The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-08 00:00:00

1 BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain extra profit by tba sale other kinds are aornatinue offered Instead of um( and TOLSON'S. Joist Beeve." "Jobe Polies," le Wined by tie soak= 411 rich Picket port upon public grounds, and oan prove its ease as thoroughly as it has just done, it will merit the support and thanks, not merely of the profession, but of the public at large. mss eaurt. wmTDSOR CATTLE, Nov. 7. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and went out this morning accom panied by Prinoess Louise. Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, went out driving. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home-park. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian went shooting, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant Haig. The Count and Countess of Paris visited the Queen a nd Royal Family to-day, a nd remained to luncheon. Count Gleichen also visited her Majesty. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Mr. Englehart left 1 the Castle yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hai. ourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council chamber, Whitehall, on matters relating to the cattle plague. The Lords prcseut were the Lord President, Lord Naas, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Harrison and Colonel Harness attended the committee. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir R. V. Willhuni, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Canada. MEXICO. GENERAL SHERIDAN RIALIETS AND THE IMPE; The following order has . bees Weed by the United States officer, General. Sheridan HeadAnarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orisons, La., Oct. 23, 1866. General,—l am satisfied that there is only one way in which the state of affairs on the Rio Grande can be b e ttered, and that Is by giving the heartiest support to the only government in Mexico recognised by our own—the only one which is really friendly to us. You wi'l there fore warn all adherents of any party or pretended govern ment in Mexico or State of Tamaulipas that they will not be permitted to violate the neutrality laws between the liberal government of Mex;co and the United States ; and also that they will not be allowed to remain in our territory and receive the protection of our Bag, in order to complete their machinations for the violation of our neutrality laws. These instructions will be enforced against the adherents of the imperial buc caneers representing the so-called imperial government of Mexico, and also against the Ortega, Santa Anna, and other factions. President Juarez ii the acknowledged t head of the liberal government of blexico.-1 am, General, very respectfully your obedient servant, P. IL SHERIDAN, Malin -General Commanding. To Brevet Brigadier-General T. L. Sedgwick, Command ing Sub-District of Rio Grande, Brownsville, Texas. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SICILY. FLORENCE, Nov. 8. A despatch received here from Palermo an nounces the arrest of several persons of position in that city, among others the Bishop of Monreale, who have been discovered to be implicated in the September insurrectionary movement. ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO. FALMOUTH, Nov. 8. The New York and Havre Company's United States steamship Arago, from New York on the 27th October, arrived here this morning with 138 passengers, 59 bags of mails, 56,900 dole. in specie, and a full general cargo. After landing General Wm. L. Duff, United States consul to Glasgow, and 11 other passengers, and the mails, at Falmouth, she proceeded for Havre. (BE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Democratic party have carried the elections in Maryland and Delaware. The Republicans have been victorious in New Jersey, and will probably be successful in the State of New York. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Borussia has arrived out. The France publishes a long letter from the Duke de Persigny, in which he says : " In these days, railways have lent to European societies a much greater impulse. Bat for France to maintain her self with honour in the midst of the universal activity that prevails, she hex no time to lose. It is neoemary that our entire gateau of communications, railways, roads, cross-road, and canals, our whole machinery of agriculture, manufactures, and trade, brought to perfection with a view to rapidity anal c heerless of transport, should be accomplished as soon as possible, no matter at what coat. Let this work be completed quickly, and neither ourselves nor our children will be em barrassed about paying the ant. Besides, the accomplishment of this great o p eration is not comman ded solely by the interest of the country. It is • d u ty which the state contracte d when it gave—and it was right in doing so—s thousand millions of frame as • mob vention to the railway companies to construct our great lines. For who is it that has paid that immense sum ? All France, that is to lay, the population who are de prived of railways and have remained poor, as well aa those who have been enriched by this powerful instru ment of prosperity running through their districts But, it will be said, how execute tom; orks ? Where will you find the nen/nary funds ? truth, I feel myself humiliated for my country, when I hear these cries of impotency. What ! a people who came into the world yesterday, the people of the United States of America, has been able to raise in a few years, and during war, fifteen milliards for the purpose of destruction, and we, a people of ancient origin, wealthy, glorious among all the peoples of the earth, should be un able to find, during peace, capital for the purpose of pro duction' This is • strange error. On condition, be it understood, of not employing it except to produce instru ments of wealth, that is to my, to create more capital, in a country like France capital is inexhaustible. The more it is employed the more it reproduces itself ; the more rapidly it is turned the more r iches it engenders. In pro portion as generations of men succeed each other does the generation of capital add to the stock, and hence the ra pidity with which it multiplies among industrious peoples, when nothing intervenes to arrest its development." 2 THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 8 1866. argretrt- 1 LATESI INTELLIGENCA IWII DIME PERSIGNY ON PUBLIC WOJ IN ?WOE. t trite erpreoo. TO CORRESPONDSNTS. ,dvertiletatata Intended for lb* kixpetwa," London Moaning paw, mast be at the Otlke, 10, nouvariooaron, by Two o'clock oa the day of publication. DRURY LANS TRW IMMO, FAUST. Mr. ?helps, Mesas. E. Phelps, W. garrison, H. Yandesho sad J. Johnstone Mrs. Herman Veda and Miss Poole.—And THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Brothers Webb. PRINCESS% Two worms, THE TRIPLI ALLIANCIL—After which THE HIIGIIIINOT CAPTAIN. Meows. J. G. Shore & Mousy ; Mires Edison, Augusts Mamas. wad Mrs. &IMAM. ILATMARKET. THis EVININCI, A Ballet Divertissement. The Misses Healey.— A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Mesas. C. Mathews, Howe, Kendal, die.; Mesdames C. Mathews, Chippetidale, dd. —THR CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews.—And A KI B B IN TUE DARK. Mr. Clark. LI Two ammo, BRUTUS AND CESAR. Miss Henrsde.—And THE LONG STRIKE. Messrs. D. BowiesMt, Emery, WiMilicomb, C , /M. •, Mrs. D. Boucle:salt —CowelutUng with TWEEDLE i= TAIL COAT. Mr. 11. Widdteumb.—Commesee at 7. STRAND. TM &IMMO, IN THE WRONG BOR.—ST.& FRIISCHCTZ ; OE. A GOOD CAST FOB A PIECE.—And BOOTS AT TILE SWAN. HOLBORN. TVI Win s% at 7. LARKIN'S LOVE LEFERRS. Mr. Bel lmore and Mir C. Sanaders.—And FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Delmore, Blake, Voltaire, do. ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, Beadle Foote, Addeo, Lennox, Raymond, B.c. BRITANNIA. TEO warms, WHAT IS 111-511aa K. Cardona; Yr. Ogden. "Mud Didnaddy , " Paul Dentin Muter 011071111 OLD CHERRY TREE. Mrs. Lane.—And KDWARD THE BLACK PRIEM HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRW DAY —Morning, 211. Min Afternoon. Th. 42en. To-MoitAoW—Mcaulng, Id 68m AitagnoOni, U. 15in. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Tire Poor-law Medical Officers' Association has for its primary object the protection of its mem bers. It claims, however, to act in the interests of the public and the poor, and passes searching criticisms on the action of guardians and the policy of the Poor-law Board. It may be that these criticisms are occasionally tinged with professional bias, and the opponents of parochial reform have already stigmatized the Association as " a Trade " Union." But the sneer is an unfair one, for the whole tenor of its action has been in the direc tion called for by the highest authorities, and in the publicity of its meetings and the directnesa of its aims the public have some guarantee that clam interests are not being unduly pressed. One of the chief points discussed at its recent quarterly meetingwaa the propositionto create resident medi calofficers for the metropolitan workhouses,and the spirit in which it had been received by some loaf boards. When this reform was originally sug gested it was in the hope that a resident medical as sistant might be appointed for each union, underthe present doctors, who would preserve their position and pay their visits as heretofore. But what was intended as a benefit to the sick pauper has been eagerly seized upon by some guardians as a plea for taking additional power into their hands, and for vindictively punishing doctors who have shown unpleasant fancies for reform. The proposal to appoint a resident doctor would seem in these instances to have been accepted with alacrity, and the new post offered prospectively to the actual medical officer with the conviction that it would be declined. To offer a hundred a year and residence in a workhouse for the exclusive services of a professional man in good general practice is a tolerably certain mode of ensuring a refusal ; so that tho practical result of this apparent acquiescence in workhouse reform would have been an arrangement in which the present staff of union surgeons would have gone to the wall. Worse than this, as the men ap pointed in their stead would have drawn their sole income front parochial sources, the guardians would have had supreme power, and the doctors been at their mercy. The effect of this change upon the welfare of paupers may be estimated from the tone of the discussions of Tuesday evening. In every instance quoted the subject of dispute between gnardiauts and their doctors was on the question and cost of diet and medical comforts. " I know how to reduce tho mortality " in my workhouse," said ono gentleman (and his professional brethren present warmly acquiesced), " and I know how to increase it. It's all a guts " tion of diet ; and as I can't get my guardians to " feed the old and infirm sufficiently, I put them "on the sick-list that I may have the right of " prescribing them extras.' " It was pertinently argued that a doctor dependent solely upon his workhouse stipend for bread would be less likely to incur this necessary but greatly de precated expense, and the plain inference that the paupers of his parish would die of starvation but for his bold interpretation of the law was accepted without doubt or cavil by men whose personal experience and professional knowledge make their testimony indisputable. The power to dismiss a parochial medical officer has, however, since 1835 been carefully vriiitheld from the guardians, on the recommendation of a committee of the House of Commons, which re ported thus :—" Every medical officer appointed " should continue in office until he may die, re " sign, or become legally disqualified to hold such "office, or be removed by the Poor-law Board." It is clear, therefore, that unless the central authority takes upon itself the responsibility of formally dis charging the present medical officers, no creation of new poets gives the guardians power to dismiss them. The Association advises that the resident assistant should occupy an analogous position to the resident medical officer of a provincial hos pital, should attend to all cases of emergency, keep the books, and dispense the medicines, and, under certain prescribed conditions, be the subor dinate of the regular doctor of the union. How far this view will be adopted rests with the Poor law Board and the guardians of the different parishes ; but it is clear that no decided course will be pursued without close scrutiny and public examination. And here the usefulness of such associations as the ono under discussion becomes very apparent. The first communications of the Poor-law Board with the guardians on the subject of appointing a resident me dical officer were sufficiently ambiguous to puzzle those to whom they were addressed, and some medical officers felt they might be sacri ficed by an adverse vote from men whose preju dices it had been their bounden duty to offend. The Poor-law Board, too, was thought to be in some difficulty as to its most prudent course ; with a powerful section of society pressing for reforms on the one hand, and with a policy which should conciliate guardians and increase political capital tempting Mr. HARDY on the other. Between these two stools the medical officers, and through them the paupers, might have come to the ground, but for the action of the Association and the com ments of the press. There is now little fear, that this particular injustice will be inflicted ; and as lung as the Association can rest its claims to sup- OUR CONTEMPORARIES• craw DAY.) VICTOR EN ILRNUF.I. IN VICTICE. With the formal entry of Victor Emmanuel into Venice the ancient republic, says the Times, for the first time in the history of the world becomes port of Italy. For the last fourteen centuries, from Attila to Napoleon , Venice has been in Italy, yet not of Italy. Her home in the lagoon, through all the changes of empires and dynasties down to the last French catastrophe, was still inviolate, inaccessible to Ita'ian pas sion, out of reach of foreign inroad. Tbis is a case, if ever there was one, for frantic enthusiasm, but still it would be well to guard against illusions. Of the old Venice little more than the corpse is left, and it remains to be seen whether deliverance oomes in time to recall it to animation, or simply to screen its lingering death from that foreign outrage which hastened and em bittered it. Neither is Venice aII of Italy that is half d e ad. Pavia and Pisa, Ferrara and Piacenza, Ravenna, and a score of others are mere spectre-cities. The question will be.—whst next? The turn of the papal city will closely follow, but with the Austrian and the Pope-King gone, what a gang of other tyran ts, as grim and ruthless —King Dirt, Queen Beggary, and all the dynasty of sloth, im providence, superstition, and bigotry—still remain to be hurled from the throne ! With these hideous monsters it behoves the Italians to grapple for themselves, for in such a contest it is little they can hope either from French chivalry or from Prussian community of interests. The cry has hitherto been " Italy for the Italians." It should now be reversed into " The Italians for Italy." CATHOLIC LE:IMAM Out of the shower of catholic literature which heralds the time for the execution of the September convention, the Daily News selects for some examination the late addresses of Archbishop Manning at Westminster and of Dr. Newman, at Birmingham. Them two representatives of the church are aware that what they my is heard by those who are outside its pale, and try accordingly to justify the papacy to the political sense of protestant Englishmen. Knowing it would be fruitless to overbear, argument supplies to their appeals that back-bone which is wanting to the mingled tears and threats of the head of the church. But the persuasive style and the dialectic skill of these writers only make more apparent their substantial failure to establish a ease for the maintenance of the tempo er ral p ow er. Dr. Newman shows that as the temporal pow of the papacy has been limited, its spiritual power has extended. According to Dr. Manning, the Romans, left to themselves, would choose to remain under the papacy, and all that the Lady Neve desires is to see this matter put to the test by the full and frank execution of the September convention. If, as he says, the course of history is evi deuce of the purposes of Providence, the decline of the temporal power is as much ordained of God as its growth. OCR ARMY ORGANISATION. Presuming that the numerous Cabinet Councils which are being held are occupied by matters of practical utility rather than by great organic changes, the Tines hopes that the opportunity will not be lost of taking a full and com plete view of the great questions raised by the present state and future prospects of our own and other European armies. It is absolutely necessary to devise some means fur increasing our army and placing ourselves less at the mercy of events. We have to discover some means by which our small regular army may be increased in time of war to an amount which which will enable us, without a sense of mortifying and &nous inferiority, to encounter the vast armies which have been lately contending for victory in either hemisphere. Conscription is one of those things to which the England of the present day is not likely to submit. We are pretty nearly in that emergency in which Prussia was placed after the battle of Jena, out of which sprang the rudi ments of the present Pi ussian military system. The problem which our government has to solve is how much of the machinery of the latter system can be applied to England, and what machinery of equal efficiency can be substituted for that which cannot be applied. Every one who observes the amount of the garrison with which we are holding Canada, as compared with the forces the United States can hung into the field, or conablers what opr position would be were we called upon to redeem, for in stance, our guarantee of the integrity of Belgium, must be at once aware how obsolete and inadequate the defences are which we have to oppose to any great European power. The Time s does not presume to offer a solution, but urgently presses upon government the necessity of being prepared with one at the meeting of parliament. 111ACELLANEOVS TOPICS. The rumour which has been transmitted by the Atlantic telegraph of the abdication of the Emperor Maximilian is ref ei ..ed to by several of our contemporaries. The Hrrold taunts the Emperor Napoleon with having quailed before the ministers of Mr. Seward and the invectives of M. Favre, and contends that, having undertaken to restore order to Mexico, he was bound for his own credit and in the interests of France to accomplish it. The Ttlegraph, which has always supported with much confidence the French occupation of Mexico, says expe sience has shown that in the absence even of indirect inter ference on the part of the United States, the strong national feeling of the country would have rendered it impossible for Maximilian to retain his throne, unless the French Emperor had made sacrifices which he could not have contemplated at the outset. The Daily -Vera replies to some of its Canadian contemporaries who have complained of its criticism upon the mission of the delegates from the mari time provinces. The Intereolonial Railway, for which the British government guarantee is wanted, is one which is unnecessary in time of peace, and which, lying open and exposed to the incursion' of the enemy, cannot be relied on in t'rue of war—a railway in which no man in his senses would take a share upon its econo mical merits. Thanks to their shrewdness in binding up the scheme with politics, they will get what they want ; but if it should prove a burden to the colonial revenues they will boldly say that the line was made much more for our purposes than theirs, and that their taxes ought not to be levied to keep up a railroad constructed for poli tical and military objects. The delegates will get the money, and all the Daily News asks is that it may have leave to place its opinions on record and have the privi lege of being able to remind the public five years hence that it wee not among the dupes. The Star thinks it will be bad policy on the part of the Canadian government to execute the condemned Fenian Colonel Lynch in Canada. His execution would be re garded as vindictive, the benefits to be hoped for from the trial and condemnation would be lost, and Canada ex posed to greater peril. Moreover, although by the laws of civilised nations anyone who takes up arms for the pur pose of invading a county not at war with his own is in no better position than a pirate, the interests of hu manity ought to be considered as well as the claims of in ternational law ; and wherever there is no immediate necessity for taking life, the unfortunate wretch ought to get the benefit of the doubt. RITUALISM AT NORTBMOOR.—The ritualistic innovations practised at the church of Nortbmoor Green parish, which have excited so much attention and discon tent of late, were on Sunday last discontinued—that is to say, the candles placed on the communion-table were removed, together with other emblems of ritualism, 1 consisting of crosses, &c. This new order of things appeared to be appreciated by the large con g re g ation present, for throughout the service the utmost quietude was observed. The Rev. James Runt conducted the service (including presiding at the harmonium and conducting the singing), the new schoolmaster, robed in a white surplice, being the only perscn who took part in the usual responses. The Litany was omitted. 1n the morning the rev, gentleman took for his text part of the 21st verse of Matt. xxii.: " Render therefore unto emu the things which are easser's ; and unto God the things that are God's." These words he applied to a question likely to occupy much attention—church-rtes. The discourse was listened to with great attention. Several of the county police were in attendance, but happily their ser vices were not required. The new schoolmaster has failed to obtain ladgings in Northinoor-green, and has been also unsuccessful in obtaining pupils for his school The farmers and other residen(B have started a school of their own, having taken a farmhouse for that purpose, and we are assured that it is attended by upwards of 60 or 70 children. It is stated that Mr. Hunt's vestments have been removed to his home, near Bridgwater, at the lust'- , gation of a lady closely related to the reverend gentleman, who disapproves of his ritualistic practioes.—Sherfornc ./oorriaL MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning the marriage of the Hon. Mrs. Maynard, widow of the late Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, and second daughter or Mr. Hen r y Fitzroy, of &key lawn, Northamptonshire, with the Earl ofl Roslyn, took place at Bt. George's Church, Hanover. square. The Earl of Roslyn arrived at the church at half-past 11 o'clock, and was shortly afterwards fol lowed by the bride, accompanied by her father, Mr. Fitzroy. The marriage service was performed by the Rev. V. Knox Child, M.A., Rector of Little Easton, near Dunmow, Essex, rested by the Rev. Francis. Pigou, incumbent of St. Philip's, Regent. street. After the ceremony the wedding party proceeded to Mr. Fitzroy's residence, in Albemarle-street, to break fast. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the earl and counter left town for his lordship's seat in Leioesterrhire. A great number of friends were present is the church as spectators of the ceremony. -- The residence prepared for the Prince of Wales at St. Petersburg is the magnificent suite of apartments in the New Hermitage, originally destined for the late Cesarevitch. These rooms are furnished in the most sumptuous style, and have never been inhabited since they were fitted up. Everything will be done to make the visit of his royal highness as agreeable as possible, and as both the Emperor and the Grand Duke Vladimir are first•rate sportsmen, the prince will have every oppor. tunity of indulging in his favourite amusement. The Duke of Rutland has been entertaining a shooting party at Cbeveley I'ark, near Newmarket. The company separated on Thursday after excellent sport. The Marquis do Lavalette, who has been on a short visit to the Count de Flahault, left on Tuesday evening on his return to Pans. Lord W. Russell and family have arrived at the Hotel Bristol from London on their way to Cannes. A marriage has been arranged and is to take place shortly between Sir Matthew Simile and the /lon. Charlotte Fraser. Miss Henriettallopc, daughter of the late Adrian J. Hope, Esq., was married yesterdayat Kilndown Church, Kent, to Captain Arthur Divett Hayter, M.P. for Wells. The bridesmaids were the seven Misses Beresfonl-Hope and the Hon. Maud and Gwendoline Cecil, daughters of Viscount and Viscountess Cranborne. Lord Crinborue, who was among the guests at Bedgebury, was obliged to leave before the completion of the marriage sere 'tee for town, in order to attend a Cabinet Council. At 4 o'clock Captain and Mrs. Hayter left Bedgebury for a twelve milea' drive to Stsplehurst station, on the South Eadern Rail way, where the afternoon express was specially stopped to convey the newly-wedded pair to Dover en route to Rome. The Sio , re states that the Count de Flandre has taken the right wing of the Grand Hotel at Paris for four months during the elliVertial Exhibition of 1 i 67. A frowns is reported to have taken place on Mon day evening on board the mail steamer Connaught, on the passage from Kingstots a to Holyhead, between an Irish M.P. and an enterprising capitalist now settled iu Ireland. It appears some badinage over wane about the capitalist starting in opposition for the borough of an M.P. led after a while some severe blows and nose-pulling, which, it is said, v. 31 probably lead to a suit against the M.P. in one of the civil coc+s. The secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Calcutta, writing of the death of the Bishop of Calcutta, says:—" His lordship had just returned from consecrating the burial-ground of Kooshtea, and was going on board the lieutenant-governor's yacht Rotas. The Rotas was lying outside another flat, the Ganduck, the approach to which was by a narrow, insecure platform. The bishop was feeling his way in the dusk of evening with a walking-stick, and a man was preceding him with a lantern. The servant who followed says that his stick slipped beyond the plank, and that the bishop stumbled and fell. The water was deep and the current strong. He was never seen afterwards." DEATH GP SIR J. L. KNIGHT BRUCE.—The Right Hon Sir James L. Knight Bruce, whose resignation of the high office of Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery was an nounced only a fortnight ago, died yesterday afternoon at the Priory, Itoehanipton, at the age of 75. Born in 1791, a younger son of Mr. John Knight, a gentleman of inde pendent property in Devonshire, by Margaret, the only child and heiress of Mr. William Bruce, a member of the family of Bruce, of Kennet, formerly high sheriff of Glamorganshire, in which county be possessed a con siderable property, the late Sir J. Knight Bruce, then Mr. Knight, was, in 1812, admitted • student of Lincoln's-inn, and in 1817 called to the bar. After attend ing the Welsh Circuit for a short time he exchanged the Common Law for the Equity Bar, where his great talents and industry soon secured a large practice. In 1329 he was appointed a King's Counsel, and in 1831 was returned to rarhament fer Bishop's Castle. A conservative in po litics, he was one of the counsel heard at the bar of the House of Lords in 1835 against the Corporation Refonn Act, Sir Charles Wetherell being his leader. In 1837, the year in which he assumed the additional sur name of Bruce by royal license, he closed his Parliamentary career by an unsuccessful struggle for the representation of the borough of Cambridge ; and in 1141, at the age of 313, was raised to the bench as Vice- Chancellor. Ten years later, in 1851, on the creation of the Court of Appeal, Lord Cranworth and Sir J. Knight Bruce were selected as the first lords justices. In the fol lowing year, upon Lord Cranworth's elevation to the wool sack, Sir George Turner was appointed as his colleague, and Sir J. Knight Bruce became senior lord justice, a posi tion he only resigned a fortnight before his death. Sir J. Knight Bruce married the daughter of Mr. Thomas Newte, by whom he had several children. His second ten, Lewis Bruce, survives him. Hie youngest son was in the 3rd Light Dragoons, and was killed in the Sikh War at the battle of lima:shah. Of his daughters, one married Mr. F. S. I). Tyssen ; the other is the widow of Mr. John George Phillimore, formerly M.P. for Leominster. THE LATE MR. Pums, Q.C.—The funeral of the above learned gentleman took place yesterday, when his remains were removed from his chambers in Pall-mall to the cemetery at Kensal-green at half-pest 11 o'clock. The funeral procession consisted of the hearse and four mourning coaches, and the mourners comprised the Rev. Charles Phinn (half-brother), the Rev. Mr. Stirling (brother-in-law of the deceased), the Lord Chief Justice of England (Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bart.), Mr. E. Lich field, Mr. Lichfield, Hon. Mr. Cavendiah, Mr. Vance, Mr. Take, Mr. Whittle, Mr. Merrywether, Mr. Birch, &c. Out of respect to the deceased pntleman the blinds of the Oxford and Cambridge Club and the Guards Club were drawn down till after the funeral, and several of the tradespeople remained closed until 2 o'clock in the after noon. On the arrival of the funeral procession at Kensal green Cemetery many personal friends of the deceased assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory, and the chapel was completely filled by them. Sub sequently the coffin was deposited in a brick grave near to that of Sir Charles Eastlake, late president of the lioyal Academy. CRYSTAL PALACE. OWN SHILLING DAY.— WEDNESDAY, Nov. T.—Admissions on peyment, 1,005; ditto by mason ticket% 1,267. Total visitors. 2,272. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PRONE OOR OWN comessrosourr. PARIS. WEDNENDAY EVNNINO. The Temps of this morning, apropos of tke letter on the commission for the reorganisation of the army, lays : To neutralise Prussia and Russia, whose alliance, if not yet concluded, is at least very clearly indicated, France must again and without loss of time become the first libe ral Power of the Continent. This seems to us essential, for it is only on this condition that we can prevent the absorp tion of all Germany by Prussia ; but it is not yet enough. The governments of Prussia and Russia are not obliged to communicate their plans beforehand to any parliament• They mo therefore take us by surprise. The l'atrik, two evenings ago, promised for the next day a note in the ifunitcur, explaining that the recruitment in Russia was only destined to fill vacancies in the army. The Russian Goios, ten days ago, said that Russia had then under arms 770,000 men, and 400,000 well drilled, who could be assembled within six weeks—in all nearly 1,200,000. Commenting on this, the Passe of this evening writes : If, as the send-official journal of the Russian govern• ment says, such was the position of the national forces before the ukase ordering a levy of four men per thousand was published, is it possible to suppose that this measure has been adopted only to fill vacancies, and to satisfy the necessities of the home service ? Do not let us be deceived by such retests. Prussia bas increased the number of its corps d'armir from 9 to 12. Russia, with nearly 500,000 men under anna, and the facility of raising this number to 1,200,000, seeks to have a million and a half at its orders by next spring. If there are part s of the interior provinces ill provided with troops, Russia has concentrated 200,000 men in its Polish provinces in addition to the ordinary garrisons. The 2110aittve of this evening states that a high functionary, with a staff of employes, of the administration has been sent from Vienna to Paris to resume the conferences relating to the conunercial treaty with France. It adds that there are good grounds for believing that the negotiations which will be concluded at Vienna will have a favourable result. From Mexico it announces that the Expe ditionary Corps has begun its movement of con centration round Mexico, and that a part of the troops have already taken up positions on the road to Vera Cruz. Everything is ready for their speedy embarkation. The determination of the Emperor Maximilian to pursue the task he had ac cepted is said to have made a good impression on the army and the population. Prince Napoleon's return to Paris was announced in some papers yesterday evening ; to-night they say that he is going in his yacht to Venice. It was the Princess who returned to the Palais Royal yesterday, and the Prince is expected at the end of the week. MM. Fremy and Talabot have left for Algeria to inaugurate the operations of the new Algerian Company. A good deal of business was done at the Bourse to-day, but without affecting prices materially. The Italian was offered in large quantities, and the price has consequently fallen. This movement is ascribed partly to its having been remarked that much of the Italian paper lately sold is of very recent date. The probability of difficulties with the Holy See and of the Pope's departure added to the weakness this was calculated to produce. It is also thought that a new Italian loan is on the eve of being brought out. Renters closed at 68fr.80c. for cash, and 68fr. Tic. for account, a slight fall. Comptoir d'Escompte, 90 fr. 50e. for cash and ac count,with a rise of 7fr. 50c. on the first and 10fr.on the second. Italians, 55fr. 50c. for cash and ac count, a fall of 40c. and 35e. respectively. Emigration continues on a large scale from Mecklenburg. lost week not fewer intend 550 persons left Schwerin for Hamburg, whence they to proceed to America. The Turkish Colonel Risk-Allah has returned to Paris. The journals announce the death at Paris of General Baron Marion. The Mentoria/ de la Loire says :—" Vichy is at this moment the resting-place of an English scientific ex pedition which has been studying the geological formation of the volcanic mountains of the Cevennes, Pay-de-Dome, ' and Fore:. Amongst the members are some representa tives of the English aristocracy and several ladies of the highest distinction, for whom the science of the different lands of the globe has irresistible attractions. The labora tory of M. Josand, the a ble chemist to the Emperor, is the centre of the analytical studies on the numerous minerals collected by this learned body." TES HURRICANE AT NASSAU, _ (From the Nassau Guardian, Oct. 13.) We are sorry to learn that of the shipping in port during the recent hurricane 93 Teasels and boats were de stroyed, 97 seriously damaged,And 41 slightly injured — total, 731. The schooner C. J. Marshall, at Nassau, is a total wreck. The captain (Evans) and crew saved themselves with difficulty. In Nassau there were tai dwelling-houses destroyed and 609 damaged, five places of worship destroyed and three damaged, seventeen warehouses de stroyed, OW theatre destroyed, and 1,034 persons rendered houseless. In the out islands, from Abaco to Mayaguana, the destruction of property was severe in proportion, and a number of lives were lost by shipwreck and otherwise. --- THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES ON THE OREA EASTERN RAILWAY. - - STRATFORD POLICE COURT.—(THIS DAY.) This day at the Stratford Police-court, Henry Buckle, who has already been committed for trial on charges of stealing and receiving property which bad been abstracted from goods trains on the Great Eastern Rail way, was brought up on a writ of habeas corpus from Ilford goal for examination with his wife Caroline Buckle, who has been since arrested, on other charges of stealing goods while in transit on the Great Eastern Railway. Owing to the apparent respectability of the prisoners, they having kept a well-to-do clothier's and drapery shop in Stratford New Town, and the large amount of property seized on their premises , the proceedings excited much interest, and the court was crowded. Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, prosecuted on behalf of the Great Eastern Rail wa y, and Mr. T. Beard , of Basinghall - - street, defended the prisoners. It may be briefly stated that the male prisoner has been convicted for trial at the Central Criminal Court for re ceiving stolen property which had been forwarded to Mr. Stevens, of Wisbech, and Mr. Starting, of Saw bridgeworth, and the wife on two other charges of re ceiving some property which had been delivered to the company for conveyance to Norfolk, but had never come to hand. Mr. Superintendent Russell, of the company's police, and Inspector Standage, of the K division, as already stated, discovered a large amount of goods in the prisoner's shop, respecting which the following additional charges were preferred: The first fresh case gone into was against the male pri liocer Henry Buckle, for being concerned in the robbery of some rolls of ribbon and blue velvet, which bad been sent by Messrs. Eyles, of Cannon-street, City, addressed to Mr. 'itcher, a draper, of Wisbech. The p acka g e of g oods was delivered to the (lreatEaetern Railway on the 7th of Septem ber, and on arriving at Wishech the parcel A was f roll oundibbon to be torn, and the ribbon and velvet missing. of r was at the bottom of the truck. Mr. Russell, the company's superintendent, deposed to finding the rolls of ribbon and velvet. The prisoner ,eaerved his defence on this charge, and the magistrate (Mr. King) committed him for trial. The next c h a rge proceeded with against Buckle was for receiving ten pairs of black kid gloves which ha been nt by Messn. Dent, of Wood-street, Cheapsid d e, to Mr. Lin-ey, of Swaffluim, In Norfolk. The goods were for warded by the Great Eastern Railway through Sutton's agency on the 15th of September. One of the parcels was Minna at Swatfham, and another was found to be torn open. The twelve pairs of gloves forwarded by Messrs. Dent were stolen, and the ten pairs of kid gloves, discovered in the prisoner's house, were identified. Mr. Beard said he would not offer any remark on behalf of the prisoner to this charge. The Magistrate accordingly committed him on this fourth CARE. The prisoner was then charged with stealing a roll of elastic intliarubber. Three rolls of the material was sent by Messrs. Barron, of Ablerinanbury, by the Great Eastern Itailway. addressed to Samuels, of Rotterdam rid Har wich. The roll of indiarubher produced was found by Inspector Standage, of the K division, in the prisoner's shop. The prisoner was remanded on this charge. Mr. Ward offered no objection. The female prisoner, Caroline Buckle, was then placed at the bar with her husband, charged with stealing and receiving two ostrich feathers, which Kid been forwarded by Messrs. Pavilion, of St. Paul's Churchyard, to Mr. Arnold, of Syr:4lllam. ey were statd to have been packed in a box and sent by the Great Easteni Railway, through Sutton's agency, on the :10th July, and the box was broken open and the feathers taken. Mr. Beard said these proceedings against the female were cruel, and reflected but little credit on the part of the Great Eastern Railway Company. The law protected a married woman in cases of this discriptionJand he was in clined to think there was no evidence against the poor woman, who really had been persecuted, and had been taken into custody for a purpose. She had only been mar ried to the male prisoner ten months, and had an excellect character. Mr. King said in her case he might be disposed to take bail. - Mr. Metcalfe said this system had been going on for some time. The prisoners were next charged with receiving a syphon enema, sent by Mr. Bailey, of Oxford-street, to Mr. Dunger, of Swaffham. The prisoners were remanded. There is also another charge against the male prisoner of inciting an engine-driver to commit a felony, but which was not gone into to-day. " The doubts," says the Pays, " which we have expressed as to the reality of the attempt at Prague on the Emperor of Austria's life are confirmed by letters from tha t city. They state that the inquiry instituted has re sulted in establishing that nothing of the kind bad occurred." The first public monument in England to the memory of the late Rev. John Keble was erected last week at Otterbourne, in Hampshire. The monument con sisted of a granite cross. The author of " The Christian Year" was for thirty years rector of Otterbourne. On the 4th inst. Rebecca, relict of the late Mr. James Brook, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, died at the age of 86, leaving 7 children, :18 grandchildren, and 53 great grandchildren--or nearly 100 descendants. A lovers' quarrel has ended in the county Long ford in the very savage murder of a young farmer named Newtry, by, it is supposed, a neighbouring schoolmaster. A committee has been formed to promote a con solidation of the various railways in Wales, so as to over- come the difficulties in which some sections of them have been involved by the failure of contractors. The total mileage of the separate undertakings proposed to be united into one system will be nearly 800 miles. SERIOCS AOCIDENT.--CSptaill Fox, of the Grena dier Guards, second son of Mr. George La ne Fox, of Bram. ham-park, Yorkshire, who hadbeea oat with the Brain ham-moor hounds, was opening a gate at Wetherby yes terday afternoon wiles he was thrown from his horse and seriously injured. At the time there was a high wind, and the horse suddenly took fright. Mr. Fox was thrown to the ground with mat violence awl fill on the book of his head. After medical attendance had been procured he was removed to Brarnham., LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before inas.Chaneellor Mr B. T. Xliedsrder4 HE OVZIYIND, MUM, AMID CO. The two motions to strike off the Men a shareholders front the list of contributories whiek aya over till to-day on the understandbig that nothing 1 6 - 41 be done in the meantime in Chambers weYe further p it „ potted till Thursday next upon the same undertakie g . BLITlea EQIIIPABLZ AMSIIRANCE COMPASY.—Tha T AIj e MEATH RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Mum moved for an injunction to restrain mod. at law upon a policy of assurame. The ease ma 1,4; the court in July last, but was allowed to steal erw the plaintiff's paying the amount of the policy i n t. (wit. The defendants had now no objection to the inj but the farm would have to be altered in conneatesstls the amalgamation of the Vale of Neath Railway et* i he Great Western klailwey. defendants Mr. Ince tad the . The inin=las granted. SULLIVAN W. IWID.—TFIt MD, SAM In this case an interim injunction had been gn a w retraining the defendant Wil l iam Sykes Wok 'is. gistered official of the Leeds Banking Company, h ue p► ceding with an action at law upon two bills of amounting together to 9471., and the cause now ee 44 46 Z h • . The plainti ff alleged that the bills woman by rug and Co., and accepted by him in pent an e a n arrangement with the man a g er of the ha nk that It. were to be need for the retirement of a bill which 144, fall due on the 214 of September, DM, but that R aw sequence of the stoppage of the bank on the 17th d tember that arrangement could not be carried e5e., ,,4 no consideration was ever received from the beak bills. The oiced7haneellorsaid there could be no quake O a t the bills which were discounted by the bank on of September and the amount credited to Want 141, became then the property of the bank, and the rely m a therefore was as to the arrangement laid to hirro entered into with Mr. Greenland. The ones of nail& inic the arrangement rested with the plaintiff, sad is opinion the plaintiff had failed in establish* in g s h i must be dismianed with eats. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Roberts appeared for the at sad Mr. Glass and Mr. G. for the defeat COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. g@ in Baneo.—(Before the Lord Chief Joie stdßittin Justice' Blackburn, Mellor, and Lash.) in El AN ATTORNZT.—Rt LI OT Arrscintln Mr. Ill'lntyre applied for • rule nisi for an stheinesi against an attorney of this court. The cbarge egad s e attorney was that he refused to pay over to • WM& a sum of money and the probate of a wilL Aa or& efgr. Justice Willem directing him to do so was made silk Id court on the 24th May. The money and donnas bed b e en demanded of the attorney, but be had retold bibs either up : Rule nisi granted. 111 tits AN ARBITRATION. Mr. Dowdeswell, who appeared for Mr. Binh.., moved for • rule to set aside an award in AM the gentleman, a Mr. Hopper , and Mr. Wrigisems, interested on three grounds—first, misecedset d As arbitrator ; second, that the umpire was chaos by Ise by the two arbitrators and third, that the essess moot of b umpire, which was in wri ting, was aelipg by the arbitrators in the presence of each other. He sit conduct complained of was that the umpire and together. with Mr. Wrightson (who is a and his attorney, one day at the oromlni u me sitting, dined together, and Mr. Wriettlos Mil won • bet on a race, tre ated the party to &engin, li that during the dinner, the business of fits sth tration was discussed in the absence of lfr. i ng h a m. They dined together the folio when the umpire became intoxicated, sad to leave the table between 5 and 6 o'elre . was so bad that he had to remain at Mm. trigs son's inn the whole of the night, and on the folisesj morning on asking for his bill he was Writhing' nothing to pay. The award was afterwards reek, of was found to be very much in Dlr. Wrightson's kw The objection to the appointment of the umpire me the arbitrators not beg able to agree put the eons in a hat and the umpire, a friend of Mr. lfStg son, was drawn, and he was appointed. Tin iid point, that the appointment wan not signed lithe 14 tratoss in presence of each other, it was eontelded,sie the award void. The Court said the learned counsel might intestine all the points, but they should hesitate before theyale the award void on the latter point. Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Baneo.—(Before the Lord Chief Rua ed Barons Martin, Channd Pigott.) CAVELL V. PRINCE. This was an extraordinary case, nrrising out of a er risge settlement, which was tried before Ifs. Bus Martin, at the sittings at Westminster, after hates, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., in pursuance of leave Mali 1 by the learned judge, now moved to set w ide thereat and enter a verdict for the defendant. The adios as brought by the trustee for the hus band under a unto settlement, to recover certain instalments doe sit from the defendant, who was the wife's fatherds•lnt el the defence set up was an allegation of the itapotwl4 the husband, and of fraud on his pas 2 entering into the marriage contract with ledge of his disability. The learned counsel toe argued that there was a total failure of considnuce the annuity secured by the settlement. The &foils gave the annuityon the understanding that the mania perform the duties of husband, and be in such a psis that there might be progeny between him and after the marriage. ha IwtM The Lord Chief Baron said he agreed ar;th Martin that there was no evidence to go to the juquist port of the pleas alleging impotency. This I*, Lion was not only not proved, but tie cst witness called to support it —namely , ths kis band, distinctly and expiessly disproved it spa oath. The case was one into which the court sues" .4 l enter more at large than was absolutely weeny Wu. purposes of justice, and it was enough to ray thattbsto terial allegation on which the whole meriu natal it been positively negatived. With regard to ths of fraud, there was not only no and support that, but the husband denied say , hr ledge of his alleged impotency a t the tills the marriage. If, however, there h ad been Whiles! justice, it was a consolation to know that justice 'ltie sought and obtained in the Divorce Court aical...T.; divorce a vinculo, and if the impotency .was marriage would be pronounced void ab Maio, siale ll / 0 ties secured in their rights. Ile thought there eat" be no rule. The other barons being of the same opinion, WO `ion was refused. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE (Before the Judge Ordinary., HUDSON AND SMITH r. NCRRAY AND HOLPANOI6I. 1 , Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Hayford for the Or•_,J The testator in this case was a 'Verkshiremsn ,P.. Francis lioldsworth. He had inherited a conserw 1. tate from a gentleman named Gill, and be had mar ! whereby he bequeathed it to his two sistsis far there' with remainder to their children, or in the motif tle leaving no issue, to the family from whom he n had &Or ° property. After this he went n iad ; . still 11 $ ' a re td asylum he made a second will , wher eb y be gC perty to his sisters absolutely. This dorms, t propounded, and the case was sent dor trial to Leeds assizes ; but they called no and the verdict passed against them. When the the were returned to the court, the judge declined them, no evidence having been given to disproo f , ,Ib i will. The executors, therefore, propounded or',, and gave evidence to show that ou the 3.4 on ',,_ later one was executed, the testator was in a hoer • lion. It had, however, been attested by Mr. Neill& , proprietor of the asylum. Sir J. Wilde—This seems to be e very abainef de'"'"ellii,; and it is a matter that ought to he brough t to ledge of the Lunacy Comniosioners. wig% Dr. Deane—We are giving this evidence , 1111 a view to ulterior proceedings. eil lol Formal proof of the execution of the former been adduced, • Oasi The court pronounced in favour of the earlier the later will, with omits. ERERSLET r. PLATT AND oTHEIM a l p Dr. Spinks for the plainti ff ; Dr. Wainbey fade"' &atm. i The testator, Robert Ekersley, a muslin InerMs Bolton, died in January, 1864. On his death tbefrol Platt, an intimate friend of the deceased, Pre l i V dated two years before, under which Richard liserl, ' o i eldest son, only took 2 001 . The instrument gave 3a.• _l/0 of his grandchildren, and ss. a week to histuotber P7O queathed his freehold house, land, furniture , ,1,,, apparel to Platt, the residue being le ft to be din ' _;17,41 thegrandchildren. This disposition wan bitterut the testator had only a few days befoe plaintiff, but having no reason to doubt its ef:t Richard Skersley joined in taking 7-0. it. Subsequently be had a &TO"' ' ll O/ and in the course of a Chancel ~,d mime out that the testator, thinking that he ba577,4 son wrong, had made two later wills, in ettrrirs which the plaintiff's legacy was increased M 3 ,,,,:;04 0 . the latter he was made universal legatee. ~, 10. given by Platt , was that he kne w of the tee p,7,„0 1 but that on one occasion the testator had ie ru;illa read over all his wills, bad selected the • MO burnt the other two. [The case was not concluded when our _____----------.7._. -- .r .2 P.), AOCIDEIT TO W. T. MITFORD, FAl a r ii i - 011 0 regret to hear that the respected member for met with a severe aecident--a fall into an moure7o, # re after dark, on the badly lighted pier t o gu lf though be is said to be recover i ng from die einsil i fall, we fear that it will be some tints before ab!e to walls. — feat Sussex Gaulle. ..----- rtir o rs cae3ocame 5 The 032 1 time t 4 tesrg e .Ll g r . Mame 1 ; D"Le r. Chime 4 ;7 " w i n statm p r . 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