The Express. — London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

IHN BROODEN. ORIGINAL GOLD CRAIN MANUFACTORY, 1 4, Jr 16, 111117111WITA3TRIXT, COVENT-GARD/N. JOHN BROGDKN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAOS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BROODER'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. B R EAKFA ST.-EPPS'S COCOA. BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain extra profit hy the sale other kinds are sometime offered Instead of BROWN awl iLfirilelt. "John Brown," "John Poison," Is signed by the makers on each packet. 'rite erpreoo. TO CORRIMPONDKLITS. Ldeerlieentents Intended for The Express," London Evening oVmust be at the Office. 10, Bourerie-atreet, by Two r e ir on the day of publication. USURY LANG_ THL9 EVWSMIO, THAT WAWA L JATK. Messrs. Roam and Neville . Niewlitines Allrine and Thompson—To camcludis with THE GREA CITY. 11 cunt Cowper, 11 . 1utym Villiers, Irving, Mouse, ritsjamea, a Warner: Mesdames Robertauu S La Thiere. HAYMARKET. nets Evlnlno, PERFECTION. 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Mr. G. liuultWour ; Mr. and Mrs. M •11 4111 c : Mewl, II iblrlonuult and Ormon4le other Entertain ments.—To conclude with NICK Olt THE W11.11k4. MOH WATIR AT LONDON BIIDOL its DAT:Zio;;tin c — eat. 40m. Oh. Aftertsoon, 47. a. LONDON, IVEfiNENDAY, JUNE 20. THE House of Lords was engaged last night in a discussion which might have seemed more appropriate to it as a judicial than as a legislative assembly. It was occupied with the will of the late Mr. THOVIA.4 BROWN. That document has sot two learned Universities—London and Dublin —by the ears. The deepest draughts of the Pierian spring do not seem to quench the nun anent fawv. A matter of thirty thousand pounds is at stake ; and those distinguished corporations contend for it with all the earneatneas, and with something of the acrimony, which might charac terise individual claimants. The late THOMAS BROWN was an Irish gentleman who died some time since from the effects of an accident in London, leaving behind him a will which has afforded employment to barristers in the Court of Chancery, which has taxed the in genuity of the Charity Commissioners, and which has finally been the subject of grave deliberation in the House of Lords. Mr. BROWN bequeathed property, estimated at the value of 30,0001., to the University of London, for the establishment of a sort of hospital or sanatorium for animals, both birds and beasts—we do not know whether reptiles and fishes were included—in which they were to be carefully tended, like human patients, with a view to the promotion of their own happiness and the advancement of knowledge. In these days, when vivisection is practised and defended in the interests of science, and on the ground that it is not very painful (and we dare say it is not—to the operator), the eccentricity which associates benevolence with science was sure to bring upon the testator the imputation of insanity. Mr. MILL, in his book on " Liberty," has expressed his alarm at the readiness which jurors exhibit to convict of lunacy men whose ways and opinions dc • part in any degree from the beaten tracks of custom. The Court of Chancery, appealed to by the next of kin, decided, how ever, that the will was legally a good one. Pore's line about " endowing a college or a cat " but faintly anticipated Mr. Bacism'a testamentary dispositions ; for he has endowed, by one and the same instrument, both a college and a cat, and not a cat alone, but an entire happy family of birds and beasts, in perpetuity. The motives of this strange bequest did not transpire in the con versation of the Peers. Mr. BROWN may have had theories about the lower animals. It is possible, though historically improbable, that he held the Pythagorean doctrine of the transmi gration of souls. He may have supposed that in providing for an infirm gib cat or a worn-out rat-catcher's dog, he was consulting the benefit of some near relation. He certainly cannot have been a convert to the speculation o: DESCARTES, that animals are but cunningly contrived pieces of mechanism simulating sen tient and intelligent life ; for no one would think of sending the model of a dog or a horse to a hospital. The doctrine of the Jesuit father, who held that the souls of denions were imprisoned in the bodies of the brutes, and that their hell consisted in their sub jection to man—a conception which, if it be bad theology, is very good satire on human treat ment of the beasts—probably never reached the ears of Mr. THOMAS BROWN. He may have been equally innocent of the hope cherished by LUTHZE, and WESLEY, and others, that to beings who partake of so many of the properties of human nature the possibility of a future life was not dogmatically closed. Per haps if Mr. Browns felt, with Dr. ARNOLD, the lot of the brute creation too painful to be contem plated, he did not feel it too painful to be alle viated ; he may have found his four-footed com panions and friends more engaging and faithful than his human associates ; or he may have yielded to nothing better than a whim or a caprice. Be this as it may, he bequeathed 30,0001. to the London University for the purpose of endowing an asylum for infirm animals and a school of animal science. The property was to accumulate for fifteen years. If the University refused the bequest, or if after a term of years it failed to give effect to the will, the testator directed that the money should be given to the Uni versity of Dublin, for the endowment therein of Professorships of Sanscrit, Arabic, and other Oriental languages. The Senate of the Lon don University is ready to accept the trust reposed in it, and to carry it out, if needful, to the letter. But the sum, it is alleged, is insuffi cient for the building of a hospital and for the other purposes prescribed by Mr. BROWN. Through the Charity Commissioners, therefore, the Senate of the London University appeal to Parliament to enable them to carry out the spirit without adhering to the pre• ciao stipulations of the testator's bequest. The' object of BaowN's Charity Bill, of which the Duke of Miamioxoucit last night moved the second reading, is to substitute for the hospital contemplated by Mr. Bnown certain professorships of veterinary science. But this, as Lord CeixNs justly argued, would not be to carry out Mr. BROWN'S will, but to make a new one for him. His will has been decided by the Court of Chancery to be a good one, and it is not for the Legislature to reconstruct it. The contingent re version of property to the University of Dublin in case of refusal or default on the part of the University of London, was no doubt intended to bind the latter learned body to the strict execution of the trust reposed in it. Li berality of interpretation is not admissible in the case of so eccentric a disposition of property ; it is impossible to say what was essential in the tes tator's mind, and what indifferent, and that he desired the end, but not the means. No doubt, as Lord Itussint. said, Parliament has in many eases taken and given power to modify the details of a bequest in order to carry out more effectually the testator's intentions in their general scope. But these precedents do not apply to the case of Bitown'sCharity, in which the intention of the founder is clear that, unless certain things be done which the London University wishes to be relieved from the necessity of doing, the pro perty in question shall be set apart to the pro motion of Oriental learning in the University of Dublin. The ape of the testator's design is ex pressed by an alternative, which alternative the Charity Commissioners and the London University propose to disallow. The refusal of the House of Lords to assent to the second reading of the Bill promoted by those authorities was, therefore, war ranted. It was impossible to resist the force of Lord CAIRNS'S aroments. We fear, however, that Trinity College, Dublin, will take little by this decision ; for the London University, it seems, is ready, if required, to carry out the trust according to the terms of the bequest. The animated protests of Lord ROME, Lnrd TAL BOT DE Mearnine, and the Bishop of Down and CONNOR, in the interest of Dublin, and their attempt to make out a new case of injustice to Ireland, were wide of the mark. The instinct of mendicity seems as strong in Irish peers as in Irish peasants. Meantime, Mr. BROWN'S will Will take its place among the curiosities of law and character. But if it and the institution it contemplates really tend to promote a more considerate treatment of the animals useful to man, and a more constant sense of the duties which we owe to them, by the very fact of their dependence upon and subjection to us, the eccentricity of Bnown's Charity may claim a place among those follies which are wiser than ordinary good sense and prudence. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1867. Anyone who knows what modern halls and theatres are must be perfectly aware that there is no difficulty at all in the matter. There should be ample room for everyone, the consequence of which would be that in • faU house every member would find • seat, those who desired to speak coming to the front, while on onlinary occasions, and in • thin house, members would naturally concentrate themselves round the table. In either cave there need be no difficulty in carrying on the business easily and con veniently. The question iv really very important, for it cannot be doubted that measures are often obstructed, or the sense of the house unfairly taken, through the physical discomfort which members have to undergo if they would keep at their post daring a long sitting. THE REFORM BILL. THE DEBATE 01 THE IRISH CHURCH. The Daily New traces the anxiety of some of the 'meeker, in the Lords to procure a hasty settlement of the Irish church question, to their perception that affairs of moment will shortly assert their rightful importance, and will be discussed under the sway of vet/ different influences from those which have hitherto been paramount in the legislature. Lord Russell had little difficulty in showing that religious equality is the only principle on which justice can be done, but in applying it be utterly failed. He will not adopt the voluntary principle with regard to the Irish protestant church, because he considnn that any change should be made on principles co-extensive with the United Kingdom in their application. But to serve the English purpose which he has in view he ought to propose that the Roman catholic church in Ireland be placed in • position like that of the protestant episcopal church in this country. In truth, however, the proposal to endow the Roman catholic priesthood of Ireland is wholly gratuitous, and the best friends of civil and religious liberty in this country would resolutely decline to follow leaden who proposed to create • new state church. If an attempt is ever made to give effect to such a proceeding, those who make it will not be opposed only by the protestant alliance or the surviving enemies of the Maynooth grant; they must expect the united and uncompromising hostility of the free churches of this country, powerful by the number, the organisation, and the character of their members. Believing the sound feeling of the country, which is too reverential to permit religion to be made the tool of state craft, will prove abundantly sufficient to defeat the intentions now disclosed, the Daily News regrets that all the thanks it can give Lord Russell on this occasion are those which are due to him for his timely notice of the designs of our whig statesmen. Continuing its arguments for the endowment of the Irish catholic church, the Times points out, however, that it must be on the usual conditions for loyalty and order. The church of England and the established church of Scotland both submit to • good many restraints upon their religious enthusiasm and political zeal. Neither of these establishments can run riot, appeal to vulgar fanati cism, and threaten the legislature. There are plenty of aspiring souls in them who would if they could ; but they cannot. It is not to be expected that the church of the Irish people is to be equally endowed and less under secu rity for its good behaviour. The Star regrets that Lord Russell has become a convert to the principle of endowing all churches. The present condition of things, bad as it is, would be far better than such a change. It would be odious to all really earnest liberals ; it would not and could not satisfy the Irish people ; it is very doubtful whether the Roman catholic hierarchy would even listen to it. Karl Russell's endorse ment of such • proposal took away all value from his speech and his motion, except such value as anything must have which brings a n►tionall grievance into public debate. There is only one way to deal with the Irish church, and that is by the simple policy of absolute disendownient. THE REFORX BILL DIFICUMRIoNN. The definition of • dwelling-horse at which the commit tee arrived yesterday, after two hours' discussion, is to the Times, absolutely meaningless. It says no more than that • dwelling.house is • dwelling-house, and the question must be settled either by the discretion of local overseers or by ac inquiry on the part of the Court of Common Plena, taking into consideration just those circumstances it has been accustomed to review when engaged in such questions. The Times hopes that when the committee re sumes its labour" to-morrow, the clause appointing the Boundary Commission will no longer impede the progress of the bill, and that the uncertainty which still hangs over the final settlement of the redistribution clause will be satisfactorily removed. If little was done yesterday, the reason is probably to be found in the fact that the com mittee was really uninterested in the immediate business before it, and the government, serious a■ they are to press on the bill, will best secure their aim by a frank ►nd full declaration of intention■ now carefully kept in obscurity. Practically, says the Telegraph, the bill may now be held to have entered its third stage ; for although there will be a severe conflict on the schedules, the government is understood to have conceded a third member to three out of the five large towns named in Mr. Liing's amend ment, if not to all, and that concession will materially limit the sharpness of the coming battle. THE IMCONMTRUCTION OF Tilt RAINER or PARLIAVENT. The appointment of the committee last night, bears wit nese, the Tints remarks, that the patience of members is at an end, and that the house is determined that the place of meeting of the Commons shall be completely re-con structed. Of the House of Lords, with its elaborate ornamentation, people may form various judgments; but respecting the House of Commons, there can be but one opinion —that it is one of the moat ill-proportioned, mean-looking, and utterly hideous rooms that have ever been built for a national purpose in any age. The house is in every part on too small a scale. As to the argument that a room cannot be oonstrocted in which 6.58 men can bear a speaker, it is an insult to the understanding of the public to repeat such an absurdity. NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS. The following notices of amendments in com mittee on Representation of the People Bill, are printed in the Parliamentary Notices of to-day: The Chancellor of the Exchequer—New clause in lieu of Clause :37—Members' acceptance] of office from) the Crown not to necessitate vacation of seat.)—"Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to offices of profit the acceptance of which from the Crown vacates the seats of members accepting the same, but does not render.thein in capable of being re-elected: be it enacted that where a person has been returned as a member to serve in pmts. ment since the acceptance by him from the crown of any such office of profit as aforesaid, the subsequent accept ance by him from the crown of any other such office or offices, in lieu of and in immedi►te succession the one to the other, shall not vacate his seat.' Mr. Dillwyn —As an amendment to Mr. Lowe's pro posed clause, " power to distribute votes," leave out all :if ter "at any contested election for a," and insert "borough represented by more than one member each elector shall be entitled only to vote for one member : Provided always, that in cases of a vacancy or vacancies in the representa tion of such borough occurring during a parliament those electors only shall be qualified to vote in the election' for filling such vacancy or vacancies who did not vote for the sitting member or members." Mr. Morrison—As an amendment to Mr. Thomas Hughes's clause, leave out after " entitled to give," and invert " in such counties or boroughs returning three mem bers two several votes, and in the city of London three several votes." Mr. John Benjamin Smith—To move the following clause :—(Restrictions as to opening any inn or public house on polling day.) "It shall not hereafter be lawful on the polling day of any election for any city, borough, or county, to open any inn or public-home for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or for the sale of such liquors in any place within any such city or borough, or in any town in which the polling for the county election takes place, between the hours of 1 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon of that day; and any person so selling any intoxicating liquors shall be liable to a penalty of 2UI. for every such offence on conviction of the same before any two magistrates of any city, or borough, or county, provided that nothing in this act shall prevent any bona fide traveller or any person who has been resident for 24 hours in any inn or hotel from being supplied with such intoxicating liquors as may be required by him for his own personal use." Mr. Henry Surtees—To move the following clause :—(Per sons who have receivod parochial relief not to be registered as voters)—" That no person shall be entitled to be registered in any year as a voter in the election of a member or mem bers to serve in any future parliament for any county, who shall within twelve calendar months next pre% ions to the last day of July in such year have received parochial relief." Mr.Corrance--Aniended schedule (B).leave out "Luton," and insert " Lowestoft, with parishes of Kirtley, Pakt field, and Wesaingland, county Suffolk." MARTIAL LAW. The following copy of a circular despatch to colonial governors, dated 30th January, 1867, on the sub ject of martial law, has been presented to both houses of parliament by command of her Majesty " Circular. " Downing•street, Jan. 30, IfO;7. " Sir,—Although I do not knot; that there exists in the colony under your government any law authorising the proclamation of martial law by the governor, I think it advisable to communicate to you, for your information, and if necessary fur your guidance, an extract cf a despatch addressed by me to the Governor of Antigua, in which I have stated the views of her Majesty's government on this subject. —I have, &c., (Signed) " CARNARVON." " Extract of a Despatch from the Earl of Csznarvon to the Officer administering the Government of Antigua, dated Downing-street, 80th January, 1867. No. 40. " An enactment which purports to invest the executive government with a permanent power of suspending the ordinary law of the colony, of removing the known safe guards of life and property, and of legalising in advance such measures as may be deemed conducive to the esta blishment of order by the military officer charged with the suppression of disturbances, is, I need hardly say, en tirely at variance with the spirit of English law. If its existence can in any case be justified, it can only be be cause there exists such a state of established insecurity as renders it necessary for the safety and confidence of the well.disposed, that, in times of national emergency, the government should possess this extraordin►ry facility for the suppression of armed rebellion. But whatever appre hensions or disturbances may exist in any of her Majesty's colonies, it is certain that no such chronic insecurity prevails in any of them, and in no colony, therefore, should the power given by the present law to the go. vernor of Antigua be suffered to continue. I think it, therefore, necessary to repeat the insti notions given by my predecessor to Colonel Rill, and to request that you will cause to be submitted to the Legislature an set re pealing so much of the law ea authorises the proclamation of martial law. I have only to add, that in giving you these instructions, her Majesty's government must not be supposed to convey an absolute prohibition of all re course to martial law under the stress of great emer gencies, and in anticipation of an act of indemnity. The justification, however, of such a step must rest on the pressure of the moment, and the governor cannot by any instructions be relieved from the obligation of deciding for himself, under that pressure, whether the responsi bility of proclaiming martial law is or is not greater than that of refraining from doing so." Mr. Gregory to-morrow will ask the Chief Seeretaiy for Ireland whether she works sanctioned to alleviate the distress in Nest Galway have been begun ; and, it not, why not. To-morrow Mr. Seely will ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if hia opinions coincide with those expressed by the late First Lord on the 19th February last, when he said, "That the administration of • great department by • board is a clumsy machinery," and " that the constitu- tion of the Board of Admiralty is inconvenient and not profitable to the public service ;" and, if be does agree in opinionwith the late first lord, whether he intends consult ing his colleagues as to bow far in their judgment a change may be desirable. WINDSOR, TIVESDAY.—ARRIVAL ON THE QUEEN or PRI'SMA. —Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia arrived here at 1.16 p.m. Qucen Victoria, accompanied by the Princesses Louis of Hesse ' and Louisa, rece i ve d h er M a . jolty at the station of the South Western line, having come there from the Castle in open carriages with servants in state liveries, to await her Majesty's arrival. The Queen of Prussia and suite arrived and slept at the Lord ' Warden , Dover, last night, where her Majesty was met by Lord Torrington , the lord in waiti ng , and at 10 o'clock this morning the royal party left for Windsor, arriving at the Waterloo New Station at 12.Zi, by the South Eastern line, under the charge of Mr. Knight, 'superintendent. Here the Queen of Prussia was met by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who accompanied her Neje/sty to Wind ear, the royal train being under the charge of Mr. Williams, traffic superintendent. Mr. Hill, traffic superintendent of the Windsor line, was in attendance at the Windsor terminus. An the royal train was drawn up at the station the Queen and the princesses CaMil on the platform, and affectionately embraced their illustrious visitor as she demanded from the carriage. The Prince of Wales also saluted her Majesty and the princesses. The royal train con misted of a saloon carriage, four fiat-class carriages, and luggage vans, and came throughout the journey from Dover without changing. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who was accompanied Lord Torrington, and attended by Colonel K e pp e l. left Windsor on him return to town by the 3.20 p.m. South Western line. This evening their Royal Highnesses the Princess Louis Hesse and Louise will go town to attend the state ball. PARIS EXHIBITION.—It is understood to be the wish of the Imperial Commission that all persons entitled to be present at the ceremony of the distribution of the prize's, on let July, should appear in o ff i c i a l or ot h er niforms. THE UNIVERSITIES OF LONDON AND DURHAM. The following copy of the petition presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Lowe, 1 the Vioe.Chan oellor and the Chairman of Convocation iaf the University of Loads*, is printed in the appendisio the report of the Publie Petitions Committee issued thli morning: "11,145. The bumble petition of the Vice-Chem:4Eler and the Chairman of Convocation of the University of Laden, sheweth, that the constitution of the University of London, its non-theological character, and the wide range of its educational aims and influences, render its union in parliamentary representation with an university of ecclesiastical foundation, established and conducted on the model of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, essentially incongruous and incom patible. That the letter of Mr. Spring Rice in D 4.36, which represents the views of the government of that time, while the arrangements for the first university charter were still pending, contains the following pa late It should always be kept in mind that what is sought on the present occasion is equality in all respects with the ancient universities, freed from those exclusions and religious distinctions which abridge the usefulness of Oxford and Cambridge.' That the university of London receives into its body, on a footing of perfect equality, all persona, whether educated in general or in denomina tional colleges or schools, or elsewhere ; prol,ided that their moral character is certified, and that they pass its examinations ; that its graduates represent almost every .li versity of religious persuasion ; and that to modify its political expression by compelling it to share the franchise with an university which represents the predominance of one church, would interfere with the principle of religious equality on which the University of London is established. That the University of London confers no degree except on the condition of successive and rigorous examina tions ; that its degrees have thus acquired a high value, as attestations of superior and varied attainment ; and that its union in parliamentary representation with another university, of which the whole curricu lum of study is framed upon a different model, and which largely exabises its power of granting degrees without examination, would not only destroy the unity of the constituency, but would lower its degrees in public esteem. That the grouping of the Scottish universities, whose constitution and system of education are essentially identical, instead of furnishing an analogy for the union of London with Durham, only puts in a stronger light its incongruity. That the University of London has long since reached that stage of maturity at which it is entitled to stand alone as a distinct and characteristic parliamentary constituency. That its claims have been recognised in a succession of Reform Bills and have never been disputed, and your petitioners therefore earnestly pray that a proposal fraught with such serious injury to the Univerity of London, as grouping it with the University of Durham, may not be persisted in. That your petitioners have not had time to summon a meeting either of the senate or of the convocation of the University of London, since the first intimation of the proposition of the government to combine it in parlia mentary representation with the University of Durham ; but that they are persuaded that both of these bodies will fully porticqrate in the sentiments and prayer of the pre sent petition. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. " Geo. Gams, Vice-Chancellor. "JOHN SToRRAR, Chairman of Convocation of the University of London. "June 18, 1867." SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OP THE GOSPEL.-(THIS DAY.) The anniversary festival of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, is being held this afternoon in St. Paul's Cathedral in the presence of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, and other members of the corporation, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and most of the bishops and a large number of clergy and other friends. There is a full choir, the choir of St . Paul's being augmented by those of Westminster Abbey, St. George's Chapel, Windsor and the chapels royal. The preacher is the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. From a paper which has been circu lated in the church it appears that, In the colonies and foreign states there are 2,203 clergymen of the church of England, of whom 517 are supported wholly, or in part, by the society. These clergymen are under the jurisdic tion of 50 bishops, in whose dioceses 24 diocesan synods, and 4 provincial synods have been organised. Besides supporting 517 clergymen, the society has maintained in the past year 671 laymen, catechists, readers, and school masters in its missions among the heathen; and students in 14 colonial colleges. The society's total income received in England in 1866 amounted to 91,1861., in which the most important item that of collections, subscriptions, and donations to the general fund, was 212/. less than the corresponding amount in 1865. The society required an immediate addition of 12,5001. per annum to its income. If this sum were not raised the society would be under the necessity of abandoning some of its missionary work in India, and of declining to extend its aid to British subjects in many other parts. To-mop row morning there will be an early celebration of the Holy Communion, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, at 8.30 a.m. and in the evening a festival service will be tele. brate:d in the nave of Westminster Abbey, when the ser mon will be preached by the Very Rev. W. C. Magee, D.D., Dean of Cork. ANNOUNCE.VENTS BY " THE OWL." We understand that it is the intention of her Majesty next year to hold drawing-rooms and also t 3 give some " breakfasts" in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. —The Sultan will arrive in London on the 13th July, and Ituckin3hani Palace is now being splendidly prepared for h;* reception. A conservatory is being built, and two tents will be erected in the garden, which is receiving large quintities of plants from Hew Gardens. The apartments prepared for the Sultan's occupation look out upon the pleasure ground of the palace.—The Queen of Prassia 101 remain bore a fortnight on • visit to the Queen. Her Majesty will be attended by Count Nestel rode, CountNis Schouleubmg, • secretary, and a doctor.— His Royal Highness the Pr.nce of Wales, attended by the Duke of Sutherland, Captain Arthur Ellis, and the Hon. Oliver Montagu, will leave London on Friday next for Para, and sill return in time to be present at the ball et Buckingham Palace on the 3rd of July.— His Royal Highness Prince Christian has been appointed Ranger of Windsor Great Park.—Count Gleichen has been appointed Constable of the Round Tower, an office, we believe, of some emolument. —The Viceroy of Egypt will arrive in thia country on Monday next, and will be the guest of Mr. Larking, at The Firs, Blackheath (his high ness's agent in this country). The fact of his approaching visit bus been intimated to Lord Stanley, so it yet may not be too late to make arrangements for his reception more in accordance with the position of the Viceroy, not only as a reigning prince, but as one of our truest and most important allies.—We learn that the decision of the court-martial held at Simla on Captain Jervis has at last been confirmed, and consequently that gentleman is no longer in her Majesty's service. We are also informed that be is to receive 1,1(C0i. on account of his commission.— It is probable that the Reform Bill will be sent to the House of Lords about the 12th of .July,—At the review, which is definitively fixed for the sth inst., there will be about 9,000 men. There will be 13 battalions of foot, 7 regiments of cavalry, 2 batteries of horse and 2of field artillery, with 24 guns. The command will be taken by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. The cavalry will be commanded by the Earl of Lucian, the artillery by Colonel Phillpotta, R.H.A., and the horse artillery by Colonel D'Aguihsr,C.B.—There are but thirty-five presenta tions to be made at the drawing-room to-morrow--the smallest number within memory.—Lord Westbury (ex- LordChancellor)hasconsented toactas first arbitratorunder the working arrangement proposed to be concluded between the South Eastern and Brighton Railway Companies.— The Hon. Reginald Abbott has been appointed additional private secretary to Lord Derby.—The programme adopted at the mccing of the Irish Peers and members of the Lower House, for the purchase, consolidation, and man agement by the state, through a parliamentary commis sion, of the existing lines of II Mb railway, was presented to the cabinet on Saturday afternoon, but at so late an hour it could not be taken into consideration. Lord Lucan and the Marquis of Clanricarde have received all intima tion from the Premier that the entire subject will be dis cussed at the council of ministers on Thursday next, when there is every probability that the committee of c a bin e t members and practical railway financiers promised by Lord Derby will be nominated. A whole fleet of English yachts is at this moment in the harbour of Dieppe. Amonget them are the Surf, Water Kelpie, Queen, Ellen, Pantomime, Zayda, Amulet, Aline, &c. Marshal Forey is improving in health, as the paralysis with which he wu struck is now confined to the right arm. Yesterday evening the Fishmongers' Company gave • sumptuous dinner in their 1114 near London bridge, the company including a large numbe r o f mem b ers of the livery. The chair was taken by the Prime Warden (Mr. Walter C. Yenning). The company, numbering about 200, included Mr. Bright, M.P., his Excellency the Han seatic Minister General Fox, Mr. DaWish, M.P., Mr. T. Barnes, M.P., Mr. M'Kenna, M.P., Colonel Stepney, the Hon. Adolphus Liddell, Q.C., Mr. David Mahoney, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. John btorley, Mr. George Moore, Mr. J. E. Burkitt. &c. The chief interest of the proceedings was s speech by Mr. Bright, M.P. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, JIM 25. The Queen drove yesterday afternoon down to Frogmore, and took leave of Prince and Princess Christian. Princess Louise and Prince Louis of Hesse rode ins horseback, attended by the Honourable Nary Ls/cense and Lord Alfred Paget, and Princess Beatrios took a drive. Prince and Princess Christian, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Gordon and Colonel G. G. Gordon, left Frogmore last evening for London, en rouge to the Continent. The infant Prince Christian Victor arrived at Windsor Castle this morning from Frogmore. The Queen of Prussia, attended by Countess Schulen bonrg, Count Nasselrode, Dr. Vetten, and Dr. Brandi., arrived at the Castle at half-past I to-day. Viscount Torrington also attended her Majesty. The Prinoe of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, met her Majesty at the Waterloo Junction os the South Western Railway, and accompanied her Majesty to Windsor. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Louis of Hesse, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Cavendish, the Equerry and Groom in Waiting, upon horseback, drove down to the railway station in Windsor, and met the Queen of Prussia. Their Majesties drove direct to the Castle. Princess Louis of Hew, Prince Leopold, and Princeu Beatrice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, met the Queen of Prussia at the bottom of the staircase. Her Majesty then was conducted to her apartments by the Queen. The Prince of Wales remained to luncheon, and returned to Marlborough-house in the afternoon. Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. G. G. Gordon, left England yesterday morning in the " Maid of Kent" for the Continent, on • visit to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg and other members of the Prince's family in Silesia. Their Royal Highnesses will be absent from England for seven weeks, during which time the infant Prince will remain with her Majesty. Her Majesty will hold a council at Windsor Castle to day (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock. A deputation consisting of Lord Wharncliffe, Viscount Milton, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Henry D. Seymour, M.P., the Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, M.l'., Mr. C. Waring, M.P., Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., Mr. R. B. Sheridan, M.P., Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., Sir R. Anstruther, Bart., M.P., Dr. Cheadle, Mr. A. R. Isbister, M.A., Mr. G. Molyncaux, Mr. J. M. Grant, Mr. F. Alger, and Mr. Joseph Nelson, hail an interview with the Duke of Buckingham, at the C,olonial.office yesterday, on the subject of the Red River Settlement and the opening up to colonisation of the North West Territory. A deputation from the Newton Abbot Union, introduced by Sir Lawrence Palk, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Lear, Mr. Weymouth, and Mr. Kitson, bad an interview with the Earl of Devon, at the office of the Poor Law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. Mr. D. 0. Hill, R.S.A., has had the honour of submit ting to her Majesty's inspection the picture painted by him representing the First General Assembly of the Free Church in Scotland. Henri. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton-street, had the honour of submitting to the Queen their magnifi cent Tennyson Vase in oxydised silver, p►rtly gilt, which ham been manufactured by them expressly for the Paris Exhibition, and designed and modelled by H. H. Arm stead. STATE BALL. By command of the Queen a State Ball was given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of upwards of 1,700 was invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by nisi.. Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from Marlborough House about 10 o'clock. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise arrived at the Palace, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel Cavendith. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt. His Serene Highness the Prince of Teck also arrived. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the interior of the Palace, under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Patterson, the Eton in-Waiting. Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, the Lieutenant of the Corps, also attended. A Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince of Wales, Princess Louise, Prince Louis of Hesse, and the other members of the royal family, conducted by the Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain), and attended by their ladies and gentlemen in waiting, entered the ball-room at a quarter past ten o'clock, when the dancing immediately commenced. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise wore a dress of white tulle over white glace, dotted with pink roses. Head dress, roses and diamonds ; diamond ornaments ; Victoria and Albert order and order of St. Isabel. Wears. Coote and Tinney's full orchestra was in attendance, conducted by Mr. Coote, and performed • selection of music. A distinguished circle had the honour of receiving invi tations to the ball, but some were prevented by unavoid- able causes from obeying her Majesty's command. We read in the Monitenr of yesterday :—" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge are expected in Paris on Raturday next. Their royal highnesses will be present at the ceremony of the distribution of the prizes at the Uni versal Exhibition, and will return to London in order to take part in a grand review, which, by order of the Queen, is to be held on the sth of July." Yesterday's Monitenr, under the heading Paris, June 24, says:—" The Emperor and the Empress re ceived in the course of the day his Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Great Britain and Ireland and his Excellency Earl Cowley, ambassador extraordinary and plenipoten tiary of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of England and Ireland. The Prince was accompanied by two of his officers." We read in the Liberfi :—" Lord Cowley will positively quit his post as English Ambassador in Path on the let of July. The official arrival in Path of his successor, Lord Lyons, is not expected before the month of Septen4bcr." The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, will receive the naagivtrates of the county at an afternoon party on the 10th proximo, at Hatfield House, Hero. The Countess of Sefton gave birth to a on yes terday morning at an early hour, at her residence in Bel grave-square. _ The marriage of the Hon. Robert Grosvenor, M.P., to the Hon. Miss White, d►ughter of Lord Annaly, is fixed to take place on the 20th of July. A marriage is to tako place between the Hon. Edward G. P. Littleton, eldest son of Lord Hatherton, and Miss Rowley, d►ughter of Sir Charles and Lady Rowley, of Tendring Hall, Suffolk. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, whose young wife died in childbirth a few montha ago, has determined to found a hospital to her memory. Direct action to this end has already been taken ; and a site for the projected building has been purchased on the east aideof Southwark bridge-road. The establishment will be a lying-in hos pital. It is the baron's intention to spend 10,000/. on the building ; the site outs probably u much more. It is rumoured that Rear-Admiral G. 11. Sey mour, C. 8., M.P., the present third Sea Lord at the Admiralty, will succeed Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick in the Cork command on the latter officer receiving his promotion to Vioe-Admiral's rank, a contingency likely soon to arise. It is also said that the present second Sea Lord at the Board, Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dames, C. 8., will resign his seat at the Admiralty for the command of her Majesty's fleets in the West Indies and North America, on the promotion of the present Com inender-in-Chisf, Sir George Rodney Mandy, R.C.B. LATEST MEENCR. Warm's nemiciume.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Just 15, Evrxm. The Chamber of Deputies in to-dafs sitting adopted by 207 to 86 votne the motion of Signori Corte Fambro Niootera and fifty other memb er; proposing the suppression of the thief military commands and the reduction of the tiriitorial divisions to sixteen. The Minister of Finance in , troduced a bill for the provisional exercise of the budget until the end of July next. ROME. ROME, .Trse The Popo has received about GOO priests at tte Vatican, and has pronounced a Latin allocution the duties of the priesthood at the present time. SPAIN. MADRID, Juxi: In yesterday's sitting of the Con,,,,ress, the Minister of Marine declared that the nature .4 the documents relative to the Pacific question and h„ .h political considerations prevented the goveniuunt from communicating them to the members, PORTUGAL. LISBON, Just 2.5. The King will start on his foreign tour on July 3. He will probably go by sea and visit several courts. Dom Fernapdo will be entrusted with the regency. The Chamber of Deputies have agreed to the Police Bill, and have sanctioned the Criminal Extradition Treaty with Spain. The chambers will close on Thursday next. CHINA AND JAPAN. (Via Trieste. y HONG KONG, MAT 13. The Nienfei are said to be still in arms, bin 110 particulars concerning their movements have as yet been received. New Chang is reported as quiet. A chamber of commerce has been established at Han-kow. The Chinese government has prohibited the printing of newspapers with moveable charactert It is intended to open branch post-offtoee at the treaty ports. The Colorado arrived at Hong Kong on the 9th May. The Japanese government have given notice that they are prepared to open the porta of Yedo, Osaka, Hiogo, and another, the name of which is not mentioned, on the Ist January next. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. MARSEILLES, Jun M _ - Intelligence received here from Athens to the 20th June confirms the news that sanguinary engage. ments had taken place in the district of Lazethe, in Crete, and that Omar Pacha dislodged the in. surgents, who retired to the heights. The insurgents maintained their positions it other points. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 3: The Guion steamer Minnesota, from New Yurit on the 15th inst., arrived here this morning with CIO cabin and 50 steerage passengers. SOUTHAMPTON, Jun :N. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Allemania, from New York on the 15th inst., has arrived here with 203 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg ; 180,000 dots. for England, 1,500 dols. and 1,100 tons of cargo for Hamburg. On the 22nd she spoke the English ship Terrier, from Quebec, bound for Bristol ; on the 24th the English ship Chasseur, bound west ; and on the 25th, off Land's End, the Hamburg barque Flora, and a Bremen barque, No. 102, bound west. BILEfr, Jt•igz %. The St. Laurent, from New York on the 15tk inst., has arrived here, with 240 passengers and 1,100,000 francs in specie. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, irNE 25, 6 P.n. The steamers St. David, Nestorian, and Den mark arrived out to-day. Gold, 138 i. Sterling exchange on London 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1101. Illinois, 121} ; Erie, 621. Cotton : Middling Upland, 26c. Petroleum : Refined, 24c. Money very easy HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CLIO. Some anxiety having been expressed as to the safety of her Majesty's ship Clio, we have much pincers in learning from the Admiralty to-day that a telegram hr been received from one of the officers on board, dated at Tahiti, 4th April last, in which it is stated that the ship, having suffered damage from bad weather, had returned to that island for repairs. All well on board. Prince Frederick Charles, brother of the Kin; of Prussia, his arrived in Paris, replacin.., at tic embassy. Rue de Lille, his nephew, Prince Frederick, son.iu.law cf Queen Victoria. A magnificent painting by Vandyke, represent , n; Ste. Cecilia, hes just been brought to light in restoring to old church of Caehlevoch, between Heele and Bench Belgium. The Lake of Lucerne, says a Baale letter, hn, during the late rains, risen to an extraordina y The banks have overflowed in several idacei, 11 n.l ins,hd the harvest is under water. In the town itself the sepal are inundated. A Paris letter in the Nord says :—" A grind fête at Fontainebleau, in honour of the Emperor of Austria, is spoken of for the 18th of July. The Mario' de Maria is composing for the occasion adniq ur, which is tobe performed by the amateur cometlaai of high life, belonging to the court. The light and ett tering plot of the trine is drawn from coronation Mod Buda-Petah." Swiss Federal ride shooting match is &bon to commence at Schwytz, near the spot where William Tell shot Gesaler. The different prizes offered repre•wt a value of 300,000 fr, not including premium., which roar be estimated at an equal mum. The fund. of the Swill Federal Carbineers' Society furnish the money for the prizes, to which are added voluntary donations, and they , arrive from all countries, where fortune ha. smiled ca some native of Switzerland. The correspondent of the Pod writes from Romer under dote of the 18th :—" With respect to cholera. the existence of which is constantly denied by the gores• meet, there seem to be no grounds for alarm as sets although some suspicious cases of rapid demise have cer tainly occurred. If the malady had really displayed itself so long ago, as generally stated, its progress by this time, and in this hot weather, would have been treinesehrts, which is by no means the case. The Duchess of Stok poole, of a Franco-Dish family, died on Friday night at the Hotel de Lemke', only 36 hours after her arrival from Florence. Four or five doctors were unable to arrest the disease or to agree as to its character. The body was cos veyed by torchlight on Saturday night to the church of Santa Maria del l'opolo, where a grand funeral service was per formed over it on the following morning. The case most approaching cholera among foreign residents was that of an artist, Mr. Davis, residing in the Via dei tired, who was taken ill last week at half-past 2 p.m., and died at 14 with the usual symptoms. It is proved, however, this his health had been previously much enfeebled, and thsf be bad been very imprudently indulging in fruit. Mr. E Rogers, the American sculptor, has had the grief of hoc , two pretty children from the same cause, an indigestion cherries. Here and there rapid demi es are taking pig' but it would be premature to assert that they are alto . hatable to Asiatic cholera."