The Express. — London, England, 1864-02-09 00:00:00

TRICLOARS COCOA - NUT MATTING sad WUTITUOON NEDOLCLOTI WAIL=NOV latovel Doe Mk d to Do. 10. LIIDOLMILILL LONDON. TROLTIMR.B.—EIpeoiaI attention is ealledlo the now WINTIII irrocc; sad gentlemen who do not mind =ia falr price for a good pair of Trousers can depend on and patterns WA , ramie' be excelled, at HAMILTON sad LIMPTON 8, 105, BTR. 1 1811), °media grater Hall. DEPOT AIITHENTIQUE DE LA :REGIS, for SALE of French Caponl WOKING TOBAOOO and FRENCH B:CUFF at 15e. per 214 lbw, kilogramme; ditto ditto Foreign, at DX 8d per 214 the., bilognsenne. French Cigar.. from Is. to Ss. per doom. " Warranted Havana" Cigar% Tobaccos, and Snuffs, as Imported by the • FRENCH nippniAL MOM 202, PICCADILLY, Near at. James's Church. HOW COLD IT HAS BEEN.—NEGRITTI awl ZA1111114114 celebrated resamomrass win cor rectly riskier the lowest teeeperafare. ?rice re. ed.-1. Keeton garden Conklin' ; 1" lleelretreet ; sad 122. Reectiettrict agents want" WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES? My deer fellow ! 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Charles. and Jordan ; Maws Kate Terry, La , and ristrorlety, and Mrs. Idea. annAlf/rIA.. Tins Immo. the 'll;wl;ustoiiibise HICKORY. DICKORY DOCK. afea S. Lane and arst-rate Pantommists.—The Marvels at Pero. —SRI GMAT GHOST ILYNICT.— Whin. and Dertzwad. /112, leantaln.—And ICY LORD WILLOOME. HIGH WATER AT LONDOS =IDOL MT DAT mamba& 111 L 1144 •Aftmesia. th. t. Tomossow Morntas, th. 44AL .. • • Abstuess. 7s. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Ar length a final judgment has been pronounced by the highest legal tribunal in this country upon the charges against two clergymen founded on their contributions to the volume entitled " Essays and "Reviews." The defendants were the Rev. Dr. RowLsers Wim.isms, Vicar of Broad Chalke, in the diocese of Salisbury, and the Rev. H. B. WILSON, Vicar of Great Staughton, in the diocese of Ely ; and the prosecutors were the Bishop of SALISBURY and the Rev. Mr. FENDALL respec tively. The charges were that Dr. Wu.usws, in his Review of BUNSEN'S "Theological Re " searches," and that Mr. WILSON in his paper on the " National Church," had promulgated doctrines contrary to the Articles of Religion and in dero• gation of the Book of Common Prayer. The prosecution was instituted in each case by filing a number of "articles," or particular charges, against the defendants in the Court of Arches. Of these articles the greater number were dismissed by Dr. LUSHINGTON, Dean of that Court, but upon others the judgment of that Court was given against the defendants, and Dr. WILLIAMS and Mr. Wneon were sentenced to be suspended from their O&M/ and benefices for one year, and to pay the costa. From this sentence an appeal was addressed to the Privy Council, before which Dr. Wruinas and Mr. WLLSON appeared in person, and argued their own cause. Some of the articles which Dr. LcsimvoroN had admitted were given up at the :searing before the Judicial Committee, and ulti mately there remained but four, on which the Court yesterday pronounced judgment. In following this judgment it is important to bear in mind the declaration of the Judicial Corn mittee, that its province is simply to ascertain the true construction of the Articles of Religion and Formularies of the Church, of which the appellants are members, and then to ascertain the true gram matical meaning of the passages in the writings alleged to be inconsistent with those Articles and Formularies. " That only," said the LORD CHAN er.ums, "is matter of accusation which is ad " viaedly taught or maintained by a clergyman in " opposition to the doctrine of the Church." in one of the two articles against Dr. WILLIAMS which survived the hearing of the appeal he was charged with denying that the Bible is the word of GOD, that it contains any special revelation of His truth or of His dealings with mankind, or is the rule of our faith. The Judicial Committee decided that he has not affirmed this ; that his language is consistent with a belief in those things which he is said to have denied ; and that therefore the charge is founded on a misinterpre tation of his words. The other charge against Dr. WILLIAMS was that he had contravened the I Ith Article of Religion—that on justification by faith. He had said, in the course of a defence which he imagined BUNSEN might make against a supposed adversary, " Why may not justification by faith " have meant the peace of mind or sense of " Divine approval which comes of a trust in GOD, " rather than a fiction of merit by transfer f" Dr. LUSHINGTON had taken this undoubtingly as a declaration of the writer's own sentiments. The Judicial Commit*e refuses to do so, saying that "it would be a severe " thing." Further, it declines to reoognise in the statement that " the doctrine of transfer by "merit is a fiction," a contravention of the Eleventh Article, because that article is wholly silent as to any "transfer " of the priceless merits of which it treats. The Court further, but only inci dentally, took notice of Dr. WILLIAMS'S repudia tion at the hearing of the interpretation which had been made of his statement that the doctrine of transfer was a fiction. Upon these grounds the Judicial Committee reversed the judgment of the Court of Arches against Dr. Witirsais. The charges against Mr. Wilma!' which the Court had to consider yesterday were also two in number. The judgment of the Judicial Commit tee on these differs in a very important respect from that which we have just noticed. Fur whereas the former turns mainly on the interpre tation of the words alleged to contain erroneous doctrine, the latter deals directly with grave questions whether doctrines plainly discoverable inn the writings objected to were allowable. The first charge against Mr. WILSON related to the subject of the inspiration of the Holy Scrip tures, and in the view of the Court involved the proposition that it was • eontradiction of the doc trine laid down in the 6th and 20th Articles of Religion, in the Nicene Creed, and in the Ordination Service of Priests, to affirm that any part of the canonical books of the Old or New Testament, upon any subject whatever, however unconnected with religious faith or moral duty, was not written under the inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT. On this question the Committee did not shrink from laying down a proposition which has wide and far reaching consequences. It declares that " the Ts~ " proposition or assertion that Inlay pert of the " Scriptures was written under the inspiration of " this HOLY Srrarr is not to be found either in the " Abides or any of the formularies of Ese Church." The Court, in constructing this remarkable sen tence, appears to have had in view the often quoted passage on inspiration contained in ST. PAUL'S Second Epistle to TIMOTHY, and to have been not unwilling to display the difference between the positive teaching of the Church of England and the popular interpretation of that text. The judgment of the Court is that the Church of England, in affirming that Holy Scrip ture oontaineth all things necessary to salvation, has not affirmed that every part of every book of Scripture was written under the inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT, and the Court therefore declines to say that Mr. WILSON'S teaching on this point is contradictory to the Articles of Religion or to the)Formularies. The second charge against Mr. Wilsox referred to that part of his Essay in which he says that such is the neutral character of the multitude, that neither the promises nor denunciations of Revelation are applicable to them; that hope must be entertained that after the great adjudication receptacles may be found for those who shall be infanta as to spiritual development, where the stunted may be come strong, and the perverted may be restored; that, in the end, "all both small and great shall " finds refuge in the bosom of the Universal Parent, "to repose or to be quickened into higher life in "„the ages to come, according to His will." It was contended by the promoters of the snit that Mr. Wneow, in thus writing, had denied that at the end of the world there will be a judgmentof GOD awarding either eternal happiness or eternal misery. But the Court declined to admit this comprehensive interpretation. The only question it would consider was, whether it was competent to a clergyman of the Church of England to express a hope that the punishment of the wicke d may not endure to eternity. Against opinion appeal WY INade to the Creed of ATRANASIUS and the Comminution Service, in which the destiny of the wicked is spoken of as " everlasting fire." Mr. WILSON had contended at the hearing that the adjective of time in this expression has a limited meaning, and he had further adduced passages from the writings of many learned men to the same effect. The Court observed that the words "everlasting fire" are nowhere interpreted in the Formularies of the Church, and that an article denouncing the doc trine of an ultimate restoration of the wicked, which had been inserted in the Articles in the reign of EDWARD VI., was struck out in the year 1562. The Court therefore declared that the For mularies contain no such distinct declaration on the subject as would require it to condemn as penal the expression of a hope by a clergyman that even the ultimate pardon of the wicked who are con demned in the day of judgment, may be con sistent with the will of ALMIGHTY GOD. Such are the conclusions which form the basis of one of the wait important judgments ever de livered affecting the dogmatic position of the Church of England and the liberty of its clergy. All the charges brought against the Esaayista have failed : some before Dr. LUSHINOTON, others on the hearing of the appeal, and the remainder, in c' .iding the most important, by the deliberate de cision of the Judicial Committee, and Dr. Wu, mina and Mr. WILSON are restored to their parishes and their pulpits. The grounds of the judgment will be much and warmly discuaaed during the next few days, and its oonsequenoes may be more extensive than some of us suspect. CO mutt. OSHORNP., Fa 8. • Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Household, arrived at Osborne to-day, and bet andienoes of her Majesty to present the addresses from the two houses of parliament in answer to her Majesty's speech at the opening of parliament. The Pram of Wales, accompanied by the Hon. Sir Charlie Phipps, and attended by Lieutenant•G eoeral Koollys sad Major Tete isle, left Frogmore-hoar yesterday morn ing, and came to tows. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal EGghners, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall. Baciriagham gate. There were priseat Sir William Dunbar. Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir Wilbert' John Alexander, Atiorney•General ; Colonel the Rau. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, Recelver-Geoeral ; and Lieu tenant-General K Dolly., Comptroller . of the Household of his Royal Highassa In the evening the Prises hammed Earl Granville by dialog with his at his reddens, ha Brads-street. BM Royal Highnes afterwards returned to Premixed THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Program. to-morrow afternoon for St. Leonard's-on-Sr, where their Royal Highussee motemplate a fortnight's incur. Apartments hays bees engaged for the scommoo dation of the Prince sad Primers at Starkey'. Royal Vic toria Hotel, as establishment which has before had the hooour of receiving under lie roof various members of the English Led French royal families. Ilse infant prime will accompany his illustrious parents. The Prince and Primers will leave Windsor at half-past two o'clock in a epeeist train provided by the London and South Western Rail. way Company, whose officers will take charge of the royal party as far as the Waterloo function of the Charing-cross branch of the South Rasters Railway, where the of of the latter company will be in attendance to conduct the illustrious travellers forward rid Tunbridge and Thnbridge Wells to St. Leonard's-os-Sea, where the train is timed to arrive at five o'clock. It it understood the South &atm roots to St. Leonard's has been adopted in oonsequesor of the Prince's desire to show his illustrious consort We new railway acros the southern district of Loudon. The return jemmy will probably be made over the Brighton and South Coast Railway, and thence rid the Balham and Clapham junction on to the Windsor line, by which route a saving of nearly ten miles may be effected. In compliance with L request which him been officially conveyed through General Knoll's, there will be no public demonetratioe either at Hastings or St. Leo- nerd's during the royal visit. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the Lyceum Theatre with their presence last evade& Royal fligbnees Prince Alfred visited the Duke and Dachas of Beocisach at Dalkeith House as Saturday afteroooo. The Countess Blucher has arrived at Miturigy's Hotel, from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne, out her way to Berlia. LATEST INTELLIGEkeIg TES GIBILiNIC DIET. The Nuremberg conferences convoked by Bavaria will be resumed this week. In spite of the efforts made to render the project abortive, the cabinet of Munich has not abandoned the attempt to establish a league of the secondary estates to counter balance the weight of the alliance of the two great powers. The division is, moreover, about to be immediately manifested openly. The representative of Bavaria, M. Von der Pfordten, has presented his report on the question of suc cession. It concludes thus :—" To recognise the Duke Frederick as legitimate sovereign of Bleswig Holstein, to admit his representative to the Diet, and to leave open the question of the succession of Lauenbourg." Austria and Prussia have submitted a counter proposition, by which they de mand the rejection of the report of M. Von der Pfordten and a new examination of the question of succession. If, as is generally believed, the ma jority of the Diet is of the same opinion as the Bavarian Minister, the rupture between the great and the small states of Germany will be complete, and no one (says the liidegpemlance) can foresee where this intestine strife of votes will stop. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. A letter from Mantua mentions the following : General Alfred Benikatan, recently appointed to the command of the sth corps d'armee, in the place of Count Stadion, on amusing his command, them deys since, made a speech to the officers in which be advised them to keep themselves in a stats of eoostnet readiness for action, pp under prompt circumstance' Austria might probably be attacked on two sides as owe. The general added that the Austriaa army was now much stronger and better °r ipened then in 1859, and that, in caw of grave events, victory could not be doubtful. Leiters from Bologna in the Opinion of Turin state that a vast quantity of ordnance and military storm in daily arriving there, and that the fortifi cations are being armed with guns of the largest calibre. The follow i ng telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter'a office from the Peninaular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MALTA, Fii. 8. The Masailia, with the Marseilles portion of the above mails, left Malta at 8 p.m. yesterday (7th). The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the same mails, leaves at Ba. m. this day (Bth) ; she may be expected at Southampton on the 17th inst. The Carnatic brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the Lt inst. (two days early). The Mauritius mail has not arrival r wARD BOMBAY MAIL OF JAN. 27 TO FEB. 3. The Poonah reached Malta at 8 p.m. on the sth, and the Vectis at 10 p.m. on the ith inst. .Nl; . _ THE ALABLILL Sir Hervey Bruce, Bart., M.P., entertained at diner at his Tandems in Laugh= Time. cm Saturday the Earl of POW* the Bishop of Bowe, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Mayor, the Dean of Derry, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel. ILP., the Go vernors of the Irish Society, the Masters of the Fish monger'', Salters', Irearmaseas', sad Closers' Cowpoke, Sir Frederick Henske, Bart., IL P., Mr. Demme, M.P., Mr. M'Cliumick, M.P., Col. and Mr. Broom, Lc. The marriage of the Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, M.P., oldest brother of Viscenat ChM's, with the Hon. Harriett Stowe, mead daughter of Lord and Lady Osman was selemeised yesterday, Is the first instance at the Roman catholic chapel of the Bavarian Legation, is War wick-street, aad, secondly, by pedal Memos. &mmHg; to the protestant rite. at St. James's Chunk Pi...dilly. The marriage of Mr. Charles John Forbes, aided sae of Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of News, with Miss Moo aside, denglles of Sir moues and Lady Louisa Moe miff', is fixed to take place early is April. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Coverer of the Beharams. Despatches were sent to the Governer of the Falkland Wanda •/ =PRESS, TUIIBDAT: ETIRTMG, FEBRUARY 9, 1864. DIPLOBL&TIO CORRESPONDENCE. This morning was issued a batch of cone poodles' with the United Blain gonsrunisot essiianslisa of the despatches presented to parliament last Mime. The sew documents wrist of affidavits sad miscrisle relating to the depredations of the Alabama sad the Florida, despatches from Mr. Adams to Earl Rama quoting each of three as claims for ludo:catty, end sdding them " to others of the game kind whirl It has been my painful duty to present to your lordship heretofore;' sod of replica from Earl Russell disclaiming all responsibility to regard to the proceedings of the Alabama or of any other Ootifedenite cruiser. In the coarse of a despatch dated March 27 last year, Earl Smell, describing to Lord Lyons an interview with Mr. Adams, after stating that the Amerkna anibeandor bad observed that the Presidsat might probably find no better resource than the issue of kitten of marque prooseds—" I said I would at owe sagged a better mesa care. Mr. Seward bad mid to Lord Lynn that the crews of privateers had this advantsge—that they reaped %whole benefit of the prizes they took, whines the crews of men-d. war were entitled to oily half the value of the prises they took. Let the President, I said, offer a hither reward for the capture of the Aitken& sad Onto to the crews of men-of-war than even the satin value of these vowels. Let him offer double their value se a gratuity, and thus confine his action to officers and men of the United States 0117, over whom he could keep a control, sad who Were amenable to the laws which gown as heinolusble profession. But what could Mr. Adams ask of the British government? What was hi. proposal '. Mr. Adams said there was ono thing which might be easily dose. It was supposed the British government were in different to these notorious violation. of their own law. Let them declare their condemnation of all such infractions of law. With respect to the law itself, Mr. Adams said either it was isifficieut for the porpoise of neutrality, end then let the British government intone it ; or it wse in. sufficient, and then Ist the British government apply to parliament to amend is I said that the cabinet were of opinion that the law was sufficieut ; but that legal evi dence could not always be procured. That the British government bad done everything in its power to execute the law ; but I admitted that the owes of the Alabama and Oreto were • scandal, and in some degree a meow= to our laws. Still, I said, it was my belief that if all the ainistence given to the Pectorals by British subjects, and British manitioas of war, were weighed spinet similar aid given to the Confederates, the balance would be greatly in favour of the Federal'. Mr. Adams totally denied this proposition. But above all, he said, there is a manifest conspiracy in this country, of which the Confederate loan is an additioaal proof, to produce a state of exasperation in America, and this bring on • war with aftilla Britain with • view to aid the Confederate cause, sad secure a monopoly of the trade of the Southern states, whose inde pendents thew conspirators hope to establish by these illegal end unjust =awaits. He had worked to the best of him power for pesos, bat it had become a most difficult task. Mr. Adams fully deserves the character of having always Laboured for pesos between our two nations, nor I trust. will hie efforts and those of the two governments fail of saccess." On the 14th of September Earl Rosen writes to Mr. Adams :—" When the United States' govern ment assumes to bold the government of Great Bri tain responsible for the captures made by vessels which may be fitted out as vessels of war in a foreign port be cause such veseels were originally built in a British port, I have to observe that such pretensions are entirely at va riance with the principles of international law, and with the decisions of American aorta of the highs authority ; and I have only in conclusion to express ID,' hope that you may not be instructed again to pat forward claims which her Majesty's government cannot admit to be founded on any grounds of law or justice." And again, on the 26th of October :—" Foreign-office, October 26, 11363.—5ir, I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 23rd instant. In that letter you inform me that you are instructed to say that the government of the United States mast continue to insist that Great Britain has made itself responsible for the damages which the citi zens of the United States sustain by the depredations of the veinal called the Alabama. But towards the conclusion of your letter you state that the government of the United States are not disposed to act dogmatically or in a spirit of litigation ; that they desire to maintain amity as well as peas; that they fully comprehend how un avoidably reciprocal grievances mast spring up from the divergence of the policy of the two countries in regard to the present insurrectioa. You add farther on, that the United States (nobly confess themselves inmate to regard the present hour as the most favourable to • calm and candid examination by either party of the fasts oe the principles involved in cease like the one now in question. With this declaration her Majesty's government may well be content to await the time when a calm and candid examination of the facts sod principles involved in the case of the Alabama maya is the opinion of the government of the United States, =dully be undertaken. In the mean time, I mast request you to believe that the principle contended for by has Majesty's government is not that of commissioning, equipping, and manning vessels in our ports to cruise against either of the belligerent parties, a principle which was so justly and unequivocally condemned by the President of the United States in 1793, as recorded by Mr. Jefferson in his letter to Mr. Hammond of the 13th of May of that year. But the British govern ment must decline to be responsible for the acts of parties who at out • seeming merchant ship, send her to a port or , to waters far from the jurisdiction of British warts, and there commissioe, equip, and man her se a vessel of war. Her Majesty's government fear that if an admitted principle were thus made elastic to suit a particular case, the trade of ship-building, in which our people excel, and which is to great numbers of them a source of honest livelihood, would be seriously embarrassed and impeded. I may add that it appears strange that not withstaading the large andwerful naval force Possessed the government of the Uni po ted States, no efficient mea sures have hese taken by that government to capture the Alaimo'. On oar part I must declare that to perform the duties at neutrality fairly and impartially, and at the same time to maintain the spirit of Bntish law and protect the lawful industry of the Queen's subjects, is the object of her Majesty's government, and they trust that the government of the United States will recognise their earnest desire to preserve, in the difficult circumstances of the present time, the relations of amity between the two nations." On the 29th of the alms month the foreign minister in formed Mr. Adams that the proceedings of the Alabama et the Cape bad been order the consideration of the government ; and the following conclusions bad been adopted by them : " L That her Majesty's governmeet are satiated by the coo current testimony of the colonial and naval authorities at the Cape, that at the time of capture the Sea Bride was eon sidenibly more than three miles distant from the nearest land. 2. That as regards the character of the Alabama that vessel is entitled to be treated as a ship of war belonging to • belligerent power, and that neither the govenice nor any other British authority at the Cage was entitled to exercise any jurisdiction over her. 3. That as regards the "Tusca loosa, although her Majesty's government would have approved the British authorities at the Cape if they had adopted towards that vessel • course different from that which was adopted, yet the quotation as to the manner in which • vessel under each circumstances should, according to the teoour of her Majesty's orders, be dealt with, wow one not altogether free from uncertainty. Negertheless, instructions will be sent to the British author rides at the Cape for their guidance in the 'vest of a simi lar cans occurring hereafter, arid her Majesty's government hope that under tLoee instructions notbieg will for the future happen to adroit of a question being raised as to her Majesty's orders basin been strictly carried out. Copies of the reports from the colonial and naval authorities on the matters in question will be mot to her Majesty's minister at Washingtoo, who will thereby be enabled to give to the government of the United States say further explanation they may desire to obtain on the subject." Thia morning 2t pages of correspoodeme respectlag state ments's Mr. Lay's memorandum, dated Jan. 11, 1862. The papers oonsitt of replies to various charges made by Mr. Lay, inspector of customs in the service of the Chinese go veroment, against certain leading merchants in Chloe. The letters are from Messrs. Jardise, liattbsson, sod Co., Messrs. Dent and On., the chairmen of the Shaaglisi Chain. her of Coromerce, sad Mr. Lindsay. The correspondence on the part of the goveremeot is limited to an acknowledg ment of the receipt of the various answer.. VACCINATION. —This morning, a return wag issued of the number of unions or single parishes in England end Wales of which the guardians or overman have taken measures to enforce obedience to the mocioation ems. In England, out of some 700 replies only 79 are in the affirma tive. To the Warn " No," signifying that nothing hen been done, the remark in some cases is added, " beyond posting placards." EDI7C.ATION.—REVIELD CODE or RIIOI7LATIONS. —This mornings mien was made to parliammt of the revised code of regulations, dated January, 1964, incorpo rating the minutes of 21st March and 19th May, 1863, With a schedule of all ankh% cancelled or modified, and of all new articles, by the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council of Educatios. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS POE ENGLAND. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom otra owl mwr.) PARIS, MONDAY Errinso. The following startling paragraph appears in the Patrie : It is rumoured in Paris to-day that, in consequence of the profound emotion produced in Copenhagen by the news from the theatre of war, a revolution has 'woks out in that capitaL The Kung of Sweden and Norway, Charles V., is said to have been proclaimed. It is added that Chris tian IX., who, se already known, is absent from Copen hagen, was on his way to England. We only reproduce these rumours under the most express reserve ; but it suf. floss that they have acquired a certain credit for it to be our duty to report them. No other journal speaks of the revolution as a fact, and indeed despatches from Copenhagen down to Sunday evening, and the news of the dismissal of General de Mesa, in con sequence of the popular indignation against him for having surrendered the Dannewerke, afiord negative evidence that no revolution can have occurred. But according •to the Pays, it would seem that a revolution has been imagined in Paris for some days past. The Pays calla to mind a prophecy of its own five days old, which excited no attention at the time, and according to which the necessary consequence of the defeat of the Danes would be revolution in Copenhagen, the absorption of Denmark in a Scandinavian kingdom with the King of Sweden (a Bernadotte) for sovereign, and compensation given to King Christian, who would be recognised as heir presumptive to the Scandinavian throne, and treated in the meantime iu a manner analogous to the Cond‘a under the old French monarchy Are these symptoms of a conspiracy ? The Bourse was very undecided, opinions differing jointly as to the probable conic - queue:es of events in Denmark. Rents ultimately rose 15c.:; and Mobilier, 16fr. The instruction in the affair of the four Italians accused of a plot to assassinate the Emperor is completed, and the trial stands fixed for the next seals' es. It is remarkable that whereas we bear from Italy of municipal addresses of rejoicing at the Emperor's escape, yet in France, where such mani festations are so easily got up when desired, no thing of the kind takes place. The public seems to attach no importance whatever to this "plot," and no efforts are made by the authorities to awaken its sensibility. Madame de Subligny, the widow of a receiver of taxes of the First Empire, has just died at Nogent sur-Seine, at the extraordinary age of 104 years. A Dusseldorf paper announces that M. David Strauss is now re-writing his celebrated " Life of Jesus" which was published 30 years ago. THE WAR. IN NEW ZEALAND. THE BATTLE AT RANGIRIRI. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Fn. 8. . . The following telegram has been renewed by /art Russell from her Majesty's agent and Consul- General in Egypt, dated Cairo, Feb. 7 : " Boaciriri. Nov. 29, 1863. " Lieutenant-General Cameron, on the 20th inst., with a force of 1,000 men and three guns, aided by the royal navy, under Commodore Sir William Wiseman, attacked the rebel natives, who occupied a very strongly entrenched position on the bank of the River Waikato at Rangiriri, and after a severe engagement succeeded in dislodging them from it, and taking 183 prisoners, including moat of the chiefs. The fighting commenced at 5 p.m., ►nd did not cease till 6 a.m. next day. Our loss. Including that of the royal navy, is 4 officers killed, 11 wounded ; 37 men killed, 80 wounded. Names of killed and wounded will be sent by my first despatch. (Signed) " CotqvuouN." The different Brazilian postage stamps are about double the number of the different English cws. The value of the Brazil stamps vary from about fifteen pesos to one farthing. They haws nothing on them besides some mono apnoeas stroll week and kegs size figures in the emigre, de natl.( their value. These figures are so obvious that there Is so neoserity for having a different coloand stump for every see of a different value. --; i'lreesilmat;rlcoml;lClothiog for the Federal army dories the sett fiscal year is 58,000,000 dellara—Per York Bun. REPORT OF THE MATES ooluarru.._ This morning the above report, which is dated Thursday lest, was retuned to the Haw of Lords. The committee recommend that the bawd should determine for the aureat year :-1. To make one further appropriation is capital aims to the extent of 100,0001., to meet bends°. dons of at least equal value is acoordanc• with their pub lished raise dated Febrility, 1863. 2. To meet all the local claims twain is respect of the Durham Bishopric Betakes, and part of those arising in respect of the York Archbishopric Estates. 3. To augment unconditionally to 3001. a year the MOMe of every benefice in public pstratege, the population of which was by the census of 1861 not lies than 8,000 persona. 4. To augment the income of every beat:fiat in private pa• troaage having a like population to a like amount of 300/. a year, on condition that °Dahill of the sum required to effect such augmentation be provided from nonweleeiaatirsal sourer. 5. To appropriate the sum of 3,0001. per annum in perpetuity to the endowment with 2001. a year of Dew churches to which districts shill have been legally &earned containing is each awe a population of riot is than 8,000 persons ; the grants to churches in public patronage, to be made unconditionally, and to churches in private patronage, on coodition that one ball of the sum required be provided from non-aclesisetical sources. The grants to be thus made during the current year would be of the capital value of about 700,0001. THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. The weekly meeting of the Central Executive Committee took place at the Town-ball, Manchester, yes terday. Sir Jilin P. KAV-8410wiserOlerti, Bert., in the chair. There were also present : ;Lord E. Howard, IL P., the Mayor of Manchester, Colonel W. Paths, ILP., Major Egerton Leigh ; Mama Gladstone, J. Worosll, G. Ash: worth, S. J. Stern, M. Bees, J. Bath, H. B. Parnell, Hugh Mason, W. Rethbone, jos., W. Roberts, J. Penton, J. W. Mealure, B. H. Hutchinson, R. Hutchison, T. Ashton and M. L. Ashworth. The hon. wesetely reported that 5461. 7a. 9d. had been received during the week, and that the balance in the bank MY 183,8581. 17%. Three welsh of clothing had been received, and four bales of clothing and two hampers of wine had been nut oat. The hoe. wierthery reed his month', li which stated that there was • considerable Ina r eaer r of !minima, as compared with last month. The time worked in mills bed been much reduced during the month ci January, and them wee no reason to anticipate any improvement so long se any uncertainty as to the maintenance of the present price of cotton continues. The Mora shows there are now 210,739 operatives working full time, 115,666 short time, and 158,653 entirely out of work, there being comequently a redaction of 27,539 in the number working fall time, and after making allowance for the absorption of labour by other trades, and for • slight migration, an increase of 9,615 in those entirely without employment. There was an increase in the last week of January, as compared . with Decem ber, of 7,786 receiving relief from the of 12,640 from local committees, and of 2,617 w one relief was sup plemented by local committees ; being a total increase of 24443 relieved. There are now employed ors public works 1.8:0 unakilled labourers, being an increase on last month of 244. - - Mr. FAIWALL presented his weekly report showing that there was a demise of 2,918 panes. is receipt of relief from the guardians last as tempered with the previous week. Ili answer to a question from Mr. Pim% The caarnexa stated that all men who have been in receipt of relief and are transferred from the relief list to employment for wages on public works, are sopplkd with suite of clothing from the executive committee, whether they are in receipt of aid from relief committees or from the boards of guardians, provided the men thus earning wages fulfil the local regulations respecting such employ meat on public works .—Mr. E. Ashworth stated that the public works act was working you satisfactorily in Bolton. The following grants were made from the peeral relief and clothing fluid :—Garton, 2501.; Dukislield, 5001. ; Mottram, 1201. ; Broadbottom and Charlaswerth, 1201. ; Newts* Moor, 50/. ; Moseley, 1501.; Wilton, 251. ; Burnley and Habergham Eaves, 3001. ; Bolton, 1,0001. ; Tettingtou, 251. ; Cho y, 300/. ; W ithoell, 70/. ; Stackstesda, 2001. ; RaMeastall, 2001. ; Harpurhey, 601.; Moakley, 1001. ; Far rington, 1501. ; Halewood, 301. ; Pendlebury and Swinton, 801. ; Wigan, 1,5001. ; Ashton-in-Mackerileid, 201. ; New Mille, 80/. ; Little Hayfield, 1001. ; and Halm, 5001. KEEPER OF TH2 SIGNET.—The Prince of Wales has been pleased to cooler upon Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Beaumont Phipps, K.C.8., the honorary appoiotment of Secretary, Chambsrmnin aad Itaimirer-Geoeral. and Keeper of the Signet of his royal highness as Prince aid Steward of Snotland. Tin GENRBAL Comm/wiz or Exicriosts roa 1864.—The Speaker of the Home of Commose bee appointed Sir F. T. Suing, Bart, the Right Has. S. H. Walpole, the Right Hon. H. A. Herbert, Sir W. Miles, Bart., Mr. H. K. Berme?, and Mr. .1. Bonham-Carter, to be members of the General Committee of Elections for the present ermine. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN IN WORILHOIISCIL—It appears from s parlismeatary return, which was issued this morniog that the number of illegitimate chiklreo been in the workhouses of England sod Wales in 1860, wee 7,077 ;in 1861, the number was 8,020 ; and in 1852,11 wee 8,115. The number that bare become chargeable to the unite was 764 in 1860 (539 of whom were in Wale.) ; 756 (485 being Welsh) in 1861 ; sod 919, of whom 526 were Welsh, in 1862. The English county highest in the list in the year 1862, next to Middlesex, is Lancaster, which is put down far 882; Surrey follows with 485 ; then the Went Riding with 3131 ; Kent, 292 ; Devoe, 260 ; Lineola, 253 ; Gloucester, 249 ; Norfolk, 242; Warwick, 217 ; Stafford, 206. Sir James Elphinstone will ask the Secretary of the Admiralty several mediate respecting the Prime One• sort, on Tuesday, the Ist of March. Mr. William Ewart, next Friday, will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the intention of the government to introduce any measure for the protextion of actresses and actors from the danger of their drams taking Sr., to w►ich they are now experaed at the theatres. Mr. Richard Long intends to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on Friday, whether his attention has beim dawn to the statement" made by the government commissioner, Professor Goatee, as to the looms inflicted on British farmers by the importation of dis eased cattle and sheep ; and whether it is his intention to propose any remedy for the evils oomplained of. Mr. Lindsay, ou an early day, will move—" That is 1857, It having been proved before ► committee of this house that the formation of harbours of refuge on the combs of Great Britain sad Ireland would be highly beneficial to the interests of this country by the protection which would thereby be afforded to life and property, and a royal one mission having in 1848 made further inquiry, and having unanimously recommended the oteeknotion of such har• bows, it is, in the opinion of this home, expedient that her Majesty's frovernment should take the neoemary roamers' to enable them to carry out the recommendations of the said commission, in accordance with the resolution of this home of the 19th day of June, 1860." Mr. Osborne intends to move an amendment on Mr. Dillwys's 11/1:4011 for inquiry iato the Isiah church. On au early day Mr. Richard Long will move for a sided committee on the Poet-odiee, with an especial view to the improvement of existing arrangements for the transmission of mails in the provincial districts. Mr. Henry Seymour intends shortly to call the attention 01 the homes to the report of the select committee oo the Ecclesiastical Commission, sad to ask her Majeiety's goveremeet it they intend to take ►ay steps to carry at the reeornmead►tioru of the report. Professor Fawcett addressed an immense meeting at the Brighton eiIOUS but evening. At least 2.000 meow were present. He stated that he bad offered to have • preliminary election by ballot to decide which liberal can didate should @tend, but that Kr. Goldsand would not accept this proposal. It was announced, amidst great chewiest, that Mr. Coei•gbem had joined Mr. Fawcett's committee. The meeting most enthusiastically pledged itself to athwart Mr. Fawcett. It is interesting to look at the totals of the funds which hams bees placed at the disposal of the committer for the relief of Laseaskirs dieter up to the present time. They an as follows :—The Mansion Home emateittes, 830,7231.; the Bridgewater Hews coromiltes, 144,0961 ; the metre relief oemari►tsr, 821,0621.; showing a total of De less than 1,485,8831. Is addition to this money sabscrip ties, the vast gifts in kind would be bard to tetimata—the provisions sod the clothing. J. W. Scott, Esq., of Rotherfold Park, Alton, is High Ithowlif for the minty of Hants this year. Hie &time. Iris high sheriff of the ..as county in 1839, nod his grind father in 1820. I The Chericars publishes a caricature representing • bugs emidias Plated on s bkideg GM sad entitled " Tho GamanisOsolederatiost" Aleuts sad Peoria are ailing ea the lid sad trying with all tear faros to keep it down, bat It already has rhea at sea INK sad s mad= ed eiesil per sonages are wen below helm* it gradually sp. Al ia ocriptioo underneath declares that the boiling pot so looser respects the pressure on the corer. TZIFIZSBURY BLZOTION.-(THIS DAY.) (sT mamma rases.) TEWKESBURY, Turaut, Hr. John Reginald Yorke (ooneervative) was pat in nomination this moaning, and, then bring no oppo. Ake, was tisanred duly eisennd. UNITY BANK.-(TDIS DAY.) This day an extraordinary meeting of the share holders of this bank was held at the London Tavern ; Alder. man Kuria in the chair. The following report and belenee-shest were read : " The directors now submit to the shareholders • statement showing the position of the beak ma the 31st of December last. It is with much regret they lad the malt fall so far short of the expectations they were led to entertain. Many lo have occurred in the realisation of the assets of the beak. The capital account has been charged with the preliminary expenses, the loss by investments in bank premises, and credit hes been taken for capital returned to the shareholders. With respect to the bank premises the directors have been much disappointed, receiving only 1,5001. for the fittings at 10, Cannon street, in return for an outlay of 10,0001. The sue of the Brighton freehold has likewise resulted in • lase of nearly 4,0001. These losses, coupled with the failure of many customers whose estates have produced most unsatisfactory results, have contributed materially to the absorption of the remain ing capital of the beak. It must also be borne in mind that the premium of 10.0001. which was to have been paid by the Loudon and Middlesex Bank for the goodwill of the business of the Unity Bank cannot now, accordiog to counsel's opinion, be recovered. The directors, wanted by pest experience, have been most cautions in their estimate of future realisation, but they think a further sum of from 21. to 31. pee sham will be ultimately returned. rbe direc tors, in mamma with the general body of shareholders, are themselves great sufferers, being very large arid original holders of the shares of the bank. Some additional share were also purchased by them upon the estimate made and given to the ehsreholders at the last meeting." BALLNCE-BHEET, 31st December, 1861. A s. d. t ad. 141,015 0 5 To capital as per lad report . . . „ Lea boat promises, after deduct ing 1,600 L received OD account of Cannonetreet premises, and 6,171 L for Brighton freehold 17,196 9 „ Tem prelindnary exposes, as per lad report 09',616 15 • did loans at chid oo9ce . £37,419 14 4 „ hoar by Mlle din counted and loans at western branch 17.091 1 9 64,610 16 1 104,355 1 0 30.5.5., 11# 5 „ Amount due to London and 111d diesel Bank Undrawn smowtta SO4 0 1 5,373 12 7 3,798 6 8 2,95 5 7 3 Profit sad loss bolsoce Less expenditure to date £42,349 11 6 L ed assets 87 um a/ capital to shsrebotders by paymemt on London and Middlesex Bank shwa and cash payments 542,345 11 5 Meets good 414647 11 6 Leo due to London and Middlesex Bank and anclanned amounts 6.678 12 7 £&168 1S 10 B&Loee he tavoar of the tont. Mr. Burros made an application on behalf of Mr. Howell, late clerk in the London and Middlesex Bank, that he might be permitted to be represented at the meeting. The CHAIRMAN, under the adtioe a Mr. Taylor), the solicitor of the nompany, decided that he could not permit it. The CULLMAN said that the report aud amounts now presented were baton aid eousistent with the utmost in tegrity• (" No, am" " Far from it.") Not the least loss bad ocoured to the bank from the direoton, or any of th e friends introdeoed by the directors, with one trial:mg exception. He said this because as an alderman of the city of Leedom, he should be ashamed to appear before them if every trace. anion with which he was connected could cot bear the strictest investigation. (Hear.) The directors were not aware of any inegithinties on the part of the staff. The accounts now presented were unaudited acoounta, but they would Designed by a public accountant. He had himself paid out of hie own pocket little short of 20.0001. on account of the bank. They would km the 10,000/. which was to have beat mid by the Lapdogs and Middlesex Bank. (Oh oh.) He believed the directors of that leak were men of mok honorable character that they wo&d come out is • proper pentium Bat they would lose 10,0001. He was sorry for it, he would be entitled to 2,0001. of that 10,0004 It appeared that the contract entered into with the London and Middlesex Bank was to the effect that they would soli be entitlid to receive the 10,0001. till the London and Mid. Mese: had divided rim per east. They bad not divided tin per cent., and the opinion of Sir Hugh Cairns was that they wen not entitled to the 10,0001. Such was the position of offairs. He had now to move that the meeting be adjourned till the 1100011114 were audited. Mr. PsocrEN attar setting forth the antecedents of the beak, said there ought to be an investigation by a commit- tee of shareholders of the extraordinary tiansectices which were hinted at but not explained to the shareholders. (Hear, Mu.) He did net impute any want of integrity to the directors, bet there appeared to be a gross neglect of management. (Hear.) The eubncribed capital of the bank wee 180,0001. Out of this was to be deducted 32,6481. for preliminary expenses ; 311,1791. loss on bills dies coasted under the management of Mr. Chambers and Mr. Baylis; 645,1004 loss on bills discounted since; !.,3781. writeen off to the account of the London and Bank, end 29831. expenses which mental time the tenni ' nation of the business of the bank, making a total of 133,7001. to be deducted from the 180,0001. capital. There would rennin about 30,0001. to be returned. The Outwits —I think 40,000/. Mr. Paocrut concluded by moving the appointment of a I committee of is...ligation. Mr. HiPCII ure9sclad the rootino. Mr: Tar;iit said thatTfieamendment could not be pet at that meeting, which wee an intraordinary or. The object of Mr. Procter could be carried out at a front meeting. Mr. Sorra aossidered that the redact of the directors wee pregnant with 'aspires and deroptery to their dia. meters. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BELL said that he was dissatisfied and disappointed at the maaagenseet, in which he at one time had great mind dame. (Hear.) After some angry diremmioe and personal &Harlow the properties of the Chairman wee accepted, on the ender standing that the auditors, seven in number, were to be nominated by the shareholder. Mr. Deputy Bower said be should resign his art os the board if Dr. Cook wee ar pointed one of the directors, and on Dr. Cook being named, Mr. Drat Bower retired from the messing. 8 rveral of the bore testimony to the borer able character and redact of the Chairmao, to whom a vete of thanks was pried. The meeting was adjourned till the third Tuesday ia March, with the optics of calling it earlier. THE LONDON AND NORTHERN RANK (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.) This afternoon the first ordinary meeting of the shareholders in the shove bank, was held at 2, Bank-build. lap ; Mr. Been. T. WOODD, M.P., in the chair. The followiag =ad balanee-sheet were submitted to the meeting sad " The directors have now the pleasure to submit to the shareholders the first statement of the affairs of the bask, from the commemeniest of business—At Newcastle, on 2nd Petonary ; lords, ea 16th March ; Huddersfield, on 13th April ; Norpeth and Ala wick, 9th September ; to the 31st of December, 1863, from this it will be own that the net profit, after payment of all comet expellees and milking provisions for bad and doubtful debts, amounts to 3,1721. ILL 10d. This sum shows a profit equal to 10 pee mat. as the paid-up capital, during the above Let the directors are at opuses that the interest or e th r t d ;MlPP Wain will be better maintaieed by the distribution' of this balsam as gives below, than by the paymest of a dividend. Amount carried to reserve fund, 2,0001. ; amount carried to Cl7aked:: arrest amount, 1,1721 . lls. 10d.—total. 2/. Ils. 10d. Ehgble premises have bees secured at for the oposim of a Wawa at an early dale, where th e directors attic:irate a huge sad profitable bant ams. The directors have pleasure In sekaowledgiag the emirlosy and 'dodoes' they have received in the course of business from the older banks, in the tower where breeches have been opened. Jolla Destoe, Fiq., and Thomas Coll* Pam., directors, retire in accordance with the articles el aneociatioa, but being eligible for re-election, offer them selves woordingly. The &editor, also retire at this meeting, and are eligible for mappoietnissit. " Belanoeshost.—Dr. : Capital, 84,095/. • comet de. Mitadother account, 135,2001. 6a. 4d. ; outstanding es on drafts, he., 14,6801. fa. Bd. Prop and tom wimant—latoreet 'waived. 11,8831. lls. fid. ; 'Merest paid, 4,614/. Os. Bd. ; 7,2691. 10s. Bd.-241,1541. 3e. Bd. tr. : Bills discounted, loam to customers, to 202,0101. Es. Bd. ; stomps on band, 2651. Bs. fid. ; lame of pandese, sod furniture, at London °fame sod broaches, and pm ' linituary expanses, 1 3 9s. Id. ; comet expense sad allows's» for bad and doubtful debts. 4.0961. 18e. 10d. ; cash in Mad, 21,1211. la. 7d. ; total, 241,1611. 3s. fld. " Profit ad Loos Aoeount —To current expenses at Idea don office and 'wenches, and allowance for had and &Debt ' ful debts, 4,0961. les. 10d. ; to mown earned to memo fund, 2,0001. ; to amount written off preliminary expense woreast, L 1721. Ifs. 10d. ; total. 7,269/. 10a. fid. By ba/wee profit sad lees escoent, 7,2691. 10s. Bd." SNOW STOINL-Bnow fell in heavy showers on the Northeabselandl coast ow Beeday, sad was lying three teaks* thick is ems parts of the smutty. Between 1 sad 2 o'eleek on Bseday aftempoe a sharp thunderstorm crossed the soothe= portion of the musty. At might the sky had the appeases°, that there was likely to be more snow. There was not each vied. 310 19 5 Mg t :" b°. bW ~ ~tb.~ b'~ ~ Tble wa b 7 one a law w• Sir • J. O PW °. ni g far At to the rept that Dr. Trim to had Di friends. Palatial cola LI 111 II 1 Th• br Gantry. by Yrs with am • erectile to the al mount street, r shone • Jo- W deo°, t it a nainedi John: afters.° wnrn Ship r tad dire him, an mists& wee led am alb the prim Middles strike ~~i A ear ti deseribk that he • Mr. T are* a week to The io Ur. t the pis Aftur anno I two m ai IT?.. - Ibi - pel to go to be_ sent Mr. mituate 9 .mu. M .0 00 y g has bees Debit Paddie 4 [Pm Leestols the Ath le this smith.