The Express. — London, England, 1866-11-21 00:00:00

r ill I LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the STO RMS of the put twenty-two months the NAT I ONAL LIEZROAT INSTM, 105, by Re Lifeboats end other means, contributed to the SAVI:s CI of 1,476 MESONS from different WRECKS on our COASTS. The Institution also expended E 45,000 In the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, In addition to granting E 1,530 for REWARDS. The Committee of the Institution ear nestly APPEAL to the Public for ASSIST the Sta ANCE, to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on m Liieboat pes of r• qty Inatitation. Dons are rewired by the London and Co untr y Ea=n; " ;:nd by the secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Zen, at the Institution, 14, loeneireet. ecietset London. JOHN BROGDEN. 021GINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, 16, IiZNIIIIITTA-STIMET, COVILYZOILEDRN. JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDENE GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. THE E " new Admiralty, my friend" ? TI bet of .6 new Admiralty is undeniable, lied tieutenagit BRAND should be in a better paitien thee we sin to appreciate its significance. What does it mean? There is no doubt as to what Lieutenant BRAND thinks it means—condonation of deeds at which justice shudders, protection, and assurance of favour. It has been said, and, we believe, not contradicted, that tha now Admiralty has pro moted Lieutenant BRAND, and that he has been preferred to the command of the gunboat Delight, from which, it will bo observed, his letter is dated. 'OHN BROGDENB GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. BENSON'S WATCHES. 68 and 60, Ludgate-1161; 25, Old Bond-street. BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILI/It/MS DIET. To obtain extra profit by the sale other kinds are sometimes offered Instead of !MOWN and POLSON'S . "John Brown," "John Poison." Is signed I* the makers ea each packet. the Orpre%O. DRURY LANE. Tos tuning°, AS YOU LIKE IT. Mr. W. Montgomery Miss Helen Yaneit.—Aud KATHERINE AND PIMIUCH.IO. Mr. T. Swinbuurue and Miss Isabel Adams. HAYMARK ET. Tare EPICITIIO. A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Mesese.C. Mathew, Howe, Kendal, AC..; Madam* C. le atnews,Chlppendele, Moore &o. -ANTON V' AD CLEOPATRA. Messrs. C. Mathews, Comp ton, Ac.: Mewlanace C Mathews & HiIL—OUR RY ANNE. - - PRINCRAB'S. Ten firsirnia. DA lINABY RIYDGE. Mews. 8. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J.O. Shore, &o. ; MIS. John Wood, laws Auto els Thomason anal Katherine Rogers, Yrs, H. Vining, sad Mn. C. Horsman.—To contludo with QUIET LODGLNGS. LICEUM. TWIS Eozwiwn, DE.VTrS AND CESAR. Miss Hanrada.—Aad THE LONG STRIKE. Messrs. Emery, Md.:Womb. Cowper, Fitz patrick. Kayo°Moreland; Idles lieurade.—Concloding with TWEEDLEWN'S TAIL COAT.—Costmaace at 7. STRAND. THIS RirKKISO, NEIGHBOURS. Beam Pamela, Belford, and Murray : Me...lames Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. FRKISCHUTI; OK, ♦ GOOD CAST rug ♦ ructa. —And BOOTS Al" 1111. SWAN. - - - HOLBORN. Tam EVENING, at 7, LAS KIN'S LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Del more and )live C. Sanndera.—And FLYING SCUD. Menses. Neville, Be'more, Blake, N , Mesdames Y. Josephs, C. Mundell's, kteaxie Foote, ' , hides, Lennox, Raagiond, - - BRITANNIA. • TEM EannrtsO, SOME BELLS THAT RANO. Mr. J. Rey nolde—THE WHAT IS 11:?—Mr. -Dancing Mad" Bryan; Miss K. Gamiest.: Master George Perks.—Concludhsg with THE MONK OF ST. PAL'I.'3. H.lOll WALK& AT TANTION BRIDGE. In DAT —M ,, rnlng oh. .?..In2 AttentAou. Ob. 53m. To-Mowww—Morning, lb. 19m Altemoon, lb. 42:0. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. Ir appears that Mr. WALPOLE'S consent to the request that a Commisaiun may be appointed to in quire into tho recent outrage at Sheffield does not meet with universal approval. Strangely enough the objection comes not from the accused party, but from the accusers, and the ground taken is that we have already so much knowledge on the subject. The le tilers of the working classes at Sheffield come forward and challenge inquiry ; but " everybody," says the Times, the ob jector-general, " knows what these outrages " mean, and all further inquiry must prove abor " tire." This is not the language usually held by those who have allayed at a result by a process of intelligent investigation : it is whatweeverydayhear in common life when bigotry fears that its prejudices are about to be disturbed or exposed. We do not think the recollection of the public will quite confirm the statement of our contemporary. Quiet rectors in Wessex and candid old ladies in the Weald of Kent will be surprised to learn that they already know so much about this last Sheffield outrage that all further information is superfluous. A very slight effort of memory will remind them that the Tinos has only one formulary for the treatment of subjects that can be made tribu tary to the class feeling which it exists to represent and maintain. A Sheffield outrage and a Jamaica riot are dealt with on precisely the same principles. The telegraph has only to report the lamentable fact, and our contemporary proves himself equal to the occasion, and produces on the instant a theory which is no sooner announced than" everybody" at once " knows it to be true," and which he maintains makes inquiry into the circumstances and causes of the event perfectly unnecessary. Journalists who believe that they exist to serve the public by the elucidation of events —who may possibly have their own theories, but hold them subject to correction by evidence—can nomorethink of opposingthe appointment of a Shef field Commission of Inquiry than of suppressing a Jamaica mail in the middle of an insurrection. Far from blaming Mr. WALPOLE, we think he has acted in a spirit of wisdom and fairness, which de serves imitation by some who fancy themselves capable of prescribing the manner in which he should perform his duties. What the Commission will bring to light, whom it will condemn, whom absolve, we cannot pretend to predict. But it promises to make us better acquainted with a con dition of society of which we know very little, and of which the most confident assertions are never theless made. WE print in another column two letters from the pen of tho President of the famous Court martial which sat last year at Morant Bay, in Jamaica. Considering that this gentleman Ben tenoed 189 of the QtrEEN's subjects to death—a larger number than have been condemned by all her MAJESTY'S Judges now living—the public will feel an interest in a correspondence which certainly throws light on his fitness for a judicial post. Unless we are mistaken, the letters of Lieutenant BRAND will be thought conclusive on this point. We are not sure whether this gentleman's nice sense of public duty, the elegancies of his style, his caustic humour, his oaths " writ large," or his reference to pistols for two and coffee for one, will most impress his readers. On these points we can only offer our condolences to tho officers and gentlemen of the Navy for the discovery that they have among them for a comrade one who is capable of writing letters such as any decent costermonger would be ashamed to indite. On any less authority than that of Lieut. BRAN I) . ti correspondent we must have declined to believe that these letters were the pro duction of a gentleman wearing the QUEEN'S uni form. _ . . Mr. BI:VCON deserves thanks for having given these precious communications publicity. There has been any time during the last twelve months abundant evidence, in the form of letters from Jamaica unavailable for public pur poses, as to the quality of the men to whom the administration of martial law was confided in October, 1865 ; but we certainly did not expect to find. the chief " judge" of the military court of the island sitting down a year after the event and deliberately pennin g such letters as these. Is the explanation to bo found in the postscript to Lieutenant BRAND'S first letter—" We have a OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DIY.) THE REFORM DENONSTRATICHIS. It is very hard, observes the Daily News, to accommodate the enemies of reform pith a reform agita tion precisely to their mind. Either it is too abstract or too practical ; either it is defective because appealing only to principles, or it is perilous because it suggests amend ments of our institutions ; either it is the weak dream of philosophers, or it is the data active violence of the mob. It is not therefore surprising that strenuous objections should be urged to its being taken in hand by the Trades' Unions, and to having thrust upon our recognition so very emphatic an answer to the taunt that working men only want work and wages, sad don't want votes. As the London day approaches, accordingly, we shall be told with more and more urgency of deprecation that such de monstrations are a warning of the danger of yielding one single step in the admission to political power of a class so strong, so united, so disciplined, and so reckless. Frankly admitting that a trades' union ought in its nature to be non-political, it must be allowed by every man of fairness that the deviation in the present instance is due to those who taunted the working classes with being indifferent to the possession of political rights, and drove them to reply by showing at once their strength and their determination through the machinery which lay at their hand. The cause which has evoked such a spectacle of vigoer is the only one that does or can hereafter do so. These men meet and march because they have all one common plain grievance—that they are placed outside the duller and responsibilities of the constitution. If this bond of common 'offering under a common injustice were once removed—if they were admitted to equality with those of other ranks, the sole element of cohesion would disappear for ever. Questions of political or social economy would still as now be a source of Jib ision and dispute. The TiIIICS is sensible of a great disappointment in examining the proceedings of the Manchester conference. This miscellaneous body, it says, pretend union when they utterly disagree ; affect fairness and candour when they have bound themselves to sweeping and unmitigated hos tility; and make believe they have a parliamentary object when they confine themselves to social agitation. They commit themselves to nothing ; they venture on no posi tive demands, they confess to no limitations, and then, with hands thus open and:empty, and with nothing staked on their aide, they are for trying a game of conclusions with people who do stake everything—that is, who have the courage, and the candour, and the honesty to say exactly what they propose. The Tel Dotes that several well-known forces are united in the popular demand for reform. We have first the great manufacturing and commercial interest which was the very life of the Anti Corn-law League—the Reform League, representing a large section of the working men—the trades' unions, as the easiest ma chinery of organisation by which the artisans can express their political opinions—and lastly, tbst great parliamentary party of which Mr. Gladstone is the recog nised leader, and which, alone, fought almost to a trium phant issue the battle of reform last session. A combina tion so vast, so resolute, and representing so faithfully the whole community, is unexampled even in the popular demonstrations which resulted incatholicemancipationand free trade. The Star fully agrees with the reform conference, that there is not the slightest probability of a decent reform hill being offered by the present mir , stif ; that the introduc tion int, the cabinet of any such measure would simply mean the instant break-up of the government, and that anything put before the House of Commons in the shape of a reform bill by Mr. Disraeli is sure to be either an open insult to the nation or a specious and dangerous sham. )1 R. T. HUGHEA, Mr. T. Hughes's speech to his constituents is one of the subjects this morning with three or four of our contem poraries. Tho Tinos compliments him for his candour in entering into particular statements respecting the defects of the present parliament and the benefits to be expected from an amended representation. His arguments 'n favour of compulsory education and in favour of laws to prevent the practice of adulteration and the use of false weights and measures are cases in point, but the Times is surprised that a man of Mr. Hughes's experience could have overlooked the irre sistible power which the working classes have in their hands already to establish guarantees on these points. Why cannot these trades' urions which follow a man into the very sanctum/ of his household and the smallest transactions of his daily "fe, do something for what Mr. Hughes considers the great needs of the working classes? Why cannot they look after day scholars as well as ap prentices? Why nut watch over the honesty of trades people as well as the demeanour of foremen? Way not look after short weights as well as shoe t time? As things now stand, whatever is done for the goad of working men in these matters has been done, not by their own class, but by the classes above them. The Rat thinks if Mr. Hughes will take up the question of the adulteration of food with anything like the zeal he has displayed in the cause of the reconstruction of pour dwellings, be v.. 11 probably find a great many things to say about it which " nobody else would say," and he will also render a most essential service to the class with which he displays so generous, and sometimes so um reelecting, a sympathy. MISCELLANEOUS Toms. The Times urges the republican party in America seri ously to consider how much of their programme is really essential to the future well-being of the republic. The equity of their proposal—that the representation of the South should be apportioned immediately to voters and not to inhabitants, cannot be fairly questioned ; but the other principal clause of the constitutional amendment, which practically ostracises all the men who in any way took part in secession, is absolutely. unnecessaiy. With the exclusion of certain ringleaders of recession who could be mentioned by name, the choice of repre.ientatives might safely be unrestricted. Could the republicans learn to be content with such a modification of the amendment, Mr. Johnson might join with them, the Southern States could ratify their proposals, and the Union might once more be fairly restored. While regarding Fenian invaders of Canada as robbers and murderers, and their offence as in no degree political, the Daily !Canis glad, nevertheless, that the sentences of capital punishment have been commuted, because the government was bound in duty to the Canadians to con sider what particular treatment of those whom jus tice had placed in its hands would be most likely to prevent future invasions ; and the Dail!, News believes that the desired end will be most effectually promoted by subjecting the offenders to a severe and protracted imprisonment. Lynch and M'Mahon on a scaffold dying for their country might become heroes and martyrs, but Lynch and M'Mahon wearily picking (Arum in a penitentiary for their folly in joining a set of scamps in a marauding expeil , tion wall be an example and a " caution " to those who may be tempted to imitate their exploits. Besides Fenianisin is, after all, a product of British rule. It is bad enough to see our fellow subjects leaving us for the New World with their hearts full of bitterness ; it would be worse if we were compelled to set up the gallows and noose the halter for them there. It may come to that yet, but it is better, if possible, to avoid such an extremity. The re/turas:a and Star describe the bodily defects of Mr. Kavanagh, the newly-elected representative of Wes- I ford, who though born without legs or arms, is described iis an excellent ealligraphist, a dashing hrintaman, an artistic draughtsman, an unerring shot, and the most ex. pert of yachters. Fino well-marked featuree, and eyes beaming with intelligence, leave no doubt that, though the body has been unfortunately shorn of its fair and legiti_ mate proportions, the mind is well developed. lie is now about forty years of age, and a large family of children as handsome as could be found is this country, bas blessed DRESS, WEDNESDAY EVAsTI;NG, NOVEMBER "ACC -~ hie anion with • lady rimarkabl• for her bee*, sad beloved fix 'her sman d d madders* dispositiei, Hi liters-y:11;s has to tits LAM and the " Ores. of Bva," pu • aboki fine 41100, te' tides that he is an acute observer. The b* was illus trated from sketches made by himself during' ihis cruise. Re holds the pen or pencil in his mouth, and guides its course by the armwtumpe, whisk are ;sufficiently long to meet across the cheat, and by this mode he prodtrces • calligraphy each letter of which is distinctly formed. "it hen hunting he sits in • kind of saddle-basket, and his reins are managed with an expertness and an ease sur prising ; but perhaps the greatest of his achievements is driving a " four-in-hand." This he does to perfection — and as bis team scampers away at • dashing pace, the sharp crack of his whip may be heard far off.. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE. Nov. 20. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove yesterday afternoon, and went out in the grounds this morning with Princess Beatrice. Prince Leopold went out walking, attended by Mr. Legg. The Princess of Wales and Princess Louise went out driving. The Duke of Edinburgh and Count Gleichen went shoot ing, attended by Lieutenant• General the lion. C. Grey, Major-General the Hon. A. Hood, and Lieutenant Haig. Lord Crofton end the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West have succeeded Lord Polwarth and Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., as lard and groom in waiting. Sir James Clark has left the Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmeabury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord John Manners, the Bight Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Nasa. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil sat yesterday, at Whitehall, on matters relating to the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and the Hight. Hon. H. Corry. Mr. Harrison and Colonel Harness attended the committee. A deputation of Middlesex magistrates, introduced by the Marquis of Salisbury, and consisting of Mr. P. N. Laurie, Mr. H. M. Kernshesal, Sir G. Hod,skinsoo, Lieu tenant-Colonel Elsey, Captain Morlej, and Mr. H. H. Sir wood, had an interview with the Right lion. Spencer H. Walpole, at the Home-office, yesterday. The Judicial Committee sat r sterday. The lords pre sent were Lord Westbury, Sir K V. Williams, and Sir J. Cohn° and Sir Laurence Peel. BIRTHDAY OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—To - day is the anniversay of the birthday of Victoria Adelaide Ma.y Louisa, the Princess Royal of England. There were the customary rejoicings in the royal household, the bells of the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields rang out merry peals at intervals during the morning, and flags were displayed at the Tower and other places. Her royal highness was born on the 21st of November, 1840, and was married on the 25th of January, 1858, to Frederick William Nicholas Charles, Crown Prince of Prussia. His Excellency the Pi assian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and family have returned to 11..3 Prussian Rmbauy, on Carlton-house-terrace, from St. Leonardo-on-Sea. [GENT --,--- - op& 'a Trimmums.) .. PRUSSIA AND THE POPE. MADRID, Nov. 21. The Lealtad of to-day states that the King of Prussia has written to the Pope offering his Holiness the protection of Prussia. The Bank of Spain hes reduced its rate of discount to 7 per cent. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 21. The MoniUter of this morning contains no intelli mce respecting Mexico. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE DEUTSCHLAND. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21. The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutsch land, from New York on the 10th inst., has arrived. She brings 128 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 407,773 dole. for England, 203,200 dots. for France, and 3,485 dole. for Bremen. On the 11th inst., off Sandy Hook, she passed the steamers New York and &monis ; and on the 13th spoke the American ship Albert Galater. (sr ATLANTIC ratacsArn.l NENV YORK, Nov. 20. Efforts are being made to effect a compromise between President Johnson and the Congress. AMUSEMENTS AT COMPIEGNE. A letter from Compiegne, dated Saturday after noon, says:—" There was to-day a stag hunt in the forest, the rendezvous being at the Puits-du-Roi, one of the largest openings in the forest. The meet presented a very interesting spectacle: • pack of 61 fine hounds, white, spotted black, and brown, with keepers in bright green liveries, occupied one side, whilst on the other were carriages from the neighbouring chateaux; hunts men in the imperial uniform, and chars-a-bane and court vehicles with guests coming at • gallop down the avenue. It was • rich confusion of toilettes, costumes, and bright colours, forming • picture full of animation, the frame of which was suppled bj the lofty trees. The Prince Imperial arrived early. His im perial highness rode a small creamed-coloured Arab, and wore the imperial hunting dress, as did also M. Vachon, his equerry, and the eon of Dr. Conneau. The prince made the tour of the place of rendezvous, saluting those present and managing his spirited little horse with grace and ease. A few minutes later, the Emperor and Empress arrived in • char-1-bane. His Majesty was attired in ordinary morning dress ; the Empress wore a round hat and mantle of maroon velvet. The Emperor alighted from the carriage, and went round the assemblage. shakinghand , and speaking to several persons; then the Prince delallloscowa, grand huntsman, after having taken his Majesty's orders, gave instructions to the attendants, who at once proceeded to set on the dogs. A stag, which might have been seen all the morning close by in company with a dozen hinds, was started, which, after making several shor. detours in the vicinity of the Puita-du-Itoi, went off at full sire d in the direction of the Etang of Sainte-Pei; e. 'lnc dogs, while following the stag, came upon a wild boar, which immediately faced them. They threw themselves reso lutely upon h l / 2 , but his defeat cost them dear, as one was killed and nine others wounded. However, in the end the boar was killed, and the pack resumed tho cha:.e of the stag, which was run down about 5 o'clock near the Etang mentioned above. In the evening the curie took place in the Court of Honour of the chateau by torchlight," THE PARISIAN IN LONDON. " How very few Frenchmen," writes the Paris correepondent of the Post, " visit London. Look at the company of the dearcers which cross the Channel ; they are all Bulls—people with honest faces—the men broad shouldered and well built, the ladies wickedly dressed, 'ut so often pretty. There inal be one Frenchman, one German, one amongst them, but the travellers are unmietaktibly of Great Britain and Ireland. The few Frenchmen who do go over to London bring hack such a sad account of that city that no body wants to go there for pleasure. It is only three days since a nobleman who has lived moat of his days in Piu:s gave me the following account of a late visit to your famous metropolis. I will give you his words :—' It was Surday morning, a morning on which my wife is generally in a had humour—l know not why. I thought I would go out and get my breakfast at some hotel or tavern. It was cold, with a sort of damp atmo sphere, which prevented you seeing any object far down the street. I remembered I was near the Angel Inn, Islington. Good English ham, thought I, oysters and bottled beer! When I got there, lo! ti e house was shut up. I was told it was church time, or not church time, I forget which, and could not break fast. I then requested a policeman to tell me where I might get some refreshment. He looked down on the p..vement and considered for a while, and then said, • Why you see, sir, it's Sunday morning, and everything is shut up according to the Acct ; there is a coffee house a little lower down, and perhaps an 'otel would take you in if you say you're a traveller.' In this great city of three millions I could get nothing to eat or drink, for on entering a large hotel the waiter said it was `too early,' as I did not live in the house, and he looked at me as if I wanted to steal the spoons. I strolled towards the City, and got to the Bank, but the only places for refreshment I saw were one or two very dirty and gloomy coffee-houses, which did not invite one to enter. How I sighed for Paris as I leant against a poet and gazed at the black Mansion-house, a lone, sad man. I asked a policeman where I could sit down? • No where, as he knowed on, except on the bridies.' I could neither find cab nor omnibus—mind, it was early on Sunday morning. I returned to wards the West-end, and found myself in Covent-garden market. Here was a picture of the working of Sunday laws ! It was nearly 1 o'clock. Bound &tout the gin shops and public-houses were some of the most degraded of mortals, in appearance—men and women. They were waiting to rush into the spirituous Styx which conducts the poor of London to another world. What faces ! What Sautes, if we had a Hogarth to paint them ! Surely the hard' works badly. These people, like myself, I presume, could find no place to break fast at before 1 o'clock. No place, no retreat, no bench to sit down on. They did not look like people who had been to church. Is not London a wonder ful city for a foreigner on Sunday morning ? What be comes of the thousands the railways empty out on Sunday morning! I was glad to get back to my friend's house breskfsetless. Bnt here good English hospitality awaited me. The lady of the house had brought hems the Rev. Me. 43—, a Puseyite ecclesiastic, to luncheon. He was, I learnt, confessing all the ladies of the family. Oh, London ! Hypocritical London Art thou not destines to be destroyed, like those two famous wicked cities men tioned in the Biller EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (Timm ous owl! oossaspoloparr.) PARIS. TUESDAY EvEmma. Intelligence received at the Foreign-office to-day, and almost publicly commented upon there, leads to the conclusion that Maximilian's empire is already at an end. This much is official, that after having announced to Marshal Bazaine that he intended to start on a trip to Vera Cruz on Oct. 21, he " unex pectedly" left the city of Mexico on some day pre vious to Oct. 9, down to which the present advice ! , come. Nothing is said about either an abdication or a regency, but it is certain that Marshal Bazaine was " surprised" by the course taken by the Emperor Maximilian. The Marshal ap pears to have been absent from Mexico city at the moment of Maximilian's flight, for it is stated that he left on the 3rd, with the intention of meeting the Emperor Napoleon's aide-de-camp and special envoy, General Castelnau, but returned on the morning of the 9th without having fallen in with him. The scanty particulars yet known of these very extraordinary facts can scarcely be added to before Nov. 29, when a packet is expected with letters from Oct. 9 to Oct. 24. A Toulon correspondent writes to the Gazette du Midi that the iron-clad squadron has received sailing orders for the 28th inst., in order to escort the Empress on board the imperial yacht Aigle to Civita Vecchia, her Majesty having at length resolved to pay her often-projected visit to the Pope. This determination has been come to, it is said, in consequence of the impression produced on the Emperor's mind by the last Papal allocution. This news, which, if true, will be a great surprise to people in Paris, who think themselves well in formed, has not yet been either denied or explained by the lihmiteur. I believe it to be absolutely certain, whether the Empress goes to Rome or not, that the French troops will come away within the stipulated time. The government journals are instructed to speak in terms of unqualified appro bation of Baron Ricasoli's circular. A wonderful fishing battue in the Enghien lake began on Sunday, and will continuo till Nov. 23. The proprietor makes it a rule not to allow net or line to disturb this water more than once in five years, so that the fish may have plenty of time to multiply and attain a large size. Extraordinary success attended the opening of the quinquennial period of slaughter this year. The three first draughts of the net brought up as much as 4,0001b5. weight of fish, including large carp, pike, tench, and eels, not to speak of dace, gudgeons, and and other small fry. The banks of the lake were thronged with curious spectators watching the operations. A grand fish dinner was given on Sunday evening to a numerous circle at the Hotel des Bains, at which a monster matelotte was eaten, prepared under the personal direction of Baron Brisse, the modera Brillat Savarin, who by the way, taking the opportunity to pronounce an opinion upon a much controverted culinary ques tion, has decided that there should be no butter allowed to enter into the composition of a matelotte. In order to give the fish at Enghien reasonable law, a watercourse is kept open through which a great many of the biggest have escaped to a reserved pond where they are free from molestation. Lord Lytton, his brother Sir Henry Bulwer, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and M. Prevost-Paradol were at Mrs. Bigelow's re ception last evening. The new peer was almost mobbed by American ladies anxious to be intro duced to the author of " Pelham." Lord and Lady Abinger and Lord and Lady Rokeby have arrived at the Hotel Bristol from England on their way to the south of France. The Bourse was inanimate. Rente closed with a rise of 5c., at 69fr. 45c. and 69fr. 42ic. Mobilier 4 I rose 2fr. 50c. of A committee has been formed in Hew which' proposes to elect Count de Bismarck as deputy for that cir cumscription to the Parliament of the North, wishing by this means to testify the gratification of the country at its annexation to Prussia. Count de Westphalen, as may be remembered, after the AustraPrinisian war, sent a letter to the Chamber of Nobles, at Berlin, stating that he felt compelled to re nounce hie seat in that assembly. The communication was referred to a special committee, which has just passed a resolution recommending the Chamber to declare tle count to be deprived of his quality as member of that body. _ . . -••••:• The Movimento of Genoa states that the Spanish vessels which have been for some time in the waters of Civita Vecchia are there for the service of the ex-King of Naples and family. They are to cruise about in the neighbourhood, on the chance of Francis 11. resolving to leave Rome. The following letter was received from Mr. Milner Gibson, explaining his absence from the Reform ' meeting at Manchester :—" Theberton, near Saxmund ham, Nov. 17,1866. Sir,—l regret to say that I shall be unable to be present at the reform banquet which is ap pointed to take place in the Free-trade Hall, at Man chester, on the 20th. I have been suffering from an attack of bronchitis, which confined me to my room for 10 days ; and although I am now very much better, it is necessary for me to be very careful, and I am adv.sed that it would not be prudent for me at this time to undertake the journey to Manchester, and to attend the banquet. I need scarcely say that my opinions in favour of parliamentary reform are unchanged. Let us hope that the Hones of Commons will feel called on at an early day to consider favourably an honest amend ment of our representative system, suited to the circum stances of the present day, and which embraces an exten sion of tbs franchise and a more equitable distribution of political power than that which now exists. Please make known to the executive committee the reason of my inabi lity to attend the banquet, and, wishing it all success, believe me your faithful servant, Wined) Taos. Kuala& Gums." LAW INTELLIGENCE, LED STANLEY 411 D EE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Mr. Wyse', of Lloyd's, bee addressed a letter to . thst se ci t timns tle o m f settlement of olifnioibteduat minister of the e b epe i of Whaploade Grote, in 71 - . !'- it --.„- EQUITY COURT. Girds by Federal men-of-war during the late war, to 1 (Before Vioe-Chancellor Sir H. T. Sindemb y l * ord flanl:y in , direc regsta ting . ib attestl ite c c:i s to ure th o e f claims sevena of hundredritish 1 1 1 wnflifdr. Hammond, by desire of Lord Stanley, replied. i ATTORNEY-GENERAL T. LAWnON AND orgy stating that no arrangement has hitherto been made be- . The question raised in this Mlle WM whether right to nominate a minister is vested • , ',,,,, / htls trdstees, n the concurrence of every one of sb ui e ic - '"'„ a _il to make the appointment valid In April last ,A 7 • 11, tscwiaitseetEsii hoeffrotherMairtjhesresetyp:::Fieinssubtmiojeneenttranandda of the events of the late civil war in the United Staten. shire, trustees bees , i o n f e wh vacan oni t, th an ere d th w e ere nem th irica thrte s,,,.._,= ll , ....... i namely Lawson, ClaTten, and Goodyer. f e — '''" v e e „„ Clayton accordingly signed • document ge*''-- be the appointment of the Bev. Hr. I calling upon the Bishop of Lincoln to p a y , Id, license. The present information was fi led at ohs e l. of one of the churchwardens and of other inlideb e 7, Whapleade, and an interim injunction bad breesme2 l , restraining the defendants from carryul th e i r .4 into effect. Since then, however, the ommesseemise. car z a ha ce d theth be nlrhe en ac al sot tEd rob l oina t: g dea ntz th inatedtio o l Too ll : 7o 7i onis z eichizi k amitt z time. Mr. Gismo and Mr. Bevir appeared for theplakok,„ Mr. Bally and Mr. C. Hall for the defends's. ii. Waller re p r esented the Bishop of Lincoln, who Ip . -..... of the defendants. The Vix-Chancellor said this was a sort of paw l e e , and tbe decision of the majority of the trustees a le -- 0, taken as conclusive % or otherwise them might be n ob : nation at all. But in this case there was mean NZ why the fact of the nomination having bee „.,.--. by only two of the trustees could not Its yr an objection for it appeared that at th e ti e 'I the nomination Goodyear was from age and left u nsound mind and wholly incapable of managing le, or comprehending any matter of busman. A l e d * objection had been taken, that the document min i * nomination purported to be the act of titres ran whereas it was only executed by two tit ;bete l , ficulty that might have arisen upon that wand Mik e , removed by the second nomination. So far, se ee ,„ as related to Mr. Hollis and the Bithop of coin, the information of the bill must be g 4 with costs, and it must also be dismissed with um* regard to the two trustees, so fez as it scans s e * * the appointment of Mr. Hollis. As to the other iined the prayer, there would be a reference for the v oi . meat of new trustees, the number would he ismaisfe ten, and a scheme would be devised as to the sate , electing trustees in future. (THIS DAY.) LETTER PRO REFORM MOV EME NT.P ON THE The following letter has been forwarded to Manchester Guardian. Guardian. It was not read at the banquet, nor was any mention made of it. " Queen's Hotel, Manchester, 10th i October, 1886. " h a ve the honour to acknowledge the reoep* of au invitation to attend a banquet, proposed to be held in Manchester , immediately after the close of a National ' Reform Conference at which the members and friends of the National Reform Union will discuss the position of the reform question, and how the liberal party in the Rouse of Commons may be best supported.' I regret that I cannot accept the invi tation. It is evidently the object of the promoters of the conference to organise an opposition to the present administration before there has been any opportunity of ascertaining whether such opposition be called for or not. This I consider a factious proceeding ; and I cannot in any way lend myself to its accomplishment. This movement emanates, moreover, from a party ? and is under the auspices of leaders, whose extreme views on the question of parliamentary reform, and the means of carrying it into effect, are repugnant to my principles and to those on which I obtained the suffrages of an overwhelming ma jority of the liberal and enlightened constituency of Manchester. Those principles aim at the establishing, by fair and legitimate means,—not by intimidation and threats, —of a reform in the repiesentation, which shall be moderate, constitutional, and prof/swamies In its character. The intentions of the present admmistrationon the question of reform are as yet unknown. I protest, therefore, most strongly against the unwarrantable assumption which has b oa s made by distiuished leaders of the agita tion, that any bill introduced by Lord Derby must neces sarily be a delusion and a sham, In 1859 he introduced a bill, the failure of which, by reason of the *purse adopted by the liberal party on the second reading, and, therefore, without any opportunity being offorded for discussing in committee such amendments as might in their judgment have rendered it deserving of acceptance by the country, I have never ceased to regret. Although differ ing from Lord Derby on many vital principles, I see no reason for thinking that the bill was not the result of an honest endeavour on his part to settle the difficult ques tion of reform ; and I would not, therefore, by a tt e nding the banquet, which is held for the pur pose of setting the seal to a scheme of opposition, in augurated by men who have permitted to pass , not onl y w ithout challenge, but even with applause, a declaration that such bill was fraudulent, hold myself out as tacitly approving of an assertion which I believe to be as untrue as it is reckless and mali.nant. I may be deceiving myself, but I sincerely believe that the course which I feel it my duty to pursue will meet with the approval of the great bulk of the intelligent working classes who, from their education and integrity, are deserving of the e lectoral franchise. Their approbation I desire, and lam convinced that they have too keen a sense of justice, and too much love of fair-play, to approve of an agitation designed to procure such an extension of the suffrage as would place the desti nies of our country, it is to be feared, in the power of one predominant class. Under these circumstances 1 feel it my duty, as a liberal member of the legislature, to abstain from any act which may be characterised as factious, and to wait until the coming session shall disclose the inten tions of the administration. If Lord Derby should in troduce a bill which shall contain within itself, or may by practicable amendments be made to contain, pro visions calculated to effect a reform likely to be, and deserving of being, acceptable to the country, I will give it my honest support, even though it do emanate from a Tarty which occupies benches on the opposite side of the house to that on which I have the.honour to sit. And, in adopting this course, I am glad to know that I shall have the emiuent example of the late Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Gladstone.—l have the honour to be, air, your very obedient servant, " EDWARD JAMES. " To J. D. Morton, Esq., 12, Newall'abuildings, " Manchester." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Baneo.—(Before the Lord Chief Jay Justices Mellor and Lash.) THE QUEEN V. THE TREASMIER OP ST. EAETEOLOEM HOSPITAL. This ease was part argued on Saturday. Item maid case stated for the opinion of the court, sel mishit question whether the office of president of the My pital was vested solely in the Corporation d Weed was confined to the Lord Mayor for the time heis&e. alderman who bad passed the chair from thing , reached the civic dignity of • grey cloak." The emit governors, however, claim to exercise the right el eating and electing any oue of their The question was raised during the of Mr. Alderman Rose, when the governors elected the late Mr. Cubitt, who had time ceased to be even an alderman. On flatoinsi Solicitor-General was heard on behalf of the Capin* and Sir !Wendell Palmer for the donation r To-day the Solicitor-General was heard in reply. The Solicitor-General, Mr. T. Chambers Serjeant), and Mr. Archbold appeared for the f Sir it. Palmer, Mr. Mellish, and Hr. for the donatiOn governors. The Solicitor-Gewral urged that he had se , the usage he contended for was strong press plin deuce that such a course had been adopted mune bye-law or ordinance, which was made 111 1557. llst distance clearly prescribed that the president Neil' " grey cloak." The exceptions had no operatics to the validity of the bye-law. The Lord Chief Justice said the gentian was the act of parliament of 1782 had not totally chsapii constitution of the elective body. If the act of pair made a radical change in that respect it would Iv cevairy to determine the question of usage. r difficulty in the way of the Corporation was the and act of parliament in 1782. The Solicitor-General said it was an importsat bear in mind that from 1742 there never lied bee st .nce in which a grey cloak did not bold the e that was a matter to consider with regard to t/ the act of 1782. The election to the office hid , been a grey cloak, although a certain number governors were associated with the Corporation If it was intended by the agreement and act of Fa referred to to alter the qualification of the pens elected president, it was strange that both were sti respect to it. The agreement simply enlarged of electors by adding donation governors to thee*. It was ra it were enlarging the franchise withoet the qualification of the person to hold president. The Lord Chief Justice said that would be i ment in the agreement and act merely to the' electors, but the act gave the new governorsell t which had been vested in the old, and the new might at any moment have made order the ordinance of 1557. They were a ce d in t of the old governors in all matters affecting government of the hospital. The SAicitor-General said the old body of was a different body from the Corporation,' latter only who had the power of making ordinances. The Lord Chief Justice said that by the agnemb the act the government was no longer in diet: London, but in the new body. Mr. Justice Lush remarked there woo no Rpm* reserved to the Corporation in any respect. The Solicitor-General said nor was any take it should be assumed that what existed was He contended that the new governors wetee with the powers which the old governors. had no power to elect the presideut. Mr. Justice Mellor said that if tos grey cloak was to be continued, a re cit a l I would, in all probability, have been int the agreement and act. One could well undo when the governors were confined excluf members of the Corporation that a grey ci elected president, but the same reason no when the change in the body of the electors After some further argument, The court unanimously gave judgment in donation governors and against the el claimed by the Lord Mayor, alderuien, council of London. Judgment accordingly. COURT OF PROBATE AND D 1 (Before the Judge Ordinary) MATHEKON r. Dr. Wambey appeared for the pe• wife of t all rn, who, in 1855, wes chief the Cry Palace. She was ma•ried she had had two children, of whom ore She alleged that after living happily wits years he suddenly changed towards her, and neglectful, harsh, and abusive. He also best or three occasions, and eventually, as • decoyed a respectable girl away from her to Paris, and cohabited with ber there. was adjourned for the evidence of the !Mond DREADFUL MURDER BY A BOY AT SHEFFIELD. A horrible and most singular crime was com mitted at She ffi eld yesterday morning by a boy sixteen years of age, his victim being a fellow apprentice and bed fellow, about eighteen years old. Mr. Draper, a very respectable draper, of Barker-pool, has several apprentices, who lived at his house adjoining the shop. Of these, Henry Gabbitas was the junior, and Arthur Allen was the next above+ him. They slept together in one of the garrets of the house—another apprentice, named Stephen Moss, sleeping in the next room. On Monday night Gabbitas was unusually silent at supper, and complained of being unwell. But the family were undisturbed during the night, and had no idea of the tragedy that awaited them in the morning. About half-past seven, Gabbitas went to the bedroom door of Mr. Draper and said, "I have killed Arthur." "What?" " I have killed Arthur I have done it for re venge." "What can you mean?" said Mr. Draper. Gabbitas replied—" I have hammered him with the hammer, and 'stabbed him with a knife." Mr. Draper harried upstairs and found Allen lying on his back on the bed, and weltering in blood. lie was totally insensible. ?ilr. Favell, of Norfolk-street, and Dr. Younge, of Norfolk-row, were sent for, and very quickly attended, but only to find that the case was hopeless. Allen's Lead is severely fractured, and he has lain since quite unconscious. The only sound he has uttered has been occasionally faintly to say "Oh !" and once or twice he has opened an eye. Gabbitas said that he com mitted the dreadful deed about 5.30, when the watchmen were about going off their beats, and that lie afterwards went to the police-office to give himself up ; but, thinking that he should not be believed, he did not go in, but re turned to Fargate, and told Mr. Draper. Ho walked again to the police-office with a senior apprentice, Stephen Mose, talking freely and with apparent composure by the way. He said he struck Allen with the hammer several times, and then stabbed him. And he repeated other particulars he had given to Mr. Draper. At the police-office he began to say that he gave himself up for killing Allen, but could nut finish, and Moss completed the statement. Gabbitas was left in cu-tojy, and a policeman returned with Moss to Fargate. He found in the bedroom the hammer and the knife. The hammer was one Mr. Draper had used about five on Monday afternoon in opening a box. Two hours after, when it was wanted again, it could not be found. It now appears that Gabbitas had secreted it for his murderous purpose. The knife was a nine-inch carving knife, which had been used at supper on Monday night. It is believed that Gabbitas had gone down stairs and carried the carving-knife up to his bedroom. The origin of this sad affair is a matter of conjecture. Gabbitas had the character of a good boy, and there did not appear to be anything morose or dangerous in his disposition. He and Allen were very good friends, and on Monday night appeared to be particularly so. Mr. Draper's conjecture is that the anger of Gabbitas had been aroused by the fact that he had been engaged with Allen in some irregularities, which had led to an order that they should not go out late at night. Gabbitas is sup posed to have bl.mod Allen for this, but the supposition does not harmonise with the appearance of friendship that Gabbitas showed on Monday night. lie must, however, have been capable of great duplicity, for he had then no doubt secreted the hammer with which he first attacked hie victim. It is remarkable that no noise *se heard by the youth sleeping in the next room. The wounds are on the left side of the bead and neck, and there is, therefore, no doubt that the first blow was given while Allen was sleeping, and given so effectually that he uttered no cry. Gabbitas has been remanded by the magistrates awaiting the too certain death of his victim. Gabbitas is the son of a painter at Hull. Allen is the son of a surgeon at Gainshorounh, lately deceased. the 1 COURT OF BANKRUPTI (Before Mr. Commisrioncr Hole IN HE THE NORTH PAR MINING COI:PAN This was a sitting under the winding .e this case some time ago. The het of cont been settled after considerabl e o pp osith proponed. Mr. A. Watson, on alf of the offici posed that a call of li. per per share should proceeds of which would be about 140!. Order Accordingly. The liabilities of the company ore of nil (Before Mr. Commissioner Got IN RE =ATARI) NASS. The bankrupt was a solicitor, of Moorgai was the sitting for examinotiou an d} diseibsul. te deo i are stated at 10,U2/., of which 5,14. idu ' creditors ; assets returned at 2;172'. 12 . I pally of bills and coats, had not yet been cot he ~.,3 kil glea.l9lo accounts nlstettwvraerenc.ea,tfiooracastsoirygn.e,”Th. ° e ft n e . r:. ,.. l ,. 7 co op i r o liti'e tvg 1 The bankrupt examined, stated that w in l m ,o —__ .ol: 2 b p ase ra m c gm tic en e :I . i years. He ascribed his failure be 0 o — .o , 1 1 I : i i v i n ef e te d d t I h , o t oo m f abll.ya:hgaidafuottuLtr2°,lh%T:t: cribbed! . , which iiwtenhaihlhmiolf:etehlstrols. 1::: 0_.02 2 4 of H t i b s o H o o r, n ie o r ti . r said he saw no reason to deter ° s e ° 0.06 2 . Order accordingly. 0.04 4 I 2 , 2 (Before W IN . Commissioner 2 M r . R e ed opposed for the assignees, am' •"'" 1 2 . 1 apThpleediwigerrahstdis.dceacrihargbede fro.ts:-nisdfcireb)ktit:int:o.nflnsliriur:;:74),:verot for a creditor. 0.60 2 0.22 3 The Winds continue moderate, hat have to most Instances — s backed towards the amt. with some dhainathon of barometric - been in business as a licensed victualler/ en _ i 0 of hoots and shoes, as a contractor an d 6 tuna pressure and rather higher temperature. Snow fell y ea t t utay .., u REMARKS. It appeared from the examination Jot they that aßil o. h n e cea h co ad orr also nt.acice. gwou;solbmvyeenththeadnilaveinchneaoaffoubeertnawat:loo ef t .i n P i the east coast. Mr Th . siemCsoßeerlinteeSsehasofkisit tool Prison. Honour said the case was W WI • 0 that though the bankrupt bad been .irtirge, he should not grant the order of d year on behalf of the National Bane ; the beginning of next Albemarl encuy promised n t the e in Bishop thatt,n r n o f b ee n Th s i n i b p: s o k i u , e t p t d" another wus t d : peT11011:011:. Bevw. _ . , &dor and Man are staying at Bournemouth, in Hants. (Before Mr. Re gis Sprig I_i IN HZ JOSEPH HALL r ig , g li gS,‘ . l I tom= there. adjudication was abode on the petitto!'_.roses. Tr" , Morley and Co., warehousemen of Woo. WEATHER REPORT.--(THIS DAT.) WEDNESDAY, NUYLKEIR 21, 8 A.M. r. Zrtreres. B. T. W. , lto 12 F. D. 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 ' 5 1 3 1 , 1 Nairn 20.02 40 W. Aberdeen 29.09 38 N.N.W. Leith Ardrooian 30.07 43 E.N.E. Grammestle ,30.18 43 N.W. 2alentis 30.25 32 N.E. CaPe Liverpoo ele" l.2 :30 — .14; 51 N. — W. ; 1 4 Bolyhead Penzance 30.25 44 Z. I 0 , 4 Breed Lorlent - 30.1032 N.E. 12 3 Rochefort 80.20 32 Y.. 4 ' Plymouth Weymouth 30 . 2_037 W.N.W. S' 5 Portimouth 30.17 34 N.N.W. 3• 3 London ....30.1133 W.N.W.I 1 4 Yarmouth 30.01 34 W.N.W. 2 • 6 Scarborough. 2J.9230 N.N.W. ; 2 4 Bhiskt4 30.0440 N.W. , 2 2 Belden • - - N.N.W. N.W. w. 9. W. N.W. N.N.E. N. W. N.N.E. N.N.E. .N.S.E. N.. W. _ . W.W.I. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. I c the cc cb c dne ar 7 l eenw il !th elleat doge 6144 . of ; a vem it of „ 9 1;64.1 r t e a chid 4 1 are 1 11 61 Banl de ni l & Fine abiboal tero meek l y Pletdei; from lane f ia s in ' lediega i fele Die Wel l y % ehar es aait and and Ititid od are disk h . to n o 16hie hit cent tee ra h banl be se % l a that OA* is aa vide be Ebe be lib 110 he a Lite d pew from • woe A Wad and I s m; ard Wh oa sr, deeo k tf be ho i at th arheil tehi s i Tla tithm , Feld ap A the tfeleb intousin the alte Dar d She T nor rH. 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