The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-02 00:00:00

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Ms. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MAY Si. Tus oosurrence et Bristol on the 23rd ult. of a case of cholera, which is pronounced on authority to be of the true Asiatic type, and which killed its victim in eighteen hours, will give additional in terest to such official publications as tell from time to time of the state of the public health all over the country. We have before us the report of the Registrar- General on the vital statistics of England for the three months ended March 31, the winter quarter, as it is technically called. To generalise rapidly the leimling characteristics of the return, we should say that the mean temperature and rainfall of the quarter were above the average ; the birth rate was high ; the fluctuations of the meteorolo gical elements were unfavourable to health ; the price of wheat continued to rise, while beef and mutton showed no appreciable sign of a failure of the supply, as their prices were not above the average ; pauperism, both in and out door, declined as compared with the two last winter quarters. The marriage returns refer to the three months ending December 31, and, if prosperity is indicated by the disposition to marry in increased numbers, then may we re joice at the proof of the well-being of our people, which is shown by a marriage rate unprecedentedly high all over the country. The births in the quarter were 196,737, and the deaths 138,233, so the natural increase of the population was 650 per diem ; but this does not represent the actual rate at which our numbers were augmented, as migratory ten dencies disturb the estimate. We have no ao count of those who join our ranks, but of those who leave us we take pretty accurate measure. 39,672 emigrants sailed from ports of the United Kingdom, at which there are specially appointed registering officers ; more than 80 per cent. (33,000) of the whole outgoing went to aid the United States in peopling the vast territories of the new world, and of these no less than 58 per cent. were natives of Ireland seeking a Canaan on the other side of the Atlantic. The Irish emigrants to all parts were 21,000, or double the number of those of English origin (11,000) ; but whether Saxon or Colt we know that they will carry with them that love of freedom which, gathering force as it spreads, will one day make all men free. It is most satisfactory to find that the depression caused by the cotton famine is disappearing, and that the working men of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the north generally, are "marrying and giving in marriage" to a degree which indicates a return of brighter days. The Christmas quarter is always most prolific in weddings, but the marriage rate of that quarter in the last year has no parallel during a period of ten corresponding seasons pre ceding. The prices of provisions exercise no inconsidcr- able influence on the health of the people, and the Registrar-General tells us as much on this score as can be gleaned from trustworthy authority. The average price of wheat was 455. Gd. per qr. against 38s. 4d. for the same season of last year. Taking the four last quarterly periods the prices show a gradual rise from 40s. 6d., 435. 3d., 445. 10d., to 455. 6d. Beef of the beat quality ave raged 6.N. per lb. at Leadenhall and Newgato markets, by the carcase, and has not varied per ceptibly for the last 18 months. Mutton of the best quality averaged 7N. per lb.—a price which is absolutely less than the average for the three pre ceding quarters. The average number of paupers relieved on the last day of each week in the quarter was 139,546 in -door, and 759,402 out-door ; a considerable de crease as compared with the corresponding season in 1865. It is a striking fact, and one which sooner or later will imperatively be forced on our considera tion in a comprehensive form, that the excess of mortality in the past quarter was contri buted entirely by the large towns. From this, however, we must except London, where the mortality rate was lower than in 1865. But taking the districts comprising the chief towns, the annual death-rate was 29.7 per 1,000, while in the country districts the rate was 22.5 ; in the towns the current rate was 3 per 1,000 above the average, but in the country it was a trifle below. The death-rate was exceedingly high in the north western counties and in Yorkshire, so the Re gistrar-General concludes that "in the large and always unhealthy manufacturing towns in those parts the people suffered more than they did in others from conditions and sudden changes of the atmosphere which were not con fined to them. The weather, no doubt, caused part of the excessive mortality ; but the destructive causes at work wherever men live in overcrowded, badly drained, unventilated dwellings —if such a designation is applicable —are only invigorated by, without being chargeable to, the influence of season. Much has recently been written about the inevit able sacrifice of life in our large centres of indus trial and commercial activity, and it has been stated, with truth, that we cannot hope even to realise Z rate of 17 or 18 per 1,000 in towns, how ever well provided for in a sanitary point of view they may become. evident we must hope for easily obtainable than the ideal protest against the notion that per 1,000 are to be acquiesced 1. Hear what the Registrar-General " ".^ ."..41LmartagrarA f il mo t tli a9P lV aild !""kal.aa r t e=r t th dlicts ,r'". mortality o quarter in the be eye, travelling trona the lighter math to the darker north would be instantly drawn ton spot of portentesse darkness on the Mersey ; and the question would be asked whether cholera, the black death, or other plague, imported with bales of mseshandise, bad been lately introduced into its busy and populous sea port. HappOy this has not been the case ; but fever, probe* developed or aided by the mild and damp atmos phere of the season, and by overcrowding in an increasing population, has been busy end fatal in Liverpool, and in other towns of the same county, and of Yorkshire. The annual mortality of the borough of Liverpool in the three months was excessive, and demands immediate and mused am/Adoration '• it rose to 4.593 per cent. This implieb that if this death-rate were maintained for a year, forty six pernms out of a thousand in the population would die in that time, or ifteen more than died in Glasgow, its port im rival, and nineteen more than in LAMAS& The mortality of the city of Manchester, though far less than that of Liverpool, was higher than in any other of the thirteen selected towns of the United Kingdoms, It was 37.42 per 1,000, and that of Leeds was hardly less. - - The mortality in the borough of Liverpool has on two occasions during the past quarter been at a rate unexampled in modem time*, of 57 deaths an nually to every 1,000 inhabitants. time revealed the tint work - in Jamaica bad been engaged, and the spirit in which they hod performed it. Oar contemporary had taken his side before it was possiblafer him to know what justice sad humanity required under the circumstances, and when light at length came he did his best to shut it out. We re call this fact in no spirit of detraction, but we owe it to our selves and to those few of our contemporaries who braved a temporary unpopularity for a cause which they and we believed to be just end true to mention these things. The mesa/ now Mantilla' itself with the humans end upright sentiment which is always st the bottom of the heart of England, even when it is most abused by misinformation, and cur contemporary does well ; but we claim the merit of having, with means and facilities far inferior to those of the Times, forced the facts into light, and of having done so when to stand up for the truth was to challenge con tumely and become obnosioas to that most odious of shams, want of patriotism. TOPICS. The Times remarks that the cholera has not been tra velling in one fixed course, but has been " going about" like scarlet fever or small pox in our country villages, not pro ducing anywhere any alarming mortality, but acting rather like the epidemics of ordinary seasons. The three examples we have had of late of the cholera de veloping itself at sea justify a consolatory inference. In no ease was the disease communicated to the population of the country into which it was thus imported. The cholera patients were landed and treated both at the Cape sad in America without the least harm to the inhabitants. The epidemic did not break out either In min our colony or fn New York, though far less cause in former times would have been thought sufficient to erste it. It is plain, therefore, that we may have not only a single ems et the disorder, as at Bristed, or a dozen cams, as at Southampton, but an actual importation of a plague stricken cargo with out any extension or establishment of the disease. The Port says the arguments advanoed last night by Lord Malmesbury in support of the existing system of public execution were easily refuted by the Bishop of Oxford. It would be difficult, except en those purely sentimental grounds with which it is impossible to grapple, to contend that the notoriously demoralising effects. of public executions are counterbalanced by any benefit which it is possible to appreciate. The classification of murders into two kinds is, however, open to some of those objec tions which were taken by Lord Redesdale, and it is not improbable that the provisions of the bill in this ramps= may at a later stage be considerably modified. The same remark applies to the sections framed with the view of checking infanticide. The Fenian, seem to the Times to be in desperate straits for a policy. The vary success of the delusion renders it necessary that something should be done, while at the Wile time it is impossible to find anything to do. The only reality about Fenisaism amidst@ in the number of its subscribing members, and these members will not go =OO - unless the cause is kept alive by some overt action. One faction was wise enough to renounce as impracticable an expedition to Ireland, but it could only do so on con dition of promising an expedition against Canada. This is the policy which we now see expressed in its ultimate shape in the agitation along the New Brunswick frontier. Within the last six months tho Fenians have successively learnt that they can do nothing in Ireland, that they cannot invade Ireland from America, that they can make no kind of impression upon Canada, and that they have no sympathy to expect from the United States. They will presently discover that they are equally helpless even in the fragment of an expedition to which after all their boasts they have been fain to betake themselves, and the result ought to bring the whole device to a speedy and suitable end. The information of the Post as to what Lord Palmerston would have done in the matter of reform differs from that so mysteriously given by the hon. member for South Ramp• shire in yesterday's Times. We believe, says the Post, that Mr. Dutton is under a wrung impression ; that, on the contrary, Lord Palmerston was prepared to introduce a Reform Bill, but with this difference—that he intended to have advised with the conservative party at to his course of action, instead of taking counsel with Mr. Bright. Vitt Court. OSBORNE, MAT 1. The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday morning, accompanied by the Princess Helens and Prince Arthur, and drove out in the afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill and the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinetone, visited the Royal Victoria Hospital, at Netley, yesterday. Today is the birthday of Prince Arthur. Lady Frances Railre and the Rev. William Jolley left Osborne yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Fir countess Walden and Major Teesdale, went to Her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening• Major Teesdale bas succeeded Major Grey as equerry in waiting to the Prince of Wales. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office, yesterday, to the Governors of the West India Islands, Vancouver's Island, and British Columbia. silly l° . 421 V mogno44 o oaos p 1 - 14 it bathe the Emptier, and I aln charpd traC ci the following einnevatirms, through you, to the government of the King of Pandas: The Biaparer Francis Joeriph boawel corned with teal ediefsetion the news that Premis has accepted the proposal for • siaudteneous disarinament of the two powers. His Majesty had expected ea much from the conciliatory feelings of King William. The Emperor is new perfectly ready to order that the troops which had been sent to Bohemia , to reinter*, tbs garrisons should be ' withdrawn to the interior of the empire, and thus put an end to any appearance of a concentration against Preemie. We are, however, at present in a situa tion which obliges us to reinforce our mesas of defence in another direction, and we think neoemary to obtain the assurance that tide circumstance will not prevent thePrus- Bi e n government from responding to the removal of the Austrian troops from the frontier of Bohemia, by the re duction df the Prussian mobilised corps. In feet, the latest news from Italy proves evidently that the army of Victor Emmanuel is preparing to premed to an attack spied Venetia ; Austria is, therefore , fo r c ed to place her Italian army on a war footing by re calling the men on leave of absence, and by providing suf ficient protection, not only fee her frontier on the Po, but also for her extensive era border, which measures could not be effected without considerable movements of troops in the interior of the monarchy. We think neemeary to ae• quaint the King of Prussia's cabinet of this intention, in order not to be exposed to Ulm inberpretationis which might arise from the circumstance that, while corm tennandieg the movements in Beheads, we are Tasking Wintery preparations in other parte of the monarchy. I therefore invite you to explain to the Premien I government that those preparations are only made iis View of the eventuality of a conflict with the Waist* and that we shall commence immediately the execution of the proposal for a reciprocal disarming as open as we are remered that•theaing's government will not permit the measures we adroonmelledte adopt to repel the attack of erre of our neighbours in the south, to exercise an influence on there-establishment of the more( state of the relations between Austria and Prussia I roped yob to express those views to the president of the cabinet without delay, and to communicate to me his reply. In ease the eourt of Preside, ahould make its dis armament depend on the supposition that the German Federal States would make no other military preparations, Iwill Observistoputhat to ourknowledp no effectivearma s meets have beenmade in those sates, and that the feelings of the respective governments offer beforehand a complete guarantee for the continuance of the state of peace from the moment thartAndria and Prussia realise the pacific declarations they have exeirimged. Lastly, I must ob serve to you that it depends entirely on Prussia to allay completely - the fears which the . governments of Germany may hive conceived, by giving assurances for the mainte name of the federal peace as positive as those we gave on the 21st to our confederates. You are authorised to leave • cop 7 of the present with Count de Moment. Receive, kc., De lixterronee. A communication from Perth in the Augsburg Gazette says : The greatest energy and activity are displayed in hasten ing the armaments against Italy. All the corps, which are recruited from Hungary, have called in the men on leave, whether belonging to the infantry, cavalry, or artillery. Equipments and munitions of all kinds are being despatched in such haste that the Southern Railway is scarcely able to meet the demands upon it. All the naval force on leave--officen, cadets, and men have been called in and sent partly to Pole. The cell has extended to the oldest classes, so that many fathers of families have been obliged to depart. The government has made a contract with the firm of Blum and Brachfeld for the supply of 20,000 horses, at tho rate of 120 florins each for the Il3ht cavalry, 150 for the artillery, and 180 for the heavy cavalry, to be delivered within 30 days. The first delive ries have been so rapid that the regiments are at a loss to employ the horses. Temporary sheds are to be erected for the purpose of stabling them. The same firm, with the permission of the Austrian government, made a contract with the Bavarian government for the supply of 6,030 horses, which has already been completed. A correspondence from Leipsic in the Berlin papers states that the Saxon government is also buying horses for cavalry and artillery on a large scale. Considerable supplies are stored at Anna berg, Schwartzenberg, Schlittan, and other places. This indicates that the Saxon troops in the event of a war would unite with an Austrian corps, ap pointed to occupy the towns on the northern side of the Bohemian mountains. The Movitnento of Genoa, of the 28th, says : Preparations for war are going forward on a large scale. The arsenal, powder manufactories, and military establish ments, both public and private, have received large orders, and all, with the greatest zeal, are answering the call made upon them. A correspondent from Naples says that equal energy is displayed there, and the writer adds that he saw with his own eyes a letter from General La Marmon to a Neapolitan nobleman, in which he says, " Get ready to be my aide-de-camp." (REUTER . S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, MAT 1, Evrtmc. The Archduke Heinrich will, it is announced, shortly proceed to Verona to take the command of the division of the army in Venetia. Prince Alexander of Hesse will also receive a command. The journals of this city continue to publish intel ligence of Italian armaments. The Presse asserts that in the Prussian despatch summoning Saxony to disarm, Count Bismarck de mands explanations respecting the Saxon arma ments, and threaten to take measures against I Saxony in case she should return an unsatisfactory reply, or refuse to disarm. The inhabitants of the fortified towns in Bo hemia received notice some time back to lay in provisions for a considerable period, in conse (pence of the imminence of war. It is stated that the Prussian reply delivered here yesterday to the Austrian note of the 28th ult. declares the Austrian proposals for disarma ment to be completely nullified by the military measures she has taken against Italy. The Vorstadt Zeitung says that Austria addressed a second note to Prussia on the 26th ult., in which she repeated her proposal that the Duke of Angus tenburg having the best title to the Schleswig- Holstein throne should be installed duke of those 1 1 Duchies. It is rumoured that a courier has arrived with an autograph letter from the Emperor Napoleon to the Emperor of Austria. According to the Fremdenblatt, the intention of holding a universal exhibition in this city has been relinquished an account of the threatening appear ance of public affairs. The Vienna Chamber of Commerce purposes sending a deputation to the Emperor to beg him shortly to convoke the Reichsrath. MAI 2. Prussian iy, which that the preparation - !Tr , k_the The ties patch further states that the Saxon Minister of the Interior is preparing the division of the electoral districts for the return of deputies to the German waif:ant. RESS, WEDNESDAY. • - la t MAY 2, 18 For the prose • b • • .. GENCE. *‘1441 •` " • ° NY , • —• • • th e N•TO • Wm • - I something m • • to the • The pn r • N : tn e ), QUESTIO mit Saxon ' ideal Man. • I per ,a, tei , ' to • ••• • • .. hat rates 16 , • • 110 • of the deeps .lains oed in as ere to t• • 'Eyre • those wh "served • , 7.. "' A 1 • Austrian gowernmen , ► queen—on were made in pr eneral says of these truly It will be remembered that the 2'istee srhi • P- Count Karolyi, its ambatsador at Berlin. for the of Saxony being called ttioqi 'Ma im " - -1111 . 14 4441.9.91 Bei" alUsn".ll" for -• we !averment:awn lb/ PrinbareibinS6 ..4A. time revealed the kind of work in which our countrymen zooty to our ppeppapp i p oi on pit 5418th. 1 11 Lederal *A. ha Thet rihar to sta ltila li that eriZgaion Minis t OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) 19:11ANT WONT IH IRZLUID. Describing the contrast between the tenant ques tion in England and in Ireland, the Times proceeds to con• tend that the state of things in the latter country justifies an alteration of the legal presumption against the claims of dispossessed tenants without a written security for the value of their improvements, and that Mr. Fortesue's bill, the main object of which is to promote the nee of written contrasts between landlord and tenant, by making it the interest of the landlord to insist upon having one, deserves a favourable hewing from the landed interest of Ireland. There can be no better reason given in favour of the bill than what Mr. Whiteside employs as a reason against it. So abject, awarding to him, is the servility of Irish tenants, that if thus favoured by law they would blindly sign any paper which their landlords might lay before them. Ware this true, it would strongly confirm all that has been said of the presence to which they are liable where they have no sunray at all. We must deal with the pro blems before us, and of these one of the most urgent Is that of keeping the best class of Irish farmers in the country. Whatever does this, and stimulates their energy by assuring to them its fruits, must ultimately benefit their landlords too, and make them better rent-payers as well as letter neighbours and better citizens. The judoe of the provision in the bill enlarging the power of the limited owner to make improvements at the expense of his successor cannot, the Daily News thinks, be denied, and on the principle of the provisions extending over longer periods, the power given to limited owaers of granting leases, and to diminish the occasions of recourse to the courts, there can be no dispute. The third and most important portion of the bill constituting the measure one of tenant right—and upon which issue probably will be joined—is the part which proposes that in Use absence of any written contract to a contrary pur port, the outgoing tenant shall be legally, as he is now morally and by usage, entitled to compensation for the =exhausted value of his improvements. Lord Naas de nounces legislation to this effect as a violation of the sacred rights of property. But property itself is only the creation of law ; and surely legislation may modify for the general good the rights which it creates. The fear ex premed that improvements will be made against the will of the landlord deserves little consideration, as if the tenant at will is improving too rapidly, a notice to quit will be an effectual remedy. But though the justice of this measure is self-evident, its necessity is relative to the con dition of Ireland, and cannot be appreciated emept by persons acquainted with the state of things in that country. The iirraid says Mr. Fortescne's measure is scarcely dc servag of serious attention; for its original provisions are such as no legislature recognising the rights of pri vate property will be likely to sanction with its approval ; and, furthermore, because, should it become law, it must, in so far as the object sought to be obt►ined is concerned, prove even a greater failure than the act it is presumed to amend. No proprietor would be fool enough to let hie land without first exacting a w.itten agreement that the pro visions of the bill should remain a dead letter. In point of fact, the only result of the measure, if carried, must be to prevent any attempt at improvements at all, or to limit them to the extent sanctioned by the landlord. The ministry cannot entertain the remotest hope of carrying through such a measure by the aid of men possersing estates in Great Britain, who would be little inclined to sanction a law which, if passed, could be hereafter cited as a precedent for a similar interference with the rights of private property here. There is one circumstance the TelegrapA mentions which is of the happiest augury for Mr. Fortescue's measure. Fifteen, or even ten years ago, it was impossible to induce Irish members to believe that, on such a question, justice to their country could be expected at the hands of the parliament of Great Britain ; but, in the present session, we have seen a deputation of 25 Irish members waiting upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and holding lan guage so moderate and temperate as to encourage the hope that unreasonable impracticability and vindictive antagonism will no longer divide Irishmen from a govern ment and a parliament which are heartily desirous to be not only just, but generous, towards them. AURTILIA AIM ITALY. The Past regards it as natural and necessary that Italy, in view of the possibility of war in Germany, should make preparations against future contingencies on her German frontier. Whatever Italy may have done is a necessity imposed upon her gratuitously, and without any act or choioe of her own, by the attitude of the German Powers ; and she cannot justly be &aid to have done that in the first instance herself which has compelled her to arm even in self-defence. Austria excused and justified her warlike preparations, complained of by Prussia, on the plea that it was the attitude of Prussia which compelled her to arm, and Prussia in her turn maintained that the conduct of Austria bad necessitated the military preparations to which she had had recourse. In this controversy Austria was sup posed to have the best of it ; but the fact of her taking the same line of argument in the dispute with Italy may be considered by many to weaken her position and throw doubt upon her assertions in the former case. The Telegraph has so high a confidence in the practical good sense of the Italian government and people that it does not imagine they will assail Austria without the aid of some powerful ally. If the peace of Europe is to be broken, it must suffer its first breach north of the Alps. It is, indeed, possible that a war in the Peninsula may be only part of a concerted scheme between Frugal& and Italy ; but the existence of such a scheme involves the practical complicity of France ; and, as yet, we have no just cause to suspect the French government3ofj any intention of de parting from its avowed policy of neutrality. If Austria were wise, says the Star, she would frustrate the knavish plots of diplomatic intriguers ; she would play a card which not even Count Bismarck, with all his astuteress, wild trump, and at the same time relieve her self of a colonel incubus and a perpetual source of weak. ness and danger—by discarding the evil advice of the ex iled princes who are so busy just now at the court of Vienna, and boldly offering to submit the in contestible claims of Venetia to friendly negotiations. Meanwhile the war aloud is becoming blacker and blacker; Prussia Is ma'cing more extravagant demands even to the extent of requiring the smaller states like Saxony to dis , arm ; the Italians have abandoned themselves to a frenzy 1 of warlike passion ; and Franca, having the power to utter the word " peace" and to exercise her vast influence as a moderator, remains mute. TRIL JAMAICA COMMISSION. -TRE HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.-(THIS DAY.) --*-- His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, acting on behalf of her Majesty the Queen, held a levee to-day at St. James's Palace, which was attended by a large number of noblemen and gentlemen who had the right of entree arising out of former presentations. The number of pre sentations to-day was very considerable, the names having, according to custom, been left some dm) s I previously at the Lord Chamberlain's office for his royul highness's approval. Amongst the gentlemen presented to-day were many of the newly-elected sheriffs of England and Wales, several officers who have obtained promotion in the army and navy, clergy men who have recently obtained preferment in the churel., and many persons in privets statimis of life desirous of the honour of a royal introduct'on. During the last few days the reception-room at St. James's Palace has been to some extent re-arranged so as to provide greater facilities for the arrival and departure of the gentlemen attending the levee. The Prince of Wales was attended to-day by Viscount Sydney, the Lord Chamberlain, General Knollys, Lord A. Paget, and several members of his own and her Majesty's household. All presentations at the levee to-day are to be considered equal to presentations to her Majesty. It is announced that his royal highness will hold the next levee of the season at St. James's Palace on Wednesday, the 6th of June. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., and Lady Emily Peel entertained at dinner yesterday evenings at their residence in Whitehall-gardens—The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lrd and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Viscount Sydney, Lady Molesworth, Baron Meyer de Rothschild, Sir James Ferguson, Sir Edwin Landseer, Mr. Fonblanque, and Mr. Phinn. Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, Scots Fusilier Guards, has been appointed equerry to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and will enter on his duties on the bth of July. Lord Dalhousie, we (Owt) believe, will be Presi dent of the Commission which is about to be appointed to inquire into the subject of recruiting for her Majesty's forces. Lord Clarence Paget is to be appointed a privy councillor before his departure for the Mediterranean. C. N. Kempe, Esq., of the Admiralty, is to be appointed private secretary to Mr. Baring, who has just entered on his duties as secretary to the Admiralty. The Owl understands that the decision arrived at by the Conservative party, as a result of the division on the second reading of the Representation of the People Bill, is that they will in committee propose that a qualifi cation of 201. occupation in counties and Si. rental in boroughs ihould be substituted for the government scale. The Cattle Plague Commissioners met yesterday, at 2, Vieterie-rteeet. Present : Earl Spencer, Lord Cranborne, Mr. Lowe, Dr. Lyon Mayfair. Mr. Read, Dr. Beam Jones, Dr. Qosin, Dr. Parkes, Mr. Cooly, Pro wiser Spooner, and the secretary, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 2. On the 27th ult. the Prussian government ad dressed a circular note to the German governments, declaring that the essence of the Prussian proposals for reform, made on the 9th of April, eras that a period should be fixed for the assembling of a German parliament before the different govern ments entered upon a discumion of the reform propositions. P ru ssia, will consider the rejection of this point by the different governments of Germany as a virtual refusal seriously to entertain the question of reforming the federal constitution. DAILY NEWS' Tutu.' AND ?NE The Daily News is glut, and not in the least surprised, to And it now held by some who were the earliest and also the latest defenders of Governor Eyre, that it was highly laeditable to the English conscience to be so shocked by the AUSTRIA. VIIINKA, KAT t The goods traffic on the railways between this city and Trieste has been stopped by order of the goverrnient. PRINCE ALFRED. , BRUNSICLS. Max L Prince Alfred arrived here yesterday from Co burg. A court carriage, in waiting at the station, conveyed his royal highness to the palace. SPAIN. 1 MADRID, ILAy 1, Emma. The 'Petrie of this evening says :—" It is in vain. that the Bank of Spain claims the mainte nance of its monopoly. We begin to understand that the principles of free trade in banking can I alone save the embarrassed finances and the trade of the country." MALTA. MALTA, MAT L Sir William Denison, the late Governor of Madras, arrived here this morning by the Para. He intends staying a week at Malta and a week at Gibraltar. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. (Vis Crookhavea. ) NEW YORK, Assn 21. General Meade has arrived at Eastport. He has announced that he will pzeser►e neutrality, and he has taken precautionary measures for that pur pose. The steamer Virginia has arrived out. Several fatal cases of cholera had occurred on board. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Aram 21, Monica. Money abundant. Gold, 127. Exchange on London, 134 ; ditto on Paris, 4.1 31 . Stocks steady : New York Centrals, 9 2 ; Illinois, 1141 ; Erie, 73 ; 5-20 Bonds, 1041. Cotton dull : Middling Upland, 37. Flour quiet. Wheat dull. Corn steady. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee, sugar, and molasses steady. Petroleum slightly firmer : crude, 2611 ; refined, 39. Week's receipts of cotton at New York, 11,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, Arun 20. Cotton slightly firmer : low middling, 38 to 37. Week's sales, 11,000 bales. Week's receipts, 18,000 bales. INDIA. (By direct Overland Telegraph.) BOMBAY, Arm 24, 410 p.m. 71bs. shirting', 7r. Ba. Cotton very dull. Ex change on London, 2s. lid. The latest London date is the 21st April. .._ CALCUTTA, Aram 23. 71bs. skirtings, 7r. 12a. Exchange on London, 2s. 2d. Government securities, 4 per cents., 861 ; ditto, 5 per cents., 1011 ; ditto, 5i per oents., 107 i. OVERLAND MAILB. MALTA, MAT 1. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Pera left at 10 a.m., snd the Geelong at 2 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles about the evening of the 3rd, and the latter st South ampton about the 10th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OP ENGINEER,' MACHINISTS, MILLWRIGHTS, doe. ' The fifteenth annual report of the above sota ety just issued consists of 357 closely printed pages, and abaft equals in size the ordinary parliamentary blueobook, gay of the facts made knows by the report and the n nmsrsa s E ars of figures are very remarkable. It appears that dint eg the past yes:rem Amide:masted fl misty inn added a* 03,5001.t0the previousseaumuletedfund,owiegtethegn eftz thattbuing the year trade has been exceedingly good; iii• new members have been added, and at the close grams. her there wore in all 30,918 manbers. The ameaudeted fluid d the society at the Blase of the year amounted t o no less than moan. 1.35. 104 d., or 31. 14s. 144. pee maw her, apart from the amens, although the aroma ' ," daring 1865 was m much as 49,1721. 6s. 23. Ab e d TO of the brandies have deposited their feeds to the Postaffice Savinp Banks, &meantime to about 24,4*, " end I believe " writes the general secretary, nal more will avail themselves et this privilege—a pew,. o bt a ined through the kindness of the Chancellor of the trolseguer, Kr. Gladstone, who richly deserves the by thanks of this u well as all similar institutions." Da* the year 14,0701. 4a. 9d., or 9 s. lei. per member Ins b en paid tomembers eat of empleyeasst, being 2,1551. lase that that paid in the previous year. On sick benefit tare hie been paid 13,785/, 14s. 9d., or Bs. Id. per member en peilde d_tb. two Wean* Ong no ken a mm Om 17,8551. 19s. Id.- to supprrt them during tbe yolk To superannuated members the sum of 5,1841. 171. 4 a. her been paid, being 1,2821. lla 9d. more than in the rake year. This difference is ceased by the Increased basil now allowed to the members who, through old age at by &laity, are under the necessity of samrsannages, This is a most important benefit of the society, and am that cannot be too highly alrradat•d by the member' p nerally, for it has proved a great solace and relief to soup old and deserving members, 280 of whom were in m o p s of its benefits at the aloes a( the year. In oases of midst the ram of 1,8001. has been expended, being 3 8•1. serer than the amount paid in 1884. The funeral bona emanated to 4,8871., or NAL in exams of the previouyeee, so that the sum of 39,12 K. 111. 10d. 'has been evaded b t payment of the five principal benefits—namely, donalim to unemployed members, sick, superannuatioe, widest, and that of funeral, during the year. CONVOCATION OP THE PROVINCE OF CANTERECIRY.-(THIS DAY.) UPPEZ 110171!. - _ This morning the Archbishop and Bishops composing the upper boom of convocation ameadisd Queen Anne's Bounty Mae, the Archbishop of Casie bury presided, and there were present the Bidisp Winchester, ffiy, l'ehoree, Bt. David's, Bangor, St. Aaaph, Oxford, GilmeeAsr and Brie l ig, a t Unman, and other prelates. Several poetic"s werepamted from virtue, dims praying that the i rlmtn would exert their Wilms in pressing upon parliament the neceesity of repealing the present law of divorce, and praying also for as m the roods of electing proctors to the low:t r ol l : convocation. LLT AGIZNCT IS THE CHURCH. The Bishop of Winchester, as chairman of a ereasfillis appointed by their lordships to consider the ceder, brought under the weism of the house, the gneiss of the establishment of a sub or lay dinsonate, which hes been strongly recommended for some time past by sas Archdeacon of London. The archdeacon states, in alsWe to the president of convocation, that, assuming that the church n prepared to accept as deacons persons el en. rate incomes, thee* who have served be the army and navy, lawyers, physicians, he., sad an to include in the order other persons besides than who are qualified for and donnas of the priesthood ; het throe obstacles appear to stand in the way. The fist is that of the rtatniei law which prohibit. all persons ia hely orders from trading ; the second, that of the 74th mac% which requires in deacons ability to give an wean of their faith in Latin ; the third is, the 73rd mos, whisk prohibitathe bishops from ordaining deacons without set► sisatical stipend. There were no other legal or socksintirel impedimenta, nor did it appear that the removal of these would in any way affect the priesthood ; it would be keg. clear as at present from the intrusion of persons of nlnfie qualification and position by the demand of sepal learning and by the necessity of relinquishing all mime employment. The archdeacon proceeded tom= "Of the extent to which the number of serving in the church as deacons would be inenesed by the removal of these impediments it is inewann at present to form any idea. Bat of this we ai r hi scoured, that if the opening of the order of d seaesi lie way to persons in secular employment were deland Is have the approval of the episcopal bench, the feeliqd de laity upon the question would be very easily seensimd, and the necessity and expediency of taking furtherasseen for carrying the purpose Into effect would be clesoly esn. The extension of the order of deacons may probably,bs mkt than the creation of anew order; if toned inoperative yoid have much less appearance of failure, and if proved mid the number of persons he respectable stations Bening sf mission to it would probably from time to time Mann To this I may add that the relation of the desconate to he church and to society m a y clear and defind ea respect for those who be admitted to t , in hates* condition of life they might be, but were anew order erred there must be uncertainty as to the light which the posh at large might regard it, and especially if persons of Woke qnalifioations as fo manners and station should haps the first instance to obtain admission to it. I cm* however, conclude without expressing my appreheasices that if the extension of the order of deacons should net he accompanied on the part of the church by the neogaisim of some lower order of ministers, readers, or career, much disappointment may be felt by then amen am who have offered their services as sub-deacoes, of when many might shrink from the dawn's office." The discussion on these points, so full of interest, to* pied their lordships during the morning. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. (THISA Y.) The annual meeting of this society wee lala at 11 o'clock at Exeter-hall. The attendance 018 not quite equal to that of many anniverscia The chair was taken by the Earl of NOM suits, and on the platform were a mon g the Earl of Harrowby, Bishop Smith, the Re Suter, Bishop Designate of Nelson. New ZoilsodOk Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Robert Hanbary,ll.l4 Mr. J. IL Mills, 11. P., General Clarke, General Lawns" Colonel Macdonald, Admiral Hadden, Professor Item Levi, /Colonel Littledale, Stock fral Philarfephia, ko. The report said the receipts for the year ending filf# preesdlef 31, 11816, exhibit an increase over those of the year in almost eve item, with the exception of lellacils in which there is diminution of 23,4701. 13s. id. Mc sum applicable to the general p ur p oses of 911 society 'has amounted to 80,52. - ./. 1 81 and tho amount received for Bibles and T. taments has been 81,303/. 2s. 5d., being 2,013/. 100 s more than in the preceding year. The total receipisfcca the ordinary sources of income have amounted to WAS. 155. 3d. To this must be added the sum offos/.14a81. received for the China fund ,• 161. 2s. 5.1. for the 4 01 fund for India ; and 8,9241. 17s. 10d. furthereon oBo o l , in aid of the building fund ; making a grand total 0 171,3;5f. 10s. 2d. The ordinary payments have 176,157/. Ora 11d., and the payments ea count of the special fund to 6,245/. 2'. w making the total expenditure of the year to amount le 182,402/. as. 5.1., being 12,65.11. 9a. 7d. inere than ia 110 Be ',nestling year. The society is under engag e ments to extent of 109,121/. ss. 7d . the issues of the socicel the year are as follows :—From the depot st Was 1,471,044 copies ; from depots abroad. R 25,086 00 1 total, 2,296,130 copies. The total issues of the sock ed amount to 50,215,709 copies. in ' g rh d e n se ire co s i r e e x l e s t i 0 Ou the motion of the Earl of HARROWIST, seconded V to fllslaop SMITH, and supported by the lion. and Baptist Noy., the report was adopted. ' for the many proofs of prosperity and blessing ho' been vouchsafed during the past year to the of the British and Foreisu Bible Society ; and reconmisa intswro.ssouftollthornk's—‘to‘ T A ba l!itC h . ,b iil / 1°11 :. °1 4 increased desirefor the Holy Scriptures apparent in s parts of the world, and in the enlarged facilities sib"' or their diffusion a loud and earnest c.. 11 to renewed 001, prayer, and liberality in the sacred cause of Bible dims mination." At the annual meeting of tho Edinburgh Pa Midlothian Rifle Association,, held on Tuesday l ' N following following letter from Mr. Duman M'Laren, wee Ili read :—" I beg leave to state, in answer to your rinio li f that when I had the honour to be elected there 1 0 118 other promise, expressed or implied, exacted from me the that I should attend to my public duties in pacli'megiste_ promote the general interests of the community in "": best of my ability ; and this promise I have end/erosion to perform, never having been absent, except oes since the first met, and that absence IF, W, attend the funeral of a friend. I entirely dissliPlo s constituents ,or members giving, subscriptions for local objects inn ki the towns which they represent, in then character of members, and believe it has had a mod Fe judicial effect in many towns in England, as cynic , '" br recent investigations in parliament. With these feeling,' my present intention is never to subscribe one shilling far any purpose in my character of city member, but to anal/ duty as a private citizen respecting all suhscriptionn, M I have hitherto done, in such away and manner as 11 $1 voluntarily think right, —I em, sir. your 5017 °bedica4 servant, D. leLamm." MAILS. • The Poonah, from Southampton on the 20th April, arrived on the 30th at 6 a.m., and left at noon for Alexandria. The Ripon, from Marseilles on the 25th April, arrived to-day at 11 a.m., and leaves a. 4 p.m. for Alexandria. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Oneida has arrived here this morning with the above mail, 138 passengers, 52,6511. in specie, four packages of diamonds, value not stated, and 3,217 packa3es of cargo, chiefly coffee and cotton. On the 16th ult. she spoke the English barque Governor, on the 21st the steamers Kepler and Thalia and the ship Mon trose, and on the 25th the ships Robert Pulford l and Wallace and the barque Birch Grove. The Eng lish squadron was at Montevideo. DREADFUL STORM AT BUENOS AYRES. BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 27. This city was visited by an awful storm on the 19th inst., which has not been equalled in violence since that of 1805. A hurricane of dust was suc ceeded by total darkness and the city seemed threatened with total detruction. A complete panic reigned among the population. Mothers sought their children in vain, and the scenes in the coffee houses and clubs baffled description. The hotels were crowded, but no lights could be obtained, and the confusion and alarm were thus increased. Several houses were blown down, and every build ing in the town shaken to its foundation. The loss in the river was very severe and many persons were drowned. The railway stations were destroyed and great damage was done to private property. An eye-witness of the sudden death of Lady Knight Bruce writes to the Times with regard to the etiquette which forbids any chemist to leave his shop mot to render assistance in the most urgent cases where a doctor's services cannot be obtained at a moment's notice. In the case alluded to, no professional aid could be pro- cured until too late to be available, although four medical men were summoned. Two chemists in Oxford•street re fused to do more than send for a doctor, notwithstanding they were informed of the pressing need of instant succour. Those around the unfortunate lady did all in their power in the hope of restoring her to consciousness, but unpro fessional efforts must be uncertain and often misguided. A duel was fought at Rome last week between the noble guard, Signor Costa, and the Neapolitan refugee, Signor Ricciardi. The quarrel arose from the resentment shown by Signor Ricciardi at some observations addressed to his wife, • young Roman lady, by Signor Costa, at the theatre. The weapons used were sabres. Signor Costa's superior stature gave him some advantage over Signor Ricciardi, who was wounded three times, but not dan gerously, before the second► interfered to put • stop to the combat. The consequences of the affray are that the noble guard is in arrest and loses his commission in the corps and his office of rice-president of the Monti district ; whilst the Neapolitan is not to be found, and his wife re mains a temporary widow in her father's house. It is not yet known whether the seconds will be maenad or not. Signor Costa's second. were Prince Ladislaus Odeso•lcbi and • French officer, and *on of his Neapolitan •dver airy were two members of the Austrian Legation. The duel was fought at a short distance from the chart* of St. Agnes extra nurot. CROOKHAVEN, MAY I.—Her Majesty's ship Blank Prince, from Bantry Bay, passed lane at 10 pan. to-day, roan for Queenstown. CRYSTAL PALACR.—HALF-A-CROwN DAT, Tune: DAT, MAY I.—A dmissiona on payment, 7,463; ditto by SAY= tickets., 6,2 N; total visitors, 13,746. [2.4h i i e ie e , ex. e dell wiTh Mr. I 1 ' i ~, i~ F P is TM ila nil 'HMO ; te all dad. alVt itias ai g • do is and da taste =IP° Loathe the ■ r. R. mod in . I - aim, I..by 71/i mad • th wo Mr. M. It 'PP ving 11 1401 10240.1 th waked ith pe ? ,out 1 Polio& olio. on le efaa 1111 Y roe ithout id ea kad gem tzt l go iirl ookless named mid ole LTBE LA. Mr. whose eludes ROB TM with steoli of MI Thy wee ii other We the I cut a p of M the made ae abou the 1 Mr stabl TA on In of t r ii fel, ;.; Po priso Von r. in X 7 not addii Rion, been tome and same Tftei Intel to th plaa beer righi M be[; you 818 1 b ! Prt;i: folk Sir Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.