The Express. — London, England, 1862-01-17 00:00:00

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As the Sovereign Pontiff, while launching anathemas at Emperors and directing the allegiance of nations, yet loves to style himself the Servant of servants, so it is a doctrine of the court in question, while assigning limits to the jurisdiction of every other in the realm, that it has no power over either courts or property, • and only exercises a modest control upon the persons of the lieges. If, how ever, its gentle admonitions should be disregarded, it asserts the right of imprisonment for contempt, and of at least effecting a separation between the person and the estate which practically is regarded as equivalent to a confiscation of goods. So when it deems any other court to be infringing its rights or misinterpreting the law, it has no occa sion to appeal to Parliament for redress, or even to urge angry remonstrance upon its rivals. It merely enjoins the parties in the other court to cease from their contention. The message is one of peace and goodwill, and is clothed in language of etherisl mildness. But should it be for one hour neglected, then comes the sharp and sudden penalty. Like the Inquisitiog which burned the bodies of heretics for the salvation of souls, the Court of Chancery imprisons suitors for the vin dication of equity. Two hundred years ago the great Lord Cote, Lord Chief Justice of England, made a last stand against this assumption. The war was waged with fervour through the persons of the litigants and their legal advisers, who on both sides were sent to gaol for contempt of the opposing courts. At length the English SoLosioN himself intervened, and after informing himself, by the advice of all the King's counsel, JAME.% I. gave the palm of victory to the Court of Chancery, and ever since it has exercised uncon trolled away, not only over the courts at West minster, but over those of Scotland, of Ireland, and of foreign countries, whenever it could catch the suitors within the limits of its own jurisdiction. Last of all, it has conquered and bound to its chariot wheels the Court of Divorce. The case in which this has occurred presents a singular instance of the gradual process by which English law has grown up, and of the strange in consistencies by which it is still distinguished. In 1860 a husband and wife agreed to live sepa rate. Such an arrangement is far from being un common, and a lawyer can quickly supply a form of deed in which the terms may be set forth. By such a deed the parties in the present instance bound themselves to live apart, never to resort to law for restoration of the conjugal bond, and an annual income was provided to trustees for the wife'■ maintenance. In 1861 the husband re pented, and applied to the Court of Divorce— better, perhaps, in this case designated by its second title of Court for Matrimonial Causes—far "restitution of conjugal rights." The wife pleaded the deed of separation, but Sir Came- WELL CRESSWELL refused to listen to it. His court inherits the old ecclesiastical rules, where not expressly altered by Parliament, and one of them wag that such a deed was valid only while both parties assented to it, and that either party might at any time apply to an ecclesiastical tribunal to compel the return of the other to con nubial life. The wife then appealed to the Court of Chancery to enforce performance of the stipu lations in the deed, by prohibiting her husband from prosecuting his suit in the Matrimonial Court. The Master of the Rolls, Sir JOHN ROMILLY, before whom the case was first heard, held that he had no power to interfere. Principle and pre cedent, he ruled, both forbade the Court of Chan cery to assert any jurisdiction over a matrimonial snit of this nature. But on appeal Lord WWI BURY was of a different opinion. He thought that in some of the former cases in which the interpo sition of Chancery had been refused, the Judges had confused the law of Rome, which forbids all loosening of the marriage tie, with that of England, which re cognises its dissolubility in certain cases. As it was admitted on all hands that tho stipulations respecting the property of the parties would re ceive the protection of the Court, he could see no reason why those respecting the persons should not. Accordingly he decreed that the suit before Sir CREASWELL CHERWELL should be arrested. And as that learned judge will probably not renew the struggle in which Sir EDWARD CONE was worsted, the decision is practically to affirm the doctrine that married persons may by deed agree to live apart, and that neither can without consent of the other break through the terms of the arrangement. There is still, however, an appeal to the House of Lords ere we can regard this question as finally settled. Nor, where two such high authorities as Lord WESTBURY and Sir JOHN ROWILLY are at variance, shall we talcs upon ourselves to antici pate what may be the ultimate judgment of the law. But when that has been concluded there will still be an appeal to the yet higher court of Public Opinion, on the question, what ought to be the law, and on this we may, without impropriety, offer some general suggestions. Already, indeed, the subject has received the consideration of the Legislature. In Lord Caerrwosen's Divorce Bill of 1857 there was a clause which sanctioned agree ments of separation, and declared expressly that they should be a bar to a suit for restitution of conjugal right& The billies' lost by the dissolution in April, mad the clause was not re-introduced in the bill presented in the following year, and which ultimately became law. There WM% however, to be no very valid reason why Parliament should not, under proper restrictions, give effect to some such rule. Lord ELDON sum marised the objections to this course in the fol lowing words, speaking then to the question whether he ought as Chancellor to give effect to an agreement of the kind ;—" I think no court " ought to act upon it ; for, whether the contract " of marriage be, as it is represented by some, a " civil contract only, or whether it be both civil " and religions, it is one of a peculiar nature—it " is one which the parties cannot dissolve, one by " which they impose duties on themselves and " engage to perform duties towards their offspring, " duties which are imposed as much for the sake " of public policy as of private happiness." But we may venture to think that there are certain cases which the law can hardly reach, but which must be left in some measure to the judg ment of the parties, in which these duties will be better performed by the parties living separately than in enforced and hated union. The law allows of dissolution of the marriage bond for heinous breach of its obligations, it permits separation of the persons for gross acts of cruelty. But, besides these overt acts, there may ho a thousand causes of inevitable disagreement and unhappiness, causes which render the married life a burden and a snare, though the wife never commits adultery nor the husband ever knocks her down. Separation is in such cases the remedy which the friends on both sides most earnestly invoke, but it is obvious that it is no remedy at all, if liable to be set aside at any moment by the caprice of either. What ever facilities be given to it there is little chance of its being rashly and imprudently resorted to. The mere preparation of a deed gives time for the cooling of passion, and the intervention of relatives. If all these fail, it is probably the best that can happen to the parties that they should part. If at any future time they desire to return to mutual society, it is of course in their power to do so ; but if only one should so desire, it is most likely to be the one which was originally the most in the wrong, and it seems only fair to give the protection of law to the still recusant sufferer. No doubt certain securities against abuse must be provided. Care must be taken that the separation inflicts no injustice on either party, nor gives sanction to any arrange ments submitted to through terror or fraud. But in such matters the Court of Chancery, if it shall succeed in establishing its jurisdiction, has very sound rules. Nor, if resort is ultimately had to the Legislature, will there be much difficulty in providing all due precautions of this nature. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1962. fbe Court. The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Belgians, yesterday, at Buckingham Pekoe. A deputation from the ASIOCiatiOS of Paper Makers of Great Brindle end Ireland, comisting of Meows. Evans, Muter, Bpkor, Ibbotson, Wisdom, Barlow, sad Phipps, had as Interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at thocalos of the Boned of Trade. Mee Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhibition of 1862 held a meeting at the building yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the GOVINVOt of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Ono* the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, sad to the Governors of the West India colonies, sod British Cobimbis. THE MANCHIfff= ME.MORTAI TO THE PRINCH Comiorr.—lt has been decided that this memorial shall resist of a statue, in the first instance ; but considerable difference of opinion exists as to the disposal of any surplus funds. A meeting of the general committee was held yes terday, when some discussion took place on the various proposals which have been made, and which would include the establishment of a convalescent hospital, the purchase of the Botanical-ganlens as a public park, the opening of • pleasure-ground to bo called the Prince's-walk, or the erection of model cottages. The Bishop of Manchester, who was present, said be fully approved of the erection of a statue, but none of the other proposals seemed to him so appropriate as • plan he was not then prepared to speak of, but as to which be should be glad toconfer with any small eommittee specially appointed to consider how the funds should be applied ; and the plan in question was one for supplying what he personally knew to hove been felt by hi hoe Hoye! Highness himself to be a great want of the people of Manchester. Some information as to the plan referred to by his lordship will doubtless be offered on a future occasion. His Excellency the French Arnhem/W(3r and the Countess de Flattenit eatertained a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening at Coventry House. The Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet Graham are on a tour is Italy. Her grace will not return to England until April. . . . The Marquis an Marchioness of Bath have ar rived at Tottenham Park on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury. . . Viscount Canterbury has left town on a visit to the Maninia and Marchioness of Allesbury ►t Tottenham Park. Sir George C. and Lady Theresa Lewis enter tabbed a select party at dinner last evening at Kent House. A marriage is stated to be arranged between Mr. Charlie Maitland and the How. Eleanor Stanley, daughter I Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, and niece of the Earl of Lauderdale. Mies Stanley is one of the maids of honour to her Majesty. "The high estimation, " says the Stainfiffd Heronry, "in which the late Earl of Yarborough, Lord. Lieutenant of the county, was held by all to whom his character was known, is likely to receive durable recog nition. It is proposed to raise a subscription for a memorial window in the cathedral and a portrait of his lordship is the grant jury.rt om a.. the castle. The suggestion bur berm warmly eurationed by several of his lordship's lat. mate frieads, who are williog to set as a committee to carry out the obj , w, a oisto 1 by Mr. Tweed as honorary seeniary. The maxi num amount of subscription is to be limited to onv guine The Right Hon. Lord Fevershatn has consented to take the their at the annual festival of the Load= Society for the Protection of Young Females, in Ray mkt. The Roman catholice (says the Critic) are about to start a shilling monthly, on the model of the Cnrahill Maga:int. It is to be called " The Correspondent," and Cardinal Wiseman is antionneed as a contributor. The Rev. Charles Kingsley's sermon on the death of his B •yal Militant the Pr:noe Consort, preached at Eversley Church, 02 the 224 December but, will be published in a few day.. The Kilkenny Moderator records the death of the Bay. Sir Richard Langrishe, in the 80th year of his age. His father was one of the leading orators of the Irish House of Commons. Be earnestly advocated the mitiga tion' of the penal code. The deceased baronet is succeeded by his eldest son, a captain in the Kilkenny Fusiliers. He was born in 1823, and married in 1857 the only daughter of the late Mr. T. Blois Eccles, of Clarentoet, Staffordshire. The directors of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company have receivel from the Postreaster-General a complimentary letter bearing testimony to the rapidity sad accuracy with which they carried out the arrangements for the rapid transmission of the import►nt despatches from America on the 'abject of the Treat A Washington letter, of the 28th ult., says : "General M'Clellan is slowly recovering from an attack of fever of a mild typhoid type, which has been treated homoeopathically, and war; probably much exasperated is eowaeuuenoe. General Marcy, his father-in-law aril Maid of his staff, has also been undergoing homoeopathy and as attack of some other Llama, from which lbe im gritting better, but seiner is fit at present to direct ernstionn" The Swiss Federal Tribunal has pronounced nun hues in a snit Umlauted by Mr. Brassy against the admit nistration or the Central Railway Company, sad has do odad :-1, That the Csatral Railway shall pay Mr. Drams, bakaas due to him alder the agreement ; 2, that the subsidiary dam of I,Mo,ooofr. made by Mr. Brassey is dis mimed ; and, 3, that the IMO course shall be adopted ea to the claim of the Central Company, requiring of Mr. Brawny as indemnity of 690,0013 tr. LATEST INTILLIGENCE. THE PARANA IHRLKSHIP. We learn from the Secretary of the Admiralty that Sir Samuel Cunard has received letters, dated the 3rd January, from his son at New York ; but no mention whatever is made of the Parana. The rumour of the loss, in the St. Lawrence, of the Parana, with upwards of 1,090 troops on board, was circulated by the New York Herald. The rumour is also referred to by the North British Deily Mail as having been current at Halifax. Advice; from Quebec to the 4th inst. make no allusion to any such event. The Adriatic, which left Southampton with troops on the same day as the Parana (Dec. 20), reached Halifax on the 31st December, up to which date no intelli gence had been received there respecting the Parana. The Adriatic, however, is much the faster boat of the two, and was expected to make the passage in a shorter period than the Parana. The Adriatic bad sailed up the St. Lawrence, but was obliged to return to Halifax owing to the ice. ITALY. The NationaliVs of Turin, of the 14th, confirms a statement made already, that General de Goyon has received a formal order to concert measures with the Italian military authorities for the re pression of brigandage. Mention has been made of an intended applica tion by the Italian cabinet to the Chambers for an optional authorisation to issue railway bonds. A note published by the Opinion. exp:ains that the object is merely to obtain from the parliament the means of carrying on the works which are at the charge of the state, if the resources of the treasury do not suffice for that purpose. " But," adds the note, which appeara to have a semi-official cha racter, " the government being prepared to continue the works without having recourse to public credit, we are assured that there will be no issue of railway bonds during the present year." SPAIN. The Gaeta of Madrid of the 12th publishes the treaty lately concluded in that city for the settle ment of the Morocco difficulty. The title just con ferred on Marshal Serrano, Captain-General of Cuba, is Duke de la Torre. The Ebro of Logrono states that on the occasion of the Epiphany, the Commandant-General of that province and his staff paid an official visit to Mar shal &porter°, Duc de la Vittoria, who addressed them in an appropriate speech, in which he alluded to the establisment of liberty in Spain by the ex tinction of Carlism at Vergara. THE COUP D'ETAT IN HESSE CASSEL. A letter from Camel of the 11th Las the follow• ing : . . . . Moat of the deputies have left" doubtless with the feel ing that the eneftptie defence of right is the only means of restoring pesos and tranquillity to the country. The energy of the Hessian people will in the end triumph over the intrigues of the government. Every fresh dissolution of the Diet more and more enlightens the people as to what they may expect if they renounce their rights. A report is current that the government intends to declare the old deputies non re-eligible, a fresh proof that it is at a loss what measure to adopt. A prosecution hes been commenced against the iforpeaseitcep for publishing a speech of M. Nebelthan. The petition of the deputies, praying for the re-establish ment of the constitution of 1831, having been presented at **electoral pslace by H. Vaupel, senior member of the chamber, it was returned to the petitioners with the reply that the chamber not being sitting could not have delibe rated on it. (urna's nzionAms.) RUSSIAN POLAND. BRESLAU, JAR. 16. According to private advices received here from Warsaw, eleven more students had been condemned to serve as soldiers in the army in Siberia. It was reported at Warsawthat Monsignor Chigi, the present Papal Nuncio at Paris, would be ap pointed Papal Nuncio to the court of St. Peters burg, and that it is the wish of the Pope that the Nuncio should reside alternately at St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and Wilna. ITALY. TURLY, JAN. 16. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies a discussion took place on the report of the Parlia mentary Committee appointed to consider the petition of Signor Tofano, appealing against his removal from the magistracy by the government on the ground of the irrevocable nature of the office, The committee in their report proposed that the Chamber, not being a court of justice, should avoid treating the question involved in the petition. Signor Tofano pleaded in his own defence, and his speech occupied nearly the whole sitting. He disputed the conclusions of the committee, and requested that a formal judicial investigation into the charges brought against him might be made, for the purpose of examining the facts and documents, and that the Chambers should pass • final judgment on the matter. The Chamber ordered the publication of all the documents communicated by the government, and passed to the order of the day. BOMBAY MAIL The Euxine, with the above mail, left Malta for Marseilles on the 18th inst. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mail, left Malta on the 14th at 8 am. She may be ex pected at Southampton about the 23rd. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Pere, from Southampton on the 4th, left Malta for Alexandria on the 13th. The Valetta, from Mareeilles on the 12th, left Malta for Alexandria on the 15th inst. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (roll OUR OWX PARIS, THURSDAY Eva. A subscription ban been opened at the caws of the Sick in favour of the distressed silk-weavers of Lyons and St. Etienne. The war in the United States is assigned as the principal cause of their distress, no orders having been sent from that country. The Siick alone subscribes the handsome sum of 4,143 fr. 50c., made up by contributions from M. Marin, the political director, down to the folders and printers' devils. The Side gives as one reason for the urgency of the case, not only the wide-spread and poignant sufferings of individuals, but the fear lest skilled workmen should be driven to emigrate, to the detriment of one of the most important branches of French manufactures. The Opinion Nationale taken up this idea of the Steele, but, while consenting to receive subscriptions, ex. mem an opinion that the evil is of too great 1 magnitude to be met by private charity, and urges the necessity of a public grant from the Corps Legislatif, now about to ensemble. It estimates the number of men out of work at Lyons as not lees than 100,000. The present state of relations biglween the courts of Rome and Elt. Petersburg has lately been • sub ject of controversy. The Roman correspondent of the Temps, while agreeing that the nomination of the Abbif Felinski to be Archbishop of Warsaw is • triumph for the Russian government, denies most positively the truth of • rumour that • Russian agent had been in Rome, threatening the recognition of the kingdom of Italy if the conces sion were not made. According to this correspon dence, Pius IX. is much the same sort of friend to Poland in 1862 as Gregory XVI. was in 1832. In the Consistory at which the appointment of Felinski was announced the Pope made a few coin- manta, according to custom, and expressed a hope that there would be an end to severe measures against the clergy ; but these remarks were so gar nished with reserves and oratorical precautions as to amount in substance to an acquiescence in Russian policy—not a word was said of the Polish people or their cause, the Pope spoke only of the clergy. Since the above was written a telegram from Rome states that the Pope, while announcing to the cardinals that Russia consented to the re establishment of an apostolic nunciature at Rome, said, " I desire to hope that this first concession may be the signal for others in favour of the unfortunate Polish nation." The Prase, with a knowledge of the above telegram, says this evening : The Pope chooses an odd moment to renew diplomatic relations with the Czar. That the catholic priests of Poland should be imprisoned, banished, transported, and eastenced to death, is no doubt a painful thought at Rome, bat nevertheless such an ally of clerical despotism as the Emperor Alexander is not to be despised. The Pope, with much inward groaning, doubtless merlin.= bis duties as Pontiff to the exigencies of hie position as a Sovereign. His heart bleeds, of cows*, but state Dynamiting are inexorable. Does not this situation show how right are those sincere catholic, who contend that the true guarantee for the maintenance of the spiritual power is the suppression of the temporal The Opinion Natsonak says : Peace, then, is concluded between the heads of Roman sod Greek orthodoxy. The Pope kisses the hand of the most determined persecutor of the catholic faith ; the shepherd becomes the accomplice of the ravening wolves, and delivers the most faithful of his flock to the enemy. Antichrist, if he shall come owe day to this earth, as we are told be will, cannot °Meta a more brilliant triumph than that which the Emperor of Russia has just gained. Great must be the joy at St. Petersburg. Letters from Mexico mention the departure of the French Minister, M. Dubois de Saligny. Seve ral families having wished to leave the capital were prevented by President Juarez, who arrested a great many persona on the charge that they cherished sympathy for foreigners. The Mexican generals had received orders from Juarez not to fight regular battles, but to confine themselves to guerilla warfare. Contrary to several alleged dis patches, stating that General Gusset, the Spanish commander, wee acting at Vera Cruz in the name of Spain alone, the Pattie says that he published a proclamation on Dec. 18, explaining the joint views of France, England, and Spain. You may possibly have heard rumours of an sc .. cident to the Emperor while out shooting at Marly last week. It is quite true that two or three stray shots from the gun of one of his companions (the Duke of Magenta, as I am told) struck Lim in the nape of the neck and drew a little blood. The Bourse has been heavy to-day, with little busineas doing. The Rente, after a slight decline, recovered to yesterday's prices on the news of a rise of e in Console. Mobilier fell sfr. The Italian Loan nee 25c. on the strength of the positive de nial from Turin of the rumours of a loan. Railways were dull, and left off with scarcely any change. Some short time ago the vices of a village called Linselles, in the department of the Nord, made a name for himself (his name is Renard) by buying a collection of the Sieck at a sale by auction, for the sole purpoeeof burning that newspaper in the market place, which he did with much pomp and circum stance. A very curious illustration of the intelli gence of the parishioners, for whose edification this extraordinary auto-dale was accomplished, is now given by the Echo du No►d of Lille, which states, that a few days ago 22 inhabitants of this very Linselles were assembled in a notary's office to hear the reading of a will, and that out of the whole party, only one, a mau between 60 and 70, was able to write his name. Colportage will not do much harm in that district, and it was •surely supererogatory zeal_ on the part of the priest to burn the Seek. Its asserted that Dr. Veron means to bring an action against the proprietors of the Conetitutionnel for 100,000 fr., being the amount of damage done (according to his own estimate) to his literary re putation, by his recent sudden dismisail A Turin correspondent writes :—" The usual dulness of the city of Tartu has been lately enlivened by the presence of a royal personage, Prime Oscar of Sweden. He attended the sitting of the Home of Duputies yesterday (the 13th) in the afternoon. In the evening there was a grand ball at the royal palace, when the handsome and elegant state spartmeuta were crowded with all that this good bourgeois capital of Italy may boast of manly worth sad female loveliness. The military uniforms greatly outnumbered and altogether eclipsed the less showy court dresses ; while among the laced and embroidered gar ments the sober black mate and white ties of the national representatives, who alone have the privilege of appearing l in • common evening =stem), exhibited a striking and not unpleasing entreat. Crosses, chains, cordons, collars, and other glittering Imabiss end dangliog gewgaws shone upon many a breast. Indeed, the men with undecorated breasts; were the few exemptions. The ladies' attire was showy, and the deal of room which every fair dancer took seemed to neon upon the improvident liberality with which the Prefetto del Palazzo, or Lord Chamberlain, had lavished invitations, or otherwise on the niggardly genius of the architect, who, in his old fashioned notices, had allowed so little room for the mighty circumference attained by feminine apparel in our enlightened and liberal age." The commander of the privateer Sumter has addressed a long letter to the Times, from Cadiz, taunting the officers of the Federal navy with their inability to cap ture him, and abusing the Federal officials in true Southern phraseology. One of the grounds of indictment against the North is "stealing mimes," in other words, setting slaves at liberty. BErgzsgwrseroff or 61101INTIAX.—An address has just been leaned by Sir Percy Burrell, Bart., son of the late Sir Charles Burrell, who so long represented the borough of Shoreham and rape of Brandser in parliament, offering himself as a candidate for the Tempt seat. He says :—" The aspect of public affair seems of itself to render it unnecessary for me to ester into details of political questions. I am, indeed, thankful that the demands which justice and the outraged honour of England have compelled her Majesty's government to insist on from the United States have been acceded to ; and iso this all-important question is set at rest, I trust for ever. Living as be (whom we mourn) did amongst you, our interests were identical, and 1 shall hope to follow his footsteps in necessary atten tion to your local intemeta, which the varied character of the constituency requires from your representative. No opposition hes as yet been hinted, nor is any expected. Tits REPRZIKIITATION or Barr COILNWALL.— About two years ego It was intimated that Mr. T. J. Any Bobaites, who was Arse sleeted for Emit Ooruvrall is 1847. would be usable to contimie hie duties as representative of a large ooestitosser after the dissolution of the reessat par- Hammes, on swami of hi dalisate health. W are, hew ' ever, gratified to date that slue the period shish wits/sod Mr. ltobartee's elentima ter the fourth tune, is April, 1888, the hon. gentleman'e health hes maloriellp impreeed, and we believe that Mr. Iteterles ban is seraideste with the repeatedly expressed wishes of a pest portion of his cossti tenor, consented to some formed a ifth thee se • candi date for the ressiessesikis of last Otesendl is steed a dte. I moieties el panfiamesse. Thledstannmanssei Mr. Itobartes I will be gratifying NM esly to his ementeists. hat to all politicians she have esishad the envie whisk his les pan Duel during the Iserhese pen be les hos the reposessis• tire of East Ocestwall—WaMrs Mona*. Am TER 1.4711 PRINCE CONSORT. IMUCTING AT BIILYINGRAY. A meeting, convened by the Mayor was held in the committee-room of the Tows Hall yesterday et noon, to consider the desirability of the erection of a suitable me morial of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. There was a large attendance. The MAYOR, in opening the business, announced that he had received a number of letters from persons unable to attend, including W. Scholefield, Req., M.P., and Sir Francis Scott, Bart. The Rev. Dr. MILLER moved the first resolution :—" That the inhabitants of Birmingham desire to record permanently their deep sense of the impartible Ices sustained by the nation in the death of the Prince Consort, and their high estimate of his many excellences and great public services, by a great public memorial." He said Birmingham had been especially favoured on several occasions by the Femme and wise counsel of the late Prince. On no °resale., not even excepting the death of the Princem Charlotte, bad the country felt deeper regret at the death of a royal per sonage. They were not met on that occasion es court parasites, to give utterance to a:premien. in the hope that they might reach the eyes and ears of those abo►e them, but to express their deep and bating sorrow for the late Prince. Whether they considered his varied attainments or his bright and inestimable example as a husband and father, they mild not but feel that they were claims on the bootleg gratitude of the people. As to the form the memorial should take, he thought it should be of such a mature as that, whenever it was looked upon or mimed, it should distinctly bring to mind the person whose virtues it was destined to commemorate. He was entirely op posed to anything that should have the slightest appearance of utilitarianism about it. It should be of a character to perpetuate and instantly call to mind the lamented Prince whose memory it was intended to perpe tuate independent of any other object. Mr. ARTHUR RYLAND, ex-Mayor, seconded the motion. He said it was a remarkable fact that it was almost nem eery that great aid noble gifts should be removed before their value was fully appreciated. If they bad not suf fered the loss of the Prince, there were thousands of par. sone who would not have been influenced by his teachiag. Throughout the whole of his life the main object seemed tote how he mild beat serve the people of this country. He believed there was no class that would be more bene fited by the teachings of the late Prince Consort than the working man, and he hoped, whatever form the memo rial might take, it would be of such a character that the working man might contribute. Mr. J. SICIRBOW WRIGHT, in speaking on the subject, said that from a radical point of view he blessed Gad that he bad lived under the reign of Queen Victoria, and especially as she bad had so wise and good ► husband as the late Prince Cocoon. . The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman lAMB moved that a subscription list be opened, and that the Mayor be requested to accept the office of treasurer of the fund. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. C. VincE and tarried. A committee was appointed to consider the most suitable form of memorial, to report to an adjourned meeting. The general opinion of the meeting appeared to be in favour of a statue. A secretary and treasurer having been appointed, the pro ceedinp terminated. THE SANITARY SILT! OP WINDSOR. A meeting of the Mayor and Town Council was held at the Town-hall yesterday, when nearly the whole of the members were pressat. The Mayor reported to the meeting that he had called them together in conse quence of having received a letter from the Medical Depart ment of the Privy Council Office, requesting to know what had been dons to provide against the danger arising from the lemon of the town not being properly ventilated. The surveyor's report was read. - It stated that. at the time of the investigation made by the late Mr. Antis, in De cember, 1858, several suggesttooswere recommended in his report on the sanitary condition of the borough, which the board at a very considerable expense carried out under the superintendence of the surveyor. In the spring of 1560 Mr. Austin again visited the borough for the purpose of avow- Janie( how far his suggestions had been earned out, and on that occasion expressing a desire to have ventilating shafts introduced at the heed of each *ewer immediately in front of the flushing tonics, when was pointed out to him the impracticability of this being effected in every instance, and he was shown several places where rain water pipes had been introduced, and acted as ventilators; the subject was brought under full consideration of the board, and it was not deemed advisable to introduoe any more ventilating pipes; the main main trunk sewer had several shafts brought up to the sur face during the construction of the works oy Mr. John Roe, which were considered sufficient for the purposes of allow ing the gases to pass off. The surveyor had frequently been in the habit of passing through the main trunk without ex periescing any ill effects therefrom, nor did he find the gases stroog armors than orilinarilyoffemive. Generally the lamp ' , used, when in the sewer, is exposed to the atmosphere,knd no difference is discernible on the burning a light; the flow of water is sufficiently rapid in the flushing to carry away all deposits ; no complaint has bees made of gases finding their way into the dwelling-houses; and in the erection of all closets in private dwelling' ample Bombing power is provided. It was then unanimously resolved that Mr. Roe (under whose directions the drainage was originally constructed) be requested, at his earliest convenience. to mist the surveyor in inspecting and reporting se to the ventilation of the main sewer and branches and house drains of the district, to enable the Board to reply to the letter from the Privy Council. A committee was also formed to meet and communicate with Mr. Roe. BICENTENARY OF NONCONFORMITY. A conference of the Congregational body wan held yesterday at the Library in Blomfield-street, for the pur pose of determining the precise form which the movement for the celebration of the great nonconformist secession in 1662 should sesame. A few weeks ago a deputation from a general conference of independents, baptists,. preebyteriesse. and (pokers, had an interview with the provisional commit tee of the Congregational conference for the purpose of sub mitting to the latter a proposition for uniting the different denominations of Evangelical dissenters in one combined movement for the diasemination of those principles which nonconformists hold to have been particularly involved in the secession of non-subscribing clergymen in 1662. The committee, while agreeing generally in the deairableems of union for the purpose, resolved to call another soma oon , ference before coming to any decision on the subject. The meeting of yesterday was therefore summoned. The chair was taken at 11 o'clock by Mr. Joint CSOSILIT, of Halifax, and amongst those present were Mr. J. Bushey, M.P., Mr. S. Morley, Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Rev. Dr. Mime, Secretary of the Loudon Missionary Society, and many other influential members of the denomination. Dr. VAI7OIWI, io the course of an able speech, said in reference to the general feeling of the public upon this movement it might have been supposed that an at tempt to expose the evils of theological subscription, each as obtained in the church of England, would have met with the approval even of many clergymen and laymen in the church of England. That was not the case, for injurious as the system of subscription was to the character of the clergy and the morals of the people, any movement under taken with a view to get it removed was looked upon as hostile to the church of England. They wished, as Eng lishmen, to get rid of the practice of requiring men to pro fess to believe whet they did not believe. In the general discussion which ensued several members of the conference were for giving to the movement an impulse decidedly of an anti-state church character, but the opinion more generally held appeared to be that while not shrinking from a full enunciation of nonconformist senti ments, the great lesson to be enforced from the evonts of 1662, mu freedom for the human conscience and the reli gious duty of fidelity to conviction. After some discussion the conference unanimously agreed to a resolution in favour of denominational as 'paint combined action. At the close of the proceedings subscriptions to the amount of nearly 27,000 f. were aonounced—the payments to extend over three years. 12,0001. were alto announced as promised In Lancashire, making nearly 40,0001. as the nucleus of the atemeriel fund. TIES MIXORIAL TO THE LATE MR. BRAIDWOOD,•-• The tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Breidwood, which has been raised by the Y division of police, is an effectively-carved monument of Portland stone, designed and executed by Mr. S. H. Gardiner, of the New Kent road. A wreath of laurel stands out in bold relief, round which entwines a fire-Loss, encircling the follow ing inactiptiou :—" To the memory of James Brsidwood, euperinteadent of the London Fire Brigade, wise wee killed near this spot in the execution of his duty, at the Great Fin, on the 22nd of June, 1861." At the foot of the wreath, forming the base of the memorial, are calved a fireman's accoutrements, ormistilig of a helmet, a hose-point. hatchet, crowbar, ha. On the plinth is inscribed the following in two lines :—" A just man, and cm that feared God, and of good report among all the nation." Ade a., 22. Beneath which is also out, . ' Zreeted by the M, et Southwark, Division of Polito." In the Mob ground, on the left, is a house on fire, the ermadiug loam and volume of rolling smoke from the root empisaing the VFW pert of the wieenoriaL In the right laskgiosaii 3s as MIS& The menamean will remain for a few days immo late lb. Plunges, la the New Kent-road, for public i= dos, prior to its removal to its resting place. The et the stone is 4 feat 4 inches, and the breadth S feet 2 ioebes. It will be pieced spinet a wall, supported by iron brackets, in easy a piton as to meek the spot when Yr. Bluidireed we bladed io the Mos. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW CHANcELVig OP OANBRIDGE.—(THIS DAY.) This morning the ceremony of installing the n ew Chancellor of the Univerrity of Cambridge. who bas h ete elected in the room of hie late Royal Highness the prune Consort, took place with elaborate forms, but not wino s the precincts of the venerable institution of which he i s th e chosen beat From th e Burlington-hotel the deputation proceedel ie carriages to Devonshire-house, Piccadilly ; and in th e l l = of that stately mansion their new Chancelfirt sewed with great cordiality. The Vice-Chancellor formally communicated to the 1;4. ; the fact of his election by the votes of the senate, and hu grace was then invested with the gold robes of his Ake. His Grace the Chancellor, in thanking the university for the unespected and unsolicited honour which had been C , pp. ferred upon him, referred in appropriate terms to the erhi. neat swims which bad been rendered to art, liter.ttu N and scheme 10 the late illustrious Chancellor, whew toe the nation so deeply deplored. He adverted also to oth er eminent possess who had filled the office of Chancellor of Cambridge Uwvsrsity, mentioning the Marquis Camden, the Doke of Northumberland, the Duke of Somemet, Ile Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Grafton, and the Duke ht Gloucester. After an interchange of courtesies between the nes Chancellor and the leading members of the deputation, proceedings terminated. WEATHER REPORT.-(THLS DAY.) riusar, AMWAY 17. 8 &IL L ysi LIL IA N. 0.12_1. 0 8. 1 , T. - --- NAN. 719. N 143 8. --- T ; 1 4 I - AMMO .... SAN SI 28 B. 14r I•; ON Lsell 19.5 4, 41 88 Z. Mgr= 24.87 N 11 8. 0 A 1 _. Asesosan 29.80 42 40 8. or 17 to Ponavin 19.74 41 40 W. r 1! _ INIMIN. 28.96 N 21 8. o . 4 .... limn! ll.Bl 32N.W. 0 I 1 _ 122883324k . 48 40 20.061 36 it 8 . C.i 4 l.- UTIOPOOL 18.99 86 SI 3.11. at 2 _ Tamen* 28.87 41 . 4, N. So i 6 1.74 •111111 .11.1 0 5"1111 01:12 30.12 21 —14.8. E. 2 i C 5 LaMar alas 31 - 8.8.1 6 9 a 1 , -I - Doom 30.10; 28 B.E. 5 0 a 14 ; - Poslatools 30.981 17 15 8.8.1. IS 5 o ;3 1 - PoinAim -19. N 41 87 WILL 6 7 e 1 4 I - num = 7UB 4 2 41 8.8. L 8 7 • 41 - Mum 28.8 2 47 4 4 8 . 8 9 r 8 - 'MMUS TO MO WORT. MOLD= MOM 3IUNDAT.' IvaaVOooll ?ot i11:1.01T. N. to 8., fresh to N. rally. Ireland—V. to W. amid N.W., Woo& agile to places. rainy. Cuit4at-11. to it., trash to toandfreshie 8 gals, rein, or mow. & to N.N.W. and to N.E, W strong, rib, or wow. &&W. to N.W., fresh. L Coest—lt. to 8., fresh. B. Mogiand-11. to 8. andB.B.W.. trash to strung, some run. a to W..na N., fresh. a to W. and N., strong, rainy, or snow. EXPLANATION. E.—Barometer corrected and reduced to 92 deg. at mean see level ; eaoh 10 feet, of vertical ries, causing about one-hundredth of an inch diminution; and each 10 deg., above St deg., canons nearly tbre►hnndredthe lamer& Z.—Exposed thermometer in shade. M.-11olitened bulb (for evaporation sod dew point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two points left of met. natio). I.—Yocce (1 to le—estimated). C.—Cloud (1 to Initials b, Mae sky; c. clouds (detached): f, fog ; lightning; m, misty (hasy) ; 0, overcast (dull) . r, rain ; a. MOW t, thunder. 9.--Baltdisturbenoe (1 to 9). W.—Wet, raln.ta; or snow, or hall, since last report, In inches and decimals. Z.-• I Calm. STRONG WINDS AND GALES. At e meeting of the Meteorological Society, held en Jammu 15, N. Baku:mom, Fag., C.E, ptesident, is the chair, a paper was reed by lutes °LAMM. F.R.8., " On the Prague of the Wind in Strong Winds end Gales at the Royal Okeeenstery, Greenwich, in the bean 1841 to 1860." The author excluded Item his investigation all light winds, or whenever the proem, on the square foot was tea than 51be. He detailed ni each year every 311000011VO stormy wind or gale, beginning with deepest 1841, and ending with the year 1860, indicating the limits of pressure of each with the direction of the wind. He then collected all the cases whisk bed happened in these Wynne under each direction of the whirkand found that there had been Seises from the south, with psesmras from 71ba to 16lbs. ; 12 from the SAW., nrem7lba to 2416. ; 85 from the f 3. W., from 71ba to :Ma; 11 he the W.S.W., tem 71be. to 251 6 5. ; 18 from the week, from Ms. to %lbs. ; 6 from the W.N.W., haunts. to 2516 e ; 3 from the N. W., from 7165. to 121 1 e. ; use from the N.N.W., with a pressure of 61bs. ; eight from ' the N., front 716 . to 1151ba. ; nine from the N.E. from nbo. to 2111 w .; three from the E.N.E, from 7lbs. to 141 6 e.; two from the E., from 7165. to 9the. ; one from the SE, with a pressure of 61te. ; and one from Use S.S.E., with a of 71bs. ; and within the twenty yearn the wind =Le blown with a preemie of 1016., via, in 1860, from the west ; twice with pressures of 2516. from the W.S.W. and S.W. ; once with 241 be. from &S.W.; once with2llb. from N.E, and the greatest pressure from all other quartets was 1611 m. From the N.N. E. and E.S.E. there bad beim instance of •pressure so gnat as bibs. on the square feet. Mr. Manlier then exhibited tables, showing the order t. frequency and magnitude of the pressure of the wind in every month of the year. He remarked that in January exceeding 511 w. had always taken place ; that in =they varied from 616. to 161 b., and once reached 251 b. In February four =stances occurred of no preen= so greet as Mb., 14 from 71b. to 2Mb., and one of Idb. In March four instances of no pressure so great as 51b, 15 from 616. to 171 b., and one of 2llb. Iu April three io. Moose of no pressure so great en Sib., 14 from 61b to 131 b., and three of 151 b. In May, six instances of no pressure so great as 51b., 13 from 61b. to 161 b., and one of 231 b. In June there were 11 instances of no pressure grad , ea 51b., 8 from 71b. to 121 b., one of 2316. In July 9 instances of no pressure so great as Sib., 10 from 61b. 1011)., and one of 151 b. In August 11 instances of DO pressure so great as 51b., 8 from 71b. to Illb., and as of 1616. In September, ten instances of no preemie so greet se 51bs. ; nine from 611 m. to 1211 n. ; and one of 13 lbs. 10 October five instances of no pressure so great as Mbs. ; four. teen from 711 m. to 1511 m ; end one of 161bs. In November six indiums of no pressure so great en bibs. ; thirteen from 6th.. to 20th.. ; and one of 241 b.. In Deoendne, seven Maisano of no pressure sogrest as 51be. ; twelve from 71ba to 161ba. ; and one of 241bs. The author then exhibited a table of the extreme p4B sure of the wind in every month, and remarked that ix some years, as in 1841, 1842, 1843, 1846, 1849, 1835, 1854 and 1857, no pressure had reached 51 6. . for several months together ; whilst in other years, as in 1848 and 1853, the pressure had been exceeded in every month but one in both years, and in 1850 in every month without exception. Ms year 1860, the last of the series, was distinguished by the greatest pressure in the twenty years, viz. : 28th.. the mouth of February ; and this year was no less remarkable for pressures of 2311 m. in the months of May and June, whilst in these months generally the extreme pressure wee very much lees. Mr. Glaisher then spoke upon the greatest preesures is each year, and pointed out the great difference between them in different yearn. He said in 1851 the greatest era sure in the year was Illbs. only ; in 1846, 121 be. ; in 1045, 1848, and 1857, in each year, was 1311 a, whilst is 1859 it was 20th.. ; in 1842, was 21165. ; in 1849, was Vibe. ; is 1841 and 1852, wan 24165. ; in 1843 and 1850, was ?.bibs.; and in 1860, was 2816 e. It was also remarked that the light preemies, with the exception of 1851, were ingreept as in the five years 1844 to 1848, the extreme pressures wen 1311 w. to Iblbs., whilst in first three years of the mim e 1841 to 1843, they were from 211ba. to lithe. ; in the lean 1849 to 1652, with the exception of 1851, they were ;. , 2lte. to Vbs.; and in the lest two years of the wise. they were 2011 m. to 2811 m. Mr. Negro= exhibited a new mountain barometer, and explained its construction. At a meeting of the depositors of the Bilston Savings Bank, held on Wednesday, Mr. Tidd Pratt ray strongly commented on some remarks lately delivered by the Bishop of Manchester. At the meeting of the Nair chaster and Salford Savings Bank, the bishop took ocm sloe to condemn the Past-oflice Savings Bank system, lately introdnoed by the government, and said that •• Is viewed it with a considerable amount of suspicioo." fir. Tidd Pratt, however, said he was totally opposed to the bishop's opinion, and he inquired why his lordship had not made his sentiments known when the Past-office &rigs Bank Bill was read a second time in the House of Lords. Mr. Pratt, in continuation, said the bill was one of the best thatever pissed through the house, and he strongly urged the neetalaess and convenience of the system upon his sodium& We read in the Lerant Herald :—" The Sultan bas ordered the repair and redecoration of the mausoleums ( his father, Sultan Mahmood. The resting-place of the •0. Instrions reformer' is to be enclosed within a raid of solid silver, and the inscriptions on the tomb-cloth ere robe re-embroidered in gold,whilst new and catty candelabra are to be hung from the ceiling. Thus restored, this already very elegant little building will be, far beyoed comparison, the grandest of the many beautiful turbCs of the spited." MUNIFICENT DONATION. —The Rev. T. Peachy has gives the large sem of 50,0001. to Archdeacon Law for the bending et a college for education in the neighboulbood et Leadms.—Timer. SOCIETY FOR Tlie ENCOURAGEMENT OF Tgc Pots Arri.—Last evening the brat of two lectures on the Life sad Works of B 0116110•1111 wee gives by Mr. Alfred Gilbert, at the society's rooms, 9, Conduit4trost. Tho lecture comprised the feast period of the great compeer eerier dove to 1801, and the illustrations were selected from opts Ito 36. Mr. Gilbert handled his subject II • masterly manner, and was assisted in the interpratrstion the examples by Madame Gilbert, Mir Emma Bodies Mr. Edward Southwell ; Herr Pollitrer, violin ; Her Daubers, molonoello. The room was crowded, and the applause enthusiastic. ••• N( co 4,1 he ba SD L I ; CO Al it he be of os re th ci • is si di al iai al vs Is • Di ol rc is ea ab Cd eS tl ;a eit 0 eld ,n a a to o !hit a us c nth, W., Da; ram ; !ram Ito.; a lb wind f how den unto feet rd Id vary it in chef rve , 15 e io• ib to f no ae of le DO July b. to If DO i am at oa la four. mbar from seven ;Ma Pree at is 1856, oaths the both The ry the n the •kable June, e WID res iu teen pra- lo4s, .2459 it a.; is 51be.; st the room race 4▪ ar' 11s. acre r, end hated t Tory rod by Moir OCao rent. be ' 31r. to the ad not *riga Lords. he beet Una or ha lultan lowed the • a. rag ,th ass dean thin beyoad rl.Ce of l 'eSCh! iAW for rutbood ✓ Tag 01 gal Alfred c. 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