The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

Mr" 14 OYAL INSURANCE CMPANY. AA; Th e ANNUAL MUTING win held ou O FRIDAY, the ltithinet. CHARM TURNER, Ibm., N.Y., in the Mat?. The following Is an epitome of the . " FIRE MAN E S * : " The progress of thea=jas respects the amount of bud nem aeital. has been 'the sebuzlid dbLYg= b.lbment, on the motion of e Chairman ot thts by no tb• WINS Inssisure of inmease which the Cata lpa over expertimoed. total net amount of Fire_ premium for the year s after degarging imaraninen. IL 1 , 4 14 11 32 134 . " LIPS BRANCH. "Turning nod to the Life Branch, It rerathisto be reported that made has been marked by unchecked success. This will he by one or two statistical expositions. '• Taking the four previous quinquennial periods, it is found that the trek from 1845 to 1849 inclusive, commenced with a sum aimed far— Tear 18M of C23,349..and ended the perkid with a total sum assured of Z 272,796 The &wood, 1860-64 De. 18.50 .. 65,650.. do. do. 753,41:6 The Third, 1655-60 Do. 1655 .. 206,514.. do. do. 1,655,678 The Yourth, 166084 Do. 1060 .. 449,242 . do. do. 3,459.215 And now the first year of the fifth like period, viz., 1865, the Company hes granted assurances for £886,663, nearly twice the amount at the commencement of the last quinquennial period. If, therefore, the result of the total five years, ending in the year 1969, were to have a corresponding Increase with the pre lions periods of fire years each, the amount of busbies that would be effected in the quinquennial period now running would be more than has ever been on record In any insurance establish me.nt in this country. "The Directors have likewise to report that the Life funds have increased by the sum of £103,146, the accumulated funds of this department now amounting to £740,468. As an addition of at least 4100,000 per annum to these accumulations during the next ten years may now be fairly anticipated, it is within rea sonable expectation that during this period the Life funds will approach nearly to 1:2,000,0e0 sterling. " The Directors propose to the Proprietors that a dividend be declared of 39. per share, and a bonus of is. per share , together Ts. per share, free of income-tax. Ills • matter of satisfaction to state that after withdrawing the amount of this dividend and bonus from the profit and loss account, a credit balance will still remain to that account of no leas than 414,07 a in addition to the reserve fund, which. by the augmentation of the year, now aches the sum of £110,913 2s. 10d.' This report was unanimously ad o pted. PERCY 11. DO B, Manager and Actuary. JOH N B. JoiIIYSTON, Secretary in London. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy weight, at realisable value, and the workmanship at wholesale rinuitifacturcr.' prices. The gold in the chains gua ranteed, and repurchased at the prim charged. tiers 'a the note, flow much your chain weighs to the utmost carat. The fineness of the gold, and charge for fashion " AIM/PLUM Manufactory, 16, Henrietta-street. Covent-garden, W.U., Winton - - - - BENSON'S WATCHES. 68 and 00, Ludgate-NI: Old Bond-street. - BROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR. for CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain extra pro.lt by the sale other kinds are sometimes offered instead of BROWN and TOLSON'S. "John Brown," "John Tolson," is aligned by „the makers Oil each packet. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL, NOW OFFS for the SEASON, every 'right at eight, Wednesdays and Saturdays, three and eight. 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THIS Eritsinci, WHAT N I I "Dancing Mail" Bryce : Miss K. titrt. ,, ne ; l'aul ; Master George Periut—THE iLD eIIEKRN Mrs. lAne.—Concluding with DAILY LIVINtiSTUN E. num WATER AT LONDON BRIDOI. TUB DAY —sl,,rning, th.Sra Afternoon. SA. bf!nt. TO-MORROW—Morutuit, bh. 9m Afternoon. bh. 2int, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, THE position of the Rtilway interest is becoming more and more unsatisfactory every day. Hardly a week passes by without the revelation of some new scandal, and the holders of what have hitherto been considered among the best es tablished and most substantial stocks begin to doubt the validity of their securities. It is not that railways are deemed worthless in themselves — there is the property, and it cannot be made away with—but the reality of the title is impugned. It is no consolation to the purchaser of a deben ture that has been issued ultra rifts to be told that at all events the lino by which it purports to be secured is good and well built, with an in crossing traffic, and likely to become at no very distant date a first-class and remunerative invest ment. This may be all very true, but still there is the danger that fictitious debentures may have been issued on its security, that an unknown amount of Lloyd's bonds have been placed in circu lation, that preference stock has been fraudulently created, and that the half-yearly accounts are systematically cooked for the avowed purpose of deceiving the ordinary proprietors. A fresh example of mismanagement or misrepresentation occurs almost every morning, either on the part of directors, chairmen, contractors, or managers. It is no wonder that there should be so complete a loss of faith in those who have hitherto re ceived the most confidence. It would be most unfair to conclude that the directors and managers of our great railways are no better than some recent examples. The difficulty of the public is how to discriminate. The question is really serious. But a few weeks more will elapse before the close of the year, when an amount of railway debentures, reckoned by millions, will fall due. To renew them will be a matter of vital importance, and each sumaisive instance of malpractice makes the task more difficult. Hitherto, the chief investors in railway debentures have been insurance com panies, trustees, banks, and the like. It will be readily understood that this is a class which cares less for high interest than good security. The speculative investors who strive for their 7, 10, or 15 per cent. would of course not touch a bond that yielded from 4 to 5. Hence the difficulty becomes greatly magnified. The enterprising individuals who risk their funds in doubtful stocks like Mexican, Venezuelan, or even Turkish, are ready to take their chance of an occasional default, since they find their compensation in the high rate of interest they enjoy. In the case of railway debentures the position is reversed. The holders take little more interest than is offered by Consols, but in return they insist upon absolute immunity from risk. At present they are placed in a double disadvantage ; first, they get only 4to 5 per cent.; and second, they have the disagreeable doubt as to the legal validity of their securities at all. It thus happens that, in- EXPItESS, IV,E . ONDAY EVENthb, NOVEMB. stead of high interest and bad secutifeAse` in railway property get not only ler interest ltitt also bad security. 41 :V '" . •- • It is reported that the Go4ernment are about to propose next session a measure which will effectually put a stop to this irregular creation of so-called securities. It is high time it were done, and none,we suspect,will be more inclined to admit it than the railway directors who have hitherto so persistently opposed any measure of the sort. The liberty of manipulating rail . way accounts has been too largely made use of to be pleasant. It can be easily understood that a board of management having used their borrowing powers to the utmost limit, and knowing it to be a matter of vital im portance to the company to keep the capital account straight, should execute a number of debentures in advance to meet others falling due. It is also perfectly conceivable that, either from a temporary pressure for money or from some other irregularity, a portion of these debentures may get into circu lation. The thing has been admitted, not once, but in several instances. Of course the intention is to redeem the over-issue, but adverse circum stances occasionally happen to prevent this result. The crisis of the present year has brought to light the fact that the notions of railway companies respecting financial matters, never very strict, have become uncommonly lax, not to say dishonest. Liberty has degenerated into license. The mone tary pressure of the past summer ban revealed all the weak points, and the distrust and suspicion of the public has been too well confirmed by the daily revelations of individual companies. It seems almost useless to try and convince the public that the notorious cases that we have lately witnessed are the exception, not the rule. The truth that a fair and discriminate opinion ought to be formed may be accepted, but will certainly not be acted upon. Especially as regards in vestors in railway debentures faith has been so much weakened that it will be no easy matter to revive it. Capitalists are proverbially timid, and this particular class perhaps the most of all. With them a debenture is a debenture, and they pay comparatively little attention to the cha racter of the company by which it is issued when they hear of a default having taken place in a concern, it may be, equally large. The uniform de cision adopted is, that as debenturesfall due it will be better to take the money and wait a little be fore re-investment. The feeling is just the same as that of the banker who, when money is at 10 per cent., prefers not to discount for the pre- I sent, because it is impossible to know what may happen. It is, however, of great importance to prevent a deadlock of this sort, and the question arises, What is to be done ? To wait for parliamentary action is to post pone the subject until after the great mischief has 1 , been done. The great aim of all interested is to prevent a series of repetitions of the recently ex posed irregularities, and keep half the railways of the kingdom from being brought to a financial stand still. We admit readily that in the great majo rity the want of confidence would be undeserved. Still it is worse than useless to attempt to disguise the fact that railway credit is at this moment at a very low ebb. The large companies, about whom there can be no suspicion, will of course pass through the difficulty with no other loss than that of money. When they renew their deben tures they will have to pay for them compara tively high rates of interest, which may not im possibly affect materially the next dividend on the ordinary stock. The smaller undertak ings will not get off so easily. It is not improbable that they will find extreme difficulty in renewing their debentures at all, and be obliged to have recourse to temporary and onerous 'oane. It is obvious, therefore, that the companies should unite in getting, even fo" a time, some sort of guarantee that the debentures they offer are legally issued. The object can only be obtained from the Government. If a bill should pass for the registra tion of railway bonds, it is clear that some govern mental department—the Board of Trade, for ex ample—would be charged with its execution. Why not anticipate the passing of the projected bill, and let the Department act already, as to such railway companies as choose to come under its survey, as if the act were in force ? It could do no harm to anybody, and it would reassure the quiet holders of railway stocks of the best class more them any remedy that could be de vised. The details min be easily arranged. If, however, such a course is desirable, no time is to be lost. There are only seven weeks before the close of the year, and what with necessary delays, the interval will be found by no moans excessive to obtain the desired end. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Wm. He hes dirldived hinuntf all his We long, and it w 1 go bard if h t = sot deludeSi th er peg*" the Sas nothing weld be *we been and frith lots than Mr. Dlinteli's illtimpt to create kenthusilmas in favour of the present Howe of Commons out giving any pledge to maintain it as it is. Mr. Dims • " cannot bring himsel to believe" that the opinions of reformers will ever be favoured in the City of London ; but be b careful not to say that he 'himself will oppose reform. He tickled his audience by the insincere compliment that in caoperation with the Housed Commons the City has built up the fabric of our rights and liberties. But he did not attempt to meet the obvious argument that the time honoured association of the City of London with liberalism and often with radicalism—by which alone and always in opposition to Mr. Disraeli's party it kw co-operated in the establishment of liberty—pledges the City to be faithful still to the principles which he and other tones resist. AMERICA AND THE renun PRISONERS. The Times dwells upon the aggravated offence of which the Fenian conspirators, who have been condemned to death in Canada, have been guilty. No criminals, it says, ever deserved capital punishment more richly. There is no passage in American history so often quoted and with so much pride as the episode of the umforlinnate Major Andre, and cannot the American government imagine th►t the people of Canada may be animated by somewhat of the same feeling? The American civil war is not the least parallel to the Fenian invasion of Canada. The case most like it is the invasion of Cuba by Lopes and his band, who were ignominiously shot or garotted. After, however, stating the case against granting the request of Mr. Seward, the Times proceeds to add that there is great allowance to be made out of con sideration for the American government, especially for Mr. Johnson, whose popularity most have suffered by his honourable and straightforward conduct in preventing the Fenian invasion. We owe it to him that Canada has not been made the scene of bloodshed and outrage of every kind, and he asks for the lives of the obscure wretches who are now under sentence of death. It is not for the Times to say what answer should be given to such a request, but our contemporary confesses it would regard the granting it with satisfaction, more especially as the President would be hardly likely to renew his intercession , in the case of a second Fenian invasion. , The Post shows what modifications have taken place in modern times in the punishment of high treason,—men perceiving that it is inconsistent to admit an abstract right as resident in an entire people, and yet account as the most flagitious of crimes an unsuccessful attempt to exercise it. In 1818 the lives of Smith O'Brien and his associates were spared, and a similar course has been pursued with political prisoners ever since ; while the American government has not yet pro secuted a single Southerner for rebellion. Under these circumstances, the Post thinks it is not surprising that the government at Washink,rton should represent to the Canadian executive the expediency of sparing the lives of those who have been convicted of taking part in the recent raid. The Star cannot help thinking that the practical request Mr. Seward had to make might have been made more effectually and satisfactorily without any addition in the shape of a lecture on England's duties towards convicted raiders. But we have certainly not kept ourselves in a position to take offence even at such remonstrances. Meanwhile no one can doubt that every possible conside ration will be given to the GM) of the two wretched men lying under sentence of death in Canada. Without any reminder from Mr. Seward of what we owe to humanity— and we might, perhaps, say, notwithstanding any such re minder— the people of this country will assuredly have no wish to hear next Christmas Day that the two miserable Fenians in Canada have expiated their crime on the gibbet. The T legraph continues to support Mr. Johnson and to enlarge ou the probabilities of further disturbances, and oil the prediction that we are likely to have painful news from America before the close of the year. LATEST .INTELLIGEN T THILJAIKAICA OUTRAGE )V - THE INDICTM EN MARSHAL RAMSAYT AGAINST PROVOST . The Jamaica papers, which arrived at South wmptou thiamorning bytheWost Indianansteamer Atrato, state that the grand jury of St. Thomas in the East have ignored the bills of indictment preferred against Mr. Ramsay. FRIGHTFUL STATE OF SPAIN. Our correspondents in Spain, says the Temps, draw a deplorable picture of the condition of that country. With Narvaez, whose advent to power was so admirably prepared by the fusillades of O'Donnell, a merciless reaction has come upon that unhappy country. At this moment the peninsula is a prey to the frightful orgies of obscurantism, violence, and despotism. The so-called moderados who have acquired power are effecting the ruin, exhaustion, and demoralisation of the Spanish people. Proscription has struck, or is on the eve of striking, all that is elevated amongst the liberal party in arms, in lite rature, and in public life. Spies and informers are everywhere ; the monks aremasters, and education is to be received at the confessional. A sign from Father Claret or Sister Patrocinio, who have more influence than ever over the Queen, begets a mighty stir. The treasury is empty ; the taxes must be paid in advance ; but whilst the contractors of public works remain unpaid, convents are built in the royal residences with the money squeezed from the tax-payers. The municipal elections have been held throughout the country, and the government party are chanting the victory they have won ; but a little inquiry shows that not one elector in ten has voted, and that those who voted are either per sons in government offices or persons belonging to the church. Commerce and trade are at their last gasp, no one knowsto-day what to-morrow may bringforth. Indignation is so general and despair so profound that everybody, except those who profit by the extravagance of the existing state of things, is ex pecting an immediate catastrophe. Such, in a few words, is the position of Spain, and it is in the midst of these terrible symptoms of disorganisation that Narvaez and his colleagues are piously agi tating, in order to save the Pope's temporal power, or at least to induce the Pope to come to them if he should abandon Rome. The Roman question is that which troubles these conservatives in deli rium, who do not see the chasm yawning at their own feet. (REUTERS TELEG RAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 12. During the last few days no case of cholera lias been reported in this city. The Onoititutionact denies the assertions of the Memorial Diplomatique relative to the language of Mr. 04.10 Russell during his passage through Paris. Mr. Russell did not enter upon the hypothesis of the withdrawal of the Polo from Rome, nor did ho state that ho was authorised by the British government to offer hospitality to his Holiness. SPAIN. BARCELONA, Nov. 12. The rumour of an insurrection in Catalonia is false ; complete tranquillity prevails throughout the district. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nun•. 10. Intelligence received here from Camila states that on the submission of the Candian insurgents, Mustapha Paella proclaimed a general amnesty, and gave notice that the rebel leaders and foreigners were at liberty to quit the island. TILE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, Captain Kelluck, with the above mails, 28 passengers, 4,11i1i1. in specie, and a general cargo arrived this morning. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 6, The cutter Sybil, from Falmouth; schooner Sarah, from Swansea ; steamcrMessina, from Glas gow ; steamer Poonah, from Southampton ; steamer William Cory, from Cardiff ; Calpe, from Liver pool ; Peninsular, from London ; and schooner Princess Royal, from Middlesborough. The Spanish ship Nuero Apoli fell in with the English brig Carmelite on the 21st September, dismasted and sinking. She saved the crew, and landed them at Vigo Lazaretto. Exchange on London, 90 days date, 49! ; Paris, sfr. 24c. ; Marseilles, sfr. 25c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 1 dis. ; Cadiz (pay in gold), par ; Seville, par ; Malaga, is die. Premium on Five Franc pieces, 11 of a dollar per cent. ARRIVAL OF THE ATRATO. SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 12. The Royal Mail steamship Atrato, from the West Indies, has arrived at her anchorage off' Netley Hospital. The ship and passengers have been placed in quarantine by Dr. Weblin, the me dical superintendent of this port. Yellow fever having broke out on board just before leaving St. Thomas, the case was sent ashore to the hospital there. Since sailing from St. Thomas there have been 35 cases, an average of three cases daily ; of this number 14 have proved fatal, the last seizure which occurred yesterday being the captain's sec- vent. A steam tender has been sent down to the Atrato with instructions for the mails, ships' papers, and despatches to be thoroughly fumigated before they are allowed to be brought ashore. It is ex pected that the ship and passengers will be kept in quarantine for six days, but that will depend upon the instructions which Dr. Weblin may receive from the council in London. A telegram from our Southampton correspondent states that the Atrato brings 60 passengers. The deaths have all been amongst the crew. The mails have been fumigated, and mere to be despatched to London by special train at 1 p.m. A correspondent of the Birmingham Post says : " Lord Derby is a great classical scholar, and if any one used Homer as he uses Shakspeare, he would smite him with a classical quotation. 'As Mrs. Malaprop says, ' comparisons are odorous.' Who is answerable for having first put this into Mrs. Malaprop's mouth? It is not Sheridan's wit at all, but Snakspeare's. Does not Lord Derby remember that comparisons are odorous' is to be found in one of Dogberry's sententious speeches' (Much Ado About Nothing, Act 111., s. 5." PRISON FARE PREFERRED TO PRINCESS'S FARE.— The Indipersdance ,B , lon relates the following :—" M. A. de Girardin, who as a witness of the duel in which M. Duvernois was principal, was sentenced to a month's im pzisonment, having been informed on Friday last that he was free and had the honour of being invited to dine with the Princess Matilda, replied by requesting to be per. mitted to dine with his brother culprit M. Duvernois." ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-LNE-ROAD.— The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending Nov. 10 was 3,241, of which 1,039 were new sues. Cite Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 10. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. The Printers Louiso and Prince Christian went out riding, attended by the Hun. Mary Lascelles and Major- General F. Seymour, C.B. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian, accom ptnied by Count Glcichen, and attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant Haig, went out shooting this morning. Her Majesty held a council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which were present the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Brad ford, the Earl of Derby, and the Hight Hon. S.ll. Walpole. The Duke of Bucliinghatu and the Earl of Derby lied audiences of her Majesty. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Sir Hugh Cairns, Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, and Sir Henry Storks, G.C. B. , were introducod and sworn in as members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Mr. Helps was clerk of the council. After the council her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian, entered the White Drawing-room, when Mr. John Holt, attorney-general ; Mr. W. Thomson, LL.D., Captain James Anderson, Mr. Samuel Canning, and Mr. Samuel White faker, were introduced to her Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain, and severally received the houour of knighthood. The Lord and Groom and Equerry in Waiting were in attendance. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at the Castle, and delivered up to her Majesty the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by his father. Nov. Her Majesty drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise. Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey bad the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. attended divine liervice this morning in the private chapel, The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated and administered the sacrament of the Holy Communion. At the council held by the Queen at 'Windsor Castle on Saturday, it was ordered that the meeting of parliament be further prorogued to 'lttesda - , the Dth January next. At the Council bell by the Queen at Windsor Castle on Saturday, it was ordered that the prayer for relief from the cattle plague be discontinued. A deputation consisting of Mr. James Girdlestone, Mr. Charles Hill, the Rev. C. li. Scott, the Rev. W. Niven, Mr. John H. 4.111, the Rev. W. Tyler, Mr. G. Kirkham, Mr. James Allen, Mr. H. H. Heald, Mr. C. P. Young, and thirty-six other gentlemen, had en interview with Lord John Manners, at the office of her Majesty's Works, Whitehall, on Saturday. Tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Connell at on Saturday ; the lords present were, Lord Westbury, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Lawrence Peel. _ _ . Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial_ office to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the North American colonies, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Labium CABINET COUNCIE.—There will be a cabinet council to-morrow afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Doerning-street. It is sum. moiled for half-past 3 o'clock. . . Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is expected to arrive ►t Marlborough House to-day, on her way to spend • few days with the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge is expected to leave town early in next month, on a tour of visits in Yorkshire, awl, among other friends, will visit Lord and Lady Lon desbovough at Grimstun. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, who have, since leaving Inverary Castle, been on a visit to the Duke of Lander and the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, in Ireland, have gone on a tour in Italy by way of Nice The Marquis of Lorn will meet the noble duke and duchess in Italy. The Duke of Sutherland left Stafford House, St. James's, at the close of the past week for Italy. The duchess will leave town early in the week for Lilleshall, Shropshire. The Right Ron. E. Harman, M.P., and Mrs. Amman are expected to arrive at their residence on Richmond-terrace, from Bryam Hall, Sir John Ramsden's I mat in Yorkshire. - - - - The Herald understands that the bishopric of Calc•'tts has been offered by Lord Cranborne to Dr. Atlay, of Leeds, and that the offer bee been declined. 3ITESTERS AT THE MAX.IOIC-HOCSF.. Complimenting Lord Derby on the grace and tact with which he acquitted himself of a somewhat difficult task, the Daily era observes that the language of triumph or complacency would have been singularly unsuitable, and that the propitiatory and almost apologetic tone of his ad dress exhibits a becoming modesty an 1 sense of the fitness of things. It was well he should refrain from any reference to the general principlea of his party, as he can only keep in by deserting them ; and indeed his speech was in great part an indirect eulogy upon his pre decessors ; an encomium upon the financial measure. o f Mr. GI alstone and a eulogy on the moral support given by the late government to the cause of Italian unity which Lord Derby and his party discountenanced and hindered. If, in reading his congratulations on the annexation of Venetia, Italian statesmen anal the Italian people think of the time when he ridiculed the idea of Italian unity, and descri ted the inhabitants of the Peninsula as a mongrel race ; if the Americans recollect his elehoratt vindication of the commercial enterprises of th 2 Messrs. Laird—both nations may find proof in the contrast for how little the personal ill-feeling or hostile convictions of individual politicians, even the most eminent, go in the con duct of public affairs in England. They are overborne by the national will and purpose. From his language we may infer that America and her institutions are no longer the bugbear to hint which they are to some of his party. It would be gratuitous to sup pose that Lord Derby will be less yielding in domestic ' than in foreign politics. If he and his colleagues retain office, they will do so, according to preient appearances, to desert, and cot to uphold, the principles and the policy which they supported in opposition. The Herald seems specially moved by the altered lan guage of Lord Derby towards America, and now declares on its own part that peace with that country is of infinite value to England, and that any small sacrifice which we may be called upon now to make will be more than re paid if we should succeed in making such an arrangement with the United States as will lead to a clearer definition of the poaition of neutrals. The Herafd even attacks Lord Russell for having aggravated the dispute, ea it formerly attacked him for not making the dispute more serious. The Telegraph twits Mr. Disraeli with rhetorical con juring. He is quite capable, it thinks, of producing a reform measure which shall be at one and the lame time intensely tory, and enthusiastically, wildly, lavishly liberal. Look through one end, and you will see the people justified ;look through the other, and you will see " property and intelligence" defeLded and preserved; look at its author, and you will see hint laughing alike at the people and their opponents. Let no man believe Mr. Disraeli unequal to the extraordinary task propoood to Fp ' .1866 EXP] PARIS. vim 1)111 . 1 Q 001111111PONDINT.) PARIS. SUNDAY EV1241103. The Emperor and Empress went last night to the Gymnase to see Sardou's last piece Nos Bons Villageois, and it is announced that they will honour the new ballet at the Opera, La Source, with their presence to-morrow. Add to this, that it is stated that a grand review of the troops of the line in Paris will be shortly hold, and it becomes evident that the health of the Emperor is very much improved. All the members of the army commission are invited to Compibgne, where the court goes on Tuesday. It is thought that at the sitting to-morrow its labours will be so far advanced that they may be terminated during the time allotted for the first series of guests. The list of these is not yet pub lished, and the only names I have yet heard for this series are those of Prince and Princess Metter nich and Lord Cowley. Prince Napoleon, who has returned here, has been added to the commission ; he will therefore go to Compibgne, where he is not a very frequent guest. The Emperor bestowed his domain of Orx, near Bayonne, on Count Walewski a short time ago, and the count has gone to take possession of it. It is said that this property, which was brought into cultivation to show what art could do towards fertilising the lands, has cost the Emperor nearly 120,0001. Two or three hours before Lord Derby amused the guests at the Lord Mayor's dinner by his anti cipations of the English invasion of France next summer, that is to say, about half-past 5, Paris was literally taken by a coup de main. A large body of troops, the garrison of Vincennes and St. Denis, had advanced unperceived on the capital, and at nightfall they seized several of the gates on the side of Montmartre, the strongest force being directed against the Porte Saint Ouen. Meeting with no resistance, they advanced, firing right and left (blank cartridge), leaving guards in the streets behind them as they advanced, and ob serving all the precautions necessary to prevent a hostile surprise. The emotion was naturally very great in that part of the city ; shopkeepers closed their shutters, and everybody betook themselves to their houses, not knowing what next was to hap pen. At a quarter to 7 the bugle gave the signal to the victorious troops to face about, and retire upon their old quarters. Paris, like Babylon, isso great a city that I was not aware that it had been taken till twenty-four hours after the success ful assault, and the story seemed so im probable that before writing I waited till further information should confirm the report. I need hardly add that the invasion was conducted on the most friendly principles, without loss of life or property, being merely an experimental manceuvre, but I have been unable to learn what good pur pose was served by all the firing, which seems to have filled that quarter of the town with conster nation. lam told that the Prussians performed a similar exploit at Cologne some ten years ago, but chose the still more alarming hour of midnight for their incursion. The townspeople were furious at having their slumbers disturbed, and made such representations to the government that the play was not repeated. WRECK OF A STEAMER ON THE IRISH COAST. LOSS OF TWENTY LIVES. DUBLIN, SUNDAY NIGHT. On Saturday night the steairship Ceres, from London to this port, ran ashore at Carnsore Point, on the coast of Wexford, and was totally wrecked. The captain, deck passengers, and crew were saved, but twenty lives were lost. The following is a hat of those drowned, so far as can be ascertained from passengers saved, who state that the ship's books were lost :—Miss Rut ledge, Moukstown ; Miss Wood and niece, Black nick ; Mr. Macaulay, Miss Bessie Gogarty, Mrs. Clark, stewardess ; also the second-class stewardess (name unknown), a number of soldiers on fur lough, and all the vessel's stokers except one. Total number found up to 4 p.m., 30. AN OCEAN YACHT RACE. Private advioes received at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, state that the arrangements for the great Atmerima ocean yacht race have been completed. The cows, Is to be from New York is Cowes. Three owners of yachts — Mr. J. Bennett, jun., of the Henrietta ; Mr. Osgood, of the Fleetwing ; and Mr. Lorillard, of the Vesta--have agreed to stake each .30,000 dole., making up a purse of 00,000 dole. (or say 18,0001.) ; the first vessel in to take the pool. The stakes are deposited in the hands of a wet. known leader of the sporting world, Mr. L. W. Jerome, Tito tonnage of the three yachts is nearly alike, the Fleetwing being of 204 tons ; the Henrietta, 203 ; and the Veda, 2ul. They 'AI start on the 10th of next month. These yachts are the finest and swiftest ever built in the United States, and the race is expected to be the most splendid sporting event of the year. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY. MONDAY, I.:OVMM It 8 Lit. B. I T ] W. L i , A W. A l e t is 11. D. 9. - Nedra Aberdeen P.131421 W.S.W. 1. 8; W.B.W. b o..bi 1 Leith 126.06 43. W. 217 W. rb 9.11 2 X 1 , 129.71148 W. 410 ' N.W. rc 0.661 3 Oreencastle P. 72 46, W.S. W. 3+ 8 , H. ro u3O 1 Welentia... V.I.S3 62 W.R.W. 1 8 ' N. Cr 0 . 4 7 4 Owe eleer i— —, - - i - - 1.4verp00t.....2 0 . 90 49 W. 3 6 • W.N.W. e 0.37 2 Bd PelliSOo4l 80.03 :;:.: B.W. 3, 9 ! g. r 1.14, 3 Dreg .. lo,flent 30.0450 W. 3I 8 B.R.L. ofr 1.42 2 Rochefort •2 2 . 26 WI W. 4: 1 W. Ti 0.48. t., elymooth '30.03 12 Z. 011 8.9. E. Icf 1.20 3 Wermooth 30.02 SV W.N.W. 2 81 1 R.W. co 0..0 2 Portsmouth 30.00 60; B.W. 2 I I) B.W. it. 0.34 2 London - Yarmouth ~ 20.04 41; W. 210 R.B.W. Iro 0.44 1 Scarborough. 22...!1 46 W. 211 N.W. c .0.12 3 91;16!.1. 22.76 49 N.W. 6 4 N.W. c' 3 IFlder - - - - - REMARKS. ...... . On Saturday night and yesterday morning he gales veerhtg In IW/St lostane., from south or south-west to north-west pre vailed on the British coasts. To-day, the winds are moderate front the westward. A (rush fall of the harotnetur appears , how ever, to lie commenehig to the west of Ireland, and the tempera ture on the west coast of France livery high. Further unsettled weather Is therefore probable. Madame Ristori, having closed her engagement in New York, was at the last dates playing in Boston, and will visit Philadelphia near the end of November. She maintains her popularity undiminished. Mr. Jeffer son was playing Rip van Winkle in Philadelphia. _ . . - _ The operas already announced for this week at her Majesty's Theatre are Faust (to-night), Der Freischiitz (to-morrow night). Dos Giovanni (Wednesday—morning performance), and Le Nose di Figaro (Thursday). On Saturday night the brief aeries of performances will come to an end. -- The fellows of the College of Physicians have requested their president, Sr Thomas Wutson, to sit for a portrait to adorn the college walls, and Sir Thomas has consented. Sir Francis Grant, president of the Royal Academy, is engaged on a life-size portrait of Lord Stanley. The Smithasnpton Times states that if Mr. Rus sell Gurney accepts the office of Solicitor-General, his re election for Southampton will most probably be ippoted. A private letter has been received from Washing ton, stating the probability that Mr. Seward will resign in consequenoe of the death of hies favourite daughter, and that his resignation will cause very important changes in the United States cabinet. OXFORD LOCAL EIABINAZIOJ The ninth annual report of the delegate u , a _ the Oxford Local Examination statute was S a turday. The number of candidates at the kat n ss ,.. ? ?? tion, which commenced at nineteen di ff erent esais- -- "•• the 29th of May, and ended on the 6th of June juniors, and 311 seniors, making a* total of Liss. - "%tin candidates were thus distribu uniors. ted: lie J Examined. Pissed. ExamZ i er ek Oxford 'London Bath Birmingham lB ? I ch lidez um n 19....12 10 Exeter Yavezdtam Leeds Lincoln Liverpool Manchester Northampton Nottingham l9 Southampton Taunton l6 Truro IS West Bucklared Windermere Of the 1,204 candidates examined, 569 jani s i, seniors passed, making a total of 772. Last yea r sh o fi ber of candidates examined t ha tZl (920 juniors 84 7. aeniors) • and the number passed was rya (1 ,7 juniors sad 209 seniors). " The examinations," ass report, " have probably now reached a . point at whiiiits no longer to be expected that the experience of ► 40,2 will make any perceptible difference in the ooneinans7 o , vionsly obtained. The remarks of the ensuing!" 066 statistics alike indicate that little change i s the character of the work either for thebetterlp s ,,,,t l Among the subjects of examination that of the ran "" of faith and religion appear to deserve special assi is — T a this the number of junior candidates has Manuel b ia 660 to 695, and of seniors from 236 to 243 ; the sanh.4., satisfied the examiners from 527 juniors to 567, s ag ; 191 minion to m. This is probably due to the elis m s, the regulations which enabled this subject to be espy towards a certificate. Before this year, a lcnowlniz s d,„ r udiments of faith and religion had given s sus l i d o `: higher place in the lists if he paved, but had dayask. to save him from rejection if he failed in other sal This year junior candidates were required to tap f a , optional =Menne instead of one as heretofore, h i s s , allowed to count the rudiments of faith and mho s *, in certain cases, the Holy Scriptures only) as ceedih s i It is obvious that this was equivalent to a slight l a s . the standard. But, inasmuch as very many of gi g candidates had always received instruction rs thi ssi n ak the rise was expected to be slight • and the Get *7; larger number obtained certificat es than ma W as . proved that this expectation was well gromedel hei r candidates bad been previously required to jigg two sections. They were now allowed to coed ths iss s of the examination as one of them. Mir slight lowering of the standard, but while ah o plainly encouraged the study of the Eike eas a s Prayer-book, it has bad even leis effect ca ths hhl result than tin corresponding change in the ens des junior*. It is satisfactory to find that, in &mks ati a matter in which the delegates bad so many ilifishi s encounter, the arrangement which they have nate in is far worked tolerably well. The examiner is grammar and analysis reports a great deficiency sant* seniors, very few of the candidates being able to awn fair proportion of the simplest questions, whilmaithimel to the juniors, he remarks that trent the ?antonymous failures in the paper on analysis and parsing, itnightdc.'l haps, be suspected that the standard of prima:ism sis s i at an unduly high mark. But the facts of the ens bear out than assumption. The dictation exercise hardly so good as usual. The astonishing bloodies it ins and orthography show that the practice of wring he dictation does not form a regular branch of biennia the schools which supply the majority of the masa The short English compositions are, for the most pet, ra creditable ; and in geography, the average of the mai was decidedly higher. Im English history, a great sari the questions, especially in the higher psper, wen fairly answered by the seniors ; hut with mut he juniors, the examiner remarks :—" far the lager to of boys have apparently acquired by rote—and Ilia* —a knowledge of the principal events of history." him and Greek, there was great inequality in the Edda seniors ; but the juniors showed upon the whole deity marks of progress. The French examination va, a n w• ole, satisfactory ; but the German papers wee is deserving of general approbation than last year. Tema in arithmetic, mathematics, and mechanics was, ottle whole, favourable. The senior candidates were, se less successful in arithmetic than the j u niors, the perm" of failures in the two divisions being in the pr,poniad • 6to 1, respectively. There was a decided improvemei the drawings both of the senior and junior candidata. music, too, there was a marked impravement. Tk Isle gates, in conclusion, report the establishment las scholar hips in connexion e 'ill the local exami , aka— " On the death of the late lard Ha•herton, a mikes sum of money was raised by subscri , tion, in Stem* ' for tare purpose of doing hot our to hi+ wee cry. Ton been appropriated to the foundation of two , bale, each of the value of 501. a year, tenable for three pm any college or ball in Oxford or C.inibridg , :. by penesas or educated in Staffordshire ; and it has bees rewind& they shall be awarded in accordance with the red d the local examinations of the two universities ahem*. 4, A 'Netherton Scholarship ' has been awardedtkhit for the lint time, and has been given to A. Shahs, Na ' of the senior candidates examine , l at Birmingham.' The statistical tables appended to the report are of orient end interesting character, and chow that since these gob nations commenced, in 1858, 9,:gg candidate , hanks examined at the various centres, of whom sills juniors and 2,737 seniors • and that of these, ..rand lif former obtained certificat es, and 1,330 of the latter pi the distinction of Associate in Arts. One THE ROYAL VISIT TO NORWICH.—LoriI SG* who entertained the Prince and Princess of Woes osier reeeat visit to Norwich, has acceded to a request wise him by the town council of Norwich to sit fors our morative portrait to be placed in St. Andree'elull. ib accounts of the Norwich Festival are still not hay nit up, but it may be observed that further examuuswe the past of the secretary and tn./sourer show the tine cellists were somewhat more than the amonntseresee b ' exiled, some of the wealthy patrons of the Winne% purchased tickets without using them. It is al ekr latest that the combined concert and bell reeeiP 6 d 6 festival of 18641 exceeded those of the (tainsl ollffibi the suns of 4eol. On the other hand, the royal ria • tailed on the to Immittee an extra exp enditure of Mee 700 L, so that the earplug available for the local ems if not likely to exceed 1,0001., as previously DEATH CF VICE-ADMIRAL RAMLEY.—We to announce the death of Vice-Admiral Wilke Bele which occurred on Wednesday last. He enteral 6,01 at the age of 13, and was lieutenant of the Neel" Walcheren expedition; and of the H ava nnab, rte • wee officially reported for his gsllant conduct st el capture ofeo m e vessels near the l'enninska in let was present at the capture and destructioe of 10 em" vessel and convoy ander the towns of Vane sna Fate in 1813, besides several other minor boat sctiorA also commanded the batteries at the siege sad elleeet the fortress Zara in the same year ; anti was bowels.; mentioned in the Gazette four times in 1111. ' placed on the retired list under her Majesty's en., council in 18441. The deceased was a Knight of MEM of Austria, and had received the Austrian eeld,e* a ±.... ALARMING ACCIDENT TO THE REV. 60M.A SELWYN. —An accident of a serious chancier *ewe on Saturlay afternoon to the Rev. of St. John's College, Lady Margaret Professor of el in the University of Cambridge, Canon of giA , Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty. Abe. 3 o'clock, the rev. professor, accompanies Selwyn, and some other members of his family, fle pr e: their way to visit Lade , King, at blisdingleyese. tenor Selwyn was on horseback. csne•riug by the which contained Mrs. Selwyn and party. On , the Madingley turnpike-gate a member of the the was riding in the direction oiCambridge, and at of this gentleman that of the profes,or appease* started, and then increased his pace into • gele tm e it '; rev. professor looked round and smiled, as • allay any suspicions of danger by the inenti l impo i carnage, and the horse he ogli/ its pace. The servants in wniting , saw the profeesor's bat fall viewer( sm. :41 the professor himself was lost to view by rases te,, horse turning a slight angle in the road. On the me eel rounding this spot, about 300 yards f ro m where ll lioltstl, the professor was found on the gr ound, wsensibk, and bleeding from the mouth an ever, placed in the carriage and conveyed withd ve efee, his residence on the Trampingtoorotal, ance% ,te nid of Paget and Mr. Seat, surgeon, Was C da vied ss; u' to L ester! yy, at past four o'clock, it had ell to acivissible to thoroughly undress the rare°, 'of bulletin in the morning was that he had piss' se “!_j able night and was p ro gressing as well se eei expected. At half-past four, just before the our report, it was found that he had ree'r." 4 _,,el injuries to the head, and groat fears were stall sew as to the ultimate consequences. Thal far. sr— the_patient is believed to be proceeding eftese77 ele THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE NEV. 1 ) T.F.SLET. —The very extensive and viiesable lihn 0 ,. late Itev. Dr. Wellesley, Principal of New Inn f deaf , is now being disposed of at the mall o stree '7, firtheby, Wilkinson, and Hodg e in Wellingeer nee comprises an extraordinarily cosnidete collection writers in verse and prose, including rare ee'll, m l7ol the works of Ariosto, Bend, Boccaccio, Bolero; 40 Peloszcs, Poise, Tama, and other dertinvishes poets and authors ; scarce Italian novels and %Tie curious Italian Folklore and chap hooks ; the e r :410 6 di Hagen. a nearly complete series of Reereer."'; 4 o oo or miracle plays, unique and interesting Te` .. "e and magnificent books oa the tine arts, he" e • ee engravers. sculptors, and architects, numenrte_.• • lining to Oxford, and most of the best eredetjoele different divisions of history. biegrePhi , ;;:whee voyages, and travels ; bella trtera, !Abe_ literature, in all languages. Tho sale will ers days. .--- ~ ~ • 11,1 o w e i tr siana . Wu a 11.0 4 Bali Met ILA] R thi