The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-18 00:00:00

2 ... . . . . ..). PRESQi i THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18,. . 4 - 1867 z4i4 THE EX ll'". • CON ST ITUTI 0 N A L LIBERALISM, upon them in certain quarters, both adverse and . 7 LATEST INTELUIG4Ci. . EXPRESS FROM PARIS. LAN, INTELLIGENCE. with having in his possession 367, counterfeit coin.:, ~ r h "THE DAY." Puce One Penny.-Office, 49, Frezetreet, — a ,-__ intent to circulate the same , well knowing them to b e Strand. friendly, do not necessitate it. We have no au (THIS DAY.) counterfeit. thority to reveal the workings of his mind. The THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION. (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Mr. Bellamy, from the o ffi ce of the Solicitor to the Trea. ,_......_ M AP PIN BROTHERS. -Estab li si " l "" 1 " 810 . purport of his guarded and courteous language, The A roar National publishes the following PARIS, WrantrADAY EVIINING. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. sur, attended to prosecute on behalf of the Mint audio. interpreted by facts with which every one is ac- telegram from Vienna :-" The Minister of Bavaria ies. I went to-day to the Universal Exhibition, and Sittings in Banco.-(Before the Lord Chief Justice and n lt appeared from the evidence of Mr. James Brennan, a n CIIESTt3of SILVERPLATE for theCOLONIZIL . quainted, is, however, simply to throw upon at Vienna has stepped in to support Prussia's passed a delightful couple of hours in that part of Ria J r u n sticea Blackburn, Shee, and Lush.) officer specially em lo ed by the Mint authorities, that on cin,LERy and fills= PLATE for the proper shoulders responsibility for what demand for an alliance with Austria. M. deND ANOr ER o PLATT • r the "park" near the Ecole Mi.litaire, where there A " " • Al " ) ° l 'El la • Saturday morn 10 and 11, he r y ooeeled to 4, Mr. Groves, Q.C., said thim was an action for an alleged Etham.street, Dover-road, with Inspector Ife, e ( id FURNISHING. has taken place and what may follow. The Barret has again refused." are magnolias, azaleas, roses, hyacinths, geraniums, breach of warranty relative to certain bullock gear sent to and Marsh and Potter, detectives of te Id division, India for ginning cotton. The plai n tiffs srelndUn oar- and on entering a back room they found . the Prisoner. m A pp fil BRoTHKRs, LONDON-BRIDGE, forty-six members of the Opposition who and infinite varieties of cypress, juniper p i nes, PUBLIC OPINION IN GERMANY. , I responflents, and the defendants are manufacturers Witness told him that he had oome to see him about coun. gave the Government its majority on Friday and other evergreens, from Messrs. Veitch, of at Oldham. The action was tried at G • before the terfeit money, when he said, "All right, Mr. Brennan, Lord Chief Justice, when a verdict was en nominally you'll find it on the table." Witness then saw a box, 1 31A pp iN BROTHERS 222, REGENT night have diminished not only Mr. GLAD- A Berlin journal, the Zukunft, the organ of the Chelsea. These grounds are now almost complete, for the plaintiffs subject to the opinion of this court whe- and on opening it he found three crown pieces, hl awe STONE'S power, but the power of the Liberal party advanced democratic,party, p ublishes an article rding to the charming design, except that there tier the conuspondence which passed between the parties hall-crowne, 44 florins, and 47 shillings, all of which 1 BENSON'S WATCHES and CLOCKS. H.R. r. , .. .rm.tmAitar,titZLL% to improv e ... the Bill of the Government ; and they energetically condemning the warlike tendencies of we . e have thmuushed the former only in so far as they the time. "We ought not h e i v d e e ry t turf. Indeed, turf the cannot be this amounted to a , ere year ; but there will be in another month tender warranty of th gft .He now moved for were terfeit. While e inin 1 th ' g t ism, e ' , mon rule to enter a nonsuit or a ve e r&ct r for the defendants. said, Vi i[ you look in the bed _ you'll find more." He a a Rule ted. oordingly turned down the bedolothes, and found a 6 s, Prize diminished the latter. Mr. GLADSTONE'S rels- people," it says, " that war is f ro m green grass, looking very like it, though not fit to Prize Medal, London, Class 33; Dublin, class 10. which contained 10 crowns, 40 halter . owns, 140 torn; sr:trunk:A-chi, o ............. lie) less, Repeaters,chninographs,dc. tive strength is just what it was ; and it is far view contrary to the interests alike of France and fri3 po m int th o e f Is ye no walk on. I made a very good lunch e in the Sittings in Banco.-(Before Lord Chief Justice Bavill and COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. and 70 shillings, making altogether 365 counterfeit coins. CLIN7KS-For Diningand Drawing Rooms,CarriagetChureWi, etc. The prisoner made no resistance but said that he was .1 EM ELLER V -specialities in Hooograms, Crystals, Diamonds, greater than that of any other member of the of Germany. Those alone wish it who Italian restaurant on Mortadella and 'Milanese doing it for an existen ' oe. and Fine (4411 House of Commons who could possibly fill his desire the European nations to remain under . Justices Ryles, Keating, and Smith.) PLATE, and WORKS of ART In Bronze, by Leading Artists. Iwou ld f • have triedthe Italian wine, but rice. am prticrA an d D eser ipti.,.. see lu sstra t e d Pamphlet, poet hoe. post. The twenty-one Radical members who the arbitrary rig bite of past times ; that did not choose tothe absurdprice of 6fr. This case strati out of the followin g circumstances:-In the prisoner in the act of hiding the box of counterfeit Watches and flocks sent to all parts of the workL voted against what they believed would bo a real the principles of liberty and justice should pay .coin. He told him it was no use , when Mr. Brennan cam M August last, on the occasion of uncovering the Prince J. W. BENSON, 25, OLD BOND-STREET. which is the • • um asked for wine which, in and seized the box. The prisoner laid he . could not belp e ik Steam Factory and City Show Rooms, improvement in the Bill for fear of improving it make no progress, but the world should be ruled nal . 1 , ~.... Albert memorial window at York, the oorporation had the He was hard.up and tr . ying to gain an existence. He also 5s and di. LUDGATE•HILL y I not worth more than half-s- c.honour of receiving the Prince of Wales • and moo other • Pails Exhibition, 1587, English Section, Clam M. out of existence, are really answerable for the by despotism. These are the people who alone . - ' us scarcely any wine in Italy, except a little grown ! ricl,Preccrniti. en that occasion was • quantity of dowers , n g said that he was paid eightpenoe • day to take care of theta In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he never mischance that has taken place. If they had been seek to awaken feelings of animosity between , on. Upon the order of the committee, the hod any intention o f circulating the ” imeL • BR° WI4 and P° l S° ll 'S °C ) RN IrWUR true to their convictions on the plain issue before France and Ge A bet th t 1 rmany. war ween ose wo " estate, made with sufficient i n Baron Ricasoli II plaintiff, who is a_ prdener, sent some flowers, and now The =wigwam told him he wee found in for CHILDREN'S DIET. care to be worth any such price. It is quite beside sues to recover 167/., the price of them . In one count the d . doubt be dealt largely in ian of m, an no counterfeit coml. To obtain extra profit by the sale other kinds ere sometimes them, the result would have been different. Mr. countries would be the greatest misfortune thatof the declaration it was all ed that the flowers were aired Instead of BROWN and POLSON'S. the purpose of the Exhibition, which was to in- sold to the oormation, bu t another count a claim Under fall the circumstances he must be committed for trial John *Hymn," "John Poison." la dined by We makers on GLADSTONE'S Amendment expressed the sense of a modern civilisation could experience, and would troduce new products into the general market, was made for the hire of them only. The trial took • each packet. majority of the House of Commons, and of all be an eternal disgrace to the present genera- . lace before Mr. Justice Lush at York, when the ver that such ant i-ccmmercial prices should be asked. p i . , it - - • Coming out of this restaurant, I met an American amount, if necessary, should be asseseed out of court. is not in the power of any leader to prevent ere constitute a crime against civilisation and against Mr. Price, Q.C. however, now moved fora rule to enter Eke erpresis. dulous people from being deluded, or intriguers the general well-being. The two great nations friend , w e me as an honorary juryman a nonsuit- first, bemuse the ration of York had no THURSDAY, APRIL 18. II AIL' to taste some American champagne. W from being outwitted. If the Liberal seceders, - a power to contract for a supply of flowers ; and, secondly , TO CORRESPONDENTS. should be penetrated with the conviction that they tried seven samples, of which I pronounce that the contract was not under seal. (S. Isagh.l 1 ii. T. 1 W. 1 r : utz ,.......t te. Id B. l il t Advertisements Intended for " The Express," London Evening who have given Mr. DISRAELI hin TiCtOry, pre )have another and much nobler mission than that These objections might excite merriment, but the fact I I I 111 F. D. 1I I. Paper, must be at the (Mee, 10, Bouverie-streek by Two three very good and four poor, too sweet and not I o'clock on the day of publication. sently find themselves in the position of the horse of drowning in blood the fruit of the peaceful - ----""-- —.- MORT LAHR On EASTER M. , SDAY 'April 221, will be produced an original Comedy-Drama, In four acts, entitled THE GREAT CITY by Andrew Hallida_y. with new and characteristic scenery by . 61r. W. Beverley. -To conclude with THAT RASCAL JACK. in the fable-or was it another quadruped ?-who sought the alliance of the man, they will have none but themselves to blame. Another inference-we know not whether he intends it ; it is there whether he means it or labours of half a century, and render' and permanent • ing possible eau in their countries the immense evil of military dictatorship. To found ultimately a democratic state-this is the true field of battle well fillwoured. The best WE a C incinnatti wine, which to pay except that which was raised by ed Werke's sparkling Catawba. This may rank among the best products of Rheims Moselle. A Californian champagne, called Buena Vista, a Sonoma sparkling wine, is by no means Nairn 2640 W.N.W. Ift W.N.W. b- I a EW 1 1 NW • r O. 2 t a k e rates, and they felt that the claim was so excessive that Latta " I ' - rr i be , lik W. ' 2 2 'W. w , I(4 2 they were entitled to take every point to defeat it. He Azores...le , lsm 48 8, 8 4 Nwy co 0.46 4 or the admitted that the corporation bad on previous occasions Greencastle 29.72 49 W.13.W. 1 a 1 N. i . r, E I entertained royalty, but he contended that under the vaklitlis• •• • • 1960 08 is 66 I S. w. o 911 2 92nd section of the Municipal Corporations Act there was Owe Clear.- - - - •. • - - no power to apply the corporate funds to the purchase of UT = li ol -. 1 Ni: 8%. 1 ‘ .1 7 lIT kriT• CO : "11 s t L LYCZUM.u ponth i sfield , for modern nations, and it is contemptible. flowers. He also quoted some decisions in support of this p s . Y en::: 29.84 62 at • I ti.vr. •°: ; t°s l e i On EAT= Molina?, BAMBOORLLNO , Mr. Price and Miss not-may be drawn from Mr. GLADSTONE'S letter, we as Germans should give the proofs of our love Brest 29.80 64 ILL 4 W.N.W. o'- ' 8 o Kate Hishop.-And THE DUE E'S MOTTO. Mr. Pechter, Mama which members of both parties will do well to take M. de Girardin, I hear, is sentenced to 5,000 fr. view . wnii Lord Chief Justice laid that a rule would be granted. Lonent 39.84 66 E. I a N. be 1- 2 Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicomb. Fitspatrick. Re. : Misses for honour and for • " unity. BOUM* &worthy, Orattan. and Cisrlutta Leclerco. into account. According as his power as an indi- fine, and his printer, M. Serriiire, to 100 fr., the Mr. Price-Then there was the point about the seal. Rochefort 29.84 64 E. 2 L co I- ' y STRAND. victual and that of the Liberal party to improve the SPAIN. same as last tune. Plymouth 29.91 62 L The Lord Chief Justice-The rule may go on both w ott , 20. 9, m B.C.points. I 5 LW. bm -I 1 $ W.N.W. ef 1.-HI Os SATURDAY, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Mr. BeL Bill of the Government are diminished, their re- The news of the arrest of two Prussian officers at Portsmouth 23.94 63 LEW. , 6 W. co I- I 2 ford. -PTO MALION ; OR, TliE STATUE VAIN., Messes rb.orne, A letter in the Liberti, dated Madrid, April 14, Rule panted. London 29.93 66 S.W. , I N.N.W. eke tel - James, ge.. Mesdames A. Swanborough, Raynhiun. Harland, aPwalibility for it decreases. They are not parties rays ,_ "It was known here to-day that the English • quiet Thionville, after holding possession of the COURT OF PROBATE. .Yaroonth. . 2993 62 W. S k N.N.W. e -1 2 Searboresib. 29.87 40 &S.W. 1 - W.N.W. co .- I 2 Johnstone, Holt, et Newton.-And THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. to the settlement ;it is not a settlement for them, • . • • French press for three days, is now contradicted. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) Shields 29.86 61 13. W. 2- - 1x.W. 20 1 -. • 2 fleet was cruiaing before Cadiz. The journals have HOLBORN. and if not for them, then not for the country. Some of the Lyons journals talk of Prussian spies THOMAS V. JONES , been interdicted from publishing this news." Dr. Deane , Q.C. and Mr. Lumley for the plain - Tins ETRNTRO, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Edmore: Mines nL , ~„..,.„,. A the iroote and Lei:mos.-And FLYING SCUD. Maws. Neville, Bel- Mr . `-' '`.".•"'". an , . minority of two hundred having been found prying into the arsenals and tiff _.. the : Dr. optima, Q . C., more, Blake, Voltaire, Ac . ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, and eighty-nine in the late division will be free, RUSSIAN BARBARITY. fortifications. Of course men so employed would This was a suit relating to the will of Catherine Thomas Bsronietrlcsl pregame, though higher In the northeast than 0 Beside Foote, Fklded, Lennox, Raymond, ste. was yesterday morning, Is now decreasing over the British Idea - -- - if they think fit, to renew agitation next session. be liable to be shot in time of war ; but lam not Jones, ,hc4 a farmer in Glamorganshire„ . It was dated the " The news from Poland," says the doeuir Na- Temperature has Increased In the north and east. The wilds BRITANNIA.t ; and the testatrix died in November at TIM EVENING, Two Act of ROB ROY, with Grenadier Guards Mr. GLADSTONE'S letter, perhaps without express rioo ~ cu "is worse than ever, especially that which aware of any law in France which justifies the the age IV. It was attested by the vicar of the parish generally have backed , and are south-euterty on the south d mnion The weather la overcast. A little rain has fallen in the from the Tower . -FA CST. Mrs. Lane , Mimes Edwin. Booth, de- design, and simply through the force of facts . arrest of foreigners who make what observations and by another clergyman ; but probate was resisted bY northised --Oraed Concert, Mr. Omen, Madame Pedley_, Mr. Adams, Little ' arrives from the provinces of Volhynia, Podolia, the next of kin on the dof undue ex tion. There ' • Lotto, Miss Bennond, the Wifelike: Four Marvels of Mexico. amounts to a reservation of this liberty of action. and the Ukraine, in which the great body of the they can of fortifications. It is the business of appeared, however, to be no pretence for the allegation, and The Bill may pass, but if he be unable to improve sentries to keep strangers out of places which the The co urt at once decreed probate. New Jersey is now the paradise of schoolboys, -- people are treated with the utmost refinement of mon WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. it, he has no obligation to respect it. A compro- . • of Poland the government desires not to be seen ; but there is no ARCHER AND WALKER C. HART AND WWI.. . . t h e act o f the legislature pro hibi t i ng teacher . from ad. This DAT -Morning, Its. 42nt.... _Afternoon, 2h. lia, . barbarity. In the kingdom 10-MORROW-Moruing, Th. fike......A ft ersoon, kb. 37m. mise with forty-six Liberals cannot bind the party port office confiscates all letters which not ad- such offence known to the French code as making Th e testator, John Oldham, was a watchmaker, and in ministering the birch and the cane for juvenile offeacw or the country. place whatever which can be November last he made a will in favour of Wareford Hos. having taken e ff ect. dressed in the Russian language, and the persons to a drawing o f any pital, Cheltenham, so far as his personalty was concerned . Referring to the unsettled condition of the The "EX PRESS " will not be published made without a trespass. i whom they are addressed are fined in proportion to He had also some houses which he left to a cousin and a.__.. _ _ ___,_ .. ... .- . - . . The " EXPRESS" will not be published TO-MORROW EvENiso (Good Friday). LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 18. Tut: short letter which we published yesterday, in which Mr. GLADSTONE thanks the Reform As sociation of Guildford for an expression of their confidence, has been the theme of a good deal of private and of some public comment. In that note, otherwise little more than formal and matter of Course, Mr. GLADSTONE repeats in substance a misgiving which ho had expressed in the House of Commons on Friday evening, in anticipation of the defeat which speedily followed. " You will " have observed," he says, " the division of last " night, and it will probably lead you to an " altered estimate of any power possessed by me "to improve the Reform Bill of the Go " vernment." The note, as it appeared in all the newspapers, was dated the 14th (Sunday). The division took place, not on the then " last night," not on Satur day night, but on Friday night, or rather on Saturday morning. A leading contemporary has bestowed no small amount of what in Ger many would be called the higher criticism in the effort to reconcile this apparent discrepancy, or rather to follow out the several hypotheses which it suggests to their legitimate conclusion. The Times enters on an elaborate historical inquiry whether Mr. Gh.aninowe's letter was really written on Sunday, the 14th, as the printed date alleges, or on Saturday, the 13th, as the sub stance of the communication would suggest. The question, we are told, is not a barren or trivial one. It throws light on the question how long, at the time of writing, Mr. Gtensrows's despondency had lasted. Was it a few hours, or more than a day old ; acute or chronic t These pathological e investigations into the state of mind of the leader of the Opposition are regarded by the Times as of grave political im portance, or it would not have consti tuted itself a commission de politico inquireude. Our contemporary will be relieved to hear that the letter was written on the 13th ; that a tran scriber is to blame for the mistake of the date ; and that there is no reason, so far, to imagine that Mr. GLADSTONE is a prey to settled melan choly or to apathetic gloom. ACHILLES is not sulking in his tent, mourning over Balsam, in the shape of the compound householder, snatched from his arms. No such good fortune awaits Mr. DIS RAELI as the withdrawal of his most formidable adversary from the field. " The news from Poland," says the Aseuir Na tional, "is worse than ever, especially that which arrives from the provinces of Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, in which the great body of the people are treated with the utmost refinement of barbarity. In the kingdom of Poland proper the post-office confiscates all letters which are not ad dressed in the Russian language, and the persons to whom they are addressed are fined in proportion to their presumed ability to pay. All requests are also required to be written in the Russian language, and the Polish officials have received notice that their functions will cease on the Ist of July. These are the measures which have to be endured by a civilised people, who are expiating by martyrdom, in the 19th century, their unextinguishable faith in their independence." MUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ENGLAND AND SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 18. The Council of State has confirmed the decision of the Prize Court of Cadiz, declaring the illegality of the seizure of the Queen Victoria. The King and Queen of Portugal are expected to arrive here on the 21ith inst. on their way to Paris. HUNGARY. PESTH, APRIL 18. The royal rescript for the assembly of the Croatian Diet will be countersigned by the president of the Hungarian Ministerial Council. The elections of the municipalities are taking place without disturbance throughout Hungary. RUSSIA. BT. PSIMRSBURG, APRIL 18. The A venir National has now received the sum mons to answer a charge of " false news," which, in consequence of the delay, it was supposed yes terday had been dropped. The trial is fixed for April 24. A curd of a Swiss village in the Canton du Valais named Kaempfen has amused his leisure hours by compiling a comparative table of the annual expen diture of the forty-nine states of Europe in the year 1864. The total is 11 milliards of franca—a figure too large to make any distinct impression on most minds. But what shocks the good curd is that while 5 milliards of this vast sum are absorbed by war budgets only 125 millions of it was applied to public instruction—and yet 1864 was a pacific year. The official Northern Post, referring to the state ment that Russia would support Prussia in the event of war, states that the sole object of the Russian government is the maintenance of peace. The Emperor and Empress will make a public entry into Moscow on the 3rd May. Sixteen paintings and sketches by M. Ingres will be sold by order of his executors at the Mart in the Rue Drouot, on April 27. Among these are three first-class pictures, at this moment hung in the annual exhibition of the Champs lays(ses, the "Age d'Or," the " Vierge L l'Hostie," and the " Martyre de Saint Symphorien." The " Age d'Or," finished in 1862, was originally intended to complete the decorations which M. Ingres executed for the Duke de Luynea at tho Chateau de Dampierre. The Bourse was very fluctuating, but closing with an improvement. Mr. Coleridge , 4.4b.,;;;FDr. Tristram it; the plaintiffs. The testator, John Oldham was a watchmaker, and in November last he made a will in favour of Wareford Hos pital, Cheltenham, so far as his personalty was concerned. He had also some houses which he left to a cousin and namesake. The instrument was contested by his sister ; but she retired from active opposition before the case was called on. The court therefore decreed probate. FINCH N. FINCH. Dr. Deane, Q. 0., and Mr. Browning for the plaintiff. The testator, James Finch, of Jubilee-street, died on the 6th of April last, having executed a will in the year 166.1 By it he bequeathed his property to his daughter, Mary Bather, the plaintiff. He referred to the instrument so late as three weeks before his death, but it was not afterwards found. It was, however, proved that the testator's son William had expressed his deter mination that the money should be divided, and that he had had worm to the drawer where the will was kept. At the funeral, on being asked where it was, he made no answer, and turned pale. He did not appear in the pre sent suit, which was to procure probate of a draft of the dorrium at. The court granted probate of the draft will. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. 'Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow., IN RR H. H. =CHM. The bankrupt was • solicitor practising at 39, Moorgate street. He came up for examination and discharge on ac counts disclosing debt' and liabilities, 1,239/., of which 447/. are said to be upon accommodation bills. The asset' consist of good debts, 475/. 12s. ; property given up to the assignees, 332/. 17a. M. • and property in the bands of creditors, 3201. • the le es by doubtful and bad debts are stated at 5971. Mr. Reed appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Doyle for the bankrupt. • It was stated that the bankrupt had been required to ale an account of his dealings with a trust fund in respect of which he admitted he was indebted in the sum of tioo/. That account had not been filed, but on behalf of the assignees it was stated that the bankrupt appeared desi rous of giving all the information in his power, and a fur ther adjournment was consented to. The dealings with the trust fund, it was said, had spread over a great num ber of years, and some difficulty bad been experienced in procunng the materials for the account required. His Honour granted an adjournment for six weeks. IN RE THOMAS BAYLEY SMITH. This was an adjourned meeting for examination and discharge. The bankrupt was a builder and upholsterer, carrying on business at 18, King's-row, Victoria-road, and Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico. His accounts show :—Cre ditors unsecured, 2,7511. ; ditto, holding security, 518 f. ; ditto, to be paid in full, 171. ; and liabilities on accommo dation bills, 3401. The assets are of small amount, the good debts being returned at 325/., and property held as security 1601. Mr. Bagley appeared for the assignees, Mr. Brough for opposing creditors, and Mr. Sargood for the bankrupt. y consent of all parties the bankrupt passed his exami nation, the questioe of discharge standing over for consi deration to a future day. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. ABFLTERATION OF BEER. It is at least premature, and we hope is un founded, to assume that Mr. GLinerotts really distrusts the efficiency of his leadership of the Liberal party, and its loyalty to him. He may have committed mistakes ; but they have been repaired. There have doubt less been defections ; but many of the deserters, and almost every person of note among them, have returned. Errors and misunderstandings Mr. Bewjastis &,s ell, licensed victualler, Fendall street, Grange-road, appeared to a summons charging him with haring in his possession a quantity of material used as a substitute for beer. Mr. Dwelly swayed for the prosecution, and Mr. Childs for the defence. Referring to the unsettled condition of the Southern people, the 27tossagrille (64.) Enterprise ex presses a belief that no less than one-half of the Southern white people have changed homes since the war, and about one-third of them have changed states. Ties LATE MORMON CONFZRZNCR.—Since this article was in type we have had the opportunity of attending the semi-annual oonference of the " Church of Jesus Cheist of Latter-Day Saints," in the Music-hall, Store-stress, Bedford-square. It was mentioned, with ao mall exul tation, that this gathering, on the ith of April, 1867, took place exactly thirtyseven years after that 6th of April , lB3o, on which Joseph Smith formed his thumb of six members. The hall was well filled, especially in the after noon and evening, with a congregation almost entirely of the lower classes, a large number being women sad children. The chair was occupied by Brigham You% En., " President over all the saints in Greet Britain sad urope," and at present also Commissioner for Utah te the Paris Exhibition. He is about to return, as is the custom with all the Mormon missionaries, to enjoy the comforts of Salt Lake City ; and his successor, F. D. Richards, sat by his aids. On his left was Orson Pratt; and the front row of the platform was filled by some seven. teen presidents of branches, elders, missionaries, he., mm of the most commonplace and unintelligent aspect, but with faces marked by either stolid or smirking self-conceit. Brigham Young, jun., looks like • substantial yeoman, who has lived up to his privileges in the temporal goal things of Zion. 0110 D Pratt has a very different aspect; his pain:mina' beard setting off strongly-marked massive features, of which Lavater might have hesitated to pro. flounce whether they belonged to a face or a mask. It is the very face of a false prophet " was the involuntary expression of our companion. The first proceedings (after singin g, and prayer) were business-like. The "trave ll ing rs " eldegave in their reports in a tone of general satis faction (" I feel well about it," was their American phrase), but not without bitter allusions to false brethren and especially the JesepAites ; confirming the fact! that this body, which boasts its unity in contrast to a divided Christendom, has already a large dissent within its bosom. The hospitality of the saints was dwelt upon with a satisfaction somewhat at variance with the highly-coloured pictures found in books of the hardships endured by Mormon minionaries. Every speaker insisted briefly, but with a wearisome samenen, on the common-places of Monson doctrine, end ended with a blessing in " the name of Jesus Christ," Anion ; the Amen being echoed in tones expressive of various degrees of applause. Then came the presidents of the conferences of London, Rama, and Kent. (The stroager organisation of Wales and the north meets at Liverpool, the head-quarters of Mormonism in England.) From them we gathered the following statistics: London has ten branches (Le. congregations), :13 elders, Al priests, 11 deacons, 1,030 members on the books, of whom from 30 to 40 are issing. We were struck with the large moportien of office-bearers and also with the fact that while 110 con verts were bapt ised in the comae of the year 44 were es. communicated Here is a measure of the boil that liar monism has on London. The money raised in the year has been (omitting odd shillings and pence) for tithes (which we believe, go to the building-fund for the temple), 115.; missions 341. ; books, 101/. ; individiudeinigration.•9l.• all remitted to Liverpool ? except what has been for the support of the ministry and for rent of meeting rooms, the letter item amounting to 200/. It was added that t his year's emigration would be small, as no teams are coming down from Utah to the plains, but great lee' parations are making for 1868, when all the Mt/MOW wen earnestly exhorted 'to clear out from this land to their home among the mountains," a desire in which mod English " Gentiles " will sympathise.- -Qaarterly new number. are inevitable in the conduct of party govern ment, but they have been less numerous and less Serious since Mr. GLA DSTONE'S accession to the leadership of the Liberal party than they were before. It is ho who has made Reform a practical question, and convinced the House of Commons and the Tories of the necessity of prompt and liberal concessions ; and in so doing, he has exercised an ascendancy over it greater, though less apparent, than Lord PALMERSTON wielded. That statesman, in fact, followed while he seemed to lead. Mr. GLADSTONE has led with a force and success measured by the reluctance and hostility which he has overcome. The one has controlled the House, the other humoured it. Moreover, a larger number of the Liberal party follows Mr. GLA ['STONE with warmer zeal than Lord PALMERSTON ever commanded. Lord PAL MERsTON governed, as is notorious, by means of the Opposition. His majority was in great part a Tory majority. The most active and earnest section of Liberals was alienated from him. Mr. GLAnsrons has altered all this. In the promotion of Reform, and in the reorganization of the party, he has achieved, in spite of momentary defeat and occa sional defections, greater results than any man who has held his post since the Bill of 1832 be came law. If he does not see this, the country recognizes it. MiTahildisaidhisclient, by his advice, would plead guilty. He understood that Mr. Dwelly would consent, on the part of the excise, to the reduction of the penalty to one-fourth, and the defendant would petition the board for a further reduction, which he had no doubt they would grant on receiving his explanation of the cir cumstanoes. He was fined 50/., being one-fourth of the full penalty. Mr. Janus Hoary Clonting, also a licensed victualler, of York-road, St. Panama, was summoned on a similar charge, pleaded guilty, and WU fined in the same amount. THE CASE OF THE WORKING MINERS.—KnoWing. however, full well their views and their mode of life ad labour, we may state their case, perhaps, with more foe , and clearness than they do for themselves— a nd at the same time concisely. They feel that the resent etti is vision quite inadequate for their safety, because know from daily experience what is deficient ; they • in the midst of such defect., and hear each other's cone plaint.. The miners know what the inspectors do not sad cannot know, except from themselves. It is true that they can give notion to the inspectors in their severl dim trieta of a notorious defect anti any apprehended &Dies and that in moat instances they can rely upon the in spector's attention to their notification ; but at the sure tame they feel that by giving such notice they incur the secret or open dislike of their superiors, and are mot" times plainly told, " If the pit is not good enough far''' , you can seek another." Unfortunately they often harem personal knowledge of the inspector, and Are seldom aware when he is about to visit their pit, although they Ale that the masters always are, and often prepare the Pa accordingly. They desire to have opportunities of .6: quaintance and conversation with the inspector, and mm ready access to him as shall enable them to tell him hole, and instantly where there is danger and discomfort; -.0 4 they desire to be allowed, without identification and rid of dismissal, to point out where and when his presence required. d hey inww tem o; 9 in welL tr i "P i " t h e stratagem and avarice, that wha o t n reat i ll y looks sell to public, and works well to some extent, apeman W this strong insight " totally' inadequate to securing their 1 0 * sone) safety." They do not so much wish for more ill' spectors of the same order a. the present ones. altboef 2 they would gladly welcome the m if competent, as for ' ,I ; inspectors wbo would probably be moretivelyappointe d snJ easily found than principal °dicers. Such persons. u 51144 are ready to hand in and around the pits at this time!? working miners would suggest the appointment of uo mmen salaries 0f fraw I ; b as :or th mo e tth. under - viewers or second-rank managers of 1 4 " now are. This class of wen (speaking from what we "" t as he M duty f Th ron eey i a e nh a y"ta rl evar y eb.rn y ina ea t np r r s clew , l a ll n iyne d tria— in lelsr:as at - quently clever and trustworthy. Indeed, from this des often and ultimately come the viewers or head tatoor, l i themselves. Select front their ranks twenty or thirty the best men, subject them to careful examin a tion. thr l the appointments open to competition, and when see obtained the required number, then dkribute them em the entire kingdom and adjust their duties in siihordle!: tion to the present and future twelve inspectors.in - d a t A systematic and personal inspection of pits would tbe;: in operation • the sub-inspectora would report principals, principals , a nd the labour of the latter would not lightened, but better directed, and not as now often '' miners would feel more at home with the su b-inseec. , °:, would get frequent hearings, and fuller sympathy sritn x t details of their complaints.—Etheb , leph number. There is no sufficient evidence, however, on which ti attribute to Mr. GLADSTONE an unreasonable dis couragement and an unfounded self-distrust. The terms of his letter, if they admit the meaning put OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE DISPUTE WITH SPATS. Accepting the decision at Cadiz as putting our difference with Spain in • fair way to • satisfactory ad justment, and congratulating the country on its release from an unpleasant difficulty, the Tines adds that it would be hardly just at the same time to deny that in cessant provocation is offered to the Spaniards by the facilities afforded to the contraband trade on their coasts by the position we occupy at Gibraltar. Notwithstanding the most friendly behaviour on the part of our officials, the brisk intercourse with the opposite shores of Africa, arising from the necessity of victualling our garrison, cannot fail to put the patience of the Spanish coastguards to the severest test. Not a little good will and forbearance on either side is required under such circumstances to avoid a collision. We shall have no reason to find fault with the Spanish government fur putting down smuggling by any measures their own law, or the law of nations, may justify. Neither shall we complain of any legal penalty their courts may decree against those zealous persons whose importation of books and tracts is • source of such sore annoyance to the bigoted dery and peasantry in many parts of the Penin• sus With regard to the Tornado it will not be difficult with a little goodwill on both sides to bring that part of the dispute to an equally equitable arrangement. Though the decision, observes the Daily Neu:, of the Prize Court—that the capture of the Queen Victoria was illegal, does not settle the questions with regard to that vessel, it removes the greatest of the obstacles. It will be remembered that Lord Stanley has required the Spanish government not only to restore the ship and cargo, or their value, but to give • proper indemnity to the captain and crew, accompanied by an expression of regret, addressed to her Majesty's government, for the outrage committed on the British flag. And, considering the facts of the seizure as they are presented in the blue-book, it is plain that this is the least that we are entitled to ask. No other country would have remained quiet for • year after so unwarrant able an aggression. It is to be trusted, however, that, inasmuch as neither the people nor the government of this country have any hostile feelings towards Spain, the Spanish government will find no difficulty in making • complete reparation. The Post hopes that the Spanish government will on future occasions be good enough to call to mind that their judges can be expeditious if expedition be an object, and th►t we shall never again hear of a simple case dragging its slow length along during many months in a Spanish Admiralty Court. The storm is not over yet, the Telegraph thinks, and behind the Queen Victoria lies the Tornado. While in both instances the British flag was insulted, in the former case no cruelties were inflicted on the crew. Surely it is high time, if oar flag is to be respected, that we should treat outrages like these with more severity. TRADES' UNIONS AND STRIKES. The Times returns to the evidence taken before the Trades' Unions Commission, for the purpose of making clearer than ever its argument that these sacieties have transformed their former benefit institutions into unions for the express purpose of restricting trade. Their direct and professed object now is to prevent an employer of labour in any trade from getting as much work and am good work for his money as he would get except for their intervention. Anything like excellence or skill or dili genee beyond a certain point is not only discouraged, but is absolutely made penal. A witness who volunteered his evidence upon the stonemasons' union, appeared to think it a commendable proceeding if a workman could succeed, without detection, in putting a faulty stone in a building, and, though he owned that "some highly moral men might object" to such an act, he asserted that it would not be regarded as censurable by the trade, and that he himself " did not look upon it as a question of honesty." A proverb says that "good work is bad for trade," but it would not be pleasant to suppose that anions in their anxiety for trade actually countenanced bad work. It is clear, however, that all their rules are framed with the very object of suppressing competition, bringing all work to a dead level of mediocrity, and placing the entire control of trade in the hands of the operative class. Such purposeshave hitherto, in the interests of the public, been regarded as not entitled to the sanction of the law ; it must be for the public to consider, after the report of the commission, whether greater countenance should be extended to their. The Herald also quotes the isolated portions of the evi dence which have been published, as forcing sensible men to the conclusion that both the system and the principles upon which it is based, partake of the nature of an organ ised tyranny and a violent usurpation of the rights of individual,. Mr. W. H. Smith will take the chair at the annual dinner of the Newsvenders' Benevolent and Provi dent Institution, which is to be held early in June. A list of the vritnessee to be examined on the part of the Crown in the approaching Fenian trials is published In the Dublin papers. It contains the names of about 50 persons, several of whom are from England. Prominent among them stand that of " General " Godfrey Massey, who, with seven or eight other approvers, is lodged in one of the government depots for crown wit nesses. In addition to the persons mentioned in !hid list, there are 109 witnesses belonging to the police and mili tary forces to be examined. TURKEY. PARIS, Aram 18. Telegraphic advices received hero from Constan tinople, to the 16th inst., state that the publica tion of several reforms is expected after the Bairarn festival. One of these measures would have refer ence to the laws affecting the property of foreigners in Turkey. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. GALLE, APRIL ii. The Menageries Imperiales steamer Tigre left here to-day with homeward India, China, and Japan mails. She has 200 first-class passengers on board, 1,300 bales of silk, and 300 packages of tea. Tho Donnai, with the outward mails, left hero on the 12th. OVERLAND MAILS. BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, APRIL 17. The Manilla leaves at 7 p.m., and the Nyanza at 4 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 20th, and the latter at Southampton about the 26th inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL GIBRALTAR, Aram 17. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 12th inst., arrived to-day at 1 a.m., and leaves at 9 a.m. for Alexandria. SUEZ, Aram 10. The Madras (extra steamer from Bombay on the 3rd inst.) arrived at 8 a.m. to-day. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, APRIL 16. The Bengal arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. CHINA. SHANGHAE, MARCH 7.• The death of the Mikado of Japan is confirmed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Grey shirting', 6} ; catty, 2.50 tae] a. Tea firm. Silk unchanged. Export to date, 38,500 bales. Exchange on London : ss. 10d. Freights : Tea, 40s. HONG KONG, MARcu 1.5.• Grey shirting!, 61; catty, 3.50 taels. — Tea unchanged. Total export, 112,000,0001b5. Ex change on London : 4s. 3d. • These messages have occupied 20 days in transmis sion from Galle. AMERICA. (HT ATLANTIC TCLEORAPH.) NEW YORE, AnuL 17, 6 P.Y. ..... The Supreme Court has subpcenaed Generals Grant and Pope and Mr. Stanton to answer the complaint of Georgia next September. The Great Eastern has sailed for Europe. The City of Boston has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—Gold, 1351. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1091 ; Illinois, 1131 1 ; Erie, 561. Cotton: Middling Upland, 27i. Petroleum, refined, 26, Efts chart. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 17. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom pulled by Princess Louise. Her Majesty took a drive this morning. Countess Blucher had the honour of accompanying her Majesty. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill, walked in the Home-park ; and Prince Leopold also walked out, attended by Mr. Legg. APRIL 17. Her Royal Highness Princess Christian passed a very good night. Her royal highness and the infant prince are doing perfectly well. (Signed) THOS. FAIRRANK. M.D. The Prince of Wales, attended by the Hon. A. T. Fitz marble, rode out yesterday. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Right Hon. E. Ham- mond and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Hr. Harrison attended the committee. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor-General of Canada. The Duke of Edinburgh, says the Liberte, arrived Li Paris yesterday morning. Lady Constance Grosvenor gave birth to a son on Tuesday, and both are going on favourably. The Right Hon. W.R.Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone, returned to Carlton-house-terrace, yes terday from spending a few days with the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Chiswick. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has admitted the following clergy this week to benefices in his lordship's diocese :—The Rev. H. Green, M.A. (chaplain to the lord bishop), to the perpetual curacy of Upton St. Leonard., near Glouoester ; the Rev. H. M. J. Bowles, M.A., to the rectory of St. Aldate, in the city of Glou cester ; the Rev. W. T. Allen, M.A., to the vicarage of St. Briavele. Forest of Dean ; and the Rev. F. J. Buckley, M.A, to the rectory of Stanton St. Quinton, Wilts. • MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. —The Earl of Derby has considerably improved in health, and with the countess has left town for their residence at Roehampton. There is every prospect that his lordship will be able to attend to public business on the reassembling of parliament. The Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli have left town for Hughenden Manor. The Earl of Malmesbury, the Lord Privy Seal, has left town for Heron Court, Hampshire. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and Hon. Min Thesiger leave town to-day to pass a few days at Norwood. The Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Pakington have gone to Westwood-park, Worms tershire, for the parliamentary recess. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham have left town for Stowe, Buckinghamshire, and the Duke and Duchess of Richmond for Goodwood, Sussex. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote have left town for the Pyoes, near Exeter. The Duke of Marlborough has left town for Paris ; the duchess has gone to Blenheim Palace. The Right Hon. Gatborne and Mrs. Hardy have left town for Hempated parlc, Staplehurst Tee PRINCESS or WALES.—We are happy to re port that the little change which has taken place in her royal highness during the peat week has been of a esti,- factory character, and a small, but appreciable, improve ment has shown itself in a condition of the affected joint. For the rest, her royal highness's general health andita continue excellent , while, for the last three or four nigh ts, the amount of natural and refreshing sleep which has been obtained leaves not to be desired.—Loacet. IMPERIAL AND ROYAL PATIENTIL—PTiVate ad vises from Paris describe the state of the Prince Imperial as causing some anxiety. The foot that injections of iodine have been employed is seized on as affording proof of some constitutional delicacy, and disease of the bone is men tioned as a possibility ; but this is mere conjecture. The Princes., of Wallet is described as slowly improving. Medical Times and Gazette. WORSHIP-f3THEET. Wink,* Johnion, a respectably dressed young man, was charged witlestealing two garden roots, value Id. Everett, 257 N, said—This morning I noticed the pri soner in Wilton-road, Daleton, looking into different gar dens. It was between S and fi o'clock. I was in pain clothes, and apparently unnoticed by him. He got over the palings of a garden and dug up a root, which he then put into a bag beneath his coat. I took him into custody and found other flower roots there. He had a knife covered with mould in one hand, which he concealed under his Inverness cape. Mr. Newton—What did he ay! Constable—That he only received 20e. a week from his employer, and could not afford to buy flowers for the many ppoots had at home ;he went on his bands and knees and " that I would let him go, and so did his wife. Ir Newton (to prisoner)—Now, what do you say to all this ? Prisoner—l em extremely eorry, sir. I did not know that I was doing wrong or I should— Mr. Newton—What? Don't make your offence worse by telling a lie about it.. You know well enough that y'ou had no more right to go into that garden and steal a paltry flower than to enter a drawing-room and commit a costly theft. What are you! Prisoner—A wood carver, sir. I have a wife and four children. BL.liewtou—A wife and family, and you go sneaking about stealing flowers. lam ashamed of you. I don't know what to call such an act—a paltry dirty theft. I say again that I am ashamed of you. (Prisoner really did ap pear fully ashamed.) Is your employer here? Constable —Yes, sir. _ _ A respectable tradesman came forward who represented himself to be so, and gave prisoner a good character. Mr. Newton—Will you take hini again into your ser vice—for the sake of his wife and four children This was with some hesitation assented to, and Mr. Newton then remarked to the prisoner—You have disgraced yourself, your wife and family, lost your cha• meter, and very nearly your work. I fine you is., and let this charge be for ever a warning to you. At the same time I don't know that I am adjudicating justly. Prisoner thank you, sir. SOUTHWARK. CONVICTION OF A SCHOOLMArTLII FOR CoININ , :. Willlow PoaaJord, schoolmaster of St. George's work house, was placed at the bar for final examination charged