The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-24 00:00:00

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LAI'REITE'S BRIDAL; OR, MORE THAN MEETS THE EVE Mrs. Lane.—Miss Garstone : Mr. "Dancing Mad" Bryan ; Grorgo Perks.—THE WHAT Is TT 1— Concludinl with soNt I•: BELLS THAT RAND. HIGH WATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE. VIM DAY —Morning, 211. :.im Afternoon. Sh. To-Noasow—morning , 3n. Om Afternoon, 4h 2m. LONDON, SAT( AZ DA Y, NOVEMBER 24. IT has passed into a proverb that the Bouasobts neither forget nor learn. The present condition of stairs in Spain supplies a forcible illustration of I this dynastical aphorism, for neither Queen Isa- BELLA 11. nor her political advisers appear to have forgotten the traditions of their country nor to have learned the smallest particle of wisdom from contemporaneous events. These personages dream of the possibility of governing sixteen millions of people in the middle of the nineteenth century precisely as their predecessors ruled in the dark ages. It would not be surprising were an attempt made to revive the Ile iiiisition. Is this moral blindness peculiar to the BoumsoN race, or is it simply an idiosyncrasy of despotic power ? In either case the result is the same, for oppression and misrule usurp the place of freedom and liberal institutions. Ignorance and misery at ---- --- _ _ home, and loss of credit and political considers, tion abroad, are the inevitable consequence. The abdication of Maximilian, Baron Ricasoli's At this moment the whole country is under circular to the prefects of Italy, the yellow fever in the martial law. NARVAEZ rules by the sword, and i Atrato, and' the discussion concerning the conscience no man's life is safe. The press is gagged ; clause, are the topics treated of this morning in the meetings fur the tli: , ..easssion of political or other i Tines. Assuming it to be true that the Americans will subjects are prohibited under the severest penal- e the protectorate of blexico, which the French vacate, the heve T many advan tag es t i h , oug t l h i eir the fav A u t r neri t ct h ins will ties ; opposition is silenced by terror; many of the leading politicians have fled the country, and sure itself '. will be the same as before. It will those who remain yield a reluctant acquiescence to be intet:ention for the government of a people who the decrees of the powers that be, or maintain an have proved utterly incapable of governing themselves. It ominous silence. Meanwhile the army is sullen, and I will be the establishment of a for. ign protectorate in the conspiracy is rifer than ever. Ere long an tap i r ,. place of a native administration, nominally independent, ! but expressing only anarchy and violence ; and as this will Mon must take place, and no one is bold enough be fur the cheap bargain the advantage of the world e at large, we vosh the to predict that it will not overturn the throne of Alun ISABELLA 11., and terminatA3 the rule of the Than the circular aorftn and speedy Italian minister success n more a noble, BOURBONS in Spain. wholesome, and earnestlecture, inthe opinion of the Times, This system of misgovernment caused the colo- was never adtressed to a people, nor was it ever so sorely nists of the Spaniali possessions in America to needed. We lay the circular down with a hearty hope that Baron Ricasoli maybe the man destined to carry into effect revolt, and if Cuba and Porto Rico yet belong to Queen Lauri-La, it is not that the people are aatis- the beneficent measures which he has so distinctly ex fied, butliecal Ise, tinder the pretext of preparation for 1 Pla t i ;o d tingopinions Dr. the of Simon respecting a possible metro insurrection, a large army is main- I the non-contagiousness of yellow fever and which tained there, ready at any time to suppress poli- ' are said to have the concurrence of the most tical excitement or the smallest manifestation of eminent practitioners, it seems to the Times beyond a disaffection on the part of the Cubans and l'orto ' doubt that the course taken with the Atrato was not that which was most consistent with science. The passengers Ricans. In spite, however, of this Darnoclesian .and crew were kept on board the infected ship with the sword, the colonists of the Spanish Antilles have constant chance of new seizures and a fresh radiation of from time to time asserted their right to be ga - . the disease. The proper treatment would undoubtedly verned as citizens, not ruled as slaves. Many of ! have been to have set the m at liberty as soon as possible, their leaders were in consequence driven into exile ' sending the sick to a lazaretto, and allowing the healthy to and poverty, hat their speeches and writings found 'go at large. On the other hand, the ship itself should be their way into the i.dands, and continued to pro- i i kept from contact with other vessels, perhaps for a longer I can duce fruit by raising Imp new advocates of solo- time e than ili the ‘ tra e to has remained ma d i e ne b d t in e quarantine. M rms al refo. But the Spanish Government per-now that th and e Em t pe ruis r ro ' Maximilianh - as " really left the city of 31e slated in turning a deaf ear to the remonstrances ferred his authority to Marshal Bazaine. He has been and petitions which poured in upon it from the I sufficiently the dupe of stage illusion, and it is to be colonial reform party, and began to consider the belied he may come back to Europe to be useful to hi , movement serious only when the abolition of the own family in restoring the fortunes of au empire which slave trade and slavery was mooted as an imlia - has so much need of the devotion of all its children as that 1 of Austria. pensable preliminary . to all other reforms. considering I Premising that the natural course in 'd •the The slaveholders' war in the United States, and . question of recruitingarmy for the would li c e o fit e to g deter its results, imparted to this phase of the colonial mine the permanent strength we desire to ma • , and reform movement a significance not tobe mistaken, ' the special occasions on which we might need to make and probably with a view to postpone indefinitely . further efforts, the Daily News reminds those who the solution of this grave question the NARVAEZ . have based terrifying proposals upon the rapidity Cabinet, assuming the initiative, promulgated a ' and decisiveness of the late campaign in Bohemia that t p of history of 50 or 60 years back decree bearing date the 2 5th of November, 1865, would he show age that the campaign of Sadowa has not which announced the intention of the Government been the first in which a single battle changed the fate immediately to consider what political, financial, of Europe. Wars now a-days are not more capable of being and social reforms should be conceded to the citi- unexpectedly declared than they formerly were, nor are zees of Cuba and Porto Rico. In accordance with the standing armies or trained reserves larger now than this decree, they were required to send delegates they were on the Continent in the first years of the cen from the various districts of these islands to meet tury. Hence wo may safely draw the conclusion that even in the case of our being called on to defend an ally by an equal number of representatives of the Govern sending troops to his assistance, we shall have several meat, selected from amongst those of its officers months of notice in the obvious preparations which the who had been personally engaged in the ag gressor must make. In the course of these months, if administration of the Colonies, the two we only have an efficient military framework, we can raise sections to form a Commission of In- such a number of men as we may think the emergency calls quiry, to confer as to the reforms to be in- for, and as we are prepared to pay for. stitutud, and the means of carrying them into Discussing the new recruiting question, the Star insists effect. This Commission assembled at Madrid on that the abolition of flogging is a necessary part of any measure of military reform. Soldiers, moreover, must the 30th of last month, and has held three meet- be paid at rates corresponding to the wages of labour, and ings. have the handling of their own money like any other The opening address of the Colonial Minister, class. They ought to be Ina under the care of officers ape- Senor CANO\AS DEL CASTILLO, was redundant daily tminel for the purpose, and not under puny boys 'E with professions of the intention of theaoverd ment to deal frankly with the question before it ; all the information that the delegates desired to tender would be gratefully received ; every point should have the most respectful and attentive con sideration ; the Government had no prejudices, had come to no foregone conclusion, and ! only pledged itself tg _ justice to all parties. The Commissioners received these emu ; rances with every demonstration of satisfaction, and forthwith prepared themselves for their work. It was not, however, a very encouraging fact, that the Government section of the Commission con ; sisted of individuals pledged to maintain the pre ! sent order of things. On the othe r hand, of the j twenty-two delegates from Cuba, and the six from Porto Rico, only six are of the same view as the I Government, the remainder being all firm Aboli in too mintrieses only know bow to warty the two. All ranks of t!e service ought to be thrown dipsvito pro. motion by merit, and the system of purchase lished. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review, dealing with Mr. Bright at Manchester, refers to the hon. member in its usual terms of severity, calling him in turn the demagogue and the mischievous agitator. It adds, however, that the argu ments for reform have not lost their force because Mr. Bright has diffused discontent. The extension of the franchise is expedient, not so much because it will improve legislation or government, as for the purpose of interesting a larger section of the people in the domestic and national policy. Democratic institutions are favourable to patriot ism, though not to liberty ; and it may be possible to create a constituency not too numerous to cherish freedom, and yet large enough to insure general support to the decisions of parliament. If the present ministers can devise such a plan, the more moderate liberals will not be curious to inquire too closely into their motives, or into the former policy of their party. The commission on the neutrality laws and the offer to confer with the American government as to a future neutrality code appear to the Saturday Ikciew to be steps dictated by prudence. Fenianisin is perhaps one of the gravest dangers that England has ever had to face, and if it were possible to devise any means for fettering the action of the United States before the Fenian left Ameri can ground the gain would be very great, and it is possible that a discussion of the laws by which neutrals ought to be guided might have a salutary effect. Considering the two courses open to the government as to the projected demonstration on Monday week—namely, one to allow the procession to take place and the other to forbid it—the Saturday Review thinks that perhaps on the whole it may not be unadvisable to allow this procession to have its way as a concession. If, however, encouraged by the success of their first effort, or undismayed by its failure, the working classes still insisted on annoying the metropolis by similar displays, then there would clearly be made out a case for a line of action demanding qualities of an entirely different nature from the amiable urbanity and sentimental tenderness of the present Home Secretary. The Spectator reoommends the leaders of the movement who really wish for order on Monday week to organise a police of their own, get a thousand or so of their strongest men sworn in as special constables, and, if necessary, give the dangerous classes, whose presence infests these meet. ings, one good lesson. The Spectator believes it is correct in stating that a re quisition very powerfully signed by fellows of University College, London, of all faiths and the highest standing. as well as by many of the most influential proprietors, will be sent in next week to the Council of University College, asking for a special meeting to consider the recent grave error of the council in refusing the best qualified candidate for a chair on the ground of denominational repute, and to lsy down clearly the principles of the future. Tho truth is that the advocates of the council were obliged to postpone the positive duty of choosing a first-rate teacher to the vague and ill-defined advantage of choosing an un objectionable name, and that is so weak a position that intelligent men are very naturally ashamed of it. The case of the tones, the Examiner says, has become desperate : they must move off or move on. Lord Derby's administration has scrambled into office solely and wholly to the cry of anti-reform. Anti-reform has brought them thus far; but there it will leave them stranded if they do not obliterate the recollection and stifle the sound. Nothing short of the adoption and advocacy of all they declared six months ago to be dangerous and disreputable can prolong their chance of official existence, or give them an excuse for going to the Queen, when they are beaten in the Com mons, and asking for a new parliament. They cannot ex pet that all the simple-minded country gentlemen whom they hounded on last session against the over-cautious Whigs will be brought to shout next February for the en frAnchisement of working men, and the disfranchisement of nomination boroughs. Nevertheless, there is no help for it. They must run this risk and incur the just re proach of having proved themselves blind leaders of the blind, to say the least of it. tionists. If any of the colonial delegates were deluded by the honied words of Senor CsNovas DEL CAS TILLO into the belief that the Government really intended to act up to its protestations, the printed " interrogatory" of 26 questions, under the separate heads of " negro slaves, free negroes, Asiatic " population, and immigration," which the Minis ter placed in their hands, must at once have snatched the veil from their eyes. The effect pro duced upon them may be judged of by the result. The Porto Rican delegates, with one exception, entered an energetic protest against the course of the Government, declaring it to be flagrantly in consistent with the terms of the Royal decree. They stated that the tendency of those questions was to perpetuate slavery indefinitely, and as such an intention was not only opposed to the views of their constituents, but antagonistic to the pro sperity of the ialand, they declined to answer any of the queries. They also demanded, on behalf and in the name of their constituents, the imme diate abolition of slavery, with or without com pensation to the slave-owners, and with or without any regulations respecting the introduction of immigrant labour. They declared that the social reform involved in their demand was of primary importance, and that while they reserved the right of pressing for those administrative changes which , I the circumstances of the colony rendered im ' perative, they should insist to the end upon the abolition of slavery as an indispensable pre liminary. This noble protest proved contagious. The Cuban delegates, at first surprised, presently an nounced their adhesion to it, and in principle to the demand for abolition ; but whilst they con sidered immediate emancipation might safely be conceded to Porto Rico, the circumstances and the condition of Cuba were so different, that they preferred preparing a plan of emancipation more suitable to their island, which they should submit as soon as the discussions on Cuba were opened. Thus stood the question on the 13th of the present month. The action of the Government has now to be seen. It can no longer dally with the question of emancipation. The abolitionist party in Spain has sprung into existence in a most marvellous manner. Two years ago it had no existence. The " Progressistas " are unanimously in fa vour of emancipation, and until NARVAEZ stilled the press upwards of eighty newspapers ' advocated it. The Spanish Anti-Slavery Society, of which Don SALUSTIANO OLOZAnA is President, inaugurated only on the Ist of April last year, ' has held three numerously attended public meet ings on the question, and numbers amongst its supporters the most eloquent orators in Spain, and some of the most distinguished members of the Cortes. The reign of terror has alone checked its progress, but sustained as it is and strengthened by the attitude which the colonial delegates have assumed, it would seem impossible that anything short of extinction by the iron hand can prevent the solution of the important question which it has been instrumental in raising. Thus do great principles make their way. LIEUTENANT BRAND'S PROMOTION. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) 'RESg,`• SATURDAY E'VENING, NOVEMBER, 24, 1866. Vie Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 23. The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, attended by the Duchess of Roxburgh°, walked and drove yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, with the Princess Louise, and attended by the Countess of Oaledon, walked and drove this morning. Prince Leopold went out walking, attended by Mr. Legg, and Prinoess Beatrice rode in the Home-park. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh() bad the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and General Knollys, left Marlborough•house yesterday after noon for Sandringham. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Moat Honourable Privy Council sat on Friday evening at Whitehall on matters relating to quarantine. The lords present were the Lord President, Sir Stafford Northoote, Bart., and the Right Hon. H. Corry ; Mr. Helps and Mr. Harrison attended the committee. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of the settlements on the West Coast of Africa. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO WOLVERHAMPTON.—Her Majesty's acceptance of the invitation to Wolverhampton was conveyed in the following letter to the Mayor:— " Whitehall, Nov. 22, 1866. Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before the Queen a letter which you addressed to me, expressing the hope of the inhabitants of Wolver hampton that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to inaugurate the statue of the Prince Consort which has been erected in that town; and I have received the Queen" commands to convey to you the satisfaction it gives her Majesty to find herself able to comply with that request. Her Majesty proposes to fix Friday, the 30th, for the cere mony, and to arrive at Wolverhampton between one or quarter past one.—l am, air, your obedient servant, S. H. LA' WALromi." CABINET COUNCIL. —Summonses have been issued for a cabinet council on Monday next at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. The council is summoned for half-past 2 o'clock. The Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and General Knollys, left Marlborough House yes terday afternoon for Sandringham. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Ade laide and his Highness the Prince de Teck arrived on Thursday evening at the Duchess of Cambridge's residence in St. James's Palace, from Vienna. The prince and princess and the Duchess of Cambridge dined with the Duke of Cambridge in the evening at Gloucester House. The princess's birthday is on the 27th inst., when the anniversary will be celebrated with the customary rejoic ings at Kew. The Duke of Sutherland has arrived in Paris from Italy on his way home. The following company have been staying at the Regent Hotel, Leamington, during the races at Warwick : —The Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Hastings, the Marquis of Queensberry, the Earl of Westmorland, Lord Bateman, Mr. A. Rushout, Mr. George Payne, Mr. R. Ten Broeck, Mr. and Mrs. R. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. F. Gran ville, Mr. B. Burton, Mr. 11. Coventry, Mr. C. H. Carew, Mr. Stirling, Mr. F. Wombwell, Colonel Ouseley Higgins, Captain Barclay, Captain Towneley, Colonel Knox , Mr. H. Crawshaw, Mr. Bevill, &c. We have to announce the death of the Countess of Dunraven, which took place on Thursday, after a pro tracted illness from dropsy. The countess was monied in 1836, and leaves a family. The term of office of Mr. H. L. Holland as Go vernor of the Bank of England expires in March next. Mr. Thomas Newman Hunt, the present Deputy-Governor' will then become Governor, and Mr. H. W. Crawford, one of the members for London, will be the new Deputy-Go- vernor. It is stated that Colonel St. George Ord, C. 13., has been appointed Governor of the new Colonial Go vernment of the Straits Settlements, and Mr. Robert Keate Governor of Natal. General Gilbert, tho oldest officer in tho late Indian army, was buried last week in Boldre churchyard, Hants. He was B.i years of age. In consequence of the death of Mr. Yardley, Mr. D'Eyncourt will be moved from Clerkenwell to Maryle bone Police-court, and Mr. Cooke from Worship-street to Clerkenwell. Mr. Robert M. Newton, Recorder of ('am bridge, has been appointed police magistrate, and will sit at Worship-street. A letter from Milan says :—" Apropos of diplo matists and ministers— Earl Russell is in this city, and has been visiting with much interest most of the public monuments and institutions, not forgetting the renowned Theatre of La Scala, ui.usually attractive just now by the production of the Afrienine. His lordship is the object of much respect and esteem on the part of those Milanese who have the good fortune to enjoy his society, among whom may be mentione I the veteran Manzoni, founder of the modern Italian school of romance writing, to whom Earl Russell paid a visit yesterday." The artesian wells of Grenelle and Passy now emit volumes of steam ; the temperature of the waters, which rise from a depth of 2,300 feet, reaching $5 degrees Fahrenheit, while that of the atmosphere at the surface by night is only l 5 or 36. Mr. Moens, whose romantic sojourn with the Italian brigands excited so much attention last year, has purchased an estate at Rehire, near Lymington, in Hamp shire. The population of Canada last year was 2,881,862. There are 2,14 S miles of railroad in Canada, which cost 121,543,109 dollars, and the raceipts last year were 10,910,07 S dollars. The length of telegraph wires is 5,47,7 miles. There are 21 hospitals, 6 savings banks, and 10 building societies in Canada. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 22. —The Queen has ap pointed Captain Augustus Chetham Strode, Royal Navy, to be captain of the port for the city and g arrison of Gibraltar.—Gazette. DC('HY OP CORNWALL-OFFICE, BUCKINGHAM GATE, S.W., Nov. 22.—The names of the gentlemen who have been nominated to serve the office of sheriff of the county of Cornwall:—Thomas Simon Bolitho, of Penal. verne, But. ; Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, of Trelawny, part. ; John Whitehead Pearl, of I'enquite, Esq.— ; Gm-effe. A CRINOLINE TRAGEDY.—A surgeon, writin6 from Sloane-street, communicates the particulars of a tragical case which occurred on Wednesday, at noun, near his own house in that street. " I had just," he says, " alighted at my own door at 12 this morning, when I heard two or three piercing cnes in the street, and on running round the corner I saw a young woman standing on a doorstep so entirely covered with flames that only her uplifted hands and her feet were visible. With the aid of a rug and a great coat instantly given by a passer-by, we got the poor young creature down on the pavement, and in the course of a few minutes every spark of fire was crushed out. We then doubled up a blanket, and with the tender help of one or two eta ong fellows I took her as on a stretcher to a cab close at band. The cabman refused to take the poor girl, and no remon strance of mine or of others would induce him to open his door. As no time was to be lost (and no policeman natu. rally was at hand), I immediately cleared out my own brougham, and, gently laying the miserable half-charred girl on the knee of the man who helped me to extinguish the flames, I mounted the coach-box and drove to St. George's Hospital. There I immediately obtained admission for her, and we softly placed her in bed, scorched and blistered from head to foot. She was— need I say it ?—in horrible agony, but conscious, and gave her own simple account of the event perfectly clearly. Her half-burnt rags of clothing were carefully cut away ; and, covered with cotton wool, dressed and swathed after the kindest and skilfullest method, she lay an awful wreck of what half-an-hour previously had been a handsome, well grown young woman. This was the work of a few terrible minutes at mid-day, and I have this evening just been to see the poor young thing die." The writer further states that the girl's dress took fire behind, at an unguarded bedroom fireplace ; hence it attained some force without her knowledge. Mad with fright on its dis covery, she ran to the stairs, up which there is in every house • constant ascending current which drove the fire higher. Thence she rushed down, still driving the flames upwards, until, reaching the street door, ahe came into the open street, and then, in stantly fanned by the free sir, she was ablaze from heed to foot. Only resolute priming out was of any avail, and he was obliged to get several to assist him in squeez ing out the firs which clung to what was left of her clothes. What was left ! A blackened help of rage, and the nnburnt wires of her crinoline—this was literally aIL She might have escaped scot-free had she possessed the courage only to sit down on the flame on the first instant of its discovery. TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS. SIR,-1 find I was mistaken in attributing Lieut. Brand's promotion to the present Board of Admi ralty. He was promoted by the Duko of Somerset. —I am, &c., CHARLES BUXTON. Foxwarren, Cobham, Nov. 23. " Lieutenant Brand, in all probability," says the Spectator, " looked on the whole affair in Jamaica as a sort of rat hunt. He and his comrades were standing by with sticks while the police acted the terriers, and routed out the wretched negroes whom the court-martial were to knock on the head. It was hanging like fun,' as one of the officers justly remarked, where the ' fun' no doubt was impersonated in the president of the court-martial." We (Army aid Nor ! , (;azette), have good reason for believing that the stories circulated in the early part of the week to the effect that the recall of Sir William Mansfield and the reinstatement of Captain Jervis had been settled by the authorities are altogether without foundation. No step has yet been taken in the matter. A l'octavyrre HEDGING.— Dr. Cumming's repii tativn for twenty years has depended on the coming of a great cataclysm in lffriG. The great year has nearly gone, so now he says that when he said 'Col be meant Tat and there is no reason whatever why, when 'Lis collies and goes, he should not say that he meant 7 8 . " Why, sir," as Mr.i Osbaldiston said to his poetic son, " you do not understand the beggarly trade you have chosen." A shrewd prophet never thinks of prophesying anything too soon or too precisely. He always leaves an elastic margin of time, or else he takes care to clotho his oracle in conve niently ambiguous phrase. There is an Oxford story, that some candidate for the degree of bachelor of divinity, when be had to compose his Latin disputation, went the right before to the College Library and fished out an old treatise on the Millennium. This he very accurately and dili•jently copied out. The writer proved that the great eveut must occur almost immediately. The next morning the cdulidate, running his eye over the book, suddenly perceived that it had been printed about lt;GO. Nothing daunted, he appended a concluding sentence, " Si his cal culationibus ducentos SUEIO4 tultismus"—then it will ap pear indisputably that the Millennium is close at hand. Dr. Cumming is evidently going to imitate the style of this admirable disputant, only he begins modestly by adding , Itwo, instead two hundred, to his original calculations. —Saturday it ricer. ACCIDENT TO LORD BROT:OIIA3I.—The persons from Pentith and the neighbourhood in the habit of atteui , ing the sera :ces at the private chapel attached to Brougham Hall, were disappointed on Sunday last at not seeing the venerable statesman in his usual place. It appears that an hoer or two previously his lordship bad accidentally fallen and injured his back; but the injury is nut of a serious character.— Hist sauftlund Ga_ ties LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS POR THE ENsUING WEEK.—Monday—Actuaries, at 7, "Value of Half-yearly and Quarterly Annuities," Mr. Sprague ; Ruyal Academy, at 8, "Anatomy,' Mr. Partridge ; Geo graphical, at " Letter from Dr. Livingston, Rovurna River, E. Africa.;' "Physical Geogreph. of Natal," Dr. 'nem. Tuesday—Engineers, at 8, "Smelting of Copper Ores, Australia," Mr. Morgan; "Cofferdams for No. 2 Contract of the Thames Embankment," Mr. Ridley. Wed. nesilay—Society of Arts, at 8, " Effect of Unlimited Lia bility Partnership on Progress of Arts, Sc.," Mr. Hawes. Thursday—Antiquaries, at 8.. Friday—Royal, at 4, Anniversary.— A liven um. THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL AT PARIS.—The Temps says :—" A serious agitation exists at the present moment in the Polytechnic School, where the pupils refuse to obey orders. To compel them to enter the rooms of study and sit down, recourse has to be had to calling them by name and giving to each individual pupil a special order. In other respects they are quiet and make no noisy demonstrations. This agitation arises, it is said, from a general punishment inflicted on the school. One of the under officers whose duty is to maintain order entered the ball and remained there while the lessons hated. The pupils, who were not accustomed to so strict a supervision, hooted the officer. General Faye, the director, ordered them to be kept within doors for two days, and sent one of them to the military prison. From that time the pupils have in a certain sense gone on strike; they demand the release of the prisoner and the removal of the general penalty, and also thatitshould be recognised that the majors alone have the right of representing the school."—The Arenir National on its side says :—" If our information is correct the pupils of the Polytechnic School, persisting in their refusal to submit to the new disciplinary regulation against which they haveproteated,GeneralFave has just addressed a circular to the families of the young men, requesting their recall home." • FOREIGN -OFFICE, Nov. 21. The Queen has bcen pleased to approve of Mr. William W. Averell as coved-general for the British North American Provinces for the United States of America. —Casette. ROME. A communication from Rome of the 23rd states that General Montebello has given a soil* in honour of Mr. Gladstone and Lord Clarendon. Other Eng lish persons of distinction were also present. It is affirmed that Mr. Gladstone had expressed a wish to the Pope that he might remain in Rome, in the inte rests of Europe. An anonymous pamphlet is in circulation here, which recommends the re-esta blishment of the Roman senate as in the 15th cen tury : the Popo to retain a sort of suzerainty in Rome. (Rwrzies mirasAms.) HUNGARY. PESTEI, Nov. 23. The debate on the royal rescript will commence in the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet on Thursday next. The Deak party propose that there shall be no special debate upon the rescript, but merely a continuation of the discussion on common affairs. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 23. The Prince of Set via has renewed his demands for equal rights with the Rospodar of Roumania. He has offered to pay the tribute of Beryls to the Porte three years in advance, and to contract a loan for that purpose. The army corps concentrated at Schumla has gone into winter quarters. The national guard of Roumelia has been partly disbanded. Several shipwrecks have taken place in the Archipelago. THE WEST INDIES. ARRIVAL OF THE TYNE.-FURTHER CASES OF YELLOW FEVER. The Royal Mail Company's international steamer Tyne has arrived at her moorings off Netley Hospital. Since leaving St. Thomas four deaths have occurred on board from yellow fever, and four cases are still under treatment. The last death occurred on the 19th inst. Dr. Wiblin has ordered the Tyne to remain at ' her moorings in quarantine until he receives instructions from the Lords of the Privy Council, with whom he communicates. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 14th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 7.45 a.m. to-day, with 58 passengers and 100,500 dols. in specie. She landed all the mails, consisting of 127 sacks, and two passengers, and pro ceeded at 8 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, Nov. 14, MORNING. Washington despatches report that the Secretary of the Treasury will urge upon Congress the early resumption of specie payments. Judge Bartol has sustained the Governor of Maryland in the latter's removal of the old, and appointment of the new, police commissioners. The new commissioners have made fresh demands for the surrender of the police-stations, but no reply has as yet been received from the old com missioners. Baltimore remains quiet. Gener.d Sherman, accompanied by minister Campbell, left New York on Saturday, for Vera Cruz, in the steamer Susquehanna. The Federal authorities ar.,:sted Ortega and his suite upon their arrival at Brazos de Santiago. Ortega has issued a protest as president of the Mexican republic, attributing to the Federal govern ment indirect armed interference in Mexican local affairs, and protesting against any acts of the United States tending directly or indirectly to force the Juarez government upon Mexico. The Fenian William Hogdon has been sentenced to be hanged at Toronto on December 13. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL. 4. MALTA, Nov. 21. The Maasilia will leave at 1 p.m., and the Syria at 5 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the aith inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 2nd of December. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL The Pera, from Southampton, 12th inst., arrived on the 21st at 8 a.m., and left at 5 p.m. for Alex andria. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Nov. Z 3. The Tanjore left at 4 a.m. for Southampton. All well. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRTDAT EVENING. The Patr:c contains the following oblique para graph touching the rumours I referred to two days ago, of a projected visit of the Empress to the Pope: Several journals talk of a journey of the Empress to Rome. According to our information it is by no means decided that her Majesty will go. But should she do so she would only realise a desire long formed and which prevent circumstances would have rendered more oppor. tune than it was. It is undeniable that the convention of September 15 creates au uneasy feeling among religious people in France. The government does not share this alarm because it knows that the convention will be loyally executed by both parties. The Empress's journey to Rome could only therefore be an additional proof of the confidence felt by the government, and a testimony on the I Emperor's part of profound sympathy for the Holy Father's person. It could not have any other signifies ' lion. This is a very curious feeler. It seems to me to mean that the Emperor is ready to send the Empress to Rome if the Pope would make her visit and mediation an excuse for abating the rigours of his non possumus, and lend himself heartily to the execution of the convention. As I do not think he will do this, I have no expecta tion that the Empress will make a pilgrimage to Rome. Whatever her own personal feelings may be, she could not take such a step against her imperial husband's wishes. She could not go to Rome to receive a rebuff, or to further a check to that French policy to which the Emperor's government is irrevocably committed. The Arenir National says: Most improbable rumours relating to llezioo were in circulation to-day. It was alleged that Maximilian was forcibly detained at Oriasba, and that our troops, instead of preparing to depart, had received orders to concentrate themselves, and to fortify various parts of the coast. The government will no doubt speedily contradict reports which are as contrary to the engagements as to the wishes of the country. I cannot believe there is one word of truth in these rumours justly characterised as " extraordi nary." The French government knows perfectly well that a prolonged occupation of Mexico on its own account would moan war with the United States, and its mind was made up long ago to submit to the failure of the Mea i• can adventure rather than embark in such a war. Every preparation is made for bringing home the army of occupation, and the govern- BENCE. ment journals, France, Petrie, &c., ing the silence of the Moniteur, a re public mind for the reception of th e . 4 1 that the news via America is true, th at has absconded and that the bubble has bo w Dr. Troupeau, the eminent physician, is d ea t Infant mortality in France has k ing 64 subject of newspaper disquisition. It suet sa tisfactory to the writers who ha ve lah s . - L show that this mortality was in great n reseq --•11 rentable, to find a striking instance in v' been most materially diminished in , of the stir made by the public press. Dollfua, one of the largest manufacturers was shocked to find that the women his factories lost 40 per cent. of their childrm first year, whereas the average mortality, age in France is only 18. He came to the sion that a main camas of this fri g htf t of incipient life was the neeeenty s laid upon the mothers to re sat , too soon after their confinement. R e the with the true grandeur of a merchant , determined to pay to every woman in hi s who was brought to bed six weeks' wag m requiring any work for it. This was tim ago. The wondrous and most rejoicing the philanthropic experiment has been tion of infant mortality in the district , 25. Six other houses have been so strum beneficial effects of M. Dollfus's system have resolved to adopt it, subject only fication—necessary, perhaps, in a oor of view, and wholesome as regards dence of the workman. Seeing benefit to humanity produced by , charity, they recommend to all theirempi, themselves participants in the system scription of three sous a fortnight from k in their factories between the ages of years. A better insurance could semi, vised. I should add that the premium Went to cover the risk, but the master to make up the difference. The high story lies far less in the relations bete and servant than in the proved fact that i their mothers are constrained to hard after their birth. Another experiment fus with a view to improve the me of his labourers has been successful. since told his 600 weavers that he woe 11 hours' work a day the same wages hitherto paid for 12, but on the co commercial competition rendered that they should do as much work ii time as they had been in the habit " Thank you for nothing," a criti might well have said, without being tankerous. Nevertheless, it is alleged workmen accept the conceded hour boon, and cheerfully act up to the an fear of losing the hour imparts to the requisite to do 12 hours' work in 11. of this praiseworthy movement iky other results an increased demand. the Mulhouse working men's library able. FIRE AND LOSS OF TWO LIES A T ELL POURPENNY LODGING•BOUM INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This forenoon Mr. Richards, depatpars4 held an inquest at the 011 Fountain Tavera, street, City road, upon view of the body of s Wee e known, who was found dead in a fourpeany kept house. Emma Holland, the first witness, said that she irk wife of a blind man, who kept a lodgingbottse st to 4 Golden-lane, St. Luke's. On Wednesday night ha* witness was out the deceased woman came to kdr ; was partly drunk. Her name was not takes beam ness was out, and beside it wis not usual to take plat names except the inspector came for imowleha people lodging in the house were all very poor, tall working ; many of them worked about the ram, as few, for anything witness knew, might " p' rd Thirty-two or 33 persons lodged w,th witnese, s fig paid 4d. a night each. Mail of them came stag and left in the morning, and she we se them again. The inspector came to make iniviia four times a week. He uswilly asked about peoph an accident, like a murder, had taken place ;ask. child had been stolen ; he had conic three or feartinsO look after stolen children. He came sometime is thieves. The Coroner—l am afraid your lax mode.: this lodging-house—not even vikin; the uses lodgers—makes it a receptacle for had character. Witness—Oh, no, Sir. It is just the same ss other! houses. Accidents will occur, of course, and Ng spector conies and tells me, and Igo round mit people their names. If those that are sated one the inspector gives me their signs ant token! away. With reference to the decease 1 wont's, Om sin stated that on Thursday forenoon, at 11 o'elock,ll , found dying or dead, lying on her bed. A for at once, but his services were of no use. It was remarked that this u Ultras had shoat cling rings on her ring finger, and othrr rings ea fingers. She explained that she 11:.c1 not beet eight times, but she wore the rings because golds always handy if you come to want ir,,:.ey. lima that her lodging.house was as " re. , N,table" u U blishment of the kind, and that the impecton Jaime ticular reason to find fault with her managemest Mr. C. Da said tb Ist mak mortem ouimination of the body of the . wee in a state of great emaciation and was filthy. Death arose from effusion on the natural causes. The jury returned a verdict in accordance medical testimony. About one o'clock yesterday morning a . out on premises occupied by Mrs. Heiken, Carlisle-street. Hull, which resulted in the len lives. When the fire was discovered it had thorough hold on the building, and when the po with their hose and fire-escapee the building eu of flames. There slept on the premises Mrs. and her two daughters, aged respectively 12' of age. As nothing could be seen of the utmost consternation was observalibi in the s,— which had in a very short time gathered IA frost burning building. The police were very mot play with their hose, but they found it utterly is to subdue the fire in any of the rooms sufficient an entry. In about a quarter of as hoar afterl covcry of the fire Mrs. Redfearii was foetal by tee policemen lying in the backyard in a hut' ofil bility. She was taken to All adjoining house , wht'' was found to be so severely burned fiat her me , the General Infirmary was considered necessary. past two o'clock the danirs had been so b that the police were able to enter the building, spcctor Dorsey discovered the bodi..s of the tiro so charred as tube scarcely recognisableas human One of them was found on tLa floor of thebednua diately over the shop, and the other amongst the.' the bed on which she had previoiisly 'dept. The IsW of the deceased children; whowas a condeble is a , police force, lost his life at a Me when in the eyeing his duty. On Oct. 19, the doceased co in charge of a hose at a large :ire which bad broken! a wholesale grocery store in iligh . st reet, when OM I walls of the building gave way, butyii him t others in the ruins. A 'ohne' iption for the rilat, those killed was raised, and the match committee:a Medfearn up in the premises %lucre ber two have lost their lives. Mrs. Mrorearn, who at presesLi nothing of the death of her childre n, is so senonsllfor that she is not expected to recover. _ _ • ARTIFICIAL NESTS. —The 13+,!;ftilt de 14 I d'Arclimatotion contains several inteesting fat" P- • less connected with the chief ob j ect the socieSl : view, that rearing foreig n species in F rance. the most curious subjects we birds' find treated ilta"o number is that of arti fi cial nets as the,' al s ; made in Switzerland under the direction of th. formed there for the protection of in.ecti"Jriddt One of the member of a society of tass" - . Lion, M. X—, who inhabits Ver serv.d that many species of that tusu 'T o e nests the holes they find in the trunks trees, and that they conseq uen tly do nut had ta i e;j, settle in orchards, where all the trees are Uior. "10 tion, began, 25 years ago, to set up rotten tra''',oo grounds ; and since then he has ha d no need it. • himself in the least about clea rin g away estatr'4oo care being entirely left to his wing rd • • their duty admirably. M. X ' contrary, who have not ha d this fonsigtt, orchanls laid waste by a host of voracious 1a57,40 Yverdun Society have go ne the length of plaata,"7,o l nests even in the public walks and communal 1 °7,0 the borders of the lawns, kc. All those nests silo hablted by hedge-sparrows. rod.tart• creeriva tits, all which may be found in Switzerland sa the perpetual snow line. The same prsetioshas wai into Germany. ~,,•&• 141. Teas BANDA BOOTY COIL r,, occupied the Court of Admiralty 27 der • 11' ment, and in which 37 counsel appeared. Sir . , 'Le a allowed, were 58,0001. The fund is expec t e d ' divided. It was taken nearly ten yeas age• has b unk - 7 dan,ied t 4 gittiolP n. 1"5 betty gas l• It edit ye labotie of The P atSeri ,_ fondant Maim,: El in whi c h A i beelffei in en d it preas ° 77l lll 2 ?Ja z anus in lin7 Dolt AI en toopi os 7l r &pan g hi l l nodality It% V in o t° ths olds in the i frigldfli iimennt l tt of wire him t° resume His • He few Z 10/. lerehant mies/ 0 162 01 •••=i In w o ' i vageillaili ckg tharitis cluee: sons er t •D e al Lem o w th llfrsoo est„ strict froglike =skint <I struck davit i system %t i t Novae only to end no Pit • ahem 07 nag Mama mills I y t k e tit author irempfoessg i a, 'Mom by see, earted ht from eji iftt gars Wes of 18 low filed it • sett p4l Kr. emium masters Woe, high mow d i t s t h e ui is betimes * * 'hold( A that Wat l i ng other o hard Mews% M ; rimed of 11. NI solids he moral merle ful. Resorts* CC ; wouldn't:dhot i 1863, ih f ha iL)reiw t her e ke ;ondi sa uriantadiegetibinicil y iti:uthdt wePali f hat t°ll ;ket ail*TtallittliiiiiPlairhiill4lll4 : at th furor his to them the , some in 11. The """ i nand for Ica d brui library is s her to of en In VG-110USIS. to le chid. DAY.) the de, deptityeast ford body Tavern, Bebe body of a VMS e chat a fonrpeaay Mr. said that elle me h a d tgng.hottse st /k 4 [teeny night des ti chat n came to keit; i b ee' not takes beau usual to take Pd tics t for imowledte. a juri ll very poor, fetal bout the one, ea night " cadge' ael r,th witness, ud f them cues it ill and she one se to make *see me for SO about welt de bet taken place ; all C" te three or fear ease Ow came sonatina if r lax mode of woo act in.; the names it se bad characten ;he same as otherWlit on course, and Ns titis tit i I go round anemias r are w cited meets 44 gas an I tabulator he ie tel woman, tho s as t, at 11 ckludiols• t h bed. A doctor reel 00 of no use. lend had about *al nt; . other rings ea king , e lid not beet mai n-3 because Pk Tin!! it'it:.ey. It sae O N re;p,.!ablc"u of. the it lepeeton boatel. Je her tw.nagenteat • tb .1 be eat ly of the wasdemand. ii and W ia6111112•1 _ non on the bait ila tiu accordance alb; (a ft ••••••••••••• L) LIVES AT HULL ul i}ec t p et se : r e : r : lwej. t a°l ,i s ' no l eiß il . : ". f n e i d edt y tnt i;e P t ia :: aiaa : fir:; sii 7 : ;:: re.thht in the great lie gathered fratimi were veil f found it utterly' e rooms sufficirsto mr of en hoer oftei ! woe found by two -aril in a " ti e jet !dug' house, whet 1 that her Ter [tiered necessarf• ' ; had been so fir or the building, woo , _ of the human . I i~~ :~ I; ' ;1;1