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

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Is it GERMANY. not a little too late, except by way of protest? Contrasting the Germany which the late Prince As such we may regard it, but it is to be feared Consort of England and the deceased King Frederick that M. BONNET'S warnings will have very F Ale william 117. 0 f Preside projecte dbeen in 1848—as through appears effect on the Army Commission n ow em p lo y ed so from a document which has just made public s edulously at Compihgne. The EMPEROR had Reuter's agencyh that which Count Bismarck made a profound study of the character of the gohdtesoutthoatt somehow Konra too tz in muchte susnrimrermr, th li e ttl T e i h m as es concludes French nation long before accident offered him a been dune even now. Count Bismarck has not united throne and autocratic power. Since he bitted the all Germany nor kept a sufficiently tight hand over the steed and seized the reins he has been King. Had he absorbed the South as he annexed the able t.O teat practically the results of his North, he might, perhaps, have had all Europe against studies in exile; and as, up to this time, he has him, but he could hope to have at least all Germany on his side. As it turns out, troubles and dangers are still succeeded so well that even the Saturday Review, besetting break Dis content pae in the e South is read y t Norththreatens to has become one of his most fe rvent a p olo g ists, out mutinyinto th. • it ' may we not infer that if the econ omists know go the whole length of the Ausy in th tro-French alliance. Never what the proposed venture will cost he may be theless the position of Freesia is still strong while helples s supposed to know whether the nation will pay the irresolution reigns in the camp of her adversaries, and bill 'I The EMPEROR, we may be sure, is the soul not a little is to be hoped from the assembly of the No: di ompiegne Commission . It is ho who will German Confederation. Germany at all events has now a of the C ling ru power able to identify itself wi th the will of the dictate the principle on which the increase of the g majority tiffi and ot e t n y fo u rce et it tn on o : i ll: 6 Man . ha t elements ;) The array army is to be based, let who will manipulate the di ng t details. The principle is certain to be based on a making out dist"ictly what it is that Germany ree'ly more extensive use of the law of conscription ; wishes or aspires to. Without immenre firmness on the that is, on a more rigid application of one side, and, as much pliability on the other, the task of the theory that every man is liable to constituting various states and peoples as one will be alto be taken for the service of the State. gether impossible. The Germans, it is easy to perceive, Throughout his reign the military policy of the hardly know at what a dangerous game they are playing. Emezrear has tended in that direction. Ho raised T ea h s e t y an fo d7h et e w w est hat , sad ye t h m le en e s n re em s il l li the) , h w a h v: re on me th m e . the number of conscripts drafted into the arms her Saxony, Bavaria, and the Rhineland as open battle from 80,000 mutually to 100,000 ; and thereby fields for the French and Russian armies. raised the average of effectives in time of peace The Daily News observes that the ex-K;ng of II inover l from 330,00(1 to 450,000. Twice, when great is duing his utmost, in the security of his Austrian retreat, to throw difficulties in the way of those of his late sub wars were close at hand, he raised the annual con tingent, once in 1853, and again in 18 r jects, such as the officers of the late Hanoverian army, who tangent, once in 185 3 , and again in 18:-.)8—in decisive compelled by amoreo r les p anticipation of the attack on Austria—to 140,000 pro f es sion oftheir e allegiance.ubli position c ttedee to m does not t a e k r e a even men. What has been done before may be done confine himself to issuing foolish proclamations, but sends again. What the French nation has endured twice his agents to intrigue upon Hanoverian ground, in thirteen years it may endure once more. Glory but such manmuvres have no political importance. Even has never been neglected in the Imperial policy, the officers are not disposed much longer to acquiesce in the position in which their late King would like to retain and France knows its price quite aa well as the them for his own purposes ; and the most that the King EMPEROR and the economiats. As the Ememeoe. can do by persevering in his recent ractices is to keep up is of opinion that France will pay that price, the a series of petty local irritations which will involve his probability is that she will. unreasoning adherents in trouble. Should the Prussian What will be the cost of having a million of g overnment proceed boldly on the one hand to maintain trained soldiers? Regarding it from M. Forzn's the dignity and protect the independence of Germany, and point of view—that is, how much will it mid to on the other to develop sad apply the principles of con stitutional liberty, it may laugh to sena the intrigues of the Budget—we tied that the increase will swell such enemies as the ex-royal fant!ly of Hanover. the total of the Army Estimates from, in round The Td of cgra jsi te hithlll Prince Consortksthatthosew wi ll evi de nce who have studied the numbers, four hundred millions of francs to four ch arac ter hundred and seventy millions of francs. The of his cool, clear judgment in his proposition for the more nearly the extra levy is made to approach reorganisation of the German Fatherland which has just the character of the regular soldiers the more come to light. He seems to have aimed at little more than the creation of an effective central power by which the costly it will be. The EMPEROR has no love for German nation should be represented abroad. To attain National Gum's of the old type. His affections this object, an E m peror proposed he that lifefor term ; that those the German princes should are set on soldiers, not on pa elect ins in uniform. eitherfor Consequently, we may be sure a d- that the _ e l e ctoral p rinces- should, either in penorby deputy, ditional conscripts will have more than eight form a sort of imperial council, whose sanction should be days' training per annum, and as the number I essential to all acts emanating from the Kaiser ; add of the days' training increases, so will the direct that the popular element should be upheld in a State. That will weigh with M. Form). Diet elected by the estates of the different king cost to the doms belonging to the confederacy. The elected But the direct cost is barely half the indirect cost. Pe We are told that labour is scarce in France. It E mperor al t alau w thorit; was gove sw m be Ger e t an With sh in bounds lan h d y t h e h is is scarce, not only because the demand has in- conclave of princes and the pop ular p parliament.More creased,- More creased, not only because so many men are over, a central tribunal, a sort of Teutonic supreme court, drained away from the labour market to be made was to be established for the decision of all legal questions into soldiers, but because the rate of increase in I between states and states, and sovereigns and subjects. the population of France is so slow. The annua l I The late King Frederick William objected to the project and that Austria would not forego her rights in favour of an average of births in France is now 970,000, t z t l ier sutgeste r d to th be at t t h h e e re ss e r h e o re uld be t A two, there were only 22,000 fewer in the reign e ae lect in t e p n l a tn pe ro th r e of Louis XVI. The number of young men i t a s ; the real Kaiser—the King of the Germans—to w. be liable to conscription has only increased in I elected by the Princes of the Confederacy. The caune of the same proportion. Consequently the de-1 events, however, proved too powerful for regulation by mend for more soldiers comes at a time any abstract deliberations. when the demand for labour is test, !As the Post reads events, the Germans have opened and when the supply is less than it would have t s br aei re de vi se sß eto the m f d act de that r parliamentary care tw rule has been been had the population of France increased at of a German par ' liament, which in tilgite in n han ti ls of crea tion the rate of other European countries, say of Prussian government they know is intended only to be a Prussia or our own. Hence it follows that the , sham. cost to the State of abstracting so many men The Herald throws some doubt on the authenticity of would be greater than it would have been had the draft for the constitution of a German empire ascribed to the late Prince Consort. At all events it must be said there been more idle hands. When the EMPEROR has diverted 600,000 men from their ordinary that Princete within w rt wouldth ru t have framed such a scheme labours, and set them to soldiering for three too of The criticism and ten suggestionsyeare of his ... li ed fe. so lt ic luch months in the year, ho will have diminished their Frederick William IV. is altogether inconsistent with King value to the State, according to the calculations of traditional policy of Prussia. the economists, reckoning each man as worth on . the average two franca per diem, no less than i IRISH EMIGRATION. 108 millions of franca ; and M. BONNET, adding 1 A hypothetical, but still imprudent, sentence in a recent etter of Mr. Bright's, seems, the Daily New: says, to this loss of wages, the loss of the value of the to have terrified Lord Dufferin, and to have pro work him to a equally work done to the employer, is of opinion that the yoked • rejoinder extreme and one total loan will be double that sum. sided. It is absurd for his lordship to represent his As the EMPEROR will have a larger army, it is opponents as contending that emigration from Ireland plain that he must have made up his mind that the has been a curse ; but to disprove the proposition, who end he contemplates makes it worth his while to ever may have committed himself to it, is not to vindicate face the difficulties and dangers arising out of this Irish landlords and English policy. No fault could be found with his letter if he were discussing the propriety state of things. But they even do not represent all; for in ordinary times, at least, the French do not t u lle s e ma xorus - a Im pr r il re attem pting policy of aifici ally historical love the conscription. The present drain on the juataticetion. ' The whose nell aa or illist:grio:l• OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIB DAY.) t• I t • I n, • VALUA towns and hamlets, tempered of exemptions, is very se . _ consider an adequate obj ready to fill the ranks off abstract idea of national def potent to move the French must some other Ides of greater t9.A19 1 1 1 1. Probably the Ritmo) . . _ be able to utter the right moment ; and so reconcili sands of conscripts to their . again, that be has levied num. and has only spoken the magic got his men. On those - simple increase of numbers , out fora reorganization, for something permanent; yet previous experience would lead us to believe that the object in view is less a permanent reor ganization than a levy under that name, to accompnah a special result. Is that so I Already the armaments of France are greater than they have been at any period, actual war excepted, since Naromkts I. was in the height of his turbu lent career. France, we are told, has, by means of her armies, vindicated her true position, and she will never grudge the cost of doing that. Are we to have a further example of such vindica tion ? If so, the war that is to be must be short.. Consider this fact—more than one-third of the number of men liable to be drawn are declared exempt on the ground of unfitness. The burden would fall on the remainder, and only 40,000 of these would escape. How long could the industry of a country afford such a drain of men as this represents f And what a picture of the state of Europe is presented by these pro jects for arming and training men by the million 1 It is wholly inoonsistent with the notion of defence. Were France threatened, his wry shows that she would not lack soldiers, less perhaps now than ever, because the instinct of danger would be aroused instantaneously. Armies on the scale now projected can only be intended for special efforts, or the economists are wrong about the scarcity of labour, and the augmentation of the French army is another form of a poor law. Those of our readers who have watched the course of political action for the last fifteen years can decide for themselves which is the truer interpre tation of this gigantic attempt to turn France into one huge garrison. We shall hear what the Legis lative Body will say to the latest offspring of Uesarism. THE LATE REFORM DEMONSTRATION. A letter from the secretes/ of the demonstration com mittee is commented upon by the Times and the Post. After putting aside the statement that a select rather than numerous gathering had been desired by the committee, the Times ridicules the blame which is thrown upon Sir Richard Mayne for giving no assistance at Beaufort house grounds, and quotes certain parts of the letter es a complete confirmation of the warnings addressed beforehand to the promoters of the demonstration of the dangers of • dense crowd in narrow streets. As to the part of the letter which says that, if found necessary, the late demonstration will be followed up on a far more gigantic scale during the next session of par. liament, the Times is willing to think that this is rather the language of • few persons elated by the sudden importance which has been given them than of the work ing class of Londoners, even of those who are attached to the trades' unions. London may tolerate such a gather ing for once, but • renewal of it wills • very strong hostile feeling, for, after all, workinge not the only persons in the community who have rights. These as semblages inflict much loss on private persons, besides ) causing the greatest public inconvenience. the Court. WINDSOR CAf3TLE, DEC. U. The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and Lae' , Augusta Stanley. Her Majesty walked out this morning, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park, and Prince Leopold went out walk"tg, attended by Mr. Sabi. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, and Major-General F. H. Seymour, went to Kew this afternoon and visited the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince and Princess of Teck. Her Majesty travelled by a special train on the South- Western Railway, and returned to Windaor.Caatle at half past four o'clock. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho- nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at Whitehall on matters relative to the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and the Right Hon. H. Corry. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the committee. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The lords present were—Lord Justice Cairns, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir R. T. Kinderaley, and Sir J. Colvile. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa, Gibraltar, and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta. THE ROYAL VISIT TO SUFFOLK. DISS, TUESDAY. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales reached Oakley-park, the seat of Sir E. C. Ker. risen, Bart., MP., about half-past 6 o'clock last evening, and hie Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Thornhiun-hall, the seat of Lord Hartismere, about the same time. The royal visitors were escorted as far as Steeston-bridge by the Lisa volunteers, and were met at that petit by the Eye corps. The math; were thronged with spectators, and the darkness of the night was con tinually broken by rockets, Bengal lights, torches, &c. The royal party had been received at the railwaystation—in the handsome saloon constructed under the superintendence of Mr. Batterby, from the engineer's office, Great Eastern Railway, Stratford—by Sir E. C. Kerrison, Lord Hartle_ mere, Earl Stanhope, the Hon. J. Henniker-Major, M.P. and Lady A. Henniker-Major , the Hon. T. Henniker-Major,, the Hon. A. Henniker-Major, the Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., Mr. G. Josselyn, and a number of the leading inhabitantsof The special train in which the royal party travelled was under the personal superintendence of Mr. Robertson, general superintendent, and Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Dut ton, district superintendents ; Mr. Chatfield, locomotive superintendent at Norwich, riding on the engine. The train arrived with admirable punctuality. The road over which the Duke of Edinburgh passed in Lord Hartisasere's carriage on his way to Thornham-hall was spanned with triumphal arches at Thornham and Volley. The Thorn ham arch had the word "Galatea" on one side, that being the ship of war to which the Duke of Edinburgh is attached ; while on the other aide was the motto " Success to the British Navy." Among the guests invited by Lord H irtibmere to meet his royal highness were the Earl of Gosford, Lord Kenlis, Viscount Newry, Lord Bingham and Lady Cecilia, Mr. Russell and Lady Charlotte Rus sell, the Hon. Lionel Ashley and the Ladies Ashley, Lieutenant Haig, equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh, Mr. Lumley, &c. The dinner party at Thornham-hall het evening comprised, of course, the Duke of Edinburgh and the circle enumerated. The dinner party at Oakley hall comprised their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Earl Stanhope, the Countess Stanhope, and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of Leicester, the Earl and Countess of Strad. broke, Lord and Lady Suffield, Lord R. Grosvenor, the Hon. Miss White, Sir E. landseer, the Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., the Countess of Macclesfield (Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Wales), and Colonel Keppel (in waiting on the Prince of Wales). To-day the Duke of Edinburgh, Viscount Newry, the Hon. J. Henniker-Major, and some of the other guests at Thornliam-hall, went out shooting in Sherwood and Park covers. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Lecester, Lord Suffield, &c., were also engaged in shooting over the well stored covers on Sir E. Kerrison's estate. The weather was cold, but fine. The visits of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, all of whom appear in ex cellent health, are expected to terminate on Thursday. On Monday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Lieut.-Generals Sir James Scarlett and Forster, General Sir G. Wetherell (governor of the colleges), and a numerous staff from London and Aldershott, inspected the Royal Cadet and Staff Col leges, at Sandhurst. The day was lovely and bright, this being the eleventh successive visit (as his royal highness remarked) in which th , s good fortune has attended him. A numerous company therefore enjoyed the beau. tiful grounds of the colleges, and watched the proceedings. The chief interest of the latter was, as usual, the distribu tion of the free commissions (this time thirty in number) to the successful competitors among the gentlemen cadets, In presenting these the duke was enabled to compliment the authorities and the students on the good conduct of the latter during the past term. The ceremony took place at the end of a short display of manoeuvres, well executed by the cadets, in the front of the college. The giving awayof the prizes was afterwards performed by the superintendent of studies, Colonel Addison, whilst the Commander-in-Chief adjourned to the Staff College, to hear the annual report read. Eighteen officers obtained their certificates on this oc casion. After partaking of luncheon in the mess-room of the Staff College with Colonel Lacy and the officers his royal highness and party returned to London, by Farn borough, having concluded a very satisfactory inspection of both institutions. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. The Prince and Princess Christian arrived at Knowsley on Monday evening on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby. They were met at Huyton StAtion by Lord Derby. The guests invited to met the Prince and Princess in clude their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lady Susan Melville, , Count and Countess Gleichen, Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., and the Hon. F. Stanley, M.P. Yesterday the prince and party shot over the Knowsley preserves. The visit will extend to Thursday. .Art out the occurrence of any important incident.' The Constitutionne/ of to-day contradicts the statement that the Custom-house officials at Vera Cruz had refused to submit to the control of the agents of the French government. ADDRESS OF THE HUNGARIAN DIET. PBSTH, Dzc. 12. The following is a more complete summary of the draft of the address w hich will be discussed on Sa turday next in the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet. The address states that the last roya re script has not been able to allay the apprehensions entertained by Hungary, notwithstanding the pro mises and the acknowledgments of the national rights contained therein, since the request of the Diet for an immediate re-establishment of the con stitution has not been complied with. The address requests the Emperor not to render a satisfactory reconciliation impossible by postpon ing the re-establishment of the legal basis of public affairs, and continues as follows :—" There ar e situations in the life of nations which can never be maintained without danger. Such is the case when the internal affairs of a nation have been unsettled for along period. Always dangerous, such a position of things is in the present day particularly perilous, when we are threatened by great European questions calculated to produce serious complications. Our own affairs, and those of the empire generally, are not so completely set in order that we could calmly meet all the emergencies that might arise— foreign complications might reach us by some unforeseen incident." The address requests his Majesty to grant means and opportunities to the Diet for effecting a satisfactory compromise. " Before all," it con tinues, " it is necessary to that end that the constitution of Hungary should be completely re-established. We ask, in the interest of our own country, of your Majesty, of the dynasty, and of the whole empire. Our de mands are justified by the fundamental laws which form the basis of the mutual legal relations between us and the imperial dynasty. That portion of the royal rescript which refers to the common affairs of Austria and Hungary, and to the draft of the committee of fifteen, can only be discussed when the Diet is in a position to consider the whole constitutional scheme, and to pass re solutions in reference thereto." The address again requests that those persons upon whom sentences have been passed or who are sailed for political offences shall be amnestied. The fulfilment of these requests can alone satisfy the Hungarian nation, and give hope for the arrangement of a successful compromise. In conclusion the address requests his Majesty not to delay the fulfilment of these demands, and states that the Diet has learned with great satiafac tion from the royal rescript that the Emperor in tends to introduce in his other provinces also the principal of ministerial responsibility. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, (Yi4 Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Dec. 1, Monnxo. The financial report of Secretary M'Culloch will show that the deficiency of the Treasury for the year ending December, 1865, was 619,000,000 dols. Six months after that time there was an excess of receipts over expenditure of 38,000,000 dols., and the public debt has been reduced 200,000,000 dols. during the last twelve months. Advioes received here from Mexico to the 25th ult. state that the Emperor Maximilian's baggage had arrived at Vera Cruz. Maximilian remained at Orizaba, but exercised no official functions. The imperial garrison at Zulapa had surrendered to the liberals. Letters received at Washington easel t that Ba zaine anticipated no trouble from Sherman's visit. Reports had reached New York to the 28th ult. of Sedgwick's occupation of Matamoros, and that Maximilian had left Vera Cruz for Havannah• Both reports have since been denied. Sedgwick advised the government on the 27th of his reported occupation of Matamoros, whereupon General Grant telegraphed to General Sheridan to depose Sedgwick if the report was verified, disavowing endorsement by the United States. Washington despatches state that the Federal government are perfectly satisfied of Napoleon's intention to remove his troops from Mexico. M. do Montholon has furnished the United States Cabinet with the names of 20 transports about to sail from France to bring home the French troops by the end of December. General Sherman was to leave Havannah on the 25th ult. for Mexico. It is believed in Canada that the recent news of a projected Fenian rising in Ireland will have a bad effect upon the condemned Fenians. No de cision has as yet been delivered regarding a new trial of the condemned. SOUTHAMPTON, Dsc. 12. The Hamburg American Company's steamer Allemannia, Captain Trautman, sails at noon for New York, with a full complement of cabin and steerage passengers and a large cargo, including French jewellery from Havre, value 92,305 fr. A duel between General Clampllas and Marshal Benedek is spoken of at Vienna. Magnificent blocks of crystallised sulphur, dug at Hidvena, have arrived from Bagdad for the Paris Ex hibition, with specimens of essence of petroleum, of pearl', of pit coal, and of broidered stuffs. From Mosul five species of marble, twelve specimens of minerals, several antiquities from Nineveh, marbles from the spot called " Yournong the Prophet," with inscriptions in undo ciphered hieroglyphics, have arrived. On one of these marbles there is an eagle's head, with a wing on its back. Wines, gold and silver, stuffs, and carpets are expected from Diarbekir. In his annual report just laid before the Council- General of the department of the Seine the Prefect (M. Haussman) dwells on what he has done for the city of Paris ; the 3,614 houses built from the Ist of October, 1865, to the 30th of September, 1866, or 263 more than last year ; the 2,256 houses totally or partially razed to , the ground-967 by appropriation and 1,289 by their owners—with a view to new said magniflosat coastractions and corresponding gains. He complains of the " unjust criticisms" on these constructions and demolitions, which have made Paris the finest city in the world, and have given to the department of the Seine " a harmony ra i quired by such a city," and have favourably modified the ' essential conditions of human life. EvEnso. the speech lMbats to 'tees to be that speech *ilia nothing esul insult `in French If you see , tell him dint not very good ; troubled in his mind ; I pray for his restoration to tranquillity. The French nation is Christian, its sovereign should be Chris tian also. By the aid of prayer, oonfidenos, and perse verance that great and powerful milieu may yet obtain its desire. For me, I live in the mercy of God, and my blew ing aocompanies you on your voyage. The " black man" has been round to the evening papers to " invite" them not to reproduce the paragraph I have cited, and so effectual has been his mission that not one of them prints a word of it. Some give points to indicate a blank, and the Gazette de France subjoins to the blanks the asser tion of the Debate that it warrants the authenticity of the report. The Opinion Nationale maliciously points attention to the suppression by stating in a conspicuous paragraph that at the moment of going to press it has been " made" to conceive doubts as to the authenticity of the paragraph in question, and has been " invited" to postpone its publication. The mission of the black man could not be more dearly indicated. There is not the least doubt that the Pope spoke the words in ques tion, and they fully explain why the Empress did not go and is not going to Rome. Under these circumstances, M. Tonello, the Italian negotiator, who has taken up the mission abandoned by M. Vegerai as a too forlorn hope, can expect but lenten en tertainment at Rome. The Pope is, I believe, more obstinate than any of h is cardinals ; and for this obvious reason, that he has lees to lose than any of them. So far from there being anything prune facie improbable in the provoking words at tributed to the Pope, they accord entirely with the whole tone of the polemics pursued at his bidding by the French clerical jo urnals and with the mani festoes of the French u lt ra montanist bishops. The following is given by the France of this evening as an authentic version of the speech made to the Pope by General de Montebello, which preceded the allocution of the Holy Father above alluded to : Most Holy Father,—ln coming for the last time to pre sent to your Holiness our respectful homage, and to solicit your blessing, I cannot but feel deep emotion. There awe circumstances in which the sadness inseparable from an adieu becomes real grief. But one thought consoles me. If the Emperor, faithful to his engagements, withdraws his troops from Rome, he does not withdraw him support from the Holy See. Our 17 years' occupation will be suc ceeded by a moral protection as imposing and not less efficacious, because it will be a restraint upon some and an encouragement to others. May time which, in the hands of an au-powerful and merciful God, appeases passions, calms sorrow, and founds more than it destroys—may time inspire all with that spirit of concilation which alone can bring about a solution of pre. sent difficulties, and assure to the Sovereign Pontiff the independence and security of which he stands in need to extend his spiritual action to the farthest extremities of the world: Such are my wishes and such the homage of my profound respect, which I lay at your Holiness's feet. The Bourse was neither affected by the Pope's uncomplimentary speech, nor the confirmation by a solemn article of the Coturtitutionnel that the standing army is to be increased from 600,000 to 800,000, besides 300,000 Gardes Mobiles. Route rose 10c. both for cash and account, closing at 69fr. 65c. and 691 r. 67ie. Italian rose 42ic., and Mobilier Bfr. 50c. Credit Fancier fell 3fr. 75c. MR. ADDERLEY, M.P., ON REFORM. -- - The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., presided at the annual dinner in connexion with the Hanley Cattle Show, at the Mechanics' Institution, Hanley, last evening. In responding to the toast of the " County and Borough Members," Mr. Adderley said he, as an humble under secretary, had no secrets to reveal. He did not know what went on in her Dlajesty's service, and although he was on the most friendly terms with the chief of his department, yet so faithful were the members of the cabinet to one another, and so loyal to her Majesty that they did not reveal any secrets. With reference to that subject which was now so prominently before the country, the reform of the electoral body which returned members to represent the country in paliament, he had never concealed his moat sincere de sire for an effective reform. Be had always stoutly ced maintained that as the country advan in intelligence, and as there arose a large body who would be able to give an intelligent andindependent vote, the electoral body shodhl be opened to receive all such citizens. But he had also always maintained that there was a great difference between opening the institutions of the country, by ad mitting the increased intelligence and independence, and upsetting those institutions and substituting something very different. (" Hear, hear t " and applause.) Those who looked to the West for better institutions did not represent the public feeling of this country. (Applause.) He was glad to see that after those violent speeches recently made in St. James's-hall there was a meeting of the same class of men, who took the earliest opportunity of repu diating the violent expressions made use of on that occa sion, and of separating themselves from connexion with what they called the vapourings of certain people who had attempted to represent, but had misrepresented, them. He was glad to see that the same clams of men formed themselves together in Birmingham, call ing themselves liberal conservative operatives, and in doing so made use of expressions which did credit to them and to the country, as having been made by opera tives, and which he believed were better representatives of the feelings of the people of England than the speeches at St. James's-hall. And, if, as he believed, they were not prepared to upset the institutions of the country, they were not prepared to pay personal compliments to the Queen at the expense of the throne, or to make elective the higher Chamber of the Legislature, or to admit to the lower chamber such a body as that which returned mem bers of Congress in America, and which had made America a byword in her relations with foreign powers, and corrupt in her own local administration—then the question was very simple. If there was a wish merely to reform the institutions of the country, it was a question, not of principle, but of degree. No doubt, in every country like this there would be very wide differences of opinion as to what a reform bill ought to le; but if it was agreed that they wished to maintain the institutions of the countfy, they might calmly discuss amongst themselves as to the right way to widen the electoral body, and to improve and adapt those institutions. Then they need not have animosity one with another, they need not set class against class, and they need not claim for one class all the wisdom and patriotism of England, and vilify another class as if it had neither. (Loud applause.) Let them as free Englishmen, having a right to express their opinions, give each other credit for honestly desiring to maintain and improve the institutions of the country. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst applause. Other toasts followed. The Royal Commissioners for considering the feasibility of a digest of the law held their first meeting on Monday last, the 10th of December. Thero were present Lord Cranworth, Sir Hugh Cairns, Sir James Wilde, Mr. R. Lowe, M.P., Sir W. Page Wood, Sir George Bowyer, Bart., 11. P., Sir John G. Shaw Lefevre, Sir T. E. May, Mr. Daniel, Q.C. ' Mr. Henry Thring, and Mr. F. S. Reilly. Mr. Godfrey Lushington was ap pointed secretary to the commission. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff have gone on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Holmesaale at Linton, Kent. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Floors Castle. Mr. William R. Robinson, head of the mercantile house of Robinson and Fleming, died suddenly yesterday. In the year 1847 Mr. Robinson was Governor of the Bank of England, and after his retirement from that position he connected himself with the present firm, which has for many years enjoyed a high reputation. Ile was always regarded in the city of London with the greatest esteem. •• > . . :11. E: ' BESS WEDNESD AY , T 0 ir i t DECEMBER 1 . .- . . ered as •,, ,the lap t . . Ito • - ,: . i ' ll " . • I f 9`:: T . -INTELLIG '. 7 • -- '• . - la 'TT . : OM PA RIB were. • . point ~- t . .. IV • , h a . m g 117 .3 i. , ...d o . • tem. , a st are a to the , • i t 4 ndu• . . mid the ~, • , piss ' s irszaozzits.) . i . c . ItE SPEECHES. 41,s the out to . ...'''' ' . fns • ‘""t011f..: ,-). / FRANCE. .-." ~ • 001114,04 w. s oomarotroturr.) .. ea deffiuise produn7evil ; and n the famine • emigration PARIS, Esc. 12 ' PARIS , Torsosv E ch mind flf not, then Providence and the people, without lan. . advice or The 3foniteur of this morning publishes the plan asinine that you will have seen ti water potency be brought syrapatby, took the remedy into their fawn beads. The for the reorganisation of the French army, the to the French officers attributed by the . smolt knows that he will encouragement et the 'Wier meta, which sacrificed the prindpal features of which do not Met from the the Pope, and which that journal guarani nation to landlords' rents, multiplying a population of I formula at the right serfs ; the creation of derivative tenures, and other re- details on the subject already given by the Paris absolutely correct. At the end of tha le the hundreds of thou- itristions hindering the transfer of the soil and the appli- there is the following passage than "Alia r fate. We must repeat journals. cation of capital to it ; the extrav ce and embarrass- The Moniteur also publishes advises from the could be more personally disagreeable an nunual hosts twice before, meats of the landlords, and their spoliation of the tenants' City of Mexico to the 9th ult., which state that the ing to Napoleon 111., nothing more what i nagio words after he had improvements, with the existence of absentees end middle- , occasions there was a men, are but a few features of a system which only twenty Emperor Maximilian thew still , at Orizaba, and that i s ca ll e d m i c h an g nothing had transpired to show what his ulterior Go, soldiers, with my paternal benediction. ars ; now we are to look years ago flourished in full vigour, and which had scarcely intentions might be. " The concentration of our the Emperor of the French, your Emperor, tel __...:-- —.,......,ant , a Parallel in hi.terY f or iniquity. prs for him. I hear that his health is not troops," adds the - 11 "ite ur, , "is 'Win g effected with - I c , a - T y h be better. They say he is , ___ :—.—....t...t. incident." :r ;_.• .r : . f or his restore ' tion to traagai am overe.A LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nid Plus in London.—(Before L or d Justice &rill and • Special Jury.) "" .1 torrth •Airb °turas V. seam. This cue occupied the whole of hicaday and was concluded today. It was an action p ea of immense for 4= upon the homeward lege r g a gril ship Sir Sir Geor Wi rrioayron Mr. Hannan, and anveared for the plain ; and Mr. Edward Jams, Q.C., and Mr. Cohen foe the defeadeat. The plaietiffs, Messrs. Potter , Wilson, and o n merchants and shipowners at Glasgow ; and the del4; was an underwriter at LiverpooL The Sir Huh, Ey re was bat at Quasi) in 1856. She was arida& classed AI. and her clam was renewed for ter; ysea longer, • period whisk had nearly elapsed, when the s r ; jury in question was sustained. The plaintiffs wen* owners of the yowl, but they had advanced money yd helvesage, and they had taken possession and L a receipt of her earnings Oa the 7th g April, 186!, she WWd from the Clyde for New b a land, having on board a heavy cargo, 'large portion o t„., was iron, and also a number of goveniLea te me u g s . - 3 the 9th of February, 1863, the plainti ff s c Clary to Mr. De Mattes to bring him home a full cargo of 1,800 tons from Calcutta, at 41. a ton ; and ea the %IQ February the policy for 4,000/. was effscted upon gg freight ; and the insurance was whether the skip es or not lost. The vessel arrived in Blu ff Harbour, New t land, on the 23rd April, 1863. She remained in yy for eight days, andafterwardstbecaptainp rooeededb the cargo, but an accident happened to one of the and the consequence was that on the 16th May she die l i from her anchors and took the ground. Every w ow was made to get her off, but and sh did e fouled her minu; this inerem the difficulty, she not god A the 22nd May. In consequence of the fouling a % sub chore she again took the ground, and while 1 1,.. aground there was • heavy gale of wind, lu g a severe shock of earthquake. On the tlth JIM thy succeeded in getting her off, but before they emu on , her to a place of safety the again took the gra* r o remained with her stern aground and her stem is dal water. She was again got off with the spring tide el M let July, and arrived at Port Chalmers on the Mt July. She was then surveyed fa well as the eug be at such • plasm, and it was thought that ale was not seriously damaged, and it was recommended tisk after undergoing certain repairs, she should prowei • her voyage to Calcutta. There was, however ' some ft culty in raising the necessary funds, and the cassi a s i s to write home for assistance, so that than was pak delay in getting the repairs done, and it Me ad until the 7th of June, 1864, that pile wind e Calcutta. At that piece there were sorra I. veys, and it was found that she was so sni p that it would cost more to repair her nu is damaged e be worth when repaired. Under these esene stances the plaintiffs gave notice of ebted . oeseee, now tried to compel payment of their policy Ko ok ground that there had been • constructive total L. its next circumstane that happened was, that whilst shove at Calcutta the terrible cyclone of the sth Octeter Feed over that place and destroyed her. Upon these facts the question raised was whether nu happened in Bluff Harbour so damaged the nogg" there was a constructive total loss and a good d e li evidence wan given by the plai ; ntiffs to no,U out irk case. Mr. E. James afterwards submitted that there westalk no case for the jury. That the ordinary rule that Gm was a constructive total tom when the cost of the ma would be more than the value of the ship when mad did not apply in this case. The real test Ins vide a prudent uninsured owner would have repaired the vswi; and in this case he would, because not only would elm be the value of the vessel when repaired, but the eim tired freight home. To make out a construstive Galas mi in this case, therefore, it must be shown thatthe of repair would exceed the value of the ship whet repaw, and exceed also the net profit of the freight home. Is other point was that the circumstances which hawed after the vessel had been finally got clear of the gram( h Bluff Harbour showed that the plaintiffs, by their seim, treated the vessel as their own, and did not thinks at. Further, it was said that a constructive total low ea not be set tip here because such constructive low blOllll afterwards merti in the actual total low which *pad on the sth Octo r. These points were, after some discussion, saved fare gument before the full court, but it was also demand there there were some points upon which the jet, set be asked their opinion. The case had proceeded thus far last evening, sad retie assembling of the court this morning a renewed damis took place upon the points of law: and after soma) so spent, his lordship directed a verdict to be catered le the defendant, and reserved leave to the plaintiffs team the full emu t upon the questions of law. COURT OF ADMIRALTY. (Before the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington and Trisity Masters.) ACTION ST A STORM CONPANT.—THE EATCU}7. This was an action for salvage services rendes] Wia Storm Company at Gorleston, Suffolk, co :MAO about 30 boatmen, to the Retcliff, of Colchester, si bringing her into Yarmouth harbour. She was is psis steam-tug, and the rope gave way. Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. E. C. Clarkson lateral plaintiffs, 'the Storm Company Mr. Mile , el, Qr e and Mr. V. Lushington were for the owners of the Bea The assistance was rendered on the 20th January he On one side the danger was alleged to have *spa and on the other hand it was stated to be greatly at gerated. A tender of 1001. bed been made which ea a f used, and the only question was the smut tt awarded. Witnesses were called and examined Mart His lordship took occasion to mention that a saw of affidavits had been filed by the defendants es a I locality where the assistance was rendered, noce d would he read, but he should rely ou the Lelpof CAM', Master who sat with him. The court will determine the amount to be mite salvage services. THE POLICE COURTS• (Tills DAY.) BOW-STREET. A TILAVILLIS TN LONDON.—st,..RTING INTELLIOINCL James Alexander, who said he was a parkin sada at Limerick, and had only been a few days in Lanka, le brought up on remand, on a charge of dealings g: rug from the shop of Mr. Hart, hosier, ke., la the He wu, as on the former occasion, defended W Abrams: One of the purposes of the remand was to gin t. officers an o pportunity of making inquiries with oiler e to two gold chains, and two silk pocket which were found on him. In respect to one of 1114' kerchiefs, embellished with pot trait of " Lai L yl tie is t "! winner of the St. Leger," th ese in q uiries du d fruitless. Mr. Shayer, a hosier, in Piccadilly, said that s le a ago the prisoner came to his shop, and, after kcal, a variety of silk handkerchiefs, selected this Fing••• design, of which he said he would Ake two, Itst" handkerchiefs were folded up in paper, ready fart° take away, but be asked witness tO heap d for the present, as he wins going furtbsr , should cal as he came back. lie never returned. seluently one of the " Lord Lyon" handkerchisk missed from the packet which had been vexed tol them to the prisoner. Mr. Abrams asked if handkerchiefs of this Oa not to be purchased at other shops in London. Witness—Not precisely. Of course others haw manufactured, but mine is the only shop in lon ia ,. these are sold. Mr. Abrams —Surely there are ideal 01 lak kerchiefs with this portrait of Lord Lyon. Witness —Yes. It may be the se ine porr "If different border, and the inscription is Derby," which in mine has been sltered to """' the St. Leger." My next door neighbour has waif differing from mine in these respects. The prisoner was committed for trial on the two( of stealing the rug and handkerchief. ----- THE BISHOP OF NORWICH AND THE Rlt_ii• BERNEY.—TogIay this remarkable case wu afF.,._, be le-argued before the Judicial Corniuittee of we' Council on the 7th Feb. Al already stated, altit lb , " had been fully argued, and jud,:nont was resersval i k : cover,' was made that the co mmittee bad ee "- properly constituted, because the PIN Privy .„. who attended had not been assisted by as bishop or bishop, and on Monday last Mr. the proctor for the Bish o p of Nereid , Bkipwith, proctor for Mr. Berney, received IL.m,A neat on that the came would have to be and that the earliest day when a prelate e Clser coaidell. would be appointed. T he 16th section of tb . C. 86). Pis cipline Act, passed in 1840 (3 and 4 Vic that no appeal should be heard without theproolr archbishop or bishop, , the the rela was not one who had issued the u commission te un d e r the. one sending the case to the Arches Court by ktte!l t ' quest. It seems that the ease cannot be roartel l i the sittings after Hilary Term. The Queeee e' and Dr. Twin; will appear for Mr. Bern e y. and tn. Q.C.. with Dr. Tristram, for the Bishop a N °l = l L EICESTER RAYS TOR NEW ZEAL c hamp ' '' ND.• Borton, of Barton-house, Mahon, ort the of England," has sold two of his prize sheep -tle at the Great Yorkshire and the Great Nh 0 .. ' s h ows —fat exportation to the docks of M a j or ißemington, Napier, New Zeal and. OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER, —TCIIIPIdA, noon, • number of gent lemen met at the Towirer' W. Fairinurn in the chair ; to proulote the eeto:!ye , 1 of a fund of 10,0001., to found at proftoorthiP 01 ' I 1 onfentinpromblea. 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