The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS b y tro y weight, at realisable value, and the worionanthip at *wholesale manufacturers' prices. The gold in the chains Vs eanteled. and repurchased at the pric.. chnrued. llere's the note. Row much your chain weighs to the utmost carat, The Queues' of the gold, end charge for fashion." SHAKEEPIA.RIL Manufactory, 16, Hentietta-street, Covent-ganten, W.C., London BENSON'S WATCHES. 68 and 60, Ludgate hill; 85, Old Bond-stmt. B ROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CULLUREICS DIET. To obtain extra profit by the e.tle other kinds are sometimes offered instead of iilLtoWN and PI/LSO:CS. .John Brown." "John raliall," Is signed I:9lmakers on each packet. "7"77,M1.° - Ette eryreoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Advertisements intended for " The Express,* London Evening Paper, must be at the Ofhce. 10, Bouverle-street, b Two o'clock on the day of publication. DRURY LANE THIS tvzwngo, THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. W. Montgomery; Mlas Helen Faueit. —And K rIIEKINE AND PETPXCHIO. Mr. T. Swinbourue, Mr. J. Robins, and Mi Isabel Adams. KAYM ARK T. Tins IDinrnto, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Maim C. Mathews, Rowe, Rends!. ftc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Chippendale, Moore, ta.—AN TUN Y AND CLI,UPATILA. Messrs. C. Mathews, Comp ton, Bc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews d lidt—OUß MARY ANN& but 20 millions, a moderate estimate—we can arrive at the losses the British public has made during the past five years in this single class of investments. The difference in the price of issue and the market value amounts to no less than fifteen millions sterling. Against this we may ;place the sum gained by the increase in value of I the exceptional three which shows higher quotation, and this may be estimated at 220,0001. Fifteen millions loss against two hundred and twenty thousand pounds gain is not, in a business point of view, a satisfactory result. It may be objected, however, that as the issue price of a loan is usually beyond its actual calculated value, an allowance ought justly to be made. Be it so : strike off three millions—more could hardly be claimed— ; and the British public is left a loser of twelve I millions—just two millions a year. It may be I observed, by the way, that the subscribers to the present Russian Loan, who have been seduced by the success of the last in 1864, which produced a profit of 120,0001., have forgotten that their un fortunate predecessors, in the magnificent affair of ' 1862, have lost 1,200,000/. —exactly ten times the amount. The catalogue given above by no means ex hausts the subject. There have been several other loans—the Danish and Swedish—both offered by countries of equal integrity to our own, and both devoted to useful purposes. These are strongly held, and rarely, if ever, come into the market. These bonds have been held for strictly legitimate investment, and hence are not subject to the mere fluctuation of the day. Chili also has raised a loan here, but as her credit is unimpeachable, and the whole sum is to be paid off at par within the next two years, the security is entirely distinct from the speculative ones noticed above. Several other small loans also have been placed, among them the Portuguese of 1863, issued at 48, but now quoted at 44 ; but as this last is lumped to getlax with half-a-dozen other issues at varying prices, it cannot be justly included in the calcu ilation. But it will naturally be said, if an investor should not take foreign bonds, what is he to do with his money? The answer is simply, let him employ it in a manner both remunerative to Wm self and of incalculable value to his fellow-subjects. It is an admitted fact that the judicious use of capital in India for irrigation works would yield a return far exceeding the expectation of the outlay. Even railways, judging by recent example, will pay much better than the 61 per cent. offered by the Russian Government. Above all, speaking financially, the investor would be sure of the safety of his capital. It has become so much the habit of foreign Governments tl bor row without paying the slightest consideration as to the possibility of their revenue being able to meet their regular claims, that the thing sooner or later must come to an end. Au ambitious Em peror, finding that the credit of his courtly is so deeply pledged that he can get no more assistance from the foreigner, and at the same time in want of funds to prosecute some warlike enterprise, will find it an intolerable burden to pay those to whom he is already indebted. The old story will be re peated of postponement of dividends, subsequent consolida;fion of arrears, and their usual accompa niment of a reduction in the rate of interest. Then follow representations by the English I ,nd holders to their Government, diplomatic remon strances, and so forth, the bondholders receiving at last the feeble consolation, that if they choose to lend money to a foreign Power they do it cii*.irely on their own responsibility. We have abstained from alluding to occasions of foreign loans earlier than 1862, but the persons who were so unlucky and ill advised as to entrus,:, their cr pital to Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, and a dozen other countries, will understand the risk they run. The losses we have shown to have been incurred in the last five years are in comparison nothing to what have been previously felt. The best plan is doubtless to use ironey gained at home in legitimate means, not to foster preposterous armaments, which are incapable of bestowing any benefit even upon the kingdoms w:fere they are spent but, on the contrary, to devote them to the spread of material prosperity and civilization. England is fortunate in this respect. If her capital is too abundant to be employed in her oea home, she at least possesses a splendid depen c'ency in India where her redundant means can be used to the very best purpose. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) OUR MILITARY lIT.FENCES. PHINCESSA THIS EVBBIIIO, DTIE. Mesas. 8. Calbsem, F. Villiers, J.U. Shore, dm ; Mrs John Wood, Misses Augusta R Thomson and Katherine odgra r. Iln. H. Vining, and lira. C. Honman.—Procetind by TUE 511STRL:i9 OF THE MILL. Lit:EVIL THIS ETEWniO. BRUTUS AND CLSAR. Miss Hearsda.—Awl THE LONG STRIKS. Megars. Emery, Widdicomb, emeper, Fitz patrick. Reynol :Is, and Moreland /di= Hemrade.—Coucluding with TWEEDLEWN'S TAIL COAT.—Commence at 7. STRAND. THIS Reßornm, NZIOIIIIOUIetS Messrs. Persona, Belford, And Murray ; Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. .—DBR FRKISCIIVIZ: OR, A GOOD CAST FOR ♦ Pia:CIL —♦nd BOOTS AT TILE SWAN. HOLBORN. TErN Rerrnso, at 7, FAMILY JA RS. Mr. Sefton Parry and Miss U. Saunders —Aud FLY INO SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bel more, Blake, Yollaire, ; Mesdames Y. Josephs, C. bounders, Hassle Foote, ridden, Lennox, Raymond, &c. BRITANNIA. Tare LAritErros ISKIDAL; OR, MORE THAN MEETS THE EVE Mrs. Garshine ; Mr. "Dancing Mad" Bryan iic“rire Parks.—THE WHAT LS IT / Concluding with SOME DELIA THAT RANO. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR TIM DAT —Nfornine, 411. 28m Afternoon, 411. 53m. TO-Yolthow—lfornin% sh. 17m Afternoon, 50. 41m. LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26. THE successful issue of the new Russian stock of 6,000,000!. brings once more before the public the question of subs.ribing to foreign loans. It seems almost a hopeless task to take ground upon the morality of these transactions. In nine cases out of ten the money thus provided is squandered upon military armaments, which can do no good to any one, and probably in the end may be used against the very nation that has furnished the means. According to financiers of a certain school, that is nut a question to be considered. The only thing to be considered is whether it will pay or not. Business is business, and capitalists are bound not to ask how the funds arc to be employed. It must be owned, however, that the principle is carried out only in great ques tions. The subscriber to an enormous loan fur a large empire considers himself entirely absolved from any irrelevant reflection whether he is aasistbig to arm hostile nations with iror plated frigates, for the express purpose of destroy ing, or at least impairing, our naval supremacy. If the money is required to put down a Polish rebellion, to wage an aggressive war, or even for the less harmless object of wasting in court ceremonies a sum that might save a whole population in time of famine, the capitalist thinks it no concern of his. The case is altered when it corms to minor matters. The subscriber of half a millitat of one of these large loans would shrink from devoting a mere 10,000/. to a slave trading or piratical expedition, or even to an attempt to run the bloLkade during the American war. Heroism is _rest as long as the enterprise is of sufficient megnitude. When the enterprise is small, the fault app ears in its true colours. If foreign loans were really intended for bene ficial objects—to develop the resources of a country, construct roads and railways, and bring nations into greater intercommunication with each other—there can be no question that they ought to be encouraged to the utmost of our power. These operations woad be of equal utility to the lender and the burrower. Perhaps, considering our commercial position in the world, we should be the gainers, although the other side would gain also. As it is, our foreign loans do almost unmixed harm. Granted that they give a certain profit, the same argumeo:: may be used in favour of the merchants who supply native slavecatchers in Africa with Brummagem The Times observes that the object in view in solving the pr •blenc which has recently been considered by the recruiting commissioners, is to maintain not only a number of regiments, but an effective and disposable army for the defence of the kingdom, and the foundation of this is in the militia. As things are, however, the com pleteness and sufficiency of this force are mere delusions. The militia regiments consist of young troops without any leaven of old soldiers from the regular forces, they are drilled singly, regiment by regiment, and they cannot pos sibly have any knowledge of the actual service which would be before them if they were ever called into the field. They are simply young soldiers of good material, e mbodied in battalions, and acquainted with the rudiments of regimental duty. To give them some experience beyond this very limited training, nothing, it appears to us, would serve better than a little life in camp. The system of billeting is itself so abominable that it would be a good thing to escape it, and a few weeks at Aldershot, or under canvas, would; be of greater service to the men than months of such drill as they now receive. We have over done this camp training with our regular troops, but wi have given the militia no share of the benefits which it really confers. We now constantly see 20,000 or 30,000 volunteer' massed together ; let us ace as much done for our militia. Continuing to protest against making the battle of Sa dews a reason for doubling the troops at the government's disposal, and to argue that any attempt to imitate Prussian system is impossible in England, the Daily News proceeds to insist that we must still base our army enlistment on the same principles as at present—a fixed term of regular service , 56 for such adequate reward as we may offer, and a wholly Mexican, 1864 ... 131 ' separate engagement for partial service, into which men do. Anglo-French 204 may enter or not as they feel disposed. If we have proper Moorish Peruvian, 1862 do. 1865 Russian, 1862 15,000,000 ... 94 ... 86 i and cavalry to any requisite extent. Even 4 n the do. 1864 6,000,000 86 gg Guards a raw recruit takes his place in the ranks Turkish, 1862 7,3g7,000 68 68 in three mouths, and is relieved from extra dills do. 1863-4 7,685,000 66 56 in six. The organisation referred to is a system do. Converted, In- I which shall give us officers and sergeants qualified ternal Debt Venezuela, 186 0 do. 1864 1,397,000 ... 60 ... 32 of peace so worked that at a day's notice the best of the Vioeroy of Egypt's Private meu would be fit to wear the sergeant's stripes, the objec- Loan 3,320,000 ... 90 ... 76 Lion of expense would not exist, for there would be no It will be observed that the results are not en- necessity for the battalions to exceed in pesos four com es' stren-th We placed on a war ooting the num- couraging. In the whole list only three are above, of her . of oompe * ife; wo o l n ld be doubled, C he f lieutenants pro and that but sliLhtly, the rice of issue ; ono is of ended to the vacant captaincies, the sergeants pro insignificant amount, and of the other two a motcd to the new subalternships, the corporals to the ser second is comparatively moderate. Taking out geanteies, and in three weeks the new recruits would be some which were chiefly subscribed abroad—viz., thoroughly welded with the mass, and the regiment ready the Anglo-French Mexican and the Tnrkish 1883 for any service. The process is obviously capable of lode- Loans, of which probably not more than a tenth finite eximu'si°li and to supply, during a long term of and a sevenths are respectively held in this peaoe t:. the hope of of promo en t to ion en w to k r ic t h he wou n l ks d be it so ul attractive country, and also allowing that of the 3G millions to b e a nec 'g e ereyc to " give m then,, besides au ra occasional w co d m o m n is ly - Turkish Converted Debt English holders possess doe, a recognised prospect of getting posts in the corn. gunr or the traders who found it worth their while to sell gunpowder to the New Zealand in surgents. Apparently, the only way to induce the British to stop these foreign loan supplies is to show that they do not pay. This can be clearly proved by the recent experience of the last five years. From the spring of 1862 to the spring of 1866 a number of loans were introduced and sub scribed, of which the following aro tho principal. The approximate amounts, subscribed price, and latest value are given, and they arc sufficient to show that foreign loans, as a matter of business, do not pay : Isms Amount Plitt. 2500,000 ... 75 .. 3,800,000 ... 88 . 6,756,756 ... 74 . 2,418,000 ... 00 . Last price. Argentine Brazilian, 1863 do. 1865 Confederate .. 62.1 .. 69; .. 6 Danubian 898,000 Egyptian, 1852 do. second issue 1,085,000 . 84 do. do. 1854 5,475,000 ... 83 do. do. Railway I;onds. 3,000,000 ... 92 8,000,000 ... 77i 67 85 84 83 Italian, State Domain Mareromans Railway... 1,780,000 ... 74 4,864,000 ... 63 12,365,000 ... 63 439,000 ... 83 9,230,000 93 THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1866. missariat, the tusenahl, the military aloes, or other silt able serwiets. AMERICAY AFFAIRS. The first condition of agreement between the North and South is, in the opinion of the Times, a recognition of the fact that the Federal Congress, as it now exists, is un fettered by any thread of legal obligation in the re construction of the South, but is bound by a moral duty t o make the benefit of the vanquished the first object. Putting aside as impolitio the indefinite postpone ment of self-government and the proposal to rule the South through such of its inhabitants as are loyal to the north, the Times egos that some form of self government, however limited, be allowed—though for some time to come it must be supplemented, or rather overlooked, by a federal agency charged with the duty of maintaining personal security. Partial justice may be administered, but even this is preferable to a system which fails altogether to reach the offender because it is so opposed to the feelings of the inhabitants that they will not assist in carrying it out. The antipathies of race cannot be expected to be immediately allayed, but experience has shown that there is a sufficient number of freedmen capable of taking care of themselves, and by a natural law of progress the number must increase, and the relations between them and their employers become more definite and recognised. Anticipating the tone and temper which will charac terise the new Congress when it meets, the Daily News ob serves that the first feeling which will pervade it 14:11 be necessarily one of triumph, and that Mr. Johnson's policy is not likely to receive much consideration or regard— a new sense of power giving to the movements of Congress an ease and freedom which in the early part of the present year was manifestly wanting. Wilde induced to believe that the return of Morrissey will expedite the approaching and inevitable extinction of the democratic party, the Daily News thinks, on the other hand, that the return by Boston of two coloured men to the Massachusetts legislature is a practical admission of the doctrine of political equality, which will have a great effect on public opinion both in the North and South. The Telegraph thinks that President Johnson's message can scarcely fail to contain an acknowledgment that his appeal to public opinion has been unsuccessful, with the admission that his duty as a magistrate will compel obe dience to the decree, whatever may be his private opinions as a mall. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. In the Brand correspondence, the Post thinks that had the lieutenant never sent his second letter, few would have charged him with more than his bearillessneu could face, but the insolence and vulgarity (to use no stronger terms) of his retort leave very little room for excuse. The slang expressions of his letters, and the entire absence of that feeling of grave responsibility and awe which would seem natural to men administering, even under a sense of duty, the extremest punishment, will cause the Admiralty verdict to be generally endorsed by England, though many may add a recommendation to mercy. Treating of the retirement of Lord Chief Justice Erle, the Times remarks that the run of luck, as the world calls it, which has fallen to Lord Derby's lot in respect of legal vacancies has led to a very curious result. He will have adorned the bench with one judge of remarkable, and with two others of respectable, political capacity, and he will have for his law officers, Sir John Itolt and Mr. Karalake, two gentlemen of high standing in their profession, but with little or no established influence in the House of Commons. The Telegraph returns to the subject of the rejection of Mr. James Martineau by University College on sectarian grounds. If the council, it says, will amopt no professor of mental philosophy, however eminent, unless his re ligious opinions shall appear to Mrs. Grundy as colour less as water, then we must be permitted to call their conduct as contemptible a display of cowardice or inconsistency as we ever witnessed in the ranks of educated men. Nor is that all. It is more than cowardice ; it is high treason against the interests of philosophy, because it is a delibe rate preference of mediocrity which cannot offend and can not instruct, instead of abilities which would shed lustre on a college that is certainly not too rich in intellectual power. grfte Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24. Tho Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty drove out this morning with Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, took a drive. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Lieut. Haig, returned from London last evening, and the Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Lord Alfred Paget, arrived at the Castle from their visit to the Duke and Duchess d'Authale. The Duke of Edinburgh and l'rince Christian went out shooting, attended by Major-General Sir T. H. Biddulph and Lord Alfred Paget. The Duke and Duchess of Ruxburghe had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday, and have left the Castle to-day. Sot•. 25. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian. Princess Louise and Prince Christian rode, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Sir John Cowell. The Queen, the l)uke of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated. • The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal family. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council eat on Saturday, at Whitehall, on matters relating to quarantine. The lords present were the Lord President, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, and the Right Hon. Horatio Waddingt..n. Mr. Helps and Mr. Harrison attended the committee. _ _ . - . A Committee of the Council sat again yesterday (Sun day) on the same subject. The lords present were the Lord President, Sir Stafford Nortbcote, and the Right Hon. Horatio Waddington. Mr. Helps, Mr. Harrison, and Dr. Wiblin attended the committee. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by the noblemen and gentlemen in his suite, is ex pected to arrive at Marlborough House on Saturday next from St. Petersburg. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle have ar rived at the St. George's Hotel. The Marquis of Bath, Viscount and Viscountess Midleton, and the Hon. Miss Brodriek have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square. _ . The Earl of Derby has accepted an invitation to be present at Wolverhampton daring the visit of her Majesty. Mr:Seymour-Fitzgerald, who has been gazetted Governer of Bombay, will, it is said, leave this country shortly before Christmas to assume the governorship of the presidency early in the new year. The Cruikshank Testimonial is progressing satis factorily. The subscriptions of the committee (a very large one) will amount to nearly 1,0001. A most interesting per:ormance is announced by the Sacred Harmonic Society for Friday, Dec. 7-51ozart's Requiem, preceded by Minders Dettingen Te Deem. Time Lady of Lyons is, it is said, to hate a double revival in London. Mr. Fechter, for whom Lord Lytton has rewritten a portim of the piece, and Mr. Sothern will both appear as Claude Melnotte respectively at the Lyceum and Haymarket Theatres. The new piece, A Sister's Penance, to be produced at the Adelphi, is a dramatic version, by Mr. Tom Taylor, of a story by Mr. Dubmirg, in Household Words. Miss Kate Terry plays the principal character, and Bliss Hughes makes her first appearance at the Adelphi. The negro actor Ira Aldridge has had a great RICONIS at Versailles in Othello—the only tragedy, unfor tunately, be can appear in. The theatrical performance was preceded by a dinner, given to the stars of the litenu7 world, at the Hotel des Reservoirs. Alexandre Dumas was among the last to arrive, and at next to 3f. Barrier*. The prince of romaneists was in full force, and related more anecdotes during the hour devoted to dinner than an ordinary man would have remembered in a month. The Versailles Theatre was crammed to suffocation. LATES' 'BEN CE. A CLERICAL PLOT PREPARING IN RODLE. The Roman correspondent of the Debate writes as follows : While conciliating ideas seem to prevail in high quarters at Rome, a busy and implacable faction, which claims to dictate laws to the church, and to trace the con duct which its august head should follow, is mine than ever striving to get him to quit Italy and thereby render impossible any reconciliation with a government which it regards as revolutionary. The Pope declared in his allocution of October 29 that he would leave Rome if necessary, that is to say, if he was forced. The object, therefore, is to get up a popular movement against the government so as to influence the action of the Pope. For this purpose elements of disorder have been assembled in the city. The brigand cb;efs of Southern Italy and of Sicily have been collected and con cealed in convents where their fanaticism is excited by priests. The national committee, which has its eye on these plane, has shown that the bread and meat supplied to the convents by the butchers and bakers is three or four times more than the usual quantity. Depots of concealed arms have also been discovered, andall the powder in the shops of the vendors of that article has been sold in one day. It is to be hoped that these guilty designs, which wouldof oouroe be attributed to the Italian government, will faiL It will be sufficient to appeal to the patriotism and moderation of the Roman people, and this is what the committee is doing. RUSSIAN INTOLERANCE. The Breslau Gazette says : Prince Tcherkasoi has imprisoned eight ecelesiastes of the United Greek rite in the diocese of Cholm, who will be brought before a council of war. Their crime consists in having protested against the violence which has been exercised towards the United Greek Church. Au equal number of priests of the same diocese have been con veyed by order of the director of police into the interior of Russia because they passively resisted tho order to re place the united Greek liturgy by that of the Russian schism." (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME AND ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 26. Signor Vegezzi will shortly proceed to Rome upon a mission from the Italian government. The candidates returned in the elections that have taken place up to the present in Venetia belong to the moderate party. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2G. The committee appointed by the Lower Austrian Diet has adopted the draft of an address to the Emperor requesting his Majesty in respectful terms to convoke the Diet. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 25, The Ministry of War has ordered the conversion of 162,000 muskets into breech-loaders. The work is to be executed at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiew, Odessa, \Vilna, and Warsaw. Tenders will be received by the artillery department of the War Ministry up to the 9th of December. HUNGARY. PE:3TH, Nov. 24, Evorma. M. Majlath left yesterday fur Vienna. It is believed that newspaper reporters will be allowed to be present at the sittings of the com mittee upon common affairs. PESTH, Nov. 25. 1:pon the proposal of M. Deal, the party under his leadership have resolved that in the address of the Diet in reply to the royal rescript the Emperor shall be urged to restore without delay the laws of 1848, leaving the settlement of common affairs to the committee appointed to consider that question. CHINA AND JAPAN. SHANCHAI, OCT. 9 (vitt Trieste Disturbances are reported to have taken place among the Chinese soldiers at Nankin. The Viceroy beheaded 54 of them who were caught robbing the inhabitants. The murderers of the captain and other per sons belonging to the Lubra have not yet been discovered. The foreigners in Hong Kong have memorialised the Secretary of State for the Colonies upon the subject. Two tea ships, the Westminster and J. E. Boyd, have been wrecked. Advices received here from Japan announce that the death of the Tycoon took place in September. His successor has been appointed, and it is be lieved that he is favourable to foreign trade. The civil war was supposed to have terminated. Prince Choisu dictated his own terms, and it was believed they would be accepted. He has retained the command of the Straits of Simonosaki. DEATH OF GAVARNI, THE FRENCH ARTIST. Paul Chevalier, better known under the name of ' Gavarni, died on Sunday in his villa at Auteuil, at the age of t 5, having been born in Paris in tool. In early life he WWI a mechanician. At the age of 53 be turned his attention to the art in which he subsequently became famous. From the first his success as a caricaturist was decisive. Under Philippon he carried on, together with Granville, TravKs, and Danmier, a bitter war against the bourgeois government of Louis Philippe. Having escaped from the political influence of Philippon, Gavarni began to sketch Faris life and manners. A catalogue of his designs would fill some thirty folio volumes. " Pos sessed of a fine organisation," says Champfleury, " of a scientific mind, and acquainted with literature, Gavarni might have been a savant, a romance writer, a poet, or a BrurnineL But he remained Gavarni, and his work has the elegance of the name he selected. A painter of students, of their loves, of Blinci Pinwale, there is in him the elements of a Believe, of a ?Russet." It is 'elated of him that in 1849 he intended to come to live in London, but that his spirits all at once gave way at the spectacle of the tenable misery he witnessed. The frequenter., of taverns, thieves, street-sweepers, the beggars of St. Giles and Whitechapel, became the subjects of his pencil, but even rags themselves acquired a kind of dignity under his touch. It was in Paris, however, that he del:glited, in Paris he remained, and it is P is life in its gaiety and its pleasures that is chiefly reflected in his light and facile compositions. He took the name of Gavarni after • sketch by him of the Circus of Gavarni, one of the most beautiful situations in the Pyrenees, which appeared originally in the Etta& des WEATHER. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) MONDAY, 2 , OVEWBEIt 28, 8 LW. a 1 7.1 W. IL 1 ,-.. "1" W. 3r. 3to 1.. - . 11 I. • D. a 9. —,,— Nairn Abardesa ,29.86!9 N.W. 1 1 W. ro O.OL 1 Leith 129.94 42 W. 2 4 &W. um 0.02 1 Ardrocum. 129.96 45 W. 4 7 N.W. c 0 . 30 8 Greencactle 30.06 45. N.W. 2 6 N.N.W. ro 0:1 1 Valentia 30.27 49 N. 3 8 N.W. 00 0.08 3 Cape Clear I larerpool 19.98 46 N.N.W. 2 1 W.N.W. oc 0.16 ! Holyhead Penzance 30.1650 N.H.& 7 1 N.N.W. 0 0.17 i 6 Brest .. '3O.OS 48 N.N.W. 7 , W.N.W. rc 0.20 6 Lancet . 30.00 43 N.W. 3 1 W.N.W. eb 0.201 8 Rochefort 30.00 46 N.W. 4 1 I N.W. c 1.42 4 Plymouth Weymouth Pretionoath 20.9141 N.N.W. 3 N.N.W. rc 0.06 II London - Yarmouth 29.72 42 N. 4 i N. ,ro :0.121 1 Scarborough. 29.82 43 N. . 6 W. eb 10.13 1 IS Shields 19.9343 N.N.W. ; 8 N.W. co 2 Helder — 1 - - -•— - REMARKS. In the horth of Scotland the barometer fell yesterday EL! in. Pressure has subsequently Increased rapidly, and the ',lnds have become more northerly, but a ithout any important clet line of temperature, The winds are still strong our the western coasts of England, with considerable sea. LAW UTEUJGENCE. (TED 3 DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir B. T. Modernity). RE LEEDS BANKING COMPANT IMPARTS MATTHEWMAN. — 1 THE SEPARATE ESTATE OF A MARRIED WOMAN. The question in this case, which came before the eourt in the form of an adjourned summons from chambers, was whether a married lady, Mrs. Matthewman, who had certain property settled upon her for her separate use , was liable to be placed upon the list of contributories in respect of certain hares which she contracted to take in the Leeds Bank. Mts. Matthewman'A first husband, William Sedman, who was the holder of 55 shares in the company, appointed his wife his sole executrix. Upon the death of the husband it wee competent to the company, under its deed of settle ment, to have insisted that Mrs. Sedman should either have these shares placed in her own name, or that they should be sold. In this case, as in several others, nothing of the kind had been done, and the shares remained in Mr. Badman's name until the bank stopped pay ment in September, 1864, but with the notification that Mr. Sedman was dead, and that his widow was the sole executrix. At the time of his death Mr. Sedman was was also a customer to the extent of 6631., and that account was closed and the balance carried to a new account opened in the name of Mrs. Sedman. In April, 1864, about six months before the ba nk stopped payment, Mrs. Sedman intermarried with George Matthewman, on which occasion a settlement was made by which her property was vested in trustees for her separate use, and notification of the fact was sent to the bank. W hen the resolution was come to to offer the 2,660 unallotted shares to the shareholders, Mrs. Matthewman applied for and obtained the fifteen shares which formed the subject of the present controversy. The shares were paid for by a cheque drawn by Mrs. fdatthewutan upon her own account with the bank. The question w-s whether, under these circumstances, Mrs. Matthew man, although a married woman , ought to be placed upon the list of contributories for the pm pose of making her separate estate liable for the calls under the windixtu. The 'icep-Chancellor concurred in the view of Lord Jus tice Turner, that if a married woman incurred obligations intending to contract with reterence to her sepa rate estate only, and if this was understood by the creditor, he had a right to make her separate estate liable for the payment of the debt. It was clearly not necessary that such a contract should be in writing, but the fact of its existence must be judged from all the circumstances of the case. No judge would go to the extent of saying that even' obligation of a mar ried woman who had separate estate should be payable out of her separate estate. There could be no doubt that in the present case Mrs. Ilatthewman was intending to take the 15 shares independently of her husband, and that the company ,in making the allotment was dealing with her on that understanding. A manied woman hav ing separate estate could unquestionably hold shares in a joint-stock company independently of her husband, and it followed, therefore, that she could and ought to be placed upon the list of contributories in the liquidation unless there was something to the contrary in the deed of settlement of the company. It had been argued that a married woman was not permitted to hold shares in this company. In his opinion this was a very strained construction of the deed, but even if there were anything in the argument, Mrs. Blatthewinan could not be permitted to repudiate her contract on any such ground. The came of this lady must therefore, remain on the list in respect of her sepa rate estate ; hut, of course, the case was not one in which he should require her to pay the costs. Mr. Glasse and Mr. Cotton appeared for the official liqui dator ; and Mr. Baily and Mr. Itosburgh for Mrs. Mat thownian. THE BRIGHTON CLUB AND NORFOLK HOTEL COMPANY. Mr. Daily moved, on behalf of Mr. Reynolds, who claimed to be a creditor of the company, that the winding up order which was obtained on the 3rd inst. might be committed to him to carry out, and that it should not be abandoned without notice to him. Mr. Reynolds alleged that on the construction of the company a large sum was due to him, and that he bad brought an action upon his debt and had recovered judgment. He said further that the company disputed the amount of the claim and paid ',to court what they considered due, and the matter was referred to a gentleman of the common law bar, who in consequence of illness had not yet been able to proceed with the arbitration. The order for winding-up had not been drawn up, and the company had been making atrange ments with the other creditors for tho withdrawal of the petition upon which the order was made. Mr. Swanston supported the application. Mr. Glasse, on the part of the company, opposed upon tit- ground that Mr. Reynolds was not a creditor, he hay ing been fully paid for his work and certain penalties for delay being due from him to the company under his con tract. Mr. Reynolds had applied to the Master of the Rolls for a w tiding-up order which had been refused a ithout the other side being heard. Mr. Woodroffe represented the Hampshire Banking Company, who were cree , tors to the extent of 26,0001. out of the ~ 8 ,000/., which was the total indebtedness of the company. His clients were satisfied that the arrange ment in contemplation was the beat for all the creditors. Mr. Lindley and Mr. Bruce appeared for other creditors in opposition to the motion. The Vice-Chancellor il;d not see how he could positively grant the order. All the shareholders and all the creditors with the exception of Mr. Reynolds, considered that the best course for all parties was to carry on the company, and it might turn out that Mr. Reynolds was not a creditor at all. The application was refused with costs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THE RETIREMENT OF SIR W. ERLE. The retirement of Sir Win. Erie, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, after honourable service on the bench for a period extending as far back as November, 1844, was the great event of the day in Westminster Hall, as this was the last day of Michaelmas term. The court was crowded to excess, and a large party of ladies were accommodated with seats in the gallery. Sir W. Erie is about 73 years of age, and was a member of the western circuit before his ele vation to the bench. He sat for 15 years as one of the puisne judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, and has held his present position of Lord Chief Justice of this court for exactly seven years. Among those who were present were the Solicitor Genera], the Queen's Advocate, Sir Roundel' Palmer, and most of the leading members of the bar; and so great was the throng that it was with extreme difficulty that the Attorney-General, who arrived shortly before one, was able to work his way through the crowd of learned gentlemen. Lady Erle and her sister, and another lady, were upon the bench, though from the limited space allotted there it could hardly be said that they were " accommo. dated" there. The ATIORNEY-GENERAL, upon the re-assembling of the court after lunch, rose, the whole bar remaining standing during the ceremony, read a short address, express ing the high admiration which the profession entertained for the judicial qualities displayed by his lordship, and their affectionate regard for the kindness and courtesy that had been displayed by him upon the bench and in the intercourse of private life. He concluded by affectionately bidding his lordship farewell." His lordship, who was much affected, replied in suitable terms, and the court immediately afterwards rose. COURT OF ARCHES. (Before the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington.) PLAHANK T. THE Ray. THOMAS BORNE HI It PEON. -THE RITUALISTIC MOVEMENT.-JUDGMENT. _ _ _ This case, which appeared in the Express on the 12th instant, was now decided on a preliminary objection taken on the part of the rev. defendant, who is the perpetual curate of East Teignmonth, Devon, and who was charged with five offences under the Church Discipline Act, called " ritualistic practices." The Queen's Advocate, Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Remelt were for the defendant ; Mr. A. Stephens, Q.C., Dr. Swabey, and Mr. Drook were for the plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Flamm*, who had been churchwarden of the parish. The objection on the part of Mr. Simpson was that the proceedings before the commissioner appointed by the Bishop of Exeter did not recite, as it was contended they should, that the offences were committed within two years. I 1 to 1 His lordship proceeded to give judgment on the point, 9 but spoke in so low a voice that it was with difficulty he —• could be understood. He said he would presently advert 7 to the facts of the case, but he deemed it expedient to I state the question at issue. Truly there was but one I question, and that was whether the defendant had been 3 properly cited to appear in this court to the offence s brought against him. His lordship then referred to 7 the proceedings before the commissioners, in which no date 6 was given, but in the letters of request the period of two 6 s years was mentioned. An objection had been taken before 4 the commissioner as to the dates not being stated and over -4 * ruled. He had no power to sit in appeal over the commis 'loners, and after going through the taste his lordship re " fused to sustain the objection made on the pert of Mr. Simpson, and, therefore, the motion would be dismissed. The Queen's Advocate asked leave to appeal to the Judi cial Committee of the Privy Council. It was necessary by the 3rd and 4th Viet., c. 13, to obtain leave. His lordsh;p gave leave, as if he was wrong there would be no jurisdiction to hear the ease. Mr. Stephens, Q.C., hoped there would be no delay in pn smiting the appeaL The application was dismissed. Leave to appeal granted. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) ASSAULT BY A SOLDIML James Morris, a smart-looking 'ming fell ow the uniform of one of her blajesty's homebald was charged with committ ng a violent Agnes Hobbs, at George's-road, Holloway. Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the tote for Improving and Rnforeug the Lent u a dl ." l tection of Women, watched the can. The families of both parties have for manes..., at variance, and a brother of the compl e mi n ---- val lately apprehended as &deserter through, &sa in t r information given by the defendant's f asc ias, rows and fights have taken place between them, the complainant's family was fighting with ansr fendant's, when the defendant rushed i nto sh the com pl ainant in the face and k noc k ed Whilst e was on the ground the defendant on the head and inflicted such injuries that di conveyed to the hospital and hav e h er h em e bad was she that she remained insensible ft When the defendant aim the mischief he had, away, and was captured by the polies as he hie escape over the walls at the rear of his ta d dm ei , The defendant, in reply to the cha rge , ' pushed the oomplainant but did not strike her family were in the constant habit of family and assaulting them. Mr. Cook said that he was sorry to see s the uniform the defendant did in court on tech He then sentenced the defendant to '- labour in the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STRUT. RELIGIOUS lICRUPLES AGAINGT PROSKTEIt William Young, errand boy to Mr. C.; - No. 21, Brewer-street, Golden-square, was , Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing two gold chains, and a quantity of rings and earrings, of the 201., the property of his employer. On the prisoner being placed at the her, Police-eonstabls Gordon, 33 C, said that declined to give evidence against the boy, h e , objections to doing so. The boy was charged about M. worth of property. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the officer what was Mr. Padgett's objections' Gordon said he believed Mr. Padgett was Mr. Spurgeon. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that if a person liked, - Spurgeon, to be robbed of 201. worth of pelves, Tyrwhitt) could not help it. Gordon said there were other charges agsied sonar at Marylebone. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would discharge th e the officer thought proper to take him ;- other charges he could do so. The officer took the boy into custody, and for Marylebone. SOUTHWARK. RAILWAY TICEETR, Mr. Bland, a farmer, of Old Bexley, mooed by Sergeant Strickland, of the do specially employed by the South Eastern , pany, for unlawfully travelling without perms • carriage of a class superior to that for wki y' tained a ticket. Mr. Brown appeared to prosecute on behalf way company. William Stafford, a ticket collector, in the company, said on the arrival of the P. f 0 stone at London-bridge, on the night of ti was about to collect the tickets, when he dant stepping out of a first-class carriage. suspicion about him he went up to him, and his ticket he handed witness a third-clan Bexley. Witness then demanded the mini re:used to pay, saying that he had not come carriage. Witness then took his name sad which he reported the circumstances to the f The defendant contradicted the witness, what he had sworn to was false. He had b harshly by the company by the present prat he should make them pay for it. He never first-class carriage at aIL The magistrate here asked the ticket a. he actually saw the defendant in the fint-dan \Witness reVied that he did not. lie. foot on the step of the first-class carriage on the platform. The magistrate observed that he might the first-class carriage to speak to some on Witneas said that he did nut think co. open at the time. He had no doubt but in the first-class carriage. The magistrate said that there was no p therefore he must dnruiss the charge. severely censured the defendant as to his( of justice. THE CHARGE AGAINST THI DIRECTOR OF THE JUIIIT•'T( COMPANY.-( THIS DAY.) Mr. James Freeling Wilkinson this morning from Newgate, before to undergo further examination upon lawfully appropriating large sums of the company to his own use. bit. Bland again appeared for the prawn* Sleigh for the defence. It will be remembered that the defe. committed for trial for thisappropriatini the property of the company, am ness of to-day was to read over and positions in that case, in order that the defendant may have an oppartunit learned judge to admit the defect Lord Nl.yor having refused to do mated at the last examination that prefer a fresh charge against the defem occasion. The reading over of the voluminous the previousemaminationsoccupicda ci and the defendant, in answer to t whether he wished to make any ame replied that he was totally innocent, I prove his innocence at the trial, awl the hands of hiscounsel. The other charge which it was stated prefer against the defendant was that sum of 2,0771., the property of the coon appeared had been appropriated to the in the Joint Stock Discount Compan; only partially entered into at the how EXTRAORDINARY CILJ!U SOLICITORS AND A RAILWA An extraordinary and protractq tending over nearly a fortnight, was bro the Shire-hall, Derby, on Saturday last. case were very volututnous, but we may John Cutts, solicitor, and town eert George Fslward Gee, solicitor, Chester Pocklington, railway contractor, wr follows: — , For that you, on the nth the Shire-hall, in Derby, in the said and wilfully did conspire and agree others, by fraud, perjury, and pret goods and chattels then or theretot said Samuel Ibbotson, had been trans, said Robert Pocklington for good cowl( Edward Peat and others, contrary statute in such cases made and provii Robert Pocklington was also brom charged with perjury., which was r committed in the above case.—Mt supportof the charges,for the Dukeof Blackburn, barrister, Midland (Iran Fitsjames Stephen, barrister ' for 3 Chambers, solicitor, Shettield,for Mr. Cutts is a solicitor, practising Gee is a partner of Mr. Cutts, also Mr. Pocklington is a publican and Fnl at Sheepbridge, near Chesterfield, cumstances of the case occurred. TI in the inquiry was Mr. Samuel in the case, who was formerly a f ar. occupying land to the extent of shoal Cutts hail been ao intimate friend and Mr. Ibbotson, inasmuch as hr had the ugh. - over the land for some conaidemble time pot " on that land was of considerable value, from eke: it being surrounded by the preserves of the Rutland and the Duke of Devonshire. An wit brought.—" Ibbotson apinst Peet and others"--41 March assizes sit Derby, and dec ided in Metr o defendants (Duke of Itutland's keepers). Er amount of 144/. 13s. were ent ailed, which plaintiff (who in reality was Mr. Cutts, it le! and to avoid the payment of this sum a got up, and the defendants were deprived tg 8 .. g The nature of the conspiracy was that Ibbeel" — friendly turnover of his effects to Pueldingeele* the keepers getting their costs . —M the close of is on Saturday evening, the bench said it painful duty to oonimit all three defendants .10701 the next March assizes, at Derby, for they would swept bail aa follows: —Eath defr,Sjo - it bound over in the sum of 1 ,000 L, and ev-b ' A i 00 find two sureties of :100f. each. —The bail vse sio • forthcoming. The defendant Pocklingtcarl,o,lo mittedou a second charge of h avin g c o mmitre? siot corrupt perjury at Derby assizes, m July lei - -emltted to bail on this charge. A small yacht is building at. Cowen, In' Wight, for Prince Napoleo n, for extureioes on* Geneva. ° Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constsoctO,h navy, is et present staying at Birkenhead toniiti4 Saturday morning he wu present at the laut; 00 lafian transport s t ea mer Euphrates, fro, " 0 0 Messrs. Laird Brothers, an.' in the evening •'• tamed at dinner by Mr. John Laird, 3LF• rHE Z ►EPVTT DIEUTA M ow, iateid weak' At WWI Is 1 / 4 infiree" d s * Anal* `lt the Pier * we far Ile fe. oration, erl public! We 41 Y nu& k _ pith et the iatat is piockedtazy o :ii.cestr t thit:o4hrti: :: : o t o rbeshouslit: weadepu.uso t p h or e ,t. fendast lily ,_ t he depots &tt. she to t e! . ol h e nitting '24 22 %i at a dad to 614 f ft he hag t ew itt thdp w ma as he a u friendly • his notlaw e m lows led lite, mid gel! t h ro ugh di L t l iks weeta lwr emiloopii lismeno,srio dem ns o un ne r t t on sult s Zell working three notttig i l ' oration to hold. o wn havil eaoasonnel r. C. d tion, step was it. that the eaine, 18 e,7, entirely d the veils g l i e sung,' tl oar, to • I tint lft. pm, - prima tl elseumete a.ae l me l i mht him to pa et the Or at um the s e m h to he <, t was n f a mt keine in sad the g iked, bus" e l , They hog of le•Peelf hit, o f Londe ta the au sad how t bee hat Ile the bey, op use of th buy into lassieoonstral Mr. Bi dy, add Migh t gates, s would be • a. which mien Ran wisa &unison the detains o s d poop" .tasuttan Baihsoh e park. I for • hozoissobeige the GM favour, oa beheil of es at lion of I tree, woe tar, is the ° Obi Mr. C e 9.40 tnia fru It of the 21U l ianas hen he meth . had nap mine. funds, and ea etonstab ird-claas as dm!' he extra fere, Wid Mr. J let COIN is a their " ame ud addna, - Hr. 1 s to the states au &linter !Russ, telling kale ties an e had bees trendy tent premed* ■ cr g ani , Be never vu longue numbs ticket alone Ai offered le firet-eJsse esme: token lie, haunt, mei liege andthe !Weis 'rn imi°l Domini might We Inglis Lore one one. very ink to, is the don They It but be had smil but u no pool thst course charge. He, lust t o H o to his combs:tams he nor purpo THE UAJ$lk made T•STOCBLLSC(fd park f in gm prat son was brtv e di • l the u afore the Lei lids, the d 'lion the clop el s erect s of money telnOtb r ams of the he prawn*" h la site and defendant ebtlefol holdi rioting the eas and the fen le Deed and complete tie • the that the legal aria pries -Minty of epphill hi • meal defendant to ti is not / do so. B epee hold that it was Mae oon T s defendantmtheprat from be nous depoeitiewleme gist da verycoosidonktet Lon, to the toren P us peso ly answer t• the M , prof cent, and that he of tatil aw l he left be W I out men ! stated it was WM° • • the that of alierteeel Si Pon se company, ui WWI we , to the swam di° Sot w p an y, It wal,b oll, if e hour we Weld Ol ga the war ;Es AGAINST rs sub ; ; W.l Y COS C% sok • met motracted was b ro ught !I. 1m• Rol jay last. The deo'? we may state beet an c:erk of giv4 Chesterfield; sad to r , wer e niamil• not c lath day of gilt tat' e said county, • 't'lgerrieee'retoteftZleintheleh:that M 4 Inik transferre 4 by d coiwideratio• • , le the tray to the foil • provided" The the . h .at rou ol gh le t ged ep 2 ex l c to tee —Mr. Leech i g s 7 urot ell toe f ri heetee4slf;. hid ere all tM I. ful o k :enrori: ,br e olg. :r73fi!i f .to,taibi . tae ß (n.irmso.cort;w.u.f u ceonhit t cereea lend awl aoloa w ", 1 h,d the right °` Ss, , 1 OTOI 11 LOT( it from i tt