The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

V 4 1 W Al i o ' .'7 ;.' • • *• V, • •! ' t . . • ~.r... , , . • . 1 1 . ....1 i X i r , p , 1 , i - 7- . • S'iidtl . 2l:l . , . . ~~ ~ t, 4 7 7."- C"." ,:••• - • • • • . CrWOPENOE LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12. 1867. No. 6,636.] [STAMPED, IL ADDITIONAL] INMAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK. and PHILADELPHIA STEAM-SHIP COMPANY weed despatching thMr toll powered Clyde-built Iron screw carrying the United Saabs Malls, calling at Quells. Le a, ▪ Ireland, on the following day, to take on hoard - a d despatches, and with liberty to call at an interine= n pr CITY OF WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 13. CITY OF PARIS, Wednesday, Nov. 24.1. CITY OF BibiTON, Saturdag 6 November 23. ETNA, Wednesday, Novem ber And T We i tn r ai s and B.t.W"lhi• Cabin passage nielFstessners eallin — a every Wednesday, It 17, and 21ineu. acoordg to the acceamodation. Forward Includes a full supp ly of cooked provisions. Parson= =ads and the United States booked through ow very adi an ts:ma tonna —For further particulars apply to WILLIAM IN mei, 22, Water-street, Liverpool , and to FIVE/land King William-ainek Loudon tIONDURAS GOVERNMENT RAILWAY lAIA\ ,x1,000,000`, in bonds to bearer of £lOO, £lOO, and bearing lo per cent. annual interest, payable half , el) in sterling. lamed at to per cent., and to be redeemed • 1. o in sterling within 17 years by yearly drawings, by nu tots se, unntlative sinking fund of 3 per cent. per annum. the drawing to take plaee on Dec. 31, 1989. he payments by subscribers will be as follows • per mut on application AO 0 • r• „ on allotment 1. „ on January Ist, 1689, leis interest 40 9 4I 9 10 7i „ on July Ist, 1968, ditto 111 3138 ti , on January let. 1480,d0. ilO 0 17 10 0 „ on April Ist, 196 U, ditto 1 17 0 18 2 si per cent. . grit 11 10f per cent. Internet wlil be payable on Ist July and Ist January hi each 6 .ir at the London and County Bank. and, for the first ioatat- Lent of to, will date from Ist October, 1807. In default of payment of any of the respective bistatments all ft•vi..ua pa)tatuts will be habit to forfeiture. ihe instalments may be anticipated at any time at Bank of tmdsiod rate. 1 lie Government id Honduras having agreed to appropriate to the sulsoibers a moiety of the net profits of the Railway duringls WATS after the complete repayment of the present Loan, Sub. outcry will receive, ea bonus, within one month after allot, met. with each klOo Bond, one 10.000 th deferred fully-paid up Iluleay Share to Bearer, entitling the holder thereof to receive lis proportion of such net prong& rensrrcrra The President of the Republic of Honduras, being duly autho rised, has given full powers to lions. Victor Herren, Minister at Pans, and Senor Don CarlosGutierres, Honduras Minister in Lon don, to contract on account el the Government a Loan, to be sp. plied towards the construction of an inter-oceanic Rain, from Puerto Cabalist, on the Atlantic, to the Bay of Fonseca, on the faille. 1. slow the importance attached by the British Government to the Honduras Inter-oceanic itailway.it may be stated that the line has been surveyed on the part el her Majesty*. Government by Lieutenant-Colonel Stanton, ILL., and a detachment of Royal km:Wears sent out for the purpose. Colonel Stanton reports , 1 " I the harbours at both termini are unexceptionable, and that tbe'Plitel can be coustructed without &Di sharper curves or heavier gredients titan are to be found on existing lines over which locomotives work without difficulty." The new treaty between Honduras and Great Britain declares that— "ln order to secure the construction and permanence of the rotate or road herein contemplated. and also to secure for the benefit of maukind the uninterrupted advantages of such cum. • munication front sea to sea, her Britannic Majesty the rights of sovereignty and property of Honduras is alt the line 44 the gel road, and for the same reason guarantees, positively and cUicaciously, the entire neutrality of the same. And when the proposed road shall have been completed, her Britannic Majesty equally engages, in conjunction with the Republic of Honduras, to protect the same from interruption, seizure, or unjust medication. from whatsoever quarter the attempt may proceed." Treaties signed by the Honduras Government with France and the United States contain the same provisions, and the French Govenintent, considering the public utility of the Honduras Railway, has promised the °Metal quotation of the Honduras Loan on the Paris Bourse. . . . The7ollowl7solacTalieport by Rear Admiral Davis, made to the secretary of the Navy of the United States Government, In compliance with a resolution of the American Congress on the Psh of March, 18136, demonstrates likewise the haportancewhich the Culled States Government attaches to the construction of the Honduras line: 'l . lljWaTer who follows the course of the surveyors. natu ralism, and geologists from the capacious, este, and excellent harbour of Puerto Cabello*, through regions remarkable fur their salubrity, fertility, great variety of climate and prodactions, and valuable mineral resources to the waters of the splendid harbour of La Union .Bay of Fonseca , cannot but regret that capitalist* have not felted it to their interest to caarrryrY out one of the most promising and one of the least embarrwing enterprises of the des " l . he line of railway has been carefully selected and surveyed by Mr. Trantwine late engineertachiet of the Panama Railway) and an ancient staff, and a contract has been entered into for the constraction of the whole line, with stations and rolling stock, for a stipulated sum of about £5,000 a mile, including every outlay, and the weeks are to be proceeded with In *tenons. Prom time to time, as the Instalments of the present loan are received, the proportion to be applied to the construction of the lint section of the railway will be handed to and held by trustees in trust, to pay the contractor the instalments on his contract, as certified by the government engineer. The balance of the loan will be applied In clearing the forests, and in payment of engineer ing and ot h er incidental expenses. The interest and sinking fund of the loan are specially gua ranteed by a first charge upon the intended railway Had( and ha revenue, and also by a lint mortgage upon the whole of the domains and mahogany forests of the state of llondurasorhich, according to olbaial report, are of Immense value. It Is arranged that the whole of the produce of the above mort gaged state domains and form.* shall be consigned direct to Lon don by the Honduras Governmeut to Hews. liischoffshenn and Goldschmidt, who will pay over the procealsof the sales towards the annual Interest and sinking (and, and the coastruction of the remaining sections of the railway. It has been further arranged in the contract that, as soon as any portion of the rellway Is completed, the contractor shall bring down to the terminus, free of charge, by the return empty winn,rons, any produce of the government tweets and domains that may be ready for shipment to England. Beginning at the harbour of Puerto Caballed', on the Atlantic, the railway will proceed over the table land of Honduras—in • line of cm miles to the Bay of Fouseca, oil the ?exilic. The ports at either end are spacious, sate, and easily accessible for the largest ships. The steaming distances from Uverpool to Ban Francisco, touch ing at Jamaica, are :—lty way of Panama, 7,980 miles—Nlcaraguk 7,7s.lmiles—Tehnahtepec, 7,740 miles—Honduras, 7,320 miles. The distance between new York and San Francisco, by Panama, Is ; by Nicaragua, 4,70 e miles ; by Tehuante pec, 4,20 u miles by 'fondants, 4.121 miles—a saving, by way of Honduras, as compared with Panama, the only line on which a railway is already constructed, of 1,103 inner. . . The rivitoe In acturl distance, coupled th the superiority of ports, the facilities of embarkation and disembarkation, and the connexion with the American coast lines, will effect a caving in time, as compared with the Panama route, of not less than live days between the Atlantic and Yaninc ports of the United States. Thellne will afford the easiest, safest, end 'poodles& route between Ureat Britain and British Columbia; it will alao offer the Increased facilities of first-class ports for the establishment . of speedy intercourse with Australl‘and New Zealand, and will Wing Jamaica, Belize, and other British possessions to the Wait ludieslato the direct line of communication. Lest year the dividend paid by the Panama Company was at the rate of 24 per cent. per annum on a capital of £1,000,000, in addition to a bonus of 40 per cent. from accumulated profits. The Honduras line will In all probability return as much profit as the Panama line, U not considerably more. nufacient of the proceeds of the present issue will be applied to the construction of the Brat section from Puerto Cabello. to Santiago. This section will enable the exportation if the y, dm., to take place the means of transp or t now exist :7l'g h ' eM too expensive to be remiuterative. Careful estimates have astbilled the Honduras Government that the surplus revenue of the State domains and forests will be amply sufficient to com plete the whole line, without any further Issue of stock, bat in case It should be found advantageous, on account of hicresaing traffic, to accelerate the opening of Um railway from sea to sea by raising more money, further stock will be Issued for the con struction 11 the remaining sections of the railway. The several contracts and other documents can be Inspected at the olltee of Mews. Baxter, Rose, Norton and Co., solicitors, No. Vicirwthstrect, Westminster. Applicatlmu for the Luau will be received from Monday, 11th November, to friday, the 15th November, by the London and County Bank, xl, Lombard street, and Branches, where Prospectuses and Forma of Application can be obtained ; and su Paris by Messrs. itis:bothdteim, tloldschmkit, and Co.. td, Rue de la Chaustse crAntin hotueuts on application for the Loan can also be made at the Bank of France and Branches. HONDURAS GOVERNMENT RAILWAY LOAN FOR C 1,000,000. FORE OF APPLICATION. To be retained by the Bankers To the Directors of the London and County Bank. Gentlerneu,-11aving paid to the London and County Bank the sum of g , 1 herelry request ou will allot to me net In bonds of that the y above Loan, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any smaller amount that may be allotted to me, and to y the farther sum of A.lO per cent. on the same ellen —1 am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature Address In ea Date BANK of BRITISbHy NORTH AMERICA. d Royal Charter. NOTICE IS lIKREBY Gl lneerponte VEN, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Bank of British North America will be held ou TUESDAY, the 3rd day of December, 1867, at the London Tavern, Rishopente-street, at 1 o'clock pm. precisely, to receive a Report Prom the Directors ; and notice is hereby further given, that at the conclusion of the Mildness of the said meeting, the meeting will be made extraurobiary, for the pur pose of considering and deciding upon resolutions which will then be submitted by the Directors for the purpose of altering the 78th clause of the deed of settlement of the corporation as to the Investment of the funds of the corporation, and also for altering the 108th clause of the said deed of settlement, by autho- Meg the appointment at inspectors and also for addin the said deed of settlement a clause to he numbered lilA , givin g to the corporation a lien and power of sale over a bate. of proprietors who may be indebted to them, and siso for annulling the 131st clause of the said deed of settlement, and substituting therefor a clause enabling the Darden at their discretion to pay dividends to the executon, administra tors, or assigns of deceased bankrupt or Insolvent proprietors and notice is hereby further given, that in case the said resolu tions, or any of them, are passed at the said meeting, *further Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held en Tuesday, the 10th December, 1867, at the London Tavern aforesaid, at One o'clock pm. precisely, for the purpose of con firming or otherwise the said resolutions. By order of the Court, C. H•NAB, Secretary. 144, Biahopossio-strod Within, London, Noy. 11,1&7. LAITUE.—The urruccs contains an active Ito Latucina, which peastwass all ths aoAdidag rtn i ci j e. 48 4%12..it0tti its dase Dnpsz ra syn ilir p . godMAloll= tar losises), highly recounneadad by the Medical !Marks kw calk asthma, broacklus, asd nil shot adoeiloss. Syrup, la. lid.; PaSia U. lid. and Ss. id. Ps* by post. Is. SO sada& id. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an; EXTRAORDINARY tIENERAL MEETING of the Mem tiers of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company I Limited will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopmate-street, in the City of London, on TUINDA Y. the With day of November instant, when the following Special Resolution will be pro posed: That thiq i.!ompany be amalgamated with the Etna Insurance Conumny : Limited on the terms and .‘ouditions of a provisional agreement entered into between the director* of the National Provincial Marine Insurance ('ompany :IJmited. and the Etna Insurance Company :Limited on behalf of the two companies. Nov. It, iota. W. 11. 110DOBS, Remetary. The Transfer Books will be Closed on the lath Inst., and re main closed until the 27th inst. LABOUR and CAPITAL ! TRADES' UNIONS and SERIE ES. Their Causes and Remedies. A LECTURR will he delivered on the above aultict (under the auspices of the Reform League'. by ERNEST JONES, Esq. ,Barrister-atlaw;, on THURSDAY EVENING, Nov. 14, at St. James's-hall, Piccadilly. Loon open at 7. Chair to be taken at 8 o'clock precisely, by SAMUEL SHIRLEY, Esq. Admislion Platform and reserved seats, Is. ; &Orontes &I.: body of hall and gallery, free, without ticket.. Tickets to be had at Austin's llcket-otlice, St. James's ball. and of the Secretary of the Reform League—By order of the Council, (FA/. HOWELL, ffeastary. 8, Adelphl-terrace, Strand, W.C. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, (Managing Director. Mr. K Strange .1 Three Ballets, 200 DRUMS. 00 Instrumentalists, Singers, Acrobats, Maki, Pic tures, latest Telegrams, Saloons, Supper-rooms, Lavatories, Smoking-moms, Evening Paper; 10 Orchestral Pieces Every Night. open at halt-past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices— a, On., and ett. ; Reserved Seats, fa.: Peva, Butes, from El la 11011-0121C0 open from Ekren to Four. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Invested Assets—Cpwards of Fire Millions. Annual Income—Half a Million. Claims Paid—Seven and a Quarter Millions. Four-flfths of the pn.fita allotted to the Assured Quinquennially. Bemuses hitherto added to Policies—Upwards of Four Millions. Policies upon the participating scale effected during the cur rent year ;INN. will share in the profits to be distributed at the nest division, which will he made up to 31st December, VMS For Prospectuses, Statements of Accounts, ie., apply to the Actuary at the OEce, Fleetstreet, London. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Omcev:-1, Daleatreet, Livelyexl ; 7. Cornhifi ; and Charing- crook Loudon. The Invested fonds now amount to E 3,254,334, the tire revenue to £E11e,066, and that of the life to g 3.14.307. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed bonus for the life policies of this company and their value as special securities to third parties, render them particularly advantageou& Whole world leave is granted on reasonable tern's, and claims an paid 30 days after admission JOHN ATHENS, Resident Secretary. IZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION IBBS. Tell celebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL—It Is pure, mild, mellow, delicious, and eery wholesome. Sold In bottles, 3s. rd. each, at the retail houses in London : by the agents in the principal towns in Ragland ; or wholesale at 8, Great Windmill-street, London, W.—Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded "Kin/lan's LL Whisky." yARMOUTH BLOATERS, 25 for 4a. ; 50, h.: 100. 10s. Fetal, Fish k in tee;, three kinds, for 10a Delivery! tree to all parts of London and country upon receipt of remittance, by IItEDK. BARNBY and Co., Cab purveyors, Great Yarmouth. HOUSE FURNISHING. - WM. WADIES GENERAL FURNISHING WHOLESALE and EXPORT UPHOLSTERY WAREHoUSEs, IRS to 139, Newington-004w Factories: 40 to 49, Frandestrect. The largest and mod varied Stocks in London to select from, suitable for completely furnish ing any class of house, and at prices never before offered. AU goods warranted, packed, and delivered free. Illustrated prier hats of cabinet furniture, carpets, bedsteads (In brass, Iron, and wood), bedding, upholstery, table linen, sheetings, blankets quilts, counterpanes, &a., gratis, rpRANSPARENT CANDLES.—If yon only' 1 want something pretty to look at, without minding a little smoke and smell, and a little bendiug and running over if the room should happen to be rather unusually warm, buy any of the very transparent low quality Paraffin. Candles now sold freely everywhere at one shilling per pound ; but it along with beauty of appearance you require steady brilliancy of light, and freedom from rick of these little ta eanionAl mishaps, tell your dealer to supply you with " PRICE'S GOLD MEDAL PALM ITINZ CANDLER, whkh though charged at a higher price per pound, are really cheaper when the difference of quality is taken into account. They are believed ti be the very best substitute yet produced for real was and spermaceti, now at such an extrava gan t price. and are being introduced hi place of them In the West Clubs, and elsewhere where excellence of quality Is studied se well as economy. TErITER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. nly S establishment in London, next door to SOMOTINIL bones. Strand. N.B. Lista of necessary outfit for every purpose and appointment to India, China, sad the Ccionisis win be for. warded on application. rpo LADIES.— ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an -IL Oriental Botanical Preparation for Improving and Beauti fying the Complexion and Skin. The radiant bloom it imparts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces of the hands and anus, Its capability of soothing irritation and re• movlaa all redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discolorations, and of er cutaneous visitations, render It indispensable to every toilet. It obviates all the effects of climate on the skin, whether with reference to cold and Inclemency, or intense solar heat. Price 45. 6d. and IR 6d per bottle—Sold at 20, Hatton : garden and by chemists and perfumers. Ask for " Rowlands' dor, and beware of spurious and pernicious articles under the name of " Kalydor." TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (zzoma's Tr= Rem.) FRANCE AND ITALY. PARIS, Nvv. 11, Evatritio. M. Dessaignes, the government candidate, has been elected deputy to the Legislative Body for the department of Loire et Cher by 15,219 votes, M. Bozerion obtaining 5,984 votes, and M. Panouse 5,458. M. Geliot has been elected for the department of Vosges by 13,708 votes, against 13,104 obtained I I by his opponent, M. Ravinel. The Etendard and the France of this evening state that all the European States have declared themselves in favour of a conference on the Roman question. Consequently the French government has forwarded a second circular officially proposing a conference to all, even the smaller States. The Eblidard says that the brochure " Napo leon in. and Europe in 1867," announced by the Constitutionnd, does not bear an official character, but is purely the work of a private person. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 11. The Federal Council have decided to reject the bill voted by the North German Parliament, abolishing the restrictions on workmen's coalitions. The Crown Princess of Prussia will prolong her residence at Potsdam, and is not expected to re turn to Berlin until next January. AUSTRIA. VIILNNA, Nov. 11, Rviornto._ Ia to-day'■ sitting of the Committee of the Lower House on the compromise with Hungary, the Minister of Finance made a speech in which he announced that henceforth all excess of expendi ture over revenue would be entirely avoided, and that there was every prospect of a settlement of the financial position of the empire. He, more over, especially declared that ministerial responsi bility and the development of real constitu tionalism offered the best guarantees for the re storation of the finances. It is announced that the Archduke Ludwig Victor intends to undertake a journey to Spain, accompanied by Major-General Piret. AMERICA. (BY ♦TI.ANTIC TILICHAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 6 P.M. The steamer Europe has arrived out. Closing prices :—Gold, 138 i. Sterling Ex change on London, 109 f. 5-20 United States Bonds, 104 ; 171inoia, 125 ; Erie, 72i. Cotton : Main Upland, 19. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8. Petroleum : Standard white, 30c. THE FOREIGN HAILS. Quxamsrows, Nov. 11.—The Cunard extra 'crew steamer Aleppo arrived here at 5.25 a.m. today with '25 passengers. She landed 27 passengers and despatches, and proceeded for LiverpooL All well. SOUTHAMPTON, NOV. 11. —The North German Lloyd's steamer Union, from New York, has arrived here with 109 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen,with 40 sacks of mails, 73,12 S dollars in specie for England and 2,500 dollars for Bremen. She sailed on the 31st. On the sth, in latitude 47.1, longitude 41.7, she spoke ttiti' American ship Tonawanda, and on the Bth, in latitude 49.59, longitude 20.49, the Norwegian brig Helga, 95 days from Rio Grande for Falmouth, short of provisions. She was supplied by the Union. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 11, 11 A.M.—The Inman steamship City of Paris, from New York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en route for Queenstown. Let ters will reach London at 6.45 a.m. on Wednesday. THE DISTURBANCES AT OXFORD. OXFORD, MONDAY, &US P.M. Considerable apprehension exists that disturb ances of a still more serious character than those of Satur day lent will be attempted to-night, as a number of work men engaged in the erection of the new buildings at Balliol College and the new London and County Bank in the High-street are out on strike, having lett their work on Saturday. Large numbers of the citizens h►ve, during the day, been sworn in as special constables, and the mem bers both of the University and City Rifle Corps have enrolled themselves for the prevention of a breach of the peace. In addition to these extraordinary measures the public-houses are ordered to be closed at 9 o'clock to night by the Mayor and another justice of the peace, and two companies of the Guards are expected from Windsor. The shops are closed, and trade entirely suspended. Up to the time of our parcel leaving no rioting had taken place, although the streets were thronged with people. The university authorities have rendered every asistauce in their power to preserve order, by " gating " the undergraduates of the various colleges who are not in lodgings, and but few university men are visible in the streets. We are pleased to learn that the strike at Balliol is at an end, and that the artisans will LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, an effectual remedy, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, cold', confirmed cases of asthma, and Incipient consumption. It fre quently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable sdnatrably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption Its effects are truly beneficial. Persona deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, ma depend on relief In a few mtentee after taking M— onty and sold by W. LAMBERT, chemist, 8, King Wit- Ilam-street, Charily -crow, Loudon, and by all druggists, to bottles, 134 d., and Charily tree quantities in one, 2.. Pd. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. On December 12th will be published, &Mated Ins corer, price Foorpeoce, THE EXTRA NUMBRR FOE CHRISTMAS OF ALL TUE YEAR ROUND, NO TIIOROUGHFARE, by Camas DIMING sad Wasis COLLINS. return to their work to-morrow morning. Lieutenant Wellesley and Captain Costenee, with two PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES DURING THE REMSs. companies of the lit Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, —Although only a few weeks have elapsed since perils- arrived by special train from Windsor at half-past ment was prorogued, on August 21, several changes have eight. The men were at once located at the Corn taken place in both houses, and several new peers will be Exchange. Several thousand persons congregated in the seen on the re-assembling of the legislature next Tuesday. streets, but no serious riot occurred. The windows of the In the House of Commons Lord Hubert de Burgh Canning police-station and of some of the bakers have been broken. (a son of the Marquis of Clanricarde) has been elected The Mayor read the Riot Act, and appealed to the popu member for the county of Galway, in the room of his lace to disperse, as he did not wish to call out the military. brother, Lord Dunkellin, who died a few days before the 400 special constables have been sworn, and the military prorogation. On the day of prorogation days Winter- are ready with arms piled for emergencies. Eleven botbam, barrister (liberal), was declared duly elected for o'clock.—There are great crowds of people, but hopes of Stroud, in the room of Mr. Poulett Scrope, who had their dispersing without the interference of the soldier% accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, after a shop contest • with Mr. Dorington, who fought the battle for the con.l servativn. Mr. Warren, Q.C., the Attorney-General for Ireland, bas been elected member for the University of Dublin, in the room of Mr. Chatterton, who has been appointed a vine-chancellor. A vacancy has been occasioned in the representation of the county of Rutland by the ele vation of the Hon. G. H. Heathcote to the peerage, on the death of his father, Lord Aveland, and the election of his successor will take place in the course of a few days. Two seats have become vacant by death—one for Man chester, by the death of Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and one for South Leicesterbire, by the death of Mr. C. W. Parke. ' These vacancies will be filled up without delay, under the authority of the Broker's warrant. In the House of Lords there are still more changes. It has lost Lord Kingsdown, who leaves no successor to his peerage. I The Duke of Northumberland died on the 21st of August, and Earl Percy, for many years known as Lord Lovaine in, the House of Commons, has succeeded to the dukedom. I The Hon. Reginald Abbot will take hie seat es Lord Col-' cheater, in the room of his father, who died on the 18th of October. The Hon. Francis W. Fitzhardinge will take his place as Baron Fitshardinge, in the room of his father, who died on the 17th of October. The Hon. Arthur Wrottealey will take his seat as Lord Wrottesley, in the room of his father, who died on the 27th of October. Lord Oxmantown will take his seat as the Earl of Rosse, in the room of his father, who died on the :31st of October. The Hon. Gilbert H. Heathoote will take his seat as Baron Aveland, in the room of his father, who died on the Gth of September. The Earl of Annesley will be entitled to take his seat, having been elected an Irish representative peer in the room of the Earl of Mayo, deceased. Dr. T. L. Clatighton, recently consecrated Bishop of Rochester, will take his seat as junior bishop, rice the late Dr. John Lonadale, Bishop of Lichfield, on the principle of rotation provided by the Manchester Bishoprics Act. The Arch bishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Down and Connor, the Bishop of Ossory, and the Bishop of Cork, who were the Irish representative prelates last session, will be suc ceeded by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of Heath, the Bishop of Killaloe, and the Bishop of Kilmore. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEVM.—Visitors during the week ending Nov. 9, 1867:—0n Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free), from 10 lora. till 10 p.m., 8,961 ; on Wednesday, 'Thursday, and Friday ( admission 6d.), from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., 1,331 ; total, 10,292; average of cor responding week in former years4B,2s2 ; total from the opening of the museum, 7.059,8G2. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malts, =, Hong Kong, Labuan, the Straits Settlements, and' THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDlES.—Yes terday morning official information reached the head of the Post-office department in St. Martin's-le-Grand of the loss of the mails of the Royal West India Mail steamer the Rhone, and that the clerk in charge, and the sorter who assisted him (both of whom belong to the London office), perished while in discharge of their respective duties. It appears that the Rhone was lying in the anchorage of Tortola passage, off the island of St. Peter, distant about twenty miles from St. Thomas, as is cus tomary when the yellow fever is prevalent, and that she had her steam up in case of being compelled to " ran in" by a sudden hurricane, but so sudden and violent was the storm that all the efforts of those on board to get her away were futile, and she was ' driven upon the coral reefs of St. Peter's Island. The melancholy event has caused the deepest gloom throughout the Post-office, especially amongst the officers ' connected with the West India Ocean Mail service; as, besides the calamity above recorded, the peculiar branch l ot the duty has been singularly unfortunate. The first officers who undertook the service from the London office ' (which is to the West Indian islands and back), were' seized with yellow fever. Both clerk and sorter in that instance died on the passage. In the second vessel which sailed the sorter was first seized with the virulent disease, and died on beard; then the clerk fell ill, and he died also. The wreck of the Rhone may be considered in some respects the most disastrous of any that has befallen the Royal Mail Company's obioa The Tweed was lost on the Alacrane reef in the Mexican Graph. The Amazon was burnt in the British Channel. The majority of the persons on board the Tweed, and some on board the Amezon,were saved, but in the case of the Rhone no one appears to have escaped. Fimala Minicar. SOCIETT.—It has been de eded to extend the course of study at the Ladies' Medical College, in Fitzroy-square, by the addition of a course of lectures on chemistry, embracing a description of the non metallic elements and their principal compounds, with special reference to sriojects bearing upon the study of medicine. The lectures will be experimentally illustrated, and will commence on Dec. 2. Mr. John A.R. Newlands, F.C.S., has been elected es the lecturer. POST-orrica SAVINGS BANE.—The undermen tioned offices will be opened as Poet-office Savings Ranks on Monday, the 2nd December, 1887.—Borough, S.E. (South Eastern District-offioe), Surrey ; Camden-town, N.W. (North Western District-office), Middlesex ; Pimlico, S.W. (South Western District-office), Middlesex; Vete street, W. (Western District-office), Middlesex. EXPRE3B FROM PARIS. (nom OUR owN col PARIS, MONDAY ZYZNINO. A few days ago the Moniteur announced that in consequence of the better state of things in Italy, the departure from Toulon of the third French division which was there ready to embark had been suspended. I see in a south of France journal, the Messager du Midi, a letter dated Nov. 8, • statement that four transports, " the Mogador, Canada, Eldorado, and Seine, are to return to Civita Vecchia this evening. There is not now a single man or horse of the army destined for Rome remaining at Toulon." The Arcuir National, referring probably to this intelligence, says :—" The news of the departure of a third French division is not contradicted." It would seem, therefore that the government has sent off to Italy, sans tambours ni trompette, a third invading division after having officially led the world to believe it was not going. A pamphlet is to come out at Dentu's a day or two before the opening of the Corps Legislatif with the title, " Napoleon 111. and Europe in 1861'." Since the time when the Emperor, before the Italian war, instructed M. de la Gue ronnibre to launch a pamphlet at the same publisher's, which was at once recognised as official, a great deal of money has been made by literary adventurers who whisper that the Emperor is the real author of their lucubrations. The vein has been pretty nearly worked out, and the odds are considerable that the forthcoming &mature is but a ostolipenny production. Some, however, attach importance to the fact of a riff preliminary for it in " a peculiar type" appearing in the Constitu tionnel. The Presse says of the above announcement : We are surprised to see this puff in the Conttifutionnel. We cannot suppose that this journal would lend itself to a bookseller's speculation. If, however, this is a pilot balloon to test public opinion and provoke discussion on views the paternity of which the government is not alto- gether prepared to &mums, surely the Comfit utionnel must feel that it is taking the bread out of its own mouth. Pamphlets which supplant the semi-official journals have im origin too evident not to compromise the government almost as much as an article in the Moniker. Wh►t is the Use of a veil which conceals nothing ; and would it not be better to speak vizor down, The Temps observes that the programme of the pamphlet is not confined to the Roman question, and inquires whether it means to treat of the position of Napoleon 111. in regard to Europe since the visit of the Emperor of Austria. The Bourse was very heavy. It is now taken for granted that there is to be a new loan of 700 millions, and the question most discussed is whether it will be in Rents or in those trentenary obliga tions which the late M. Fould professed to hold in horror. It is the old story. The taxpayers will be told that it is desired to ,eat them with the sauce they would prefer. Money must be had to make up for deficits, and so it will go on to the end of the chapter. Rente, which at one moment lost the figure of 68fr., and was quoted G7fr. 71.1 c., recovered slightly for the close, and left off at 68fr. and 68fr. 5c., with a fall of 20c. and 10c. Italian fell 22ic. ; Credit Foncier fell 2fr. 50c. ; Mobilier, in consequence of speculation and realisation of .profits after its late enormous depression, rose Mr., closing at 142 fr. 50c. ; Comptoir d'Escompte fell sfr. THE NOVEMBER METEORIC SHOWER. Mr. J. R. Hind writes to the Times :—" Although • display of meteors at the approaching November period is by no means a matter of certainty, it may not be with. out interest to examine the conditions under which the shower must occur on the earth generally. The time of maximum in the shower of November last was, as every person who witnessed it must have observed, strikingly well defined. It was fixed by the united testimony of many practised astronomers to 111. 12m. a.m. on the 14th, with a probable error not exceeding two minutes. At this moment the helio centric longitude of the earth and of the centre of the stream of meteors was 51 deg. 28 min. 7 sec. allowing, therefore, for the progressive motion of the node we shall not attain this position until 7h. 50min. Greenwich time on the morning of Thursday next, the 14th inst., half-an hour after sunrise in London. The duration of the shower as a grand display last November was less than two hours, consequently if it extend no longer on this occasion daylight will be approaching before the earth enters the denser portion of the stream. On the western coast of Ireland the phenomenon may probably be observed under somewhat more favourable conditions, but it will be on the Atlantic Ocean and the North American Continent that we may anticipate the most impoeing exhibition. On Thursday morning next, at 6 o clock, the moon, two and a quarter days past the full, will have an altitude of about 31 deg. above the horizon of the metropolis in azimuth 79 deg. west of south, and will be distant from the radiant in Leo about 63 deg. It is, however, worthy of remark that several of the grandest meteoric display, on record have taken plsee dm , mg strong moonlight. In 1366 the moon occupied a pad. tiou not far from that in which she will be situate in the present year, and in 1799 she was shove the horizon dur ing the whole continuance of the phenomenon. In 1633, as in 1866, the moon was absent. With regard to the re lative intensity of the shower of last November, as com pared to that of 1833, we learn, on the excellent autho rity of Mr. Baxendell, of Marchester, who was an eye ivitnees of the latter on the west coast of Central America. that, in point of numbers and brightness of the meteors, it far exceeded the .bower of 1860, and hence there may be reason to infer that the approaching one will also be on • grander scale. Professor Adams has made the important discovery that the pro ression of the line of nodes in the orbit of the November meteors, deduced from observations extending over upwards of nine centuries, is precisely that which would be produced by the action of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus—thus establishing the ac curacy of the presumed period of 334 years in an indisput. able manner." The question of the morality of the turf will engage the attention of the members of the Oxford Union Debating Society on Thursday evening next, when the following motion by Mr. C. K Brooke, of University Col lege, will be discussed : "That it is the opinion of this house that horse racing, as at present carried on, is un worthy of the su pport of Englishmen. G " THE LATE REAT EASTERN RAILWAY MEETING. —The proceedings of the Great Eastern Railway meeting on Friday will be read with interest, at least in the central parts of Easel, not only as they affect an undertaking so intimately connected with the comfort and the accommo dation of the district, but because there still lingers along this route some of the old original shareholder who were associated with Bosanquet and Braithwaite, Butler, and others, in laying the first foundations of the line. 'They have seen many vicissitude% and must have grown thin in feeding upon that sort of hope which this meeting is in tended to supply to them. We must own that when we read the disinterested and self-sacrificing circular of a number of the directors, we were led to the belief that there was a prospect of the company being able to establish pear% without which therecan be no prosperity. The tone of the discussion which took place, however, has shaken our faith in that result. The curtain was slighly lifted at the meeting, and showed the board of directors in the same antagonism, division of purpose, and confusion which have characterised so many of the unfortunate gatherings of the shareholders. These conflicts and constant changes would depress any company. It is useless to charge a gentleman with the mission of redeeming the undertaking, and when be has brought them within sight of even a dividend on the ordinary stock, to upset the whole and begin again de nom. However, a committee has been formed to consider bow, and we suppose by whom, • new board shall be organised ; and all may yet be well if these gentlemen are sensible, not only of their responsibility, but also of the value of those who have served them well ; and will bear in mind that it is vain to expect the public to have confidence in the undertaking unless the share holders and directors show they have confidence in it them 'selves and in one another. — S uez Refold. CRYSTAL PALACE. ON' SHILLING DAY. —• I MONDAY, Nov. 11.—Admissions on payment, 2,550 ; ditto by seam tickets. 1,236. Total visitors, 3,806, THE FERNDALE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Up to six o'clock on Sunday evening the ex ploring parties had not succeeded in clearing away the fall in the east district, which cuts off about twenty of the workmen ; but it was believed, from the bad smell as of some dead animals, that they were not far off. An engineer who went down on Sunday thought the bodies would be reached at midnight. On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, a man was rescued alive from this district. The workmen under Mr. Curnew were startled sud denly by the sound of a voice, and having listened and called out, an answer was obtained in a sort of groan. Mr. Curnew thereupon fancying the voice was close by, pushed his hand through the brattices and touched a body which was found to be that of a young man about 24 years of age. He was half asleep, but quite conscious, and when spoken to (after being brought to bank), said he had been rambling about the workings and lost his way. He had fallen down some hours before and was falling asleep when he heard their voices and called out to them as well as he could. He is now recovering. It appears now that about 80 men were at work in the Duffryn and South Districts when the explosion occurred, and the fire not having affected those districts they escaped unhurt. After they were brought to bank a great many—the greater por tion in fact—were afraid to go down to rescue their companions in the other workings. A jury. has been empanelled by Mr. George Overton, coroner, and after viewing the bodies re covered, the inquiry was formally adjourned. At present it is impossible to say the exact number that have perished, as no account to be relied on can be obtained. Some say there are 170 in the pit at the present time, while others say that there are 253 bodies to be brought up. Should the latter number prove anything like correct, the extant of the catastrophe will rival that at Rises, which took place in December, 1880, when. 141 lives were lost. The vein in which the explosion occurred is the well-known four foot vein, and was a portion of the new workings. The pit is worked on ono level, and is about three hundred yards deep, but although the vein is known to be one of the most fiery in the district, the government inspector a short time since spoke of the colliery as one of the best managed collieries in the valley, and the system of ventilation as good as it was possible to make such deep and fiery workings. The mode of ven tilation was by furnace, and the colliery, so far as we have been able to learn, was divided into two main districts—one to the deep and another to the rise. The explosion, it is be lieved, took place in the rise working, and those that have been saved have been mainly from the deep side. Immediately after the explosion the furnace either went out, or bad to be put out in consequence of the fire in it ; and here it may be stated is the advantage of machine ventilation, because, although occasionally air machines gat out of order, yet when explosions take place there is no necessity for stopping them. The following appears in the Timts: Sir,—l was accidentally present at the above•named colliery soon after the explosion. The reports came first by the downcast, and three seconds after by the upcast vomiting foul gas—the explosion probably occurred near the pit, as those burnt are found there. This colliery extends in its present workings from east to west nearly a mile, and north to south nearly the same distance ; about 500 men went to work, and but 170 were living from the pit last night. The frightful sights, misery, and anguish here are indescribable. In one house a father and three sons are lying dead, sad nearly every cottage has a corpse, or is waiting lie arrival ; and how is this to be aenninted _for? By gas accesszlation. Row long will our profession allow such horrors to accumulate, that old workings are capable of belching forth de struction, that " lamps," old, defective, and unearned, become annihilators to these simple and poor labourers, whose mutilated remains show their poverty by coarse and overmended attire, as also by their badly-clad, frantic wives, too horror-stricken for tears? How long will these shamefully continuous scenes be permitted? Till that day when the law compels, or engineers have the courage to tell employers that full and proper ventilation is security and cheapness in the end, obtainable by new shafts in pr o• (Naive workings at the expense of profits, and that " the lamp" is an instrument for precautionary investigations only, and not for the uninstructed miner to earn his bread by its light at such fearful odds against life ; for, as open lights are used near the pit's mouth because the ventila tion is proper, why should that not be the cue at the workings!—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. M. BARRER, Member of the Society of Engineers.—Nov. 9. ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Yesterday morning an alarming explosion oc curred at Homer-hill Colliery, near Stourbridge, the pro perty of Messrs. Swindell sad Evers, by which sixteen men were very seriously injured. The colliery in ques tion has been in operation for about two years. The coal worked is the South Staffordshire ten yard seam, and the pit is 135 yards deep. The "doggy," or underground manager, examined the pit at half-pest five o'clock in the morning, and found no traces of fire damp. The men, forty in number, went down the pit at six o'clock, and went to their usual stations to work. At this time, and for an boor and a half afterwards, the pit was perfectly clear. About half-past seven, however, a fall from the roof in a place that had been worked out was heard, and this was followed by a tremendous explosion. The bulk of the men were at work on the north side of the workings, and all who were there were knocked down, and their lights (naked candles) were extinguished. The force of the explosion was such that the skip was driven half-way up the up-cast shaft, and there it at present sticks. The men who were least injured soon recovered from the shock of the explosion, and haring lighted Davy lamps, went in search of those who were injured. All the men who were suffering from burns only walked to the bottom of the down-cut shaft ; but one or two who were almost choked by the after-damp had to be assisted these, whence they were taken to the surface. Blankets and brandy from a neighbouring public-house were provided, and every attention was paid to the sufferers, who were as speedily as possible conveyed to their respective homes. All of the men are seriously injured by burns ; and it is perfectly evident that two or three of them cannot pos sibly live. Explosions of fire damp are a very rare occur rence in South Staffordshire, and at the time this explo sion occurred between 2,000 and 3,000 cubic feet of air were circulating through the workings, in some places of which the draft was so strong that the candles had to be protected by a screen. It is considered that the fire damp had been liberated by the fall of material from the roof above mentioned. SERIOUS EFFUSE'S OF AN INCOME-TAX GRIEV ANCE.—The rumour that Messrs. Wright, of Constitution hill, Dudley, had closed their works (thereby throwing out of employ close upon 300 men) in consequence of their re fusal to submit to the excessive surcharges made upon them by the commissioners of income-tax, proves to be true. On Friday last, at the ordinary sitting of the guar dians of the poor, about 40 men, heretofore employed by Messrs. Wright, applied for relief. It was pointed out to them that relief could not be afforded until they were destitute. So many as were in this state were told to make application to the relieving officer, and the roses would come before the board on Friday next. Viewed from any point, this is a most serious question for the town to consider. Whilst the poor rate is so high, trade co dull, and winter approaching, it is sad to think of these men being thrown out of employ. On the other hand, Messrs. Wright must have suffered much at the bands of the commissioners or surveyor before they felt constrained to close one of the largest works in Dudley. —Birmingha m Post. MILITARY MOVEMENTS AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday the Istßattalion Grenadier Guards, commanded by Colonel Ponsonby, marched from the Sheet-street Infantry Rai- racks, Windsor, for the purpose of engaging in outpost drill. Detachments of troops were thrown into the vil lage of Clewer (about a mile from the royal borough) and the adjacent hamlets. A line of sentries was posted from , Clewer churchyard on the south bank of the Thames along ' the road leading to the Convalescent Hospital, forming a complete cordon along the western suburb of Windsor, and caused no small amount of commotion among the in habitants. After about throe hours' drill the various de tachments marched back to barracks. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. THE ABT.WINIAN EXPEDITION. The first meeting for the session of the above society took place yesterday evening at Bur l i ngton-house. Thechair was taken hySir RODERICK MUlCHlSON,presitieut of the society. The PRESIDENT, in opening the session of 1867, detailed the news which had been received up to the present date of the expedition in search of Dr. Livingstone. It had arrived, after a prosperous voyage, at the Kengoni entrance of the Zambesi in nine and a half Jaya from the Cape, and after obtaining a negro crew had departed up stream on the 27th July. He still retained his doubts as to Dr. Livingstone's death, and hoped to have good news by March next, when Mr. Young's party would have returned. The next subject touched by the president was Abyssinia, Rion the geography of which country, as ascertained in the early expeditions of the Portuguese, a paper had been prepared by their secretary, Mr. Clement Markham. He (the President) would remind the meeting that twenty four years ago he had given the society all the information be could collect on the subject, compiled from the re searches of Dr. Bete. All the latest information confirmed the statements of the illustrious traveller, Bruce. The government had Receded to his proposal to send scientific men out with the Abyssinian expedition, and he was happy to add that Mr. Markham, their secretary, had been selected an one of the number. Mr. Blandfori would also join the expedition from Bombay, and Lieutenant St. John (one of their fellows) from London. From both gen -1 tiemen the most valuable and important scientific informa tion might be expected. Maps of all the routes throe& Abyssinia had been obtatned from the topographical de partment, and a large and complete map of the whole country had been compiled from a careful sifting of all the previous documents. Until that map should be pub lished the maps presented by Mr. Keith Johnston and Mr. Wyld could be referred to, as also one which had been presented by Mr. Peterman, laying accurately down the features of the country in which the first operations of the expeditionary British force would take place. After a compliment to the work of Sir Samuel Baker, " The Nils Tributaries of Abyssinia," the President pro ceeded to allude to the various papers which had been sept in on the subject of Central America, particularly the obe which had been prepared by Mr. Collinson under the direction of Captain Bedford Pim, IL N., and which would throw much light on the physical geography of that region. Mr. Whymper promised an account of his recent expedition Ito Greenland, for which the British Association had voted that gentleman a sum of 100/. In conclusion he congra tulated the meeting on the list of candidates for admigsion, the largesteinos !talcs:nation, andwhioli included the Praha of Rapt, she Duke of Buocleuch, and Sir Bartle Frere. Mr. MARTIN proceeded to real the par which had been prepared by Mr. Markham, the princi pal p portion of which was devoted to the Portuguese expedition, under Don Cristoval de Gains, in the ltith century. That ex pedition, consisting of only 450 musketeers and 6 pieces of cannon, unprovided with mules or camels, succeeded in crossing the desert and reaching the high table-land in seven days, after which they found plenty of water ant: provisions. The Portuguese defeated the Moorish in vaders of Abyssinia, but were afterwards treated with much ingratitude by the people they bad caved. The various Portuguese expeditions to Abyssinia bad been sent cat under the impression that the country was the seat of the empire of Printer John. A warm vote of thanks war given to Mr. Markham for his paper The The President, when putting the question, noticed the presence of Count Lavradio, the Portuguese minister, the descendant of the tint Governor-General of India. Dr. Beke was then called on by the President to give his opinion as to the different routes through Abys slide. (Cheers.) Dr. Bear was understood to say that the expedition would land at a place called Zuln, close to which, having followed the route which he suggested, it would find abundant water and provisions. Having given some de tails of his own visits to Abyssinia, 1)r. Beke came to the conclusion that there was nothing insurmountable in the difficulties of Abyssinian travelling. The towns were merely camps of huts built tf mud and straw, and were run up wherever the Emperor made a lengthened halt. Sir H. HAWLINBOII said that the route which would be followed by the expedition from the sea coast to Magdabi would be round by the heads of the rivers, thus avoiding the deep chasms and gullies which formed the chief ob stacles to travelling in Abyssinia. This was the course which had been recommended by Dr. lkke, to whom they were much indebted for hie explanations and suggestions. With respect to climate, be believed that of Abyssinia to be one of the most healthy in the amid, said be should not be much surprised if at tome future day the highlands of Ethiopia were selected as a sanatarium for India. Zula, the place of Lending, wee so abort a distance from Magdola, that the guns could be heard firing at the latter place from it ; so that with respect either to climate or the facilities of travelling he saw nothing to dread for the expedition. (Cheers.) The political difficulties were quite another question. Dr. Bete said that the best proof of the healthiness of Abyssinia was that the captives bad retained their health throughout the whole of their captivity. He could not reed the CYO of a single European who had died of the climate in Abyssinia. (Chong.) Lord HOUGHTON concurred in the observations of Sir tr. Rawlineon as to the importance of the political aspects of the Abyssinia question. If her Majesty's government should not be able to show that they had exhausted all milder means for the liberation of the captives before de termining on this castle expedition they would have in curred a heavy responribilty. He should also like to know whether they had taken proper means to consult all the beat authorities on the peculiarities of the country, and those who were capable of giving them the beat advice. (Tbe noble lord's observations did not meet the general trent of the meeting.) The Peksinitxr begged to inform the noble lord that be himself and the Geographical Society bad been consulted by her Majesty's government, and the impression was that no expedition had ever been started, either from here or India, in which greater previous pains had been taken to obtain all the necessary information. (Cheers.) Mr. H. SEYMOUR reminded the noble lord that the cantivea themselves hail stated that their only hope was in an expedition. (Hear, hear.) Sir K. Napier would have the co-operation of the King of Shea, and also that of the Pacha of Egypt, so that if Theodorus retreated before him be would be completely hemmed in, and would find escape impossible. Under all the circumstances he (Mr. Seymour) had the beat hopes of the expedition. After some further conversation the proceedings ter minated. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MORAY.—Our obituary columns announce the death of John Stuart. twelfth Earl of Moray, in his seventy-first year. The deceased peer succeeded to the title on the death of his brother in 18;1, and since coming into possession has taken no part in public life. He served in the army from 1315 to Iter., and was Vice-Lieutenant of Elginshire. He is succeeded by his younger brother Archibald George, born 11410, a lieu tenant-colonel in the army. In the present generation we have heard little of the Earls of Moray, bat the name is deeply associated with the religious history of the country, the title having been conferred in 1561 on the illustrious Prior of St. Andrews (afterwards Regent) by his sister, Mary Queen of Scots. While quartering on his shield the Red Lion of Scotland, the earl commemorated the religiose enthusiasm of his day by taking as his motto Saba per Christi( PR Redrawtoron. Locally the name is very fami liar from the fact that a portion of the Moray estate, situated in the north-west of Edinburgh, came to be, within the memory of the present generation comprehended within our civic territory. Our older citizens still remember Moray-park, now bailt over by Moray-place, and many handsome streets and crescents, bearing the family mime of the house of Stuart.—Edinburgit Courant. THE CHANCELLORSHIP or THE UNIVERSITY OP EDINBURGH.—In the event of the possible retirement from impaired health of Lord Brougham from the Chancellorship of our university, it has, we learn, been resolved upon to propose for that honour his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Should the choice fall on his royal highness— of which there cannot be a doubt—it would be an appro. priate compliment to a prince who, during his residence among us, availed himself of the benefits of our schook, took a lively interest in all our institution., and by his urbanity won the admiration of the community. The university that so recently dirt itself honour by conferring upon Prince Alfred a degree, could not do itself greater service than by conferring on so popular and accomplished • prince the highest honour and greatest distinction it has in its power to bestow. We cannot conceive anything more likely to gratify the venerable and illustrioua peer than his being succee ded by • prince of the blood who owes part of his early education to the same school as ifdiniotroA Courant. A NOVELTY IN RATE COLLECTING. —NO less than 43 small householders were summoned before the. Pools maghdrates on Thursday by the Longflect overseers for eon-payment of the first rate made Fines the abolition of the compounding system. The magistrates remarked on the precipitancy of the overseers in issuing summonses, • month not having elapsed since the rate was made. A few who were in receipt of parochial relief were excused, but for the rest they decided that the rates must be paid. The costa of the summonses were excused. The In nch reprobated the conduct of the assistant overseer, who hail taken these summary measures on his own responsibility for prompt collection by leaving at every house a card, and requesting the rateable occupier to write en it " the letter' P"if he intended to pay, and the letter " 3 if be preferred being summoned. Deenatches were received yeeetrday at the Colo nialo from the Governor oLthe Bahamas. PATENT-OFFICE MUSZUX, SOUTH KENNINOTON. Number of visitors for the week eading Nov. 9, 1,790. Total number since the opening of the Museum free daily (12th May, 1858),1,199,150.