The Express. — London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

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The semi-official Nord Deutsche Zeitung of to-day says :—" So far as news front the Conference can reach ns, the position of things is as follows. The Danish plenipotentiaries have declined on principle to grant a proportionate repartition of the different items of the public property of Denmark with the Duchies. The German Powers have there fore returned to the proposal to settle the question by the payment of a fixed amouut. The Danish plenipotentiaries have accepted this proposal ad referendum, and the reply of the Danish govern ment is now expected." ITALY. TURIN, Oct. 7. It is asserted that the Minister of the Interior has annulled the deliberations of the provincial council of Turin of the 23rd September, protesting against the Franco-Italian Convention. The official Gazette of to-day publishes the text of the Convention. The same journal contains • declaration from the Director-General of the Post office, denying the rumour that letters and news papers were detained at the Italian Post-office from the 21st to the 22nd September. ROME. MARRYILIER, O CT . 7. Letters from Rome to the 4th instant state that the Pope had declared in the presence of visitors that prudence was necessary, but that it were idle to hope that the Holy See would treat with the kingdom of Italy. A rumour was current on Sunday that a demon stration bad been projected, but the requisite pre cautions having been taken by the French troops, tranquillity was maintained. The Austrian ambassador was expected at Rome OD the lath inst Prince Humbert has arrived here, and will em bark immediately. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 7. The Neue Preis Preset of to-day says : "The Duke de Grammout yesterday commuui cated to Count Rechberg a despatch addressed to him by 31. Drouyn de Lhuyt upou the position of Austria with regard to the Franco-Italiau CoLven tion.' FRANCE. PARIS, Ocr. 7. The following diplomatic appointments have been made :—M. Benedetti, as ambassador to Ber lin ; Baron de Talleyraud, to St. Petersburg ; M. Mercier, to Madrid ; M. Chateaurenaud, to Wash ington ; M. Reculat, to Frankfort ; and Count Maaaignan, to Teheran. The Duke de Montebello, M. Adolpe, Baron Darboy, and M. M. Boinvilliers, Godelie, Saliguac, Fenelon, Chabrier, and Nieuwerkerke, have been appointed senators. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Oct. i : Ocr. 7. The Ripon, with the above mails, left for Mar seilles, at Bp.m. yesterday. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mail, sailed for Southampton at 6 the same evening. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN 'MAILS. The Poonah, from Southampton on the 20th September, reached Malta at 11 a.m., nu the 29th, and sailed at 7 the same evening. The Delhi, from Marseilles ou the 28th, arrived at Malta at 8 p.m. on the 30th, and continued her voyage at midnight. THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION BY NCNS.—The fol lowing letters have been received :—" Belgian Consulate, Dover, Oct.. 6, 1861. —Dear Sir,—Herewith I beg to hand you the translated oopy of a letter I have bad the honour of re ceiving from his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Brussels, upon the subject of the stated abduction of a nun from this country on board a mail packet to Belgium, which I take the liberty of forwarding to you, thinking, from all that has transpired on the matter, the publication of this Wow would be very desirable sod prove highly satis factory to the public.—l am, dear sir, yours faithfully, B. M. LATHAM, Consul.—Csptain Noble, R.N., Mayor, Dover Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brussels, Oct, 4, 186.4.—Mr. CossuL —The newspapers having announced that a nun had been embarked by force on board a nisi'. packet at Dover and conveyed to Belgium, his Majesty's govertmeut caused immediate inquiry to be made, in order to satisfy itself that no reprehensible act had tbeen com mitted within its territory. The result of this inquiry i s that the said nun, named Mario Therse Bryan, has no t been subjected to any ill-treatment in Belgium, and that her being placed as au insane person at the Hospital of Bt. Julien, at Bruges, was effected in accordance with all the legal forms. Actept, Mr. Consul, the assurance of my distinguished ootiaideratioo.— For the Minister, the Some tary•Geoeral, Baron LAMBERMONT.—Mr. Latham, Belgian Consul. Dover."' BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 6.—The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade bare received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • copy of • Portuguese royal de cree, dated 31.1 August Let, relative to guaranties regula tions in that kingdom, and providing that ell mewls, having clean bills of health, and bound from one foreign port to another, that may be forced to enter soy Portuguese port, shall be admitted to free pratiqus, except is oases when there should be a reason for imposing a quarantine upon sorb vessels, either on sco3unt of their port of de , porter', or on amount of their sanitary state, or of any *went which may have occurred during the voyage.— ' Gareffe. Cuovrx-orrics, Orrourrt 7.—Member returned to serve in the present parliament, the Hoeourable George Waldegrave Leslie, of Leslie, io the county of Fife, for the town wed port of Hastings, in the room of Harry George Vane (commonly called Lord Harry Vane), now Duke of Cleveland, summoned to the Howe of Peers. aurae. NAVAL Iteramtvw—The following appointment has boon nude :—To be Honorary Lieutenant—Jobs Pater , sow LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, CCMB ER 8, 1864. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES 1N STOOKHOLAL (nos oui mow, 00.1118POYDE ,- .) atrocuium, Ocr. 2. . . List night was a gala night at the Opera. Foyer was performed by command of the King, and the opera-goers of Stockholm, sacrificing financial con siderations for the evening and submitting to the extortions of middle men, filled the house in every tier and corner. It is a large house, with four good tiers of boxes, and a fifth in the roof. All the tiers are open, except close to the proscenium, where there are one or two small private boxes. The King's box is a large erection in the centre of the first circle, surmounted by a gilt crown and a velvet canopy, and the occupants are admirably placed for the purpose of being stared at Last night the house was quite full by seven, and every one present was in evening dress. Those who were acquainted with the faces of the Swedish aristocracy recognised a great many of its members amongst the audience, for the Prince's visit has induced them to come up to town, although as a general rule nobody who is anybody can be found at this time of year in Stockholm. The members of the orchestra were in their places, but the perfor mances were delayed for a time, for it was hoped that the royal party would come for the beginning. The King and Prince, however, had been dining with Prince Augustus, at a chateau a few miles out of town, and they were not able to reach the theatre so soon as they had expected. At about 20 minutes to 8, therefore, the overture began. It was played through very well, by the way, although the band is not very ptrong in numbers, and the curtain rose. Faust, however, bad not proceeded far with his re flections on the vanity of all things when the female chorus heard behind the scenes was interrupted by a sound at the back of the royal box. It was evi dent, by the instantaneous movement of every face towards the velvet canopy, that the audience had not been as yet absorbed by the interest of the opera, and I felt for Faust as the royal party entered, for as the King, who was in advance, came forward to the front of the box, every person in the house stood up, and turned his or her back to the stage. The audience bowed and the King bowed, and then turned round to attend to his guests The usual party en tered—the usual royal party that is, for the satel lites were ranged on a seat which creased the house below and in front of the royal enclosure. In the front of the box sat the King, in plain evening dress, in the centre, with the Princess of Wales, in pink, on his right, and on Ler right the Queen, in pearl grey satin dress. On the King's left was the Prince of Wales, in plain evening dress ; and on the left of the Prince of Wales was the wife of Prince Oscar. Prince Oscar, Prince Augustus, Prince John of Glucksburg, and one or two ladies were behind. All the royal party bowed in acknowledgment of the deep obeisances of the audience, and gra dually the people settled down into their places. It was amusing to observe, however, that as soon as the act was over the inclination of the audience to lock at the Prince and Princess of Wales over powered every other feeling. The People in the pit, if they had quietly retained their seats, would of course have had their backs to the royal box the whole evening, and would have seen no thing of the Court, to see which, and for no other purpose which bore comparison with that in intensity, they had come there that evening. This was not to be borne. Some slyly looked round over their shoulders; some turned round and stooped, so as to look towards the King without being too con spicuous themselves. But at last the great majority, imitating some of the hardiest who set the example, got up boldly, faced about, and stared with all their eyes at the great per sonages under the canopy. In this, however, there was no vulgar curiosity or rude disregard of the feelings of those at whom they looked. It was easy to see from a dozen little signs, and from the expression of every face, that the people gazed at the Prince and Princess with cordial feelings of regard and respect, and as if anxious to testify by their eagerness to see their guests how heartily they joined in the welcome that the King had given. It was evident by their good-humoured smiles that the Prince and Princess understood the scene, and were in no way annoyed. They sat without moving away from their places through all the entr'ock4 but one, and at the close of the opera, when the band played " Cod save the Queen," as if it would never stop, they remained standing in the front of the box, while everybody else in the theatre stood up and faced them, and the people in the hindmost rows of the pit looked full into their eyes, across a yard or two only of interval. The Swedes, I have said, are a silent people in their demonstrations, and there was uo cheering inside the theatre, but when "God save the Queen " ceased at last the audience bowed pro foundly and the royal party withdrew. The Prince's departure, greatly to the satisfaction of the court and people, lota been postponed till Tuesday, and to-morrow he is to make another attempt to find an elk. To-day Le Las been to the English church, attended, as in Copenhagen, by crowds of fellow-worshippers. In fact, the Prince of Wales seems on Sunday to play the part of an awakening preacher, and brings about a weekly revival in Scandinavia. BOARD or TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCTOBER G . — The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a notice issued by the Portagneoe Board of Health declaring St. Domingo, Hayti, to be infected with yellow fever.—Ga:ilte. \VAR -OFFICE, OtT. 7. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Sur r-on W elliam Alessuder Ilackionon, of the 57th Regiment, to be an ordinary member of the military division of the third class, or companions of the Must Honourable Order of the Bath.—Case tte. DowNlNG.stnErr, OCTOBER 6.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint John 31edeati, Earl., C. 8., now lieutsoant-goveroor of the territories of British li.tfrariu, to be lieutenant-governor of the colon• of Natal. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Welleood Maxwell Anderson, Eel., to be agent-geueral of immigration for the island of Jamates.—Gmette. INPRIsoNNENT FOE NON-ATTENDANCE AT ClitiECH. —At the Cuadover monthly petty serious. on Wednesday, before the Rev. H. Burton and 111 r. H. Warter, two sericulture' labourers, in the employ of Mr. George Memos, farmer, llytos, named John hackies and Richard bevies, were brought up at the Macioce of their Easter, charged with having, oe the 4th of September, refused to obey his lawful commando. From the evideoce it appeared that the "lawful commands" deptoed to in the emulous were n eared into the fact that on the day named, it being Sun- day, Mr. Meson ordered the men to go to church, which they point blank refused to do. The case having been fully proved, the defeodanta were seutersed to seven days' imprieonmest in the House of Correctios.—BirenagAam Post. ' Messrs. George Wright and Company, general mere►aats, ot Liverpool, bays suspended pesteest. Their liabilities ars estimated variosaly as Imes 60,0001. to 100,0001. THE CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY. The Moniker of yesterday contains the follow ing :—" The documents we publish below show the whole of the arrangements which have just been con cluded between France and Italy. We give at the end a despatch on this subject addressed by his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of France at Turin. THZ IitIIHITIUL or FORZION 111A138 TO BAkON Da JELLABA; AT TURIN. "Park, Sept. 23, 1864. "M. le Baron,—You are aware that the Empe ror's government has decided upon entering into an arrangement with the cabinet of Turin to settle the conditions upon which the evacuation of Rome by our troops should be carried out. I have the honour to send you annexed the text of the convention which was signed for this purpose on the 15th inst., between the plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of Italy and myself. This convention has re ceived the ratifications of the Emperor and of King Victor Emmanuel. " I believe it useful to recall briefly sours of the circumstances which have preceded the conclusion of this important act, and to point out to you at the same time the reasons which have determined tee Emperor's goverrment to depart !rem the plea it had hitherto been forced to oppose to the sug gestions of the Italian government. " When called upon in the month of October, 1882, to explain myself upon a communication from the Turin cabinet, which, while affirming the right of Italy to Rome, claimed the restoration of that capital and the dispossession of the Holy Father, I was obliged to refuse to follow it upon that ground, and to declare, iu the Emperor's name, that we could not lend ourselves to any nego tiation which should not have for its object the preservation of the two interests, which equally recommend themselves to our solicitude in Italy, and one of which we were quite decided not to sacrifice to the other. After having thus frankly explained upon what conditions it would be possible for us to take into consideration the pro- positions which might be made to us subsequently, we added that we should always be found ready to examine them when they should appear to us of a nature to bring us nearer to the end we desired to attain. It is in this spirit that we have received the various overtures which have since been made to us, although they might not respond with sufficient completeness to our intentions to serve as bases for an acceptable arrangement. "We followed, at the same time, with great interest the progress which diaplayed itself in the general situation of Italy. The Italia': government suppressed with resolution and perseverance the anarchical passions, already weakened by the effect of time and of reflection. Moderate ideas tended to prevail in better minds, and to pave the way to serious attempts at agreement. In these favourable circumstances the government of King Victor Emmanuel has determined upon a great resolution. Pre-occupied by the necessity of giving more cohesion to the organisation of Italy, it acquainted us with the political, strategical, and administrative reasons which determined it to transfer the capital of the kingdom to a more central point than Turin. The Emperor, appre ciating the full importance of this resolution, and taking into account both the considerations 1 have just stated, and the more conciliatory disposition manifested by the cabinet of Turin, has thought that the time had arrived to settle the conditions which would permit him to put an end to the military occupation of the Roman States, while :t!the security of the Holy Father and his pos- The Convention of the 15th September, in our opinion, fulfils all the necessities of the respective situations of Italy and Rome. It will contribute, we hope, to hasten a reconciliation we desire with all our hearts, and which the Emperor himself has not ceased to recommend in the common interest of the Holy See and of Italy. " As soon as the progress of the negotiations per mitted us to hope for their success, I took care to communicate to the Court of Rome the considera tions by which we bad been guided in this matter ; and I addressed to his Majesty's ambassador the despatch of which you will find a copy annexed. I hastened to announce to him the signature of the Convention, and to acquaint him with its clauses, in order that he might communicate them to his Holi ness's government. I hope that the Court of Rome will appreciate our motives and the guarantees we have stipulated in its interest. If, at first sight, it was disposed to view eith but little favour the arrangements we have just concluded with a power from which it is still separated by the memory of recent disagree ments, the signature of France will at least, we doubt not, give it the certainty of the loyal and sin cere execution of the engagements of the llith of September.—l am, trc., " Drumm DE LIMES." THE BANK FirrraN.—The Bank return pub lish.' on Thursday evening seems to have created more uneasiness than is warranted by its actual character, and the extreme seuttivenere shown with regard to it is simply an indication that people had previously allowed themselves to be too sanguine as to the rapidity with which a nisi dewed the recent pressure might be expected to take place. The dimiuutiou of the bullion in each of the nearest corns poodiog weeks of the last two years was more than 400,000 f., while on the present occssioe, owing to the sums sent in from foreign arrivals, it has been only 123,00 W. As far as this item is concerned, therefore, the account is favourable, and precisely such as wee to have been expected. With respect to the diminution I. the re serve the comparison merely with the corresponding week of last veer is leas satisfactory, but if the comparison be extended over a fortnight, instead of a week, it will be seen that the movement bas been perfectly normal. In the fortnight comprising the last week in September and the first week in October of the year 1860, the diminution in the reserve was 1,360,000 f.: in 1861. it was 1,059,000/.; in 11362, 1,45,01.10/. ; in 1663, 1,591,000 J., and this year it has been 1.189,000 f. It Is only the fact that is each of the yen* preceding the pre. sent the original amount from which the reduc tioe took place was larger than on this occasion that gives the decline sow shown even the slightest special significance, and as the rates of discount at those respective periods ranged between 2 and 4 per cent., while it is now 9 per cent., the difference thus existing may be regarded u a safe counterpoise. Whatever apprehensions people may entertain the fact cannot be set aside that during the past two or three weeks the money in the country has been in creased by a fair supply of foreign gold, which has been re tained ; sod that, on the other band, our actual currency re quirements have bean diminished, not only by the removal of a large amount of questionable piper from the discount market, but by a general countermanding of specu lative orders and a contraction of biomass in all quartets. This is 11 period of the year at which the resources of the bank always reach their lowest point, and, of course, as the directors are bound to protect their reserve from fall log below a certain total, it will be in the power of the bioks and other establishments, by withdrawing notes io blind fright, to create the very evil they dread, of an ad vance of the rate to 10 per cent. One especial reason for regarding such a measure with regret would he that, after baring increased any immediate ieoonveniroce that may now prevail, it would cause the subsequent reaction to be more sharp, and consequently less permanent than might otherwise be hoped.— Times. DEATH OF AN ECCLOSIASTIC•L CELEBEFlT.—ln telligeocii has been received of the death of the Hon. and Hey. George Spencer, Father Ignetins of the Order of Fu sionists. The deceased, who was the youngest eon of the second Earl Spencer, and brother of the third earl, who was better knows by th e courtesy title of Vila:omit Althorp, was born in 1799, and was edaeated at Eton sad Trinity College, Cambridcs, where he graduated is 1820. Is 1823, having entered pneet's orders, be was presented by Earl Spencer to the family liner of &lectern, near NortUmp too, which be held until 1830, whey he broke off all cos nation with the established church, and jibed the eren mimics of the church of Home. He studied for some time at Home, sod then bourne • priest of that thumb, events. ally joining the Order of Pariste, of which, up to the time of his death, he was a devoted member. The hen. and rev. gentleman ocusioeally preseeted a eerkies appear. rice in the streets of Logsdon in his vaiddleage eestrune, his naked legs, and his feet strapped rip with woods. radii& [stamped, Id. Additional.) VISCOUNT ZNIPIALP. M.P. AND ma LINDSAY, M.P.„i uxkupcs. UXBRIDGE, FRIDAY. The annual dinner of the Middlesex Agrioultural Socas47 was held in the Town-hall, Uxbridge, this otter sopa Medlar was occupied by Viscount &MILD. M.P., the president of the satiety, who was supported by Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Liodsay, ILP., Rev. W. Randall, Mr. H. B. Day, Mr. W. Parnell, ke. The CHAIMMAIr pre in saooudoa the usual loyal and patriotic touts • Tim CHAIIIIAN then pv6 "The Judges and the Bar," coupled with the name of Lord Chief Baron Pollee. No man filled the high position of a judge more worthily or more ably Una the Lord Chief Boron, who was, besides, known to most of than u a very kind and courteous neighbour. The Loin Cllll7 Below, In returning thanks, said he believed the judges of England darned the confidence of the people of Fagland. For many yeses they hod had an indropeedent position. They were not amenable to the crown, and they were not liable to be removed except at the request of both Houses of Parliament, and the universal respect shown to them arose from Guilder* in tbeir into. pity, their impartiality, and their urinating determina tion to do what was right. (Cheers.) He had great plea sure in coming smug them as a neighbour. (Hear, hear.) He thought mestiap of this kind were of peat importer*. A diger hull was a good thing. IV Wen ha Besse or hms geed, het as a saieheated judge me said, when some one remarked that the wins was bad, "all wines Sr. good, but some are battee than others." So it might be said of dinners. It was a great thing when people of different ranks were brought together. They tended to create that peblio opinion which wee in reality the governing power in this country. He would suggeet to his farming him& that they should take more care in re cording facts, so as to be able to state the reaulta of their experiesos, and thus obtain what might be called a statis tical result. Mr. Buckle, in his " History of Civilisation," stated that everything turned upon statistics. He eves west the length of saying that aU avenges brought shoat at last the same result, and that If they toUowed a opens of statistics they would be able to anticipate futurity in a remarkable degree —.o moth so that they would be able to say that a murder was due at a certain time in the county of Sure, and that the name of the cri minal was Jack Robinson. (A laugh.) That was a sort of result which he (the Lord Chief Boron) did not expect, but be believed that if farmers wee eareful in recording all the incidents within their experience, they would obtain results which they were not aware of. (Hear, hear.) After some further obsenatioca, the Lord Chief Baron concluded by proposiog " The county members and the member of the House of Commons," coupling with the Pint branch of the toast the name of Viscount Enfield, and with the mooed that of Mr. Lindsay. Viscount Eenno, who was received with cheers, Mee to return thanks. He first apolorised. for the absence of his colleague, Mr. Heinen, who was travelling in Pm East with the object of recruiting his health. He Mite proceeded to remark that it would be impossible at the present moment to ignore all those matters of foreign and domestic policy which laterally engrossed the attention of all educated Englishmen. If be said that in Europe their mentos was a satisfactory one, it would not be supposed that be overlooked those great and important snots abroad, which must necessarily affect the honour and prosperity of England. If be said with regard to the long and demising war in America, that every one of them, whatever might be their opinions as to the origin sad ultimate issue of the war, and whatever might be their private feelings as to the saunas of either of the belligerents, deplored that melancholy and fratricidal oosteet—a war which he believed accursed both of God and man—be would say nothiog in which every sue would sot heartily agree. Whenever the asmeof America unmentioned, they bad but one wish, and that was peace. (Cheers.) He was sure that no government, front whatever aide its members might have come, could have remained in power which did not endeavour to preserve as honest impartiality between the matadors parties. laterfennee in support of either of the belligersote would not have been acceptable to the people of England. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the government acted with as much firmness and sincerity in preserving that neutrality as it was possible for any govern meat to dos They had all their feelings on the subject, and his own opinions might not be so far different from thus of his hon. friend near him (Mr. Lindsay), but he earnestly hoped that England would not oome forward as • mediator at the present moment. He sow came to another subject of great political importance—the war which from the month of Jasuary to the month of May desolated the earthen part of Europe, and which, as far as this country was concerned, gave rise so • long and memorable party struggle. Hs believed be was expressing the °pa lliation& of the majority of his coostitueoui when he said that they meld not look back with satisfaction to the part which they played during those few months ; but at the same time, as matters tuned out, it would have been madness in any government to have gone to war unsup , ported by either Frame or Russia. Dunes that memorable debate, be remembered being particularly struck with erten words which fell from a right bon. gentleman who represeoted • neighbouring oouoty. He observed that if Frasoe and England were united, war would be diffi cult, but if France, Russia, and England were united, war would simply be impossible. He (Lord Enfield) believed that to be en somata description of the case. At one moment France and ROOM did not give England that support which ebe had • fair right to expect. (Hear hear.) It was not for him to say what were the neurons which led to that temporary coldness and alienation ; but he was quite certain that when the government diecoured that Luther Fraser nor Rorie would hack them up with physical support is • contest against the powers of Germany, all that they wall do was to endeavour to bring about such a peace as might secure more bannosious and more lasting concord then had previously existed. It was, perhaps, • period of their history over which they would gladly draw a veil. But the good genes of England bad come to the rescue of the government in its extremity. The government felt that the moral support of England would sot be at their back if they plunged into war. He felt confident that the verdict at which the country had arrived would be ratified by posterity. These were the two great questions of foreign policy, and be thought that from their treatment of them there was an important inference to be drawn for the future, and that was that without reusing that fair unsnaps which one neighbouring state might give to another if asked for, they should be careful of unnecessarily intruding their opinions into the domestic affairs and concerns of other nations. In private life that man was most respected who most rested his neighbour, and who re. friend either f rom iejudicious advice or intolerable I interfersoce, and be earnestly hoped that for the' future, while England would never refuse to led her weight to the cause of peace end concord she would abstain from unnecessary interference either in the affairs of the Emperor of Russia or of the King of Dahomey. (Hear, hear.) He believed that policy to be a safe, tem perate, and iotelligible me, and one which bad bees more than once shadowed forth by the people of England during the last two years, and • hick, if honestly and consistently persevered in, would do nothing to detract from the,hooour, the independence, or the material interests and prosperity of the country. With maid to domestic affairs, it had bees said by a high authority that they would do well to " rest and be thankful." That came well front an old 'steno who bad borne himself nobly in many • well fought political field ; but with raged to these younger men who had yet their political spurs to win he thought they ought to have soother watchword— "move with the times." (Cheers.) If they looked around them they saw that in parliament they had yet much work to do. In the state of , their laws, and in many ether matters to which he need not particularly allude, there was a wide field for their exertions. Everything in the material sod physical world was advancing and daily producing new fields for honourable effort and employment, and they could not therefore sit with their halide folded cud say that as legis lators their labour was at an end. On the contrary he believed Viet before them they bad a great future ; and if they ogre conferred upon him the honour of being one of their re presentatives, he should ever be animated with • warm desire' to pursue the path of progress and improvement ie all matters which effected the prosperity of the country. He was not ungrateful for the confidence they had reposed in him ; ad if they again renewed this expression of their confidence, be would endeavour still more to merit the root which they bed so kindly bestowed epos him (Cheers.) Mr. LINDSAY, in returning thanks for the members of the House of Commons, rid he agreed with his noble Mein that their wisest course was sot to interfere In the Americas contest. Mediation would be useless, and be bad never advocated inerintioo, couch lass interferesce, but had always beau a humble and earnest advocate of peace. (Hear, hear.) He had looked upon this vain and wicked wee with horror and disgust. (Hear, bear.) He agreed with the statesmen of England, whoa they pronounced through I Mr. Gladstone that the Southern people, both Is the est their internal affairs and in the defuse of th a etrberties and their homes, were • nation. The majority of the people of England felt that they wen a oaten able to defied themselves against the MUM of the North ; and he theoght it was their duty not to interfere, sot to mediate, but to advise their sovereign in the exercise of her just prerogative to receive at her oonrt the representa tive of a people who had Mows themselves in every mem of the word • ration. (Hear, bear.) The other great pewees of Europe were willies to follow their swoop* sod he believed that the motel effect of m isguides meld have stayed this dreadful war. The North am goverment, through Mr. emend, had now avowed that [TWOPENCE . the restoration of the Union, and not the extinction of the iniquitous system of slavery, was the object of the war. If England and the other power, of Eoro” had recogeind the South, and thus shown that they believed the restora tion of the tinion to be vain, the moral effect on the pto of the North would meet likely have been such am to slay this desolating war. &seised had a greet interest in seeing the people of America great, prosperous, and industrious, and he feared that the policy which bad been adopted bthose who had the destinies of England in their heeds bad been a mistaken one. Them Dow prevailed in the North an exasperated feeling egaiaet England ; and if In 000003Lka with their American colonies they got into trouble with the North, they had lost the warm haute if not the =Aerial aid of the South. (Hear, bear.) Coming to agricultural matters, Mr. Liodaay observed that England last year int =14,600,000 cline. of beef, pork, butter, cheese and 609,000 bulls, cows, calves, sheep, and swine ; sad 170,000,000 pounds of wool. A great statesman the other day touched upoo the question of Increasing the wool of their sheep, and it appeared to him that, whether Mr. Dis raeli was right or wrong on this point, his othervatioaa eou tithed • bug* amount of common sense. It became the farmers of this country to consider whether they could not Mayan the quantity of wool, because it appeared to him that there was an unlimited market. There were besides 62,500 tone of potatoes imported last year, and no lees than 26 millions of and then, again, there wu an enormous importation of vegetable produce. These facts suggested the important question whether they could not produce more of these articles themselves, and he hoped the matter would receive the attention of agriculturist. (Hear, near.) Several other toasts were given, and the moi s t: 4 S: a rch* up. The dinner and wines were furnished by C widdea, of the Hinge Arms, end were of the most t elm regger. THE LITERARY SEASON. (From the Athenauns.) In addition to the lista of last week, we have the following announcements to make :—Messrs. Hunt and /Beckett have in prepeaatioo : "My life and Realisations," by the Hon. Great* F. Berkeley—" The Queen of the County : a Novel," by the author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids"—"A Journey from Loden to Penepohs, clydmg Wanderings in the Canoutu, Georgia, Dashestan, Armenia, and Persia, 1a.," by J. Usher —" Blount Tem pest," by the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew—" The Life of Josiah Wedgwood," from hie private correspondence and family by Eliza Meteyard—'• Not proven : • Novel " pap ro Haunted Loudon," by Walter Thornbury —" The Ordeal for Wives." by the author of "The Morals of May Pair"— "Brigands and Brigandage is Southern Italy," by Count Maffei ; and new works of fic•iosi by the author of " John Halifax," Mn. Oliphant, Ilia Kavanagh, the author of " Barbara's History," the author of " Grandmother's Money," Mr. George M`Donald, and Mr. W. G. Wills. Messrs. Williams and Norgate are preparing : " Com parative Osteology : an Elementary Atlas of Comparative Osteology," consisting of twelve Oates, drawn on storm by B. Waterhouse Hawkins, Eaq. ; the figures selected and arranged by Prof. T. H. Hairy—H. C. lialow's "Critical Historical, and Philosophical Contributions to the study of the Divine Commedia "—" Bibliael Papers : being the Re mains of the late Rev. W. IL Coleman"—Mar Jacob (Bishop of Edema), "Scone on Passages of the Old Testa meet, " wow foes edited I. the original Syriac, with an English translation and notes by the Rev. G. Phillips D.D.— Ancient Syriac Documents relative to the Earliest Establishment of Obriatianite in Edessa and the Neighbouring Countries, from the Year after our Lord's Ascension to the beginning of the Fourth Century," discovered, edited, translated, and annotated by W. Curator, D. D.—" Prehistoric Archroology ; or, Frays on the Primitive Condition of Mao in Europe a nd Ame rica," by Jobe Lubbock —" Orthodoxy, Scripture, and Ream : an Examination of some of the principal Articles I of the Creed of Christendom," by the Rev. W. Rata— " The Sacred Books of the Buddhists compared with His ' tort and Modern Science," by R. Sppeenoce Hardy—" On the Philosophy of Primary Beliefs," by Richard Lowed's. Messrs. Truboer and Co. promise " : Brief Notes on Politic, People, and Places in Italy." by Fences Power Cobb.—" The Critical Writings of Theodore Parker," edited by Frescos Power Cobb.—" Lessons from the World of Matter and the World of Mao, " by Theodore Parker— " A General View of Positivis m," by Auguste Comte ; translated by Dr. J. H. Bridge.—" The History of India, as told by its own Historians; comprising the Mohamed= Period," by the late Sir H. M. Elliot ; edited from his post humous papers by E. B. Cowell—"Memoirs on the Hatay, Philology, and Ethnic Distribution of the Rates of the North.westPrainces of India ; being an amplified edition of the Glossary of Indian Terms," by the late Sir H. M. Elliot; 'arranged from MR. materials collected by kin, and edited by Reinhold Rost—",History of the Sect of Mahe venial ; or, Vallalteharyee in Western India," by Kanandaes Mullen— A Compendious Sassirrit-Eaglish Dictionary for iLe Use of those who intend to read the Easier Works of Classical Sanskrit Literature," by The. odor Goldstucker—" A Compen dious Grammar of the Sanskrit Language for Beginners, " by Theodor thicistucker The Religion of the Zoroastrians, as contained in their Sawed Writings; with a History of the Zend and Peblewi Literatures, and • Grammar of the Bend and Pehlari Lan guages," by Martin Hang—" Fara on Language and Lite rature," by Thomas Watts—" Libraries and their Founders," by Edward Edwards—" Lee °macula de M. Sylvan Van de Weyer," seconds serie—" The Political History of the United States of America during the Great Rebellion, from November 6, 1860, to July 4, 1864," by Edward M'Phereon—"lnstractioos in Gymnastics," by Arthur and Charles Nahl—" The Medical and Economic Properties of the Vegetable &betimes of the Tropical Regions : with • Pharmacopeia for Cameral Use," by S. L. Sasab—" On the Natural and Morbid Changes of the Human Eye and that Treatment." by C. Bader. Messrs. Walton and *liberty announce for early publics tioe : "Practical Dietary for Families, Schools, and the Labouring Climes," by Edward Smith—" New Ancient History, complete in two volumes, by Philip Smith— " Handbook of Skin Diseasee," by Dr. Hillier—" Gol dsmith's Traveller: with Notes on the Analysis and Parsing," by C. P. Mason, Means. Ward and Lock will publish (this day) "Love's Strife with the Convent," by K Manly —l' "Gold smith"—Dalziela' " Arabiao Nights"—" Fitly Celebrated Women, their Virtues and Failings, and the Lemon of their Lives"—" Great Inventors. the Sources of their Usefulness, and the Results of their Efforts"—" The Family Gift-book Library"— Harrison Weir's "Pleasure Book of Animals"— and "Wiled Animals and their Hanes, Domestic Animals their Habits." Morn. &Lueders, Otley, and Co. will publish : The second volume of Mr. Edwin Arnold's " History of the Marquis of Dalhousie's Administration of British India"— •• The Adventure:sof Miss Belle Boyd with the Confederate Army " —••The Kennel Stud• Book." edited by "Cecil " arid " The Rank and File of the Confederate Army.' by Mr. Henry Horse ; also the following novels :—•• Cliche Angus," by Min. Nichols—" The Little 1401100 by the Rail. way Arch," by Charles Fell.—"Mt Sister's Soo," by W. J. Sorrell—and "Perry Talbot." by George Graham. Messrs. Edinoostoes and Douglas have in prepustion •• Frost and Fire, Natural Engines, Tool Marks and Chips," with sketches drawn from nature—" The Advent sad Earlier Years of Our Lord's Life on Earth." by the Rev. William Hanna—•• Sabbath Vein's," by Lord Kiolooli—" Cakes, Leeks, Puddings, and Potatoes ; s Lecture OD the Nation. slittes of the United Kingdom," by George Setae. THE LATENT SOCIAL Num:gen.—A literary friend, of strops same and delicate organization, who it now staying at a country house near • deoeot town, geode us the follow- Mg notes oa a book which has many rivals of the saute infa mous kind :—" I west to call your attention toe series of yellow books with illustrated cornea, exactly aimilar to those in which wears all of us liable to he reprinted. I have seen these books in the windows of respectable book-chop, sad had no idea they were either better or warns than the bowels which, haying attainal a certain favour, sre re printed in a cheap form. The other day, one of the books I speak of fell into my hands ; it rejoiced is the title of 'Skit tles : the History of a Fascinating Woman.' It was not without a degree of cleverness ; tt was sot to be called We i:eat : it was simply hifunons. The next day, in the columns of a morning paper, I saw • series of these pre- cious books advertised ; also, a aeries of the Women of London, illustrated.' These books are on the phut and in imitation of two atrocious French works, celled ' Cgs Dam,.' and the ilisnoires de Rick- Woke.' They all have the same aim, which is to give pictures of the life and manlier. of persona of whom one would wish beth reds soot and daughters to be igno rant. The English book is more denioraliaing than the Freed prototype, because it is better written. cod the immorality treated in such a calm, decent, matter-of-fact manner that it willcirealate wheie a grins hook would be at noes diacern.d and discarded. Can othing he done to put these books down ; or at least to compel them into the ream°s where such works might be exported to be found To ace them circulating io respectable dupe, side by side with the books that have reCtived the stamp of being worth permanence, is a shame as well as a danger -pinch more serious than adulterated broad or aneeicated sweetmeat.. You may imagine I sin in earliest when I have been at the pains to write all this. I have seldom felt so indigoes! is when I foiled the sort of book I bad picked up, and I felt degraded when I closed it and I who writ., this have served my apprenticeship to French novels." We are very much surprised to bear that such books are exposed ie the windows of respectable shops ; and in the absence of some better evidence of the faet, should be much inclined to doubt the retissernhllity.—Altairnita. TH3 POOR-LAW BOARD AND BROTHER IOYATIr6 Sir Jobs Welshers. Bart., the inspector appointed by the Poor-law Board to investigate the charges sernest the Rev. R. A. Billyerd, chaplet. of the Norwich workhouse, who is awed to have idestilled bine& with Brother Igna tius sod the English Order ad St. Bevedict, will cioniesees his inquiry neat week. Prides is the day appoiated, bat tbeN gin oastalaisay es tberalded.