The Express. — London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

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Ilendanins L Mpg. aad L Yarookl-4;wnmeow set* HIGH WATIJ AT LONDON BALDGL TO Dpi—Ynrffe~, s7,:n:::::.ition;74 41a Os To-osszow —Moraine, 4b. 134 h Ationnoce. 41. Wm. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 3. THI telegraph announces a Ministerial crisis at Turin. The event would be serious at any time, but in the present conjuncture of circumstances it is of an importance difficult to exaggerate. The of the Italian nation—to which in the last resort we must ascribe the event, by what ever modifying influence, it was hastened—and their impatience of the obstacles, imperfectly un derstood, which prevent the deliverance of their country from a state of transition and uncer tainty, bear fruit at a moment when the Power which controls their action is itself pressed by their foes, and shows itself embarrassed and hesitating. The new■ from Turin and the provinces of Italy will now be anxiously inquired for in every court of Europe. The disorganization and weakness of the Government in France have often proved disas trous to the cause of liberal progress in Europe. We can only hope that the calmness, and self reliance, and, above all, the spirit of union, of which the Italians have often given proof, will be conspicuous now, and that the new Minister, whoever he may be, will remember that no imme diate material aggrandisement can compensate a nation for the sacrifice of its independence. Tee recent debates in the French Senate, and especially the speeches on the Roman question, afford a striking and instructive commentary on the moral and political value of Imperialism, as it is understood and practised in the second Empire. They prove clearly enough what reflective ob servers have all along maintained, that while a despotic Chvernment restiug on military force may impose a temporary silence on extreme opinions, it cannot conciliate, harmonise, or even subdue them. Thu strong hand of an irre sponsible ruler may succeed in establishing a deceptive external order, but it cannot advance a step towards producing internal concord and secu rity, simply because it cannot touch the real sources of social confusion. The revolutions which have convulsed France for half a century have all been produced by the violent opinions and hostile passions of different sections of the nation. These violent passions and opinions could only be softened by free discussion, with the public duties and responsibilities it imposes. On the other hand, when denied all legitimate expression these passions naturally gain depth and intensity beneath the surface. We see accordingly that, after ten years of Imperial "order," the old passions and preju dices reappear in all their force. The Imperial Senate was occupied on Saturday in discussing the most serious as well as the most urgent politi cal problem of the time, but the history of modern deliberative assemblies might be searched in rain for any parallel to such a discussion. Instead of any statesmanlike view of the question in its various bearings, any attempt to grapple with its diffi culties and come to some definite and practical conclusion, we have throughout only the bandying of rival watchword., coupled with vague and declamatory appeals to the passions and prejudices they represent. We see clearly enough that there are priestly, conservative, and democratic elements in the Senate, and each apps• rently only cares to utter its favourite shibboleth in defiance of the other. The champions of the Church are still the sworn enemies of freedom and program. Cardinal Dux!: rr declares that the constancy of the HoLv FATHER, which is • curse to Italy and • scandal to Europe, has won for him not only the reluctant admiration of the world, but the suf frages and support of Heaven itself. It was easy for the opponents of the Church to retort that the temporal rule of the Sovereign Pontiffs bad been throughout its whole history one of scandalous tyranny and injustice, a dreary record of misery and crime. Itut these rival statements did not in the least help to solve the real question at issue. That question was in propriety of speech not discussed at all, nor will the recriminations which the active members of the Senate substitute for statesmanship add much to the dignity and weight of its proceedings as a deliberate assembly. But the intemperate or violent speeches of its unofficial members were by no means the worst part of the proceedings in the Senate on Saturday. If the general discussion of the Roman question was un dignified, the part taken by the representatives of the Government was contemptible. That the partisans of extreine opinions, who have been very much left to indulge their passions and prejudices without the check of public responsibility and apart front the sobering influence of political experience, should discuss such a question in a violent tone and from an impracticable point of view, is not so very surprising. But that the Imperial Govern ment, that has enjoyed a monopoly of political ex perience, and loftily claims a monopoly of political sagacity, should have no policy at all on the foremost question of European politics, and should condescend to hide its contemptible indecision under cowardly and evasive forms of speech, ex cites other and stronger feelings than surprise. The position taken by the French Government in this discussion justly exposes it to the scorn of all honourable minds. That aro two broad lines of policy on this question, each quite intelligible, and the &tem* might have chosen either. There is the interest of Italy, which is identified with the cause of flatland freedom, independence, and political progress. And there are, on the other side, the imaginary interests of the Church, and the real interests of the despotic and dynastic reaction with which it is identified. The Kmperor of the FRINCH has often publicly professed his adhesion to the Italian cause, and his desire to secure the freedom and independence of the Italian people. But it would be extremely difficult to adduce any definite instance of his having ever deliberately acted with • view to advance their welfare. He drifted, or rather was driven by the force of circumstances into the Italian war, which after all was mainly undertaken for the sake of humbling the old rival of France. Directly the war was over, he laboured in every way to street the progress of the national move ment in Italy. But here again the course of events was too strong for him, and he was reluctantly compelled to recognise what he could not prevent. He indirectly supported FRANCIS 11. in his futile resistance to the KING of ITALY, until liberal Europe cried shame, and France would support the disgrace no longer. And now, in the very crisis of the national movement, in order to gratify a miserable passion for interference, NA ru LSON 111. still persists in protecting the reaction at Rome ; in outraging the patriotic feelings and disappointing the just expectations of the Italian people, and in exciting against himself and his Government the scorn and indignation of every liberal and enlightened nation in Europe. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, LATEST INTELLIGViCE. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN ITALY. Lett& from Turin of the latest date may be said to foreshadow a change in the ministry. The im mediate subject upon which a division of opinion bad occurred in the Assembly was the attitude of the government towards the congress of societies called the "Provvedimento." The members of the Left asked for this organisation full liberty without any actual countenance on the part of the government ; while the Right, who have the majority, seem to wish for a policy of repression. M. Ricaaoli, who had hitherto been neutral, deli vered last Tuesday, in the Chamber of Depu ties, a speech in which he declared himself ex plicitly for complete liberty. He said that the manifest object of these associations was in harmony with the programme of the nation. "I do not," he said, "call abuse the agitation which these committees occasion ; the question is not as to acts disturbing the public order, but as to de clarations, manifestations of sentiment—means, in fact, of keeping the public spirit awake, and making known the common thought of the nation. Not that I rely upon the committees of the Provvedimento, but I sup port myself, it is true, gentlemen, upon the manifestations of public opinion which are made from one end of Italy to the other. Before conducting the interests of the country according to the wishes of the nation I ought to know their sentiments." The Temps of to-day remarks that there has really been a ministerial crisis for some months, and that it must continue under one phase or another, whoever takes oflioe, until it is given to some ministry to realise Italian unity. It may be added that 14. Ricasoli's difficulties are said to have been greatly increased by the generally-assumed wish of the King for his resig nation. Zbe erouti. OSBORNE, It ace 1 The Queen drove out yesterday attended by Viscountess Jocelyn sad Liantenanteoloael the Hon. D. de Bee. MARCH 2. The Crown Princess, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur, attended Divine service at Whippiogham Church this morning. The 1t.,. G. Prettier') officiated. Coked the Hon. A. Harding* has succeeded Ueutenant• Colonel D. de Roe io waiting on her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir Gawp Grey, Earl Russell, Sir G. Coruewall Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Despatches were MA es Saturday from the Colonial office to the Governors d the Went Indi► Ideals, &Web Columbia, Bermuda, t►e Lead Hid► Commissioner at the lonian Wanda, and to the Govermer d Quads. IN, Nuca 1. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice , attended by Lady Barriegton and Colonel the Hoe. A. N. Hood (Equerry to her Majesty), embarked this afternoon at fear o'clock on board her Malady's yacht Fairy, Commander Christian, for Osborne, from visiting Baron Van de Weyer, Belgian Minister, at New Lodge, Windsor, and Sir Jana. Clark, Bart., Begshot. Her royal highness was received by Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. John Levy, principal atom ci the dock, and Mr. It. Beach, on the part of the South Wes tern Railway Compary, to whom her royal highness u praised her thanks for their &dentine. His Royal High ness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, R.E., came from Osborne in the Fairy to meet hie sister, and returned with her to Osborne. The primer appeared to lave de. lived considerable benefit from the change of scene and air. Tut Contr.—lt is expected that her Majesty will leave Osborne for Windsor on Thom's, sent His Highness the Maharajah Millie%) Singh has maraud to Claridge's Hotel from Brighton. The Lord chancellor and Lad; Westbury enter tained at dinner on S►turday evening, at their mosaics in Belgram-square., his Excellency the Italian !inlets,, the Earl Gamedle, Viscoant and Viaeountem PaMunk% Lord and Lady Cranwerth, Lady William Hervey, the Right Hoe. Sir George Grey. M.P., and Lady Gres, the Vie , . Chancellor of Oxford. the Has. Hr. and Mrs. Bothell, Sir John and Lady Leer" Mr. Mosektma Miles., M.P., &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Alice Hill and Viscount Hillsborough, have arrived at Bentham, and are staying at Clarendon House. Thu Earl and Comitees of Dalkeith and Lord and lady Walter Scott have left Dalkeith House for Bowhill, Belkirkahire. The Doke and Dachau of Bocckoala remain si Dalkeith. The Earl and Countee of Ayleaford have left Claridge's Hotel for Packingtoa Hall. Her Majesty, by the advicu of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India, has been pleased to applat Sir Bartle From to tho government of Bombay in tho room of Sir Georp Roma Clerk, who has been compelled by ill health to maga The court-martial on Captain Robertson was renamed on Friday, when some further curious evidence was riven. Colonel Etmtiock's cross-examination was con cluded, and Lieutenant Kintoul was examined. This wit ness contradicted in some important respects the evidence given by his comm►nding racer, for he stated that Colonel Bentinek told him the " round robin" against Captain Robertson was in preparation, and farther told him that he mast get all the Aiken then stationed at Wendoo to sign ; he had himself been asks! by the adjutant to silo the domment, and had Ores times refused—he declined to state whether or not be aped it in the end. There aro re many oflicen summoned for the defence that the regiment, which has been sent down to Longford to keep order during the election, is milts @bast-handsel. THZ MACS CONSORT MEMORIAL On Saturday, at 3 o'clock, the committee re cently mominated by the Qom* to Edens her Majesty in the choice and ementien of a design for the proposed nationd memseial at the late Prince Consort, !mkt a pre limitary meeting at town residence of the Earl of Derby, in St. James's-square. The four noblemen and gentlemen whom she had called to her assistance for that purpon, as a committee in whom the country would be likely to repose entire confideoce, were present—namely Lied Derby, Lord Carer:Ann, Mr. Culiitt, the Lmd Meyer, and Sir Charles Eastlake, President of the Royal ' Academe. Her Majesty having, by the letter of general Grey, ad dressed to the Lord Mayor, intimated that " nothing would be more appropriate, provided it is on a sufficient grandeur, than mi obelisk, to be erected in Hyde Park, on the site of the great Exhibition of It6l, or on some immediately coo tigueus s t," the committee at their meeting on Saturday ai thenseelves to the consideration of how the wish of the Quess could be best carried to a practical and satisfactory result. Deferring for the moment, ea matter for ulterior consideration, the various questions relating to the artistic groups with which it is in contemplation to surround the monument, and on which it is proposed eventually to employ the most eminent artiste of the day, the committee confined their attention to the possibility of procuring a monolith, or single nose of granite, of the most imposing height and dimecrions in other respects for the intended obelisk. They were informed that among the most noted granite quarries in the kingdom are those of Aberdeen and Peter head ; Chitesewring in Cornwall ; Haytor in Devonshire ; and that of the Duke of Argyll in the Shunt of Mull ; those of Peterhead end Mull yielding red granite, and the rest grey. The opinion of the committee appeared to be in favour of red granite rather than grey, as more grateful to the eye, the indestructibility of the material being equal. The prime object, however, bei ng t o obtain the grandest sin • gle block of stone which the country is capable of producing, having regard to the food which m a y b e u lti ma t e ly placed at the disposal of the committee by the liberality of the nation, the preferesie for red granite would probably be waived if it were shown that any of the grey quarries could yield a larger monolith than the red ones. The subject underwent much earnest consideration, and eventually it was decided that meanness should be taken forthwith to obtain, from those best able from their knowledge and ex perience to afford it, information as to the quarter from which a block of granite may be quarried calculated to answer the coalition on which her Majesty appears to ham decided in favour of se obelisk—namely, that it be ea • scale of sulkiest grandeur. EUROPEAN DIFFICULTIES. " Complications," says the Freese of to-day, " may be seen on every frontier. The Greek insur rection, whatever the issue, shows the sentiments of repulsion which Germanism everywhere inspires. The struggles of Montenegro and the Herzegovina, the large armaments of Servia, prove the weakness of the Porte ; the dissensions between Austria and Prussia reveal the uncertainties of Germany ; the court of St. Petersburg, alarmed by the inoffen sive words of U. Larabit, responds to warnings from without by derisive promises, and con tinues its deport►tions. We must admire, for instance, the moderation of Gen. Luders, who de crees that the military tribunals will not henceforth decide the fate of prisoners arrested for acts an terior to the state of siege. To suppress the re troactive effect of exceptional penalties, such is the great effort of Russian legality ! Everywhere inextricable questions ; nowhere a solution ; such is the general physiognomy of politics. Rome, Venice, Warsaw, Peeth, Constantinople, and Bel grade are so many foci in which the least spark may create a fire which will burn through every European state." PRUSSIA AND ITALY. Some of the continental journals censure the Prussian government for the reply which, it is said, was made to the unanimous proposal of the com mission of the chamber to recognise the kingdom of Italy, the reply being, "That the government could not consent to subordinate its foreign policy to the influence of parliament." This remark, it is said, is quite at variance with the parliamentary rigime. The Nord lays great stress upon the very serious differences which exist between the Prus sian chambers and the government relative to the Federal Diet and the duty of Prussia in reference to German unity. " What will be the issue," says the Nord, " of this situation, in which the chamber becomes more pressing in proportion as the govern ment becomes more reserved ? Men's minds are disturbed, and alarming rumours are in circulation. Already the dissolution of the chamber is considered certain ; and a correspondent usually well-informed speaks of military preparations, in view of troubles which may arise from a rupture between the go vernment and parliament." (11/1171131 . 8 TZLEORAMB.) FRANCS. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STUDENTS. PARIS, Kum 3. The Moniteur of to-day says :—" Culpable in trigues having excited the students to manifesta tions based upon an odious invention, the Minister of Public Instruction has informed the Vioe-Rector that the students or scholars who should take part in any riotous assemblage would be immediately expelled from the Academy of Paris, and deprived of their academic inscriptions." The demands for the conversion of Four-and-a- Half per Cent. Rented' amount to 97 2-3 millions of francs. The number of Obligations Trentennaires presented for conversion is 384,710. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, Lawn 1. The Royal Mail steamship Oneida, which ar rived here this morning from the Brazils, left for Southampton at 2 p.m. with 40 passengers, 53,0011. in specie, 2,527 bags of coffee, 17 packages of BUll dries, and 50 packages measuring 15 tons for the Exhibition. &TINOS Ama, JAN. 26.—Exchange, Ws.; ounces, 399 dole.; U. S. ox hides, 47j ; wool, 80 to 85 ; tallow, 171. Business dull. Politics favoursble. Mums VIDDIN Jaw. 29.—Eichange, 400. ; 11. 8. 01 hides, 68 ; wool, 5 dols.; tallow, 21i. A letter from Rome in the Morning Post Nays ; —" Mr. Eardley has bad two long audiences of the es. King of Naples, sal has conversed with his Majesty in the most unreserved way about the future prospects of the Bourbonic dynasty and the policy which led to its recent dowolslL The apparent fmnkstea which characterised his Majesty's remarks prevents me from rendering them public, it having been his expriesly stated wish that the views and intentions he couilded to Mr. lardley should not become matter for the prem. Marshal Bosco was present at these interviews, and occasionally interposed some remark of his own. The general tenor of the King's discourse was that, in the most critical moment. of his career, he had bees illadvised ; but that, made wies by past events, he should now be able to carry out a sincerely liberal hue of policy, if destined to remount the throne of his ancestors. Ilia idiom of diplomatic relatioas with England appeared also to have madmen° a complete revolution mime the days of Mr. Elliott's ineffectual remonstrances ; but there must, of oonrse, be a considerable difference between the views and opinions of Francis 11. reigning at Naples and those of the same monarch an stile at Rome." The French government has divcoverod a vast system of fraud, which has been practised for many years sad has deprived the reverie of several millions. It has been the habit when conveying property from one party to another to set down the consideastion at much leas than it really wee, Rod consequently the stamp duty paid on the insider was coosidetsbly less than it ought to have been. Moderate calculators estimate the loss to the state at 30,000.000 fr. annually, in consequence of these false declarations. t.IXPRFSB FROM PARIB. (nom ova ovm cola:aroma:ma PARIS, SUNDAY Znamta. • A telegram, promulgated by the Arita ConA mnia& (not a first-rate authority), dated Turin, 8 o'clock a.m., March 2, states that the change of ministers in Italy is an accomplished fact, and that MM. Ratazzi and Farini are the heads of the new cabinet ; but the mysterious intimation is added that the actual installation of the new ministry is retarded for "high and important political reasons." This despatch seems to me a mere amplification of another a day older, which stated that Baron Rica soli had tendered his resignation, but that the King had " not yet" accepted it. The Patric, K de la Guerronnibre's journal, observes, with a dire chuckle, that the formation of a new ministry at Turin coincides with the "declarations which will to-morrow awake echoes in the French Senate." He means to say that K Billault, who is to make a grand oration to-morrow, in pursuance of his promise to argue the Roman question fully, will pronounce against Italian unity, and in favour of a temporal power. I don't think AL Billault will quite come up to M. de la Guerronnibre'4expectations. There is one remark able qualifying word in the short answer which, at the instigation of the Marquis de Boissy, he made yesterday to Prince Napoleon's speech. That word, which I reported yesterday from a short summary of the debate, and which I find confirmed by the Moniteur, is " immediate." K Billault felt him self authorised to say that there was nothing in common between the policy of the government and the "immediate conclusion " advocated by the prince. It is, however, but too painfully apparent that K Billault will not promise the evacuation of Rome within any reasonable time. And as Prince Napoleon admirably says, centuries may roll on before the court of Rome will yield a peg except to force. " Expectation without limit and without hope is," says M. Gueroult in this evening's Opinion Nationale, " no policy at aIL" lam much afraid, however, that this nugatory policy will be the whole sum and substance of M. Billault's great speech to-morrow. Prince Napoleon, indeed, anticipated this dilatory plea from the government orator, for he said in • tone of defiance at the end of his speech that he knew he should be contradicted from the govern ment bench, but that the policy indicated by him would in the end be that of the Emperor. I think so too—but then the end may be so very long coming that an infinity of mischief may be done in the meantime. M. Rataxxi, there can be no doubt, is the man, who, for some reason or other, the French Emperor wishes to see Prime Minister in Italy, and the knowledge that this is so has been a great impediment in his way among Italians. He would not be found obstinate on the subject of Rome, for it is well known that his faith in the possibility of getting Rome for the capital of Italy has never been strong. There are those whose belief in the power and wisdom and goodness of the French Emperor is so strong that they think all opposition to letting him do as he likes with Italy is folly. These thinkers would be satisfied with a Ratesei ministry. To others the necessity of submitting to it will be deemed a misfortune. The Esplranet du Petip/e of Nantes has received a warning for la correspondence from Paris " con ceived in a factious spirit, and making a manifest appeal to the most hostile passions against the established order of things." It is rumoured that the Emperor has written an autograph letter to M. Ernest Renan, expressing the warmest friendship for him, and, while not blaming the suspension of his lectures by the Mi nister of Public Instruction, promising that he shall very soon be allowed to resume them. It would appear from the explanations given re lating to the religions communities to the French Senate, that there are 23 establishments for men in France autho rised, 49 not authorised, 3,075 establishments for females authorised, and that the number increases at the rate of 100 each year. The gifts and legacies that have been re ceived for religious establishments, seminaries, muscles, and perishes have amounted in three years to 13,873,951 fr., upwards of three million pounds sterling, which, together with the government allowances, make a receipt of nearly Ave millions by these establishments in three year.. It appears from the census papers that, within the last two years, thowiandi upon thousands of Italians have been christened "Ouiaeppe," and nearly as many " Vittorio." The Times states that the private agreement to which all the greet line* running north of the Thames are about to give their adhesiou arranges that from the let of May to the 15th of June ordinary fares and ordinary ar rangements are to be maintained on all parte of their re spective lines. From the 16th of June to the end of the Exhibition return tickets are to be available for one clear week. During the mouth of August existing excursion fares are to be maintained. During the month of September the present rates of excursion fares are to be reduced 20 per cent., and during the month of October a still further reduction of 20 per cent. for third-class passengem will be made on the reduction of September. The scenes which have in the coarse of the last eighteen months taken place at the weekly sittings of the magistrates of the Colchester division of the county of Essex were brought to an end on Saturday, by Mr. William Rawdon Havens, one of the magistrates, being superseded in the commission of the pease. The Lord Chancellor h as ordered a letter to be addressed to Mr. Havens, in which, referring to the second memorial, he says :—" To these fall and particular statements you have not thought fit to re turn any other answer than the assertion that the whole of the statement is false and maliciously false. Yon thus charge your brother magistrates with having deliberately invented and published a series of falsehoods, with the malicious intent of doing you an injury. The Lard Chem cellos cannot give credit to an accusation so incredible and so entirely unsupported. In his judgment this charge is a most serious aggravation of your former offensive conduct. The forbearance shown to you in the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench has had no effect. lam further directed by the Lord Chancellor to say that it is impossible that you should remain in the same commission with the gentlemen whom you thus accused ; and as the Lord Chan cellor is satisfied of the correctness of the representatioes made to him, he feels it to be his duty to direct that your name be struck out of the commission of the peace." SCIE3CRIBERS TO THE POPE.—With regard to the temporal ways and means of the Pope, the official journal continues to publish never.endiug lists of contributors to the Obelus of St. Peter, the sums offered varying from a farthing (inesso-baiocecO to 201. or 301.. according to the means and liberality of the pious donors. The arch confraternity of the Obelus of St Peter, a religious am ciatiou formed expressly . for the collection of these offer ings, has got together in Rome, since September, 1860, to the end of Jannery, 1802, the sum of 54,732 *midi (11,50014. Bat foreign contributions are the most con siderable, and many of these rasa through the diode of the arch confraternity. Amongst nonentholice who have bona touched by the pecuniary necessities of the supreme pontiff, the last list published, on the 20th ult., mentions seme London Jews—Mr. Joseph Joel (41.), Mrs. Joel (41.), Mr. W. F. Solomon (ll.), sod Mr. W. M. lases (11.). Mast of the gifts sent to the Pope are accompanied by a few ee -1 verential words of respectful condeleime and hays! myna pithy on the part of the down, who are sometimes named, and sometimes prefer remaining anooymems. We translate as a specimen the expressions of "A Poor Family of Bagnorea," near Viterbo, who describe the aline as " believing, loving, and _hoping," and who Mier am mode (Is. 2d.) to the " most logitimate and authoritative, the meet sapient, just, and beneficent of seveseigne • the supreme infallible interpreter of universal law, the piaster, father, pacificator, oracle, master, and judge of ladi of populations, of nations, and of kings, the mesa and powerful depository of the tempo& kingdom, the 'AM' of Christ, the head of catholic salty, who absolves and condemns, loosens and hinds on earth sad in heaven." This eloquent superscription is attributed to the elesio pen of the Rev. Canoe Venal, professor of philosophy in the seminary of Bagman& 1862. SERIOUS FAILURE OF A SANITARY EN'I'ERPILD3E. The Rugby Board of Health is seriously em barraased by the discovery that the plan which it has pur sued for four years, end upon which it has spent four thanked pounds, for supplying the town with water, has irremediably failed. _ _ . The increasing population of the town has for a long time made the scanty supply of water at present obtainable a growing inconvenience, and Mr. Hawkesley was called in to advise the board. That gentleman, after informing himself of the facts, gave his decided opinion that the river Avon was the only feasible source from which an adequate supply could be obtained. But the opposi• tion of the neighbouring owners of water-mills and other difficulties, on the one hand, and the narrowness of the powers at their command on the other, determined the Board to look elsewhere for the desired supply. In an evil hour Mr. Hawkealey was induced to suggest that relief ham their difficulties might be found by boring down to the water.bearing strata of the new red sandstone. The boring has ruched the water-bearing strata of this formation, but it ham also ~bed a deposit of rock-salt, the existence of which was wholly unsuspected, and the salt dimly ing in the water brought up by the bore-hole communi cates to it a degree of brackish salinity which renders it totally unfit for food, u well as for all ordinary domestic purposes. From an analysis of samples which bass been successively taken, it appears that the salinity has steadily increased, until in the last specimen there were found 1,256 grains of saline matter in the gallon of water. Of these, 777 grains consisted of chloride of sodium, or com mon salt, the remaining constituents being principally sul phate of bode, or Glauber's salt, pd sulphate of magnesia, or Epsom salt, with a small proportion of carbonate of lime and traces of bromine, iodine, and lithium. Further boring into the salt bed would probably increase the saltness of the water to the degree which would make it available as a brine spring far salt works ; or if the boring wereoontinued to the next subjacent formation—the permian—it is not improbable that abundance of good water would be found, but this stratum lies many hundred feet below the bottom of the bore-hole,and could only be reached by the adoption of • costly apparatus, and the expenditure of • considerable amount of time and money. For the water which they so mush need the Rugbians must now look elsewhere, proba bly to the Avon, to which they must, weshould think, have a better right than the mill.owuers. Aa for the money ex pended, it is probably lost beyond recovery, unless some an will buy the site, and continue the boring to that point at which the water would become • brine spring. servioadale for salt works ; or perhaps a spa might be instituted on the spot, so Dr. Odling has reported that the water " would doubt's= prove an efficient saline purgative, and the small quantities of bromine, iodine, and lithium would enhance its therapeutic qualities." CARDINAL PASTORAL. --•--- Yesterday the Lenten pastoral of Cardinal Wise man was read in the Roman catholic churches and chapels within the archdiocese of Westminster. The cardinal an nounces that he is going to Rome, to attend the great gathering of bishops there : " We take this earliest op portunity SODOOneing tO you that we hare just receiv ed an invitatiou to assist at the solemn canonisation of the martyrs of Japan, with whose glorious history every catholic is acquainted, to be held by his Holiness in the Vatican Basilica, on Whit-Sunday nest, the Bth of June. The invitation to each cardinal is con sidered a gracious command, unless compliance with it be grievously hindered. In like manner are the bishops of Italy invited and expected to attend. But the Holy Father has explained how serious, and perhaps insurmount able obstacles may be thrown in their way by their temporal rulers, and therefore, to supply as far as possible for their absence, and for the consequent diminution of splendour in the function, he has invited all bishops on this aide of the Al pe to join and surround him in Rome ea this great and rare occasion. This reason makes our invitation doubly a command, to be obeyed at the wet of even great inconvenience. What then can we consider it now, that the whole episcopate of France has been almost prohibited frets applying for the leave required for akeenting themselves from their dioceses? We have that double claim on us re doubled, that, if passible we may be bearers of the homage and duty of our absent brethren thus straitened by a policy to us merely unintelligible ; and, so far as is pond ble for us in our littleness, that we may compensate fix the absence of that noble episcopate, inured to penecntion, and able heroically to bear it." Tha addrees ooncl odes with words of balsa:Sion, and is followed by a dispensation ' mitigating the rigours of the ancient rules for fasting in Lent. THE REPRESENTATION OP CANTERBURY. A warm contest is expected for the seat vacated by the Hon. H. Butler-Johnstone, and both parties ere sanguine of success, though it is admitted that the last par liamentary register contains a preponderance of liberal electors. The two candidates are Mr. H. A. Butler-John stone (son of the late member), quite a young man, not more than twenty-two years of age, and Major Lyon, who comes forward as a thorough liberal and practical reformer. He declares himself to be a decided financial reformer. He believes that the day and hour have arrived when the people of this country will no longer endure to live under • wsr taxation in a time of profound peace, and he promises to use his utmest endeavours, should he be elected, to alter and amend this state of things. He is also a legal re former, our ecclesiastical as well as all other branches of our leg al code requiring, in his opinion, a full and com plete revision. He desires the entire abolition of church rates, and he makes this deal:Aim, he adds, as a friend, and net as an enemy to the church of England. With respect to the franchise, the major says he is prepared to give his support to any govern ment which will introduce • rate extension of it; and although he desires to sit in parliament as an independent man, he feels bound to declare that he knows of no public man to whom the destinies of this great country can be so safely entrusted;as to Lord Palmerston. Mr. ff. A. Butler- Johnstone announces himself as a conservative : not a libe ral conservative, which he designates " honest rogues "—not a tory, who is opposed to all progress because it involves a change ; but he is a conservative, because he consklers the present conservative party to be the most earnestly and sincerely devoted to the true and permanent interests of this country. Toryism he believes to be defunct, and the sp2 n ly which it was 'unmated to he entirely departed from this He will be prepared, he adds, always to support the govern ment in maintaining the honour of the British flag, and in supporting British interests in every quarter of the globe. lie is in favour of a compromise on the subject of church rates, by the application of the surplus revenue in the richer dioceses in the hands of the ecclesiastical commis sioners, to the purposes of the church rate, thus getting rid of the rate in those dioceses, and gra d ually abolishing church rates altogether. He is opposed to the new educa tion code, believing the old one to be far preferable. Both candidates have addressed the electors , _ and are now busy with their canvass. The nomination is lured for Wed nesday, and the polling on Thursday. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL Ft/ED.—The total sum received in aid of the memorial fuede to Saturday wee nearly 37,0001. Among the prin t amounts received during the last few days were 1001. m the Earl of Hard wicke, 100/. from the Marquis of Salisbury, 501. from the Marquis of Londonderry, 50/. from Sir James Yorke Scar lett, K.C.8., 501. from the Earl of Gaiusborough, 251. from Lord Claremont, 251. from Tolver Gerard, EN., 201. from Archibald F. Arbuthnot, Fin.. 201. from J. Milnes Haskell, Esq., M.P., 251. from the Right lion. Lady Macdonald, 25/. from Major-General E. Macarthur, 201. from the Right Hon. Edward Korman, 251. from Lord Egertoo, 25/. from Lord Hatherton, 25/. from Messrs. Crawford. Colvin, and CO., and W. from Colonel Wilson Patten, M.Y. Bianca.= or Vorana—The bill brought in by Mr. Locke King sod Mr. Ker Berner provides that from and after the last day of November in every year the clerk of the peace of every county and the town clerk of every city or borough shall, in addition to the list of voters for each county, riding, or division of a county, and for each city or borough, to be prepared by them as directed by 6 Victoria, chap. 18, secs. 47 and 48, *prepare an alphabetical list of the names of such voters, with their proper numbers ou the register, and append the same in small type to such register. THE PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENT ACR.—At the meet ing of the Marylebone Council oo Saturday a letter was reed from Lord Fern.oy and Mr. Harvey Lewis, stating that they had inquired of Mews. Villiers and Clive, whose semen are at the back of the Parochial Assessments Bill, the objection to independent parishes tieing brought under the operatious of such act, and they believed that they would be exempted. The select committee bad not been moved for, and the members had little doubt but that the bill would be sent up to it in a shape that would be satia te/Wei _to their constituents nod the metropolis generally. Mr. Hodges, in moving that the letter be entered upon the miautea, pointed out were' objections to the measure as being fraught with most serious consequences to the prin. eipke al local self-government. The motion was seconded sad carried. THOMAR'S HOSPITAL—The inquiries into the gaieties' of a site for this important building were referred by the grand council of the hospital to a subroomtnittee, eradotieg of the Treasurer, the almoner, Mr. William Tite, M.P. ; the chairman of the Surrey magistrates, Mr. Jobe eon ; Mr. Vaughan, and Mr. Edgictoa, to examine and report. The result of their inquiries is stated to be that 47 sites WlllO offered ;15 of them were examined by the special commissioner, and reported upon by the surveyor, and live of them 14 are left for speak: 1 consideration. Should any decision be come to, it will have to be reported to th e (overtime of the hospital, end it wal be especially (Hammed at a meeting of the whole body be be summoned for that purpose. tants ..... Lig= bletWiCK tonna= ..-- I GALWAY ..... HALM/LARD Wrifiaruoi, luMarows YAMPA= Lone. Doyck toimmurra MUM= DUBLIN AND MA'AM RAILWA y, The seventh ordinary general meeting of the roprietors of the above company was held on Friday in Dublin • Sir JOSZPH PaXTUN presiding. The report stat e d that the rails will be actually laid for twenty-one miles of the line by the end of next month, aid that the whole line will be completed by the middle of May. The pro. grins which has been made during the autumn is the more satisfactory, inasmuch as it has been effected notwith. standing the lamented sudden death, in August last, of the chairman (Mr. Allard), whose powerful support, had ht been spared, would have enabled the directors to report that the line would be open in March. The rolling stock is in a forward state, and pert is already in course of delivery. The directors have thought it advisable to introduce a bill into parliament for the purpose of increasing the capital of the company, and also of enabling them to iss ue , on special terms of preference or otherwise, that portion .f the prated capital of the company not yet taken up by the sub. scribers. They have, however, every expectation that they will be able to dispose of the remainder of the capital of the company without having recourse to the issue of preference shares. The vacancy on the board occasioned by the death of Mr. Alkard has been filled by the election of Sir Joseph Paxton, who has consented to act as chairman. A vacancy has also been ceased by the retirement of Mr. J. C. Firipa. trick, who has been appointed to the judgeship in Caf traria. It was not proposed to fill up this vacancy at present. The OnAmitas said he undertook the onerous and reepon• sible position of his late friend, Mr. Alkali, at the request of those thareholders in England who bat embarked a large amount of capital in this enterprise. As they were aware, his avocations were varied and numerous, and it was there. foie with great reluctance that he consented to become their chairman. No effort would, however, be wanting on his part to give effect to the enterprise, the success of which his late friend had so much at heart. His brother directors, no doubt, considered that his connexiou with, and experience of, some of the most extensive sod successful railways in Inland would be of great advantage in the management of the company. He had the day previously examined the line of weeks, and from the forward state in which they were, he saw no reason to doubt but that the line would be opened at the time stated in the report of the engineer. The works, he considered, were being executed in a most substantial style, and the ground through which the line ran was of such • characters, to prevent the slipping of the embankments. There was • great deal to be done yet on the line in the way of ballasting, but by the energy of their engineer and contractor; there was no reason to apprehend that it would not be delivered up to them in the promised time. (Hear, hear.) It was necessary, in order to finish the main Unt, and to construct the branch line, to apply to parliament for powers to raise additional capitaL Their original capital amounted to 230,0001., their borrowing powers to 75,0001., making in all 305,0001. The capital subscribed for amounted to 165,000 L, and there were unissued shares to the amount of 65,0001. The new ' capital Jthich they propose to apply for power to raise would &Mount to 601101., to be distributed in 45,000 shares, with borrowing powers to the extent of 15,0001. He was I glad to find that the directors were nuanineously opposed to the issuing of preference stock, and the shareholder might rest assured that their power in this respect would be exercised with the greatest possible caution. (Hear.) The line would cost about 10,0001. per mile, including sta. tics; rolling stock, and the entire equipment of the railway. He was MK at present in a condition to express any opinion as to the prospect, of the line. All be could say was that it posed through as rich a district as any in Ireland ; and he saw no reason whatever to doubt the favourable conclu sion at which those who promoted the undertaking had arrived as to the traffic. They might be brought into col ' lidos with other companies, but he hoped that if any &He. reonsetshauld arise they would be peaceably and amicably arranged. (Hear, hear.) He might state that they started with no hostile feelings against any company, and it was very much to be desired that the Drogheda Company and the Dublin and Meath Company should work together in the most perfect harmony. (Hear, hear.) The dices. tore had determined upon not erecting any lent a tempo. rary station at the junction. They thought it probable that after a little time they would be enabled to make such ar rangements with the Drogheda Company as would secure to them the advantages of a joint station atNavan. (Hew.) With regard to the Midland and Great Western Com pany, they had by virtue of an award made between the two companies @greed to perform the locomotive working of four trains each . way daily, taking as their remuneration en equal proportion of the fares for the distance of seven miles over which the Meath carriages would be hauled on their line. Is was the interest of the Midland Company to aid the Meath Company, and the extension of their line to the Neeth-wall would not only be a great convenience to Cattle owners and the public generally , M but a great os tags to the Meath Company. His aim, and that of the di:estate, would be to develop and accommodate every species of traffic in the district through which the lime ran. (Hear, hear.) The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report and the statement of the accounts. — Thel3;tice of Litutirrna, in seconding the motion, said he was of opinion that the line had now every prospect of sue. oess. It was most important for the interest of the share. holden; to have such men as Sir Joseph Paxton their chair. man. He was thoroughly acquainted with business, and they might look forward uow with confidence to a period of prosperi Cisty. The arassn then put the resolution, which was carried unanimoualy. Resolutions re-electing Mr. John Chapman and Mr. Chapman directors of the company, were then put and carried. Yr. eory Dick Wood&11 was elected auditor, and the proceedings terminate'. WEATHICR ERPORT.-(TELD3I DAY.) Moms, sus= s, $ A.Y. LI u. IIPI4NAyIOIf.. It.—Barometer corrected liTaeriiieiZito 32 deg. at mean ma level , each 10 feet, of vertical rise, causing about one-hundredth of an Inch diminution and each 10 deg., above 32 deg., uniting nearly three-hundredths increase. thtrinumeter In shade. 11.—Molatened bulb (for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction of wind (true—two pinta kit of mag netic). I.—Force (1 to 13—estimated). C.—Cloud (1 to 9). L— : b, blue sky : c, clouds (detached). f. fog : h, bad : (hazy). o, overcast (dull;: r, rain: s, wow; t, thunder. g., rain-fall, or snow, or hall, since last report, in niches and decimals. 9.—)tea disturbance ato 9). Z.—Calm. Mr. Smith O'Brien hoe challenged Sir Robert Peel to meet him in hostile combat in France or Belgium for his reflections on the "cabbage-garden traitors." The Lord Mayor has consented to take the chair at the annual unclog of the National Lifeboat hunt:ince, to be held at the London Tavern on Tuesday, the 18th Instant. . _ The late Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne has left au o~npied reminiscences behind hint which are being pre or the press by his daughter, 'Mrs. darah Anne Cheyee. Mr. G. Lenox Coningharm formerly attached to the late mission at Naples, has been appointed unpaid attscht to her Majesty's legation at the Hague. SACRED HARMOIVIC SOCIETY.—The Lubogsang and Motet Muter will be repeated next Friday. The Handal Festival ticket-odkes at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter ball will be smarted this morning for the issue of tickets for the festival. Tng Socusry or ANCIENT BRITONS. -- The 147th anniversary festival of the Most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated on Saturday night, at the Freemasons' Tavern. The cum pony were more numerous than that of hut year, and it is scarcely necessary to add that nearly all the gentlemen present wore the emblem of their nationality—the leek. The chair was filled by Sir John Harmer, M.P., and amongst the nobleman and gentlemen by whom he was supported we the Earl of Yowls, Earl N'ane, Sir W. W. Wynn. M.P., David Pugh, M.P., William W. E. Wynn, M.P., Major-General Wood, J. It. Kenyon, Rev. H. W. P. Richards, Edward Edwards, Dr. E. Harcourt, Charles Shaw, C. W. W. Wynn, Thomas Turner, Rue. Joseph Brown, Rev. W. Plows, Robert R. A. Hawkins, John D. Davies, ko. The society was established in the veer 1715, and within the 147 years which have elapsed since its for mation it has given a shelter and a home to no lees than 2,268 boys and 702 girls, and qualified them to earn in the world an honest and honourable livelihood. Those figmxs in which we have summarised the operations of the society are an °lament testimony not only to its usefulness, but of the liberality with which it is supported by numbers of du principality resident in London. Its receipts last Pia wore 4,2401., and its expenditure 4,125/. Fiturrs PRDIERVED IN SPIRITS. —The Lords of the Treasury have approved, as an experimental measure far six months, of the admission into this country of fruits reu v in spirits, at the duty of 10a. sd. per pllom the retg included in the assessment. The officers at the various porta of the United Kingdom have been instructed to report the effect of the measure at the end of the six months to the Commissioners of Customs. wl.w. N.i4 W.N.W. &9. W. WNW. IC if . LW. W.N.W. N. N. I TOZSDAT. WEDRUDAY. N. Britain—W.N. W. to N. and N.N.W. to N.K. moderato to N.E., fresh to strong, snow. fresh, some snow. Ireland.-B.W. to N.W. and W. to N.N.E., fresh to strong, strongto a gals, snow some rain or snow. or rain. OentraL—E.W. to N.W., snow, N.W. to N.E., moderate to it" moderate to fresh, some MOW. L Ooost.—N.W. t3.K.„ fresh N. 1% .to E. N.E., fresh to strong. to strong, snowy. snowy. S. England.-B.W. to N.W. and W.s. W. to N. and E fresh N., fresh to Wong, rain or to moderate, some snow, oc MOW. rain. I ii t 1