The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY iW -1 , -s fsiiNG, MARCH BROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR equalized, it is surely time to place *air mit I for calumnies DIST. e • To obtain extra _profit by the sale other kinds are aomettnise and pay on a more equal wont the they offered Instead of BROWN end POISONS. now. A o yung man who • the• good " John Brown," "John Polaon," la signed by the makers on each packet. tune to get a nomination—say foe the 1 1 0 , 14 Trade—this year, will have no greater difficulty in passing the examination for that department than ho would have for some of the " inferior" offices ; but there will be this difference in his prospects, that he will have a good chance of getting his 300/. a year at least as soon as men in " inferior" offices who have already served 10 or 15 years. We say again that this ought not to be ; and the proof of this assertion is to be found in the wide-spread discontent which now pervades the middle classes of the service. This feeling will not be allayed by partial improve ment here and there ; the difficulty should be grappled with in its entirety. The best, indeed the only, way of meeting the civil servants, so as to do justice both to them and to the public, would be by the appoint ment of a Royal Commission, selected, not, as usual, from the staff officials of the service, but from the independent members on both sides of the House of Commons who are known to pos sess good business ability, and whose duty it would be to investigate the present status of every department of the Civil Service, as regards the duties performed, and the rates of payment. We might then hope to see the service reorganized on a sound and liberal, yet economical, basis, which would put an end to dissatisfaction, and encourage those who have ability and diligence to devote them zealously to the business of the nation. gut erpreoo. TO C:ORR ESPONDENTS. . „....—.. Advertisements intended t "The Uprose," London Evening Pawr, must he at the Office, 10, Bouverie.street, by Two d'ck ,N 2 the day of publication. DRURY LANL rnO Vsznino, Ile Phelps, Messrs. IL Phelps, P. Hanby, Fitztoncs, Harcourt. I•liilyre, Warner, and W. Harri son Hrs. licrinan Verin, Mn. ani a enhoff, l.ihel Adams. WANIED 11l ABANue FOR SIX. Miss L. Thompson. MAYNIAltirt THIS EVIMING, DAVID CARRICK. Mears. Sothern, Buck- Moor, t Itippenaltle. Koper*, Clark, &e. Mesdames Moore, Chip 'Nodule. 6r. —DIAMON DS AND! IEABTs. MeMr& Chippendale, karma, &c.; Merl:twee Burke, Moore, ire.—And MRS. WHITT. FREPICMIWS. TOO IMMO, HIS LAST LEGS. Messrs. Verner d: Fenton: Mrs. B. White and Him Wentworth.—And SHADOW TREE EMAIL Messrs. Main Shore, ♦erner, V. Villiers, Forrester, Mellon, and Cathcart: Slimes Montagu, Edmonds, end Rodgers. Jiving mi its capital, mcbicate itself by its own exertions, letting its tradis and commerce slip`awaz, .nd the very Rroducts of ifektail be sent b mate* the4hanufacturhit industry of f iimers. ' • • Commenting on Sir Colman O'Leghlen'e,gbol bill, the Star contends that a newspaper does not-Aggravate but lessens the evil of calumnious speaking by giving it pub licity. How often a statement, adverse to an individual, may be of service to the public ; and if a newspaper editor has to dread even an action for libel—to say nothing of a verdict against him—he must be continually forced to suppress what he knows it would do good to publish. This is the weekly, almost daily, experience of newspaper managers. LATEST IN TELLIGENaIti THE &ASTERN QUESTIONA - The Porte has addressed a circular to its repro! sentatives abroad, in which it declares that it has reached the limit of its concessions, forevery conces sion only encourages its Christian subjects to shatter the foundations of the Turkish empire. The Sublime Porte is strong enough to repress rebellion everywhere, and it demands of the cabinets only one thing—to consider the Cretan question a purely internal affair, and to be allowed to settle it by itself with its Cretan subjects. The Russian Corre spndence comments on the Turkish circular as fol lows :—" Let us still hope that the Great Powers will watch over events and succeed in 'alining passions ; but if fanaticism is not checked, if Europe is to witness once more, in the nineteenth century, a religious war, the responsibility of the blood shed will weigh heavily on the egotists, who, in order to be able to prosecute more easily their selfish designs, have gone to sleep in a false security, and believed them selves able to resolve by temporary expedients the most difficult of modern questions." The St. Petersburg Journal of March 7 asks whether Turkey is sure of being able to maintain her autho. rity in Crete, and adds " when events are hurrying on they devour time. The powder train when lighted burns so rapidly that the eye can scarcely follow the blaze ; and though cracked edifices are sometimes seen standing for centuries, the time comes when a wall gives way all at once, and there is nothing left but a heap of ruins." (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.I ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 14. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day publishes despatches from the Russian government upon the Eastern question, dating from 1860 and 1861, requesting the great powers to anticipate by an unselfish line of policy the serious events which the conduct of the Porte towards its Christian sub jects is likely to bring about. The Journal says :—" These despatches show that even at the period they were written the western powers recognised the necessity of reforms, and condemned the apathy and unfavourable dis position of the Porte ; but the efforts of Russia to bring about an understanding remained fruitless, notwithstanding their conciliatory and unselfish tendency." SERVIA AND THE PORTE. VIENNA, MARCH 14. The Porte has consented to evacuate the Servian fortresses in consideration of the promise of the Great Powers that the sovereignty of Turkey over Servia shall be maintained. The Prussian Lieu tenant-Colonel Krensky has arrived at Belgrade and paid visits to the Prince of Servia, his minis ters, and the Turkish governor of the citadel. 'A t 17* April, 1852. tht CMG of provisional execution pro nowscred by the tribmeal of correctional police, the per son condemned, even in &Mat, may immediately lodge an VFW, and tkei °MALI** give judgment within three days. e Art. 15. The printing and publishing trades are freed from the neoessity of having a license. No printer or publisher can establish or remove the place of his trade or his shops or warehouses without giving previous notice at Paris to the prefecture of police, and in the depart ments at the prefect's office. This notice must contain the names of the places to which the presses, shops, or warehouses have been removed. Failure to make the pre liminary declaration 11111 be punished in the case of pro prietors and managers by an imprisonment of from one to two years, and a fine of from 3,000 fr. to 10,000 fr. The establishment will be closed. Art. 16. Are abrogated articles-1, 24, and 32 of the decree of Feb. 17, 18.52 ; Article 11 of the law of Oct. 21, 1814 ; the decree of March 22, 1852, and in general the provisions of previous laws which are contrary to the pre sent one. LI CITY.. TEN Emma, THE Tv - Jo - Ras. Ur. Widdiennb.—And MASI L ET. Mean. Feehter, Jordan. Emery Price, Widdleomb, lunddrick. Evan% loaltou, Moreland. Newbnund, Reynold+, An derson, end VirLui ; Mileol floored. , Jaanortny. &C. Loalmeq. THIN EVENING, MARRIETCDAIWirMIS AND YOUNG HUS RA N Di.—ESSIKKALDA ; OR, THE 813NSATIONGOAT. Mews. Thorne, James, and Turner ; Mesdames Swanboroup;h, Ilughvs, Newton, W.atbersby, tte..—Aad A SUIT ON ZW Want. HOLBORN. Tins ErrsnicL HY IfiN NiaT. Mr. Behnore: Muss Foote and Lentms —and FLYING SCUD. Items. Neville, Bel more, Blake, Vullaire, ate. ; Ilesdamss F. Josephs, C. Saunders, Boas Foots. ihhlss, Lenaoz, RaFTscad.lo. BBISA2 (L►. THIS Evivino, TIIE LADY OPI.YONs —A Farewell Addrem by %Ira E. Tarn.ld —After which the Opentim of the PANTO - ending with the tirand Transformation Scene. lira Lime at MIS. Jacobs.—Mid other Entertainments. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Wnroing. 7h. Om-- —Afternoon, Sh. ISak to-Moluww—Morang, Bh. she Anima" 88. 4428. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14. THE Civil Service is an institution which at one time or another has attracted a tolerable share of public attention, chiefly, in later years, on account of the experimental working of a system of exami nations devised to secure candidates better adapted to the requirements of the national business than were formerly supplied through the medium of direct appointments. Allowing for difference of opinion with regard to minor details, it is ad mitted that on the whole we do get a better class of men drafted into the Civil Service through the hands of the examiners at Dean's-yard than we used to get when members of Parliament sent anybody they pleased, no matter what the cha racter or qualifications of the appointee, to a desk at Somerset-house or Whitehall. As might have been predicted, one consequence of this elevation of the standard of admission has been to raise the tune of the service itself, and the members of it have not been slow to discover that the public is getting a superior article in many cases at the old price paid for the inferior. Hence applications to the Go vernment from various departments for an im proved scale of pay have had a tendency to mul tiply, as the young and vigorous blood imported into them has stirred up the " old stagers" to a sense of the claims which the higher position they now occupy is assumed to justify them in asserting. Our present object, however, is not to discuss the question how far any claim for an increased scale of salaries on the port of the civil servants of the Crown is or is not justified by present cir cumstances ; but to call attention to a bad prac tice which obtains at the Treasury, of dealing with applications from departments for an in crease of salaries in a narrow and piecemeal fashion, and not on any broad principle of equity. In a majority of cases the success of a memorial depends almost entirely upon the influence by which its prayer is supported. A Cabinet Mi nister can get anything he chooses to ask for, but " my Lords" are commonlyobdurete when the peti tioners are not lodged in the aristocratic regions about Whitehall and Downing-street, unless indeed external pressure can be brought tobearuponthem. Perhaps it is on account of this chance-medley sys tem that a change of Government is always hailed throughout the Civil Service by the many, as it is regretted by the few who lose pleasant private secretaryship', and the like. It is generally remarked in public offices that an incoming Ministry is usually more pliant than its predeces sor, so that it is by no means surprising to learn that petitions for increase of pay and re-organiza tion have, since last July, flooded the Treasury table, and that the cry is still they come. The mischief arising from this state of things is that different departments are dealt with more frequently according to the political leanings of their heads, the interest they can bring tip bear, and their official rank, than on the broad ground of meritorious service. Furthermore, it may happen that the head of an office is incapable of sympathy with his less fortunate subordinates, or he may be politically opposed to the party in office ; in such case, if the clerks feel themselves aggrieved, the chief may refuse to forward their application to the Trea sury—such instances have occurred—and then what is their position f "My Lords," we learn from a published Treasury minute of March last, " will not absolutely decline to receive it direct " from the subordinates ; but a copy or a state " meat of the refusal (of the head of the office) " must accompany it, and it will rest with my " Lords to consider whether the communication " was one which should be addressed to them." If the decision be against the subordinates, they have rendered themselves liable, first, to repri mand ; secondly, to reduction ; and, thirdly, to dismissal. Now, all this is, we submit, most unsatisfactory, and can only be remedied by a thorough investiga tion conducted in a judicial spirit. The root of the evil lies in the absurd classification adopted, by which certain imaginary lines are drawn between different groups of offices to indicate their posi tion and pay. There is a constant en deavour to got these barriers removed, and clerks in badly paid offices are apt to institute comparisons between their position and that of their more lucky brethren. Comparisons are no doubt odious to "my Lords," who assert that " the duties and the position of a clerk in the " offices at Whitehall, or in the War-office or Ad " miralty Departments, are far higher" than those of clerks in less aristocratic offices. But is this the fact ? On the contrary, we believe that an impartial inquiry would show how utterly fallacious such a statement is—at least so far as the duties are concerned. We believe that the grossest inequalities would be met with if the whole case were thoroughly sifted ; that men of fifteen and twenty years' service would be found engaged in duties every whit as important as any that fall to the lot of government clerks, yet who, because they happen to serve in what is styled an " inferior" office, are receiving about half as much pay as men of half their length of service are receiving in the " superior" offices. This fictitious distinction is a relic of bygone times ; and now that the conditions of entry into all branches of the public service are nearly OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE TRIATMEIFF OF IRISH DISAFTECTION. The Times gives the Lord-Lieutenant and his advisers much credit for resisting the demands for arbi trary dealing, which have been made by seine of the;c amateur advisers. Happily for us the law under which we live gives the Executive no such powers as the Irish government has been adjured to exercise. The weapons which the law places in the bands of the loyal are au& ciently set forth in the memorandiun to magistrates which has been seasonably issued from the Castle. Special con stables may be sworn in wherever credible persons depose to reasonable apprehension of tumult, and the special provisions for Ireland are wide enough, if not too wide. Thus all persons armed with any weapon, or appearing in any disguise, or wearing any uniform or beige, or assuming any name or denomination not usually assumed by ordinary persons in their lawful occasions, who shall assemble or who shall appear, alone or with others, by day or night, are guilty of a high misdemeanour, subjecting them to penal servi tude, imprisonment, and whipping. Any two magistrates having reasonable cause to suspect any person to be guilty of thus assembling or appearing, or of having been at such assembly, or of intending so to be, are required to summon him, and bind him over to appear at the anises, and, in case of refusal, to commit him to gaol ; and every magis trate has authority to summon any person in his jurisdic. tion whom he may think capable of giving material evi dence, and compel him, under the same penalty, to answer an examination on oath. These powers are almost wide enough to repress the conception of treason. These means of enforcing order are so stringent as to call for the greatest circumspection in their exercise, and they take away all excuse for giving arbitrary privileges to the govern ment. The Standard says that persons of high respectability and great experience are pressing for the proclamation of martial law, but it considers that, under present circum. stances, this would not only be useless and criminal, but foolish in the lest degree, and would lend an importance to this seditious movement which it could ther wise obtain. We may safely rely on the energy of six (lying columns of regular troops, thoroughly equipped, to face all possible Fenian, in the field, and to the efforts of three special commissions of able lawyers to punish the unfortunate native dupes with sufficient, but not unne cessary, severity, and to teach such a lesson to all semi- Yankee buccaneers whom they may catch as shall deter their fellows from following in their track. The public may depend upon it that all this is now in sure hands, and will be done speedily, conclusively, and according to law. THE RZTORM The Daily News quota; the reform demonstration at Bradford on Tuesday with the late meetings at Liverpool and Manchester in proof of the adhesion of the wealthier middle dames to the movement in favour of en extended franchise, Than Mr. Forster, whose speech gave addi tional importance to the Bradford demonstration, no man is better qualified to mediate between the class to which he belongs and the dames which stand above and below it in the social hierarchy. With regard to the reform mea sure to be expected from the existing administration, it is clear from Sir J. Pakington's speech yesterday that their measure will be based upon household suffrage, but the language as to the details is the reverse of assuring. He speaks of an enfranchisement which shall include occupiers who discharge all the burdens imposed on pro perty. Does he mean that the suffrage is to be restricted to householders directly paying their own rates? Such a measure would be what Mr. Forster described it at Brad ford—" the greatest sham that was ever produced before any country." It would, as he said, be practically nar rower than the 6/. rating franchise. The expedients of plural and cumulative voting are not apparently in favour with the government ; but we are to have, it appears, sup plementary franchises, intended to secure the ascendancy of the class which is at present predominant in the repre sentation. If these franchises are good in themselves, let them be accepted ; though if they are framed for the ulterior purpose which is avowed, they are little likely to be admissible. Of disfranchisement and redistribution of seats Sir John Pakington seems to have said nothing. How could be, at Droitwich ? To do so would be as inconsiderate as to discourse of graves and epitaphs by the bedside of • dying man. The HrraPl argues that unless some new tangled fran chises, u they are called, are adopted, the conservative elements would be disfranchised by household suffrage in all the borough constituencies of the kingdom. Parlia ment is bound to provide some means to prevent such a result. The chances, says the Star, appear to lie betweenapurely radical measure, garnished with fancy franchises, which Sir John Pakington seems to indicate, or, as is rumoured to-day, a scheme of household suffrage with dual-voting for certain favoured classes. If we were partisans enough to desire to see the ministry upset, without reference to the effect which such a result might have on the cause of reform, we could not wish for anything better than that such a measure should be introduced. The whole king dom would be united against the proposal to raise up a new privileged class, recognised by the law, at the very time when political equality is the demand put forth by an overwhelming majority of the people. IUB TOPICS. The Tines regards the bill for regulating the traffic of the metropolis which has just emerged from a select com mittee of the Lords, as the simplest possible remedy for the nuisances of our streets. The passing of this measure is only a question of time, and for all the Times can see, the worst has been done against it, and it has every right to pan now. Commenting on the Italian elections, the Times observes that not only is the government ascendancy fully secured, but their SUCCeII must widely exceed all their most san guine expectations. It only remains to be seen bow they intend to use their victory. Italy has had a narrow escape from the open sea, but there are instances of ship wrecks in harbour. It is not only • large, but also • " working" majority that Rieasoli needs. All true friends of Italy, says the Daily News, must anxiously hope that this new chamber will contain some workers, and even some few statesmen and administrators, who will teach their fellow-eountrymen to give up childish things, slid leave off shouting, and illuminating, and festa•making, and take to honest work, to farming, trade, and manufactures, to the study of the simplest rules of arithmetic, and of the methods of making two ends meet in a budget. At present we find that beautiful country sinking deeper every year into debt, and doing nothing to Vitt daurt. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 13. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, and Prince Henry of Prussia also went out driving. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburgh° as Lady in Waiting. Lord Crofton and Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. F. Caven- dish have succeeded Lord Begot and Colonel the Hon C. Lindsay as Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Roxburgh° remains at the castle on a visit to her Majesty. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and the Duke of Richmond. A deputation from Gloucester, introduced by Mr. E. Holland, M.P., and consisting of Mr. R. Holford, M.P., Sir M. H. Beach, Bark, M.P., Mr. W. P. Price, H.P., and Mr. C. J. Monk, 81. P., had an interview with the Lord President of the Council and the Duke of Richmond at the Privy Council-office, yesterday, on the subject of cattle markets. Mr. Alderman Ryland and the Town Clerk of Birming ham had an interview with the Earl of Delmore, at the Home-office, yesterday, on the subject of anises for that borough. A deputation from the Greenwich Ratepayers' Associa tion, consisting of Mr. John Nicholls, Mr. Henry Berry, Mr. G. Weller, Mr. J. S. Long, Mr. Alex. James, Mr. James Marshall, Mr. G. T. Floyd, Mr. G. Bourne, and Mr J. F. Kent, had an interview with the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy at the office of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. HEALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES. (THIS DAY.) No bulletin has been issued to-day ; but the reply to the numerous inquiries at Marlborough House was that her royal highness remained just the same as yesterday. CABINET COUNCIL. —There will be a Cabinet Council to-day at 12 o'clock, at the First Lord of the Treasury•'s official residence in Down ing-street. We have authority to state that the Queen's Court, which was postponed on account of the death of her Serene Highness the Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg, will take place on Tuesday next, the 19th instant. The court will go into mourning for her serene highness on Wednesday, the 20th instant. It is Mr. Charles Lennox Peel, not Colonel Cecil Peel, who is appointed private secretary to the Duke of Richmond at the Board of Trade. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Bradford with his pre sence at a dinner last evening at their residence in Bel grave-square. There were present to meet his royal high ness the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl Csdogan, the Earl of Dudley, Lord Methuen, Lord and Lady Londesborough, Lady Con. stance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Begot, Sir Henry and Lady Sophia Des Vim, Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P., and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in waiting on his royal highness. The Right Hon. w. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers, the Earl Cowper, Lord and Lady Delamer*, Lord Lyttelton, Lord De Tabley, and a select party, at dinner last evening, at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace. Later in the evening Mn. Gladstone had a reception, at which nearly 500 persons of distinction were present, including many of the members of the diplomatic body, and personages of rank, without distinction of political party. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisburyenter tallied the following company at dinner last evening ►t their residence in Arlington-stmt, Piccadilly :—The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and the Hon. Miss Primrose, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Echo, M.P., Lord John Ray, M.P., Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Russell, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Adeane, Count Strzeleeki, M. de Sabouroff, Colonel Talbot, Mr. Graham, &c. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke received the Earl of Mulgr►ve, Lord and Lady William Osborne, Lord William Hervey and Miss Hervey, Hon. Frederick and Lady Adelaide Cadogan, General and Lady S. Lindsay, Mrs. Thomas Liddell, Mr. Vivian, Re., at dinner last even ing, at the family mansion in Portman-square. THE SPELIELR'S DINNER. —The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his fifth parliamentary full-dress dinner last evening to the following noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Eliot, Viscount Amberley, the Hon. Captain Vivian, Sir John Simeon, Bart., Sir James Power, Bert , Sir George Stucley, Bart., Sir Thomas Western, Bart., Messrs. Feilden, Harris, Fordyce, Holden, Lamont, Hunt, Mil bank, McKenna, George Leeman, R. Young, Wbatman, Synan, Waring, Murphy, Monk, Pease, Otway, O'Beirne, Norwood, R. Needham Philips, T. Potter, W. Price, H. Selwin , Samuelson, &Londe, F. Russell, W. Stone,O. Stock, Sheriff, Severna, Rev. Dr. Merivale, chaplain, and Mr. Alfred Denison, private secretary. Sir G. Stucky will ask the Secretary of State for War, on Tuesday, bow be proposes to divide the rum of 22,800/. as a reward to inventors, and who are the in ventors to be rewarded. Mr. Grenfell, on the motion for going into corn mittee on Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill, will move that the bill be referred to a select committee. Sir Francis Goldemid proposes to make a state ment to-morrow respecting the condition of the Berrien Jews ; and to ask the Seeret-m7 of State for Foreign Affairs whether the communications between her Majesty's go. vernment and the government of Berrie afford any hope of an improved treatment by the latter government of its Jewish subjects. Thu appetite for information on the part of certain members of parliament seems to be appeased by no number of returns. On Monday Mr. O'Beirne proposes to move for returns which will put him in possession, not only of the date of registration of newspapers and the con. victions of unregistered ones, but also of the names of the "proprietors, publishers, and printers." . . Attention having been drawn to the statement that the Bishop of Oxford recently consecrated a chapel at St. Andrew's, Clewer, with a golden crucifix on the holy table, and that a banner with a Madonna was borne be fore him, we (Times) have ascertained that the report of the consecration was in these respects inaccurate. No such ornaments were there. The cadets of the Military College of St. Cyr have commenced their exercises with the Chassepot gun. During the course of next month the whole of the Garde, which body consists of above 30,000 men, will be served with the new weapon. Its invention has created a con siderable sensation amongst the class from which the army has hitherto been recruited. The loss or absence of the front teeth has exempted young men from all danger of enlistment; but the cartouche having been suppressed, this defect no longer incapacitates a man from the pleasure and glory of serving his country. During 1863, 67,080 young men were exempted from various causes from drawing for the conscription ; of these, three per cent. were exonerated on account of defective teeth. The Chassepot gun will therefore restore these to the service. The Salisbury cattle market was re-opened on Tuesday after having been closed for 15 months. .. _ The foreign postal rates now range from 3d. to 20., and consist of every amount between those two sums, except 5d., Is. 7d., Is. Bd., Is. 10d., and Is. Ild. The only postal rate which contains the fractional part of a penny is the Califcenian one, which is Is. 2ed. THE BOMBAY MAIL. OUTWARD MAIL OF FEB. 27-MAROH 4. SUEZ, MAWR 13. The Carnatic leaves this evening for Bombay. Naas—The Bomb• mail of March 1, which reached Sues yesterday, was brought by the fialsette, not the Malta, as previously reported. MEXICO. (117 ♦TLANTIC TZLIOILAPH.) NEW YORK, MARca 13. The latest Mexican intelligence received here announces the occupation of Orizaba and Cordova by the liberals. The Emperor Maximilian left Queretaro on the 23th February, to attack Escobedo. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non ova own oomeroirozpr.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. I have received the text of the new bill on the press, and proceed to translate it : Art. 1. Every Frenchman of full age, and enjoying his civil and political rights, may, without previous authorisa tion, publish a journal or periodical writing, appearing either regularly and on fixed days or irregularly. Art. 2. No journal or periodical writing can be published unless there shall have been made fifteen days previously, at the prefecture of police in Paris, or at the prefecture in the department, a declaration containing :-1. The title of the jourral or periodical writing, and the epochs at which it is to appear ; 2. The name, residence, and extent of interest of the proprietors other than commanditaires 3. The name and address of the manager. 4. The address of the printing office at which it is to be printed. Any c hange in the above conditions is to be declared within fifteen days from the original declaration. Every contra vention of this article is punishable according to the pro visions of Art. 5 of the decree of Feb. 17, 1852. Art. 3. Journals and periodical writings exclusively de voted to letters, science, fine arts, or agriculture, are exempt from stamp duty, unless they contain advertise ments of any kind whatsoever. In the latter case, such journals are subjected to one-third of the stamp duty fixed by Article 6 of the decree of Feb. 17, 1852, provided always that the pure and simple publication of official notices and the official quotations of securities at the Bourse are not to be considered as advertisements. Arta. 4,5, and 6, contain further provisions relative to stamp duties and supplements. Art. 7. At the moment of the publication of every number or issue of a journal or periodical writing, two copies signed by the responsible manager, or by one of several responsible managers. meet be deposited at the prefecture of capitals of departments, or for capitals of arrondissement at the sub-prefecture, or for other towns at the mayoralty. Like deposits must be made at the office of the Procurenr Imperial, or at the mayoralty in towns where there is no Tribunal of First Instance. These copies are exempt from stamp duty. Art. 8. No journal or periodical writing can be signed by a member of the Senate or Corps Legialatif in the ohs. meter of responsible manager. In case of contravention the article will be considered as unsigned, and the printers and proprietors will be liable to a fine of from 300 fr. to 5,000 f r. Art. 9. The publication by a Journal or periodical writ ing of an article signed by a person deprived of his civil and political rights, or who is interdicted from entering French territory,• is punishable by a fine of from I,ooofr. to 3,000 fr., which will be inflicted upon the editors or manager of the publication. Art. 10 contains regulations of procedure. Art. 11 enacts that in cases where fines alone without imprisonment shall be inflicted upon • journal, the minimum of the fine for political journals shall be the fifteenth part and the maximum the half of the caution money, and that in ease of non-political journals, the fine shall vary from 500 fr. to 10,000 fr. Art. 12. Every individual convicted of a press misde meanour may be suspended for a period not exceeding five years from the exercise of his electoral rights. Art. 13. Any condemnation for • crime committed by the press entails, as of course, the suspension of the journal the manager of which may have been so convicted. In case of a second misdemeanour within two years the tribunals may suspend the journal for a period not leas than fifteen days nor more than two months. A suspension of from two to six months may be pronounced after a third condemnation within the lame time. It may also be pro- nounced on • first condemnation if the grounds of the sen tence find • provocation to any of the crimes mentioned in Art. 88, 87, and 91 of the penal code. During the period of suspension the caution money will remain deposited in the treasury, and cannot be applied to any other purpose. Art. 14. The provisional execution of the judgment or decree which pronounces the suspension or suppression ei a journal or periodical publication may be appealed against, as also the consignment of the fine without prejudice to the provisions of Art. 29, 30, and 31 of the decree of the • This includes tho trials Bourbon family of both Inanshon, LOCAL AN.ESTHESIA. The committee of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals met Dr. Richardson yester day at their rooms, 12, Pall Mall, to witness his de monstration of the production of insensibility to pain by means of ether spray, and to hear his views as to the extension of the process to the performance of operations without pain on the horse and other inferior animals. There were present at the meeting the Earl of Harrowby in the chair, Mr. John I. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. W. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., General Sir John Scott Lillie, Dr. Fraser, Dr. Sedgwick, Professor Tuson, and a large attendance of members. Dr. Richard. son first described why general anesthesia had not been commonly applied to veterinary operations, and explained that the difficulties connected with the general method were all removed by the local process. He next demon. strated the principle and practice of the local method by ether spray, and narrated briefly the line of inquiry which had led him to the invention. He then demonstrated the process on his own body, making, with the assistance of Dr. Sedgwick, large surfaces of his arm insensible to pain and passing large needles deeply through the benumbed parts. This was repeated on the flesh of Dr. Fraser, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Mocatta , who testified to the painlessness of the operation. In ve terinary surgery this local kinesthesia is, he said, applies.. ble to all operations, and it has been practised with entire success by several veterinary surgeons, especially by the Messrs. Mayor, of Park-street. The details of many pain less operations on horses were next supplied, particularly the operations of nerving, of firing, of introducing setona, of removing tumours, of opening cavities of the body when there was obstruction, and of applying caustics and cache reties to irritable and open surfaces of the animal. The value of the method as • means of removing pain from inflammation and other causes was also dis cussed, together with the application of the plan for discovering the seat of disease in cases of lameness. The simple little apparatus used was greatly admired, and Dr. Richardson showed that the assistance of even an un educated person was sufficient to enable the veterinarian to proceed to pa inless operation. An etherhad been prepared specially for veterinary purposes, at 4e. 6d. per lb., which would suffice for twenty operation. Dr. Richard. son referred to the varying degrees of sensibility belonging to different animals, as proved by the degree of anesthesia required in order to produce perfect local insensibility. He concluded by stating th►t whenever members of the community demanded it, every animal that was considered so valuable as to be • proper subject for a surgical opera tion could now be submitted to operation without physical suffering, and that, too, safely, quickly, conveniently, and cheaply. It was hardly to be expected in the present state of civilisation that this process for removing the suf. faring of the inferior creation would make rapid progress in the world at large ; but in England it ought to make way, ' and especially if the society addressed would lend its powerful aid. A vote of thanks was presented to Dr. Richardaon, and his paper was ordered to be printed for general circulation. The secretary announced the acqui sition of 28 new members during the past month, and 7W. donations. He also reported 60 convictions obtained by the society during February. A member of the committee, Mr. George Wood, presented the munificent gift of 5,00 W., which he desired to be expended in the "purchase of free hold offices, for the reduction of present expenses, and to hand down to all time • rent-free building in which to conduct the operations of the society ; or to supply the nucleus of a fund for such purposes, to which other mem bers of the society should be invited to subscribe." The noble earl having expressed the thanks of the society to the donor for his benevolent and considerate gift, • corn writhe was formed to carry out the proposal. THE LATE MR. COBDEN, M.P., UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MINORITIES. Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., publishes the following letter on the above subject, addressed to him by the late Mr. Cobden—being the last ever written by Mr. Cobden " 23, Suffolk.street, March 22, 1865. "My dear Potter—l return Mill's letter. Everything from him is entitled to respectful consideration. But I confess, after the best attention to the proposed repre sentation of minorities which I can give it, lam so stupid as to fail to see its merits. He speaks of 50,000 electors having to elect five members ? and that 30,000 may elect them all, and to obviate this he would give the 20,000 minority two votes. " But I would give only one vote to each elector and ono representative to each constituency. Instead of the 50,000 returning five in a lump I would have five constituencies of 10,000, each returning one member. Thus, if the metropolis, for example, were entitled, with a fair distribution of electoral power, to 40 votes, I would divide it into 40 dis tricts or wards, each to return one member, and in this way every class and every variety of opinion would have • chance of a fair representation. Belgravia, Marylebone, St. James's, St. Wks's, 3Vhitechapel, Spitalfields, would each and all have their members. I don't know any better plan for giving all opinions • chance of being heard ; and, after all, it is opinions that are to be Terre. aented. If the minority have a faith that their opinions, and not those of the majority, are the true ones, then let them agitate and discuss until their principles are in the ascendant. This is the motive for political action and the healthy agitation of public life. Ido not like to recog nise the necessity of dealing with working men as a class in an extension of the franchise. The small shopkeeper and the artisan of the town are socially on a leveL The subject is, however, too large for a sheet of note paper. —Believe me yours very truly, " RICHARD COBDEN. " Thomas B. Potter, Esq." REPRESENTATION OP BOSTON. —On Tuesday, Captain German, who had announced himself on the pre vious day as ► liberal candidate for Boston, came to the conclusion that it was not advisable for him to press his claims. The gallant captain accordingly retired from the field, leaving Mr. T. Parry, of Sleaford, once more master of the situation. As Lieutenant-Colonel Gourley. of Sun derland, hats not reaponrk*l favourably to a requisition itr viting him to come forward, Mr. Parry will, probably, be now returned without opposition. Mr. Parry is a moderate iberal. REFORM MEETING AT Hiatt WYCOMBR.—A crowded meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the Town-hall, under the auspices of the Vl'yoombe Liberal Association to consider the present aspect of the reform question. The chair was taken by Mr. H. Lucas, who vu supported by Mr. .1. It. Mills, one of the members for the borough, and several 'Mennen and influential inhabitants. The Hon. C. R. Carington, in a letter which elicited marked disapprobation, stated that he did not consider it his duty to join the emaciation or to attend the meeting. Mr. Mills, in his address, strongly reprobated the vague and vacillating policy of the government and expressed his opinion that if Mr. Disra e li had persevered with his resolutions there would have been R majority of 400 against him. He (Mr. Mills) felt sure that in giving his &Regius. to Mr. Gladstone he was doing that which would best promote the interests of the country and the settlement of the question. The question remained in the hands of the liberal party, but he believed more was to be obtained from a conservative government in • minority than from • liberal government with a satis factory majority in the House of Commons, but unable, perhaps, to drive their measure through the House of Lords. He hoped to see the question of the franchise settled this year, that of the redistribution of seats must then bo settled ere long ; but he did not think it wise to endanger • useful measure with reference to the franchise by challenging the votes of mem bers whose seats it was proposed to take away. In the course of the speeches a general opinion was expressed that household suffrage in boroughs and • 101. qualification in counties would be satisfactory,as the agricultural labourers were considered too little educated to be at present en- trusted with votes. A resolution declaring the necessity for more stringent provisions against bribery was met by an amendment in favour of the ballot, which was carried una nimously. A resolution urging on all the liberal members the propriety of uniting with Earl Russell and Mr. Glad stone, and rendering them every possible assistance, was also carried by acclamation. F NORTH SHROPSHIRE ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) (By TELEGRAPH.) SHREWSBURY, TnrasnAv, Lord Newport was returned to-day without opposition. Hie lonlahip, in returning thanks, said he would give a general support to the present government. He was pre pared to support a liberal measure of reform, and to vote for a partial or total abolition of the malt tax. BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAP.) The general half-yearly court of proprietors was held in the Bank Parlour, Threadneedle-street, at no on ; Mr. H. L. HOLLAND presiding. The CHAIRMAN said the net profit. of the half-yedr ending the 28th February, amounted to 792,492 f. Ida :NI., making the amount of rest on that day 3,828,3381. 14a After a dividend of 51 per cent. for the half-yew, th e rest stood at 3,027,923!. 14a. tid. A diacussion took place, among other things, on the question of allowing interest on deposits, and also in refe rence to the terms of the charter. The CHAIRMAN, in replying,said he did not know of any inquiry into or alteration about to be made in the eiin ing charter. As to allowing 'interest on deposit; be thought the proprietors mud be content to leave the management in the hands of those who had hitherto con. ducted the affairs of the bank to their satisfaction. The proceedings terminated in the usual manner. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.-(THIS DA Y) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at one o'clock, at the London Tavern ; Mr. tonnes presiding in the absence of the chairman of the board. The report of Mr. Arthur Anderson, which appeared in the Express, having been taken as read, The CHAIIMAN moved its adoption. He commenced by referring to the fire at the Palace, declaring that the dine. tots had beforehand taken all possible pains to prevent such a disaster, and were assured cia good authority that there was no danger. Now that the event haul occurred they knew, by sad experience, that the time of greatest danger was Sunday afternoon • ' and that was certainly an argument in favour of a Sunday attendance of offici a l s . This event had necessitated • raising of additional capital The building and its contents were insured for 36,0004 and 314,0001. had been received. Fault might be found with the amount for which the property was insured, but at one period there was no insurance at all in conse quence of the enormous terms demanded. A fire brigade having been established, • certain number of companies were induced to take a moderate amount at • moderate rate ; but had the amount been doubled or trebled the terms would have been much higher. The company actually recovered one-half of the total insured for, while the portion of the building destroyed was not more than a fifth or a sixth. The attention of the directors had been directed to the question how the amount required to replace what was burnt should be provided, or whether it should be raised at all. (Hear.) Many person, thought that there was no occasion to rebuild, because they supposed that it would yield no profit ; but he believed that the tropical depart ment had excited the admiration of large num bers of people. He, for one, was opposed to the lopsided idea of not restoring the building externally , though be admitted the internal arrangements . reoniredi separate consideration. He was in favour of repairing the ruins of the Byzantine and the Alhambra Courts, but in other respects the new areaogemeats should, he thought, be less expensive than the old. As to the concert room, the engineer, Mr. Clarke, had assured the directors that it m i g ht be enlarged so as to accommodate 5,000 persons. Adverting to the raising of new capital, be observed that one means of doing it was the absorption of the dividends on the ordinary and preference stock for this year. The money could not be obtained by borrowing because the borrowing powers were exhausted. There was no die. beat, in reign the capital in another subject, the reflection the directors could give to the they thought not more than 50,000/.would be required, at all events for present purposes, and that would not involve the payment of more than 3,5001. a year • and if the in come of the society should be as good as laat year's, they might still be enabled to divide 21 per cent. Even if the income should not be quite so good, there would, no doubt, be a dividend of 2 per cent, He then read a resolution which it was intended to pro pose , authorising the directors to apply to parliament for a bill giving them ppoower to raise 100,000/., at 7 per cent., adding that the duestors would hereafter tell the pro prietors how much they actually required, and how they pro posed that it should be apppriated. (Cheers.) ° 17.. e 1t. A. (loxz moved, in pursuance of notice, a rem lotion to the effect that • large concert-room be erected ea the site of the late fire, and that no add itional capital be raised until it was ascertained whether the 38,000/. paid by the in surance offices was not sufficient. The hon. proprietor strongly condemned the revival of the courts and other parts 44 the Palace destroyed by the late fire, on the ground that they bad not contributed to the profits. He asked the proprietors to pause before they tied a mill stone round their necks. (illeers). [The meeting was pr.:winding When our report left.] &town-roams.— (This Day.) The inclement weather with which London has been visited, especially during the past few days, has also been felt throughout the country. The east wind has made itself felt with far more than its customary severity, and yesterday the thermo meter, when exposed to its influence, marked several degrees below freezing point. Snow began to fall in Loa. don last night, and this morning the snow lay on the ground to the depth of several inches. During the .lay we have had min, hail, and snow—the latter continuing to fall when we went to press. THE TRIAL OF MR- Erse.—lt lIILE at length been fixed that the case of Mr. Eyre is to come on at • special meeting of the Market Drayton bench on Monday, the 25th inst. If a committal should take place, the case cannot come on at the Shropshire spring 411114/" as they are held the previous week. The Rev. Mr. Smith, Roman catholic priest, con victed at Monaghan anises of an assault upon Mr. O'Beirne, manager of the National Bank at Kell% wa s sentenced to six months' imprisonment last evening. There was a counter indictment for assault ag:Linst Mr. O'Beirne, who was acquitted. The sister of Biranger still lives, a nun in the Convent des Oilman:, at Paris. She is 101 years old, but in good health. Several of the Paris journals state that a resolu tion has been come to by the Trades' Council of London to come to the aid of the Parisian workers in bronze, now on strike. A letter of the ith, signed by G. Odger, the secretary, to that effect, is published by sonic of our con temporaries. In France, also, an appx-al in their favour has been addressed to the different working corporations by nineteen delegates of as many societies. A SINGULAR CAVALCAUN.—WhiIe we were at Vsleggio our amusement was chiefly riding, but often our work was so arduous that our horses were too tired fur us to use them, consequently we often patronised donksys i , which happened to be plentiful in the neighbourhood. These we hired, and mounted in any absurd fashion which occurred to us ; and then a number of us would meet at a given spot, and set forth to have an excursion or tovisit the offioers on distant outpost duty, where we were sure of a warm welcome and jovial entertainment. On one of these occa sions we mustered about twenty, all mounted on donkeys, and we agreed that we would give our general the favour of a visit. We formed into a column four abreast, and a captain, who was skilful in performing calls on the bugle, was elected to command the squadron. Some of us wore hunting-caps, and our whips and sticks were adorned with flowers and greens, or with bunches of vegetables to he used in the fashion of a flail ; one had a long pole with a cloth attached to it—he was our standard-bearer—and we carried our various weapons, as if they were our swords, in our right hands, while in the left we held our reins is military fashion. We first performed a few /114UtetIVIII and evolutions not to be found in the regulation book, and then proceeded gallantly on our road. We had not got very far before we descried amid a cloud of duet a body of horsemen, and the word was 'sassed, •• Der Benedek kommt" (Benedek is • ), and this he was certainly doing, at a swing gallop. There was a general sensation, but our captain ordered " Attention, form in troop, right wheel, halt, fours about, front !"—and there we stool, in double lines, at the side of the road. He then got his noble beast intosome kind of pace, and reported to the general and his staff that a detachment, consisting of twenty officers en donkeys, awaited his commands. Benedek entered into the joke, aoceptedthe report, and request's' the captain to order his detachment to defile before him in a gallop and in single file, which order was promptly given and obeyed. Luckily we most of us wore spurs but we meat have looked au& ciently ridiculous ; and Benedek hailed tis with roars of laughter as we defiled before him. especially when one very long-legged subaltern came on, who. in his s al to obey his instructions, literally both carried his donkey and galloped for him. Meanwhile, our captain was on' the left side of the general, sounding the bugle-call for attack with all the strength of his lungs, in order. as he said, to give spirit to the donkeys, and more effect to the whole performance. Having defiled, we drew up a little further on across the road, and awaited further com mands. Benedek then rode up to us, and after expressing his admiration of the style in which we executed our evo lution, and thanking us for the am m useent we bad afforded him, he maliciously requested us, as we were all going the same way, to gallop along by his side as a guard of honour. We set off with the best intentions, as hard as we could induce our long-eared steeds to go ; but the pace was too severe, and we rapidly tailed off. Benedek turned in his saddle, waved his hand, and ahouteil out to us that he would announce our coming to the general, in order that be might not be too much surprised at the ad vancing procession, and so saying disappeared.—Corata ifogatiot for March. COURT Fl This mom the matt int Conceit brotl bad told him wife in order be had made detective with her nei failed to disc that be won slid he wont materials. I him that be to have his n tom ed ne onogy artz thrht oeefahl.cyi The bankr inghanashire. the bankrupt was adjourne and now cam are onl 2.50/. Hr. Munn ported the ha After an e: His Honou the bankrupt solved, he sa, Mr. ]Hunan His Honou should not pa ings were pen bankrupt's w foamed. The benkra and New Bo Sion and disc] The debts Lr considerable d On the eppl an adjoumme TILIUD ON Mr. J. Smi the Lord Ma, land, solicitor and which chi belonging to his fare. 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