The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-05 00:00:00

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Josephs, C. /launders, Bessie Foote, Pidda, Lennox, Raymond, &c. BRITANNIA. TRH EVRAING, ROVING JACK, THE I'IRATZ HUNTER. — Miss Oarseooe; Mr •' D.lncing Mod" beyeu ; Mr. lAbutuum.— LAtREITES BRIDAL; OR, MORE THAN MEETS TUE EVE The Iluxtuo Dyo Worke Br►ss Band.—PAVED WITH 0 AD. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DOT —llornlos. Ob. 47m Afternoon. lb. 7m. To-ItOutow—Monalng, lh. 2.1 m Alteraouu, Its. 4.6 m. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. A rtzxrso of anxiety is finding expression among some of the inhabitants of this capital. We are losing, it is said, our old household secu rity. The force on which we have so long relied for the protection of our homes is paralysed, and henceforward no one can feel safe in his bed. The immediate occasion for these alarms is the convic tion of the police-constable HAYES for perjury. It is roundly affirmed that whether the constable was guilty or innocent, his conviction is a lamentable occurrence. It is argued that if the police are to be prosecuted on the ground of evi dence which they have given in the courts they will be discouraged and disabled, while burglars and footpads will flourish. We believe that this fear is not wholly unfounded., although it does seem probable that the vigorous and cheerful style of swearing to which we have been accustomed on the part of the force will be exchanged for a more cautious and exact mode of statement. No one, indeed, caube satis3edwiththe present position of the case out of which the prosecution of HAYES arose. That constable and another, named BARRY, were employed to watch certain parts of Camden-town, in consequence of numerous bur glaries which had been committed there. On the morning of August 31 they arrested in Eversholt street two young men, named PEARVE and DYE, and took them to the station iu Albany-street, where they charged them with attempting to commit a burglary inGloncester-crescent, Regent's park. The police swore that they watched the two young men into the garden of the house, and took them there. On behalf of the accused, witnesses swore that the former had never been iu Gloucester-crescent the whole evening. The state- ments made by the police on the ono hand, and the witnesses for the young men on the other, were ao contradictory, that the magistrate dis charged the prisoners, who iu turn indicted the constables for perjury and conspiracy. The evi dence on the trial of each of the policemen was again irreconeileable ; but besides that, the results of the two prosecutions were discrepant, for while BARRY, who was tried first, was acquitted, Hayes was convicted, although the two men must have been equally guilty or equally innocent. This, it must be admitted, is a most unsatisfactory state of _ . . things. But the complaint to which we have referred does not arise out of the inconsis tency of the verdict or the imperfection.. of the trials. It would have been made with equal force if both constables had been found guilty and with ectizd reason if both had been acquitted. It springs from the apprehen sion of the consequences which must ensue if the veracity of the police is called in question at all, except by their superiors ; if private persons are allowed to put the law in motion, and make con stables accountable to the tribunals for their evi dence. . The reply to these complaints is so obvious—it is so certain, that the considerations on the other side must have presented themselves to the minds of the complainants and been dismissed as insuffi cient—that instead of dwelling on those considera tions at length, we shall do better to ask how it happens that any person in his senses can think it a small matter that the truthfulness of evidence should continue to be treated as the first condition to be secured in the administration of justice. The demand now made is in reality that our persons and liberties shall he entrusted to the hands of a class whose every word shall be treated as true in virtue of their office. JOHN SMITH may be a man of average morality while he is a stableman in the country, never telling a lie except for some purpose of interest or convenience ; but brought up to London, and supplied from Scotland-yard with a blue dress and white buttons, and de nominated X 433, he is ex officio veracious and exact, and his word must never be impugned by those whom it may consign to a cell, to punish ment, and lasting disgrace. A demand of this kind would be utterly unintelligible except on the supposition that it proceeds from the members of a class of the community who thoughtlessly ima gine that it would increase the protection they enjoy, while they would be wholly exempt from the frightful tyranny under which it would place their neighbours. Experience shows that men will make the most horrible suggestions with the utmost coolness when they know that their own interests and persons are secure. One whose sole ambition is to gain the notice and favour of the great will think nothing of publicly expressing a wish that the workmen who :.re now peacefully meeting to ask for votes may be tired upon with grape shot . n • —a proposal that would never be mass if its author did not feel quite sure that, come what might of the liberties of the country, his place would always be on the side of the big guns. So in this case. lii our complex society there is • very large class of persons who would feel perfectly safe and contented if they saw seven out of every ten of their neighbours delivered up to the absolute tyranny of ignorant and self-important hirelings. They wear good clothes, they do not come out until the morning is well advanced, they get to their homes early, and do not leave them in the evening except in a brougham. All their ideas of the police are asso ciated with their own protection and comfort, and they cannot conceive how under any circumstances theycould happen to be on one side of a dispute and the blue uniform on the other. They can per ceive the grew„ and unquestioned service which a well-regulated police force is capable of rendering, and as they can perceive nothing else, they wish the members of that force as nearly absolute as possible. If all persons of intelligence, leisure, means, and station were like minded with them, the situation of the mass of the people would be intolerable. Happily, the latter have one great protection in the character of the police magistrates of the metropolis, who, though not wholly free from prejudice and defects of temper, are as upright and impartial a body of men as can be found in any country of the world. But their functions often stop with the discharge of the falsely accused person, when justice requires the prosecution of the perjurer. The levity with which the police make false charges against those who are not in a position to call them to account is, as moat readers of newspapers know, and as the decisions of the magistrates prove, becoming a very serious evil. And the same may be said of the violence to which the police so freely resort. A case is now under investigation in which the police burst in the night into the house of a respect able man who had undoubtedly rendered him self obnoxious to the law, but who might have been taken up on a warrant at any time, dragged him out of doors, and beat him about the head with their truncheons, inflicting, in pure vindictiveness, injuries which would have been unjustifiable if he had pulled down a mile of the railings of Hyde-park, and which, in nine cases out of ten, would have been followed by fatal re sults. Conduct of this kind might be practised year after year without in the least interfering with the equable flow of life of the well-to-do com fortable classes. But there are others, forming the mass of the population in every great city, who live in continual contact with the police, and to whom the integrity of that body is of the great est importance. Happily, the separation of classes in this country has not proceeded so far that any great oppression can be practised upon one without the sympathy of another, and stimu lating it to advance to its aid. And this for the good of the whole. Those who desire to see authority exercised in England by irresponsible agents should remember that those countries of Europe where such immunity is enjoyed by the police and the bureaucracy are con stantly referred to by ourselves as destitute of one of the most necessary safeguards of freedom, while on the other hand we have not that social and political equality which reconciles their inha bitants too easily to a large sacrifice of individual liberty, a possession which has hitherto been the proud distinction of the Anglo-Saxon race. Cite Court. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS. Unlike its contemporaries, the Times describes the meeting at St. James's Hsll last evening as but mode rately attended, and assumes there must be something politically deadening in metropolitan life. It then pro ceeds to dispute Mr. Bright's advice to the trades and friendly societies to use their organisation for political purposes. To do so is an economical error, and is calcu lated to excite still more the jealousy and fears of the middle class, already sensitive enough. The failure of the reform leaders to carry the working population in their train is to be attributed, not to their want of sympathy with the movement, but to the fact that they feel themselves forbidden by the terms of the , r association from becoming political bodies. The Times adheres to its advice that they should keep quiet till the meeting of parliament, and after putting aside as impossible the adoption of a franchise bill without a redistribu tion of seats, concludes with expressing its convic tion that a bill can be proposed which will content moderate men of all classes, and that the two houses would be willing to pass it. In a second article, the Times endeavours to show that the speaking ou Monday was un worthy of a demonstration claiming a metropolitan rank and character, and is particularly bard upon a glass blower, Mr. Leicester, and asks —if such a large body cannot prevent itself being represented by a spokesman of this sort what guarantee can it give us for the sort of men, the minds, the opinions, and the measures that are to come to the surface when the constitution has been reconstructed on the principle of manhood suffrage? The Herald and Standard continue to describe the pro ceedings of Monday as a political failure, and to endeavour to draw a distinction between the Reform League and the trades` unions, the former being peculiarly obnoxious. As to the Hyde-park question, the Standard is anxious it should be known that in a second emergency the railings will be found higher and stronger, and the repressive measures a little more effective and severe. The Post quotes one of its Dublin contemporaries to the effect that if Mr. Bright were now iu Ireland it would be the duty of the government of that country to deal with him in the matter of his late letter to a gentleman in Exeter, as the law directs. Now, if ever, says the PaM, authority should be exercised without respect to persons. But, inasmuch as it is I.ighly improbable that Mr. Bright will see fit to cross the Channel, it is for the imperial go vernment to appreciate his epistolary exercitation. The Ttl,graph strongly censures the language of Mr. Leicester and Colonel Dickson, and is convinced that the policy of intimidation, which seems to commend itself to latter, will be readily disowned by men like Mr. Potter. The gathering of Monday will be effective for its purpose, because it showed the fitness of the artisans for every civic right ; a mob in Park-lane would be nothing but an oppor tunity for the " roughs." The Star repeats the chief part of Mr. Bright's speech last night, adopting the sentiments with much enthusiasm. . " , . V- . . 9, r . . .. t r tPRISs, lieED ,S NT DAy EVENI NG, ....____ ..1w•- If it M. true, lit 4 Daffy Nat !um thatier. still adheres to his policy, which even the defeat , nlff nority no longer support, he must have utterly the political capacity for which he has hitherto received credit. It is not worth while, however, to °amidst his 'views, for Congress is both riu:lved and able to reduce his action within the modest limits unlined to it by the constitution. If the South will not give the guarantees which are re quired, it is highly probable that before Mr. Johnson's term of office expires the constitution will be amended, and the reign of civil and political equality extended over the whole Union by the act of the Federal legislature, rati fied by the loyal states, and without the co-operation of the Southern politicians. With regard to Mexico, the Daily News thinks it would have been wise of Mr. John son to have facilitated the departure of the French by a friendly attitude instead of ostentatiously pressing upon them, when without him they had every reason to leave as soon as they could. The Telegraph contends that our government tried in perfect good faith to preserve our neutrality, but the United States have ground, nevertheless, for complaining that, in spite of these efforts, their commerce suffered in jury through the delays of our officials. For instance, had our Customs' officers at Liverpool exercised greater honesty or greater vigilance, or had our law officers shorn a little more diligence, the Alabama would have been stopped, and the Foreign Secretary's direction for her seizure at Queensland or Nassau virtually confesses our responsibility. Now these are just the points that could be fairly referred to an arbitrator; and the Telegraph would be very glad to hear that the whole question had been referred to the arbitration of some European sove reign whose position would ensure respect for his decision. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dm. 4. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise, drove out in a carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, with Princess Christian and the Princess of Tack, drove out this morning. Princess Beatrice also went out. Prince Henry, second son of the Crown Prince and Prin cess of Prussia and grandson of the Queen, has arrived on a visit to her Majesty, and will remain in England with the Queen for the winter. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Lieutenant Haig, arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Teck also arrived, and dined with the Queen and the Royal Family. Her Majesty's private band played in the drawing-room after dinner, before the Royal Family, where the ladies and gentlemen in waiting had the honour of joining the Royal Family. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley were honoured with invitations. The band played the following selection of music, under the direction of Mr. Anderson : Overture, " Les Chaperons Stases" Auher. ?.election, " Yuust Coro, " II ('nWiato" Me) erbeer. Aire de Ballet, "4tradella" Selection, " Athalle" AI eudelssohn. March Kuhner. The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Christian, the Prince of Teck, and Count Gleichen went out shooting, attended by Major-General F. H. Seymour. Lord Begot, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lind say, and Major-General F. H. Seymour, have succeeded Lord Crofton, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Lord Alfred Paget, as Lord, Groom, and Equerry in Waiting. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour able l'rivy Council sat yesterday at Whitehall, on matters relating to quarantine and to the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., the Right Hon. Horatio Waddington, the Right Zion. H. Curry, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Hanison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the com mittee. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Malta. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales leaves Dariustmit to-day direct for Paris. The Prince and Princess de Teck left Windsor Castle for Kew yesterday, at the conclusion of their visit to the Queen and royal family. The Prince and Princess Christian (Princess Helena) arc expected, says the Lieerpo,l Mercury, to pay a visit to the Earl and Counted of Derby at Knowlaley during the present month. The Duke and Duchess of l'ilanchester have left -..— town for Chataworth,on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire. On the 26th ult. Sir Andrew Buchanan had the „.. _ honour of entertaining the Prince of Wales and the im perial family at the British Embassy, St. Petersburg. In honour of his host his royal highness wore the Highland costume. The Czar was received at the head of the stair case by the Prince of Wales, who, in his character of an English piince, was held to be in his own house at the British Embassy. The same ceremony was observed on the arrival of the Czarevitch and the Crown Prince of Denmark. The Princess Daguiar was led into the ball-room by his royal highness. Immediately on the rutty of the royal guests into the ball room, a quadrille was danced, in which all the high and mighty personages assembled, including the Emperor and the British ambassador, took part. After this cere mony had been performed, the elder and graver members of the company considered themselves released fi om all farther obligations of a similar character, and the dancing was left to the princes and princesses and their respective suites. Whist tables were arranged in the adjoining rooms, and the Czar, according to his wont, played for a couple of hours, with Prince Lieven for his partner. The Prince of Wales danced almost without intermission. On Sunday last Lady Robert Montague gave birth to a daughter, at 72, Inverness-terrace. The death is announced, on Saturday last, at his residence, No. 10, \\estbourne-street, Hyde-park gardens, of Colonel Sir George Everest, C. 8., Royal Bengal Artillery, F.R.S., formerly Surveyor-General and Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, aged 76. DEATH OF BARONESS FERDINAND DE ROT/IS CHU D.—Yeateraay afternoon, to the great grief of her family, the Baroness Ferdinand de Rothschild died during her confinement. The baroness was the youngest daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.l'., and was married to her cousin, Baron Ferdinand, the second son of Baron Amelia de Rothschild, of Vienna. The premature death of the young baroness has cast a deep gloom over the family. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol preached in Bristol Cathedral on Sunday upon the " Seoond Advent." He said man might never presume to specify the "when," but the general signs of that " when " might ever be observed with the deepest spiritual profit. Surely they might obeet ve them with profit now, as they saw and marked all that was around them—nations rising against nations, mysteriously coming pestilences, silently increas ing unrest, runnings to and fro, increased knowledge, consciously felt anxiety as to their general and national future, and, most serious sign of all, a plainly and steadily deepening disbelief in the supernatural—they might well muse with solemn earnestness on the declaration which has formed the text to those grave thoughts, " The night is far spent." The Rev. Dr. Badham, who has been Bead Master of Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School 13 years, has been appointed to the Professorship of Clas sics and Logic in the University of Sydney. The chair was previously held by Dr. Woolley, who was lost in the London. A correspondent of a contemporary states that, during the march of the procession on Monday—mounted on some builders' ladders, and looking over the wall of St. James's Palace, just at the angle by the Mall—were to be seen the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Teck, and several other gentlemen, who, smoking their cigars, looked on with evident interest. It is a noticeable fact that, though the Herald and Standard contain a full report of the remarks of Mr. Ayrton, which were construed by the audience at St. James's-hall last evening to reflect upon the Queen, they have not a word of Mr. Bright's remarkable remonstrance, which appears in all the other journals, and which seems to have made a considerable impression on the meeting. The iron crown of Lombardy is shortly to resume its place in MOM% Cathedral. This restitution is to be *Howled with some pomp, and when the Prefect of Milan shall have announced the day fixed for it, a high court functionary will be despatched to Monza to be present at it. •h 7 CEMB [4: z . 5,_ 1866. LAMM GENCE. THE EMPEROR MAXIM LAN. The Nord reports that the Emperor Maximilian sent a telegram to a member of his oourt at Mira mar, announcing that he would soon land at Gib raltar, and that M. de Bombellea, a member of his household, has gone to Gibraltar to receive him. -- It D tay e itt is the motive wide& leads the soldier to glory. ihe real power whichloh gives victory ; esprit de e't oorps ilitie only bond which preserves unity amongst the troops. Both united se cure for them the rowed end consideration of all other classes in the state. Soldiers ! listen to the voice of duty and of honour, and that of your own intermits. The Spanish army—this is (the hope of the Queen ( whom God p reserve) and of the eountry— w illyield to no other in patriotis m and in the love of country, it will not belie its past. History says that the Spanish soldiers astonished Ithe world by their great deeds ; that their loyalty is pro verbial ; that owing to their discipline they conquered I kingdoms • that they have been the admi rat io n of other • nations ; a nd: that in their own as in distant countries they have had the happiness and the glory of being strong by their discipline, conquerors by their courage, and loved by their Sovereigns for their fidelity and devotion. pRE.mipENT joliNsON'S MESSAGE. The Times entirely agrees with President Johnson, that it is high time the vexatious dispute respecting the Ala hams was set at rest, and regrets that Lord Russell, though probably right in disclaiming any legal liability to compensation, did not hold out any hope of a compromise honourable to both parties, and defer the discussion until the end of the war. Lord Stanley is perfectly free to en tertain any fresh proposals without prejudice ; and it would be a great misfortune if he were to be embarrassed in dealing with them according to his own judgment by any reluctance to reverse the tleciaion of his predecessor. The appointment of a commission to inquire into the operation of our neutrality laws is an acknowledgment of the relevancy of such extra-legal considerations, and this step will obviously render the adjustment of the Alabama claims much easier than it would otherwise have been. As I to Mexico, the Times thinks it not unreasonable that a 1 great North American republic should resent the creation and maintenance of a Mexican empire by French interven tion on its own frontiers. The abdication of Maximilian, if it has not taken place already, is merely a question of time. The President's obstinacy in adhering to his reconstruction policy is carried to pitch which is not without an element of sublimity ; bat I statesmanship must be measured by a practical standard, anti of all rulers Elective Presidents are those who h.tve least right and least power to defy the popular will. AFRICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.I -A-- The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at 1 o'clock, at the company's offices ; Dir. P. liaDow in the chair. The SECRILTARY read the following report : " In conformity with the resolution passedat the general meeting of the proprietors, held on the 24th June, 1857, your directors have now to submit their report of the company's affairs for the six months ending 31st October last, together with the balance-sheet and state ment of accounts to that date, duly examined and signed by the company's auditors. In making up the accounts' your directors have discharged all the expenses of navigating and maintaining the ships, the cost of in surance and repairs, and have made the authorised reserve for depreciation ; they have also made other pro visions in accordance with the policy,whichhas alreadybeen approved of by the proprietors, with the view of preserving the company's property in • sound fin ancial position. After paying all these charges, there remains a balance to the credit of revenue account of 5,32 W. Is. 9d., out of which your directors recommend the payment of the usual divi pend of Ks. per share, free of income-tax, for the half-year ending 31st October last. This payment will absorb 4,402/. 45., and leave 925/. 17a. 9d., to be car ried forward to next half-year's account. Your directors have much pleasure in reporting, that during the last six months the mail service has been performed in a most satisfactory manner, and that the ships are in a high state of efficiency. The last ship under the old mail con tract is due at Liverpool on the 10th of December, and the Interoolonial steamer Retriever has been ordered to Eng land, as under the new contract her services are no longer required on the coast. Various alterations have been intreduceu into the service under the new contract. The course of post has been reduced from 79 days 6 hours to 71 days ; two ports, Brass and Nun, called at under the oldoon tract, are left out,and two ports, BlonroviaandJellah Coffee, are added. The alterations made were moat carefully considered by your directors before they were adopted, and they have every reason to believe the new contract will be performed in as satisfactory a manne to all parties sa was the old one. The first ship under then ew contract was despatched from Liverpool on 24th October. Your directors have to report that their tender accepted by the Postmaster-General was for a single service per month. They had offered to perform a fort nightly service, but their offer was declined. They have for a considerable period had their serious attention drawn to the propriety of providing more accommodation for the increasing traffic: on the Coast of Africa, and while regretting the decision of her Majesty's government, they have thought it expedient to make arrangements for an experimental additional line, which the modifica tions introduced into the new contract have enabled them to do, without increasing the present fleet. It is their intention to despatch the first ship of this additional line on the 10th of January next, and they hope that the increased accommodation thereby afforded to commerce will, at no distant period, be productive of material benefit to the proprietors. With the view of placing before the proprietors, in a condensed form, the working of the late contract, a return of the sailing' and arrivals of the mail packets under it has been prepared, and is circulated together with this report. In accordance with the usual custom, this report and statement of accounts have been circulated among the pro prietors seven days before the day appointed for the meeting." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, observed that since the last meeting a new contract had been obtained and come into operation. In the accounts full provision was made for depreciation. It was 71! , percent., and he hoped that as the company progressed that rate would be increased. The vessels were all in good. condition, and had kept their time under the new contract. Although the amount to be received annually was 10,000!. less, he believed that, owing to the reduced service on the coast, the arrangement would prove equally profitable with the old one. The company had as much traffic business as it could provide for and the board would not spend any large amount in car rying out an experimental line. Atter a short discussion the report was adopted, and, after declaring a dividend of Ss. per share, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. SHOCKING DEATH WHILE PRACTISING ON A TRAPEZE. INQI7IZT.—(THIS DAY.) This forenoon, Mr. Richards, the deputy-coroner, held an inquiry at the York Minder Tavern, Philporstreet, Mile-end Old-town, touching the death of John Worthing, aged 45 years. Rosetta Brown, 1:1, New Norfolk-street, said that the deceased was her brother-in-law. On Friday evening, at I 9 o'clock, he was brought home insensible. Witness knew nothing about the occurrence which led to his death. Edward Butcher, Bloorgate.street,Mile-entl, said that be and the deceased were carmen at flickling's, the corn chandlers, in Mile-end. On Friday afternoon they were in the corn warehouse, and the deceased saw a trapeze erected in it. Ho said, " Here's gymnastics ; I'm cold, and I'll try them." Witness cautioned him that it was dangerous, but he only replied, "Oh, you arc frightened;" and he then caught hold of the wooden b ar of the trapeze and swung round and sat upon the bar. The deceased then " I shall now twist round," and he caught hold of the bar with his hands and bent backward, and while he was swinging round, his head was underneath the bar. But not being accustomed to that exercise the strain upon his arms was too much for them, and he was compelled to Ist go his hold, and he fell with great force, dashing his head on to the stone pavement. Mr. J. Ilickling, 100, Oaboru-street, said that the trapeze was a regular one, and it consisted of two ropes, which were fastened to the rafters of the corn warehouse roof, and the ordinary wooden bar. It was usual when any person was practising on it to put some soft substance underneath the trapeze, but the deceased had neglected to take that pre caution. Dr. Kay said that when be was called in to see the de , ceased he found him insensible. He died on Saturday afternoon from the effects of a fracture of the skull. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased lost his life in consequence • of an accidental fall received while practising gymnastics." The Imperial Court of Riom (Puy-dc-Dime) has just decided that the epithet "female "applied to a woman constituted an insult. During the present season nearly 8,000 buildings have been erected in Chicago, at a coat of about 7,000,000 dole. Among them are many churches and large ware houses. The Surma/lotto Bee, a Californian paper, states that the following memorial was presented to the Presi dent of that city by the Chinese residents :—" To the Hon. the President and the Board of Trustees of the city of Sacramento. The undersigned, residents of the city of Sacramento, pray your honourable board to grant them permission to burn fire-crackers and otherwise cele brate, in accordance with the customs of their native country, for the period of three days, for the purpose of driving the Devil from the city, and particularly from that portion of it occupied by the Chinese. (Signed.) Sacramento, Oct. 16, 1866." ILLNESS OF LORD ASHBY; RTON. —OUT readers will hear with regret that the health of the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton continues to be of a serious character. We understand that his lordship is removed to Hempstead and in deep seclusion. The complaint, it is reported. la en tirely of a mental character. The establishment at Ruck enham Torts has been closed and the household servants dismissed.—Lynn Aderthaer. ABERDEEN L N 1 TERSITT. —On Saturday afternoon the students in Aberdeen University met for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of Lord Rector, Madrid, Nov. 30. I which becomes vacant at this time through the expiry of The following are extracts from the order re- the term of office of the present rector, Earl Russell. The ferred to : can didates nominated were Mr. Grant-Duff, M.P., Mr. I Grote, the historian,feeling and Lord Stanley. The of It is di ffi cult, very di ffi cult, to draw the line of de - the majority of the students was evidently in favou r of marcation which separates what is allowed from what is . Mr. Grant-Duff. The election takes place on the 21st not allowed to military men in relation to politica. But inst., and the office is held for three years. this grave and serious problem which exists in the MR. H. A. BRUCE AT MERTHYR.—On Monday Mr. H. A. Bruce addressed a meeting of the electors and principal Merthyr. The of l2° Itihe gentleman and nature of things has been solved amongst most the al of the nations of Europe by the institution itself, by the army itself, guided by the sentiments of good, and sward. re vie we d nouselecte o dwelt at some length on the question of parliamentary y ing aalawful only what is just. All governments have vied in reform. He observed that there seemed to be, and he enforcing this view, while carefully maintaining in the dif- hoped that there was, a growing desire for the extension of ferent elassesof troops the military spirit which lathe source the suffrage, and that the present ministry would, there fore, have to introduce a reform bill into parliament, or and pillar of all their virtues. The army must, therefore, • else ' there would be a trial of strength in the House of be kept a stranger to politics, the events of which tend to Commons, to be followed by an appeal to the country. If weaken and extinguish the military spirit, to relax the ministers introduced a reform bill, they would have Aline, and to produce division and discord amongst its many advantages which the liberal ministry had not, and members—ending by making them implacable enemies, - !heir mea large sure w po s :V i on fair of l one iteirw:luld : t seet with the ere although honour, the interest, and the legitimate pride anxious to the ques tion i settled, at least fora To of the uniform depend on the brotherhood of those propose anything but a fair measure would be worse than who compose the army. Everyone knows that the mill - bringing forward none at all. (aroTaa's TELsonxe.) FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 5.. The lifoniteur of this morning says :—" The native insurrection in Crete has terminated, but a d ve nturers from all na tions partly recruited in Greece and partly from among members of Gari baldian bands, have imported fresh elements of I agitation into Candia. These adventurers have established themselves in positions in the moun tainous districts, and carry on a guerilla warfare against the Turkish troops. It is to be hoped that the foreign bands will relinquish a struggle the issue of which cannot be doubtful and that the Ottoman authorities will continue the system of moderation which they have hitherto pursued." The .Afoniteur also says :—" Orders have been given in the military ports to make all necessary pre parations for the return of the troops from Mexico. No trustworthy intelligence has been received from Mexico later than the advices brought by the Seine. The Emperor Maximilian was at Orizaba on the Ist Nov., and up to that date h ad given no indica tion of his future intentions. General Sedgwick intended to occupy Matamoros, but was prevented from so doing and censured by General Sheridan. The action of the latter was approved by President Johnson." THE CANDUN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26. The latest private advices received here report a defeat of the imperial troops in Crete. The Turkish government are despatching fresh rein forcements of troops to the island. No new cases of cholera have occurred in this capital. ROME AND ITALY. FLORENCE, DEC 5. The Ga::etta di. Firelaze announces that Signor Vegezzi has declined to undertake the projected mission to Rome on account of ill health, and that the Italian government have entrusted the mission to Signor Okello,Councillor of State, and Advocate Maurizio, who has held the post of secretary to Signor Vegezzi. THE IL4NOVERLA.N ARMY. BERLIN, DEC. 5. The Spencrsche Zeitting of to-day mays :—" We learn that the ex-King of Hanover has yielded to the representations of England, and released the officers of the former Hanoverian army from their oath of allegiance." HOMEWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 4. The Menageries Impaiales steamer Peluse ar rived here to-day at 3.45 p.m. with the homeward India, China, and Japan mails. She has on board 139 passengers and 3,900 packages of merchandise. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 5. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, from New York on the 24th ult., which passed the Needles at 7 o'clock last evening, has brought up in the West Channel until the weather moderates. It is still blowing a heavy gale from the south-west, with much rain and thick weather. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New York on the 24th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 7.20, p.m., yesterday (Dec. 4), with 322 passengers and 61,500 dols. in specie. She landed 64 pas sengers and proceeded for Liverpool at 7.45 p.m. CIRCULAR OF NARVAEZ TO THE SPANISH ARMY. The lifwirirl Gazette of December 1 contains the following circular : Most excellent Sir,—The series of vicissitudes which the nation has undergone for many years past has had its influence on the military profee.sion,by still snore increasing the agitation which the passion of parties has introduced into the army, with a view of making it the instrument of their projects. The profound perturbation produced by politics in the ranks of the army not only loosens the bonds of discipline, but prevents the troops from being a solid guarantee for the defence of the country and internal order— now more than ever the important object of the institution, and one which must be secured at any cost. But while it happily remains supe rior to the snares of a revolution, which threatens to over turn the whole of society, the army is now the most firm support of institutions. Still, even when the danger has ceased the army cannot fulfil its mission except by remain ing a stranger to politics and its results. It will thus fulfil its duty and do good service to the country—preserving its own interests and assuring its future, already guaranteed by laws based on the most im partial justice. In this way, guided only by the military spirit, practising the virtues which have heretofore contri buted to raise to the highest point the noble profession of arms, the army will behold the machinations of those who are trying to corrupt, in order to destroy it, breaking against its firmness, and it will remain worthy of that confidence which has been placed in it, and which is indispensable in order that the manifestations of private opinion may be respected and exist among the military class. The measures of the government have the attainment of this important object in view. The Queen and the nation, anxious for the public tranquillity, expect it equally of the army. With this view your excellency will recommend to the troops under your orders a complete abstinence from everything that may en gage them in the conflicts of parties, which have their legal sphere, to which the army must remain a stranger whilst it faithfully upholds the constituted authorities. The ob servance of these principles will raise the prestige of the army, those who practise them will not be exposed to the severe punishment of the military code and will deserve the gratitude of the Queen and nation. In order to enforce on the minds of all the sound principles of this doctrine, and to prevent the weakening of those funda mental regulations without the strict and religious observance of which the army would not accom plish its high mission, and the country would become a prey to anarchy, I enclose for your excellency copies of an order which you will direct the captains to read to their companies, in order that they may be aware of its contents. God preserve your excellency for many years. THE DUKE OP VALENCIA. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before the Lord ChinosUde and Lord Justice Tamer.) DRUMMOND T. DRUMMOND. This was an appeal from an order of Vies.ch ame a lt Stuart, which was made before the long vocation, sai raised a question of considerable impottenee to the pm & m i ce . The point was whether the lOth general wife se the court authorising serviceof abill upon a person onto[ the jurisdiction of the oourt was limited to the eases meatkes' in the statute 4 and 5 Wm. IV., e. 82, or whether it g ig general in its terms, and extended to all eases. l a d Ni,rnactogry, when Chancellor, had held in one case that Urn p ow er wee limited, but Vice-Chancellor Stuart declined% follow that decision, and made an order for service o u t d the jurisdiction of the court in a case not pointed cut the Astute. The defendant appealed. Mr. W. Pearson and Mr. 3. Pearson were the %mg he Lord Chancellor was of opinion that the order va s gener . al and dismissed the appeal. but out of moped to the decision of Lord Westbury he thought the eats of the application should be eons in the cause. Lord Justice Turner concurred. OARDNZR T. TAR LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOM RAILWAY COMPANT. This was an application on behalf of the company h suspend an order made by Vice-Chancellor Stuart, ax e s ing the officers of the company to make a return of the superfluous lands belonging to the railway. The plei e gg was a debenture holder upon that part of the lino while was known as " the general undertaking," which wee only a small portion of the whole line. The IN, Chancellor bad further made an order for th e appointment of a receiver of the lands comprised in Ife. Gardner's security, and in two other snits by that pag e , man and • Mr. Drawkridge a similar order had hemmed. extending over the whole line. The company hay**, pealed from all these orders the question raised vs whether the orders for the appointment of receivers are tended to the rents, profits, and proceeds of the Ids i f what were called " the superfiuous lands." Mr. Kekewiob, on behalf of the company, sobwithf that the orders did not include these lands, and that Ow ought not to be compelled to make the discovery vin had been ordered if it should turn out that the *Mt had no interest in the lands. The appeal motion moll come on shortly. The Lord Chancellor could not see how the inquiry would prejudice the company. lord Justice Turner—lf the plaintiff failed on the 9. peal, he might be condemned to pay the costs of the ig. 4uiry. .Kekewich—The inquiry will be this:—Then oe numerous creditors of the oompany who only wait the cp. portunity of seizing the property. as they =deed fist they, not the debenture holders, are entitled to the min flume land. Their lordships were clearly of opinion that they oedi not interfere to stay the Vice-Chancellor's order. Mr. Kekewich then contended that the order wee to general in its terms. The Lord Chancellor—What right has the plaintiff toe discovery as to lands with which he has nothing to do? Mr. Bacon, for the plaintiff, said the order wee tamed by the consent of all parties some time ago. The Lord Chancellor—We cannot suspend the °pasta of the order, but it must be confined to the lands**. prised in " the general undertaking." Lord Justice Turner—The plaintiff will have canal relief if the inquiry is limited to those portions of the Ens over which his securities operate. Mr. Kekewich then asked permission. notwitlistandig, to appeal from the order of the Vice-Chancellor. Lord Justice Turner—We do not stop the order, ll* merely limit its operation. You do not require say Meaty to appeal. Mr. Bacon was afraid the only effect of the decision d the court would be to compel Mr. Gardner in his etha suite, in which the securities extended over the wide line, to apply for an order similar to that now complains! of. The Lord Chancellor—However that may be, all we Ola now do is to vary the present order u I have stated. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Nisi Prins Sittings at Westniinster.—(Ssfors the Lord Chief Justice and a Special!ary.) THE QUEEN C. HALL AND ;NoTHEIL This was a prosecution arising uut of the now egabratsi causes of "Bouillon v. Valentin " and " Valentin v. HAM for a conspiracy against Mr. Hall, M. Bouillon's Worley, and lafoureade, one of the witnesses. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Sei jeant P.allantine. McNair, and Mr. Poland appeared for the defendant Hall; YL Hibton and Mr. H. F. Lewis for Lafourcada. No am appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Coleridge said he appeared with the other lona counsel for the defendants, but be understood there us no prosecutor present. The Lord Chief Justice said that being so the aal► thing the jury could do was to return a verdict for the dr fencllnts. Mr. Coleridge said that notice was given yeaterdayi lid:ohmic Valentin's late and prevent attorney that a W. diet would be taken for the defendant if they did not se pear. The jury then returned a verdict of Nat Guilty. The defendant Hall then surrendered to his reat nisancea on two charges of felony, and he was takes ids custody by the tipstaff. A common jury was then anew nelled, and he was charged with feloniously forging 'off of a record purporting to be a writ of capias apiad or Auguste Coulane before then issued out of the Court if Exchequer. No one appearing to prosecute, the jury returned a dr dit of Nut airing. Mr. Hall was then charged with feloniously prefusag act under certain false processes of the Court of Ezde. quer, viz., a certain paper purporting to be a copy els writ of summons directed to one Auguste Coulane, sal another purporting to be a copy of a writ of eapias spied Coulanc, well knowing the same to be false. No one appearing to prosecute iu this case, The jury Acquitted the defendant. ROSE v. KITCHEN. This was an action for false imprisonment and far malicious prosecution. The case arose out of proossdisp which transpired in the case of " Spitty r. )(When," Wei yesterday. The plaintiff had purchased Spitty'sbost wilk the alleged government stores on board. The differed in the nature of the charge against him was, that be WS in the unlawful possession of government stores, and by the statute the defendant ought first to have bad de directions of the Board of Admiralty before apprehend* the plaintiff. Mr. Willem appeared for the plaintiff ; the SolicitarGs• neral, Mr. J. Browne, Q.C., and Mr. Morgan Hawani at peered for the defendant, instructed by the Admirslti• It was arranged between the learned counsel that t h an should be a verdict for the plaintiff of N., certain Taints of law relative to the defendant not ba' received instructions from the Admiralty, and the negative of malice found by the jury in Spitty's case, which vs IS be taken as having been found iu this case also. Verdict accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prins.—(Before Lord Chief Baron Es and a Common Jury.) LETCHWORTH r. van) RAN V.I. IGH. Two case was called on at the sitting of the omut l shortly afterwards Mr. Disraeli, the Chancellor GI it Exchequer, entered the court, and took his seat oa the bench by the side of the Lord Chief Baron. The honourable gentleman, who was subpomaed by that fendant, had also been in attendance during the Peel° part of the previous day, but the case was not r eached. The action was brought by Mr. Edward Letchwortk, attorney, carrying on business at Enfield, to Meet 9c.r. 4s. for money out of pocket and for professional's, vices during Lord lianelagh's candidatur e for Middlesst the conservative interest at the general election last 7e e• The defendant pleaded never indebted. Mr. Geo. Denman, Q.C., and Mr. Talfourd &Berke the plaintiff ; Mr. iierjeant Ballantir.e and Mr. F. IL Lewis for the defendant. Mr. Denman, in opening the ease, said Mr. LetchrO. the plaintiff, held several important o ffi ces in the &hut of Enfield, being hon. agent of the Conservative Its gistration Association, clerk to the magistrates, and dish to the board of health and to the commissioners of wares. In June last Lord Ranelagh became a candidate for Ll' dlesex, and Mr. Smith. the agent of the Colwell' Bye Association for the county, entered into negotiator with Mr. Letchworth, with a view to his taking the election as agent for Enfield. Aftet wards Mr. worth saw Lord Ranelagh, and was told be hire that ) , 0 ; must take his instructions from Mr. Smith, who wo ad act as his agent in the contest. On the iith d:1 1 Z Ranelagh, Mr. Smith, and several other persons, • all the local agents, met at No. 3, Victoria-ste ett, _, Westminster, which was then the liesffiffiew of the Conservative Registration Associatioe, make the preli m i nar y arrangements, an d it el°, then agreed that the retaining fee for each local.sfer should be 10 guineas ; that they s h ou ld each receive _ addition five guineas a day for their servi ces , and a N l ' ther sum of 10 guineas at the end of the election. le cordance with the printed instructions of the London teur,_,, mittee, Mr. Letchworth secured committee-rooms fat district, as well as a local chairman, and wor ked hard al and night in the faithful discharge ial as local agent during the seven days Lord Itanelaith lift the field. On the 12th of July he received a letter heel Mr. Smith, stating that his lordship had retired, ea° requesting him to stop immediately all further expire ex {tareditere in respect of the election, and send in hie bill ral committee. This the plaintiff and .time time site' wards he forwarded his own claim to M ar Smith, but VI received the money. In September last he wrote t° Ranelagh, expressing his surprise that while the or bs agents had been paid his claim hail rmiained mintier; His lordship replied as follows :—" 1 do not know chance there is of your receiving your claim for the dlesex election. I have had little or nothing te do the expenses. The conservative party asked me to come 75 ward on the distinct understanding , that was Wpt s 5 thing. They took me away from Bodinte, where hoe been put to any inconvenience. lam going spending my own money. regret that you shoa oat of to,”, when I r a w i ri eigi ed oa r if Itia tnit no* , ra l ‘ a/ s cO elied 0 171 oil th a t hir i s atieit s ien at:e ato r ior t ct iz a fig? E ...auntbp a„mb ers aa d pu lela igkt to mention Mr gr. Manse the Latehteorth ted the oho s oo taant Ba tiff's charges 0.1 1 ems the V la moire:emu o ct know that ~H on Club ° Thatteduff e„ wai st add o L etw ative part. Timor was one o 0.1 oroso nt. The l imiter the meel i „, Q .c. no ha 'a uc tion were to t s e by Lord Rene u c lordship neitl k o own Pt" cmdde rabissum o ieed • penny.. lat not with his !pessary funds Waal fries Little, nob mo at, said he hi 1 ,4 P aid " Crowe amine I ter issiscliousisogrsieznaddetur3stoafag d; : d fissiore n tt o e.ti, face, said Lord o n tiff,whoso o f whose chary emoted that the belief that the Mee forward a lam done long A lready been sk hi e duty, to himself right mete had cd this kind. tom the satire landed by she pillar to post t o f the party and had I The learned ri ignmerva , a t n i ( would be a goc who they thou bead. They 1 member of tl gentleman, wl indefatigable Lord Rape"' Mr. 1 . 14 r) San BM TYR The (be ; Mr. C ba ; Mr. 1 COUR' Loa et the hoard., 'Print %Pon I time tl