The Express. — London, England, 1862-08-27 00:00:00

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AI!TL/Y:l. TBT ETENTRO, MAZEPIA.=Attar which SCENES TN THE CIRCLE. Millie. MamottL—To cosolude with a comic BALLET in which the Mimes Gunnies will appear.—Commence at 7. HIGH WATSK AT LONLX)N FittIDOR. MODIT Korn*" JR. 1002.....At4ern00n. J%. 25m. To-MOIROW—MornIng. U. 40m.. ..Att.mmoon. 42 Om. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. Walter most people have been occupying them selves with the dramatic incidents of the ROUPELL trial, the melancholy consequences to those who have been the innocent sufferers of his multifa rious iniquities are almost forgotten. It is an axiom of Lord Sr.LEONSRDS and the conveyancers that an investment in land is much better than an investment in Consols or in Railway Stock, be cause the title to land is so much more secure. Every attempt to simplify the transfer of land has for years been successfully resisted on the ground that no reform was needed, that people were so thoroughly satisfied with the existing law that they wanted no change. When any proposal was made to assimilate the transfer of land to that of stock, the advocates of change were asked whether they desired to introduce all those chances of forgery into the former which confessedly existed as to the latter. And confident predic tions were hazarded that, however ingenious might be the system of registration proposed, the groat ..,MM of landholders would prefer to keep their title-deeds in their muniment boxes, and to deal privately with their property instead of calling in the aid of registrars and a host of public officers. These theories can now be put to the test. Fortunately Lord WESTBURY has succeeded in passing an Act for facilitating land transfer, which will very soon be in practical operation ; and a very slight con sideration will enable us to judge whether its pro visions would have placed any obstacle to the fraudulent schemes of Witusit Rourett. This Act is far from perfect. The system which it introduces is somewhat complicated, and it may be doubted whether those who have been selected to carry it into effect are equal to the task assigned to them. Mr. SPENCER FoLLErr, the newly appointed Registrar, has prudently gone to Ireland to look at the practical working of the Encumbered Estates Court in that country, and to consult the judges of that court as to the best mode of conducting what practically amounts to the same thing in England. It is hardly fair to prejudge any man who has undertaken a new and difficult duty before he has begun his work. The new Registrar, we believe, is a tole rable Equity lawyer, but, during a not very brief ap prenticeship, he has given no very conclusive proofs of the capacity to inaugurate a new system of land registration so as to make it practically suc ceed. Let us hope that with the aid of such men in Ireland as Mr. HAROREAVE and Dr. LONOFIELD he will exceed the expectations of those who are compelled to estimate his future by his peat career. What, however, would have been the state of things if this Act of Parliament had been in force during the life of old Mr. ROOPELL ? He was the absolute owner in fee of the Norbiton Park Estate. During his life WIL LIAM ROUPELL, his son, wanted some money, and in order to obtain this money he, in fact, stole the Norbiton Park Estate deeds out of his father's custody, had them copied, put back the copies into his father's box, and then got a forged deed of gift executed in favour of himself, upon security of which deed of gift he borrowed the money he desired. During the lifetime of the father the Norbiton Park Estate remained in his possession : for of course the mortgagee had his interest paid regularly by WlLLian, the son, and therefore the possession was not interfered with. But after the father's death the Norbiton Park Estate was sold to a Mr. Warn; with the concurrence of the mortgagee. Now here was a gigantic fraud perpetrated because the son was in the complete confidence of the father. If the so licitor who acted for the mortgagee had inquired into the history of the deed of gift—if he had gone to the father and had inquired into the singular circumstance of his having made a voluntary conveyance to his son during his lifetime, the fraud must have been discovered. But the solicitor had sufficient confi dence in young Mr. ROTYPELL, and he neglected this duty. Now, if old Mr. RouraLL had been registered as the owner of the Norbiton Estate under the Act of last wagon, the case would have been very different. No transfer could then have taken place without the express consent of Mr. ROCPELL as the registered owner. As the 64th section declares, " on the occasion of any sale or " mortgage of registered land, the parties or their " agenta duly authorised may attend at the " registry offices, and such conveyance shall be " executed by the parties or their agents, in the " presence of and attested by such persons as " the registrar shall approve of, and shall " then and there be delivered to the " registrar for the purposes of registration." It is abundantly clear that under this section the old Mr. Rourrux.would have been required to ' attend at the Registry for the purposes of execut ing the deed of gift to his son, and thus it would have been impossible for the son to have forged the name of his father, or to have got the two witnesses to attest his own signature, thinking it was the signature of his father. In short, the fraud would have been nipped in the bud. The deed of gift never could have been executed be , hind the back of the old man, and therefore neither the mortgagee nor Mr. WAITE could have been deceived. But further, the forgery of the will would have been more difficult than it turned out to be—at all events those who claim under this will would have had the advantage of an inquiry in stituted by the Registrar into the genuine character of the old man's signature. No doubt, in ordinary cases the genuine character of the will is proved by the fact that the Probate Court has stamped the will with its seal. But this does not affect real property. And, therefore, the result is that, so far as real property is con cerned, the Registrar, under the Act of Parlia ment, is entitled to require that the will shall be proved in such manner as he may think fit. In this case the widow was the devisee and legatee of the whole property, and under the new Act of Parliament it would have been necessary to give notice to the heir-at-law that the registration of the will was in contemplation. It may no doubt be that the widow would be registered as devisee, but the position of an heir-at-law who had permitted this registration to take place would have been very different from his position if no such notice had been given. No doubt the specific object of the Act for facilitating the transfer of land was not to prevent forgery or fraud ; still it is tolerably clear that in such a case as that of WILLIAM ROUPELL the regis tration would have opposed very serious obstacles to the success of those fraudulent devices which have occasioned complications so serious. The advantages of registration for the purpose of faci litating the transfer of land are the immediate object of the Act of Parliament, and they are obvious. The fact that the Act will do something to prevent fraud and forgery is another and per not less important result which may be expected to flow from it. THE EXPRESS, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1862. gbe Court. BALMORAL, sower 25. The Queen drove out on Saturday with Prince Leopold, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, drove to Indigo, the residence of Dr. Robertson. The Princess Helena rode on horseback to Birk Hall attended by Lieutenant• General the Hon. C. Grey anti Madame Ilocide. The Primates Louise also rode, attended by the Marchioness of Ely. On Sunday the Queen attended divine service at the Cowes, with the royal family and household. The Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, D.D., who is staying at the Castle on a visit, officiated. The Prince of Wales and Princess Helena afterwards went to the parish church of Cathie, when Dr. Macleod again performed the service. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonialoffce from the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, Hong Hong, Ceylon, Labnan, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Denmark will be celebrated early in the en. suing spring. General Knollya, who so long commanded the camp at Aldershott, has been appointed controller of the household of his royal highness, and Marlborough House is being prepared as quickly as possible for his reception. A letter from Gotha states that in order to promote the privacy and comfort of Queen Victoria during her Majesty's stay at Reinhard's-bruin, and in consequence of the limited accommodation which the castle affords, only the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg will reside there at the same time as her Majesty. The duke will take up his quar ters at the village of Friedrichrode, about a mile distant. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, who, at the close of the Goodwood lace meeting, was called to Germany by the sadden death of his father, the Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, is expected home from Germany at the end of next week. The Prin cess Edward is in town. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland ar rived at Alnwick Castle on Monday last from Keilder Castle. The Earl of Dunmore, by the last letters from Canada, bas obtained leave of absence from his regiment, the Soots Fusilier Guards, and has left Montreal for a tour in British Columbia. Lord Londesborough has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Griinsioue Park, Yorkshire. Lady Herbert of Lea, with the young Earl of Pembroke and family, are pawl* the season at Wilton House, user Salisbury. Her ladyship has taken Mr. Wm,. Ruasell's mansion in Chabam•place, for a term of years. Sir Henry Hoare has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Stairhead, near Bath. A marriage is arranged to take place between Mr. George Haabury Field, eldest son of Mr. Field, of Ashurst Park, Kent, and Lady Georgians Tumour, third daughter of the Earl of Winterton. The German journals announce the death of General Lord Jams Hay, at Spa. The steamer Dolphin arrived three days ago at Antwerp from England, with three carriages, twelve hones, and grooms of Queen redone, on their way to Gotha. _ . _ _ Lieutenant-General Baron von Willesen, Master of the Horse to his Majesty the King of Hanover, accom panied by his eon Lieutenant Willesen, and his nephew, officers in the Hanoverian army, yesterday inspected the garrison of Woolwich, by special permission of big Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief of the Army. His Serene Highness the Prince de Crony, and attendants, seven in number, yesterday visited the depart menta of Woolwich Dockyard, and were specially received by the officials, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Baron Ricasoli is now said to be at Marseilles. A letter from the camp at Chalons describes an incident which took place at a banquet, which followed the manoeuvres a few days since :—" About the middle of the dinner, the Prince Imperial entered the hall, and, as usu►l, took a seat near the Emperor. Marshal Randoo, moved by the presence of the young prince, then rose, sod pro posed ' The health of the prince Imperial, the hope of the army!' which was drunk with enthusiasm. The prince, to whom the Emperor had given a few drops of champagne, replied by saying : ' I drink to the health of the army !' Then, attar • short pause, he added, with astonishing energy for • child of his age, and J hope to become • good soldier.'" Snow fell heavily last week at Berchteagaden, in Bavaria, where the royal family are now stopping. All the hills round the place were covered. THE ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY.—WO regret to state that the health of the Archbishop of Canterbury has been, during the last few days, of inch a character as to CUM serious one sine to his friends. WAR OFFICE, Annuev 26. —The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Captain Roderick Dew, of the royal navy, to be an ordinary member of the military division of the third clam, or Com• pinions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Gazette. WM./SHALL, Auouer 25.—The Queen has been pinned to give and grant onto John Bosh, Eno., a British 'object, who is actually and entirely employed in the service of the King of Siam, as harbour muter, at Bangkok, her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insignia of the Order of the White Elephant, which the King of Siam has been pleased to confer upon him.—Gazeite. LATEST INTIIJAAUKNOL (Rurriners nisoaans.) ITALY. TURLN, AuouErr 26, Evzzallo. The Neapolitan provinces have been proclaimed in a state of siege. General De La Marmora has been appointed ex traordinary commissioner. NAPLES, Auaturr 26. General La Marmora has issued a proclamation directed, as he says, against those subversive men who, under the pretence of hastening the accom plishment of Italian unity, have provoked civil war in Sicily. The proclamation continues thus : " General Garibaldi, their chief, has thrown himself on this Continent, threatening to introduce anarchy. It is the duty of the government to crush the rebellion. A state of siege has, therefore, been proclaimed. The commanders of divisions will unite military and civil powers. All assemblages are to be dispersed by force. The exportation and retention of arms is prohibited. All arms must be given up within three days. The liberty of the press is restricted." Tranquillity prevails at Naples. About 1,000 Garibaldians have disembarked at Melito. Generals (Asian and Pinelli have arrived a t Messina. General Revel bag gone to Reggio. THE FRENCH SQUADRON. TOULON, AUGUST 27. The squadron of evolution under the command of Admiral Rigault de Uenouilly has left Ajaccio. Its destination is not yet known. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora, Capt. Kell**, with the heavy portion of the above mail, has arrived here. She brings 27 passengers, 5411. in specie, and Z 076 packages of cargo, including 839 bales of raw silk, value 75,000/. On the 20th inst. the Ellora spoke the British barque Caduceus, steering south-east, and on the 23rd the Pera, bound east. GIBRALTAR, Auc. 22.—Exchange on London 90 days, 60 ;on Marseilles, 6.28 ; on Genoa, 5.28 ; on Cadiz and Malaga, 8 days, par ; on Madrid, 1 prem. Freights unaltered. THE CHINA MAIL We have this morning received papers from Hong Kong to July 11. In the summary of the Casa Mail, of that date, we read : With regard to the rebels, there is little to report for the last fortnight. Hsngchow is said to be again in the hands of the Imperialists, bat this rumour requires confirmation. The country around Shanghae is quiet at present, and some of the cities from which we drove the Taiping' have been re-occupied by their former inhabitants. The allied forces have returned within their lines, after having established strong outposts at Fa-wha and Sik-a-way, which are dis tant from Shanghae about twelve miles. The line of defence just completed under the superintend ence of the Royal Engineers leads from Soo chow Creek to the left bank of the Wongpoo River, • distance of three miles and • half. As formerly stated, the complete security of • residence in Shanghai is now such as to maintain the price of land at fabulously high rates, and by this recently enhanced value of property a few moderate fortunes have already been made. It is not likely that active hostilities will be renewed with the rebels until advice is ,visived from home and the opinion of the English public ascortadneel on the subject of the various hostile a:cordons which ended with the capture of Cholin, where the French exacted a severe vengeance for the death of their admiral. The absence of the Taepinga from the Shanghae district is accounted for by the fact that Nanking is being very closely pressed by the Imperialists, and that it was neces sary to recall the forces from the west for its defence. From all accounts that have reached us, it appears that the Imperial troops are gathering in considerable force on the Yangtsre River, where they are already said to have up warde of six hundred war-junks, and it is very likely that Ningpo and Sh•rghae may remain unmolested for • con siderable time to come. Cholera has been prevalent in Shanghae as well as in Tien-tain, but the latest accounts say it has abated. The weather was oppressively hot. Our dates from Pekin are to the 20th ultimo. About the beginning of the month the Count and Countess Klee kowski arrived in the capital. Governor Gnimarens (the Portuguese governor of Macao) was residing at Pekin, in the French legation, and was having a conference with the Chinese officers appointed to confer with him at the time our correspondent wrote. It is believed that a Portuguese treaty will be signed at Tien-twin. The festival of Corpus Christi was celebrated with great pomp at the capital, in the Romish cathedral. It was graced by the presence of French and Portuguese officials in full uniform. The Pekin Gazette of June 11 mentions the death of Admiral Protet, and contains a high tribute to his memory. One sacrificial of fering has been commanded for the comfort of his departed spirit, and a present of 100 marten skins and four pieces of silk have been sent by imperial mandate to his family, as a token from the Emperor. The prejudices of the Chinese court and people are yielding in regard to foreigners ; not only are the latter now admitted into the Temple of Heaven, or rather into its spaoions grounds, but they may there gallop or race about on horseback. The student inter preters belonging to the British legation are said to have bed a game at cricket within the same grounds. is now at length evacuated by the troops after an occupancy of eighteen months. The alarm that was for merly felt for the safety of this place seems to have sub sided. it will be recollected that the rebels in Shantung were said to have designs upon it, which were to be carried out as soon as the troops were withdrawn. Nothing reliable has been reported of these rebels for some time. A rumour that they have gone to the southwest is probably correct. From Hankow we are informed that the residents are still complaining of their treatment in the matter of the con cession. The mandarins will do nothing to rectify the grie vance and allow the lots of land to ba sold at a fair price. The foreign settlers are willing to pay even a high rate, but the demands of the Chinese are exorbitant. JAPAN. From Japan we learn that Lieutenant-Colonel St. John Neale, who succeeded Mr. Alcock, has been iIL He intends shortly to move from Yoku hamato Yedo. Mr. Gower goes to Hakodadi as Acting Consul. The Japan Express has been started at Yokuhama. It is printed from wooden types, and upon Japanese paper. On the 29th May there was a typhoon off the coast of Japan, in which H.I.M.S. Dordogne lost all her masts. After the late elections in Prussia, the Saturday Review published an article on Prussian politics, in which the present ministers were bandied severely. The Krell.: .Z,itung, indignant at the manner in which its friends in office had been treated, translated the article and printed it with editorial remarks intended to rebut the offensive statements of the London paper. The Berliner Al!go. swine also reprinted the article; while the Borns Zeitung gam it with the omission of the most unpleasant pessagaa The legal advisers of the ministry, however, saw a breach of the law in the publication of such libellous matter, and all three papers were proceeded against. The trial came on last Wednesday. It was to no purpose that the editor of the Kreuz pointed out that hi s intention was to defend the ministry from the attacks of the English press. The editor of the Berliner Allgenseine did not appear, and so wee proceeded against in MINIUM ciam. The counsel on behalf of the ministry fixed the damages against them two defendants at 455. and 30s. re spectively ; and against the other paper at 60s. The court condemned the former two to a fine of 30s, each, and the last to 60s, EXPRESS PROM PAM& (nom oas owl( ow PARIS, TUIMDAY EVIMING. I am informed that the note in the Moniteur of yesterday was foroed upon the Emperor by the generals at the camp. If this be true, we may look upon the said note as a tribute to Chauvinism rather than an enunciation of VA policy. To my mind it has quite this character. My informa tion may be incorrect, or only partially true ; I will, therefore, state the opinions of the principal morning papers upon this matter. The Conatitutionnel claims for itself a complete rapprochement with the Moniteur on what it pronounces to be a "declaration of the French government." It quotes a sentenoe of its own in answer to M. de is Guerronniere,which is certainly sufficiently similar to one contained in the note, as to suggest the possibility of their having been both drawn out by the same hand. It is this. "When our flag floats anywhere under the reign of a Napoleon, it retreats not before threats, and what it protects is well protected." The I I question of the future solution is left, according to the Constitutionnei, pretty much where it was. "Nobody has now the right to say that it does not still remain in the terms in which it was placed by the diplomatic documents communicated to the great bodies of the state, and by the explanations so unmistakeably categorical of M. Billault in the discussion of the address to the Senate and the Legislative Body." Now M. Billault, it will be remembered, gave it as the deliberate conviction of the government that the continued occupation of Rome was a violation of the rights of Italy. It Paulin Limayrac (for the article is by him) thus concludes his comments The policy of the imperial government is derived from itself alone (ne reeve que d'elle-inEsse):; it is inspired by its own principles alone. Neither reactionary nor revolu tionary, preoccupied alone with the greet mission which has fallen to it, faithful to its traditions, it risen and maintains itself above passions and parties. Errors and ingratitude, come whence they may, are powerless to turn it from its path. It remains still the same before a threatened revo. lution—it will continue to remain the same before that re volution when conquered. The Debate says : The declaration of the Moniteur, if it is not so precise and explicit as might have been wished, has nevertheless a sense and a bearing which we are anxious to point oat. The official journal gives an important share to the exigencies of the moment, and a share which appears to us to a oertain extent legiti. mate and necessary. But it does not make to reactionary passions and to the hopes and calculations they have already founded upon the present misfortunes of Italy, those con oessions which they believed they already grasped, and which they had announced with so much eagerness, emphasis, and assurance. To the declaration that military honour now obligee the government more than ever to de fend the Holy Father, it does not add a word which may lead to the belief that the government in tends either indefinitely to prolong the occupation of Rome or to guarantee to the Pope the in tegrity of his remaining territory. As will be secs, if the Moniteur does not explicitly confirm, yet it dose not deny, the very precise declarations published a few dais ago in the Constitutionnet. We think we may affirm that upon this point the silence of the official journal is.no less expres sive than its words. This is all we wish to point out with precision. The &kit is conspicuous by the absence of all re marks upon the subject. The clerical organs natu rally put the beet possible face upon the matter, but it is easy to see that they are struck by the absence of any mention of the pontifical sove reignty. M. de Morny opens his address to the Conseil- G‘ndral of the Puy-du-Dime by these significant words :—" I have hitherto at the opening of every session of our Council-General found pleasure in explaining to you the policy of the Emperor's government This time I shall abstain from so doing." The ground is obviously too dangerous to tread upon. The Bourse was greatly agitated at the news of the landing of Garibaldi in Calabria. Italian Renter fell 80c. for cash, and 70c. for account, leaving off at 70fr. 20c. ant 70fr. 25c. respectively. French Route also fell 25c. for cash, and 20c. for account, leaving off at 68fr. 60c. for both. PRUSSIA. Berlin letters state that the Prussian government has just addressed to its representativesin Germany a circular note explaining its views on the projects of federal reform presented at Frankfort. The cir cular strongly advocates the formation of a restricted union under the direction of a single head, both as regards internal and foreign affairs, and indicates, as the means of attaining that end, that particular arrangements should be made with the different states of the confederation. The same government has likewise addressed to the German cabinets a circular concerning the treaty of commerce with France. It explains the reason which led to the conclusion of the treaty, and the line of conduct the government proposes to follow with regard to France and the Zollverein. Prussia considers herself bound by this treaty, and declares that the governments which have refused to adhere to it have implicitly severed their connexion with the Zollverein. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. A Bucharest letter of the 16th says : Several partial elections have just taken place in the capital and other electoral districts. The following are the principles adopted by the electors at • preparatory meeting : —l. Reform of the electoral law, so that all the interests of the nation may be represented in the Assembly. 2. Orga nisation of the armed force on the Swiss or Prussian system. 3. Solution of the monastery question, with • view to withdrawing the prokirrty of the monasteries from the hand of foreign monks. 4. The creation of a ministry of commerce, the establishment of commercial schools, chambers of commerce, institutions of credit, and others cal culated to encourage and develop commerce. 5. Individual liberty to be guaranteed by a law similar to the English l•w for the same purpose. 6. Obligation on all to respect the law, and, when the law may require modifying, that it shall only be effected by the legislature. 7. Education to be gratuitous and obligatory. I have felt found to give this document, which may be regarded as the programme of the national party in Roumania, to show that our demago gues, as they are called, are not quite so black as they have been represented. None of the recent elections has excited so much Interco* as that of Prince Ribose°, es.Hospodar of Wallachia, dethroned in 1848, and who has since kept aloof from political life. This incident was altogether un expected, and gives rise to much comment. It places the new deputy and the government in • very novel position ; for Ido not think there has ever before been an instance of • prince who had occupied the throne having become a member of • political assembly in the country he once governed, and in which his partisans hive not Maned to put him forward u a pretender. Peolle won der what attitude the Prince minimums in the Chamber, whether be will act merely as the leaderof the Right in the place of M. Catardgi, or will stand forth as the repre sentative of the nation, of which be was the head for six years. However that may be, the friends of the present government are evidently ill at ease. The official journal has jest published two unportant documents : the first is the text of the international convention for regulating the telegraphic service, by which the United Principalities, recognised as forming "a completely independent tele graphic territory," d ecl are their adhesion to the Brussels convention of June, 1858 ; the second is an ordinance of the Minister of the Interior founding and organising, throughout the principalities, the municipal system, by transforming the villages into communes. SERVIA. The Nord of Brussels say : " Certain Paris jour nals consider the resignation of M. Garaschanine, the Servian minister, as positive. Our private infor mation authorises us to think that this news, which came by way of Vienna, is neither authentic nor probable,' POLAND. The latest advicee from Warsaw, in speaking of the last attempt on the life of the Marquis Wielo polaki, make no mention of the weapon having been poisonei, nor does the official journal allude to any thing of the kind. It is therefore probable that the statement to that effect in the telegraphic de spatch is unfounded. The replacing of M. Wojda as president of the town by Count Sigismund Wielopolski appears to have made an unfavourable impreesion on the Municipal Council and popula tion generally. DRAINAGE OF LAKE FUCINO. The following is extracted from a letter from Rome: Prince Torlonia has just brought a considerable under- taking to a enceeasful termination. Thanks to his powerful amistesme, the aqueduct of Claudius, which was intended to draw off the waters of the Lake Celano or Fucino, is re established. The Lake Fucino, four Roman leagues in length and two broad, is 'halted at 32 miles from Sore, in the Abruzzi, and 62 from Rome. Its overflowing fre quently desolated the surrounding country, from which, when the water had retired, poisonous exhalations emanated. On the occasion of the inauguration of the channel to pour into the Liria the overflow of the waters of this lake, the Emperor Claudius gave a combat of galleys, manned by 19,000 gladiators. An immense crowd, and the Praetorian Guard lined the banks to prevent the flight of the unfortunate combatants. "The combat," sap Tacitus, "although between criminals, was worthy of the bravest soldiers." The spectacle being concluded, the flood-gates were opened, but the flow did not succeed, and it was n to deepen the channel. Trojan, Adrian, the Emperor Frederick 111., and Alphonse L caused new works to be executed, winch were resumed in the seven teenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1826 the Neapolitan government also undertook to clear and restore the Claudian aqueduct. The glory of bringing this difficult work to an end belongs to Prince Torlonia, who, after ten years' labour, and an outlay of sevecal millions, at last saw, on the 9th of this month, the waters of the Fucino move from their level, and flow like a torrent, to orlon of " Viva Victor Emma nuele," " Viva it Principe Torlonia." Time is still necessary to drain the Fucino entirely ; but the progressive lowering of the lake will by degrees restore to cultivation arnperficies of 35,000 scree. It is calculated that the sale of the land will quadruple the capital expended on the undertaking. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The most interesting incident connected with yesterday's chronicle of the Exhibition was the embargo suddenly laid by the Italian government on the celebrated " Rattling Girl" of Magni, which had recently been purchased by the London Ste reoscopic Company. The property in the statue bad been regularly transferred by formal agree meat, and so far had the bargain gone that a du plicate had been ordered by the oompany, when suddenly the Piedmontese Minister of Public In struction placed a notice on the statue, declaring it to have become his property at the Florence Ex hibition. The Stereoscopic Company stand upon their agreement, and are preparing an appeal to the Royal Commissioners to protect them in their rights. The Great Western Railway brought up 4,000 or 6,000 excursionists to the Exhibition yesterday, and the following schools, dm., were also present : Derby National and British, 300, expenses paid by H. M. Holmes, Esq. ; Brentford British, 100, by Baroness de Rothschild ; Westminster Wesleyan Training College, 32, by J. R. Kay, Esq. ; Kelsdown C. C. School, 11, by B. Hope, Esq. ; Ashford (near Staines) Welsh School, 40, by Lord Dynevor ; officers and crew of the Norwegian corvette Ellida, by Captain Diesen ; 70 dragoons from Canterbury, by the officers. Many of the visitors will learn with regret that a very " bright particular star," namely, the dia mond known as the " Stu of the South," has been removed from its place in the nave, of which it had formed one of the principal attractions since the opening. We have not learned that any individual has become the fortunate possessor of this wonder ful gm ; but if it have been purchased, it was hardly civil to take it away before the close of the Exhibition. We noticed dozens of disappointed spectators peering into the deserted nest yesterday, and inveighing against the sudden removal of their favourite. It Is to be feared that the public are likely very speedily to lose their favourite " red " omnibuses, which have contributed so much to the comfort of Exhibition visitors during the past season. We understand that they are to be wholly withdrawn from the line on Monday next, having been all bought up by a rival company. If this be true,.we trust that the result will not be to force us back on the old, cramped-up, detestable coaiscuttles which, under the name of omnibuses, bad provided dis comfort for her Majesty's metropolitan lieges until the appearance of the Manchester invasion. The highest temperature yesterday, as shown by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers, was :—ln the nave, 71.9 deg. ; in the galleries, 74.0 deg. ;in the western annexe, 81.8 deg. The read ing was taken at 3.45 o'clock p.m. There was a considerable rise in the temperature, particularly in the western annexe. The following were the total numbers admitted yesterday, compared with the corresponding day in 1861: ama tickets kiln Tuesday, Aug. 26 ticketa Payment and day Whets 54,2E4 Total *.6. Y tickets Tuesday, Aug. 26 Total lll,llll On the 6th thirty-six members of the " German Drees Academy," together with forty-two guests, met in caucus at Heidelberg. Deputations came from many dis tant spots—Petersburg, Moscow, Stockholm, &c.—to take part in the proceedings. Among the many resolu tions passed by the assembly, the two most im portant were the following :-1. To extend the present limited rope of the society, and constitute it • universal " European Mode Academy." 2. To take measures for esta blishing a high school or college for the complete profes sional education of those who intend to devote themselves to this line of activity. The second resolution has been submitted to the consideration of • special committee with a view to the realisation of the plan as speedily r possible. It is understood that in the course of mathematical studies particular attention will be paid to the " principle of measurement." Munich has just received another addition to the number of its magnificent structures. On the 19th the Propylaeum, the last gift of Bing Ludwig to the town, was opened. The Bavarian Propybettm, an imitation of the Athenian model, is a highly decorated gate at the farther end of the celebrated square, containing the Glyptothek and the Picture Gallery. It is intended to form the crown ing work in completion of this Greek oasis, and, historically, will serve to perpetuate the memory of the Bavarian dy nasty and its extension to Athens. _ _ We read in Galignani :—" Mme. James Potter, the daring wire walker, who, by a singular coincidence., was precipitated to the ground at the Hippodrome on the aims day that her intimate friend, the Female Blondin, met with her terrible accident at Highbury Barn, is, we are happy to learn, progressing favourably towards convalescence. At the performances at the Hippodrome on Saturday for her benefit, although there was not an overflowing house, the strong English element that marked the attendance evinced forcibly the sympathy that is felt for the unfortunate equilibriste by her compatriots in Paris." The Bengali papers seem to be becoming most liberal in their views. The Bhasktir, beseeching wealthy J . :Bodo°, to endow profeesorships in the Calcutta University, tells them they will thus hoist up the flag of imperishable reeown, and make it wave everlastingly upon the crest of the Calcutta University. The Sajjana Banjoes, advocating the introduction of the Bible into Go vernment schools, describes it, in remarkable bar gunge as coming from a heathen, as "the best sad the most excellent of all English books, and there is not its like in the English language. As every joint of the sugarcane from the root to the top is full of sweetness, so every page of the Bible is fraught with the most precious instructions. A portion of that book would yield to yes more of sound morality than s thousand other treaties oa the same subject. In short, if any person studies the English language with a view to gain wisdom, them is not another book which is more worthy of being read than the Bible." BANQUETS TO FOREIGN WORKMEN, Yesterday evening the first of a series of f,,u r banquets to foretop melanin wow gives, under the ausiecoe of the Foreign Workmen's Reception Committee, in the =ltredreshment department of the International I: z bi. The first banquet was gives to French workmen, the three others being designed reejlestarelY for Italians, Belgians, and Germans. The attendance yamerday erasing operatives, with about 200 persona , chiefly French operatives., with whom were associated a oorunderable numbrr of the' English brethren of the same class. The chair was tek by Mr. B. Berkeley, M.P., who waa supported by .• Robert Clifton, Id.P., the French cremonsioner for International Eshibitioo, M. Daunt ; Mr. Blanc Jerrold, Mr. E. C. Whitehurat , Mr. W. B. Austin, • Vigor., Mr. Julius Mayhew Mr. E. Blanchard, Mr. ' .. Jerrold, Mr. it. G. Glover, Mr. Alezieff Christen, ac. . The CHALIMAN after proposing, IS appropriate t un, " The Queers " and "The memory of the late Prioce".n• sort," gave "The Emperor of the French," with ~ ,m e highly eulogistic remarks on his Majesty's successful ;forts 1 to cement the alliance between the two countries. Sir ILOBILIIT CLIFTON, H.P., proposediiilranci • The Empress of the French and the Prince imperial." I ,I.,ing so he said be had lived long enough in France to beelublud to speak in terms of sincere admiration of its French nation ; and he trusted that when the French sorlimcn, whom he addressed, returned to their own coatry they would bear with them a feeling of satioactivo at the hospitality and friendship which they had met with in England. (Great cheering.) As to the Empress she was justly regarded by tbi people of France as a second mother ; and as regarded tie prince, her son, all he hoped was, that if Providence spied hie royal highness to re i gn over the French nation IN would chemb the same friendship for this country which had been muni• fated by his father. (Cheer.) The toast having been drank with great cordiality, H. DOONAT returned thanks. He expressed strung con fidence that the Emperor was the friend of peace and commerce and the enemy of war. The treaty of commerce which was now in operation would, he believed, not merely break down the barriers which opposed the interchange of productions, but establish petosiolocOoly hiJks,ll 7 •anLjoacxon, 'peter., the two nations. (Cheers.) He concluded by proposing " fbe President and the committee by whom the banquet was orge "1" • ()mammas, in acknowledging the toast, made some felicitous remarks on the relative historical positions of England and France. There was no reason, he observed, for antagonistic feelings on either side. The French, under William of Normandy, conquered England; but the coo. quest was one of great advantage to this country, for, in. directly, it improved the language and diffused arta which might otherwise have remained unknown. The languages, like the races, of the two countries were blended, and the Frenchman still stuck to the Englishman. (Laughter.) When the French beat the English they must confess that they had had awkward customers to deal with; when the English beat the French they had no one else to beat, unless it were his Satanic Majesty. (laughter.) The two nations had been fighting long enough, and it now became them to endeavour to rival each other in the arts of peace and corn memo. (Cheers.) . . The dunnurAir sett gave, "Our guests, the French workmen preeent." (Loud and loos-oontinued cheering.) What their neighbours could do was, he said, to be aeon among the wonders in that building, out of which they would emerge crowned with honour—(cheers)—and he was delighted to be present on an occasion which evinced the feelings cherished towards them in England. Mr. BLABCILLIID JEKROLD, Hon. Secretary of the Foreign Workmen's heuption Committee, then delivered in French an address, of which the following is a translation : Gentlemen, French Workmen,—lt is in the name of the English workmen that the committee, of which I have the honour to be the representative, offers you this modest fee. tied. I dare say that the whole clams of the workmen of Great Britain participates in the friendly and brotherly feelings which have inspired our reunion. Gentlemen, you are welcome. If we are rivals in the different markets of the world, we are at least generous rivals. We march towards the same end of these Exhibition' of Industry of All Nations, when we shall press the hand of the French workmen whom the Exhibition has drawn to this country. It is by reunions like this, we are profoundly convinced, that the unfortu nate prejudices of former times will be effaced. • mutual respect arises between the two people . ; this respect will soon be spread even to the distant villages of the two countries ; and the fruit of this general respect will be a solid, lasting, and profound peace. We are happy to be lieve, gentlemen, that when you return home, you will bear with you an impression of your stay amongst us which will be advantageous. At least we will get° be weeable sod useful to you at the same time. admirable organization under which you have made your journey to London has) rendered easier the task which our committee has undertaken. However, our organization was necessary ; and we congratulate ourselves on having been enabled to render some service to the workmen who have come from all the countries of Europe to study the I=r which industry and the arts have made since 1&51. eheefin.) The tout having been drunk amid reiterated cheers, Poluerr, in responding on behalf of the French work men, said he begged to express their cordial thanks for the meaner in which - they had been received. He was not • workman himself, but he was the son of • French agrieulta• rat, and therefore owed his existence to labour. (Cheers.) It was not workmen who desired war. [A Vows : Cer tainly not.] It was their interest that peace should be pre served, and it was work, not war, which tended to the ele vation of man and the develop ment of the arts of peace and civilisation. He was convinced that all whom he repro tented were, as he was, profoundly sensible of the large hos pitality and extreme kindness of which they had been the objects; on that important and interesting occasion. Mr. Auras proposed, in complimentary terms, "The Health of Mr. Blanchard Jerrold," to which that gentle. man made a suitable response. The occasion was enlivened by the presence of the hand of the London ; Artillery Brigade, which played appropriate airs, including ' Patent pour la B 'e," and the proceed ings altogether were of an extremely fraternal and satisfac tot, character. i OGLE-MEWS RAGGED SCHOOLS. The foundation-stone of the new ragged-schools about to be erected in Ogle-mews, Foley-street, =s how, was laid yesterday afternoon by Sir B. W. in the presence of the parochial clergy and principal hike. bitanta of the district. The site for these schools has been granted by the Duke of Portland, at a nominal rentaL On this the new building is now being erected, and will accom modate 300 children. It will consist of boys and &Is' school-rooms, each 33 feet by 19 feet, and 15 feet Idgb • library and committee-room, 23 feet 6 ladies by 13 feet , and 12 feet high ; claas-rooms, 19 feet by 19 feet ; governess. room ; wash-house, 17 feet by 7 feet, and all the usual Niriartignnel. The denignedbra, Mr. W. P. , architect, will be of d • and will cost, with attendant expenses, 1,0001. The e of Portland and Benjamin Bond Cabbell, have each subscribed 1001. The contractor is Mr. Ebbage, of St. John's-street-road, ClerkanwelL Speculations are already heard as to whether the term fixed for closing the Exhibition—namely, the 15th of October, is not likely to be extended to a month later. Representations have been made to the commistiooers, to the effect that it would be a graceful thing to allow the Exhibition to remain open until the Prince of Wales comas of age, when his royal highnees will probably be induced to take part in the ceremonial of the distribution of prizes. On the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, the troops of the garrison of Brussels were exempted from service a• on other holidays. The ships stationed in the basin sod the port were dressed out with flags. On the same day the duchess completed her 26th year. Loss OP THE SHIP PEREKOP. LIVERPOOL, Toranai.—Today a telegram was received by the under writers here to the affect that the ship Perekop, Captain Pope, had been lost on the 13th of July last off the Cape of Good Rope. The ill-fated vessel was booed from the Swan River, South Africa, for London, but, beyond the mere announcement of the loss of the vessel, no details have reached this port. The Pandits) was owned in Liverpool, we undenstand, by Messrs Dean and Co. • THI RP.PHIBENTATION or STOKE—MP. SC/it:Ant Shoe has formally announced his candidature, and yesterday issued his address to the electors. His principles, as de• dared in his address, are thoroughly liberal, and in fact are nearly identical with those held by the late lamented Mr. Biesrdo. Being so, they of necessity commend themselves to the favourable consideration of the constituency. The Lana gentlemen, we understand, has already received the beet prods that they are so, and accordingly be commences his canvas under the most promising circumstances. A meet' of liberals from all parts of the borough was held at Hanley on Monday drama), Mr. William Brown field in the chair. it occupied nearly four hours. Mr. Henry Greaten (son of the member for Preston), Serjant Shee, and Mr. Kenealy, offered themselves personally as candidates. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Samuel Pope (of Manchester), Mr. Brasier, jun., and Mr. T. B. Potter were spoken of. The opinions of the candidates having been brought before the meeting, it was ultimately resolved by a large majority that, in the opinion of the nseetkag, Mr. °rectal be recommended as the most eligible eadldate of those at present before the constituency to re presses it in parliament. A committee was farmed to con duct Mr. Greafell's election. A vote of condolence with lady Ricardo, widow of the late member, was also paned. Mr. Bereeford Hope (oonservative) in the borough is very actively canvassing the electors. A meeting of the leading conservatives of the borough was held on Monday night, at Stoke, Mr. Thomas Keeling in the chair, whet. 0 realution was unanimously poised approving of Mr. Deraford Hope, and p • the meeting to do ail in its power to secure his return. niaite 11%0419111/ were decided upon for that Pur.—Bientinghast Daily Poet. a ' : CONDLIINID CONVICT Moons—The ninon lion of Walker Moore, for the murder of hie wife, will take place at Lancaster on Saturday next. The conduct of the unhappy man is much more decorous since his trial, and he diligently attends to the exhortations of the chaplain. sod oak the' Mr. boioi lobo of H. 03.0 , uttu shall corn; of 11.