The Express. — London, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

- , , ;/ / ' - j ,.t~~ 7 ' (Ij 11 41 rt%% .14 , No. 6,073.1 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1866. [STAMPED, id. ADDITIONAL.] TICKNSLAND. - BLACK BALL PA S - 81SCUIR LINE . — New to with H . Y. Colo- Goverment. Redaction of g Fare to AM Lind Orders LSO, to all chasm SOIITILMEN OCEAN, for BRISBANE, Moreton Bay, Meet. Picket for Jan. U. This insdailloent ship, forming one of the Blacked wiebrated Beet of Qatevaland paokeas, will be de :ached punotnally to dada The accommodation for all drew s+:74IBITSJI eemotbe To .be followed 181 k February. th. to JA/138 BAINES and Co., Liverpool; all WW I for the Midi Bell Lfae ; and T. M. MACKAY and 02., 1, leadeohYt paw* Lowden. 10. ETLY FROK LITEZPOOL OR (="TOWN TO NEW YORE, TWICE A WEEK LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, - and PHILADELPHIA COMPANY intend d► ePeiehht6 their IlDlemmeettai s tbellt Iron Sony liteatmehips, cartnag the Metter °Moo FROM LIVERPOO for NEW YORK. CITY OF WASHINGTON, Wsdneedq, Jan. IL CITY OF LUMMOX- Friday, Jam W. CITY OF LONDON, Wedneeday, Jan. 31. And away Wodneaday, and alternate Fridays and Saturdays Cabin Pawed , by the mail steamers saill so z=rdne= 16, 17, mall guineas, amsordiu to the =feby the Friday's and Retarders steamers. 16 guineas. ud poems includes a tall 'apply cd cooked be (Roads end the United Kates booked ~ if to Il i. 7 l antagiono lNMAN terms. —For ihrtber particulate a to , K. Water-street, Uverpoot Ind MACEY. 61, King /I"Mm•Mest. londom or to COMMONS P. OVATION SOCIETY. _ Bishop of London. of Westminster. of St. Paul's. lawrenee, Mr. Alderman Jame Clarke. LIORODON, Mr. Aldermen-Wil liam, M.P. Lefevre, G. Shaw, Esq.. Y.P. Locke, John, Esq., l a C ii M.P. Longman,Wllliam, TALE Lurk. Lusk. Mr. Alderman, P. Marshall, Gilbert, Esq. Mill, John Stuart, Eaq., Y.P. Mitten, TheoanS, ELLS., M.P. Pollock, = Z.. EP. Itanken, W. B;r ian le . q. Rev. Item, Mr. Alderman. Ryan, Itt. Honble. Mr Edward. I lialemons, Mr. Aldesman, Y.P. Torreq.,ns. W. T. McCulloch. Is ILP. Tes, Joseph, req., 1.8.5. Titmice. Charlie /Ira., Eaq. Waterlow, Mr. Alderman. Wham, Money, Eaq. SOLICITOR—PhiIip Henry Lawrence. Esq., 0, LINCOWII-11111-041d1. HONORARY SIORNTARY—BAY. Leslie Stephen. SECILIRLULT—Arthur Lasater, Esq. Onicße-21), Parliament-street, Westminster. ESSIZRa—Meru. Ransom, Itonverle, and Co., 1, Pal nail Rut. Subscriptions from persons desirous of forwarding theobjects of the Society may be paid to the Secretary, or to the account of the Commons Preservation Society, with Mews. Ransom and CO. All persons feeling an interest In th 4 Importint question are Invited to attend the MEETING which will be held at the Mansion-house (the Right Honourable the WED MAYOR in the Chair) TOMORROW, the g4te instant, at 1 o'clock, when several of the Committee will speak on the subject The Right Be.. the The Very Rev. the 1 The Very Bev. the 1 ',kook, mas, Dol. Aleock, Li Tho ent-CoL T. 9t. Leger. i ßosley r llr. Alderman. Joseph, Bp. Saxton. Charles, Ley., M.P. Norton, Gurney, Esq. Buxton, Sir Thomas 'owe% . lira , M.P. Clark, Bir Jamea, Bart, M.D., P. couce, sunup, BK. Damen, Rouble. George, Q.C. Derene,R., B Baag. Fuser, W. J., g. new% Professor, M.P. thud* J. P., Nag. Gibbs, tr.W sq.R, C.B. Hughes, Iltdmo. req.. B.P. Bosley, 11. 6. L., Bp. Ruler, Professor, LISA Johnston, Andrew, tag. Lenketter, Mirth, Vey., M.D., STANDARD and DWARF ROSES and hardy Trees and Shrubs. from SURSAY. _ . MR J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUC TION, at Ids Greatßooms, SS, Sing-street, Covent-garden, ORROW, Jas. 24, at ball peat 12 precisely, 1,000 STANDARD and DWARF ROSES, from one of the drat English growers; also a flratclaas assortment of hardy Trees and Shrubs, consisting of conifers, laurels, hollies, lilacs, Tunis, laurustiana, anentwa, Ac. ; currant trees, raspberry canes, standard, dwarf, and trained fruit trees, dm., from a well-known nurseryman In Surrey.—On view the morning of sale, and catalogues had. MITDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. THE NEW SEASON NOTICE. 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SPECTACLES are NECESSARY WHEN the Eyes water, are misty, or fatigued after mallet: WHEN the print blends, and the letters appear to be doable: WHEN more light than formerly is requisite— w example : 'WHEN the candle is placed between the eyes and the book WHEN objects must be held further off to be seen more clearly ; WHEN much difficulty is found in threading a needle. The above are premonitoryslgne of decaying t , and indicate that an optician should be consulted without de . From long and extensive practice Messrs. Thomas Harris an. Son are fully competent to advise on all masters pertaining to the remedying defective sight. They skilfully adapt lenses, perfectly true, of She requisite power, and likewise they judiciously select a spec tacle frame of the form meet becoming to the lace. THOMAS HARMS and SON, opticians to the Royal Family, opposite the British Museum gates. London (their only house), established 1780. Caution—No travellers or agents. TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. The return of youth to their respective boarding-achoola Inductee • solicitude for their personal comfort and attraction, and ROW LANDS' )lACA°SAR OIL, for accelerating the growth and im proving and beautifying the hair, lowlands Kalydor, for im proving the skin and complexion, and removing cutaneous defects, and Rowlandi Odonto,or Pearl Dentifrice, for rendering the teeth beautifully white and preserving the gums, are consi dered indhpensable accompaniments. Sold by A. ROW LAND and SONS, 20, Batton-garden, and by chemists and perfumers. Ask for lowlands' articles, DEALNOTICE. —Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon DENTAL of 8, OROBVENOR-STIthET, SOND.STILIET, having announced for a considerable period that "he is not connected with any one of the name, and that he has NOT 2.13108 ED, and does not Intend doing so," begs respectfully to state that as he onnaiden the general public are now sufficiently well aware of the facts, be will cease to make this or say other professional statement in the public papers on and after the 48th of February nest. TEETH and PAINLESS DENTISTRY.—The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of vital impor tance from availing themselves of the services of a dentist. Ia a practice founded in 1830, and now extending over greater part of the kingdom, an impatience unequalled has been obtained, en abling as to carer even the most sensitive sufferer a system of dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a specialit4 pertaining only to our practice, and for which her Majesty has vented her royal letters patent. This system embraces the non interference with all stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extraction of lam; teeth until they become arm and useful in mastication, and the utter absence of all and every ope ration, so that the most nervous person can be supplied without tear of pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more durable, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Con sultation free. Teeth from Is. sets from live to 25 guineas, warranted. For the efficacy. utility, and success of this system vide " Lancet"— Mews. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, 30, Berners-stisiet, Oxford•street, and 448, Strand, opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Dally attendance at 15. White- Margate, Hall; 10, Norfolk-street. Sheffield; 4, Baat-parade, Leeds; 14, St. Nicholas-at, dcarbro, and 33. Coney-st York. Established 1830. No connexion with any one of the stare name. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS andLIVER PILLS, a lever falling remedy, prepared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion. wind, imams, giddiness, die/Bless of the eyea, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and sea purifier of the blrod, they are truly excellent; mild in their operation and gratesul to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous syatem.—Sold by W. Lam bast, ehemLt, 8, King William-street, Chi:Mg-cross, and by most druggists, boxes. le. lid. and fa. Ild. Be sure to adsk for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver NHL The genuine are in a square peen package with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. ORD'S FLUID bLiGITICSIA.—The D l Udical " prof...ion for thirty years have approved of this Pure solution of tosgsteis as the bmt remedy for acidity of stomach, headache, heartburn, g out, sod indigestion and as a mild aperient it is especially ea opted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNIFORD end Co., Cbemhts, dm., 171, Nov Bond-strost, London, and sold throughout the wed by all lialiectable chmist& Cantion—See that " Iliansgegd and Co: Ss on sech bottle and red label over the cork C1(3110HS , ASTHMA, and INCIPIENT CON- SUM,TioN are effectually cared by ILICATING'S COUGH 10050 L ii, Asti& are daily recommended by the faculty—tes timonials from toe moat eminent of whom may be Inspected— as the most effecttia., safe, speedy, and convenient remedy foe cough and ati disorders cf the lungs, a nd d throat. Sold in beset, la lid. sod Una, Vs. 9d., 4a. 6d., lla saes. by T. Keating. chemist, 79, U. taurechurebyard, London. BM Mall by ill demists, *4. GEOLOGY. —KING'S COLLEGE. London. Proteror TENNAIVT, Y.G.S. will commenos s COURSE of WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURES on GEOLOGY, from Bto 9. Mrs& Lecture, Jan. M. Ism Al Is. And a more ex tended Course on Wedneaday and Friosy Mornings, from 9to 10. That Lecture, Friday, Jan. St nu course will be con tinued du May. Text-book, "Lyell's Elements of Geology." THE OXFORD.—The MARKET GIRLS, by Offenbach II Trovatore, and the Schiller Centenary Can tata, by Meyerbeer, will be performed by the whole of the Hungarians will alto introduce their err " ' c one! o Xntertainmeat TillS YVENING. Private boxes, lOa. &I. ; della and balcony, is ; area, 6d. METROPOLITAN MUSIC HALL, Edgware road. Open at 7.—MACARTHT, the =surpassable will appear In dye new and original characters. The comedian Is nightly hailed with inch enthusiasm rarely or ever met in Music Halls, since the Bret appearance of this talented vocalist upwards of 00,768 persons have honoured this Hall with their patzonege, and the majority pronounce him the artiste on record. The ROAM of AURORA, or the deaceni r Otat Morning Star, and MAIIANIRLLO still continue theadmiration of all who witness them. The new stage scenery and mechanical appliances tend to make our Ballets one of the most complete performances in the metropolis. Manager, J. J. POOLE. VORRIGN WINES, cheap and pure :--Ostalonian .11.7 Sherry, 17s. 6d.: Andaliudan Port, lie. ed.: French, les. French Sherry, 184. per dozen: Beeitiolsta, isa. 6d.: Macon. 21a.: liorisiMos, 17• 44. : Chablis, Ms. ; Hock, na. to 441.na Sparkling Hock and Moselle, ass • down; Cognac Bran or brown, 40s. a down, bottles included. Terms cash. paid up= tow dozen Into the country. KDWARD BOWFABANK and SONS, DigMlers and Importers. 171, Sunetreet, London. Fatablished 1782. " ONCE A WEEK."-NEW SERIES. FIRST MONTHLY PART. Jan. 276. la. EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS by Eminent Artiste. „THE VAGRANTS.” drawn by F. Waxman. An extra full-pegs Illuairatton on Toned Paper. In I A WATIC." " T HE RACE FOR WEALTH." By the Author of " George Grath." In "ONCE A WEHIL" " SANS MERCL" By the Author of " Guy Livingstone." In "ONCE A WEEK.. "ONCE A WEEK." ILLUSTRATED. Price One ShMing. sewed A NIGHT in a WOMOUSE. "cringed from the "Pall Mall Gazette.' Ofece of the " Pall Mall Garotte,' 14, Sallebory-street Strand. W.C. Just ready, price 2a. Id., " FIC H RESTORATION of NERVOUS POWER," addressed more especially to men of business, the studious, the sedentary, and all labouring tinder the debill hating effects of orer-tazed energies either of body or mind. By JoUlf Itagvar. Y.A.S. London. Dean and Son, Ludgate-hill, LC. Price la, DR. CITLVERWELL on MARRIAGE : Its Obliotiona, Happiness, and Disappointments. Mann, Cornhdl ;or A orking u was fee, haltthor, Great Mariboro ui ugh - street, W. Ws Gnea TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (aaom's TALPOSIAIIi. ) THE MILITARY REVOLT IN SPAIN. BAYONNE, Jiz. V. Advioes from Madrid to the 21st net. state that all the sergeants, two lieutenants, and one captain of the Ist regiment of Cuirassiers were embarked yesterday for the Philippine Islands, accused of an attempt to raise an emeute in Madrid. ITALY AND THE ZOLLVEREIN. BERLIN, Jaw. 22. The day before yesterday the King of Hanover signed the treaty of commerce between Italy and the Zollverein. The ratification of the treaty will shortly take place in thia city. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 22. The Temps of this evening gives a denial to the rumour current yesterday, that Messrs. Rothschild had concluded a loan with the Pontifical Govern ment for fifty millions of francs. AUSTRALIA. (By overland telegraph from Galls.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 26. Parliament was dissolved on the 12th instant. Intense excitement has been caused in South Aus tralia by the outbreak of war between Spain and Chili. All gales of copper have been stopped. Advices from New Zealand state that the rebels on the east coast bad been defeated, and surren dered at Napier on the 18th instant. The pah at Poverty Bay had been attacked and Icaptured. DECLINE OF CHOLERA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. —The following report, &armed by the British Vice- Coosul at Civita Vecchia to her Majesty's Consul at Rome, has this day (January 22) been received at the Foreign office :—" Civita Vecchia, Jan. 17, 1866.—Sir,—I beg leave to report that it has been to-day officially notified to me by the local authorities here, that in consequence of the satis factory reports of the state of the public health generally abroad, all the restrictive sanitary measures, which were imposed on amount of the prevalence of Asiatic cholera, will cease on and from the 20th insk—l have, he. (signed), J. T. Lowe.—Joseph Severn, Req., her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Rome." RAILWAY AND OTHER RILLS IN PARLIAMMIT.— The examiners into standieg order proofs upon railway and other bills about to be considered in committee during the ensuing session of parliament:resumed their duties yesterday, when the following business was transacted. In the cases befog Mr. Smith, he declared the standing orders to have been complied with in the following unopposed cum :—The London and North Western Railway (new lines) ; Wrex ham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (additional powers) Wrexham, Mold, and Coonah's Quay Railway (extensions) ; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (new lines) Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay and kloylake Railways; and the Ellesmere and Glyn Valley Railway. The standing orders were not complied with in the Mae of the adjourned unopposed petition of the Peterborough Water works. The opposed petition of the Great Western and Breatford Railway was adjourned until this day. In the oases of the following unopposed bills, before Mr. Fare, that gentleman declared the stand ing orders to have been complied with:—London, Backe, and Gloucestershire Junction Railway, and the Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingston Railway ; the Mold and Denbigh Junction (Llandudno Extension), and the Melton, Loughborough, end Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway promoters did not put in any appearance. The unopposed Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (branches and devis tioos) Bill wee adjourned until the29th inst. The adjourned petitions of the Barry Harbour and the Barry Railway (Penarth and Cardiff Extension), both unopposed, passed deeding orders. The examiner declared the standing orders had not been complied with in the opposed London, Chatham, and Dover, and South-Esetern (Kennington, Clapham, and Brixtoe) Railways Bill. The London, Brighton, and South Coast (new lines), the Sirhowy Exten sion Railway, the London. Chatham, and Dover Railway (new lines, ka.,) and the Ely Valley and Vale of Neath Junction Railways Bills were adjourned until this day (Tesedny.) The sbip Lincolnshire, belonging to Messrs. Wigram and Co., which was to follow the London, and left on Saturday for Melbourne, returned to the East India Dock yesterday morning, having been in collision with a brig off Greenbithe. Fantasia COLD.—In a letter dated Montreal, Jan. 6, we read :—" Our Arctic weather continues. At 6 11. M. it was 22 below zero, and continued about 16 all day. It is the coldest we have had for six years." V. IN Aberdeen ledth Greencastle Cape Clear Uverpool Holyhead Penzance Brest Rochefort Plymouth Weymouth Port mouth . 99.97 99.98 110.06 30.13 90.35 30.44, W.N.W. N.N.W. N.W. B.W. W. 9. W. B.W. 8.9. W. W. 9. W. N. W. 1110.131 30.13 30.31 W.N.W. W.N.W. N.N.W. W.N.W. W.S.W. W.N.W. 130.181. 3017 14.141 ~50.09 a " ° .rin .. . 30 —.06 LOodax Yarmouth I Scarborough Shields Bolder Vii 141 : l 41 3 411 W.N.W. N.W. N.N.W. N.W. N.W. N.N.W. N.W. & W. W.S.W. N.W. W.S. W. N.W. I. B. be ob bt b 0.04 ro 10.10 cb 1 0.02 oc 10.00 cr ' 0.11 c 10114 rc '0.30 So 0.32 ro '0.43 ro :0.27 rb 10.66 a I PNOIABL.N. WIDNISDAY. 01 NORTHMAN THURSDAY. Between B. W. and GOMM N.W. to S.W., fresh fresh. to strong. Northerly to westerly, wEeriza. As above. fresh or strong, some showers. W. to N. and back, 80112111111. N.N. W. to W.8.W., fresh, squally, but fresh to strong. One generally. As neat above. UM= As next above. Northern=eoeHand. Western=-Ireland, Wales, and adja cencies. Southern = Eng lish Channel and Bay of Biscay. Lastern=lestward gnßland and North flee. One of the vessels lost in the wholesale ship wrecks at Torbay was the Cheshire Witch, which traded between Swansea and Southampton. For ten years she was commanded by her owner, but at the last voyage be stopped at Swansea, and employed a competent and careful man in his stead. The trip to Southampton was made in safety, but in returning to Swansea the Cheshire Witch rin into Torbay through stress of weather. The captain attempted to get away the night before the wreck, bat having failed, owing to the contrary wind, he lay to secured with a couple of anchors. At mid night a drifting vessel ran into her, cutting away both her anchor cables, and while she was drifting another helpless vessel ran into her and cat her down to the water's edge. Three of the crew were drowned. one of them a poor boy who had just been spending his Christmas with his mother at Yeovil ; a dog also perished in the ship which need to voluntarily bathe every day by jumping overboard and getting on board again by putting his forepaws in a rope noose, let down by the side of the ship and suffering himself to be drawn up by it. This sagacious creature would also jump overboard, when in port, and land, and after a couple of days would swim round the ship and bark for the noose to be let down. A large number of respectable young men from all parts of England are emigrating to New York in the numerous steamers which are wiw plying between various English ports and the United States. This exodua appears to have arisen in consequence partly of the ease with which New York can be reached from England, and from the accounts constantly received of the wealth of the United States, and the scope there for enterprise. A building has just been erected in the South ampton Docks for working steam machinery for unloading colliers and coaling mail packets in the docks. . . • -- - - The importations of copper ore into this country - - - • from the Cape of Good Hope by the mail steamers are almost double what they were a twelvemonth since. The mail packet Saxon, which has joat arrived from the Cape, brought nearly 130 tons of copper ore. THE LATE Mss.. C. NEWTON.—This lady, who died prematurely at 33 of brain fever following on measles, just after the dawn of the new year, came of a family of artists. Her father, Mr. Severn, oar present consul at Rome, is known both by his pictures in oil and fresco and as the friend of Keats, whose deathbed he soothed by his devoted care. Her brothers are both artists. Five years ago she married Mr. Charles Newton, the superintendent of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, and after her marriage became even a more devoted and conscientious labourer in her art than before. A SPORTING " CHARACTER.”- 4 ' Argus" of the Post writes :—"The death of General Chanel*, in his 83rd year, has furnished plenty of table-talk in St. James's. street and Pall-mall, and it would require a Rsikes to do justice to the many anecdotes in circulation about him. Reared in • loose school—that of 39 tears ago, when the late 'Colonel Berkeley was Viceroy' of Cheltenham, and held a species of ' court' at the Castle, he wu one of the principal officers of his staff, and shared in all the sports and pastimes of the queen of watering-places. In all manly pursuits he excelled, being a dead shot, a bold rider, and still bolder bettor, a clever poet, and a skilful musician. Among other natural advantages he was gifted with an extraordinary memory, and • few years back, for a large bet, he related the whole contents of the Morning Post, from the date to the publisher's name, without making a single error. He was a great lover of Shake per., and far beyond the average stamp of amateur actors who interpreted him. On the Turf, or at billiards, or in • pigeon sweepstakes, he loved 'tobe on a good thing.' He showed no mercy to a Derby favourite which be did not like ; and he had in his time some miraculous escapes. Gorhambnry was. the only racehorse he ever owned, and with him, who started at 1,000 to 15, he ran second t• Ootherstone, beating Gaper, British Yeoman, and a number of good horses ; and had he won, he remarked ' there would have been oorn in Egypt.' Altogether, he was on. of the most remarkable men I ever name across, and we mast attribute his failings to the age in which he WY ' reared and flourished." Yotrwo Distriregrawm—Thomas Miller, aged 10, and Mary Hiller, aged 8, were charged at the Petty Sur sioes, Ilford, on the 19th inst. by ids. C. Matthews, of Fast Ham, with pulling down a piece of his fence, value ld. The prosecutor said the children belonged to a man of most drunken habits, and as they appeared entirely desti tute sad neglected he bad brought them to the court in the hope that they would be sent to an industrial sohooL They were committed for one week, and then ordered to be seat to an industrial selablishment.—Esser Herald. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. (nor on 0101 00113111PVIDIINT.) PARIS, 109/rimy Evxmo. The leading features of the Emperor's speech, as I understand them, are a positive undertaking to evacuate Mexico within a reasonably short time ; a renewed and emphatic declaration of a policy of peace and neutrality in Europe ; a repudiation of the reactionary suggestions of the protectionists against the free trade legislation of the present reign;, a rather vague promise to generalise public instruc tion ; and a decided postponement of political liberty to the Greek Calends. To these charac teristics of the speech, which appear upon the face of it, I must add one remarkable omission which occurs to me :—The Emperor expresses no inten tion to fulfil the expectation he held out last year of the abolition of imprisonment for debt, and offers no explanation of the failure of a project, which, announced from the throne last year in sen sational terms, was considered as good as carried. Confidence in the infallibility of imperial resolu tions must be to a certain extent weakened by this omission, _ _ _ A hope is vaguely held out at the end of the speech that when all Frenchmen know how to read and write political liberty may be safely extended, because then everybody will understand the beau ties of the constitution of 1852. The date given is a very long one. The present Emperor cannot hope to live to see it ; neither probably will his dynasty, unless more political liberty is granted long before all Frenchmen shall be well educated. The closely contested election in the Orne has resulted in the return of the government candidate by a bare majority. M. de Mackau has polled 15,981 votes, against 14,862 given to Duke d'Audif fret Pasquier., At the Bourse the speech did not produce even a momentary rise. Rents closed with a fall of 120. both for cash and account, closing at 68fr. 52ic. and 68fr. 50c. Mobilier fell 15fr. The quotations in Mexican stock were merely nominal. WEATHER REPORT.--(THIS DAY.) TITZSDAT. JANUARY 14 8 A.X. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. [The following appenred in a Sooond Edition of bud evening's Express:] The following is a translation of the speech deli vered yesterday afternoon by the Emperor Napo leon at the opening of the French Chambers : "SENATORS AND DEPUTIES, " The opening of the Legislative Session enables me periodically to lay before you the condition of the empire, and to exprees to you mr views. As in preceding years, I shall examine with you the principal questions which interest our country. Abroad peace seems everywhere assured, for every where the means are sought of resolving di ffi culties in a friendly way, inatead of settling them by "The meeting of the French and English fleets in the same ports has shown that the relations formed on the battle field are not weakened ; time has but strengthened the harmony of the two countries. With regard to Germany my intention is to maintain a policy of neutrality which, with out preventing us from sometimes lamenting and sometimes rejoicing, still leaves us strangers to questions in which our interests are not directly cioncerned. " Italy, recognised by almost all the European powers, bas affirmed her unity by inaugurating her capital in the centre of the Peninsula. We have reason to rely upon the scrupulous execution of the treaty of the 15th September, and the indis pensable maintenance of the power of the Holy Father. The ties which attach us to Spain and to _ _ Portugal have been drawn still closer by my recent interviews with the sovereigns of these two king- " You have shared with me the general indigna tion produced by the assassination of President Lincoln ; and recently the death of the King of the Belgians has caused universal regret. " In Mexico the government founded by the will of the people is consolidating itself. The dissen tients, overcome and dispersed, have no longer a chief. The national troops have exhibited valour, ►nd the country has found guarantees of order and security which have developed its resources and =Teased its commerce with France alone from 21,000,000 fr. to 77,006,000 fr. Thus, according to the hope I expressed last year, our expedition is approaching its end. I am coming to an under standing with the Emperor Maximilian in order to fix the date of the r ec all of our troops, in order that the return may be accomplished without compro mising the French interests which we went to defend in that distant country. " North America, having issued victorious from a formidable struggle, has re-established the an cient union, and solemnly proclaimed the abolition of slavery. France, which forgets no noble page of its history, offers sincere wishes for the prosperity of the great American republic and for the mainten ance of amicable relations, now nearly a century old. The emotion produced in the United States by the presence of our army upon Mexican soil will be appeased by the frankness of our declarations. The American people will understandthat our expedition, in which we invited them to take part, was not opposed to their interests. Two nations equally jealous of their independence must avoid every step which would affect their dignity and honour. is At home the tranquillity which has not ceased to prevail has enabled me to visit Algeria, where I my presence will not, I hope, have been without effect in reassuring interests and establishing a more friendly intercourse between races. My absence from France has besides proved that I could be replaced by a tree heart and a lofty mind. It is in the midst of satisfied and confiding popula tions that our institutions are working. The muni cipal elections have taken place with the utmost order and the most complete freedom. The mayor being the representative in the commune of the central power, the constitution has conferred upon me the right of choosing him from among the whole body of citizens ; but the election of intelligent and de ' voted men has everywhere enabled me to choose the mayors from the municipal councils. The law on coalitions (strikes), which had given rise to some apprehensions, has been carried out with great im partiality on the part of the government, and with moderation on the part of the per sons concerned. The working-class, so intel ligent, has understood that the more the facilities granted to it for discussing its inte rests, the more it was bound to respect the liberty of each and the security of all. The inquiry which has taken place concerning co-operative societies bas shown how just were the bases of the law which has been presented on this important subject. This law will permit the establishment of numerous associations for the benefit of labour and prudence. In order to favour their development I have resolved that the authorisa tion required for meetings shall be granted to all those who desire, apart from politics to de liberate in common on their industrial and com mercial interests. This facility will be limited only by the guarantees which public order requires. " The state of our finances will show you, on the one hand, that the revenue continues in its progressive increaee ; while, on the other, the expenditure tends to de crease. In the new budgets the accidental or ex traordinary sources of revenue have been re placed by normal and permanent resources. The law upon the redemption of the debt, which will be submitted to you, shows the estab lishment of certain revenues, and affords fresh gua rantees to the creditors of the State. The equilibrium of the budget is secured by a surplus of revenue. In order to attain this result it was necessary to effect retrenchment in the greater part of the public services ; among others, in the War Department. " The army being upon a peace footing there was only the alternative of reducing either the regimental cadres or the effective. The latter measure was impracticable, since the regiments hardly mustered their necessary strength of men. The good of the service even sugpsted an augmentation. In suppressing the ca&es of 220 companies, of 46 squadrons, and of 40 batteries, but at the same time tratederring the soldiers of those companies and squadrons to other corps, we have rather strengthened than weakened our regiments. As the natural guardian of the interests of the army, I would never have consented to those reductions if they bad been calculated to deteriorate our military organisation, or injure men whose services and devotedness I have been in al position to appreciate. The maintenance in due order of all the officers without compromising or betraying their future, and the admission into administrative careers of officers and sub-officers whose term of service approaches completion, will soon re-establish the regular movements of pro motion in the army. Every interest will thus be guaranteed, and the country will not have shown itself ungrateful towards those who have shed their blood for it. "The budgets of public works and education have not undergone soy diminution. It was useful to keep up the fruitful activity of the grand under taking of the State, and to maintain the energetic impulse of public instruction. Within the last few months, thanks to the devotion of the school masters, 13,000 new classes for adults have been opened in the communes of the empire. Agriculture has made great progress since 1852. If at this moment it euffers from the lowness of the prices of cereals, this depreciation is the in evitable consequence of the overabundance of the crops, and not of the suppression of the sliding scale. Economical transformations deve lops the general prosperity, but cannot anti cipate particular grievances. I thought it was use fait° open a serious inquiry into the 'tete and the wants of agriculture. This will, I am convinced, dome. confirm the principles of commercial liberty, and facilitate the study of the proper means to diminish local sufferings and to realise new progress. The course of our international transactions is not checked, and the general commerce, which last year was more than seven milliards, has increased by seven hundred millions. Amid this ever increasing prosperity a number of restless spirits, under the pretext of hastening the liberal progress of the government, attempt to hinder that progress by taking from the government all power and all initia tive. They seize upon a phrase borrowed by myself from Napoleon L, and confound instability with pro. grass. The Emperor, declaring the necessity for tie successive perfection of human institutions, meant that the only durable changes are those which operate with time for the amelioration of public morals. These ameliorations will result from the appeasement of passions, and not from untimely modifications in our fundamental laws. What ad vantage can there be, in fact, in reverting to-day to what was rejected yesterday ? The con stitution of 1852, submitted to the accep tance of the people, undertook to establish a wise and rational system balanced upon the just equi librium between the different powers of the State. It holds itself equally distant from two extreme positions. With a chamber deciding the fate of the ministers the executive is without authority and without spirit. It is without con trol, too, if the elective chamber is not independent and in the possession of legitimate prerogatives. Our constitutional forme, which have a certain analogy with those of the United States, are not defective because they differ from those of England. Each people must have institutions conformable to its genius and traditions. Each government, in truth, has its defects, but in turning my regards on the peat I congratulate myself upon seeing at the end of fourteen years, France respected abroad, tranquil at home, without a political prisoner in its gaols, and with no exiles beyond its frontiers. The nation has during eighty years sufficiently discussed governmental theories. Is it not .more useful now to seek the practical means of improving the moral and material condition of the people ? Let us employ ourselves in everywhere disseminating with the light of sound economic doctrines the love of what is good, and religious principles. Let us seek to resolve by freedom of operations the difficult pro blem of the just distribution of productive forces, and try to ameliorate the conditions of labour in the fields as well as in the workshops. When all Frenchmen, now invested with political rights, have been enlightened by education, they will discern the truth without difficulty and not suffer themselves to be seduced by deceitful theories. When all those who live from day to day have seen the benefits resulting from assiduous labour they will be the firm supports of a society which guarantees their welfare and their dignity. In short, when all have received from childhood those principles of faith and morality which elevate a man in his own eyes, they will know that above human intelligence, above the effort!, of science and reason, there exists a Supreme Will which regulates the destinies of individuals as well as of nations." ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIEPE.—Iest night the members of this society held one of their usual periodical meetings at Burlington-house. Viacosuit Strangford, who in the absence of:the president, Sir R. Kurebisos, presided, stated that an expedition for the search of Dr. Leichardt, who obtained the gold medal of the society, in which the president took the greatest interest, was abut to start, if it bed not already started, under the direction of Mr. M'lntyre, who was himself en experienced explorer of the Australian continent. AU the colonies of Australia likewise took a deep interest in the expedition, and contribut ed liberally towards the expense. The Royal Geographical Society gave 9001. for the same purpose, and a subscription would be opened at the society's rooms, to which the mem bers sod the public at large would be invited to contribute. Mr. higntyre, from what he had beard, was not without hope of obtaieing some tidings either of Dr. Leicbardt or of his ex pedition—a hope io which hewn sure they allpartiolpated. There were two papers read by the secretary, one contri buted b i r ja t • :. John Jardine, giving an interesting descrip tion of York district ha the north - sect of Australia ; the other Mr. James Martin, givind an account of an expedition - made by him end three others in 1863 to the district of the Glenelg river in the north-west of Australis. Both papers formed the subject of a discussion in which MR Crawford, Sir C. Nicholson and others took part. Mr. Martin in his paper intimated that the district of Camden Bay, into which the Gleuelg falls, was favourable for the production of wool, a proposition which was denied by Mr. Crawford, who held that tropical countries generally were not fitted for the depasturing of sheep, and were there fore unsuitable for the production of wool. lie toned fault with the attempt to settle a colony in the district of Camden Bay and in the more northern district of Adams Bay. Sir C. Nicholson contradicted Mr. Crawford's theory with regard to the unsuitableness of tropical countries for the depasturing of sheep, and stated u a matter of feat that there were at that moment from four to five millions of sheep in the tropical zone of Australia. He quite agreed with Mr. Crawford that the Camden Bay district, which possessed only 1,000,000 of acres suitable for pasture, was not a proper locality for the foundation of a settlement. The chairman mid that Admiral Stokes, who was acquainted with the district. had written a few obser vations to the president, in which he stated his opinion that the country was nut adapted for depasturing sheep. After some further discussion the thanks of the society were voted to the authors of the papers, and the mediae separated. THE ANTI.MA.LT-TAX AGITATION. —The Chan cellor of the Exchequer has fixed Wednesday, the 7th February, for receiving &deputation from the Central Anti- Malt-tax Association. —South Eastern Gazette. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. —The re port of Mr. Basalgette, the (odour of the Metropolitans Board of Works, states that parliament had within the last two years auctioned 34 railway bills, proposing to conduct 165 miles of railway, at an expeaditure of about 15,500,00 X, with borrowing powers for a n re d sum of 5,750,000/. It might have been supposed that the ground was pretty well filled up, and the Me tropolitan railway requiremeirts satisfied for the present. They were hardly prepared for an addition of 40 new bills this session, contemplating the formation of an additional length of 104 miles of railway within the metro• polite area, at a further expenditure of 19,000,0001. more. The effect of all metropolitan railways and street improve ments was the destruction of large masses of houses, the occupants of which were driven towards the suburbs, and the area of London we. thereby extended. Much tempo rary inconvenience was ceased by this Focus, bat its ultimate effect would be beneficial if a free communica tion between all parts of London was provided for all classes of the population. The railway bills of the years 1865.6 include withia their limits of deviation about 15,000 houses. Assuming that one-half of that number of houses be destroyed, this would amount to one sixteenth part of all the house in London, and the occu pants of these must find homes nearer to the suburbs, and would require ready means of access to the centre. Many of this year's projects are competing lineß several having the same objects in view, from among which parliament would select the best, and the others would probably be rejected. As usual, the metropolitan sewers most be cut into pieces by the underground railways and pneumatic tubes, and public roads and streets were to be raised or depressed somewhat abruptly. The schemes proposed might be enumerated as follows :—A tunnel under the river Thames for carriage and foot puma gers was proposed from Deptford to the Isle of Dogs, and a railway tunnel just below London-bridge for connect ing the city and southern railways. Two railway bridges over the Aimee just below Putney-bridge, and one just above it, and close to the Chelsea Waterworks aqueduct ; also two others between Putney and Barnes, making fi ov ve new bridges, in addition to the two existing bridges, er the Thames within a distance of a mile and a half. Four lines of railway were projected to Barnet, three to Alex andra Park, three to Richmond, font to Croydon, and two to Clapham. Three lines were to traverse London from east to west ; one on the north, one through tbe centre, taking the line of Oxfordotrest from Notting-hill to Smithfield, and one on the eolith. BOILER EXPLOSION AT DEPTFORD. --Yesterday considerable alarm was occasioned among the residents in the neighbourhood of Deptford Creek, owing to an explo sion of • tabular boiler at the tar works of Mr. Parker. It appears that the boiler bad not been in use since Saturday, and the man in charge, previous to lighting the furnace fire, went to ascertain the quantity of water required to fill it. For this purpose be used a light, which coming in con tact with the fool air that had collected, caused an instant explosion. The man was knocked backwards and rendered insensible, but fortunately escaped serious Wary. The boiler was burled a considerable distance, the roof of the building bete & g t blows off by the force of the explosion, and uwindows . oining houses shattered. Fortunately none of the other wo rkmen were on the premises at the time, other wise Ines of life might have been occasiseoned. (mom OUR owe Day by day the press Florence seems to increase. it will be absolutely fink part of the city to anothi alarmingly near. And of all street police, or m who should do that duty, a former letter, becomes important every day. tale of accidents or of considered as much bet motions of the heavenl hear of a slab of plat worth five•hundred franca, "from an unseen hand, &nit to imagine that el petaled in the broad thoroughfare, and yet should be seen by ■o say that the offender break as many more li‘ as it may please him to body there to interfere could it be expected that, gentlemen, with his heels, and his huge lm on the spot, would hai of a nimble-heeled Beam) The same morning pal over the Ponte alle GI =shed between a carriage bridge, avoiding that leaping on the lop of ball for the "Asilo Infa at the Palazzo Burial " Oltrarno" quarter of alle Gracie ; and the throng of carriages therefore was greater than usual, so the crushing of a few foot passengers, especially in so excellent a cause, cannot be grudged. This ball (an annual affair) was a very successful one—such a ball as Florence seems to have the special privilege of producing. For somehow or other, it would be difficult to say for what reason, these festivities here have a spirit, a "brio," an air of veritable enjoyment and light-hearted mirth, that similar assemblies in your great Babylon, or even in Paris the Gay, do not possess. Much perhaps is due to the locality. Let the crowds which as semble be as numerous as they may—let " all the world" agree to meet at one of these Florentine " feste "—there is yet always abundance of room. We are not suffocated or squeezed out on to a stair case. Let the street outside be as much too small as it may for the throng of corners and goers, the noble halls and magnificent .staircases, which may be counted in Florence by the hundred, are ready to accommodate the pleasure-seekers with all com fort directly they are inside. I could not help thinking, as I admired the superb proportions of the immense ball-room at the Serristori Palace, richly ornamented, with all its cinque-cento decora tions in perfect preservation, how many dwellings in London or Paris could have exhibited a room at all comparable to it. Of, properly speaking, private residences in London I imagine that no single one possesses a hall of such proportions. And this ball-room, it must be understood, is but the centre of a suite of numerous drawing-rooms, any one of which would be deemed an exceptionally fine ball-room by the dwellers in Belgravia. And the magnificence of the Serristori Palace, benevo lently lent by its noble owners for the purposes of the charity, is by no means unique in Florence. Truly the merchant princes of the old republic built like princes, and lived amid a splendour of architectural forms and proportions, not without an influence in the formation of character—and that influence a different one from such as may be supposed to be exercised by a few miles of Harley streets and Grosvenor-streets. All visitors to Florence during the last three or four years must have been struck by an ugly gap of waste land, with a few old walls upon it, ragged and squalid looking, which interrupted the hand some line of the buildings of the new Lung' Arno. There, in the very central spot of the most beautiful part of the city, where the fashionable world of Florence most does love to congregate, by the side of the favourite mall which, leading to the Cascine, is thronged every afternoon by hundreds of car riages and promenaders, this hideous and un accountable eyesore has remained, while all around it has been decking itself out in continually increasing magnificence. Utterly unaccountable to all except the few who knew the history of that very ugly but yet most valuable bit of ground. It was known (to Florentines) as the " terreuo della Vaga Loggia" The Vaga Loggia was a lodge or balcony from which the Grand Duke, in antedilu vian grand ducal days, used to witness the starting of the "barberi," or riderless horses, which ran a yearly race on the eve of St. John's day. Now the land in question was attached to this loggia. But the Grand Duke has gone, and the barberi have gone, and the loggia has gone, or is no longer needed for its original purpose. And the miserable bit of ground, which looks as if it bad been in Chancery for a hundred years, fails altogether to "look like the time " it has lived to see. Indeed, the cause of its abandonment has been analogous to that of being in Chancery. There were disputed claims to the ownership between the crown and the Florentine corporation. When, however, it was decided to pull down the old walls and encircle Florence with a new boulevard, and it became necessary that the municipality should have possession of the walls and the site of them, it was agreed between the crown, which had rights over them, and the corporation, that the city should, as part compensation for those rights, give up to the crown all claim it might have to the lands of the Vaga Loggia. The new owner—or rather the newly recognised owner— proceeded at once to sell the much-coveted bit of ugly ground, and it has been bought for the very reasonable sum of five hundred and fifty thousand francs= £22,000, by a society of capitalists, who purpose building on it a superb club-house, reading room, winter garden, and so forth. The idea is an admirable one. Florence possesses as yet nothing of the sort ; and placed, as this new attrac tion will be, in the very tideway of all the gay world of Florence, both in its daily outward bound pilgrimage to and homeward bound journey from the Cascine, it will be sure to be a notable success. I told you in my last letter that I feared that before you could receive it the telegraph would bring the news of the death of Massimo d Azegl io. The prevision has been but too quickly fulfilled. Yesterday our municipal council voted, of course nevi- con., that an oiler should be made to the representatives of the artist, poet, patriot, to assign Westminster resting place Santa Croce—our Florentine f J I 1 I IN i:NI'SPAPER ' A • ' , '' . - Y ---- Pv' . :." ( C., , . 4 ...... - .- S S ci.)(a [_TWOPENCE ri ITALY. --. ows consisromarr.) FLORENCE, JAN. 17. rem of traffic in the streets of i lomat, and the moment when . 1 4 y impossible to get from one i ' '1 another appears to be coming ad of course the utter absence 1 r utter imbecility of all those luty, which I complained of in I mans more manifest and more f. Every morning brings its • ' offences, which appear to be ' beyond human control as the : mly bodies. This morning we date glass in a shop window, I. franca, smashed by a atone cad," say the papers. It is dif- I d 1 such an outrage could be per- 1 ad daylight, and in a crowded yet that the perpetrator of it 1 so eye. But it is needless to Br in left perfectly at liberty to 1 ; l• hundred francs' worth of glass I ito do. Of course there was no- i ' . , O fere with his amusement. Nor !. l' 1 that one of the beadle-undertaker i i s long black coat down to his i ( long staff of office, had he been ' have availed to stop the fl ight . 1 1 scamp. rg paper narrates how a passenger I , ) 1 I i • e Grano narrowly escaped being carriage and the parapet of the , • • bat fate only by his agility in 1 of the latter. There was a great i • . 1 ) Infantili," an excellent charity Serristori," which is in the ! rof the city, just over the Ponte I i he throng of carriages therefore if ' " " • ~. Price la, by post 14 damps, THE SCIENCE of LIFE ; or What to Eat, Drink. and Avoid. A ptaotinl snide for eelf-preserva tion, and for imparting health, strength, and efarlency to the mod Important functions of We. Supplemented by an &my on the Trea t ment of Nervousness, Lowness of Spirits, Lassitude, Debility, and Indigestion ; addressed especially to professional men, men of business, the studious, the sedentary, and all who are labouring under the debilitating effects of over-taxed or abused energies, either of body or mind. By a PHYSICIAN of 20 years' practice. " The work forms= excellent manual for all who would learn how to use life, and not abase It. On the control of the passions and the regulation of the functions, the advice throughout is mod valuable."—Ohnrch and State Gazette. Mann, m, Cornhill.