The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-20 00:00:00

of of AUSTRALIA being empowered, as Mandel agents of t.... Government of Queensland, t. 4 negotiate the male of the re minder of the Debentures tuned under Act of the Colonial Legielature, 28 Victoria, No. 28, assented to lath September, 1864, entitled " An Act to authorise the raising of Loans on the Eleingilry of the Consolidated Revenues of the Colony, for the execution of certain Public Works, and farther to PrOvide Fonda for lisomegrefion," NOTICE 18 hiSREBY GIVEN that the Board of Weaken are peepared to receive up to FRIDAY, the 27th Instant, at 2 o'cloclt precisely, sealed TENDERS, in writing, of ' .112 . 1 . n A T am forward the same, addremed "'Feeders for Loma," or attend in person therewtth, for any poi on ea 11446,268, being the talon* of the above teen. tenders will then be opened ha the presence of all so attending, and read publicly, and the purchasers be forthwith declared, pro vided the price be not under the minimum fixed, which will be placed on the table wider seal. The.Dbsateres of ENO and wi EO meta with Cognacs tached, will become due let Jan .188 i, and bear interest thereto of 4 per cent. per assent, m Ist July, 1866, said De. Dentures, prinidpel and 'merest, beituade motile in London or Brisbane, Kate option of th e hol r. Pvment fortlie amounts that may allotted will be required as sre : , £l5 per £lOO Bond, on the perchaaer being declared, Z. 15 „ on 14th September, - 6 sail the balance on latlathOctober. Jormeof application are provided at this cake. By order of the Board. H. W. D. SAUNDERS ' Manager. iii, Old Broedeinedi leaden, July 17, 1466. BMBON J. W. by SPECIAL 'APPOINT MENT to H.11:11. tho Moos of /UM. BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, LONDON, Clua U. BEM"' 3. W., PRIZE MEDAL, DUBLIN, ars 10. BENSONi WATCHES CHRONOGRAPJ BENSON'S WATCHES CHRONOMETER, DUNA BZNSON'S WATCHES, LEVER, REPEATERS. BENSON'S WATCHES, Sent Safe by Post. BENSON'S WATCH PAMPHLET, most, 2d. BENSON, OLD BOND-STREET, and WFISTBOURNE-GROVE. !ENSON'S STEAM FACTORY, Ludgate-hlll. 'APPIN BROTHERS.—Established &. x.lBlO. CRESTS of SILVER PLATE for the COLONIES, CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE for lJ BURN MOM. - APPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE. MAPPM BROTHERS, 222, REGENT STRUT. MURTLIC, TURTLE, TURTLE. m4 l luck. and Invalid TURTLE sours always ready. IST. JA=66-BALL, RYPDENT STREET, PICCADLLLY. WM. DONALD, Proprietor. LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC 3.001( for GENTLINEN —Remember, we wait for you ".BVdt4iT," atter the Covent Garden Opeta and the Theatres. Cite ervreoo. TO CORILESPONDWITS abertfewsente intended for "The grpreaa,* London Evening mast be at the Moe, 10, Bounciest/ea, b 7 Two o the day of publication. _mat .. workhouse again. The horrors of a casual ward are discovered and proclaimed by an independent investigator, and instantly an order is made that he shall never be admitted again. In an- other case a Scripture Reader discovers a living child lain out for dead, and he is for his audacity forbidden the " house." In another notorious Union an eminent Frenchman pursuing inquiries for the benefit of mankind is stopped at the threshold, although armed with the beat credentials, because it is feared he nyky tell the world what he sees. More tip:knew—more exclusion—more prohibition is still the urgent want of these singularly consti tuted bodies. It was r 1 matter of curious interest to observe how persons of this character would deal with such of their own officers as had endea voured to improve the condition of the work house poor, and secure a fair return for the money of the ratepayers: and we have not had long to wait. The atrocious treatment of the poor of the Strand Union has lately attracted a considerable amount of notice. Nurses robbed the sick poor, and guardians caused _ consumptive patients to be choked with dust by the systematic beating of carpets. Very lately an official inquiry was held, at which witnesses deposed to most scandalous facts, and ex pressed strong opinions respecting the manage ment of the workhouse. Dr. ROOMS, the medical officer of the Union, told the Poor-law Inspector that in some of these opinions he concurred. This was horrible in the eyes of guardians, who look upon the responsible public officer of the parish, paid out of the rates, as their own servant, and accordingly, last Tuesday, one of their number, Mr. CHAPMAN, actually moved at a Board mee ng the following resolution, which, as unique of its kind, we give in full : That it appears by the report of Mr. R. B. Cane, Poor law inspector, after the inquiry held on the 4th and 6th of June, 1866, that Dr. Rogers, the medical officer of the workhouse, has stated upon oath that he concurred in the remarks of Matilda Boston, that the crowding in two of the wards was a disgrace to the authorities of the Strand Union ; that the nursing was a disgrace to the authorities; that no infant life could have been long preserved in the namely of this workhouse in the condition in which it was during the last winter; that for a month or live weeks the state of things was so bad that he Gould not bear to go to the place, and made divers other statements severely condemning the general manger ment of the workhouse. That by the 6th and 7th sections of the 207th of the Consolidated Orders of the Poor-law Board the medical officer is to report in writing to the guardians any defect in the diet, drainage, venti. Lilian, warmth, or other arrangements, or any crows in the number of any class of inmates which he may deem detrimental to the health of the inmates, and to report in writing to the guardians any defect which he may observe in the arrangement of the infirmary and in the perform ance of their duties by the nurses of the sick ; that no such report has been made by the medical officer to this board ; that he admits in his evidence that the guardians have never refused him anything that he considered necessary to the health, condition, and convenience of the sick poor when he had applied to them for it; sad it further appal= that Dr. Rogers is a member of the Association for the Improvement of Workhouse Infirmaries, through whose instrumentality the charges against this workhouse were made ; and in consideration of the above facts the board consider their medical officer has been guilty of gross de reliction of duty, and having lost their confidence in Dr Roger., they deem him unworthy to hold so important an office as the medical officer of the Strand Union. To this resolution Mr. Bross moved the fol lowing amendment :—" That this Board is of " opinion that the evidence given by Dr. ROGERS " at the late inquiry was a fair statement, of facts, " and we desire to thank him for it, and for his " faithful and earnest services to the sick poor in "his career during the past ten yens." As the voting was equal, the eulogy being supported by as many Guardians as the censure, the public will probably be of our opinion, that Dr. Rooms kld done some service to the pariah, albeit he offended those Guardians who had for years persistently thwarted him in every effort to improve the work house. It will be observed that the author of the vote of censure upon Dr. RooEas made it a ground of accusation rgainst him that he bad concealed his opinions, acquiescing in a state of things of which he disapproved, and had then turned round upon the Guardians at the last mo ment and held them up to public odium. The fact is, as these men know very well, Dr. Rooms had been engaged for years in a long straggle with them, and has never kept back his opinion. With the aid of the Poor-law Board he reformed the dietary of the lying-in women, who were dying of consumption for want of adequate nourishment. For this they passed on him a vote of censure. He suggested an improvement in the diet of the sick and aged, and was thereupon told repeatedly by members of the Board that he had better keep quiet, as he was only making himself enemies. Under the women's infirm wards there was a dead-house, from which foul emanations arose, and out of which in summer large blue flies flew into the wards. Dr. Boozes brought the matter before the Board, and they refused to entertain it. His opinions respecting the carpet-beating were well known, but the Chairman of the Board of Guardians personally dissuaded him from communicating those opinions to the Board in writing ; and Mr. &owes committee on the subject refused that gentleman's request that the medical officer might be heard on the ground that they knew him to be opposed to the practice. When he strove to relieve the overcrowded house by getting some of the patients removed to Guy's Hospital, he was met by the placing of a resolution on the paper for the reduction of his salary, and it was kept there by adjournment from week to week. We are happy to know, however, that the recent expoeures are having a good effect. There are few parishes where there is not spirit and humanity enough to redress such wrongs as these as soon as the public is fairly placed in possession of the facts. A year ago the Strand Guardians would probably have dismissed Dr. ROGERS ; now Mr. STORR and his colleagues, returned by the awakened ratepayers to look into the neglected interests of the parish, are able to hold the egotism and stupidity of the Board in check. If it were not so, local self government, salutary as it is when worked with intelligence and fairness, would become an intole rable nuisance. Mr. CHarmarr and his allies may depend on it that they will be closely watched, and that the public will not permit them to put -/ I out its eyes. in The Earl of Shaftesbury to-night will call the attention of the government to large placards stuck up in various parts of London announcing the assemblage of vast numbers of people in Hyde Park on Monday, under the summons of the Reform League. _ Mr. Beresford Hope intends, after the second reading of the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Bill, that it be referred to a select committee. . . On the motion for going into committee on Arti sans' and Labourers' Dwellings Bill, Mr. Powell will move that this house will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said omotnittes. The Marquis of Westminster, who has lately built a church at Fonthill, in Wilts, has subscribed 2,0001. towards building a new church in St. James's pariah, at Shaftesbury, in Donetshire. - . Bir J. P. Grant, the new governor of Jamaica, left Boatbastploa fir the West ladies is a Royal Mail gasket this week. Orprolo • INDIAS ILIDGIT. r la The Times considers that Le Cranborne, though a perfectly untried man at the India-office, did enough last night to justify his appointment. The surplus of the pest year, 20,0002., is, no doubt, small, but it is very much better than 1864-5. Put expe rience would justify the adoption of the advice given by Mr. Laing last night, and endorsed by later speakers, to increase the amount spent on Public Works in India, large as it is at present, if we did not remember that the tame man who would be calla upon to bear the burden of the expenditure could not be'lrieured his share whin it b:came remunerative. The first duty of an Indian Mien o'er at present is not so much to devise ways of wipetiding money as juster ways of obtaining it. The precipitation of Sir C. Trevelyan in abandoning the income tax becomes every year more deplorable, and if Lord Cranborns desires to wake the administration he has begun with such fair promise beneficial in a lasting way to the interests of India he will attempt to retrieve the error of Sir Charles Tie velyan by revising the system of Indian taxation. The 2Wegmph sketches Lord Cranbarne last night as laying the affairs of India before parliament in the atti tude which young gentlemen of fashion assume along tie rails of Rotten-row, and with much the same nonchalant tone as they use to salute their acquaintances there. Office changes most people, but not Lord Cranborne. He takes into it a nature only fitted for negative tactics and parlia mentary sarcasm. Like !ago, he "is nothing if not cal ;" and he caught himself up lest night—so inveterate is his bitter habit—in the act of assailing those who are now his own councillors in India, and picking to pieces the accounts he had to defend. As for the majestic duty which has fallen temporarily to him, he has and can have no mental measure of it. " The camel," say the Hindoos, " Imo= himself when be goes under the mountain ;" but the Himalayas themselves produce no impression on the young tory's impertinent and careless self-conceit. The Star says Lord Cranborne's speech was exceedingly bad in tone till he came to the end of his stock of jocosity, and even when he became serious, and therefore inoffen sive, he indulged in criticisms on the opium aspect of Indian finance which Mr. Laing and Mr. Crawford showed ti be those of a crude amateur. Yet oa the whole his speech was lucid, and he showed a fit appreciation of the greatness of his theme, a just enjoyment of its bright side, and discretion in avoiding any application to the affairs of his department of those peculiar patrician views which clone: or later can hardly fail to spoil his administration. Sir James Ferguson spoke with fluency and good sense as Under Secretary—a circumstance the lees remarkable from his connexion with the family of the greatest of recent Governors of India. The most prejudiced critic, there fore, cannot withhold from the two Indian members of the government the credit due to a favourable entrance upon the duties of their department. No' 2 THgt.,XXPEES&,... FRIDAY otitTl - CributtEs. fIUEENSLAND LOAN of 1864, £1,019,000. " this out ?" followed by the stricter injunction 1 , CO_ ;Ito let such persons on no account set 'foot in the ' 1 i Vik TEND . IR..I f t te . BALANCE, asse,sao.—The UNION BANIt : CIS* DAY 01 . mist& o/ th_ ....• • -e • J. 1-•. 11 i I d I [ tr , I ',. . , 1 i i, i i i , 1 1 ,- `i ' • I ,• 1k 1 1,1 l i g t t iiil 1 . _ i; • . A . .~~ ~ ( 1 !~ , ~~ HAYMARKET. Tin 0011FORT.—DAVID GARRICK. Moors. *Ahern, nacketooe, Clark. Coe, de. ehlopendale, .ABRULD AND DONE FOR.—And FISH OUT OF WATER PJUNCEBB%. Tnm Eyrnets, THE 111351517;i0T CAPTAIN. Messrs. and G. Roney. Mimes Yiellson, Augusta Thomson, and Mrs. Stirling,—And QUIRT LODIRN thf.. agrr.iNinA. --- THIS RYUIWO, THE DUSTMAN'S TREASURE; OR, WED° AND THE BOFFINS.—Mr. Meek Floyd ; Herr Stumm ; Joe Lund ; &Master E. Sanders.—And CARTOUCHE, THE FRENCH JACK SHEPPARD. Mr. Reynolds; Mesdames Mlles & Yernold. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THTS DAir 7b. 66m. To-lionsow—Moroing, Ift. 90m Afternoon, 9h tna. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 20. Tax Roma SECRETARY'S answer last night to Mr. P. A. TAYLOR and Mr. MILL respecting the prohi bition of the Reform meeting in Hyde-park by the police, might be freely described as characteristic of the inauguration of a Tory regime, had not Sir Gsoaos Gast rushed in to the support of his suc cessor. Some people will think that the late Holm MINISTER might have spared himself the trouble of showing by how fine a shade a certain feeble and timorous species of ancient Whig differs from a certain feeble and timorous species of modern Tory. It is quite impossible to suppose so kindly and moderate a Tory statesman as MT. WALPOLE capable of harbouring a thought inimical to the public or personal liberties of any class or order of his countrymen. It is equally impossible to suspect so respectable and moderate a Liberal statesman as Sir ()sows GREY of regarding the exercise of those liber ties with a dangerous enthusiasm. Without injustice to either of these most estimable gentlemen, it may be supposed that both of them are terribly anxious that the peace and com fort of good society should not be vexed by any thing so unpheePuit as a political demonstration in the shape of a procession, two or three brass bands, and a few speeches inaudible fifty yards off, somewhere within the range of a " royal" park. Both Sir GEORGE GREY and Mr. WALPOLZ have arrived at years of discretion ; and there is a species of discretion which is infinitely more dan gerous than youthful boldness. In deference, no doubt, to the general political effeminacy of society rather than to the irritating and insulting spirit of reaction which taunts the multitude with not moving, and when they move arrests them, Mr. WsLsoLx and Sir GEORGE GREY, unconscious disciples of that exemplary Minister M. Guinn, cannot endure that a portion of a "royal park" which is intended exclusively for riding and walking and other innocent recreations, should be occupied by a crowd of people who prefer the open air for a public meeting in July to a gas-lit hall. So, protesting all the while—and, we are per suaded, protesting sincerely and conscientiously— that it is only because the Reform meeting is to be held in a royal park, and not because it is a Reform meeting, that he prevents it, the Hong &L -ear:ratty deliberately incurs the very risk he is so anxious to avoid, and by a proclamation which will be admired in Paris, creates an excitement which a public meeting in all the puke at once could never have provoked. We say it with regret, this is not only very silly and mischievous, it is quite un-English, and in charity we can only conjecture that the Tory and Whig Secretaries of State have set their heads together to supply what was wanting to the agita tion for Reform. A rzturzer delirium seems to have seized some of our London guardians of the poor. Stung—but not with shame—by the exposure of their infamous management of their Unions, and hardened in impenitence by the appeals which they have disregarded, they are now so insane as openly to attack in character and interest the very persons to whom the public acknowledges a debt of gratitude for the pains they have taken in bringing foul abuses to light. An evil is exposed, and straightway indignant voices are heard ex claiming, "Who has had the presumption to find Li t, ... THI zinumnox ?MATT WITH FRANCE_ The Daily News regards the bill for the amendment of the law relating to extradition introduced by the Lord Chancellor last night and prepared under the direction of Lord Clarendon as perfectly legitimate in its scope and purport ; and if it satisfies the susceptibilities of the French authorities so far as to dissuade them from the dis continuance of the present treaty after the 4th of De cember next, it will avoid • scandal to the good relations of the two neighbouring countries, and to the civilisation of which they boast. Under the new law, the magistrate will confine himself strictly to the question of the authenticity of the deposi tions, and that authenticity will be taken for granted on the production of the official signature or seal of the Minis ter of Justice, without any proof of the truth of the state ments contained in the depositions, which will be admissible in evidence as documents of this kind from foreign countries are ordinarily admitted in our warts of justice. The French government, it seems, has complained bitterly of the guilt or innocence of ac cused parties being inquired into by the English magis trates, and of the necessity of proving the depositions to be true copies. These difficulties will now be removed, and whilst the extradition treaty only applies to murder, attempt :d murder, forgery, and fraudulent bankruptcy, no foreign government can have a greater interest than our own in preventing abuse of the right of sanctuary. Till JAMAICA MASSACRES. The Times complains of the questions addressed last night by Mr. Mill to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and while ex pressing a doubt whether the coin missioners ought to have so deliberately abstained from inquiring into the guilt or innocence of persons condemned by court-martial as well as from apportioning blame among individual officers, attempts to show that their account does not bear out the formidable gravamen drawn up by Mr. Mill. For instance, in the case of one Donaldson, who is said to have been hanged without trial, it should have been added that Donaldson confessed to having been in communication with a man suspected of murdering Mr. Hire, and refused to say when this man left him or to give any further infor mation. There is more to be said for the assumption that Ensign Cullen and Dr. Morris ordered three men to be shot without trial, and that Dr. Morris shot one with his own hand ; for the commissioners by no means negative the charge, and intimate an opinion that it ought to be further sifted. Still, even here such a crime as murder is not to be presumed against the parties accused. Ex. agzeration and inaccuracy have produced the ordinary effect, and the cause advocated by the Jamaica committee bas been rather damaged than strengthened. The Tines is not prepared to say that no steps should be taken by the Horse Guards to Om* like scandals for the future, or that compensation may not be properly awarded, as Mr. Buxton proposes, "to thine whose property was cruelly and wantonly destroyed, and to the families of those who were put to death illegally." Beyond this we see little hope of retributive justice being carried. The Post complains that Mr. Mill was attempting to precipitate a discussion which will be shortly raised in the House of Commons and must then prove an exhaustive one. The courts-martial in Jamaica were lawfully con stituted tribunals, and the acts done under their jurisdic tion were prima facie legal. The Star observes that the late Governor of Jamaica has good reason to regret that Mr. Disraeli and the tones were not in office six months ago. Had they been then in power it may fairly be inferred, from what took place in the House of Commons last night, that even so mild a rebuke as dismissal or suspension from his official functions would never have been visited upon Mr. Eyre. Nay, we are not sure that special reward or honour of some kind might not have been graciously bestowed on the governor who sanctioned the illegal execution of Gordon and the fantastic barbarities of Nelson and Brand. The tone, the , emper, and the character of Mr. Disraeli's reply to Mr. Mill last night were disgraceful teeny member of a British government. There was a studied offensive ness, there was a tone of rpiklul impertinence, manifest throughout that extraordinar y reply. Falip\\, JULY 20, 180 a,, L._ - tie Court. OSBORNE, JSL 19. _ The Qasen drove out yesterday in a carriage and four, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold; and her Majesty went out in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise drove out this morning attended by Lady' Waterpasic, and Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out in the grounds. Lieutenant-General the Right lion. J. Peel arrived at Osborne, yesterday, and bad the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey had also the honour of being invited. The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prince Albert Victor, attended by the COMitess of Morton, Lieutenant- General Enollys, and Majci Grey, returned to Marlbo rough:House, yesterday afternoon, from Sandringham. A. committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hondekable Privy Council met yesterday, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were:—The Lord President, the Right Hon. B. IL Walpole, the Lord Advocate, Lord Naas, and the Right Hon, S. Cave.' Mr. Helps, Mr. Harrison, and Colonel Harness at tended. A deputation consisting of Mr. Graves, M.P., Mr. laird, M.P., Mr. Norwood, M.P., and Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Derby, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing . street, on the subject of Admiralty Court jurisdiction. The governor and deputy-governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Bight. Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residenoe in Downing-street, yesterday. Mr. Fewerheerd and Mr. Shawe, introduced by Mr. Akroyd, M.P., had an interview with the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, at the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, on the subject of the trade with Portugal. A deputation consisting of Mr. Graves, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P., Mr. Norwood, M.P., and Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with the Vial-President of the Board of Trade, at the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, on the subject of Admiralty Court jurisdiction. CABINiT COUNCIL.--Summonsee were issued yes terday for a Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon at the Earl of Derby's official residence in Downing-street. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh honoured Mr. Oswald of Auchencruive with their com pasty at dinner last evening at Hampden House. A dis tinguished party were invited to meet their royal high news. Later in the evening Mr. Oswald gave a ball in honour of the royal visit, which was attended by about 200 of the [lice of moiety. Dancing commenced at 11 o'clock. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bemstorff and the Countess Therms Berns. tort! left the Prussian Embassy on Carlton-house-terrace yesterday afternoon on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond leave town at the close of the ensuing week for Goodwood, Sussex, where they will entertain a distinguished company during the race week. The Marquis of Abercorn left by the mail train last evening for Dublin, to be sworn in as Lord-Lieutenant. We understand that the noble marquis will return to Lon don in a very short time, and that his public assumrtion of his viceregal functions will not take place till next month. Lord Hotham entertained the Duke of Bucking ham, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Viscount Holmesdale, M.P., the Lord Chancellor, the Hon. Admiral Dunoombe, and • select party at dinner on Wednesday evening at his resi dence in Grosvenor-street. The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley entertained a small and early party last night at the Deanery, in Deen's-yard, Westminster. The Marchioness of Westminster had an after noon party at Grosvenor House yesterday, at which a very numerous company assembled. The gallery and connecting suite of apartments were thrown open, and, as they contain one of the finest private collection of paintings in this country, are always to be admired. About 400 visitors honoured the marchioness by their presence at her recep tion. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons will entertain the officers of the House of Commons at dinner on Wednesday next, at his official residence. The dinner is generally looked upon as a pre hide to the prorogation of parliament, which is now ex pected to take place about the Bth proximo. --- - SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. This morning were issued notices of supple mentary estimates to be proposed for the years 1b66-7, in addition to the sums proidded in the estimates already presented to parliament. In the civil cervioe the follow:ns sums are required :- 2,000/., to defray the cost of the erection of a monument in the collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster, to the memory of Viscount Palmerston ; 10,0001. for works at Landguard Point, near Harwich Harbour ; 5,000!. for em ploying additional inspectors of vaccination, and for gra tuities to public vaccinators ; 95,4891. to provide for in creased expenditure for the constabulary of Ireland ; 3,5001. for a claim on the western coast of Africa ; 1,9201. for the Treasury cheat ; 4,T.3W. due to British Columbia ; 5,8241. due to the government of India in reference to the emigration of Coolies ; 22,0001. for temporary commissions, viz., Jamaica insurrection, 9,000/.; coal supply, 5,000!.; corrupt practices at certain elections, rl,ooo/.; 1 43,6351. for expenses occasioned by the cattle plague ; and 3,052!. for certain pensions proposed to be paid to persons in the household of the late King of the Belgians. For her Majesty's navy 5,926/. is wanted to defray the ()barges which 11 'II come in course of payment in the year for increased pay and allowances for the medical officers of the royal navy, as recommended by the late committee ; 10,000/. is required for the completion of her Majesty's ship Northumberland, and 10,000/. as an instalment on a ship to be built on the design of Captain Cowper Coles. THE MARQUIS or LORNE. —This young nobleman will attain hie majority on the Gth of August next, and the event is to be celebrated at Inverary Castle in the true Highland fashion.—Ayr Adrerfixer. TH KEMAL OF KIMBERLEY•NDTHEDUBLIN METRO mum w POLICL—The following gratifying communication has been received from the government by the COMMlS sioners of police :—" Dublin Castle, July 17, 1866. Gentlemen,—l have to inform you that his excellency the Earl of Kimberley has this day made the following minute: - Before I leave Ireland I wish to record my sense of the admirable manner in which the duties of the con stabulary and Dublin police force have been discharged during my term of o ffi ce. It is not too much to say that their e ffi ciency and unvarying fidelity in peculiarly trying circumstances have been beyond praise, and both o ffi cers and men have justly merited the marked approval of the government.' And I am to request you will cause the same to be made known to the force under your command.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, THOMAS A. LAB com.—The Commissioners of Dublin Metropolitan Police." —Dublin Erening Mail. DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM Buenarrax.—We regret to announce the very sudden death of the Rev. Wil liam Buchanan, editor of the Ayr Obserrer, which took place this morning between twelve and one o'clock, at his residence, Queen's-terrace. The rev. gentleman had for a good many years been associated with the press—his connection with which commenced with the Obserivr, from which he received promotion to the editorship of the Edin burgh Courant, after which he conducted the Dumfries Herald for a time, and ultimately returned to the Ayr Observer. Though in opposition to us for many years, and a vigorous and uncompromising partisan, it would be unfair to his memory to deny him the possession of a highly cultivated mind, and a most untiring zeal for the success both of his paper and his party. His published poems show the versatility of his talents, and manyfriends who knew him in early life, and also in his latter days, will hear with sorrow the intelligence of his being thus sud denly cut off in thejprinis of manhood.—Ayr A cieertiser. STRATFORD.—THE CHOLERA.—The partial out break of this alarming disease in this neighbourhood has caused the greatest excitement among all classes. The most gross exaggerations have been current, and many have hastened their trip to the ma-side in consequence. Though the numbers are greatly overstated by many it cannot be denied that there have been several el.mths, though far from 30 a day sa is current. There were about four cases of spontaneous English cholera on Saturday last, which resulted fatally ; one in Chant, one near Bow-bridge, and one on Plaisto w - marsh . Several others ended fatally on Sunday, and on Monday in three different localities the disease bwame epidemic, vas., three were oases arising from contagion, and two were Asiatic cholera. On Tuesday there were about eight deaths ; three on Wednesday, and two on Thursday. A special meeting of the Week Kant Local Board of Health was called to take into consideration what steps sbenkl be immediately dopted.—Chahnsferd Menai*. THE WAR. The Times this morning balances the probabilities of the result of the expected battle on the Danube, giving to each belligerent equal consideration and eulogy. The forces gathered together by Austria are estimated at some thing like 400,000 and 600 field guns, and the spirit of ' this vast army leaves nothing to desire. Archduke Albrecht, be commander, brings back with him from Italy the prestige of victory ; and though there are the drawbacks of the needle-gun and of the difficulties of the ground, it would be irrational to feel an absolute confidence that fortune will continue faithful to those Prussian standards which it has t•itherto so constantly befriended. The Daily News thinks that no decisive operations are likely to be attempted by Prussia without the co-operation of the army of the Crown Prince, which is still several days' march from Vienna, though a railway line connecting the two armies is now entirely in Prussian bands. The Prussian army is in fine condition, and their reserves . . largely augmented, are at band, while delay would be gni; favourable to the enemy. The Austrian army of the Danube will be in some respects superior to that lately styled of the North, as containing a larger proportion of purely Ger man regiments. The Herald says " the unity of the north under the leadership of Prussia," the annexation of territory which at present intervenes between her western and eastern provinces, and the " exclusion of the influence at Austria as a power in the confederation," the ends which Prussia has so steadily set herself to accomplish, must all be con ceded to her, if she can drive the Austrian court from Vienna. But till she has done that these projects are more or leis ' , Wormy, fee even now a battle pined by Austria might be the ruin of Prowls. • ~, ~~>,. sgt ntirELLiuENcE. SLAT TiE -WAR. The negotiations for a truce, as appears from a statement in to-day'■ Motsiteur,have not been aban doned ; and, if the Emperor of Austria accepts the basis of the preliminaries of a peace proposed by Prussia and presented by France, the great battle impen4i;ng in the neighbourhood of Vienna may not take place. The negotiators must, however, be quick in coming to a decision, for the armies are so near one another that encounters between the advanced posts are of frequent occurrence. The proclamation of the new cotiunander-in-chief of the Austrian army, which we publish to-day, states that a larger force has been collected than any which took the field heretofore during the pre sent campaign, and it breathes a spirit of calm confidence. We stated yesterday that the Prussians would probably march towards the Danube in the direction of Krems. This is now confirmed. The New Free Press of the 17th says :—" Travellers who have arrived by the Western Railway assure us that Krems has been occupied this morning and that the bridge across the Danube has been burned. At 10 o'clock at night there re mained standing only some of the burning piles." Already then, it appears the Prussians have struck the Danube, Krems being situated on that stream, 38 miles north-west of Vienna. The three wooden bridges over the river March, east of Vienna, have likewise been burned, while the railway bridge near Marchegg in mined and ready to be blown up at a moment's notice. Thus, it appears the Austrians are throwing every impedi ment in the way of the advancing enemy. There have been skirmishes of sharpshooters and cavalry on the Znaim road. On the 13th shots were ex changed between the advancing Prussians and the retreating Austrians. The regiment of Hesse Cassel hussars are reported to have defeated some Prussians, who had advanced too f ar, and to have mule some prisoners. On the Austrian side two officers and some men were wounded. The dragoons of the regiment Savoy were engaged with the Prus sians near Znaim. Having crossed the river Thaya and taken up a position at Kahlendorf, the Austrian commander directed the bridge across the Thaya to be blown up. The great battle is expected at Vienna to take place in a few days. Numbers of the inhabitants were leaving for Hungary. The most important news from Italy is the attack on Lissa by the Italian fleet, and the expected encounter between it and the Austrian flotilla. In south-western Germany things remain in statu quo. THE ARCHDUKE ALBRECHT'S ADDRESS TO THE ARMY. The Archduke Alkeel t has addressed the follow ing proclamation to the army : Ilenns, July 13. His Majesty the Emperor has deigned to confer on me the command of the army of operations. I assume that command to-day. Soldiers of the North and South, faithful and brave Saxons ! We are going to carry into action that unity which subsists in our sentiments. An army more power ful than has heretofore been assembled, composed of tried, brave, and steady combatants, conscious on the one side of a victory already won, and on the other ardent to avenge an undeserved disaster, are impatient to put an end to the arrogance of the enemy. Let u e accomplish this great work by the union of our force Ana let us never forget that success belongs to men of head and heart, to men of coolness and energy ; and that, whomsoever fortune favours, he alone is toot who permits himself to be intimidated and to despair. Let us have unwavering faith in God, who protects the just cause ; let us have confidence in our Emperor who relies upon us to restore to his people their prosperity ; let us have confidence in our own strength, which revives at each new effort required from us, and let us march tee°. lutely to the battle with the cry of " Long live the Emperor." ARCHDUKE ALBRECHT. THE MISSION OF PRINCE NAPOLEON. " The mission of Prince Napoleon," says the Patric, " was, we believe, suddenly decided upon in consequence of the receipt of a despatch from the headquarters of the King of Prussia. If our information is correct, Prince Napoleon is charged, in prevision of the acceptation by Austria of the bases of peace, to arrange with King Victor Emmanuel the questions concerning both the armistice between the Italian and Austrian armies, and the cession of Venetia. We have announced the departure from Paris of the propositions made by the Emperor Napoleon as mediator between Prussia and Austria. They were sent the same day to Vienna and to the King of Prussia's headquarters. Calculating the distances, and taking account of the difficulties of communication, they ought to arrive at Vienna before reaching King William. The answer of Prussia can hardly reach Paris before Friday, but her adhesion in principle has already arrived by telegraph. The reply of Vienna will be later." (REUTER'S TILZORANS.) THE WAR IN GERMANY. FRANKFORT, JULY 19. EVENING. The Frankfort contingent has been disarmed and disbanded, and the military clubs have been closed. The city of Frankfort paid yesterday a contribu tion of six million florins towards the maintenance of the troops. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE. PARIS, JULY 20. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" In reply to a communication from the Emperor Napoleon on the 4th July, the court of Berlin declared that it would only consent to an armistice upon condition of the preliminaries of peace being concluded first. " Negotiations were thereupon opened between the courts of Paris and Berlin, which resulted in the court of the Tuileries recommending to the belligerents the bases of an arrangement which Prussia considered sufficient to allow of the conclu sion of an armistice. "Prussia engaged to abstain from all acts of hostility for five days on condition that Austria would pursue a similar course, and within that time the Austrian government must make known its acceptance or refusal of the bases agreed upon. " The government of the Emperor hastened to transmit this communication to the knowledge of the Austrian government. " If the reply from Vienna be in the affirmative, and Italy give ler assent, an armistioe may be signed immediately." THE WAR IN ITALY. FLORENCE, JULY 20. Prince Cszignano and the Minister of War have sent their congratulations to Garibaldi upon the victories achieved by the volunteers at Ampola and Condino. Twelve thousand Austrians have left Trent for Innspruck. The Italian war guard is at Piave. FLORENCE, JOLT 19. The decree organising the provisional adminis tration of Venetia sad appointing apacial oonunis- aioners for the purpose has been official} , to-day. Prince Napoleon has arrived at the at Rovigo. Jut 19, The Marquis Pepoli has been appoint commissioner at Padua, Signor Mordini and Signor Alfieri at Rovigo. THE ATTACK ON LIMA. FLOItENCR, Joel An official account has been pub attack made upon the fortifications of du 1 1 6, 44 Lissa by the Italian fleet on the 18th instant. Ah, seven hours' obstinate fighting Admiral p with eight iron-clad vowels, silenced the Fort o f George. A powder magazine in the fort wes up during the engagement. The Italians hal few killed and wounded. Vice-Admiral Albini joined the aqua :* c Admiral Pagano, who was about to give erg * for a disembarkation, when he was spEnto o g tho the Austrian squadron was approaching t o 1r vent this design from being carried out. .g * Italian fleet was preparing for an engagement** the Austrian squadron. fly Ptibli headqugi ft $ 9 s • , 19, bank .. r l 3 )int4 d rex mi Ara i bro Awl* Anoi ohs e 1 d abbd bl toB&r line and eL Tromp 'ri went * Up 1111( of the Mr. Gon • Mr. Ass %axial . • Wi/4 4.11211: "tow a "trite put he Bur Pm land w Mr. gm, lin 1 An advice snout! Soren jo krn ier Tll4 . 4 API e T SPAIN. MADRID, Jutr 19, trim, The Captain General of Madrid has ism order commanding all arms to be delivered o p t . the authorities within 48 hours. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA !WM. SUEZ, Jou It The Bengal arrived here at noon to-day. OUTWARD MAILS. _ m i The Baroda left for Bombay with London lik of 27th June to 3 rd July on 12 th inst. (more* The Golconda, with mails of the 4th to July, leaves for Calcutta this evening. AUSTRALIA. , LIVERPOOL, JOLT i The steamer Great Britain, from Melbourne the 16th May, passed Holyhead at 7 o'clock% morning. She brings 100,265 ounces of gold. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (Tins DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before Viee.Cheaoellor Sir R. T. Kinder' ley.) EE RLIITSTILAD BREWERY COMPAIn. Upon the hearing of a petition for winding op d oompao l y a abort time ago, the matter was ordered tO stsl over, with a view to ascertain whether the directories. file a bill to test the validity of the debt upon wine IY petition was presented. Mr. Robinson now said that the directors we& their bill within a fortnight. The Vice-Chancellor ordered the petition again to id over until the result of the suit was known. Mr. Druce represented the petitioner. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE (Before the Judge Ordinary.) BOARDMAN T. BOARDMAN, THE QUILH'S Fuer** toelp TENTH°. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks for the sad the Solicitor-Otters' and Mr. Mennen for tL ' r,„.; Proctor. The respondent did not appeer. The parties were married in 1860, the respondent Ins Rosooe Boardman being a tradesman at Liverpool, ielg sine. become bankrupt. It was alleged that due( is cohabitation, which continued till tart year, he Ladle guilty of vary gross profligacy anti that the ocasepseed his misconduct had beenextremely prejudicial to his ill health. On the other hand the Queen's Procteribpl that Mrs. Boardman had hermit been guilty of nein with a Mr. Bonifield. In the course of the case, Mr. Rolland, an official d Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, deposed to confidence est the respondent had forced upon him. He said esti thunderbolt would fall upon the petitioner—flat did not intend to defend the suit —be le not such a fool, but that he should secure the internal of the Queen's Proctor. He also said that the Quid Proctor was an easy-going gentleman, and could esayb made a fool of. (Laughter). Afterwards be told vies with an air of great tnumph, that the Attorney-onel (Sir R. Palmer) would take up his case. The Judge Ordinary—Did he say that the Atka" General was also an easy-going gen tle man ? (A leo.) Witness—Oh no. Mr. Coleridge—lf he did, he could not hos bin much about him. ['the case was proceeding when our report loft] COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner ifolroyd.) IN RE W. R. PEMBERTON. The bankrupt was a solicitor, of 1, Pinnees•coat, Broad-street, formerly of 8, Southampton-street, Mews bury, and elsewhere in partnership with Mr. F. Ida The indebtedness is returned at 20,398/.; against peril in the hands of creditors 11,5001.; good an d ,doubtful 4,200/. This was an adjourned sitting for examinstise ei discharge. Mr. Lucas, on behalf of the assignees, said that sloe ties consented to an adjournment of the sitting, Reid return of Mr. Commissioner Winslow, to whose exit I case belonged,. Adjourned accordingly. IN RS CORNELIUS REYNOLDS. • The bankrupt was deemibed as late of the grad Crown Tavern, Whiteft Tars, and now of 32, Rdenideleki Hampirtead-road, cfxpenter. The debts are stated still the sum of 1241. being for damages and law orate mesa in an action brought against him by Miss Elisabeth Yds! of the Rose and Crown Tavern, Whitefriars, for basks promise of marriage. Assets :—Property gives 'PO I assignees, 601. Mr. Lucas, for the assignees, did not o ppose. Ii Brough opposed for Miss Minter ; Mr. Reed suppaid bankrupt. The bankrupt was shortly examined, and said that k was now out of employment. He was not prepskil make any offer for the liquidation of his debts. • It was stated that the bankrupt presented his OM Si the 19th of April, being the date judgment dose against him in the action for breach of prosiert behalf of Mir Minter it was contended that the beak! ought to make a propood to his creditors. HIS Honour said the examination would be paged W the order of discharge would be adjonru4 ewk il bankrupt to make a proposition to his cWitors IN RI J. P. CORNFORTH. The bankrupt was a shipowner and general rassse; carrying on business at 50, Lime-street, City ; Liverpool and Bombay. The adjudication ass asks the 15th of May, 1865, upon the petition of the BOW, of the Scottish and Universal Finance Bank (Limilek.w at the first sitting a resolution was passed fog as de, d estate ation of the out of court u nder intim!" the act of 1861, which was duly confirmed. TM ist rapt now applied for an order of disoblige 0 „ ground that he had made a full discovery of kif .". and effects. The accounts disclose tke followiey items :—Craditora unsecured, 63,117/. ; ditto barn_ security, 52,037 ; against good, doubtful, and b ad " . .. 0 7 12,981/. •, property surrendered to the assigned , ditto in the bands of creditors, 44,211/. Mr. Stebbard, on behalf of the assignees, from his agents at Liverpool, from which it that they were not derrous of offering ant II: but were willing to leave the matter in the ha court. It was considered that. the bankrupt lin. more profitably employed in realising the adds ift sr , which were valued at 10,000 f., than in pregV salW or other accounts. The books were at that reason the bankrupt was left in the 1"w 11 """ materials for making out additional accounts. Mr. Bagley, who supporivd, said there had be° bankruptcies, one in tare county and the other is D IP bay. The bankrupt, if he obtained hie order of dun would be only too happy to assist the assignees • realisation of the outstanding estate. His Honour said that, under the cirdidtaask• W ill 101 11. there seemed to be no objection, he was prei— odd the order of discharge. Mr. Stebbard said that as his instructions wets tire he would prefer the order of disch a rge sta°klk,,..... for a abort time until he had communicated a Ith "Ira r•—• at Liverpool He wished to apprise the m of the • the court had expressed. His Honour granted a short adjournment. tb . ME Conn.—The general aPPearalwe of t: Drop throughout the country is mart atd ,_ Cereals look most favourable, and promise an (AM,. The potato crop is all that can be deaired ; 1.• =ts are fast ripening, but the tubers bt maturity this season as soon as I" 7bo a costumed to, owing to the oontinuous mars m itt up to the present, this crop is reported ash igoir dreaded "blight," as we have not m yet sl •`" pears:toe, unless in one locality, and that 0 1 ,e,.4111 queues. The hay crop is being fast shred u are : : b t4 tofiaLwrisi:orhetheled green ip agricultural forcr pa yee proa thii rs uce pl a t m . m is 71::: Cotsatitedion. I Wrough tiaink. and tit] atte which 1 that ail bean in The Cat& Holmes gold In Yes. Lc No. 10, The I Haim taking watch I me bac with a that H Prow I went Kr. : Pros ;r. preeeo Holr she thi bosom. Zny_lllll Holz your a Mr. : Holt and vi auppos vareati places In thi lalktoi trisen. e w.l • Chl same and mar idlk 00.111 ' mac •Rea who Peal wh will hp. :oil aim eau lihn Ma iihe eft 1 •u ir-