The Express. — London, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

2 T.ITSMAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by Its life boat and other means, contributed to the saving of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The institution also ex pended £21,374 in the same period on its lifeboat establishinenti, Inaddition to ing the granting £4,950 for rewards for saving life and exercis lifeboats. The committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for AS3ISTANCF., to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 153 Lifeboat Stations. Contributions are received by the London and Country Bankers : and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Eeq. , at the In stitution, 14 Johnotreek Adelphi, London. JOHN BROODEN. ORIGlii AL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, le. KINECITTAIATENIT. 00VIIIT411AULDEN. JOHN BROODER'S GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDIlaili GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDICNI3GOLDALBICRT CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. M 11331213. 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The ser vice of a notice of prosecution upon the proprietors of the Hall for permitting the lectures and music of the Sunday League to be given there is so like the act of an association for regulating the lives of thbse who do not belong to it, that it was not surprising to read that it had been done by the Secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society. But it appears from a disclaimer, which we publish from the Record, that that Society has no desire to Resume the responsi bility of that proceeding. As most of our readers know, for the last four Sunday evenings large audiences have been attracted to St. Martin's Hall to hear lectures by Mr. HUXLEY, Sir Jinni ROWELING, Dr. CKEPEEITED, and Dr. HODGSON, and some singing by professional vocalists. There was no pretence of worship ; in fact, if we might judge from the first lecture, the managers of the enter tainment have no Gon to worship. We fear, how ever, that this great Babel contains a large number of persons in the same predicament ; and if they can find any satisfaction in listening on a Sunday evening to an account of the Royal Society, or a description of the bones and truscles, we do not see why anybody should envy them the indulgence of their odd taste. It seems, however—though this is a point to be determined by legal authority —that the owners of the Hall, by permitting this entertainment, have exposed themselves to serious penalties imposed by the 21 (howls 111., cep. 49, amounting to 2001. a day, and that every newspaper which has advertised the lectures and music is involved in their liability. The very thought of a prosecution has so weighed on the minds of the Owners of the Hall thi_it they hitn's Turned the lecturers, and singers, and audience out of doors. The occasion of the enactment of the statute may be gathered from the preamble, which recites that "certain houses, rooms, or places within the " cities of London or Westminster, or in the neigh " bourhood thereof, have of late frequently been " opened for public entertainment or amusement " upon the evening of the Lord's Day, commonly " called Sunday, and at other houses, rooms, or places " within the said cities, or in the neighbourhood " thereof, under pretence of inquiiing into reli " gious doctrines and explaining text, of Holy " Scripture, debates have frequently been held on "the evening of the Lord's Day concerning divers " texts of Holy Scripture by persons unlearned " and incompetent to explain the same, to the nor " ruption of good morals and to the great en " couragement of irreligion and profaneness." But in the enacting clauses it is declared that the penalties shall be applicable to those by whom " any house, room, or other place shall be opened " or used for public entertainment or amusement, " or for publicly debating on any subject whatever, " and to which persons shall be admitted by the " payment of money or by tickets sold for money." The keeper of such a house or place is to be liable to the penalty of 2001., as before-mentioned, and the conductor or chairman of the entertainment b a penalty of 1001., to be forfeited to any person who may sue for the same. Now, there have been no debates at St. Martin's Hall in the usual sense of the word, for there has been no conflict of opinion. If, therefore, the managers of these "Sunday Evenings" have made themselves ob noxious to the law, it must be to those portions of it which forbid entertainments or amusements to which access is given by tickets sold for money. Now it would, of course, be very improper to describe the lectures deli vered by the learned persons who have lately appeared at St. Martin's Hall as either entertain ments or amusements, but it is by no means certain that the same can be said of the music. If this is not an enter tetoment, what is it f What is the meaning of performances of selections from the Messiah to those who in this nineteenth century of the Chris tian era talk es Professor Husizr did of "the " unknown and unknowable Gon," who, by the method to which they would restrict religions in quiry, shut out a supernatural divine revelation, and for whom the discoverer of a new physiolo- gical law, or even a great railway engineer is more truly a Messiah than the abased and suffer ing Person of whom IsArau sang f We do not see how these performances can be anything but entertainments. They might be such, however, and pass unchallenged but for the admission to them by tickets sold for money. Hare in an extract from THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1866.' the advertisement of the fiat lecture :—" Seleo- I " tions of sacred music each *veils( 1 to com " mince with HAYDN'S Creation: Principal " vocalists : Miss Roan HEUER, Mr. MIRANDA, " and Mr. Rzwwlcx. The choir specially or " ganised. Conductor, Mr. JENNINGS. Organist, " Mr. JOLLEY. Pianist, Mr. HARPER. Tickets "for single night-2s. 6d., I.s. 641., 3d. Course of " sit —los. 6c1., 55., 2s. 6d., ls. Back seats free." It certainly looks as if the statute bad been vio lated, and hereupon the active spirits of the Sun day League say that if the " Sunday Evenings for " the People" are illegal the sooner the Act of Par liament which made them so is abolished the better. But this is a somewhat violent remedy for so small an inconvenience. Before proceed ing to that extremity it will be prudent to inquire whether the law is, upon the whole, useful ; and next, if the answer is in the affirma tive, whether it may not be possible for the mana gers of the St. Martin's Hall lectures to adapt their arrangements to its provisions. On the first point, we do not think the public are prepared for the simple repeal of the Act, which would permit the opening of places of amusement for gain in all our great thoroughfares on a Sunday. We believe that such a proclamation of license would be regarded by the vast majority of the reflecting portion of the nation as a national misfortune, and if the managers of the Sunday League are well advised they will not attempt to bring it about. But there is another thing which they can do. If it is of so much importance to inform the world that, while as to things scientific we are ap proaching millennial perfection, in point of religious knowledge the world stands thereabouts where it did when PAUL preached on Mars' Hill, cannot they do for their gospel what other preachers do for theirs—rely on the zeal of the faithful? They are not celled to erect expensive buildings or to maintain a priesthood, and they have no altar ; but there can be no reason why they should not have an " offertory," and pay out of it the expenses of their institution. This may not be the best course open to them, but it would be better than stopping their lectures and entering upon litigation, which promises neither instruction nor enter tainment. It may be hoped that certain other congregations will take heed to their ways after this warning. St. Martin's Hall is not the only place of resort where music, by professionals, advertised in the week, is to be heard on a Sunday, a charge being made for seats. And although the music may be, in fact as well as in name, part of the worship of the DErrv, as far as a portion of the congregation Is concerned, there can be no doubt that its attrao tiveness is relied on u a source of revenue. Although in this case " judgment " has not "begun " at the House of God," it is time for some of our clergy to set their house in order. Soma stir was made yesterday morning by an announcement that proceedings were being taken at Washington for the recall of the American Minister from London, and the issue of a procla mation of non-intercourse with England. The statement was, however, at once appreciated at its true value, when it became known that its only basis was the introduction of a resolution into the Senate, by Mr. Clusrmga,which had been "tabled"—Anglin "shelved"—by a majority of 2 to 1. Mr. CHANDLER is Senator from Michigan, , and the same gentleman who in December, 1864, offered in the Senate a resolution demanding that the Secretary of State should be instructed im mediately to make out a list of American ships destroyed by vessels from England, and de mand payment with interest ; and about the same time suggested that notice should be given for the termination of the Extra dition Treaty with Great Britain. This, however, was at the time of the St. Alban's raid, when the corsairs from this country were reck lessly destroying American commerce. Mr. CHANDLER is a prominent, but not very influential Western man, and the large majority by which his proposition was set agile shows how strongly the Senate is inclined to a policy of peace. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. cram DAT.) VAOC!IATON AND WIZ CATTLI PLAOCI. The Daily News sees reason to fear that the hopes which have been lately entertained with regard to the prevention of the cattle plague by vaccination are not des tined to he realised. Tae operation has cow been per formed in very many places, and by very many persons, and the result, allowiog for a large number of cease of de forties application, is sot satisfactory—one clearly aeoer tallied failure in a matter of this kind being enough to outweigh a thousand asserted successes. The inves tigations of some Trench savants confirm the failure and further show that we have been in error respecting the nature of vaciciaation,ll and that the matter from human small pox introduced into the cow produces not cow pox, but a disease which being trans mitted in turn to the human being, gives not cow pox, but modified small pox. Natural cow 'pox,. therefore, the dimes from which we derive the material of such vast utility as regards the human race, cannot be considered as identical with small pox in the cow, but as a separate die. order. Some years ago it wee proved in Wiltshire that sheep successfully vaccinated obtained no immunity from small pox. There being a striking difference between the pathological predispadtione of men and; *the brute creation, we are not Jae Med in coecludieg that rim/airport is not small pox, but an only infer that vamieation no more pr.iteete the cow from rinderpeet than it doss the sheep from small pox ; and this for some !WOW whisk 11140011 is not at prasest prepared to explain. The failure of vaccination is a severe blow to our hopes, but we know, at all swats, that the disease is intensely aontagione, and therefore at all hazards the movement of cattle about the ooantrj, wherever the disease has mhos a itself, must be chocked by regulations of sufficient strin gency to compel obedience. If dimmed cattle can be prevented from contact directly or indirectly with healthy animals the disease mu: die oat, as surely ea a fire decays for west of fuel. The noses this alarming publishes mescal letters from bedowisers sad others woo have tried vaccination sod found it uusueoseafel, &Wanes the varnimatioa is each case had " tsksa " in a promising way. 'AZT WORM. The Star has been rendered uneasy and serious by • rumour, repeated with some show of oonfidonee, that Lord Rang' is not unlikely to be overbore. by some of the members of his cabinet, who wish to substitute a franchise of six pound rating is place of s six pound rental. To substitute • franchise bend ors rating intend of r•atal la • departure from the principle este bibbed by the Reform Act of 1832, and will introduce a new and needless source of complexity and inequality Into the borough qualification. Oa this vousd any such proposition as this should be opposed sod rejected ; but sea far more important cansideratioa that it will but increase the roll of electors by about 75,000 names, it should be condemned and denoa•osd by every min who wee for reform, sea who wishes to keep faith with the liberal party, and with the great class to which the franchise has been hitherto denied. The Herald is satisfied thst every intelligent working mote feels, that eves if a vo`e be now beyosd his attain ment, he dots not want a 64 !squalor. A bill like that introgmeed by Lerl Darby would give every man a vote who really cares about it, sad working men knew too melt of the in4ividaal liberals with whom they have t o deal, they know too much of the injustice done them by the peaty, to allow themselves to be used to further a disreputable party move. A•e the working men of Leeds, for example, likely to believe that such men as their exeellent member Mr. Beseroft, whose good works they see every day ; as Mr. Ferrand, whose life has been given to the great work of obtaining justice for them ; ea Colonel Edwards, who is liked by all who know him—are their enemies ; and that their true friends are Mr. Bright and Lord Russell—the former of whore lute done his utmost to degrade them, whilst the latter has always treated them as inferior beings The Telegraph note. as • singular part of the tory tactics, that whilst the professional oondottieri of conserva tism have been pushed forward, and whilst the " Secesh" malcontent bushwhackers of liberalism have been hovering about, if not conquering end to conquer, yet plundering and to plunder, the tory chiefs themselves have been ominously silent. The gentleman who supplies the con servatives with intellect has, indeed, uttered • few sen tences with regard to cattle, but none with regard to the constitution. Instead of him we have bad Mr. Ferrand, with whom no one attempts to argue, but whom, on the con trary, every one endeavours to avoid. It is a pity that just before the opening of a new parliament we should be thus troubled with the mouvais Nista of an old one ; but if the tory chieftains will not speak, we are obliged in de cency to warn off their camp followers. OP THII UNITZD BUTS& The Post accepts the decision of the American Serrate en Mr. Chandler's motion for withdrawing the American envoy as a pledge of the friendly feelings with which the Americans regard the English people. Why that gentle men should further consider that the insufficiency of the British Foreign Enlistment Act should be regarded as furnishing a ground for the repeal of all laws which impose obligations of neutrality it is unable to say. Yet this appears to be the course which Mr. Chandler is anxious to press on the American Senate. The Post has little doubt that the second proposition of the hen. senator will meet with the same fate as the first. Itrus the interest of all civilised states to confine hostilities, when they unfor tunately arise, within as narrow limits as possible ; and as in • matter of this kind Great Britain hag as great interests at stake as the United States, there is no reason why some enactment should not be assented to by both countries which would prove effectual to prevent similar violations of neutrality to those which have unfortunately given rise to • serious misunderstanding. With no wish to underrate the significance of the present state of things, the Star would find it difficult to believe that either we or the United States could ever seriously think of referring each a matter as that of the Alabama claims to the arbitrament of the sword. Even if • resolu tion were carried by either house of the American Legisla tor°, the calm judgment of the American government would not thereby be overruled and driven into action. The committee on foreign affairs, to whom Mr. Chandler's proposition, had it been successful, would have been referred, are about the last body in the world to recommend • precipitate course. The refusal of the English government to listen to any offer of arbitration is the only fact which renders the situation seriously inconvenient, but we mast not run away with the belief that the interrupted discussion can never be reopened in peace, or that every angry speech made by an individual is a mao•ae of hostilities from a oaks. The shrewd Yankee intellect cannot fail, the Telegraph thinks, to see that the United States will gain more by push ing their legitimate trade than they could possibly secure by quarrelling with this oonntry. America has still stronger reason. for abandoning her untenable claims, in the con sideration that, had they been enforced, America herself might hereafter be called upon to reimburse some conti nental state for losses °wakened by vessels proceeding from Atlantic ports—an obligation which no government could sesame to undertake. We do not recognise activity on behalf of our neighbours as an international duty. If England had done nothing--absolutely nothing—to prevent the equipment of cruisers—if she had remained perfectly quiseoent—neverthelese, so long se her inaction did not amount to actual connivance, she would have sufficiently observed the law of nations. JAMAICA. Mr. Bowerbenk's narrative of the events and the state of feeling which led to the arrest and execution of Gordon. enables us, the Times remarks, to perceive with clearness the terrible emotions which *Mae upon men during revolts. tionary outbreak,. To us, sitting here at home, it seems impossible that any person of ordinary intelligence should glance over the meagre testimony in Gordon's case, those irregular and unsupported depositions, those irrelevant letters, and not opine to the conclusion that they were insufficient to fling a man upon. We cannot imagine how men who knew that they were responsible for their acts, and that the execution of a person in Gordon's position must attract especial notice at home, should have seen proof where there was really none. But nothing can be more certain then that the executive really believed the punishment; of this man to be a most just and necessary act. Gordon was known to be disaffected; be was known to be the intimate of the Bogies, Madmen, and the rest ; his enemies were ►he people killed at the court-house. Jamaica waited to bear no more, but at once rushed to the conclusion that he was a murderer, and hanged him accordingly. As for the immediate duty of inquiring into the events of Oc tober the Times trusts it will be lightened by the good sense of the parties arraigned, who will consult their own as well as the public interests by giving a full and clear ac count of everything. The anxiety of the conservative journals day after day to identity themselves with the worst acts of which Go vernor Eyre has been charged is a policy, says the Daily News, which may please the militant spirit amongst our friends, but though on the hustings it would give the friends of reform an advantage, even then the thought would intrude itself that a party victory was dearly bought by the degradation of a body of men whom we have been accustomed to respect while com bating their prejudices and fears. The conservative party in, atter all, a great English party, and until we have the weed of Mr. Walpole, Mr. Henley, and the Earl ^1 Derby for it, we will not believe that it will dsfead acts which have for a time, sod until they can be disavowed, covered the English name with dishonour in every part of the civilised world. The allegation of the Times, that Gordon was unani mously pronounced the author of the riot the moment it occurred, is declared by the Daily News to be utterly un true, as it is ready to show whenever it seams necessity to do so. No doubt, however, it wee true that thou who through a long series of years had filled the island with discontent by acts done in the name of authority, thoroughly believed that a great attempt was being made to throw off domination, and it was almost impossible for them in their position to dis tinguish between the discontent amongst the blacks and disloyalty to the crown. In the meantime, those who find excuses for Mr. Eyre's dealing with Gordon in the excited state of the ruling dui may be reminded that it was preesely to meet such a case that the securities of British law, which we have been accustomed to regard with pride sad foreigners with envy, were devised. The Advertiser objects to the hasty application of the word "demagogue " I to Mr. Gordon, seeing that it is not proved that he was more of a demagogue than Whitfield or Wesley, or than Burdett or Hobhouse, or than John Bright or Richard Cohan. In peculiar circumstances every gannet man may draw upon himself this appellation, and may afterwards, like Cobdes, live to receive the nearly unanimous tribute of his country's admiration. 110118 TOPIC& The Times devotee another orgies to the budget of if. Fould, heartily wishiog him success la farther pursuing the course of economy which be hos the distinguished merit of having consistently recommended for imperial adoption. Fontaine= has bees emouraged, the Times thinks, by the mi.taken impression which has been encouraged of late, that we had become too timorous to strike a blow for anything. As long at the subscription, are received from America, Irishmen at home will be looking for an armada of ironclad., and calculating on the arrival of an army from abroad. It is the Interest of so m.ny people to =sista= these delusions that we cannot expect them to disappear in a day. but time must ultimately place the folly in its proper light. and meanwhile we have only to take care that law and order are maintained by the neces sary measures of precaution nod control. The Herald is positive that had lard Stanley remaised at the India Mee, merchants would not now be complain. leg of defective meals of communication in India, and of unemployed opportunities for the eultivalien of cotton. When his lordship left the ladle 011ee we bet the minister who was first really in earnest in the matter. The Herald would sooner give ap the Boyd A.radeely altogether than lese one good painter through it sad as neither Sir E. Landseer nor Mr. Maolise could tie us pictures if they aocepted the position of President, it blopes that the Asedszniekas will unite their suffrages upon wane man who, like either of the late Messrs. Vernon andaheep. shanks, has at once the judgment to appreciate art and the leisure to devote to He guidance. Protesting against the interference with so quiet and sober a reunion as that which has been recently held on Sunday evenings at St. Martin's Hall, as a monstrous violation of common sense, the Telegraph observes that if the point is decided in favour of the Sabbatarian party the act in question must be repealed. If the discussion of this subject should lead to the concession of etfll wider license to the purveyors of Sunday amusement, the per sons most to blame will be the over-zealous antagonists of such mild and harmless recreation. tke Court. OSBORNE. JAN. 29. The Queen and royal family walked aad drove thin morning in the groan& A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were—Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exche9uer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Mexican minister had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign-otEee yesterdny. A deputation frem the North of England, Midland Coun ties, and Metropolitan and Suburban Beer and Wine Trade Association had an interview with the Bight Hon. T. Milner Gibson, at the office of the Board of Trade, White hall, yesterday, upon the subject of the licensing system. The deputation, which was introduced by Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., consisted of Mr. Whitehead (Ashton), Mr. Hughes and Mr. Walrusley (Manchester), Mr. Lys (Bolton), Mr. Satterthweite (Preston), Mr. Elkins (Notting ham), Mr. Holt (Oldham), Mr. Councillor Phillips and Mr. Yates (Birmingham), Mr. Dawes (West Bromwich), Mr. Thompson (Deptford), Mr. French (Greenwich), and Mr. Bennett, Mr. Cowley, Mr. Hall, Mr. ?deriders, Mr. Cope. man, and Mr. Ford (London). THE Panics AID PRINCESS OF WALES AT TRENTHAM HALL.-On Sunday morning last the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Suther land, and their distinguished visitors attended divine ser vice at Trentham Church. Service was conducted by the Rev. C. J. Edwards. Yesterday morning a great number of persoos again assembled at Trentham, and it was soon ascertained that the illustrious party would hunt with the North Staffordshire hounds. In order that they might have a private meet, it was fixed to take place at Bar- Liston Hall, the neat of R. T. Adderley, Esq., distant about two miles from Trentham. The Prince, the Princess, the Duke of Sutherland, and about twelve of the visitors, left Trentham Hall with H. Davenport, Eaq., master of the hounds, for the place of meeting, where they were joined by about forty gentlemen, and proceeded to draw the woods, and took the direction of Coinage Hills. The Duchess of Sutherland left the hall in a carriage and pair, and proceeded with the party to the place of meeting, and returned to the hall by way of the Trentham Station about 3 o'clock. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and the Countess. Therese Bern. storff arrived yesterday evening at the Prussian Embassy, on Carlton-house-terrace, from visiting the Earl and Coun tess of Clarendon at The Grove, near Watford, Herta. The Earl and Counters of Clarendon have been entertaining since Saturday last, at The Grove, near Wat ford, Here, a select party, including the Earl Cadogan and Counters Cadogan, Count M►ffei, Lord and Lady Shot. meredale, Hon. Fred. A. and Lady Constance Stanley, Hon. Henry Cowper. Mr. Miscall, do. The Countess de Grey will have an evening party on Saturday, the 17th proximo, at the family residence in Carlton-gardens. The Countess Russell, we understand, will give & series of evening parties shortly after the meeting of parliament. Lord Stanley, M.P., arrived at the Earl of Derby's residence is St. James's-so:piste yesterday from Knowsley Park, near Liverpool The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescne, M.P., and Franca Countess W aidegrave are expected toarrive at their residuum in Carlton-gardens about the 20th of next month, from the Chief Secretary's Lodge, Dublin, for the season. On Saturday his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and Lady Wodehouse honoured the Archbishop of Dublin (Dr. Trench) with their company at dinner. The guests included the Right Hon. Mr. Fortesous and the Countess Waldegrave. _ _ _ The arrivals in Rome during January include the names of Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, Colonel and Mn. Fremantle, Hon. Mrs. Stapleton ; the Indian Princes Mina Syed Hassim Ali, Mina Syed Hooresim Ali, Mina Sind Mahommed Ali, Italig Sahib, Meer Weiner Ali, Huckeern Sahib, and their suite (these are the sons of an Indian rajah, sent to be educated in England, and visiting Rome is the 0011ree of their European tour, astounding the Romans with the splendour of their costumes ; they left on the 18th for Naples), Major Byng Halt Mr. H. Wreford, Mr. Francis Sloane Stanley and Mr. Haas Sloane Stanley (these two gentlemen. with Viscount Adair, ar rived at Clean Vecchia on the 12th inst. in Mr. F. B. Reship's yacht Diadem), Hon. Mrs. Alfred Montgomery (n.'e Wyndham), Lieut.-Colonel A. Pearson, Prince Curt°. riasky, Hoe. John Strati, Hon. H. Lowry Carry, &a. A great number of British and American travellers have rushed off to Naples to do the sights of that city and its environs before the commencement of the Carnival at Rome. MR. CHANDLER 4IW THE " BRITISH PIRA 7'E&' The following appears in the report of the pro eeedinp of the Senate at Washington ea the 15th, given by the New York papers of the following day: " RATLGIR OP BRITISH PTkAT. " Mr. CHANDLIR called attesters to • resoktioa offered by him ou the 14th of December, 1864, dire:Mpg the Secretary of State to make out a list of American vers. eels destroyed by British pirates in the employ of the rebel government. Same that time, he said, the bill bad bees promoted and the British government bad re fused to settle it, and sot only so, bat had refused to con tinue the controversy oo the subject. Mr. Chandler said the proper course for this country to pursue was absolute son-intercourse with Greatßritain until this bill was settled. True, we might declare war and blockade British porta, and the world would applaud os, bat non-intsrocarso was the best peaceful mode of redress. He believed that Mr. Seward understood that in the event of • war between Great Britain and any Mbar make, American pirates would destroy British commerce, just as in the late war British pirates destroyed American ships. Mr. Cheadle, at the conclusion of his remarks, offered • joint resolution, declaring that—' Whereas, by the recent publication of the diplomatic correspondence be tweets this government and Great Britain, we are fully ',dread that the last-earned government hes refused to repair the damage committed on American commerce through the agency of her subjects during the late rebel lion, and has declined to arbitrate and finally to hear says thing further on the subject ; tlkiereforo—Besolved: flat the President is hereby requested to withdraw our Moister from the court of St. James, and make a proclamation of national coo-intercourse, which is hereby declared to take effect after suet proelamMios shall have been Woad.' " Mr. CHANDLER asked for the immediate consideration of the above. " Mr. Duos °bigoted to it, and under the rule it Use over." Though the Record " would go to prison or the stake rather than be identified with Dr. 0010000'11 soul. destroying heresies," it considers that the clergy of Natal ought to mast him as their bishop until hie pietist is re voked by the Queen. It protests against establishing as dangerous s precedent as that " which would enable a Ritualistic mad Romeabing prelate like Bishop Gray to fulminate siceenumnications or depositions at hie owe will, without regard to the previous question et hie lawful authority." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (=wee rzuciums.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF TOE MORAVIAN. (ViAGressoutla) NEW YORK, lAN. 19, EvierNo. The Federal government has relieved the provi sional governor of Florida and has recognised the governor-elect. NEW YORK, JAN. 20. Mol3nto. The Fenian Senate have called their Congress to assemble at Pittsburg on the 19th February, to de termine the military measures to be adopted. Twelve ex-Federal military officers have returned from Ireland, and reported to the Senate that the people there were powerless without arms, and were complaining of O'Mabony's policy. The officers were compelled to return to America, fearing arrest. A correspondence has been published between Generals Weitzel, Crawford. and Mejia concerning the execution of captured Mexicans by Mejia. Weitzel, replying to Crawford's protest, says he had notified Mejia of the opinion held by the Federal government on the subject, that he would again communicate with the Federal government on the matter, but had positive orders not to com mence hostilities without instructions so to do. Mejia refused to notice Weitzel's protest con cerning the internal affairs of Mexico. The Nova Scotia has arrived out. The Asia has arrived at Halifax. NEW YORK, JAL 20, Evisaire. The House of Representative; have passed the bill granting unconditional negro suffrage in the district of Columbia by a vote of 116 to 64. General Sheridan has telegraphed from New Orleans disavowing all knowledge of the attack on Bagdad. He has ordered all his subordinates to preserve strict neutrality, and disbelieves the popular account of the affair, which he considers a sensation story. Q.O Ootßatirdi IntITYOII2 Prod Li isitcsiosiLf CENTR Alward Jr.' and sal a plats, Yalu lir. Daly pr This seas we prossontor Wandsworth, 'AM 9th at • /Xi . &Mid Crl 21 My. sad tfelesiowe iricy a g Toirrera Thee from the ex* Mal other. Mr not deem& VA peg 1. 1 1%...._ The facto • bed 1A 4 17. tu ...4 lad unm bit oratiour oeinet PPM' Bit Thorpe Tbe order Wil a i if .I"tem..orp.a I —• A1."4.644 .611 ." . 7 the pot et We ehop ttakia tows h mere a diem. ii , eed 'dm in otiper leo from C MA defame los z ed . net mai • a. oast, and that 1 "a c ted was the would be a fits and lags , t was wads in 00IIR1 lor '!! lamp is Biecto, vie 4 Just wh • i l i a l t sr. " ArTe 4 1t h hik , °lure sc c ° l l ll : ll6 se I I ad • the holm' LO, o hm . 's -wood, a tr h." parish of 01 tt airoadz sliC n od . point r ea r the tmeh. w aot nr , wasth an h 3 tick s i Rule granted. eitaqp i . iseessio; COUB : 'Kings at Nisi ars lima.. 13 teasY ossis,e; This was an aol to ths t h i b, Gough api Nor, bale as h i Th opr aintlll maws , od Ors the hal l , the Deese tat s i b k eii , Drs offe r i i ,i3 ot his sans defendant's • lad l& .Id, was rannini , 4 , culprit. sink was at Sul th: e t o tr P ul .1 t was to And an . u.tertz rn itr:s e dishbi li s i d e o,i hods nigh asp. n , that ' t w tilf hen ran bs ts for nal h defendant. Fru este oi di glstrato,= lad W S* " r i fustios B • mot allow 1 •M ; and thi ood.) men The ar! awar the mei, s o the Nude muse 11 china is .° Mine he Boa benhip h tyJulie HU. V all ,,th„„ 4 "11111 , Tide Gams was 'e Mr. B. T. Smith sees '"u• 1 1 as ogrossoost to x, Gil hs ila u fw : d ositi bil l a ::: " .(4 7 ll"l H7 sitcc u ad top isst PC op hilj g ▪ his KW void by the stn writing end lig gti114 , 1114. the horned ors ' "'""' ths grounds Om eh fa yep that tho verdl re ads.% Another point s =animal Isis pealed 11911 is COURT 0 opines 11l Ids Malik IMMO= • 61111 Is lids own 11 Pugh nob ea the (mod the pd. proctor elan of dimmed of the le Went leg =, . 1 i•• al bill, in sin dm ma attarArec respect g m oasts up to the had sdnad Washer, as eatitled to coal • 161 leeseeng when the demo I. Ms pbiYf Sir J. Wilds Joutianspg petitioner was f which she had ssi of Ur petit Lome int% b ug h sa 6 P. The Nib monsstidas salsl prejudice lo paying at stablishisdy me prayed. As set of the id Wife, after pros 1%. for the perm= LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) Money abundant. Gold 139. Exchange on London, 151; on Paris, 3.73 g. Stocks dull : New York Centrals, 931; Illinois, 125 ; Erie, 89} ; 5.20 United States Bonds, 1031. Cotton dull : middling Upland, 51. Flour and wheat declining; corn and provisions dell. Coffee firmer, and in moderate demand. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum dull : crude, 34 ; refined, 65. MOBILE, JAN. 19. Cotton, 47, quiet. Week's sales, 10,400 bales; ditto receipts, 12,650 bales ; ditto exports, 9,270 bales ; stock, 86,400 bales. MEXICO. Private letters from New Orleans confirm the capture of Bagdad on the fish by a Federal regi ment of coloured infantry. Colonel Davis, their commander, seized some skiffs wherein he crossed the Rio Grande, and captured and sacked Bagdad, killing numerous persons. Three hundred prisoners were also taken, half of whom subsequently turned liberals and formed the garrison of the town, the attacking force then disappearing. On receiving this intelligence Generals Crawford and Eacobedo immediately started for Bagdad, and the former arriving first assumed the command. General Weitzel refused to allow anyone to cross the river until Escobedo arrived. &oohed° re quested of Weitzel 200 men to preserve order and the request was granted. A French corvette shelled the town all through the 6th without damage. A conflicting despatch says that Esoobedo, the commander of the port, had only about a dozen reliable men in Bagdad, the remainder having joined Crawford, who had them on board the steamer which was tied to the bank of the river at Bagdad. The Herald correspondent from the city of Mexico states that on the 3rd the republioans captured Toluca, six miles from the capital. All the imperial forces at the capital, under Marshal Bazaine, had left to resapture Toluca. AUSTRIA AND MEXICO. VIENNA, JAS. 30. The negotiations for the formation of a new corps of Austrian volunteers for Mexico will shortly be brought to a conclusion. This is official FRANCE. THE CORPS LEGD3LATIF. PARIS, JAL 110. The Corps Legislatif has confirmed the elections of MM. Larrsbure and Fremy. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lord Changsha.) .111 , 731 TS V. DICKSON. Thin was an appeal from Vico-Chancellor co and argued a short time moue. The bill ow 4 by the public affair of the North viut, Company, who had obtained two judgments vlitailit been duly registered, against Samuel Ay/chanty The object of the snit was to get the benefit of mints as equitable incumbranears on the estate of IA under the 10th section of 1 and 2 Vic. e. 110, b., judgments bad been made equitable charges os •La.-- estates. The question involved was as to the rigid i plaintiff under a deed of 13th May, 1861 by eld e b.t of the present defendants were made trustees of the of Dinneen, and were, amongst other Shia's, to sw a,7, rents and polite to meet certain annuities aad payment of mortgagee, and the discharge of judgasew o C, *bullied or thereafter might be obtained against The plaintiff Insisted that he was entitled to kave saute paid after the satisf ing of prior inmost:ma t dares of the Vice. ordered that the trial of deed should be carried out, regard being had to the of the plaintiff as a registered lodgment crake, earl; eared that the plaintiff bad an equitable 'harp % s , Mists' subject to the iecumbranoss. An mount es e k i t " ordered. Against this there was an appeal by th e o ws. inane= and trustees, on the ground that a suit of go o kw could not be maintained without the plaintiffs offer* redeem the incambranawa. Mr. Bolt, Mr. Kenyon, Mr. W. W. Kerslak e , sad Langworthy, appeared for the different parties. The Lord Chancellor now said that there was maul that it was the general rile that there Ask an offer to redeem, bat it was not ilisis au l end hers it was epee to any person under the trust deed to compel the •a g 1 4 .71 1 . 11 trusts. It was clear that Samuel Dicksoncos b ase r, • bill to enforce carrying out of the trusts, sad the 07, tiffs was equally so entitled. lie, thirster*, m o w with the Vice-Ohaacellog that the plaintiff lad a nib have this dose, and had acquired a valid Aar. a l o a estates. The account, however, ought only to b, takaha the filing of the bill, and the decree was 10 far wild should direct that the appellant do pay the coati of eg o judgment creditor, made parties to the suit, sad the 00- dre costs of appeal be costs in the cause. (B.fore Via•Qhanallor Sir W. P. Wood.) :Mx V. OM THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA DIRVIR . . . This case somas for the second time before thefts* i s plaintiff by his first bill, filed in 1861, having ski e d ~, lief by way of account on the footing of a partossidp h gy affairs of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-pales, saw to have existed between himself and the defaxind, d t , Oye. In the former suit the defendant eatirsl7 nied the (Maisons of the alleged partoenhip stik the plaintiff, bat in admitting that 5,0001. 6sl hta paid by the plaintiff in part satisfaction of a hest 10,0301, minted in the joint names of the plaintiff es t defendant in Nara, 1852, insisted that the mosey igi, had been advanced for the purpose of assisting him in Gamin on the opera was paid with the distinct tsitr standing that if the money were lost the loom shod d id upon the plaintiff, and that he would only look fee meat in the event of profits being made in the ad** Upon the hearing of the former suit, which occapisi stud days in November, 1863, the Vim-Chaco/aloe. 'Wept* is defendant's view of the transaction was of opines thy the plaintiff had wholly failed to establish his alibis a partner with the defendant, but, on the Wiry w- NNW YORK, Jan. 19, Evzonta. was to be repaid his advance in the event of ing, held that he was entitled to an amount el made by the defendant in the adventure 1852. An application for leave to amend wee I. toe plaintiff was allowed to file a supplemental Ea, to Mims each cam as ha might be advised in rommi share of the late Mr. rhiatlethwayto, who had 12,000 L, and wee admittedly a partner in the told' death in the Crimes in December, 1854. appealed from this decision, and, the Lords J 1 to have differed between themselves and also from Chancellor, except in the view takes by his Honour t, plaintiff bad failed to establish a partnership. Then, however, was a dismissal of the bill without prejudice to t new bill by the plaintiff for the purpose of establishiagm right or claim which he might have in respect of third of March, 1852, or under Thistlethwaytes will. plaintiff had accordingly, in October, 1864, filed a BMW for the purpose of establishing his right to be =WM 5,0001. paid by him upon the bond of March, 1852, elile tercet, oat of the profits of the cowers, and hisrighbes moiety of the capital and share of the profits of the lie lb Thistlethwayte. The bill and answer contained is ei stance the same history of the transactions bete= Ct. loael Knox and Mr. Gye in reference to the ad= d the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, and the me voluminous correspondence, which formed the psi work of the previous nit, and were repedsi detail in the Express fink November and Nom* 1863. Without recapitulating this long history was on the present =melon assumed in the opealegtele in his Honour's recollection, and only touched sped,* may state that the plaintiff's case was in mahatma id' the defendant had, as far bask as February, 1851, es Ile occasion of a former advance, distinctly nedertelor tope the plaintiff his proportion of the profile as wed se Inter rest ; that although in the former suit the court hd * fused to recognise a contract of partnership as =WWI of these and other expressions to be found tirestbil the correspondence and the whole nature of it. true tioo, the liability of the defendant, admitted most Mad by himself and put forward in the former exit as him don of the transaction, to repay the advance Is fbe sal of profits being made, remained unaltered and bad log been lost to the plaintiff either by statutory bar, by Lin or acquiescence, or by the destruction of the theatre WM in 1856. Farther than this, that the defendant, minks repudiating liability subsequently to the tire, bed re WV as May, 1860, when the quarrel, which first area aide box on the pit tier, took place, arikoowledged Masi a Colonel /Limes debtor, and used these erpressiom ever may have been the circumstances under which dale sistance wan given, it has always been my hops to be Ws* return all to you; which, though not amount* plrhlPO an acknowledgment and promise to pay, Wham* ell cleat to prey t the operation of the Statute of Liwilehli completely negatived any notion that the plaietiff ha&Mt warned that his claim was =founded, and bed healifh slept upon his rights. With respect to Thistlehmt share in the adventure, which had been ...ie.! by .. will of that gentleman (made on the eve of Ms ley* mg the Crimea) to the plaintiff and defendaratestlLM plaintiff insisted that the defendant, who sow" the business as surviving partner, was bound to swot! Thi!tlethwayte's estate for all profits subsequently =kit the business: Prefacing our summary of the defendant's can Wain that, is 1862, after the firet bill had been filed tit Pa, though expressly diselalming any liahilty to the either legally or morally, had offered to pay back *Ow with interest, and to make Colonel Knox a present d a the boxes that be had at Covent-garden (ssecesthe i t value to more than 3,00041. during (lye's ma defence Ina rested on the following grounds : 7 1:iloa l t right in the plaintiff to require repayment of the gums paid in part satisfaction of th e bowl of Mara , NA obtain an amount of Thistlethwayte's share lathe are** was barred both by the Statute of Limitations. sat ellbr lathes and acquiescence on the part of the rlaintit 1.1""' 1 the 5,0634 was paid by the plaintiff in pinata il 111 agreement by him to advance and risk 10, 0004 . sad I g t . require repayment if the money should be WO ft profits should have been made in the avatar,; lint ow opera had been carried on at a loss, and that the Ili party, bath as to Thistlethwayte's share and* the plaintiff to remand out of profits, bed burs . away sad utterly annihilated by the fire is Math ....I and that loos the rebuilding the new theatre me a OM new concern , obtained and carried a by its ' haat by his own skill and exertions, la charged from all former liabilities, either to thwalte'a estate or to the plaintiff, who had iettill„, sad repeatedly disclaimed any oreinexas wilt new theatre. The defendant also insisted that the Mits. ship of Tbietlethwayte is the theatre was &molted br..— bili death in November, 1854, and was °Defined to the e n im are, 1a which the whole of hie capital was lest at the 11% Further than dile, the demand of the plaiatiff. ll elle rg 4 well founded, was purely legal and gave so right Malt,. and It was also sub mi tted that the pleisalt " froe being entitled to recover 5,0001., was liable to_,ltth • good the remaining 5,0001 . .wed by the hood ef it•'"'i 1852, if it should turn out on taking the account tha t M than 5,0001. had been lost between that time sad* I. in Ilareb, 1866. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. W.F. Townsend were tor 'l=i Mr. Bold Q.C., Mr. Hobbonse, Q.c, spa . I " . ' for th e defendant. ..m moo — 2lie - Viee-Chancellor, in giving *lpotesi. —,,,....ae • express his peat regret that th ese parties hail net= inik It wessaary to put their agreements with eat i rr o ja, writing. At the time when the bo g RAP* these autimmen were on te7as — a — io i " al* together. best so one maid say in sea ease kewo o . .• frisathitip sight be interrupted, a nd whoa the' ... 1 the want of some written memorandum hit MI naseteta i tsd id eg y tthreach wh diepates ich might o th er bare zr., 0 e ws resonation gave rise to. Alter l e othith hem the very meagre materials before him, sad wo , _ sa g deans of each althea as Gould to &Math t 0..... same to the aoselasion that the eir5."...., 7b r eall Coked Max should have a retries of hum' I/ the profits of the Italia* Opera were War I." ROME. BOY& JAL 29. A light tax has been ordered to be levied upon all vessels enteeng Roman ports. THE SPANISH CONGRESS. MADRID, JAN. 29, Emma, The draft of the address of the oongress in reply to the Queen's speech was read today. In reference to the Italian question it says :—" We appreciate the motives based on the permanent interests of the nation which determined your Majesty to recognise Italy. We rejoice in the conviction that the sen timents of respect and devotion which we entertain towards the common father of the faithful have not diminished, and that the firm intention of your Majesty to watch over the temporal power of the Pope is maintained." "SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS" IN JAMAICA. The Times this morning has a letter from its special correspondeet in Jamaica, written three days after his arrival there. The writer is question confines himself at present professedly to describing the conversation which he has heard amongst the whites by whom he has been surrounded. This elms it seems entertain so doubt that Mr. Eyre will be acquitted. Mr. Eye* he &scram as looking ill and haggard. When the steamer arrived with Sir Hy. Storks oe board the negroes shook hands and looked triumphant. "Now we shall have justioe," some were hoard to say, and they raised a cheer as his excellency drove of. The whites who ware present seemed anxious sad deposed. negro called out to an officer who was passing, "You won't oppress the blanks any longer —new Gardener come ;" and similar enemata:la dung at the whites have not tended to allay their exasperation. The number of ne groes who lost their lives bas not, this eorrespoodent has bean assured, been more than 400. —The Mgr also has a latter from its special correspondent, or, to use its owa phrase, its " special commissioner." Almost all of it, however. consists of an account of the voyage ; the rest is a descrip. Lion of the inauguration of the new governor. Amoy" men of liberal onetime's, he says, there is an int:seam feeling of relief. Meyerbeer's L'Africaine beg just been performed at St. Petersburg fro the tint time with greet 111100 ISL Advice* from Spain state that wolves have appeared is mob numbers is the protium of Badajos, sod bete made sash ravages arbour% the cattle Sat the syrodamivatos base orroiesd batter is every seemaums The Franche.-Conde announces the death, two days since, from hydrophobia, of IL Blonde one the judges at the tribunal of Arboia (Jura). Mr: sithetnaste gentleman was bitten two years &we by ens at his dogs while ant .hooting. Ban I *aid we deem 31 it