The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1866. possible; but such is the danger which must always exist when the power of conferring or withholding public honours rests solely with the Government, whose means of information are necessarily casual and imperfect, and who must be often at a loss themselves to discriminate merit that does not force itself upon their notice. If future philosophers should desire to know how their labours will be appreciated, let them consider the history of Mr. RONALDS. It is just fifty years since, in 1816, he offered his discovery to the Government, who scornfully rejected it. Thirty-six years later, in 1852, the Government of that day placed his name on the civil list for a pension of 75/. a year, in consideration of what they called his " important " discoveries in electricity and meteorology," one of which was the electric telegraph. It seems he had subsequently made other discoveries in these subjects. And this pension from t he Crown Mr. RONALDB, at an advanced age, still lives to enjoy, scarcely, perhaps, a full recognition for services of such importance. Finally, he has to witness, with that equanimity which only philosophers can coin wand, the receipt by others of high public honours in which he has no share, conferred upon them for a particular application of his invention, and on the recommendation of the same authority of the Government of the country which had already assured him that the invention itself was " wholly " unnecessary." But whether Mr. RONALDR, or Mr. WHEATSTONE, or any one else, be entitled to stand first in order of merit, it would be a national reproach, not possible in any other country than England, if claims of such a nature were met with nothing but the indifference and contempt of which the Government of a former day furnished so signal an example. exploit :—" I got a note off from the Governor, saying that they wanted to execute • rebel, sad selling me to Wag a bit of reps. I went e• shore with • couple d dingey boys in the dingey, sad took them with me, and ha vse pointed oat, and we hung him on tb►epot." Isar gine this man presiding as a judge in cases of life and death. THE CONFESSIONAL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Referring to the letter of Dr. Pusey, the Times reminds its readers that the argument of the " Eirenioon" was that there is no material antagonism between Anglican doctrines and those of Rome, and this fact, when we remember the uniform language of the English divines, is sufficient to condemn the whole movement with which his name is connected. The complaint against the extreme high church advocates is that they enjoin confession as a duty, and practically extort it in cases where it is neither necessary nor desirable. If a clergyman systematically enforces on his people, as the Bishop of Salisbury would have him do, that he is personally entrusted with supernatural power to absolve men from their sins or to withhold &boo lution from them, he exercises a moral compulsion on them to apply to him for a pal tioipation in its benefits. But to receive this he must previously confess ; in effect, therefore, the high church doctrine of abso lution compels confession. The Times then sup• plies an illustration of the practical operation of this system from a volume of experiences recently published by an English Sister of Mercy. A young lady who had entered a protestant sisterhood subsequently left it at the request of her relatives ; " but Dr. Pusey, her confessor, wrote to urgo upon her to return, declaring that if she failed to do so he could no longer remain her spiritual director—a threat which involved his refusal again to grant her absolution." The result was that, though so un happy in the convent as to be " perpetually weep ing" and meditating self-destruction, the poor girl returned, and when asked the reason could only reply " What could I do I must have been lost if Dr. Pasty would not give me absolution." Such doctrines and practices are monstrous and intolerant ; they are downright Romanism in its most obnoxious form ; and the claims of the high church spokesmen as to the identity of their powers and doctrines with those of the Itomish priesthood is utterly fatal to their claim to be recognized as true members of the English church. To this plain issue the question was brought twenty years ago by the publication of " Tract 90." To this it seems to have come once more. It is impossible to doubt that the answer will be the same. Witt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE. Nov. 21, Tho Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wales, walked and drove yesterday, and her Majesty drove out with her royal highness this afternoon. The Princess Louise walked in the grounds to-day, and Prince Leopold went out also. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Major-General F. Seymour and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, went out shooting. Lord Crofton had the honour of accompa nying his royal highness. Lord Alfred Paget returned to the Castle yesterday. To-day is the birthday of the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal). A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the offic'al 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, tho Earl of Malmcsbury, 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. Deputations from the vestries of St. Pancras and St- Idarylebone bad an interview with Lord John Manners at the office of her Majesty's Works yesterday on the subject of lighting the paths across Primrose-bill. The deputation from St.. Pancras consisted of Messrs. Jonathan Salter, Michell, J. Tayler, Winter, and Lawford, accompanied by Mr. Scott, chief surveyor. The deputation from St. Mary ' lebone consisted of Messrs. Sumner, Ward, and Soder, accompanied by Mr. W. K Creenwell, yeah/ clerk, and Mr. Browning, chief surveyor. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes. terday. The lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence PeeL Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Canada. BANQUET TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF !BELA ND. The Marquis of Abercom was entertained at a banquet last evening by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. His EXCELLENCY, in replying to the toast of his health, alluded to a number of local subjects—such as the im provement that was visible of late years in the city and suburbs, and the plans for purifying the Liffey ; but he made no political allusions, although the Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast, directly referred to the question of the relations between landlord and tenant, and the neces sity for their adjustment. His excellency merely said that, although there were differences of opinion in the country, he could congratulate the people on their position and on the satisfactory character of the harvest. He pointed out that the live stock had greatly increased, and lamented the decline of the population through emigra tion, remarking that the country ought now to be able to support in comfort its present inhabitants, and that it be. hovel all who were interested in the welfare of Ireland to discourage and, if possible, prevent any further exodus. His excellency was loudly cheered. INTENDED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO WOLVER HASIPTON.—The people of Wolverhampton have put up a bronze equestrian statue in their Market-place to the me mory of the late Prince Consort, and it now awaits unveil ing. The sculptor who prepared the model from which Messrs. Elkington cast the bronze was Mr. Thornycroft. Before that gentleman submitted a model to the authorities of Wolverhampton he consulted the Queen, and her Ma jesty suggested that the figure should be in military attire ; the subscribers approved the design, and the Queen graciously allowed the sculptor to have the temporary possession of a suit of the Prince's military uniform to as-ist him in producing a correct representation of the Prince in that costume. During the progress of the model ling her Majesty and likewise the Princess Helena honoured the sculptor with several visits at his studio and displayed a very warm interest in the work. Encouraged by these facts, first the subscribers and then the corporation deter mined to invite the Queen to inaugurate the statue, and her Majesty has been pleased to accept the invitation, and will go to Wolverhampton on Friday, the 30th inst., accompanied by the Princess and Prince Christian, and by the Princess Louise. Yesterday evening a special meeting of the town council was held to make the necessary arrangements ; the belle of the town were set ringing, and the telegram which conveyed the news of the acceptance of the invitation was proclaimed on the Ironmasters' Change, where it was received with enthusiastic cheering. Funds for receiving and entertaining the royal guests have been voted by a special meeting of the town council. . . . . . Her - Majesty (says the Worcester Chronicle) has sent an extensive order to Newtown, in Shropshire, for a quantity of Welsh flannel and red flannel cloaks, for died. table distribution. In celebration of the royal favour the church bells were set ringing, and the lucky tradesman who had received the order illuminated his shop to testify at once his satisfaction and his loyalty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Sir E. C. and Lady Caroline Rerrison at Brame Hall, Suffolk, on the 4th or sth of December. The Prince of Wales is expected to return to Sandringham from Russia about the 24th inst. ; and on December the let, the birthday of the Princess, the school children at Sandringham will be entertained by her royal highness. The Prince and Princess are expected to remain at Sandringham during December and January. His Excellency Count Appon3i, the Austrian I ambassador, left town on Tuesday for Paris, on his way to Hungary, and will be absent about two months. In the I interim, Count Kalnoky, who is expected to arrive from Vienna to-day, will act as charge d'affeires in the absence of the ambassador. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond go to Good wood, Sasser, where the coming of age of their eldest son, the Earl of March, is to be celebrated with the customary rejoicings next week. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. EXPECTED REVOLUTION. "The Queen Dowager," says the Arenir Na_ tionaf, " has added her solicitations to the advice tendered by the Duchess de Montpensier to Queen I sa bella, but without effect. The Marquis de Miraflores, one of the oldest of the Spanish nobility, and formerly President of the Council, next endeavoured to show the Queen the danger of the course she was pursuing, but his influence was equally unavailing. Political considerations have no influence on a mind which is the slave of religious scruples. Que me imparts mi etterpo si salvo mi alma (" my body is nothing if my soul be saved") was her answer to the Marquis de Miraflores. Arrests con tinue to be made amongst the people and in the army. The colonel of the King's regiment and other officers have been sent off to the Philip pines. The influence of Gonzales-Bravo is increas ing every day. Father Claret has confidence in him alone, and Sister Patrocinio considers that he is the man appointed by God to save the church and Spain. " In the political and governmental circles of Paris," says the hviaperidance Beige, "it is ex pected that the telegraphic wires may bring at any moment the news of a general rising throughout Spain. Should such a calamity occur the Narvaez cabinet cannot say that it has not received friendly advice from France. M. Mon knows this, and the President of the Council cannot be uninformed of it. Henceforward French diplomacy has only to wait and watch the current of events." " Our news from Spain," says the ,Shale, " is most afflicting. Never has such a state of things existed. Everything is in paralysis. Commerce, trade, and agriculture are at the last gasp, and the severity with which the immediate payment of taxes is enforced terrifies the population. In the great centres of business there remain some resources, but in the small towns there is desolation. The representations of pauperised families have no effect in mitigating the misery to which they are doomed. At the same time the prisons are full of innocent citizens. Neither age nor sex is re spected. There Is grief in families, disgust in the army, and fear everywhere, but greatest in the government, which is expecting a revolution on all sides. M. Berger, Marquis alai dori, a French citizen, was arrested in his bed at 3 o'clock in the morning. The private letters are opened, and the provincial governors seize on all correspondence that is suspected by them. This state of things cannot possibly last, and a catas trophe is momentarily expected, for despa'r• and misery have exhausted all patience." The hi,rd says that a report prevailed in Paris that the Queen intended to abdicate and meant to take refuge rri France, and that the French govern ment was concentrating troops on the side of the Pyrenees, in order to be prepared for any insur rectionary or revolutionary movement that might arise. THE CHOLERA AT ROME. Letters from Rome of the 16th state that the cholera there is now very serious. On the 15th there were 100 cases; and in consequence of the panic several foreigners have left the city. EXPR] PARIS. (rams oea owls emtaasrosmsir.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY ZEMMOL I see it stated in several quarters that General Fleury's mission to Italy is merely complimentary and formal, and that,instead of staying some months in Rome to see how matters go after the departure of the last French soldier, he will certainly be back in Paris before the end of December. The telegraphic-news comes to-day that the general only stayed in Florence long enough to have one inter view with Baron Ricasoli, and that in pursuance of orders from Compi e gne, he went on at once to Rome-. This dies not look as if ho had any painful negotiations to conduct at Florence, tending to a suspension or a remodelling of the convention of September, but rather as if the main object of his journey was to make a final attempt to subdue the obstinacy of the Pope. Nevertheless M. Emile de Girardin, whose rela tions with Prince Napoleon render his testimony on a matter of fact of some importance, says in the LibertJ, this evening, he " knows for a certainty that General Fleury's instruc tions are to consult with the Italian govern ment as to the best mode of preventing, or at least postponing, the fall of the pontifical throne, and that with the view of depriving French catholics of a grievance of which they would not fail to make formidable use against the imperial throne in forth coming debates on the address." The Emperor, who did not attend the first battue at Compit.gne, and was of course, therefore, sup posed to have suffered a relapse, was out shooting on Monday, and brought down upwards of 100 head of game to his own gun. There is much confirmation of the news I confi dently gave you yesterday, that the Emperor Maximilian had " suddenly " left the city of Mexico ; but the most significant confirmation of all is to be found in the silence of the Moeiteur, which does not publish a single extract from the government despatches by the last mail. The Bourse was somewhat firmer and more active. Rente rose sc. for cash, and 10c. for account, closing at 69fr. 50e. and 69fr. 52ic. The approach of the dividend has something to do with this im provement. Mobilier fell 71r. 50c., but Credit Foncier rose 5f r. OUR CONTEMPORAALES. (TIM DAY.) IHE MANCHESTER REFORM BANQUET. According to the Times the presence of 900 guests at the Manchester banquet does not prove the existence of any intense interest in reform but rather evriesity to hear one of the best orators of the day. Mr. Bright's speech mainly consisted of abuse of the late Reform Bill, and, to do him justice, he never said more for it than that it was a lever, which he would like to have in his hand, with a good fulcrum to work upon, and the British constitution at the other end. He takes Lis stand on the principle of a rating or a household suffrage, but says notl'ing as to how the principle is to be applied, and it cannot be applied except together with other principles. As to his pietcm of the three classes, nothing can be further from the reality. The tt ath is, England does not stand upon classes, and her whole system is adverse to lines of social demare—tion. .- The conference and banquet, Omer yes the Daily News, afford gratifying proof of the unanimity and resolution of reformers—a unanimity very disquieting to their oppo nents. For men to refuse to act together now because they differ as to the abstract pt;nciples of representation would not be honesty but stupidity. It is sufficient that reformers heartily desire all that they join in demanding— that is, a household franchise not falling short of the measure proposed by Lord Palmerston's government in lrek. The capitalists who are taking part in this movement probably perceive that the real danger against which we have to guard is in keeping the gates of the constitution obstinately closed. No form of conatitutional government can reckon upon permanence under which the enormous majoi:ty of the population is excluded from a direct in terest and participation in the working of public institu tions. Manufacturers who know the power of the trades' unions shrink front the idea of allowing a class which has numbers, and physical power, and enthusiasm, to organise itself outside of the representative system of the nation. Reform is also needed for the better securing the ends of good government. As things aro the nation is convinced years before any impression is made upon parliament, and great changes have needed the apprehension of some physical calamity to drive houre arguments hither in unavailjpg. The Manchester Con ference acted wisely in declining to commit itself to the details of a particular measure, and the position which they take towards the present government is not justly open to censure. They simply decline to place themselves in the attitude suggested to them of respectful expectation. The Herald thinks the catalogue of the names of the middle class who were present but a scant roll, and the whole character of the proceedings as unenthusiastic and tame. No one will gravely asset. that the motive which brought these nine hundred gentlemen to a "sumptuous' banquet at Manchester is the same as that which recently tilled the streets of Glasgow, Birmingham, and Leeds. The banquet is a demonstration of nothing except that a cer tain number of noblemen and gentlemen desire to see a change in the present system of representation, and in this opinion Lord Boughton and his friends have no mo nopoly. The electric telegraph blundered in transmitting a sen tence of Mr. speech, in which he spoke of the nutubern likely to attend the great demonstration in Lon don. lie said 200,000,but the telegraph sent it as 1,000,000, and several of Or^ contemporaries 63 printed it. But why, asks the Star, only '200,00! Leeds ("1 as much, accord ing to the most ti tistworthy accounts, and Birmingham also. Why not aim at something even greater? for now is the time to impress upon the ruling class the hopelessness of fur.her resistance, and the policy of making large and liberal concessions to the people. THE success of the Atlantic Cable has given a new intere:it to the history of electrical science, and it is not surprising to find that a contro versy as to the first invention of the Electric Telegraph is now attracting public attention. It is remarked that while honours have been freely distributed upon the success which has I attended the laying of the Atlantic Cable which carries the telegraph, none have been conferred on those who first invented the electric telegraph itself, or who by various improvements have brought it to a state of such perfection that it has been long in general use all over the world. In short, that those who have conferred on the world one of the greatest benefits of modern times have been passed by wholly unnoticed in the recent dis tribution of public honours. The enthusiasm which attended the miecess of the great Atlantic experiment appears to have obscured for a time the merits of those whose previous labours had already produced such vast results, and but for whose discoveries the Atlantic experiment itself could never have been so much as tried. Yet among others the name of Mr. Wnssrsromg is well known, and a leading journal has loudly de manded for hint the merit of the first invention of the electric telegraph, and the honour to which such a claim, if well founded, would justly entitle him. This claim, however, is not unchal lenged. It appears from a letter which we lately inserted from a correspondent that fifty years ago Mr. FRAN , IS ItoNALPs, a gentleman devoted to scientific pursuits, and still living, invented and offered to the then government an " electric tele " graph " which ho had constructed and put in operation. The reply which he received from the Department of the Admiralty is a curious instance of the official tone. Sir JOHN Battnow, the Secre tary, informed Mr. Po ,NALos that " telegraphs of " any kind were then wholly unnecessary, and " that none other than the one then in use would "be adopted." Well might Mr. BARROW per form a filial duty in writing, as he has lately done, to the Editor of the Pall Mall Ga:ette, in which an account of this affair had appeared, that his father, in sending this reply to Mr. RONALDS, acted as " the organ of the Board, and not on his THE PROsECUTIoN Or MR. ETRE. " own responsibility." Mr. RONALDS, however, The Daily NeKS thinks it plain, from the constant con• not satisfied with the opinion of the Admiralty, junction of the two arguments used by the friends of Mr, published in 1823 a pamphlet entitled " Descrip. Eyre—that lie did nothing but what was lawful, and that " tions of an Electrical Telegraph, and of ho is to be relieved from penalty because of his inten "t, arena—that t ishrit their thri have a n t : confidence n t innocence. beialgon some other Electrical Apparatus," describingassertion in of the law what he had (lone, and illustrating his inven- their side which makes it absolutely necessary to try the tion by drawings. He there predicts with a question. Toe Daily News proceeds then to notice a work remarkable foresight some of the purposes to which Mr. Finlaisou has just published, in which that which the invention might be applied ; for he lawyer seeks to prove that every one of Mr. Eyre's acts says, " Why should not our Kings hold councils is strictly authorised, not merely by local Jamaica law, "at Brighton with their Ministers in London T but by the law at this moment prevailing in England. Tocha.tirolaartioafl-lafowreniivay war,in or this a co co ns u i ltry , " Why should not our Government govern at be or P a rio . t med th e a n t " Portsmouth almost as promptly as in Downing- when proclaimed, government may at its discretion attest, " street 1 Why should our defaulters escape by at any spot within or beyond the proclaimed district, any " default of our foggy climate 1" . . . " Let one suspected of complicity, may transport him in custody " us have electric conversazione offices, communi- to the jui,s,lictiou of a drumhead coort-martial ; that this " eating with each other all over the kingdom, if tribunal may judge him on any evidence, however scanty, y i re an m d o c te on , d wi em th n la hi w n l i ess to dee d d e s at . h th fo a r t h a e o L c a on t n h e e N n ioz, fo h r o th wev .t e h r `t we can." A more striking instance of scien tific foresight cannot well be imagined. Mr. shot ; and that for all this nobody is liable, y and nu proof RONALOS, being probably more of a philosopher o f i nnocen ce is admissible to procure any redress—such is than a man of business, took out no patent ; and the law, 'slt. Finlaison and Mr. Eyre's friends tell us, we it was not till 1837 that the first patent was taken are living under now. His accusers demand a judicial de. out by Messrs. COOKE and WHEATSTONE. j donation whether such is the law, whether our liberties We cannot see, therefore, how a priority of in- and lives stand in such hourly hazard, in order, not chiefly that Mr. Ej re may be punished, but that either we may vention over Mr. RONALDS can be claimed for know that the law is not so, or that we may by legislation either Mr. WHEATSToNE or Mr. COoKE. But make it not so. however this may be, and whatever may be the The Tekovroh, though on the side of Mr. E).-e on the relative merits of these gentlemen, it would be a general question, protest. against the letters of Liente strange thing, considering the unspeakable benefits nant Brand. His courage, it says, is so noisy that one to the world of the electric telegraph, if the men would rather not have been under his protection during the who first discovered, or developed and brought rebellion. He could in no way have better served the to perfection, the most wonderful and use - cause of the Jamaica committee than by writing letters filled with everything that a person in his position should ful invention of modern times should be not say. When his precious epistles are read, the ones deemed unworthy of the slightest public lion will be asked, was this a man to trust with matters notice on an occasion when the subject of life and death?? And if an answer be given prejudicial is under consideration, and when so strik- to the cause of Jovernor Eyre, we may object to the con ing an instance has occurred of the successful elusion as illogical, but we certainly cannot call it nn application of their labours. One would have natural. Lieutenant Brand may be still an officer, but thought no pains would have been spared to seek e t, e Telegraph cannot in its conscience call him a gen out, if they still lived, those to whom the eTrreu Brand • world was so deeply indebted. No one grudges correspondence , the Star ways, has done more than a hundredweight of blue books could do to illustrate the honours bestowed on the men who have, with the nature of the tribunal which tred and hanged infinite skill and perseverance, succeeded in laying Gordon, and which for successive weeks sported with the the Atlantic Cable ; hut many will ask, Where are lives of men and women as if they were rabbits or rats. they by whose previous labours and discoveries it Lieutenant Brand is the officer who, when asked before became possible that there should be a cable at all ? the Jamaica Commission whether he had ever said he Do you ennoble those who laid the electric wire would have great pleasure in banging Gordon, made across the sea, and forget the men who have answer, "No ; but I may have said it about Flemming' because I did have the pleasure of hanging him, and it was enabled you to control to useful purposes the a great pleasure !" 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Of those arrested a few days since iu Palermo Monsignors Bellavia has been liberated. In a letter to the Amin drl Popo!" he speaks of the resistance which on several occasions he made to the demands of the insurgents to accompany them to the Municipio. Threatened at length with the dagger and the pistol, he yielded, and, together with the other noblemen arrested, formed the celebrated committee who "in those most solemn moments saved the country from disasters incalcu. lable. I, unhappily whirled into that chaos in which I shudder at the thought of having been found, will confess without reserve that I had my part, nor will I be defrauded of it. History will in due time satisfy the country. These gentlemen are under arrest, and why not I ? I entreat that I may be arrested as well ; I was with them. I do not desire, therefore, that my fate, at least in this painful conjuncture, should be separated from theirs." Sc. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HUNGARY. PF.STH. Nov. 20. Herr von Majlath arrived here yesterday, and held a conference with the leaders of the Deak Party. The extreme Left desires a fusion with the Deak party against the government. [Delayed in transmission.] MEXICO. PARIS, Nov. 22. Official advices received here from Mexico state that the Belgian Legion has failed in its attempt to retake lxmiquilpa.n. The French detachment near Mazatlan had re pulsed an attack made by Corona. A Mexican ' outpost, instead of supporting the French, had gone over to Corona. General Castelnau arrived at Vera Cruz on the 12th October. He was received by M. Parron, Chief of the Military Cabinet of the Emperor Maximilian, and left on the 13th for the city of Mexico. _ _ THE WEST INDIES. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22. The steamer West Indian has arrived here. Her dates are Colon Oct. 27, and Jamaica, Nov. 1. A projected meeting for the purpose of asking the Queen to remove the chief magistrate, Mr. Bowerbank, from the Kingston bench had been prohibited. The bill to increase the duty on rum had passcL the Legislative Council. Cholera had broken out at St. Andrew. A fire at Colon had destroyed 70,000 dollars' worth of property. The city was in a deplorable state. The journals of Stockholm announce the suicide of M. Bjursten, known for his song writing, and whom the Swedes called their Wronger. Tortured by an incurable malady he cut his throat. The well-known singer, Mme. Gassier, has just died in Madrid of a nervous disease contracted at Moscow some years back, and which had since only permitted her at rare intervals to appear en the stage. She was only 45 years old. For her it was that Venzano composed his famous waltz which she introduced with such immerses success in the singing lesson of the Bartiere. A letter from Rome in the Florence Gazette de clares that one of the principals in the murder of Presi dent Lincoln had just been discovered in the ranks of the Pontifical Zonaves. Having been arrested on the demand of the United States Minister, the man was lodged in the prison of Amagni, whence, however, he succeeded in effect nog his escape. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT MOSCOW. A letter from Moscow of the 15th says :—" The Prince of Wales left St. Petersburg by express train, night and day's wolf hunting at Gatschina, at 9 o'clock at night, and arrived hero at 1 o'clock. An immense crowd had collected at the station, and lined the streets through which he passed to the kremlin. Immediately on his ar rival at the palace he began to visit the curiosities of the place, accompanied by his suite, and for some four hours they were constantly on foot inspecting the wonders of that extraordinary building. Very glad I believe they all were when they had time to take a few minutes' rest before dinner. There was a banquet at the Kremlin at ti o'clock, and at half-past ti the royal princes, in comp diy with the Governor of Moscow, Prince Dolgorouki, visited the theatre. It was known before hand that the Prince would probably be there ; and the enoimous opera house was crawmed in consequence. Next to the Scala at Milan, the Dresden Theatre, and Covent Garden, I should say that the Moscow Theatre was the handsomest I have ever seen ; the stage, I believe, is one of the largest in the world. There are no private boxes except those close to the stage ; and the effect of the im mense tiers tilled, row after row, with handsomely-dressed women, sparkling in diamonds, and with officers in gorgeous uniforms, is brilliant in the extreme. As the Prince's visit to Moscow is not a state affair, the imperial box in the centre of the him,* was not occupied by the royal gaiters. The Prince sat in the corner of the stage box, somewhat bidden by the curtains, with the Crown Prince of Denmark, the Prince of Saxe-Weimar, and the Governor-General on his left ; and it was some time before he was recognised by the public, who kept constantly looking towards the im perial box in toe Lope of seeing bis royal highness enter the theatre. I;ut when the curtain dropped on the first act of the opera a rumour ran through the house, and every lace in the whole buoding was turned upon the stage-box where the royal visitors were seated. Even to one so inured to being stared at as the Prince, it must, I think, be trying to know that some thousands of opera glaases ale turned full upon you, and that their owners are all commenting on your personal appearance. The Prince, however, bore the ordeal with great equanimity ' • and looked, indeed, unusually well as he stood up in Hussar uniform, leaning on the hilt of his sword. Then there was a tremendous shout from the audience, and calls for something or other in language that to me was unintelligible. The musicians had le.t the orchestra, but at last the shouts became s, loud that the Governor mine forward and waved his hand ; then the musicians returned, and played the Russian national anthem, the whole audience standing up. When that vas over, there was a cry of ' God save the Queen,' of which the only two intelligible words wero • God' and Kin ;' and the baud, in answer to the Governor's signal, obeyed the calL At the conclusion there was another burst of applause, and the Prince came to the front of the box, and bowed repeatedly in answer to the cheering. The Danish national hymn was played next, and was acknow ledged in like manner by the Crown Prince of Denmark. flat the audience were not satisfied, and insisted on a re petition of 'God save the Qtven ' and the Russian anthem. At the close of the last the Prince again advanced, and clapped his hands, to the great delight of the Kus siam. There was again a demand for an encore, but the royal party quitted the box, and the excitement subsided. The opera was indifferent, the ballet, as usual, splendid but the real attraction was the Pique of Wales ; and nobody had eyes for the performance." MISS MARY CARPENTER IN INDIA. (From the Surat Mitres of Oct. 21.) The philanthropic lady Miss Mary Carpenter, the warm friend of female education and enlightenment, who has for the last 241 years devoted herself to the recla mation of juvenile vagabonds known by the name of " street Arabs, " both males and females, an ived here (Surat) on Monday last, with Baboo Manmohan Ghose. She was received at the station by Mr. Curtis, the edu cationaltiry to the Royclund Deepekund Girls' Schools, and Mr. inspector, Mr. Nundshunker Tuljasunker, secre tary Durgaram Muncharam, who has the honour of establish ing the first birls' school in Surat, if not in Guzerat. The next morning she went to see the English berial ground, and after a short visit to the industrial and training schools, came to the girls' school, where there was a large gatheliag ' of respectable native gentlemen, friends of female cance -1 tion. The first two classes were examined in writing, die ' tation, arithmetic, sineng, &c., and on the whole she was very much pleased with the progress made by the girls. After disti.buting some little toys to • few girls, she paid a short visit to the High School. In the after noon the girls' school-house was crowded with native women to the number of about one hundred, among whom were observed Mrs. Durgaram, Mrs. Nund shunker, Mrs. Dowlutrac, Mrs. Keshuvrae, Mrs. Kal.abhai, Miss Lulloobhai, Mrs. Pm:dal, Miss Abdul Rehnuin Moonsee, Mias Mohanlal, Miss Tripurashunker, &c., to re ceive Miss Carpenter, who arrived there in company with Mrs. Dull. Mrs. Curtis, Miss Curtis, and Mrs. Wallace. After • hearty greeting on both sides they freely conversed with one another for a short time. Miss (Jansen' er then rose and for about an hour ilelivereda long lecture to the native females assembled on the suhject of female education, the duties of women, and the benefits of giving a good training to their daughters. Mrs. Durgaram then presented to Mill Carpenter a pretty little card case of sandal-wood, and Mrs. Kalabhai gave her a short written testimonial acknowledging the very great obligation which she had conferred upon them all by her visit to this country, and her laudable endeavours to ameliorate the condition of their countrywomen. Little presents were then distributed among a few of the women, and after some interchange of pleasant chit-chat between the European and native ladies, flowers, pansoparee, and rose water were given to all present by Dirs. Nundshunker and Mrs. bur ' pram. The meeting broke up, and with it a large crowd of people who had assembled outside the achool-house to witness this novel spectacle dispersed. This is the first social gathering of the kind in Surat, and it gives us much pleasure to learn that it passed off so well and that it afforded much pleasure to Miss Car penter and to the other lady visitors. May such meet ings take place as often as possible, and may they be pro ductive of the desired results. On Wednesday at 11 a.m. about twenty European ladies and gentlemen breakfasted with Mica Carpenter in Mr. Curtis's bungalow, where she had pat up, and where were invited some respectable native o ffi cials and other gentlemen to meet is Carpenter. It was indeed a very pleasant and interesting meeting in which all pre sent felt a really heartfelt satisfaction. A paper was then drawn up expressing the great necessity of basing a msi lLin l c i e he re ersr ly tea F ntee d r earnestly trust school for training mistresses for girls' schools in one of the principal towns of Guzerat, and was signed by all that b e h m a s o ff , e n ivaeunrcahi at m ve b I speedily e d t e t a he u . whichpr osper lN-e important m of ov t er e n soe t that iaL has been set on h th had e a art t asse tt w e con nectedfootfowr it t h he the impro im tellectual condition of millions of the ignorant, neglected, sad oppressed daughters of India. - FAMINE RELIEF IN INDLi. (From the Calcutta Eng'iskatan c 04.194 An answer to the telegram sent by the c h a i nat of the Bengal and Orissa Fato'ne Relief Fund to Mayor of London was received yesterday, ee 4 64 ; 4 1 kindly placed at our dirposal: " No. 21414. Office Ilonthly No. usx " Govt. Telesraph Dept. To Calcutta. " From London. To Mr. Stuart Hogg, obi " From Mr. Melville, Amt.- man of Benpj 0 44 Under-Secy. of State. Famine Relief Feati4 India Office, London. S. P. " Lord Mayor has shown your telegram to Lades borne, by his deal-e I send you copy of telever e t Viceroy tti;s day. " From Secretary of State to Viceroy.—Heal N ot reported to me in Orissa from inundation. Ak e , it money from government funds freely, sad m eet mediately to me progress of distreu and raped, d ee getion." It wig be remembered that the chai.man of th e h e ,. fond also telegraphed to the Secretary of the g t l Government, asking for its co-operation in the red megst to obtain subscriptions from England. The Me*, the reply received yesterday by telegram : " Govt. Teleg. Dept. Office Monthly No. IA " Recd. the 14th Oct., 1866. " From Darjeel'ng. " From the Lieutenant Go vernor. ' S. P. To Calcutta. To Chaimin Fiala Pitt „ p rea d ence .—y ou r application for subscriptim England has been fix warded to the Viceroy. yi smoil by letter the extent of the probable demands co thif e k and the grounds on which the committee could.% local subscriptions will not suffice to meet thee.* Mr. Hogg in obedience to this command, to Nib letter the probable demand on the fund, sad W in ,* for considering that local subscriptions would cot b r a cient to meet that demand, penned to governuuntthd, lowing carefully drawn up letter : ” From Stuart Hogg, Esq., Chairman of the Hopi m i Orissa Famine Relief Committee. To Secretary Govt. of Bengal. "Calcutta, Octoberl3,lBl, " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the tap. received yesterday from his Honour the Litmus. Governor, requesting the committee to state the prehib demands on the Famine Relief Fund, and grounds said the oommitteee consider that the local sulweripiesi not suffice to meet them. "2, In reply, I am requested to inform yw,, from your letter No. 2140 T. of the 19th stook, the committee understand relief operations oat sad liberal male 11 31 have to be continued for sow teak longer, in Orissa and also in parts of NidusTem would also appear that government fears the fund. crop has suffered materially from the late Wade. and if this prove to be the case, a large number of meg will have to be supported for a long time to come. "3. The committee quite agree with his haw the necessity for liberal assistance, on se citadel' being absolutely necessary, for some mouths to come, in Onus and in some other parts of Bengal; bet, relief operations, beyond the immediate vicinity*. cutta, have from the commencement been Wel control of the Board of Revenue, the conweitteser their inability to estimate the probable amount dirk be requhed. " 4. The facts before the committee are— " lat. That in Orion. and parts of Bengal the heir by no means abated. " 2nd. That the Bengal government entertain past; prehension that the distress will continue for a Isegr to come. " 3rd. That the funds at the disposal declaim' being exhausted, the board are dependent on the see which the committee can place at their disposal ; isiO in the event of the committee being unable to grate ante, no remittances could be made to the' stricken districts, pending orders from supreme; =ant. " The committee submit that the official Women above noted, apart from the fearful accounts pubbielt ps.vate individuals through the daily neweparn taelf sufficient to was.-ant their assuming that may; of rupees must be unsparingly disbursed in sheeting; present A:de-spread mini', and in endeavours ter its increase. "5. It is expected that abcut Rs. 70,000 see be rev:red for Calcutta alone ; and, os:rp committee having al-eady advanced more the lac of rupees on the requisition of the board, the r at present to the credit of the Relief Falsities 47,000. If, then, relief operations are to connate,. sum of money must at once be raised, and the emila feel sure that the local subscriptions sill not be wile to meet the emergency. Unless, then, govenuoloi pared to supplement local subscriptions to the that may be found necessary, there seems so eltwoot but an appeal to the public of England, which' course the committee have deemed it expedient t -I have, &c., (Sit). " STUART 111,4 G, Chairosa. The Bombay Tim•: of Oct. '24 says :—" In emends of the despatches received from Lord Craulena Secretary of State for India, the Bengal goreseardl given the management of the relief openness suffering districts entirely into th, hands of theta appointed by the inhabitants of Calcutta, sad promised to advance whatever funds may be fe ful. The Viceroy has also telegraphed to Lord for assistance from England." The Bangkok Recorder mentions that a Mr. ing has just made the journey across the Malay to Bangkok. He sailed in a small boat from 1 Kopa, stopping on the way at Quedsh, To Ponga. From %op& he went on elephants Peninsula, through Bandan and Chlys, to whence he continued his journey by sailing Thachien and Bangkok. In doing this he was thr and 17 days, including stoppages. The moons are described as " highly romantic and ex( population is very sparse, and much of the . excellent, is totally uncultivated. The autheritim whom Mr. Appleing came into contact were very' except in the tardiness with which they pror of carriage. AT JEDDO.—The following is an extract private letter from a person on board her May Princess Royal, at Yokohama, dated the 24th of A. —" I have had a peep at the capital of the Japsness the far-famed Jeddo. We came up within ten in city in our ship, when we were obliged to take t boat, on account of the shallow water. Webs Thursday morning, and went straight to the ENt>* . tion, a nice looking place. Sir H. Parkes wu than, guard of honour. Jeddo is 14 miles long, sada:gent deal more ground than London, although the' not half so great. The vast size of the place the houses being one storey ones. After leaving tion we visited a temple where there were some Dantios who had performed the ha ppy deol*'') they had been graciously permitted to commit cutting their bodies open with a aword. We temple where there were some gilded idols. such Japanese worship. These idols are of colossalreel is NA their faces have all the same expression. , credit to the Japanese religion nor to their tarts beautiful. We saw the old la-gation, which b ~ temple, with a very beautiful garden attached to it or six years ago 200 armed Japs attacked it, e: killing two sentries, tried to cut down our thee wiT s and his attendants ; but the doorway was lor,ot. two-handed Japanese sword unwieldy, and before lbif, lish could be got at, they got their revolvers ana dozen of the murderers. The sword cuts made eslid die way are still visible. We walked through a porP. town ; the streets are dirty, and the houses are Multdw; The Tycoon's and Damios palaces are one storef° Bl. 2. are partly built of stone. The Tyooons palace 1 1 4 7 0 1 tensive, and is surrounded by a moat. We e. A do as by a guard, the Jeddo Jay,. are nnt yet 5O /1 0. 7 0 Europeans as they will be. The Japanese warksto very skilfuL Their lacquered and fancy ge o all o tea-trays, boxes, china, ivory carvings, id, are 0 tiful, and remarkably cheap here. A pair of .. 776 costing 51. would fetch 20/. in Enghin OOl ing cards the Japanese ha ve slips of beau. ll r.Asel paper, tied with silk, with the name o f the vo:1 0 0 in gold. The Jape appear to bare newspes s periodicals like our Punch and Foe." Of HEALTH OF PROFESSOR g. SELW YN. —Th er s , re every ason to believe that th e Rev . 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