The Express. — London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

venience. This was inevitable, for the Colonial-' office was compelled Nome time since to confess its inability to regulate the relations of the two rams. The Duke of NewcaarLa wrote to Sir themes Garr some time before this war began ✓ "The ago " nits having consistently claimed from the Home " Government by the different methods in " which is was possible to make such " a claim, that it should cease to manage " native affairs, and (what is still more " important) having refused to render that " management possible, which under responsible " government was at any rate most difficult, the " Home Government has resigned that function. " This relinquishment does not require the assent "of the colonists to make it effeotuaL It is oom " pleted by the act of the Home Government, " which (in conformity with a request which it is "now too late to recall) no longer requires of " you to take personal charge of the Native Se " &retails department." From the date of that despatch the Maori subjects of the Qusax were reir;tted, ell treaties made with them notwithetanding, to the instil:* and humanity of their white feliow-nubjects. But next let it be noticed that while the policy of the New Zealand Government has a colonial and, indeed, a National origin, it is one which would not and could not have been pursued without Imperial aid. For it is a policy which, as the English gentlemen who have memo ' rialind Sir Gwent GREY observe," shuts the door .. to any posible settlement of the difficulty ex " rept by the sword ;" and " would lead to the ex , " termination of a people who value their pro " pert, in the soil even more than their exist " once, and who, despise their faults, are worthy "of a better fate." There in no surer means of adding fuel to the dame of war, of extending the area of disaffection, and of mak;ig the natives fight with the madness of despair, than a policy of confiscation. Left to themselves, the oolonistswouldhave foundsome other way o: deaFsg with the nativesthan this. But they knew that they should not be left to themselves. They had excluded the Qua= from the government and claimed a real and practical independence, but their nominal connexion with the Crown left in the". hands a lever by which they were able to move the empire. The Quwr has parted with her right to protect her colonial subjects, bat she has not ac quired the right to leave the Europeans to settle alone with the natives the terms on which both may live together in peace. The astute colonists have taken an accurate measure of our weakness, and in the name of that British supremacy which they have practically abrogated for themselves, they will get the land—the first, the constant, and the only important source of their quarrels with the natives. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. GERMANY AND DENMARK. Vie erpresifi. Avertlnserts tiatiLlZ tor " 711•1 = orts rapt ; S r =al°. 00VENT4AIDEN. I° Lades Toombs .e. . w by Two TRW XVlEnte, FANCllirra learEPrma and Mr. W. Har rison_ —And HARLEQUIN ST. 0108.01 AND TUX DRAGON. Hews. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, P. Payne, the Brothers Btonette, UcHle. Sather. —Commence at 7. .11AYIIA,LLEr, Tim num, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Memos. Sothesa, Busketone, Chippendale, Gordan, Rogers. Coe. seal Clark; Mesdames Angel and Snowdon.—And LINO ARTHUR. Mi. Compton ; Mesdames L Keeley, Wright, Lindley. &Bomar. PRINCI§SS.. Mum Zminpa, DONVADIAWA.—And HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOld TUCKER. Mon Bayles, Cathcart, A. and C. Leelereq, Halide and Ica, Maus% Naylor, aad Manton , Yaklaines Barnett. Adana. and Howard. LYOZUM. Tars limns% THE 1.078 T CIIILD. Mr. Wlddlooaab and Mir P. Leclereq.—BßL DIEM% • Lon Men. M. Pechter. Brougham, Pmery, Marne, and Jordan ; Mira M. Mande, Lamas, and Earwarthg, and Mn. Loa. .11111131 q/. Tim Emma. the New isate;lmbe HICKORY. DIMWIT, DOCK. Um 8. Line end first-rele Pante=lssida—The Ilarweie 01 Peru. - THE GREAT 011081' KFFlCT.—lsther •nd Betersad. —The Fairy lountain.—And THE 0011112. A. HURT. HIGH WATER A? tow ILIDeI. nu DAY Kongo& lb lOsi.....Allwaseb. lb. Sta Tamosiow Morning. llt. 630 .A2bubasa. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. Tim New Zealand colonists, judging from the Auckland newspapers, are troubled with the fear that the policy of their present action with regard to the Maoris may be misunderstood at home. Having, as they have often assured us, suffered great inconvenience for many years from the want of the land in the hands of the natives, and being now about to supply themselves with many millions of acres, by the process of confiscation, with the aid of ten thousand Imperial soldiers, they fear that we may fail to perceive that in thus doing they are merely acting under a sense of duty, and taking the course beat fitted to maintain the right, of the QUEEN. They have heard that there are per sons in England who take for granted that their fellow-oeuntrymen in emigrating to New Zea land entirely change their natures, end be come all at once a set of bloodthirsty men bent on self-aggrandisement. It is a pity that they should be made uneasy by an impression so false and unfounded. For our owa parts we do not believe that the Englishmeu in New Zealand differs in any important respect from the Englishman at home. We have not the least doubt that the settlers are as genial and warm- hearted a people as English colonists prove themselves in other parts of the Quezie's dominions. It is because we believe them to be so very like ourselves that we believe the English public quite capable of under standing the- acts, which are themselves so like much that we see at home. We find no difficulty at all in believing that these good people are fully persuaded not only that it is politically necessary, but that, as they see anxious to impress upon us, it will be for the good of the natives themselves that their land should be taken from them. As a body, they are in that stage of moral advancement in which the mind cannot settle down at its ease upon the perpetration of what it believes to be cruel and unjust. We all understand the need of a theory which will reconcile our conduct with our conscience. A few years ago three out of four of our landed proprietor:, exemplezi citizens and good neighbours, the very pillars of society, religiously believed that Eagl•nd's great nein would be gone if they ceased to toll the labourer's loaf ; and at the present hour in Alabama one half the population is held firmly as property by the other half, at a great sacrifice, and for its own good, lest, unable to pro vide for itself, it should come to poverty. The proposals brought forward in the New Zealand Legislature for dispossessing the natives of their land have startled some people here on account of the vast wale on which they are framed. The New Zealand Settlement Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Fox, one of the new Ministers, a■ " the key-stone of " the policy of the Government." The area of the land which it was proposed to confiscate was 4,000,000 acres, 2,000,000 being in the Upper Waikato, 550,000 in Lower Waikato, 710,000 in the Thames and Pike, 600,000 at Taranaki, and 620,000 Termed South—a territory exceeding that of Yorkshire, the largest of our English counties. In the opinion of Mr. Fox, nothing could be fairer than Ws mea sure, the idea of which is borrowed from the Da tives, " who have always been in the habit of con• " sidering that a conquered people for:eited and " surrendered their land." As Mr. Werrarsa, the New Zealand Premier, observed, amidst ap plause, "It had been and was a struggle, whether "the natives should have possession of Auckland, " or whether the Europeans should have possession "of Waikato." Of course with 10,000 Quiesx's troops at their back, the Ministers expect to get possession of Waikato. After that, Mr. Fox said—for the goodness of the colonial heart will break out in the discharge of the sterneot duties—" the House will be liberal, as it always " has been, in furnishing funds for the various' " measures and institutions to be employed in the " civilization of the natives." The course which the European colonists are pursuing in New Zealand conforms so closely to the conduct of communities in all ages of the world when placed in contact with communities weaker than themselves, that we have no disposition to judge it harshly. But two things in connexion with it deserve attention. In the first place, it is a colonial or rather a sec tional, as distinguished from ea Imperial policy, which the Government of New Zealand is now following. The pile' , has its origin with the Euro pean settlers, and is shaped according to their con• ~y N THE =Mine, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, IBA. The continental journals reoeived to-day agree in the statement that the Danish government has refused to accept the Anetro-Prussian ultimatum ; but in another quarter the reply is said to have been an intimation that it is not in the com petence and power of the Danish Ministers to suspend the constitution, but that they are 1 willing to call together the Rigaread, or na tional parliament, and to submit to its decision the question of the modification of the constitu tion. It would take a month, however, to proceed to, and to effect, the elections, and six weeks at least would elapse before the matters in question could be submitted to the Rigaraad ; the parlia ment, moreover, would be called together in virtue of the constitution of November. As to the abrogation of the constitution by the Rigaraad, which is its offspring, the seining of the Rigedags, or local diets, has been much too plainly evinced to permit one to expect any such measure from it. The troops of both Austria end Pruegh a-e in full march for the Dawsli frontier. In ten days the allied army will be in force on the Ryder. At that point one lest attempt, it is said, will be made by the two great powers. They will there renew their demands, and commence offer , ive operations only after refuse'. The Rhenish Gazets: says that when all the orders of mobilisation given at Berlin shell have been executed, Prussia will dispose of an effective of nearly 76,000 men. It is said, at Preukfoi., that the new Danish cabinet addressed a note, on the 6th inert, to the cabinet of Vienna, in which it invoked the prin ciples proolainud by the oongze-s of Paris in its protocol of the 14th of August, 1866, to submit the difference between Dennis , * end the Germanic Confederation to the arbitration of one or more of the great European powers. It is added that the Copenhagen cabinet has made a communication in the same sense to all the cabinets whose friendly intervention would facilitate a paciic avengement. At the same time there is talk of en overture on the part of the Swedish government supporting the plan of mediation proposed by the cabinet of Copenhagen, and offering its own mediation to the interested parties. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA AND THE SMALLER GERMANIC POWERS. The inellpeadance Beige has a hint that the great display of forms which Austria and Prussia sro making against Denmark, amounting, it is said, t some 110,000 men, may also be intended to keep at adistance the secondary states of the oonfederation. Certainly the scb;sin between the two great German Powers and the other states of the confederation seems to increase. Already the Wurtemburg Chamber of Deputies has demanded that the government mo bilises the army and puts it at the disposal of the Diet " for the protection of the duchies ;" and this example is to be followed by other German chambers. The official organ of the government of Weimar says that the Diet, in an early sitting, will discuss the question of succession, and will, without doubt, decide in favour of the Duke of Augus tenburg. sus BOARD OP WORK& (THIS DAY.) This board held their naual weakly meeting this merging et their oases. Sp p ri:g e =ras ;11r. J. Timms, the aea ft el sa the bli The assacisd stetemsaasowed . toad cash balsam is the heads el the kn./11111r el 91,9611. 12e. IL, sad govemmeat sseadties 96,7291. Ss. 7d. mom= OF WAIT TO TO MADMAN OP THE KURD. ID panramat Cf tin Mown( munition, a special meet leg of the whole bard was bad for in eammidaratioa . "19th Jaa., 18131. . "To the Clerk of the Metropolitaa Boirdol Wicks. "We the undersigned, membersof the Metropolitan Board of Worky, being of opinion that the time has arrived when an addition should be made to the salary of John Thwaitee, chairmaa of the board, request that you will convene a special meeting of the board on Friday, the '22nd at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of considering the propriety of making such addition and of varying the resolution of the board of 19th December, 1855 (No. 5), whereby 1,5001. a year fixed as the amount of @limy to he paid to the chairman "(Signed) Wm. Tite, T.. 1. Miller, J. S. Phillips, W. H. Boohoo, P. M. Loßreton, Thomas Q. Fiords. Itobt. Taylor. Ben j. Loom, Judkins J. James Pew, Joseph Moreland, J. 0. Edwd. Shepherd, Downie M'Doneig/, Edw. Whalen, Wm. Newton, Cyrus Legg, J. J. Tanner, James Brooker, 0. S. Wallis, Chas Kr. THWAITZB rose mid mil that, ea the matter to be demeaned wee presseel to himself, be would beg that the board would elect some am elm to RI the chair.. Yr. 11:17;;;Tailo7wamthen;;ZialThirmas, sad Mr. Thwaitis retard Mr. Tits, la opening the queshoo, eulogised the many ads of lir. 'Amite* u chairman of the board when he was appointed in 1856, since which time be bed been remarkable for his great basins. capabilities, =t v =s tigs7= sad d s t altl b u y :I r .. ea . kstre of thof opinion that there should be a oorrespouding increase in the chairman's alumnae, more particalari sa he had sorrel dared the whole of his buds= to undertake those duties. tlc reoommaided the ineresse of as Mr. Thweites on . the ground that w►en the legkkture filed s minimum and maximum salary far the oheirman of the board, the minimum sum Azad au was ocatlaned up to the preeset time. He thought the time had arrived to increase that Owner* to the tell sum allowed by the sot of par liament ; the minimum which it allowed wee 40001. per seams, whilst the maximum reached 2,0001., ad he would therefore move that the salary of the chairman be ix oresari to 2,0001. per aannm. Mr. Mazza aad Mr. OOLLINOWOOD spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Damn was speaking when our report left. CRINOLINES.--SINEFLEOTUMB. 10.. 6d. MUMS, tr. PICCADILLY. CRIIiOLIRES for EVENING WEAR. Ik. 6d. PHILPOTIE. PICCADILLY. CRINOLINES far LI S TTLE GIRLS. 3s. 6d. PHILPOTYS, Yr, PICCADILLY. CIRIEOLINI33.—ONDLEA, or WAVED. Us. The PATINT ONDINA, or Waved Japan, dem away with the =lightly resoles of the ossny Mope and so perfect 111 , 6 the wavelike bands, that a lady may ascend a steep stair, lean mated a table, throw herself into an an-chalr, to her stall at the =or occupy a fourth seat ha a , without inconve. to herself or others, or proveldwg rade remarks of the 0111107•1111, thas modifying in an important degree all those pecu liarities tending to destroy the modesty of Inglish women : and. lastly, it allows the drew to fall Into graceful folds. Price, 211. and flt ed. Illustrations free. i Pllllloif, - a, PICCADILLY, W. ALFRED WEBB MILES, Everybody knows Mr. MILES, REMOVED from Bond-s.reet, to 73, BROOK STREET, Hasoveraisture, to IMP. The ble. TROUSERS (originated By hi* la all the New Patterns for Winter, " better than ever.' SPECIAL NOTICE TO GENTLEMEN. A. W. MILES begs most respectfully to announce that his stork la the various departments of his establishment la now 11 9 1 0te for Overcoats, Vesting'. Bedford Cords. and scarlet waterproof cloth for hunting. The wool.dyed Black did Bhas /rock Coats, 60s. A cholas of 60 pieces of indestructible wended West of England Cloths. MTABLISMED MAL Oaly address. HOW COLD IT HAS and ZAKBP.AI4 oslabrated THIJ11(01WIT88 will cor rectly register the lowest temperature. Price le. ed. —l, Hatton =: 69, Corn= te , 153, Yleetreet : 113. itergentutreet a wanted, WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMMOS 1 My deer know I &valises ims M MIMI% Ooventigardm trbt court. OSBORNE. JAL 21. Her Majesty walked and drove yesterday in the grounds. Prioress Helena sad I.IIIICOIN Louise, atieeded by Lady Churchill and the Hoe. Lucy Lyttelna, rode en boneblack. Fart De Grey and Ripon arrived at Ovborne from Loodoo, arid had au audience of the QVCIO. Desiatehee were sent yeetorday from the Co'masklike to the Governor of Coned'. 711.8 PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WADES. WINDSOR, THCBSDAY. His Royal Highness the Prhoe of *ales, accom panied by his Royal Menem the Dr \ . of Cambridge, and Meendsd by Captain Grey, went out shooting this rooming. The distinguished party, which waisted of several prig, enjoyed some sus sport, sad returned in the afternoon to Programs Hones to knob. la the afteraoos his Royal Highness the Priem of Wotan aocompanisd by the Duke of Cambridge, left Frogasore, and rode through Wiliam, retuning through the Long Walk to Frogman Hoes* at 5 o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Primus at Wales mid the youog primes are still progremiug in the most satietactory n•-inner, and late to-day were going on well Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strait; and the !times' Mazy, leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, the first week in the emu* mouth for the duchess's rendre@ at Si. James's Palen. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Conner Bernice left town yesterday to speed wawa days ea a riot to Mr. Chichester Fortunes, IL P., mad Frances Countess Waldevave, at Strawberry-hill, Twickenham. The count and countess return boom on Monday next. The Earl of Derby, leader of the Opposition I. the Home of Lords, will give a grand parliamentary dinner on Wedeemlay, the 3rd proximo, to a large circle of hie political kiwi& to the upper home el the legis lates*. Yesterday morning the picturesque little village al say, sitasied between Window and Mai/dished. wri the some et mach *meat exeiterneet ea the reeseion of the maniege of Captain Hoary Robert Bread, 01 the Cold stream Guards and we of the Hoe. H. B. W. Bread, .P., with Mullis. Victoria Alexandrine Leoyoldine Van de Weyer, daughter of his Braelkeer the Belgian Minister. . _ The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel will entertria a ramersho of vista at the Lodge, Phcenix Perk, Dahlia, euitil the eod at next week. The right hon. beramet, ell Bearetary toe Ireland, le empanted to arrive at bit riaideooe in Whitehall-maw ea the let or 2nd of next math. On Wednesday night, Dean Stanley delivered his second sad cooelediag lecture " 0. the Hebrew Mo narchy cinder Solomon" to the numbers of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution in the Masic-hall, which was again crowded. His Royal Highness Prises Alfred (in the Highland drool, sad with the insignia of the Garter) entered the ball along with the Doke of Argyle, amidst load ap plause. Among the other (=llama who roxonipsnied Dean Stanley to the platform were Lord Charles Soott, Sir James Cox*, Major Cowell, Lord Naives, Lard &maple, Mr. Stirling of Heir, IL P., ha. A letter from Naples says :—" Every now sad then some London ' lion' fled§ hie way to the Neapo litan salons. Last week it wu Captain Great, who dis covered the source of the Nile. The wish to en him by many who had never heard of him, and scarcely of the Nile, was amusing enough." The continental paper announce the approach ing marriages of three members of the House of °Timm— Le Comte do Paris w ail the Infants Marie Isabella; the Prism Philip of Wurtemberg with a Bavarian primes; the Mater of the Empress of Austria ; aid the Priam Philippe of Saxe Coburg, sou of the Prisons assneutias of Odessa, with as archduchess of Austria. THE MOVER. OF THEADDIL/E4B.—M RI dated that, f• all protabdity, the address is the Boor of Gararmaa, i• reply to the speech from the throes will be moved by Lard Richard Gramme, member for Flintehire, sad ereceded by Mr. Gosehen, member for the City. Joence Saar.—Y seterday evening (being " Grand Day") the beechen el the Middle Temple enter tained several of her Majeete's judges at dinner in their beautiful hell. The (meta Moiled, sad who were present, feetaded the Met Julies of the Oman Mess, Mr. Jumbles Williams, Mr. Justice Mellow, Mr. Judea Uwe, and Lord Justice Tamer. A large somber at the beechen Weeded, including the wowliliPPoisted Golies's Counsel, Mr. Gray, sad Mr. J. G. Powell, M.P., of the Oxford Chau& The sew judge of the ONES et Quses's Boo* Mr. J. Mee. met with a mart eetheshreis reespliee tem the banisters sad &ideate. CANONRY or CRICRI9I72. —The Rev. Stair Denies bra hew appointed to the wry la Oltlabeller Cathedral nowt by the Math of the late Sir George Shiffoor. Mr. Douglas ban bun aa Nebo elergyntaa In the diocese of Obicasester for 35 yam, and has for satiny yaws bald tho perpetual curacy of Faatioatoo, color tho dim and chaptsr;srith a population of I,2oosoals, sod an !Dooms of 1504 per maim WHAT WILL FRANCE DO 1 In answer to the above question, the Inde,pat dance Beige of yesterday has the following We have referred to a veil consistent rumour in cir culation at Paris, according to which Lord Cowley had been instructed to inquire of M. Drouyn de Lhuys what attitude France would maintain in the event of Ragland believing herself compelled to take part in the armed conflict in favour of Denmark. A contemporary seems to discount the reply of the French government, in announcing that the latter had protested against the meditated occupation of Sleswig by Austria and Prussia. We can state with certainty that up to this time the imperial cabinet has not made the protestation spoken of ; that it was in council yesterday only (Wednesday) that it agreed to the reply it would make to , the British ambassador's question ; and that, moreover, according to a report this evening, the imperial government, without ex plaining and declaring itself as to the ground of the contest between Germany and Denmark, will contest with the two great German powers the right which they assume of acting separately as siguitaries of the treaty of London—a right which must be equal for all parties, and which none of them could legally exercise without having a mission from the others and for them. Between a remonstrance of this kind and a protest which pledges there is a wide difference. As to the reply, properly so called, to Lord Cowley, the cabinet of the Tuileries will content itself with declaring that, disposed as it is to keep out of the quarrel, it will reserve to itself all its liberty of action in the case of events taking a turn compromising to the general good. Ac cording to other rumours, the cabinet of the Tuileriee, while following the feeling of reserve which we have indicated, has given to Denmark the advice to evacuate, without resistance, the Ger man portion of Sluswig. It has, at the same time, made known that, failing that, it w;11 not refuse to take part in a special conference on the question." (awm's 7igaawa) THE SLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION. HAMBURG, JP N. 22. Several members of the Diets of Blestrig and Holstein arrived last night in Altona by railway. They were received at the terminus with music and great cheering. They reached Hamburg during the night, acoompanied by immense crowds of people, and alighted at Zingg's Hotel, where they will deliberate upon the muse to be taken in the present state of things. BIEL. JAI. 21. After the departure of the Saxon battalion, the fire brigade d the Turners oocupied all the mili tary poste of this town. 4,000 Austrian troops are expected here to-morrow or on the following day. Woad Duplat has arrived is Kiel from Gotha. SYMPATHY WITH DENMARK IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY. BTOCICHOLY, JAI. 21. The threatened occupation of Sleswig has given a great impulse to the movement in favour of Denmark throughout Sweden and Norway. Addresses have been voted, committees are being formed for collecting subscriptions, volunteers are enlisted, and militaty armaments are continued with increased activity in both countries. SPAIN. MADRID. JAN. 2L The Minister of Finance will present to the Cones an exact statement of the mei& and ex penditure of the State in 1864. The third part of Dr. Liest'a Fault icemen bee been given at Vienne. Herr Pia bee deo bees playing in public, sad IL Von Flotow's Now open Magda will ere long be produced. Advice. from Belgrade state that the Save and the Danube are completely frozen over, and may be crewel ea the ice with raker. CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERATION SOCIETY AT NORWICH. On Wednesday last, one of a series of District Conficanose, inteaded to advance the object, of the" Lama- Lion Society," was held in the Lecture-room a the Fees Library. It was ocaveesd by a circular aged by several in floadial gentleman coemoted with various dmondastioes, is the °amass of Norfolk and Suffolk. There was a se maroon atteedance, and among those metal wee,— E ward HLII, Esq., and J. Cereal Williams, of Leedom, who allied* Ns • &mulattos from the Executive of the Society. Oa the maim al the Rev. It. Lewis, of Lowestoft, seconded by Hr. W. F. PAUL, of Norwich, Hr. Griniwaie, of Ipswich, was colled to the their. Yr. Huth COMIIIIII•Ori the betimes by reading a paper on the " Fatale Paniameatery sad Electoral Acmes of the Liberation Society." The paper was listened to with @Go ateed interest, sad was fragrantly applauded. Mr. J. H. TILLiTT (Norwich) wee than celled upon by the charms to move the mist resolution :—" That, looking to the repent rejective by the legislators d all rewires which have in any degree recognised the principle of religions equality, and to the feet that the advocate' of that principle have never yet fully exerted on its behalf that electoral us nuance which they nag nestienably poems, this Confereece regards with great satisfaction the determination of she executive committee of the Libscatica Society to nip on their supporters the duty of immediate prepastion for the next general election, by requiring the insertion in the par gramme of liberal andidetee of such mairares trading towards religious equality as may fairly be Wasted upon as the t time, raped being had, in the demands opoa undidatm, to the aamericel strength of the .die toes by whom they ale mode ; and support being withheld where such demands are oot conceded. He said that is Norwich they returned two good men. who he believed we nee even found Ludt with by the a 'voiced liberals el the city, sad who bad voted pretty consistently and censtaat. (Heir, hear.) The MAIM division of the meaty of Norfolk was represented by Mr. Howes, conservative, and Colonel Coke, a liberal se he was Gilled. When Colossi Coke ems forward, acne if them declined to promise him their sapped till he bad given • written declaration of his prtscipW as the chneciprate question. Colonel Coke proodeed to vote for Sir Jobs We imer'''e bill, and thereupon they came forward and most umnestimably carried him. If they had eat still Colonel Coke would never have been member for Norfolk ; if UM had oil y orted him languidly he would raver have been (Hear, beer.) Colonel Oohs voted on the 6 , 4 occasion for Sir John Trelawnylo He thee avowed that be had performed his pledge that he never said he would vote for it more than ones, and that he bad does all be prowled to do. (Hives.) He said further that be bad been frightened by certain evidence gives io the Hoene of Lords—mania terrible evi&noe—and that that bad altogether altered the vises be had entertsthed. From that time forward he had never given as his support on that quake, and had voted against ns on sews other questioes. He said deliberately that Colonel Coke having permed this coarse had obtaaal their votes by tabs pretences. (Hear, hear.) He would prefer to see anybody that was brought forward elected rather than Colonel Coke ; for, if they suffered by the Ices of bis liberal votes on sane tquestioes, they should on the other hand gain in the emphatic mirk of reprobation they should fix upon him. (Ap ptitiss.) Therefore he said, "No more Coke for Eon Norfolk." (Renewed applause.) The other member, Hr. Howes, had voted straight throughout on every question for his party. and spurt every measure that had been brought forward in furtherance of oar palmitin.* ; so there was a conservative voting for his own party on all qmatious,end a liberal voting against them on several, and not voting at all on the rat. Mr. Men then prooesded to rams-k that Mr. Beaded, a member for West Norfolk, was one of the fifty who stook to protection after the rest of the world had given it up, aed were dencemood is con sequence as " °moon balls." lir. Ourdoc, the other member, was a very amiable man, who paid the greatest attention to the poor about him, and who was personally much re opened, but es for represeattog their principles, he bed never voted on the great waxen which they held so im portant. At Lynn there was a very curios' Mate a things. Every min in the county bad the streagest personal regard for John finny Gurney, but it wasdiftleult to wodentsad wheals the world had of late bewitched the man who • few years ego could be seen walking about in his Quaker's amt, that be should be the only liberal member who voted wind Sir Jobs Tideway's bilL whereas not long back he wield have had hit goods distesised rather than pay church rates at all. The other member for Lynn. Lord Fraeley, was a real sob* man—(hear, bear)—who, though nominally • conservative, voted for essay liberal mosarares. In regard to Thetford, mos member they had was • very ocesisteat Consavative, while the other had only recently been elected. (Hear, hoar.) At Yarmouth there were toe ad and eat Tones; They had therefore twelve members in Norfolk, cad if Nate* was a sample of the net of the country, what a miserable condition we were ia. Out of these twelve members they had maseged by hard fighting to get is six. sad out of thme six, _thres were sot worth a snap of the (Hear, hear.) Were they to go as in this we Mot% could sot wry a man without their help. They seed not even tarty Norwich without their thorough sod enthusias. tie suepott ; cod he told than beady that unless we had a very different undeostanding to what we now bad, our mum aed earnest sapped they should sot h aye again. awed sheers.) We bad learnt the leasow, that the powers tint b. were sot to be operated upon by aria inset, but as soon as we meld make them know that their tenure if odes depeaded on their conduct, there woad be so need if argument. (Hear, bear.) Mr. S. Paseetco, ef Stomerineat, having asseedsd the resolution, a dionesskra eased, sad mere elejselisas were offered to the resolution ; bat ultimately It was *ani mosity adopted. Kr. C. Waitron then introduced the sumbject of pare- Mal agitatios for the abolition of akar* ratm. He said that while it might at dna eight appmr doom= otter thirty years a e ff ort peritiamat bad net yet the exaction, on the other hand there was the eomposestooy fact that the work of abolition had Wee gang on all the while. That was ettecialvaly proved by ail Os whe. mentery esteem en the subject, win* Ile proossW to quote. He emenstedied ky lasing the, not only should they awry an the work of pane/lel siltation more vigo rously thee ever, bat that they *mid tare it to good aTel by making it • means d edvanoing the " ulterior at* the Lambdas Saciely. A resolution in smardenes with that view was owed . after which the wet the press sod the mossaty for rais- isg addititiced Imam were disieweed. At the nem el the beam* the members of the coma femme died together, and era the mein( an automated midis melba was bald is die Liethrehall. It was pew sided ewer by J. J. Colima, Esq and the ken were Mears. X. Prentice. Bill, sad ., Williams, sa wa l the Be.. Memos. Could and Cope Wave Aim Reswierre.—Thr will of the Right Beaoarable sad agog Reverend Risbard What*. D. Lord Archbishop al Debi* was proved is Lomita —sailer *COW pwamalty la Maglami; the mestere sad least= the Rev. WiUim I,aw P.M. KA" Fellow of Worcester College. Oxfords tbe Row Rdaressi Williams What* (testator's sos), Jape eisaghtor), sad Charles Rent Wel% Rig. (hie sos•is-law.) The will wes ezmated is Noy, 1900, aad sArodieil is July following. To his eldest child hi leaves Ma, sad to his 'ldiot unmarried dseghtir M liana hi phi* do. To each of his four chadors a sum equal to 12.000 1 ., dividing equally amongst these his real sad the residue of his pireoael estate. IMPRESS FROM PARIS. (fox 0111 OWN PARIS, TEITISDAT EVEIIIIO. Baron de Veauce made a remarkable speech yes terday in which he criticised the equal division of property enforced by French law, and showed grave cause why the free disposition of a man's goods by will ought to be, if not so absolute and uncondi tional as in England, at least greatly extended. To the morcellentra (not amorcellement as the Times bad it the other day) of property he traced a great deal of national impoverishment. In France, a father of a family cannot leave his land to one child, his house and furniture to another, and his trading establishment to a third. He can make no equitable distribution founded upon his knowledge of the respective capacity, tastes, wants, and merits of his children. One blind and levelling law requires that at bis death everything shall be equally divided. Equal divi sion means an immediate sale, and a forced sale means a frightful sacrifios. Instances continually occur of the obstinacy of one of the next of kin breaking up a flourishing business, and reducing what would have been a handsome independence for a whole generation to a pittence which scarcely suffices to pay law expenses. The knowledge of this state of the law induces many merchants and tradesmen to retire prematurely, and withdraw their capital from reproductive em ployment. He attributed the pernicious state of the law which he sought to remedy, to a mis taken notion of the principle of equality which pre vailed at the first revolution. His speech was frequently applauded, and on sitting down several members rushed to his place to congratulate him. Partisans in England of the French infinite sub division of property must, therefore, now consider the system entirely upon its own merits, and can not cite the practice of France as an unchallenged precedent. K Jules Favre attacked the usury laws, and brought forward with great effect some of Jeremy Bentham's well-known reasons against them. A striking argument used by the speaker was that, since capitalists would not wil lingly lend money except upon profitable terms, the logical consequence of a forced rate of interest would be forced loans, which was a rr.ditc tM ad absurdum. He also complained of the im pediments to trade caused by the brokers' mono poly, and finally urged the government to make better provision for workmen and their him:lies in cases of fatal accidents and serious injuries. K Ronher, the Minister of State, gave it to be understood that he personally was quite of M. Jules Favre's opinion, both as regarded the usury laws and the question of the brokers. But he could not allow himself to pledge the govern ment on the strength of his individual opinions. On the usury laws especially there were violent preju dices, which required to be dealt with tenderly. All he could say was that both subjects were and had been for the last two years under the con sideration of the Council of State. With regard to accidents to workmen in the course of their duties he would gladly listen to any suggestion for im proving the laws in their favour, buL he did not think it was possible. They already had very full remedies against their masters whenever any case of negligence could be proved, and it was the custom of the courts to give ample damages. The government journals congratulate them selves upon the calm and business-like tone of yesterday's debate. I am afraid, however, that when the amendments on Mexico and the liberty of the press come on, we shall hear more about the aggressivenees of the "genius of evil." The Bourse is a little better than yesterday. According to the last advicee from Melbourne, Sir Henry Havelock bad arrived out, ea route to New Zeeland, there to kin big regiment, the 18th Royal Irish. Yesterday it was rumoured at Plymouth that the Edgar, Black Priam. Warrior, and Deimos, width left Gibraltar on the 13th, are to rendezvous at Lisboa until further orders. There is now a great paucity of journeymen jewellers sad wakhmakers in the conntry, note.thirtmding high wages are given, and that in every other trade the 'apply of labour is equal if not greater than the demand. The Southampton and Isle of Wight Mail Stem mata Company has Jed paid a dividend of upwards of 10 per cent., notwithstanding that they experienced a formidable opposition from a livid company last year. The citizens of Cork are very uncomfortable at preasea The " jingle-men "—Asgliee, cab-driven—have streak is a body for higher fares ; and though some dsys have elapsed, there I. no sign of their yielding. During a conference lately held at the Agricul tural Club at Pain, sod again the follos:ag day at the hall in the Roo de la Pair, M. Babied and M. Banal explained their roma for their firm belief in an approaching solution of the social navigation question. It was resolved that • conference should be held weekly, at which M. Banal is to preside, for the purpose' of collecting ,n the informatics posibie on this alma* prod's. The resolution was supported by MM. de Ponta d'Annimart, de la Landoll., and Nader, of the Gant belled. The Prefecture of the Seine has issued a notice that a eceapetitino is mow open for pieces of Term to be set to music adoring at the meetings of the Orpimente in the communal and adult schools. Tho merits of the pieces will be 'naiad by • special °Nemesia, and medals of from 100 fr. to 303 fr. value be awarded to thaw accepted. The manuscripts must be depodted at the Metal de Ville baton the IA March. It is understood that the forthcoming report of the Cleasral Credit Company will show • net profit of 33,1684 being at the rate of nearly 18# per cent. per anaum, and recommend a dividend of fia per share foe the past a:t mouths, or at the rate of a little mans than 10 per neat, per a/mum. The whole of the prelississ Ty expenses, areoseting to 4,8831. ere to be whims off, and a balance of nearly 10,001. will then remain to be carried forward. It is a rule at Rome not to allow the presence of the author of saw book placed on the piobibitory index. Mr. Home's book is comprised in this category, and eaa. tains wh►t is oossidered here highly heretical matter, which comes with an ill grace from a convert to t►e Roman faith. Ea that, whether on this count or on those brought spinet him by Mgr. Matteuoei, Mr. Home has sabjecOed himself to the action of the polies, sad has had to leave Some for Naples. Indeed, it me only by so doing that he escaped the unpleasant alternative of imprisonment. Before hie departure he left with Mr. Bones a ditto for indemnity for the looms inflicted upon WE, to the 111110fUlt of about 700 smell (1501.) The New fiontit W a les post-offioes are transmitting to Wend at the sate a/ seedy 30.C:31. a year i• mewl erten. Tug Naw 00nix.—Raspighi's comet is an in forming own eat slay bonne ais likely to be pretty bright aa the ad of the meth, but from the eimilarity of its 111411111M11 to the comets of 1810 and 1490 (more distaatly). Menne. of 1810 was very imperfectly observed by Pon at Mannilles, with as inareassat which he nod to describe as rather paralybis the parallactic ; so that the quoins of pseiodicity men be decided by Use observation of 1864, sad bens the mini shend be followed as keg se poisible. Os the 22ed it will par Siereash the heed al Osailopsia. sad saboonestiv, co Übe 21%/6 into Asdneeterb. At its semen es, bleat Fibreary 1, it TM les bat 18,0004100 re sal to s c remend.—ffee Zeoler. LIFEBOAT SiIiVICIEL —CRAii, LIU or W IOW; 20.—The beat el the National lifeboat Lestitutiee. steliessel at Balinese, Grange. wee Letrosasatal toidzos. is resseleg the mew of the Wieser Then, of sad foro from Perlian, with stow—whin drain heavy weather from the S. W. had fondersd all St. Cfaibmine's Pain The oast of ter hen was peassabed to the Nukes! Lifeboat Is 'natio, two or three years ago by the Royal Victoria Yacht Cloh, by wham she was teamed The Remus. She by sine the hese happid7T the MMUS Of TIM* about 140 person fral■ LAM INTELIAIGENOII ITHD3 DAY.) 001:111T OF QIIKEN'S BKNOH. Sittings ha Nava —Won Lord Chief Julian Coekbarp rad Jostler Orompioe, Blaokbars, sod Mellor.) rim QUM V. foams min !warns= Mr. H. Junes moved for • rule calling upon two of th e justices of Staffoedehim to show cause why they should not mate a aim, nadir the 9D and 21 Vice., chap. 43, for ti lt opinion el the mart. It appeared that the defendaste were striated on the Bth inst., without warrant or informs. Sion being laid or verbally made on oath, sod charged order the lOth section et the 24 end 25 Viet., chap : 97, the Malicious Injury to Property Act,. for sewn Ere to (*rein letters and • lOW big in • pillar letter. box at Dresden, in the pasta of Trentham. That maim made the offences committed War it • felony, bat at the adjourned hearing of the case the Wrens, for tee pomace. tor changed the character of the cameo by proceeding ax for a misdemeanour under the nod seam, which gave fh b magistrate summary jurisdiction. The awe proceeded, and at its close the attorney for the defendant objected to the hariadiction on the ground that the magistrates ought t<, veseeted attar informal= re oath and summon s; that bed no right to prooselton a second charge at a part el erieMml *plaice. The cm* however, attic lILIVOIVing some doubt upon the matter, glutted &rale. The oasis this took the spatial paper. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. _ _ Malay ia iaiaeo.—(Balors Load Meiling= Pollock, and Buono Ma, &unwell, and CbannelL) szaimmi AND ovimui V. lawn AND araisa.—ThE TIRICI ACT. This action we brought by certain "baity " colliers splint th e azinators of the late Mr. Timothy Bisset; th e owner of a coal mine in the Forest of Dean, to recover 1,722/. WM. for work sad labour. There were pleas of payment sad aoeord and estidaction. and a set off in the shape al good. supplied to the plaintiffs in part settlement of the claim. The plaintiffs contended that the defendants were nth entitled to the set off as the goods had beset sup plied in mathematics of the Truck Act. The ease was tried at Gloucester before Yr. Baron Cherwell, who directed • ammait to be mitered, and last term Yr. Had. cUeston, Q. 0., obtained a rule to show was why the noe. suit should sot be est aside and a verdict entered for the plaintiffs for the mum claimed. Mr. Grey, Q.C., in showing muse against the rule, amid that the custom among owners of oral mines wati instead of working the mines themselve , „ to make a bargain with certain permits called batty colliers, to get out the creel at en meth per too to be delivered either at the bottom or the month of the pit. These men entered into a kind of pertamettip for the purpose of carrying out the ansagement, sad employed under theca tea, twenty, thirty, and menstimm more miners, who dug out the cal and were paid Inns is money. The question now wee whether than batty colliers were " labourers or artificers " withie the messing al the Track Act, and ought, therefor; to be paid by their employers only m the =run coin of the realm. Mr. Gray submitted that they stood in • very different positive to poor working men whom the legislature desired to protect against being paid io goods, and mid that though it appeared they actually worked themselves, they were not bound to dO so under the term of their coatract. Mr.loddlnto; Q.C., on the other side, rid that in all the colliery districts the batty colliers had been treated as servants under the Matter and Servants Act, and frequently they had expiated the offence of leaving their service with. out Betio, by mouths of impriaoomeot. He contended that ea them ONO invariably worked tbetoselver, the compact mast bosomed to involve personal labour, and that they were, therefore, artificers within the meaning of the statute. Yr. Hwry James followed on the game Ada The court was unanimously of opinion that the plaintiff. did not come within the Truck Act, and theta' ride should 0, be discharged. If the entreat were merely for labour, 'e they thought it would tome under the act ; but if for the moult of labour, as, for instance, in the see of a contract for the :Wooing of a quantity of clay, it would not be within the act. This was at the bottom of the disbar. tine between the asses within and not within the act, and the present contract came within the latter description. The court, in dischargiug the ruts, adopted the authority of "Riley v. Warden," in which the law applicable to three erre bad been distinctly laid down. Rule discharged. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary ) ROBINSON AND ANOTHZR r. WYNN. Tins executor in thin ease propounded • will for proof in solemn form. It was opposed by the defeedaat, a heather of the deceusd, oe the ground of omit'', executioe and want of testententery aspeafty, bat he had given Ratios that he itould not WI whitens*. D7.Bpiilksapisiisrafq; the plaintiffs ; Dr. Doan% Q.C., far the isfssidaat. _ . . The teaser was • *table at Mirfield, a village in York shire. She died at the age of 40, as the 21st of Jane bat, having executed the will in dispute eight days previous. She was passaged of the house she lived in, sad also of • joist interest ' whither brother in twelve others. By the will abs gave to her friends Mr. sad Mrs. Benjamin Robinsos, all her persosalty with the exceptional 'legacy of ICR.Sheolutdr, and • life interest , in another leaf. to her brother. She also bequeathed • life interest in the house she lived is to Mr. Rehires, lad directed it, after her death, top with her share of the other bores to her brother for his life. As to the remainder of her 'elate, she ordered it to be equally divided amongst seven cousins. It was Ctthat she had sent for the Robinson,, expiated rs to them, and requested them to send for so attorney named Armitaze. Armitage drew up the will, had it executed in his presence, and attested it in conjunction • ith a neighbour named Smith. The witnesses deposed to the paler capacity of the demised. Sir J. Wilde could hardly imagine what could have in. dead the defended to contest the will. It lOWA be admitted to probate, but sada. the rola of his court he could not *oedema the tideMent in the oats. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Wan Yr. Oosorniasioser Faso.) 111 11 1LL3383011. 4PTLICATION FOB MAASS. Thednnmer;M of this ore were somewhat peenliar. The bankrupt we described as a ureter mariner. He had bees arrested cm coming off • voyage, at the suit al the Mel. C Gm Cheraay. Ur. Chide, meond sad asked that the application should sot b. enterinimd until after the choice of amigos. The be s tinna bed only bees in custody a few days. He was a for &images of 140 i. recovered spinet him in the Supreme Ocecrt off Melbourne The plakedff bad mine quietly seed bra at Bt. John's, New Beasswiek, bet had may been able to get hold of him on his coming to this cosetry. If are released he would est the court at dame. Mr. E Reed, for the beam* rated that dr o creditor ens the oely creditor. The see wesl o o: il l greet headship. Ia HMO, Captain Kavanagh took coca. 'rad of the Queen of Commerce, boned for Air take; part of her mem was some retorts to the Melbourne dee Compay, which were t o be damaged ; they sued the rap4eis. wimp ; but slew he had returned to Enka with hi▪ s mewl, the adios was premed to judgment, sad the beskrupt wee wow taken four yore after the hese of the writ. Mr. Cleidie7 mid the beakrupt bad made himself Timm. ▪ sby tiepin the bill of lading. guaranteeing the proper delivery al the goods. His Hwwr pasted the release. - 11 11 ABANDON AND NOAH. The beakrepes was deemdied ma wise iserehents M, of Lawrence Yeast 7-tens. min was the miWeg for am mikados mod dietherge. The balasemsheees breve not ban tied ; bat the statement of &comet' sessespanyisg the peliehis share ma segregate liability of flikided., mom ultimate& subject to realintioo, at MOM Mr. E. J. Reed, far the assignor, said he Mood the benkrupts were amides advises from Bic Mime Hies disk aoteants. Hader these cirearastasem the emoted te se adjoursamst oo the coedities thae ll e lla miews= shield he Bled three weeks before the neat sitting. Kr. prestos, fee the Makrupte, cemented ; and aa adperanimet till the Bth of April was ordered. S 11 TIMM lIALLADN'a. The bestowed had traded is partsership with his bro. „thew, Edward lifellidow, as a corn merchant, in Mark-lane and at LiverpooL They were both bankrupt, bat Edward Nielbaksw ham obtained his order. rheir joint debts, as shown by the amounts of Mews. Johnstone sad Co.. are ef 52,0001., for which security is held to the atsut 7;67. 'POOL The order of discharge of Thames lielladim wig opposed. os the ground tiaM be bad coatmeated debts without prehable means of pay sent. His Homer sew pre judgment. He said be had does his beat to asderstaed One very compliatted esee, bat had net mine essfkliessa is the decision at which he had ar rived, that deeinoa was to follow the 11011111111 adopted by Yr. Onsuniesioner Hohoyd is the oise of Edward Kelm dew, asd to grant the order el discharge el Thome Yells. dew also. 11 as LANDS, ALIAS wain_ The keelimige us a beetuarlier, of High-Musk aseidem Uwe. The lararuptei essamdia 1866, sad theeertilleate was wholly refused. He Doer applied far es ceder el dis °barge. ander the HOU natio§ et the eat et 111 S, which giosepewer to mese& in the peados of the beekrapt to apOy far ea order atter hr tee yews' Kr. O. K. Low* foe the ereigneser i lV a thet they had dissemeed Sat the beakupt bed been meetly poured of MOL, whisk be had heeded le a friend for invietemet in the penhess eta hum He pre a very ansereitutory Si. planalise el hew be came by this mosey. The leidarept imanikied repesied his statemeet formerly milk that he 1360 be led aa aceount it the licatthwark brarnebet the Lead and Westsbaster Beak. The amount wee either he Ms sem at Leeds or White. Hs was aware that the alders at the beak timid that there wee any sub Bye there. Mr. take. acts* la the Irak, stated that ibey bad es esesuell with either Leeds at White. The leabript bad istzgeoted the emu of Trapeze, bat they be. so each He bed se loriewledp of the Malin," Mr. Lewis mid the &ripest were determined te get at the %ea la this setter, and asked far se adjoiensment. Whsh thi Isseirrapt gam the rooked latermation be mkt hare kis order of climber's. Adjourned eine die. Robert J bma sok Smug 19 tad 1 pio ja mo , at di by bossy sad roclu 88, Album sow lot mimed. Delon tb young 11111 and be fo Cbades-• formed o cunt wil to the m 'slaw on bat could The wad a victoria offered fc to Giorgi Prism take .. apparait bad orda but attar add he k So the at brought David Yoder& plodg• with the •rtia iti.:W Kr. *RA Irma. I mar an Mr. IL awaly r a• the p where y• Thep ibbs ler 1 Mary Barcena &on on — The a a paw* lime sr with th meehaei 2 o'clock whoa Ili sad the bar, bat with ea on the C im from f -- - Tim; ; foots II some tin iliwy ha down, a Mr. E 13h!) Police betb-rom disturbs saw time aa be op sad maid into cum produce oomplai It wee a The pztill — Mr. 13 when • he shoo or 14 di ALLIA The held at the the - 1 - i; - 1 have 13 shows s Deeeml Sim o -;%° treed 20,0C31 July will re next the w thane, per thi the 50, !MITI west Otis b bed that V It will that U as — Fthi mitt& d — s — arr; "rill 1) linen Z d e - s - n i li, Lveti malts. .. 11111 i !Avis is Us As (Aar C's __ a bli __ , Mos fro. INS _ - 1% WOW 11