The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-19 00:00:00

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To be able, by the turn of a phrase, by a few words more or less obscurely menacing, or vaguely reassuring, to rally or to scare the confidence of all the Exchanges of Europe, is perhaps, in a moral sense, a prerogative of personal power scarcely more exalted than that which may be exercised by a dangerous lunatic at large, or even by one of those unwelcome visitors from the jungle who occasionally descend into the streets of Singa pore. In either of these cases it is not the power of not doing any harm that is admired by the trembling lookers on ; it is the capacity for doing incalculable mischief. Without pro yoking disrespectful comparisons, we may take leave to doubt whether it is the power which he has always possessed of not disturbing the peace of Europe, by remaining quietly at home and de veloping the domestic liberties of his subjects, that has made the Emperor NAPOLEON'S annual speeches to his Legislative Chambers documents of such portentous interest and importance. Is it not the fact that the composer and utterer of these enigmatical commonplaces is for a while the sole master and mover of the aggressive forces of a great military nation, and the sole irre sponsible director of its destinies, that makes nations and governments hang on his lips ? There is nothing enviable or admirable in the prestige of a country that has suffered itself to become the instrument of such a power of per turbation. Unless we are greatly mistaken, it is a power of which France is beginning to be slammed and sick, and which is already conscious of its own exhaustion. The Speech which was delivered yesterday at the Tuileries, compared with its predecessors, is remarkable only for its laborious insipidity. It breathes discouragement and lassitude in every line. Its predecessors were empty enough in sense to any one at all familiar with the Napoleonic vocabulary ; but their emptiness was always sonorous and emphatic. In the present Speech the emphasis of sound is wanting ; the phrase falls flat upon the ear, and seems to yawn from weari ness, as if the speaker were stifled by his mask. In the paragraphs devoted to the Universal Exhibition—a topic, it must be confessed, too propitious to platitudes—there is a hollowness that can be felt. After the experience of the Exhi bitions of 1851, 1855, 1862, after the Crimean, the Italian, the German war, to tell a European audience that the " momentary brilliance " of the Exhibition of 1867 " has destroyed for ever a " past of prejudices and of errors " is a shocking want of respect for the average intelligence of the pit and gallery. What "prejudices and errors" has this Universal Exhibition destroyed for ever? The British prejudice against horseflesh as an article of food ? The prejudice of Frenchmen against English beer or German cookery ? It has brought multitudes of people from all countries pleasantly together, and we should be very loth to doubt that by a thousand indirect influences it has contributed to the peace and progress of mankind. But we cannot pretend that it haadestroyed the vices of personal government or the prejudices of abso lute p.wer. Here, for instance, is an enlightened Sovereign declaring that " free trade can alone " secure supplies and lower prices," at the very time when his Government is creating an artificial price of bread, and pulling cities to pieces in order to find work for idle hands to do. From the Universal Exhibition the EMPEROR passes easily and naturally to his project of law for the reor ganization of the army. Nobody will dispute the justice of his remark that it is the duty of all Governments "to follow progress independently "of circumstances in all the elements which " constitute the strength of a country." France, however desirous of peace, cannot allow tho organization of her armies and her arma ments to be surpassed by that of any of her neighbours. This is a doctrine we English men are in the habit of preaching in Parlia ment and in the press with respect to our navy : and the army is to France what the navy is to England, with this essential difference, that the army of France is, in the hands of a personal Government, an aggressive force ; the navy of Eng land, under the control of a free Parliament, is a defensive force. It speaks well for the revival of a controlling public opinion among our neigh bours that the Emperor NAPOLEON withdraws that Bill which would have compelled every adult Frenchman to serve as a soldier, and raised tho army on a peace footing to the strength of twelve hundred thousand men. He now proposes a mea sure which will be a simple modification of the law of 1832, and combine a reduction of the military forces in peace time with the machinery for increasing it expeditiously and effectively in case of war. The criticisms of Generals TROCHE and CHANGARNIEK and of the Due D'Aumetc, and the strong moral resistance of the rural population to the original project, have resulted in this change of the EMPEROR'S plans, and induced him to submit them, and the " great " and contradictory interests" which they affect, to the further consideration of the Legislature. What he calls " the patriotic idea that the stronger we " shall be the more certain will be the assurance "of peace" is only half a fallacy, since in the existing state of international relations it is weakness, as in the case of Italy, that invites attack. But it is only half a truth to pretend that the more combustibles are accumu lated in Europe the less is the chance of a general conflagration. It may be " the imperious duty" of the Second Empire to test its new arms of precision on the body of an ally, but such expe riments make a cruel rhapsody of your " incon " testable pledges of concord." And by an unfortu nate arrangement, it is poor Italy that succeeds the army reorganization bill in the EMPEROR'S Speech. He pays " the revolutionary agitation" in that country the compliment of confessing that it was " prepared in broad daylight," which dietin- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1867. The most conspicuous parts of it are its omissions.' Its silence about Mexico, about Salzburg, is almost eloquent. Thu "dark spots" have disappeared from the horizon, or have resolved themselves into nebulous " disquietudes." Since the Chambers separated in the summer, a vague uneasiness has somehow arisen in the public mind concerning the relations of France with', Germany. " The belief has been spread " that the changes which have taken place in Ger many were not regarded with perfect equanimity I . the French Government. Considering the I anticedents of the Seconci Empir e, a belief of this kind was perhaps more unfounded than sun prising. But what excites the painful astonish ment of the EMPEROa is that tin: : ecic . rat l ooli of his official orators and his official and semi-official !journals, instead of appeasing, have increased the prevailing disquiet and uncertainty. Tho public mind in free countries is so unreasonable! Even when the Moi.itcur was repeatedly declaring that the French Government never contemplated any change of government in Mexico—even when it , informed the world that the Empire of Masi- MILIAN was secure, and that the French army would not return until the last traces of the Republican " rebellion " were trodden out—there were still found incredulous readers of the Monifeer. So again, when M. Revues declared in the Corps Idgislatif that no despatches had passed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic representative' of France at the Hague and at Berlin, there were people who were not at all surprised by the publication, a little later, of a whole series of French despatches precisely such as M. Rouliza had denied. So again, when the whole semi-officialpress,derivingits inspi rations from one Ministry or another, and several other journals notoriously authorised and founded with the assent and the assistance of the Govern ment, were clamorous, day after day, for war with Prussia, there were, " notwithstanding the de " claration of my Government," people who could not be convinced of its peaceful disposition. However, it is not the less agreeable to read the EMPEROR'S present assurance that so long as the interests and dignity of France are not threatened by Germany ho will not interfere in her domestic arrangements. But who is to be the judge of what "the interests and dignity" of the Second Empire demand? The "interests and dignity" of a Power which presumes to assure another great Power that its national independence shall be respected, must be of rather a sensitive and irritable order. Count BISMARCK will be pleased with the promise of conditional impunity ; but it would probably be more satisfactory to him to under stand how " the interests and dignity " of France may be affected by " changes that take place "on the other side of the Rhino." If Germany were Italy and Berlin were Rome, the state of uncertainty about French feeling towards Germany would endure a little longer. The EMPEROR evidently finds relief in passing from Germany to that " imposing spec " tack) of conciliation and peace " which is disappearing as fast as possible from the Champ de Mars under the pressing injunctions of the Ministry of War. This imposing spectacle was opened amidst a panic of impending war ; it was closed amidst the preparations for armed intervention in Italy, and rumours of war grow, like rank grass, over its ruins and remains. guishes it from some other memorable usurpations and expeditions, and particularly from a certain Roman expedition "in the interior " which was prepared and performed sixteen years ago. We are to understand that the second occupation of Rome is undertaken for the " protection of " the power of the Holy See ;" a power quite separable from the Temporal throne. The power of the Holy See should be nothing but spiritti i i, but why does France go back to Rom tc protect what has never been assailed eve... republi can government in 1849 1 by the The EMPEROR replies, "The Convention of , lated ;" geptember has been vie " but;lt forgets to add, " by the Second Eir -;rrt, :ry the formation of the Antibes Legion : 1 out of the French army, by the mission of " General DUMONT, and by the letter of Marshal " /Ctn." This Convention NAPOLEON declares to be still existing. But as there are two parties to a contract, and the present contract has been broken ! Iby one party and denounced by the other, the Italians will certainly not wait for another inter national transaction of a Conference which will never meet to consider the Convention of September as blown into the air by the Chassepota at Mentana. On the Eastern Question the Speech " breaks no I " bones." It is equally agreeable to Turk and Christian, and equally profitable, and if Russia is satisfied the unanimity will indeed be wonderful. Nor, to do it justice, is it altogether wanting in a certain boldness of imagination. It invites the Chambers to the consideration of domestic reforms, because the atmosphere of politics is so remarkably clear. The Estrzaos has been delighted with the enthusiasm and loyalty of the populations in the North and East ; he speaks of the completion of the parochial roads as an act " almost of gratitude " to the people who will have to pay for them. If there are some embarrassments of a commercial and indus , trial nature in the situation, arising from a deficient harvest, and from that " general un " easiness" which "the good understanding pre vailing between the Powers" will remove, never- theless, " we may be allowed to foresee the period " when a reduction of taxation may be taken into " consideration." This " permission to foresee " is like the permission to "calculate the proximate " time when our troops will be recalled from " Rome," a liberty which, we trust, will not, like the new laws on the press and on public meetings, " expose the public mind to excitement and to " dangerous impulses." How, by the bye, can the "introduction of new liberties," which have not been introduced but postponed since the beginning of the year, expose the public mind to dangerous impulses t What are these liberties, new to a country which has enjoyed six and thirty years of parliamentary government f They are a Press law which substitutes for imprisonment fines so heavy that few newspapers could survive a second, and leaves the press at the mercy of police courts constituted ad hoc by the administration ; and a law on public meetings, which authorises the electors of a dis trict to meet ins closed building a few days before a general election, under the supervision of a' Commissioner of Police, and permits closed public meetings to be held at other times upon other than political matters, subject always to the per mission of the authorities. The EMPEROR is surely justified in counting upon the common sense of his country, and the energy of the ruling power in suppression, to render these " new liberties" tolerably harmless. We only hope he has some !stronger reason for his unshaken faith in the future of Imperialism. THE CLEIMENWELL DEPUTATION. The Post makes sport of the scene yesterday at the Home Office, in Whitehall, and the Telegraph thinks that each of the misguided men now under sentence of death at Manchester may well exclaims i n bitterness o f spirit, "Save me from my frier as That the Home Minister, the responsible adTsser of the crown in matters aff e c ti n g it ' ll P r erClatiTO as the fountain of mercy, the member vf the cabinet whose functions partake most of a • character , should be threaten e d i n the e xe c u ti on of his official duties by a rowdy mob, is what the British public will certainly not tolerate. English feeling has no sympathy with so lawless an inroad on the course of justice, and English habits of thought witness such usur pation with abhorrence. The Star thinks Mr. Hardy ought to have received the deputation. English working men ere not usually very unreasonable, and a little attention and 'Aindly considera tion would have gone a long way with .he deputation who afterwards became so noisy and rade. No one can for a moment suppose that Mr. Ha-.dy would have refused to receive a deputation on the very same subject composed say of peers or members of parliament. One thing the Star is sure Mr. Hardy, whatever mistakes he may make, will not do. He will not allow the ineseumble violence and the silly menaces yesterday employed to prejudice him against any appeal that may be made in the cause of mercy. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. The Times sums up its review of the Emperor's speech by asserting that one more liberal, more peaceful, more rational never came from the throne at any epoch within the Second Empire, or, indeed, under the most spe cious days of the preceding reign. It commends him, how ever, to weigh not only the votes, but the utterances in his legislature—to pay as much attention to Pd. Thiele, to M. Jules Fevre, and other uncompromising opponents as to the chorus of officious partisans. With regard to the temporal power of the Pope it has ceased to be a European question, The only solution is either the abolition of the Pope's tem poral power or the disruption of Italy. The alternative lies with the Emperor alone. Whatever may be his reso lution, it will be acquiesced in by Europe ; it will be ac cepted by France. The observations of the Dail', News we give elsewhere. The Post says the key-notes of the imperial speech may be said to be peace and progress, and, read in that sense, it should reassure Europe, and strengthen the bread and deep-laid foundation of the Second Empire. The Star fears that the allusion to Italy will further ag gravate the wound to Italy's self-love and pride. Here is at present the Emperor's one embarrassment. One prin ciple for Mexieo, another for the United States ; one law `for Italy, another for Prussia ; this is a policy which never can be sound—which is as liable to prove dangerous as it is certainly ungenerous. Expressing high satisfaction with the speech, the Herald look, forward to seeing new liberties granted to the French people. It will be well, it says, for France and the world if it shall be found that these thirty millions of men, separated from us by so small a distance, partaking with us in the same hopes and aspirations, are deemed by their rulers sufficiently advanced and educated, sufficienely safe and trustworthy, to be allowed without reserve or equivo : cation the rights which we in England concede to the lowest and the poorest—the right of free speech, of free meeting, of free writing in the press. VIE ABYSSINIALY EIPIDMON. The government, the Times continues to urge, has I still to establish the fact that Mr. Cameron and those who following in his footsteps have shared his fate, have not forfeited their title to assistance and relief ; and to convince the house that all possible modes of peaceful intervention have been exhausted, and that the particular campaign which has at length been planned is so conceived as to afford the best hope of securing the liberation of the captives. No one suspected on the eve of the prorogation that the royal speech would contain an announcement that we were about to embark in a war with the half-civilised ruler of a more than half-savage country. It will rein upon Lord Stanley to justify the course thus pursued, and to appease the jealousy the House of Commons feel at an apparent attempt to withdraw the conduct of our national policy from its control If we are to persevere—if we must acquiesce in the conclusion that the time for action can no longer be deferred, let us make up our minds to face the gloomy and uncertain future with this single consola tion, that we shall in any case be able to test the efficiency of our military organisation without being exposed to the overwhelming issues of a war for existence. According to the Standard the real fault of the govern ment in the eyes of the critics is that it has taken such precautions as to render the attainment of the object of the expedition almost certain. They would have liked to be able to promise themselves plenty of occasion for denouncing the insufficiency of the measures taken by the ministry, and determined to find fault, and baulked of this prospect, they now cry out that more men and a larger quantity of stores have been sent to Abyssinia than were necessary. The outlay for this expedition will save us ten times as large a sum. And what is this expenditure of which some people talk with so much horror? Why if it should be re solved to clear it all off at once, to pay for the war out of current revenue, and even if there should be no surplus upon the ordinary balance-sheet available to discharge a portion of it, an addition of threepence to the income-tax for a twelvemonth would pay it all And very few English men, the Standard is confident, will grudge the trifle they are ogled upon to pay. The estimates for the ensuing year are in the course of preparation, and will in due time be laid before you. They will be framed with a view to economy and to the necessary requirements of the public service. MY LORDS AND GF.NTLEMEN, As a neoewary sequel to the legislation of the last session, bills will be laid before you for amending the representation of the people in Scotland and Ireland. I have reason to believe that the commissioners appointed to inquire into and report upon the boundaries of existing boroughs, as well as of the proposed divisions of counties and newly-enfranchised boroughs, have made considerable progress in their inquiries, and no time will be lost after the receipt of their report in laying before you their recommendations for your consider ation and decision. A bill will also be presented to you for the more effectual prevention of bribery and corruption at elections. The Public Schools Bill, which has already been more than once submitted to parliament, will again be laid be fore you. The general question of the education of the people re quires your most serious attention, and I have no doubt you will approach the subject with a full appreciation both of its vital importance and its acknowledged difficulty. Measures will be submitted to you during the present session for amending and consolidating the various acts relating to the mercantile marine. The exemption which the country has now for some tune enjoyed from the cattle plague affords a favourable oppor tunity for considering such permanent enactments as may relieve the home trade from vexatious restrictions and facilitate the introduction, under due regulation, of foreign cattle for home consumption. Measures for the amendment of she law, which havebeen deferred under the pressure of more urgent business, will be submitted for your consideration. Other questions apparently calling for legislative action have been referred to commissioners, whose reports, as they shall be received, shall without delay, be laid before par liament. It is my earnest prayer that all your deliberations may be so guided as to conduce to the general contentment and happiness of my people. THE HEALTH OF Mag. DISRAELI.--(THIS DAY.) We regret to state that the report of the health of Mrs. Disraeli is not so favourable to-day. The following was issued by Drs. Cull and Cowell early this morning : Mrs. Disraeli has bad a bad night and contMues very ill. At 1 o'clock there was no change, sod the medical gentlemen were expected to I meet again at 2. Her Majesty graciously repeated her in. quiry this morning, as did many of the nobility and gentry. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had not left his residence at half-past 1. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and Mrs. Lowe arrived in town a few days ago from Scotland. Mrs. I Lowe has for the last few days been confined to her bod by a severe cold. The Prussian House of Representatives consists of 432 members, including 1 prince, 16 counts, 25 barons, 110 noblemen, and 262 commoners. Classifying them as cording to professions and callings, we have 4 ministen, 6 ex-ministers, 57 rural prefects, 41 other administrative officers, GO judges, 8 public prosecutors, 8 lawyers, 31 re tired civil officials, 4 military officers on half-pay, 10 clergy men, 6 professors, 20 doctors of philosophy, 20 municipal officers, 125 landed proprietors, 24 merchants and manu facturers, sad 5 " gentlemen." — W:Wolowaki, member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, opened his course of lectures on Friday evening at the Conservatoire des Arta et Metiers, Rue St. Martin, Paris, in presence of* numerous auditory, among whom were several persona of note in the scientific world. In this preliminary lecture the learned professor dwelt on the utility—in fact, the necessity, of all countries acquiring sound notions of political economy ; and he pointed to the English and American people as taking the lead in that line. His course for the year will be occupied with the productive power of nations, the con ditions of labour in the different States, the employment of children in factories, coalitions, associations, and institutions of credit. Early in January will al , .._ dale of publlcatlon—Debretts Illustrated Poway and Baron - outgo, with Kulghtage, In 2 vol,. at Ba. 6d. each, or In I rot. half-bound, 17s 6.1. Also will he published at the subs thus De bretta Illustrated and Biographical House of Commons, and Judidal Bench. Oakes,66, LaapiaWU, Z. C. —lAdvellisearfont.l to the CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 19, 7.30. A.Y. The Inman steamship City of Antwerp, from New York, is now passing Browhead signal station, eu route for Queenstown. (sr ATLANTIC TTLEGILLPTI.) NEW YORE, Nov. IS, 6 P.N. _ _ The steamers Bremen, City of Baltimore, Iberia, and Nova Scotian arrived out yesterday, and the Cuba to-day. Closing prices:—Gold, 1391. Sterling exchange on London 109 i. 5-20 United States Bonds, 108}. Illinois, 130 i. Erie, 72k. Cotton—Mid dling Upland, 18c. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18. Petroleum, standard white, Zia. Mr. Straight conducted the prosecution. Braman was • policeman, and was walking along the mall in St. James's-park at twenty minutes to 12 o'clock on the night of Saturday,l9th October, dressed in plain clothes. The female prisoner accosted him, and he told her that he did not want to have anything to do with her, but she followed him, and finally under the light of a lamp, snatched his scarf and scar f pin, from his neck. He tried to take her into custody, and then the other prisoners came forward and violently &recited him. The prosecutor positivelylawore to the identity of the male prisoners, who were not apprehended until nine days after the occurrence, and stated that Dixon wore • alight moustache, of about three days' growth. Two witnesses were called in behalf of Dixon, who as. serted that he wore a large moustache of four years stand ing, which was not shaved off till the :25th October, the day on which he was apprehended. The jury, after retiring for • short time, found the prisoner. Guilty, and the Recorder said he would take the case into consideration before passing sentence. (Before the Common Serjeant.) TRIAL OF THE LADY SO INDLER. Geraldine Meuri , e, 38, alias the lion. Mrs. Maurice, alias Lad , i Meurice, esa., was placed at the bar to take her trial upon several charges of stealing and obtaining goods by false pretences from tradesmen at the west end of the town. There were also other indictments against the prisoner which charged her with conspiring with another person to commit the same offence. Mr. Poland prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Itibton and Mr. Houston. At the commencement of the proceedings Mr. Ribten made an application to the court to quash the indictments fur conspiracy, as they had been prepared since the pri eoner's committal without the requirements of the Vera tMus Indictments Act being complied with. The Com mon Serjeant, however, refused to comply with the application. The case that was proceeded with was one in which the prisoner was charged with stealing a seal-skin cloak, value 18 guineas, from Messrs. Nicholay, furriers, Oxford-street. It appeared that in the month of September, 180, • letter was received by the prosecutors, dated from No. 17, St. Petersburg-terrace. Bayswater, and which purported to be written by a Mrs. Somerset, and which requested that some loose sealskin jackets might be sent on choice, and that Mrs. Somerset was prevented from driving to the shop of the prosecutors to select for herself on account of illness. In consequence of this letter a young lady was sent to the address indicated with several jackets of the kind mentioned, and a oerson, who represented her self to be the servant of Mrs. Somerset, stated that her mistress was ill in bed, and she must take the cloaks to her for her to select one. No sus picion being entertained, she was allowed to take the property, and she returned and stated that Mrs. Somerset would keep one of the cloaks valued at 18 guineas, but she wished a hood to be made for it. The cloak was accordingly left, and when the hood was sent the house was found to be closed, and the parties bad decamped . , and nothing was beard of the prisoner until she was in custody upon several other charges of a similar character. " -- Evidence was adduced to show that the handwriting of the letter was that of the prisoner, and that she had for merly been known by the name of Maurice or Morris, and that she had never been known as Mrs. Somerset. It was stated in that at one period the . prioiner had lived in great splendour, and wan supposed to b a person of property. Mr. Ribton submitted to the court at the close of the awe for the prosecution that the charge of larceny could not be supported, and that if the prisoner was guilty of any offence at all it was that of obtaining property by falso pretences. The Common Serjeant overruled the objection, and said it was a question for the jury whether the prisoner had not obtained possession of the property by a mere trick and stratagem, and that her original intention was to steal it. Mr. Ribton contended on behalf of the prboner that there had bees a complete sale and parting with the pro perty, and th►t her only offence, if any, was that of oh. bAnmg the property by false pretences. The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict. The jury found the prisoner Godly. Another indictment against her was then opened, and was proceeding when our report left. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) OPENING PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) THE ROYAL SPEECH. This afternoon the Parliamentary Session was opened by Royal Commission. The Queen's Speech was as follows : MT LORDS AND GENTLEIILsr, In again applying to you for your advice and assistance I regret that I have founds it necessary to call for your attendance at an unusual, and, probably, to many of you, en inconvenient season. ....,..1111PN .eti• s The Sovereign of Abyssinia, in violation of all inter national law, continues to hold in captivity several of my subjects, some of whom have been especially accredited to him by myself, and his persistent disregard of friendly representations has left me no alternative but that of making a peremptory demand for the liberation of my sub jects and supporting it by an adequate force. I have accordingly directed an expedition to be sent for that purpose alone; and I confidently rely upon the sup port and co-operation of my parliament in my endeavour at once to relieve their countrymen from an unjust im prisonment, and to vindicate the honour of my crown. I have directed that papers on the subject shall be forth with laid before you. I receive from all foreign powers assurances of their friendly feelings, and I see no reason to apprehend the disturbance of the general peace of Europe. A band of Italian volunteers, without authority from their own sovereign, having invaded the Papal ter ritory, and threatened Rome itself, the Emperor of the French felt himself called upon to despatch an ex pedition for the protection of the Sovereign Pontiff and his dominions ; that object having been accomplished, and the defeat and dispersion of the volunteer force having relieved the Papal territory from the danger of external invasion, I trust that his Imperial Majesty will find himself enabled, by an early withdrawal of his troops, to remove any possible ground of misunderstanding between his Ma jesty's government and that of the King of Italy. The treasonable conspiracy commonly known as Fenian ism, baffled and repressed in Ireland, has assumed in Eng land the form of organised violence and aasasaination. These outrages require to be rigorously put down ; and I rely for their effectual suppression upon the firm admini stration of the law, and the loyalty of the great mass of my , subject. GENTLEMEN OF THE 1 - 10082 OP COMMONS, . . LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ALLEGED SUBMERSION OF TORTOLA. THE REPORT DISCREDITED. We learn from the Foreign-office that her Majesty's Consul at New York reports, in telegrams received this morning, that the intellirenoe respecting the destruction of Tortola was leeeived only by the Herald, and is doubted at 'New York. The Consul at Havana has informod him that no particulars had been received these, but the rumour was supposed to be greatly ext,ggerated. A letter, dated November 1, had been received at the Havana, from Tortola, a.yi ng that a great fire had occurred there during tine burricance of the 29th, and mentioning tb.st a family named Sinclair Briart bad been drowned. (REVIT.R . 3 TELEG NEW YORK, Nov. 18. The British Consul at Cuba has declared his belief that the news of the submersion of Tortola is much exaggerated. DEMOLITION OF THE FORTRESS OF LUXEMBURG. LUXEMEURG, Nov. 18. - • - - The first mines have been sprung for the demoli tionof the fortifications. A breach has also been made in the great wall behind the arsenal, and mines are being sunk in the masonry supporting the Marie earthworks. With the material thus obtained the ditches between these fortifications will be filled up, and free access given to the whole of this portion of the fortifications, which would have to be secured before a hostile force could enter the town. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 19. The Moniteur of this morning publishes an Im perial decree, dated yesterday, appointing MM. Gouin, Conneau, Marinas, Chabannes, and Niaard senators. M. Dumiral has been appointed vice-president of the Corps Legislatif. ITALY. VENICE, Nov. 18. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Greece left Venice to-day. FLORENCE, Nov. 19. Signor Brorlio has been appointedgMinster of Public Instruction. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 19. • The Official Gazette announces that General Julian Pavia has been appointed Governor of Porto Rico. It is reported that the question of the Pacific Republics will be shortly settled. PORTUGAL LISBON, Nov!IS. The Government commimion appointed to devise means for the amelioration of the present state of the finances have commenced their sittings. The American squadron sails from Lisbon this week. Rain has commenced with violence. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. CALLE, Nov. 11. The Measageries Imperiales steamer Cambooge left here to-day for Suez with the above (home ward) mails, 100 passengers, and 3,900 packages of merchandise. AMERICA. THE OALE.-FUPTHER LOSS OF LIFE. LOWESTOFT, MONDAY NIGHT. During a very strong gale from E.N. E. yes terday mornings torchlight was seen burning as a signal of distress from a vessel ashore on the Neweoine Sand, near this place (reports Captain Preston, R.N.). The Lowes toft lifeboat, in connexion with the National Lifeboat Institution, was at once launched, but in consequence of the wind being nearly full on the beach the boat could not be got off for some time. Ultimately she was enabled to proceed to the Sands, when the brigantine Madera, of Yarmouth, was found to have parted from her anchoni. The lifeboat took off the two men left on board the vessel and brought them safely ashore. The remainder of the crew, three in number, were unfortunately drowned before the arrival of the li feboat. BACTON, NORFOLK, MONDAY. Early this morning (states Mr. Wm. Cabitt) guns and rockets were discharged from the Hasborotqfh Sands, off this coast, indicating there was • vessel in distress there. The three lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution, stationed respectively at liltuidesley, Barton, and Has borough, were soon afloat sad on their way to the Sand s . The first named boat (The Graces) being four mike to windward, was the first to reach the floating light, and is now seen in the offing towing in a boat, supposed to contain the stranded vessel's crew. The post is starting, so I am unable to give any further intelligence at present. BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, MONDAY. A brig was observed to anchor in a dangerous position off Sea View, Isle of Wight, on the afternoon of the 16th inst. (says Captain M'Donald, R.N.). The crew of the city of Worcester lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Insti tution, which best was only stationed here last month, was at once mustered and kept in readiness in the event of their services being required by . the vesselm the wind wa& blowing a gale from the B.N.E. right on shore. On the following day it was decided to send off the lifeboat to attempt to get the vessel under weigh ; and acting on the advice thus sent him, the master= his reseal for Bembridge Harbour, where she arrived in safety. A vessel had previously gone to her assistance but had failed to reach her. The endan gered brig was the Bessie, of Sunderland, bound to that port from Southampton, in ballast. A remarkable revelation on Prussian politics is contained in a work of the Austrian War-oBlos on last year's campaign, just published. In the beginning of June, 186 G—that is, a few days before the outbreak of hostilities, Prussia sent Baron Gablenz, a Prussian nobleman, and brother of the Austrian General Gablenz, to the Balser, offering him a pecuniary compensation for Holstein and the political supremacy over southern Germany. Fortu nately for the future of the nation, the proposal was rejected. Had it been accepted, Germany would have been more hopelessly divided, and more permanently de prived of all chance of manias than ever before. It appears that the Virgin Islands felt the sharp , --.-- edge of the terrible hurricane which desolated the island i 1 (Before Mr. J. Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge.) of Barbadces from the 13th to the 15th of October, 1819 • ' • PREFIRRING PRISON LIFE. and Dodaley's Annual R,eyistcr, after alluding to the , Jerrnurth Driscoll, 29, _described as a tailor, A well severe damage inflicted upon Bt. Thomas's, briefly records known character, was indicted for stealing a mackintosh ; n the fate of Tortola in language whi c h may be sa dly er . value 215., the property of James Benson, to which h tentous, but falls very far short of the telegram sent , '- pleaded not ifty. across the Atlantic:—•` At T or t o l a every vessel was on ' &holm) n to Mr. Benson, of No. 4, T ttenham-oourt.road. From the evidence it appeared that William Barker, s shore and every house in the town destroyed . The governor saw the a prisoner snatch a mackintosh ' ooat froni the liOor of the island and all his family were drowned in their way and run away with it He was stopped and taken imam, and numerous other lives lost." , into custody by Franklin, 20 E. . The pruioner was found Guilty. An ordinance of the Prefect of Police of Paris The Judge—ls there anything known of him ? dated the 14th, directs that bakers within the polies jurisd Prisoner—Oh yes, a nice history. diction must sell their bread by weight, and must weigh Mr. King , ved th schoolmaster u i at the House of Correett it in presence of the purchaser, even without being re- p ag ro ainst t he prisoner fo :— ng on ex traord i nary da , li t gn of t tu vic , 1;61. queeted to do so. Bread delivered at the customers ' !In 188., 14 days, Ma y 2 1 ; eight days " , Jane seven den hove' must be weighed if the buyers demand to have it ' June 22. In 1853, seven days, 24th Jena's,. In . lI 4 Ns verified, for which purpose the baker met tarnish his I two months, March 7 ; one meth, December 13. la lab:' , , delivery men with soaks sad weights. , two months , August 2s ; time mad* Desmaber I. la 1816, LAW INTEL';AGEIicit. (THIS DAY.) The common law cents in Westminster Hall did not sit this morning unti: half-past eleven o'clock, in conse quence of all the j'sdges being in consultation until that hour with reference to certain new rules proposed for facilitating business in the courts. There was a rumour that their lordships also took into their consideration the points of law raised by lie. Rigby Seymour, Q.C., and other counsel on behalf of the Fen= prisoners now under sentence of death at Manchester, but it did not transpire whether that was actually the came or not. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in 1-lanr•--(Bqnre—lfnii Chief J .” ti le 11041 - and Justices Willer, Bytes, and Keating.) BCTNZTT, APPIM,LANT, r. BRC/47MT, itzsroutitrr. This was an appeal from • decision of t'se revising barrister for the borough of Liverpool, and the facts were these :—Notice of objection had been given by a per son duly qualified, but instead of signing the notice in the ordinary way he had used • stamp, upon which was en. graved • fee-simile of his signature, and the question was whether this notice was signed within the meaning of the 17th sec. of 6th Vict., cap. 18, which said that " every notice of objection shall be signed by the party objectine The revising barrister held that the n o ti ce was " and the question now was whether he was right in so hold- It was a consolidated appeal, and there were no less than 1,500 votes depenling upon it. Mr. Charley, for the appellant, referred the court to several decided cases bearing upon the matter, and he also referred to some paawges in the Bible to show the meaninz of the word "sign." Ae quoted one from Daniel, which said, " And Daniel signed the decree," and added that he had looked into a lexicon and found that the Hebrew word used implied signed or traced with his own hand. Mr. Justice Willes—On what material was the writing ! because recent discoveries show that it might have been on a brick or a tile ; and in that case it must have been im. pressed. Mr. Justice Bytes inquired in what way a person who could not write was to object Mr. Charley said that that was a case which was not pro. vided for by the statute. He also observed that the same provision as to signing notices of objection we. incor porated in the new Reform Act, so that their lordships' decision would determine the meaning to be put upon that statute. Mr. Crompton appeared for the respondent. The Lord Chief Juatice, however, said that it would be unnecessary to hear him. It was quite clear upon decided cases that this would be a good signing within the meaning of the Statute of Frauds, and also within that of and in his opinion it was clearly a good signature under the statute now in question ; the decision of the Revising Banister was, therefore, perfectly correct, and the appeal must)* diamiased with costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Recorder.) THE . LIZIA liANi POlO WWI. In the ease of Adgerey,;Tiserdlit In the City, who stands charged with forgeries on the Leeds Bank amounting to upwards of 100,0001., and whose trial had been fixed for tomorrow, Mr. F. IL Lewis made an application for a postponement to next session. His learned friend, Mr. Poland, bad been instructed to consent on behalf of the liquidaton. The Reoorder said as both sides agreed, he should let the ease stand over till next session. BRILAUNG faros CKURCH. Joseph Edtley, William Smith, and Thomas Edwards were charged with feloniously breaking into Holy Trinity Church, Woolwich, and stealing three gowns, a band use. a book, two table-cloths, and two book-stands, the pro perty of the churchwarde ns and parishioners of the parish and others. Edaley and Smith pleaded guilty, and Edwards not 111 r. Straight, who appeared for the prosecution, said be did not propose to offer any evidence against Edw ards, and this prisoner was accordingly discharged, but the tteeorder warned him to be very careful in future, as he was known in the court. Edsley and Smith, who were known RI the smocistes of thieves, were each sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. ROBBERY WITH V lOLViCE. EllenJanics,JamesDizon ' and John Ricketswere el ups/ with stealing a wart and scarf pin, from the person of Edward Entail', and with using personal violeuce towards him. f II