The Express. — London, England, 1867-06-22 00:00:00

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Howe et Miss S. Mika HIGH WATIM, AT LONDON lIRIDON. fms Zat7:77Ati;;;;•. 111-Mosaow—llonatig. 611. 4335.......Attern0un, tia. a. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 22. Tuxes was certainly no reason why Lord STRAY TOLD DE REDCLIFYZ should apologise for bringing the ease of the British captives in Abyssinia before the House of Lords feat night. If there is no way of helping our unfortunate countrymen, it is still impossible to forget them, and it is by the fre quent revival of the subject in the discussions of Parliament and the press that public attention must be kept alert and ready to seize any opportunity that may arise for interfering effectually in their behalf. Unfortunately for us, it seems easier to avert the greatest of European dangers, to appease the angry passions of two great military nations, and secure the peace of the Continent, than to obtain justice for our fellow subjects who are unjustly and cruelly held captive by a petty potentate who presumes on his remoteness and inaccessi bility. Two of our Governments have appealed in succession to the interests, the pride, the humanity of the Emperor Tusonoas, whose sus picions and distrusts have, however, hitherto pre vailed over what we must suppose to be the dictates of his better nature. Mr. Raman, who was sent out some two years ago the bearer of a letter from the QUEEN, to pro cure the release of Consul CAMERON, is now the sharer of that gentleman's imprisonment, and with them sixteen other persons entitled to British protection are confined. Subsequently to the imprisonment of Mr. RABSAM the EMPEROR promised to release the entire number if some English artisans capable of assisting in the con struction of certain works on which he had set his mind were sent out. The men were pro cured and sent to the neighbourhood of the country, but our Consul at Aden, looking at all the circumstances, and principally at the refusal of the EMPEROR to release his prisoners, would not allow them to proceed. It would appear from what Lord DERBY said last night that some slight hope still exists of a successful result of the communications that are still proceeding ; but after all that has passed it is impossible to feel sanguine. On one point we believe all Englishmen will be agreed: it will not be right to bring any more of our countrymen into dependence upon the good feeling of the Emperor THEODORE. The mission of Mr. Raman, dictated by humanity, has only resulted in increasing the number of claimants upon our sympathy and assis tance. In some quarters a discussion is taking place as to the advisableness of preparing a mili tary expedition for the purpose of obtaining for ourselves that j untie° which the EM r 'mon km hitherto denied to our reasonable and courteous requests, and also of showing that there is no part of the world SO difficult of access that its Government may safely defy our power. This is a suggestion not to be heedlessly put aside, but assuredly it is one not to be adopted without the utmost circumspectionand deliberation. Sound policy demands that our poli tical relations with countries so difficult to reach as Abyssinia and so little capable of rewarding en terprise when attained should be reduced to a minimum. In this case, however, we have to do with a remains of our older policy. The captives are not so many travellers or traders : two of them at least are official persons in the service of the QUEEN, one of them is the bearer of a ' letter to which her MAJESTY'S name is appended. No mere calculation of difficulties ought to deter the Government from following up its ami cable but unsuccessful negotiations with the Emperor THEODORE by active and energetic mili tary measures ; but the question is, whether the most successful result that can be hoped for would justify the country in sending out an expe dition in which probably a hundred times as man y m en would perish as there are cap tives to be rescued. The decision turns mainly upon the obligations we are under Iti THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1867. to the captives themselves ; for the moral effect to be expected from a successful expedition to Abyssinia upon rulers of semi-barbarous coun tries in a situation similar to that of the Emperor THEODORE is so small as to be hardly worth thinking of. If the question is not, however, to be settled by calculation, but according to heroic ideas of duty, then we cannot too well understand the grounds of our procedure, for we should only make ourselves ridiculous if we entered upon an expedition in a spirit of chivalrous heedlessness, and afterwards sought to circumscribe it from utilitarian motives. We should do better to say no more about such an enterprise unless we are pre pared to enter upon it with the utmost energy of the nation and prosecute it to a successful issue. LORD DERBY'S Royal Commissions somehow fail to inspire public confidence. That on Ritual ism was intended to deal with an evil which, by the testimony of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, had grown into a real danger to the Church of England ; but the names of the Commissioners were no sooner announced than the country saw with surprise that the learning, intellectual force, and zeal of the Ritualistic party had been pressed into the Commiesion,whilat the most eminent oppo nents of the system were " nowhere." It was as if, in constituting the Trades Union Commission, the Government had placed a compact body of the must able and conspicuous friends of the Unions on the Commission, and completed the number by naming a few gentlemen without pretensions to special knowledge. The Arch bishop of YORK stated his opinion last night that the Commission as now constituted is neither, on the one hand, a body of impartial per sons, nor, on the other, one in which every set of opinions is fairly represented ; and this is what impartial people are saying everywhere. Ministers succeed no better when they appoint Commissions which need the confidence of political parties. At first sight it would not seem a very difficult matter to find a number of persons whom the House of Commons and the public could trust to do the work of a Boundary Com mission, important as that work undoubtedly is. Mr. Disassm's Boundary Commission, however, is objected to on both sides of the House, and with reason. There is not one gentleman on it who can be said to represent that public feeling which has made a Tory Government take the business of Reform in hand—nut a single member who has ever shown that ho cared a straw for Reform. The landed interest is very strongly repre sented on the Commission, while the gentlemen selected to represent popular opinion are, of all men in the House, Mr. Bouvrala and Mr. Wsiirsa, the late member for Berkshire, both of whom are described by Mr. DISRAELI as gen tlemen of " decided liberal convictions." It is moat extraordinary that a man of Mr. DISRAELI'S genius and discernment cannot see the value of a little plain fair dealing, which goes a greater way in the House of Commons than in any other as sembly in the country. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Yesterrlay's progress with the Reform Bill is de scribed by the Times as having been attained rather by postponing important clauses than by considering and settling them. The only clause of the three sanctioned which was more than formal was that directed against the corrupt payment of rates, and it was finally passed in • shape which leaves it open to anyone to attack the constituency of • borough by reducing its poorer vdere to • state of dependency. Lord Amberley's amendment, abolishing in all cases the necessity of vacating a seat upon taking office, deserved more attention than it received; and, though at present the house is not disposed to advance any further than doing away with the necessity of vacating • seat upon a change of office, it is not improbable that at no distant time the law itself will be altogether abrogated. The Tunes, commenting upon the unsatisfactory com. position of the Ritualistic Commission, observes that if the result of the inquiry is to show that the rubrics and canons of 1548 are in favour of the ritualist., the public will expect the offensive practices to be made unlawful for the future; but little aid in this re spect can be expected from the commission. Other topics treated of by our contemporary are the want of sufficient room in the House of Commons for the transaction of its business, a Spartan contempt for comfort and propriety still reigning paramount, —and the revelations of Broadhead yesterday at Sheffield. Pointing out that the disclosures at Sheffield are due to no tardy repentance on the part of those who are making them, but to the fear that the incriminating revelations of others may debar them from legal impunity, the Daily News remarks that certain Sheffield societies have long been credited with these dastardly outrages. But, though they have bad an exceptionally bad emi nence extreme cases test and illustrate principles. Trade societies show that while combinations enormously multiply power in the same degree, they diminish the sense of responsibility. The crimes centered by Broad head and his instruments will not have been confessed in vain if they reveal to the artisans of Sheffield and of Eng land to what fearful results the exclusive cultivation of the spirit of elms and trade may lead, if it be not counter balanced by wider sympathies, and enlightened by a larger economical knowledge thane common among working men. It is not by suppressing the abused right of com bination, or weakening the esprit de corps among artisans, that the evil can be cured ; but by the gradual infusion of sounder knowledge, the creation of wider interests, and the awakening of more comprehensive sympathies. The polities and the economy of the nation must absorb those of the class and craft. Dwelling on the proposed purchase of railways by the date, the Daily New concludes that if the sale is to be compulsory, it would be next to impossible to frame any general rules or principles of purchase which would be fair to the buyer or the purchaser. The fostering hand of the government in Ireland might, however, afford an effectual aid if the state were authorised to advance to Irish rail ways to the extent of, say two thirds or three-fourths of their debentures at a low rate of interest for five or seven years, upon condition of having a priority over the other debenture-holders, and of appointing a government auditor with a seat as ex-officio director, in the same way as is done in Indian railways. This method is free from the charge of jobbery, and the aid which it offers would be accepted only by those companies which it is of most importance to encourage ; namely, the struggling and well-intentioned. The evidence taken at Sheffield yesterday is discussed by the other daily journals. The Telegraph, after such evi dence, can scarcely venture to believe that the public opinion of the town really condemns chose minor acts of intimidation of which murder is but the natural sequence. not vote against them. But a poor voter, if he were pro perly looked up and pestered and bullied by a rich man's agent, would have no peace unless he consented to go and sign his voting paper. Of the Sheffield proceeding, the Saturday Ret'ww says the crime of Broadhead is justified upon a principle which would render society impossible, inasmuch as it implies a total disorganisation and insolent defiance of the very ex istence of right and duty in the minds of a whole class. Until this foul stigma is removed, the very name of Shef field will be a curse and a hissing to the whole earth. The character of the whole nation is stained, and stained ~with blood ; and the worst of it is that though this horrid re velation is the worst possible of crimes, yet it is after all only the last and crowning result of what we fear is subtly at work in other places, and over a wider range of society than Sheffield. The case is an extreme one, but the principle which has led to it is not local. Some sanguine persons, it appears, expect she Reform BI till will pass within the ensuing week. There are, how ever, the Sptetator reminds us, some important details still to be settled, such as the propriety of dividing the counties to which more members are to be given, or of increasing the representation without division ; the arrangement of the schedules, which involves another debate on the claims of the great cities ; and the method and date of the new registration. The third reading, moreover, will hardly pass without speeches from leading members expressing their views as to the total effect of the bill, and altogether we give it at least another fortnight in the Commons. The debates in the Upper House will probably be in a higher key than those in the Commons, but they will not take so long, and in all probability, so far as probabilities can be catoulated about a measure which moves by self generated farce, the bill will become an act by the middle of July. The Spectator expresses deep regret that the ecnnmii sioner allowed Broadhead's evidence to be received. The man, by his own statement, bas systematically hired bravos, has been the centre of terrorism in Sheffield for years, and, when the Social Science folk were in Sheffield, put himself forward to deny most absolutely that out rages occurred. Mr. Hughes had been lecturing the operatives on rattening, and Broadhead, in the calmest and most solemn manner, denied all his charges. There was plenty of evidence without bins, and now he must escape scot free. But the Spectator demurs altogether to the conclusion that because one union enforces its rules, or allows its secretary to enforce them, by murder, there fore all unions, or that union, should be declared illegaL Christian churches are not necessarily evil organisations, because almost every Christian church in the world has, at one time or another, murdered dissidents from its creed ; nor are unions necessarily evil because there still lingers among them the evil belief in the justice and efficacy of terrorism. The Examiner think.. great difficulty will arise in the further conduct of the Reform Bill if the Boundary Com mission be not better constituted than, as at present an nounced, it appears to be. Five ministerialists and two whigs are an absurd compound wherewith to build up public con fidence. Other elements need to be interfused, and some guarantee of a fair approach to an equipoise of opinions ought in common prudence to be given, and given without delay. The Examiner would not hint an objection to the inclusion of Mr. Bouverie or Mr. Russell Gurney in the But it owns it had rather see additions made from amongst men of acknowledged weight and influence out of parliament, men like Mr. Charles Austin, Mr. Ed ward Romilly, Sir Edmund Head, or Sir Charles Trevel yam The Beehive, the organ of the Trades' Union!, of today denounces the intrigues at Sheffield with as much tho roLghness as any of its contemporaries. The evidence, it says, has indicted on trades' societies the severest blow that they have ever received; and even if the reddest part* should be met and repelled, the societies must take deci sive measures to separate themselves from the sus picion of connexion with criminal proceedings, and to mark their sense of that carelessness of sorce trades in their bookkeeping which permitted the perversion of their funds to vicious purposes. Under whatever condition the facts may have been elicited, they disclose a detestable conspiracy and a bloody crime. The trades of England can have no association with this dreadful guilt, or even with the negligence that permitted the possibility of its occurrence ; for the Beekire presumes that Broadhead paid for the cowardly iniquity of Crookes and Hallam from general funds in his charge. Decisive measures will certainly be adopted to express the abhor rence entertained for this cold and ruthless villainy. Of the riots at Birmingham, the Chronicle says : " With- in reasonable limits the authorities are bound to uphold freedom of speech against mob violence ; but, when a travelling lecturer comes into the midst of an Irish catholic population, and declares that every catholic priest is ' a cannibal and a murderer,' it is no longer a case of theological discussion, but a direct incitement to a breach of the peace. As such it ought to have been dealt with. Sufficient security should have been demanded from Murphy against the repetition of the offence, and in the event of that not being forthcoming he should have been given into the charge of the police. As it is, justice will certainly not be done in the matter if only the actual rioters are dealt with. The constructive rioters—Mr. Whalley, Dr. Armstrong, Colonel Brockman, and the other officers of the protestant electoral union—who con- spired to set on, and pay, Murphy, are by far the more guilty." Lord Houghton will, on Tuesday next, ask the First Lord of the Treasury what is the construction which her Majesty's government place on the words " collective guarantee " in the second article of the Treaty of the 11th of May. 1867, relative to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. On Tuesday next Earl de Grey will call atten• tion to the memorandum recently addressed to the com mending offioers of volunteers in regard to the employment of volunteers in aid of the civil power. The Earl of Carnarvon intends on Friday next to move " that a select committee be appointed to con sider whether any, and what, arrangements can be made to remedy the present defective construction of the House of Lords in reference to hearing." AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BILL.—The bill before the Howe of Lords proposes to enact that after the close of this year, no boy under eight years of age, and no girl under 13, shall be employed in agriculture for hire, and that no girl under 18 shall be employed in a public gang. The bill also directs the quarter sessions to make by-laws, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, requiring the attendance at a proper school of boys be tween 8 and 13 as a condition of their employment in agriculture for hire, the attendance to be for 400 hours in the winter half of the year, and 200 hours in the other half, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. - less than two and a half hairs on one day not to reck oned, nor attendance be yond five hours on one day. Powers are given to magis trates, guardians of the pont, and constables to demand from the employer information n foe ascertain ing whether the act is observed. The b . is to be en forced by penalties. It is to be in force for one year from its passing, and to the end of the then next session of par liament. No by-laws are to have the effect of preventing the employment of any boy in agriculture before the clomp of the year 1867. THE REPRESENTATION OF LONDON UNIVERSITY.— There are several gentlemen's names already mentioned as likely to be put forward for this new University consti tuency in the liberal interest, and we rejoice to learn that measures have been taken to decide the choice of the libe rals between themselves, and prevent division in ease of a conservative candidate taking the field. Mr. Walter Bagehot, who contested Bridgewater ayear or two ago, and ran his op ponent close, has received the support of some very influ ential politicians and graduates of the University, including the Right Hon. George J. Goechen, who, though not a graduate of the University, is a member of the Senate (its governing body), and if the Senate is not included in the constituency, of which by an accident of procedure there is now some doubt, will withdraw. Mr. James Stanideld, M.P., Mr. N. A. Leathern, the late member foe Rudders. field, Mr. Myles O'Reilly, M.P., Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, who, though • Cambridge man, is a London Bachelor of Laws, Mr. Jacob Waley, Mr. F. W. Brady, Q.C., Mr. K Charles. Mr. William Fowler, Professor Greenwood, Professor Rose*, F.R.S., Professor Stanley Jevons, Dr. Russell, Dr. Carlin, and many other distinguished gra duates, have also given him their support. Dr. Wood, LLD., of Lincoln's Inn, whose services to the university have b een great in obtaining for it its present pceiton, has also been put forward, and will command especial support among the strong body of orthodox dissenters. Mr. Lowe and Sir John Lubbock, distinguished members of the Senate, but not graduates of the university, are likely to be sought after by certain sections of the liberal graduates. Amidst this plenitude of names, we trust that the liberals of the university will take care to secure firmly their first object—not to divide the liberal party and so end by send ing some such member to parliament as Durham itself would approve.—Spectator. THE COBDEN CLUB. —Lord Russell will preside at the annual dinner of this club on the 3rd proximo, and amongst those who will support his lordship are the Duke of Argyll, Lord Houghton, Lord Amberley, Mr. Goldvrin Smith, &c. During the past few months the club has ' been joined by several influential members of the legis lature. Eke Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jtria 21. The Queen, with Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, 1 Prince Arthur. Prince Leopold, and Prince Louis of Hesse, left the Castle this morning, at 20 minutes vast 11 o'clock, for London. In attendance were the Blarcbionesa of Ely (Lady in Waiting), Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Hon. D. de Roe (Equerries in Waiting), Major Elpbmstone, and , Captain von Westerweller. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Louis of Hesse, and escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Hussars, drove from the Padding ton Railway station to Marlborough-house, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Majesty afterwards proceeded to Buckingham Palace, attended by the Marchioness of Ely. The Equerries in Waiting were in attendance upon horseback. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and at- - . . tended by the Marchioness of Ely and the Equerries in Waiting on horseback, left Buckingham Palace at half. past 5 o'clock and drove to Kensington Palace, where her Majesty visited the Prince and Princess of Tea. Her Majesty, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Hussars, procveded from Kensington to the Paddington Railway station on her return to Windsor. Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Wester weller, joined her Majesty at the Paddington station. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy as Equerry in Waiting. The Priam of Wales presided yesterday morning at • meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Exhibition at the South Kensington Museum. In the afternoon his royal highness presided at a meet ing of the Belgian Reception Committee at Willis's-rooms. Messrs. E. and K Emanuel, of Burlington-gardens, have had the honour of submitting for the Prince of Wales's inspection the Newcastle and Weymouth Cups for 1867. The Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Colonel G. G. Gordon, went to London on Thursday morning and were present at the marriage of Miss Sybil Grey and the Duke of St. Alban's at the Chapel Royal. Their royal highnesses afterwards visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house, and the other members of the royal family now in town. The Marquis of Exeter (the captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms) and the Earl of Shrewsbury and Tal bot, dined with the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, at their mess in St. James's Palace, last evening. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council -office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, Lord Robert Montagu, and the Right Hon. E. Hammond. THE PRINCE OP WALES AND THE BELGIAN mar. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as president of the Central Belgian Re. oeption Committee, presided at a crowded general meeting held at Willia's•rooma, King•street, St. James's, for the purpose of receiving a re, ort aa to the progress of the fund and the organization for the reception of the Belgians on their arrival next month in England. The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Belgian minister, M. Van de Weyer, entered the room about 2.30 p.m., and was at once installed in the poet of president by Colonel Loyd Lindsay. who also accompanied his royal highness. Mr. CoczeitArr having read the minutes of the previous meeting, His Royal Highness the Pite•-inEirr, who, on rising, was received with applause, said—ln opening tho proceedings of to-Jay, I beg to say that I have great pleasure in com ing here to take the chair. When I heard it was settled that the Belgian volunteers would be invited to this country, I, by the desire of Colonel Lindsay, with great pleasure accepted the post of president, or rather honorary president, for, having many other duties to perform, I naturally did not want to accept the poet of president without being able to perform the duty of that post regularly. I may say, however, that I shall be always happy to render any assistance in my power. (Hear, hear.) After the enthusiastic recep tion of the English volunteers by his Majesty the King of Belgium, and the Belgian volunteers and people, I am sure we shall return the compliment by inviting them here this year, and I am confident that all the arrange ments will he such as to give them great pleasure. There is a concert, a ball, and also a luncheon by the Lord Mayor; and I have the pleasure to state that our government has decided on sending a troop-ship, so as to bring over those members of the Belgian volunteers who intend coming entirely free of expense. The PRINCE, having read the list of prizes to be offered to the Belgians, said the money promised amounted to 5,500 t, of whic h 3,3001 . had been received, leaving 2,200/. still to be received. His royal highness resumed his seat lamidst loud applause. M. Via' Da IVEYEE, the Belgian Minister, then said — Your Royal Highness and Gentlemen,—l was perfectly convinced beforehand that the measures that would be taken by this committee would be such that my country men will return home agreeably convinced of the friendly feeling with which they will have been received. I know this country so well that I have not had a doubt on the subject. Since your royal highness has come forward, I I am equally convinced that that act of condescension on the part of your royal highness will be deeply felt and I , gratefully received in Belgium. (Cheers.) Colonel LOYD LINDSAY said that since the last time he met the committee matters had transpired which it was his duty to report. He had paid a visit to Brussels, and had the honour of seeing his Majesty the King, who ex pressed himself in those kind terms that he always used towards the English people—(cheers)—and said it would give him great pleasure to be among his countrymen over here, but the duties of his parliament, which opened on the let of July. and his army, which encamped in the same month, would render it extremely difficult for him to come. He, however, Jul not wish it to be under stood that be would not come. (Cheers.) He would use every endeavour to be present. He (Colonel Lindsay) was then called upon to receive deputations from many of the principal towns in Belgium, and to them he detailed all the proceedings of the committee, telling them what was prepared for them—that they would be expected on the 11th of July—that her Majesty's Minister, the First Lord of the Admiralty, had kindly consented to send one of her Majesty's finest transports to fetch the Belgians from a place 22 miles below Antwerp, and convey them to Gravesend ; that the journey would occupy 12 hours, and that during the whole of that period they would be entertained at the cost of a grant from the Treasury. (Cheers.) The transport would arrive at Gravesend about noon, where they would he met by the Woolwich Company, who bad very handsomely under taken, at a nominal charge (to satisfy the shareholders) to land their force at Westminster. On the following day (the 12th) the City authorities would entertain the entire force at a banquet at the Guildhall. By permission of her Majesty the Queen they would subsequently visit Windsor Castle and other places of public interest. They would also be invited to a grand ball and concert at the Agricultural-ball He had not been able to ewer tam as yet the exact number of visitors they might expect. The great embarrassment the committee had to contend with was to select the entertainments from the large number offered. They had no doubt seen by the daily . papers that the Duke of Devonshire had invited the Belgians to Chatsworth. The distance to there was some thing like 200 miles, and us it would be utterly impossible to perform the journey there and back in one day, the invi tation had to be declined. The naval review which every man who was aware of the naval greatne ss of England would wish the Belgians to have an opportunity of seeing, conk( not be included in the programme, ea he understood from the Admiralty that there was some doubt as to its taking place at the time mentioned, and the day had there fore been appropriated to something else. There wereinvita tions from Woolwich—from his own corps—from the First Surrey RifieVolunteers and from the Tower Hamlets ; but they could not be accep ted. The authorities of the South Kensington Museum had kindly consented to give a fete at the Museum on he 17th, 18th, or 19th of July, whichever day suited the committee. In conclu sion, Colonel Lindsay stated that amongst others he had sent invitations to visit England to the following : the officers of the King's household ; ministers and their secretaries, general as well as private ; burgomasters of the principal towns ; heads of the naval department ; officers of the Belgian regular army; commander of the Dutch contingent who was at Brussels; commanding officer of the French Guard ; general commanding the French Municipal Guard, and the captains of the steamers that conveyed the British volunteers. (Cheers.) He had omitted to state before that the Thames Boat Clubs had liberally offered to get up a grand fete on the day the Belgians went to Richmond. (Cheers.) H. VAN DE WEYER said that although he had no right to express an opinio n, _ he begged his royal highness's permission to say that having listened attentively to the statement of Colonel Lindsay, be felt that the arrange ments were such as would impress his countrymen with the great hospitality of the English people. (Cheer,.) An offer was made on behalf of the mayors of York and Leeds to entertain the Belgians, and defray the ex penses of transit. A vote of thanks was weed for the offer, which, however, was declined. In answer to a question, Colonel LINDSAY said the council of the 'Fir National had been invited to England. On the motion of Colonel Litaidur, a vote of thanks was passed to the Prince of Wales, who then retired amidst applause. Colonel LINDSAY took the chair during the transaction of the remainder of the business. After a lengthened de , bate, an executive committee, consisting of 15 members (inclusive of the present executive), was appointed to con trol the expenditure of the money, and report to the general committee. Five members to form a quorum. The following are the names of the gentlemen elected to make up the number of 15 :-Colonel M`Lecid, Lord Bury, the Duke of Grafton, Colonel Gregory, Lord Paulet, Colonel Warde, Sir Benjamin Phillips, the Earl of Londesborough, the Duke of Manchester, and Mr. Graves, M.P. The election of this committee concluded the business of the meeting. litairgurr To THE JUDGER. Alderman and Sheriff Weterlow and Sheriff Lyoett gave a grand ban quet last evening, in Stationers'-hall, to her Majesty's judges and a large number of distinguished lega l and civic celebrities. Amongst the guests, who numbered over 200, were :--Lord Justice Turner, Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Baron Pigott, Justice Shee, Justice Mellor, Justice Lush, Mr. G. J. Goachen, M.P. ; Alderman Salomon., M.P. ; Sit J. B. Kerslake, M.P. ; Sir F. G. Moon, Mr. Locke, M.P. ; Mr. Huddleston, M.P. ; Alderman Lusk, M.P. ; Mr. Garth, M.P. ; Hon. G. Denman, M.P. ; Mr. Goodson, M.P. ; Mr. Holden, M.P. ; Mr. Allen, M.P. ; Mr. E. James, M.P., &c. The banquet was replete with an abundance of rare fruits, wines, and flowers, and the guests were entertained with a selection of music from Mr. Weiss, Mr. W. Cooper, Miss Cole, and Mies Elton. The dutie, of chairman were performed alternately by both sheriffs " The health, of her Majesty's judges " was responded to with judicious brevity by Vice-Chan cellor Stuart, who was especially gratified at receiving the profuse hospitality of the sheriffs in so ancient and cele brated a place as Stationars'.hall. On behalf of the judges be expressed their pleasure at being so agreeably " entered at Stationers'-hall," and hinted that they would have no objection to effect a similar entrance on some future occa sion. Mr. Locke, M.P., acknowledged the toast of " the House of Commons." In doing so he said there was now before the house a hill which nobody by any possibility could have anticipated. (Laughter.) It was not the bill brought in at fint—flaughter)—not • bill that was yet completed. He sincerely hoped that when the bill was passed it would give what to bill had ever yet given, namely, universal satisfaction. (Laughter.) In the course of some further remarks the hon. gentleman said he believed the Reform Bill would admit to the franchise every man who was worthy of it. Other toasts followed. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The Archbishop of York will be the preacher at the 7 p.m. service to-morrow eveninr. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE BATTY.—We have to record the death of Mr. George Batty, who, as a proprietor of the establishment known as " Betty's Menagerie," must be well remembered by many of our readers. Mr. Batty died as Ramie, in France. on Wednesday. the sth inst., at the age of &I. The deceased was the only brother of Mr. William Batty, the celebrated equestrian, and was the father of Mr. Batty, known as " The Lion King." His col- lection of wild beasts was very valuable. Mr. George Batty retired from business about eight year ago, and for some time had lived in retirement at Jersey. A few weeks since he went over to France on a pleasure trip, was taken ill at the above place, and died very suddenly. His death will be deeply regretted by a large circle of friends—Bra. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (tzona's niamems.) PORTUGAL . .LISBON Jeve 22, In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu, ties the bills for the reform of the penal code and the abolition of capital rmishment were pat 34.4 with:'only two dissentient votes. BOMBAY (HEAVY MAIL). GIBRALTAR, JUNE ?) _ _ _ The Ripon left at 6 this morning for South ampton, where she may be expected on the 2tith inst. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BORUSSIA. SOUTHAMPTON, den 2L . __. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer' Borussia passed the Needles at 9.20 a.m. to-day. (HT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK JUNE 21, G r.w. The Liberals have captured General Santa Anna at Siaal. The Inman steamship City of New York and the Nebraaka arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE Closing prices :—Gold, 138. Sterling exchange on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 114. Illinois, 120 i. Erie, 591. Cotton, middling upland, 2dil. Petroleum, yenned, 24. [Thu telegram arrived in London to-day (Saturday) at 6.09. a.m.) EXPRESS FROM PARIS. MON OUB OWN CORILISPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. At the sitting of the Corps Legislatif to-day President Schneider, in pursuance of the reac tionary arrangement to which I have alluded, said he would call upon the chamber to fix its own order of the day. He would propose that among the bills ripe for discussion the budget should be taken first. M. Jules Simon mounted the tribune. He said the public accused the chamber of wasting the public time. The charge was unjust. The real cause of the delay in the despatch of business was the regulations; which were imposed on the chamber by the executive power, and which neces. sitated, if any amendments were made to a bill, repeated references to the committee and the Council of State. The address which had been abolished, and for which the measures now to be postponed were the only compensation, was no longer an excuse for bringing forward urgent bills late in the session. He quite admitted the neces sity of mature consideration in the exercise of their legislative powers, and the rather because in his opinion the parliamentary power was the greatest of all and the most essential to liberty. As to the army bill, the opposition would be delighted to see it withdrawn, and that whether there was to be war or peace. If the sad necessity of war was to be forced upon the country, he would rather raise men by the old and tried means instead of having recourse to experiments such as this bill was. But as he hoped for peace, an ad journment sine die of this bill would do no harm whatever. The promise of an amelioration of the law on public meetings, made five months ago, had made a great impression on the public mind and the country called for its fulfilment. The same might be said of the bill on the press. There had been a talk of a dissolution—a thing which in his mind excited neither hopes nor fears; but it would be sad if an appeal were to be made to the country without the realisation of solemn promises from the throne tending to ensure a larger measure of freedom of election. It was scandalous to have it said that the head of the State wanted liberal laws, which the chamber was reluctant to vote. The chamber owed an account to the country both of the employment and the loss of its time ; and he would move that the Press Bill should be placed first in the order of the day for discussion. M. Rouher dwelt upon the necessity of mature consideration, while at the same time he earnestly protested that the government, far from desiring to shrink from its promises, was most anxious to have all the bills passed. The Army Bill he considered most important—not with reference to unfounded rumours of war, but because it would place the defences of the country on a permanent footing. The late period of the year, however, made it impossible to get through the bunnies before the chamber without interfering with the councils-general. He would promise a supplemen tal session early in November. Meanwhile, the government executed the present laws in a liberal spirit. MM. Picard and Emile 011ivier denied this, and said that demands of authorisation to found journals were constantly refused. M. Thiers, adopting the opinion expressed by M. Jules Simon, said the chamber was not to blame for the delay in voting the most important measures of the session ; but the regulations which fettered their proceedings had much to answer for. At all events it could not be said this year that useful business had been retarded by speechification on the address. He congratulated the coalmines on the Army Bill on having obtained severs) important amendments from the Council of State. He was sorry not to be able to compliment tle committees on the Press and Public Meetings Bills on the results of their efforts. The liberty if the press was one of the five liberties which were essential. He had closely watched the working of that liberty for forty years and it had been large ) ! used against him. But the press was a great institution his opinion of which could not be affected by personal matters. He would he very glad now that the bills were to be adjourned to November to have some clear under standing with government that the ground gained would not be lost. Here M. Thiern was interrupted by tumultuous cries of "The order of the day," " La cloture," which prevented him from saying another word that was audible. After some hurried explanations, amidst the con fusion from the reporters, M. Nugent St. Laurens and M. Peyrusse, defending the committees on the Press and Public Meetings Bills against the charge that they had wished to smother them, the order of the day fixing the budget as the nest subject for debate, and implicitly sanctioning the poet ' ponement to November of the other bills, was carried, 34 deputies only voting c,e,tra. Thus ended the solemn farce. Prince Charles, brother of the King of prussic, is expected in Paris oil the let or ltd of July, in isotopes, with his wife, the Princess Maria, of sue-Weinuir. Prince Charles is now G 6 years of age. Mr. Jefferson Davis was lately serenaded Niagara. Ile expressed his thanks in the following speech —" Gentlemen, I thank you sincerely for the bosom r have this evening shown me. It shows that true Brits manhood to which misfortune is always attractive. IR peace and prosperity be for ever the blessing of Camas. she has been the asylum of many of my friend., as she 0 now an asylum for myself. I hope that Canals may ever amain a part the British empire ; and may God b ill ', you all, and the British deg never cease to wave over 70 THE WEEKLY PRESS. Believing that as a matter of fact the cumulative vote was coupled with Mr. Laing's amendment, the Saturday Review thinks the house acted wisely in rejecting the latter. To put out great constituencies and inflict on them the task of representing nnirtrtities, is to paralyse them and render them powerless for good. The proposal to connect the representation of the obscure graduates of Durham with London University was absurd, though the pleasure of disappointing and affronting the University of London was too sweet to be easily neglected by those who view it with something of a clerical horror, orwith the contempt of the older universities fora newand newfangled institution. Voting papers, the Saturday Review says, would greatly strengthen the position of the non-resident voters, and would inevitably be used as an engine of oppression. At present poor voters have the one resource of not voting at all. They can make some excuse for not going to the poll, and if they will not vote ►ccording to their convic tions, they are least so far conscientious that they will THE QUEEN'S COURT. The Queen held a court at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. The Queen wore a black silk dress, with a train spotted with jet and trimmed with fringes and jet ; and the usual cap and veil of white crepe Base with a diadem of diamonds and opals. Her Majesty also wore a diamond necklace, brooch, and ear-rings ; the Riband and the Star of the Order of the Garter, and the Victoria and Albert Order. The Princess Louise wore a train of blue and white silk trimmed with blue and white satin, and a petticoat of white tulle over white glace trimmed with blue and white. Head-dress : blue couvolvulus, feathers, and veil ; diamond ornaments ; and the orders of Victoria and Albert and of St. IsabeL Prince Arthur wore cadet's uniform. Prince Leopold was in full Highland dress. The Prince of \Vales and Prince and Princess Christian are expected to visit Paris next week. On Wednesday the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Teok and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and • large party of distinguished guests, dined at the Trafalgar, at Greenwich. On Thursday night the Prince of Wales honoured Lady Molesworth with his presence to witness toUeaux ricants. The Count and Countess de Paris, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and the Prince of Teck likewise were present, and a small circle were invited. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and Countess Bernstorif have delayed their departure for Germany oa account of the expected arrival of the Queen of Prussia, who will in • few days arrive in this country on a visit to the Queen at Windsor. The Count and Countess Berustorff will go to Dover on Monday to receive her Majesty. . _ The marriage of Lord Waterpark with the Lady Constance Finch-Hatton, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Winchilees and Nottingham, is fixed to take place on Thursday, the 11th of July. _ . _ . _ Lady Herheit of Lea has issued cards for an as sembly on the 2nd proximo. The annual event known u the Royal Grand Caledonian and Fancy Dress Ball came off last night at Willis's Booms, under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Many of the gentlemen present were attired in the Highland garb. There were also some very handsome fancy costumes. Owing to Lady Fife's illness, the Marchioness Townaheed did not organise the costume quadrille her ladyship had contemplated. None of the royal family were present, but a number of foreigners of rank belonging to the different embassies in London attended the gathering. The annual fish dinner of the Fox Club will take place at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, on Saturday next. " A rumour that the wife of a duke and the wife of a bishop are about to appear in public as singers," says the Atlienaves, " will probably be enough, in our wonder-seeking society, to fill even Exeter Hall with an eager audience. For once the good-natured public will be right in following its instincts. The cause which has won the goodwill of a host of patrons, and which has decided the Duchess of Newcastle and kin. Ellicott to appear in public—the desire to assist with funds the Home of Relief for Children with Chronic Diseases of the Joints—is worthy of every one's helping hand ; and even those of the audi tory who may be drawn to Exeter Hall on Wednesday, July 3, in order to enjoy the exhibition of talents which are loudly vaunted in society, will have the malefaction of knowing that the children of the poor will be benefited by their curiosity." The oratorio selected for performance is Herr Schachner's Israel's Return from Babylon. The President and Council of the Royal Institu tion of British Adtiiteets have issued cards for an evening reception for Monday next, June 24. Oxford has voted 5001. from the University funds in aid of the explorations now going forward in Palestine. The committee representing the Irish members of both Houses of Parliament held a meeting yesterday and agreed to the basis of an arrangement for the &sump. tion of the Irish railways by the State. The heads of the plan are stated to be that the lines shall be managed for three years by a commission ; that they shall then be leased, with definite conditions as to fares, he. ; and that Ireland shall guarantee the Treasury against loss. These suggestions will be laid to-day before a general meeting of the noblemen and gentlemen who composed the deputa tion to Lord Derby on Thursday. A letter from Rome, in the Westminster Gazette, says :—" The Archbishop of Westminster arrived last Friday, and has put up at the humble house of the Oblates of St. Charles at San Nicolo in Arcione. He bad au audienoe of the Holy Father yesterday, who received him with cordial affection. England was naturally the subject of their conversation, and I have just bad from the lips of his grace a stirring account of the earnest sad affectionate way in which the Pope spoke of the people under his care, and charged him to convey his benediction to them ; raising his hands to Heaven be blessed God for the won derful way in which, through the adverse vicissitudes of the world, He brings about events for the greater diffusion of the faith." Among the fetes to be given on the occasion of the visit of the Sultan to Paris is • grand review to take place at the camp of ChAlong. Its said that the sovereign of Turkey will rpend a day at Corsica on his way to France. It is said that a grand banquet will be offered to Napoleon 111. by the exhibitor, of the Universal Exhibi tion. ci 6