The Express. — London, England, 1867-10-03 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN PROMENADE COYCZETS. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at Eight. Under the sole direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL Thursday nights, a Selection of Clerical Music other nights Miscellaneous. The programme is varied every evening. Conductor—Signor MINI, sod for the Deace Music Herr JOHA—NNATRAUSS.—Admission. One Shilling. Elte ervreoo. TO COMISPONDENTS. &written:Bente intended for Tbe Loprese." London Evening .717, mutt be at the Ofloe, 10, ilouverleaLreet, by Two . 3 / 4 on the da► of publicettOn. DRURY &ANL Tim FTwerxo, FAUST. Mr. Phelps, Mean. FAlmmul Phelps, Harcourt. Warner, Webb, Temple. kr.. Mesdames Herman Veom, Vandenbod. de.—And TIIE MILLER AND MIS MEN. Mullin. Ryder and E. Phelps; Maas Edith Stuart. HAYMARK IT. Tett Hyrum, ROM JULIET. Mews. Chippendale. Howe, Rogers, Kendal, Cloth, Compton, Lc. ; Madames Scott Skidoos, Chippendale, to.—TO PATHS AN D BACK NOR AA Mr. Buelutema—And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. PRINCIIWR. Tim RI MO, POOR PIIIICOTH3Y.—After which ARRAN NA PIN; R. Mesas. Houck:Wt, Pining, D. Murray. J. O. Shore. O. K. Neville. de.: Miss Hughes and Mrs. Bouvicault. —And NO. (ME. ROUND THE CORNER. LYCEUM. Tom Ervinia, THR OF THE MILL—THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Focht'', Messrs. Jordan, Addison, Oatmeal, Mellon. Dalton, Stuart, and Frances; Hieea Mr worthy and Carlotta Loclereq, Mrs. Marston. Tina liirsornia, OUR DOMMIIIO3. Messes. Parselle, Thorne, and James ; MesMunesJohnshme b Wenthersby.—Tll X LATEST IWITION OY K ENILWORTIL Messrs. James it Thorne Mes dames Ads Swanborough, Holt, rte.—And IMLAY AS A POnT. .pI9TAI NTA: Twri Evmonie. THE MAID OVIIXICO.—THE TWO ORE GORIER —The American Minstrels sad Japanese Tommy . the •ondrous Gymnasts. MM. Contellier and Mica—And /LIMN II IS THY PIRATES LAIR. Mr. Reynolds; Miss Convey. NNE W.y11131, AT LONDON 311DO1 Tam sti. na to-llossow—Matukag. sti 40m....—Afternoon. as sae. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. Tux liberation of GARIBALDI, and his volun tary return to Caprera, have vindicated the good faith of the Italian Government in the unfortunate necessity of his arrest. Although that arrest seemed to place the Ministry of M. RATTAZZI in direct antagonism to the aspirations of the Italian people, and created among them a general feeling of dissatisfaction and mistrust, they already see reason to rejoice that they did nothing in sudden anger which they would have repented in cooler momenta. The self-control of the nation has often been proved, and ono more proof has now 'been given of its possession of that first attribute of freemen. The Italians can but have seen how the public opinion of that Europe for which alone they care—that free Europe which sympathises with their aspirations after national unity—has regarded this unfortunate event. That opinion has approved M. Iterrazzi's action, while it has condemned, more strongly than before, the political arrangements which me le such action necessary. But if Liberal Europe acquits the Italian Government of blame, and even praises the vigour and fidelity of its con duct, the Italian people may at least be justified in turning their indignation in another direction. The September Convention was the price exacted by the French Government for the withdrawal of the army of occupation from Rome, and it is for the Italian Government to keep the engagements on condition of which that withdrawal took place. The removal of that badge of servitude, that per petual sign of old divisions and weaknesses, and of consequent foreign subjection, is itself so great a gain to the national dignity, and so great a step towards the ultimate completion of the national unity, that Italy can afford to make a sacrifice of sentiment to maintain it. It is no doubt a great indignity to have been obliged to binder Vie accomplishment of a just, generous, and noble national desire ; but no indignity which the national cause can suffer would be at all equal to that which would be inflicted on it by the return of the French to Rome. GARIBALDI himself probably sees now that his temporary suc cess could at present have had no other result than to give France at least an excuse and op portunity to return. His apparently ready ac quiescence in the necessity that Italy should bide its time probably rests on actual knowledge of the fact that France still resolutely stands be tween her and Rome. The necessity of an Im perial Government which rests on the unintelli gence of the French people, and must flatter the ignorant prejudices of the vast rural democracy which sustains it against the enlightenment of France, is well understood by Italians to be the real Italian difficulty. Yet probably not the most sanguine Garibaldian—possibly not even GARI BALDI himself—has much hope of the r• suit of a war with that formidable Power, and most Italians must see that in faithfully executing their treaty engagements they are really doing the most to ad vance their own cause. The false position of France has been revealed even to Frenchmen by the arrest of GARIBALDI. They see that in mock ing the aspirations of Italy they are alienat ing a kindred people and making an enemy where they may some day need • friend. The liberal journals of France are already suggesting a revision of the September Convention, and the only revision possible is that which re moves the barrier which keeps GARIBALDI from Rome. Soong as that barrier is kept up by French policy, Italy is and must be the alienated friend, if not oven the enemy, of France. She can only wait till the first French difficulty tells In - that the time for action has come. The domes tic necessity of the French empire is Italy's neces mi.), too ; but its first foreign necessity will be Italy's opportunity. Italian statesmen and the discerning portion of the Italian people probably see that this necessity may be near, and that when it comes it will give them Rome. So long as France is willing and able to enforce the obser vance of the September Convention the Italian Government is wise in resisting, at any cost, all external attempts upon the Papal territory ; but if changes occur in France, or her hands are full elsewhere, she may be glad to purchase Italian neutrality by termi nating the Convention in the interest of Italian unity. It is in this way, and not by any sudden spasm of patriotic effort, that the Roman question will be settled. It is one of those questions which only ask for time. Italy, believing in herself and believing in her destiny, need not make haste. She cannot afford to be in a hurry, but she can well afford to wait. She rebukes her great soldier when ho would antedate the fruition of her hopes ; she is faithful even to humiliating conditions so long as those conditions have the aspect of neces sity ; but she resigns no right, gives up no claim, and renounces no aspiration. She watehM the panorama of events, and bides her lime.. It is greatly to the credit of the Italian people that they have t 3 so large an extent consented to the action of their Government in preventing GARI BALDI'S enterprise. Of coarse there are still very many who do not appreciate M. Barr.►zzl's policy. Only a statesman can embrace in one view all the bearings and relations of national movements, and the one weakness of popular opinion is, that it so little understands the external necessities of national policy. But the spectacle of GARIBALDI THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1867. going of his own free will to Caprers, antra moiled by any conditions, is one which must have greatly tended to reassure the populace. M. RArrAzzi may yet find that the high courage which could risk personal unpopularity to ward off national danger is universally appre ciated. But it may be that GARIBALDI and RarrAzn have both done something in the present master to hasten Italian unity. The conviction that Italy must and will be one, that Rome DMA . .. be its capital, and that the temporal power of the Porn cannot be permanently sustained, is now nearly universal ; and the French EMPEROR, who is not often blind to the signs of the times, must be increasingly uneasy in standing in the way of its accomplishment. If GARIBALDI is madeasacrifice, and Rarrazzr the priest who offers it, all the world perceives that it is the Imperial policy which de mands and exacts the offering ; and to be the grim deity to whom the idol of a nation is sacrificed must be an unendurable position for one who pro fesses to take nationalities under his peculiar care, and delights to play the part of a beneficent Pro % idence towards them. The times have greatly changed since Aspromonte, and the map of Europe has changed with them. Italy has found a new ally s ,, ice then, and France a new rival, and F. nce can ill afford to force Italy so consolidate that alliarce and to repudiate her own. But as Italy could well be happy with either ally, it is quite within the limits of probability that her statesmen, wisely waiting for the tide in her affairs, and resolving to take it at the flood, will, if ro premature ebullition of national impatience prevents them, make the possibility of her alliance the purchase price of Rome. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) the !Court. BALMORAL, OCT. 1. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, honoured James Clark with a visit yesterday at 111liepronie. Prince Christian and Prince Arthur, with Sir Stafford Northcote: and the Gentlemen in Wait" 4, went out to • drive of deer in the woods. His Excellency M., Madame, and Mir Van de Weyer had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family. A committee of the Lords of her Majeety's Most Honour able Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council. office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President and the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of British Colt-mbla. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, the Mar quis and Marchioness Camden, Lord and Lady Londes bororlh, Lord Da'many, Captain and Hon. Mrs. Fgetion, Major Banister, Captain Edgcumbe, Mr. Corry, and a toleat party have been among the guests of Mr. C. Sykes, M.P., at Brantingham Thorpe, Yorkshire, during the put week. Lon' Stenley, M.P., arrived in town yesterday from Knowsley. The Duke of Buocleuch arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall, last evening, from Scotland, on his way to meet the duchess and Lady Margaret Scott in Paris. The Duke of Rutland has arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Paris, from London, on his way to the south of France. LATIIST INTELLIGENOL AN ITALIAN CIRCULAR. The Paris journals continue to speak of a note which M. Rattazzi is said to have addressed to the different European courts, in which he describes the situation of Italy, and insists upon the neces sity of modifying the September convention. Some of the papers think it significant that Italy should now address herself on this matter not exclusively to France but to Europe generally. The same authorities discover signs in Italian and Prussian journals of increased goodsoi between Italy and Prussia. The Prussian journals are unanimous in de claring that another Roman expedition on the part of France would constitute a mortal ofience. , The Nazione thinks it would be a cases &Ili. (1.11/Thlefl TZIJIGIA1111) THE PAPAL STATES. FLORENCE, Ocr. 3. The intelligence received here concerning the insurrectionary movement in the Papal province of Viterbo is of a very contradictory character. Up to the present, however, no serious confl 4 ct has oc curred between the Papal troops and the insur gents. The latter continue to occupy certain localities. At Rome many arrests have been made, and the authorities have taken various precau tionary measures to prevent disorder. Some of the detachments of Italian troops left Florence for the Roman frontier yesterday. CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AT LINCOLN. A conservative demonstration was held at Lin coln, yesterday (Wednesday) evening —Mr. H. CHAPLIN of Blankney, the Derby winner of 1867, presiding, sup.. ported by Mr. J. Banks Stanhope, M.P. ; Sir J. Trollops, M.P. ; Mr. C. W. Sibthorpe (a descendant of the well, known Col. Sibtborpe) ; Mr. C. Turner, Mr. Boucherett, the Rev. Canon Massingberd, &c. Mr. Chaplin is regarded as the future conservative candidate for the new division of Lincolnshire crested by the Reform Bill, and the hon. gen tleman was enthusiastically received. Sir J. Trollops justi fied the course taken by the government in dealing with the reform question, and argued that household suffrage, scoompanied by personal payment of rates, was merely the re-introduction of the ancient principles of the constitution. The right hon. baronet charged the liberal with " dangling" reform before the people while the conservatives bed sought to deal with it in a practical fashion. Mr. J. Banks Stanhope spoke in a similar sprit, and both hon. gentlemen expressed confi dence in the good sense of the newly enfranchised electors, provided they were dealt with in a concilia tory manner. A wish was expressed that Mr. Sibthorpe might be induced to become a conservative candi date for Lincoln, but the hon. gentleman intimated that he was not disposed to offer himself just at present. The chairman proposed as a toast " The working-classes," who, he said, constituted the thews and sinews of the country. The working men responded. One of them observed that Mr. Disraeli was entitled to credit for the manner in which he had carried through the Reform Bill, but the speaker crested a rather ludicrous consternation by adding his eonvietion that the working-dames mud have the ballot. THE REGISTRATIONS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. This morning Spencer Perceval, Esq., the bar rister appointed to revise the lists of voters for members of parliament for the City of London, held his second sitting in the Cow tof Common Pleas, at Guildhall, and proxeded with the revision of the lists of inhabitant householders. _ _ _ _ . _ Mr. Sidney Smith and Mr. George Ledger appeared for the Liberal Registration Association, and Mr. Healedon "Trted the City Conservative Club. ate set down for the day's revision were those of the 51 parishes in the wards of Aldernate Within and Without, Aldgate, Billingsgate, Bassishaw, Coleman. street, Bishopei,-ate Within and Without, Broad-street, (gueenhithe, Vintry, Bridge, Candlewick, and Walbrook. The whole of the fore part of the sitting was occupied in revisine the lists of the parishes in the three first. named wards, but no feature of the slightest interest oc cutzed, the business being confined to alterations of typo. graphical errors and striking out the names of deceased or removed voters. ITALIA!! AFFAIRS. Whatever in the late crisis was lost by revolu tion must thin, the Times assumes, to the profit of nego tiation. If France is bent on an out-and-out support of the Papacy, a return of the French flag and of a French garrison to Rome would be, if not a consistent, at least a straightforward course on her part. But if, on the con tram y, the Papacy is to stand on a compact of non-inter vention, there must be no subterfuge of foreign enlist ments, no equivocation about territorial guarantees, no reserve about freedom of action. Napoleon must be wholly in or wholly out of Rome, and the Times would form no high conception of M. Rattarzi's abilities if, in the present conditions of Italy and Europe, be did not find the means of placing the Emperor in that alternative, and insisting on his explicit and peremptory decision. The shirking of agricultural labour by the Sicilian peasant, which has been lately the subject of comment, is is not wholly to be accounted for, the Doily News thinks, by the theory of wilful laziness. That opening of the soil to the peasant cultivator which pacified and contented France would greatly benefit such countries as Italy and Spain. Hitherto the middle classes in those countries have exclusively profited by constitutional government. Give the Irish, the Andalusian, the Sicilian peasant an interest in the soil, and they will both cling to it and exert themselves to make it fructify in peace. The St. James's-hall meeting on Tuesday night is censured on various grounds by the Post and the con servative journals. The Herald has no patience with the vanity of the Reform League, and is esp - - daily angry with it for thrusting forward Rio cloti, "the eon of the Caprera demagogue." It also tittles the Post as shameful that this young man was allowed to come forward. He is a mere lad, and was lionised simply oa account of his rel►tionship to the hero of the evening ; no sane person would take him as an ex ponent of the sentiments of a nation ; none but persons utterly reckless of consequences to him would have en. °enraged him to be present at the meeting, or, ;* there, to speak more than one short sentence. The King of Italy may have his faults ; they are pretty well known. But the King of Italy, judged and condemned by an Italian boy, to the cheering!' of an audience of male and female English Reform Leaguers, is too preposterous, and the hery's countrymen will require good proofs of a saga cious manhood from him before they quite forget, or let him know that they have forgotten it. The Star doubts whether the objurgation directed by the Pope towards the Italian government can appear imposing to any rational catholic. The day when Papal ex communications ►ffrighted states is too long gone by to allow the threats of the Pope to have anything whatever of grandeur or solemnity. The thing is a mere anachronism. The Pope might as well summon the Emperor of Austria to do penance bareheaded on the Pincian Hill for having allowed the Con oordat to be questioned, or send for Louis Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel to hold the ath rops while his Holiness mounted his horse. Every despatch from Italy denotes that a crisis is at band, and whatever the danger may be it cannot be scolded away. "Argue," of the Post, says :—" A meeting of the creditors of • gentleman well known in racing drake, and who at one time had a large stud in training, and whom name has frequently come before the public in connexion with the affairs of an heir to an earldom, took place yes terday (Tuesday) in the Old Jewry, when, from the num ber of persons who were present, it might have been taken for • meeting of the friends of Garibaldi assembled to petition for hi. release from Caprera. The amount of liabilities was stated to be 387,0001. Ws. 10,1., to meet which the debtor had to offer 2.5,0001., which would be equal to • dividend of eighteenpence in the pound. Many of the creditors declined to accept this composition, but whether they will ultimately sign the composition deed, and prevent the ease coming into the Court of Bank ruptcy, remains to be seen." Morning performances, called Matinies (a word which in England is usually confined to concerts), take place at New York every Saturday at almost all the theatre., commencing at half-past 2, and at Barnum's Museum there are two performances eves/ day. One of the effects of the law dosing all public houses in New York on Sunday is to send crowds of people to Hoboken, in New Jersey, where teetotalism is un known, and this fact supplies • droll instance of a dra matic joke answering a purpose which the author never intended. In Mr. Robertson's Caste the old plebeian is advised to retire to Jersey, and drink, reference halal, of course, to the absence of customs laws in the Channel Islands. As the privileges of these Wanda do lot greatly occupy the mind of the Britisher, the wholesome counsel did not produce much effect at the Prince of Wales's ; but when the piece was brought out at the Broadway the smart American instantly applied the passage to New Jersey, and the rear was louder than at any other line of the comedy. THE PRINCESA or WALES.—The St. Bartholo mew's Hospital annual dinner took place on Tuesday even ing at Willis's Rooms, under the presidency of Mr. James Paget, F.H.8., who has just returned from Wiesbaden, having been in constant attendance on the Princess of Wales since the departure of her royal highness from this country. Mr. Paget, in proposing the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the royal family, said—" It is a great pleasure to me to state that the health of the m r in n oess on w s al, d o n ' y t tl i t n e ri, till , :l u e pe o r f la ill i T departure ely from satisfactory. Those who sit around me can appreciate the gravity of the affection under which her royal highness was labouring, and it is with profound and heartfelt pleasure that I am enabled to announce to you, by the permission of the Prince of Wales, that the limb is progressing most favour ably, and that her royal highness will shortly return to England, folly capable of pc." ticipating in all duties and pleasures connected with her exalted rank and very great Popularity." THE BODY OF MAXIMILIAN.— A correspondent of the New York Trainee at Queretaro on the 24th of Amnat states that he visited the remains of Maximilian, and writes that he found the coin containing the corpse in • room in the second story of the house occupied by Don Munos Ledo. A soldier guarded the door, but any cue was admitted, especially if they were willing to pay him a few reale. The apartment bore the appearance of having once been • store room, and was both wily dark sad extremely filthy. The cotfin was in the centre, rest ing upon two rude wooden benches. It was covered with black cloth and adorned with • cheap quality of gold lace, while the top had • false cover, the opening of I which revealed three glasses, through which the last remains of the ill-fated Emperor were dimly visible. He was dressed in a blue coat with military buttons, dark blue pantaloons and heavy cavalry boots. His hands were - covered with a pair of white soiled gloves. His mouth Mr. George Scha r f suggest& that while the new r oo m i d ou7 e o; his eyes , tanialidyh open, revea lin beard we i t u t in is teeth e, and the arrangements are still pending for the National Gallery in with the greater part of his hair been cut off, it is said, Trafalgar-vinare, two or three spacious apartments, eq ua l by the Dr. Limo who had charge of the embalming, who in dimensions and decoration with the rat, should be set sold it , receiving as hig small lock .. This e h m as an fivt i on no nces, 80 ndroielsi;i adds, very aside for the reception of certain very choice or remarkable . the Emperor ' s body for some time ° at his house, using'it as pit/tures and sou lures belonging to private individual., ; a mesas of 'peculation, and selling pieces of his garments which they, although not willing to part with them, might , sad his personal effects for large prices. The n permit the poblie to enjoy in an appropriate locality for a dent also states, but for this he will not vouch, that t ere reasonable period. These collections might be changed 'is a report that Lasso removed • small portion of the skull, which he sold, replacing it with wood. Th e b o dy o f t h e or closed according to circuntatanees, and need not be Emperor was in a good state of preservation, as far as out liable to any fixed period as at the British Institution. ward appearance showed. WISCCILLIIIOOB TOPICS. To the limes the abandonment by Mr. Ernest Jones of the defence of the Manchester Fenian appears a piece of bombastic petulance, and the offensive bear'ng of Mr. Eckel is and Mr. Bennet will not, it says, have any effect in arousing popular sympathy for their clients. The slaughter of unarmed policemen rouses the sternest feel ings of abhorrence, and vet/ little more provocation might bring about tei.ible reprisals. It would be an evil day for the Irish population of our great towns, and for the peace of English society, if the law should fail to overawe the filibustering spirit of Fenianism. According to the Daily New, one of the reasons for the high price of bread in England might be traced to the ex traordinary oonf union and impotence of Russian laws, and what these are it proceeds to describe. But notable im provements are taking place, and the raw produoe of Russia will probably increase enormously from year to year. The British farmer will have also to contend with the virgin lands of Turkey, which have been unploughed for cer turies, but which will soon teem with plenty. A very few years will see railways through the Danubian Princi palities, through Bosnia, Semis, Bulgaria, and the deep rich soil near the coasts of Asia Minor. A new life is awakening throughout the East. Already • telegraph joins London to Tehran. A railway will soon follow. Some of the best land in the world, almost within bail of some of its safest seaports, long deserted and abandoned, only awaits the security of known laws and responsible magistrates to pass into the bands of elesr•besded and enterprising men who will let it lie waste and fallow no longer. The TdeyrapA contends that the attempt to nominate • new bishop of Natal is not only contrary to English tradi tions, but is also, there is strong reason for believing, con trary to law. Ifithe South-African church could establish a practical independence, and disavow the royal supre macy in the manner contemplated, other colonial churches could do the same, and the tie of allegiance to the Eng lish communion would be • rope of sand. The disunion would be merely a question of dates. To those who wish to see the connexion between the mother country and her dependencies maintained in ecclesiastical as in secular affairs, it will be gratifying to learn that the Lambeth Synod has not formed the perilous resolution imputed to it by Dr. Gray. The Standard believes in war between France and Prussia. Time, it was with much show of reason calcu lated, would soften the animosity of the two nations, and accustom them to their new position. But time has only augmented those jealousies and increased the uneasiness of the friends of peace. For one man who believed in war in the spring there are a hundred who are certain of !it now, and it is almost hoping against hope to indulge in the notion that when two n►tions h►ve arrived at the con. vietion that they are to fight they will have long to wait for the commencement of the fray. FRANCE. PARIS, Ocr. 3. The Moniteur of this morning, referring to the alarming rumours which were current yesterday on the Paris Bourse, says :—" The rumours which have been circulated in Paris, and especially on the Bourse, are entirely devoid of foundation. It is truly deplorable that the public credit should be influenced by such manoeuvres. The government has lost no time in requesting the judiciary autho rities to investigate the matter, and to seek the author of the false intelligence." HUNGARY. PE3TH, Ocr. 3. The Emperor and Empress of Austria are ex pected here next Monday. It is believed that the Austrian and Hungarian delegates will meet again in four weeks. The Transylvanian chief tribunal of Clausen burg has been dissolved, and the buaineas of that court transferred to the chief tribunal of Peath. KING GEORGE OF HANOVER. BERLIN, Ocr. 3. The funds and castles recognised by the Pi mi nim government as the property of King George of Hanover are to remain for the present under Prussian administration. The castle of Herren batmen and the Marienburg, with the crown de mesne of Calenberg, are the residences comprised in the arrangement. At the sitting of the Federal Council yesterday, the draft of the bill permitting free change of do micile in the countries belonging to the North German Confederation was adopted a ith sitht modifications. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. DIMON 001 OWN PARIS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Garihaldian agitation by no means appears to end with the retirement of the head of the move ment to Caprera. Indeed there are only too evi dent signs of coming trouble in connexion with it. A letter in the Piedmentese Gazette of yesterday, from Florence, says that the government has ad dressed a circular to its representatives abroad calling the attention of the cabinets of Europe to the necessity of settling the Roman question. The document sets forth the opinion of the country, as well as the contradiction existing between the wishes and what is deemed to be the duty of the people, which condition of things, it says, has been brought about by the convention of September. M. Nigra, the Italian Minister, has gone to ' Biarritz, in connexion with this question, and persOnal interviews and correspondence are fre quent between the Emperor and some of the members of the cabinet of the Tuileries. I hear, upon tolerably good authority, that a change of ministry is imminent, that the Marquis de Moustier, the Foreign Minister, will resign, and that M. Itouher will relinquish the post of Minis ter of Finance, retaining the functions of Minis ter of State. The commission sitting in Brussels on the re organisation of the Belgian army has resolved to recommend to the chambers the adoption of an effective of 100,000 men, the abolitio•i of substi tutes and exonerations, and the embodiment of a militia of 30,000 men in case of war. In the Bavarian Chamber of Representatives, the Minister of War has made a demand for sup plementary credits amounting to three millions. Letters from Algeria give deplorable accounts of the want and suffering entailed upon the Arabs, owing to the sadly-deficient harvest this year. Some correspondents state that, notwithstanding the efforts of the government to relieve these suf ferings, no fewer than 30,000 natives have suc cumbed to the wretchedness of their situation. Some complaints are made as to the partiality with which the succour, in various shapes, is distributed, an undue proportion, it is alleged, being meted out to the military, as compared with the civil territory. The Don Carlos, by Verdi, will be performed at the Opera to-night, on the return of the famous singer, M. Faure. The Bourse still continues to exhibit all tho features of a panic. The Threes, which closed yesterday at 68fr. 40c., are now at 68fr. ; tho Italian, yesterday at 47fr. 10fr., closed at 46fr• All other securities have a very notioeable down ward tendency. The last quotation of Credit Mobilier was 167 fr. 60c. It is thought that the Empress of Austria, on account of her pregnancy, will not accompany the Emperor Francis Joseph to Paris. M. Drouyn de Lhuys, who, after having presided over the Counaff•General of the Seine and Marne, made a abort excursion to Holland and the Rhine, has now re turned to France. Marshal O'Donnell, who is at the present moment at Biarritz, is expected in Paris tonarls the middle of Oc tober. Marshal Serrano, who had been staying at Biar ritz, bu now returned to Spain. Verdi, the composer, after a stay of a month in Paris. hu jut left for Italy. The number of persons who passed through the turnstiles of the Paris Exhibition on Saturday was very nearly 40,000. We read in Galignani :—" Intelligence from Ca tanzaro, in Calabria Ultra, in the Kingdom of Naples, an nounces that Mr. Jerome Strange, captured by the band of Piro, has been restored to liberty on paying a ransom of 80,000 fr. The money, it appears, was a day late, and in consequence Mr. Strange had his right ear cut off." THE FENIANS AT MANCHESTER. COMMENCEMENT OF THE DEFENCE. SEVERAL POLIORIIEN AT ROCRDALE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT. (THLS DAY.) (nos ma ows oossuroxotss.) (BT TRU:GRAPH.) MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. The defence of the Fenian prisoners commenced this morning. Mr. Roberts grid the attack, from the appearance of the van, was probably the work of but few, and allowing for the escape' of some, several of the prisoners were possibly innocent ; an alibi was necessarily the only defence in such a case ; it was an honourable one, and he should cs'll witnesses to establish one for some of his clients, It is widely rumoured in Manchester that several polies men have been shot this moining i•I Rochdale, but there are no particulars. SHOCKING CRIME IN RUSSIA. The Intalick Russe, of the 27th ult., records a case of a peculiarly horrible character, which has just been heard before the criminal tribunal of Vladimir. d man named !Cumin, a member of a numerous and fanatical Russian sect called the sect of the Savior-, lately Hued his own son, and offered bim as a sacrifiee so God. The narrative in the Russian joutaal is as follows: "The doctrine of this sect consists in an absolute ne gation of all earthly property. An adherent possesses nothing whatever, and according to his notions ern/thing around him is evil personified. Such ideas naturally prompt these unhappy men to seta of frightful despair. They believe it is neesesaly to constantly implore the mercy of the Saviour by eves/ means, for it is he alone who can save them. The accused person, who was 27 years of age, killed his son, a little boy of seven, in the conviction that the act would be agreeable to the Saviour. His own account of the crime is as follows : ' One night I felt so strongly that the human race must soon perish th►t I could not get a moment's sleep. I rose and lighted all the lamps before the images of the saints and throwing myself on my knees I fervently prayed God to save me and my family. Suddenly the idea came to me of raving my son from eteiasl damnation, for as this only child was a beautiful boy and finer than moat boys of his age, I fond that he would become, after my death, the prey of bell, and I determined to sacrifice him to the Lord. Filled with this idea I continued to pray. I said to myself that if during my prayer the thought of sacrificing my son to God came to me from the right side I would execute it ; if, on the contrary, it came from the left, I would give it up ; for, according to our religious teachings, the thought which comes from the right side is from our good angel' and that from the left is the instigation of the devil. After a long prayer, the thought came to me from the right side, and I returned full of joy to the room where my sou slept by the side of my wife• Knowing that she would oppose the sacrifice which I de sired to offer to God, I sent her to the market to pur chase provisions. When she had gone, I awoke my child, and said to him, ' Get up, my son, put on thy white shirt, that I may admire thee.' I When he had done this I laid him on the bench, and stabbed him several times in the stomach." The child in struggling fell frequently upon the knife, and when found was covered with wounds. The father, it seems, intending to end the lad's sufferings, cut the stomach open from top to bottom ; but even then he lingered for • little while. This frightful scene occurred just before sunrise. Kursin says that just as the child had breathed his last, the first rays of the sun shone through the window and in a moment of ecstacy he fell on his knees and implored God to merci. fully receive this sacrifice. Kursin continued his narrative in these terms, ' Just as I bad thrown myself before the holy images and as my son was lying in his blood the door opened and my wife came in. She instantly saw what had passed, and, seized with horror, she fell senseless to the ground. I raised her, and I said, 'Go to the mayor and tell bin, all. lam going to give a fete to the saints."' We learn further from the Russian journal that Kursin, after he had been sent to prison, resolutely refused all kind of nourishment, and died of starvation before the sentence upon him could be executed. WEATHXR REPORT.-(TFILS DAY.) TRUILSDIS, OCTOBER 3, • LK. LAW INTELLIGENCE,. (THIS DA Y. ) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) TI HE W. SHILPILARD. The bankrupt, who was dark to an accountant, a n d f ad also acted., secretary to a rowing club, applied for as ante of discharge. His unsecured debts were 03/., and h e h i d also incurred liabilities of 1801. on accommodation Lin k Mr. Aldridge appeared for the official assignee, and Hr. Beard opposed for a creditor. In answer to questions, the bankrupt stated that he had become liable on the accommodation bills in order to sive a friend from a criminal prosecution. He received m e considerat:on whatever for signing the bills, and felt that he had been you foolish. His arilary was 100/. • year. and although he was anxious to aatufy the liabilities ,which he regarded as debts of honour, he considered his income was too limited to admit of his making any proposal to his creditors. Ms Honour said that as the bankrupt had incurred the liabilities without reasonable means or expectation of meeting them, the order of discharge must be 'upended for six months, but protection would be granted. ....1 11. ti .. 2 .7. Nina 1.19.199 41 N.N.W. Aberdeen — I— L,lth lagoo N.M. Ardroman 19.98 46 N. Oreeneastle 30.07 45 N. Valentie 10.25 47 N. Roche's Pulitt3o.lB IA N.W. Uverpool 29.93 49 N. W . Holyhead —19.97 47, W.N.W. PenAmm 'r0.12 St, N. Brest 30.00 80 N. Lorient IMAM Id N. W. Bochetot i '30.08 54 N. W. a l Plymouth 1110.0.3 47 N.N.W. Weymouth '50.00 49 N. Portsmouth 19.96 N. London ... 418.9244 W.N.W. Yarmouth 0.90 41 W. Bearborenik 19.79 , 43 N.N.W. Shields A1i1.44 451 N. W. Heider I I—l REM A SKS. The atmospherical prenure has decreased in the south and has risen In the north, accompanied bye fresh N.W. wind, amounting to a force d In several places. The wind is now N. W., V. as Liver pool. - the temperatures have risen on the west coast of Prance, and have fallen generally over the British Isles. A little rain has fallen at most stations—chiedy at Greencastle, where there arsoi;ceu "M. niers," says the Journal de Rotten, " who is palming the vacation a few leagues from l'aris, is stated to be preparing two great speeches —one political, on the general state of Europe, and the other treating of the Goan did condition of the country in its entirety, the conse quence of the exaggerated extension of all constructions of an ornamental character and the precipitate prosecution of so many undertakings." The Journal de Nice states that the weather has suddenly become much colder in that neighbourhood, and that snow lies appeared on the higher Alps. " The island of Caprera," a Florence letter in the Liberti states, " is to be guarded by a cruiser of the royal navy." The precautions taken in France with a view to war are said, by many writers, to multiply in proportion to the increased chances of peace. Charicari expreres this by a caricature in which Time is taking the par-word from Autumn, the two words given being, " Artillery and fraternity." ARRIVAL OF THE CRAFT JOHN FORD IN THE THAMEB.—Yesterday the Dublin steamer an ived in the river with the celebrated small deck schooner-rigged boat, John T. Ford, which made such a pei ileum and fatal voyage acror the Atlantic, oa board. The boat, which is scarcely 2i tons, left Baltimore, it may be remembered, for Havre, in order to be exhibited in Paris. On reaching within some 30 or 60 miles of Cork the craft capsized, in consequence of the ballast shifting, and the crew of four hands clung to the bottom for several days, undergoing the most dread ful suffering. Three of them perished, and Andrew Armstrong, the sureivor, was picked up by the ship Areolite, when he was nearly on the brink of death. A few days afterwards the boat was cast upon the coast of Ireland, near Wexford, and, remarkable to state, her compass, barometer, some tins of provisions, and other stores, were found in her uninjured, as also her papen, and some letters from her Majesty's ship Royal Alfred, at Halifax. A few friends, beaded by the Rev. Mr. Oreatorex, of the Sailors' Home, subonibed the neces sary funds to enable Armstrong to bring the boat to London, and it is stated that the directors of the Crystal Palace have intimated their intention to allow him to ex hibit the craft for the benefit of the orphans of those wbo were lost. The boat has suffered a little by being brazed against the rocks, but in other respects she is perfect. She has no bulwarks. On her stern she has a gilt eagle's bead. Considering the character of the craft, it is a miracle bow she ever got so far across the Atlantic as she did. -- —.— SINGULAR ACCILPKNT TO VALIJABLZ HOMER.— As accident occurred last Sunday to two bones belonging to G. P. Holmes, Esq., of Arundel, so remarkable in its character that it is worth recording. The two animals — sae a valuable chestnut hunter and the other • clever riding mare—were in the field g►lloping in • playful manner, and both were miring nearly parallel, and appa rently making for on• point, when they "cannoned "—or rather came into collision at the angle, and were each thrown on the ground by the violence of the con eusaion. Both horses were stunned, and the chestnut horse—which, by-the-bye, has taken one or two prizes at the Sussex horse shows—died shortly afterwards from the effects of the blow. The other animal is no much injured by the concussion that no hope is entertained alit. being of further us.. It seems that the horses came together at the shoulders. The chestnut hone was valued at about 2001., and both were exhibited at the reeent Southern Counties Association at Brighton.— West busses Casette. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN SMITHFIELD MARKET, Edwin Robinson, a butcher, carrying on business it re>, Bath-street, City-road, surrendered In discharge of his bail, before Sir Robert W. Carden, to answer say c h arge that might be preferred easiest him for having killed • little boy, 8 years of age. The defendant, it appeared, was driving at a very slow Dace through Smithfield-market, when the boy ran from behind • hay car; to cross the road. He would have erased safely, but unfortunately be slipped and fell just in frock of the defendant's hone, and in trying to scramble away from the horse's feet he got in front of the wheel of the cart, and it went over his herd. 'llse poor little fellow lie. gored WI evening, and than died. The officer informed Sir Reber t that en inquest bad been held on the body, and a verdict of " accidental death" had been returned. Sir Bobo I W. Carden said It was a melancholy cue, and no doubt the defendant felt it as much as anybody. Re was glad to hear the defendant was going at a slow pace, BO that a jut/ was able to say it was no fault of his. He then discharged the defendant, who left the court with his friends. BOW SIRE*. Richard Orepory wiabi . ;aiit up on remand on the charge of unlawfully pledging some plate, the property of hie landlady, for further examination. Mr. Vauiian—Have inquiries been made as to Ws statement? The Constable, Y 121—Yes, sir. His story is perfectly tide. His muter, a respectable cabinet maker, discharged him in September last year for want of sufficient busuiessto keep his usual number of hands employed. He was willing to employ the pritioner again as soon as he bad any yo g i for him to do. He had kept on as many hands as he could, but he was obliged to discharge some. Mr. Vaughan—Then the prisoner has had no employ. for a year? ' The Constable—At far so I can ascertain he has not. be prisoner said he had earned 31. 10a. in January. He had done ill he could to try to get work, but in nut. He had referred the constable to several former employers and others who knew him. iheOrreiairlae7nentioned several persons on whom he bad called and who spoke in the highest terms of the pi:goner'sindustry and integrity. Most of them had known the prisoner for years, and some from childhood. Mr. Vaughan—Has he pledged any other property? Constable—No, sir, except his own, it seems that he has made away with all ha tools, in fact that appears to have been the only way he has kept from so tual starvation. This was before be pledged the plate, The prisoner said he was sorry for what he had done. Under the pressure of want he had yielded to temptation. He felt that he ought not to have done so, and even if in distress he would not do so again. Mr. Vaughan—Have you any friends , The prisoner —Yee ; they are willing to assist me. Mr. Vaughen—ln what way The misoner—They will send me into the country and get me some work. Mr. Vaughan said it was very probably true that the prisoner had been in great distress, but he could not give effect to that consideration to the extent of regarding it as an excuse for what be bad doss. The prisoner ought to have applied to his friends for as. sorts nee, rather than endeavour to relieve his own Dec... ties by depriving others of their property. It appeared that even now his friends were willing to assist him, and so doubt they would have done so before. But even if • man had no friends to assist him he should apply to the parish. It was no discredit to a man to take parochial relief when in distress, and certainly not the disgrace that there was in • dishonest act. However, be would make some allow. ance for the prisoner's circumstances, and give great weight to the excellent character he had hitherto borne. Taking the most lenient view of the case that justice would allow he would deal with the case as one of illegally pawning, so that the prisoner should not go forth from the court under the stigma of a conviction for felony. For it would be sad that • man who had up to this time been honest sad industrious should for the rest of his life be branded as one who had been in prison for theft. He hoped that the prisoner would go away to the place where his friends were prepared to find him work, and would endeavour by future good conduct to retrieve that character which had served him so well on this occasion, and which be had so unwisely jeopardised. He must pay a fine of 30s. and ifs., being the amount &doomed by the pawnbrokers, or be imprisoned for seven days. The prisoner thanked the magistrate for his merciful decision. (It was intimated that his ft iends would pay the fine.) DAILTIIO BUILOLART.-EXTBAORDINART C . E. ... Frauds Gales, aged 27, a labourer, of 37, West-street, Somers-town, was charged before Mr. Barker with bur gles iously breaking and enta Mg the dwelling-house of Mr. George Watts, tailor, of 16and 17, Ski-ner-street. &merit. town, and stealing 13 pairs of trousers, one piece of cloth, and two pieces of corduroy, of the make of 10f. Zee comple'nant stated that on Saturday, the 24th of Atitivit, be left his shop properly fastened up, and on the moi.,;ng he bound it broken open and the pro: party recorded in the charge sheet stolen. An entry had been made by forcing a bolt off the tap door. The pro pei 4 pre luced by the pawnbrokers was bin. Emily Stevens said—l have been cob thiting with the pri- soner for about four years, but have boen separated from bim for about six weeks. Between I and 2 o'clock on the morning or Sunday, the 24th of I was in bed in a room I occupied at Drummond-cresce-it. W hen he opened the door I saw he had got a large bundle, which I thought was a beil,and I said, " What have you got there, Frank !" He said, " What is that to do with you ? I am going to leave it here." He did so and went out, and then I examined the bundle, and found it contained 13 pit of molokin trouser', a piece of cloth, and other articles. When he came back I asked him where he had got them from, and he said that he and three others had taken them from the tailor's shop in Skinner-street, Somers-town. I said, " You bed better take them away from here, I do not want them beer." Ho said he would do so in the morning. In the morning he brought two gentlemen to purchase the goods, but they did not do so. The next mousing he took out two pairs of trousers and be told me afterwards that they bad been pawned in Briny -lane by a young woman that so- habited w ith one of the men that "ssionrd him. Ho after. wards took out the other things, and I saw him pawn them. Police-constable Rankin, 335 N, said—From informa tion I received I this morning took the prisoner into custody, and told him it was on a charge of committing • robbery in Skinner-street. He said. " I know nothing of it." I searched him, but found on him nothing relating to the robbery. He afterwards said, "I am innocent." Several of the articles stolen were produced in court by different pawnbroker'. The prisoner said that he had lived with the witness for about four years, and about five weeks ago she brought "these here things" int" his room. There were two others with her, who were strangers. When she brought them is he told her that he would not have any more to do with her nor yet with the stolen things she brought into the house. He left her on the same night and went home to his mother's. She saw him on the following night, made use of bad language to him, and asked him to come and live with her again. He told her he would not, and she then said that he should not live with any one else, for she would " lag " hint for these things she had stolen. The polieeman had got one t'cket of a pair of trousers she pawned in her own aline. There was another robbery she was wanted for—a watch she had stolen. He then called . Midget Gales,l lite mother, who said she resided at 37, West-street, Euston-road. About three weeks sr, on a Saturday evening, she met the witness, who wanted ber to have something to think, but she refused, and went home. The witness afterwards called on her. and said that if her (witness's) son did not live with her she would lag him. She then handed witness a pawnbroker's dnpli duplicate relating to • pair of formers, and asked her to take are of it. They were pledged in her own name, and she said they were her own, and were worth 2Re., and that she intended toget them out sod sell them. From what she afterwards heard about the robbery, she sent the ticket to the pollee-station addressed to Detective Connor, Somers-town police-station. Police-constable Cormor, 211 Y, admitted having re ceived the duplicate refer red to by the previous witness, and produced one relating to some of the prosecutor's property, that the prisoner bad sold to somber man. Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A BUNT WAN CHARGII) VI1ITI)1;)fti orRLY CONDIVT. Samuel Sullied*, a blind man, was charged before Kr. Knox with being drunk and disorderly. Police-constable Monday, 75 C, said—About 12 o'clock last night I heard a disturbance in Prince's-row, Newport• I l ....., D. I N. N. W. N.W. N.W. N.N.E. N.W. N. W. W. N. W. N.W. N. W. mark. &lob s ad 1 gr. hira your 1 Adi but h persol due!. Thi again and i could for rh I Can, Thl and h nil T 1 loan train lade On ably atom 1 Oath to he &gibe passe( she salt offers was Hack No Tim cause about Tb ber li train of th previ sine