The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

r 2 1 , APPLI IlltOT II .._._Lli:iliwl z.v.131.0. I pathy. at,d ' ..,;reement, t..gcther with the speeches of Mr. MoRRISON, Mr. GRANT DIIV7, and Mr. BERE,FoRi. HOP; did much to redeem a disgraceful exhibition, and will prevent its re petition. Many very competent judges deny that the practical difficulties in the way of Mr. H.s theory are as easily superable as Mr. M r.Tresents, but this doubt only shows the NesAity ...! LiLic:iision. Lord CRANISORNE'S par tial a.ihest•ae t.. the scheme is certainly important, and not leas A.) Mr. DI.V.AELI's acknowledgment that Mr. MIL:, has opened to debate a range of sub ject which ittitat henceforth frequently and seri wislj et.g.tge Parliamentary attention. OIiEST4 of SILVER PLA TE ier the COLONIES. OUTLEIa sail SILVER PLATS foe MIN Li LIING. m APPIN BROTHERS, LuNDOii•L'HUDGL MAPPIN BROTHER:a, 22%, REGENT. STIMET. BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR fee CHILISRMII DITT. To (Attain extra went t Use sans other !dads sae samellaiss seem instead et BILOIVIS and pi)Lgo:vs. " :ka brown." "Jahn Poison," Is *nee II the Nukes's act. pa:act. Zhe Ora3rros4* "• I. cv t71 , -• High Psiests of a (odic withdraw fro', its Liapfes, some to mourn over its degene racy in silence, and others to denounce it as cor rupt, it will Lot be surprising if common worshippers lose their wonted reverence. This is what is happening to the great popular religion which once a year celebrates its rites at Epsom, and which it had become almost a public duty ti extol. We are afraid to say how many peculiar national virtues our racing festivals, especially the Derby, were supposed to promote, and how many more they expressed, but they are all on the record. This is to be so no longer. It is being openly said that the Epsom religion is no better than a hollow superstition. The solid supporters of the turf, the men who race in a straightforwazd manner, and whose horses the p.:blic unhesitatingly back, are with drawing from the pursuit in disgust. Ge nuine sport cannot hold its own against the enormous money interests which have overgrown it. When a jockey becomes 8,000!. the richer by .me race, we get a measure of the forces at work to bate aid confound the calculations of skill and experience. Since Wednesday week the genuine admirers of horse-racing have been complaining that henceforth knowledge and judg ment go for nothing. While the running of horses thus becomes more dubious and perplexing, the rules of betting grow more elaborate and complicated, and those who administer them are losing their hold on public confidence. The case of the Soiled Dove is an illustration. The decision of the Committee Tattersall's is challenged by no less a personage than Admiral Roos, on the very grave allegation that persons pe cuniarily interested in the verdict havesat as judges. Admiral Rocs is one of the soundest authorities in the kingdom on all that relates to horse-racing. We do not say that he is right in this case ; but a few years ago such a charge was unheard of. The judgment of the Committee, Admiral Ron., says, encourages fraud and robbery, and is that of per sons having heavy bets depending on the issue. This is the deliberate statement of Admiral nous, upon the action of a body of men which in cludes some of the moat eminent supporters of the turf. The truth is that horse-racing has de clined to a system of gambling, demoralising to all who have anything to do with it, and it is high time to desist from attempts to cover its revolting character by conventionalities, in which no one believes, and which have already done infinite harm. ro C f qIIIUISPON DENV. ilitrertlueneuta ltiteuded for The lapresr." London Imam ftpal rand he at the OBloe. 10, ii..,tirtsiree.reet, by Two ofclock us thu der of publication. DRURY Lk.NL ECIMIIO, TNAII,JJAL JACK. tones and ; hte,dasnes Alleyne and Thompson.—l.• ~..dude with THE CHEA'f CITY. Ileum Warner, Mum oat*, Rouse, Irrin4. at ; Meulanwri Robertson, Le Thitre. hollpl9l. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1867. nation and of its 4mrsts. If they redly secure the Agri eullsinl-1011 at Islington for a great military fête, t►ey will have a building which hu few rivals in Europe for mach a purpose. With good arrangements this might be made an entertainment to be remembered with pleasure by every one who had taken part in it. But a common place or ill-managed gathering iu so vast a space would have a singularly cheerless effect. The subscriptions have i been as yet very satisfactory, and the desire of private persons to undertake part of the entertainment has been already noticed ; but more help is wanted, awl the com mittee appeals through the press to the nation at large. (he Court. BALMORAL, MAY 96. The Queen drove out yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Gordon. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Loan,* and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole, drove out. Prince and Princess Christian went out in the afternoon. NAT 29. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out yesterday morning. In the afternoon the Queen, with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove to Alt-na•Guithasach. Prince Arthur accompanied her Majesty, riding. Prince and i'rincela Christian also went out. Sir Edwin Landaeer arrived at the Castle this morning. The Prince of Wales rode out yesterday forenoon, attended by Major Teesdale. In the afternoon his royal highness, accompanied by the Duke d'Aumale and the Prince of Teck, and attended by Colonel Kingseote and Major Teesdale, visited the Horse Show, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Maltuesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir B. Northoote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Rich mond, Lord J. Manners, and Lord Naas. A Committee of the Lorde of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The Lords present were Lord Robert Montagu and the Right Hon. E. Hammond. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the committee. A deputation from a committee appointed at a public meeting held at Manchester bad an interview with the Earl of Derby, at him official residence in Downing-street, yesterday. A deputation from the Royal Agricultural Society of England had an interview with the Lord President of the Council at the Council-office, Whitehall, yesterday. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams were present at the interview. A deputation had an interview with the Lord President of the Council and Lord Robert Montagu at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, yesterday, on the subject of the cattle plague. Dr. A. Williams was in attendance. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, it is expected, reside at Cliveden, near Maidenhead, the beautiful seat of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, during the Ascot week. PROJECTED VISIT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES io TRENTHA3L—We understand that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is expected at Trentham Hall, North Staffordshire, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, about the middle of June. The visit, which will be strictly private, will probably extend over several weeks. SIX:IE7Y or Aare.—Hiss Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has forwarded a donation of 30 guineas to the fund now being raised by this society for assisting • number of selected artisans to visit and report upon the Paris Exhibition. The society gives 100 guineas from its own funds to this object, believing, as the council Mates in their minute, that such a visit not only exercises • bene ficial influence on the men themselves, but also on the pro gress of industry throughout the country at large. _ _ The Duke of Cambridge honoured the French Ambassador by his presence at dinner last evening, at Albert-gate House. There were present to meet the royal duke the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Bruneow, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Cornelia Churchill, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, Captain Hon. Frederick and Lady Constanoe Stanley, the Marquis Caumont de la Force, Baron de Baude, Colonel Hon. James and Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. Mare, &a. The marriage of the Duke of St. Albans and Miss Sibyl Mary Grey, eldest daughter of Lieutenant- General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, and niece of Earl Grey, is appointed to take place on the 20th proximo. The ceremony is to be solemnised at the Chapel Royal, St. J►mes's. The Earl and Countess Russell entertained at dinner last evening. as their residence in Chesham-place, the Duke and Duchess of Bacclench and Lady Margaret Scott, Viacount Melgund, Lord Charles Russell, lady Charlotte Portal, Mr. Anttobus, Mr. Howard, tic. The Countess Cowper entertained at dinner yes terday evening, at her residence in St. James's-square, the Marquis of Lorne, the Karl of Shrewsbury and Ladies Talbot (2), the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, the Earl of Clanwillisen, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord Henry Percy, Lord John Hay, Hon. Julian and Lady Adine Fane, Colonel the Hon. John Stanley, and Mr. Sneyd. Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane received the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Therese Bernstorff, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl and Countess of Seafield, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Crichton, Lady Molesworth, Lord and Lady Aveland, the Right Hon. Colonel and Lady Louisa Tighe, Mr. and Lady Virginia Sandals, Commodore Denison, Mr. Bantle Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. Cochrane, Mr. Robert Peel, An., at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Belgrave•square. _ On Wednesday last the Rev. Joseph Budd, clerk, was licensed to the perpetual curacy of West Somer ton, in Norfolk, the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich by reason of lapse. THE HORSE Snow.—Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Hone Show at the Agricultural-hall, et half-pest 4 o'clock. A line of police had been drawn up at the Burford-street entrance, under the direction of Superintendent Mott, and on the arrival of his royal highness, who was accompanied by Prince Teck, he was received by Mr. Clayden, chairman ; Mr. Leeds, Mr. Comfort, and Mr. Giblets , directors; Mr. S. Sidney, secretary ; and Mr. Laird. On taking his seat in the box specially decorated and reserved for his use, the Prince was greeted by the cordial cheers of the &seem. Wage which crowded every part of the immense building, the reserved seats being quite as much thronged as the avenues round the arena. A special programme had been drawn up for the occasion, which was observed with great care and punctuality. First the stallions were paraded and put through their paces, and then a few of the carriage horses were driven round the ring. The hurdles were then put up, and about 20 hunters went through the customary exercise of jumping. Some of the animals took their leaps wonderfully, especially one ridden by Mrs. Beverley, who with several other lady riders was present in the arena ; but the majority of them, as we intimated in our first notice of the show, seemed afraid to face the fences. The cobs and ponies were then exhibited, shortly after which his royal highness left his box and walked round the galleries containing the stands of imple ments, &e., which we have already noticed, and then pro. seeded to the annexe, near the Islington -green entrance, where the vehicles and saddlery are shown. About • quarter-past Ii the Prince left the building, and was loudly cheered on his departure by a large crowd which had assembled round the entrance. To-morrow the contests for the extra prises for jumping will be held, and at their conclusion the show will terminate. WESTMINSTER AEREY.—The following is a list of the preachers appointed for the special Sunday evening services in June : —June 2, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln ; June 5, the Rev. W. G. Cowie, rector of St. Mary, Stafford; June 16, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury ; June 23, his Grace the Archbishop of York ; and June 30, the Very Rev. Harvey Goodwin, D.D., Dean of Ely. CHCRCHING THE JITDOES.—The judges of the courts of common law will attend divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday next. They will be received, in state by the Lord Mayor and corporation and the dean and canons of the cathedral at a quarter past 3 o'clock. HALL OF Asps AND ScieNcte.--Sympathiaing with our gracious Queen, we are disposed to support any project for preserving the memory of him whose lass she steadfastly deplores, but the proposed Hall of Arts and Sciences seems to os to be a preposterous undertaking. "Hall of Sciences" the edifice will never be, except in name ; " Hall of Arta," in the South Kensington sense, it may be ; Hall of Public Entertainment it assuredly will be. We surmise that the result of the semi-commercial speculation which her Majesty has been induced to patro nise will be nothing more than a chartered Crystal Palace, :r l l l izzassibly • scientific Blondin may one day lecture on equilibium, and a scientific pyrotechnist display before an enlightened audience the striking effects pro duced by the combustion of certain elements combined in definite proportions. Commercial enterprise will not be slow to provide such light fare when the public mind re jecrta more substantial food. The building will be admi rably adapted for shows of as attractive character, but for purely scientific purposes it will be utterly useless. An ordinary lecture could not be heard in this South Ken sington Coliseum, and such experiments as we are accus tomed to see at the Royal Institution would be invisible to nine-tenths of the people for whom seats will be pro vided.—Labonstory. A Y SIARK KT. Tnl- EVENING, DRAY An A Pt/AT. Mr. • ..rton, WILL ritrClalt. Marra. althorn, Buckttone, *town, Our. don, dr • Mr*lamer Narks, Chippendalt. Uwe, 11.1:. Aud PERI:IA*4ION. Mr. Kcmlal and Mie. i PILINCIIIINS. THI ANTONk AND CLFT:OP VI I:A. A • tony, Mr. H. I oratne ; Eaoberhua, Mr. C. Verner; Cam !men, Wuu l'age ; and (7e•yntra, Atha Glyn. LYC6USI. Tnl. EVEXINO, DA M 110ZZI.ii6T, Mr Pri re and Mist Kate DiaDop.—THE DUKES MOTTO. Mr. eater, Mama. Koury. 111,e, Msattr Ilawtrthy, lieu• rack, tirattau, and caranta DsAerua. erRAND. Inc Evrnlrio 1118 Evir.l.rlloN.-I . OI'ET VA I • 01 , IL W —PV(NIAL..IN Thorn, ;Wawa, &c.; lU esdatctes ricranborcuich, 11.r.wilL;un. liarlaid, John. alwm,A Holt rim LITTLE SAVAI: E. HOLBORN_ . THIS P.VVIINO, MY TiT NIXT. Mr tem< re: Mimes Foote and Louses —and FLYING SCUD. Means. Neville. Bel mar*, Blake, Vonalre. de. : Mesdames F. Jesel.m, C. minders, Sande Fools. Skids', Lemma. Salludad. 4 .c • BRITAIRILII. Tin , Minna. THE SHAMROCK (Jr IhELAND. Mn.s S. Lan—AULD WEIN DRAY. Mews x. Mass& J. Cormier. — And THE VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Bigwussi and Miss A. Edwin. NIGH WATCH AT LONDON BRIDGE, UPI DAT —Mondog. Oh. On.-- ;4ocu. To-MOlMow—Manalog. of Wok.......Attaroook LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 31. Y. Council of the Society of Arts have re solved to raise a fund to be employed in aiding a number of selected workmen to proceed to Paris and remain there a fortnight or three weeks, for tin. purpose of making a careful study of the Exhibition, and of such factories and workshops as they may desire to visit. The Prince of Wates has contributed thirty pounds to this object, and the Camel' of the Society of Arts gives one• hun dred guineas front its funds, in the belief that such a visit is calculated to exercise a beneficial influence not only on the men themselves, but also on the progress of !industry throughout the country. We wish them every success. Eng lishmen of all classes are the better for knowing what foreigners are doing and can do in their part- cular line, and if half of what we hear of the pro gress of continental manufactures is true it is just now of great importance that our artisans should be in a position to compare what they produce at home with the best specimens of foreign industry. The number of persons sent by the Society will of course depend on the amount of support its plan receives from its members. In any case it must be more r 'ted than is desirable. The men sent out will 1,0 the most intelligent and skilful of their class, those who are already taking good wages mid in a fair way to become foremen. What is uvonj more wanted, however, is to bring masses of our workmen, if that be possible, into con tact with the results of foreign compe tition, and on this account it is desirable that less restricted plans for sending working men to Paris, such as Mr. Lsv.tau and other gentlemen are promoting, should also be well supported. Too much is being made in some quarters of the Paris Exhibition by those who insist on seeing in it 1.11 adequate representation of the industries of the world, and drawing final conclusions from the comparisons made there. This is a false method. Theseaocalled International Exhibitions are after all little more than great advertising stations. Their im- ' portance in that point of view is incontestable, but it is not in the nature of such au Exhibition to secure a full and fair representation of the comparative state of manufactures. Still, if only the young and pushing firms of each country sent their goods, the inspection would be sufficiently instructive to make it desir able that the Exhibition should be largely visited by our working people. Mr. D. S. rime& has pointed out that neither the Bessemer process of making iron nor our aniline dyes are represented at the Exhibition, although they are among the greatest improvements which have been wade in the application of physical and chemical science to manufactures within the last ten years. A valid comparison of our position as manufac turers with that of our rival,' implies a c!ose prac tical acquaintance with the manifold conditions under which industry is carried on in countries differing in the intelligence, skill, and energy of their people. Those who have the best opportu nities of judging are, we believe, most confident in our ability, nut only to contend with the world, but to uphold our supremacy, if only the relations of capital to industry can be satis factorily adjusted. On this point, however, it is to be regretted that much misconception prevails even among those who have many qualifications to be leaders and organizers of industry. When we find men of great manufacturing skill unable to discern, in the present dissatisfaction ui workmen, as exhibited in frequent and disastrous strikes, nothing but the work of paid agitators, we may see how far we are from a remedy for our present disorders. FROM the details of corruption, the Committee was invited, last night, on the motion of Mr. MILL, to the consideration of the theory of personal re presentation. In a speech lucid and able, as all his speeches are, the member for Westminster ex po Jaded and illustrated the much-discussed scheme of Mr. HARE. The impatience with which his re marks were received, and the rude interruptions in which that impatience was now and then manifested, would be in the highest de gree discreditable to the House of Commons if they had proceeded from more than a few of that very noisy class miscalled "silent members," because as they are devoid of the powers of artic , llate expres sion, their Parliament utterance is confined to cries and shouts. That the House of Commons con tains men so ignorant of political literature and so far behind the knowledge andintelligence which prevail out of doors as to Le unaware of the place which Mr. HARE'S scheme holds in practical and speculative politics, is an instructive revelation. Of course, it was impossible that such men as Lord CIUNIDORNR and Mr. DIRRAELT should share " that contempt all blockheads have for brains," to which Mr. Serjeant GASRLEE alone gale arti culate expression ; and their expressions of sym• ; THE I.I.FRANCHIBF.3IIIIT OF FOUR BOROUGOs. AS far as the boroughs are concerned, the Times thinks there is not a word to be said against the complete disfranchisement agreed to last night of Lancaster, Great Yarmouth, Totnes, and Iteigate. The suggestion that one member should be taken would in no way affect the offence and might easily aggravate it. Still, if this dis franchisement be not followed by something more, it will be regarded as an evanescent outburst of purity, a sacrifice made only to • feeling of decency. If the House of Commons desire to prove its sincerity in attempting to put down bribery, it will seriously consider the alternative schemes of redistri bution presented to its notice, and declare for the one which tends to make bribery least effectuaL If it care lessly adopts the plan of subdividing large constituencies, it will make the power, and therefore the practice, of bribery perpetual ; if, on the other band, it aims at multi plying " three-cornered" constituencies, and allows the voters to distribute or accumulate their votes at their pleasure, it will strike a blow at the power of bribery which will be infinitely more effectual towards its sup pression than all penalties upon the practice. The Daily Nfl , A sees much is f►vour of Mr. Bright's suggestion to send up to the Lords without delay the clauses of the Reform Bill which regulate the franchise. As it is, it is little likely that a scheme of redistribution hastily framed and passed can afford more than • tempo rary resting-place. With regard to the disfranchisement of the four boroughs, the Daily News doubts the exemplary effect of a severity which it regards as indiscriminating and capricious. The result now is that the guilty voters in the four disfranchised boroughs who happen to occupy houses rated at 12 , . and upwards will be simply trans ferred from borough to the county constituencies, much as Sir John Pakington lately proposed to punish criminals in the militia by transference to has regiments. Incorrupt householders of less than 12f. will be disfranchised altogether. The suspension of the writ for a term of years, long enough to break the habit of corruption, though it, too, would in volve the innocent with the guilty, would have been a wiser course as regards the large constituencies than their total disfranchisement. The Post believes the doom of the four boroughs will be approved of by the general pubis, though the circum stance that, simultaneously with the act of disfranchise. ment, a law is being passed which in itself completely alters the constitution of the offending constituencies, does unquestionably put such disfranchisement on a very singu lar footing. The Ikeabl observes that we must hold communities responsible for the action of any considerable number of their members, and then we may hope to awaken in the majority something like an active virtue. It is not enough that the majority of the electors of a borough shall refuse bribes themselves ; they must not connive at the bribery of the minority. The acceptance of the Bth clause of the Reform Bill will be a warning to all constituencies that bribery has ceased to be treated as a joke. ' The Telegraph rontends that while suspension would seem to be a more just course than perpetual disfranchise ment. which would make the usioorn answerable for the wrong-doing of their predecessors, it would probably happen that, for parliamentary constituencies as well as guilty individuals, a sort of penal servitude is better than capital punishment. TRITONS TO LON//02f. It is London. the Times says, and not the Court that the Sultan and the Czar are coming to see. Our great city will not show to the hest advantage before eyes dazzled by Parisian glitter ; but the fact that 3,000,000 of souls have business in it, and that, unlike continental capitals, London is independent of royal patronage and of foreign visitors, make it unlike any other place in the world. London is not the city of the Caesars ; it does not hear the mark of the Napoleonic; but no other place more forcibly embodies the whole genius of • people. We must set it off to the best of our abilities, that our guests may find that the world does not end at the Channel, and that there may be something celestially different from anything in the power of Cedars or Napoleons to produce. In another article the Times suggests that the Belgian Reception Committee mint be careful not to overdo the matter by importunate lionizing. Our visitors will pro bably like to have • little time to themselves, for every one's experience will recall to him how much better he sees a new oountry by wandering about at his own free will. The Belgians will also, probably, have sufficient profes sional spirit to desire to be • good deal at Wimbledon. A good effect will be produced if the committeeswill endea vour to mace the priacipal entertainment, worthy of the , MR. ETRE ASH HIS BIOGRAPHER AT THE LEVEE. The Star notices the fact that Mr. Eyre attended the Levee on Wednesday, and that his biographer, Mr. Hamilton Hume, was presented to the Prince of Wales. It wagon the morning of the same day that the newspapers were announcing the publication of the Lord Chief Justice's charge on the subject of the Jamaica insurrection and Mr. Eyre's measures of repression. Appended to the charge there are some remarks on Mr. Eyre's recent con duct as a ruler, which were doubtless being read with great interest by the public in general, at the very time Mr. Eyre wee looking for the recognition of royalty. " A man," says the Chief Justice, " must be dead to all sentiments of humanity —must have banished mercy from the catalogue of human virtues—who can mad the account of the exe cutions and soourgings after the recent outbreak in Jamaica, as shown by the report of the royal commissioners, without shuddering to think what human nature is capable of." The Chief Justice is particularly stern in his remarks on the arrest, deportation, and trial of Mr. Gordon, for which transac tions of course Mr. Eyre was not alone technically and officially, but directly and personally, answerable. "Nu one," says his lordship, " who has the faintest idea of what the administration of justice involves, could deem the proceedings on this trial consistent with justice, or, to use a homely phrase, with that fair play which is the right of the commonest criminal," He contrasts it with the course taken in regard to the Fenians. Pursue the contrast. Suppose the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had seized Burke, then a quiet resident in an unproclaimed district, and de- ported him to where martial law prevailed ; had sent him for trial before an illegal court•martial, where he was tried "with unseemly and deplorable haste, without knowledge of the charge till called upon to answer it, without knowledge of the Lets intended to be proved, or of the witnesses intended to bo examined ;" had sanctioned his condemnation "on evidence wholly insufficient," and ordered him to instant death. 'What would even the tory press of England have said of such a viceroy? Suppose that after the viceroy had himself actually announced the suppression of the insurrection, hundreds of persons were put to death, hundreds of others, including women, were flogged, and some thousand houses were burnt, under the administration and approval of the sante viceroy—what would the most uncompromising loyalist have said of such deeds? And finally, suppose the viceroy, dismissed from office by a government which, foe shame's sake, dared not sanction such conduct, were found conspicuous among those assisting at a royal reception. Which of us would not have marvelled at the presence of such a visitor in such a place ? PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. The following 49 members constitute the mino rity who voted against the preamble last night reciting that the commissioners appointed by her Majesty to in quire into the allegations of bribery in the four boroughs of Lancaster, Great Yarmouth, Reigate, and Totnes, had reported that bribery had extensively prevailed in them— the preamble substantially reciting the reasons for the proposed disfranchisement :—Messrs. IL E. Adair, W. 8. Allen, Sir W. Bagge, Messrs. J. Bagwell, H. J. Baillie, E. Baines, A. H. Baring, T. Barnes, A. H. Barry, J. Bright, T. Conolly, Sir F. Crossley, Messrs. R. Dalglish, L. L Dillwyn, R. Dimsdale, C. Edwards, Lord Eliot, Messrs. R. Eykyn, J. Fildes, W. E. Forster, R. Fort, C. Gilpin, J. Goodson, Sir J. Gray, Messrs. T. de Grey, E. W. Hamilton, Marquis of Hartington, Mr. R. J. Harvey, Lord J. Hay, Mr. J. M. Henniker-Major, Mr. E. Howes, Sir E. Lawn, Messrs. A. H. Layarl, H. G. Liddell, G. Morris, Sir P. O'Brien, The O'Donoghue, Colonel W. Pat ten, Medlars. J. W. Pease, J. Pim, C. S. Reed, W. tichole field, H. D. Seymour, R. D. Shafto, P. A. Taylor, W. T. M'Cullagh Torrens, J. White, B. Whitworth, and H. Woods. Tellers—Lord Dunkellin and Sir G. Bowyer. The majority of 323 was about equally composed of liberals and conservatives. Mr. Gladstone, who voted for the preamble, was abwnt from the second division, but Mr. Cardwell, Sir It. Palmer, Mr. J. D. Coleridge, Mr. G. C. Glyn, and Sir G. Grey voted against the minor punishment, as also did more advanced liberals, like Mr. J. Cowen, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. WLsren, Viscount Amberley, In the parliamentary votes the motion for the suspension of the writs for the boroughs of Great Yarmouth and Lan caster, in preference to (their instant disfranchisement, is attributed to Mr. Baxter, butjby the newspaper reports it ►p pears that Colonel Patten was the author of the amendment. The motion was rejected by 159 votes to 87—the 49 in the fonner division being reinforced by Messrs. T. D. Acland, E. Akroyd, R. Armstrong, W. W. Barrow, Honourable H. Berkeley, J. A. Candlish, T. Cave, J. Cheetham, W. J. Clement, J. C. Cobbold, F. Corranoe, R. W. Craw ford, E. De Ls Poer, F. Doulton, R. A. Earle, M. Eckersley, J. &monde, C. Freshfield, W. H. Glad stone, Lieut.-Colonel Gray, Captain Gridley, Earl Grosve nor, J. D. Harris, Lord G. Hervey, A. Hayter, J. Hibbert, T. B. Hornbill, R. Ingham, W. Jackson, Sir J. Jervoim, T. Kennedy, J. A. KinglaJte, G. Knatchbull-Hugessen, G. Leeman, G. J. Lefevre, J. Mackie, J. S. Mill, C. J. Monk, C. IL Norwood, Sir J. Ogilvy, R. Padmoce, J. Platt, E. Potter, Sir J. Power, P. Robertson, B. Samuel son, A. Sherrill, J. Stansfeld, E. Synsn, Lord IL Thyme, C. Villiers, E. Warner, G. Whalley, S. Whitbread, and R. Young. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES AND ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACTS. Motion made, and question proposed, " That Mr. M`Rvoy be one of the members of the select committee on Eccle siastical Titles and Roman Catholic Relief Acts."— Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That," to the end of the question, in order to add the words" the nomination of the select committee be post poned until this day six months."—(Colonel Gilpin)— instead thereof—Question put, " That the words pro- Me:to be left out stand part of the ques ti on ."— Luse divided :—Ayes, 69 ; note, 42. _ . . --- AYES. Armstrong, R. Garin, Mejor Noel, G. J. Barry, A. 11. Glyn, G. G. o•Ceirn e , J. L. Berestord, Capt. Graham, W. 0' Tien, Sir P. Blake, J. A. Gregory, W. H. O'Conor Don, The Blennerhassett, Sir Oreville•Supint, A. O'Reilly, Ni. W. R. Gray, Sir J. Ptm, J. Brady, Dr. Renew, E. Pollard-Irrpoluut,W Bryan, G. L. Herbert, H. A. Power, Sir J. Carnegie, C. Huddleston, J. W. Bearden, D. J. Caatleroase, Vlact. Hughes, W. nanndersoo, E. Ctillders, H. C. Kavanagh, A. Seymour, 0. H. Cogan, W. H. Kennedy, T. Sherriff, A. C. Colthurat, Slr O. K J. O. siacpoole, W. Corhally, 31. E. Leader, N. P. Stock, 0. Crnnturd, E. H. Leeman, G. Synan, E. J. Dawson, R. P. Lenses, Lord H . Taylor, Col De La Poer, K. Itnilwal, Col- C. Tottenham, Lt.-Col. Denman, G. ll'Kenna, J. N. Yiunieleur. Gol. Dillwyn, L. L. Maguire. J. F. Whitworth, B. Dunne. ben. Martin, P. W. young, R. Esmonde, J. Monk, C. J. Evans, T W. Monaell, W. TILLEIL FitaPatrick, J. W. Morris, G MaeEvoy, Z. Fort, R. Murphy, S. D. Ayrtos, A. B. Forteacue, C. P. Nam, Lord NOES. t Sir TR. W. Floyer. J. Foljambe, F. J. Ne*delnite, C. N. ry; Pennant. 0. D. Beach, Sir M. H. Core, W R. Percy, Major-O en. Booth, Sir R G. Oreene, K Russell Blr C. Bourne, Col. Gwyn, H. Selwyn, C. J. Bridges, air B. Hiunllton, I. T. Strong., Sir J. Cole, H. Hogg, Idol. Stuart, Lt.-Col. Cole, J. L. Hornby, W. IL Talbot, C. R. Cooper, E. H. Jones, D. Thynne, Lord H. Con, W. T. Knox, Col 8. Vance, J. Dick, F. Lawton, W. O. Verner, E. W. Dtekson, Major Loran, C. Wise, H. C. Dimadale, R. Long, R. P. MUSA. Dyke, W. H. Lowther, J. Oilpin, Col Edwards, Sir H. IClagan, P. Schreiber, C. Mr. Powell intends on " Consideration of Re presentation of the People Bill," as amended, to move to leave ont " man " in every case, and insert "male person." Mr. Darby Griffith, on Monday, will ask the Secretary of St►te for the Home Department, whether, since the appointment of names which are avowedly Men tided with the encouragement of ritualistic prattles, upon the commission to inquire into the conduct of church ser vices would tend to discredit the moral forced( its decisions in the mind of the public,it would not be desirable, in order to secure the greitest possible confidence in the constitu tion of that commission, to communicate the names in tended to compose it to parliament previous to their final appointment. LATEST IN MLUGENCE. (Yuma% TELSORAIIi.) SAXONY. DRESDEN, MAT SO. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Anne, the wife of Prince George of Saxony, was safely dglivered of s daughter this morning at 2 a.m. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY :n. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, with the above mails, arrived here to-day with 149 passengers, 2,4801. in specie, and a gene ral cargo, including 893 bales of silk, value 75,0001. sterling. On the 24th she spoke the British barque Nora and the steamer Smyrna ; and on the 27th the schooner Roseland and the steamer Louis Laird. GIBRALTAR, MAT 26. Exchange on London, 491 to 50 ; on Paris, Mr. 26c. ; on Madrid, par to dia. Her Majesty's ships Caledonia, Victoria, Are thusa, Skylark, and Reilpole are in the harbour. AMERICA. (BT ATLANTIC TgLEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, MAT 30. The steamers Virginia, from Liverpool, and the St. Patrick, from Glasgow, arrived here to-day. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom Qom ows commiesrommucr.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVINLNG. The unusual spectacle of a government defeat was witnessed in the Corps Legislatif yesterday. The complicated, elaborate bill for amending the law on public companies, which has been for years under the consideration of the cabinet and the Council of State, failed to satisfy the majority. Ono of the most important articles—that which proposed to allow a stipulation in the statutes of a company that subscribers selling their shares should be responsible for calls only to the extent of half the amount—was rejected by 101 votes to 97. MM. Jules Simon, M. de Janze, and other members con demned the clause as immoral, and insisted that the " publicity" upon which the government relied was not a sufficient protection to the public. M. Duvergier, one of the most able lawyers in the Council of State, argued strenuously in favour of the clause, but, as you see, without success. The number of abstentions is remark able. Parties were completely broken up on this division, every member voting according to his own private views. There is a great difference of opinion upon many other clauses, and it is not easy to predict what course the government will take when the adjourned debate comes on to morrow. The police are taking the most minute precau tionary measures to prevent any hostile demon strations against the Emperor of Russia by the Polish refugees. Several of the most influential Poles in Paris have been warned that they would do well to recommend their countrymen to be very prudent. A good many Poles have gone into the country to be out of the way. Prince Czartoriaki is one of these. More litigation growing out of the Universal Exhibition ! M. Ber, the founder of the Pr,l Catelan, who had obtained a contract for the ex clusive right of bill-sticking over 7,000 yards of wall in the Exhibition, has brought an action against M. Le Play and Mr. Cole, claiming a miL lion of francs damages on the ground that ho can only got 5,000 yards. He moreover complains that he is injured by the English commission al lowing exhibitors to advertise on the window blinds of the machine gallery. The case will be heard next Wednesday. M. Desmarest is counsel for M. Ber, and M. Truitt for the English com mission. M. Cl4ment Durernois, M. de Girardin's princi pal lieutenant, is about to leave the Liberte, and intends to bring out on June 15 a new morning paper, to be called La Discussion. The banquet offered by the bar to M. Jules Fevre on the occasion of his election to the Aca d4mie Francaise was to have taken place to-day in M. Triat's gymnasium, Avenue Montaigne, but it is postponed sine die in consequence of an indispo sition of the guest. This being Ascension Day the Bourse is closed. THE EARL OF CARNARVON AND THE JAMAICA OUTBREAK. In a blue-book issued to-day containing further correspondence relating to the affairs of Jamaica, are the following despatches from the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir J. P. Grant : " Downing-street, July 30, 1866. " Sir,—By Mr. Secretary Cardwell's despatch No. 173, of 18th June. your predecessor was instructed to institute • careful investigation of those cases in which grave offences bad been laid to the charge of civilians during the suppression of the recent disturbances in Jamaica, in order that such further proceedings might be taken as were re quisite and just. I have no doubt that this most serious and painful duty will occupy your immediate attention, bat it is not the less my duty to express to you the gre►t importance which her Majesty's government attach to a close and complete investigation of those cases which ap pear to you to call for it, and their anxiety that all classes in the island should know that in thew as in all other cases they may rely on • strict and equal administration of justice without fear or favour at the hands of the law and the representative of the crown. I have to instruct you to furnish me at the earliest day with a report of the pro ceedings which you have taken.—l have, Ice., (Signed) " CARNAHVON. "Governor Sir J. P. Grant, K.C.8., La." " Downing-street, August 1, 1866. _ . "Sir,—Your predecessor forwarded in his despatch to Mr. Secretary Cardwell, No. 7:i, of the 24th of March, a return of the sentences inflicted by the special commis sion of Oyer and Terminer, held at Kingston between 24th January and 9th March last, on persons implicated in the disturbances in Jamaica, or arrested on charges of sedition and treason. I find on examination of this re turn that many of the sentences thus inflicted are of great severity. Thirteen men and two women are sentenced to penal servitude for life, and seven men And four women to penal servitude for twenty years, the charge being felonious riot. I have no wish to express any doubt of the justice or propriety of sentences thus inflicted by a legally con stituted tribunal; but it appears to me that as the investig►tion of the royal commission has enabled the government to appreciate more clearly than was possible at the time the nature of the recent dis turbances and the guilt of those implicated in them, it would be desirable that the proceedings of the commission specially appointed to try those persons should now be revised ; and I wish you, therefore, to call for the judges' notes, and, after consultation with the presiding judge under that commission, to report your opinion whether, in any of the cane, there are grounds for remitting any portion of the sentences.—l have, &c., (Signed) " CAJINAIVON. " Governor Sir J. P. Grant, K.C.8., &a." President Juarez, who has captured the Em peror Maximilian, is the son of poor parents, Zspetek Indians, from a small village in the Sierra de Oiaca. The Exhibition of the Works of Living Artists, which took place in the Champs Elysies, will be closed on the sth of June. The pictures which have gained prizes, by the solicitations of the artists, will be hung in the fine art galleries in the Champ de Kars. SCIINDAY TRADING Bra. MEETING AT ALDGATE.—THIS DAY.) This morning a meeting was held at the Gunk. StAr Tavern, Aldgate, for the ose of rece via; a from • deputation which yeey momnag Mr. Goachen, M.P., relative to the present , tion of tion to parliament against Mr. Hughes o Sunday Mr. A. A. ROMAINE, jeweller, having been voted to chair, t; One of the deputation gave a statement of the iaterri. with Mr. Goachen, by whom they were well nveir..), said that that gentleman wu notTrepared olf.lund t o an oinion, ) but would very gladly present th e p, t44 ,.. (Hei . ar, h . . The . Sacierariv read the following letters from Disraeli and Baron Rothschild : "11, Downing-street, May 29, loir, "Sir,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer &bin s ts acknowledge the receipt of your letter o f yesterday's and to express his regret that the pressure of pub& b.: ness must prevent him from having the honour of reev..., the deputation from the committee on th e Sunday Tr5,..4 Bill which you represent. " I am, Mil, your obedient servant, " Thos. Wan, Esq." " C. W. Pusa n , " New-court, St. Swill:MX.4 . " Ma)or Triest would be obliged by a call from * Yo, respecting his note of the 24th inst. " May 20, DOW." . . The gilloMing resolution, moved by Mr. Bum, seconded b,y Mr. ltr-sson, was unanim ous l y can i b i " Resolved, that a public meeting of tin, buyers of the metropolis be held immediately in oppwiti, kt. Sunday Trading Bill as brought in by Mr. member, such meeting to be car ri ed out with out delq our sub committee. We at the same time tender ~ heartiest thanks to Viscount Atuherley far his imm„, order to strengthen his opposition to that 0r05t...1 measure." _ Owing to the large number of interested penoto had attended this and other meetings with o ut accommodation, it was proposed and agreed to Mat a suitable hall could be found it was to be eng sge ,L d otherwise, an open•air meeting should be held. A vo tTitOfthLii; to the 11.1citliirOiiicoTleitZd the ITN oft-dings. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the late Dowager Countess of denser who died on Jan. 26 last, was proved on the 2.hid elt the executors, the Hon. Frederick Willi am Child V;;L I and Mr. Charles Fane, the personalty being seers Wei 300,0001. By her will and coalicila the countess lean hir important interests in the banldng•house of Meson. (141 and Co. in trust, after discharging certain spectrad claims, to pay half the refits to the Hoe. fredenek Villiers, and the remainder to the Earl of Jersey sad i x , successors, and, upon the decease of Mr. F. Villins.to tor the whole to his lordship. Mr. Villiers is, by special la, vision, appointed guardian to those now or in future e. terested in the deceased countess's share. The cantos ' leaves a considerable number of legacies, among vtach may be mentioned the following:—To the trustees of late Princess Esterhazy's settlement, 7,500/. ; the of the Hon. F. Villiers 's settlement, 7,500/. ; to tG Hon. Frederick Villiers, 15,000/. • to his wife, Leh Elizabeth Villiers, 5,0001. ; to the Earl of Jersey, 10,s, to the Hon. Robert Villiers, 4,0001. ; to the Hon. Bgyc Villiers, 4,000/. ; to Lady Julia Wombwell, I,Out ; boy Caroline Villiers. 2,0001. ; to Mr. Charl es le:, ' 1,000/. • to Lady Augusta Paget, 1,000/. • to Sir AnnUit Paget, 500/. -, to the two children of lady Adela 15,000/. ; and to each of her godchildren 50/., or a 'ewe. the like value ; to her executor Mr. Charles Ease, 2,our to the Hon. Mrs. Augustus Villiers the counter, Isnt,- anannuity of 3001.; and to Lady Harriet Ponsoeby, linnet 2001. per annum. To the Middleton Schools she begunt . .; 5,000 f. Consolidated Three per Cents. ' • to the Midd:;:. Almshouses, 501. per annum ; and 20/. per annum for t. maintenance of the Monumental Chapel at Middles.: Her ladyship also gives the Hon. F. Villiers & lifsietne in her house in Berkeley-square and its contents. ar, after providing liberally for her servants, she learn to the residue of her property. Her ladyship, who ghat the age of 82, was the eldest daughter of the tenth Li of Westmoreland and Anne, his wife, only daughter a! heiress of Robert Child, Es., on whose demise she st, seeded to his interest in the banking barium. He ladyship survived her husband, the Earl of Jersey, sex years. The will and oodicils of the late John Gott, leq.. / Armley House, Yorkshire, who died on the let of dial last, have been proved in the Wakefield District Bepere I of the Court of Probate, by William Allaa, Le, it Chicheater-terraoe, Brighton, the brother•in.law &Flak I surviving executor. The personalty was sworn Isle 350,000/. The will is dated in 1852, and under it these tator's relict takes all the furniture and moveshielefett an immediate legacy of 5001., an annuity of 1,200/. 0 dition to the provision of her marriage settlement, irel all property accrued to her since their teenier. The following legacies are bequeathed free of duty. nit-Ts Henry Wormald, Esq., 10,000/. ; to the tests:in et. , cuter, to be held on certain trusts specified in the ell d the late Richard Wortuald, Esq., of Cookridge HZ, 10,0001. ; to Mr. Allan, the executor. 5001.; to the Lee ds Infirmary, 2001. ;to the House of Reaery. 100/. ; to the Leeds Public Dispensary, 100/. ; to theta tator's six sisters, Mrs. Allan, Miss H. Gott, Mrs. Kiska, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. Brooke, and Mrs. hischraire, 10,0001. An estate at Woodhall, in Calverley. he der,s to his nephew, the Rev. John Gott. All the residud his real and personal estate, including valuable estatnit Bean lug and in Guilford-street, the testator bed be• queathed to his brother, William Gott, Biel.; but sr tie death of the latter in the lifetime of the testator this be• quest has lapsed, and in consequence the whole of the Tel estate, besides the family estates which are in settlemit, devolves upon the heir-at-law, B.Gott, Esq. ; and the re... due of the personal estate passes half to the relict and Id amongst the next of kin—namely, the testator's cis riven above-named and the family of the late William Gotti:i., who take amongst them one-seventh share of it The late Miss Charlotte Heine, of Windsor. Berks... died of 25,0001., has bequeathed to St. Cale St. 's Refuge for Destitute Children, the Leola City Mission, Church Pastoral Aid Society, Smarr t,r Prorcoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, Windsor Bayil Infirmary and Dispensary, and the Metropolitan Free Hospital, each a legacy of 500 f. The late Joseph Cragg, whose personalty was sewn under 2.5,000/., bas left to the Merchant Selma'. (epic Asylum, Marine Society, School for Indigent Blind. red Middlesex Hospital each a legacy of 500/. The wills of the undermentioned persons were mewl! proved:—William Hervey, 120,000/. personalty ; Thom as Neve, 80,000/. ; Sarah Norton, 70,000/. ; William C r hea Marsh, 50,0001, ; John Butterfield, 50,000/. ; the Ik'. Charles G. Cotes, 4.5,000/. ; George Lenox CoeSaJho-, 30,0001.: Anthony Lax Fisher, M.D. 30,0001. ; Bich" Heine, Esq., 30,000/.—lllestreted Lamle Nero. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WORSLEY. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED. A shocking explosion occurred yesterday. at the Keene Lea Colliery, Wonley, belonging to Mr. rent Nightingale, by which seven men were killed. The shit' is 180 yards deep, and the seam of coal at present t course of working is the seven feet mine. From SI) is 4 men are employed at the colliery, and it is usual for the to commence work at 6 o'clock in the morning. 1 * viona to that time, however, it is the duty of the fireman go through the workings of the mine in order to clagatt the men's pLaces, and in Guard finding theta unsafe he at te • board at the entrance with the word danger" prietel upon it. If the place is free from gas and safe for Oa men to enter be leaves a naked candle burning at the f,: end of the main way. Yesterday morning the tremat. Enoch Yates, descended the shaft as usual, sod ahertlj after him • number of men also went down. In onlua! cases it is customary for the men to wait at the bottom the shaft or in some safe ',coition until the finnan t° completed his inspection, and reported the safety of then respective places. On this occasion, however, it is to q• posed that the men either preceded or imniediatelr lowed the fireman, and in all probability entered th , ,1 places before he had examined them. The result was the about half-past 6 o'clock • fearful explosion ensued the far end of • mainway at the bottom of a jig-rev , ' FI consequently a considerable distance from the bat,4.l the aft.. Seven men were killed, namely: - Joh n Seddon (married and a family), James S e ddon This 50 Enoch Yates (the fireman, married and 'even child: o ' 4 Thomas Houghton (single), James Johnson Idaille ol42 Johnson (widower, with four children, and uncle of ham Johnson), Thomas Blundret (single). The deceased. 7 1 .. are all over twenty-one ears of age, lived in the ne 4e, bourhood of Woraley. T he mine is said to be imenk lbl : free from pa as • rule ; and the widerlooker . Eicha the Halli w da or y kin , and on dthethfiree previousmanEn oc d h ay rt an te . s t , reilia.driedbeenthtLros e:'t:. tirely free from gas. The men were burnt someat severely, and their bodies were blown in different directioal along the main road. It is supposed that they were all together at the time of the accident, as the eielo-ion ato have been confined to a limited area. It en only slightly felt by four men who were descending the pit at the time it occurred. This mine, as well m adjoining one, belonging to the Bridgwater Trustees. k°,l so free from gas that the men regularly worked with as h ` lighta, the greatest surprise has been occasioned 1,1 ..„ explosion. Preparationa aro making in the Ottoman setti..o of the Champ de Mars for the reception of the Wu° Abdul-Ariz. The pavilion which has been noticed in th d quarter of the Exhibition, and which had nothing stn" about it, is undergoing great alterations and estrsordis o f embellishment, now that it is certain that the soverrtio of the Turkish empire will visit the world's Cdr. Th e divans will give place to sumptuous seats, rich lisirei , ;' and georgeous tapestry will adorn the walls, and the r.r 4 costly furniture will be provided, so that the pavilion *III be transformed into a veritable Oriental kioeque. as far as possible worthy of the august visitor. fort The cowl pLtil peCt phi inte E Ck te r orde 7i gigue did o sok i load these bow Ea Tb e Ne 4 2,40'2 Dll the 0 Di RI Tb Loud li 1 Socot Wu! kis au Kt "aim perm Hi conai Go film Bent the the b playc Mr mince brow Piet; ease, Game aux doe the e the h Th, fled i evide: Fre Jan ie •t thi • atessci