The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-01 00:00:00

T IC I. LF r ry ~"_ - • ..m.,%! -) J t • r TrTv - - • . p . . , _-...... .... i . . f i j . . . •1 t 4 rat I _! irtsl,ss Iti o, O,(; :27.3 i IkONE ~1 f srd, LoY 1 odon 4R I 'I LI G NII of fata AM l SON e S('f PACKET • .0 .11:.1 1.1 A.— 1 , ..r 11 F.I.IiOUILN Port Phillip; inreet, t'•• 1 Y. the "il' November 'calling s . ••••, the splendid clipper ship st FFuLli, LOW tool, - • 1 II IN, Commander- 1 ing In the Lad India iter secounnodetions for all classes of pasesngews are L .. , 1, and the will carry an expenenced surgeon.—For -r ',assoc.', apply to ALLPORT and MOIttIAN, with . 1:0N CY Winatkii and SUNS. 7. Leedenhallotreek - "I'M.‘N LINK—The LIVERPOOL, NEW 1..111i. sit PHIL tql-71.1 . 111.t STEANI-shIP COMPANY -p.a. hi, g their lull powered Clyde-built Iron screw .corryin.; the United States Midis, calling at Queens , hod, ~Il the following day, to take on board passengers ▪ -oche.. and with liberty to call at au intermallate port: I'. OF 11.1 I ItoKk. Wednesday, November O. I.T\ 1. ...it . N. -venther 49 I ..F W N - r•lnmemy, Nov, 13, PAI:IS, Wedne.day, Nov. 20.1 IA every Wednesday and Saturday. oia-te, by the mall steamers Oiling every Wednesday. 17 , ._1 einuiiis, soconling totheaceonnuoilation. Forwent •o, locks a hill Sllpriy of CoOked pTUVIIII4IIII Pll2llolllrerl olei and the United States booked through very *dm, t. mei —For farther particulars apply to WILLIAM v Watersareet, Liverpool: audio &ChM andIIACZY, Leedom C.NARD LINE.—BItITISH and NORTH .‘II..HICAS RIVAL NAIL er LAM 91111%, apiLnied .• Ilmtralty to call between LI V EltrOOL and NEW TORE t; • • ••••eco UTILE Mb and the 801400 strips calling '• • •1r to land and twelve pamengers and malls The ful t, • r other vessels are appointed to sail trum UMW* • . N.lll to receive th e math: • • , VI A. far Aatarday, November! 1.1. far Hamill?, !Wonky, November!). 1.-I A. for N En' TURK, Saturday, November 16. • mod wands fur Naßallll and Havana, to he .• • •I New York subject to the pennillabal of the United • ,•„.; dna, 1)..r.1 the N M ns. Including mermen's fee and provleloaa, tat aims ar Ildllfax and Boston. chief cabln. • • :.I cabin. tr..). Ti. New York. chief cabin, Li) ; eecenid —lnply to J. B. Fuord, 62, Old Ilroad-otrect, London; •• 1 11. e r, Glen, and 12, Place do la Bonne, ; harm. 30. Jamalca•strett. Glasgow. and Edltle-street. I/ nal • • Ihte Ivor, Qummatown; or D. and C. Mr-Ivor, r dreet, Liverpool. W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 1 4 -1..1 • -I pa ards of Vivo Millions. 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QOCT and ItHEUMATISM.—The excruciating ham of gout .0 rheumatism is quickly relieved &ad cur Ina Ira Mays by that celelwated medicine, aml They reydre no restraint of diet or confinement during their awl are certain to prevent the disease attarldng any vital pan 5.4.1 by all medicine vendors at Is. lid. and 2a. lid. per boa • r 4 ,, ained through any enendst Dt. scams BILIOUS and LIVER. PILLS, D a never failing remedy, prepared without any memorial Or iltot, will be found invaluable to all Ishii rafter from balms and iiwor complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms., Mddintes, dint. se-a of the eyes, &a Yet habitual costiveness, as a family sP rent mention, and as • purifier of the Lined, they are truly mi-Jcbt ; mild In their operoUon and grateful to the stomach, U -f create appetite, pr•mote digesting and strengthen the el, nervous by W. Lambat chemist, 8, King 111 ...luavtavet, Chartnivtems, and by most driiggista, In holes ls tii and three times the quantity in me, M. ed. Ua sure to se .1. lir. Scott's Bilious and Liver Ma. The genuine are in a si..te green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the NAZI% oI:NTILY W( )ItKHOUSE INFIRMARIES. • 11ie Report of the • • Lomat - Coutinhislou ou Woleerhanip- It.i's;ioure. mtnit“nishire, Is published In the •• LANCEr' of 1 - DAY, N,o. I. Price 7d., at:tent/NI stl. Mire, 42:1, Strand, Loudon. RINAL ACTHOIO4.—It is scarcely possible to eon ( .e a work less likely to entice any one to the eases of tral authorship than the " Catalogue" of Horace 1 . 4p01e, with its scanty praise and its abundance carping criticism. " Frederick Prince of Wales," , tells us, "wrote French songs in imitation of the -.;eat, and did not miscarry solely by writing in a lan not his own." Three letters of James IL's, which .• re published at his command by W. Fuller, gentleman, d the unhappy agent into being voted by the House of f..minoes a notorious cheat ; into his being prosecuted by .Ittorney-tleneral, and whipped and pilloried. Charles I. , rote " most uncouth and inharmonious poetry," The merit of Jmura l.'s compositions is expressed in the caustic assertion that " Bishop Montagu translated all his ilajesty's works into Latin. A man of so much patienoe 11:04 well worthy of favour." Henry VIII. himself comes off very little better, with the suggestion as to the great work %bleb corned for the wearer of the English crown the title of Ih•femler of the Faith (of which Walpole most charac teristically says," it seemed peculiarly adapted to the weak head of the high church, Anne") that " a little scepticism on his talent fur such a performance, roan as it is, might make tta question whether he did not write the defence of the sacraments against Luther, as one of his sec. cessora is suppow d to have written the Eleke flotraord, that is, with the pen of some court prelate." With the same suggestion of assisted authorship be sweeps away the claim of Edward If. to the composition of the poem attributed to him, believing that " this melody of a dying nion ,rch is about as authentic as that of the old poetic warbler, the swan." The only royal pen to which he allows any real merit is that of Queen Elizaheth, who, " in the days when," as Camden says, " King Edward was wont to cell Ler Lis snit sisti r Majsrancr, applied much to hter , ture."-- Quart , sly ri, new number. 31 e:rEons. —A remarkable meteor which appeared in April 2ti wan seen by two practised observers. Messrs. , Ras..idell and Wood, at Liverpool and Weston-super-Mare resp. ctivtly. From a careful examination of their °hoer- Lite os it results that the meteor appeared when at a t of :42 miles vertically over Lichfield, that it trt , lb l in a southerly direction at the rate of about :XI miles per —core!, and disappeared when over Oxford at a height of miles, having travelled over a course of nearly 75 mil,., The meteor appears to have belonged to the deto nate.; class. Eight minutes after its appearance Mr. 1 % . ' , .1 heard a sound "which resemble.] the momentary ro , a railway train, at some distance, crossing over a l'r• ;v." It is worth noticing that Mr. Wood must have Le • i the roar of the meteor inversely, that its, the first is, of the sound he heard was the part generated lst, " • '" " 1 4 0 . A detonation was also heard at St o ny S!* Vora, a place lying nearly under the path of the fl. c's . -r.,r, bit/ Mow:in, for November. r.,it's BILL IN THE REIGN OF WILLIAM 111. . ;L e diary of Sir Thomas Rokeby, justice in the Court • f.: , ninon Pleas in the reign of William 111., just pub -1 •1. occurs the worthy valetudinarian's doctors bill for ?run months, October and November, 1697 :—" Purg ': leeches 6d.; aperitive ingredients, Is. 6d •'.:ri.ee water, 2a. ; a purging bolus, Is. rid, ; purging I•• (;.scan pow& r. 4s. ; vermifuge pills, a box, port:log bolus, Is. ti.l.; purging pills, Is.; cephalick ; an hysteri-k julep, 3s. 6d. ; hysterick pills, ` l . ; a %volitive potion, 2s. Gd. ; a stomattick cor 'ltal. : a cordial potion, Is. wl. ; voimitise salts, 3 doses, it. 6 1.; the hysterick julep, as. Gd.; mithridate, Is.; the ; vornitive salts, Is. Gd.; the hyste rick• the hysterick julep, 3s. fa; sal-annoniac, 17s. 1011." Spite of this drenching to which he had t, ,uhi•et himself, he lived to the age of 67.—Brdish Moho'? J ., irnal. a TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (RITTER'S TELEGRAM?.) TIIE ITALIAN TROOPS CROSSING THE FRONTIER. FLORENCE, °cr. 31, 9 P.R. The Offirier lirsu et. , of this evening says:—" Our troops crossed the Pontifical frontier yesterday. Consciousness of tho national dignity and the duty of maintaining the great principles of order and liberty imperatively counselled the resolution to take this step. The September Convention obliges in the same degree both the contracting parties, and imposes upon both of them the same obligations. The King's government could not avoid such obligations, and it therefore hopes that the French government will see in this resolution a prof of the firm and loyal intentions of the Italian govenunent, and of its sincere desire to do all in its power to smooth away the present difficulties. " The imperial government knows that wherever the Italian flag may wave it is the guardian of order and of the observance of all great principles. " The population welcome our troops with an enthusiasm above suspicion—our troops, who have not been sent to take part in civic conflicts, nor to provoke a regrettable misfortune, but to render homage to the principles which were the origin of our regeneration, and which form the essence of our national tradition. "The population comprehends that the presence of our troops is a guarantee for the observance of these principles, and that while their rights and safety remain protected the question of their desti nies remains assured. " We have amfdenco that this resolution on the part of the King's government, will persuade General Garibaldi not to persist in increasing the present serious difficulties, but to aid in the pacifi cation of the country, and in the settlement of the Roman question, which would then find a more easy solution." ITALY. FLORENCE, Ocr. 31. General Cialdini has left by special train for Borghettu. A battalion of volunteers marching from Narni to the Papal frontier were stopped by the Italian troupe. Garibaldian demonstrations continue to take place in the principal Italian towns. The polio° closed the Central Insurrectional Relief Committee at Florence to-day. A protest against this step has been published by the members of the committee. , The insurrectional bulletin issued to-day contra dicts the rumour that Nicotera had been sur rounded by the Papal troops, stating on the con trary, that ho arrived yesterday at Vollice, and proclaimed a provisional government. Garibaldi's headquarters yesterday were between Monte Mario and IWarciglina. The Papal troops have evacuated Viterbo, and a provisional government has been proclaimed at Terni. No news . * been receirS6l of the French troops harincleft Chita Vecchia. Pemba and telegraphic bwassisliOinieliarstniTe eontinnes interrupted. FRANCE. PARIS, Ocr. 31. The Fr a nce, the Patric, and the Etcadard of this evening publish articles stating that the in vasion of the Papal States by the Italian troops constitutes an abnormal state of things dangerous to peace. The Peeve affirms that the Emperor of lAustria and the Emperor Napoleon have had frequent con ferences on the present complications, and that their consultations have resulted in the establish ment of a most perfect unanimity of the two courts. The Eteidard remarks that at the moment when the Italian ministry was giving orders for its troops to enter the Papal territory, it affected to adopt energetic measures against the revolutionary party by closing the Oaribaldian relief committees, and by causing all placards posted up by the party of action to be torn down. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Ocr. 31, 6.30 P.M. On the Boulevards at 6 o'clock this evening Rentes were quoted at 67.40, being 40c. lower than the clueing prices. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Ocr. 31, EVENING. The semi-official Prwntincial Correspowle lice of this evening says :—" Up to the present, Prussia has not been compelled to take any decisive action in the Italian question, but she will certainly not fail to use her legitimate influence with the view of preventing a more serious breach of the peace of Europe." Tho right of proposing representatives for the tipper House of the Prussian Diet has been granted to the towns of Hanover, Cassel, Frankfort-on-the- Maine, Altana, and Flensburg. Three new repre sentatives will be given to the three universities of Gottingen, Marburg, and Kiel. THE ZOLLVEREIN. MUNICH, Ocr. 31, EvENING. To-day the Upper House agreed by 35 to 13 votes to the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies relative to the treaty of the Zollverein, and the suppression of the salt monoply. BCH LESW IG-HOLSTE IN. &LTONA, Ocr. U. The greater portion of the electoral districts of Schleswig.Holstein have elected liberal electors to choose deputies to the Prussian Diet. In North Schleswig the Danish party has been victorious, and the German party have entered protestsagainst certain illegal proceedings in connection with the return of the Danish candidate. WURTEMI:URG. STUTTGARD, Oer. 31. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the Zollverein treaty and the Salt Tax Bill were adopted by 173 against 16 votes. Moat of the speakers on the subject gave as their reason for voting for the treaty the impossibility of Wurtem berg's maintaining an isolated attitude. SP-411i. MADRID, Ocr. 31. A rumour is in circulation that the Progressist party have determined to abandon their revolu tionary attitude. It announced that a journal of advanced LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1867. liberal politics, but nevertheless favourable to the present dynasty, is about to be started. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 3/1 Another collective note on the Cretan question was addressed yesterday to the Porte by the French, Russian, Prussian, and Italian Ministers, 4 strongly urging the adoption of ho advice pre viously tendered, viz., that an i emational in quiry should be instituted into t the state of the island. The Austrian and English Ministers have ad dressed separate nutes to the Porte, recommending the Turkish government to grant liberal colces lions to the Cretans. Advises from Crete to the 21st inst. report 'that the Grand Vizier was progressing with the convo cation of the mixed deputies. The French ambwador, M. Bouree, arrived on Sunday. Mr. Elliott received, on Monday, return visits from the Turkish ministers, and to-night he will be parent at the diplomatic dinner given by F.ad Pacha. Mr. Elliott will receive the British resi dents to-morrow. More troops are going to Crete. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. (IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) The dinner offered by the Foreign Commissioner to the Imperial Commissioners was given on Satur day last at the Louvre Hotel, under the graceful chairmanship of Lord Granville. The record of it will remain as a memorial of the amiability of the foreign exhibition representatives. You will have received an account of the speuch-making—and who among foreigners can make a better French speech than Lord Granville 1 Buta few words on the menu of all nations may be interesting. In a gastronomic point of view the period chosen for the farewell banquet was a good one. Everything is in season except the truffle—the diamond of the kitchen. The conuoisaioners forgot their differences in the presence of so much succulent fare, brought from all corners of the earth. Who could bear malice before salmis de Bartavelles, or show rancour within the balmy influence of po'dartk truffle? Shall we wonder that the late Lord President was wreathed in smiles, and that ho cast compliments about as plentifully as the Romans scatter sweetmeats in Carnival time I A sugar-plum actually fell into the lap of M. Le Play, to the great diversion of thu Fronchgentlemenof the preas,and of all persons who have had the questionable fortune of moving be hind the scenes of the Imperial Commission during the last six months. France played the chief part upon the table ; albt.it England led off with her natives, followed closely by Belgium, in the pleasing guise of Ostend oysters. Spain, Ger many, Italy, the East Indies, Russia, Austria, and Holland, all entered a first appearance in the haps of hors do rinses. Spain brought her olives, Russia her caviar, Holland her herrings, Italy herdelight ful anchovy salads, England her prawns; while Austria, most useful of all, produced her sweet and various Vienna breads. The soups were led off by that of the gracious Empress. Then followed proud England with the famous soup which bath lined the capacious ribs of London's aldermen for many years, with the Americans' vaunted terrapin close in its wake. Our cousins in Paris must have slept sweetly last Saler aome of the _roufitabkhar*ths of that 4* . URed adorel fer i s f e i —terrapin being the native dainty by whisk test the value of the stranger who has pa ssed within their gates. England made a noble show of mullet, venison, and roast beef amidst the relerfs. France presented her splendid turkeys d la royale. Thee nt reesfollowed,theplace of honourbeing accorded to France. Turkey made her appearance at this point with her well-known pilaff of chicken, and Italy stood forward with her maccaroni by the side of America, who had prepared lobster cutlets. Austria's eafile was goose breast with the Viennese red cabbage only ; but her roast was a Bohemian pheasant ! Among the birds England was con spicuous with her grouse ; while France shone with her exquisite pmibtirles freiNes, and the rich variety of her unsurpassable salads. The peas were French, the artichokes were Spanish, the plum-pudding was English, the marasquino jelly was French, and the ice was Italian. The wines were as various as the dishes. We bowed to the French song of old days, in which our neighbour sang to his bubbling . glass a refrain of thanks to God that the Englis h had no grape. We entered no appearance with the vintage in the preparation of which the wife of the Vicar of V*'alcefield excelled. We wisely stood out of the list, and let France parade her choicest trim; Germany her hocks and Moselle, ; Spain her sherry; Portugal her port ; and Austria her Voslau. There was Schloss Johannisberg, and white Hermitage of '4s. Hungary gave Tokay. Havana offered cigars, Russia cigarettes ; and Switzerland made bold to enter an appearance with her best Veveys. These were the viands and the wines with which the representatives of civilisation refreshed one another at a parting banquet, over the great exhibition of the arts of peace. And while they were feasting, with the Lacrynia Christi upon their lips, and the bends! Ihtherine passing round the tables—came clear and sharp the sound of war : a sound that made the olives as ashes to the palate of more than one man of peace at that memorable feast. I must not close this correspondence without a reference to the success which some of our coun trymen have achieved in the manufacture of what ' are still classified as (It-twit:a dr Park In this kind ' of production Messrs. Jenner and Knewstub, of St. James's-street, have honourably distinguished 'themselves. Their Elgin writing-cue, which an swers the purposes of a despatch-box, but is far more convenient than it for travelling, is handy and elegant, strong and light, and exceedingly well arranged. They also show a bag of wonderful comprehensiveness, in which are stowed away candlesticks, knives and forks, an alaruni, a lamp, a barometer and thermometer, flasks for spirits and flasks for wine, a knife, a sandwich box, razors, a corkscrew, a medicine chest, in fact a little world of articles which everybody wants as s o on as he sees them. The style and finish of these articles cannot be surpassed. THE VENEZUELAN BONDHOLDERS. A numerous deputation of Venezuelan bond holders had yesterday an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office. It was introduced by Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., and Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, M.P. Mr. Baring, after succinctly stating the facts of the case--namely, that the government of Venezuela had confiscated the 5.5 per cent. of import duties specially hypothecated to British subjects under the intervention of the British government, and had even taken back 18,000 dola. which had already been paid to the British agent—remarked that Earl Russell had declared the 18,000 dole. to be British property, and three successive British. Ministers for Foreign Affairs had demanded restitution, yet without effect. Altogether, the strong representa tions of the British government are treated by the Venezuelan government with contempt, and therefore he considered the time had now arrived for the British government to take active measures, and he recommended th at the 55 per cent. rpeoially hy pothecated should be declared to be British property, and Mr. Fagan, the British Charg4 d'Affaires, now on the point of returning to Caracas should be in structed to tspake the demand officially. Lord Stanley had tEst . htr' bed the sympathy with the bondholders, and attached the greatest importance to the question, as it might establish a precedent, and pledge the government to active steps in similar cases, although not so entirely clear as the present one. Mr. Gerstenberg observed that from his lordship's replies to Mr. Goshen, in the House of Commune, it was understood that his lordship would be willing to act in this case should all other means of obtaining redress prove ineffectual. Such was the case now, and it need not necessarily establish a precedent for genw al cases less clear than the present one. The government of Vene zuela had not simply confiscated British property ; they bad done so by acts of conspiracy, and the funds thus fraudulently appropriated went openly into the pockets ~f members of the government. They had, besides, utterly disregarded and defied the remonstrances and demands of the British government, and insulted their representatives. Active measures in this instance would furnish a favourable opportunity of establishing a prece dent calculated to show to other foreign debtors the I necessity of fulfilling their engagements. This came was consequently a special one, in which coercive measures would not establish a general precedent. Public opinion, he contended, was entirely in favour of active measures, as proved by the letters to Earl Russell by Baron Rothschild, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Crawford, and by the impression of a great number of members of parliament. A memorial to that effect had been recently addressed to his lordship, very numerously signed, and emb ' nearly all the eminent houses in Lon don who introduced foreign loans. The press had very generally advocated strong measures in this glaring case. In reply to a question from Mr. Moxon, as to whether, this being a case of fraud, the government would really act, his lordship said that it involved the question whether the govern ment would guarantee subjects against any f raudulent proceeding of foreign governments, and, this being a matter of the highest importance, he would not act in the matter without the collective decision of the cabinet, which he would very shortly ascertain. ALUZILMAN SALONIONS, M.P., ON PtiBLIC Topics.—Mr. Alderman Salomons addressed a meeting of electors and non-electors of the borough of Greenwich on Wednesday evening, at the Literary Institution, Royal- ,! hill. Dr. 'Purvis presided. Mr. Salomons said that be did Dot. for one, tWok that, the Ji.afause Bill was • " leagAn the mph." He stood Leib* proud position of representing a borough white cantaned a larger amount of working clam electors than any other borough. He bad always been in favour of household suffrage, and therefore he was happy to receive it at the bands of any party. If the bill did not act well, it must be amended by a new parliament. In the last session two questions were before parliament. One was relative to the contracts between master and servant, and this law would, as altered, be of great benefit to the agricultural la- I bourer, who would no longer be subject to the in-' dignity of imprisonment for breach of contract. Lord St. Leonards' Act, to provide a Mulls of effecting a recon- 1 ciliation between wasters and workmen, would also be a great boon, and prevent many strikes and lock-outs. During the next session the Scotch Reform Bill would have to be considered, and he thought it would be unwise to increase the number of the house of Commons by giving additional mate to Scotland. There was now one great question—the people of England must be better educated. He found that in this country there was school accommo dation for 1,700,001.1 children. It was moat desirable that te pe luality of the education should be improved. He some plan would be found to provide more efficient education fur the people, even if it were almost compul sory. Another great question that must be looked in the face was the Irish question. It could be driven off no longer. The Fenian rising was certainly most humiliating to this country, and not only affected Ireland, but England, as it inflicted upon us an armed police, which was un constitutional. If there were any great evils producing this state of things, they ought to be at once removed. He knew of his knowledge many Irish gentlemen who were nut Fenian., but were deeply impressed with the belief that Ireland was grievously oppressed. These Irish ques tions were year after year coming before parliament, and as constantly shelved. With regard to the Irish church establishment, it could no longer be shelved. Referring to the Abyssinian war, Alderman Salomon. observed he hail beard it stated that the cost of the war would amount to about three millions, and be hoped it would not exceed that. It was a monstrous thing that it was neces sary to expend this amount, but as the money of the people in this country could not be expended without the consent of parliament, Wwould be necessary to bold a short session in November. A motion of continued con fidence in Abkrinan Salomon' was unanimously adopted, and the meeting separated. THE MP:MRERR FOR DEVONtORT.—Tho members for Devonport, Lord Eliot and Mr. Montagu Chambers, addressed crowded meetings of their constituents at Devonport on Wednesday evening, and explained their procedure during the parliamentary session. Lord Eliot, in answer to a question concerning Jrish affairs, hesitated to speak decidedly on any course of action to be adopted, but be would give great attention to them. Ile bad in this matter a good adviser in his father, who was once Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. , Chambers, in reply to a question as to whether he would sanction an increase of allowance to the Prince of Wales, said that as one who was jealous of any increase of public expenditure he would not sanction any vote of public money until he had convinced himself that it was requisite by a strict investigation. Lord Eliot, on the same subject, said that any such vote, when proposed, would doubtless be accompanied by sufficient explanations. A vote of confidence in the hon. gentlemen was carried unanimously. Mr. J. Beall moved--" That this meeting entertains the utmost confidence in Mr. Gladstone as the leader of the liberal party in the House of Commons, and trusts that he will receive the unanimous support of the liberal party." Dr. Wilson having 'seconded the motion, it was carried unanimously. THE UNDEMiRADUATES OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE IZEFoind BILL.—For the last two nights—viz., on Tuesday and Wednesday last—the members of the Cambridge Uni versity Union Society have been engaged in discussing the merits and demerits of the late Reform Bill. The ques tion was introduced on Tuesday night by Mr. K A. Owen, of Trinity College, who proposed " That this house desires to record its satisfaction at the Reform BiU lately intro duced by the conservative government, and its admiration of the brilliant leadership of Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons." More than usual interest wax evinced in the proceedings. The Right 11ev. the Bishop of Rhode Island and other notabilities were present in the body of the ball on Tuesday night, and on both the galleries were crowded, many ladies being present. On Tuesday night, Mr. A. Lindsay, of Trinity College, president, in the chair, Mr. E. A. Owen, of Trinity, and the president addressed the house in the affirmative, Mr. E. 8. Shuckburg, of Emma nuel College, late president, occupying the chair while Mr. Lindsay spoke. In the negative, Messrs. W. H. Kennedy, of King's, A. S. Wilkins, of St. John's, and Lord E. Fitz inaurice, of Trinity, followed. On Wednesday Messrs. W. Lee Warner, of St. John's, and Campbell, of Corpus, supported the motion; and Hours. N. Moore, of St. Catha rine's, A. F. Rutty, Pembroke, F. J. Payne, of Trinity Hall, G. W. Forrest, St. John's, R. Purvis, Downing, J. Davis, Christ's, and M. Wilde, Trinity, opposed. On a division there were, ayes, 74 ; noes, $B. The motion was consequently lost by a majority of 14. Several amend ments were proposed, but negatived. The subject of debate on Tuesday next is, " That this house disapproves of the French intervention in Rome." The nomination of officers for the October term will take pleas on Monday next, and the election on Tuesday. [STAMPXD, ld. THE METROPOLITAN POOR-LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. The quarterly meeting of this association was held last evening at the Ship Hotel, Charing-cross ; Dr. ROGYRS, of the Strand Union, in the chair. The &weenier (Dr. Duilfield, of Westminster) read the report of the council, a very long document, which opened with some important correspondence with the Commissioners in Lunacy, who expressed their entire con currence in the resolutions passed at the late annual meet ing, condemning the practice of taking lunatics before justices at police courts for examination, and approving of the suggestion that lunatics should be visited at their own homes or at the workhouse by the justice or clergyman, as the case might be. The council had written to the Poor law Board to advise them that the issue of a recommenda tion to that effect would have their entire concurrence. The report also included a correspondence with the Poor law Board respecting the duty of the workhouse medical officer as to certifying under the lunacy act, but it left the question unsettled. Probably nothing short of a judicial decision would define the duty of the medical officer in those cases. The opinion of the Poor-law Board was in favour of the medical officer whose case gave rise to the correspondence, but as the local board in question had refused to abide by the decision of the central authority, the medical officers were still left in doubt as to their duty in an important particular. After a brio/ but indignant reference to the dismissal of the tit. Panora' medical officer without reason assigned by the board of diens, the report went oh lb oiseidar the case of madisal officers is single parishes in the meteppolis, of which there were 24, as against 17 unions. The officers of unions were elected for life or for &limited term, at the option of the guar dians, but the Poor-law Board bad not issued to parishes their general order of May 25, 1857, based on the recom mendation of the select committee of the House of Com mons in 1855, to the effect that every medical officer should hold his office till he resigned or died. It was shown that in all the late local act parishes the medical officers had been reappointed for one year or leas, souse of the gentlemen in question having been con. tinuously in office for very many years, without intermedi ate re-election. The council contended for the immediate issue of the order to all parishes, pointing out that the medical officers of the single parishes in England, only :i6 iII number, were infinitely worse off than their brethren in the 600 unions. The council drew attention to the great irregularities of payment for the same service, which were found to exist in the metropolis ; two cases were cited where the difference amounted to 100 per cent., and this was by no means an exceptional case. None of the promises of better pay and position which were made with respect to the medical service had yet been ful filled. The council contended that the entire question should be taken up by the Poor-law Board, a deportment of the government which paid half the salaries, the other I half being paid, not out of the local rates, but from the common fund created by the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867. Dr. Rocens, in moving the adoption of the report, con gratulated the association on its continued prosperity, on the large secession of provincial officers to their numbers since the last meeting in July, and on the fact that the views of the association in reference to the evil practice of certifying pauper lunatics in police courts had been supported by the powerful ail of the Commissioners in Lunacy. After referring to important correspondence he bad had, he prooreded to comment on the question of per manency of appointments, and said whatever the Poor law Board might have omitted to do in not including parishes under local acts in their general order of May '25, 1857, still as the order was based upon the re commendation of a select committee, which was clear and definite, it should have been issued universally. It was de sirable that this slew of the committee should be insisted on ; because, firstly, several provincial surgeons were only temporarily appointed; and secondly, because in the new appointments consequent upon the Metropolitan Poor Act, it would appear that the officers were elected for short periods of time—only thus crippling their inde pendence of action, and neutralising their usefulness—it would be as a consequence necessary to memorialise the Poor-law Hosed, and ibly to petition the legislature. Dr. Rogers next ed to comment upon the question of remuneration, and expressed his regret that the 'Poor law Board should have thought fit to surrender to the various local boards the initiative in fixing salaries, con tending that now that the charges for salaries of medical officers were to be paid out of the common fund and the consolidated fund, it was incumbent on the Poor law Board so to decide that they should be settled on an equitable and uniform basis. In order to show the necessity fur this, he proceeded to refer to the recent action t ha t in mad st_ Maradahano.lay which it appoirefi that in the latter parish, with 901 sick, aged and infirm in ' the house, it was proposed to pay a visiting physician ' 5001. ; a resident. 1901. ; and a dispenser, 90/. total, 780/. ; ' whilst in St. Paucras, with 1,118 sick, aged, and infirm, it ! was resolved to give one resident 200/., and two ethos 1001. each—total, 400/. He also commented on the ex ' tremely objectionable plan of confiding this large in ' I firmary to single resident gentlemen only ; the latter, if ' confirmed by the Poor-law Board, being a clear violation lof a distinctive promise on the part of Mr. Hardy in the ; house, that resident medical officers only should not be I appointed. He also referred to the reported complete fog into which the Marylebone guardians appeared to have ' fallen in regard to the dispensary scheme, and their evident utter inoompeteuey satisfactorily to deal with the question. From all this to argued the absolute necessity for ' more complete central control. He did not urge this solely in the interest of his medical brethren. If the pun ' MIAs for which he was contending were correct, the same action should be taken so far as the charges were derived from a common fund, for all clerks, relieving officers, and generally of the executive engaged in carrying out the pro visions of the act. He urged this also in the interest of the public, who should be protected from any favouritism being practised by local boards. Dr. Rogers concluded by urging upon his brethren unanimity in demanding their just rights, whereby they would be enabled without *urine themselves to secure that the claims of the sick and suffering pour should be more properly and efficiently dealt with. (Cheers.) Mr. NORTON seconded the motion,which was agreed to. Dr. RICHARDSON. F.R.S., an honorary member of the association, moved the first resolution, namely—" That the association, having taken into consideration the posi tion of the medical officers of parishes to which the general order of the Poor-law Board dated May 25, 1857, has not been issued, and who are, therefore, not of right entitled to permanent appointment, and that the resolu tion of the select committee of the House of Commons in Iss-I—to give effect to which the said general order has been issued to all unions—recommended that ' every medical officer should coutinite in office until he may die, resign, requests the council to memorialise the Poor law Board to give complete effect to the said resolution by issuing the general order to all parishes ; and further, if necessary, to petition the legislature on the subject." The learned gentleman said the present arrangement was so absurd that it could only have been arrived at by aocident. Fancy educated gentlemen being placed in a position in which they could be dismissed with positively less ceremony than a menial servant. One gentleman,who had been a medical officer for 40 years, had absolutely been placed under a six month.' engage ment ; and there mica another in that room that could be I dismissed upon a notice of twenty-one days. That was a state of things to which no medical officer that valued his own self-respect or the credit of his profession could sub mit, and he recommended .tbe association at once to make their appeal to the public and to the legislature. (Hear.) Mr. S' MAL, of Hackney, seconded the motion. Dr. Dui oleo, strongly supported the resolution, re marking that the twenty-four single metropolitan parishes had an aggregate population of two millions, whereas the unions had not one of half that amount. In other respects the parishes transcended the unions in importance ; and yet their medical officers were treated with this injustice. No officer that wished conscientiously to do his duty could avoid being troublesome to his board of guardians; and unless his position were assured to him, he would be under a perpetual temptation to neglect the interests of those who were committed to his charge. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. BENSON BAKER, of fit. klarylebone, moved the se cond resolution, namely :—" That the association, taking into consideration the fact that the salaries of the medical officers in the metropolitan district will in future be paid in equal parts out of the common poor fund and by go vernment, and that it has been admitted by the late President of the l'oor-law Board, by the inspectors of the district, and by all other competent authorities, that the salaries hitherto awarded to such officers by the guardians are altogether inadequate, requests the council to memo ralise the Poor-law Board that they would be pleased to take the question into their own hands, and revise all salaries, and direct such increase thereof, upon an uniform basis, us to them may seem just and equitable." This was seconded by a member of the association ' who not being permanently appointed was afraid to give his name. It was unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi ness of the evening. The inaugural banquet of the York Working Men's Conservative Association was held in the Festival Concert-room in that city on Wednesday melting. Mr. W. D. Husband, president of the association, in the chair. Upwards of 400 members and friends of the association sat down to dinner, and about 200 ladies were also present. Amongst the guests were—Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P., Lord Fevershsw, Viscount Nevill, Colonel the Mon. 0. Duncumbe, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. Edwards, Hart., M.P., Mr. James Lowther, M.P., the Hon. E. Lea celles, M.P., the Dean of York, Lord Teignmouth, Lord Muncaster, the Hon. Admiral I iuncombe, M.P., Major Waterhouse, Mr. C. llagnall, M.P., ice. CIWOPRICE eintbenittp intelltenue. CAMLRIDGE, Oct. 31. At a congregation thin day the undermen tioned degrees were conferred ; D.D.—William Charles Williams, Trinity College. LLD.—Gerald Thomson Lai ruit, :it. John's College. HONORARY LL.D.—Thongs March Clark, Bishop of Blade 'eland ; and Joseph Cruickshank Talbot, Bishop- Coadjutor of Indiana. M.A.—William Nutlet!, Catharine Hall. _ . HorroasaTlLA.—Williiitn Sterndale Bennett, St. John's College, professor of music ; and Edward Byles Cowell. professor of Sanskrit. _ _ • B.A.—Henry Meysey Thompson, Trinity College; and Edward Barber Londsell, Christ's College. At the same congregation graces passed the Senate au thorising the admission of Professors Bennett and Cowell to the degrees above-mentioned ; to remit the atatutable fees payable on his late admission to his degree of D.D. to the Right Rev. the Bishop of Newfoundland ; to appoint Mr. Druce, M.A., of St. Peter's College, University Coun sel, vice Dlr. Bailey, 31. A., of St. John's College (elected I w. 17), on the tion of the latter; to authorise Mr. Rothman, Fellow of Trinity Col lege, to officiate as deputy for the Norrisian Professor of Divinity, Professor Swainson, ot Christ's College. To adopt the late reports of the ixmucil of the senate with regard to the Barnes scholarship, and of the syndicates with regard to the University library, and the University church. To appoint the under-mentioned of a syndicate to consider of regulations to be adopted for the future with regard to admission to degrees in IMMO, and what stipend, if any, should be assigned to the professor of music, viz. :—theVice•Chancellor,the Reverends the Muter, of St. Peter's and St. John's ; Mr. Campion, of Queens' ; Mr. Brocklebank, of King's ; Mr. T. Y. Hudson, of Tri nity ; and Mr. Beard. of St. John's. Auth or i s i ng th e ap , ',ointment of two additional examiners for the classical tripos, making six in all. To appoint the Reverend the Master of St. John's, the Senior and Junior Proctor, , , and Mr. Parkinson, of St. John's, members of the Borough Watch Committee. To appoint the Reverend the Master of Corpus Christi, Mr. Brocklebenk, of King's, and Mr. Pieter*, of St. John's, auditors of the University chest. To appoint Mr. Mowat, of Sydney College, examiner at the next previous examination or "little-go." To rip point Mr. Hort examiner for the moral sciences tripes, vice Mr. It. Morley, of King's College, who is unable to at tend. The examination papers of the under-mentioned gentlemen having been lost, and they having been re examined, to allow them to be thus placed with regard to the last general examination :—Mr. Thomas G. Buck nisater,of Trinity College, to be rated in the first class ; Mr. John Duncan Inverarity, of Trinity, in the second class ; and Mr. Thomas Edward Buckley, of Trinity, in the fourth class. TIER PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION IN IRELAND. —At tllb demonstration at Hillsborough on Wednesday the Marquis of Downshire, who presided, said he was exceed ingly glad to find so large &meeting. Ile also congratulated them on the absence of party emblems, and said be really did not expect so artidactori an issue. There was nothing whatever in the meet' calculated to make it anything but a pure assemblage of protestants of all denominations. He would ask the vast concourse not to give wry to an party expressions. He and his brother magistrates could not submit to any such display, as it would be an open violation of the law, and gratify their enemies. Letters of apology were read from Lords Bangor, Ban don, and Farnham. Sir Capel Molyneus, Mr. Chas. Lanyon, M.P., Mr. G. Getty, ILP., Mr. R. Torrens,M.P., and man other gentlemen, expressing their regret, either thro illness or absence from Ireland, at being unable to present, but all said they wished the meeting every suc cess, and warmly advocated the cause. Resolutions were , proposed and seconded by the Earl of Roden, Dr. Cooke, Lord Erne, Sir Thomas Bateron, M.P., Mr. E. W. Verner, M.P., and others, declaring determination to uphold invio late their inherited rights and religion, and to transmit them unimpaired to future generations ; that any aliena tion of the property of the United Church of England and Ireland would be a violation of the Act of Union, and un settle the foundations of all rights of property, lay and ecclesiastic, throughout the kingdom. Petitions to the gueen and houses of parlisunent in furtherance of the objects of the meeting were adopted. AU speakers strongly condemned interference with the endow ment of the Irish church. Ma. Arinowv TROLLOPS.—The colleagues and friends of Mr. Trollope gave him a leave-taking yesterday in the font, of a " farewell dinner." The atone was the large banquet-hall of the Albion Tavern, and the number of gentlemen present was nearly a blinded. The company had for president Mr. SCUIIIIMOVP, to whose energy the public is mainly indebted for the Post-office savings banks; and the croupiers were Mr. Edmund Yates and Mr. Ceor„:e Chetwynd. On the left of the chairman—Mr. Trollop. sitting at his tight hand—was the mi.cretary of the Post °face, Mr. Miley ; and among the mot pramineet persons at table were the Accountant-General of the India House, Mr. Goodliffe ; Dr. Farr, Mr. I'srtingtoa, Mr. : , ynge, Mr. W. Page, Dr. Lewis, Mr. A'hurst. Mr. Hoke:team, Mr. Parkhurst, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Good, Mr. Du Plat Taylor, and Mr. H. Trollope. SOUTH AVHD 'AN MORTIiAcE AND INVEsTMENT COMPANY (LlMlTED).—Yesterday afternoon a useetin i r of the shareholder. was held at the offices. 39, Lutlibury, Mr. Thurman presiding. The chairman stated that shire their last meeting they bad been going on reducing their deben tures. Since the list of January they had paid off' 11,111X4., and by the lst of January next they would pay off another 9,0001., which would reduce the total Iron at which it originally stood, to :',4,(001. Of that 24,9101. would be payable by the lat of January, Da.9, and the rercaining 10.991 W. in the year following. Their remit tances from the Cape had been profitaLly employed i,, pay ing off debentures by anticipation. The duectois !ad sent out Mr. Ilutchiruion, an able accountant. to make a thorough investigation of the affairs of the company ; aid they hoped to limn his report by December next. In the meantime they had received letters from Mr. Itutchiu.iii, who expressed a favourable opinion of the future .f the company. After some conversation, a cantlel vote of thanks was propoacd to the board of directors and carried unanimously. POISONED DV 3lvitulacr.— An inquiry wa-v held yesterday by Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, at the I:hrek Horse tavern, Kingsland-road, into the death of the wife of a tradesman living at na, Kings land-road. Her name was Elisabeth Mullein, ag ed years. On the 27th ult. she went on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Kipple. While there she was seism' with spasm, and went to a cuptuaid, and drank what she thought was brandy. She had made a mietake, and drank some myrbane. Mrs. Kepple said that the smell was sickening. Mr. Juba /*feebler* stated that when he toned that his wale had been poisoned he placed a quarter of a teaspoonful of the liquid into his mouth. His face began to crow, and his sight became confueed. He then spat it out. )or three days after he was 1)r. Huskies proved that the deceased expired on Wednewlay from the effects of poi soning by myrbene. She was insensible for three days before her death. The coroner sahl that the present was the third case of myrbane poisoning on record. Huth the other cases had come under his notice. One of then, was that of a young man, who swallowed sonic of the poison while sucking a syphon to make it run. That occurred at a chemical factory. The other death arose from a man spilling a carboy filled with it over his clothes. In order to dry them be lay down in front of a tire, wed the poi sonoue vapour killed him. He was found dead. 113rhaile was quite anew poison, and it had been accidentally dis covered by a chemist, who was making the magenta colour out of coal-tar. It was used to scent oils, miel to give a I devour to cakes. Cheap pastry-cooks bought it at vie. to its. a pound, and used it instead of bitter alm o nds, which cast a pound. Three drops of it in a pound-cake would not do damage. The jury returned a verdict, '• That the deceased was accidentally poisoned by myriwne." DISORACErti. PRovEzinNi:S IN A C111:1:•"11. The parish church of Trinity, in the ishuid of Jersey, was the I scene of a most disgraceful exhibition on Sunday last. The Rev. William Duheaunie. the rector of the pan sal,, being in pecuniaryddlicultiee.about three months ago left the island, appointing the Rev. W. Le blaistre curate during his absence. The Rev. Mr. Intheaunie was in bad odour with his pas rishioners,who petitioned the diocesan—the Bishop of %% in cheater—to deprive him of the charge of the parish. The rector not having committed ally breach of ecclesiastical law, his lordship did not comply with the request, hut, it was reported, desired the reverend gentleman to ensign, which he, however, declined to do. The I:ev. Mr. Le )Lustre duiring his charge of the pariah gained the effect ions of the parishioners, and the congregation was largely incr. aired. Contrary to all expectations, the Rev. Mr. Delleausee re turned to the island three s ceks ago, end anneuneed las in tention to resume Lis duties on Sunday last. The aneeence meet was very distasteful to the parishioners. and the its were uttered of preventing bis entrance to the church. tin his entering the church on Sunday nearly the allele oaf the congregation rose from their seats anal left. an.l took imp their position in the churchyard and in the porch. and whilst the rector was proceeding with the viel vice, they engaged in loud conversation. and others continued walk ing about the building. Some others mune d themselves with opening and shutting a door, which mole a con tinuous creaking noise. The rector, hove., v. pt.rm Nil with the service to the haudtvil of Iverson* who I. maims( in their seats, and on his leaving tto h he ass assailed with opprobions epithets by the cies. in the churchyard. On the previous evening the v. sett tal gen tleman was arrested at the instance of one of his creditors, but as he was not then able to make ails' meats for the supply of the service on the following dsy, the arresting officer allowed him dignity :0 di.. Ma g., the duties of his sacred office. Teis was dune, met ou the Monday morning he was incarcerated in the public gaol. THE FOREIGN MAILS. THE BOMBAY MAIL.—MALTA, OI.T. 31.—Tha Sumatra left et 5 a.m., and the Bangalore at 9 a.m. to day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the evening of the 2nd, and the latter at Southampton about the Nth proximo. - . OUTWARD MAILS OP OcToRER 20.— MALTA. OCT. 31.—The Syria, from Southampton, arrived at 10 cm. on the 29th, and left at 8 am. to-day for Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 31.—The National Steam ship Company's steamer Denmark arrived here at 2.20 p.m. to-day, embarked passengers, and proceeded for New York at 3 p.m. AU well. PLYMOUTH, OAT. 31.—Tho Sussex, from Mel bourne on August 7, paseed up off this port this afternoon, with 120 passengers and ::2,250 oz. in gold, and a general colonial cargo. Nine of her passengers were landed here to-night by a pilot boat. HOSPITAL SPIIIDAY AT BIRMINGHAM.—Last Sun day was the day on which a collection is made in all the churches and chapels at Itirmumbam in aid of the charities of the town. rp to yesterday the amount returned as realised was 2,700/.