The Express. — London, England, 1864-10-24 00:00:00

'OHN BROGDEN, lARIGINAL GOLD CRAIN MANUFACTORY, 18, ILLNIIII77•411121T, 03YINT-OAAD&N. JOHN 13ROGIDEN'S GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARDICHAENS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. MR. MILES'S (the ORIGINATOR'S) World-tamed les. TROUSIRS may be tad. 73, BROOK -STREIT, RA/40 , TER-SQUARE., Where "e ompetition ti tarty distanced by Mika AMPRILD WEBB MILES. 1133TLISRED 1331 FIELD'S celebrated lIISTITID SERVICA SOAP TABLETS, td. and Id. mask mild by ell chandlers and regthroughout the klagdom ; bit the nubile should aak eles, and see that the name el J. C. sad J. YIELD la on each 'packet, box, and tablet. Wholesale and for exportation at the Works, UPPER MAME, LAMBETH, LONDON, 8., were also may be obtained their Prise Medal Tanana Caudle,. IVEGIREITI and ZIMBRA'S One Guinea and ,a.l Two Gaines FIRLD GUMMI sad TILISCOM are war ranted as vuuiralled for power sad brUllaa . sad 420. In l owe —.l, Hattoo-gartlen, LC. : IL LC.; in, Ilset-strss4 : sad email Palms. RMEMBER! we wait Supper for you after the Covent Garden Opera, at EVirlr. FAG not. /The evortiifs. TO CORIUMPONDILNTB. Advertisements intended for The laprem" London Evening Paper must be at the Office, 10 , Boaserle-atreot, by Two o'clo:k on the day of publication. HAYMARKET. THM Limo. MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE MLR Mears. Howe and Yaryan; Mesdames Beatrice and AngeL—ON THE SLY. Mews. Bucketene, Bogert. and Gordon : Mesdames Snowdon and litzwilliam.—Aod BACCHUS AND ARLADNK PILINCIBBII. Tun Emenra. BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Mr. D. Murray. And THE STREETS OP LONDON. Mews. Thing, J. W. Ray, D. Flaw. D. Murray, J. Nelson. H. 'arrestor, sad H. Mellon; Mrs. H. Marston, Kisses Er nser& and Gwynn.. LYC[UY. Tun Einemo, TIIE 6007 BUTTERFLY. News. Yachter, Ryder, Widdlcomb, Charles, Mclntyre, Raymond, Clifford, Collett: Mimes Carlotta Gelman. M. Hearade, E. Urania, and B. Larenu.—Commence at halt-past 7. TEE swam THE aura KZ 8 DYING CHILD. Um B. Lae —Staging by Madame Cenann. —Dancing by Ydtle. C. Btephan.—And 1 HE MILLER AND RH MEN.—Commence at 61., HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Iva Morning, liTar . ....Attensooo. OM. mint To- miaow Morning, 10b. 4a....Attamma.loll. 41m. LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24. Tut financial crisis in Brazil has certainly taken most people in England by surprise. The country was known to be in a very prosperous state, having been one of those that had chiefly benefited by the cessation of our ordinary cotton supplies from the Southern States, and the consequent necessity of opening out fresh markets elsewhere. Brazilian commerce was also making rapid strides ; and al though the imports of European goods were stea dily increasing, the exports of home produce were sufficiently large not only to meet these pur chases, but also to cause a considerable influx of bullion. It is hardly necessary to dilate upon the high position the credit of the Government has invariably commanded, and the equal confidence that has been placed in the integrity of the native merchants. There appeared, in fact, no element of stability wanting in the prosperity already attained and to be attained by Brazil. Suddenly, however, almost without notice, the news arrives of a commercial panic. That it is one of no ordi nary severity is shown by the fact that four large banks and a number of mercantile firms have stopped, with aggregate liabilities for no less than ten millions sterling—an enormous amount f, r that country—and that the Government have been compelled to authorise the National Bank to sus pend specie payments. As a further means of staying the panic the extreme measure has also been adopted of proroguing or postponing for a time the period for commercial securities to fall due. These sharp remedies appear to have promptly arrested the evil, and before the depar ture of the last mail matters were beginning to assume their ordinary appearance. There seems little doubt that the cause of this temporary revulsion is to be traced to the recent extension of Brazilian trade. During the past three years the producers of cotton must have realized very large returns, and on some other im portant staples the profits can have been bnt little inferior. The natural result has of course been to foster speculation. In the first instance the ope rations may have been legitimate enough, but, as is well known, the proper limit is soon overpassed. The merchant who contented himself with the purchase of a crop of cotton in the interior to sell again at a fair profit at the porta is in turn suc ceeded by the dealer in time bargains, with no other thought than that of a speculative gain, whether by a rise or fall in prices. The same system has prevailed too long here for us to be surprised at the result The wealth that was poured into the country in exchange for their new commodities eminently contributed to foster specu lation. The banks were full of money, and were only too glad of an opportunity for laying it out to the best advantage. Discounts consequently became easy, and hence many persons appear to have obtained credit which under previous cir cumstances would certainly have been refused. As long as the markets were rising—while all were gaining money and none losing—the new order of things seemed generally advantageous. The case, however, was far different when an adverse turn came. The reaction in our cotton market appears to hare been sensibly felt in Brazil. Securities that were reckoned as good speedily became, if not worthless, at least seriously depreciated in value. The public took alarm, and thus a financial crisis on a large scale has now been witnessed. The Brazilian Government deserve great credit for the resolute way in which they have grappled with the difficulty. Their leading principle seems to have been to secure the public as much as pos. Bible from the consequences of overwrought fear. Heavy as the losses may have been between one class of their subjects and another, they were no thing when compared with the natural wealth of the country. A very short time might, therefore, suffice to recover from the temporary depression. The great point, however, was at once to prevent the alarm from spreading, and the measures adopted for this purpose have been eminently successfuL The Brazilian Government have been wise enough to look upon the question entirely from • practical point of view. They saw that the evil must be corrected forthwith, unless they wished the whole trade of the empire to pass into certain confusion and bankruptcy. Sharp remedies were requisite, and must be quickly applied. The Government do not appear to have hesitated for • moment, but adopted at once a bold and skilful line of action, which has completely reassured the public mind. Fortunately for Brazil, the country appears to be free from currency theorists who would be disposed to ruin • whole empire for the sake of their particular hobby. A parallel has been drawn between the action of the National Bank in this crisis and that of the Bank of Eng THE EXPRIBI3, land in 1847 and 1857, and there is, no doubt, I considerable analogy between the two miss. It is worthy of remark, however, that the mere eztsn aion of the note issue was sufficient in England, but that this relaxation was inadequate in Brazil, and that a suspension of specie payments and other measures were required. The difference is easily accounted for by the relative progress of commercial knowledge in the two countries. _ . It is a further satisfactory proof of the general soundness of our present trade, that the Brazilian crisis has been so little felt either in London or LiverpooL Looking at our extended commerce . . with that part of the world, it is impossible to suppose that some loss has not been inflicted on merchants here. So far, however, it seems to have been easily borne, notwithstanding the adverse appearance of the money market and the general uneasiness that has so long prevailed, and although it might have been expected that the reoent events in Brazil would have had an effect on the public mind like that produced by the suspensions in the United States in 1857, though less intense. If, on the one hand, the Brazilian difficulties were not to be compared for magnitude with those of that disastrous year, still it may be urged that they have occurred at • far more critical period. In all these cases the great question to be considered is the moral effect. Even now, although the Bank rate is as high as 9 per cent., there is such an abundance of money that loans can be obtained on the Stock Exchange at almost nominal terms. Hence it is apparert that the existing difficulty of getting discounts is attri butable entirely to apprehension rather than to an actual want of loanable capital. There are good grounds for believing that this apprehensive ness is on the wane, particularly when we find that the Brazilian crisis has been lightly disre garded. In one respect, however, there is some ground for caution, if not for misgiving. The decline in our cotton market cannot fail to act in India with somewhat of the same force that it has acted in Brazil. If in the latter country there has been overtrading, it is to be feared that the same may also be affirmed of Bombay. We have yet to learn the full effect that may be pro duced by the coarse of prices at home. For some time past the extraordinary prosperity produced by the diversion of the cotton trade has excited a spirit of speculation in India which, without great care, may turn out disastrous. The many new companies that have been started in the East have necessarily absorbed • considerable amount of capital, and have therefore left a smaller margin to meet the eventuality of loss. In England the majority of subscribers to joint-stock undertakings come from the general public, but in India the mer cantile world have generally • proportionally larger share. From all present indications, how ever, there does not appear ground for supposing that very serious difficulties will arise on this score, and at all events, from the prudence that characterises our present trade, we may hope that the worst that can happen will be a moderate and probably easily sustained loss. Int Court. BALMORAL, Oct. 21. The Queen and Royal Family were prevented from going out yesterday morning in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather. Her lEajesty went out for a short time in the afternoon, attended by the Hon. Emma Lear:eller. Om 72. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, drove yesterday to the Lynn of Quoich. A deputation from the Staffordshire and Derbyshire Audit District, introduced by Mr. Aldermen Copebusd, M.P. ; Mr. H. R. Grabill, M.P. ; Viscount lugestre, /LP.; and Mr. W. Murray, M.Y. ; and consisting of Mr. A. J. Worthington ; Mr. H. L. Johnson (Leek Union) ; Rev. W. Peach, Mr. C. Rotherham ; Mr. G. Harleburet (Chester field Union) ; Mr. T. I. Twemlow (Newcastle-under-Lyne Union) ; Mr. E. Wedgwood, Mr. J. IPltityre, Mr. J. Lowades (Wolstanton and Bnrelem Union) ; Rev. D. Vaw dray (Haswell Union) ; Mr. J. Dimmock, Mr. J. Hulse (Stoke-upon-Trent Parish) ; Mr. W. R. Hollsnd (Ash' bourne) ; Mr. W. Worthington, Mr. W. Hopkins (Button upon-Trent), and Mr. W. G. Twigg (Harsh= Local Board of Health), had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. C. P. Villein, at the offios of the Poor-law Boards Whitehall. Despetchee Were sent on Saturday from the Colonial office W the Governors of the Bahamas and Canada. The Lord Chanesilor will naive the Judges, Qmemes Counsel, &a., ►t his lordship's nektons. No. 1, Upper Ilydelmrk-gardens, on Wednesday, the 2nd of November next (the brat day of Michaelmse Term), at 12 o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen and the junior members of the Royal Family are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle shortly before 9 o'clock on Thanday morning next. VISIT or THE PRINCE or WALES TO KNOWSLEY AND Lrrrttroot. —We have authority for statist , that his Royal Highness the Prism of Wales will visit the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley Hall, towards the middle or latter end of next month. His lordship will not receive visitors until the Prince arrives, and the hall is now undergoing such pre. parations as are necessary for the fitting accommodation of the royal guest. While the Prince ia at Koowsley he will also visit Liverpool, and we shall not be wrong in predicting that he will receive a loyal and enthusiastic welcome.— Liverpool Courier. PRINCE ALFRED AT WINDSOR. —His Royal High ness Prince Alfred, who with his suite arrived at Windsor Outlet about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, via the Great Western Railway, viaited the Chapel Royal of St. George yesterday morning, and, attended by Lieutenant Haig, re mained during the marries. His royal highness occupied the Prince of Walee's stall among the seats of the Knights of the Order of the Garter. THE MARQUIS OF BRISEOL.—The latest accounts received in town from lckworth Park are alarming. The Marquis of Bristol, according to the medical report received on Saturday, had had a relays°, and the symptoms create great anxiety to his family. His lordship rallied on Friday afternoon, but was extremely weak. THE LATE DUKE o► Nsweasur..—The funeral is appointed to take pleas on Thursday next at Markham Clinton, the burial pleas of the family, about sight miles from (lumber. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other political friend. of the late duke are expected to attend the funeral, in addition to the Eml of Lincoln and the members of the family. . - . The Earl of Lincoln returned to town on Saturday from Clamber, Notta. Field-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Com bermere bays been entertaining at Combennere Abbey the Bishop of Cheater. the Bishop of Lichfield, the Rev. Chan cellor Thorlow, Rev. Dr. Cotton, Rev. William Egerton, and many of the neighbouring clergy. - . —. . ... Lady Churchill gave birth to a on and heir yesterday at the St. Georges Hotel. Her ladyahip and infant are progressing favourably. The Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M. P., has returned to town from visiting Mr. Bally, X.P., at his seat la Oxfordshire. The Dean of Winchester has left Broad Lands for Bishoestoka. Baron and Lady Mary Wilde are on a visit to Viaoonot sad Visootiotess Folksiness, at Longford Oastla, sear Salisbury. Mr. Bazley, M.P., is receiving a select circle at his new residence in Oxfordshire, warmed from the Earl of MacelesSeld. A notice has been issued from the Public Works office calling upon the local authorities in the distressed die tricte to premed with the public works in such a way an to give employment to the largest somber of indigent factory operatives, and to withhold, for the present, if needful, such works as are most productive of ware. LATzdr INTZLLIGZNOB. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The Rdipeadassee of yesterday says :—" The mi nisterial crisis at Vienna appears to have assumed recently an unexpected aspect. The Austrian journals, which had predicted the immediate re tiremezt of Count de Rechberg, are now the first to announce that that statesman has ended by coining to an understanding with his colleagues, and that he will continue to direct Austrian policy in a way quite different from that which he has followed hitherto. One of our Paris correspon dents gives us, in relation to this subject, informa tion which throws light on the rather puzzling attitude which Austria has just taken up in reference to the Franco-Italian convention. M. de Rechberg declared himself in favour of Austria's maintaining an attitude of pare and simple reserve ; while his colleagues, AL de Schmerling and K de Plener, one from political motives, the other for financial reasons, advised a decided alliance with France. It would appear, from a despatch sent by M. Gramont to his government, that Count Rechberg, changing his tactics, and getting in advance of his colleagues, wishes to go now at a bound to the extremest limits of the policy advocated by them, provided France will consent to obtain, in exchange for the recognition of the Italian king dom, an engagement on the part of the latter to abandon all aggression against Venetia. The cabi net of the Tuileries will be little disposed to play the part which M. de Rechberg destines for it. At the utmost it will only consent to act as an intermediary for the mutual propositions of Vienna and of Turin, without supporting them either directly or indirectly by its counsels or even by simple comments. The cabinet of Vienna, says our correspondent, does not despair of leading the French government to share its views, and similar measures might be adopted with the same end with regard to the British cabinet." LETTER FROM GENERAL GARIBALDI ON THE ITALIAN CONVENTION. The Paya says that the Diritto of Turin published an " infamous " letter of Garibaldi's concerning France, and that it is doing too much honour to such a letter to mention it without repeating the contents. The Patric, however, gives the text, and here it is : Capron, Oot. 10. That criminals should endeavour to find &mom plias is quite natural ; but that I should be plunged in the mire with the men who have staine i Italy by the convention of Sept. 15 is what I did not expect. With Bonaparte the only convention is this—To purge our country of hie promo% not in two years, but in two hours. 0. GAR/BALD!. (RICITER'S Tri-zowts.) PRUSSIA. BERLLY, Oor. 24. _ Prince Gortschakoff, who had hitherto accom panied the Czar, is expected here on the 27th inst., when he will await the arrival from Nice of the Emperor and Herr von Bismarck. FRANCE. ST. NAZA IRE, Ocr. 21. The French mail steamship from Vera Cruz arrived here to-day. She brings 103,000 dole. in specie. Her arrival was delayed by a storm which lasted nine days. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (IRON 001 OWN PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. At length the semi-official organ, the Pays, says —" It appears to be certain that the Emperor Napoleon will pay a visit to the Emperor of Russia at Nice." The France goes so far as to say that the Czar, on his return to St. Petersburg, will stay with the Emperor Napoleon at Compiegne. I am given to understand that the uncertainty which has hung over the much talked of journey to Nice is attributable entirely to negotiations about the visit of the Czar to Compiegne, that long negotiations on the subject have been going on, and that at this moment the one visit is dependent upon the other. According to the present aspect of affairs, we may look for an extraordinary demonstration of intimacy between the Russian and French courts, but I think nothing is yet absolutely settled. Unless the Czar promises to come to Compiegne, and I believe he has not yet promised, the Emperor Napoleon will probably find an excuse for not going to see him at Nice. The Europe of Frankfort throws doubts upon the reported visit of Victor Emmanuel to Nice, and thinks be will send Prince Humbert in his place. The Constitntionne/ contains another semiofficial article by M. Paulin Limayrac on the construction of the convention. It is nothing but a repetition of what we have read in the same columns a dozen times before. The sum and substance of it is that the convention " was conceived in good faith, and will be executed in good faith." But this does not touch the real question. The Italians say, and have said all along, that they mean to obey the treaty in the spirit and the letter. M. Paulin Limayrac's argument on this, as on all former occa sions, assumes that the Pope will be able and willing to take care of himself at the end of two years. He pretends to believe that the Pope will be " prudent " enough to accept the guarantee provided for him behind his back. What is to happen if the Pope should not be so prudent the Conatitutionnel carefully abstains from saying, and therefore all its phrases leave the matter just where it was. The King of Araucan'a (or4lie L), who has just arrived in Paris from London, appeared yesterday in the Court of Correctional Police to face a charge of swindling which a lodging-house keeper, with a heavy unpaid bill, has had the audacity to prefer against his Majesty. In consequence of the absence of the defendant's counsel, M. Jules Fevre, who is now at Amsterdam, the case was put off for a fortnight. It was ruled yesterday by the civil tribunal of the Seine that the onus lies upon the Mout de Pi4t6 (pawnbroking establishment) to prove that deterioration of an article pledged has not arisen from want of proper care while it was in pawn. The case which gave rise to this important deci sion was the pawning by a lady for 300 fr. of a Cashmere shawl, which, on being redeemed at the end of a year, turned out to be motheaten. The counsel for the Mont de Pitit6 most strenuously contended that damage from the moth was a contingency to which the article in question was naturally liable, and that the establishment was in no default. But the court held that the Mont de Pidte„ which, knowing the liability I of • shawl to be motheaten, bad sprinkled it with camphor when it was taken in, ought to have renewed the operation as often as necessary, and it decreed the establishment to pay 600 fr. damages. The Nourelliste, of Rouen, says that when the Emperor of Russia was at Rombourg this year he went into the gambling-rooms, and being tempted to try his luck at roulette, told his aide-de-camp to throw down a note of a hundred roubles upon the MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1864. red. But the ball had scarcely began to roll when the croupier, with his rake, roughly pushed away the Russian paper, observing that the bank did not take that sort of money. The aide-de-camp took it up without remonstrance, and the Czar, who moat &aurally was not recognised by the croupier, went away without trying another experiment on the board of green cloth. Mr. Milner Gibson, who has been spending several days at Bordeaux, is now on his way to London. Nairn 119.47 Aberdeen 29.41 Leith Ardroman —119.41 °vestmentln.l29.43 Galway 29 SS Valenti* '29.32 Cape Clear 49.27 Queenstown 29.16 Liverpool 29.34 Holyhead —19.26 Pembroke IA 27 Pensanos .. 99.30 Greet L'Onent 21.33 k °chafer.. 29.41 Plymouth 29.33' I Weymouth 2L141 Portsmouth— 29.34 London 29 34 Dover 29.12 71 Yarmouth searborough 29 29, 29.20' Hellsolaad . 19.43 j .1 1 N.N. IN 44 N. I N.N.L I N. 1 LN.L • 41 N. '45 N.S.E. 'al N.L i 491 N. i A N . N.L WE. ' 471 &R.& 151 j W. 'so N. W. I 5 W. 59 W. 451 Z. 14 9 & L 4:1 1 N.W. I El 9/. ;1 . 47 8.4 y. I/4 N I. lisl B.W. Kii.E. N.& E!..Z. N.W. 1.06 6 0.02 LSO 2 io:io i re 0.62 1 0.63 3 ro 0.73 4 el—is 01— 2 om 0.11 2 b 0.16 c 0.42 1 oc 0.30 4 foe 0.01 4 oe 0.24 4 ro 0.67 7 of 1.61 3 eb 0.01 3 rf 0.24 1 of 0.17 - e 2.00 1 ,000j— 0.711 3 eo 8 o 6 o lE 1 10 o(10 0 ! 8 1 3 , 6 o 10 1 2 6 8 N. Z.N.& N. N.& W.N.W. W.N.W. &W. S.W. W.S.W. B.W. &W. S.C. 21.5 S.W. ITIONAIIAL TUESDAY. ON NORTHERN WEDNESDAY. N.E. to N. W., strong, WARM. N.E. to W., varying I with squalls, to mu- from moderate to derate, showers. strong, unsettled. N.& to N.W., varying Winn,. N. to W., fresh to from moderate to strong, equal's, acme strong, in places a rain. g►le. WN. W. to N. NAL goorazu. N.W. to N.B. and back ant back. moderate to W 0 moderate to to strong, showers In strong. places. As nest above. ltawrgittt. As next above. Sorthern.Sootland. Western_ Ireland, Wale., sod ad. Iseeo:lcs sontliern-..gartlon Mama& sod Bay of Biscay. idelieffl mgastwani England sad North Sm. A very interesting operation, which attracted a great number of spectators, was performed on Thursday at St. Oven. neer Paris. A large floating dock on • new cot struction-210ft. long, 36ft. wide, and 18ft. high —wee launched on the canal. This great iron boat or floating dock le intended for • store to hold all descriptions of spirits, oils, or other inflammable liquids. These substances which are so frequently the cause of disastrous firm on land are now to be secured on water, where they will be compara tively safe from fire. Each of the 100 compartments into which the iron boat is divided is sufficient to contaia 260 hectolitre,. Ten similar floating warehouses are to be built for the company of the docks of fit. Onen, of which fire are already on the stocks. The iron boat was launched sideways into the canal of 81. Onen. After having glided along the slides placed under it the iron mass °see in the water moved forward more than 40 yards by the force of impulsion. The operation wee performed with complete snocees. Several fine horses were sent out in the Alex andrian mail steamer Ceylon, which left Southampton on the 20th inat. They were intended for the Padua of Egypt, and one of them waa the ram horse Gladstone. A singular turn was made in a county court case in Gongletoo last week. A man brought an action against the executors of Mr. Pointon to recover 3Bl. cio a note of hand, stated by the plaintiff to have been given to him by Mr. Poiota.. The judge, however, discovered that the stamp bore the date of 1862, whilst the note purported to be drawn out in 1860. Judgment was immediately given for the defendant', and the plaintiff was arrested on a charge of " wilful and corrupt perjury." REPRFSETFATION OF BAKESTIPLE.—Mr. Richard Bremridge, M.P. for Barnstiple, has announced that he intends to retire from the representation of that borough at the next election. Addressing himself to the freemen of Barnstaple, he says :—" With advancing years and impaired health, my last public duty to you will be the settling the question of your rights in the Court of Common Plea (hav- ing obtained a case for an appeal against the decision of the revising barrister at his last court), and that it is not my intention again to oder myself fur the representation of your borough. That I had no desire to do so at the last election is known to most of you ; also, that I was induced to do so solely for the purpose of uniting the conservative party, which was so split up in 1859."— Western Daily Mercury. WHOLESALE DISFRANCHISEMF.NT OF VOTEILS.—OH Saturday, at a court held at Greenwich, by Mr. W. M. Best, barrister, for revising the lists of voters for that bo rough, the claims of nearly 400 householders in the town were urged by Mr. F. A. Smith, an agent, to have their names re-inserted upon the register. It appeared that the names bad been omitted consequent upon the claimants not having paid the assessed taxes due upon the premises they occupy on or before the 20th of July, and it was urged that there was a peculiar hardship io the present instance, consequent upon the collector of such taxes not residing in the town, but at a distance of nearly two miles from some portion of it, and that only one day in the week, and then between the hours of ten and four was appointed by him to attend at his office to receive the money, which was • most inconvenient time, as may of the claimants were workmen engaged in the government and other large esta blishments of the town. The barrister held that the law imperatively disfranchised persons whose asssesed taxes or parochial rates remained unpaid on the day named, sad the . 1 claims were not allowed. OXFORDsHIRS HORICULTURAL SOCIETY.--AS the annual meeting of this society, held at Orford on Saturday, the 22ad instant a letter was read from the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, M.P., requesting the membe rs t o appoint some abler and move active man to fulfil the duties of president, which roam he Ins held fora long series of years. The meeting accordingly agreed to appoint a new president and vies-president every year, the letter to be president iu the following year. It was ananimoiasly re ! solved to ask his Once the Doke of Marlborough to accept the office of maddest. sod Sir Henry Dashwood, Bart., that of vice-preeideet, for 1865. A vote of thanks wee rood to Mr. Henley for his long and faithful services se president of the society. ROMAN CATHOLICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OX- PoED.—Although the recent decision of the master and fellows of Hanoi College to admit members of the Roman catholic persuasion to their learned society would infer that such a step Is entirely a new feature at the IJaiversity of Oxford, we are enabled to state that several Roman catholic,' have before this availed themselves of the Abo lition of Teets Bill. Sir Rowland Blenaerhassist, who was at Christ Church ; J. J. 'Alai/. Bei., who wee at Chant Church ; Mr. Thomas, who was at Lincoln ; arid H. G. Shea EN. son of the new judge, now a t Christ Church, being amo4et the number. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Kr. Registrar Winslow, as Oasombeirmar.) TIT RI T. L BlOwn. The bankrupt was described se a moral meroient and an insursnos broker, of Orsoechurohmrsat. This was the 'B- Mus for examination red cc No amounts had been Mad the liabilities aro sit to be shoat 7,0001. Mr. Griffith., for the stated that the bankrupt hod had largo Inimeatiass with niefohants in Australia, amounting to several thousands of pounds; and until he reeeivad 'claim from them he um unable to filo his own scomuts. Adjourned accordingly. The adjudication was on the bank:7lo'm own petition. He thug stain the cense of his failure :—" On account of heavy lames incurred by °magi:manta, want of remittances from abroad, and lases incurred on alaipiarain jointly in. WNW with others." _l!_l2 The bankrupt, a claw, at • Viatford, oame before the wart with liabilities of 8,2661., spinet which ropert of 6,1521. is held ea security. There wee no ap p pesition. The bankrupt had been in prison between two and three months. Order granted. 111 BE COLTER. In this came, which ;JetPled at; court until a late hour on Saturday the bankrupt, • grow, of Lin:oboes/4 bed hie order of suspended for 12 months, petsetion being withheld for three months, on the pound of having ob tabled money from a number of poor yams, on the pre tence of investing it on good security and paying them a large interest. (Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.) IN LTOS LSWIML This bankrupt had traded as a merchant, in partnership with Michael Morris, under the firm of Lewin. and Morris, in Love-lane, Quayside. Morris, who is mildest at Nas sau, has not been made bankrupt. The liabilities are stated at not is than 82,0001. ; arida in New York and Nassau, about 30,000/. ; in this country, about 2,000/. This wan tbe first sitting. Debt' to the amount of 12,0001. were proved, and Mr. Cubitt, of King-street, accountant, was chosen assignee. The next sitting ter the examination of the bankrupt is Axed for the 9th of December, at 1 o'clock. Mr. M. Abrahams in the solicitor under the proceedings, and Mr. CoUoson, accountant, of King-street, has been appointed MADAM. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (TELLS DAY.) The November session of the Central Crirninel Court wee commenoed this morning before the Recorder, Russell Gurney, Esq., the Right Roe. the Lord Mayor, and Alder men Sir James Duke, Sir Francis Graham Moon, Sir Robert Cowden, Carter, G. C. Lawrence, Allen, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Bosley, Messrs. Davidson and De Jersey, the Under-Sheriffs, &c. The first edition of the calendar oontains the names of 114 prisoners. THE TRIAL OF MILLER. The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, said, although the number of prisoners for trill was large, it was not more so than might be expected, taking into con sideration the period which has elapsed aloft the last ses sion. The charges generally were not of • very serious character, sad although there were several cases the circum stances of which involved the loss of human life, there was only one charge of wilful murder, which was that against • Ger man named Frain Muller, who was charged with the murder of Mr. itrigp. The circumstances of this cue had, unfortu nately been made familiar to everyone. Mr. Briggs was murdered in • railway carriage on the Bth of July last, and it appeared that on the evening of that day he was travelling on the North Loudon Railway, sad was seen at the railway station at • quarter before 10 at at which time the train ought to have started ; but it was about ten minutes behind the time. Mr. Briggs was seen again by • gentlem►n who knew him, who got into the train at Bow, and who states that as he passed the carriage he saw him sittiog in the carriage, and said " Good night " to him, and received an answer from him. This gentleman states that he is sure he could not have been mistake& in the person. At that time he saw two men in the same carriage with Mr. Briggs, but whether or not the prisoner is one of the men he °snook say. This witness got into a eeoood-class carriage, and states that between the starting of the train and his speekiog to Mr. Brigs' there was suffi cient time for one or both of the men to have got out of the carriage. The train on its way from Bow to Hackney Wick would occupy about three minutes, and between those stations, at the distance of about seven hundred yards, the body Mr. Briggs wu sub.*. qiiently found. When the train arrived at Hackney Wick attention was drawn to the state of ciao of the car riages. There were marks of blood about it, and the door was shut and the handles marked with blood. The untie' was fastened and left as it was, and afterwards examined, and there was then discovered, besides the marks of blood, a bag which bad been in the possession of Mr. Brigp in the early part of the evening ; and there was also found • hat which did not belong to Mr. Briggs. As he had already stated the body of Mr. Briggs was found on the line, et about • third of the distance between the two stations, about seven hundred yards from the sta tion at Hackney Wick. Upon examination it was found that Mr. Briggs was not quite dead, although he was in • state of insensibility, from which be did not recover until his death, which took place about four and twenty hears afterward& When the body was examined, marks of video°e were found, and one serious wound on the heed, which, according to the medical testimony, might have been the result of the fall from the railway carriage on to a stone which was on the ground close by, but it also appeared by the medical testimony that there were other injuries which could not be accounted for except by violence. The grand jury would probably not entertain a doubt that • murder had been committed, and that Mr. Briggs died from the violence of some person who was is the railway carriage with him. It was dimovered that a watch, chain, two keys, and • seal, which were in the possession of Mr. Briggs on the evening of the Saturday on which the murder was committed, were missing at the time he was discovered on the line. Nothing further, however, spa peered to have been taken. His pockets did not appear to have been rifled, as some gold was feud in one of them, and • valuable ring which be wore on his finger had not been removed. It must have been • hurried transaction, as it must have been done within a minute and a half after the train left the station at Bow. Then came the question as to what evidence would be laid before them to implicate the prisoner in the charge. Muller had been in this country for some time, and had carried on the occupation of a tailor, and it appeared that some days pre vious to that on which the murder was committed Muller had expremei his intention of going to America, and it also appeared that he pre his landlady notice to that effect on the Saturday pre vious. On the evening of the Bth July the prisoner spent a part of his time at the house of • person with whom he was acquainted, and left there about 8 o'clock, stating that he was going to visit some one else. Nothing more, however, was seen of him that evening. His landlady eat up far him until half-pert 11; but be had not returned up to that time. At about half-past 8 on Sunday morning he was beard by his landlady coming down the stein from the room in which he slept. He appeared to have spent the most part of the Sunday succeeding the night of the murder indoors. He went out with the landlady and returned early and did not again go out. On Monday morning he went out at 8 o'clock, and the first time he was seen after that was at the shop of Mr. Death, the jeweller is Cheepside, where be went that morning with • chain, two keys, and • seal. He asked Mr. Death the value of them, and he was told 31. 10s. He inspected other chains, and selected one for 31. Is., which be decided upon having, giving the chain he bad taken with him in exchange, and received for the odd le. • ring with • carnelian stoosi. The chain which she prisoner per tad with to Mr. Death was identified as the one which Mr. Briggs wore on the Saturday of the murder. The next circumstance to which the attention of the grand jury would be called would be the discovery of the hat in the railway carriers, which it was stated did not belong I to Mr. Briggs, and there would be evidence to show that that hat was the hat of Muller. It appeared the pri soner had in July last asked a friend to purchase a has for him, similar to one he had bought for himself. The hat was bought of • perms named Walker for 4a. 6d. and given to the prisoner. This fed Wad somewhat confirmed by the wife of the pesos who was alleged to have purchased it, sad moreover by • hat box from • maker of *seams some being found at the gsborser lodging, and it would be stated by the witness that the hat found in the railway station was the hat he had purchased foe the prisoner. There was also some evidence that between Saturday sight and Monday night the primmer wee weggiessi different bat, sad It was remarked Ishii' by mod his friends on Monday night that he had • sew hat as. and he said he bad got the other smashed and had been obliged to buy a new use. He was told be was very =Mangling le have a new on. so soon, and was asked bow much he gave for it and he said 14s. 6d., and one of his friends remarked that it looked mole like a guinea one. On the Thursday following the night of the murder the prisoner left this country for America, as he bad presioudy intended, so that there was nothing touched upon that in regard to the murder. From the airenmstanose which afterwards same to light be wee permed and taken into custody at New York, and he was then found in possession of a bat, sad there would be soldering to show that that bat belonged to Mr. Briggs. When it was produced to Mr. Briggs', son, he ►t fist said it was lower than his father's, but upon a subesquent examination it was found that a piece had been taken off the brim, and the brim had been fastened on again, and in such a manner as to show it was not dose by a hatter. The maker of the hat would be called, and evidence would be adduced to show that the hat was that belonging to the murdered mac, and worn by him on the night of the murder. There was ski found in the prisoner's box a watch, which was identified as Mr. Brigp'a, and which he doted he had had for two years, and he was wearing the chain which he had in exchange from Mr. Death, and which be said he bad purchased of • man at the docks when he took his ticket. A number of witnesses would be called to connect the evidence, but the facts of the ease in themselves were comparatively abort. There was the evidence of the murder, and the fact of the prisoner wearing a different bat between Saturday and Monday—his being in pasossaios of the chain on the Monday following the night of the murder, and his being found with the hat and watch and chain in his possession. AU these facts would be laid before the grand jury, and it would be for them to say whether they were suffcient to ego. blish a prima facie ease against the prisocer Muller, and if they return a true bill the prisoner would have an opportunity of explaining therm circumstances, or of producing evidence to controvert the facts which eculd be laid before them. after alluding to come other charge, his lordship dismissed the grand jury, sad the regular tonainem of the court was proceeded with. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) BO W-STREET. rtu " INIPLOiILENT FOR LLDIEB " CASE. Mr. Flowers has received the following : F. Flowers, pp,.—Sir, therein a on.. reported in the evening papers of a Mrs. Webb having been made a dupe of by a Mrs. Murray, and that she could not afford the money to pay the fees foe a summons in the county court. I have enclosed lOs. in stamps to enable her to do so, and hope that Mr. Redden, the officer, will lend her his assistance. Not knowing Mrs. Webb's address mart be my apology for troubling you with the enclosed.—Y our obedient servant., The letter bears the Ipswich postmark. The 10e. worth of stamps were handed . over to Redstall, who took them to Mrs. 'A ebb at her lodging.. Some doubt bad been entertained whether she would eccopt any contri bution, but this being proposed for the delio.te purpose of paying costs, Mrs. Webb accepted it without hesitation, and expressed herself u being much obliged to the sender. It is understood that the county court summons has been taken out. THE GREAT SMILE OF COLLIERS. There are decidedly fewer men at work now than there were last week et this time, and it was announced cm Saturday that there would be many more out on Monday ; that, in fact, the men who had resumed work on masters' terms would then all come out, and, joining their brethren on strike, make common muse with them till they had all obtained their "rights.' This statement was made at a meeting which was held on Saturday afternoon at Tipton, which was attended by about 5,000 persons ; and the user lion was supported by some men who lied during the weak again come out from some of the Berl of Dudley's pets. The great topic wee the action which the authorities are 1 taking to suppress intimidation in any guise, and which, of course, was aoedemoed ea undue interference. The cus tomary resolution of "standing out" till they bad "got their wages" was passed amidst much applause, and several meetings were announced for Monday m different parts of the district, to be followed by an aggregate meeting to be held in the afternoon at that plain, to which processions were to move from every point. That meeting has been announced on large broadsides, well ported, as follows : " Public notioe,—A monster meeting of colliers, puddler; sod other ironworkers, and the general public, will be held, dc., to protest against the conduct of the police on Thursday morning." The police are, however, 'imply acting with the authority of the lied-Lieuteitant of Staffordshire and the rest of the magietraey, including the stipendiary for the south of the county. The stipendiary was out with the military and the main body of the police all Friday night, and Lord Lichfield and his worship were both there all the previous eight. At about daybreak on Saturday morning a troop of the Lancen rode from Tipton, accompanied by the stipendiary, through and to Brierley Hill, where the 150 colliers em iptyll2 on at the Cony , grey Works of the British Lou Com pany had all been stopped" as they were going to work on the previous morning, and bed therefore come out. L similar state of things ensued in the neighbourhood the same morning in relation to the colliers in the employ of Mr. Hingeley, ircetnewter, who were literally chased acmes the colliery by a detachment of men on strike. The troops ware not milled into service, and after riding through a considerable extent of country by way of showing that the military were really " up," returned to Tipton about 9 o'clock the same morning. The authorities in Staffordshire and Worceetenhire are acting in unison, and on Saturday the Dudley magistrates met and instructed the Chief Constable of Worcestershire to item a notice declaring all assemblies in the early morn ing and procceeions near to pita at the time men are going to or are returning from their work to be illegal, and :earning all persons emittim.° this respect that the polity ha v e WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) MONDAY, 007C;BIR 24, B LL 8. :T., B. S. CLERK ENWELL. SWOUS CHAIM 01 CCTTIIIO AND WOU9DING AGALNST ♦ BOY. Henry William Parsons, aged 14, • machine•l•oy, re. siding at 5, Stewart's-pima, Clerkenwell, was chimed with cutting and wounding Thomas Dudley, • boy alsout the same age as the prisoner, at Messrs. Cubitt'a Factory, Gray's-inn-road. The boy that was injured was so bad that he was com pelled to be taken to the Royal Free Hospital, and now lieu there in a dangerous state. According to the stately. et of police -sergeant Finch, 2G, it appeared that the prisoner was sharpening some tools when the injured boy pushed against him and went on. The prisoner threw one of the tools at the boy and it unfortunately struck tim in the groin, and inflizted a severe sod dangerous wound. The injured boy lost • great deal of blood, and Mr. Hill, the house surgeon, said it would be some days before he would be able to leave the hospital The prisoner said that be was sorry for what bad ce. carrel. lie threw the tool at the boy because be pushed against him, and had not the least intention of doing him any harm. The magistrate remanded the further hearing of the case for *few days, but consented to take the surety of tLe pri soner's father for his appearance on the next examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRILIMIG INTO AND EiTEBING IMICT caArti. John Gorman and Weasant Jones, two young meo, were eharged before Hr. Tyrwhitt with breaking into and catering Percy Chapel, Charlotte street, Fithroy-equare, with Osumi to commit a felony. David Anderson Laidlaw, a oommercial clerk, and also the keeper of Percy Chapel, deposed that on the previous night, shortly before 12 o'clock, b• was induced to go from his house adjoining the chapel into the chapel, which he had dosed at 9 o'clock, is oothequenee of seeing a light under the door. He then found the prisoners in a kind of lobby between the entrance door of the chapel and an inner door. He immediately seised them both and held them till his wife procured two coostabthe and he then gave them into cudeily. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the witness whether he knew how the prisonen entered the chapel. The witness said he believed by a side window from Percy. place, three passe of glass in the window being broken. On examining the place he foand that five oat of six of the offertory boxes had bees broken open, bat the prisoners had been disappointed, the boxes haring been emptied. Polies-sergeant John Hied, 2 (i, said that shoat half. past 11 o'clock Let night he was informed that there were thieves in Percy Chapel. Charlotte-street, and went there. After placing esnatables so as to prevent the thieves comp• ing, be estomd the chapel, and (mud the prisoners being held by the last witness, and he then took them into cus tody. They grid nothing in answer to the charge, merely laughing. He believed both the prisoners were well known to the police, and that if they were remanded he should be able to prefer other 'Aureola a similar kind against them. Mr. Tyrwhitt tasked the prisoners whether they wished to say anything, and they replied in the negative. The prisoners were then remanded for a week. It appears that several other duped@ in the district have lately been broken into and robberies committed. GREENWICH. HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH Edward Connor, Thomas Clam, and Daniel Erooright, throe powerfully-built young men, all wall known to the police, were brought up for final examination, before 'NOS, charged with moulting and robbing Edward Roberta on the highway. The proesester, whose face was considerably disfigural by bruises and este, said—l reside at 37, Hugheistlelds, Dept ford. At 20 minutes atter 12 on the eight of Saturday, the 15th instant, I was panning along Dock-street, near the dockyard at Deptford, when the three prisoners came op to me, end, without saying a word, Coolant struck me a violist blow with his its, knocking me down. While on. the ground I was kicked violently, and Enwright took from my pocket a shilling a sixpence, sad about sd. is halfpence, at the same time calling out to the other prisoners." he's not up to much." (Meaning that the prosecutor had very little money.) Clarey replied, know better than that. It ie Satur day night, and he limbed his wages." I was then kicked about the head, and rendered insensible. On recovering myself I found that I had been robbed of two sovereigns, which I had recently placed in an inside pocket of my dress, and that I was done in the streets. I immediately gave information to the police, with a deacriptioe of the prisoners, sod Connor end Clary were shortly afterwards apprehended. En Wright bad escaped at the time, but on seeing him when in custody on Friday last, I at once identified se the third man who had amadted and robbed me. POlice-cooritaiiie Barrett, 224 It, said—l wee on duty in the High-street, Deptford, on the night in qoestion,and saw the prosecutor. He bad been drinkiog, but knew well what be was about. He came up to me and said he bad been assaulted and robbed. I asked if be could describe the men by whom he bad hese meaulted, and from the de• scription be gave me I concluded that Connor and Carey, who had just previously passed me, walking very sharply from the direction of the spot when the robbery was own. mitted, were two of the men. I and other constable* moot in pursuit, and apprehended them about • quarter of a mile off. The prisoner En wright, who escaped at the time, was apprehended on the following day (Sundae), and detained some time at the station, but in consequence of the prosecutor not then being at boom to attend and identify bim he was allowed to go, being re-apprehended on Friday last. William Moore, of Evelyn4treet. Deptford, mid—At • quarter past 12 on Saturday night, the Ist inst.. I was eem* ing to Deptford from Rothmitithe, and when is a secluded part I fell from the kerb into the roadway, in consequence of my ankle twisting. While lying is the wed, a n'", whom I believe to be the prisoner Clarey, came forward and helped me up, and, mayn't( be would run sod get me assistance, as I was unable to walk, be went away. I saw him run round • corner. and thee found I had been robbed of a silver hunting-watch, and a gold Albert guard sod trinkets. The prisoners denied the charge against them. and Mr. Trull ordered the depositions to be taken for their committal 100 the Old Bailey Bessione for trial. Ms DARING BrSLAB! AND AITZIIPTED Mrs- DUI AT WOOD/ORD.—LATEST PARTICCLASS.—(I . IIIB DAT.) —mis wieraliat, when the magistrate toot lie seat on the bench at the Stratford Polios•aourt, he Jogai:ad of Inspector Stsadage if the hareem in the above case had been dip covered. 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