The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-01 00:00:00

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Tut message published in another column esta blishes conclusively and satisfactorily the rate of speed at which electric communication is carried on between Europe and the United States. Until this afternoon it has been poe. aible for doubters to sneer at the items of intelligence given from Newfoundland as sparse and indefinite. But the message we now lay before our readers, shows that the President a congratulations left Heart's Content yesterday afternoon at 4, and after crossing the Atlantic, traversing Ireland and England, and crossing two sea channels, was delivered to the Quzzis at 5 p.m. This fact speaks for itself, and its publication is the most practical congratulation we can offer. Ws fear that men of business throughout the country will not read with much satisfaction the debate in the House of Commons yesterday on the causes which maintain the Bank rate of discount at 10 per cent. The debate proceeded under some obvious disadvantages. Brought on at the fag-end of the session, like an Indian budget, and not per mitted the honour of an evening sitting, it was conducted with the knowledge that even the poor concession of a commission of inquiry, all that was possible so late in the session, would be refused. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, who expressed the views of the Government, admitted that the sub ject was one which demanded the serious attention both of the Government and of Parliament, and undertook that Ministers should take it into their serious consideration, and endeavour completely to investigate all the circumstances which had attended the recent panic and the present crisis. In an ordinary way this is all we expect a Govern ment to do. But the case is not an ordinary one, and we may add that the Government which gives this pledge is not in an ordinary position. The investigations of the Government will have a private character : they may instruct some mem bers of the Administration, but they will not con tribute to the enlightenment of the public or in crease the fund of information at the ser vice of inquirers. We cannot, of course, tell what expectations Ministers form as to the probability of their being able to introduce an amendment of the Bank Act next session, should legislation of that character seem desirable, but we believe that few persons would be disposed to stake any important interest upon the chance of their passing a single Bill next year. Their empty pro mise is an excuse for evading public inquiry, and the results which are held out as so much better than processes we shall never see. The grounds upon which such an inquiry is demanded are open and palpable, and are not disposed of by alleging that inquiries have taken place on the two previous occasions of the suspension of the Bank Act, and that they led to nothing. They led to a more accurate knowledge of the working and counter-working of our commercial and monetary systems, and have greatly tended to steady the public mind in seasons of anxiety. The precedent of those investigations might have been followed with advantage ; but even if it had been wanting the present request for inquiry is one to which it would have been well to accede. The phenomena of the last three months—the Bank rate of discount maintained at a minimum of 10 per cent. for three months ; the Government intervening without any other effect than alarm ing the foreign merchant ; and as a result of the discredit of mercantile paper, the shipment of gold both ways—have never been presented in England before. The old stereotyped maxima utterly fail - - - explain this state of things, which on ac count of its peculiarity demands a thorough and original investigation, for which no Cabinet discus sions or private interviews with bankers can be a substitute. The matter is one which concerns the whole country, from the great merchant who is mulcted of his profits down to the humblest retailer. We cannot think that those members of the House who went off yesterday into lectures upon com mercial morality and the undue facilities given to speculation took a tone at all worthy of themselves or the subject. These moral precepts have an incontestable value, but they are not relevant to the present case. Speculation was crushed out three months ago, and it is the sound commerce of the country that is daily suffering in its most legiti mate transactions. Ministers, however, have taken their course. With the profound faith which all our public men have in British energy, they leave our merchants to surmount enormous difficulties, which the action of the Government has greatly aggravated. We can only hope that at the be. JOHN BROGDKN. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, N, RENRIETTA-STULT 2 001IXT4AIDIMI. JOHN BROGDZICS li-asst GOLD CHAINS. IrOHN B I ROOD* I 3 GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN ItROGDIN'S GOLD AIMEE' CHAINS. JOHN BROGDISB GOLD BROOCH CHAIN& BENSON J. W. by SPECIAL APPOINTMENT ' to It R.N. the Prince of WALES. BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL , LONDON, Clam U. BENSON, J. W., PRIZE MEDAL, DUBLIN, chum BRONZES D'ART IO, Z uR. ROSA and ISIDORE BRONZES D'ART b CLODION, BARTZ, sad BRONZES D'ART by PRADIER, CHATROUB/311, &c. BENSON, OLD BOND-STREET, and WEST BOURNIFOROVZ, W. THE EXPRESS, ginning of the next session Mr. less.szu may be heard congratulating himself and the Howe upon the justification which his confidence will by that time have received. ' OSBORNE, JOLT 31. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon in a marriage and four, with Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. The Duke of Edinburgh left Osborne yesterday, at tended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke. A deputation of directors of the Royal Academy of Music, consisting of the Marquis Townehend, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. K. J. Pye, had an interview with the Lord President and the Vice-President of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, at the Privy Council-office, yesteiday. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Moat Honour able Privy Council met yesterday at the Privy Council offieeon the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, the Bight Hon. a H. Walpole, and the Vice-President. Colonel Harness, Mr. Helps, and Mr. Harrison were present. ' ' ' A deputation from the Thames Conservancy, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Admiral Sir F. Nicholson, Bart., and Mr. Jaques, chief clerk, had an interview with the Lord President of the Council at the Privy Council-office yester day, relative to the care of cholera patients on shipboard in the river Thames. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has left Gloucester House for Goodwood on a visit to the Duk e and Duchess of Richmond. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Spencer have left town for SWIM' for the Goodwood races. -- A marriage is arranged between Mr. Alfred Seymour, If.P., and Mn. Botheld, daughter of Si•• Bald win Leighton, and widow of the late Berish Botfield, Esq., M.P. -- - The Owl understands that Lord Cowley has sent in his resignation as ambassador at Paris, and that he merely holds office until the government have decided on his successor in a post which it is far from easy to fill. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. THE CHOLERA IN LONDON. The following is the weekly return of the Registrar-Generalof births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom : " General Register-office, Somerset-house, July 30. "In the week that ended on Saturday, July 28, the births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,147: the deaths registered, 4,356. The annual rate of mortality was 37 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,016 boys and 973 girls, in all 1,989 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 1,966. The deaths registered in London during the week were 2,600. It was the 30th week of the year ; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a cor rection for increase of population, 1,387. The deaths in the present return exceed by 1,213 the estimated number. " The excess of deaths is caused entirely b 7 cholera and diarrhoia. 904 deaths by cholera, 349 by diarrbcea were registered in the week, making in theaggregatel,2s3 deaths. The deaths by cholera in the last five weeks have been 6, 14, 32, 346, and 904 ; by its allied disease, diarrheas, 67, 102, 150, 221, and 349. The epidemic takes the form of diarrhoia chiefly in young children ; thus 309 of the 349 deaths from diarrheas last week were children under five years of age, including 244 infanta. Of cholera 179 children of the same age died ; 160 boys and girls of five and under twenty years of age ; 455 men and women in the prime of life ; and 110 people of ages above 60. •Itis a peculiarity of the case that the greater par of this slaughter in seven days of 1,253 people of all ages took place within a limited portion of the London area. 924 of the deaths, 811 by cholera and 113 by diarrheas, were re gistered in the six districts of Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, St. George-in-the-East, Stepney, Mile-end Old-town, and Poplar, including Bow, among about a seventh part of the populationof London and on one-fourteenth of its area. The attack extends all along the north aide of the Thames, from the River Lea and the Isle of Dogs to the Tower of London. Limehouse-basin and the Regent's-canal are the central line of the attack, which stretches as far north as Victoria-park. This is essentially the port of London, inhabited by its maritime population. The canals and the basin are full of foul water, and are apparently connected with the Limehouae-cut, the Hackney-cut, and the River Les. The East London Waterworks Canal draws its supply from the liver at Lea-bridge, where there is a reservoir, and runs for s couple of miles by the side of the Hackney-:.sat down to its other reservoirs north of Bow and near the Lea. The pre sent cholera field derives its waters from these works. It it tight to add that the water has hitherto borne a comparison with the other London waters in Dr. Frankland's analyses. To-day at Poplar the water looks clear, and no complaints are made of its quality. The company will, no doubt, take exemplary pains to filter its waters ; but it is not easy to guarantee the purity of water drawn from such a river as the lea, in dangerous proximity to sewers, cuts, and canals. " Whoever will take the trouble to go among the people now suffering in crowded dwellings will see the danger of the water butts ; poor women are washing the dirty linen of patients with water drawn from those vessel, which are often found close to the water-closets. It would be a source of additional safety to London if the tanks and butts were all abolished, and the pipes were filled on the system of constant supply. The time has come for this refona. " The mortality is overwhelming in some of the districts. In Poplar alone 145, in Bow 188 people died last week, in cluding Dr. Ansel, the meritorious health officer, and Mr. Ceeley, clerk to the Board of Works, whose name figures on the placards. The people are falling ill every hour ; you see them of all ages, children and adults, lying about their beds like people under the influence of a deadly poison, some acutely suffering, nearly all conscious of their fate and of all that isgoing onaround them. Here the doctor a drawn in by the husband to see the wife now attacked ; there the husband lies in spasms ; here is an old woman seated dead, with eye. wide open ; there lies a fine four-year old child,his curly bead drooping in death, but his mother says the pulse is strong, and he takes what she gives him. An older brother just recovered is running about. Several wards of the London Hospital are full of patient., many of than very young children in all stagesof the disease ; some dying, some well again and playing. The medical men have no rest, and with the health officers are nobly doing their duty ; brave men ready to lay down their lives for their patients. The people themselves are most patient ; most willing to help each other, the women always in front, and none shrinking danger. There is no desertion of children, husbands, wives, fathers, or mothers from fear. In the midst of this scene the authorities have been to some extent paralysed. The nuisance inspectors are not sufficiently numerous, neither are the medical officers. The administrative work has not been organised with sufficient promptitude, and is not carried out with sufficient energy. Such a calamity as this may well call forth the whole resources of London, and what ts especially wanted is executive power well organised in conjunction with the medical health officers. The people of East London want help. " The annual rate of mortality last week was 44 per 1,000 in London ; 24 in Edinburgh, and 20 in Dublin ; 21 in Bristol, 19 in Birmingham, 47 in Liverpool, 38 in Man chester, 27 in Salford, 27 in Sheffield 33 in Leeds, 25 in Hull, NJ in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 25 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 31 per 1,000 during the week ending the 14th inst., when the temperature was OA deg. Fahren heit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 28 per 1,000. " In Liverpool, of the 440 deaths returned last week 87 were referred to cholera, against 45 fatal cases in the pre- vious week. The 45 deaths in Southampton, showing an annual rate of mortality equal to 43 per 1,000, included 24 from cholera, showing a decrease of 5 upon those of the previous week. The following deaths were certified as from cholera in the remaining large towns of England furnishing weekly returns :—Manchester and Salford, 8 ; Bristol, 2 ; Sheffield, 2; Leeds, 4 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2; and Hull, 3. No fatal case of cholera is noticed in the Birmingham returns." A grant of money has been made by the Treasury to the Department of Health for the purpose of conducting a special aeries of experiments end researches in connexion with the present outbreak of cholera. Mr. Simon sal con- duct the inqu'ry. Vichy is in a ferment of excitement. Bands are playing every species of music, and houses are decorated in honour of the " Sauveur de l'Ehrepe," as is inscribed on several of the flags. The casino, park, gardens, &c., blaze with coloured lights, and the Bmperor, who has gone down for a few days of peace and quiet, is expected to patronise a retreat atm fiambecticz, a bell, and no end of theatrical representations. La Pastille Beisolton is to come out in fresh costumes, the young ladies in very &collet& dresses to be adorned with the device " Tout pour l'Empereur." The following changes have been made in the Council of Lew Reporting :--Sir R. Palmer, M.P., and Sir Robs: P. Collier, M.P., the late Attorney and Solicitor General, have ceased to le ex officio members, and their places as such members have been supplied by the present Attorney _and Solicitor-General, Sir Hugh M. Giros, and Sir William Bovill, M.P. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, upon him elevation to the bench as Lord Chief Heron, cawing to be a member of Lincoln's-ben, has vacated hie seat at the council and his elm of permanent chairmen. The benches of Lincoln's-inn have appointed Sir Roundell Palmer in place of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and the council upon the motion of Mr. Daniel, Q.C., the vice-cheinnan, have appointed Sir Roundell Palmer their permanent chairman. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE JAMAICA BARBARITIES. The Times would not palliate the excesses of which many of those employed spinet the negroes were guilty, but it believes that the authorities acted on the supposition that their measures of severity were necessary. The present, it contends, is not the time for the House of Commons to pledge itself to any particular course by the passing of resolutions. The questions of compensation, of further inquiry into the camas of the convicted rebels now undergoing punishment, and, in short, everything that relates to the management of the island affairs and the wiping out the traces of this calamity, had better be left to the new government. As the conduct of Mr. Eyre, General Nelson, and the officers of the courts-martial will become the subject of judicial investigation, it is certainly not the duty of the House of Commons to pronounce any censure beforehand. A more painful speech than Mr. Adderley's, viewing the maxims of government which it announces, and the ex asperation of temper which it displayed, the Daily New has never had to bring before the public. Throwing their shield over the perpetrators of the most wicked acts, the government, through Mr. Adderley, declare "that in their opinion the execution of Mr. Gordon was ' practi cally just,' and it is by no means certain that it is not ' legal " and that whatever was done was protected as to its supposed illegality by the proclamation of martial law. This is the doctrine of the twins in 1866. Martial law protects all the acts done under it ; nothing can be illegal under martial law. There can be now no doubt as to the course which the Jamaica Committee is bound to pursue. We must meet these dangerous en croachments—this importation of West India maxims into England—in the old English way, or we may see the atrocities of an Eyre, a Nelson, and a Hobbes repeated in Dublin, in Hyde-park, or in Lincoln's-inn-fields. In the meantime, it becomes a serious question whether it is necessary in the interests of public tranquillity to address the Crown fur the dismissal of advisers who cannot let a week pass without some demonstration of their preference for the principles of arbitrary government, which have always been so abhorrent to the English people. The Post approves of Mr. Adderley's speech. Whatever errors, it argues, may have been committed by those who administered justice iu Jamaica, it was not shown that they sprang from mere wantonness or cruelty ; and this being so, it would be unreasonable to demand the punishment of persons who were called upon, under the most trying air cmustances, to discharge a most difficult duty. On the whole, the result of last night's debate, the Star thinks, sill probably be to vindicate to some extent the reputation of this country abroad, where, on this as on other accounts, it has lately suffered so lamentably But the debate has strengthened its conviction that the Jamaica committee have resolved upon the only course adequate to this most melancholy occasion. The perfunc tory manner in which even the soundest of those who are opposed to the prosecution of Mr. Eyre deal with the vast issues involved proves that any other line of action would be a caricature of justice and a wanton abasement of the constitutional liberties which are the birthright of twee/ subject of the British crown. THE BANK CHARTER ACT. Admitting that Mr. Watkin was justified in calling at. tention to the above subject, and that his speech on the whole was able and moderate, the Herald nevertheless thinks that his censures upon the Bank of England were somewhat out of place in the House of Commons. He was premature in pronouncing that Mr. Diemli's conso- lately aasr-ance that we only require time, peace, and an abundant harvest to relieve us from the pres sure had proved erroneous. But there was more reason in him attack upon the unfortunate letter of Lord Clarendon announcing the suspension of the Bank Act to foreign representatives of the British government. The royal commission which Mr. Watkin desires would find its task almost impracticable. The crisis wa s brought about by the reckless trading of certain " financiering," firms and it is in vain to suppose that the secrets of their business would be disclosed before the commissioners. Equally impossible would it be to inquire into the reasons which led the Bank of England to reject this or that application for assistance. And yet it is of details like these that the history of the crisis is made up. To appoint another commission would only be to shrink from and evade the duty which devolves upon the govern ment. It is for them to decide whether legislation, and, if any, what legislation is necessary. This Sir B. North- ' Dote promised to do. The ministry hold by the main prin. triples of the Bank Charter Act ; but they will consider whether its details can be so amended as to obviate or lessen the inconveniences at present attending its operation in seasons of pressure ; and if they come to an affirmative eenclusion they will next wagon present a measure to par. Bement. What is wanted now is a determination how to act upon the knowledge which those who have studied the question paws& THZ CHOLERA. Quoting the Registrar-General's return as to the advance of the cholera epidemic, the Telegraph warns people against encouraging anything like a feeling of terror. It has few terrors for those who have been brought most into contact with it ; it flees from those who have no fear of it. Let those who desire to see how a grievous cala mity may be dauntlessly met repair themselves to the Lon don Hospital and witness or aid those who are wrestling so nobly with this treacherous invader. The last fortnight demonstrates that unless additional succour shall be forth coming, not only for this institution, but also for others which are grappling with the ghastly foe now raging amongst as, the visitation with which London is assailed will be exceptionally severe in the extent of its ravages. THE STATE OP HIDE PARR. The Times continues to publish letters describing out. rages committed by ruffians of the lowest class in Hyde park after dusk, and observing that this state of things existed before the present disturbances were thought of, urges the government to remove this great abuse. One point of the grievance might be remedied by adopting an expedient already in use at the entrance to the Green-park--namely, a turnstile which will admit of passage outwards but not inwards after the gates are closed. This would afford a means of escape to the respectable portion of the public ; but it would, of course, do nothing to rid the park of the gangs of ruffians who take shelter in it. For this purpose it Is essential that by some means or other' the park should be cleared every night before the gates are closed. Above all things it should be lighted. It is the certainty that they can remain in the park all night which attracts to it so many bad characters, and if they were cer tain to be driven out they would not find it worth while to come so far from their customary haunts. This would be a somewhat difficult task, no doubt, but it must be under taken. Nor is it only Hyde-park in which a similar mea sure ought to be adopted. Whatever else the parks may be, they should not be the chosen resort of the worst cha. ratters in London. THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS IN IRELAND. Mr. Maguire intends, on the second reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill, to move the following resolutions :—" That the same state of things on which the late government justified their application to parliament to suspend the constitution in Ireland no longer exists. That the supremacy of the law has been sufficiently vindicated in the ordinary tri. burials of the country. That the assizes just brought to a clime have in all instances displayed a most extraordinary and gratifying diminution of crime, and, in many instances, a complete absence of serious offence*, alther against property or person. That there is likewise an utter absence of political excitement of any kind whatever. That measures of repression unaccom panied with measures of a remedial character tend rather to aggravate than lessen those evils in which perennial discontent and periodical disaffection have their origin in Ireland. And, that • wise, generous, and thoroughly liberal policy is that which is alone calculated to promote the material prosperity and oontentment of the Irish people, while adding to the strength and enhancing the moral dignity of the empire." IMINNE=II • r e WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGVST I. LATMT INTELLIGENCE. Es (tart. THE ATLANTIC CABLE• SPEED OF TRANSMISSION. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) VALENTIA, WEDNESDAY, 1 P.Y. The President's reply to the Queen's message left Washington 11.80 &m. on the 30th ult. It was tele graphed from Newfoundland at 3.51p.m. yesterday. It consisted of 405 letters, making 81 words, and was transmitted at a speed of 7.36 words per mi mate. The message was sent by Mr. Weedon, electrician, Newfoundland, and was received by Mr. Edgar George, electrician, Valentia. The message was delivered to her Majesty at Osborne at 5 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Canning, engineer-in -chief, telegraphs that her Majesty's ship Terrible and the screw steamer Albany leave to day to pick up cable of 1865. AMERICA.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) The following telegram was received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) on August 1, at 11.30 am., from Mr. R. A. Glass : NEW YORE (THIS DAY), Amato. 1. Mr. Harlan, the Secretary of the Interior, has resigned. Mr. Browning, of Illinois, has been appointed his suooesmor. Grant has been created • full general, and Sherman a lieutenant-general. The Scotia arrived here on the night of Monday, the 23rd July. The Peruvian at Quebec on the 28th July, and the Palmyra at New York on the 31st July. Nantes rusowts.) ITALY. ENTRY OF KING VICTOR EMI& PADUA. PADUA, Amos, 1. The King arrived here this morning, and was met by the Bishop of Padua, the civic authorities, and large crowds of the inhabitants, who greeted his Majesty with loud and enthusiastic cheering. The chief headquai Jere of the Italian army have been transferred from Rovigo to this city. FLORENCE, JULY 31. The Italie confirms the intelligence that the negotiations for peace will be conducted at Prague, and believes that peace will be signed before the 15th August. FLORENCE, JULY 31, Eviorma.. The Florence journals announce the arrival in the capital of a deputation from Trent, instructed to present to the President of the Council of Minis ters an address signed by the communal repre sentatives of that province, soliciting the annexation of the Trent province to Italy. MILAN, JOLT 31. Prince Napoleon set out this morning for Lyons whence he will proceed to Vichy. HUNGARY. P ffiTH, JOLT 31. Conferences between the most important mem bers of the different political parties are constantly taking place at the seat of Herr Doak, at Ssent lasslo. Archbishop Haynald has been summoned to Vienna. The ft-establishment of the Hungarian Constitu tion of 1848 is still adjourned, as a federal union between Austria and Hungary will be first proposed to the Hungarians by Austria. The Emperor left yesterday for Vienna, but is expected to return the day after to-morrow. FRANCE. PARIS, Auouirr I. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a letter from the Emperor to the Minister of State, point ing out the bases of a decree relative to the forma tion of a fund for the benefit of those incapacitated from labour. SPAIN. MADRID, JOLT 31. The Minister of the Interior has addressed s circular to the civil governors of the provinces re questing them to destroy all the labours and op pose any manifestation of the democratic party. QUARANTINE AT MALTA. MALTA, JULY 3L A quarantine of 15 days is now again imposed upon arrivals from all British ports. The public health here is satisfactory. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. SUEZ, JOLT 29. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Donnai arrived here to-day with the India, China, and Japan mails. She brings 98 passengers, 850 bales of silk, and 2,053 other paackages. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA N NI AILS. MALTA, Juts 30. The Tanjore, from Southampton July 20, arrived on the 29th at 8 a.m., and left at 8 p.m. for Alexandria. . _ The Nyanza from Marie'llea, 28th, arrived to day at 4 p.m., and left at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. COUNT BISMARCK AND TEE PEOPLE OF FRANKFORT. The following is the text of the despatch which Count von Bismarck addressed to General von Widen, the commandant at Frankfort : The previous measures having failed to produce any effect up to the present time, you wi" have toadopt the following proceedings, commencing from 6 o'clock on the evening of the 26th of July : 1. Suspension of all oommunication by poet, telegraph, and railway. 2. Closing of taverns and all public places. 3. Men or merchandise to be prevented from leaving or coming into the city. BISMARCK. This despatch was communicated to the Senate and Chamber of Commerce. We (Owl) are informed that Mr. Stearn Ball Mier, Q.C., M.P. for Armagh, is likely to mimed Beron Fitzgerald on the Irish bench. Commander Colomb, R.N., is engaged, by di rection of the Admiralty, in revising the present naval signal code. On Friday Mr. Hubbard will call the attention of the right hon. gentleman the member for Oxford to an 0 injurious report" received here from Natal, to the effect " that a despatch had been received from Mr. Cardwell, ordering all government offloers to recognise, aid, and support Dr. Colenso as Bishop of Natal." Mr. Derby Griffith to-morrow will aak the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the last se scants of the state of the Abyssinian prisoners are not worse than before ; and if it is not believed that Consul Cameron has become insane from confinement and priva tion, and ►as probably succumbed to his miseries by this time. _ . . Mr. M`Laren last night peseented petitions to the House of 'Commons from Robert Levy, Edward Dear ey, Robert O'Xeally, Isaac W . Va., W. J. Marshall, T. Hwy, and Dennis Fuller. complaining of injuries and losses inflicted on them during the late disturbances in Jamaica, and praying for compensation and relief. .•- 1866. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (111011 DUB OWN 00ERZSPONDIXT.) PARIS. TIMADAY EVWNG. The Temps contains a piece of news which cannot fail to strike the eye of a political observer. It cites from the Moniteur du Cautut the following advertisement : DEPOT DE EMIONTE D'AIMILLAC. The commandant of the Auxins° depot has the honour to inform proprietors, breeders, and horse dealers, that his Excellency the Minister of Wszhas ordered the continuance of purchases of horses for the army, even for the artillery, for which this depSt had previously no orders to buy. These orders are unlimited. During the recent circuit which the committee made in the Oasts' it either declined or postponed with regret the purchase of several homes adapted for the waggon train, which were in every respect fit for service. The reason was that their orders were then limited Owners may now bring forward these horses with the certainty that they will be accepted on the same conditions as those for horses of other branches of the sea :ce. This paragraph may very possibly be explained away ; but, as it stands, it cannot fail to raise a doubt whether the many symptoms as well as as severations that the Emperor's policy is one of peace are well-founded. The Chevalier Nigra, the Italian ambassador, leaves Paris for Vichy by the 8 o'clock train this evening. Tirailletnests are suggested by this news. The Charivari contains a circular signed " H. D." worthy of "H. B." in his best days. It is entitled " John Bull changeant son cheval borgue pour un aveugle." Two very old horses are standing side by side. One named the " Whig Ministry," has but one eye, and his saddle is vacant. The other the " Tory Ministry," is quite blind, and John Bull, freshly mounted upon him, is flourishing a whip and jerking the reins, but the beast will not move. The Bourse was firmer than it has been for some time, except as regards Italian, which, far from re covering from the heavy fall of yesterday, sustained a further decline of 40c. for cash and sc. forsocount. Route rose 30c. and 32ic., closing at 69fr. 10c. and 169 fr. 1711 c. Mobilier rose sfr. WORKING MEN'S REFORM DEMONSTRATION. =trrnt e 1 LAW INTJ (Bet( coorw- Louis as a waiter, charged WO, of plate glue extent of X' Matthias the defend with two as he sat and then fist, and i peer to be wanted to Robert tody, ant appear to At the stet,. was bleeding. handkerchief not keep self. He t the prisoner t throat. He too in the morning. The pr bliahmei wanted he could let him having plained Alderman making 355., The money Last night, a meeting promoted by the Working Men's Association of London was held in Linco ln ' s -inn fields. Although the weather was anything but propi tious for an open-air demonstration, the number of persons who assembled was very considerable. There were pro bably some 8,000 men unmistakeably belonging to the working clue collected before and around the platform, which consisted of costermongers' carts fixed to the railings on the south side of Lincoln's-inn fields, and nearly opposite the College of Surgeons. Like most of the gatherings which preceded the one of last night, it was intended more as a demonstration than as a meeting for discussion. No provision was made for importing the speeches—the gentlemen who attended for that purpose having to mount over the railings, and to stand on the grass plot inside during the proceedings. There was the usual accompaniment of a band and banners. The roadway in front of the platform was blocked up, but there was not the slightest appear race of disorder or disturbance beyond that which always attends any great collection of men. There were a few policemen about, but during the meeting there was no w easelly for their interference. When Mr. Potter, M Baxter Langley, Mr. Mason Jones, and others who are known for the activity in promoting the political enfran chisement of the working climes appeared on theplatform, they were received with cheers. Mr. PoTTER, as chairman, opened the meeting by saying that it was intended mole as a demonstra tion than as a meeting for veach-making, although resolutions would be propond It was a mt.- take to suppose that these demonstrations would be without result. The tories in the Houses of Lords and Commons might slander the people,but the people would return it in the double. The tories took up a position from which they would soon be ejected. The feelings of the people been trifled with too long ; they were now irritated and unless reform were granted the country would be t orn &asunder. One of the tory called the great demonstration in the Agricultural-M r :, "Donkey Show." (Hisses.) There would be many " Donkey Shows" of the kind, both in London and the provinces. (Cheers.) In the coming winter they would have manifestations and demonstrations which would soon make converts of the tory party themselves. The Times appeared to be converted by the demonstration last night, and admitted that they could no longer ignore such mani festations of popular feeling. Let them only persevere, and the victory would soon be won. In conclusion, Mr. Potter announced that on Wednesday night next a working men's meeting would be held in GuilaslL Mr. UPSHALL, joiner, proposed the following resolution, which he supported in a brief speech:—" That this meet ing approve the principles adopted by the London Working Men's Assodatton, namely, residential and registered man hood suffrage ; equal representation and the ballot ; and will support the efforts of the association to . procure the political enfranchisement and promote the social elevation of the industrial classes." the effec. Mr. DAVIS, painter, seconded the resolution. him when It was supported by Mr. WALTON, of Newport, Wales, bottoms t „ who urged on the Reform Leegue to extend their organisation Do • into the agricultural districts, in which the tory party had t; ., b ' t their main strength. The resolution was put to the meet- Walb, ing by means o a printed sheet containing the words Mitchell " for and "against ," and it was carried by a perfect forest of hands being raised in its favour. soner . denl y . Mr BAXTER LANGLEY proposed the following resole. tion :—" That this meeting, regretting that the present . 12 b mmoner government have not proposed to introduce now, or at Fictousil b ar any future time, • measure of reform, pledge them- ! Pri sone r , selves to oppose the continuance of any government in _ office that will not introduce and honestly endeavour to „„ -- ,..7 te — ,,,,„„" natty through a reform bill, comprising a large extension of "Yr.— the franchise, andwomparative equaityof representation." He addressed the meeting as his " brother roughs," and argued that the poreauon of the franchise was more Wi//: necessary for the poor than for the rich, because the a murderous former stood more in need of protection against bad legit'. way constable, lation than the latter. If the franchise was good for the The s rich, they oneht, on the Christian principle of doing to stated t others as they wishedto have done unto themselves, to give he was the franchke to the poor. But the people would soon his lode have a large reform in spits of any ofrposition, if they was singing were calm and determined . They should make laughing- to desist, - stocks of the tories, who brought soldiers from Aldershot struck bin. and filled Buckingham Palace with troops. The people threatened held their meeting yesterday in Victoria-park, and not • blows ith the stick, and for a time bte: flower was (Cheers.) The prisoner's wife came down and called ma Mr. Manor( JONES seconded the resolution , and wished other persons, who pulled him about, tore o ff ta d rim to add to it a rider to the effect that the Queen should and he watt obliged to escape alma in • stare be requested to dismiss her present tory advisers, and over some garden walls. take lack to her coincils men in whom the country bad The prisoner told the magistrate that he confidence, — Earl Russell end Mr. Gladstone. (Cheers.) man and he was disturbed on Sundays by hislo7-mt When the people asked for the franchise they go; other lodgers in the house singing rsahna n _f te k s ee truncheons ; when they demanded the ballot they were home on the previous night' he sung, n"..i et iare presented with bayonets. The police violated the law by and •cloudy sky," and he thoughtthere ins using violence npinst the people ; and if angry passions in singing a song than the others singing dies were mowed, the government and the government alone, complainant came out and said " boo-co:Jr, , e gst were to blame. What would be said in Paris, what would diately seised him while on the still& He 9 . 7.7,501 l be said in Vienna, what would be amid in New York,when the complainant with a stick. lie . &Ise sol i it was known that the people were kept oat of their own complained to his landlord of the singing ec"rr.ares park by an insolent and domineering oligarchy ? Russia had The complainant was re-called and said ids v/ 4 reed 20,000,000 of serfs; the dream of Dante was realised in the habit of singing a palm before 11 0 4,_„;;Mll in Italy; Germany was on the way to freedom, and were worship on it Sunday. He had gi ven the preou- . 5,000,000 of Englishmen to be kept in political bondage ? quit and that was the cause of the violence. The resolution, like the former, was carried without any William Sanderson, also a lodger in the stiaLer m te dissent. be was awoke by the noise, and on getting The third resolution, which wee moved by Mr. BMA, prisoner, who was not sober, ill-wing the hamr_." shoemaker, and seconded by Mr. Mircan, joiner, was as Police-oonstable Clark, led W, said that re nun follows : "That this meeting is of opinion the present go- to the house he found between 30 and 14 : 1 vemment, by its conduct towards the people last Monday with sticks, and others with legs of chairs, aa:',7,l, week at Hyde-park, and their employment of the police searching for the complainant. Witnes s leesu and military to prevent the peaceable meeting of the pco- ther house bleeding. to pre.ple, have forfeited all claims to the confidence or support The prisoner said be had no witne sses —tem of the people, and hereby calls upon her Majesty to dismiss plumed that the men came to his scout h e m _a t them from office." The CHAIRMAN, in conclusion, recommended the meet- that if they had ing to dispersequietly,which they began to do, aftergiving choked him. been Tre'r ite hearty cheers for reform. Mr Ingham thought the case had bid • committed the prisoner for two months Ina THE SURRENDER OF MATAMOROS. —The Paris ! THMES. Afoniteur of yesterday contains the following : " The A NOVEL ECROLARY.broos bow n by et swing eome inbl°Vheonern I- A youth nomad William Sul was English mail from Mexico brings advice. from Mexico to Paget, charged with feloniously and the 29th June, and from Vera Crux to the 2nd July. Just into the house, No. 35, Friendly-pineet i l 7d. before the departure of the mail Marshal Etarair t e was Stepney, and stealing • silver watch an ge_. 21 the prope rt y of Emerson atria. • logn7 m oso, formed that the Mexican brigade, 1,600 strong, com- •` This morning at half - past 5 o'clock mended by General Olvers, having left Matamoros to sleeps on the ad Boor of his dwelling, fa! me escort a convoy of merchandise to Monterey, had been some persons moving in his room. lle surprised and attacked on the 16th June at Berreudo by in the act of removing a coat bangles man close %a ▪ se Escobedo with 4,000 men. The convoy was captured, and Th ere ; was anot her A son er it lumped out of bed, and the P the Mexican troops, in part destroyed, left 800 men in the hands of the enemy. General Mejia had only s y wjui te nina r ° b . L i 7r o d t , im o i t s b tren oog t b if tic aY b n e d l tr a y .... I • 7 3 uilk4' $ 500 Mexican troops and the town militia left for the pursued him along White Hormetreet. defence of Matamoros ; all was nevertheless ready for distance until the thief W.Ol st o oved r 7 mo niti l vigorous resistance, when the inhabitants, terrified at the stables. On Hayes "' turning IA h is main and guard from matte e conseque nce. of rapture by main force, after so •unequal a • nee, confederate e scaped. struggle, induced him to capitulate. Details are wanting i M r. Paget remanded a h e pr immer for • wee k ' j. with respect to the surrender of the please, but it is known telle that General Mejis obtained an honourable capitulation ! At the monthly meeting of the for his small garrison, and the most favourable terms for b er of Commerce y es t er day. Mr. Aldersee r et▪ ail the population of Matamoros. General Mejia has arrived that Mr. Gladstone had declined the at Vera Crux with his troops." . the new Exchange is that town. 11011.11113 Edward charged ' person Coln[ I was on prison• by side. I noticed and follin self behl , dow am Y to ass hands ' shop, . lioundsdh time. iag that sonar thit into ousted; " What's 7 sad then !' the same pocket ant. assist, Otru — giled clomp eta? up and before but all Wks .. Atm(46 Lath Animism. 01Pt attar. IT A = Latent .. Zoehetort. Lirrth . atenth ?Getman Louden . Tat m& - WE :aortj-at westward bee eassa m• vest at OPIN DoT.)- felt, woe lo the situate traele, seloates maid P Fenehu Atlas, e rut' every end Rich moon 811•49.2 f - 0 - in - : it s :Digi pilotage teen a The fotindatl to visit invited LAW INTELLIGIENet ..--____ IMP (THIS DAY.) . ___...—_. EQUITY COURT. HOUSE ° (Before Vios-Chanosllor Sir R. T. ffilidardip ° The Britanna COOPZR V. WIDOW, CHATHAM, AND boys 00NPANT. -.. Lia k In 11 , 8 1 3:,...t°,! This was a bill filed by the vendor o f „„ __. Mr. 11261 Battersea for a speci fi c performance of me .... " . . 11 " , a dvisable, in the which the company having paid one-third o f Th a l ' relax the money in obtaining poaaeaaion of the land is • in,,,, “ THE to pay the remainder, amounting to upward, e i 7 , t ,, in answer to in oft•tober, 1865. The motion was that th e 04 The ATTOB should either pay into court the remaind er t i n . a /Am would be m chase-money or deliver back the prot to eh, ''' ' cu stody of wills The Vice-Chancellor now gave ju dgment. in , , the Court of • • under ordinary circumstances the o rwe M w ; Load J. MAN almost as a matter of course, but in this ear s % i„,, , n ada be made been bought for the purposes of a railway, N V, period between concealed that under these ciecumetea ns c he erection of unreasonable for the vendor to require it to be back to him. The contract, lqr however, ' OOMPULSOR vided that the vendor should retain the s e L it, On the crde • ' debate on this b his lien in respect of the purchase-money, si d - 'w )4 Kr. FIENL the circumstance of the purchaser having any, i ' by this bill woe don of the land for the purpose of a railway4r elements of coin vent the vendors from making a motion of no, k Their enoestors was said that a reoeiver and manager of the rid of the fabric of been appointed by order of another branch il e il a and this bill wo nothing must be done which might be bionink i 41 that order. But the plaintiff's right must see i,, by the circumstance that the company by aw n c h rugs had made itself liable to the appointmenteds ~,,,,,t . would work in w to or o k iltdt w b: ~ conceive noth' by the Court of Chancery. The order wall that people did in within one month of service the company and *" volnntary, and balance of the purchase-money, or deliver up n ",. r othetniferctihe yi. the premises ; and in case the purchaser Mos u l, - up poseemWon, then within a fortnight after rine% b e t o l eave th e • ven&r should bring into court the 10,0001 i s rewired. In bit jodgmen working of the A consultation took place between the Ten t Mr. A. PEEL which resulted in an agreement to eaten en voluntaryone, tioned in the order by a fortnight, in order tenn i liameat. Thep • payment of interest, and the matter was ordered t i of date, and het over tell the second seal next term. soneonfoemiste Mr. Glare and Mr. Heiden were for the Mgr, for him sea oh Mr. Bail; and Mr. Sekeirich for the company. -' : total, un t iedid Mr. HUNT acoepted if it THE POLICE COMM/ b e sorry to see (THIS DAY.) c hurchmen and ---o— q uestion was for the ralinte GUILDHALL. stand how the 1 MUNOZ DOWDUCT or • WAITER. . be maintained . Louis Denman, who was described on the . as a waiter, nodding at 6, Poland-street, Berman,. charged before Alderman Rode with breakin th s i; of plate glue and injuring the framework din t , extent of 30 5 . Matthias Bayley said that about 9 o'clock hei the defendant called him off the Mo9rgate nth. ib . Erea th ae : tarlY : n an :t w o o tt: u h li n c o he ih i'l'ahldff e an : , into that the with two friends, and they put him into the ed, y but, as it had as he sat down he leaned out to bid his NW' pri second reading and then set to smashing the windows of the seb tad Mr. GOLD fist, and in doing so cut his hand severely. In bees vote for the peer to be drunk, but was very much excited, mind Mr. T. CH ; wanted to get to the police-station. f which he app - Robert Outram, 175, said he took the mimeo in believed that • - tody, and he was in a most excited state. Sr 6 does of the a swear to be drank, but was like some one out el* •- At the station he said he broke the window; Ann k e was bleeding. On taking him to the odh in in ; i, handkerchief round his neck , and said if 61 1 SE RiTOl o not keep a sharp look-out he would MI i 1.. self. He took the handkerchief from bin, raft o. the prisoner undid his tie and tied it tight read ; From mid if throat. He took the tie from him, and gave it a very violent n in the morning. *oast. The I or The prisoner said he had belonged to Mr. Peaks N.N.W. abs i or blishment in Finch-lane for five pan, lad lee i at the emu oo wanted to leave and go to another establinnatne night the a. he could make 41. or 5/. a week, but Mr. Puma mill blew a perfec id let him go. He was consequently very much nada the moot also se having had something to drink he did the dean • is higher this of plained of. A number of 1 is Alderman Rose fined him 58., and the nay s, Tyne. and at w making 355., or to go to prison for one month. drifted from e- The money was paid. r Outshour i but n de t • WORSHIP-STRERT. Ostrich he lu Bailee re BORINNIS AND AIMAULTINO • CITY POLJCZ-001IN1IL anc h o r , i n o n n " Edward Richards:ft, a tall and moll taken by the a • charged with violently assaulting anr VIM fro lh r broken to pia ... person of John Francis Mitchell, 618 City pia . master, his so " Complainant mid-Shortly after 7 o'cloa he pen drowned. A l , I was on duty in plain clothes in Aldgate, midland! brained upon F" prisoner and another man, not now in custody veined. th e weather s ii- by side. The hands of each were in their overredwia Id I noticed that they behaved very MeV to NMI MIN , j. and followed them. The prisoner's townies plat• A terri fic ff Id self behind two ladies who were looking in at inn ' a stow and the prisoner himself stood at the loaeke(iis ha as to cover hos movements. I did not we inn ip *7 bands into any pocket but their own. They ear ore t a the s pelting coast p Sunderot o : h I erashop, returned in( a few minutes, sad mat m te d b- bo r t .a,l 1 Houndsditch. There I missed thin fare periinent, ant I . ', time. Suddenly I met with them spin, osi . and :,/ I that in the meanwhile been given So i • a i ri l tleir n ~,,'"e • that a purse bad been stolen from a lady, I tali es , r 1 been on the c „.,.."" i caner that I was a City constable, and 'bold • return of the such fearful 1 "" ' into custody for attemptin g to pick podia Ilr i i . h 4eB , i "What ' s your littleigame ? I laid hold et lima i boats being i i --, and then he said, "If you don't let go, I'll ante ' boat there w to Sunolerben al ' the mime instant snatching my watch from lir .T:i. I pocket and flinging it away, apperentk is ass apparently der "'. Another constable was with ms bd , a near.but sines tl ' ; assist, as he had seized the prisoner's nothing cool I struggled with prisoner, who stooped ead bostsbelongi I n ; completely over his shoulder ; I fell 00 my I The damage ""." ' up and again collared him, and again be tot immediate n "w before ; then I grasped his Ins ; a crowd of corm which a day e n' but although the prisoner hid hold of ray hair and level wi the I tte P epatel 4,. : 4 1 ,. i it t, tryingil broke o bro m k ak e e a m wa e y *t hi s m .bovi go, ue tty lv diol he not em sid mi se ''"bank by two other constables. lam much hurt, rat' as ever, and the e ff ects of the falls now. Not anthills mi hot petted to ru ; . him when searched at the station-ho n e-not nen anxious ly l a L el . bottoms to his pockets. '''' ll ' 21 City police - Having seen the prim , ' had Davis, ' ita E" vlcio r un it; paroled by ti r --.- rd . inhlsixtoitcherigthbuteowthandpork.thmeittnesioufghl and at d I b i, w rth l him m m i e r u rr t ii imm i : ( Prrk :lis re i r ili : fact life-boat at , sonar as I did the other man. We had a MOP signals of d du- I denly he struck me • terrible blow on the huall : emma I on the Hoyl butcleated in getting away. He has not beta ea but before • saw prisoner fling something away, and the suddenly so Mitchell hanging down. a man was I eir n * ! Prisoner, who declared that he was not the 2 1, exhausted t r to was remanded, under expectation of the c' same and d n a 6PPrehenaion of the accomplice can be eft day • flat i m." ; WANDSWORTH. tasately di weather in and • ISTRAOHDINART ASSAULT UPON A tumuna . more WWicen Killick, a farrier, was nu b as sall was V 1127 Tv At an ear Whitstable via the . a " m y urd const enli b s le assaul , living t usresiougtishvilalniellunedelra: beat Joha rear's the The complainant, whose f ace mods, on h r to stated that between 12 and 1 o'clock is the Oil lgoionve hishe w is, a d s irri aw , ok m e aking by athegreaprtisnonerow, in who wet s 0 1:: obstionid wutl eir . b si t 7 ho they was singing and swearing. Witness get IV m'a_nr:„ I ~,,A, ,;,d' , ling- to desist, when he attacked him in a brew own': a um boss hi shot struck him a violent blow on the head with 5 lITZ, ople threatened to murder him. He °suck him scu d ,2 w .. hlnurs . ith the stick. and for a time be was . rr...7 - d i e WEJ