The Express. — London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

I 1 -------- SOCIETY for tho PROPAGATION GI Use GOSPEL la REIGN PARTS. ANN F IV O ERSARY OD FRIDAY. Aprti ft, the ANNUAL MEETING win be bola St James's Ilan YlecadUly. lib Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY will take the dim& at half pest Two o'clock. The Lord Bishop of Melo., the Lord Bishop of Capetowil. Metropolitan of South Africa, the Bartlep of lionelals, elks SISK. of renatioat, w.s., Sir if. YOE% IL• lAD ealrentOr of hootkay, A. J. B. Bemsford-llope, Esq., MY., J. E. Clorst, Esq.,others, will attend. Tickets may be obtained at P. York-place, fit. Junta& street. FIRST-CLASS CARPETS, DAMASKS, tte., LWOW Mean Ihtt T. V ns can be torn arded to the Country Fres. ENABLES a BONS, LONDON, E. FIRST-CLASS SILKS and FANCY DRESSES. LORS3T PRIM. Patterns taut to the Oounti7 T. VENATILES & BONN. LONDON. FIRST-CLASS DRAPERY, MANTLZEI, tto. cArcer rum. CarriMe Trim T. VEYABLINS & 80 Yd, LoNDON, FIRST CLASS MOURNING. 1.01f1Ls? PRIM. Patterns nut to the Country Free. T. VENABLES et BONS, LONDON, IL LgtablLthed nearly halt a Cautery. FIRST CLASS FURNITURE, BEDDING, &o. ASSN.? PRICES. An Illustrated Prier List Post Tree. T. VENABLES A SONS, 103 104, and 105. W1114001i0.01, aled e. and S. Commerclalatrest, Landow. HENRY BRETT and Co.'sD. V." PURE BRANDY ,13s. per gallon sod :Ms. perdos, nem imatted by the medical profeselon. Ina we for the ooluttry 15... usetsive of railway cantagr.—Holbmn-bers, and 30, Regestat. WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, APRIL 17. SOCIETY" of PAINTERS in WATER E oLou n'.; me SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION, i t Pall mall East. Athoittanc•. lc WILLIAM CALLOW, Secretary. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PA LACE. Thom Panora Grind Concert Promenade. Add o'clock. cam BlaLlaq. ROBERT HELLER, the famous American mogand HUMORIST, will re-open POLYGRAPHIC MALL, Ring Willlant-etreet, Charing-mons, on RASTER MONDAY, perforralng every evening at 8, and on Wednesday and Saturday af + moons at S. The be 4 confining since the slays of Hobert Houdin his humour convulsing, and reminding us of &damns Ward. QADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Confirmed kJ Triumphant Success of Professor ANDERSON and his 70UR DAUGHTERS. Miss Louise Anderson la 4•Bsoond gut- Lissie Anderson in her Gress Butteedy Tria. Was Mors Anders m and Mims Ada Anderson. OUR PARIS LETTER. (NEON OUR OWN CORRINPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. _ _ _ Most of the journals contain comments on M. Duruy's speech at the Sorbonne on the occasion of the distribution of prizes to members of learned societies in France. The clerical prints, as a matter of course, speak of the Minister of Public Instruc tion as ignorant, presumptuous, and irreligious, and exhaust their ingenuity in sarcastic phrases against him. The organs of the liberal opposition speak generally with a certain amount of sympathy. They incline to think that the minister means well, and may do a considerable amount of good ; but they notice a great deal of fatuity in his boasts and pro misee, and point out palpable defects in his logic which show too clearly how much he is fettered by the influence of the ultramontanista at Court. His theory of two concentric circles, the lesser one scientific, and the larger one, "whose diameter is lost in eternity" religious, is particularly pointed out as a conceit which will not bear examination. The church and the freethinkers are not to be recon ciled by any such fanciful division as this. There is no concentric circle so limited that the Bishop of Orleans would not claim to take a dominant place in it. Besides M. Duruy says that his two circles, though distinct, ought to approximate one to the other, and how this can be if the diameter of the bigger one be lost in eternity is indeed a puzzle. The 'Jeremy Bentham who could do full justice upon M. Duruy's unmeaning verbiage is not now to be found in France. The Arenir National says : We fully agree with M. Duruy when he says that scien tific truth can be predicated of nothing not justified by experiment and calculation. But then what becomes of his implied theory that the state is to hold u equally true certain theological dogmas arrived at by another method ? Does M. Duruy suppose that the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was the result of experience or calculation? What the minister really meant was this :—There are on veered a certain number of reli gious ideas which depend on tradition ; and in regard to these Mess no experimental or reasonable teats are necessary. As to new philosophical ideas which may tend to throw discredit upon the traditions of the middle ages we will not tolerate them unless they can be justified by scientific certainty, ►nd the state ie to be the judge of the value of the experimental evi dence. This, stripped of M. Dam's eloquence, ambiguity, and imagery, is what his argument comes to. We wish he had stated his caae more simply, and thus spared us the trouble of pinking out what he really means from • labyrinth of concentric circles. We believe, however, we have eliminated his theory, and the public will judge what it is worth. The Gazette de France thinks it extremely quaint that M. Duruy should pay himself and Napoleon 111. compliments at the expense of Lord Bacon and James I. It is to be inferred from his speech that he realised, or expects shortly to realise all that Lord Bacon ever dreamt of in the way of "ad vancement of learning." Does M. Duruy suppose that science, that " second revelation " of which he speaks, was never invented till he was made a minister ? Science has made progress, no doubt, but it began to develop itself at least 6,000 years ago ; and some of the most ancient discoveries are not the least useful. The Courrier Francais says : Amidst his unfortunate rodeolions on the allianoe of reli gion and soignee, M. Ducey said some excellent thinp touching the means of advancing science in France. This minister may justlypride himself on having obtained funds to ameliorate the position of teachers, found laboratories, and increase the number of professional chairs. The Temps is extremely satirical : The minister, whose speech may be considered to some extent u a reply to the Bishop of Orleans, had no difiloult task to fulfil in speaking with more moderation and decency than the prelate. It clearly results from this die coarse that the armlet of the episcopacy have not yet shaken the position of M. Dam. We are told that his emphatic assertion that the new coons of lectures for young girls would " last" was loudly applauded. It cannot fail to be remarked th►t M. Durny undertakes to my that the imperial government is dis posed to protect philosophic liberty even in its aberrations, so long as common law and the particular regulations of the colleges are obeyed. The professors of the Faculty of Medicine meet feel a certain degree of satisfaction at this •naranos ; but perhaps they may wonder • little what particular regulation was Infringed by Dr. Grenier when M. Delray quashed his degree because obtained on the strength of a thesis which contained doctrines denounced by the Bishopof Orleans as materialist. The greater portion of the minister's speech was de►oted to rhetorical and some what pompous announcements of reforms which seem to be well oonesived, but whish perhaps may break down when the budget comes to be debated. It is to be feared that in • struggle between Marshal Niel and M. Dimly the latter will come out second best. However, we have the con solation of remembering that NMI years ago the Corps Legidatif, in an address which it has now lost the right to present, told the Emperor that the resources of France were " inexhaustible." -- - SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION FOR THE ARTISAN CLASSES. This morning was published the copy of ck minute, agreed upon in December lest, b 7 the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, rel►ting t „ scientific instruction, and an explanatory memorandum ia attached. The determination of the committee, as exeressed in this minute, is to nein those of the artisan classes who may show any aptitude for scientific instruction, by log local efforts to found scholarships and exhlitious the former being intended to maintain the students while. remaining at the elementary schools, and the latter t o support them while pursuing their studies at some central institution where the instruction is o f higher grade. The elementary school scholarships, o f which there will be one for every h un d re d on the regiskr of the school, will consist of grants of 6/. each towards the maintenance of poor deserving students between 12 sol 16 years of age, which will be given to the managers a u , elementaryschoolwho undertake to support them for neyes; and who subscribe also at least 6/. for that purpose. Thcs, scholarships will not be tenable for more than three years, and during that period the grant will only be mode on condition that the student each year pass in a new subject orbs a higher grade of the lAMB subject in which ne tint passed. The "science and art scholarships" will cuter of grnts of 10/. towards the maintenance of students s• an elementary school who have taken a first grade in fr.., hand, or model drawing and elementary geometry ss .l, passed in one enbject of science. The same enclitica. are imposed in this as in the case of the elementary a 55...„,: scholarship ; but the advanced student must, in addati.t, obtain at least • thhd class in the subject of ec:crice which he has already passed, or pass in some oth• subject. No student, however, will be allowed to L O A the two scholarships together. Then there are to I. ! schoolfor formed dor for edu t zt p,„ ec:„ pose, who will rain a similar sum by v o l un t ary comae) , ins local exhibitions, which will consist of grants of :tt Per ti annumt utin, or any to th e rna locl p a age co rs m d mi a t n te y e tions for the maintenance of • student at some colleg e o 7 school where scientific instruction of an advanced char.-. u ter mayboobtained. These exhfoitions are also to be ;,,•;;;, for one, two, or three years ; and, as in the other ha l , the exhibitioner must be of the artisan class, or a NI ! , student, as defined by the science directory ; 3.11.1 .f L. attend • government school, such as the Royal School c, Mines in London, the Royal College of Cheamstry,, London, or the Royal College of Science in Ward, t• fees will be remitted. Both the scholarships ani t , . exhibition are to be competed for. The following im from the Journal de Paris We shall retar;to X. Durny's speech, in honour of which several journals this morning sound a boorish of trumpets. The minister commenced by declaring that he would say nothing to the learned societies before him about themeless, end he kept Ma word, for be enlarged upon Chancellor Bacon and James L, and the deplorable state of sasses in France until he, IL Durny, appeared as its regenerator. The Univers gives the minister no credit for his expressed determination to keep free thinkers within decent bounds, and says that "his newly fledged orthodoxy sits uneasily upon him." The Bourse was lather dull. Rente closed with out change from Saturday. The principal feature of the day was a rise of 435 c. in Italian, caused by a favourable Tali, taken of M. Cbuninsy Digny's preepectus for a reduction of the deficit. Mobilise fell 111 r. 25c. (Rix - - - - - wises' 41/111110SROA ZWIITIMIS SO IA TOOK remiss oe- examination oy 1101101ral Duller, UtOllollll 1 Illanaa. INDIA, Cam e awe Auirintuan (finarr)l Onseefems- the favourite superatitions of the British people is contempt the laws of his own country. Mr. stirred at Liverpool in 1866, when the .moat, se far es admitted threatening to use force upon his own ; m 4. l a, l e 9 authorised the belief that the Honse of Commons Bawas'e bill enacts that any declaration or decision could be sosertabled, was 11411331. 17s. Id. ; and Ilse tend responsibility , end testified that Mr. Johnson re- : at reach - , Th e c oneorra tiee pipers are m. coda y An wiaL Mho =ay be ' • exercises a severe control over every do- of officers of the United gtatee Government Min re""Mt " I " . 17 ameeded 4/3°F • No °°.°l°°°°.°lll° • him SernetneY ad intreictin the Cabinet • a n ., state that there is mai s dmibm d ail y 44 hex yet bees made la this • but the add t nailer u partment of the national expenditure. It which questions the right of :•.011 40,44jammoc - ImPtap abseil •••••• m.••• grspb whieb has appeared is of We can m 277; may well be a favourite superstition—for Shall be null and void. If this only applies to the We learn is tb: D t ' there has hom e : DO lase u l "'"'6** General Meads asgflmenne an order suspending The Bared' left ft for Bombay at midnight as dm 12th handed "E Dana's samPact defeleatiose of collectors of lazes is A L ues A. wigewaggewedatwa. 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Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City ; Railway, Mining, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, IS PUBLISIIIII EVERY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE "ESTIMATES." To the philosophical observer of public affairs the differencebetween the historic and the personal aspect of the House of Commons—between its ab stract character and its concrete reality as the great national Bursar and Accountant—is an interesting subject of sad and humorous reflection. The beat that can be said of it is that it is but one of the innumerable instances of the ludicrous discrepancy between human life and history as we read of it,and as we see it passing before our eyes. The distance of a few years lends enchantment to the most vulgar and trivial scenes and persons. The historic artist presents us with pictures of past men and things, which could not have been recognised by contem poraries. Even contemporaries, unless they have made themselves familiar with the side scenes of the drama of public life, are apt to preserve their illusions and to endow the actors with the heroic qualities which exist only in their own imagi nation. We would confidently recommend an ingenuous British subject, who has been accustomed from his youth up to read and Lear of the transcendent and absolute than- Mal power and jurisdiction of the Howe of Commons, to be present at a Committee of Supply, on an evening devoted to the Civil and Miscellaneous Estimates. Here is what he will see before him on such an occasion. He will see some forty or fifty mem bers scattered along the deaolate benches, • dozen of whom are perhaps aware of what is going on, and even taking a fitful and fussy part in the proceedings. These are the enthusiasts who have each a speciality, in the shape of a grudge against some particular item in the votes which he has studied and mastered with distressing zeal. On this item he is unappeasable and inexorable, and he puts it to the vote with the certainty that the thirty or forty dozing Ministerialista will wake up at the precise moment and pounce upon his amendment without having had the trouble to listen to his speech. If there are not enough dozing Ministerialista on the benches there is always a detachment in reserve who are whipped up by the SECILZ TAM' of the TRZASWRY before the division bell rings. In this way votes to the total amount per haps of fifty thousand pounds, are opposed by • corporal's guard of well informed or carefully miain formed " independentmembers" of acurionaandper tiniscions turn of mind, and are c..rried without the slightest effort by the " fatigue party" on the Trea sury bench, while, on the same evening, votes to the amount perhaps of tl.ree or four millions, which do not happen to have attracted the noses of the enthusiasts, aro proposed and passed with out so much as a growl from a corner. Straining at gnats and swallowing camel , —that is the Com mittee of Supply on an Estimate night. One of the fay :1 , were ever so little more mini old adage, " Take care of shillings, and the pounds of themselves," we are not quite sup ,tha. moured dash upon Magdala would cause &sponse payers so many qualms, or that even the Malt tax abolitionists would be condemned to • perpetual mirage of select committees. All honour, we say, to that very select band of " botherers " who make a hobby of some trifling reduction of an item in the estimates, and ride it to an easy and certain death. At least they set a good example to the vast majority of members who are always absent when public money is being voted away by millions, by making • dash at the shillings and the pence. Nor would it be fair to disregard the obvious dis advantage under which any lagialative assembly must labour in attempting to call in question items of expenditure in departments of the public service with which only a member here and there has the remotest acquaintance. How many members of the House of Commons are qualified to pronounce upon the question of an Embassy house at Constantinople, or consular buildings at Japan ? There may be a vague and loose suspicion that if the diplo matic and consular services are properly paid Parliament ought not to be troubled with specifications for repairs. But members of parliament who know the price of land at Teheran or at Therapia may be counted on the Foreign Secretary's fingers even in these days when everybody goes the gland tour. As Fuaeli said of the incapacity of the English to appreciate the poetry of PETRARCH : there are many rea sons for it, and among others, " Dere is de " dead ignorance of de language." There are many reasons why an independent member should be no match for a Minister in assailing an estimate, and among others his almost invariably utter ignorance of the facts of the case. Who can wonder, if in sheer desperation the inde pendent member is reduced to propose that a vote, which is either immediately indispensable or en tirely unjustifiable, shall be postponed till next year? Much is expected of the reformed Parliament, on the principle of omne igreotum. Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed. We are perfectly willing to anticipate the largest and most salutary changes in legislation. But we confess that nothing would be more agreeably surprising than a House of Commons containing something more than a quorum of forty or fifty mem . berm to potter or to doze over the esti mates. There is no lack in the present unreformed House of great orators on great questions. But where are the great orators on an estimate night ? JOBIPH HUNS has had no successor. In the continental legisla tures the Budget is sifted and examined by special committees on each department of expendi ture before it is submitted to the approval of the whole assembly. In this way there is at least a chance of obtaining a careful and a competent ex amination of details of expenditure. In default of a house of Jossra Humes, can no better machinery than the present be found for fulfilling the primary and essential functions of the British par liament 1 AMERICAN NATURALISA TION. Tat Naturalisation Bill passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Beim, apparently goes out of its way to make difficulties in the discussion of a question for the settlement of which nothing is required but a little moderation, a little patience, and a little common sense. Englishmen are not at all in love with their law of citizenship as it at present stands; and, since the law of the United States on the subject is identical with our own, it is very reasonable that its revision should be under taken by the two Governments in concert. There is no desire in this country to defend the doctrine of indefeasible allegiance. All that we are concerned to maintain is, that it is for the country to which an emigrant originally belongs, not for that in which he settles, to determine at what time and under what conditions the transfer of allegiance shall take place. The United States has a perfect right to invest naturalisation with any consequences it thinks fit, so far as it is in the power of its own officials to give them effect. It has a perfect right to sug gest corresponding alterations in the law of Eng land to the British Government ; and the obvious convenience of having similar regulations on the subject in force in both countries would of itself be sufficient to induce Lord STANLZY to meet such a proposal half way. Instead of this, Mr. BANTUS'S bill seems to make it impossible for the Government to move in the matter. It enacts, if the telegraphic report may be trusted, that all naturalised citizens of the United States, while in foreign countries, shall be entitled to the same protection as is now accorded to native-born citi zens. In other words it proposes to alter a settled principle of English law by a simple vote of the United States Congress, and this not after every attempt to effect the change by more ordinary methods has failed, but before any such attempts have been made. How is it possible, after so high-handed an act of discourtesy, for the British cabinet to proffer those comes 'ions which it - is willing and eager to make. To see the full significance of this clause it should be read in the light of the one which follows. By this the PEILIUDENT is empowered, when any citizen of the United States is arrested by any foreign Government, and his release delayed or refused upon the allegation that naturalisation does not dissolve his allegiance to his native Save reign, to order the arrest of any subject of such foreign government who may be found with in the jurisdiction of the United States. In so far as this provision is anything more than an empty threat, it strikes directly at the con tinuance of friendly relations between the two countries. What the position amounts to is simply this. The United States Govern ment wish to see certain modifications in troduced into the law of England. The British Government is itself convinced of the necessity of some change, and is consequently prepared to discuss the matter fairly. At this point the House of Representatives steps in, at the in stance of Mr. BANS.; said says, "We will have no discussion upon the question ; we intend to alter your law for you ; and if, when it is altered, you refuse to obey it, we shall virtually treat you as enemies." It is not wonderful that a politician who displays so little consideration for the courtesy due to a foreign Government, for the settlement of an important question, and for the pre'ervation of peace, should treat with equal THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY 112121 a l Osht of Ole • • bee. 4. : tly 444 * , lity the l of • Sup . 4 . . udes judi . 'we spectacle an act Co . posing, • aide wine, of an - ed Or I . States, because to formally repea itdad. bei;n- tamonntto confessing that they have n case against, the British government. The appioaching Presi dential election will probably, for some tili oome, act as a disturbing fact in the foreign policy of the United States, but in the long run we may trust to the good sense of the people to apply the needful curb to the eccentricities of their repre- sentatives. Tat facts reported respecting King EDWARD'S School at Birmingham show how much evil charity may do. That school is one of the richest and, best of the free schools in the country. It has a present and rapidly increasing income of 12,0001. a year, and it educates 600 boys. Yet its general effect upon the educational interests of the town seems to be decidedly unfavourable. The Assistant- Commissioner reports that the private schools of the neighbourhood are degraded or extinguished by the unfair competition to which this great free school subjects them. Parents will not send their i children to private szlools so lung as they have any hope of getting them into the free school, and many boys are allowed to grow up in perfect ignorance simply because their parents have indulged in the vain expectation of getting a gratis education for them. So thoroughly has this dependence upon charity for the education of their children demoralised parents in Birmingham, that they will not even pay for the little preliminary teaching re quired for admission to the free school, and a pre paratpry school can hardly live in the town. The Assistant-Commissionersawaboy of 16 years of age, the son of parents rich enough to keep a carriage, who had not even the simple qualification in read ing and writing necessary for admission. The same evil is experienced at Christ's Hospital. Parents who expect ultimately to get their children educated for nothing, will not spend money en preparatory teaching, and so valuable years of early life are lost for educational purposes. Tim Music-hall " artiste.," as they call them selves, though occasionally patronised by royalty, and petted by the other extreme of society, are very generally and deservedly abused by the press for their rampant vulgarity. In numbers they now exceed the members of the dramatic profession, in cleverness they often equal their rivals, their songs and airs form the backbone of nearly every west end burlesque and extravaganza, and yet the esti mation in which they are -held is very low—and mainly for one reason. No person with any pre tension to taste can look at a Music-hall programme or advertisement without feeling that the way in which the names of the performers are put before the public is susceptible of vast improvement. A man's name may be WILLIAM DOBBINS, but why should he be paraded as BILL DOBBINS ? a woman's name may be LOUISA SPHIGGINS, but why should she be called Lourr Semoonrs t This vulgarity is not confined to London or England, but reaches wherever Music-hall " talent" pene trates. An American saloon bill tells us that the company consists of CHARLEY WHITE, JOSH HAAT, LEW BRIMMBR, DAN COLLINS, LIZZIE WHELPLBY, and Larne LA POINT. Did anyone ever meet with such a list of names except in a thieves' kitchen or • threepenny lodging-house in St. Giles's f The stage is not free from this in fection, and we could imagine half-a-dozen Nr.zuzz, Mizzos, and Pow's who would be much more charming if they were known by the names that were given to them by their godfathers and godmother. There are artists who paint for the Royal Academy, and artists who paint for the best parlours of the lower middle class, but the pictures by one hand are advertised much in the same way as pictures by the other. We no more bear of stunning landscapes by CHARLIE Pzi.errz or Joan SEPIA than we do of books by CHARLEY BEADE and poems by 808 BROWNING. Efts Caurt. OSBORNE, APRIL ft The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning accompanied by Pruner Louise. The other members of the royal family also went out. Despatches were reoeived at the Colonial-aloe yester day from the Governors of the Australian Colonies, New Zealand, Lsbuan, Hong gong, the Straits Settlements, Prince Zdward Island, and Newfoundland. Despatchsw were sent to the Governor-General of Canada and to the Governor of Malta. Ceszrzsr Courzczr..—A Cabinet Council is ap pointed to be held this afternoon at the Fiat Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing street. The summonses were not issued till late last evening. It is currently reported (says the Bedford Times) that Prime Teak is about to take Holland Holm, lately occupied by Baron Parke (Lord Wank).- dale). The Post understands that Viscount Ingestre is • candidate for the representation of Stamford, vassal by the removal of Viscount Cranborne to the Upper House. In East Kent the prospect. of Mr. i r ufton, the liberal candidate, are improving every day. The eight members who voted last night for the minden of the item of 5,6361. (the sum wanted for St. Jainee's Pekoe) for pekoes, &a., pertly in the occupation of her Majesty, were Mesas. W. S. AllLn, A. B. Arles, Sir G. Bowyer, Mews. .7. Candlish, H. Fawoett, filetieent S. Gewelee, G. Leeman, and Colonel W. H. kitten. Tonere, Mr.Dilleryn and Mr. Lusk. On Friday week Mr. Denman will call the &Men tes of the Ranee of Commas to the delay in oempledng the arrangements for the erection of the new courts and slims of Jude= ; and ask the First Commissioner of Work, what are the meow of such delay, and what was the opinion of the law odious of the crown upon the quer. time submitted to them relating to the legality of the choice of a design for such courts and offioes. The select committee on Metropolis Gas Bills will meet on Thursday to take appearances, and to me eider course of proceeding. Mr. Hadfield intends on Civil Semis. Estimates to more that the sum of 10,0001. far non conforming ohm be omitted. itint-00Limmucci Ditisumilline--Thbs morning a return we. published of the number of defalcations which have occurred on the pert of the parochial oolleobors of taxes in Great Britain within the last 20 years, the different sums so lost, and the number of cues in which the Treasury did and did not compel the parishes concerned to be re-assessed. The nuke polls, on both sides of the Thames, seems to have been particularly unfortunate. In the county of Middle sex there were 37 a•es ; and in the county of Surrey 29 ; • large majority in both counties being within the metropolitan district, and in many oases the defalcations were for heavy amounts. The largest defalcation referred to in these returns oo- further evidence sesamin of Mr. from Philadelphia &tweeted at Montreal ha►e been charged with com plicity. Se►eral other arrests have been made. - The New York Herald states that a Fenian plot has been discovered to blow up the House of Par liament at Ottawa. The 'Wainer Seagull has been burned on Lake Michigan ; 50 lives were lost. (ST ATLANTIC TRUISM/2H THROUGH DM RRUTHOI AGINCT.) THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. WASHINGTON, APRIL 20. The impeachment trial was resumed to-day. The court refused to receive the testimony of Secretary Welles and others, offered by the counsel for the defence, to prove that the cabinet, including Mr. Stanton, advised President Johnson to veto the Tenure of Oltlos Bill, and that the cabinet had since agreed that the act was inapplicable to the case of Mr. Stanton. The evidence for the defence was concluded, and the managers of the prosecution will argue in reply thereto on Wednesday next. LW 9 %. • . • DA -: ABYEGINI 21 8 :,: _ ' ... 1 - t I ' t ref used to recognise the She 4 1 y of Legislature. , 1 i ii . tiJohmio ersan : has ~ .t ie dn t he treaty with the , ^ i dvicia from • state th a t f ur th er ev id ence - ' elicited that- . -lan was the assassin of Mr. 1 ' .y M'Gee. The Fenian from Philadelphia APRIL AY.) IA.1: INTENDED RESISTANCE. The Times has reesivid the following telegrams froth it* special oorrespondent with the expedition : "Malta' 22. " The head-quartets of the expeditionary force are to-day at Lat. The British forces are nuireisheg ' rapidly toward" Magdala in three brigades; wit out baggage. The first brigade is under the com mand of Colonel Milward. Spies report that the enemy is distant 'about 60 miles. The prisoners report that King Theodore will leave Diagdala, but according to the accounts of spies he will make a stand at that place." " )(MICR 29. "The head-quarters are to-day on the high ground at Redela(?). The 2nd and 3rd Brigades are following close behind. It is believed that Magdala is about 60 miles distant. Our spies report that the enemy will make a stand at Bahilo. The enemy is reported to muster 10,000 men, 5,000 being riflemen. The climate has been very severe, with thunderstorms and rain." • • These messages were forwarded from Alexandria on the 15th inst., at 11.45 pm. ITALY. In consequence of the riotous proceedings in Bologna, the government have prohibited any meetings of the " Workmen's Society," " The Democratic Association," and " The Compositors' and Printers' Society." The place in which their meetings were held has been closed. Professor Ceneri and Signori Filopsnti and Caldesi have been arrested, and conveyed to the fortress of Aleasandria. The Alnico del Popolo and Independente have ceased to appear, their managers having been arrested. The Minister of the Interior, Signor Cadorna, admitted in parliament that several per sons had been arrested, and Signor Regnoli stated that the state of Bologna was very serious. The police of Parma tore down placards containing the words, " Citizens, hold yourselves ready." THE SNUFF-BOX GUN.-THE BALL PRACTICE OF PEACE. It has been recently preached from the high places of the world that the beat mode of preserv ing peace is to be prepared for war. Guided by this principle, the whole valid population of certain great states have been made liable to military service, and the labour and industry°, those who are not actually taken into the ranks of the army are diverted from the arta of peace to works of war. Proceeding in this order of ideas, it is gratifying to find the per fection which has been attained in the details of the art of war. For instance, the following satisfactory results were obtained from the trial of a new gun —called the snuff-box musket—at Vincennes : Aped number of planks were ranged in order in an ex tensive line. On these boards figures of soldizre were drawn of a natural size, and ranged in regimental order. A single line of Chswieurs de Vincennes was drawn up at 1,200 metres from these pictured enemies, and ordered to fire during three minutes. It was ascertained that each painted soldier wee struck by four balls. No doubt the publication of the results of this experiment, which took place only at the close of last week, is intended as a contribution to the main tenance of peace. (Rzurzz's miasmic) FRANCS. PARIS, Arm 21. The Moniteur of to-day publishes. decrees ap pointing nine new Prefects, among whom is M. Paulin Limayrac, chief editor of the Conititutionnet, who is made Prefect of the Department du Lot. The Prince Imperial returned to Paris yesterday evening. The Mouiteur, in its bulletin, states that on the 23rd of March the Brazilians had not yet made an attack upon Assumption, but had assumed an attitude of expectation and observation. The Constitutionnel denies the report that the French government had sent a note to Berlin, and declares that the reported conversation between the Marquis de Mollifier and the Danish Minister of War, during the stay of the latter at Paris, has not taken place. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 21. It is stated that Dr. Skew, the reporter of the Sub-Finance Committee of the Reichsrath, is about to propose the rejection of the govern ment proposal for the consolidation of the public debt, and will submit a counter proposition whereby the whole public debt, with the exception of the bonds of the lottery loan, which bear no interest, shall be converted into 4 per cent. Renter. ABMICA. The Inman royal mail steamer City of Antwerp arrived at Queenstown at 2.30 a.m. to-day (April 21). After landing mails and passengers, she pro ceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. NSW YORK, Aran 11. The impeachment trial was resumed on Thurs day. The managers offered u cumulative evidence testimony that Mr. Johnson had refused an appli cant an official position upon the grounds that be sympathised with Congress. _ - General Butler announced that the case for the prosecution was closed. Judge Curtis opened the case for the defence in a long speech. Be denied that the Te nure of Office Law was applicable to the case of Mr. Stanton, who was not appointed by Mr. Johnson, and whose appointment, under President Lincoln, was made in 1862, only commissioning him to hold office during the President's pleasure. The Senate confirmed that appointment, but it oould not entitle Mr. Stanton to hold office until 1869, under a different President. The Tenure of Office Act admitted several constructions. Mr. Johnson had acted under the construction adopted in consonance with the views of the Cabinet and his oonstitutional advisers. The charge that Mr. Johnson had conspired to influence Major-tieneral Emory to violate the Army Bill was based upon an assump tion unsturtained by evidence. Mr. Johnson's speeches did not denounce Congress, but only a dominant majority in that body. His speeches were a lawful exercise of the freedom of speech. The defence offered the testimony of Adjutant- General Thomas relative to his conveanation with Mr. Johnson. The managers objected to this evidence being received, but the Senate voted by 42 to 10 that it should be admitted. General Thomas deposed that Mr. Johnson never ordered him to me either force or threats to obtain palomino of the Warofflos. Under cross examination by General Butler, General Thomas SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLISROLV4E. On Saturday much consternation was felt Bible liedingham in consequence of the dixoYerY Of t:. dead body of the Rev. Thomas NaiA in a ditch c.. Monk's Farm. The deceased gentleman hi, othci,:.l for the last three years its curate to the Rey. H. u%.. burton, rector of bible Hedinglimu, and on Friday noon read prayers in the parish tlanch. It appex that he afterwards dined at Toppesiel.l rectory, at set out to walk home between 7 and it o'clock night. He, however, never reached home alive. Mrs. Naish, alarmed at his absence, cmuied a u•errh to be stituted the same night, but wit►out avail, and her husband's body wu not di+covered until 10 o'clock it,. following day. Deceased was between 4) and XI yesrs be Gooo fors h, l‘ rec . eW tor f d tw Oc i T go:tn o ri p esti pe.. ostme.kew fi c i ret.eo. l ,(l .l.. fi7 ; l .. : On Monday (yesterday) an inquest was held at the tell as is ords I" The Sib ß is ev ii . edini Charl h es am J.. that deceased dined with him at the rectory on ridgy anj usdtcrrational, utti l ee a o a rn avalt;: he ci abo u t llreaitt 7 h. o'clock, is usu al andhHsade ae h health. to will if I can." He declined to stay all night, as he had so much to do when he got home. Henry Barker, miller, Toppeafield, stated that he ove. took deceased on Friday evening about 8.45 near the lilt Farm; witness did not know him, but incited Firs is rids ; deceased said " Where are you going! " Winn, replied, " To Toppaikell ;" he said " I've just come inn Toppesfield and am going to Hedingham, and have nit the wrong road ;" witness then took him up, and be no as far as Cust Hall ; this was about two miles from .see he was found ; he appeared very well, and bade rims " Good night" as he left; it was not very dark at 9 o'rloti. Superintendent Hussy, Cattle Hedingham, said i searched for the deceased on Saturday morning, and At 9.15 found him lying in • ditch opposite Mr. Hale'. lain Bible Hedingham ; his face was lying downwards io n• water, which was about 20 inches deep and thick so weeds • the hands were clenched and holding weeds umbrella laid on the left aids of him, and his wide aft. just under his head ; the ditch, which is very close ton road, is 6feet wide at the tap, and 4 feet deep ; the rend . about 15 feet wide, with ditches on either side • it von:. take deceased more than half an hour to walk from vito the last witness put him down to this spot ; it would pr • bably be half-put 9 when he reached there ; his vote. which was in the waistcoat pocket, where the water oron•I not readily get at it, stopped at 10.12 ; his pencLok. pooket.book, Sic., were found upon him, but no moo , . there was no appearance of any struggle, and the weeds were not disturbed • it was not, in witness's opinion. at all extraordinary th at anyone should fall into the ditch Li a dark night. Mr. BMus, Thorpe, M.R.C.S., Bible Hedingham, staid he examined deceased on Saturday morning ; the clothes were saturated with wet, but not disarranged ; there were no marks of violence; the face was much smolt and congested • there was no frothy mucus from the mouth or nose; the hands were clenched ; the proximate acre of death (in witnees's opinion) was suffocation from fill• lug into the water • was not aware that he was subject to Ate, but bad he ard • report to that effect ;it ma quite possible that the sudden shock of falling alien have so confused deceased that he did not know what Si. was doing, especially if he fell upon his head • decruel was very nervous from indisposition, for whi ch winos was attending him. The coroner said there could be no doubt that rieceunl Game to his death by accident, but he suggested that 4 the &beano) of direct evidenee to that effect. the jury should return a verdict of " Found dead in a ditch, ism which the jury believed he had accidentally fallen. - Verdict accordingly. A PRIEST CHARGED WITH SHOOTING. At the Staleybridge Borough Court, yesterday. the Rev. Joseph Daley, one of the priests of St. 24 , Roman Catholic Chapel, ERA'Ambridge, wan charged . L ek having,on the Bth instant, unlawfully and main rot! wounded Robert Seeley. Mr. Ernest Jones appeared for tit prosecutor, end Mr. Jordan for the defendant. Ur. Jena slid the rooeedioga were taken under the fish and •..titt Vie. c. 9T. After deta i l i ng the facts of the cue as stated in the evidence, he said he contended that the defoudaa was in no immediate personal danger when he bred at the prolocutor, and bad no right to use a deadly warm Robert Beesley, dyer, said he was attracted to tic neighbourhood of the chapel by the disturbsuce. se the night in question. Ha mounted the roof o a • house to see what was going on. There .en • number of men in the cbapelyard, and cr , nem saw the defendant there with a pm. The defentiat shot witness; in the face ; he fell forward and begn to roll down the roof, but was caught, and he got down bya lnkr. HA saw no one throw atones into the angel yard whart bs was on the roof. On cross-examination the tor said hedid manor anything about the mob. e could swear totbe defrodnt from the flash of the gun in his face. It was elicited warrant had been applied for against Father Carroll 00 the present charge by the father of the prosecutor. bat refused. The witness said be did not kmr the defendant's earns until the warrant wet obtuse& Alfred Wall, • blacksmith, said he was Ott the net of the holm at a quarter to 10 o'clock. shower of doses thrown from the chap r' yard e,," the roof, and he and several others sent 6 "'" the chimneys. He saw the defendant in th • c hßpll yard about 20 or 30 yards from him, and heard man ca p him, " Father, there is one there," pointing At the ~ cuter. It was moonlight, end witness Goy see Elam' After the man bad spoken, the defendant f ed. that a eirryithe gun when the man spoke to In. or, saw h im cock the gun, aim at theprosect : tor , pronect.tor seen There was no one else to tom at; th e other were ia"" se t t c a h o im aton ney es . th D ro urla wn g at the the tim eh . :pel witaa" He only " tbe rn the ""°(b. of the hones to see what was going on. Ja mro ileum en apprentice to • *logger, game corroborative ,yridere , Mr. Sutcliffe, aurgen, said he dressed the proswe nes wounds. He extracted two pellets, one from the upper part of the breast bone, and the other fn m the hft ace temple. There were marks of pellets on the left of the prosecutor's chin, right cheek, forehead, This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Jordan addreseed the court on the evidence, b u t ao witnesses were called far the defendant. The megilniestee thee retired. Oa their return, in about twenty minutes, the Mayor said they had taken the co' into consideration, and though there bad been come division, the maenads," wishe d him to uprose Wu regret that firearms should ham bees need they had ie• sided, however, to dismiss the are. Hundreds of people were congregated mend the coo r during the day, and th ere was grea t excitement in tows. Speen' aceatabiss were oa duty.—Ma Owsrefials. \