The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-14 00:00:00

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Ir is to be hoped that before the House of Commons is dismissed from its labours the posi tion of the Peninsular and Oriental Company will be clearly defined. At present it must be ad mitted that the opinion and designs of the Govern ment as to the Overland Mails are by no means either consistent or very intelligible. The Socre tary of the Treasury, in the House of Commons, seems to adopt one view, while the POSTMASTER GENERAL, in the House Of Lords, adopts another. All we desire is that the public shall be informed which of these views is to prevail. To a man of ordinary understanding it is cer tainly very difficult to attach any other meaning to the speeches of the Secretary of the Treasury than that when the present contract for the conveyance of the mails should terminate it is probable that if the 31essagtiries Imperiales make the cheapest offer the contract will be transferred to that foreign company. But the Duke of Morrraose repudiates this idea, and declares that "to throw " everything into the hands of a foreign Govern " ment would be extremely impolitic, although " (he adds) we might in the first instance do these " duties at a cheaper rate." The view thus stated by the Duke certainly appears to be the more sensible of the two, and the grounds upon which this opinion rests are almost on the surface. If the only object of the people of this country were to get the mails conveyed to India at the cheapest rate, it might be unnecessary to consider the cha racter and circumstances of the agency which undertook the duty. But the question which ham excited so much attention is very different. In the first place, it must be observed that regu larity and permanence are quite as essential as cheapness, and that any arrangement which would be liable to unexpected interruption ought to be carefully avoided. Now apply this teat to the case of the Overland Mails. At present they are conveyed by a British company possessed of • splendid fleet, commanded by admirable British Officers, and manned by picked British seamen, This company has earmal a cku-acier for punc tuality and safety, and has proved of the utmost benefit to the Empire during the Indian mutiny and the Crimean war—periods of no common anxiety and danger. So long as the Ind'an Empire subsists, the connexion between India and this country must be kept up; and if that connexion were interrupted for many months, the doom of our Eastern Empire would be practically sealed. England maintains her position in India by force of arms ; and it is a principle both of war and of common sense to take efficient means to keep open the lines of communication between the base and the field of operation. To abandon the pre sent system of subsidising a private company would be to abandon those advantages which ex perience has proved to attend it ; to employ a foreign company exclusively would be practically to transfer the lines of communication into hands which might some day prove hostile, and that without a moment's warning. It is impossible to contemplate without a shudder the consequences which might result if the Go vernment should ever neglect to maintain its own means of communication with the East. If war should arise, it might be difficult enough to keep up the communication even with a fleet so well appointed as that which now exists. But if the fleet upon which this country relied were in the hands of a foreign power, what would be the con sequence I' In the first place all communication would at once cease. A new mercantile or postal fleet would have to be organised, and this would not be rendered more easy by the fact that at the same time other fiesta would have to be equipped and manned to meet the enemy. Nor, it should be observed, would this result arise in one case only. If, indeed, the Sociatt Impilriale should obtain the contract, a war between this country and France would directly produce the consequences to which we have alluded ; but the same consequences might follow if France should be at war with any other country, Great Britain remaining neutral. The French sailors might be withdrawn to other duties, or the Socidtd might suddenly come to an end. These are not contingencies to which this country or the Indian Empire should be exposed. It, is, indeed, impossible to provide with perfect certainty against them. But there are no better means of securing this result than by keeping, with scrupulous anxiety, the means of communication by the Mediterranean in the hands of the British Government. It has been said, strangely enough, that this is a question of free trade and open competition. No one has yet proposed to supply the country with an army by open tender, or to do away altogether with dockyards and naval arsenals. And yet these proposals would be quite as reasonable. If in 184#; the country gentlemen could have shown that the people would be starved unless THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1867. corn were grown at a premium in this country, they might perhaps have maintained their mono poly. But nobody could be persuaded that the corn laws availed anything to diminish the chance of starvation. On the contrary, itseemed obvious that the more facilities were given to import corn the more certain and abundant would be the supply. But the case of these Overland Mails is very different. There is only one route to India at present, and the sole question is, How is this route to be kept' open for England. If there had been only one country in the world which could pro duce corn, and corn were the only food for English men, it would have been the duty of English statesmen to have possessed themselves of that country, and to have held it against all comers. But corn could be obtained from every quarter of the globe, and therefore supply and demand was the only principle involved. lf, indeed, the route to India by the Mediterranean were closed, let us ask ourselves whether any other route equally con venient can be found. If not, and if our com mu&cation with India is worth preserving, let the project of transferring the Overland Mails into the hands of the French Government be at once aban doned. At all events, let us hear what Minis ters intend to do on the subject. A CRISIS appears to have overtaken at the same time the civil community established at the Great Salt Lake City and the Mormon Church,which has its central seat there. We have heard of late that schisms of a most serious character have broken out in Utah ; that President YOUNG'S authority is defied, and that his practices are denounced by some who have hitherto held high places under him, while his chief occupation has been the excommunication of the unruly. The marriage laws of Utah, which have hitherto been held to be fundamental parts of the Mormon polity, appear to be called in question by some of the principal men in the society, and this is a matter on which Yourro, it is understood, will make no concession. But the cause which most threatens the character, if not the existence, of the Mormon settlemert is external. Gold, which builds up so many things, is disintegrating Mormondom. Mines, which in the first excitement of discovery are said to exceed in value all previously known to exist on the American continent, have been found near the South Pass, about two hundred and fifty miles from Salt Lake City, and six weeks ago the people were departing for them by hundreds, leaving the richest wheat harvests angathered. There is nothing leads so rapidly to the settlement of a region in America as the discovery of gold, and the depopulation of their capital is not the direst evil the Mormons have to fear. In the present disorganised condition of large portions of the population of the United States it is inevitable that thousands who have been dis located by the events of war should make their way to the neighbourhood of Utah, whither they will carry sentiments and ideas anything but favourable to Mr. YOUNG and his institutions. Whatever view we may be disposed to take of the stability and strength of Mormonism, it is certain that its leaders for the last twenty years have acted on the belief that isolation was necessary to the success of their plans, and they have accord ingly discouraged to the utmost the attempts of strangers to approach or mingle with them. It is only at a distance from all rival power that authority such as Yourro and his associates ha ;e hitherto claimed can be exercised. But just as that authority itself is called in question it is about to 'be subjected to the severest strain. The strong element of discontent which has never been absent from Utah will now be able to make alliances which have until lately been impossible ; while Northern opinion will also find new agencies with which to combat poly gamy. Many elaborate plans have been devised at New York and Washington for destroying an organization of society so repugnant as Mor monism to the best features of modern civiliza tion. It has even been proposed to suppress its " peculiar institutions" by the power of Federal law, supported by a military expedition. What is happening shows how much wiser it is in a young country, where unsuspected forces are always sud denly developing themselves, to look with a cer tain amount of patience on departure from cus tom usage, Mid to Ilait Li: a reniudy in the course of the operations of natural laws, rather than seek it in the best-intentioned violence. Nooody need be scandalised at seeing these self styled " Saints " leaving the seat of their theo cracy for the gold mines. They have never dis sembled that the prosperity they sought was earthly and material, and if to realise it by gold milling. they have to abandon detestable social habits, they and their neighbours may be congratulated on the result. in name, into three colour separate states or dependen cies now becomes evident. 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Winch are light and variable, but principally southwesterly. The weather Is dill due. TIM QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE BORDERS.—The proposed visit of the Queen to the borders is exciting much enthusiasm amongst her Scotch subjects. An official com munication has been received, stating that the Queen will leave Windsor Castle for Floors Castle, Kelso, on a visit to the Duke and Ducheu of Roxburghe, on Tuesday night, the 20th of August, and that her Majesty will arrive at Kelso station on Wednesday, the 21st, at 9.35 in the morning. In order to prevent confusion or accident, the magistrates have issued a notice closing the Kelso streets for general traffic from 9 in the morning until after the royal cortege shall have passed ; and they have also issued a notice, in compliance with a w'dely-expressed desire on the part of the inhabitants, calling far a general illumina tion of the town. The Royal Reception Committee have resolved that an address shouldbe presented in the square, where some 15,000 people can witness the ceremony. On the day of her arrival the Queen will visit the interesting and historical places around Kelso. On Thursday she will visit Melrose, Abbotsford, and Dryburgh ; and on Friday the ancient burgh of Jedburgh. The royal visit to Green , hill, one of the residences of the Duke of Roxburghe on the Cheviots, has been postponed, owing' to a want of time and the hill road sot being good. Fifty-five young ladies dressed in white will strew flowers on the royal path as her Majesty enters Kelso. Some alterations have been made in the arrangements regarding the Queen's visit to Jedburgh, and it is now announced that, instead of her Majesty only passing through the burgh on her way to Greenhill, she will honour Jedburgh with a special visit. It is expected that the royal party will arrive about mid day, and that, after an address of the magistrates is de livered by the provost, her Majesty will emit the places of interest in the burgh, the principal of these being the Abbey and queen Mary's House, an old three-story build tog situate in Etackgate (or Queen-street, as it is now called), in which Queen Mary resided while administering indica to the rude Borderers, and where she was confined for some weeks during a 'ever which was brought on by her visit to Bothwell at Hermitage Castle. THE KING or THE BELGIANS AT BRIOHTON.— The residents and visitors at this watering-place were surprised by a royal visit yesterday afternoon, the Kin g ebl of the Belgians, returning from Osborne, landing quite unexpectedly at the new West Pier. His Majesty, after a carriage drive through the town, dined at the Grand Hotel, where he received the Mayor, to whom he expressed his deep gratification at the enthusiasm disp layed on the recent occasion of the Belgian volunteer s visit to this country. At 9.50 his Majesty embarked from the West Pier for Dover, en route for Ostend. The unexpected event having become known throughout the town, an im mense concourse of people assembled, who greeted him Majesty most enthusiastically. THE CHOLERA IN SICILY. —The most distressing news continues to be received in Malta of the spread of cholera in Sicily. The week ending August 1 shows a total of 6,4:112 cases, and 3,521 de&ths, against 5,556 mules and 3,333 deaths of the week before. In Palermo and its sub , urbs the return of last weak was 30 oases and 15 deaths per diem. The return for 24 hours in that district from the Ist to the 2nd of August is now 463 Imes and 320 deaths. Messina is still free, and only a few cases are reported at Syracuse. The disease appears to be on the decline at Ca teals. In the latter town the dead were left to putrefy in the houses, which had to be broken into by the troops and gendarmes, for the removal of the festering corpses. A letter from Messina reaeived at Malta on Tuesday week say.:—" The clericals do their best to induce the lower classes to believe, and with some degree of success, that cholera is manufactured by the government, and is spread by the carbineers and other agents with the view of dimi nishing the population, who were to have revolted against the present rule. In Catania, where the pestilence is com mitting the greatest ravages , the paroles attacked very few recover, as the belief is general that the disease is pro pagated by the doctors ,• and the dying even refuse the sacrament, suspecting that even the sacred wafer may be impregnated with cholera. Hers at Meseta& the public health is excellent, in spite of the excessive heat which has prevailed for the last week." IMPERIAL PARMAMENT. ROUSE OF 001010/418.-(THIS DAY.) Thu BrIALIER took the chair at twenty minutes part 12. NEW WRIT. On the motion of ColooelSTACPooll, a writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member for the borough of Stroud in the room of Mr. P. &rope, resigned. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the tenders for the engines for the two iron-clads build ing at Glasgow have been decided ; and, if so. to state the price named in the accepted tender, with the names of the parties who were invited to tender. Mr. CORRY said the matter was under consideration. He could not give the price of the accepted tender. Mr. GRAVES asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if a of marine engines, of about 700-boree power, ordered ofMessrs. Napier and Co., were resold by the Admiralty to the contractors before they left their factory ; and, if so, to state what ship they were ordered for, the price paid for the engines, the amount that the Admiralty sold them back for , and the reason for the resale. Mr. CORRi replied that no each resale took place. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMAIB) BILL The house having gone into committee on tin' bill, Lord R. MONTAGU announced that he consented, on the part of the government, to the limiting of the act to one year, and to the introduction of a provision that all cattle imported should be slaughtered at the port of landing without any exception. Colonel Sykes, Mr. Henley, and other members expressed satisfaction at the announcement made by the noble lord. The bill then passed through committee. [Left sitting.] METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S WOOD RAILWAY COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders in the above company was held this day at the office, 3, Old Palace-yard, Mr. W. Acrerix in the chair. Mr. HENCHMAN, the secretary, read the report, which states that since the last meeting very great progress has been made towards the completion of the line and stations from the Swiss Cottage to Baker-street, and that the works are in so forward a state that the opening of this portion of the line may be expected early in the ensuing year. The Metropolitan Railway Company at their general meeting held on the 7th indent adopted the resolution for sub scribing 100,0001. of the five per cent. preference share capital of this company. This amount will enable the directors to carry out their engagements with the con tractors. Measures have been taken to dispose of the valuable surplus lands of the company which will also materially increase their available resources. The interest on the ordinary and preference share capital to the 30th of June last will be payable on the 31st instant. The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, alp:eased his confidence that the line would be very remune rative. (Hear.) The cost would be only 300,0001. per mile, while that of many metropolitan lines was 1,000,00 W. By arrangements with the Metropolitan Rail way, instead of their passengers changing carriages at Baker-street, they would be carried right through to the City. They would also receive a per cpntage of 124 per cent. on all traffic carried from Baker-street to other parts of the metropolis. There was no doubt that if agreeable to the proprietors the undertaking could become a six per cent, guaranteed line of the Metropolitan Rail way. kr. D. NICOLL seconded the resolution, which, after some remarks from several shareholders deprecatory of the delay which had taken place in the works, was mixed to. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN THE RIVER LEA. A shocking suicide has been committed in the Lea at Bromley, last night. The particulars of the case, which is • painful one, came out at an inquest held by Mr. Richards, the deputy coroner, at the Old Five Bells Inn, Bromley, respecting the death of Peter . Swanson, aged 48 years. George Swanson, • lad of 16, said that he lived at Eliza Cottage, Kirby-street, Poplar. The deceased, who had been an engine-driver, was his father. Last August his wife died, and he had not been the same man since. He took to drink, and he was last Christmas reduced to the workhouse. After that he met with a woman, and he went to live with her. He then met with an old employer who gave him 224. • week at shoe making which trade be had learned. He " drank very hard" for the last six weeks. On Saturday night he returned home, kissed his two little daughters, and said, " This house shall never see me again, for I ism going to drown myself." Witneescontinued— He then left the house and went across the held, near the lea. I followed him, and said, " What makes you have such wicked thoughts?" He knelt down in the field and prayed. He then called out in • loud voice, " I hope the Almighty will take cue of my children." He afterwards walked over to the river, and sat down on the bank. He took off his hat, scarf, and two coats. I screamed out, and he jumped up and leaped into the water. Two men ran across the Held, and while my father was sinking they tried to save him, but they could not. The woman he lived with was out when he left the cottage. She had taken his children cut of the work house. lam • whiteamitb. Edward Brooch, a labourer, sail that he recovered the dead body of the deceased with the drags. The coroner said this was one of the most remarkable oases shat had come under his notice, awl the jury re turned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind," The foundation stone of a county memorial to the late Earl of Carlisle was laid yesterday on Balmer Hill, nearCestle Howard. The memorial takes the form of a Grecian column, which is to cost about 2,0001. About the same amount has to be spent in erecting a memorial chapel attached to Castle Howard Reformatory. This morning was issued the aixtreecond Report of the Commissioners of the Caledonian ClaaaL It states that several new works have been executed during tho past year, and that the general traffic of the 'mud exhibits • satisfactory improvement, the total number of passages of sailing and steam vessels h►ving increased from 1,695 in the previous year to 2,004 in the last year, and the tonnage dues from 4,1741. to 4,9201. Colonel Hogg will on Friday ask the Secretary to the Poor-law Board whether, referring to the probable increase of cost beyond the estimate for the new buildings under the Metropolitan Poor-law Act, he will give an as surance that no contract, shall be sanctioned by the Poor law Board during the parliamentary recess which will in volve the ratepayers of the metropolis in an expenditure in excess of 400,0001., which was the sum mentioned by the President of the Poor-law Board as the probable extreme cost of all buildings necessary for lunatics, fever, and small pox patients, as well u for new district schools. Mr. Otway intends on Friday to ask the Secre tary of State for War whether it is intended to withhold from the sergeant instructors attached to the volunteer corps from the regiments of the line the additional 2d. per diem paid to sergeants of the line and militia. We learn with regret the death yesterday, at Richmond, Surrey, of the Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Christ Church, Southwark, who was well known in the metropolis as the founder or active promoter of many charitable institutions, and who performed • most useful part in organising and encouraging rural excursions of the poorer classes to attractive places in the vicinity of London. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MAYO.—IL is an nounced that the death of the Berl of Mayo took placer yesterday, the 13th, after • protracted illness. His lord ship was born in 1797, and married in 1820 Anne Charlotte, only daughter of John Jocelyn, Esq., and had issue seven sons and one daughter. The family honours devolve on Lord Naas, Chief Secretary for Ireland, who married, in 1848, Blanche, third daughter of Colonel Wyndham, of Petworth Park, Sussex, since created Lord Leconfield. BROADHEAD AND CRANNEES AND THEIR SOCIETY. —A singular meeting was held at Sheffield lest night. It was compared of the sawgrinders' society, and was called to consider a proposal to expel Broadhead and Cronies, whose names were so prominent at the recent inquiry at Sheffield, from the union. The meeting, which was largely attended, passed • resolution declining " to make victims" of Broadhead or anyone else, pronouncing the outrages as but the " effect of a cause," and adding, " We decline to disgrace ourselves as cowards by deserting the men who have taken upon themselves the task of risking their lives and their liberties (or what they btlieved to be the good of the institution." There were other expressions of views in accord with these sentiments. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPB.—On the whole the crops in this locality are progressing favourably, al though a little later than last season. It is said that wheat will be below an average, the heads appear to be well filled but the crop in most instances is thin on the ground and short in straw. The oat crop suffered severely in the spring from grub, and consequently must cut off in harvest but indifferently ; on all cold lands this crop is light. Barley is • fair average. Beans and peas everywhere pre sent a most luxuriant appearance. Potatoes on light soils look remarkably well, but on heavy lands they are extremely poor. Turnips which were early got in are luxuriant, whilst those that were late in sowing have made little progress since the heavy rains and cold nights which occurred about three weeks ago ; unfortunately, there is a very large extent of the latter, and the present appearance of this crop indiestes a serious deficiency on all heavy and cold-bottomed lands. A heavy crop of rye-gram has been secured in splendid order ; the cutting of meadow hay has now been concluded. During the coming season hay is likely to command a good price, as corn fodder will he scanty, and it may come into a very bare market, as straw and old hay are mostly used up.—Caseberiand racquet. LAW INTELLIGENCJE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goa%urn.) IN EE HENRY STUART. The bankrupt, described as of 17, Cork-street, Burlinge- LT', tailor, applied under the 110th section of the act, s:Order of discharge. The debt, are stated at 4,6.',0(., of which 4,515/. are unsecured, with assets ; property ((wen up to the unfitness, 2001, ; property held by creditor[, 2401.; good debts, MM. • doubtful and bad debts, %N. Mr. Munn., who app eared for the assignees, consented to the allowance of an immediate order of discharge, the bankrupt having made a full discovery of his estate sad effeAs. - Mr. Brough supported. His Honour doubted whether the present sitting had been properly appointed ea it did not appear upon th e proceedings that the ban krupt intended to make his present application. Mr. Through and Mr. Munns both pointed out that the proceedings were perfectly regular. The sitting bad been duly advertised, and there was no objection to the allow ance of the din:barge. His Honour said he still remained of opinion that the proceedings were not regular, and he should adjourn the case until Mr. Commissioner Holroyd's return. THZ POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) • VIOLII2IT•ENUOLT ON • TNADISSIUN'S IKTFE. Maria Bailey, a blacking maker, of 187, G r ay' s .i ne . road, was charged with committing a violent assault oa Mrs. Emma Roynon, the wife of a master wheelwright, carrying on business at 189, Okay's-inn-mad, ISt. Pancras. Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. Mtn, pro. 'muting officer, of the Associate Institute for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, watched the case. The complainant stated that on the 3rd of August the assault was committed, and on that day she got out of bed for the first time for a week, having been very She heard a noise in the shop and on going downstairs she maw the defendant in the shop attempting to strike her child. She ordered the defendant out and then he abased her and said " he would give her what he intended for her husband !" She went up to him and said "Go out of my shop," and he then gave her a violent bl ow on the shoulder. She had a stick in her hand and she hit him across the shoulder and he then struck her in the mouth and cut her lip. Her mouth was full of blood, some of her teeth were loosened, and her face was blackened. • The defendant did tot deny the assault, but said helm first assaulted. He called his brother to prove the fact; but he said that the defendant " patted" the oomplainant in the face and asde her mouth bleed, adding that the assault was con.mitted at the door, and not in the shop. The equabble arose through a quarrel with the children. Mr. Newton said it was plain that the complainant had not told the whole truth in the matter, for the assault took place at the doer, and not in the shop. Mr. Ricketts was surprised to hear the magistrate make that remark, for the complainant was entitled to u much credence as the defendant's brother. The shop was • a wheelwright's, and its whole frost was quite open to the street. Mr. Newton fined the defendant Is., and 2s. costs. The smaUseas of the fine seemed to cause surprise in a crowded court. MARLBOROUGH-STRSICT. • BITTING TRANII•Cnox.—COIIIIITTAL OF • 11•11 -ILLVER OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Tar INDIAN BUDGET. Sir S. Northoote's statement of the Indian budget deserves the praise of clearness in the opinion of the Tima,but its luciditybrought to light some chronic defects of administration. Our contemporary cannot help looking at the picture drawn of the Indian finances as unsatis factory. The injustice of the license tax sinks into insig. nificance compared with the general ptospecta of finance. In more than a quarter of a century past there have only been six years in which the revenue exseeded the expendi ture, and the Indian debt in the same time has been trebled. The cardinal point in the expenditure at present is the outlay on public works. Everything turns upon it, and yet it is quite impossible to eoasider with advantage what works should be sanctioned, and to what extent money may be borrowed for their construction, without the immediate local examination and supervision which neither the secretary nor the governor in council an give. It was no light task, says the Herald, for Sir Stafford Northcote to answer the various arguments upon the im portant questions raised preliminary to making his first financial statement. But the policy which he developed con tained nothing new ; it consisted merely in making the best of things as they are. It was sound and prudent, and so clearly explained as to call forth high enconiums upon this score, as well as upon its general merits, from the opposite side of the house. If any doubts could have existed at the conclusion of the debate to which Mr. Ayrton's " resolutions " gave rise with respect to the inefficiency of the system under which our Indian empire is governed, they would have been removed, says the Post, by the disclosures made by Sir Stafford Northeote in his financial statement. The statement itself was exceptionally lucid, and the Indian Secretary is entitled to all the credit of having discharged • difficult and uninviting teak in a very creditable manner. As to the budget, it is far euier, in the estimation of the Telegraph, to say what it is not than what it is. In the first place the statement of accounts differs widely from an English budget, being more like an estimate. For example, on the face of the document there is a surplus of two millions and a quarter, while in reality there is a deficit of half a million. That the resolutions might approximate to fact, it sou neoessary to insert the ex pression "as appears by the accounts laid before the house." In other words, the appearance was a large sur plus, the reality was a considerable deficit. The Star believes that we must meet the Indian diffi culty by educating the people for self government. We have failed to rule an empire so wide and populous as India by means of an alien and centralised bureaucracy. The necessity of dividing our dominions, practically if not THE PALES REGULATION BILL. Whilst the Times admits that the arguments for the Parks Regulation Bill, which was talked out at the sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, are not devoid of force, it still holds that the present time is most inoppor tune for carrying it through parliament. Hot-blooded legislation is always a mistake ; for, even though the measure may be reasonable and just, it will always be re sented by those who fancy it to be directed against them, and who will think it a point of honour to resist its exe cution. The radical members who, according to the Standard, obey the authority of Mr. Beales, were directed to talk against time, and they executed his comm ands in a manner which must have earned them his complete satis faction. At ten minutes to 7, amidst loud cheers from the opposition benches below the gangway, the chair man stopped the debate. Mr. Taylor's motion was con fessedly an endeavour to use the forms of the house to get rid of a measure to which fair opposition would have been hopeless. His speech was worthy of the occasion. It is an anachronism, observes the Star, that in 1867, on the eve of household suffrage, liberal member should be driven to talk against time in order to prevent a merlon, encroachment on the rights of the people. But parlia mentary necessities are as inexorable as others, sad the Parka Bill is being opposed by means of the only weapon left to the faithful minority who have stayed in town to prevent its passing into law. Mr. Hardy could not conceal has vexation, and nearly exploded with anger as he ►nnounced that he would proceed with the bill to day and again on Thursday at the morning sitting, if needful. The government have madly devoted the rest of the session to rendering themselves abhorrent to the country. The Star urges the liberal members to perse vere in their organised opposition. THE REFORM QUESTION SI The future historian of our times will hays to record, the Daily News says, that the settlement of the reform ques tion was the result of the insincerity with which, from its first reopening, it was treated by large sections of both political parties. The total result of their insincerity has been the production in parliament itself of curiously unanimous repudiation of the doctrine of finality. Nobody seems to hope that Mr. Disraeli's settlement will last. A fortuitous concourse of concessions and denials, it is vitalised by no principle, and is the expression of no political faith. Mr. Disraeli has created a new er► in English politics. He has transformed a great party into a self-seeking faction. Hitherto the bulk of the honest conservatism of the country has been content to serve the country according to its light, resisting wh►t it thought to be the fatal measures of liberalism, and uttering loud lamentations over their success ; but Mr. Disraeli has taught it to serve itself. If the conservative statesmanship of the future is to be of Mr. Disraeli's type—if it is to bid for popularity and to worship success, the course of party warfare will leave many wrecks behind it. But the Daily News is convinced that the public mind of the country is in too healthy a state to allow such statesmanship to characterise the future. The Post thinks that the session of parliament which is rapidly approaching its close will at least leave this remark able effect :—lt has witnessed • moat extraordinary dis ruption of parties, • dislocation of political principles, and a shifting of popular cries which leaves us in doubt at the end of its existence whether the Reform Bill, which is its greatest work, is the product of the government or the opposition. But the chief question, after the experience of this session. is whether we are now going to see any great change take place in the form of government to which we have been accustomed, and whether the position and responsi bilities of ministers to their supporters and to parliament are to be permanently changed. Where the line will be drawn which, after the reform question is settled, is to form the future division of any two great parties in the state, it is impossible at present to say. Parties must be reconsti tuted. Some reform in the executive reorganisation of the House of Commons must follow that of its constituent parts, if we are to preserve the vigour and honesty which must ch►racterise the public action of a country ambitious to be foremost in the civilisation of the world. Eke Court. OSBORNE, Accost' 13. The Queen, the King of the Belgians, Princess Louise, and Prineeis Beatrice drove out yesterday after noon. Major-General P. H. Seymour was in attendance upon horseback. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen dined with the Queen and the royal family in the evening. Count Van der Stettin-Ponthoz bad the honour of being invited. The King of the Belgians took leave of the Queen this morning, on his return to Ostend. His Majesty, attended by Count Van der Strattin-Pom thou, H. Derain, M. Brewer, and Dr. Wimmer, embarked at eleven o'clock at Trinity l'ier, Bast Cowes, on board his yacht, which left shortly afterwards. The LIOCI U9riuuor Sackville West and Major• General F. li. Seymour attended his Majesty to Trinity Pier. Mr. Desanges has had the honour of submitting to the Queen's inspection his sketch in oil for a picture which he is painting of her Majesty laying the foundation stone of the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences at South Kensington. The Prince of Wales, attended by General Sir W. Knollys and Captain Ellis, left Marlborough-house early on Monday morning for Sandringham. His Royal Highness returned to Marlborough-house yesterday afternoon. The Prinoeu of Wales drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Harding.. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council s►t yesterday at the Privy Council-office, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and Lord Robert Montagu. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, the Straits Settlements, the Mauritius, Natal, Malta, and Gibraltar. The Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Marlborough House on Saturday next for Germany. The carriage■ and horses have already gone to Wiesbaden. Their royal highnesses will embark at Woolwich for Ant werp in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, under the command of the Prince of Leiningen. _ His Serene Highness Prince Teck, and her Royal Highness the Princess Teck, visited Aldershot yesterday, when s grand review of the troops of the divi sion took plaue. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Waail ahikoff and family have arrived at Idaurigy's Hotel from Ramie. His Excellency M. Rogier, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, hen arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Brawls. His Excellency G. W. S. Jerninghsm, her Ma jesty's Minister at Stockholm, has arrived at Manri47's Hotel from Paris. The Marquis Berlingieri and M. Morelli have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess Cowley have arrived at the Cbusiolon Hotel from Paris. We (Morning Post) are requested to contradict the report which has appeared in several of our contempo raries of the marriage of the Hon. Barbara Yelverton and Lord Petersham. Lord and Lady Conyers and the Hon. Laura Lane Fox have left Brown's Hotel for Homby Castle, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Houghton have left town for the B►ths at WildbadOn Ginmany. Colonel Gilpin has arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde•park-comet. Mr. and Mrs. G. Talbot Olyphant and Dr. and Mrs. Watts have returned to Catslea HoteL Miss Scott Douglas has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.. _ Her Majesty has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon John I. Mantell, Esq., of the Middle Temple, late Chief Justice of her Majesty's Settle ments on the Gambia. Sir John Montell has served his country with distinction for 27 years on the West Coast of Africa, 20 years as chief justice, and seven yeas pre viously as law °Moe of the crown. LATEST INTNLLIGENCE. (UOllll . ll TZLEOILAIIB.) FRANCE. PARLS, Auchun 14. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, French ambassa dor to the court of St. James, has been nomi nated Grand Cross of the Legion of the Honour. Count Reculet has been nominated Grand Officer, and M. Desnoyers, French consul at Newcastle upon-Tyne, and M. Chapdelaine, vice-consul at Cardiff, Chevaliers of the same order. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, Ammer 14. The Conference of Hungarian and Austrian deputies have agreed upon the principle by which Hungary's share in the expenses of the empire is to be fixod. This share to be covered by Hungary is not to be regulated by the direct or indirect taxes, or by any other system of taxation. It is the actual amount hitherto contributed by Hun gary to the general expenses that is to serve for a basis for the future settlement of the financial rela tions of Hungary and Austria. FIUME, AUGUST 13. It is expected that the royal commissioner will shortly order the election of deputies to the Hun garian Diet to take place here. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, JULY 12. Exchange on London, 48i to 481. Hides, 41 for 231bs. Lumber, 44 to 52. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Acrousr 13. The Tanjore sailed at 9 a.m., and the Nyanza at noon to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 19th, and the latter at Southampton about the 26th inst. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 13. The Pera leaves at 6 p.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton for the 18th inst. 7HE APPROACHING MEETING OF THE EMPERORS. A Vienna correspondent of the In&'pendance Bel9e, writing on the 9th instant, says : " At the castle of Salsburg everything is in motion for the reception of the Emperors of Austria and France. The apartments which were usually occupied by the Dowager Empress Caroline Augusta are intended for the Empress Eugenie ; the Emperor N►poleon will use the rooms in which the Emperor Francis Joseph usually resides. The latter will for the time have the apartments of his brother the Archduke Louis Victor. It is rumoured that the King of Bavaria and the King of Wurtem burg will come to Salsburg during the stay of the Emperors ; but, notwithstanding certain prepara tions which have been ordered, nothing positive has been decided. I learn, however, that the Kings of Bavaria and Wintemburg will in any case meet the Emperor and Empress of the French during their journey. For the rest, whatever may be said, and what ever may be the meaning attached to it, the visit which is about to be made by the Emperor Francis Joseph occupies more or less the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg. I am assured on very good authority that the circumstance of the Emperor of the French being the drat to visit the Emperor of Aturtria, while the sovereigns of Prussia and Russi► went to Paris first, has already aroused certain susceptibilities." WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WEDNWIDAY, AiOUST li. 8 LK. YOB _ASSAULT. Frederick Lander, a bar-keeper at the London Pavilion Music Sall, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with as. saulting Mr. Joseph Rosenthal, jeweller, of No. 18, Arundel-street, Paittonoquare. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-stmt, appeared for the complainant, and having stated the nature of the case, said that as the defendant when charged with the assault had made very light of it, saying that he had plenty of money and could only be fined, he hoped his worship would teach him differ ently and not impose a fine for such a brutal assault as the defendant had committed. Mr. Rosenthal said that he bad had a dispute with the defendant, who was a bar-keeper at the London Pavilion, respecting a bet. On the previous evening the defendan t came up to him in Rupert-street, and said, "Are you not going to settle that bet ?" He told the defendant that be had not received the money, and the defendant then spat in his face, called him "• Jew," and kicked him. After tripping him up the defendant kicked him while be Ma lying on the ground by the Crown Tavern, some of the kicks being on the mouth, and others about the bead. He could not see a policeman, and he believed if some penons had not come to his luminance he would have been killed, as the defendant pinioned him by the arm s and ki c ked him deliberately, he (complainant) having his hands at the time in his loom, jacket pockets. At the time he had seven or eight watches in his pocket, and a quantity of small articles of jewellery, which be was going to show to a customer, and he lost two lockets and had his breast pin, which he much valued, broken in two. The defendant said all he did wee in self-defence. The complainant owed him sf. for eight weeks, and had made several appointments with him to settle it, but had never done so, and sever could be found at home. Mr. Pulling, of No. 34, Southampton-street, Strand, ear peuter, said that he was in Rupert-street yesterday eves lag, and saw the defendant plain his left hand on the com plainant's neck and force him down on the ground, and then commence kicking him in the face with his right foot and beating him about with his fist, and the own plainant bled very much. He (witness) went across the road to pull the defendantoff the complainant, but another person did so before he got up. He never saw a more brutal assault in his life, and while going to the station the defendant seemed to make quite a triumph of it, saying that he had plenty of money and did not can for the cim plainant, as theycould only lock him up and fine him, and he did not care for that. Mr. Thos. Charles Weller, of No. 5, Archer-street, Windmill-street, gave similsr evidence to that of the pre• vions witty's, and proved pulling the defendant from the complainant, the latter never having struck or abused the former at all. Thos. Goddard, :kr A, proved peeing the complainant bleeding. The complainant charged the defendant with assaulting him and several persona said the defendant find attacked the complainant. The defendant called Edwin Atkins, a waiter at tare• gory'S Hotel, but it appeared that he did not see all that occurred. Mr. 'Tyrwbitt said it was quite clear to bim that tbs defendant had committed a most brutal assault, and be would be sent to prison for 21 dais with bard labour. Mr. Froggatt, of Argyll-street, afterwards applied to the magistrate to impose a fine on the defendant instead of imprisonment, but Mr. Tyrwhitt refused to alter big decision. WORSHIPZTREET. STRANGE THEFT.-RODDING THE HETZLESS. A man whose name was entered on the police sheet as Henry Watson, 47, a carman at 10, Cbiswell-street s St. Luke's, was charged with stealing a entail valise and contents, the property of a gentleman named Mr. Gough, resident at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The circumstances were peculiar. A constable of the G division said—This morning about 10 o'clock, I noticed several persons standing round the prisoner, who was sitting on the flagetones in Finsbu¢ square reading, madi him :gi,ainren.rtlryewso:de.tlisintlecro.m&niieriwnsg.p:per. rot Railway," arc., but I could not connect his meaning, and at that instant some person near remarked that somebody bad said the prisoner bad at• ten.pted to steal a watch. Portions of strain of a leathers valise were in the prisoner's hand at the time, and whets heheard the watch mentioned he doubled the paper up and put it into my hand, saying " If I havegot your watch there it is," at the same time trying to get away. I told him I could not permit him to leave directly, but he Tr misted by kicking me all the way to the s t a ti o n-bouse, where he observed, " If it had not been for you I should have escaped." On searching him I found two knives is his pocket. I know nothing of him. A gentleman who described himself as a government clerk, living in Godfrey-road, Kingxland, gave a like account of the incident, with this addition, that be saw prisoner leaving a gentleman, who called in vain for him to return, and appeared unable to pursue him. is consequence of which be (witness), with others, rimed round the prsoner, and prevented his going f ur tba ; after which the prisoner sat down, as describe and read sonic almost incoherent sentences from a folded newspaper till the police came. Mr. Gough, the prosecutor, explained that he was 05 invalid from rheumatism, and could scarcely walk at *IL Stopping in Finsburpequare. he released himself from bit valise for a few momenta. The prisoner walked off with it, and not with that only but likewise with his sticks. without which he was unable to stir. He knew nothing of the prisoner. Mr. Ellison inquired if the prisoner was known to any one present, and received an answer in the negative. Prisoner himself smilingly said, in answer to the chug!, "Guilty," and received a sentence of six months' soument with apparent indifference. We are authorised to state that there is no foun dation for the rumour that a portion of the gold service of plate used on the occasion of the enter tainment to the Sultan at the India-office had been stolen or lost. A shocking accident is reported from Maher*. Master Fred. Potter had gone there with his friends, sad when near St. Ann's Well commenced running down the incline, a auto= with tourists. He was anagram 01 • fearful chasm under him (a stone quarry), and fell over • mass of rock a distance of forty feet. His father I solicitor) picked him up, but he was unoonscious, and be has since died. Harry Charge, 1 PRI] Leases, Peniasub RAIL Maid Sprig of Philobo Suoir Vi At 12 state of tl Mb two lot out, I. D. Vi sad /loin Mr. I. 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