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Stephan. ...And MART OF MB LIGHT-HOUSIL NIGH WATIM AT LONDON DIMON. TEN DAY Yawning, Sh. Os.....Attornam Ad 25na. To-Nozacm—Norolai. 541. Nom.....Aftwoom Olt. 20ra. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. THE news of the last few days has presented the election of Prince ALFRED to the throne of Greece as an event so probable as to demand serious considera tion. When first the English public were informed that the thoughts of the Greek people were turned towards the Prince, many persons regarded the propoeal as one born of the transient sentiments which so easily prevail in revolutionary periods; and as likely to be soon forgotten. It appears, however, by all the intelligence which arrive. from Greece, that the project of electing Prince ALFRED is hailed with enthusiasm by the people, and is deliberately promoted by some of the most eminent public men of the country. Lest we might suspect that we were deceived by our own amoir propre, the Continental journals fur nish their unanimous testimony to the popu larity of the Prince. They protest, they accuse, they explain, they predict ; but amidst all this with one consent they bear witness to the fact, that Prince ALFRED'S name commands a support so universal and overpowering that no one else is spoken of, and that if the Greeks are left to themselves they will certainly elect the Prince to the vacant throne. The English people cannot but be touched by the spectacle of a national movement so sponta neous and unexpected as this. It is a token of the goodwill of the Greek people, and of the confidence which they feel in the rectitude of our principles and intentions in reference to their race. As regards the person of the Prince, it is more than anything else an expression of belief in the soundness of his political education, and of admiration of the Royal House of which he is a son. The Greeks, like the French and Prussians, have learned by hard ex perience how much the prosperous working of the government, in a constitutional monarchy, depends on the personal character of the King. They feel sure that no son of Queen Vieroiii• would either pervert their constitution by false interpretations, or undermine it by corruption. With these considerations a belief that the lonian Islands would soon be united to a kingdom of which an English Prince was the head has doubt less mingled and been influential. The extension of the present kingdom of Greece is a natural object of desire to every Greek. Thessaly and Epirus are subject to a foreign government, but Corfu, Zante, and Cephalonia are united to the English Crown only by a protectorate which recog nises their independence. It is thought that the election of Prince ALFRED, besides securing a good King for Greece, would prove a happy expedient for acquiring that aggrandizement of territory which the kingdom needs. The friendly feeling which blends with these considerations imposes on England obligations as clear as they are delicate. The Greeks are now in a situation of great difficulty, and, be yond helping to secure their freedom of action, it is very little we can do for them. There is one thing, however, which is in our power, and it is im portant that we should not omit to perform it. We can save them from illusions which may otherwise lead to the loss of precious time and of oppor tunities that will not return. We ought not, for the sake of gathering a few more compliments either to our Royal Family or our institutions, to maintain a silence which may coat them dear. It is evident that if the Greeks are encouraged by our attitude to expend their energies upon a plan which cannot be carried out, an immense advantage will be given to those factions and parties which, though just now but little heard of, are busy preparing an organization with which to take advantage of the moment of national disappointment when it arrives. It seems strange that in all the intelli gence which conies from Greece the acquiescence of England in the election of Prince ALFRED to the throne of that country is implicitly taken for granted. It might have been thought that among a people so acute and shrewd the difficulties which must prove fatal to such an arrangement would have been promptly appre hended. It is for the Greeks themselves to con sider whether they want a King at all, and why ; whether, if they resolve to choose one, he shall be selected from the existing families of Europe, and which ; and we hope that in determining them they will be guided solely by reveller the seek fare of their country. But it is for British states men, looking in the first place to British interests, and in the next to the welfare of Greece itself, to advise upon the propriety of such an alliance as would be implied in the acceptance of the crown of Greece by a member of the Royal Family of this country. In both of these respects the choice is to be deprecated. It would make nations at present disposed to be friendly or neutral, the permanent enemies of Greece, and by throwing the country upon the support of England, would impair its indepen dence. This, it may be said, is a consideration for the Greeks themselves. It is so primarily, but it is one for us also, unless policy is to be ex clusively self-regarding. But whatever variety of opinion may exist on these points, there will be little respecting the serious inconvenience which would result to England from such an arrange ment. The Royal Family of England finds its highest ambition satisfied within the bounds of its vast empire. There have been and are reigning houses whose chief desire seems to be to plant slips and cuttings from their genealogical free in every land, and even to make States for their propagation ; hut ours is not one of them. It is in vain to say that if Prince AIIMMD accepted the crown of Greece he would be severed from all the ties which bind him to this country. Common sense may tell us what would infallibly happen. We should become parties to a great deal of the foreign policy of Greece, and as often as her neighbours were aggrieved, we should be considered responsible for the whole. Against our will, and in the face of much protestation at Athens, the relations between England and Greece would be come those of patron and client—of a patron whose advice was oftener rejected than taken, and of a client permanently dissatisfied. We cannot be thus entangled. The true policy of England towards the smaller States of Europe is not to attempt to ac quire an ascendency over them, but by every means to favour their independence. This is the only policy we can follow towards Greece. int Court. —.-- WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 25. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louie of Hems, Princess Alexandre, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, drove out this morning. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Caledon and Lord Charles Flirttoy. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hoc. D. de Roe, also accompanied her Majesty on horseback. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstonc, returned to Greenwich-park yesterday. Viscount Torrington and Colonel Seymour have succeeded Lora dc Tabley and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Despatches were sent yesterday, from the Colonial-office, to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wands. (11011 LAST MAT'S GAZETTE.) Sy. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 25.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Quail', Eeq., F.R.S., to be alarm extraordinary to her Majosti m tbEILION-OFFICE, Nov. 21.—The Queen bas been to approve of Mr. W. D. Mathews as oonanl at VenTa d esce for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. ST. JAMEN'S PALA C E, Nov. 25.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Caesar Henry Hawkins, Esq., F.R.S., to be one of her Majesty's serjeant-anrgeons in ordinary, in the room of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., deceased. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 25.—The Queen has bees pleased to appoint James Monerieff Arnott, Esq., F.R.S., to be surgeon extraordinary to her Majesty. DEATH OP THE COUNTEAS GRAS VILLE.—We regret to have to record the demise of the Countess Granville, mother of the Lord President of the Council. Her ladyship expired at her house in Hereford-street, Park-lane, yester day morning, shortly after five o'clock. The late countess was a benevolent and charitable lady, and a large circle of her dependents will have occasion to deplore her loath. She was the second daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, and was consequently sister of the late Countess of Carlisle and the late Duke of Devonshire, The Archbishop of Cauterbury elect and the bases Loogley have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Raby Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, who have been staying with the Duke of Devonshire and family at Chats worth. Derbyshire, leave to-day for itoseneath, Dumbar tonshire. The Duke of Somerset left his official residence at the Admiralty yesterday for Norfolk. The duchess has arrived at Mande, Books, from Stover Park, Devon. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor arrived on Saturday at Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, from Calverley Park, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield returned to Bretby Park, Derbyshire, on Monday, from Willey Park, Lord Forester's seat in Salop. Lord Richard Grosvenor and the Hon. James Stuart Wortley have arrived in London from a tour in the East. The Right Hon. Colonel C. W. Forester, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Forester, who have been visiting Lord sad Lady Forester at Willey Park, Salop, left Willey on Monday last on a tonr of visits. Lord Brougham has passed through Paris on his way to Cannel, where he intends passing the winter. His lordship, who appears in excellent health, was present at the sitting of the Academy of Sciences on Monday. " Au Insulted Churchwarden " states that the footman, William Taylor, who eloped with Mrs. Gurney, has been elected, and is at present fulfilling the office of charchwarden of St. Lawrence, in the parish of Bast Harp tree, near Bristol, Somersetshire. It continues to be asserted that the recent Cabinet Councils were partly occupied with the question of a reduc tion of expenditure. One account fixes the amount of reduction proposed for the next financial year at two millions. The French court will quit Compiegne on the 7th of December, the Emperor arriving in Park on that day for the inauguration of the Boulevard do Prince Eugene. M. de Sartiges, the new minister of France at the court of King Victor Emm►nuel, has left P►ris for Turin. M. Koestner, archivist of the city of Hanover, who is now in his 90th year, last week celebrated the six tieth anniversary of his wedding with his venerable partner, now 84 years of age, by giving a dinner to his children, gromlchildren, and friends. M. Koestner is the son of that Charlotte whom Goethe immortalised in his " Worthen" The theatres of Paris, and especially the lyric theatres, are very busy. The Italian Opera is preparing Verdi's I Lombardi and the Baebicre di Singlia. Patti will continue her cblbuta as Rosins. This caotatrice, whose snows has surpasaed all anticipations, was to have sung in the Lucia, but at the request of Mdlle. Frezzolini, this intention has been abandoned. At the Theatre Lyrique they are studying a new opera of M. Duprato, called A riane. The same establishment has recommenced the represen tation of Der Freirdiutz. The Prefect of Police at Paris has issued an order to all locksmiths, coppersmiths, tinplate workers, and all operatives using beery hemmers, sod to all persons follow ing trades or occupations which require the employment of machines capable of disturbing the repose of the neighbour. Mg inhabitants. He orders that such persons shall stop their work from 9 o'clock in the afternoon to 4 in the morn ing from April 1 to Sept. 30, and trim 9 io the afternoon to sin the morning from October Ito March 3L The decree further forbids any pets, to play a noisy instrument during the same hours. The gaming establishment at Spa gained during the season, extending from May 1 to Nov.l, the sum of 1,200,000 fr. MODERATORBBIP OF FRE GENERAL. ABEEMBLT.—. We understood that the R.. Dr. Junes Craik, minister of St. George's, Glasgow, will be proposed as moderator of the ensuing removal meembly of the Church of Seatlenik—ldin burgh Courant. THE - -EXPRESS, IL WEDNESDAY + EVENING, NOVEMBER . , LATEST PITELIAGENCE: PRINCE ALFRED AND THE GREEK THRONE. A brilliant and very general demonstration in favour of Prince Alfred has taken place at Athens. The France contains the following paragraphs : The latest despatches from Athena inform us that the Anglo-Ilellenic committee has printed and circulated a biography of Prince Alfred in the Greek language. A photograph of the Prince is given in the title page, and the same photograph is widely distributed in the provinces. We learn at the same time that an officer of high rank in the British navy, now in Greece on a maritime mission, has sent a memorandum to the Admiralty, in which he shows that Greece is capable of furnishing first-rate sailors for English ships. This report has, we are told, made a great impresaion upon the Admiralty, and it covers one of the most serious aspects of the Greek question. It is rumoured in the Pirrus that the English are about to establish a coal depot on the Isle of Lampe', one of the northern isles of the Archipelago, in the Egean Sea. We cannot say whether this report is well-founded. If it be so, the fact has an importance which everyone will understand. The Isle of Lemnos, placed at a short distance from the Dardanelles, is an important strategetical point. If the English should get a coal depot there we may look upon the step as amounting to a taking possession of the island. We know that they have already got Perim in the Red Sea, which they at first pretended they were onry going to occupy provisionally. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that the Rue- sian government energetically opposes the nomina tion of Prince Alfred. A flotilla, consisting of three steams frigates and two sailing vessels, had been ordered to hold itself ready for the Mediterranean. In Austria the government is also hostile to the wish of the Greeks. The Ost-Deutsche Post does not regard the cardidateship of Prince Alfred as' serious, but only as a political manoeuvre to set aside the Duke de Leuchtenberg. England wishes to do, it says, as she did in Belgium in 1831. Then, also a Leuchtenberg, the father of the present duke, was put forward as a candidate for the throne. In order to set him aside, a report was raised that the Duke de Nemours, second son of Louis Philippe, would accept the crown if he were elected by the Belgian chambers ; the intrigue succeeded ; the duke was named, but Louis Philippe refused to allow Lim to accept. The Duke de Leuchtenberg was, however, defeated. " Should we be wrong," asks tho Vienna journal, "in supposing that England is at present preparing a similar mano3uvre in Greece." The Nesse remarks that the moral triumph of England in Greece, which disconcerts the previsions of more than one European government, is easily explained. "Does England," it says, "owe it to the influence of her diplomatista or to her material force ? No. Other states have equally able men at their service ; others have also, like her, a nume rous fleet, and more than her, formidable armies. The English nation to plead its cause has a power more triumphant than that which force or intrigue cau give—namely, liberty ! That which others obtain by the sword, by blood, and by money, England obtains by the thousand echoing voices of its tribune and its free press. Other powers say to the people, Beigreat '.' England says to them, 'Be free!' It is to this moral influence, more than to any other, that we must attribute the rapid, or rather the electrical success of the candidateship of an English prince." The independence also attributes the popularity of the English prince "greatly to the moral in fluence which England exercises to its own profit upon other nations by its liberal and constitutional institutions." "Now upon this ground," it says, " neither Russia nor France can contend against her, and the success which Abe obtains at this moment in Greece is but the corollary of the sym pathies,which she receives in Italy, without ever having done anything to deserve them." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. tisox ocrit owx 001111SPONDEET.) PARIS, TUESDAY EvENn4o. It seems to me, from the subdued tone of the government journals this evening, that they must have received instructions not to make too much fuss about the Greek business. The government is, however, sending more vessels to the Levant. The Turenne and Magicienne are shortly to join the Fleurus and Castiglione. The Bourse has somewhat recovered. Rents rose 20c. for cash, and 15c. for account, closing at 70fr. 20c. and 70fr. 25c. Mobilier rose l6fr. 25c., and the Italian Loan 25c. In railways there is little change. M. Odillon Barrot takes the initiative of a sub scription for the unfortunate woman Rosalie Oardin, whose unjust condemnation I commented upon last week. Re sends 100 fr. to the Temps, accompanied by a letter in which he suggests the idea that in case of the execution of an innocent person (an event which might well have happened in the case of Rosalie), a curator should be allowed to rehabilitate the memory of the deceased in a regular action. Mario, who, in consequence of the sad accident to Mdlle. Emma Livry, appeared last night at the Opera in the Huguenots instead of Massaniello, found his voice fail him, and after being hissed so completely broke down in the second act that he volunteered to cancel his engagement. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde were present on this melancholy occasion. The Daily News is seized. WEATHER REPORT. WIDEBISAT, Nol ,—(THIS DAY.) ;ta se. JL NA= .70 hi! Ludo= 29.7s 29 - Larrs .29.7434 1 611113011 129.75134 2 k1DS010•11 1 29.70 33 1 GaimaT 2066'36 2 VALERIA 99.64 40 3 oIntROWN A9.66;42 1 HoirIZAD 129.60pe 1 civiaron :9.71A3 1 Piamots 1 P 122•202 '.8.72136' 1 PLYIIO4II2 - 29.6 •79. e:; ! 2 Isiah WIT)11:1121 29.63, 2 P 011121400111 29.5440 2 Doymi 204741.2 LONDON 29.53140: 2 YMIXOI32II . . 29.5448, 1 804221020001. 29.6941 0 Imam . 22.70 30 2 HIOdOOLAND 29.6339& 0 B.&W. N.W. B.E S.E. N.N.W. N. N.N.W. N.N.N. Y.E. N. N.E. E. 8.N.8. HUNGARY. The amnesty just granted to the Hungarians extends to 200 persons, several of whom were accused of high treason. 150 persons who were under sentence of imprisonment, or were in prison awaiting their trial,have been set at liberty. The Cologne Gazette says : The confidential men of the Austrian government who were sent to Hungary to examine the ground and make way for an arrangement have returned and given in their reports. They state that the desire of an understanding is more and more manifested by the popular party in Hun gary, but that the latter persist in their determination to take as • basis the second address of H. Deak. Every effort will therefore be in vain, so long as the government shall not adopt the principles of that address, and shall persist in not modifying the constitution of February but by means of the constitution itself. (1111:1173e8 TZLICILMES.) FRAIiCK PARIS, Nov. 26. The Coasfitutionae/ of to-day contains an article on the affairs of Greece, signed by its chief editor, M. Limayrac. In this article K Limayrac recalls that France has no motive for refusing should England make the proposition to renew the en gagement of the three powers with Greece. "The situation of France," continues the writer, " is free, decided, and completely disinterested. The accession of Prince Alfred to the throne of Greece would not wound us. Greece is free to choose her sovereign. Our relations with England are so cordial that we should feel no displeasure at the choice of Prince Alfred. In what way could we take umbrage at the position of a great power who would create for itself the ob ligation of maintaining a prince on the Hellenic throne I Greece exists with difficulty as it is, and the power which furnishes a dynasty will be confronted by two perilous difficulties. Either it will have to restrain the aspi rations of the rnew King within the pri son walls of the present frontiers, and thus lose popularity and prestige, or it will encourage the ambition of the Greeks for territorial aggrandisement, and in that case open the door to the redoubtable Eastern question, which is pregnant with all kinds of complications. " These serious embarrassments," concludes 24. Limayrac, " would result for England from the triumph of the candidature of Prince Alfred." RUSSIA. EIT. PETE6I3I3I7RG, Nov. 26. The Journal, de St. Petersbourg of this morning publishes the bases of the Trade Tax Bill laid be fore the Council of the Empire. Its main features are the equal admission of natives and foreigners to the merchants' guild, and the retention of the social privileges of the merchants. The tax upon the first class of the guild is fixed at 265 roubles, that upon the second class at 25 roubles 65 copecks. The ar rangements now in existenoe in reference to foreign Jews are maintained. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : MARSEILLES, Nov. 25. The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived bare this day at 5.20 p.m. The mails leave for London by the 10.30 p.m. train. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. B.W. to KW., fresh, 11001SJIM. W.S.W. to N.N.W., snowy. strong to moderate, with snow or rain. W. to S. and 8.F., mo. B.E. to 8.W., strong, Berate to strong, rain or snow. to S. E. and S.W., W. cratretu. As next above. fresh to strong, with ruin or snow. As next above. &W. &intent% Similar to above. N.M. to B.K, fresh to B.S. EttoLAtin. E. to S. andB.W., strong strong. to moderate, some uwettled. to 8., fresh to strong, R. riositt. hag. to &W., and W. some relit or snow. strong to moderate, with mow. Large quantities of a Canadian weed called aaelepias have been forwarded from Ottawa, in Canada, to England, in order to have its qualities tested as a substitute for cotton. FATurJ PASSAGLIA.—The diocesan authorities of Milan have forbidden this distinguished ecclesiastic to continue his Advent sermons in the church of `San Carlo. THE ZAMBE.sI EXPEDITION.—THE MISSIONARIES AND Do. Limocsroor.. —The Cape Aryus states that Dr. Livingstone blames the missionaries for the conflict that occurred. He says that " fighting with the Ajawa put them all in a false position." The following is a passage from • letter of Dr. Livingstone to Sir Thomas Maclear, dated Shupagna, June 21, 1862 :—" I am sorry that the rale sionaries turned tail, but, under the circumstances, it was perhaps well. They want an energetic head. Mr. Proctor . . . . is a good and sensible man, with sufficient firmness; but fighting with the Ajawa put them all in • false position. They, how ever, believe that in so doing they acted rightly, and it is of great importance that their consciences approve all they did." The Rev. H. Rowley, on the other hand, in writing to the Rev. Mr. Glover, of the Cape, detailing the circum stances which led to the retreat of the Oxford and Cam bridge mission party from Magomera to Chibisa's village, on the Shire river, lays :—" In order to give confidence to the .ple Livingstone advised us to settle at Magomera. We ••• so, and were immediately beset by a multitude of appli cations from Manganja chiefs, great and small, to go against other bodies of Ajawa, whose depredations were as great as those attacked under Livingstone's direction. I say li ' attacked under Livingstone's direction,' advisedly, because I believe he now blames us for our after pro ceedings—proceedings which were but the fulfilment of his programme, the inevitable sequence of his advice and deeds. From the moment he commenced the release of slaves, his C OUTDO was one of aggression. He hunted for slaving par ties in every direction, and when he heard of the Ajawa making captives in order to sell to the slavers, be went designedly in search of them, and intended to take their captives from them by force if needfuL It is tine that when he came upon them he found them to be a more potent body than he expected, and had they not fired first he might have withdrawn ; but bad he done so it would have been from prudence, not principle, for when search ing for them his men entered into every place where they were supposed to Le, firing their guns, and making every kind of warlike demonstration. His parting words to the chiefs assembled at Magomera just before he left gave no evidence of the purely defensive policy he, I believe, now claims for himself. . . . The highlands are not cotton producing in the aenae always understood of them, and if they were it would never pay to bring cotton thence ; the cost of carriage, supposing the article untaxed, would be too great. Livingstone erred when he said there existed but 30 miles of land carriage between the navigable part of the Ruo and Shirwa. You cannot reach any one point of the lake from either the Shire or the Ruo without a journey of more than 100 miles over the most difficult ground, where waggon traffic is impossible. He was deceived by a mirage, for he was not near the lake when he formed this conclusion. We are certainly depressed by the calamitous events of the few past months, but we are not hopeless. We still trust God has great things in reserve for this land, although for oar sins we may not be the agents in carrying them out. We mina our dear bishop very much ; the greater the length of time since his death, the more acutely I think I feel his loss. He was a man to rob you of your heart." THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—As the time approaches for the opening of the Christmas show the interior of the Agricultural Hall is beginning to present a very busy and animated some, owing to the numerous arrivals of machinery and implements of husbandry. The whole of the available space of the galleries has been let and mapped out, and to show how numerous the applica tions have been it ie only necessary to say that the galleries could have been let twice over. The arrangements are under the superintendence of Mr. B. T. B. Gibbs, the secretary to the Smithfield Club, and Mr. Sid ney, the secretary of the Agricultural Hall Company. The pens are almost ready for the reception of the stock, which will begin to arrive on the 3rd of December and following days. The removal of the show from Baker street will, it is expected, benefit all concerned in this annual exhibition, as, from the increased BUM (1,000/. in stead of 7001. paid by the proprietor of the Baker-street premises) given by the Agricultural Hall Company, the value of the prizes has been much increased. There are 29 classes for cattle, the money prizes for which will be distributed as follows :—Devours, 220!. ; Herefords, 2201.; shorthoros, 2201. ; Sussex, 95/.; Norfolk or Suffolk polled breeds, 501. ; long-woo ll ed, 301. ; Scotch horned, G 5/.; Scotch polled, 85/. ; Irish breed, 30/. ; Welsh ditto, 474. ; crooned or mixed breeds, 1151. ; total value, 1,5 W. In addition to the above money prizes, a silver medal will be given in each elan to the breeders of the best animals, reeking a total of 29 medals. The sheep are divided into 17 classes, sod the mousy prizes are thus allotted :—Lemeeters, 801 ; Cote welds, 401.; Linoolos, 40/.; Kentish or Romney Marsh or other long-woolled breeds, 301.; South Downs, 100 i. ; Hamp shire or Welsh Downs, 401.; Shropshire breads, 401.; other short-woolled breeds. 33/4 Oxfordshire, 30/. ; mountain MK; cross breeds, 501.; making in all • total sum of Seventeen silver medals will also be awarded to the breeders of the best pens of sheep. The pigs have four classes, and a sum of 140/. will be awarded in money prizes. Four silver medals will also be given, one to the breeder of the best pen in each class. The add itional prizes consist of two silver cups, each of the value of 401., for the best steer or ox, heifer or cow, and three silver cups, of the value of 201. respectively, for the three best pens among the various descriptions of sheep ; a gold medal for the best pen of pigs, and 10 silver medals and two money prizes, of 51. each, to be distributed among the extra stook. A silver medal will also be presented, as mug, to the butcher who shall lay out the largest sum of money in purchasing animals at the show. The aggregate value of the whole of the prizes will consequently this year amount to about 12,000/. 26, 1862. THE BURGLARY IN DERBYSHIRE.-THE BURGLAR SHOT BY A LADY. CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, Tamar. Yesterday (Monday) Matthew Depledge was brought before Captain Nield and Mr. Slack, charged with being concerned in the burglary on the premises of Mr. Norman, of Whaley-bridge. Mrs. Norman, in reply to questions put by Mr. Fox, the chief constable, said the ;reamer was about the aim of the man who stood by the window, and he wore a velveteen coat. The jemmy produced was like the one used by the I man who was in the room ; it had something on the end, , but she could not say it was • ring. She did not think the prisoner Matthew Depledge was the menthe saw in the room. He was not so tall. He resembled coed the men witness saw °Maid° of the window, who had on a velveteen coat. Wit ness was in the habit of Laving a fire in her bedroom, and there was a fire in it on the night of the burglary. It had goes out, however, at the time. Witness heard the noise downstairs. Left her infant in bed with her husband, first ! baring placed • chair against the bed, to keep the child safe. Should have awakened her husband if she had thought anyone was inl the house. It was her general rule to take pistols downstairs with her in the night when she ! had occasion to get up or felt alarmed. The revolver was I always loaded, also two double-barrelled pistols as well. I From the time she heard the noise in the house she had , to partly dress herself sod lay her child safe, which omit- I pied about five minutes. The man in the room held • candle in his left hand, and it went out when witness fired ; but she could then see everything by the moonlight. Saw the Jeremy in hie hand, and also the two men standing outside the window, by the light of the candle, as it was burning only one ya rd from them. When the robbers left the window witness ran to it to see what direction they took, which was towards Whaley. She then ran upstairs and told her hus band. Scarcely • minute elapsed from the time they drew the man through the window till she went to look after them. Witness and her husband came downstairs toge ther after the men had gone. When witness fired the pistol she was bolding the door open with her left arm and the side of her left foot. The first time the cap mimed fire ; the second time, in order to secure a steady aim, she rested the revolver on her left wrist, and fired. The ball might have rthrough the window from the place she fired at. On ely evening, before the burglary, at 5 o'clock, she saw • man come to the window and look in. lie looked downwards. Witness could not tell him again. When the servant-maid went to close the shutters the same evening she told witness there was something which prevented them properly closing. Witness said, " Never mind ;we must have them repaired to-morrow." A stone was afterwards found in the pocket in the window-sill, where the shutters bolted, and this prevented their closing. Henry Hilton, detective inspector, said that from informs. Hon received, on the 21st of November he proceeded to Maoclerfield, and went to a house in Windmill-row, where he found the prisoner Matthew Depledge, and asked him when he was last at Whaley. He replied, " I have not been to Whaley since • week last Sunday." Witness then told him he must consider himself his prisoner, as answering the description of the man who, with two others, broke into Mr. Norman's house. He said, " I don't know a Mr. Norman." Witness then searched the house and found the jemmy, with a ring at the end, now produced. On comparing the marks made on the shutter and the cup board with the jemmy, he found that they corresponded. Be took the prisoner on the following morning to Muscles. field lock-up. When conveying the prisoner to Whaley, he " Me and Jem Stumpy and Bill Cope slept in Whaley on Sunday night, and the following morning we left for Macclesfield. The same day we all three went to Allmock. moors for heath for making brooms, and we stayed there until the following Thursday, when Cope left us to go to Manchester, and we went to Macclesfield." Prisoner told the detective that he would find Cope at Manchester selling brooms ; he did not know where Shinny was, as there was a warrant out against him for poaching. Superintendent Shaw said that the prisoner, since being brought to the lock-up, had told him that he was in Whaley on the Monday night and the Thursday night, but not on the Tuesday or Wednesday night. The prisoner was than remanded. EMIGRATION MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM A great meeting was held last evening in the Town Hatt, Birmingham, to promote national emigration, and to form • society for that purpose, with a view to transfer the head-quarters to London when the organisation is complete. The chair was takes by Mr. W. &noun:atm, M.P., who was supported by the lion. J. Lowe, Nova Scotia ; H. 8. L. Tolley, New Beneswick ; Dr. Harlbert, Canada ; J. Stewart, Curds ; Sir Stuart Doneldeon, Hoe. Hugh Childers, M.P., Mr. A. Hodgson, Queensland ; J. L. Youl, Tasmania; J. Mars/ moo, New Zealand; and many of the leading local men, including Mr. C. Sturge, Mayor of Birmingham. Mr. Bass,'3l.P., offered 504, or any larger amount, if other gentlemen would give similar sums; Mr. 8. Platt, of London, will give 1,000/. for every 9.0001. from other sources up to 50,000/. and will give 1,0001. a year for the Colonial Society now inaugurated. Mr. Gem, merchant, moved the adoption of the report read by Mr. Forrest, hon. secretary. The resolution was seconded by Sir STUART DONALDSON. Mr. HUGH CHILDERS, 31. P., proposed—" That • well arranged system of emigration promotes the interests of the mother country." He refuted the common arguments in favour of tbrowieg off the colonies, showed the mutual advantage which resulted from retaining them, and con demned the selfishness of those employers in our northern counties who threw obstacles in the way of emigration, be cause by the exodus of those who are now suffering from ' scarcity of employment the price of labour might hereafter be raised in this country. The Hon. Mr. Low, of Nova Scotia, seconded the resolution. It was a burning shame that there should be in England one able-bodied man able to work but not in employment, and he hoped the old country would awake to her high moral duty in the matter. Mr. Hodge= of Queensland, Dr. Beriberi, of Canada, Mr. Marshman, of New Zealand, Mr. Youl, of Tasmania, and other gentlemen, connected with various colonies, also addressed the meeting, which was throughout of an enthusiastic character. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. WORKING MEN'S DINING ROOMS. The Gaythorn cooking depot and dining rooms, for the working classes, were °piped on Monday, in South Junction-street, Albion-street. The promises were formerly occupied by the Messrs. Fernley ' s mill. The movement was instigated by Mr. John Peoder, and the whole arrangements have been carried out by Mr. 1). Macbaffie, with the assist ance of Mr. J. Wrigley, and other gentlemen belooging to Messrs. Fender's firm. The large room on the ground floor has been converted into an excellent and convenient dining room, with cooking apartments and leading room adjoining. Tables, capable of seating eight persons each, are neatly arranged at appropriate distances from each other, and as many as 330 individuals can be seated at one time. Along the walls, and upon every table, is a copy of the rules of the establishment, sod also a tariff of prices. These cooking and dining rooms are opened with a view to provide, especially during the present period of local die- tress, good, plain, and economical meals for working men. The principle on which the affair is conducted is of such a ! nature that every working man who avails himself of its advantages, will do so in the utmost independence, and the chief object of the promoters of the undertaking is to assure the working clams that nothing is done ass work of charity. Theprovisioos rue to be carefully selected, thoroughly cooked, served up in a neat and noaxoeptionable manner, sod charged for at cost price. Adjoining the large room is a reading room, well stocked with periodicals and newspapers. The meals will be paid for on the brass check system. Checks will be delivered to the men with their food, and they will have to give them up to the collectors, with the amount they represent, as they leave the building. These checks are transferable, so that any person wishing to dis tribute a number amongst working men maysecretly and advantageously. Th e prices are extraordinarily small —twopence, or fourpence at the outside, sufficing to furnish a most abundant meal. The rooms will be opened at eight o'clock in the morning, with the view of providing break fasts for those who require tlasni.—Afandiester .lEramiser. Ryan - &soot. —The examination for the Balliol scholarship was finished on Monday last, and tin result was as follows :—lst Scholarship, Mr. Alfred Barrett, of Rugby School. This gentleman left the school at the end of the Midsummer half, IRV, where be succeeded in carrying off the principal prizes. In 1860 he got the Rugby scholarship, and the fifth form verse. Ile also succeeded in obtaining her Majesty's gold modal for the beat English essay in 1862, as well as the Trustees' pries for Latin verse. The 20c1 scholarship was awarded to Mr. Geldart. Honourably mentioned, Mr. Myers and Mr. Addis. HEALTH OF LONDON.—Last week's return, issued by the Registrar General, showed a great increase of the mortality ; the present return discloses a further and very considerable increase. In the last week of October the deaths in London were 1,184 ; in the first two weeks of the Present month they meet succeseively to 1,307 and 1,429 ; an the week that ended last Saturday they were 1,559. In those four weeks the mean temperature of the air was 46'8 begs., 449 dep., 37'3 dogs., and 38 . 3 dep. In the cor responding week of 18;i8 the deaths rose to 1,802, subse quently to and during a very cold period. The average number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of ten years 11852-61) becomes, after correction for increase of population, 1,436 ; and the deaths in last week were, therefore, 123 in excess of the number that would have been returned if the average rate of mortality had ruled. The deaths from pal mooary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, in the last four weeks were, respectively, 183, 197, 283, and 350. Those from phthiais m the same times were 119, 152. 166, and 177. Those from hooping.oough rose last week to 50. Measles which was fatal in 83 came, and scarlatina which was re turned in 106, also exhibit as increased mortality. Pneu monia was not quite so fatal last week aa it was in that which preceded it ; but the deaths by bronchi* rem from 130 to 186. Measles was reconled in 7 cases in the district of St. Saviour, Southwark, in Bin Bermondsey. Soarlatina was fatal in 5 cases in the Kensington -town subdistrict. A men, aged 72 years, died at 8, Primrose-street, Bishops pie. A coroner's jury considered that the caws of death was " probable want of sufficient nourishmeat." Last week the birdie of 1,000 boys and 885 girls, in all 1,885 children, were registered is Loud*. ln the ten cone eponding weeks of the yarn 185241 the avenge number (corrected) was 1,838. FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. mix DAY.) The tight between Maus and King toulc pbee 1,,. morning at Thames Haven. King won, after an obrtn.... fight of twenty-one rounds, in thirty-eight minutes. This rooming a Boone of great excitement witnessed at the Fenchnrch•etreet Railway statics,. • t. early as three o'clock there was a strong movement singular•lookiog persons towards the spot, and at pa, became at once on the rirri city- From this railways branch to many different placer., although many telegraphic messages were *tot t. various districts, no positive information could obtained as to the ultimate destination of these perrotr who, there could be no doubt, were interested it, the i r fight for the championship between Mace and King. t r ,,, that hour suspicious looking people began to arrive, very shortly afterwards there were preliminary the loss of many watches on the part of those oh, foolish enough to attend with such valuable article.. t. little after u o'clock the gates leading to one of was thrown open, and there was a tremendous the train, which, otompreed.of twenty carriages, startel G. Thames Haven at half-past six o'clock. The tickets •e.. three guineas each, and were eagerly purchased. stemmata were to be waiting at Thames Haven, w th 4 the event of any obstruction there on the part of lice the pugilists and their friends might pass over t. spot on the opposite shore, where Mao: and fought before. STABBING BY A LUNATIC' .47' LYCEUM THEATRE. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A tall, well-dressed young man, num.! Frauni. Bartlett Graham, aged 24, of Pembridge-gardeus, water, was charged at Bow-street to-day with stabbia t policeman Brown, 566 A, in the pit of the Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, attended se solicitor for Cle prisoner. John Wakelin—l keep the One Tun public-heals, Arundel-place, Haymarket. I was in the pit of the Lyman Theatre last night, with my wile and a friend sod his wife. I observed the prisoner walking in and out inces. sandy, interrupting the audience by the creaking of hi e boots, and by disturbing pawns in order to pass them. d, was requested to sit down ; but he paid no attention. He went in and out at every door, one ►fter the other. Seas one said, " What a pity there is no policeman to ta t , this man out." At t►e same time I saw a policemu in uniform, close to the centre door at the leek of the pit. The prisoner was walking round. I 4.1 not know he was going to strike anyone, nor did I knot he had a knife. I raw him knock the policeman down. He struck him about the head, I think. I exclaimed " Good God, he hat knocked the policeman down," and I scrambled one: the seats to the spot. By the time I got there the policeman had got up, and they were 'codling. They bad just got out. side the door. I heard some one say " Mind yourself, le , has got a knife," and some one said be had stabbed the policeman. Before I saw the knife in the prisoorei hand, I saw the policeman bleeding from two or thy, wounds on the head and one on the eye. Hie face wu smothered with blood. Somebody reminded me that he had a knife, and I seized his hand and twisted the ark round, saying to the constable who was stabbed, "Take the knife away from him." The constable did I did not let go of the prisoner till "- get him nearly to the station-house. Thu constable let p, of him as soon as he had got the knife. It is the same taw produced. (A large bladed penknife with a white handle.) Croce-examined by Mr. Lewis—The prisoner appeared be in a very excited state of mind, and to be walking &boat without any distinct object,. Mr. Lewis—And the blow was given to the constable without say provocation Witness—Quite so. Mr. Lewis—Did not even speak to him? Witness—No. To Mr. Henry—The countable who was wounded tr., brought to the stition with his head bandaged. It wa then found that he was wounded in the side, and he wu taken to the hospital. Inspector West, of the F division—l was on duty at the station-house in Bow-street when the prisoner was brought there. The constable George Brown, 566 A, wan brought in immediately after. ._ . . Mr. Henry—Was he able to state the charge? Inspector West—He was. lie stated—" From what I heard from bystanders, to the effect that he bad a kaife in his possession, I gradually made towards him. Before reaching him he rushed at me and stabbed me." I asked the constable, " With what '.^ and replied, " With s knife." I asked him where it was, and he handed me this knife. I observed blood on the 'idiom's right hand. He appeared to be in a very excited state. I saw the wounds ; two or three on Brown's forehead, aid one on the right side. The coat was cut through. He was bleeding from those wounds. I imme diately sent for Dr. Painter, and with him conveyed I him to King's College Hospital. The prisoner did not say anything at the station-house, up to the MOS that 1 conveyed the constable to the hospital. At the hospital Brown was stripped and I observed that he had two other wounds on the left side. To Mr. Henry—l should say the prisoner's excitement did not arise from drink. He was perfectly sober. To Mr. Lewis—From his manner and apparent state of mind I thought it necessary to have some person to ramie with him all night. Dr. Richard Budd Painter. 33, Brydges-street, divisioeal anzgeoe to the F division of police—At about half-paste o'clock last night I was called in to see the constable, Geom Brown, at the station - house . I examined him. He vii pale an d' faint from loss of blood. He bed an incised wooed on the forehead, one beneath the right eye, one a tittle below the breast bone, one on the left shoulder, and meat the back of the left arm. Altogether five woands. Accompanied Inspector West and a constable in s cab to King's College Hospital, and there I left him. lam told he is better. Fortunately no vital part wss pene trated, and I believe be ie likely to recover. As to the wound in the breast, the knife had passed through the two bippels of his great coat, which are of very thick cloth, and lined with canvas, and that prevented it from penetrating more deeply. Mr. Lewis—Have you examined the prisoner? Dr. Painter—l had some conrusation with him this morning. I believe that he is inane. It was intimated that this was the cue for the mete cation. Mr. Lewis—Sir, on behalf of the prisoner's friends, I wish to say that the prisoner has been under the are of It. Forbes Winslow. Mr. Henry —lf von wish to put Dr. Winslow's evidence un the depositions you can call him. Mr. Lewis—No, sir, I don't desire to call him to-day. I only wish to state that' the defendant was noderhis arc. and it was considered that recreation and amusement would quite restore him. Unfortunately on this occasion he we allowed to go by himself. My application to you is to know whether you think this is a case in which the prisuer might be admitted to bail. He would then be placed under Dr. Winslow's cave, under proper medical treatment. Mr. Henry—Till the constable is etas to attend I cannot do its Mr. Lewis called the magistrate's attention to the caged a Mr. Macrae, in which bail bad been accepted. and ibe prisoner allowed to go at large, under cue of his friends, after conviction. Mr. Henry--I could not do it in this case till the elver is able to attend. I cannot say whether it may not hex a more serious aspect. Mr. Lewis—Then I think I must call Dr. Winslow. Dr. Forbes Winslow—l live at V, Cavendish... I know the prisoner. I was called in to see him some days ago to ascertain the state of his mind. From that examine tan I believe that he is insane. Mr. Lewis—Yon would not call it incuraWe imanity? ' Dr. Forbes Winslow—No, I hope not. Mr. Henry-1 will have it stated in the commitment dist there is some reason to believe that he is issue, and that the attention of the medical officer shall be dovetail to han. I shall send an officer specially with him. Dr. Forbes NV innlow—l wish to be allowed to state A dist ' I did not advise that he should be allowe d to go °ll himself. That was not my advice. If it goes fm? that he was under my care, and that I have de clared him insane, it might be thought, PerbaPL that • degree of responsibility rests on me for allowing Min to CO Out. I Irish it to be distinctly understood that the cise was not boot fide under my control. I gave no cOiul' a that he ought to go about by himself, and was not & stet. Mr. Henry—Mr. Lewis, perhaps, stated rather too oludi- However I think it will be better for the prisoners vv o sake. too , that he should be kept under remand. 11.6. mated,- he will be sent for trial. The prisoner was then remanded, the witnesses being hO over to attend at the triaL DEATH OF SIR RI/'HARD PIERI•E BFTLER. BART.—This gentleman died on the moroing of the' inst., after • lingering illness, at his resideme. ll 1 1 .2: lintemple near Tullow. On the gib of Nnvoniher. oa the death of his father, the late Sir Thomas 13# 6 . Bart. (whose sudden demise cast • gloom over the localitt). be succeeded to the title and estates. In I:tti he m arried Matilda, second daughter at Mr. Moines Cookson, of Her . mirage, county Durham, by whom balsam imos fire or' and three daughters. The eldest soy, Thomas rove Butler, was born in 1/116, sod served formate time a. Imo' tenant in the 24th Foot. Doomeed was born is 143. sod was much esteemed as &landlord, • magistrate, and P'°' juror. His remains will be interred in the family vault .4 Cloomulst oa Thursday salt.