The Express. — London, England, 1868-01-31 00:00:00

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Johnstone, Bolt, ac.—And COAL ANL/ COEF. HOLBORN. Tim Munn°, THY FLYING SCUD. Mourn Atkin*, Pike, Gaylen, Arthur, Wedland, awl WOrnoti Marrtsines Henrsde, rioodull, Lennox, and saundors.—Concludo with VALENTIN E AND ORSON. MUM. Montero, Little ROWSIII4 BRITANNIA. Tam YrannW, DON QUIXOTE : OR, SANCUO PANZA AND BIS WI Ft: TERIZA. tint Lane, &Mimes Edwin& Booth: Pen-' tonntultt. Mews. Deane, Lnula, Newham, and T lotorelll ; B&W. C. Stephan and Illas Rose N athan.—And WHO LLD IT I 1 _.--------- L. RION WATER AT LONDON BRIDOE. SEW DAv —Yarning, 511. —. Afternoon. ch. rollon io w-311oredng, MIINN— —Afternoon, Va. Om. Ulf LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. Tun; judgment given by Lord CAIRNS on Tues day in the cue of the Cambrian Railways Company will be very useful in showing what use may ,wt be made by embarniased railway companies of those sections of the Act of last session which enable them to file schemes of arrangement with their creditors in the Court of Chancery, and thereupon obtain protection for their property against execution. That Act dealt very imperially with the rights of creditors, restraining and sus pending their exercise in a manner which could only be justified by the necessity of preserving an indispensable service fur the use of the pu blic. The very free way in which creditors' rights were handled by Parliament seems to have favoured, on the part of certain railway companies, a disposition to hold them too cheaply. In the case of those creditors who under the provisions of the Act have a right to assent or dissent from the plan, this is of small conse quence ; the Cambrian Railways Company, how ever, filed a scheme which, if adopted, would have placed the unpaid vendor of land in the same position as the holder of u debenture bond, while, unlike the latter, he i 3 not allowed a voice in the settlement. The landowner was to lose his right of suit and ac tion, and instead of his debt receive an obligation of the eouipany—a rent-charge,mortgage,or deben ture, ranking with the whol- debenture debt. Lord Camvs refused to suspend the legal proceedings of unpaid landowners of the Cambrian Company, on the ground that it would bowrong to do so, except where a scheme was proposed in good faith which, if it reached maturity, would afford a reasonable prospect of payment of their claims: whereas thisscheine provided, not that the landowner should, but that he should not be paid. Lord CAIRNS further remarked that, what it would be unfair to dointhocascof thelandownerwouldbeequallyunfair in the case of any "outside " creditor. This obser vation brings us back to the distinction, recent in date, but now distinctly acknowledged and decisively acted on, both by Parliament and the constitution, between the lender of money to a railway and the vendor of land or goods. year ago it was assumed that the deben ture-holder was an outside creditor ; now he is assumed to have cast in his lot with the com pany. The famous judgment which Lord CAIRNS delivered last year has completely overthrown the old notion of the absoluteness of the debenture holder's power. The change, however, was one of opinion rather than of fact, and this no doubt has contributed to its general though reluctant ac ceptance. Lord CAIRNS only told the public plainly, when the time fur doing so had come, what it might have learned to suspect before upon inquiry and reflection. Tue prospects of the election for the Univer sity of hontlon have been modified by the with drawal of Dr. Frxmluu•K \Voon, who had the support of a considerable number of the Noncon formist graduattif. In a letter to Mr. kssrrts, Dr. WOOD states that he retires chiefly on account of Mr. LowE's resolution to stand for the Univer sity, and in retiring he intimates his preference of that gentleman You have just informed me that Mr. Lonv has at length remised to stand, and you believe that the course he pro roses to take with reference to the two momentous ques tions which will shortly have to be considered—l mean the education of the people, middle as well as lower classes, an! the Irish Church Establishment—will be in accord with my views on these subjects. The discussion of these questions will be sure to proythe a severe contest. Our l'nivervity has, under different names, led the way in all chief reforms in education which have taken place since 1527, when, under the auspices of that veteran educa tional reformer, Lord Ilitorunam, it that saw the light in Gower-street ; and I cannot but think that it may reflect much credit upon the University chould we ultimately see our -way to elect as its first representative th• man who is generally deemed the best advocate of the educational question in the House of Commons. By so doing we shall give a vantage ground to one whose blows all who kayo felt allow to be weighty, and all who behold admire. There are now three candidates before the gra duates—Mr. Lowe, Mr. WALTER BAGEHOT, and Sir JOHN LrEBOCK. Of these only Mr. BAOE- HuT is a member of the University, and he will,both on that ground, and by reason of his literary eminence ar.d economic knowledge, receive a large amount of support from gentlemen of all shades of opinion. Sir JoHN LI-maul: stands upon his scientific re putation, and his pretensions are supported by a very forinidablo array of distinguished names. The medical graduates were very desirous of havin,g candidate of their own, but discovered six months ago that this was not, under the circumstances, ad visable, and thereupon appeared inclined to favour Mr. LAME, who at that time also seemed the most conservative of the gentlemen named as probal candidates. The Ewfii,/, Iw/ere-at/nit, to which we are indebted for our knowledge of Dr. Noon's letter, thinks the result of his retirement will ho to throw the weight of the Nonconformist intermit into the scale of Mr. Lowe, sad this is no doubt true of those for whom the Independent is more especially qualified to speak ; but Mr. BAGE mot is in a position to receive many dissenting votes. The Conservatives appear to have reluc tantly accepted the conclusion that they cannot secure a direct representative, and will probably give their support to the candidate who in their opinion is likely to prove the least zealous Reformer. CABINET COENCIL.--Acabinetcouncil will be held to-day, at 4 o'clock, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. THE BEER-SHOP ACT.—Mr. Hardy has appointed. tomorrow to receme • deputation from the Church of England and Ireland Temperance Reformation Society, on the subject of the repeal of the Beer•shop Act of 111.10. OIIS OON' (THIS DAY.) cossenitcw. netsurf. The remarkable meeting which hen just been held at Liverpool to deliberate en the question of commercial morality forme the subject of comment in most of the morning papers. That the transactions of the money market should be so unusually limited as they are at the present time, is due , obse rves the Times, to the fact that commercial credit hes been destroyed by com mercial immorality. So completely has it been broken, that it is not to be obtained even for enterprises of good promise, and the extraordinary duration of the alarm shows the depth of the bepresalon produced. For the present commercial immorality is most effectually dis couraged by the conditions of the money market. Capital in abundance at one per sent, and yet unobtainable, is a very impressive phenomenon, and one which should ope rate powerfully in the improvement of commercial credit. Against the 1111101111.0106 of the danger when credulity re turns a good bankruptcy law would be a desirable provi sion, but the common sense of the public, the vigilance of the mercantile profession, and the influence of opinion will probably be more effectual than any legislation in promoting commercial morality and sup permanently p porting commercial credit. The Daily Noes awaits, with interest end sympathy, the practical proposals which the Liverpool merchants and lawyers may bring before us for dealing with the mischiefs they have so candidly denounced. Most, if not all of these remedies will be found to centre in a due adjust ment of the law of bankrup tc y . As things are, all con ceivable temptations sit raised, in the expense, risk, and complication of the proceeding, to induce the injured to condone rather than punish the criminal conduct from which they suffer. A code to define simply and clearly what constitutes delinquency, and a public officer charged to see that neither fear nor favour impedes its strict en forcement, are necessities which day by day become more clearly imperative. The Telegraph pleads for leniency towards those who have honestly been rendered insolvent, and indignantly protests against the proposition of one of the speakers at the Liverpool meeting—to make bankruptcy a disgraceful crime. It f avours the example of Georgia, which has abolished every kind of imprisonment for g o tual debt, and thinks it obvious that, did credit possess other defence than pm dence--except, of course, against fraud or malvereation— it would shrink within the exact limits of safe trade. The Slat says that the trading life of Liverpool has of late been a wonderfully fast and flashy sort of existence. A spurious sort of business has sprung up and flourished there, glittering, audacious, vulgar, and alluring as the Paris derni-monde. The American war, the cotton famine, the blockade-running, lately quickened to a febrile condi tion the hot pulse of this kind of trade. All or nothing— all staked upon a cast—seemed to be the principle and the policy of the new class of mock merchant priaces, whose deeds and fortunes astonished and scandalised the Gladetones, and Browns, and llathbones, and other famous and honoured representatives of commercial LiverpooL The best of bankruptcy laws could hardly protect against delusion and disaster a community so ready to set up brazen idols and adore them. It cannot be doubted that in several recent eases the evil was directly due to the want of anything like a healthy, manly, public opinion in Liverpool. MILNER Glll , o:i' 4 SPEECH. Treating of Mr. Gibson's speech, for the meet part in a tone of banter, the Times ventures to assign • reason for the favour with which • large portion of the upper classes of England regarded the Confederate cause. What the public opinion of t his country, it says, was at issue with, not for the first time seven or eight years ago, but for many years back, was a singularly selfish, aggres sive, and provocative policy, of whirl the Northern States and their population were supposed to be the leaders and authors. Whatever it was, whether tariffs, or frontiers, or the interpretation of treaties, or fishery rights, or any other question, we knew, as we hail known for all this century, that even if American governments should be disposed to treat us with fairness, the mass of the people would not ; and that, well as we wished America, it was practically hardly possible to avoid desiring that she might be somehow brought to equality of pretensions and tone. The Herald is tempted to oak whether it was not Mr. M. Gibson who was a member of the government which is answerable for tho Alabama difficulty, which is the fount and origin of all the evil. It was the liberal ministry of Lord Russell who brought upon us this diffi culty, who tried their hand at a solution and failed egregiously. It was the same liberal ministry which is responsible for the whole policy pursued by England towards America during the civil war. Nothing was done by us as a nation, or could be done, of which the Americans could reasonably complain, which was not done by the government of which Mr. Milner Gibson was a member. in the At the Council held yesterday by the Queen at Osborne I there were present the Duke of Marlborough (Lord Pre sident), the Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain), Lord John Manners, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Help, was Clerk of the Council. D es patches were received yesterday at the Colonial- Despatches from the Governor-General of Canada and the Go vernor of the Bahamas. Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived in Paris on their way to Rome. The Earl of Wicklow, who has been passing the winter at Brighton, returns to his residence in Cavendish• square for the meeting of parliament. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone and family leave Hawarden Castle on the 13th proximo for town, for the season. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., and Mrs. Cardwell will arrive at their residence in Eaton square about the 13th of the ensuing month. AND THZ Legisi the f w n ill ow g - Corps Legislatif Bill, announced iperor's , 1867. One cannot complain that the deputies have not had time to meditate on the subject. We may hope that the debate will be interesting and instructive. All the speakers will, no doubt, be thoroughly acquainted with a question which they have had it in their power to study for twelve months and ten days. But as for ourselves it is just the moment when, in consequence of the judgment of the 25th January, we must moss the frontier, and occupy our columns with what is going on in Vienna, St. Petersburg, and Berlin. By a lucky chance the Haves Agellry communicates the following telegram :—" The har' German Garatte says : ' It is possible that several journals may find in the speech delivered yesterday in the French Senate by the Minister of War a new pretext for alarm. In oar opinion Marshal Niel only invite from his special position as a French officer.'" We should be glad (continues the Dibars) to examine whether the Prussian organ is right or wrong, but whilst the journals of all Europe have the right to analyse and pronounce judgments on the debates of the French Chambers, French newspapers cannot reply without ex posing themselves to fines of from I,ooofr. to 5,000 fr. If, perchance, the North German Ga:etta , to prove ita state ment, thought fit to quote textually two pasasges from the speech of the Minister of War, the French journal which should merely transcribe this article with its quo tations would unquestionably be condemned to I,ooofr. fine at least, because it was a textual quotation of two pas sages of a speech delivered in the Corps Legislatif that caused the condemnation of one of the ten journals re cently prosecuted. It would be well, perhaps, therefore, to offer a new amendment on the Press Bill in these terms :—" The French press have the right of pub lishing analyses and even quoting passages from speeches mule in the Senate and Corps Legislatif which shall have become the subject of discussion in foreign journals." THE DIFFICULTIES OF DUALISM. An amusing incident has occurred in the Hunga rian chamber which shows that dualism, like unity, is not without its difficulties. The incident is thus reported in the North Eastern Correspondeurc: The Austrian budget had to be presented to the Trine- Leith= delegation, and it was indispensable that in laying it on the table it should be done in the Hungarian lan guage. But the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, Herr yen Belie, does not know a word of Magyar. To get out of the difficulty he undertook the serious task of learning by heart the few words which be had to pronounce. He acquitted himself admirably. The Hungarian deputies were as delighted as they were surprised when they heard him speak ; and, believing him to games • competent if not • full knowledge of their language, they got round him, complimented him upon his fluency and accuracy of pronunciation, but, unfortunately, asked several questions in the Hungarian language. The minister smiled, nodded, muttered something indistinctly, . but made for the door as soon as he could, and du . peared. (lISCTER.S TCLEG FUNS.) SPAIN. MADRID. Jai. 30. The Prussian Minister has been accredited to the Queen as representative of the North German Confederation. In the Budget just laid before the Cortes the go vernment has asked for authorisation to improve the position of tho railway companies. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JAN. 31. The King and Queen, with a numerous suite, have gone to Villa Vicoaa on a hunting excursion. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE CLERKENWELL OUTRAGE. THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning the adjourned inquiry relative to the death of Martha Thompson and Humphrey Even` ' two of the victims of the Fenian outrage in Clerkenwell, was rammed* Dr. Lumber and a St. Pancras jury at the Vestry-hall, St. Pancras. The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, said that under ordinary circumstances he should have applied to the Rome Secretary for power to bring before the jury th,. prisoner and informer Mullany, to give evidence. Mr. Hardy, however, believed it was not legal to allow rersont who were accused of crime to be taken before coroner.' juries, though previous home secretaries had allowed it t o be done, but as Mr. Hardy had been educated in the law no doubt he had good reasons for refusing to adopt the COMM pursued by his predecessor. As, however, the general pies. tion as to the bringing of prisoners beforecoroners wit leo, being agitated and discussed, and would probably 1. brought before parliament, be would not further dime. , the matter, except to say that he had no doubt as to tit. propriety of bringing prisoners before coroners' juri.es ; f.,, if a jury could see the prisoner at the time of the in q uir y they would often form a very different estimate ~f the evidence against an accused person. On th other band, a great injustice was frequently done to ~c• cused persons by the prevention of their appeara I . fore the coroner's jury. The coroner then proceeded t . r emark upon the a dditional light which had been throw'. upon the details of the outrage, by the several adjourn. manta of the present inquiry. He had good reason b., believing that important evidence would ise now he::: still forth. coming if, after such evidence as they would they thought proper to adjourn again. Charles Mosely,aboy still an inmate of St. Bartholomew', Hospital, was then ailed, and repeated the evidence he had given at Bow-street, asserting that the prison, Barrett fired the fuse. A Juror—How did you pick him out at BOW-street Witnees—lie was amongst others. Inspector Potter—The man Barrett was put amow.... 20 persons taken promiscuously from the streets and boy picked him out from them. Witneee—l saw him after that at ?Milbank and point. him out. Henry Bird, dairyman, was then produced, and sore: that Barrett fired the barrel. At first, he said, lie bid: out O'Neill, thinking he .7 AS the man who applied :t. fuse, but soon after he turned Barrett round and rec.... nised him. Mrs. Smithey', landlady of the Bell beer-house, C.0p... rationdane, having repeated the evidence given by her • . previous occasions, The Coroner said it was now for the jury to coui:d. whetberthey would again farther adjourn, or whether tii• would at once deliver a verdict upon the evidence Isla. bad been given. If they chose to adjourn for a fortnLi •. it was possible that they would have before them the , Mullany, who, having become a witness for 'he croa - 1 would no doubt by that time be liberated, and could ;. brought before them as a witness. A juror mid be thought it WAS their duty to djourt. since such important evid en ce was promised them. Another juror said he thought the jury should lot separate without expressing their opiuion that tie lb.— Secretary was placing obstacles in the way of the • •• • f ac tory progress of the coroner's inquiry. The Coroner said be would not use the word "olnt • • and he did ,ot wish any interpretation of that kind to t upon his words. if the jury should be of opinion th,,t law relating to the production of witnesses and before coroners' juries was at fault they should rah , . press a desire to go to parliament for a reform than to .. fault with the doings of the Home Secretary, f,.r ts no doubt. Mr. Oathorne Manly had certain cogert t• • Inspector Thompson alibi the man Malang 11 .1 1 • ' 1 yet liberated, nor had he been freed from criminal tion. He was at first charged with treason.felm.y sequently with murder. Now, the charge of meta. withdrawn, but that of trenson-felony still butt; ot, r h head. It wan at present by no means certain tart would be at liberty in a fortnight, though he '- was intended eventually to rot hint free. The Foreman said he thought they had 1..1 quite sufficient evidence to enable them to give a ~ as to the cause of the deaths. There could ho no .1 , • whatever as to that cause, and he could not err, what wastobegained by any further ad journ uncut. if a majority of the jury were in favour of such -:, jounsment he would not stend in the way of it. Several jurors agreed with the foreman. A juror—Has the approver Vaughen seen the Vaughan. on being called, replied-4 have not yet v.. u the man who styles himself Barrett, or Jackson. If 1 • w him Imight know his face, though I don't know the Inspector Thompson said that Vaughan should •••e Barrett, and if the jury adjourned to a future day. th,y could then ask him if he knew him. The jury then expressed a desire to retire and cond.l r the propriety of a further adjournmeut. They accoo..4y retired, and on returning into court in a few minutes, The Foreman said the jury bad decided by a tfiljort , of their number to adjourn. and they stronely w ished • . have before them on the neat occasion the man Mullity. his apprentice, and also the approver Vaughan. A juror asked ii the witness Young, who was exarnir , on a previous occasion, had seen Barrett. Inspector Thompson said he had, and had recti;Jr. him. Elizabeth Crawley. of St. Jemes'e-walk, wa er s ra11..1. and asked if she had identifi ed any of the men in cli•e.dr . as being those she saw in Corporetiondane on the daj the explosion. She replied that she had not. Bird the dairyman, was again called. He s ail tl t since he was here last he had seen a truck which v.., much resembled that in which the barrel was conve.,, • i Corporation-lane on the day of the explosion. The inquiry was then adjourned for three weel.s. Leave was granted at Dublin yesterday to , .b -stitute service of writ of summons and plaint ou the 111.4 publishers in the libel action against the Pan.,,ion I; The judges of the Court of Queen's Bench were divided on the application of Mr. Pigott, of the I. to have the indictment, if any, found againgt him tto commission removed into the Court of Queen's Bench. 'll+ trial will therefore take place at the commission. Strange as it may seem, all the London ar e chosen from young, able seamen , a nd nearly all 1.30 served in men of war. Mr. Graham, surgeon to the Holloway writing to a contemporary, says :—" Your reporter so - . 0 to be astonished that a man in such a state as Lyor • 3 , 1 should die at all. Were lie to see several other • fifty-one prisoner' sent to Holloway for begging, he :31,1 a rather wonder that any one of them went out ahve ; in deed, on looking to our statistic., the entail deaths in proportion to the large amount of inmates siv,..!:• l eg from illness would surprise him. Last year the I a verage population in the prison was 333, and thou:fa:be number of sick amounted to 7,043, there was hut cle death, and that from pulmonary consumption." The Masonic brotherhood of 1'6064h:1011a -r• I about to build a granite structure 250 feet long by 1" feet wide, with a tower 300 feet in height. It will cm nearly 1,000,000 dollars. Both England and France have garrisons in est: Japanue port of Yokohama, within 20 miles of della the capital. Each garrison has the flag of its uMos floating above its quarters. SPECIAL C ONSTAD LES.—It appears from .3 official return just published that the total number2^:l of special constables in Great Britain reported up to the inst. was 1 13 , 674 ; those in the City and met v i a g sOl ropolitant tricts numbering 52,974. The organization ha b ee n completed, or nearly so, the temporary o ffice inWa' 'Wilton Barracks will be closed at the end of the pi esett month. It is considered that few questions are likely ta arise which cannot be met by a reference to the pri11 ,34 'Detractions and summary of the acts of parliamentalr uill circulated. Any further copies of the foregoing or other printed papers which have been issued may be obtmiel upon application, for the metropolis, to the Commissioner of Police, Scotland -yard; for the City, to the COOlll,iP g o ner of City Police, Old Jewry ; and for country Mama places, either on application to the Queen's Printer, Harding street, 8.C., or to the Hoinemffice, \Whitehall. THE 31ETROPOLITAN BOARD AND ITS HE , 0 1 Lon/I.—Last eight, a crowded public meeting ofd rate payers of St. Pancras, convened by the vestry, at the Vestry-hall, Camden - town, for the purpose of pro against the alleged . an d uncoostitutioo testing racoutlinirs of the Metra _taa Board of Works, in ham at a meeting held with cUesd doors resolved to borrow sum of 3500001. over and above the sum a uthorise ) parliament Resolutions in sooordAnce with the obje 4 of the muting were adopted. Mr. Harvey Lewis, X? was precept, sad one of the speakers. He said thatppul ak!n' twelve months ago they attended a meeting in o to the proposed fourpeany rate. The opposition was tb thought almost hopeless, but the courage which the payers of St. Pancras displayed and insp i red in OM proved sueoesofill. He was himself a r atepayer, viewed with alarm the incrusted taxation of the w en polio. He did not think the people of the metropolis ils s h o uld be called upon to pay for tile metropolitan Julys , ' meats, but oansidered they should be paid for by t nation at large. There were a grea t many working poi in the metrol • is who, in consesuense of the in taxation, could scarcel y keep their heads above water, st ill every additional pinny only tended to rink 31 ' still lower. If parliament, whose debates affected' only he psoplo of this cumin but of other nations, cc make r their proceedings public, it was idle to say that borrowing of • sum of 330,0001. by such a body as the 1 tropolitan Board should be conducted in secret. If board wished to retain the oonfidence of the rateral they mud not repeat the iniatake they had made. _Alt._ SS, t; • .f . I I eVI TEN I 11 MKRWAI7F -11 Y G JANI v.PO ' - s, -. witi f fsu ;. ... .... c .. tomomnalmim °3l3° ' AI. 30. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT The Queen drove out yesterday, sesempanied PRESS. by Prime's Christian and Princess Loutse. : t , ..... . • The Joimbo/ des Debate refers, in . Her Majesty went out this morning with moose. kelcl Louise. terms, to the debate on the Prs tvial , Sines Monday lost Prince Leopold has bean sealed to under diacumion in the Corps Legial the hi s ro o m by Be ye r . i n dispositio His royal highness b On the 29th of January, 1868, the pneY better to-day, and is progressing very satisfeetorify. entered upon the discussion on taw Press in the Emperor's letter of January 18,188 SPEARING OUT IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. The Time can see no excuse for the armament of France on the grounds M. Marie puts forward, and attributes it to the distrust of a ruler who is uncertain whether there exists an identity of interest between him self and the nation he rules. This misapprehension between Prince and people will never be effectually allayed until "the edifice is crowned" by self-govern ment—not by transforming the nation into an army, but by giving Frenchmen such liberties of speech and such power over the ministers of the empire that they may have their full share in deciding the destinies of France, and may manifest their temper with no uncertainty of voice or will. The Standard considers the recall of the French troops as of the utmost importance to Italy, provocative as it is of • despondency and an irritation in northern Italy, which may too easily And their expression in disturbance, and give confidence to the malcontents of the south. Let the French withdraw, their courage will sink, and their schemes be abandoned or adjourned. Yet how can the Emperor withdraw his soldier' without some security, whilst the Italian peeliament declares that it regards all roads as legal that lead to Rome ; and, on the other hand, what security can the ministry give that the next Italian government will desire and be able to keep • pledge to protect the papal territory? The Daily IV( en anticipates that should the South be actually reorganised during the spring, and representatives from the Southern States be actually sitting and voting in Congress before the summer campaign begins, the republi can party will gn to the autumnal elections with all the prestige of success. They are sure to carry their presi dential candidate, and as they will, with a favourable President, need only a bare majority instead of the two thirds they now require and possess, the fear of any re action which can really deprive them of their supremacy way well seem to them to be very remote indeed. The Telegraph strongly condemns the East London Relief and Mission Society for persisting in having its own agents in order that it may combine the exposition of Scripture and prayer with the giving away of food. The evils of this bad practice are threefold ; it not only rens the risk of demoralising the neighbourhood by sending into it agents ignoring the work of other organisations ; but it spoils the grace of charity by linking it with towed at tendance on peculiar ministrations ; and it stains religion by associating it with a charity so doled out as to promote the interest of sect. Strangely must they construe the mission of Christianity who thus actually prostitute the _ letter to destroy the spirit. )bable THE LATE Ma. CHARLES KEA.N.—The mortal remains of Mr. Charles Kean were yesterday deposited by the side of his mother in the family vault at adhering ton church, near Horndean, Hampshire. The cortoge left Oneenaborough-terrace, Bayswater, where the deceased gentleman died, punctually at 10 o'clock, for the principal terminus of the South Western Railway, in order to pro ceed to Hampshire. It consisted of a hearse and three mourning poaches. The mourners were Dirs. Charles Kean and daughter, and Mies Chapman (a niece), the Rev. Mr. Getty, Sir William Fergusson, Mr. Fergasson, Captain Barrow, Dr. Joy, Mr. Young, and Mr. Everett. On arriving at Horndean, a station about five miles north of Havant, the procession was formed and proceeded direct to Catherington, a secluded village a few miles distant. On erriving at the church the body was received by the vicar. The coffin, which we. severed with black cloth and ornamented with black menntinp, bore the following an d :—" Charles John Kean, Esq. ; born 18th Jean. ary, 1811 ; died 22nd January, 1868." The funeral eerie roomy "kited about twenty minutes. The church wis nearly filled with Mends of the deceased from London and neighbouring villages. M. PELLETAN, speaking in the Legislative Chamber on Wednesday on the Press Bill, said. `The real object of your bill is to suppress journalism itself. Like the captain of the Alabama, you are willing to save the crew, but on condition of 'Finking the ship. (Applause on some benches.) Nor is this all. You have thought fit to add a new offence to the rich assortment already found in our laws ; that of publishing an article written by a man to whom the French soil is interdicted. And what is the pretext for such an enactment? Is it worthy of a great legis lator? On them unfortunate men who have been ex pelled from our territory by the force of circumstances, you inflict an sdditional punishment—the exile of thought. ("Hear, hear," on the left of the speaker.) I now come to the question of jurisdiction. We have in our amend ment demanded that each ease should come before a jury, but the committee has rejected our pro position. Nevertheless, all great public writers have pronounced in its favour, and M. Chusaing, an eminent legal authority, declares that without the jury the liberty of the press is a mere fallacy. If ever there was a bench of judges in the world independent, honest, and generally honoured, it is the English. (Noise.) Several Voicsa—And the French judicial bench ": palter IN—Nevertheless when Lord Mansfield sought, by • mistaken interpretation of the law, to transfer the judgment in press trials from the jury to the judges, he ex cited a tumult of reprehension, and a bill had to be laid be fore parliament to remove all doubt on the subject. With us, gentlemen, the bench of judges forms one of the great powers of the state, and when it pronounces in any press trial referred to it by the government, it becomes a political tri bunal. If it acquits, it condemns. I will not say, the govern ment, but the prosecution, and thus places itself in a state of conflict with the executive power. (Interrup tion.) On one occasion, under the Restoration, when the Constitutionnel was acquitted, Paris was illuminated at night. At the present day, we are in no danger of wit nessing such a spectacle for every article prosecuted is sure to be condemned. (Great applause on the Left.) The PRMIDRICL —This approbation seems to me to be an attack on the character of those for whom we have the hi g hest respect, I mean the judges. (Hear, hear.) M. l'ician—We shall discuss that institution as well as all others. M. GARKIRR-PAGE.; —The assembly has a right to dis cuss the judges themselves. M. PICARD — And, in fact, the political judicature lays itself open to discussion. The Piummute—You are not only criticising judgments already puled, but you are throwing suspicion on those to come. M. Banoene—This is calumniating the bench. M. Prcaini—l have but one word to reply to the honourable minister. For the last lei years we have not had a single acquittal. (Various noises.) M. LATOUnDu Mor us—We all desire to maintain the em pire and avert revolution, but since the Chamber has been deprived of Its initiative bythe suppression of the Address, the only means of control that the country possesses is in the press. Not that the latter should have an unlimited liberty, but • degree of freedom, prudently regulated, because journals in France direct public opinion, whereas in England, and more especially in America, where entire liberty of the press exists, newspapers are pure commer , dal speculations. I cannot agree with the reasoning which would take the jurisdiction over press offences from the 1 judge and give it to the jury. The judicial bench in 1 France is moat honourable and most independent. DL Otars-Brzont —Not in political cases. M. LATOCR nu Moral'—Even in political. M. GLant-Insors—l deny it. M. LATOCR DU MOULIN—That is your opinion and Ime with pleasure that you stand alone in it. But we are told that this bill is only • first step towards greater liberty. It is so stated in the re port. Why go by steps? What difference is there between one time and another ? The jargons of men are always the same, and if the introduction of the jury in press cases be contemplated, why not establish it at once! However, the whole principle of the bill is in the suppression of the preliminary authorisation ; it is • great step in advance, and upon this ground alone I shall vote for it. I also approve of the system of caution-money, and on this point lam is agreement with high authorities ; hut I condemn altogether the retention of the stamp duty, which is • monopoly in favour of the existing journals. There is no stamp duty in England nor in America, and I believe it is about to be abolished even in Prussia. Then, the penalties laid down in the bill appear to me to be severe, especially those of suspension and suppression. which practically amount to a power of confiscation. (Approbation from the Left.) The provisions. too, re specting the punishment of imprisonment are most in consistent and illogical ; but, taking the bill as it stands, the government clearly bas not considered it as one of urgency, for we are only discussing it now a year after it has been announced. I do not, however, accuse the Chamber ; but I say as a friend of the government that those who demand a regulated liberty are the true Bonapartiats, because they desire to render possible the maintenance of the Empire end the future of the dynasty which perhaps you are daily making more difficult by your thoughtless policy. (Slight murmurs.) Take care that the day may not come when you shall hear that ill warned exclamation, "It is too late !" (" Hear, hear',' and applause.) r 11368 L., iy, ` sad to print the one of to- grow. The Patrie says that a second portion of the French army in Italy is coining home and that General de Failly is coming with it. A single division will be left under the command of General Dumont. If. therefore, it be true, as the Prance says, that a coup d'ttat in Italy is imminent, the calculation here must be that Victor Emmanuel is strong enough to accomplish it without much French help. It may be, however, and this version is more probable, that without the neces sity of any coup d'itat Italy is sufficiently humbled and weakened to obey French orders with meek ness and resignation. The return of General de Failly will be very handy to help the loan, and nothing would be easier than to send him back again after the loan is launched. The Bourse opened with very great firmness, and Route rose at one moment to 68fr. 70c. for cash and 68fr. 57tc. for account ; but there was atter wards a considerable reaction, and the closing prices were 68fr. 50c. for cash (with a fall of roc.) and 68fr. 474 c. for account (with a rise of 2ic.). In other securities there was little change One conso lation for the loan which the Cuattitetionnei holds out to its readers is not justified by experience. It says that inasmuch as subscribers are allowed twenty months to pay up their instalments, there can be no apprehension of war within that period; but it is on record that the Crimean war broke only four months after a large loan, also payable by protracted instalments, and that long before these instalments came due another loan was de manded. The twenty months delay s, in f two or t act hree, no security at all for peace, because, af instalments are paid, nothing but a very heavy fall indeed could prevent it being worth the while of holders to pay up the remainder. If war conies, another and larger loan will be made on more onerous terms for the taxpayer—that's all. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.: PIUDAT, JANCIRY 31, 9 Lig. 3 r . W. 17:11717J-)211.364;7\ 16.1. Aberdeen .. 00.32 f 42! W.N.W. Laub ..... law tlao sAv. ardruaan..lo.47f ,4ii B.W. Greencastle. 29.441P46 W. Vaiontia let1011:4, W.d.W. Cape Clear 29.931 50i W. Bnehe's Pt-19.441R0 W.R.W. Lieurpool - 34.81 f'6o tt liar bead 19.76 f i4B B.W. reetenoe -110.11 f 60 W.S.W. Brost .. 10.24f1 46 S.W. Lorieutlo.24fl46, O.W. Rochefort 10.2 91`1/ 4.2. Plymouth 30.11146 W.B.W. Weymouth-30111)4e W .B.W. Portamoalli 10 100:41 LW. London ,10.01119 W.S.W. Yarrnoatb 29.20 f 48 . W.S.W. 1 desibmoegli 20.471140 W. *Nebo 21 651 51 NAV. fikudegues 10.261120 B&W. Heisler WO 142. N.W. Brussels 20.13 104 16. W. Paris 10.33 iSS N. N.Y.. I.yoria ea 65 ) 37, ti .E. Ilsart'sCon.lo.9sr.l4. N.N.R. . - --- -- --- Barometer mewled and redneed to is deg. et sea level. The letters r (risiefe, f (falling), a (steady), indicate direction of mottunof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed In shade. Extreme forms, with Redirection during last 24 hours. 2.-eahn. Weather: b.-blue sky ; clouds ( detached , ;L -(ng ; h.-bail ; L-llghtuisg ; m. -relaty hazy ; a-overcast (dull); r -rain ; e.--anow-thunder. Rain fall, snow or hail :melted), daring laid U boon. Bea &Ruthann°, REMARKS. The distribution of barometrual preasure this morning duly resembles that remarted yesterday, with the exception that the readings are &boat three-tenths of an Melt lower than they were. The change at Nairn has not been has so great, while at Valenti& the decrease since last night has been 045 inch. The lowest pressure Is reported from Nairn, and la 1.1 inch less than that at Lyons. Temperature is higher almost everywhere -the change has been greatest on the Channel Lome. Last ortalug there was a southwesterly gale on the southeast coast of England, alio at Leith, ensl le the Idea Channel. It is still blowing strongly on the northeast coast, while In the English Channel and to the iwad of Ireland the wind Is fresh from the same direetion. Heavy rein has fallen on the north and west coesta Much fog is re ported from VaI.:MM. Weather impairs unsettled. w. i ii i►e S.W. &w. S.W. I.S.W. &W. e . w.il4. 4 S.W. B R.W. 6 W.S.W. S S.W. S B.W. I 2 1 S.E. 4 1 W.S.W. 4 I S. 6 1 B.W. 8 1 . S.W. S S.S.W. 6I W.S.W. 7. X.W. 6t B.L : , -_ • or 11.60.1. 1 rrn I 0.05 . re ! 0 WI r 10.4'_ M in.:o .do OAS' t iO.OJI loiw~o.lo~ of lo.ogi iv 1 o.oi 4 I N.W. (Isom OtH OWN cosserrolmErr.) A correspondent of the Times at Constantinople PARIS, THCItstDaT EVENING. writes :—" Twelve years have mama since the Christians A very curious revelation was made in the Corps have been admitted to some share in the government, bu t Legialatif yesterday on the usual motion to confirm there is scarcely • trace of this participation having pro the minutes of the last sitting. Incredible as the dated any good. Greeks, Armenians, kr., have become statement must be thought, it stands confessed pachas. They have become members of various councils, that the votes of the French Chamber are taken they have had a share in the administration of the pro upon such a loose system that mistakes occur in rinses, yet one can say, without fear of contradiction, that there avi bas n ot been aalotliheeidnshitanzifo.f s T ny he one of . them the recorded result ; that these mista kes are not hn unfrequent, excite little surprise, and when mad e tion tflin anY y tinn s nowed them in affairs ay he small'then may be e cannot be set right. In the first place it was ad- great practical difficulties in carrying • vote against a mitted, but not explained, that Viscount de Ker- Mussultaan majority in the councils but still there was veguen, whose name appeared in the division list an opportunity, and • brilliant one too, for any one pos as having voted for government on the interpella- seising honesty, moral coursge, or capacity, but there has tions about the cemeteries, was not in the bs : fi r ae o an ne p t t ay . l a . h an imee lin if in fanthiennnieu"nereenict RoGI from house at the time. Had he been there, he P at the Christian members ; either they will have made would have voted against M. Haussmann. Next use of their position to secure their share in the plunder, M. Emile 011ivier, who is con fined to his bed or they will play the part of sleeping, at any rate silent from his accident at the church of St. German and obsequious, partners. Whenever there is • want of some Christian for a higher a f nd more responsible position, l'Auxerrois, was set down as having voted for th© e t :, for ia ins th ten e instance, in tht difficultyecao t in he new go y . vem y o ors ne o fi f t e f tn r d t i h a e , interpellations. When these instances of inaccu racy, of transcendent importance at any time, but position, or to be trusted." z has just translated in to more especially on the occasion of such a close M. adislas Mickiwic division as 103 to 100, were mentioned, President French • manuscript of his father Adam, and publishes it Schneider made the extraordinarily nonchalant under the title of "Les Premiers S iicles de l'Histoire de observation, " The re is nothing more to be said Polomis." upon the incident." M. Glair Bizoin exclaimed, The Rouen journal s are filled with praises of r "There were many other mistakes ;" and the manneed Lu cia r in which M tb dll e t e iim Ade tre lina a • Path , ti c ,. two evenings wn. Viscount Clary rose and said that two of h is col- A beck, .„ L Y EA FOR THE UNTORTUNATZ. — Professo r leagues, who, at the time of the division, were in F. C. Skey, in the course of • letter to the Times on be the library, had asked him, "in order that they half of reformatories, remarks ; tale of woman's might not be disturbed," to vo':,e for them against f a n ll 4 in reaffily told. It starts with ea Innocent country y attractive ; a young gentleman of the the order of the day. To his surprise their votes Lily to which she is • dependent sees her, pays her some were not counted, and he knew there were other s s lig i li t s attention,esays •e ven iz fe i t p r u ki tn nd wor . cl: an mac2..ua easy intance similar cases. I say nothing of the regulations mo p re nasSa7. l), Presents follow, clandestine interview o s r , which seem to allow voting by proxy, although redges of ptaction, and the girl is seduced, and such a privilege is certainly not in the constitution. detected . coed Sit. is dismissed. Ite . r ika greal a criae m i d s It must be usual, because nobody objected to at home, she sinks deeper, till she is engulfed in it as irregular. It was done, but not the T etrur ou li % Tl iu tee id ea f !lat . &need are sacrifices her accurately done. All that M. Schneider said Bible to . be sits of men s through their Pain on 2 They are ultimately was that the vote had been care- seduced through their affections, fully verified, and as it was " in exact conformity through their sense of p d alge n of support altd ir proteetions nce o o n n his pledge of marriage. with what had been proclaimed at the moment of They aro sea - aced by repeated entreaty, by love of finery the vote it could not be diary As Peter and drr h s .l a taste . iniplaar.Z.i.tehez by n ature for for . r .m r- Pinder said, " strange, very strange, extraordi- they live sad move. Can it be supposed that the nary thing." A recorded vote of the representatives :m e aty of their ttravaganrisen TixThise are a s te n te en nt oed in4entiee Wilms Au. c Btormrs.—The will of the Hon. Sir of the people is different from what it would have titude for kindness, by curiosity y AU these motives L ra a; been if taken, and yet the announcement reveal and others but rowel *if ever do they veld to Frederick William Ad lobos Wright Bruce G.C.B. late n accurately dormant. They • a in of Washington, in th:United States, was Proved in' Loa. of the accumulated mistakes, instead of producing - wom i,;tito er . ions are pet becaure Charles Bruce, and Frederick Peske,Esq.,solicitor,Gray's don, on the 9th ult, by his brother, the Hon. Thomas any sensation, instead of leading to a searching in- they love. the weak and assailable point in • woman's character is obedience--obedienos to • stronger will, to the inn. The will is dated Nov. 24, 1856 • and is attested by 1 ventigation of the regulations which could render man who ou ht to he her ottitto i protector who really Frederick Antrobus and W. A. C. Bar'rington, both of her such a monstrosity possible, is passed over as an regulates and rules end directs ell her though:4, her move- Britannia Majesty's diplomat's service. The testator died, Sept. 19 last, at Tremont House, Boston, U.S. The per- ' this law of implicit obedience, rooted in nature, declared in H eal property in this country was sworn under 70,000 e. " accident of course," and the mention of it scarcely menu, even her dress. This relation between the sexes, occupies twenty lines in the Mu/titan . ! Seriptare, should never be lost sight of in any propoesl He bequeaths to his nephew, the Earl of Elgin The Prase already announces its intention to made on behalf of women • lost to virtue; as we and Kincardine, a legacy of 10,000 f. ; to his god son the Honourable Frederick Brew, 7, d meet the government persecution of the press in term it, to their recovery or benefit. If they are airmen we are greater sinners. If we cannot put • to his niece, the Hon. Louise Bruce, s,oooe—the soni a nd the way which I suggested a few days ago would stop aseduction and we never shall, let that t least share c i l i ax . h , t ( e . i . of the la L tz k earl... . l The t i ter bequeaths o c t i to te h is be the most effectual —namely, by &Ailing not the e peaal .s tand 'never.tould we fret t, bower:r o il. tinuanee of an sasuity'of 2001. ; end to his executor, Mr: only to attempt any criticism of the debates bus iumn e y resp7s - ae . . I consider n tte i t s avidmen a r of w these Feake. a legacy of 1,0001. He leaves to his man-servant . to reproduce the official report of them. It begins miserable women • natiocal disgrace. We make them Charles, 500/.; and to each of his other servmts one year's wages. All legacies to be free of duty. He appoints his and thieves and drunkards ; we burry them to pre by passing over altogether the first dey's speeches mature death, cut them o ff from all the resources of social said brother residuary legatee. The will of the late in the debate on the Press Bill. If, as expected, li fe, giving them neither help nor sympathy. They are Miss Elizabeth Bolton, of 157, King's-road, Chelsea, who 3 i m i.,. si .,,k, today, dM. pi nwr d atie . ndoned by man, but not, I hope, I:,y the mercl of Oa. died on 19 last, aged 59, was proved in the London • --- - - r ---- ay, an • From the boar a girl yields to the overwhelming in court on the 18th ult., under 14,0001. personalty. She has answers him, then the Pre,sse will to-morrow i mam b rou ght t" war on her, e nd the consequences left the following charitable bequests :—To the Church of Ragland Itiesionary Society. 1,0001. stock ; St. Giles and ' so to the expense of laying what they •of which she ass form no ides, the attachment en her aide 1 bermes more dawnd depending, while the gratification St. George, Bloomsbury, Refuges for Homeless and Des- my bef ore All readers as being something of the man's passiis but the first steg ir t i zards in titute Children and Ragged Schools, Field-lane Rigkt exceptionally interesting. In taking this conree I krona sad siglies• Fee a brief repeoe, whisk site Refuges., and the National Lifeboat Institution each 50M. cadged of tnisrert resibl of affeedoe, plasm, and s t o ok ; th e N ii ti o wil nod law, gam& ....4,d v id i believe, though I would be sorry to be too rare, •!aan -- oaks to lowest ler thoughts from ben ter- Bell Trinity Cluireh, Sioane-stmet, Chelsea, 200/. stock ; the Pivot has " the law on its aide." President I Abut . But the bead between them is sliAt and the Sodety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1001. D a w n = Dos i n d ee d ru l e d it to be un l a wful t o ' easily rent asunder. His pleasures pals, the two have no stock ; and • like rum to the churchwardens of HolyWeettty of istered in life, no revesige mum to uphold, or Trinity Church, to be app Red to the dental *spumes 1 Pledge e " textual extracts" from the speeches in a objeet to serve. Re resegaisss in his victim a stop on his Carew. Peirce. Oirs thirtaxso DAT.— of that .harsh.—/liestreded London News. leading article ; but it hie yet to be decided that • Progress in life, a blot se his cow% obese society affords : paperma y not quote ; „„l e A __,,, him noes of the comforts or sympathies of a virtuous mar- THCBSDAT. JAI. 30. ,712; on payment, 1,928 ;1 ditto by some *ions, 1,712 ; total rialtos% 4440. • debate, although it has omitted the one of yester- rushes into the streets for bread." V - . •••••--.. ittinl Tv, otere .goyet nye p „be ti Co. ' l -11 : ° 1 are live