The Express. — London, England, 1858-02-26 00:00:00

emerging lining , Auiving Duchess not the Ring right of Directors are justified in designating prise. This would be the first time in the history of deserving the especial consideration " nations in which conspirators have been recognised for we believe there is no other u invested with the prerogative of a belligerent magnitude in the kingdom that power. It is clear, therefore, that on all principles of result. international right the Neapolitan Government must not have forgotten the outcry yield to the jut demands of Sardinia; and in ago against the insecurity and any ease, that Government ought to be compelled e service of the Eastern Counties to release the ship and cargo, and to hand over to distinguished. Owing t, the gnu Piedmont the prisoners, whose preeenoe in Genoa and want of thrift of the former will be required for proceedings to be taken before gradaally fell into a dilapi- the Admiralty Courts, according to the penal regu state, the real mime being that ktiona of that country. It will scarcely add to the •to have been expended in repairs reputation of the ca-Cabinet that they have shrunk I THE . T HE DAILY NEWS: LONDON 11 4. ORNING ead oo rene , w tho als uo was der d t t i i o h g uted itas u b ' e ' e p o ro o ti o ts co ." mbe ln re c d on o - f i f 1 sl s e P62/.11178416"..atiet nnillinninn Inn , - late years with an extooptionally heavy batti ng i ' I l a telLoss .,ud e in wsib meare seeo-ta., ....., eese " "It i r wbsu l"' ee in expenditure under this head. Duri I lieg e t i lr" --. sei uses" , realee" 4. .leow 1111 ** the Let two years and I Ulf, apart from ! 1111011 SUDS ill IiaLIARILIEHD imeas t = 4 the sum required for the ortlinary ' h ' maintonce half -year's I ea esusteil ... ....,uss eat tr i rsZ,,z-• "of way," which figures in eac h I " W " . ""T — lttlollll - 6A. 11 A steno annoae. n ' ln trtk g rei , ms at& o_renirsivn AlTAR_snsmartiLaw unto, no less than 209,7204 has been ex- V.sawn lama pended solely on account of renetrah of theperma. la is oder M . 26"tar e Er ir r oo r ../ == nent way, and improvements of bridges, bu ildings, sonar, spr ___ art ameLli It at &c., in that department of the Company's affair*. "r ei bmilmdl a:se, / ..""" hi" Has ie The fact that the undertaking was su ff ered to fall 11 1+11 E l l s r eke mellet4 . est annAnn ew i tsF q . 6 . 4l.l " .mis tr a thus in arrear in so vital a matter proves haw large ark Is wets MY ailat. et, expreoo* a degree of trust must always be repose , in Railway trumpet-tourede, anagM ers, and speaks trumpet-toured in favour of the policy of securing the best qualified men for so important i 1 an office, and of making it worth their TO COAIUMPOPIDIBTA. while to attend exclusively to their business. That • 1 ab r esiessie mewl or "rut eassen." um" kwene a"r". the Eastern Counties Company, is now doing every- wen Se le Mu :Ake, 'a. Delnistlsetnals to Tv , MIMI Mk Om , thing that can be requited of it in the way of ese os irealludes- • &c., seeing to be proved by the fact J • NATMAIIERT. ..,,, that, daring the hell year ending the 31st i t ~,...s tr ".l • l llel4 ,lr i tr a tr" linnall -asehla lli ratia l had Dec e mber last, 66,0331 , has been spent out r.„, , Tirsai.Ylwasaffekild4°Diribalisr:iliallarildw.loLtionkri°. of the currant revenue in the ordinary " =late- Pat DICESSIL "nonce nod reneeeals." In addition, 12,000/. has been Vets Rv p... " k svnsi. MAll H L A RT .L . so lit u r ia ird wa lla n CiarEsaa ...Ths -ig s ti taken from the profits available for Dividend and ap- . e is t.' ewt, eu r e u ,, "... l ir r e e f s ,. wee ntilenra is s „ ea tlellei k plied in reduction of the sum standing at the debit LitillUM of the" Deferred Permanent Way Renewal Fund." Test Envois. IPTIIRLLO. lasms.O. lama NA airorts: MIL 0. The amount of this " fend," which forms a serious . i ip._ ....• la c aaratteia,Aer i ll r . it wr , ,.. ,. .1.4 1 ,.„. a J. O. i 'bustles fastened upon the back of the undertak i ng li Inn ...a" " -niminneslat by its former administrators, is now reduced to Tar Ilvs sak= "Ili" at e .... v467 . , r ig feu 77,7604., no leas than 60,0004. having been paid off iPrusiiitrei a D Aft. ...oicaueses mouse the year 18410 the " fund" will be altogether extin- SIGH WILT= AT LONDON IRMO& guished, and the whole of the profits will then be irus Da*- - - = tt7.7...:Aiss i nase. na.k t i lt applicable to Dividend. The un fl inching spirit in . which they rigorously hold back the requisite sum, at the expense of the dividend, is deserving of every LONDON. FRIDAY. NSBNUART N. com . endation. —,--- But, inasmuch as the gross revenue is nearly 1."111°911 ntili M ien an making in messy ten thousand pounds kw than for the cor- Nutters to prove that the majority of Friday last pending six months of the previous year, it might was a majority ii Amu of the amendment ; not be naturally asked how can the Company contrive against the soma reeding of the Conspiracy to to defray all these expenses for repairs and renewals, Murder Bill. We are told with a great ostentation present and past, and yet pay an increa se d di v i- of Parliamentiry erudition-that the SPEAKER (the dead? The answer is that, during the last halt Seue ea. prole Nemesis, of Lord PUMEMSTON'a peculiar choice) must have lapsed for a moment into year, whilst the revenue has decreased 9,6891., the expenditure has decreased no less than 41,6251. Of fallibility, if be allowed the division on the amend- I meat to be takeu as da•peeing of the Bill. The Bill, our great railway companies, how is it that the it is insinuated, notwithstanding this division, may thedown expe Coun ? tisa cee el n O ot ne othe es e n bc:eedentrivleextcthute secret by which soimport ant a result is brought about ? answer, in !his matter, them learned pundits of the posit ion of Parliamentary decision. We an not careful to The present of the Eastern Counties Com- h lobbies: even according to the rules of their own Pan . !Om conviction they are utterly 1 yis pregnant with instruction to railway re- eraft we have a formes. With a dilapidated line, with a heavy i wrong. But wrong a' right is not the question. burthen of debt incurred for repairs, and with all its This matter has paned beyond the region of forms arrangements thrown out of joint by a change of I , and technicalities: it gas received the judgment of the country. By that judgment Lord PALMERSTON'S . . management, this Company is steadily emerging f its difficulties sad attaining a most promising "Harder Bill " ha • seen condemned, and we should Pou lton. With such an example it is prematureto .' mad enough to mire it. The co u r s e of th e new I - like to ere the man who will be bold eno ug h and despair of the futon of even the worst managed . 4 Railway in the kingdom, for by putting the right men in the right place all Railways may be made to 1 Administration i s regard to this matt e r app e a rs t o be perfectly free from difficulty. It the pay to the satisfaction of the shareholders, and, in- result of the proceedings which are already wait corn directly but inevitably, to the great advantage of the is t o - mewed apins; BRINARD, which, when his capture general public. is dieted, will be of course instituted against A etso r. If , after the termination of Ileac proceedings, it ii LORD PALMRRSTON and Lord CLARENDON in found that the existing law is inadequate, a founds- leaving office leave two innocent Englishmen to pine tion wall be laid fur coisidering in what way it should needed and unprotected-one in a Neapolitan be altered. At present all is doubt and uncertainty. dungeon, the other in a Neapolitan madhouse. , I There, for instance, is the Act of the 9th of The Government of Sardinia, which is so much Inte- l Geoacie IV., which leaden "subjects " of her rested in the quarrel that has arisen from the sequel- MAJE.TY triable here, as accessories before the fact, tration of the Cagliari and the arrest and detention k l for a - murder committed on laud abroad," and of the captain arid crew and the passengers, did no t punishable on conviction with d e ath or p ena l ser f- f a at once to take up a dignified position to war d s th e dom for life. It i.e yet a m oo t p o i n t among the Neapolitan Cabinet. When it was proved by o ffi c i a l lawyers whether the word " subjects "in this unfor- il evidence that the Cagliari had been seized by t wo " tunately-drawn clause includes only natives, or Neapolitan frigates, the Tancredi and the/ftfore Fiero- extends also to aliens. If the former construction moaca, at about 30 miles from Salerno and 12 from the L be right , only A u.sor could be tried unde r it ;if th e small creeks of Capri, i.e., on the free seas over latter, Hessian might al so . A ga i n , un d er t h e which no one has jurisdiction-Count CAVOUR did Common Law, it i s ano th er moo t po i nt, as we too k not lose a moment in protesting against the strange seession to show the oth er d a y, w h e th er e i t h er a application of international law set forth ky the Nea- " an lee or alien can be tried here for (.008 1 )404 T politan Commission of Prize and Wreck. The right 1 , ..i teeffect a murder committed in France, on the ground of Sardinia in claiming the restoration of the ship that such murder itself is not, except by special and the liberation of the prisoners was besides statute, cognisable by our tribunals. We urged strengthened by the fact that at the moment of the various reasons for adopting the higher and more capture the vessel had no rebels on board; she was liberal view advanced by Lord CAMPBELL and others of the law lords, that it is so tri a bl e ;bat under the command of her lawful captain, an d carried her national flag, which ought to have f until the point has been solemnly adjudicated upon Stewed for her protection, immunity, and the by the highest tribunal in the realm, it cannot be privileges of the sea. The Cagliari was not a considered absolutely free from doubt. That, then, pirate : she had her patent of nationality, her ship's , is the ground which any Ministry that expects the papers, and was not engaged in any act of piracy. eapport of the country most take in respect of any She was not an enemy's ship, because she belonged change in our laws regarding Aliens. Let us wait toarriendlypowerbywhoseflagshewuprotected,and till we know authoritatively what the extent of the her forcible and momentary possession by a handful existing law really is, how far it operates, and in of conspirators ooald not create that state of war what respect it fails. When we know this,a founda- which can only exist between two recognised Go- tion for future action will be safely laid; until we vernmenta. The assertion that the Cagliari was know this, we decline to interfere ; above all, we abso- followed by the Neapolitan frigates, and then cap. lately refuse to have anything to do with reviving tared, cannot change the point in question. The that measure on which the country has paused decision of the Neapolitan Commission of Prize and jadgmcnt-the Murder Bill of the late Prime Wreck, which we have carefully examined, is not, I Minister, therefore, founded on right; and did we not kno w bow justice is managed in that unhappy ki ng d om , we ONE of the most hopeful features in the recant should be at a loss to understand how any Court of Balance-Sheet oft he Eastern Counties Company con- Prize could possibly have come to such a conclusion. sista in the trifling extent of the addition made to There Oa case of a similar kind which is recorded in 1 the " Capital Account." The . gross outlay on this the annals of French jurisprudence. It is that of Account during the l as t h a lf-year is only 7,6481., but the steamboat Carlo Alberto, which, on the night of , , the set addition is no more than 4,8831., for it is a the 24th of April, 1832, sailed from Via Reggio with remarkable fact that the Board have actually applied the Duchess de BERRI and her companions to convey certain SUM is rallictuas of " Capital "-a feature them to France. Although the Carlo Alberto had almost without parallel in Railway Accounts. For been captured nine days afterwards in the French Oostance, a sum of 1,2181., truly described as an port of Coital, into which it had put forrepairs, having . .." extraordinary receipt," which has reached the then on board some of the companions of the Duchess 41 ' - Company " from some unknown hand"-(let us then at Nantes, the Government of France did not lupe from that or some former spoliator of think it right to have the matter settled by the I the undertaking, s t ung by conscience)-has Special Court of Prise. The Court of Justice of bass appropriates: in this manner. An unscrupulous Aix, and afterwards the jury of Moutbrison, gave a Reilway Board would have lumped such a godsend lodgment by which the prisoners were set at asompt the general receipts without special coot- liberty, and the Carlo Alberto returned to her law- ', 6. mint in the Report ; a Board with a moderately ful proprietor. In that case as well as in this of • obsess eanacience would have applied the money in the Caglion . a great principle of international and onlastion of some "Suspense Account" standing maritime right was at stake, and the rules of Avast the Company, and would even have arm public law required that the Courts of France 1 . gated to itself great credit for so virtuous a course; should decide the question in that way. On no *Sally, a Board with a character to maintain, and principle that has ever been held valid by jurists solicitor for the permanent welfare of the under- ean any Government be called on to recognise in the taking, would act as the Eastern Counties' Board armed vessel of a friendly power the right of cap- has dose. The sum involved is small, bat taring, in time of peace, a merchantman on the high the principle involved is by DO means uniniportant sus, except when the vessel is caught in the Points of this kind er e the straws which indicate very act of piracy, which was not the case the general tendency of a Railway Company's with the Cagliari. Count PISACANI'S expedition 1 policy, and basest Directors ought to be enoonraged was the act of a few exiles, engaged in a de s p era t e I hy the aasurasee that such features will not be enterprise ; and it would be an abase of the legal overlooked. Exclusive of purehues of land, the import of terms to compare and confound the attempt yl satire addition made to the Eastern Counties of Ponza and Semi with a legalised state of public "Capital Account" for the whole of 1887 Is only war, in order to fund on it the resulting right of 4,1641. The Directors are justified is designating prize. This would be the first time in the history of 1 this fact as " deserving the especial consideration " nations in which conspirators have been recognised of the proprietors, for we believe there is no other as invested with the prerogative of a belligerent Railway of equal magaitede in the kingdom that power. It is clear, therefore, that on all principles of can show a similar result. international right the Neapolitan Government must The public will not have forgotten the outcry yield to the jut demands of Sardinia; and in . . raised some years ago against the insecurity and any ease, that Government ought to be compelled I "eye by which the "trice of the Eastern Counties to release the ship and cargo, and to hand over to Railway was distinguished. Owing to the gime Piedmont the prisoners, whose pretence in Genoa idemsaagemeet and want of thrift of the former will be required for proceedings to be taken before Dilution, the line gradually fell into a dilapi- the Admiralty Courts, according to the penal regti- dated end aria ° stilt.' the real sulae being that lotions of that country. It will scarcely add to the 1 money which ought to hays been expended in repairs repetition of the ex-Cabinet that they have shrunk ... . . , EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1858. from the assertion of a great principle of int erne _ i tional law, by insisting upon which they might h ave saved an innocent Englishman from 'dike madhouse. How nobly dose the generosity of the working men of Glow —recorded by oor Naples correspondent in the letter we publish to-day—oontrast with the heartlessness of our titled politicians ! UNITED STATES. (DT !ATV'! AND IRISH It&OWITIC TZLISOZAPH.) (mow ova ow ooasesroirourr.) LIVERPOOL, FainAy. The steamer Edinburgh, with New York dates to the 13th, arrived at Glasgow this morning. The North Stu reached New York as the Edin burgh was lekeing. The Niagara had not arrived at Halifax. Cotton continued firm at 1110. for middling. Breadstuff' firm. Lard buoyant at 10. advance. The steamer Star of the West, with California dates to January 20, and 1,300,000 dollars in gold, had arrived at New York. New Orleans dates to the 12th report cotton firm, with a further advance of le.; middling, 111. THE URSINI TRIAL. PARIS, Far„ so. The trig of Orsini and his companions came on to-day at the Cour d'Aaai see. The proceedings were almost excl , :advely confined to reading the Act of Aoeuration.--Post. FRANCE. We had not received our Paris oorreepondent'e letter, dated yesterday evening, when we went to press• THE ENGLISH ENOLYEERS IMPRISONED IN NAPLES. (FROM OCR OWN COI NAPLES, Fos. 20. / We have arrived at almost the last scene of what every Englishman must call this disgraceful tragedy. On Thursday the medical men appointed by the government began their " sperimenti," to ascertain whether the madness of Watt is feigned or real. Of course this mode of expression is purely formal, as no one has any doubt of the fact ; it is as it were an appeal to the highest court for a decision before a final step be taken, and before the trial be recommenced. The physicians have determined to visit our countryman for seven days before giving their report, and in the meanwhile have secluded him from all intercourse with his friends,in order to ensure his being as calm u possible. I have reason to be lieve that so far their opinion coincides with that of the other professional men who have seen him, though they speak with much reserve at present ; thus making altogether ten medical gentlemen whose evidence bears out my assertion that poor Watt is suffering from aberration of intellect. And this has been induced by an imprisonment consequent on a violation of international law—illegal, too, from the absence of anything like the shadow of evidence to justify it, rendered severer to a man ignorant of the language of the country by seclusion from Mends and his consul by a mere arbitrary exercise of power, and by being exposed to indignities which, however familiar to the minds of the inhabitants of this country, thank God ! are utterly unknown to a free-born Englishman. It ap pears to me, too, that oue great source of irritation has been the ever-present consciousness that he has suffered in spite of his innocence. A sense of guilt would have reconciled him to his fate, but he is maddened by injustice. Two of the passengers of the Cagliari, liberated in the month of September, have arrived in Naples, to give their evidence in favour of the engineers and others of the crew. You will remember that during the trial Signor Laurie, the advocate for our countrymen, asked per mission for five of the passengers to appear in court. At first, the Neapolitan consul at Genoa refused to visa their passports; but Signor Carafe telegraphed an order to do so, and Francesco Bodino and Vincenzo Turbine have arrived. The other three refuse to come, unless they have the guarantee of the British government; so little faith do they appear to have in the good faith of this government, and so great a fear of a Neapolitan prison. I shall now close all reference to the case of Watt for the present, by mentioning a fact which is highly honourable to the workmen of Glasgow. A letter has been received from them this week in. closing the rum of twenty pounds, to be given to Park and Watt in equal parts. It is modestly called an instalment of what is to follow, land if perchance our countrymen are not in want of it, they are begged to relieve their companions in misfortune. Nothing can be more benevolent or more catholic than the spirit of the letter, and no example more worthy the imitation of the t housands who throng together mow large towns, than that of the Glasgow men. Enjoying liberty themselves, they have not been unmindful of the suf ferings of their countrymen in the prisons of the Two Sicilies. Let that example be followed by the inhabitants of the large towns of England. It is not so much money that is wanted as demonstrations of national indignation that Englishmen have been cap. tured in violation of all international law, and im prisoned without the shadow of evidence. These are the points for consideration, and they are of even greater importance than the ensuring a fair trial and a mock ao3uittal. The letter concludes with a highly gratifying and well deserved acknowledg ment of the services of Mr. Acting-Consul Barber. We might have had a man here with higher preten sions, who would have observed all the sleepy forms of diplomatic etiquette with most marvellous correct. ness, but he would not have effected more, or even so much, than bu our Acting-Consul by dint of unfailing energy and attention. In fact, he has obtained more from this government than has the Sardinian government, though repre sented by so indefatigable and intelligent a minister as Count de Gropello. Until the medical men hare oome to a final decision about the state of Watt's mind the trial will continue in suspense, and the prisoners will have another month's punishment by anticipation. The Attorney-General and one of the judges of the court, together with the Chancellors, Mr. Barber (acting consul), Mr. Roskilly (an English medical man), and two other medical men of this country, have been present at the examination of Watt. I will venture to prophesy that the report will be that Watt is suffering from aberration of intellect, render ing his presence at the trial impossible. I think it likely then,that, according to Signor Laurie's sugges tion, his case will be brought under a certain article of the cods already quoted, and that the trial will be permitted to proceed in Watt's absence, he being represented by his lawyer. Should my prophecy be correct, the trial will be proceeded with next Mon day week. THE ACTE D'ACCUSATION. TO THI EDITOR OP TEE ITPRESS. Sig,—ln the Act. d'Accusation against Orsini and others I find it stated that " Orsini, being appointed in 1849 a commissioner extraordinary at Ancona, committed excesses which led to his condemnation for robbery with . . de." Orsini was chosen by me, and appointed by the Roman Triumvirate, to go and repress, at any wet, politial murders which a small number of misguided men were perpetrating in Ancona. He reached that town on the 2ist of April, 1849, and in a few days fulfilled, with uncommon zeal and energy, the task with which he had boon entrusted. Not a single murder took place in Ancona after his appearance there. His conduct was unanimoualy praised. His language who worthy of his mission.* The proofs may be seen in the olBcial documents published by himself In a very interesting pamphlet it in a Tract on Terrorism from the Society of the Friends of Italy ; and In your own Parliamentary Cone " Dame., 1849. _ _ The defy Accusative declares that Orsini was, in 1855, arrested at Vienna, and suspected of having plotted the death of the Austrian Emperor. Orsini wee arreated at Her manastadt, in Hungary, and never suspected of such a design. Not a single question in the trial he underwent at Mantua bears the slightest reference to it. Whatever opinion of Orsini may be entertained by those who trent/cony appeal to heaven and earth against the attempted murder of a tyrant, and do quietly witness without a single word of indignation the lasting murder of a whole people In Ease, none has the right of taxing Orsini with dishonesty, theft, and concussion. The agents of Louis Napoleon ought to be oontented with beheading his enemies without caltunaistingthem.—l aro, &c., Feb. 25. JOZEPH MAZZINI. • 0 R 4,1113110 Mans humanity, not cruelly—liberty, not tyranny—order, not anarchy. He who thinks otherwles murders the repabllc."—Orand's Proclamation of the nth of April, 1849. t ilisioorla a Documentl tutors° el Clogemo dell Bspab- Ila Banana, dl Folios Orsini—Nino, 1850. On the occasion el the Te Deem which the Oita lam et Ceseintlinle reared to be no ea emend ot*s lane et the Intwer Ninny the Cheek s Wi st ;a wned ichtelne the tr , who bed awl re preetheibbivery ther*lar UNA* Ike of Use Fyne therm i t s tans he . 84 . arch) had awl as the pen= ni he that the Rona Cabin nesdintein Sa adi & ink aueld so touthashe that the Peril wee to la * din as Impose Ann cw the latching Patriarch. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following list of appointments deftnitivel- r made, contains two or three additions to th e list which we published last night FirstLordofthe Treasury Earl of DERBY.. Lord Chancellor Sir F. TEIMIGEP,„ President of the Council Marquis of Eikussune. Chancellor of the Ex- ) Kr. Disioam. chequer Foreign Secretary Lord M ALMERIA:MY. Home Secretary Mr. WALPOLE. Colonial Secretary Lore. STANLEY. First Lord of the Admiralty 84 JoaN BAX/NayON. War Department Vonseral PEEL. Master of the Horse .. • .The Duke of BEAUFORT. President of the Bearer of Trade Mr. HENLEY. President of the Beard } Earl of Etutnnoitotton. of Control Lord Privy Seal Earl of HAEDWICKE. Chancellor of the Duchy 1 Sir E. L. Brawl& of Lancaster Board of Works Lord Jonw hiArtNen.i. Presidentof thePooeLaw Board . car. SOTIMONESTCOURT Lords of the Treasury .. I Colonel Minos. Mr. WatrMoas. Secreta Mr. G. A. HAMILTON. ries of the Tres,- lair W. jouim. Bury Rt. Hon. Henry Collar. Attorney-General Sir FITTROT KELLY. . Solicitor-General Mr. CAIRNS. Lord Lieutenantof Ireland Lord EGIJIITOUN. , Secretary for Ireland Lord NAAS. Judge Advocate .... Mr. E. Enurrox. • Under-Secretary at the 1 Mr. SEYMOUR Frix r Foreign Office I GERALD. Under• Secretary of the Mr . tumor. Home Department Coder Secretary for War Viscount HARDING& every 00T might half , the Of It is said that Mr. Adderley is to be President of the Board of Health. The Duke of Northumberland having declined the post of First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir John Pakington has been appointed to it. The Chancellorship of Ireland has been offered to Judge Blackburne, but it is said that he has de clined the offer, being unwilling to vacate his present permanent office of Lord Justice of Appeal ; and it is supposed that the Chancellorship will be offered either to Lord Chief Justice Lefroy, who practised so long in the Courts of Equity, or to Mr. Napier. The Times publishes a list, in which the Duke of Montrose appears as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Lord Colchester as Postmaster-General ; Right Hon. H. Corry, Secretary to the Admiralty ; Earl of Donoughmore, Vice-President of the Board of Trade; Earl of Carnarvon, Under-Secretary for the Colonies; Mr. Inglis, Lord Advocate; the Mar quis of Exeter, Lord Steward; Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain ; Earl Sandwich, Muter of the Buckhounds ; Earl Talbot, Captain of the Gentle men-at-Arms. The Post states that the title of Woodstock already existing in the person of the Duke of Port land, Sir F. Thesiger has elected to be crested Lord Chelmsford. Two Privy Councils will be held to-day, at the first of which the late administration will deliver up the seals of office, and at the second the new minis ters will receive them. gbe Court. The Earl of Derby bad an audience of the Queen yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Prince Consort rode on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, honoured the per formance at the Haymarket Theatre with their premsee in the evening. The royal smite consisted of the Ducked of Wellington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, tke Earl of Calthnenb and Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Hon. Beatrice Byng awl the Hon. Emily Cathcart have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley end Stop/or:1 ea the Maids et Honour in Waiting to the Queen. ♦ deputation from the Epidemiological Society had an in terview yesterday with the Right lion. W. Cowper, at the race of the General Board of Health, Whitehall. The deputationeonsiated of Dr. Babington, F.R.S. (chair mes), Dr. WWilliana, F.R.S., Dr. Weller Lewis, F.G.8., Dr. Cessna Mr. Marion, and Dr. Seaton (lecretary). The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat yastee day. The lord. present were—the Leeds Juatiess Knight Brims and Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Coed wall, lir John Dodson, and Sir E. Ryan. Judgment was given on an appeal from Bengal, " Chuot wry* Run Menden v. &hub Purbulad Syn." An appeal from New South Wales, " Gorden v. Scott" (part beard), was concluded, and judgment was given by Lord 'oath* Knight Bruce. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Culonial•ofifa So this Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the Mauritiaa Hu MAJESTY'S LEVEES.—WO have authority to state that her Majesty's levee announced to be bald at St. hunee's Palace on Wednesday, the 10th of March next, will not take place. Her Majesty will hold a lave) (ax already announced) on Wednesday, tb•l7th of March, and a further levee on Wednesday, the 24th of March next. The Rev. Geo. B. L Colton, muter of Marl. borough College, has been appointed to the Bishopric of Calcutta, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Wilson. It is, we understand, in contemplation to oonstituto a see of Agra. Him Eiee'lmlay Chevalier de Varahagen has arrived at the &newish Hotel, St. James's, with despatches from the Etoperte. of Brazil. Lord and Lady John Russell have left Farraace's Hotel, Belgravia, tar Potato:duo Lodge, Ritlusoad Pot Lord and Lady North have arrived at Loos's Hotel from Brighton. The Hight Hon. Edward Lucas has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Bt. hunses, from the Continent, en rads for Ireland. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Beery DaMmon, Pub= Judge at Madras, to be add Zap Um of the Suprema Court of Judicators at Bombay, Moo BM William Yordlory.—Thaelcor's Overlaid limos. The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. J. W. Lsotrr, M.A., to the lacwrobstey of Norwood. LIVERPOOL BOROL'OH BANK —A meeting of pro. =wee bald yesterday Mr. Brawlltsr la the chalk, wars not admitted; bat as sail servant at the presselle. it to be published. • ellaloasat of the scroests sad &mil report, prepared by 16... Beaver aad Sae, was attelved, übswing that the laid envie see 1,488,6241, sad the Mel WM tea are 1,4•6,11111. bola, • amnia' at 22,3864 le be 'naiad to the wed The lehillara bare beta *llea as it le dry will seeell; bed it will be elemed that there is si Th ii i hos elassnasat aneoet 727,4271. Id. of Ma of pert of these telheated to be raeseed, upon which as ar• calatimeed, thee sad Widow* ealp beim staled ta clamp b make them alibied* ipiaL b at. Ova hepetase ago should be stated, as aegareareate el the beak, asardy, dot Ms curreat bills on the last De. amber, INK am 4, while Oa the nth Outobor list Siff bmd Issa Wm* 1e'4675,0001. HOW COMMISSIONER YEH WAS CAPTURED. • • We must now go back to the general Start ing point, and accompany the chase after Yeh. Mr. Consul Parkas, who was attached as interpreter to Colonel Holloway's party, arrived too late, and was without an escort. While he was deploring his ill luck he mot with Commodore Elliot, who, fired by Mr. Parkes telling him that he had some information as to Yeh's lurking-place, agreed, upon his own responsibffity, to accompany him with 100 blue jackets. Mr. Parks expected to find Yoh at the imperial library, but upon arriving at that high-titled edifies he found only a great empty house. Having ransacked every corner, they were coming away diegumed, when Mr. Parkes put his foot against a closed door. It gave way, and a China man was seen inside the closet diligently studying one of the gamed books. Whore was Yab ? flow should the China man know ? He knew nothing of Yeh—he was only a poor student. Drawn from his hiding-place and submitted to a sharp interrogatory, he confessed bit by bit that Yale had been there, but had left some days ago. At last he even thought he knew where he was—nearly three miles off, some where at tho south-west corner of the city, in a small yemun of one of the Lieutenant• Governors. Taking this " student" along with them, the party now prooeeded to the Governor's yamun. The Governor was by this time in custody of Colonel Holloway, and the Admiral and the General had arrived there. An examination took place, and the Governor, after some admonition, admitted he also knew Yeh's retreat, and named the same place which the student had named. He was made to send a second guide, and the two Chinamen where placed in front of the blue-jackets. These unwilling I tto d Zi ti l es ' the ir-st y e:4 of the Ta urged sirtarocrcitya,tdidanotall" cease to shout to the crowds which ran together. ' Good people, go about your affairs. These gentlemen have just had a a reepeotlul interview with Peh-kwei, and they are now going to have another interview with Yell." " 'Very well," said the crowd, habitually deferential to the cap of the small Mandarin. As they got deeper and deeper into the mare of streets some of the officers seemed to think they were doing an imprudent thing. "If the worst comes to the worst." said Captain Key, " we know the direction of the walla by this compass and can fight our way to them," so on they went. The longest chase must have en end. At last the guides called a halt at the door of a third-rate yamun, which appeared closed and deserted. The doors were forced open and the blue-jackets were all over the place in a moment. It was evident that they were now on the right scent. The place was full of hastily : packed baggage. Madartni were running about ; yea, runn i ng about ; and at last one came forward and delivered himself up as Yeh. But he was not fat enough. Parkes pushed him aside, end, hur rying on, they at last spied a very fat man, contemplating the achievement of getting over the wall at the extreme rear of the yamun. Captain Key and Commodore Elliott's cox swain rushed forward. Key took the fat gentleman round the waist, and the coxswain twisted the august tail of the imperial commissioner round his fist. There was no mistake now—this was the veritable Yeh. Instinctively the blue-jackets felt it must be Yeh, and they tossed up their hate end gave three rattling cheers. Yeti is by no means the hero the people thought him. He trembled violently when he wan taken ; be strenu ously denied his identity; and it was not till Mr. Parkes had several times had the satisfaction and triumph of mewing his old enemy of his personal safety that he grew composed. As soon, however, as he felt himself safe all his arrogance re• turned. He posed himself magnificently in his chair. He laughed at the idea of giving up his seals, and also at the idea of his being led away. He would wait there to receive the men Elgin and Gros. They searched all his packages for papers, and found among other things the original ratifications of the treaties with England, France, and America ; they were, as he intimated too unimportant as document, to be sent to Pekin. This search lasted three hours. The mowed the osmium had been sent to head-quarters; Colonel Hooker was despatched with a strong body of menthes, and Yell again trembled as he 1 1 entered his chair a captive.-2Virses Correspondent. EXTRAORDINARY SPECIMEN OF WOOD CARVLNO. We have seen a specimen of carving so remarkable not merely for more than Indian patience and deli cacy but likewise for artistic excellence, that we are confident nothing more than obtaining public atten tion for so extraordinary a work is needed to secure for its at present unknown author well-merited emi nence. The art of carving in wood has recently been revived to some extent in this country, but not before such revival was needed, for, excepting almost only in the exquisite productions of Grinling Gibbons, it has met with undeserved neglect in England since the Reformation. The performance to which we allude is not, however, like most of the carving of the seventeenth century, strictly ornamental or archi tectural. While equally elaborate it is on a smaller scale, and more resembles the minute examples of early German wood carving. Though like French works of the eighteenth century it is the reproduc tion of a popular painting, the subject chosen being Alexander Fraser's painting, "The Moment of Vic tory." The numerous figures and objects in this picture have been reduced with the assistance of a simyle drawing, and without a model, to a carving on a piece of box-wood measuring only 9 in. by 8 in. It therefore rivals in its quantity of detail the old ivory tablets, votive, mythological, or devotional, and we may easily credit t.4t it occupied Mr. Bryer, the ingenious artist, no lees than 2,000 hours. The alto-relievo of the foreground planes of the carving is very bold and powerful, and in some instances the detachment is nearly complete, the distance at the same time being expressed with singular delicacy. The moat difficult foreshortenings in the picture, as for instance the naked feet of a climbing boy, is in the wood extremely masterly. Textures of all kinds are imitated with scrupulous nicety, whether the soft breast of the victorious chanticleer or a dilapidated cottage wall with the beams and bricks showing through the broken plaster. The minuteness of the work is in truth quite marvellous; the very filaments of a peacock's feather being ren dered, one by one. As specimens of "undercutting," which excites generally so much astonishment in wood carving, we may mention the feats of carving a bird inside its cage, the varioul coils of a clothes line, and a cock detached almost completely except by his slender legs. But a far higher merit than all this we find in the truthful expression of the faces, some of which are brimful of humour and drollery. The most extraordinary circumstance in *con nexion with this work of art remains to be told. Its author, Mr. Wm. Bryer, is, we have the best authority for saying, entirely self taught. This is, moreover, only the second or third work he has produced sic amateur. In fact, not long since Mr. Bryer was a baker in High-street, Southampton. So much native and special talent, we trust, will not be allowed to lie undeveloped for want of due recog nition, and we commend the artist in particular to his Grace of Northumberland, the great patron at present of wood-carving. NATIVE CONTRITS.—A few Sabbaths ego seven adult natives were received into church communion at Monday, oas of the stations of the Ahmednuggur It le not a little remar table that there should have been • larger number of additions to the churches coonsoted with the above mission, during the last year, than there had been In say previous year. The number of church samehere sew nerds 930, being about fifty In advance of the number th at the commencement of last year.—Beenday Garr -23. ANOTHER COOLIE SAT? IN TROUBLE.— Ship ChalleageOrmosey, from Bestow for Havana, before mo norail at Batavia Nov. 24, pat in on the 22nd for water end media! moistened. like had 900 Coolies, about 160 of whoa wade kid with a disease similar to scurvy. There had bees • disturbthes en board, and the disaffected were in frees. Oa the 24th one of the Coolies kaped overboard and we. drowned.—Bortos Post. .0110 secret in pine -,and handfal war Go waa cap- The and not, know we J with convey J had French MARTBRED B 4101" OP INDIA.-/THIS DAY.) This morning the fourth ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Chartered Back of India, Australia, and China, was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. T. A. MITCIIILL, )1.P., chairman of the board of director., to the chair. The report states that since the last annual meeting the dire;dorelave been earnestly engaged in carrying out the measure& then approved for the cetablisLment of the bleat and the commencement of business. While the two suc- ceiTsive o:liiot2.7.each were in course of payment both at home and in India, the court concluded arrangements with responsible and competent officers for the conduct of the agencies about to be established in Calcutta and Bombay ; and those) officers have accordingly been sent out, and me now at their respective destinations ready to commence business at once. The bank's half capital being completed, the court have made the necessary declaration and applies to her Majesty's Treuury for the requisite certificate, and have now to announce that the same has been duly granted. The delay of these few last months in commencing buainesi, has perhaps been well compensate] by the avoidance of risk' which might have been incurred during the severe com mercial mists here, and the military revolt in ladle, which have so recently occurred. But se confidence is now happily restored, and as the field for banking operation' has bees greatly extended, the directors entertain firmer con- ViOtiOnalliall ever of the favourable prospects of the institution. The shareholders are aware that the remaining moiety of the bank's capital (101. per share) must, in terms of the charter, be raised within two yeses from the date of the treasury certificate; but the directors take this opportunity of an nouncing that it is not their intention to make an furth e r calls for one year ftom the commencement of Shareholders, however, will have the option of paying sells in advance and—considering the rate ainterest is India will be allowed interest thereon at therate of 6 per cent. per annum. The balance-sheet to the 31st of December was as follows : Liabilities. Dr. To capital paid up, viz. ' on 27,471 shares, at 101. per share, 274,7101. • 1,180 sham (scrip), at 2 1 . per share, 2,360/. ; 9,649 shares, paid in I. Co.'s rupeea,49,3251., exchange at 2a. per rupee, 34,9321. 101.; pad In Eng land by Indian shareholders, 1301. 32,200 shares. On account of further calls, 1501. ; making 312,2821. 10 1 . To profit and loss account viz. : Balance 31st December, 1858, ' 7,3341. 7s. 2d. • frailest. fees, 61. ; interest acco un t, 13,1001. 14s. 4d. ; less interest allowed to shareholders, viz.: ball --year ending 20th March last, 2,3671. We. 3d. ; ballierz ending 20th September, 5,0791. 2a. 2d. ; leaving, 6,6643. Is. 11. d. less salaiies office ezpanditurc 2,281/. 17s. lld.; to uncla imed interest, 2021. 125.8 d. • total, 323,2071. 13..10d. Assets—Cr. •. By securities, ba stingl interest, in Bnlind 272,9991. 16e. H.; do., do., in India, 34,9321. 10e.; ei hand and at bankers', 2,0601. 13s. 10d; do. with agents in India, 1,6041. 12s. 4d. ; balance (preliminary especial) 11,7101. Os. lid.; total, 323 1 2071. 13s. 10d. The Ciesnicate in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, congratulated the meeting upon the fact that not withstanding a heavy Chancery suit and the payment of interest at four per cent., the funds of the bank had been but slightly advanced. The bank had been five veers endeavour ing to obtain a charter ' • it had succeeded at last, and now duly qualified agents had been appointed at Bombay and Calcutta. There was nothing to prevent the directors mad ing out instructions by the next mail authorising those gen tlemen immediately to commence business. He wail still convinced that the bank had an ample field for its operations and that it would ultimately ho successful. No mat delay need take place in the establishment of an agency in China and Australia, but to admit of that being done forthwith it was advisable that the strength and influence of the hoard of directors should be increased. Mr. NicnoL, a director, in the seconding the motion, de clared his beli ef as an Bast Indian merchant, that the bank could not fail to succeed if it were only prudently managed. Mr. BURNHAM) had given notice of his intention to move that the bank be wound up, but he said he should not persevere in this amendment to the motion from the chair, although the director. had refused him foci lines for communicatiag with his brother shareholders. He was informed that the certificate was not obtained from the treasury until within the last few days. The CHAIRMAN said the necessary capital as not ciently made up to admit of the oertiti r iate being granted earlier. The application for the certificate was rent in on the 16thinatent, and the certificate iteelf granted on the 23rd inst. After some damasion upon the accounts and expauhture, and the imprudence of paying interest on the capital while the balance-sheet showed a deficit of 9871., it was suggested that the best course to follow was to distribute the funds, allowing the directors to retain 18,0001. for expenses. Mr. LINDSAY, M. P., director, hoped the shareholders would hesitate before they wound up. He held 700 sharers in the bank, and would continue to hold them, believing that the field open to the bank was so good that If it were now to be given up, it would he immediately occupied by some other company. In reply to a question, The CNA latex said two directors had originally opposed the continuance of the bank, but to-day the board were unanimously in favour of going on. He was informed that the Indian securities held by the bank were now of the value set down in the accounts. . _ Au amendment was then moved to the effect that a com mittee of ahareholders be appointed to confer with the dirge tors, and report upon the advisability of going on or winding up; but ultimately it was withdrawn, and the report and ac counts having been adopted, a resolution was palmed, re enacting the directors to publish a list of the shareholders annThe ually. retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and the proceedings closed with the customary vote at thanks to the chairman. TILBURY AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) This afternoon the usual hall-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London, Tilbury, and Southend B.:- tension Railway was held at the London Tavern; Mr. J. N. Dimity, chairman of the board of directors, in the chafe. The report stated that the balance of receipts and expendi ture in 1867 was larger than In 1866 by 2,4871. In 1866, the total receipts were 64,6981., and the expenditure 36, 2781., leaving • balance of 18,318/. ; while in 1857 the rece ipte were 64,2251., and th e expenditure 33,4181., leaving 20,8061. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and observed that the Barking extension was rapidly pro(; but there was no prospect of its being opened before Rader. A Sit AILEHOLDWit asked if the Thames Haven Dock lame had been given up. Mr. J. W ttsos, a director, said—Certainly not; now Out the money market bad become easy there was every that it would be canted out ; such a dock must have r :n i t Feetant influence upon this railway. A SHAREHOLDER asked what were the prospects of the line irrespective of the guarantee. Tug CHAIRMAN acid they were good, because, although therehad been aelight fallingoff in the receipts In 1857,as com pared with 1856, yet the reduction was entirely attributable to exceptionable circumstances, such es the absence of building operations at Southend, and the commercial crisis. Lo p = at the large decrease in the working charges, there a to be every prospect that at the end of the present year the profits would be so augmented, as to exhibit a surplus over the six per cent. guarantee. The lease to Mears. Pero, Brassey, and Betts bad now 17* years to run they paid a mat oakulated at the rate of 6 per oink. upon the paid-up capital with a moiety of the surplus profits. A SHAREHOLDER said it was to RR regretted that the shareholders did not accept the lessees' offer to leave the UM in perpetuity at 6i per cent. (A laugh.) The report was adopted. 2112 VICTORIA DOCR - -(THIS DAVI The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the above company was held this afternoon ; Mr. C. rtiOaRISON, in the chair. From the report it ap peared that in the half-year ending December 31 1867, the number of vessels that entered the dock wee 1 .72 2 as against 1,643 in the corresponding half of 1856; sad th at the tonnage was 694,773 as against 600,463 in 1856 I The report, the general tenor of which was =eider* highly favourable, was adopted unanimously. In reply to a question, the CHATEMAN stated that of the productive part of the capital, 9-7tha of the whole was already yielding to the lessees about five per cent. IT. MARX'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday the twenty-second annual meeting of the friends and supporters of Bt. Mark's Hospital was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. GLIM BANDEXIN in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended. The report stated that the list of governors bad been sadly reduced during the twelve menthe by death, but new near were being continually added t. supply their place. The amount of subscriptions had increased, whiil enabled the committee to extend the blamings of the charity. The "S• demurest fund" had already reached 1,3001., and its sic mutation till It reached 5,0001. wu earnestly se being necessary to provide for these incidas espouses which the future was sure to bring with it. The committee bad the vatiafaction of etatbig thin Morn. J. R. Lane and P. J. Gowlland had been apeeistel assistant surgeons to the hospital. The committee decided, to aecordance with the wishes of the foundu (Mr. Woes) and his family, that the intended tribute to kin should coasist of a full length portrait. In addition le this the poorer patients, anxious that some memorial es prudee of their deep sense of the mercies received by time under ion t Providence) tve Mr. Salmon 'an te to h v inady. Notwithatandtg this voluntary t•S upon their humble means, the subscriptions for the year isv bust eluded a farther outribution from the anxilbuy society of sh a °old entre , . if : . 421. At present the narrow funds of the institution cell allowed the committee to erect 24 beds, which was quite to the number of uploads. h Pr r ti nToT i ber of patients admitted from tho Ist of Jennie, to the 31st of December amounted to 223, el wham mere discharged cured, 284 ; materially relieved, 338 ; considered as incurable, 3; for irregularity of attendance, 16; died from consumption, I ; retosiniog under treatment, 81; the um. bet of patients received eines the foundation of the hospital to December 31, 1856, 10,258 ; total, 10,981. gall Cal 'voll WIN torsdna reply 011 11tH to- an oPPo uP. Col. —I am not soy certainl togithel =',l Pur aid - i - to Lord might to wee seta do the orb Wing c Mr. i,loTt. of t Whi of tb w brat Ewa 66 h beim Atter him ad. 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