The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

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Ito -• t•• ,, .., iar. froth C 2., drat-alma. mud Cl° sew r ..r tut, her part i. WA, apply to JAMES A. WOTTON, 1:111.:10031K. k ANL, and Co., Parts; O.C. mat IL W. FOX .uel Co., Falmouth; or IL aIAILK sod CO., 145. Cheapaide. L- I'0( - .IVER)L, NEW YORK, and P111LA .a..4 DELI•ni si•E‘n CWIPANY.—INNIAN LING.— Carping the 1 Java ,t 11. . . . . _ 11. e usirniwy ' , learners will be despatched as Under. nom LtynolinL to YEW YORK: cirr tir tut: K. Satunlay. Feb. 16. vrl V I'4 LAC, Wednesday, Feb. 93. CITY OP Ll,ll,ltlrk, Saturday, Feb. 3. And ...Ty Wednesday sad satartlay. Cabls pierce I,y tiro road atuanetre WL us every Wednesday, 15, 17, and CI ketino ~riling to the ACCOI‘IOIO4C,IOa son ant ' , Waite includes a full supply of cooked provisions renseusere ter CaltiMlA d the L lifted Mates booked through on very a4,..11,,:,•• Ito torte. further particuLan attule to WILLIAM IN M tN, W . stsr.ecn,c. Limp: K s an d s o yd sitAl:t: Y. el. [lnn Williazaktreet, London. T°IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping Coolpauloi, and • olisist,sts of Foreign Goods, by stamen of others mo into the 1.,,rt, of Londoe.—The p r op r i e t ors of Yew bade wharf, Rattliff, and Upper Free Trade %%art, Dow pis Upper flanerestreat, ukTEkt FACILITIIn to the abore.--t artlur informati.al may be obtained on application, by latter or oo paaco, to it. ILA and C^ wbaringars and wan. m o ss serpent —snares, oz, Upper Thames-street ANK 'NG and FINANCIAL.—GLENN and jfi I.rosvi-,trevt. E.C., BI Y andsCf.l. on CUM. Ili the I. lon Market United states Government Dm I, .w -I to% rit an I: itto.ty adiares : advance money on Ame• Taa.l acri - Ole , . and buy for ea•lo Coupons and Dividends pay• ork. Draft, I -op-dots Duncan Niterman and Co., N.. I oil, and .I.•dn alum° And 1'•... rails; andeolleetiona made in all part, ••f the Unit ...I •tato, and Canada. Weim's American Ythanti.d trt War issued etery Friday. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM. Mackende.park, Slough, Hueks formerly at ClaphaaerLsei. 144,tituted 1827. g.T144411 Her SlO4 1:raCi0111. Majesty the QUEEN. The tiir,b.ra have t'.4e honour to announce that bin Royal litline4444 the I iiike 44 t • %NI BR I IKi Y.. K 11., hasgraclously under. tat4n 4. preside at the .% N I NYASA UT FLItITAL to be held at I lli.. reouis 4411 %NEON Esti.% Y, 3rd April neat. The i .4444 es of n44b1e4444.44 and gentlemen willing to support his Irma' 144.:14twas will Le thankfully received by the Secretary, at the i4ol‘ es.. 73. 11teap-444e. E HENRY ol'Kl,,i TIIoRNTON, Treasurer. TH444 AS Ti J P., Chairman of the Board. STEPHEN KEEL, CAWLEY, M. A., lion. is. ALFRED 11.1UKENLIE, Secretary. LITRE BOTTLE WINE COMPANY, Old Swan Wharf, Lnadon.hi 6: T. imported In Litre and Half Litre Yoffie.. ,entaining IL I / eent. wore than ordinary bottles. Viu Orlhedre ... , 4 thl. 12s. 041. \ 11000joitti 4 r. l't and ' , harry Res-ill-a and Pieardin Its. ed. } Litres, or 205. 01.1. Lang. Front Brandy Priv.: LW* art other it :1109 00 application. S.B. All the als.vr sold in Lend it required, and Dock War rants Issned oar single .1. or.. rases. Delved. will be opened la every teen In tlrtat Dritnin. Apply as above. UINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN LICHIBITION IBeL This celebrated old IRISH WHISK Y gained the DIIBLTN PRIZE MEDAL—It is pure, mild. mellow, and very wholesome. Sold kr bottles as bd. sack, at the mall hawse In London, by the agents In the principal towns In and;kne or wholecals at 8, Great Windmill-street London , W. Observe the md seal, pink label, and cork branded Klisalimes LL Whisky.' 1111 EA is CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d. 25., per pound are the pliers at whirt PHILLIPS sad Co.. tea merchants, 8, King William-street. City, London. ass selling good and floe !SLACK TEA. A price current post fres Ma. worth carriage free to any railway station ar market town to Ys Latta' Kingdom. All goods terrines tee to all parts of London. Omen ILLIko and Cu. bees so sguats. Wins an supplied at market prices. AVALUABLE PACK AGE of TEk A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16lbA of really good BLACK TEA, sent carriage tree to mai railway station or market townl Ingham', Ireland, Scotland, or Welt*. on receipt of 40. by PHIL LIPS and Co.. tea merchants, 1, Xing Willlssuentet, City, LC. OSBORNE'S STILTON is THE Cheese. SAUCE. —LEA and PE RRI NS WOE( I..sTEKSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious cou.linieut, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE Milt' GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public aft repecttuily cautioned against worthless Bona- Mons, and should see that Lea and Perrins'nanses are ou wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS tures. Sold wholesale and for vet...ft by the Proprietors, Worcester Mews ROME and BLACKWELL ; Mews. BARCLAY and SONS. London. Ac., Ac and by grocers and oilmen universally. OVERCOATS for the present Sesson.—The NEW w I STLR OVFailltlATS, of best material; ars kept Oa band and made to order. at HANOI !AVON and KIMPTON'S, Tailors and Overcoat Makers, 106. arltittib, opposite &etas-ban. HARRIS'S CRYSTAL SPECTACLES of roll known eseelknee can only be had et 62, Great Itsseee, street. opieseite Use Brits,lls Museum Gatee. The very best steel frame Cry.tal spe.tador, 15s and Tu.—THOMAS lIARItin and BON CAUTION the 'while against persons using their mane. Established 1730. N. travellers o r agents. TONIC BITTERS . Unrivalled stornarliic stimulant. palatable and wholesome, WATERS' 4,8:1:41,412 Bold by grocers, oilmen, confectiners, i ; e..at 30,. a &sea. Manufactured 1.,, WATERS and WILLIAMS, I, Martin's-Line, cannonstreet, Lolllioe. _ - 1 .AITUE.—The LETTUCE contains an active -ILI principle the Lstuane, which peseares all the aeothlaa oPert les of opium without itsibuigers.—Mr. G. ICI:KAU French Chemist, 49, Haymark e t , prepares a Synip and a Pate of Wine (or lettuce', highly recommended by the Medical Profession for cold., asthma, bronchitis, cud all cheat &Sections. Syrup, Ts lid.: Tate, la. did. and 2 3d. Pate, by peat Sid and as. 62 LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM , an effectual remedy, without confining the bowels or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, la ad m itt e d t o be the beg medicine for inunedistely relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, awl incipient consumption. It fro gently cures o w, whom the faculty pronounce Incurable admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent cough% la approaching consumption its effects are truly he oefiefal. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend ou relief in a few minutes after taking rTeDared and sold by W. LAMBERT. chemist, 8, King Wil bun-street, Charing•cross, London, and by all druggists, la bottles, laid., and three quantities In one, b. Dd. Be particular sad ant for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam The name and address an engraved on the stamp. THE TIMES, Second Edition, POSTED by -IL everting mad daily at Ma a quarter, or BM the half-year, be CALL- 31 A I.L GAZ.ErI E. 111. td. a quarter, paid ia advance. All other newspapers tupklieJ. Adveztisesnents, notices of Wits. kc. , inserted in The Times.—Address W. DEDCS, et, Narkd at reel, May Lair, London THE CATTLE PLAC I' E.--IT is a satisfactory feature of the present semen that it records no extension of the late outbreak at Idington. During the week ending 9 th February one attack of cattle plague is reported, being a .lecie:Ae of '27 on the return for the previous week. This is a fresh outbreak of the disease, and it occurred on a farm euitaining iI7 cattle, at Burnaston, in the petty sessional division of Derby ; the animal, a cow, was killed by unit rof t::e inspector. No healthy cattle were sla ughterc.tiara,.; the u.e'e from having been in contact with infected animals. The number of cattle reported !ft:eked in I it Britain since the commencement is 2 "t•sol, and :.2,.;11 animals in the aggregate have been olxurditered healthy to prevent the spread of the disease. iltit.wsv IN I. °TITER BILLS IN PARLIAMLNT._ Nli Ft, re and l'adgrave, the examiners upn -trilling ~ ;dear to:,:ofs of railway and other bills is•oding in pu Ira: cut, held courts at Westminster, by: on , y :'our hill- vane under consideration- Before Mr. The at..mliu , t, his were declared complies' with of the Uouppteasl postponed petition of the o.shatn, Mobl, and quay. In the case of the ° Pl•o.'d postponed petitloo of the Airdrie, Cuatbridge, the standing onlers were 4, tlare.l not to hav e le,ett complied with. Before Mr. Pa:grate The opposed LiNley Gas postponed petition pared standin g "ribs,. The consideration of the unop posed pos:tpornal petition of the S ea b roo k H ar b our and porkr was again further adjourned until next week. As a pr , Calltionary measure the Bradford ma gua.a.., have lecotitinewhtel the War-office to give autho rity for the 11 . 1110,11 of tne armoury and the local volun !teer nth, from their own barracks at Manningharn to the wrriek s f or so ldi ers of the line (partially occupied by th e I:egiment) on Itrulf, ri•lttoor, the one establishment belZi:a ntile and is half diataut from the other. Ar -t, TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (RECTE./eet TELF.;EASIS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Fen. 11, Eriertnn. Jacini, the Minister of Public Works, has tendered his resignation, which the King has accepted. M. Comlnriotis, the Greek minister, WU re ceived to-day by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The /hair of this evening says :—•• We believe that the tninistry will be reconstituted by to-morrow at latest. The resignations of Signor Scialoja and Signor Itorgatti are definitive, that of Signior Berti has not yet been accepted ; awl it appears decided that Baron Ricasoli will retain the portfolio of the Interior.•• Thu same journal says :—" It is believed that the Free Church and Ecclesiastical Liquidation Bill will be completely remodelled before it is again submitted to parliament." The government is expected to publish shortly a nutnifertu explaining its programme. This docu ment will, it is thought, be published after the re eonstructi of the ministry. A manifesto has also been drawn up, and signed by 72 members of the opposition. FRANCE. PARIS, Fes. 14. The lArrte of this evening publishes an article signed by M. l)uvernois, which states that the Emperor's speech is a brilliant continuation of his Majesty's letter of the 19th January. The same journal adds—" The young men of the present generathm who entertain neither rancour nor retro grade prejudices will look upon the consolidation of the government as nothing wore than the pre servation of that universal suffrage which the revo lution would perhaps endanger, and the develop ment of that liberty which the revolution would perhaps not give." The l'resse announces that yesterday, at the close of the sitting of the Privy Council, M. Chev reau, Prefect of Lyons, was summoned to Paris. THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN. FIB. 14. A royal patent published this afternoon summons the North German parliament to assemble at Berlin on the 24th February. RUSSIA AND POLAND. BRESLAU, Fee. 14. The Breslau Gazette publishes a telegram from Warsaw stating that the Russian government had resolved upon suppressing the governorship of Poland from the Ist of April, and to place that country under a governor-general as a military district of Warsaw. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Fee. 14, 3.30 P.II. The Bourse has been heavy. Renter closed at 69..15, or about the same as yesterday. THE BASK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Fm. 14. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with that of last week :—lncrease—Cash in hand, 12,500,000 f. ; advances, 330,000 f. ; Treasury balance, 2,560,000 f. ; private amounts, 1,500,000 f. Decrease—Bilk discounted, 12,500,000 f. ; notes, 600,000 f. AMERICA. (sr ATLANTIC ITILIOWE.) NSW YORK, FEL 13. The House of Representatives has passed over the President's veto the bill admitting Nebraska as a State. Advices from Mexico report that Juarez Las been captured by the Imperialists. NEW YORK, Fa. LI, Evasive. Gold, 1371. Sterling exchange on London, 1081. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1091. Illinois, 1151. Erie, 58. Cotton, middling upland, 331 c. BANQI'IIr AT FISHMONGERS' HALL. —The Wor shipful Company of Fishmongers entertained about 100 guests last evening at one of their profusely-served ban quets. The Prime Warden (Mr. W. C. Vanning) was in the chair ; and amongst the guest, were Mr. Justice Smith, the Bishop of Nelson, Vice-Admiral Milne, Mr. Justice Keating, Admiral Boeanquet, Major-General Beadle, Colonel French, M.P., Mr. Leeman, M.l'., Mr. Steel, M.P., Mr. J. A. Hardcastle, M.P., Mr. Ni cholson, M.P., Sir Morton Pete, Bart., M.P., Mr. Russell Gurney, M.P., Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Alderman Copeland, Alderman Rose, the Hon. T. Ryan, of Montreal, Ac., and the Prime Wardens and Masters of other City Guilds. In responding to the toast of " the House of Commons," Colonel French hoped that whatever might be the end of the difficulties that were now expe rienced in the House of Commons, the result would be the true welfare of the entire people of the realm. In ac knowledging the complimentary speech by the Prime Warden in proposing the '• Bench and the Bar," Mr. Justice Keating spoke in high terms of the assistance received by the judges from the jurymen of the City of London. The toast of the "Lord Mayor and Corporation" was responded to by Alderman Copeland, who incidentally remarked that his :10 year.' experience as a City magistrate was that some. thing like 200 days in the year had to be devoted to the duties of the office. Prosperity to the proposed confedera tion of North American provinces was the subject of • toast proposed in an exhaustive speech by the Prime Warden, who warmly advocated the confederation, and wished the British North American provinces "God speed" in their union. The Hon. Mr. McDougall, provincial secretary of Canada, and the Hon. P. Mitchell, premier of New Brunswick, returned thanks, explaining the objects they had in visiting this country. They had received from the government, and Englishmen in general, nothing but kindness snit good will. The leading principles of the mea sure brought in by Lord Carnarvon were conceived by the late government, and the late government had adopted them. Whatever a section of the English people might think of the desirableness of separating the colonies from the mother country, the Canadians themselves were only anxious to live under the British flag, as junior partners, rather than as eons fit to start in life for themselves. A few other personal toasts were given, and the entertain. ment was brought to • close at a late hour. Pieces were sung during the evening by Mr. Bamford, Mr. H. 131:ck land, Miss Elton, Miss Banks, and Mr. George Perren. THE BRADFORD REFORMERS AND THE GOVERN MENT RESOLUTIONK.—The committee of the Bradford branches of the National Reform Union have issued declara tions condemnatory of the resolutions of the government on the reform question, and are taking steps to convene a public meeting of the inhabitants to consider the question. ADMIRALTY, FEE. 14. —APPOINTMENTS.—AII/113- bolt Paymaster R. F. Smyth, supernumerary, to the Vic tory. Midshipman Lord W. B. l'hipps, to the Galatea. Chief Engineer S. Mathews, to the Cumberland, for the Myrmidon. Engineer J. F. Hattersby, to the Royal Alfred. First Class Assistant Engineers—J. A. Leinster, to the Royal Alfred; S. B. Williams, to the Caledonia, for the Pigeon. DU 13AllitY'S DRLICIOI7II RITALINTA AILLIICA Yvon cures dyspepsia, inclination, coup, 1111011131, COUSIIIII= constipetion, chanties, palp tatiom nervous. liver, and stomach complaints. Cure No. 68,413.—" Room, Jaly 21, 111216.—The health of the Holy Father is exceUnit, • since, abandoning all other remedies, be has confined Luneell entirely to Du Harry's Food, and his Hollneee cannot probe this excellent toed too hiehly."—Cleante du Midi. Du berry end Nu. Co. , 77, Regeotatrett, London. W. In tine, at li. lid.; Illa, fe. 9d. Illba., rfs. tabs. 406.—(AdvertisKaguLl LONDON, FRIDAY EVMMO, FEBRUARY 15, 1867. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS importance of an institution of the country, and I feel convinced will be accepted with patriotism. The influence of a nation depends upon the ' number of men it is able to put under arms. Do not forget that neighbouring States impose upon themselves far heavier sacrifices for the effective constitution of their armies, and have their eyes fixed upon na to judge by your resolutions whether the influence of France shall increase or diminish throughout the world. Let us constantly keep our national flag at the same height. It is the most certain means of preserving peace, and that peace mnat be rendered fertile by alleviating misery and in creasing general prosperity." " Heavy trials have assailed us in the course of the past year. Inundations and epidemics have desolated some of our departments. Benevolence h as assuaged individual suffering ; and credits will I be asked of you to repair the disasters caused to public property. Notwithstanding these partial calamities, the progress of general prosperity has not relaxed. During the last financial period the indirect revenue has increased by 00 millions, and foreign commerce by upwards of one milliard of francs. The pommel hispreteeeent o( OW f l Ua nCell will soon allow us to give satisfaction upon a large scale to agricultural and economic interests, brought into light by the inquiry opened in all parts of the country. Our attention must then be turned to the reduction of certain burdens which weigh too heavily upon landed pro ' perty, and which prevent the speedy completion of the channels of interior navigation, of our porta, our railway, and especially of cross roads, the in dispensable agents for effective distribution of the produce of the soil. _ " Bills upon primary education, and upon co operative societies were submitted to you last session, and I do not doubt you will approve the arrangements they set forth. They will improve the moral and material condition of the rural popu lation and of the working classes in our great cities. " Each year thus opens a new horizon to our meditation and our efforts. Our task at this mo ment is to form the public manners to the practice of more liberal institutions. Hitherto in France liberty has only been ephemeral. It has not been able to take root in the soil because abuse has im mediately followed use, and the nation rapier pre ferred to limit the exercise of its rights than to en dure disorder in ideas as in things. It is worthy of you and me to make a broader application of these great principles, which constitute the glory of France. Their development will not, as formerly, endanger the necessary prestige of authority. Power is now firmly based, and ardent passions, the sole obstacle to the expansion of our liberties, will become extinguished in the immensity of universal suffr.ige. I have full confidence in the good sense and patriotism of the people; and strong in the right which I hold front them, strong in my con ' science, which is solely desirous of good, I invite you to march with me with a firm step on the path of civilisation " SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. [The following appeared in a Second Edition of yester day's ILepTa (IZUTEWS TELEGRAM. PARIS, Fro. 14. The French Chambers were opened to-day by the Emperor in person, who delivered a speech, of which the following is the translation : " MIASIEVILS LES SRNATEVILS, " MiSSISLI3B LEN DEPUTES, " Since your last session serious events have arisen in Europe. Although they may have asto nished the world by their rapidity as by the impor tance of their results, it appears that, according to the anticipations of the Emperor, there was &fatality in their fulfilment. Napoleon said at St. Helena : ' One of my great ideas has been the ag glomeration and concentration of the same nations, geographically considered, who have been cattered piecemeal by revolutions and policy. This agglomeration will take place sooner or later by the force of circumstances. This impulse is given, and I do not think that after my fall and the disappearance of my system there will be any other great equilibrium possible than the agglomeration and confederation of great nations.' " The transformations that have taken place in Italy and Germany pave the way for the realise- 1 tion of this vast programme of the union of the European states in one sole confederation. The spectacle of the efforts made by the neighbour ing nations to assemble their members, scattered abroad for se,. many centuries, cannot cause disquiet to a country like ours, all the parts of which are irrevocably bound up with each other, and form a homogeneous and in destructible body. We have been impartial wit- Wefts of the struggle which has been waged on the other side of the Rhine. In presence of this conflict the country strongly manifested its wish to keep aloof from it. Not only did I defer to this wish, but I used every effort to hasten the conclusion of peace. 1 did not arm a single additional soldier-1 did not move forward a single regiment ; and yet the voice of France had influence to arrest the conqueror at the gates of Vienna. Our mediation effected an ar rangement between the belligerents, which leaving to Prussia the fruit of her successes, maintained the integrity of the Austrian territory with the exception of a single province, and by the cession of Venetia completed Italian independence. Our action has been exercised, therefore, with the view of justice and conciliation. France has not drawn the sword, because her honour was nut at stake, and because she had observed a strict neutrality. In another part of the globe we have been obliged to employ force to redress legitimate grievances, and we have endeavoured to raise an ancient empire. The happy results at tint obtained were com promised by an inauspicious concurrence of cir cumstances. "The guiding idea of the Mexican expedition was an elevated one. To regenerate a people, and implant among them ideas of order and progress ; to open vast outlets to our com merce, and leave the recollection of ser vices rendered to civilisation to mark our path—such was my desire and yours. But as soon as the extent of our sacrifices ap peared to me to exceed the interests which had called us across the ocean, I spontaneously determined upon the recall of our army corps.l The government of the Belted States compre hended that want of conciliation would only have prolonged the occupation and embittered rela tions, which for the welfare of both countries should remain friendly. In the East troubles have arisen, but the great Powers are acting in concert to bring about a state of things which may satisfy the legitimate wishes of the Christian populations, reserve the rights of the Sultan,' and prevent dangerous complications. At Rome we have faithfully executed the convention of the 15th of September. The government of the Holy Father has entered into a fresh phase. Left to itself it maintains itself by its roper strength, by the veneration ' which is felt by all towards the head of the catholic church, and the surveillance loyally exercised upon his frontiers by the Italian government. But if demagogic conspiracies should audaciously seek to threaten the temporal Power of the Holy See, Europe , I do notdoubt, would not permit the accomplishment of an event which would cause such great perturbation in the catholic world. " I have only to congratulate myself upon my re lations with foreign Powers. Our connexion with England becomes daily more intimate by the simi litude of our policy and the multiplicity of our commercial relations. Prussia seeks to avoid ever7thing which might arouse our national sus ceptibilities, and agrees with ua upon the chief European questions. Russia, inspired by concilia tory intentions , is not disp osed to separate her policy in the East from that of France. The same is the case with the empire of Austria, the great ness of which is indispensable to the general equilibrium. A recent commercial treaty has created new ties between the two countries. Lastly, Spain and Italy are upon terms of sincere agree ment with us. " Thus, therefore, nothing in present circum stances need arouse our uneasiness, and I enter tain the firm conviction that peace will not be disturbed. " Assured of the present, and trusting in the future, I have thought the time had arrived to develop our institutions. You have ex pressed your wishes to me every year that this should be effected, but being justly convinced that progress can only be accom plished by complete harmony between the powers, you had placed in my hands—and I thank you for your confidence—the privi lege of deciding upon the moment when I might think the realisation of your desires possible, now, after fifteen years of calm and prosperity, due to our common efforts and to your profound devotion to the institutions of the empire, it has appeared to me that the time had come to adopt the liberal measures which lay in the minds of the Senateand the aspirations of the Corps Legislatif. I respond to your expecta tions, and without departing from the constitu tion, I propose to you laws which offer new guarantees for political liberty. justice The nation, which does to my efforts, and which again recently in Lorraine gave such touching proofs of its attachment to my dynasty, will make a wise use of these new rights. Juatly jealous of its repose anti its; prosperity, it will continue to disdain the dangerous Utopias and excitements of parties. For you, gentlemen, the immense majority of whom have constantly sustained my courage in the always difficult task of governing a people, you will continue to be with me the faithful guardians of the true interests and the veritable greatness of the country. " These interests impose upon us obligations we shall know how to fulfil. France is re spected abroad. The army has displayed its valour, but the conditions of war being changed, require the increase of our defensive forces, and we must organise ourselves in such a manner as to be invulnerable. The bill upon this subject, which has been studied with the greatest care, lightens the burden of the conscrip tion in time of peace, offers considerable resources in time of war, and redistributing burdens between all in a fair proportion,thus satis fies the principles of equality. It possesses all the Spurting inttlltirence. TATTERSALLI.—THVIADAY. There was a more numerous attendance to-day than there has been on any Thursday t.r some weeks past, netirtheleas nothing was dune. BETTING IN LONDON.—TRURSTAT ArrEß.nowr. The attendance at the clubs was limited, and the business hinged chledy on the Lincolnshire Handicap. For this event Christmas Carol came again with a rush, neo to 100 being taken by one commissioner, and several bets being concluded at the ruse odds, so that at the finish the Carol" occupied his old post of Best favourite. The Beadle was also In considerable request, u little as II to 1 being taken. Bismarck, on the other :land, did not go well, declining two or three points. while 9acehar•sneter appealed to hare more opponents than friends. Moldavia was supported to a small amount at 25 to 1, but Van dervelde seemed to be no hopelessly gone that 100 to 1 was actually laid. For the Grand National Havelock and IA hite• hall were in especial demand, one speculator, atter backing the first.nsmed for about 00, offering to take 4,500 to 100. For the Derby ask to 100 was laid against The Rake, and an outsider. the Splitrote colt, was made the medium of au investment of • " fiver" at 100 to 1. The quotations were as follows: LINCOLNSHIRE HA-NDICAP. 8 to 1 agst (t It to I The Beadle (t) 11 to 1 litamarck ;of( 166 S. 0 apt Vigorous 11 100 to 5 Mout Palatine tut too to 5 pAloinder (off) 100 to tl Sactluiromistei (off, 100 to 7 Copenhagen 'oft, t 100 to 6) LIVERPOOL OIL PO to 1 vat Pan :OP 0 5 to 1 Havelock (I& w HO to 4 Loisas :,of; 100 to 4 John Halifax ;o) 100 to 1 Vazdervekle YD NATIONAL 30 to I apt Whitehall 4) 40 to 1 Tbontaatoveo t' 60 to I LittleVrank Ys to i off) 8 to 1 Agit The Rake (tto tll.O, 9 to 1 D'Estournel (off) — it to 1 agst Plaudit ;off: 1000 to 30 Tarahan ,o 11) WO to v Splitsvto c ,t) BETTING AT BurmlnomEnt—mcmmuL LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP, 10 to 1 apt llkmarck i t f 12 to 1 agst ChriabuasCarel 10 to 1 The beadle xtP 10 to 1 Copenhagen A; 10 to 1 SacchArnmetetol TWO TIMUSAND GUINEAS. 600 to 30 apt Master Butterify its ST. MARk'S HOSPITAL. The annual meeting of the governors, subscribers, and friends of the above institution, established for patients suffering from fistula and diseases of the rectum, was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Mr. Sandemau, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. R. Rigg, the secretary, read a very lengthy report detailing the operations of the hospital for the past year, of which the following is an ab stract :—The past year has borne full testimony to the usefulness and. value of the institution, for during that period 1 , 253 fellow creatures afflicted with those diseases specially treated at this hospital have participated in its benefits, nearly the whole of whom have left either cured or sufficiently relieved to be able to resume their usual occupations. The committee, however, regret that the support rendered by the general pub is has been ' insufficient to meet the expenses of the hospital, and earnestly appeal, therefore, for extended support from the benevolent. No bequests have been made to the hospital during the past year, but those of 500/. by Mrs. Morgan, and MOl. by Miss Foyster, have been realised. The com mittee have to record donations of 20 guineas from the Grocers' Company, 10 guineas from the Skinners' Coin pany, 100/. from Mr. J. G. Frith, 521. 10a from Mr. Hodgson, 501. from Mize Thompson, 501. from Mr. Murray, WI. from Mr. Bessemer, 501. from Mr. C. Jones, and 501. for the endowment fund from Mr. T. Tilson. The balance due to the treasurer of Mt., and the unpaid loan of 5001., show how much the charity stands in need of help. The surgical report stat-d that there were 1,253 patients admitted during the year, of whom 182 were discharged cured, 269 greatly relieved, 74 irregularly attended, 4 died, and 204 remaining under treatment. Total patients received since the foundation of the hospital, 31 years since, 19,485. The financial statement showed the income of the year. in cluding 2fil/. from dividends, 373/. from aenual subscrip ' tens, 7531. from donations, 690/. from legacies, and loan lof 5001., to be 2,997/. 4s. 3,1. The expenditure is 3901. above the receip ts. The invested fund is 8,7741., and the unpaid legacies, 1,2001. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report. said there were ti beds in the hospital, all in use, and be hoped the public benevolence would not necessitate any reduction in this number, but on the contrary enable the committee to increase the number. There was not stn hospital in the country more deserving public sup- Vats a standing Mal Jul need of it. The report was agreed to, and votes of thanks were passed to the me dical and other officers fur their valuable services. The following gentlemen were re-elected on the committee of inanagemeat :—Mr. E. Allcard, Mr. T. G. Frith, Mr. H. Johnson, and Mr. H. Westall ; and Mr. John Lavey was added to the committee. Arrangements were then made respecting the stewards for the anniversary dinner, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman, who stated his great regret that Mr. Alderman Carter had been unavoidably prevented taking the chair that day as he had promised to do. ("Advertisement.J—lloLiowAy's PILLS. —Funo thmal Disordera—Who would he well mum lee that even organ of the body does lta duty fully and fairly, which everry one may certainly insure by occasionally resorting to these Pills, or by taking a course of them accordmg to the printed directions folded round each box. Stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels are all reached by their purifying and corrective powers, and any departure trom their natural action is 'trona only resisted, and order and regularity enforced. Health may always be presorted by attentive obediene , to Hollows'', directions, a d by using his medicine a• advised by them. All oletructions will by this means be I...nim ed. the blood will be purified, and Its free and faultless circulation established. [STAKPID, Id. ADDITIOILLL] COLCHESTER ELECTION., The nomination for this borough took place yesterday afternoon, on hustings erected in front of the Town-hall. The Mame (Mr. P. 0. Papillon) presided as returning-officer. There was a crowd of about • thousand persons ; much noise prevailed at intervals, but upon the whole the proceedings were of a good-humoured des cription. Dr. Bus proposed, and Major Brsifor seconded, the nomination of Mr. E. K. K.inilake, Q.C. Mr. J. B. HARVEV proposed, and Mr. H. S. GOODY seconded, the nomination of Dr. Brewer. Mr. ICARsLAKE, in addressing the electors, said he trusted that many of the men who were beneath him, and who had not the franchise, would have it when he next had the houuur of addressing them. There were also many young gentlemen, inhabitants of the borough, pre fent who had not at present the franchise, and as he hoped to represent the borough for many years— (laughter)--he trusted that he should have their support also in due time. He might sum up hie principles by stating that he wax an advocate of reform and program, but he was an enemy to revolution. (Cheers and He was en en e my o f th ose measures which wourd= to undermine the foundations of our time-honoured constitution. Mr. Harvey, who was probably. much en gaged in business, appeared to have forgotten what hap pened in 1850. Mr. Harvey had said that dame present ought to be eft-prised at kebeine for the tree time osemer ester's *denote sedeloOl s 'issit, .be led . feeyetten the measure brought forward try her Majesty's present nesters in ISfea, and he had forgotten, or be had chosen to forget, that that measure fell through because of that spirit of party faction which was he hoped going to cease this sess ion, and which was based t n the desire to obtain office at the expense of the country at large. He had not heard from the proposer and seconder of his hoe. opponent one word as to the extent to which they or those whose principles they advocated were prepared to go as regards a lowering of the franchise. He would state what his own views were ; but as he should go to parliament for the purpose of supporting in its integrity a great party, he must go there in a epirit of compromise, for not even the noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's government could have all he wished for. What must be done was to lay down such a line as would effect a compromise be tween both parties, and would secure for many years to come—perhaps for the whole of the present peers tiou - a settlement of one of the most difficult questions with wife% the legislature ever had to deal. No one could deny tat we had arrived at • great crisis in our parlia mentary history ; nu one could deny that we had a great problem to solve ; and it behoved all of us, for a time at least, and for the sake of the nation at la rge, to exert our best endeavours to solve it. Five or nix years ago, during the " rest-and-be-thankful" reign, we had a conservative statesman at the be.id of affairs, who by a singular com bination of circumstances was thrown into the same truckle bed with otle r persons entertaining totally diffe rent opinions. Now, we bad three parties to deal with, and by the speeches which the chief, of each bad lately issued we had • deer and distinct exposition of their sen timents, and of the limits to which they were prepared to go. It would be remembered that M r . Gladstone a bill of last session proposed a 14/. suffrage in counties, but he fixed the borough franchise at 71. instead of 61. By the statistics which Mr. Gladstone produced it appeared that a 61. franchise in boroughs would have added 242,000 electors to the constituencies, while • 71. franchise in boroughs would only create 144,000 new electors ; and Mr. Gladstone deliberately preferred a 71. franchise to • 6/. franchise ; thus enunciating • .principle which be enunciatd over and over that it was not well to make sudden and sweeping changes in the depositories of political power. There were now thus three parties in the state : her Majesty's minis ters; a y headed by Mr. Gladstone, who hail positively pl himself to support a fair measure for the repre sentation of the people ; and a third party headed by Mr. Bright— ( cheers ) —who advocated sometimes manhood suf frage, or at least household suffrage, such as would swerve. the present constituencies. He (Mr. Kanlake) might sum up his own creed in words partly his own and partly those of one of our moat able men and best writers and states men—he meant the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Cheers and gromia.) He reverenced the past, be did not revile the present, and he was prepared and desirous to bring about a good, and, as far as might be, a final and comprehensive settlement of the re form question in the future. The reform question was nut intrinsically of paramount importance, but it had become so by the force of circumstances. But the questions which he regarded as of the greatest importance were—first, the protection of the established church— (laughter) ; and next, the maintenance of our army and navy on such a footing that no foreign country should be able to interfere with us so long as we did not interfere with them, and so that no body of rioters in any part of Great Britain should be enabled to overawe the executive government. (Hear, hear.) Alluding to the project for the federation of the North American provinces, the hon. gentleman said he was for the maintenance of the colonies, which he regarded as the brightest and proudest glories of Old Britannia. (Cheers.) Dr. Biontsit, who spoke at peat length, also complained that the hon. candidate on the other aide bad not enlight ened the constituency as to the true nature of his political sentiments. As to the question of reform, he would ask which party Lad shown in the greatest degree either their attachment to the people or thehooesty of their intentions? That party which had staked the existence of their govern ment itself upon the proposition which they were prepared to ley before the country, or the other party which came forward with this proposition—" If you will give us place and power, if you will give us the patronage of our posi tion, we will allow you to do what you like upon the sub ject of reforni r (Cries of No, no," and cheers.) He would ask any man who wished to he returned to support the party new holding power, " What are your special views with regard to reform? Are you • member of the Salisbury faction,of the section which acted under General Peel, or of that which Mr. Disraeli led himself?" because Mr. Disraeli was as much opposed to Ge neral Peel and his section, and to Lord Salisbury and his section, as it was possible for the most Advanced e a djeal to be to Mr. Disraeli himself. Mr. Disraeli was the bleak beast of his purl. (Letighter.) Erery_body knew Out it was with the utmost di ffi culty that Mr. Disraeli could obtained permission to proceed, as he had now done, by resolution, and even now there was no reform measure before parliament, but simply some resolutions which were a repetition of the principle of the last Reform Bill. Ho objected entirely to any system of bolstering up the church of England by church rates. It was not a shocking sal filthy system of churchmen putting their bends into nonconfornirste pockets which could keep up the church. The security of the church depended upon the truth which it taught, and the way in which that truth worked in the hearts of the people. With regard to education, he considered that we wanted good sound teaching among the people, so as to maintain public mora lity, public virtue, and public independence. The stabi lity of the country rested upon public opinion, and that public opinion must be enlightened. Mr. Kerslake said he considered a good army and navy of paramount importnned; he (Dr. Brewer) supposed it was wanted to keep down any expression of the wish of the pimple contrary to the will of the government. He would tell Mr. Karslake, how ever, that the people were not to be intimidated, and that refonu was a matter of paramount importance, as it was of the utmost necessity that the House of Commons should be a fair representation of the people. With regard to the government resolutions, he must strongly condemn any attempt at legislation by class as impolitic and un constitutional. Dr. Buss asked Dr. Brewer whether he would vote for household or universal suffrage. Dr. BIIEWSII, amid great confusion, stated that any one going into the House of Commons must vote with his party, and not attempt to carry out any crotchets of his own. He was prepared to stand or fall by what was done by the responsible leaders of the liberal party. Dr. Bees, and several other leading conservatives, em phatically declared upon thin that Dr. Brewer appeared under false colours. Mr. KARSLAKZ, in answer to questions, said he aria in favour of some Plosions for the pndection of voters, but be was decidedly opposed to tae ballot. A show of hoods was taken, and was declared by the Mayor to be in favour of Dr. Brower. A poll was de manded on behalf of Mr. lioralake, and was fixed for to-day (Friday). A vote of thank' to the Mayor closed the proceedings, which lasted dues hours. REFORM MEETING IN LEICESTER.- OR Wednes day a reform meeting, held under the auspices of the local branch of the Reform Lesgue, took place in the Town hall, Leicester, to consider the government promos's in reference to the reform question. Mr. ex-Councillor Charlesworth occupied the chair, and amongst the speakers were the Revs. W. Wood and Jowett (dissenting minis ters), Mr. Thompson, a local editor, and Mr. Councillor Wilford. The following resolutions were adopted. 1. ' "That in the opinion of this meeting the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday last on the subject of reform in the representation of the people in parliament are eminently unsatisfactory, and complete the proof of the I recent parliament being unworthy of the confidence of the country." I 2. " That this meeting desires most earnestly to press upon the liberal members of the House of Commons the absolute necessity, as they regard the pence and welfare of the country, of not consenting to any measure of reform designed to evade the full and just rights of the , people to be directly represented iu their own branch of the legislature." :3. "That the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to the borough members. Mr. P. A. Taylor and Mr. J. D. Harris. by the chairman of the meeting." The speakers were strong :111.1 forcible in their dcnuncia• tiou of tree conduct of the government. [TWOPENCE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. The Hunterian Oration, now biennially delivered in the large and commodious theatre of the above institu tion was yesterday given by Professor Hilton, F.H.S.,the senior vice-president of the college, b e f ore an unusually large numberof the dile of the learned professions, that of the surgical of course predominating. The orator oom menoed by stating that one of the signs by which the in tellectual pews of nations might be measured was to be found in their just appreciation of those of their coun trymen, past and present, who bad given evidence of un usual mental endowment. It had, however, 'commonly happened that a new line of thought, or the opening up of a new track of mental or philosophical inquiry, had escaped the attention, or even excited the opposition of contem porary thinkers, seemingly became their minds were pee 'recopied in the elaboration of ideas antecedently a He then proceeded to imptire into the reason wht:CU:tit preciation of phileaophiad knowledge 'herald have been so prominent a feature of one age, and so uttterly led sight of in another, and added that necessarily the ages of strife could not nurture philosophy, inter brim(' cedunt arts, fur nished the one prominent cause for the indifference to mental culture in many epochs of the world's history, but careful consideration would elicit causes other than those of the sword and the battle-field for the different capacity necessary to the intellectual appreciation of oontem labour at different periods of time. He then .;,.......:01111ffiErfr - sPv • bat analytical review of the 'teat men who during the reign oapprenaf queen d nintieth, and how grest?rtlalk "—"" wnte te comparison with them et Atm present day, and instance d Rester as a mind Jammu tan of this defective estimation by contemporaries. succeeding generations bad, however, done mach to atone fur the indifference of his own, and added that it would be difficult to find another instance in which so large a awed of posthumous fame had been, as it were, extracted from the dry bones which he had bequeathed, although the minds of the professional men of his day appeared to have failed in measuring the extent and depth of the great truths !which he had enunciated, or in appreci ating the value of those which he was then ela borating. The progressive knowledge of several succeling year. appeared to laws been necessary to evoke the earliest public attempt to establish the true relation which his marvellous labours bore to the development of science. The period of Hunter's most zealous laboars— the latter portion of the eighteenth centry—was marked by the limited application of mental activity to the culti vation of science. The UAW of the nation appeared solely directed to the cultivation of the high statesman ahip requisite to contend with the grave and startling petaled events of the European and the American conti nents. Hunter was at this period labouring patiently and perseveringly, but alone, with a sagacious and primitive simplicity. He was reading nature . facts, as exhibited in the organised world, with a zeal unexampled, an industry scarcely ever surpassed, questioni ng h er i n h er own l anguage , and, slowly understanding her tardy, and, oftentimes to him, obscure responses. Mr. Hilton then entered into the early history of Hunter, his struggles, &c., until the latter were surmounted, and he appeared the accomplished surgeon ; and added, that a re-perusal of Hunter's works excited his amazement at the extent to which our surgery of the present day was guided by his comprehensive teach ings. The learned orator then occupied some time in re viewing the great works of Hunter, with which the pro fession is now so well acquainted, and stated that the mu seum of the College of Surgeons contained 10,000 prepa rations, the work of his own hands, a striking instance how fascinated he was in the pursuit of nature. After alluding to the want of public recognition of the merits of our great surgeons, Mr. Hilton concluded by stating that popular appreciation was matter of small account, that lack of interest in our labors be professional contempora ries was hard to bear, that to condemn or damn with faint praise the honest worker, without taking reins to obtain an accurate knowledge of the value of his discoveries, was still harder ; that Hunter bad to endure all this, and right manfully he bore it all, from his inner conviction that, let the world say what it would, no dogmatism, no vague denial, no sneer, could make any impression on his preyed facts. Above all, his conscious love of truth, for truth's own sake, produced in Hunter only the high minded in differeuce of the philosopher to the petty assaults of ignorance. Mr. Hilton advised his hearers not to strive for the brittle fame of the meteor dazzling only for a short time, to be extinguished for ever. COB VOCATION AND RITUALISM. Both houses re-assembled yesterday at Westminster for the despatch of business. Shortly after assembling of the Upper House, a deputation from the Lower House was introduced, bringing up a gravamen on the subject of church rates, and also one on the unsuitableness of the Jerusalem Chamber as a place of meeting. The Bishop of Oxford said he thought it important to state in reference to the resolutions passed last night, that that cosine had been adopted in virtue of a resolution which had been passed by the Lower House. He thought that resolu tions which their lordships bad adopted would meet with general concurrence. He should, therefore, move that the resolutions passed yeatenlay should be communicated to the Lower House. The Bishop of St. David's seconded the resolution. The Bishop of Gloucester end Bristol presented a petition from the London Free and Open Church Association, asking for their lordships' sup port in the objects contemplated by it. " The petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your house will adopt such measures as may conduce to a restoration to the parishioner, generally of parish churches now closed to them by private appropriation, and the revival of the use of the weeklyoffertory." The Itishopof Lichfield ex his concurrence with the scheme, and the ArchbizErl Canterbury said he should be glad to see such a principle adopted if it could be found practicable in any way. The house, after some further business, adjourned. The Lower Hotme met in the Jerusalem Chamber, the Ven. Archdeacon BICKEIiaTEITiI, the prolocutor, • . Archdeacon Denison presented a petition from himself, praying that all acts of the Convocation of Canterbury should be supplied to the Convocation of York. Dr. Leighton, as Chairman of the committee of " Gravamina et Iteformands," stated that the committee bad made a report upon the letter of Sir George Grey, the late Secre tary of State for the Home Department, alleging that the convocation hail no power to reform itself, with the assent of the crown, without the concurrence of parlia ment. This decision was given in answer to an address from the archbishops, bishops, and cler,:y of the province of Canterbury to the clues n, asking for the autho rity to make this reform. The committee re ported that the decision given by Sir George Grey, on the authority of the Lte law whams of the crown, appeared to be contradictory to the deliberate opinion given by Lord Westbury, when solicitor-general, and Sir F., rhillimere, the present Queen', AdYtcate. The committee bad arrived at a contrary opinion to that expressed by Sir George Grey's letter, and stated that it appeared to them that if ancient precedents were to be billowed, each archbishop might constitutionally secure by his own mandate at his own discretion, a fuller reps saltation of the cler g y than has of late years been usual in each provincial synod or convocation respectively. The committee also cousidered that the archbishop might, with the concurrence of his suffragans. amend the mode of election of the proctors of the clergy, by snaking it in all dioceses of the southern province direct, instead, as is now in souse dioceses, indirect. The consideration of the report stood over. The debate upon the paposed Anglican Synod was then resumed. The Prolocutor brought dews, as a mes..age from the Upper Howie, the judgment passed by their lonlahips upon ritualism, with a request that the Lower House would concur in that judgment. It was car ried that the judgment and resolutions should be printed before being oomudered. The Louse aim then prorogued. I ROYAL INSTITUVON. —Yesterday afternoon, in the course of a lecture upon sound, at the Royal Institu tion, Professor Tyndall exhibited for the first time a clever experiment devised by BiW, the French philiwo - iker. By means of a polariscope mule of rhombi, of Ice land spar, placed in front of the electric lamp, the light ' was so polarised List nom of it ft il upon rh. screen. lie then fixed a strip of thick plate.gl.Fs. alsmt three inches wide and six feet long, in a vice, i.nd by rubbing it with a wet cloth made it give off a musical wool, h1:C31121.2 of the longitudinal vibmt.ons set up. The vice bit the strip ex ! actly in the centre. and there the strain and pressure of the musical vibrations were conse.mmitly greatest. But glass under strain or pressure, a bas introduced into the polarised ray, will let light pass through the polariscope. Consequently, when the ray •ss allowed to traverse this slip of glass near its centre. a broad disc of light appeared on iu J screen every time the glu.a act Up a 1111114 CA but when the strip was at rest thc calc aeons crystals would allow no light to pass. IVH.La ANI. a ill of the late Mr. William Cotton, F.n.s., D.C.L., Governor of Bank of England, and sooty years a di rec t or . w a s proved, in the London court, under 70.000/. ersonalty. The executors are Mr. Benjamin Cottmi, the Mother, of Forest House, Chigwell ; Mr. Henry Cotton, the sun; end Mr. Edmund Hay Currie. The will is dated July 6, 1865, and I there are two codicils (June and Nov., ltiAil , and the tes tator died ut his residence. Wslwood House, Leytonstons, Essex, Dec. 1. ut the age of SO. He has lett considerable property to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the sup port of the church of St. Paul's, Stepney, erected at his entire expense, and leaves the patr.nage and advowson thereof to his son, the Rev. Arthur Benjamin Cotton, the present incumbent. He devises to his son Henry his manor of Gibbins and Cleeves, in Essex, and leaves his Bow-couimon estate in trust for his site for her life, and after her decease he bequeaths the same amongst his eons and daughters in certain specified portions. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONZ SHILLING THUISDAY, Frs. 14.—Admissions on payment, 1,277 ; ditto, by season tickets, 1,6tr2. Total visitors, 2,969. SI '