The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-28 00:00:00

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TIM IVIMMIG, TR/ MUTINY AT TUN NORK—Mr. Imo, Mks Rom Ned& Miss Lalimmar; Mr. U. MaxlMAi: Mr. C. Woodman • Mader It. ihmisra—And JACK =NM rss LONDON km= SOY. HIGH WAXJR AT LONDON 1111.1DGIL TON DAT —Morithet. A. Lts -Afternoon, Th. NY& TO4LOnneir—No Mt Afternoon. th. lest. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. By= at the risk of wearying our readers, we must ask them once more to contemplate our sys- tem of parliamentary election', as it is seen in operation at Great Yarmouth. We have now before ua the evidence of all the candidates in the recent contest. Upon Sir E. Lscow's part in the transaction we have already commented ; and Mr. Goorsom's examination is little more than a repo- _ tition of his colleague's. There is the same prudent ignorance—extending in Mr. GOODSON'S we to the whole previous history of the con stituency ; an ignorance, however, which there is not the least reason to suppose feigned, since where the common aim of all the parties con cerned is to prevent a candidate from having any legal knowledge of what is going on, he must take some active measures if he wishes to find out the truth. One candidate, and we regret to say one only, did pursue this course. Mr. Miusamsig tells us that, though assured by the agent that " there was every probability of a Liberal candidate " winning," it turned out upon an actual canvass that a large number of the voters who had been set down as liberals " would not make up their " minds." According to the received doctrine in Yarmouth upon such matters, Mr. MAISHMIN ought to have had no suspicion whatever as to the real significanee of this phrase. He should have supposed the voters to be still doubtful upon some point in their pol;tical creed, and have trusted to his own speeches at public meetings, backed by the more familiar arguments of his local friends, to work the necessary conversion before the day of poll- ing. Instead of this, Mr. MARSH/LAN displayed a total disregard of the conventional proprieties proper to the occasion. He was uncharitable enough to suspect., or rather to feel convinced, that this mental hesitation would only be removed by the application of stimulants to the pockets of those who suffered from it ; and this conviction _ _ was strengthened, he tells us, by " a remark of " one of the voters—whether Tory or Whig I " don't know—who said, ' I am ready to lay " down my life for JEsus CHRIST, but I don't " consider that it would be a sin to take " money for my vote.' " Of course Mr. MAKEIHMAN ought to have seen in this nothing more than a statement of the superiority of faith over works, slightly irrelevant perhaps to a borough election, but still interesting as a symptom of the spiritual condition of the speaker. With a coarse common sense, however, which clearly proved him to be out of place in canvassing Great Yarmouth, he at once set down the theologian as " venal," and declined to contest a seat thatcould onlybe won by bribery. We can quite believe that Mr. BROCIDEN now wishes that he had followed Mr. MAnsitarAx's example. But bribery is not a new or ill understood offence into which a man may be led almost without knowing it ; and, consequently, we cannot admit that a candidate who has been proved guilty of it on his own confession has a claim on our forbearance simply because he has made a clean breast of it. Mr. BROODEN was anxious, he says, not to " commit himself to • " course so repugnant to his feelings"—we pre sume that no amount of pride of purse would lead a man to prefer being returned by bribery—but his repugnance was not so great as to prevent him from going to the poll after he had learned that his only chance of success there lay in overbribing —" overtaking" seems to have been the word used —the Conservatives. To secure this result he pro vided 6,0001., all of which was spent except about 300/. We confess, however, that the almost cynical frankness displayed in Mr. BROCIDEN 9 B evidence is of the two more to our taste t'uut the infantine simplicity of Sir E. Lacom, and we are willing to make some small allowance for a candi date who found that his opponents were spend ing hard cash in addition to making full use of the "legitimate influence" exercised bythe "proprietor "of many public houses." But it is an ugly sign of the state of public feeling on the subject when the only difference between legal and illegal ex penses seems to be that the candidate makes up his mind to the one before the election begins, and to the other while it is going on. The Reigate Commission continues to fur nish the principal comic business of the in quiries now proceeding, and to judge from the amount of " laughter" with which the evidence is received, the inhabitants of that not very lively borough are enjoying an amount of fun which may perhaps make up for the balance still owing to many of them in respect of their votes last year. The election appears to have been conducted—on the part of Mr. GOIFER'S friends, at all events—on the principle of mutual assurance. Almost every voter applied to was at once " em " ployed "in some capacity or other. " I can " find you work as a canvasser," was universally understood as the equivalent of " I w ill per " you fairly for your vote." We observe that the corruption of the Reigate voters has been adduced as especially confirmatory of Mr. Lows's prophe cies of the mischiefs that must inevitably result from an extension of the franchise. To onr minds, the lesson to be drawn from it is not of this descrip tion. A gardener paying 161. a-year rent, a carpenter who keeps a small shop and pays 191. a year, a tallow chandler living in a 101. house, seem to be quite typical members of those middle ATE -,BXPRESS, TUESDAY ENT6TING; AUGUS' class constituencies which, according to MO* Lows, are the real authors of oljr national gait new It is much the same inifrothip wbere " principal trade is that a shop-keeping ;" and • certainly at neither place is there the 'Last trace of that class organisation against A* we were favoured with so many warnings in the course of the Reform debates. On the contrary, every man concerned displayed an enlightened selfishness, and & deter mination, in the words of one witness, "to vote " for pocket," which are absolutely untainted by any desire to advance class interests, or to pro mote class legislation. Perhaps a slight infusion of this latter element into a constituency might make it a little more difficult to buy voters whole- sale. Again, if we regard the offer of a bribe as equally a " corrupt practice" wiLli the accep tance of one, the experience of Great Yarmouth hardly bears out Mr. Lowe's theory as to the lowest section of every constituency being inva riably the most venal. To which section does Mr. Nicorrinosmi belong t Indeed, if there is one thing that these inquiries show more clearly than another, it is the community of feeling on the subject of bribery existing between the upper and lower chasm. The distinct!on between the man who sells a vote and the man who buys a seat, whether for himself or for a-friend, is too refined for our rough vision ; and we cannot help fancying that as the latter class is numerically far the smaller, it might be well to single it out for espe cial notice in any attempt at further legislation. sod precfhltsbility a pert Sr the Rouse of Lads. I &e.e more Bii a ham tha# . ehe limns to 2 ami lbw nli o ok4Pg . G 'it mild Ind rails bill, r whining language at the mid and addressee! It is but a fortnight 1111308 puliement ;ma dies:rived, end already that which might lam 'Mudd labour lies far behind its present thought. What else may also become put and impossible depends wholly upon the period during which the tories and the Adullamites may continue to pmvolie and misinterpret such solemn gather inv. They will have all the autumn to study the phe nomenon. LAtrEt3T- 'nLIOE/1 THElfigillaK 'OUTBREAK IN Maps— The Oros gives the following account of the our break of the Polish exiles in Irtkonsk, which, it says, it obtained from eye-witnesees of Galician origin One of the principal causes of the outbreak was the want of food. The provisions which were in tended by the government for the use of the exiles were misappropriated by the authorities. Epidemic complaints, the inseparable concomitants of fa mine, broke out amongst them, and several deaths took plasse. Remonstraneem were made, bat without effect, and despair then predominated. About 1,200 Poles, em ployed at Soustonk, on the Lake Baikal--e sterile and almost desert spot—being further irritated by a shocking corporal punishment inflicted unjustly on one of their number, gave the signal of revolt. On the night between the 20th and 21st of June they attacked the soldiers who were on guard, disarmed them, and bound those who resisted. The captain in command was killed, and Colonel Schatz was made prisoner. The Poles, provided with arms, ammunition, and horses, proceeded to the north-west, following the telegraphic line along the Baikal. The Russian convicts, who, to the number of about 3,000, were at work in a neighbouring district, having heard of the success of the Poles, rose likewise and massacred the troops of the garrison, con sisting of 200 Commack' and two infantry companies. Having armed themselves they joined the Poles. The native population also gave evidence of their long suppressed discontent. Believing that the hour of freedom had come they revolted and agreed to supply the Poles with provisions and homes. The military governor of Irtkousk despatched at once four infantry companies, a squadron of cavalry, and six paw under the command of his aide-de-camp, in order to sup press the revolt. These troops having been enticed Into an ambuscade in the midst of the defiles of &lenge, were surrounded OR all sides, and after an obstinate and bloody encounter were almost entirely destroyed. The guns and ammunition fell into the hands of the Poles. The bodies of 20 officers and two colonels were brought into Irtkouak. The governor then collected all the dis posable troops, and led them on the 27th of June against the insurgents by two different routes, one along the shores of the Baikal, and the other in steam boats across the lake. The latter body succeeded in reaching the colony of Posolsk, and entrenched themselves in the convent. The Poles, finding themselves thus placed between two fires, resolved to attack the Russians in the convent in order to open the way to Nertchinsk and the Chinese frontiers. The convent was taken by as sault and the Russians fled. The second detachment of Russian troops wee attacked by the natives and forced to retreat. The Poles then continued their march towards China. The whole garrison of Irtkouak having been thus destroyed the government ordered in the beginning of July an extraordinary levy in town and country. The entire Polish colonists in the country and in Irtkouak have been placed in irons, and Colonel Levan dowski was sent to the no( them part of Siberia. Travel lers who arrive from the district report that the imam*. tion is extending in every direction, and that the Poles are in arms at Nertchinsk. (RECTUMS TUMULUS.) AUSTRIAN FINANCE. VIENNA, Arcuer 28. An imperial decree has been ia'wed, dated 25th inst., empowering the Minister of Finance to issue obligations bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. to the amount of 50 million florins, and State bonds for 90,000,000 florins. It is believed that Baron Hubner is about to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and also that in the Hungarian ministry, which will shortly be formed, Count Andrew, Vice-President of the Lower Hungarian Diet, will occupy a prominent poit ITALY. FLORENCE, Auousr 28. The Minister of War has ordered the disband ment of all the troops belonging to the second category of the class of 1845. The decree appoint ing Signor Cugia as Minister of War has been published. MILAN, AUGUST 27, Evungo7 The Unita lia/iana of to-day contains a letter from Signor Mazzini, declaring that he will not accept the amnesty which has been extended to him. SPAIN. MADRID, Aocurrr 28. The Politica of to-day publishes an article point_ ing out that the overthrow of the Mexican empire would compromise the possession of Cuba by Spain. SISCILLMISOOS TOPICS. Referring to the recent 'inflict in Prussia between the crown and the parliament, the Times says, that, notwith standing the awkward expressions that fell from the Sing in his recent speech, about his readiness to resort to arbitrary measures in any new case of need, it firmly be lieves that the era of real constitutional freedom is re inaugurated in Prussia—and through her in Germany— under the very best auspices. Should this expectation be disappointed, should the Germans give reason for their neighbours to describe them as " the patient ox, allowing hie master to lead him about with a ring through his nose," the fault would be only theirs, and they alone would pay the penalty. For sosae time peat, remark* the Herald, both sections of the church have been united in their opposition to the latitudinarian tendencies which of late have exhibited so alarming a development. In presence of the common enemy of all set forms of belief the high church hie grown more catholic, the low more protestant, till, not content with prescribing bounds to the freedom against whose undue exercise they have been contending, the fear now ie lest, in an internecine contest for supremacy, they should destroy it altogether. The point upon which, according to current rumour, an attack is alma, to be made is the extreme ritualism recently intro duped into some of our London churches. No idawill suspect the Herald of being an advocate of anything d the kind. But, after all, there are matters on which, for the sake of peace, men may agree to differ, and ritualism is one of them. Most heartily does the Herald tract that calmer and wiser counsels may prevail, and _ that the _ . . energies so loudly card for by the misery and heathen dom around us may not be thus worse than wasted in a fratricidal war on so pitiful an issue. Drama. STRAND. A very slight farce, by Mt. L H. F. du Terrains, a same, if not en author, which is new to us in connexion with dramatic matters, was produced at this house last night, with the title of Waiting for the Under ground. The plot turns upon jealousy, excitement, and • bundle of letters, and, except that it is much slighter, not to say weaker, it reminds us of a hundred and one farce , which were p roduced at the Olympic to exhibit the late Mr. Robson's capacity for potuirsying the ludicrous side of terror. The principal part was played by Mr. ?rice, • Teri promising and pleasant actor. ALIiAMBRA. A change in the musical arrangements was made ►t this theatre of varieties last night, which may be regarded as the first step towards turning music-balls into comic opersehouses. The old operatic " selection"--that somewhat dismal array of singers in evening dreae who stand in a stiff row from one side of the stage to the other —was taken out of the programme, and its place was supplied with a new and increased orchestra of forty performers under the able and spirited direction of M. Ririe**. M. Ririe* is one of the mast accomplished conductors in London ; for four years he has had the management of the orchestra at the Adelphi, and his engagement at the Alhambra *a sufficient proof, if any were needed, that mane-halls can attract talent from theatres if they tan afford to pay for it. The Alhambra band is now one of the finest in London, excepting those of the opera-houses, and it is quite able to accompany any dramatic music that the proposed change in the theatrical laws may allow it to accompany. MR. J. L. Too Le's BaxErrr.—This deservedly popular comedian will take his annual benefit at the Adelpbi Theatre to-morrow, on which occasion he will revive Paul Pry, and appear in a new farce. After his benefit Mr. Toole will leave London on a long provincial tour, and will not return to the Adelphi until Christmas. RSTI7RN OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHEISTLLS. —Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesses Prince sad Princess Christian of Sohleorig-Holstein, attended by Major-General Seymour and Lady Susan Melville, left Boulogne en route for Windsor Castle. Their royal highnesses, who for the last few days have been residing at the British embassy in Paris, embarked on board the Vivid, Commander Sullivan, and left Boulogne harbour at 20 minutes to 3 o'clock, and arrived at Folkestone at half-past 4 o'clock. The pier was crowded by a fashionable assem blage, among whom were the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and Princess Marie d'Orleans. The Mayor was present oaths part of the oorpontion, Mr. J. Crick representing the railway company, and Captain Goodman the harbour authorities. The royal train quitted the station shortly after 5 o'clock. The prime and princess travelled via Ashford, Tunbridge, and Redhill to London-bridge, which was reached at 7.50, and the necessary arrangements for the progress of the train having been made by Kern. Eborall and Knight, of the South Radom line, the saloon was attached to a special train, and proceeded on its way to Windsor, vie. Waterloo and ltichmord. Windsor was reached about 8.45 p.m., when the prince and princess immediately drove to the Castle, where a suite of rooms had been fitted up in the York Tower for their reception. Their royal highnesses will join the Queen at Balmoral within the next few days, and will accordingly leave Windsor on Thursday, for the north, Frogmore House not being quite ready for their occupation. The Duke of Leinster has left town for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, on a visit to Mr. Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Repton. Lord and Lady Londesborough have left their seat, Grimston Park, near Tadcarter, to visit the Earl and Countess of Kinnoul at Dupplin Castle, near Perth. Lord and Lady Alfred Paget have gone on a tour of its to Ireland, having in the first instance repaired to the Counter Dowager of Liatowel's seat in Limerick. The Right Hun. Sir John Pakington, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by the Lords Commissioners, visit Plymouth and Davenport on Thursday next. After their visit, which will, of course, occupy several days, the First Lord and Commissioners of the Admiralty will proceed to Queenstown on their tour of inspection. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., has left town to visit the Bishop of Salisbury at the Episcopal Palace of Salisbury. The right hon. gentleman and Mrs. Gladstone are not expected to leave London for the Con tinent until the early part of next month. DEATH or GENZRAL SIR CHARLZI This distinguished officer died • few days ago at Haat House, Hastings, at • great age. He entered the Marines as far back as February, 1798, when he wu appointed omnd-lieutenant. He was attached to Lord Nelson's squadron off Boulogne. When lieutenant he commanded a detachment of Marines, landed at Port Jackson (Sydney) during an insurrection of convicts in March, 1804, and was mainly instrumental in restoring tranquillity. He tarred in the boat' of the Minerva at the capture, under Fort Finisterre, of five vessels in June, 1806. In July following, in • barge belonging to the /finery', when 50 miles from where the frigate lay at anchor, he captured the Spanish privateer Buena Dicha after a sharp conflict. He also commanded • boat at the capture of a Spanish gunboat at Cerra, and he commanded the Marines at the storming of Fort Finisterre in 1806 and 1807, being the first to enter the fort. He served in boats at the capture of the Sish ship San Josef in the Bay of Aran, where he lande d, nd made a prisoner of the commodore. In command of the Marines he isolated at the capture of Guardia. He was slightly wounded in cutting out the French corvette La Moselle from under • battery in Basque Roads. Among other gallant actions he served at the taking of Camarinas. During his services he was wounded in his right arm, which was amputated. The pliant officer received • sword of honour from the Patriotic Fund for his services. From 1838 to 1844 he commanded the Royal Marine Artil lery.. In 1831 he was rude a Knight of the Royal Hano verian Order, and in April, 1865, was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. His commisnons bore data as annexed ;.—Second lieutenant, Feb. 17, 1798 ; lieutenant, Der.. 21, 1803 ; captain April 13 1813 ; major, • Jan. 10, 1837 ; lieutenant-colonel, July 10, 1837 ; colonel, ; July 10, 1844 ; ma .general , June 20,1854 ; lieutenant . general, June 20,1855 ; and general, July 1,1857. We are authorised to state that, to enable the public to inspect the Bowers and plants in the Royal Hor ticultural Gardens with greater quiet than wee practicable yesterday, the council have determined to open the garden free on every Wednesday during the months of September and October. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) TMI BIRWORAM WORM DIKOZOSTRATIOIL The reformers who were disappointed of their proposed demonstration in London, observes the news, have been able to hold an open-sir meeting without inter ruption at Birmingham, and even without the eloquence of Kr. Bright such a demonstration would have deserved all attention. The resolutions carried at the open-air meet- ing are certainly explicit, both with respect to the put and the future, but the Times can hardly say that they ass very oonvincing or consistent. As regards the future we are assured that the speakers, at least, will be content with nothing but " registered residential manhood suffrage and the ballot" From this point of view it must be ad mitted that the measure of parliamentary reform . - proposed by the late government was " very moderate," but it is not so easy to see why the House of COICIMOIN should be so vehemently denounced for rejecting a measure Be little satisfactory. Mr. Bright boasts that he gave the .. . .. bill an honest support ; but - from the very first it was " damned with faint praise" by Mr. Bright himself and all his supporters. It wee "an honest" bill, they gave oat. A feebler epithet was never applied to a momentous constitutional change. The fact that this should be the highest praise vouchsafed to the bill by its strongest supporters indicates the real mean why it failed. There was no wind in its sails. But the Tina denies that the bill was even an honest one, and says that, from the first, the late government sacrificed the hearty support even of their own party by an apparent want of plaindealing and frankness. In truth the House of Commons never more ti aly " represented the wishes of the people of Great Britain " than when it objected to pass so fragmentary, so uncertain, and so ill defended a measure. It gave up nearly the whole of last session to the Reform Bill, and the Times doubts not _ . . it will give up the next. Reform will have a fair hearing and full consideration, and if a good bill is brought in It sincerely believes it will be carried. The great meeting held yesterday in Birmingham is a portent which may well draw the attention even of the idlest observer, and overcome the prepossessions of those who have wrapped themselves up in the comfortable con viction that the people of England are indifferent to re form. Though members of the legislature, and frequenters of the dubs, and even the leaders of local politics, eschew political anxieties, and throw off political cares in the earlier part of the recess, there is, as a glance at Birmingham may serve to convince even the moat sceptical, quite a sufficient number of no bodies left at home to keep political questions alive, and to prepare work enough for the politicians when they return recruited and refreshed. The popular objection to the present government is that it is entirely illegitimate ; it represents not the strength of toryism, but the weak ness and division of the liberal party. But the return of the liberals to power, says the Daily New, is only a question of time. It has long been evident th►t the liberal party has needed the discipline it is at present undergoing. For some years past it has shown that unbroken prosperity was not good for it ; it has succumbed to the temptations of mem and the evils of unquestioned power. Under Mr. Gladstone's strong leadership in the House of Com mons the liberal party hes made its first decisive move ment in advance, and in doing so has discovered its weak ness and found its real strength. The time it spends in opposition will bee time of holiday. And, perhaps in the end, there will be no reason to regret that the first session of the new parliament closed ineffectually, and left a tory ,vernment to linger through the holidays. The Poet denies that there is any genuine demand for reform. It is only the fraction of a class that is calling for political change. The resolutions passed at Birming ham speak of the rejection by the House of Commons of the Reform Bill as if that bill had been rejected because it was a Reform Bill ; whereas every working man who in terested himself the least in the matter must know per fectly well that it was not rejected on that ground, but because it was a bad Reform Bill. The present House of Commons is declared not to enjoy the confidence of the nation because it did not pale the crude and imperfect bill which had been laid before it. After this there follows the curious non sequitur, that " therefore" the resolu lionise pledge themselves to agitate for, and use all lawful methods to obtain, residential manhood suffrage as the only just basis of representation, and the ballot to protect them from undue influence and intimidation at elections. Satisfaction with the late bill implies dissatisfaction with manhood suffrage and the ballot ; and, conversely, ap proval of manhood suffrage and the ballot implies disap probation of the bill. Mr. Gladstone has publicly ex pressed hie opinion as against manhood suffrage and the ballot, and those who really want these things can be no friends of the lost bill. Whilst the Herald admits that the English working man is the strongest, the most industrious, and the most intelligent worker to be found all the world over, he has his faults. He is sadly credulous and easily worked upon. His pitiable weakness in the direction of credulity renders him sadly accessible to flattery. The worst possible in structors of the working man—Mr. Bright and Mr. Beales—are not satisfied with teaching him the doctrine of universal equality, thty encourage him to believe that he is better than anybody else. Let, lays the Herold, the working man disabuse himself of the silly notion that these arrogant pretensions are recognised by any class of men out of his own section. The chime of the working classes always are and always will be respectfully listened to when they are urged with justice, good sense, and moderation—it may be worth their while to consider whether they would not stand a better chance of obtaining a fair hearing if they were to disentangle themselves from such spokesmen as Messrs. Bright and Beale', end the minor 'pouters by whom they are surrounded. Even those, says the Star, who least believe in the strength of the reform impale), of the eounhy—who attach least importance to popular demonstrations—must own that no common emotion could have gathered together at Birmingham on a working day 250,000 working men. There is no power on earth but the profound belief and animated resolves of a great free people that could pro duce so magnificent a spectacle. When the tones hear of this great Birmingham gathering, let them acknowledge at once that while as a matter of fact the gathering of yes terday was twice as great as any that took place before the peering of the first Reform Bill, as a matter of probability its results will also be far more remarkable. The mayor, the members, the favourite orators, and almost all the leading and wealthy gentlemen and clergy men of Birmingham took part in the demonstration; while by way of preparation for an assembly of nearly • quarter of a million English working people—the "violent drunken, and ignorant" English working people—they had a handful of constables sad " seven marshals." Less than half the number threatened to walk up to London in 1832, and they were spared the trouble with quite's& satittes THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Almon 28. The Royal Mail steamship Shannon has arrived here. She brings 110 passengers, including Sir Henry Storks, Colonel Strahan, Commander Wil liams, Lieutenant Williams, the Venerable Arch deacon Steward, and Rev. Lord Bishop of Antigua. She brings specie to the amount of 284,4481., seventeen hundred packages, a cargo chiefly bark, cochineal, cigars, sarsaparilla, and cocoa. She left St. Thomas on the 14th, with fine weather. Great preparations were making in Peru to cele brate the anniversary of the country's inde pendence. The Government had appointed a Mr. Tucker, of the late Confederate States of America, to the com mand of the fleet, which had caused discontent and called forth a protest from the Peruvian naval officers. It was expected that they will refuse to recognise Admiral Tucker as their superior officer. The British barque Nemesis, bound to England with guano, had been wrecked on the rock of the Island of Malden. The captain and crew remained on the island for fifty days, but afterwards reached Tahiti, where the captain left the crew. At Valparaiso the Chilians had given a magnifi cent ball in honour of the Peruvian naval officers. The government of Chili were raising a foundry for the casting of cannon for coast defences. The terms of the proposed loan of 6,000,000 dole. by the National Bank had caused long discussion in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate House, but, with slight alterations, was ultimately agreed to. The clause making it imperative for the Ex chequer to deposit the public revenue in the bank was cancelled. Costa Rica had refused to join the South American Alliance. A contract had been made for laying a telegraph from Patna Arenas to San Jose de Costa Rica. The town of Monte Christi in Ecuador had been nearly destroyed by fire. The total loss was estimated at half a million dollars. The Nacional of Lima says :—" The majority of the Spanish fleet were at Tahiti. One vessel had 100 men ill with scurvy. The Berenguela was very leaky, and undergoing repairs. The wounds of Admiral Nunez are very serious, and there is little hope of his recovery." At Valparaiso the demand for produce is active. Freights to Liverpool and Swansea, 60s. Bar silver, 10 dollars 50 cents. per mare. Exchange on London, 444 to 45. Exchange on Paris, 465. - At Bogota the Congress was dissolved on the 3rd. The Mosqueras oontracta were strongly opposed, but were, with slight alterations, approved by Congress. The interior, at latest dates, remained tranquil. Peace and good order prevailed at Jamaica. The anniversary of independence passed over quietly. The new governor, Sir J. P. Grant, arrived at Jauntiest on the 6th, and took office on the 28, 1.866; following day. The commission of Governor Grant establishes a Legislative Council as well as a privy council. The governor will not be president of the Legislative Chamber, but that )card will choose its own president. In case of the death or absence of the captain-general his duties will devolve upon the lieutenant-governor, and in the ease of his death or absence on the president of the privy council. Sir J. P. Grant has been well received by the colonists. Much regret was expressed at the departure of Sir Henry Storks, and large numbers of the people assembled when he was leaving the island, and a farewell address was presented to him. Sir Henry Storks, in his reply, prophesied a prosperous future for Jamaica. The business at Jamaica was quiet. The coffee duties were expected to be largely increased. Sugar sales were from 10s. to 14s. refining qualities, 16s. to 19s. middling fair. Sickness was prevalent. Ex change 90 days, 2 per cent. The weather at Trinidad was fine, but sickness prevailed. Business at Demerara was dull. In tonnage there was no change. Freights, 2s. 6d. At Granada the weather was fine and the island ' healthy. The news from other islands was unimportant. BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA. Av00rr.27.. The China sailed at 10 am. yesterday, and the Tanjore at 11 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the lat, and the latter at Southampton about the 9th of September. The China has 45,6301., and the Tanjore 1 133,2921. in specie. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. (By Overland Telegraph from Galls.) ADELAIDE, JULY 24. The government have proposed the introduction of a bill for the amendment of the constitution. The Netherby has been wrecked. No lives lost. MELBOURNE, JULY 26. The Queensland ministry have resigned. According to advice, from New Zealand the Hawhaws had set the British authority at defiance. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWN 001 PARIS. MaNDAT Evans& The France announces that the Empress's dep& tore for Biarritz is fixed for Saturday next. It is rather to be inferred from the terms of shis inti mation that the Emperor, who was to have accom panied her Majesty, is not yet well enough to undertake the journey. At the same time, his health cannot be considered in a dangerous state, since the Empress proposes to leave him. The Patrie, repeating the statement that the Empress Charlotte will return to Paris in October, adds that a government frigate is arming for the purpose of taking her over to Vera Cruz. It also says that the Emperor has authorised any French general out of work to accept the command of the Mexican army. If these are the only results of the Empress's mission to Europe they are not of a nature to prolong Maximilian's reign. A paper says that Emile 011ivier is staying with Prince Napoleon, at Prangins, and that M. Emile de Gir ardin is ex pected there. It will surprise most people to learn that M. 011ivier is on such terms with the host of Prangins as to be his guest at a country house, and I think the news wants con firmation. The date is wanting ; and on Saturday last M. 011ivier was at Toulon to attend the council-general at the Var. M. Boger de Beauvoir, a convivial and popular literary man, the author of several novels, plays, and poems, and an old redacteur of the Corsairs and Figaro, died this morning suddenly from an attack of gout in the head. He was but 56 years old. His real name was de Bully, but in deference to an anti-Bohemian uncle who was proud of his family, he had not used it for many years. The following paragraph, in this evening's _ . Opinion Nationale, 118 worthy of quotation with the heading " How the French write History." The writer, in the course of some remarks upon the riots in Hyde-park, digresses into a criticism upon the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, sad then indulges in this reflection : The unfortunate Duke was forced to contemplate from the height of his pedestal the exploits of his party. Destiny is really cruel to some men. It was not enough for this hero to have been vanquished in person at Waterloo—he was compelled to witness in effigy his defeat in Hyde-wk. A Toulon letter of August 24, in the Menage, du Midi, says : A cellular carriage arrived here this morning containing twelve )oung well-grown girls, from 18 to 25, selected from among the convicts at the central prison at Clermont (Oise). Sixty more females of the same clan are expected, and the whole bey will be embarked 012 the Ceres teen_ sport for Cayenne, the government having determined to take measures in earnest for the population of that okay. These girls, several of whom are remarkably handsome, are destined to become the u :yea of convicts in Cryoame who have distinguished themselves by industry end good conduct. Each couple will be endowed with a grant of had and a sufficient loan to pay for an agricultural plant. A hypercritical French journal inquires whether the consent of these prospective brides has been asked ; and objects that marriage, and, above all, marriage with convicts, is not within the purview of their sentence. The Memorial des Pyrenees adds a name to the long list of people who have lived more than a century. Madame Marie Goyheneche, widow of M. Appezeche, died at Mauleon on August 17, at the age of 106 years. The Bourse was not at all soared by the news that Austria pretends to dictate to Prussia as one of the terms of peace a renunciation of her design to take the command of the Saxon army. Rente rose 30c., both for cash and account, closing at 69fr. 60c. and 69fr. 70c. Italian rose lfr. 160. ; Mobilisr, 13fr. 70c. ; and Credit Foncier, 20fr. A financial company called the " Caine des Bonney CEuvres," founded by a priest, and reckon ing scarcely any but members of the clergy among its subscribers, has just failed for five millions of francs. The assets are 22fr. The Abb‘ Clergesu, the founder and managing director, has absconded. FATAL ACCIDENT ON MONT BLANC.—The MISES contains the following letter from Mr. Edwin A. Pettitt, written from the Hotel du Mont Blsue, Chamonnix. on the 24th inst :—" I regret to inform you that a sad accident oc curred yesterday, whereby another life has been sacrificed. Sir George Young, with two brothers and oousin, suc cessfully reached the summit of Mont Blanc (without guides) yesterday, at 10 a.m., and were descending to the grand ration, when a mass of snoz i r ve way, precipilat, mg the younger brother down a • dal slope of snow. ' The brothers descended to the Gran Muleta to despatch a messenger to Chamotinix for amisbuico, but the -at having been witnessed b 7 a gentleman (Mr. Duffourcl) at Chamounix, who immediately informed the fief de guide, a party of eleven guides and the doctor immediately left for the Grand Molet• A letter was seat down this morn ' lag hr Sir George, informing us of the sad leas of his brother, and this morning at 10.30 the guides, with Sir I George, reached the fatal spot ; they will bring the body down, sad are expected to arrive bee this evening." PATENT OFFICE MaaiuN, SOUTH KINIENOTONe••• Number of visitors for the week ending August 25, 2,358 total number since the opening of the Museum frog day (12th May, 1858), 1,066,519. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS. ~m0.m0n........ GREAT YARMOUTH. sioners resumed their dos at t h e Town-halL -- inquizy mkt. W. Li v i n pt on was reca ll e d and &Meg that be ever been mr paid a shilling for the 'treks @ b e I—, bat to the liberal came. sw at ' Mr. .7. Edwards deposed that he lived m pi*:--. 1 . 4 came to Yarmouth at the last election g th e Mr. Brogden, who wrote that as he was mg elf with the management of elections he desired to service'. He arrived at Yarmouth on Jam 36, al me sequently instructed by Mr. Breede n sad kr. w....k _ne. take the entire management of the election, ( m 771 11 was to receive 21. 2s. a day and his personal amm o . arranged a systems*: canvass, and thought g ie made by Mr. Brogden favourable, but co g a ll e i M before t h e election, he became convinced that them e * * could not be carried without bribery. He gat es s e as doubtful voters. The whole number of venal and not venal, was shout seo er Mhili understood with the venal mu that if brig eereee t sorted to they were to be paid. eau .... -"" money from both sides. He heard that e G••••• *ld* commenced bribery on the Friday, as -w r d ee ft eci rg The liberals oommeneed on the Monday. S i m emo Jones, whose real name was Satterthwait e , le o w i ho Jones arranged the mtemes to the pimento( eaten. Il e Wrote was NA made higher than Dkt..,..ti 201. was paid to individual voters. e for money at the Angel on the Tomas ad Ile paid cash without tickets at g a le s there 19 voters, st his first visit tpomdbeg 420 L R e ~.a altogether at Gerlaston, 763 L, pnnew a ny i e Row R and 90L It seemed to him that all tin Tenn demi Oorleston bed agreed among themselves act te tali % than 901. _ Thee adjourned. REIGATE. Yenterday sateen 'Masses were eramine44 of whom voted et the Lest election for Mr. Goow. John Evans, a labourer, was engaged on Me side, for which he received tl. down and 1L a mill three weeks afterwards. He received 51. th or a x voted for Mr. Gower because Mr. Mews was sr behind that it wen no no. voting for him. round l3.°r w g lth ltam bi:iso r : g y and d eat i t e to P de th l e i rer ver' hire= up voters. He was to pi 51. for kis work, net faeca l for Mr. Gower. He spoke of " election " hew Wilma fasts, which he explained to mean beer Mg hell* that were not paid for by the Collgllmert. Thomas Dale—Made no bargain for his sots esoni t Gaughterl—but understood that he was to nabs Moo g ea ethos. He wee to have a fortoiglit's week. lend not say he did any work, but he received 30e. sadmw there was another 11. due. George Jun (a journeymen carpenter), Aims Mal bitch/Ayer), Henry Barnes (labourer), Joba Nit ■ Thanes Stone (gardeners), end others pre widen d similes. character. William Church, who keeps a little grown AIL* —John Afted offered me one paltry 51. to leave Q. for seven weeks. I said if I carried the electles ought to have 101., and I tell you , gentlemen, I h ave had 201 . (leinghter.) The work I did was il I e_ out preaching occasionally. 1 The inquiry was adjourned till to-day. LaiManna. —The cmuminaioners apprind inquire into the existence of bribery and erne p noes at the last and other elections for this two opened their investigation in the Shire-bail ys The commissioners were :—Mr. Thomas hen Sin Mr. Robert Hilnes Newton, and Mr. Alma& eleh Hill ; Mr. Patteson acted as secretary. To L.a„, attendance in the courtthe interest taken in in the borough itself is not very exerting. Its commissioner having opened the peooeedisp, was taken respecting the customs at election, extent and nature of the constituency. The intim then adjourned. 1 . 01•21118. —The inquiry was resumed year Mr. Bern in the chair. William John Rai Bastard said he was a gentleman out of bean member of the corporation, and an Lidera& 110 made a councillor a second time in 1863. *ail hail begun to shower down pretty thick. He as apnea and it eon him 501. or 601. He had paid in earn* election not less than 1001. He had ben ea St servativ i e re rri u ri t e s m rst ta committees. Wag MI Treit7 that he could set he a without money. He told the colonel GI 1 11 deal would be required, and should lisie 3,0001. or 4,0001. if he had been AA Coleridge: So that it is six to one and Wades the other. He had hairdo( the Duke of Sonnesaln being turned out of their occupations far neigh conservatives. John G. Mitchell said he vas 4 411 and a native of Totnes, and became a voter fir time at the election of 1847. There was a wide bribery then. Ha had heard that the prima paid b conservatives for votes raced from 401. to 601. evidence, but not of an important character, ne and the prooeedings were again adjourned. THE ELECTION COIMISSIONB. — The Mimi an epitome of the act of parliament reistive to then commissions. It is an act to provide for mere di inquiry into the existence of corrupt pretties at elm of members to serve in parlirent. By a is sel ti* missioners are empowered, 'by all mich lawful usi to them appear hest with a view to the boom i truth, to inquire into the manner in which the alai elections has bees conducted, and whether say el practices have been committed at such elecMs, ref whether by way of the gift or loan, or the promise i gift or loan, of any sum of money or other mirth persons on t° on al' his 7 " or r th w ei v r °ten4 behalf, " f: api the lilme meMri giving of his or their vote or votes, or for bh a refraining or promising to refrain from velise n election, or for his or their procuring or uscisrlsi procure the votes of other electors at snob then whether by the payment of any sum of money, rah other valuable consideration whatever, to any TOW any other person on his behalf, before, during, sr 0 termination of such election. If such persons shall to be sworn or to answer such questions as ere pet 6 touching the matters in question as shall be pm le by the said commissioners, or to produce any bosh which may be IWlir.d. Or if any person shall be p any contempt of the said commissioners, or their II commissioners shall have the mine power, to be a in the same way, as any judge of her Majettll 0 courts." " Every report which such oomensime to her Majesty in pursuance of the act shall be hid parliament within one calendar month after its se THE PROPOSED BATH INO-PLALE IT RN PAlL—Last smiting an open-air meeting of eke i auto of Camden-town, favourable to the Maas a bathing-place on the ornamental lake, Regent was held in the tprounds of the Edinburgh de lis Mornington-road„ to receive the report tem nil time who waited last week on Lord John Masse misnomer of Works. Mr. Turner occupied the 1 having lose stated that the Duke of Sutherised ad an blew effect that he should leave been happy to/o the meeting, but was compelled to be absent ha The reply of Lord John Manners, to the effsa thee lake time to consider the proposal, hiving b.° all sated to the meeting, Mr. William Hewitt pf, het resolution approving of the course Min ei , and stating that as Sir Prowls Otidsa pursuede iso near the proposed bathing-place° tbol man should be respectfully memorialised and therein that every precaution to exclude observsti ensure good conduct would be adopted and stre forced. This was carried, and also another rs urging the expediency of encouraging daily bait Prolowed to hold another meeting in a fe w ds y s. THE LATE MIL ALOOCK. —ln alluding death of Mr. Alcock, the Surrey Smodent " It may probably be many loam years Well again to record the death of a gentlem an when mg in every good cause was such as constantly teeing warmest admiration. Personally, entirely ems with Mr. Alcock —knowhig him only as the alo bar for East Surrey, whose re.electioe it e a II our duty to oppose, we could not refine our me butes to the handsome contributions he ass Oi l on every occasion to offer when the best interest people were involved. To county objects. to * 3 movements, he was ever liberal ; but when alt Um of anything on his own large edam, than liberal—he was p ri ncely. Mr. Moon th.dj! Mend, been staying at Great M alvern net August, and on Wednesday last h e was taken e a apoplwry, and died before 8 in the omelet Bi left Great Malvern for Kingswood on lel Fridej, the teth inst. he fee SO Mr. C. H. ffrewen, sa t next late mem to the hoe. It dinner only the day before his death. In Fast . named . Aloock will long be cherished mil I Churches, school', prisons, roads, bridges, hare l is his largerhearkd munificence." DEATH OE THE Raw. DE. EN/in.—ll byterian aura not only of I re land, but of aryl in which that fans of the Christian religioll bu il itself, will learn with extreme sorrow of tbe del R e v. Dr. Edgar, which took place on Sunday ii The disease with which he was originally a c ts ffelypes of the windpipe, upon which R heat roar supervened, which was, we believe, the im en of death. The deceased bed been several leen , CI care of Dr. Sinyley, of Dublin, prior to hi Edgar had done more perhaps than any t i t ag esseg ia y fitorothyeeanextefuusuioyn se of ven the o p:et: the : a t : l big haws inn Belfast have been e by ki and threeehout Ireland at loam fifty of Ise worship beleogiag to the presbyteries fifty existence to his persevering e ff orta.—Yorterrs w The Mayor of Halifax, at a recent dime Halifax Liceased fro ' Vieth stated that se4 had been made lio hfun clays ago bl " t s testimonial of character. The ma y or told tor, had never seen him before. The bides":bri mimed, " Faith, your worship, end tr i l wi d I MOO to you. I have never been oc lime& end Yost nev er have bed my trcoebio 161 gi 1 ~ '~ \ .1, .11 I 'lt, ' 4 . f•