The Express. — London, England, 1867-12-05 00:00:00

BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA. gtte Oritrefsli• TO OOKIMPONDILDITS. alvertlaementa Intended for The loprons." London 'Mining daSwmast be M Mice, 10, loaverlastroM. by Tw o odli on the day of pablidatioa. DRITRY-LAN - Teti Evisnia, THE IIikiii3PVEITICR. Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. C. Cowper, H. Sinclair, X Phelps, Barrett, Temple, Mn. Hernia= Veda, Miss Grattan, de —And THE LAMB' CLUB. Mesdames Bestrix Shirley, Kate Harem, H. Vandenhoff, Be. HAYMAILKST. Tiii EYOII4 , THitilitila — oAßD. Mr. Compton.— BROTHER SAM. Messrs. Sothern, Burketone, Compton, John son, he.: Madame (Zippsedsle, Roberteon, Lewin, dc.—And MY WlFicB MOTHER, Mears. Chippendale and Rowe. PRINCL9SS. THT9=MkA LlTiLiAlitraTlON.—After which THE COLLEY/NI DAWN. Mar& Bondman, D. Murray, E. Atkins, G. Neville, J. 0. Shore. H. Mellon, rte.: Mrs. Domlcaolt, S Misses Ilarsrtt and ®swarthy . —And NO. ONE BOUND THE CORNIE. LYCEUM. Ttll9 Ernua, P[6PBt,TION.SIim Maud Shelley.—And YON El) AND JULIET. Rears. M. Lou sad Ryder , SUN Vadvalt Um Manion, and Ms 111lly Palmer. STRLND. TIM Emma, NOTHEitITO N Ui9S. Ms. Thorne and Miss Ne.t.m.—llND TO A FAULT. Messrs. Pareelle, Belford, and James. Mesdames Johnstone, Owynns, and Hughes—And WILLIAM THLL WITH A VINGIANCIL HOLLOW. EYlnnuci, Pea IaWIL IFeaere. H. J. Montague, Prise, Gan:, u, Westland, and IL Widdiacenb; Mesdames Siesthens, !invade, C. Jaundice, dre..—And MAZY TUILNISIt ; OR, THE WIC101:8 WILLIN, Mine Josephs. Barrawina. KING'S This Emma. THE KING'S DEATH-TRAP. Messrs. ley adds, Bell, Ite.; Mrs S. lAse.—Mr. R. Fraser ; Mr. Mark Floyd Mr and Mrs. Langan and Mr. J. 31111tmot—CAPTALN GERALD. Mann Bowe, Chartton, ,kc Mesdames Courtenay, Booth, &c HIGH WATIA ATLONDONBRIDGIC. rim ail. 24m. TO-KokaoW—Dionlinsg, 911. Ora-- ..Aftarsoce, 9h. 36m. LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. Tx z attention of Parliament must soon be called to the recent numerous and disastrous explosions ix collieries. A notice was given the other day on this subject in the House of Commons,and we trust that this will prove to be a first step towards obtaining a full andexhaustive inquiry. Thepnblic conscience is disturbed about these colliery "accidents." A strong suspicion has arisen that such catastrophes are not altogether unpreventible, and each time a score or two, or a hundred or two, of poor fellows are immolated in a coal-mine, we have to ask our selves the ugly question whether we, as members of the public, are not in some degree responsible for their deaths. It may possibly be that these disasters are practically unavoidable. It may be that all practicable precautions are already taken to prevent loss of life in coalpita. If so, it would be a great comfort for the public to know it ; for there is now only too good reason to fear that many lives are annually sacrificed by the ill-performance of a duty that the public has taken upon itself. In consequence of the exceptionally hazardous character of the collier's occupation, we have surrounded it with special legislation and with a special system of inspection. This involves the assumption on the part of the public of a responsibility usually left to individuals, and it becomes a public duty to see that those seeming securities accom plish the object for which they have been created. At present there is strong reason to believe that they do not accomplish that object. Whether the fault is in defective legislation or in defective inspection is a matter for inquiry ; but explosions frequently occur under circumstances that could not exist were the law and the means of enforcing it perfectly effective. Explosions oc curring from deficient means of ventilation, and from the reckless disregard of atmospheric condi tions dangerous to the lives of miners, are clearly occurrences that effective legislation and adminis tration might prevent. The objects of any royal commission or parlia mentary committee appointed to inquire into this matter will be to ascertain, first, to what extent colliery explosions are preventible by legislative and administrative measures ; and, second, to what extent such measures could be applied with out crippling the coal trade as en industry. The first question will be easily disposed of. Explo aions in collieries are preventible exactly in the degree in which the necessary precautions are taken, and the real question comes to be how far those precautions can be adopted in the practical work of coal-getting. If every precaution that science and experience could suggest were applied to a coal-mine, the exceptional danger attending the occupation of the collier would almost entirely disappear ; but it is very probable that the adop tion of such elaborate precautions would make the industry entirely unremunerative. The ex tent to which it is possible to apply the precautions suggested by science and experience is, therefore, • matter for care ful ascertainment by a court of inquiry. But there are certain absolutely necessary precautions that clearly ought to be insisted upon under any circumstances. The existing legislation and system of inspection have been created to secure the due ventilation of coal-pits ; but we have the best reasons for thinking that they have entirely failed to secure that object. We have plenty of evidence of the insufficient ventilation of ooal-pits. When an explosion occurs the public are at once assured that the unfortunate colliery was admi rably ventilated. The disaster must have occurred through the carelessness of a workman, or by a mysterious visitation of Provi dence, or from any other cause than defective ventilation. By-and-bye it begins to be whis pered about among the engineers who hasten to the spot that perhaps the ventilation was not all that could be desired, and by the time the in quest is held it is discovered that the system of ventilation was radically defective. That was the experience in the great Barnsley explosion of last year. At first no one could understand why a pit so excellently ventilated as the Oaks could ex plode, but in the end it was found that the means of ventilation employed were quite insufficient for so extensive and fiery a colliery. The exist ' ence of such pita shows how defective the inspec tion system is. It may be impossible for any system of inspection to supervise the daily manage ment of a colliery, so as to see that lives are not exposed to dangerous conditions of a temporary character, but if inspection is to be useful at all __-- it ought to be able to deal effectually with what we may call the organic defects of collieries. The same knowledge that enables a scientific witness to tell us that a certain disaster was caused by having i one shaft instead of two, ought to have been brought to bear by the inspector, so as to have prevented the explosion. The fact that such organic defects are left to be pointed out by a deadly explosion is of itself sufficient proof that our present system of inspection is very defective. But those who know anything of collieries will not require any proof of the kind. The inspec tion of collieries is notoriously a sham, and the working colliers have a right to complain, as they do bitterly, of the utter inefficiency of a system that professes to guard their lives. A recent calamity calls attention in a very striking manner to another important branch of this inquiry. Collieries that are perfectly safe in THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENINGI, DECEMBER 5, 1867. an ordinary state of the atmosphere, become very dangerous when the air is unnaturally heavy ; and it becomes a serious question how, and to what extent, colliery owners should be compelled to observe the barometric signs and suspend labour in their mines during the period of danger. The explosion at the Ferndale Colliery occurred while a heavy fog lay in the valley above. This impeded the ordinary means of ventilation, prevented the escape of foul gases to the outer air, and caused those gases to accumulate until they had reached the explosive point of density. According to pre sent appearances, then, the lives lost in that ex plosion were sacrificed to an ignorant or reckless disregard of atmospheric conditions. The first step towards preventing the recurrence of so pre ventible a disaster will be to ascertain accurately the conditions dangerous to mining operations, and the point at which the danger becomes so serious as to call for the sacrifice involved in a suspension of labour. The difficultyhere will be that the degree of atmospheric pressure indicating danger will vary according to the efficiency of the ventilation in different mines ; but this difficulty can certainly be sunnounted in a more or less satisfactory manner. Either a general average can be struck, or a point of danger for each mine can be fixed according to the relative efficiency of its ventila tion and the " firinesa " of its coal. Mr. NIXON, whose large experience as a colliery Congress should act on the Preaident's recommends tiona and declare that • naturalised foreigner is absolved from all allogiarsoe to the government d his own eonntry, they will in effect be attempting to alter the laws, not of their own, but of other countries ; as good an expedient for bringing about a series of embroilments as anybody can well imagine. ',The Telegraph regards it u improbable that matter will ever reach such a crisis as that General Grant will be commanded by the President to resist Congress, and by Congress to remove the President. The naturalisation proposed is another bid for popularity among the foreign voters. The Post declares that of Mr. Johnson's right to resist a law stripping him of executive authority there can bo no question ; but that which mounds strange to persons as quainted with the working of parliamentary government on this side of the Atlantic is that the President should, as it were, go out of his way to tell the parliament he hes convened that he believes it capable of meditating an at tack on the independence of the chief of the State. The Star limits its comments to the question of the Alabama claims. Our contemporary thinks it is all the more unreasonable in the Foreign-office to break off upon what is substantially a point of etiquette when we have an excellent cue to present to any arbiter ea our justification for recognising the Confederates as belligerents at the time we did. THE CAB STRUM The cabmen meet with general sympathy from the morning papers. It is allowed by all our contemporariee that their case was a hard one, and that the concession on the part of the government was no more than justice required. The Times says very plainly we shall never get better cabs, nor can we expect it, until the pre sent license duty is considerably diminished. In propor- tion to the capital employed, it is incomprehensibly l►rge. The oust of la cab and horse is about 501., and on this the tax amounts to nearly 201.-181. sa. for duty and 11. for license. The Tine/ does not believe that any other trade or profession is subjeotito so disproportionate a burden. It is obvious that if the tax were materially reduced the pro prietors could reasonably be required to treat the public with greater liberality. ITALY. long and bitter night, it poured its fury, and hurled clouds of cold and piercing rain over • miserable crowd of 369 sick. The sheds for cooking, ke., attached to this hea -1 pitsl were carried away, and the appearance it presented in the morning was forlorn and wretched beyond con ception. From Alipore we bear of five deaths. From Ballygunge there is a report that a punka house has fallen and killed a European and his wife. From Eutally 31 deaths were reported. All through the suburbs the roads are lined with the well known, unwieldly, metal clamped and low strong boxes in which natives delight, serving on the present occasion as a drying ground for the wreck of their personal effects. At Dam-Dam the "great tree" has been overthrown. The racket-court has been blown down, and the roads are strewn with the dead bodies of cattle and horses ; there has also been, we fear, great loss of life amongst the natives. At Barraokpore the damage done has been even greater than at Dum•Dum or Calliper.. ITALY. It is quite evident from the language of the Roman journals that the government of the Pope, notwithstanding its recent " triumphs," is not quite assured of its position. The Osaereatore Romano of the 27th thus expresses its apprehensions : Thus they intend to make the trial again ; thus they are waiting until the French government—trusting to the word of the Florentine Ministry, that ministry which de nied what the French government at the same time affirmed—gives the order for its troops to sail from Civita Vecchia, in consequence of the restored tranquillity, to pounce down with greater force, and an imposing mass of soldiers upon this handful of ground. Meanwhile, the companionate bowels of the Florence government are sud denly moved towards the prisoner of Varignano, who will be conveyed again to the island of Caprera, in a vele& of the State prepared on purpose. Perhaps a new nix cis aline is being prepared for the hero of the two worlds, ac companied by the comedy of a blockade by nes, like that which the Italian troops kept by land on the Pontifical frontier, notwithstanding both which Garibaldi was able to get out of his island, and many thousands of Giuibal dians to invade our soil. manager entitles his opinion to respect, impresses upon us the importance of the " double shift" system as a means of preventing explosions, or of limiting their destructive effects upon life. On that system two relays of men, working seven hours, follow each other, instead of the whole number of men working eleven or twelve hours together, and consequently an explosion occurring at any time would only affect one-half the number that would be affected in a pit working on the single shift system. The great advan tage in this respect, accruing from the double-shift system, appears, however, to arise from the limited extent of the workings as compared with what is required by the " single-shift" system. As only half the number of men are at work at one time, only half the number of working places have to be provided, and consequently little more than one-half the surface of gas-exuding coal is exposed, as compared with the other system. As the number of passages is reduced by one-half, the system of ventilation is greatly simplified, and we can easily see that the danger of explosion is correspondingly diminished. But the English col liers object to this double-shift system, and the employers cannot succeed in introducing it. Mr. NIXON proposes that legislation should forbid the working of collieries liable to give off explosive gases on any other than the double shift system. In the case of an industry neces sarily subjected to exceptional legislation, mea sures may be proper that would in any other case be objectionable as interferences with individual freedom, and no doubt this suggestion will obtain due consideration when an inquiry is made into the working of collieries. WE are glad to report that the Cab Strike is at an end. That is a singular strike in which capital and labour, masters and men, act cordially toge ther ; but by whatever name the late movement should be called, its termination was much to be desired by all parties. As was most proper, a concession has been made to the cab-owners. They were entitled to it. In no other trade would the Government think of lowering the price of an article —or, what comes to the same thing, re quiring that its quality be raised while its price remains fixed by—Act of Parliament. Mr. HARDY undertakes that the requirement of lamps shall not be pressed at present, and that the whole question shall be investigated anew. This is only fair and right. The cab proprietors have no unreasonable objection to lamps, although they very much object to have an additional expense thrown upon them without compensation. If lamps are necessary in well lighted streets, the public which demands them should be prepared to pay for them, either by higher fares or by a corresponding remission of duty ; and we believe it is perfectly willing to do so. Un fortunately the matter has until now not been treated as one of interests, to be adjusted by mutual concession, but as a subject of arbitrary police regulation. Nothing would be easier than to arrive at an equitable compromise if the affair were taken in hand as a strict matter of business ; and of this we trust there is now a prospect. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIN DAY.) PHISIDIINT JOHNSON'S MISSAGN. The abstract of the President's message, sent by telegraph, if it is a correct representation of the text, proves, in the opinion of the Time, that hehas transcended himself in imprudence, and has thrown away the great opportunity which the recent elections had given him. Conjuring up the improbable event of the abolition by Conran of the post of President, he declares in so many words be would prevent this by force, although it is plain that under the constitution be would have nothing to do but to acquiesce in the will of the nation, if expressed by constitutional means. This declaration would pro voke, if anything could, the very policy thus violently threatened ; and men of sober sentiments, who had never dreamt of destroying the independence of the executive government, might, upon seeing the pretensions which the presidential power can generate, deem it prudent to abolish it altogether. With regard to the arbitration question, the Times looks forward to no very distant period when • successor to Mr. Seward will be able to free himself from the embarrassment of that gentleman's impossible proposi tions. The suggested step with regard to the naturalisa tion of foreigners is conclusively answered by the fact that if a naturalised citizen returns to his place of birth the country which has n►turalised him must appeal to the law of nations in justification of any claim to his allegiance or of any attempt to protect him, and no muni cipal law, however solemnly enacted, could have any bearing on the question. The telegraphic summary exhibits Mr. Johnson, says the Daily News, in the old antagonistic attitude and querulous temper with which the public is so familiar. The President has never recovered from the delusion which —very much through the fault of Congress—took firm pos session of his mind in the first year of his office, that he is the legislature of the United States. Accordingly, he speaks in this message of " congressional legislation" as if it were a rival and irregular power. The same blinding egotism leads him to introduce a wholly gratuitous threat when he foreshadows the abolition of the presidency ; anal a statesman in the presidential chair would, above all things, have avoided such language. His extraordinary language may signify that he has been encouraged by the recent elections to push his dispute with Congress to ex tremides ; but it would be consistent with his antecedents if, after a barren display of temper, he were to relapse into inaction. Noting the remarkable statement of the Secretary of the Treasury that the public debt has been reduced within the year by about 13,000,0001„ the Daily News concludes with the observation that the extraordinary arguments resorted to by Mr. Seward in his correspondence had prepared MI to bear that oar recognition of the Con federates as belligerents is regarded at Washington as in tervention on behalf of the seceded states. On this point certainly we should have nothing to apprehend from the decision of an impartial arbitrator. The Standard thinks the game is really in Mr. Johnson's hands. and that be an keep the ground open for the conciliatory labours which may now be expected from the next Congress. According to the Herald if the Criticising the Italian debates in the French Chambers, the Daily News points out that against the intemperate haran;nes of cardinals and of a few doting and querulous senators, who had sworn allegiance to we know not how many governments, but whom no oath has ever found faithful to a fallen dynasty, the Italian parliament will count the eloquence of the illustrious chiefs of the liberal party in the Legislative Body, the representatives of the great centres of intelligence and independence. But if, as disinterested and dispassionate well-wishers, the Daily Nears:might take the liberty to oiler • word of counsel to all parties in the parliament at Florence, it would be to think less of what is said in France, and more of what should be done in Italy ; to abstain from heating them selves and each other by unprofitable and injurious recri minations; to pay more attentiontothe common necessitiee of their country, and spare lees time to sentiment and passion ; to remember Cavonr's constant admonition that the safety of the state must not be risked for any cause ; to bear in mind that any government is better than none ; and that one of the two primary duties of a parliament under a constituted monarchy is to sustain the honour and dignity of the crowd' So many of the speakers in St. James's Hall last night having dealt in historical references, the Tines reminds them that no Italian can peruse his national annals with out ascribing to the Papacy all the most fatal and most constant calamities of his country. From the days of Pepin and Charlemagne to those of Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon, Papal ambition alone stood in the way of Italian unity ; from the days of Charles of Anjou and Charles of Valois to those of Oudinot and De Failly, Papal self-interest has been the main cause of the invasion of the Peninsula by foreign oppressors. From the fierce Ghibel line, Dente, and the mild Guelph, Petrarch, down to the stubborn Nicoolini and the gentle Pdanzoni, every thinking and feeling Italian has been taught to look upon " St. Peter's Patrimony" as not only the scourge of his native land, but as a great scandal to the Christian church. Whe Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 4. The Queen walked in the grounds and drove yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Beast°. ; and her Majesty went out this morning, attended by Lady Churchill. Prinome Louise went ont walking with the Hon. Ekes Macdonald. His Highness To Rugawa Mimbutaiko, brother to the Tycoon of Japan, attended by the Minister Plenipoten tiary of Japan in Paris and the Chamberlain of the Ty coon, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and was pre sented to the Queen by Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for Forcige Affairs. Her Majesty, aocompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, received his Highness in the White Drawing-room, where the officers of state ac companying his Highness were also presented to her Ma jesty by his Highness. Major Edwards, Royal Engineer', and M. Von Siebold, interpreter, were in attendance upon his Highness. Lady Churchill, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Raglan, Lord in Waiting; Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting ; Lord (Charles Fitzroy and Colonel du Plat, Equerries in Waiting ; and the Master of the Household, were in attendance upon her M►jezty. His Highness was received at the railway station on his arrival and on his departure by a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards. Royal carriages conveyed his Highness and suite to and from the Castle. Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein, and Lieute nant-General Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Mrs. William Grey, dined with the Queen and Royal Family yesterday. Lord Raglan and Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., have succeeded Lord Skelmersdale and Colonel Cavendish as lord and groom in waiting. This morning, at half-past 10 o'clock, the Queen and Princess Louise left Windsor for London, intending to stay fora short time only. The Count and Countess of Flanders, attended by the Baroness Snoy d'Oppuen and Colonel Burnell, left the Clarendon Hotel yesterday for Brussels. Their royal highneases were accompanied to the Charing-cress station by hie Excellency the Belgian Minister (Baron Dujardin), end the personelle of the Belgian Legation. The Duke and Ducheaa of Beaufort are enter taining company at Badminton. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aileabury have gone on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, at Frogual Lodge, Foot's Cray. The Earl and Countess of Derby are expected to leave town on Saturday next for Knowsley for Christmas. The noble earl and countess will receive a suocesnon of visitors at Knowsley during the ensuing month. The Earl and Countess Granvillo, who have been daring on a visit to the Doke sad Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton, leave for Windsor Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. _ _ _ The Earl Percy left Northumberland House yesterday for Oxford, to resume his studies. Viscountess Bury and family have arrived at the family residence at Prinoes-gate for the winter. Viscount Bury and Lientenant-Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, If.P., bays left England by the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Nyanza for Gibraltar, whence they start on a riding tour in Spain. The lords present at yesterday's sitting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were Sir William Erie, Bir J. W. Colvile, Sir E. V. Williams, and Sir R. T. Bindersley. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday, at the Privy Council-OMo., Whitehall, on the subject of quarantine. The lords present were—the Lord President, Lord Robert Montagu, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Despatches were reoeived yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Malta, Gibraltar end Prince Edward's Island. THE rATRIOTIC FUND.—A meeting of the Com- Wagoners of the Patriotic Fund was held yesterday, at the Palace of Westminster. Present : Earl of Hardwieks, in the chair ; Lord St. Leonards, Lord Linden, General the Hon. J. Lindsay, Sir John Pakington, Right Hon. H. T. Lowry Corry, Sir John Burgoyne, Sir IL Ross. Captain E. G. Fishbourne, R.N., and Brigadier-General Lefroy, 8.A.. the honorary secretaries, encoded. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. THE CYCLONE. FULL DETAILS. We have to-day received an " extra" of the Cal cutta Englishman of Nov. 2, containing details of the terrible hurricane on the previous day. We read : For weeks past the weather has been a foremost topic of conversation. The rain. had apparently ceased, when Calcutta was astonished on 26th October at a return of wet weather. During all last week rain seemed threatening, and on Thursday the threat began to be ful filled. The sky on Friday was overcast and lowering, the pall of cloud wee miusually low, and mares of scud were whirled swiftly away to leeward all day long. The gloom of the day was added to by frequent rain-squalls; the day, in fact, was just one of those for which November in England has acquired so unpleasant a reputation. As the day wore on the signs of bad weather increased. About three o'clock the barometer began to show signs of falling, and the wind came down in fiercer gusts. Matters remained in this state till dusk, when it was evident to the most careless that Calcutta was about to be visited by a storm which would rival the now famous cyclone of sth October, 1864. Men went home from office to hurry through dinner and prepare for the struggle ; and although some daring spirits went to the Opera, they were the exception. At 10 o'clock the fastenings of doors and windows began to be severely tasked, and the storm rushed over the city with a heavy murmurous roar, like a fierce surf beating on a shingle beach. This roar never lulled until daylight, but every few minutes it swelled up into a thunder of wind and rain, marking the approach of heavier squalls. Up to half past 1 the storm was content with rattling doors and windows furiously, but now it forced its way into the well guarded dwellings of the European portion of the city, and tore off here a sash, here a venetian, here • door. The houses shook under the weight of the blows dealt them, and often and anxiously were the time-pieces consulted to see how the night wore away. Soon after 2, however, there was a sensible abatement of the storm ; the gusto were as fierce as ever, but the intervals between them were longer. By half-past 3 the strength of the gale had greatly abated, and by 4 the hurricane had become a strong north eastern gale, and people began to count up the damage they had sustained, and to hope for daylight, to enable them to ascertain the losses of their neighbours. Few slept last night, and there are few who could wish to pass such another night, or to battle again with a gale which has wrought the city as much, if not more, injury than even the great cyclone. The hurricane, fortunately swept down the river instead of up. It thus had to battle with the tide, instead of bringing with it so dreaded an auxiliary as the storm wave which in the cyclone did so much damage. Having only to contend against the wind, the ships in harbour, as • rule, were enabled to ride out the storm with far less in jury and danger than might have been anticipated. The steamer Orion, which was to have left this morning is a helpless wreck. She seemed smashed, and her masts are broken, her funnel broken and twisted, her bulwarks stove in, and she has gone down fortunately so near shore, asto be on shore,r•therthan sunk. The Furness Abbey in the middle of the river, is almost as badly off as the Orissa. The Nile, at 1.30 a.m. dragged her anchors, having a num ber of cargo boats foul of her. Previous to this she had paid out a sufficient quantity of chain to enable her to weather the storm, but she and the India got foul of one another, and both sustained damage. The tug-steamer Sestas is on shore at Bagh Bazaar Canal, where she quite blocks the way to the river. Another steamer with red funnels has foundered off Coaripore. Close to Armenian Ghent the Jadel Curreen is on shore by the stern, and has list her mizenmast. The Arabia is also on shore near her. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company have lost their tender the Howrah, and the police bulks have been unroofed. The following is a memorandum of the damage done to the shipping by the hurricane last night, as far as has at present been ascertained: Storm King—Rails, bulwarks, and rudder a good deal' damaged ; bowsprit sprung, jibboom and head gear carried away. Steamer Orissa—Almost a wreck off Colvin's Ghaut. Mary Ann Wilson—On shore, bulwarks, stan chions, and deck injured, and bowsprit gone with jib boom. City of Calcutta—Damaged covering board", stan chions, rails and bulwarks from fore to main rigging ; fore rigging carried away. Flower of the Forest—Quar ters injured, bowsprit gone, and other slight damage. Sarah and Emma—Bulwarks, stanchions, steering appa ratus injured. India—Trilling damage from collision. Nile—Dragged her anchors in the stream and came in col lision with India, and Queen of Mersey ; is a good deal injured. Dalian Tower—Damage to boats is trifling. Ma labar—Slightly injured from collision with Dalian Tower. Queen of Mersey—On shore off Eden Gardens. Annie Frost and Emily Augusts—Very slightly injured. Genii —Somewhat chafed, but no embus injury. Michael An- gelo—At Sensor Roads, not since heard of. Lake Leman —Rails, stanchions, and waterways damaged. Prunus Abbey—Upper plates, bulwarks and main rail stove in, bawse-pipes carried away, besides other small damage. I. P. Whitney—Anchored off Bangor on lst, but has not yet been reported. Benvenue—Has sustained very trifling damage. Up-oountry steamer Delhi sunk; doubtful if she can be recovered. The following are reported as having sustained no injury: Iron Crown, Durham. Winchester, Middlesex, Simla, Star of Albion, Knight Errant, Vernon, Tiverton, Howrsh, Sir Henry Lawrence, Stanhope Ajax, P. and 0. Steamers Lord Clyde, Rachel, Remington, Squando, Queen of Eng land, Salisbury, 8 B. Oriental, S S. Clan Alpine, Tantalon Castle, Harold, Ellen Stuart, Gladstone. St. Lawrence —Has sustained slight damage from collision. Thomas Wood—Had put back from a previous collision, lost main mast by the board, and sprung foremast with other damage. City of Nankin—Two iron plates started on port quarter, chain plates all gone, and other alight damage to sten chione, rail, bulwarks, kn. Garnet—Was ashore on mud for three hours, and got off without serious damage. She was chafed, however, a good deal by collision. Barque Sterling—Lust main yards and was aground for a short time without sustaining injury. Queen of India— Lost several span, damaged rigging, and chafed bull. Bertha—Lost her bowsprit. The Si. Philbert, Mille Tonnies, and Delphine Melannie, have sustained a good deal of injury ; particulars as yet not ascertained. Irvine, St. Paul, Souvenance, Nestor—Slightly damaged. Marian —Bulwarks crushed in, with other minor damages. Wil liam Fairbairn—Sustained but an unimportant injury ex- cept part of her bulwarks being knocked in by Collision. (Signed) GLADIBTONZ WYLLII and Co. Calcutta, Nov. 2, 1867. Agents to Lloyd's. We also learn that the Euphrates carried away her moor ings at 12.5 last night, and was on shore for four and a half hours. She was got off, but is much strained from bumping. The damage sustained is not as yet known, but she does not leak much. Her boats were stove in, and the saloon deluged with water. We understand that she will not be able to take the troops at the time fixed, and must come here to be refitted. It is reported that had the Euphrates gone a few hundred yards in ►nother direction, she would have sunk and disappeared on Diamond Quick sands. In the native quarter of the town namely a hut is standing; several pucka houses have fallen, and at 3 o'clock the return of natives killed was given at:—North ern division, 6 ; middle ditto, 18 ; southern ditto, 18— total, fl 9. ' " In the European portion of this city, window frames, venetian', balustrades, and doors have been blown awayin nearly every house. Trees have been overthrown in all directions, and the Maid= was oonverted into a shallow lake. The storm was particularly hard upon our amaze ments. The Opera got through three acts, but then the gale found its way into the house, and put audience and actors to an ignominious flight. In Jana Bazaar a ayes was killed alongside his horse, which was also killed. A little further west two persons were crushed, one wan killed on the spot, and the other was removed to the hospital. At the back of Rasmoney Dossee's house a mother and daughter were overwhelmed in the fall of their house. The mother died, but the daughter was removed, dangerously wounded, to the hos pital At the back of Hunter and Co.'s stables at Char rumtollah a European woman was killed by the falling of • wall. At Sealdah the wind unroofed the station, a feat which even the cyclone failed to accomplish, and drove several (*rehire off the line. It next attacked the old ficaldalt market, the present pauper hospital, and all through the THE DEAD AND WINDROWED CAIROLIS. The correspondent of the Temps at Florence says : The body of young Enrico Cairoli arrived here, and was conveyed at once to Belgirate, where the bodies of his two brothers, who likewise died for Italian unity, us interred —almost under the eyes of their widowed and incomparable mother. Giovanni Cairoli, the brother who rated the Holy Father whilst in hospital in Rome, has been kept ig close confinement since that incident. Nobody knows what has become of him. Signor Benedetti Cairoli, the eldest brother and head of the family, ham been en deavouring in vain for the last fortnight to obtain infor. mation about him. Three persons who were sent to Rome expressly for that purpose have returned without being able to hear anything of him. ♦ CONTRAST. The Tuulonnais, under the heading of " 1859- 1867," eaya : After Magenta and Solferino triumphal arches were erected in the streets of Toulon, and beneath them marched the regiments which took part in the Italian campaign. It was • day of rejoicing, the bayonets of the troops being hidden by the flowers and ribbons which were showered upon them. Now the soldiers who have come back to Toulon after supporting the Pontifical government and defeating Garibaldi bivouac in the Champ de Mars and erect their tents along the Boulevard. But where are the triumphal arches! Where are the flowers! Where the ribbons! What has become of the enthusiasm of the population? Where are the cheers and the firsts P A dead silence is the only reply to the heat of drum. What would we not have to say if we repeated the indignant language of our soldiers against those whom they saved at Tivoli and Mentana ? Upon this point, however, we must be silent, for prudence and the example of ,recent instances make it • duty. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE AND ITALY. EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF FRANCE. PARIS, DEc. 5. Towards the close of the sitting in the French Legislative Chamber yesterday, M. de Mouldier, after narrating the events which ensued after the arrest of Garibaldi, said : " The Italian Minister then made a verbal com munication to me of the gravest importance. Ile brought forward the idea of a European Confe rence for the solution of the Roman question, and proposed meantime a joint occupation of Rome by French and Italian troops. We took note of the first proposal and rejected the second. If I may be allowed coarsely to express my thoughts, I shall say we were invited not only to take the part of a dupe, but also that of a traitor. We, therefore, indignantly declined the complicity proposed to us with a sort of bonhommie which made it doubly insulting. From that moment the expedition to Rome was decided upon." ITALY. ROME, Dm. 4. The Pope has lamed an apostolic letter declaring that Cardinal Andrea is deprived of the dignity of cardinal for the term of three months. He is sum moned to present himself humbly before the Holy Father. Should he not comply before the expira tion of the time fixed, Cardinal Andrea will be de prived of his cardinal, episcopal, and other eccle siastical dignities. FLORENCE, Dr.c. 5. A note has been forwarded to-day to Paris by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which the Italian government, whilst accepting the declara tion contained in the Marquis de Moustier's note of the 27th ult. as a pledge that the policy of France will not serve as an encouragement or a support to the enemies of Italy, reserves to herself to make known to the imperial government the propositions which she thinks ought to be sub mitted to the Conference. A letter from Rome of the 29th ult. says : "The wounded English Garibeldian, John Scholey, the amputation of whose arm I mentioned as having been per formed in the hospital of St. Onofrio, died yesterday from the effects of it, mortification having ensued. His widowed mother, whose only son be:wu, arrivedyeaterday front Eng. land, but had not the satisfaction of embracing him alive, as he expired two hours before her arrivaL The necessary permission having been obtained by the British consul, Mr. Scholey's funeral will be performed to-morrow in the protestant cemetery near St. Paul's-gate." The correspondent of the Times at Pesth says that on the lower part of the Theism district, and in the great plain between that river and the Danube, in the very midst of a pure Magyar population, a new religious church has arisen, the followers of which call themselves Nazarenes, and which seems to attract the peasant class of pure iungsrlan stock as powerfully as methodism does the population of Wales. They admit no priest class, but whoever feels inspired in the congregation gets up and speaks and prays. They refuse to have their children baptized, and will swear no oath. The communities form closely connected societies, in which not only matters of common interest, but even the private affairs of Judi , viands are discussed and arranged. All agree that the I followers of this new sect are quiet, orderly, sober, and industrious above their neighbours. A correspondent of the Madras Athenaum writes : —" Your correspondent went up to Poona the other day, and was obliged to acknowledge the enormous strides that civilisation had made in that fortunate station, when he met two organ-grinders, complete with monkey, tam bourine, and all asceseorier, and making night (sad day) hideous with the ancient strains of ' Old Dog Tray' and the 'Sultan 'Polka.' Surely suck enterprise should meet with its just reward." BOMBAY MAIL.--GrBBALTAR, Die. 3.—The Mo il* from Southampton Nov. 27, arrived at 7 a.m., and lift at 11 s.m. to-day for Alexandria. All well. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FRON OOR OWN PARIS. WED/BIDAY &WM The reason given for the dismissal of the Em peror's household policeman-in-chief, M. Hyrooix, which excited great surprise, is that he reported to his Majesty that the new expedition to Rome had excited serious displeasure among the popula tions of the Faubourg'. The Empress, greatly vexed to hear this, made inquiries of the Prefect of Police, who assured her Majesty that her informant was altogether mistaken. M. Hyrooix is now a long way off in the Jura, where, however, he is provided with a place far exceeding in rank and emolument what a person of his station could have expected. But the Figaro does not shrink from affirming that M. Hyrooix gave the Emperor honest and correct information, and that the Pre fect of Police was wrong. It was stated yesterday, and the news has not yet been contradicted, that when M. Jules Favre descended from the tribune after his great speech, M. Ernie 011ivier, with whom he has long not been on speaking terms, came up to him and said, " You were never more eloquent in your life ; allow me to offer you my hand." M. Jules Fevre is said to have replied, "I am very happy to take it." The Bishop of Orleans will never hear the last of his doctrine that girls can only be properly brought up "on the knees of the church." M. Villemot, a writer in the Figaro, who lately said, by way of hypothesis, that the bishop's system would lead to teaching young ladies that Madame Dubarry was a pious woman sent by God to console Louis XV. in his old age, now attests that in his hearing a young heir to a chateau, 15 years old, who had been educated by an abbe, said that Louis XVI. was murdered by protestants. M. Villemot's first impulse was to correct the error, but he was silenced by relatives, who whisp.:red that the re ligious ideas of the youth must not be unsettled. The news reached Paris last evening that M. Benazet, the celebrated lessee of the gaming tables at Baden-Baden, died on December 2. He was very commonly called King Benazet, and in reality for many years reigned as King of Baden-Baden. His house, the Villa Benazet, placed on an eminence commanding the town, was famous for its good dinners and pleasant soirees dansantes. A very slight introduction indeed sufficed to com mand M. Benazet's hospitality, and many a quiet English family who after dinner played whist at penny points with his wife and daughter never dreamt that they were passing a delightful evening at the expense of that never-failing crop of gamblers who pay tribute to the greatest " hell" in Europe. The civility of M. Benazet was only equalled by that of the late Mr. Simpson, of Vaux hall. He called upon every stranger to whom be thought his visit would be acceptable, and with wonderful administrative talent laid himself out to offer attentions peculiarly appropriate to every individual case. The police of Baden-Baden was in point of fact in his hands. He had a large staff of clerks who took note of the arrival of every visitor, and in case of need telegraphed for infor mation about their poaition and antecedents. Many a lord, baronet, and heavy swell, coming to Baden with a left-handed wife, dressed in the last Paris mode, has been astonished to find that the "lady" would not be allowed to subscribe to the concerts and balls. The roulette and rouge-et-noir rooms were open to all the world who behaved decently ; but in the not more splendid salons under the same roof, wherein (mixed, of course, with many of small note) the elite of European society might frequently be seen, it was rare, indeed, to find an equivocal person who had escaped M. Benazet's vigilance. Many stories are told of his liberality to cleaned-out gamblers whom he was always ready to furnish with sufficient money to go home. But if, after obtaining a supply in extremis, they went to try another venture at the table, instead of going to the railway station, he invariably arrested them as swindlers. M. Benazet was of the Jewish persuasion. His trade is tabooed by modern morality, and will not last as an open profession for another generation. But he was a Jew in whom there was " much kindness," and whether the tables were successful or not he every year took a pride in spending money to make Baden the most delightful holiday place in the world. At the Bourse the Rente maintained its firmness, and rose 124 fr. for cash and 194 fr. for account, closing at 69fr. 50c. and 69fr. 35e. Most other securities were weaker. Italian fell 10c., and Mobilier and Credit Foncier sfr. each. Comptoir d'Eacompte rose 7fr. 50c. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. BOMBAY, Ocr. 31. By the mail just arrived letters were received by government both from the captives at Debra Tabor and at Magdale. By these accounts, which were dated Sept. 9, we learn that the captives are all well, but that they bad experienced neither increase to, nor alleviation of, the miseries of their captivity. Some were in chains and some were not—and they were the greater part of them employed in making stone shell. Mr. Fled wu at that time at Debra Tabor with the King, who was completely hemmed in, in his capital, and contemplated making an excursion against the rebels directly the rains were over. They further stated that the King had set fire to an island and burnt the whole of the inhabitants upon it. Though they do not give the name we fancy it must be one of the islands in Lake Dembra, at no great distance from Debra Tabor. Mr. Fled, who writes from Debra Tabor, makes no mention of the King's intentions with regard to the expedition against him, so we conjecture that the news of the preparations for the intrusion had not up to that date reached his ears. He states however that the King had received the Queen's last letter, and was coolly waiting until he should see Mr. Barman before he answered it. Mr. Rassam was then at Magda& It will be seen from these letters that, with the exception of the satisfactory news that the captives were all well, we gain little informa tion to guide us with regard to the future intentions of the King but it does not seem as if he intended giving in, for had be done so, he would have taken care to pay mote speedy attention to the Queen's letter. The accounts from the pioneer force represent the beat ow the shores of Annesley Bay as something fearful. It to not advisable, however, that they should move into the high ground until they have troops to accompany thew. I may here mention that all the public followers have been ordered to be vaccinated before reaching the place of die embarkation, with a view to obviate as far as possible the the chance of introducing small-pox into the countri- - Madras dtAnurum, Nov. 8. Mrs. Lincoln's efforts to obtain pecuniary aid in New York have entirely failed. No one will buy he clothing, and the subscription list in aid of her, after reaching 1,050 dollars, came to a standstill. The unfortunate exhibition of her real character," write, the correspondent of the Tina, " that has been made durist the put few weeks will prevent Mrs. Lincoln ever regill' ing her position in society." The pedestrian Weston, who is walking from Portland to Chicago, had at the last aceounts reached the village of Conneaut, Ohio, 730 miles from Portland. and more than two-thirds of the entire distance. After leaving Buffalo he made his third attempt to walk 100 miler in 10 hours, but had to abandon it at Conneaut, ba'i'l walked 88 miles in 20 hours 12 minutes, his feet being tee we to proms& :I ~~~ ~`_a