tun country ; and, therefore, we are extremely desirous that everybody should have as free access as possible, in order to avail themselves of every opportunity of visiting that capital. Therefore, I can assure you that nothing would be more agreeable to us than to grant any request which has that object in view. With regard to the particular purport of this memorial, I may say that the arguments of my friend, Mr. Watkin, rather go against search abstractedly than against search under the circum stances to which we are referring,vie., the Great Exhibition in Paris ; because Mr. Watkin says that to search a man is an insult, and he followed up his arpiments in that vein. I tannin prepared to enter into any dununienonthat subject now. It may or may not be an insult tonna travellers, but unfortunately, so long as our present system of revenue exists, to • certain extent it must prevail. Mr.Watkin says these arguments have been already addressed to a gentleman high in the public service, and also in the presence of Sir Thomas Fremantle, who is the intelligent chief of our customs department. I can only say that if they were ad dressed to that functionary in his presence they did not con vert him, because, although I have not communicated with the functionary to whom Mr. Watkin particularly refers, I have had frequent communications with Sir Thoman Fre mantle, a man distinguished for his good sense, and wry superior to any contracted views of public administration, and be is not at all satisfied that there will not be con siderable danger to the public revenue in case this indul gence, or suspension, or regulation should be conceded. I think you will agree that the responsibility et my position is so great, that you cannot expect me hurriedly, or with out due consideration, to agree to anything which may lead to ill consequences to so important • branch of the revenue. But Mr. Watkin has also made frequent allu sions to the tone of the French government. lam bound to say that I have received no coniniunication from the French government on this subject. I have been expect .Mg to receive it. I have even, without making any formal appeal, given opportunity for such a usatufeatation of feeling, but none has reached me. Therefore, until I hear something from the French government of a more authori tative character than that which has already reached rue, I cannot allow my mind to be influenced by expressions which you must agree are not of sufficient gravity and business-like character to decide a point of this kind. I am quite open to be persuaded, if you can persuade me, to do an act which I am sure would be very agreeable to our countrymen generally ; but I cannot do so unless I am satisfied that no injury would result to the public re venue. But I would ask, in the meantime, is there any insuperable difficulty to the examination of the baggage during the journey ? Mr. WATKIR—It seems to me, I confess, perfectly im possible ; but, at the same time, there is no reason why we should not consider the suggestion. We are willing to do anything that is desirable so far as we are concerned ; but, in truth, we have arrived at the simple question, which is, is it the fact or not the fact, that there is now no inducement to smuggle between Paris and London. liehody can go to Paris sad buy anythiag cheaper than he can obtain it in London. Therefore we respectfully ask your sanction to the concession prayed for in the memorial —a concession which bad its parallel when the Emperor abolished the passport system between the two countries. The CHANCELLOR of the Exelinsert—Gentlemen, I can only say again that the argument of Mr. Watkin is an argument against search generally. It is for the total ' abolition of search. I have heard all that Mr. Watkiu has urged, and I think it would be inexpedient to enter into a controversy on the subject. I remember exactly what Mr. Watkin has urged, and it shall be represented to those who are particularly responsible for this department, and if they see no objection you may be assured that I shall he happy to give ,ou the relief you ask. The deputation, having thanked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his courtesy, then withdrew. - WO IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping • Comomies, and Consignees of Foreign Goods, by steamers or othcnitse into the Pori of Lem:ma—The peietors of I. ter [rote Wharf, Batildt. mud Loper Free Trade Wharf, Doe phi bock, rimer TheoeortnaL, OFFER VACILITIIS to the abort. Further Information may be obtained on application, by letter or in person, to IL CLAY and Co., wbarantals and win b.,ue k. open; —.Mem. *3. Upper lrbamarstrast. A VALUABLE NEW TEAR'S GIFT. - A ell IN fSE CA 0 Ur, oinitalulng Ildba. of really good BLACK TEA, pent canine free to any mangy station or maztet town In England. Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of Oa, by Pllll, Lira and Co.. tea inerelmits, 8, King Wlolam•abeet, City, K.C. -4 6. - i i 1 FLOW COLD IT HAS BEEN.-NEORETTI and ZAtlllltkn celebrated THERMOIKETUIS will enr rectly revisit& the ',west Imperative, Pelee 3. Id. 1. flatten garden ; 69 : Corahin : Regent-street; and 124, Fleetetreet. How to use the Jessie Lantern. and obtain the beet Weal. illustrated. lc MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.-NEW 00KA.—All the but Booke of the Ammon are iu circu lation at Nlttallv'n Select Library, and may be bad In susees+im by every sulawriber of One Guinea per annum, end by all Ant clam Country suleerlhcrs.- Lista of Books lately added to the Library. and Catalogues of Stuplua Copies withdrawn for sale, at greatly reduced prices. will be forwarded postage free on application.-11 FOIE'S SELFAT LIBRARY. New ustonl•stroet Miss Glyn's reading of Hamlet at the St. James's-ball last night attracted ore of those attentive and critical audiences which are rarely seen except at thew entertainments or others of a kindred character. Though not • scene could have been unfamiliar to those present, yet many followed, book in band, the words uttered by the reader, as though resolved that not a line of her inter pretation should escape them. At times, of course, the open volume was put aside, as, for instance, when any of the famous soliloquies were being delivered, or when passages of unusual power enforced an undivided attention, and compelled every eye tote directed towards the platform. On Friday next, February I, Miss Glyn is announced to repeat, by desire, her famous reading of A rdony and Cleopatra. APPEAL ON BEHALF OF 117 DESTITUTE ORPHANS. —The following contributions have been received for the Albert Orphan Asylum :—Miss J. 1.. Hope Johnstone, N. ss. ; Mrs. Fitzpatrick, ; Sir Thomas Dyer team), Is, ;• 2. a. 101. 10s. ; . Mrs. Charuley, 10s. Gd. • Miss R. R. Rel i g ht3° 0 101 0. .;. ; Mr. Walter Cave M. ; I. LL .' Mr. H. Darriten, 1./. Is. ; Mrs. Mules, Is. ; H. G., Is. Gd. ; R. W.. 6d.• Mr. A. G. Sandeman, ; Mr. E. H. Saderson, 5!. .ss. ; Mr. F. Rodewald, 5/. ; Miss M. Weston, Is. ; Mr. E. D. W. Digby, 5/. • Mr. Ashley, 6d. • Miss E. Palmer, 2a. 6d. ; Mra. Watf o rd, Is. ; Captain P . Hamond, 17. ; Miss Green, 7s. ; and Mr. S. It. Scott, 57. re. Further contributions towuds the support of the orphans are ear nestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the secretary, Mr. Charles A. Walker, at the office, 9s, Cheap side, Leaden, &C. .OUR MERCHANT SEAstEN.—The committee of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N., in the chair, met at the office of the Institution Hibernia-cha lidera, L. ndon.bridge, yesterday. After the preliminary business was settled, the secretary, Mr. Lean, presented 111 cases for relief arising out of the late storms, vie., 23 widows and $8 shipwrecked mariners, for assistance to replace their clothes lost by shipwreck. Afterwards the committee proceeded to investigate the claims of MI widows of drowned mariners, who having orphan children, though relieved at the time of the death of their hus bands, are allowed to apply annually for further relief while their children are young, ray for live or six yearn, when they are scratched off the list to make room for others. The whole of these were relieved at the cost of (Id., for which a cheque was signed to the re se l4 ct t y li. secretary for disbursements. The secretary reported that large numbers of shipwrecked men had been pawed through the Mike to their home., and that the reports from the branches on the coma rave large numbers likewise passed on by the hon. agent& a number of wh were clothed and supplied with every necessary. The committee resolved that the advertisement for aid should be continued. PROVINCIAL PRONTNCIATION. —The Dean of Canterbury,in Gear[ IVor.la, quotes the following as part of • communication from /Carnotite Manse, by Fort Wuhan': —" Many years ago, in the Isle of Skye, I was reasoning with a man who thought himself very religious, who, in 1 common with the class to which be belong, 4, fancied that be possessed the power of • discerning spirita,' especially those of preachers, and reckoned it it sacred duty to :Timm to listen to any one of whose conversion lie felt not fully assured (the test, I am sorry to say, luring tle woof certain formal plhrases, and specially the tone of voice). I said what I could about the truth being God's truth—to be re ceived as such in a meek, humble, and self-searching sprit; and referred to the well-known passage, • Take heal 10 10 ye hear,' Sm. • No, no,' says my friend ; 'it is take heal who (hoe) ye beer, and proves lem right.' He had been taught to pronounce how, hoe. He saw no necessity for whoa:—the objective—before the verb. Ire was convinced thoroughly that he bad floored me with ley own weapons, and was more and n'ore confirmed in his spiritual pride." ST. *TORN'S HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DUMMIES. This evening a performance will take pLett, under the ice mediate patronage of her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort, her Grace the Duchess of Grafton, the Right Hon. the Viscountess Boyne, and other ladies, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. G. A. Ilacfarren's Opera di Camera Jesse Lea will be given, followed by Offenbach's Operetta, Toy Many Cooks. 1.... : ^"..............,1 c r.--;Z:7 ---- 1 14i tt M lie - , ~,., Q....- .: • - 44' I ALL MALL GAZETTE TESTIMONIAL P "111:STER v sIIARPE." O. W. CALLENDER, / fin„• ' J. C. I'AhhINNIIN, ••••• • SI 1"-C1111711;N4 revvived Lyn D. rollgock, Evi ..27.0rosvenor stn. I. and I. 11. 11111 s, 1,1., 45, ilneon Akno.draet, Troasurvra ; 11. I n hank, Atalti.lace: and Messrs. lAinadak, su. Coro t!!! HAVANA SEGltit AGENCY, 2, Canute-road Horks. suuthamption.anol 77, It FIG ENT4sTItIie.T.IAiN DON (moo oiosors from St. Lunei. Hail .—Tioe proprietors draw alien- Hun no the auseesa *lash has utteoded the establishment of this oe• no), and volliolo has rendes! in tloc empty of their imports• *novo too oniony of the on of haportatit elute. hotels. and pirate eionsonter •in the kilo:Motu. The stock offered to the atientl on of t toloprises nearly SOO kinds of the choicest pr.ludtl. ms od the most relclorateti Havana manufactories, and istlie Moat selection of Ilustugt wears at present existing in Lunge, the ahule neing the exclusoc importation of this esta lilidnuent from Its agents owl resident Moyer. in Havana, who, from I. 417. veperienee, on rebid the greatest care in selecting only the fines 14,M* and soils, r.nol who ship the /410/1 direct to the arril..ll., in the soutio.onnotoon Docim These advantages clank the proprietors to supply UtfARANTKED HAVANA Aix: ‘11:, wholesode awl retail, at prices lower fur the respective bails than It is pomade for other hooves to quo*. Terms, cash, or an ixsioubted introoducttm. Prospectuses on applicaUon to the pionnetoolx, Wol.Ele, ILLIIoI, and Hu Havana agar and Commission Agency. Southampton, and 77, Regentatrect, London. B ROO KE HOUSE baying been moat convo f,kbuy. tfoorAh temprarily, restored. We have Iit:AWES ED It with a new and I help -irk of 'ARPS:I's, DA AaKa. It Fl UN all: hr.lll)lNii, &C. These departments will be continued oo the •arne calm-Ise grate as heretofore. ti 11 I :EN I N(1 awl 1:1:1011)/i L 141 asol 142. ilitLlsfiltN•lllLL, I:r...l..•+toast. L ONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE.-WAUGH gaud 4. 6....1ge-strmt, Tutteulault-court•road, W. HOUSE FURNISHING.-W. WAINE'S GE NERAL Ft It N 1n1113.6 WARFIII.II'Sh9, 133 to 139, liewinztonibutta. The largest stocks in London to salmi from. All uosala warrtuded end delivered fres, Illnatrated prlceilist9 (gratis of cabinet furniture; carpets: bedsteads, in IMAM.. Iron, and wood building : uploilatery : table linens. alteetino, Wan• &c. l'in oats guarantied Ail per cent. less than City prices. Unollenui, beat quadit), Ya. tut p. r Naar. grant. BROWN BROTHER& —PATENT CHAIRS and WITHIN, Barrack runntars, Trunks, Portman- Maas, lc., at PIUCCS CoNitHLBABLy SEDUM/ 105. YICt ,)ILLY. caMaos I s bra. FIELD'S PRIZE MEDAL PARAFFINE CANDLE:4 The Original , Is. ad. per 11, FIELD', P %TENT SELF-PITTING CANDLES, In all Urea from la per lb. upwards. To be bad of all dealers. ASPIIA LTE ROOFING FELT. ONE PE.\\Y per Equate Foot. C ROGGON and Co., Manufacturers. j G 3, New Earlatreet, London. LC. 34, Bread• Greet, } 29, Oeorgeuquate. Glasgow. t, Goree•plause, Ltverpoel BOYS' ATTIRE. BOYS' and HYAM and Co. BOYS• at 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. BITS' OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS. 13OYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. Boys , TROUSERS and VESTS. BOYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS, BUYS' HATS, CAPS, dc., HYA3I and Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, On and GT. Oxfonlvtreet, London. The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile . Bays' :44,..lriugliam (non-.. 6 Boys Prince Allred Herby. 11, u:1)1s:ravels for Little Boys 15.. Od. to 30s. Od. /lois' Knickerbocker :suits liqi Wes ' ster and i wiswne Suits lbu Od. to 35a. Oil. Boys' Eton. Harrow, and Rugby Suits 27a. Od. to ♦7Y Od, Boys' JAcketo for &hoot and Home Oa. Od. to 215. Od. lIYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, fl and 67, usferti.street. London. Hymn and I Winter Tweed Overcoats 214. to I. 11)ani and C.f.. IVioter 30e. to 814. Hyant and U 0.4 Winter Overcoats Hyani and Co's Wintersuits flyani and C 0.4 Whiter Jacket.; Hjani and Co . 's Winter Frock Coats llyani rod Co's Minter Vests Hymn and Co •s Winter Trousers UYAM and Ce,:a SELECT DEI'ARTMENTS. No. I. Gentlemen'n Clothing for Immediate wear. N... 2. bespoke or order Deportment. No. 4" aial 1.4104' Distinct Department. 4. IlaiN 114.41ery, and Wag Department. lIYA3I and Co.'s ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS. INN louN slid 67. OXFOND-RTHEET. 1:11:111Ni:11A11-21, P 3. athl 23, NEW-STREET. LELlos-42. BRIGGATE; and I .I.Ws iti '1: 1" —WEsTG ATE. To l'A IZENT:i and GUARDIANS. —The return p•utls t.. lb. it rt - vcrtive boardllitg•echools inclyerS Lt~S'•• •...• %l: M t,:t Ir rsaquil contort an•l attraction. and IttriV- • • I icl. tor tacceler.it Mg the growth and no- I leiintifyilez the hair, for im• •• . t h.- -kin ,1•1 eoint•lexion, and removing entarseous . .i I %bolt". or Pearl igmtift Ink for rendering %bite and preserving the gams, are con r'"^•l iniliepenealile neconipanimmits.—Sold by chemists ang loalkworr, Ask for It, articles. ALL WIIO SUFFER from INDIGESTION Amid me NI.ETON'S CAMOMILE PIUS. :-.ld every% bere. BoWm Is. llt. Va. 941.. and ILL DR SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, • never fading remedy, prepared without any mercurial lement, will be found lur:duable to all who suffer from bilious e n„, , hmr complaints , indig e sti o n, wind, spasms, giddiness, dun. ""'s of the eyes, rte. Yor habitual costiveness, as a family Inerient mee.icine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ftrtiltut In their operation and pateful to the stomach, appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the 1/ - I" e nnut eY tem.—neld by W. Lambert, chemist, 13, Bing 1, - ;"'"'steett, LTaring-cross, and by most druggists, in Dome, and three times the quantity in one, 2a Id. Be sure to o Dr. O' oh ' s Bilious and Liver Pills. The r,emaine are in a 'gun e g r eeSeduce, whit '• William' lambert" engraved on tbs thaw MR. DU CHAILLU'S JOURNEY to ASHANOO LAND will hr pulilD/w!el pert week. . . John Uarrny, Albemnrinatreet, THE SUNDAY GAZETTE, TIiitEKPENCE. THE SUNDAY GAZETTE, 'li SEXPILKCE. T II E SUNDAY GAZETTE, THRREPKNCE. THE SUNDAY GAZETTE I.of TOMORROW TM contain special Ink absence of peat public Interest and importance. PRICE THREEPENCE THE SUNDAY GAZETTE c, be bad of all Nears Agents in the vicinity of London by U ecluck, and at the Mee, le, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (1/1711E/e8 TILLIGRAIM) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. ZS. The ministry appear to intend indirectly recom mending government candidates to the electors to the German parliament, since they have communi cated in the official papers, through the chief pro vincial functionaries, the names of such persons as are known to be friendly to the policy of the go ',eminent. Count Bismarck has finally declined to become a candidate fur election to the Fella ment, stating as his reason the increased amount of business requiring his attention, and also his suffering health. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Herr Wall goraki put a question to the government relative to the difficulties with which the traffic across the Russo Prussian frontiers is surrounded. Count Bismarck replied that the government could not conceal from itself the unsatisfactory condition of the frontier traffic, and laboured un ceasingly to effect ita improvement. Russia had not, up to the present, violated the international treaties on this subject. It is announced that a further improvement has taken place to-day in the state of the King's health. ITALY. FLORENCE, .TAX. 25, EVENING. The report of the assassination of King Victor Emmanuel is totally unfounded. ITALY AND ROME. ROME, TAIL 25. The official Giornale di Roma contradicts as wholly unfounded the statement published by some journals that the Pope had adhered to the arrange ment relative to the ecclesiastical property in Italy announced to have been concluded between the Italian government and the house of Langrand Dumonceau. HUNGARY. PESTH, JAN. 25. The Emperor has, it is said, accepted the pro positions of the Committee of Fifteen, and a com plete Hungarian Ministry has been appointed. The nominations will not, however, be made public until the propositions of the Committee of Fifteen have been approved by the Committee on Common Affairs. The sittings of the latter body will com mence on Monday next. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 21 The Epoca of to-day denies that England has protcited against the decision of the Spanish Court, declaring the Tornado a lawful prize. INDIA AND CHINA. SUEZ. JAN. ZS. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Donnai ar rived here at noon to-day, with the homeward India, China, and Japan mails. She brings 2,700 bales of silks, and 350 packages of other mer chandize. EAST END CENTRAL GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. TO TIM ZOITOR Or MI 11P111.814. Sts,—We beg to inform you that yesterday the committee found it necessary to make grants to the several agencies now in operation in the districts of this com mittee amounting to 1,725/., and have now nearly ex hausted their funds, and confidently appeal to the public for further aid.—We are, kc., Jsaiss ScLer., JOHN LAYTON. Jun.,} Hon. Sees. ARTHUR HAIRSTON, The committee meet daily between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, et the offices of the Board of Works, 291, East India Doek•rod METROPOLITAN BOARD or WORKS. —At the weekly meeting of the board yesterday (Sir J. Thwaites in the chair), the chairman said he wished the engineer of the board to state to the board what steps he had t►ken for the purpose of preventing the mud in the water of the Regent's•park being sent down the sewers. Mr. Bazal. gene said that the clear water going down the sewers would be an advantage, but he would see the engineer of the Commissioners of Works, and make such arrangements as would ensure the sewers from being injured. The drainage was commenced yesterday. The board then adjourned. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1867. MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AND HIS WORK- PEOPLE. MANCIU FRIDAY Evs.msc.. Thisevening a meeting of about 1,2000 f the work people of Messrs. John Bright and Brothers, was held in the I'ublic Hall, at Rochdale, to present to the hon. member for Birmingham an address expressive of " their entire sympathy with, and sincere respect for bins, under the malignant slanders which had been urged against him as their employer." The .address, which was moved, second, and supported by working men in Mr. Bright's employ—after speaking of the attacks on his private character as base and unfounded, said he had always endeamoured to improve their moral, social and intellectual well-being, while as a public charac ter his beet endeavours had been made to raise the great wealth-producing class to the full right of citizenship. It preyed that his life, as an employer and statesmen, might be long spared. The address was carried, and presented to Mr. Bright, who was present by invitation, accompanied by expressions of warm affection and great cheering. Mr. 13alearr in the course of his speech said—l thank you with an overflowing heart for the kindness which has induced you to call and to form this meeting to-night, and for the most friendly and generous sentiments which you have uttered, through the address which has just been pre sented to me, and which I accept with a gratification that I find no words properly to describe and enpress. (Hear.) This meeting isone of an unusual and noteworthy character. (Hear.) I am not sure that oc ' any former occasion in this district or in this country there has been a meeting like it, where a thousand per sons, men and women, assisting in or employed in the I business of a particular firm, have felt it their duty to meet for the purpose of contradicting and overthrowing countless slanders uttered against that firm—(hear)—and ' chiefly against one member of it with a view to damage his political influence. (Hear.) We are met for the purpose further of expressing our confidence in, and our friendship for, each other. (Hear.) About ten days ago a deputation from your body—the chairman was ene of the deputation —called upon me, to inform me that on the previous day a meeting had been held of persons in our em ploy, who were anxious to have some public demon stration of their feeling, with regard to recent statements, and they asked me on behalf of that meeting if I would come to a meeting like this to receive an address which they were wishful to present to me. I thanked them for their kind intention, but told them that I thought nobody whose opinion was worth anything could believe those statements, and that we could all, I thought, very easily outlive these slanders. (Hear, hear.) But although in speaking to the depu tation I rather discouraged their idea and purpose, still I am bound to say, on considering it further, ! I believe you have done well to hold this meeting—(hear, ! heart—not as bearing altogether upon my position with regard to it, but as concerning your own ; for, rely upon it, the slanders that were uttered against me had the effect, in some degree, of reaching and damaging you. (Hear, bear.) Clearly, if it were true that we were the oppressors of these who lived near us, and to whom weekly we paid wages, you were the oppressed, for there can't be the one class without the other. If we were tyrants and unjust, clearly you were slaves and the victims of injus tice ; and if we were devoid of conscience, you were proved to be devoid of independence ; and that you suffered and tolerated injustice from which you could not escape, and which yen had not even the courage to resent. ' (Hear, hear.) You know—every man and woman in this assembly knows—every honoumble man in Rochdale knows, that there is not a shadow or a shade of foundation for the charges that have been made against me. (Loud cheers.) To those who live in this neighbourhood, even, I should say, to a large portion of my countrymen, judging either from my life at home or my public career, they might have found a sufficient answer to those charges. (Hear, hear.) Now, I ask you, my friends, this ques tion, because it is worth your while to consider it— Why all these slanders against us and against me? There are 500 firms in this country whose business is carried on, who employ great numbers of people, many far more than we do, who have their transactions of every kind, who may have occasionally little or great differences with their workmen ; but, of all these 100, 499 are left untouched, and we and I alone are assailed by these men. (Loud cheers.) Whence come these charges and these slan ders? They come, as you know, openly and chiefly from obscure men in the tory ranks—(cheerst—occasionally you hear of them from some obscure man who by accident of party has been raised for a few months into the position of a minister of the crown. (Hear, hear.) Our assailants, if you examine the matter for a moment, you will find, are the monopolists of political power in this country, and the base creatures wbo for selfish purposes are found crawling about them. (Cheers.) What is my crime! That I have resisted this monopoly of power; that since the first hour that I stepped upon a public platform and took part in political questions I have pleaded for the rights of the millions of the people of this country, All I ask is that you may be heard in the hall where it is said the representatives of the people are accustomed to assemble. (Cheers.) Ido not ask that you may change laws or overthrow institutions ; but I ask i that you may be heard, and that when parliament meets, session after session, as it will meet the week after next, , your great class—the most numerous and the most kali. pensable of all to the country—shall not be absolutely ' shut out. Now, I say without hesitation—and lam sure without chance of contradiction—that it is mainly because I pot in this claim for the people that I have been thus assailed. You know perfectly well that I have been ac customed in all my public life to take an independent I course, that I have not been a flatterer of those who ar e in power, nor have I been a flatterer of that great class on • whose behalf I have mainly acted and spoken. lam no • flatterer ; I have not bent my knee to any class of the community. I have sought to be guided by a higher law than the prejudices or the passions of any section of the people. In this course of in dependence it may be I have made errors, as other men make errors, for I profess to no kind of • infallibility, even on political subjects which I have so much considered. Now, take as a proof of this a question on which those persons to whom I have referred have said a good deal, the question of the Factory Act. You know many of you that I was in parliament twenty years ago, when the act pulsed—that I did not feel it my duty on any occasion tosupport it; that was, ! think, acourse which many of you and many of those, your fathers, who are not now here, thought wrong. I was against any interference by parliament with the freedom of labour and of capital. I did not wish to trust a parliament of landowners with the control and the disposition of labour and capital in this ' "country. I knew by their infamous corn law, which had lasted for thirty years, they had wefts. cated an untold amount of the labour and capital of England (hear, hear) with the view of turning it into the channel of rest for themselves, and therefore I did not like this body of men to , meddle with the question. But I rejoice as much as any one of you can rejoice that you now are working 10) hours daily instead of 111 hours, as before. I believe that the establishment of free trade about the time when the Fac tory Bill passed caused so great an increase of trade and demand for labour that the Factory Lill itself bas been made to work with a success that in all probability it would not have met with if these changes to which I have referred bad not been made. I think it quite possible—l hope it is certain—that at some period even the tin.. now worked may be to some further extent shortened. (Loud cheers.) My own impression is, that with an economical government, taking much less of taxation from the people, with laws regarding the tenure and the distribution of land in accordance with a true political economy—and with edu cation genemlly 1111 d universally spread amongst the people— there will be a strong and rational 'disposition to work a • shorter time ; that there will be great care taken of the earnings that are made, and thus that the comfort of families may be not in the least lessened, although the time of labour may be shortened. (Cheers.) But refer ring to that question of the discussion of the Factory Bill, I venture to say this, that if any one of you will under take to look back to those discussions, you will find that no word escaped my lips that was not friendly to the operative class of this country, and that I was as anxious to defend thew as to defend their employers from the exaggerated and calumnious statements of those to whom I was op posed. Now, once more to the question of public life and _politica. lam one of those who believe that in a country _people mn't be happy—cannot have that which is their own—cannot be really free, and really growing end improving—unleas there be • wise legislation, and a just administration of the laws. (Hear.) An unjust law , wound■ every beam in the country ; and that most unjust of all laws, the corn law, penetrated every town, and every parish, and every village, and every house, and it wounded and injured every man in every house ; and a just law, on the contrary, acts with universal influence. It is like the life-giving sun—it is like a fertilising shower, it scatters good everywhere ; and there is no dis trict in the country so remote, no family so humble, no occupation so unimportant, that it does not feel to some degree the influence of a wise and of a just and beneficent law. (Loud cheers.) But still we must never forget this—that laws, monarchs, houses of legis lation, powers that be of any kind, cannot do everything for un— there will remain much for us to do ourselves ; m‘ny duties to perfonn and may efforts to make. The foundation of all abundance and comfort is industry. You are perhaps about the most industrious people in the world. Mr. Bright concluded by saying it was not necessary that any people should work harder than the people of England, but he did not think they cultivated the virtue of fruga lity as those of some other countries. Me also impressed upon them, besides saving, to take more pride, like the middle classes, in educating their children. Mr. T. V. Porran and Mr. GOLDMAN SMITH briefly ad dressed the meeting. THE MANSION-HOUSE METROPOLITAN DISTRESS FUND. The committee met again yesterday in the Long Parlour at the Mansion-house, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. The other members present were Alder man Salomons, M.P., Alderman Finnic, Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, Captain Goschen, Mr. Cazenove, the Rev. Mr. Rowsell, Mr. G. Moore, Colonel Stuart Wortley, Messrs. Leaf, Gray, and Hall, the Rev. Mr. Rogers, Messrs. Maxwell, Wade, Wigrarn, and Thompson, C. T. Gabriel, and Holmes. The Lord Mayor took occasion to observe that on the previous day the committee had disbursed over 1,600/. to applicants from the different districts, which only left a balance of 1,700/. at the banker's, awl unless the public generously placed more funds at their disposal, it would be necessary that they should husband their resources, in order that they might be enabled to do justice to all the applies floes that were made to the committee for assistance. Deputations attended yesterday from the ham let of Mile-end New Town, Cambridge.heath, Lambeth, Stratford, Shoreditch, and Heaton. The Rev. Mr. Murphy, who has taken a good deal of interest in the condition of the working men for one district of the large parish of Lambeth, attended on behalf of several working men, who accompanied him, many of whom, it was stated, had been employed at the ironworks of the Messrs. Mandalay in the Westminster road, to ask for assistance. The committee, however, after a full and careful consideration of the matter, came to the decision that the application was one that did not come within the scope of the fund, and they therefore declined to accede to it. The committee subsequently made a grint of 1001. to the hamlet of Mile-end New Town, one of 2V . to Cambridge-heath (a small district), LW. to the Holy Trinity district of the parish of Lambeth, and NM. to one of the districts of Hostas, where there are, it appears. a great number of Irish, mostly Routes catholic*, out of employment. The whole amount granted during the sittingwas 275/. It is satisfactory to find that the bene volent efforts of the committee are most kindly aided by the public, awl subscriptions continue to flow in during the whole period of business at the Mansion-house. The amount received esterday alone was about SOO/. The committee, at th eir rising, adjourned until Monday. ANTI-RITGALISTIO MOVEMENT. We read in the Record:—" Already many weeks have elapsed since Mr. Culling Hanbury unequivocally announced that a meeting would shortly be called at which • distinguished nobleman was to preside. Hitherto this expectation has not been fulfilled ; but we believe that the chief difficulty has arisen from the attempt to obtain some protestant nobleman of sufficient weight, who would sonsent to go to the front, and yet be free from the impu tation of being what is called an extreme man.' It is comparatively easy to name a peer who, from his rank, great wealth, and territorial possessions, would be en titled to especial consideration in any assembly within the precincts of Westminster. But it is not so easy to induce such a man all on the sudden to emerge from his privacy, and assume an unwonted prominence in a great ecclesiastical contest. We understand that the meeting in Adam-street, which Mr. Culling Hanbury con. vened, on Friday last, was largely attended. Reporters were excluded ; but there can be no impropriety in stating that the chair was taken by the Hon. Captain Francis Maude, R.N., and that the following are the names of the committee appointed:—Lord Ebury, Hon. Captain Maude, J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., Robert Baxter, Faq., I. Braithwaite, Esq., Robert Hanbury, Esq., Culling Han bury, Esq., M.P., Dr. Jardine, J. Lovell, Esq., J. Lord, Esq. (chairman of the Protestant Association), John Martin, Esq., P. O'Malley, Esq., Q.C., P. Shaw, Esq., and John A. Smith, Eaq., The questions referred to this committee are clearly stated and very practical. They embrace six points, in volving the expediency-1. Of holding a public lay meet ing in London ; 2. Of a prosecution at law ; 3. Of asking fora Royal Commission ; 4. Of trying to obtain a De clarative Act of Parliament ; 5. Of memorialising the Queen ;6. Of petitioning parliament. On these six points the committee, et which we presume Lord Ebury is the chairman, was to meet, to musket' liudrePuri in a fort night to the Adam-street Conference. lal* portant anti-ritualistic movement has resulted from the great gathering of the clergy at Islington. The clerical committee appointed consisted of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, Prebendary Auriol, Canon Carus,Cauon Conway, Revs. Messrs. Cadman, Kemble, Ryle, Walker, Wil kinson, Bardsley, and Hathaway. The proceedings of this committee are private, but we may say generally that their determination was, as far as possible, to promote united action, and to prevent the mischiefs sure to result from disunion. With this view communications have been opened with the Church Association and Mr. Ilan bury's Adam-street conference. At the same time they ate to press for the diffusionof information throughout the country by lectures, sermons, and the public press. These resolutions are excellent ; but if it be the cam that the clerical committee have resolved, without inquiry, deprecate legal prosecutions' for violations of the laws of the church, and to urge, as a substitute, the attempt to obtain a declarative act of parliament, we think that, for reasons presently to be stated, such resolu tions are premature, and not indicative of sound advice. There is, however, a third anti-ritualistic movement, on which, as at present advised, we are disposed to place grater reliance than on Mr. Hanbury's conference or the Islington committee. We allude, as our readers must anticipate, to 'the Church Association,' of which Mr. Colquhoun is practically the bead. The Church Associa tion would in all probability have already held a great and effective meeting, such as that over which the Earl of Shaftesbury presided in Freemasons'-hall, in 1850, but for the distraction occasioned by the abortive attempt to get up a movement on a broader basis than any which could be obtained on principles simply Christian and evangelical. As it is, the vigour displayed by the Church Association nadir all discoursgemeata is worthy of commendation. Not only have p reparations been made for a public meeting, at St. Jamesehall, on the 13tn of February, at which Sir Brook Bridges is to preside, and at which some of our I most eloquent end effective proteatant speakers are W assist ; but arrangements have been made for a series of anti-ritualistic lectures( at St. James's-hall, by such men as Dr. M'Neile, Mr. Boyd, Dr. Miller, %lr. Rile, Mr. Hobart Seymour. and Dr. Blakeney. Nor are their pro ceedinp confined merely to the expression of opinion or the diffusion' of instruction : legal proceedings are in pro gress. Had there been no distraction—for we will not term it disunion—we believe that matters would have been still further advanced, and that the country would have already witnessed Lord Shit( tesbut7 in the proper place where the country expects to see him, in any movement of the laity on questions affecting the stability of the religious bulwarks of the Protestant Reformation. We should infinitely prefer legislation to litigation if par liament were disposed to assist in putting down ritualism. But what solid ground have we for supposing that parlia ment will at present interfere! It is • remarkable fact that, although neither Lord Shaftesbury, the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Harrowby, Mr. Kinneird, Mr. Newde gate, nor other protestant leaders in parliament were pre sent at Mr. Hanbury's meeting, it did not appear that any reinforcements had been obtained from km ' extreme men.' Lord Ebury was the solitary representative of the House of Lords, as was Mr. John A. Smith of the Com mons. This fact alone seems to settle the question of carrying a declarative act through parliament at the pie sent moment." BSPRZSENTATION OF BOSTON. Mr. Thomas Parry, liberal, has issued his address, announcing him. Reif as a candidate for the representation of Boston, which will be vacant by the resignation of Mr. Stamland shortly after the opening of parliament. Mr. Parry was returned for Boston at the last election, but was unseated on • scrutiny of votes. Bribery was •lao alleged against him. [STAMPSD, Id. ADDITIONAIL] THE CUSTO3III SRA Reif OF BAGGAGE. Yesterday afternoon a deputation of the follow ing gentlemen, viz., Lord Harris, Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., Viscount Toiingtoo, the Hon. Arthur Eimmird, M.P., Viscount Royston, M.P., the Hoe. James Byeg, Lord Alfred Paget , Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P. , Mr. Charles Fre'hfield, M.P., Major A. C. Dickson, H.P., Mr. A. J. R. Beresford Hope, Mr. James Whstnian, M.P., Capt. C. F. Suttees, M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P., Mr. J. D. A. &muds, M.P. the Lord Mayor, Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. K. D. Hodg son, M.P., Mr. G. C. Glyn, M.P., Lord de Blaqukfre, Loci Alfred Churchill, Mr. T. liryley, M.P., CoLFrench, Mr. Ltirrence Oliphant, M.P., Mr. H. W. Eaton, M.P., Lord George Lennox, M.P., Mr. J. G. Getty, Mr. James Lamont, /LP. Mr. J. White, M.P., Mr. Barrow, M.P., Mr. Bu ll er, 11:P., Captain Grindlav, M.P., Mr. B. Eykyn, M.P., Mr. J. Huddleston, M.P., Sir Charles Bright, M.P., Mr. C. W. Eborell, Mr. J. M. Grant, sad others, waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer for 1 the purpose of presenting • memorial urging upon her Majesty's government the desirability of substituting custom-house surveillance through &elective or other officers, fur the prictioe of individual and personal search of baggage at the ports and in London, in the ease of travellers by railway between London and Paris, for the seven mouths of the Great International Exhibition of 1867. Lord HARRIS having introduoed the deputation, Mr. WATKIN, after a few introductory observations said the memorial was signed by 446 and members A par liament, and he believed that had amines been resorted to there was little douirt that a very large addition would have been made to this number. As it warn the memorial was, perhaps, as influentially signed as any memorial ever pre sented to any minister. The memorialists did not auk for the concession of any general principle, or for any ikpar- ' tore from any practice which departure could be regarded as establishing a precedent. They simply demand that for seven months, and during the Great Exhibition of 1867, the examination of the personal luggage of travellers between London and Pans only be suspended, the right to examine in case of suspicion being still reserved. They demand it on two grounds—one, the convenience and comfort of large mares of travellers ; and the other, as a compliment paid to France, bearing in mind the abolition of passports in favour of British subjects by the French Emperor. They submit that not only the time proposed, but also the circumstances of trade and comparative prices in London and Paris, make the case entirely exceptional and seperate. The Treasury admit in their letter of the 9th of January, which he had received in answer to a previous communication, that " the system of examination must always be productive of inconvenience and vexation to the public," and " that it can only be justified by imperious necessity." The memorialists, therefore, ask first, is this vexa tion and inconvenience to be inflicted on the milliim or more of travellers who will desire to visit the great Exhibi tion! and secondly, is there, as respects London and Paris for that abort period of seven months , any " imperious ne cessity" at all! While they ask that , the question shall be considered in the broad light of general convenience and comfort, and in its bearing upon international relations, they are readyto show that not only is there no " imperious necessity," but in the case in point no necessity at all for ransacking the baggage of every lady and gentleman who may choose to visit Paris during the Exhibition. The Treasury letter bases the objection of government to , do away with this nuisance upon the simple and single ground of damage to the revenue by the smuggling into this country, from Paris of course, of " slants Rad to bacco." The memorialists contend th at it is absurd to fear ; smuggling of tobacco from Paris, and almost as absurd to fear the smuggling of spirits. Tobacco is a government I monopoly, and spirits lay octroi duty . in Paris the prices to the consumer of both tobacco and cigars, and of spirits, I are as high and in many cases, quality for quality, higher re tail than in London. There is, therefore, no possible in ducementto mingle either the one or the other. The expe rience of every smoker will fully demonstrate the truth of this as respects tobacco end cig ars. As respects spirits, it is well known that this count ry exports spirits to France ; and though the export was small last year, in 1861 it was as much as 2,000,000 of gallons, or half our entire export of British spirits. Travellers to and from Paris are not smugglers, and ladies and gentlemen will travel to Paris to see the Exhibition and not attempt the profitless task of cheating the revenue out of a few shillings. The Treasury say that the time taken up by the baggage exa mination in London is so small that it is often performed in five minutes and a half. The memorialists, however, entirely disputed the fact, and knew of no case of the kind as a matter of average. If from the state of the sea, or in the past year from alarm of cholera, there were now and then not more than half-a-dosen passengers, a very few minutes may have sufficed. But the fair test in answer to this application is an average train during the French Exhibition, when not only will the number of trains be largely increased, but the number of passengers in such train be always much above the average, and often excessive. One great evil of the system is, that as you increase the amount of travelling you augment the inconvenience and vexation in a constantly increasing proportion. For all have to wait till the baggage of each has been carried to the place of execution—the baggage search-room. But to test the time lost we must begin at the beginning. First, the system practically compels the registry of all baggage, large and small, except the small satchalls which the travellers are permitted to carry. Ordinarily a traveller takes his . bag or portmantmu in the carriage with him, and on reaching his destination goes at once away. Probably four out of five persons do so in England. But in this case all the baggage has to be registered and sent through under lock and key in charge of the Custorus, and no one can take his baggage and be at once ott from the London station at which he arrives, as he otherwise might do. Time, after other delays, must be allowed for that ; and, practically, 75 per cent, of all the travellers, even those with a minimum of baggage, have thus to be kept waiting. Then the gauntlet has to be run in getting ashore et Folke stone, or Dover, or Newhaven. A certain proportion of the passengers ere laid hold of, and very often the hand of a customhouse officer is poked into ladies' travelling-bags, as, sea-sick and worn out, they are struggling up from the steamer to the shore. Time must be allowed for that, apart from the annoyance, always vexatious, often posi tively disgusting. Indeed, I regard Shia personal exanuna ' tien 1a the light of an insult, ! then, on reaching London, all the baggage must be Liken out and carried to the " search-room ;" and every one must wait, and in all weathers, till all the baggage is deposited according to re gulations. Time mud be allowed for t: at, apart from the misery inflicted in such weather as that of last week. Then there is the work of examination itself, the ,Ime of which much depends upon the state of mind on the occa sion of the searching officers. But there can be little doubt that during the Exhibition, if the present system be enforced, it caanot be put down at less than twenty minutes. Then when each package has been searched it has to be carried away to the cab or carriage of the owner. Time must be allowed for that. Then, when trains have to be divided—or one immediately follows another—the first train will detain the second the full time which the first needs for the process of search. Time must again be allowed for that. Then there are numerous difficulties in the cases of persons not speaking English, in the manage ment of the cabs and porters, and the general working of the stations, all of which create loss of time. My own opinion, therefore, is, that the Exhibition traffic, if as large as is expected, will be most seriously inconvenienced. In fact, all the increased traffic will have to be " forced" through the single baggage search-room at each station. At times I have little doubt that the delay and confusion will be such as to compel the custom-house to suspend their search. It may be said—Why do not the railway com• panies provide more baggage search-rooms ! The answer is—lt is impossible, without taking up accommodation even now not over ample for the public requirements. The South Eastern Company have provided a very large search room at Charing-cross. The cost of that part of the station devoted to the Customs and connected with it has been over 100,000/. Therefore, at this moment the pro prietors are paying 5,0001. a year as a tax for this needless " vexation "of the public. And I may further add, that were the search system permanently done away with, accommodation could be thrown into the station equiva. lent to the working of at least 1,000,000 passengers an. I nually. But the general questian 'eight be asked whether —even should the practice et individual search be totally abolished, and some slight loss to the revenue be even sustained—the country iloes not seriously lose! This is a restriction on locomotion, like the passport system, and checks and discourages travelling and trade by which our country profits. We keep down theft and protect the coin age by the ordinary machinery of our police. Why can not we protect the revenue in the mine way! The cue. toni-house authorities are bound to show why, or confess their incompetence. The facts and arguments in the letter of the Treasury are simply those which Mr. Ogilvy used at an interview between a deputation, of which I foruied part, and the chairman of the board of customs last November. They were refuted at the time, but they are now reproduced, apparently because there is really no case for the refusal of the prayer of the memorial stn The custom-house officers know that this country now raises the great bulk of its customs' revenue from six articles, I all about as dear, or dearer, in France than in England. When I had the honour to meet M. Fould in Paris on this subject, a few weeks ago (continued Mr. Watkin) he assured me that be would give orders to reduce the search in France from a practice to a 1 mere ceremony, and the arrangements proposed would practically abolish the system of individual search . ' for the period of the exhibition. But M. Fould authorised me to say to you, sir, as her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the French government were not only ready, but anxious to discuss the whole question of the modification or abolition of baggage search with a view to reciprocal action under a treaty of convention. I commu nicated that message to you, sir, at the time. M. Fould made no secret of his opinion that the approximation of prices in France and England had put an end to the leads