The Express. — London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN PROMENADE COrCERTie. COYRNT °ARDIS niItATR.E. EVERY EVENING at KIRK trader the soh direction of Mr. JOHN RI'SSELL Thursday nigh a Selection of Ciudad Music : other nights M -raaime is varied "very evening. Con ne or—. or BOWLS' I, and fur the Dance Music Herr JOHANN STRA .—Aandssion, OCke Shilling. DUTCH BULBS. —Mr. STEVENS' SALES of HYACINTHS. Tulips, Urocuses, and other bulbs • Justin riWass Holland. will take place every WEDNESDAY and T;YR II DAY, sad frequently on Monday, at the AucLon • taame. SS. Eing • atreet , Corent-orden, Loudon. Zhe enOttilL TO CORREIPONDENI3. idowthemeuta Intended tor "The Ciproat," London Earning moat be at the Mos, 10, BOUTSIIINIVOSi. by Two Ttrit on the day of pnbikation. DIURY LAXL TBIS EVINING, FAUSI. Mr . Prtsill e Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Ilartourt, Warner, Webb, Tem Mesdames Herman Veda, Vandenhort, Yu. —And Til MILLER AND UPI WIPE. Messrs. Ryder and E. Phelps ; Mks Edith Stuart. HAYMARKET. This EVINIII6, ROY KO AND JULIET. Mears. CldpponSale, Howe, Raw; Kendal, Clark Compton, dc.; Mee lames Redd Siddous, Chippendale, Re.—To PARIS AND BACK 1911 0. Mr. Duckstone.—Aad SHOCKINO EVENTS. PZINCIIOI.S. Trite Kerma, POOR PIITECTODDY. Messrs. Dominick Murray 6 Gingham; Mims Polly Mankall. —And TDB MEM OF 1.11ND04. Mr. Vining, Mews. Y•Lese; D. Murray, •o ; Mesdames Sanger, Barnett., and Addle. LYCEUM. Mrs Enema, THE MLYfa6 . ii OF THE MILL—THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Ferhter, Messrs. Jordan, Add Don, Calhaern, Melloq Dalton, Stuart, and Frances: Mimes Lb worthy and Carlotta Leclercy, Mrs. Marston. !lIIITANICIAL TED EVENI7O, ALONE IN THE PIRATES LAB.—The American Minarets and Japoneee Tommy; The renowned Gymnasts. 11M. Coate➢ter and Ellice. —And THE GRAY LA DYE Of PEE LEA. Yr. Reynolds , Ileedanam Courtenay Coveney. NIGH WATIR AT LONDON =IDOL SO4 10.1.ni:::..1/1TeTkoi - i7, le. 39=. 10410ba011—Mornla4. lb. Gia.. —Afternoon. 201 2001. LONDON, PRWAY, SEPTEMBER 27. Tim Buckingham Bench of Magistrates, of which Mr. R. Frrzomme is Chairman, having allowed their decision in the case of the Rev. Mr. HARLEY, Rector of Turweston, to remain before the public for a week uncontradicted and unex plained, are no doubt content that the judgment of the public should be formed on the facto as they have already appeared. We are not sure that that judgment will not be oven more unfavourable to the magistrates than to the reverend defendant. It will be remembered that Mr. HARLICY was sum moned before the Bench to answer a charge of cruelty in having tortured a dog. It appeared that a few Sundays ago, the reverend gentleman, on returning from church after evening prayer, found on the rectory premises a dog belonging to a neighbour, whereupon ho called his man servant and unfolded a plan by which the animal was to be made to remember for ever his visit to the .steed enclosure he had invaded. Turpentine was to be applied to the most sensitive of the dog's membranes, " and then," said the Rector, "he " will not come here again." The servant seems to have been unprepared for this extreme pro- posal, and suggested that a pail of water might be found sufficiently deterrent for his mas ter's purpose ; the latter, however, replied, " Oh, " no, water has not the same effect as turpentine." The " effect " of turpentine upon the human cuticle is well known ; it is highly stimulant, causing redness, the result of inflammation. It was not to a cuticular surface, however, that Mr. HARLEY intended to apply this irritant. He and the servant held the dog up, and poured the spirit upon the root of its tail. The effect upon the adjacent sensitive membrane of the creature was soon apparent, and was such as the chief operator had desired. The dog ran first into a pit, and then into the village, howling, yelping, and running round and round in the attempt to reach his hind quarters with his tongue, and allay his intense agony. The next day a police con stable was employed to discover the perpetrator of the cruelty ; Mr. HARLEY met him on his way, and acknowledged that it was he who bad thus treated the dog. From that moment it became an inte resting question how local justice would regard the deed. What would have been thought of such an act in a groom or a farm servant was a point not admitting of much doubt ; but this was a very different case. When a culprit without character or position is outraged, it is a simple matter to apply the elementary principles of jus tice to him. There is the deed, with a complexion fixed and incontestable, and there the evidence bringing it home to the perpetrators. Under such circumstances conviction is a matter of course. But when the chief man in a community, whether large or small, does that which, at a first glance, strikes spectators as wrong, it generally happens that an attempt is made to throw a new light upon old morality. While some judge the man by the act, others insist upon judging the act by the man, and very often prevail. There are plenty to maintain that what a person of established virtue can do without being ashamed of it must be fundamentally right, although the vulgar may carp and cavil. Any doubts and misgiving of this kind which might have perplexed the simple-minded inhabitants of Turweston were soon solved. The case came under the notice of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals--a body which has dune, and is doing, good, immense good, by carrying the humane ideas which modern society has accepted into the leas civilized parts of the country, and diffusing them among classes of persons brutalised by isolation and long neglect. A charge of cruelty founded on the foregoing facts was pre ferred before the Buckingham bench, and the evidence was as clear as could be desired. The facts were not denied, but the defence was that the act was not one of cruelty, because it had for its object the ridding of the rectory of a nuisance. The argument seems to be that there is no cruelty where there is no wanton delight in the infliction of harm. What is commonly regarded as cruelty loses that character as soon as it becomes economic. The question whether it is proper to subject an animal to excruciating torment in order to prevent the possible return of a alight personal inconveni ence is one, however, which may be left to com mon sense. The Buckinghamshire magistrates were not long in deciding upon this case. Taking the performance of the act alleged against Mr. HARLEY as " undoubted and confessed," they de clared that it was not contrary to law, and dis mimed the complaint. Further, by awarding costs to the defendant, they practically showed that they thought they ought not to have been troubled with the case. Had they stopped here, we might have wondered at the mysterious dis pensation which ordains that the same law should receive in country districts an interpretation so very different from that which it receives in towns, and which permits squires all the year round to render judgments in the teeth of principles laid down by learned judges and magistrates. But they went further, and betrayed the animus which governed their practical decision. They had " much plea " sure " in declaring, by the month of Mr. Frrz osmi.n, their chairman, that "Mr. HARLEY leaves " this court without a stain upon his reputation "as a Christian minister, a gentleman, and a THE I EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, " humane man." We certainly shall not dis pute this dictum of the Buckingham bench; we do not sufficiently know how reputation is understood in Buckinghamshire. It is the white garment which soonest shows the fleck, and it may be true that the reverend defendant in this case stands no worse in the estimation of his friends and neighbours than he did before. But if these magistrates seriously mean to tell the poor and ignorant people of Buckinghamshire that it is the part of a Christian minister, a gentleman, and a humane man, to do as Mr. HARLEY has done, then we take leave to tell them that they have used the authority and influence of the position in which they have been most injudiciously placed to debauch the public sentiment, and that such example as that of Mr. HARLEY and such teaching as that of the Buckingham Bench are enough to demoralise and corrupt a whole county. We hope the Society which has brought this case before the public will keep an eye on Turweston, for it is still as true as of old that " the dark places of the " earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) GERMAN APPLIES. To the cry that France is anxious to screen the southern States of Germany from Prussian absorption, the Times replies that it will surely be time enough to move in the matter when the " oppressed nationalities" of Baden or Hesse, of Wurtemberg or Bavaria, send forth their cry of distress. If it were Count Bismarck's object to cover some deep design to stimulate German patriotism by the prospect of French hostility, there is no doubt that French sus ceptibility has been for the last twelvemonth admirably playing into his hand.. The warlike preparations on both sides of the Rhine are proceeding on the largest scale, but every one puts off hosti lities till next spring, when both powers will be found in • state of exhaustion. Even in this mad, ruinous race, however, it would be found that Prussia not only had the start originally, but would also be able to keep ahead of her adversary by the superiority both of her military and of her financial organization. Her breech loaders are all ready and her treasury is full, while in France bread is dear and the new Army Bill is not popu lar. Besides, France would be fighting not against the ambition of the monarch but against the aspirations of the people. The Emperor himself has no faith in war. Pity he is unable or unwilling to inspire his subjects with confidence in peace. To the arduous task of reconciling • number of dis cordant nationalities to a common sceptre and eight millions of Germans to exclusion from Germany, M. de Boost, says the Daily News, brings several high qualifica tions, each and all of which will be constantly required. There is enough to occupy the ambition of • stream statesman than H. Beast in preserving the empire from disrupture and bankruptcy, and restoring its moral and material unity on a basis of equal liberty. The only way he can hope to obtain the confidence of the Germans is by rigorously abstaining from Salzburg interviews, or seeming to countenance foreign interposition. Liberty in Austria still waits to be placed by fundamental organic laws beyond the reach of reaction or caprice, and H. de Benet seems rather to lag behind the spirit of the Reichsrath. It is by the peaceful fruits of liberty, and the harmonious development of the interests of all the nationalities that acknowledge his sceptre, that the Em peror Francis Joseph will avenge the defeat of Bedews. All liberal Europe will wish H. do Boost moms in this good work. CONRXIVATIVZ BLNQUITS. The dull iteration of the venerable commonplaces of resistance has given way, says the Daily News, at tory gatherings, to a language which is neither liberal nor con. servative, but which oddly blends the extr►vagances at once of revolution and of reaction. Mr. Disraeli has put • glamour upon these sober and solid gentlemen, and there can be little doubt of their acquiesces°e were he to ask them even to surrender the Irish church establishment or to consent to the repeal of the laws of primogeniture and entail, or to the installation of unsectarian education. He has " eleotro-biologised"them, and they can see only wh►t he tells them to see. In illus tration of the remark, the Daily hews quotes the de. magogio fl►ttery recently uttered by Lord Fevereham and Sir Henry Edwards. The language of these gentlemen is simply an attempt to hide from themselves their own terror at what they have done, and to conciliate the dread monster they have fabricated. The " Who's afraid r' generally comes from a sinking heart. The conservstim party is dizzy with the revolution it has made, and nau seated with the professions it has swallowed. The medley of democr►tic theories, demagogic flatteries, and tory catchwords, which is emitted whenever its orators open their months, shows that it is distracted by internal per. plexities which must be fatal to its party union and strength. The Post deals with the same subject, pointing out that when some of the orators depart from incontrovertible generalities they are too apt to adopt a style inconsis tent with the usages whit& obtain among gentlemen. Though the public in its exptetations of the Synod has to g ive up a splendid illusion, the Times thinks that is no moon why it should run into the other extreme. The bishop have in their relations with curates and illet101• bent*, in the constitution of new eccimisetical districts, in the exchange of livings, in the entrance of clergymen into their dioceses, in the standard of canonical obedience and in similar subjects, topics which they can discuss with advantage to the church. They have abut the doom on the public—perhaps wisely ; but they certainly have • right to do so, and the public, which by this time under stands the thoroughly private and quaid-domestio charac ter of the meeting, will readily acquiesce in the secrecy in which it is likely to be shrouded, and not even be much disappointed if nothing should ever come of it. The conviction of the man Wiggins at the Central Criminal Court is approved of by the Telegraph and Standard. To the former the crime appears, however, to have been man slaughter rather than deliberate murder ; and considering the element of uncertainty which still attaches to the case it advises that effect be given to the recommendation of the jury. The Standard foresees that this recommenda tion may yet rve the convict from the scaffold, but it re gards the mime u particularly cruel and cowardly in its nature. The Star contend' that when the jury takes three hours to consider a case of this kind, and arrives at a conclusion on the face of it not very intelligible except as expressive of anxiety and doubt, a depee of uncertainty and pain is sure to ensue in the public mind which, in the present case, will probably avert from the condemned man the ex treme penalty of the law. The first of the statues to be placed in the vacant niches in the west front of Salisbury Cathedral has been fixed. It is the statue of Christ holding a globe, and is 7 feet high. A geological museum is about to be formed in the town of Sherborne, in Doreetehire. Some mural paintings have been discovered in St. Thomas Church, Salisbury. The part of the church where the paintings have been discovered was built in the reign of Edward IV. A peremptory order has been received in Limerick for the removal of the 78th Highlanders to Dublin. It is hoped that a better spirit will now prevail between the military and populace. . . Some extensive improvements and alterations are being carried out in the military gymnasium, Chatham, for the purpose of obtaining increased facilities for carrying on the physical training of the aims and troops under instruction in gymnastic exercises. In the mechanical de partment of the gymnasium, the materials of which the flooring was originally composed have been removed, and a bottom of a more suitable and elastic character substi tuted, so as to lessen the chances of the °dicier, and men receiving injuries from falls during the time they are un dergoing their course of instruction. The alterations which are now being carried out have necessitated the the closing of a portion of the gymnasium until the pro posed improvements are effected. the Court. BALMORAL, tiapr. 23. _ _ _ The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill and Major-General Sir Thomas Biddulpb, went yesterday morning over to the Duke of Richmond's Lodge Glenfiddich, to remain a few days. Prince and Princess Christian went out driving. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy left the Castle yes terday. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Conneil-offloe, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were Lord Robert Montagu and the Right Hon. E. Hammond. A deputation, consisting of Mr. G. C. Graves, Mr. W. G. Guerrier, Mr. J. Renck, Mr. Louth, Mr. J. Irwin, Mr. R. Phillipps, Mr. T. Graves, and Mr. Giblett, had an inter view with Lord Robert Montagu, at the Privy Council office, Whitehall, yesterday, on the subject of the impor tation of foreign cattle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of Heligoland, Gibraltar, and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, the Straits Settle meats, the Australian Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and the Mauritius. The Queen, with attendants, left Balmoral on Tuesday, at eleven o'clock a.m., on a visit to the Duke of Richmond, at Gordon Castle. Relays of horses were previously sent forward, and ellies on horseback proceeded on Monday to Tomintoul, where they were to lodge for the night. Her Majesty is expected to be absent from Balmoral for two or three days. His Excellency the Hon. G. S. S. Jerningham has left hianrigy's Hotel for Coaey Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Stafford. The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope have returned to Cbevering, near Seven oaks, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salis bury at Hatfield House, Herts. The Bishop of London entertained on Wednes day at dinner, at Fulham Paler, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of St. David's, Chester and Mrs. Jacobson, Lincoln, Gloucester and Bristol, Oxford, Bangor, Lime rick, Meath, Christ Church, New Zealand, Argyle and the Ides, lowa, Louisiana, Arkansas, Fitter:Lig, Alabama, Tennessee and Mrs. Quiatard, New Jersey, Grahametown, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Liberia, Dunedin, Bishops Anderson, Chapman, Smith, Bishop of Aberdeen, Bishop Coadjutor of Edinburgh, Miss Spooner, Venerable Archdeacon Words worth, Rey. C. W. Fare, Rev. E. H. Fisher. The dinner took place, u it has done each evening this week (commen cing with Monday night), in the ancient (restored) hall of Fulham Palate. Covers were laid for 40. More than half the company are residents in the palace for the week. The same hospitality will continue in honour of the American bishops and others until Saturday. The Bishop of Rochester and the Ron. Mrs. Clanghton and family leave the episcopal residence in Essex to-morrow for Himley-hall, on a visit to Lady Ward. Lord Stanley will accompany her Majesty the Queen of Holland on her visit to the Earl and Counter of Derby at Knowsley. Mr. William Lowther, Secretary of Embassy at Berlin, has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Buenos Ayres. LATIST INTELLIGENT. (arrna's Taxamme.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Si r. 26, 10 P.M. All despatches received here up to the present hour from the provinces announce that no fresh demonstrations have taken place. Signor Rattazzi has sent a letter to the Syndic of Florence desiring him to thank the National Guard for the services rendered yesterday for the mainte nance of order. A telegram from Messina announces that the former minister, Signor Watoli, is dead. HUNGARY. PESTH, srpr. N. The Hungarian Credit Fonder have been authorised to extend their circle of operations to Sclavonia and Croatia. Herr Deak is expected here on Saturday next. MALTA. VALETTA, air. 26. Arrivals at Malta from the uninfected ports of the continent, and Italy, Austria, the Regency of Tunis, Albania, and Algeria are admitted to pratiqne, but those from the infected ports have to undergo 15 days' quarantine ; and from Sicily 30 days. The residence of passengers in special places for 30 days is no longer enforced. There were 11 cases of cholera yesterday, five of which proved fatal. There were no cases either in the garrison or in the navy. COLONEL WILSON PATTEN WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS. WARRINGTON, THURSDAY Bynum. This evening Colonel Wilson Patten was enter tained at a public banquet here, in celebration of his ap pointment to the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster. Colonel Patten said he regarded it a high honour to be called upon to take part in the government of the country, and especially in connexion with that nobleman under whom he had served for many years. He expressed hie belief that the measure of reform passed last session tends to increase the prosperity of her Majesty's subjects. The safety and prosperity of this country eminently de pended upon the character, patriotism, and honesty of the leaders of the several parties in the state ; and so long aa the two great parties were led by honest men, however acrimonious, however hostile they might be in polities, the conflict of opinion would tend to the greater welfare and happiness of this country. He accepted the office with hesitation, feeling sensible of the important duties he owed to his constituents ; but he assured the company he should be able to resign the office with the character of having exercised no power in that department in reference to his own interest, private or politicaL THE PRINCESS OF WALES. —Our readers will learn with great satisfaction th►t the princess continues to make such progress towards recovery as may almost be said to exceed the anticipations of those who were most san guine of • care. She improves daily, and is constantly gaining more use of the limb. And if anyone still hesitate to believe in news, which some may think too good to be true, we may possibly lessen their doubts by • few words more. So much better is his patient that the attendance of Mr. Paget is thought no longer necessary, and he is expected to return to London on the 30th mat. The princess will probably remain at Wiesbaden for two or three weeks more, under the care of Dr. Hass, who has aided Mr. Paget by directing the special treatment adopted with such good results at this watering-place.— Lancet. PAN-ANOLIC/N SYNOD. —lt is expected that the deliberations of the Synod, which commenced at Lambeth Palace on Tuesday morning, and which have since been continued from day to day until between fi ve and six o'clock in the evening. will be brought to a close this afternoon. Several of the bishops who have taken part in the proceed ings are to be present to-night at a oossorsazione at St. James's-hall, at the invitation of the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel. There will also be especial service the parish church of Lambeth at 11 a.m. to-morrow, at which may of them will attend. THe LAMBETH CONTINENCE AND BISHOP COLENSO.—It will be satisfactory to our readers to learn that the Lambeth Conference will not separate without taking steps to declare its mind on the Natal scandal. The whole question is, we understand, to be referred to a com mittee, whou report will be submitted to every bishop who has taken part in tho meeting and their judgment will then be made known by the archbishop.—Herald. Tax EiPaorrtort To AnTaarma. —The Earl of Cameroon presided on Wednesday at the annual dinner of the Highclere Agricultural Association, and in the course of • speech, referring to the army, navy, and volunteers, took occasion to refer to the expedition which has been organised by the British government against King Theo dore, of Abyssinia. His lordship would not enter into the merits of the question, but thought that if war was really necessary we should prosecute it as vigorously as we pos sibly could. He believed our success depended on our being able to concentrate all action, as far as possible, in one set of hands and in one single department. He thought that, so far as the conduct of the war on the spot was concerned, we had every prospect of suc cess. Sir Robert Napier would be sole plenipo tentiary, and would alone deal with the native government and conduct the warlike operations. The health of the members for North Hants was drunk, and Mr. W. B. Beach, M.P., in returning thanks, alluded to the Abyssinian expedition, observing that the difficulties which must be surmounted in wane:ion with the climate, and the extreme loss which must be entailed on our gallant army, were circumstances which should prevent us from engaging in an Aby_ssinian war except there was the direst necessity for it. He had no doubt this matter had been thought over most deeply, but be regretted extremely that I the ministry had thought it necessary to engage in a war of this character. He only hoped that the res u lt o f it would be more favourable than many supposed. DEATH Ot M. ROPHINO Lacy.—The death of this well-known dramatic author is announced. Mr. Lacy's connection with the drama and the theatres has been of 50 years' duration. His principal pieces were pro duced at the late Covent-garden Theatre, between the years 1830 and 1850. He was the author of Cinderella, a comic opera, produced at Covent-garden, and which achieved great success, running some hundreds of consecu tive nights. Mr. Lacy also wrote several dramas, and adapted the open of Robert k Diable to the English stage. As a novelty, he attempted to produce Handel's oratorio of Israel in Egypt, with scenery and costumes, at Covent garden Theatre, in 1832, but the performance was pro hibited by the Lord Chamberlain, as an infringement of the act by which theatres are lice nsed. ACCIDENT TO Ma. BENTLEY.—An accident oc curred to Mr. Bentley, the publisher, on Saturday last at Chepstow Station, on his return from Testy with his wife. Just as the up train was within sight of the station, in hurrying after his luggage, he fell over the platform with great violence and fractured his thigh. It was only by his being instantly dr agge d o ff th e ra il , w h ere he lay motionless, that be escaped instant destruction. He was conveyed back to the Beaufort Arms by Mr. Watkins and Mr. White, under whose skill he is going on favour. ably. THE WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, MEXICAN, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. )N, Barr. 27. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Douro, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 184,015 dole. in gold, 2,465,862 dols. in silver, pearls to the value of 1,750 dols., platina value 1,904 dots., jewellery value 320 dols., 250 dols. in notes, and 1,281 packages in cargo. The Douro also brings 223 passengers, including 109 discharged soldiers of the late Emperor Maxi milian, and four Austrian officers. Her dates are :—VeraCruz, Sept. 1 ; Havanna,6th ; Jamaica, 9th ; Porto Rico, 11th ; Demerara, 7th ; Trinidad, Bth ; Barbadoes, 10th; Grenada and St. Vincent, 9th ; French Islands, 11th ; Antigua and St. Kitt's, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 13th. The Douro experienced throughout the voyage fine faverable weather, with easterly winds. The barometer stood remarkably high on the 24th inst., making 30.5 in lat. 46.36. N. long. 17.27 W. On Sept. 23rd she passed the Bri tish ship Frenchman, from California to Cork, 82 days out ; all well ; and on the 25th the British ship (H M M W), new code. On the 26th Sept. the Douro signalled the Dunbar Castle from Sydney to London. At Barbadoes the agricultural prospects were cheering, fine rains having fallen. 5001. from the public chest has been sent to St. Kitts for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire. A further grant of 5001. has been proposed. The British gunboat Niobe, from Bermuda, has arrived at Health Island. Exchange per 100/., 90 days, buying at 4821, and selling at 487 i. At Grenada the subject of immigration was still under discussion. The shipment of produce was nearly completed. The island was healthy and the weather hot. The British frigate Doris had arrived. At Martinique heavy weather had prevailed and much rain had fallen. The rivers had overflowed the banks, doing some damage. The cocoa estates wore reported to have been much damaged, one plantation being completely inundated and the stock drowned. The island was healthy. At Antigua business was dull. lives are enter tained of a large crop at the coming soason. At Trinidad the weather was favourable for the ensuing crop, but very hot. Dysentery still pre vailed. Guadeloupe was healthy. It was reported that everything was quiet at Saint Domingo. The news from the other Wanda was unimportant. News from Guatemala reports the outbreak of a revolution at Altos, which was suppressed. The chiefs were captured. In Nicaragua the cholera had considerably di minished in some districts, but in others the num ber of victims was very great. In the depart_ ment of Clienteles especially its ravages were dik freezing• News from Bogota says that Mosquera was still a prisoner, and that the accusations against him had been presented to the Senate. The insurrection in Boyaca had been suppressed. Peace prevailed throughout the country. AMERICA. CROOKRAVKN, S. 27, &40 4.w. The Cunard steamer Persia, from New York, is now passing Browhead signal station. She will probably arrive at Queenstown about noon. Letters will reach London at 6.25 p.m. to-morrow (Satur day). SOUTHAMPTON, BUT. 27. The American Steamship Company's steamer Atlantic, from New York, passed the Needles at 8.35 a.m. to-day. The Figaro announces that Princees de Metter rah, wife of the Austrian ambassador, is about to bring an action for libel against the Courier Franca* for associat ing her name offensively with La Female Benoitms, a piece now acting at the Vaudeville. Ono of the youngest members of the Academy of Sciences, M. Foucault, has just been struck by PanaYsiL The Emperor and Empress, on Sunday, took a walk through the streets of Biarritz in the midst of so great a crowd that at one moment there was some difficulty in advancing. The next day his Majesty went to Port Vieux to see the works of improvement going on there. The Temps of Venice, of the 23rd, publishes the following :—"Laat night, on one of the public buildings and at other points of the city might be read the sub. joined words posted up in large characters :—' Give unto Cower that which is Qesar's. Rome the capital of Italy ! Long live Victor Emmanuel.' The Papal Nuncio in Paris proceeded two days ago to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express to the Emperor Napoleon, through the medium of the Marquis de Mouatier, the gratitude of the Holy See on the occasion of Garibaldi's arrest. The Pontifical government acknow. ledges that the successful measures by which the projected expedition against the Roman States has been stopped short are due to the inlluenoe of the French cabinet. People are prospecting in all directions in the neighbourhood of Coinhere in search of diamonds. A number of those precious stones have already been found, some of them of considerable value. The first diamond was picked up by a little girl at Hopetown. liar father is a labourer, on the farm of Mr. Schalk van Niekerk. She took the diamond to her mother, and the latter thinking it only a pretty stone returned it to the child to play with. Niekerk happened to see it glitter offered to buy it of the girl, but she gave it to him, saying, laughingly, who ever heard of selling a stone. He took it, and it proved to he a diamond worth 5001. Garneta have just been found in considerable numbers at the Cape. The copper miners in Amapoudaland are meeting with much encouragement. Oil stones have just been found in the Canubie river. Amber has also been found in the Colesberg district, also formations containing phosphorus and quicksilver. It is also reported on good authority that some gentlemen in seeking for diamonds have come upon a lode of silver and lead see.—Rape of Oood hope paper. 4 1_867. • ' EXPRESS FROM PARIS. 11/1011 0171 OWN 00111101P01DINT. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Epoque, personated by M. Terme, the manager, and M. Arnould, a writer on its staff, was tried by theCorrectionalTribunal yesterday for a libel on that section of the Paris police service known as sergents-de-ville. The gravamen of the libel was contained in the following words : Out of four thousand sergents-cle-ville who occupy the streets of Paris in military fashion, three thousand four hundred and ninety-nine habitually treat peaceable and too submissive citizens with unjustifiable harshness and brutality. Fifteen arrests out of twenty are made for most frivolous canoes, and are gener►lly accompanied with bad language and unnecessary violence. The countenance given by authority to this conduct is such that the ma jority of the public, so far from complaining of tbe arro gance of the police, is fain to thank them for not doing worse. Reports of libel cases are prohibited by Napo leonic law ; but it is to be inferred from the nominal sentence pronounced by the court that it saw nothing very frightfully at variance with the truth in the paragraphs incriminated. Instead o a long period of imprisonment which might have been awarded the court only sentenced M. Terme to a fine of 81., and M. Arnould to a fine of 241. There was exaggeration in the censure of the sergents-de-ville by the Epoque. They are not badly conducted men,not gratuitously uncivil, and highly useful and courageous instruments for the maintenance of order; but they are too much im bued with the coup d'itet spirit of 1852. Every individual policeman looks upon himself ass par taker of the Emperor's prerogative, and unanswer able to the law. The Bourse was greatly agitated. The Bente, however, after a slight decline, became very firm, and closed at 69fr. 300. for cash, and 69fr. 20c. for account, with a rise of 30c. and 174 c. Italian rose 25c., closing at 48fr. 85c. The unfortunate Credit Mobilier alone was fearfully depressed ; it was done at one moment at Mfr., and closed at 177 fr. 70c., with a fall of 12fr. 50c. The solidarity of the Credit Mobilier and the Empire is so great that the most lugubrious inferences are drawn from the hopeless condition of the gigantic engine of national prosperity whose solidity was the theme of official journals a few years ago. THE FENIANS AT MANCHESTER. RE-EXAMINATION.—(THE DAY.) (sr TILSORAPR.) (710 X OUR OWN CORRISPONDINT) MANCHESTER, 1.30 P.Y. _ _ On being brought up this morning, the Fenian prisoners were still in handcuffs. It now appears that the precaution of placing the men in irons wee not taken on account of any possible insufficiency of the force at command for their safe keeping, but to pre vent the possibility of a scene occurring in court the prisoners, all told, are nearly 50 in number, and the space between the dock and the bench being very limited, there would be no means at hand, it is contended, of pre venting or checking any sudden impulse of vengeance. The prisoners were again brought to the court under a strong military guard, which was loudly cheered in the streets. The Fenian sympathisers are few, or they forbear to express their feelings openly. CONVERSION OF SPANISH BONDS. The following telegram haa been received thin morning by Masers. Rothschild from the Spanish Embassy : "Tat MINISTER or FINANCE TO THE MINISTER or SPAIN IN LONDON. " Madrid, Sept. 26, 1867. " Taking into consideration the delay in the delivery of the New Exterior Bonds, and the political events which took place at the time of the first advertisement of the con. version of the Passive Bonds, her Majesty, by royal decree of this date, has resolved that the limit of 30 days which was fixed by the 2nd article of the law of 11th July for those who presented their bonds for conversion, to receive the new bonds, with the coupon for the first half-year of 1867, ahall be extended for ten days longer—that is to say, till the sth October next inclusive." MAURITIUS LAND CRRDIT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.-(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at 1 o'clock of the offices, 25, Fenchurch•street, General BURN in the chair. was issued some time ago, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said the board were glad to be able to give a satisfactory account, and to present a good balance sheet. The net profits of the year were 17 per cent., out of which it was proposed to pay 10 per cent , adding 5001. to the reserve fund, and applying the remainder to the payment of the preliminary expenses, which were thus re duced to 1,7001. The drought and sickness were now at an end, and it was hoped that the island would soon resume its character of one of the healthiest of our colonies. A call would be made early next year, in order to strengthen the position of the company. A payment of 21. per share was not enough to secure public confidence, and the addi tion of 25,0001. to the cartel would not affect the dividend. The soundness of the investment had stood the test of trial and misfortune, and there was no cause for apprehen sion in reference to the future. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and accounts and the declar►tion of a dividend of 2s. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. A SHARIHOLDICE suggested that the shares should be reduced to the nominal amount of 101., which he believed would raise their value in the market. Hr. Joexrx thought tTirKittl;;;o much capital could be called up if necessary was no disadvantage to the com pany. He suggested, however, that the number of the shares should be doubled, and the amount reduced to 101. per 'hare. The Caaraium, in replying, observed that in the pro spectus it was stated that it wee intended to call up 41. e share, and repeated that the dividend of 10 pe r would not be affected by a call of 21. Some further discussion took place with regard to the ineresae of the number of shares and reduction to a cor responding extent of the amount of the shares. One gentleman suggested that if there was to be any chan ge in these be respects the number of shares should quad rupled and the amount reduoed to 5/. The chairman pro mised on behalf of the board that the subject should be taken into their consideration. The proceedings terminated in the usual manner. POST-OFFICE SUNDAY DUTY. —A parliamentary return, obtained by Mr. T. Chambers, was issued to-day giving various details of Sunday duties in connexion with the Post-office. It seems th►t the persons employed on Sunday throughout the United Kingdom con sist of 30 inspectors, 758 postmasters, 1,054 clerks, 877 stampers and sorters, 3,762 letter cancers, 2,911 rural messengers, 8,852 sub-postmasters or receivers ; and 2,716 "other persons," chiefly mail guards . mail cart driven and assistant. at the smaller country offices. There are 504 head offices, and 6,172 sub-ofhom open to the public on Sunday in England ; 1,582 are not open. In Scotland 133 head offices and 1,032 sub-offices are open, and 159 are eland. In Ireland 133 head offices and 1,482 sub•ofces are open, and 40 are closed. FIRE AT HOXTON.--(THIR DAY). —This morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on this premises occupied by Mr. Fitch, cabinet and chair maker, Mintern-mews Houton. The fi re spread with groat rapi dity, and ignited the stabling beneath, in which a horse, two carts, and a quantity of building materials were de stroyed. The premises and their contents, including the workmen's tools, were completely destroyed. Mr. Fitch was insured. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WANDSWORTR.—(THIS Dsr.)—At one o'clock this morning a destructive fire oc curred at Wandsworth. It commenced on a range of timber buildings in the occupation of Mr. Brown, basket maker, situate in Janseelard, Wandsworth, from what cause is at present unknown ; and in consequenee of the combustible character of the stock in the place and the materials composing the premises, the whole place was quickly in flames. The local engine of the Board of Works was speedily brought to the spot, as were two engines belong ing to private firms residing in the district, all of which were at once put into play from the river Wandle. But by this time the fire had spread to several other premises adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. T. Miller (carpenter), and Mr. J. Bamford, most of which were burned down are the fire could be checked. It was fortunately prevented from extending further. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Montague Smith.) THE MURDER 1N THE OLD KFNTROAD, Louis Bordier, 32, a tall, good-looking Frenchmen, d e • scribed as a corner, was charged with the wilful murder of Mary Anne Snow. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and elected to be tried by a jury composed entirely of Englishmen. He exhibited • moat careworn and dejected appearance. Mr. Poland and Mr. Collins conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended byMr. Streight and Mr. Kni g ht The facts of this case will be fresh in the recollect ios of our readers, and the evidence, it will be remembered, was of the most conclusive character. The prisoner was by trade • currier, and bad lived with the deoessed women about thirteen years. They had three children, th e e l dest of whom was 12 years of age, and occupied epartments i n the house No. 3, MilLtead-terrace, Church-street, Old Kent-road, which was rented by Caroline Snow the murdered woman's aunt. For some time appearedit they had been leading an unhappy life, and m consequence of this the woman had deter mined to separate herself from the prisoner. TN, murder took place on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10. en j the previous evening they went out together, and nothin g particular was observed in their conduct. Next morning, however, at about five o'clock the deceased was awakened by some one cutting at her throat with • knife. She got lip and managed to stagger upstairs to the room where he r aunt and cousin, Emma Snow, were sleeping. She en. claimed," Look what Bordier has done." Mrs. Snow there upon got up, and put the deceased into her bed, and ea , her daughter for • doctor. The prisoner seems then h i have gone to the back parlour, where his children were in bed. He bald back the head of the eldest, Celestine, for% few moments, telling her to keep quiet. The kirl observed him holding a knife partly behind his back, but be sent away without doing anything. He then went upetairi the room of Mn. Snow, who asked him what h e h a d done. He said " I could not help it, I could not btu h i part with her." The deceased had given notice to gait and was to have left that morning, Mr. George Simp son, • surgeon arrived shortly afterwards but life W 3/ extinct in two minutes, and, on examination, showed that there was • fearful gash in her thrum, 5 inches in length, extending from the middle of the throat to the left oar and 2 inches in dept. In reply to Dr. Simpson, the prisoner, who was nom cited, and took out his tobacco and filled his pipe, stated that he had looked upon what he had done in the light 01 I • duty. He said he meant to do it • fortnight sgo, and to kill himself and his children, but added that the blood from the wounds he had inflicted on his wife prevented his getting to his own throat. Sergeant Turner and Police-constable Barrett arrived and took the prisoner lam custody. He admitted to them that be had committed the deed, and gave up two letters written in French and ad. dressed to his brother, in which he stated what be intended to do, and requested him, if he (the prisoner)was unable teas. oompliah the whole of the work, to take care of his chi!. dren. The two letters were in one envelops, which cm unsealed, and the prisoner requested them to be paced. He admitted in them that he had nothing to reproach the deceased with in the care of her children during the tim e she had lived with him ; but that he could not bear the thought of separation. Several witnesses were called, whossevidence established the above facts. Kr. Simpson, the medloal gentleman, stated, in answer to a question put by Mr. Sleigh, that he was of opinion that at the time the prisoner committed the act he was inAaa and under a delusion, and that he was also insane when witness saw him immediately after the act was done. He said that the delusion of the prisoner was, that it was n he should die, and that he should kill his wife and chil n. In answer to questions put by the counsel for the prose. elution, this witness said that the letters written by abs prisoner did not in any way affect the opinion he hid formed as to the condition of the mind of the:prisoner, sad this opinion was that he was insane at the time the offence was committed. _ [The irta - 1 --- v7s - e - Pro;oeeding when our report left.] MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Serjeant Dowling, Deputy Assistant Judge.) DINORDIHLT 11008121 IN NANYLEBONZ. Mary James, who pleaded guilty last sessions to u indictment charging her with keeping a disorderly hum at No. 9. Homer-street, New-road, was again placed at dr bar. Mr. Metcalfe ((instructed by Mr. Randall, solicitor to the parish of Msiylebone), prosecuted ; Mr. Griffiths appeared for the defeant. Mr. Griffiths said the kep of the house had been giros up to a Mr. Davis, who had become the tenant of the property under an agreement for three years, and by him the house had been sublet to an engraver. Therefore, a the house had been given up, he thought that was all lir pariah required, which was an abatement of the nuivinee Mr. Metcalfe was not satisfied with the position in which matters then stood, for it was the habit aptly to vw up possession, but the same trade was t> by ether persons. Mr. Griffiths called a witness named Hudson. who said that he considered Mrs. James as a respectable woman, and that she had been most shamefully prosecuted, has admitted in cross-examination that she bad been in the habit of making presents to neighbours, but he di I not know if it was to keep their mouths closed as to this hewn begme a brothel. For h imself he dinied having realm! anything from her, in any shape or form whatever, lad said he had voluntarily come forward to voile in her behalf. Sergeant Isaacson, 2 D, was then milled, and in answer to questions by Mr. Metcalfe said this had been a diewn derly hones for 62 years, and it was chiefly frequented by very yo gg girls and old men. He had heard of the meet infamous un bargains being made for matters that took place on the premises, the defendant receiving nearly the whulo of the money that peered on such occasions. The judge said he had heard enough to induce him not then to decide upon his judgment, but should defer doing so until Tuesday neat, and in the meantime the palish authorities could make all necessary inquiries. The de fendant would remain in custody. ANOTHER CAB[. James Edward Bonnier, otherwise called John Bonner, and Mary Boccffler, his wife, were indicted for keeping a disorderly house at No. 2, Star-street, Edgware-mid, were again brought up. They pleaded guilty last session. Mr. Metcalfe (instructed by Mr. Randall. for the en. thorities of the pariah of Paddington) prosecuted; Mr. M. Williams appeared for the defendants. The case was deferred from last sessions to allow the defendants, who were then admitted to bail, to give up the house and to satiety the pariah authorities that the nuisance had been put a stop to; but to-day Mr. Metcalfe said all that bad been done was to whitewash the windows, so that nothing could be seen as to what was going on. The parish were by no means satisfied that the house had been given up, ea such persons were in the habit of playing fast and loose as oecasion required. James Bouffler said the keys of the boos had been given up some days ago to the landlady, but she was not present on being called. Mr. Metcalfe said the parish knew nothing about her, nor did they know that the keys bad been given up. The judge said he thought it would be better to follow the same course as in the previous came, and defer passing sentence until Tuesday next. In the meantime the pri soners would remain in custody. Mr. M. Williams hoped the defendants would be ad mitted to bail, as they had surrendered to their recogni minces that day. Mr. Metcalfe objected to that, for when these persons were let out they only trifled with the parish, and no settlement could be come to. _ Mr. M. Williams then suggested that the man should remain, ea a hoetage, in cuatody, and that the wonaa should go out on bail. Mr. Metcalfe said he had no objection to that course and accordingly the woman was let out on bail, and the husband 111111 passed to the cella below to be brought up for judgment on Tuesday neat. MK POLIM COURTS. (THIB DAY.) Bowiiitzsr. OOT OF WORK. A young man, named Ri chard Gregory, a cabinet maker, was charged with stealing several articles of plate from his lodgings. Police-oonstable Y 121 said he was on duty in Somers town, when Mr. Simmonds, a pawnbroker in Wilstesd , street, came to him with the pnsoner, and showing hint the plated teapot now produced, said the prisoner had offered it in pledge, and as he had been before with other goods, he (Mr. Satinwoods) suspected that it was " not right." The prisoner said, "Oh yes, it is all right ; let me go where I want to go—to Tottenham-court-road." Witness took him to his lodgings, where the teapot was identified by the landlady as being her property. In the pnsoner's pockets were found pawnbroker' dupli• sates for several articles of plate, three of which—a coffee• pot, sugar basin and bowl—had been pledged at Mr. Simmonds'. . . Mr. Sin:mends said the three articles last alluded to (and now produced) were pledged by the prisoner at dif ferent times,. Upon his offering the fourth article, the teapot, witness suspected that he had not come by it honestly, and told him so. Tho prisoner said it was all right, be was sent by • person at whose house he lived in Judd-street. Witness said he would go there with him to make inquiries, and if satisfied would lend him money on the Mallet. The prisoner at first assented, and they went part of the way, but presently the prisoner stopped and said, " It is of no use deceiving you, I don't live there." Witness then spoke to the policeman as above stated. The prisoner said he lived a No. 1, Francis-strest, Tottenham-court-road. The police man took him there and found that it was so. Mrs. Harvey, wife of Mr. George Harvey, 01114 f, 1. Francisotreet, who appeared mach distressed at being waled upon to give evidence against the prisoner. stated that he had lodged with her about • year. He bore • good character, and as long as be had employ IlMiew.. ---- wont w hile 1 k o r was coil to wt. vat In 1 P f°auc Pledg e shoosl salerl by • El cicita The of his where his to gsttini Pledge Mr. of hie Mar folio!' 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