The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-17 00:00:00

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THOSE of our readers who have daily to make their way across that maelstrom of converging traffic which surges up against the Mansion-house, OT who have lost time, money, and patience in the tedious transit from Temple-bar to Fen church-street, may feel a natural regret that the City Traffic Regulation Bill should have failed to. pass the ordeal of a Select Committee. It seems, however, that the recommendation not to pro ceed with the measure was, on the whole, justified by the evidence taken. What ever may be the merit of the proposed regulations, they laboured under one defect, which will appear, we think, more and more damaging in proportion as it is examined more carefully. Tho traffic of the City is not of home growth. Of the thronging vehicles which encumber its streets during business hours by far the greater number are contributed by the surrounding districts, and any attempt at regulating their progress while they are within the walls may act very inconve niently upon their progress while they are outside. The difficulties which already beset the traveller from one end of Loudon to the other might be in definitely increased by the addition of a conflict of jurisdiction. It is quite possible, indeed, that the peculiar circumstances of the City proper may require certain provisions to be enforced thurewhich are not necessary in the less crowded thorough fares of the s•nburba ; but this is not at all incon sistent with the admission that the arrangements for both cases alike should be issued by a COM mon authority. It is hard to make a rule operative at one end of Lond.m-bridge which is of no force at the other, or to lay down that such and such a vehicle shall not come out of Chancery-lane into Fleet-street, although it is permitted to come out of Holborn into Chancery-lane. The only way to escape this difficulty is to subject the entire metropolitan traffic to the same restrictions as are imposed open the traffic within the City boundaries ; and if this is to be done, the conve nience of Londoners in general has a fair claim to be considered. A rule which is reasonable enough in Clioapside may be highly unreasonable at Charing-cross, and if it happens that it cannot be effectively carried out in the one place without being enforced at the other, it necessarily becomes a question whether the interests of London or of Westin iz ister are tu be most regarded. The Committee have, therefore, taken the best course open to them in suggesting the withdrawal of the proposed Bill, and the introduction of n " general measure to " correct the present defects in the law, and to " give additional powers to regulate traffic in every " porti.m of the metropolis." We fear, however, that those sanguine persons who hold that for every wrong there must needs be a legislative remedy will be a little disappointed if they happen to look at Sir RICHARD Maysa's evidence. A Commissioner of Police may, per haps, be trusted not to unduly depreciate his office, and Sir Ricu Aso hlavN in particular has not been usually considered a too enthusiastic advocate of a laisser-faire policy. But he points out with perfect truth, that any regulation of traffic by police inter ference is the correction of ono nuisance by ano ther. The very same man who complains to-day because A s neighbour is allowed to do something which inconveniences him, would probably be the first to complain to-morrow if he himself were prevented from doing something which inconveniences his neighbour. Englishmen are not fond of having their conduct mapped out for them by municipal or any other authority ; and even if we wished to see the national character altered in this respect, we may he pretty sure that any attempt to invest the police with largely increased powers would cause a popular reaction which might end in depriving them of those which they now usefully exercise. There is one suggestion of Sir RICHARD MAYNE'S which, regarded in this light, becomes especially important. He is in favour of leaving a considerable discretion in the hands of the police, but he urges that this discretion should be rather "iu not acting than "in acting." The provisions by which the traffic of London is to be governed should, he thinks, be laid down by Act of Parliament, so that every passenger may know clearly what the law is, and within what limits his liberty of movement is to be curtailed. But ho would also have the police instructed not to enforce these restrictions in those streets and at those hours to which they are ob viously inapplicable. In this way the policeman would appear not as the harsh expositor of a mys terious system of arbitrary rules, but as a benefi cent influence tempering and suspending the ri gidity of a literal code. Clearly Sir RICHARD MAYNE must cherish a secret vision of becoming one day a sort of tribune of the people. That sonic little order might be profitably in troduced into the chaos which occasionally reigns in a crowded London thoroughfare may be readily admitted, but we suspect nevertheless that the Bill which will eventually be passed on the sub ject will fall far short of the comprehensive cha racter with which the Corporation measure is in vested. Thus the power to regulate the routes to be taken by omnibuses may seem at first sight a provision of general utility, but when it is considered that it really amounts to forbidding the passengers in them to pass up certain streets its value becomes slightly questionable. After all, a man who rides in an omnibus is the equal in the eye of the law of lie man who rides in a cab, and it is difficult to i W~ ~ ~~ J - nee why the approach to the Bagrilille t - inss to the one while it is generoual 'men other. Yet something of As lima. is:invol ' • the bye-law still nominally 'ln force in4the , by which every omnibus " passing through St. " PanPs-churehyard, whose destination shall be " London-bridge, shall peas down Cannon-street." The closingof Cheapaidetoaßomnibuses enteringthe City by way of the Strand and Fleet-street, had the effect, it seems, of " reducing the receipts on " each omnibus to the extent of four pounds per " week," which probably represents a certain small daily vexation to some thirty or forty people for every omnibus thus interfered with. In this cane the rule has become a dead letter, as the pro prietors simply changed the destination of the omnibuses affected from London-bridge to the Bank. Others again of the clauses in the pro posed Bill were so extremely sweeping as to be open to immense abuse. For instance, it was designed to forbid the sale of any article whatsoever in the streets, a prohibition which strikes at a branch of trade that within proper limits is as legitimate as any of those carried on in shops. Again, no person was to " in any manner prevent any other " person from passing him," a rule which, if strictly applied, would make it necessary for every heavy carriage to get out of the way of a han som cab, as they do out of the way of a fire en gine. Again, any one who should " stand, loiter, "or remain together with any other person or " persons in any street or footway without rea " sonable cause" was equally obnoxious to the intended law. But who is to de cide what is " reasonable cause" ? Is looking into a shop window, for instance, within or without the exception—and if the latter, may the offender plead in his defence that he meant to go in and buy something ? Or, will some kinds of conver sation amount to reasonable cause, and if so, what kinds, and who is to discriminate between them ? Or, would the wish to get your money out of a bank whose shares were at a discount have been reasonable cause for " standing together with any " other person or persons " in Lombard-street the other day, and would it have been necessary to make this definition clear to the intelligence of the sitting Alderman, supposing him to have been a director of the bank in question? These are but samples of the endless interrogatories to which such vague rules may give occasion, and the only moral that can be drawn from the enumeration of them is that the best maxim for a crowded street is the old one of " Live and let live." IT will be remembered that in the panic of 1847, although a Treasury Letter, relaxing the Act of 1844, was issued, the law was not actually in fringed ; but this was not the case in 1857, when two millions of notes in excess of the legal limit having been transferred from the issue to the bank ing department, and three-fourths of that sum having been actually parted with by the Bank to the public, a Bill of Indemnity, exonerating the parties concerned in the violation of the law, became necessary, and was duly passed by parlia ment. Whether a similar measure will be neces sary on the present occasion is not yet known, the Bank authorities declining to state whether there has yet been any extra-legal issue. Judging, however, from the restrictions placed by the Bank upon its advances, especially on government securities, and from the speedy reflux to that establishment of a large portion of the notes which were tempo rarily hoarded in the panic at the end of last week, it is inferred that the law has nut yet been over stepped. The weekly Bank return, to be pub lished to-night, will show how the matter really stands. Should an extra issue of notes take place, the profits upon that issue, as stated in the Treasury Letter lately published, will go to government. Otherwise, the Bank will, of course, enjoy the whole of the profit it is now making out of the necessities of the mercantile public. It is well known that panics give the holders of Bank of England stock largely increased dividends. We refer to these points in no invidious spirit, but merely as reflecting the current discussions of the moment. It cannot excite surprise if the public are struck by the anomaly of the Bank of England charging 12 per cent. in the present crisis for ad vances upon the best securities in the world—those of the British government—and the anomaly be comes still greater when it is borne in mind that the securities in question carry only thrtY per cent. interest, and that the Bank acting thus is itself the banker to the British government, and has em ployed the deposits of the State at this usurious charge. If, as many persons suspect, the motive of these restrictive charges is to stave off borrowers, and prevent, if possible, any issue of notes beyond the amount fixed by law, the public will have just ground of complaint, for their interests must certainly be held superior to those of the Bank of England. Foreigners are quite unable to understand how we can tolerate financial legislation of so utterly defective a character, and it is to the distrust which naturally attends upon their inability to comprehend the nature and scope of our Bank Charter panic that we must attribute the fact that they insist, for the time, upon taking gold from us in lieu of bills, the ordinary medium of remittance. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY. ) AA man went metal% q The Times believes it is justified in smarting that the officers of the government to whom the duty of repression is entrusted have aoquired, though by no means too soon, a _ _ _ competent sequaint4;nos with the real nature of the rinder pest, and with the manner of dealing with it. Ireland is in the happy position of being able to profit from the calamitous experience of its neighbours. The seat of the disease and the origin of its infection are neither in the earth, air, nor water, but in the bodies of the creatures which it attacks, and the one effective way of dealing with it is to destroy the infected animal as soon as the infection has been ascertained. Happily in the present instance there is no reason to accuse the Irish authorities of any want of vigilance or promptitude. If the isolation of the plague-stricken district fails to ex tinguish the disorder, the T'ekgrapit asks if our authori ties should not consider whether they are justified in try ing no other remedy than the stamping-out process' It is asserted that even in Aberdeenshire, the wholesale de struction of suspected beasts, and the insulation of in fected districts, have failed to obliterate the plague. Again and again has it broken out, to all appearance, sponta neously, and with renewed vigour ; and it has been felt that, should the compulsory slaughter of infected animals fail to accomplish the desired object, the authorities may have to offer premiums for the successful treatment of the disease. LORD eItF.I.MSFORT) . B I,ISNI)AT TRADLNG BILL. We are reminded by the Daily News that the measure which Lord Chelmsford is carrying through the House of Lords, and against which men of all parties and opinions are arrayed, is the second he has submitted to par liament on this subject. A few years ago he tried his hand on London, now he seeks to make a law for all England. The argument by which be recommends it—that the interference of law is required not to overrule the judgment of individuals, but to give effect to that judgment—they being unable to give effect to it except by concert made effectual by legal sanction, cannot be applied to Sunday trading with out difficulties which the Daily NOM fears are insur mountable. Lord Chelmsford has shown great anxiety to adapt his bill to the wants and necessities of the poorer classes of the population, but these wants and necessities vary in different towns, and in different parts of the same town. While law is by its nature rigid, an enactment which would not affect one portion of the population would press hardly upon another. This is the diffi culty which besets all attempts at Sunday legislation. Another, perhaps greater, is found in the consideration that a Sunday Observance Law, by its very nature, presses more hardly upon the poor than upon the rich. The poor man requires almost at every instant to be in contact with the means of supply which he finds among his neighbours. It is this which makes the multiplication of minute re strictions on the liberty of buying and selling so intoler able, and their enforcement by legal penalties practically impossible. Were Lord Chelmsford's measure passed, the reaction against it would be very likely to lead to conse quences such as its author would regret. Lord Chelmsford, the Post says, has discovered a novel kind of oppression—the oppression of liberty. His lord ship has come forward in defence of freedom with a bill which proposes to liberate a tradesman from the tyranny which permits him to open his shop if he likes it, by not permitting him to open it whether he likes to open it or not. However, if all the articles now excepted in the bill were made subject to the rule, and all those subject to the rule excepted, it would be entitled to the support of all :4+3 see tl le Bobbed rnitIRSI*Y 4Titi.1164. " • • • • 10)bath pdtop ervill for • ir id i .., ;gaw as f freedom _ . •-•-•-- • - THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN I r. NG, MAY 17, 14,TES INTELLIGEittIk :: • . • AR NEWS. It is ' Florence that theme Iris NM is to be concentrated at Ancona, and a report , kik. been circulated that the war will commence with'iC naval attack off the coast of Dalmatia by Italy. The Gazetta &I Popolo says s As soon as General Della Boma received from the Mi nister of War official information that Prince Umberto would be placed under him as general of division, he wrote to the King expressing the happiness he felt in having the hereditary prince as one of the combatants in his army, adding at the same time—" My responsibility, however, is the greater, for I as aware of the youthful impetuosity and martial ardour Of the prime who is desirous of treading in the steps of his august anoestors." The King in his reply said :—" If the House of Savoy bad not three but one hundred sons able to bear arms, the poet of all of them would be in the front ranks of the Italian army." The Unita /fanatic' publishes the following as an authentic letter from Garibaldi addressed by him to a friend in Parma : Caprers, May 8. I have given no orders to any persons in Parma to mate enrolments of volunteers. The youth of Italy know their duty and will not be deluded. When Italy wants me be assured I shall not fail. GARIBALDI. The Prussian Gazette publishes an ordinance authorising the officers of the reserve force of al l arms to enrol an unlimited amount of volunteers, whose term of service shall be from one to three years. It appears from authentic information that since the 11th May large bodies of troops have been sent from Vienna to the north. The conveyance of troops towards the Prussian frontier, with a view to concentration, has already commenced. The staffs of the different corps are complete. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN CONGRESS. BERLIN, MAT 17. It is believed in diplomatic quarters that France has not yet made any official proposal for the as sembly of a congress. Overtures to that effect are, however, considered probable. Prussia is not adverse to the assembly of a con gress, with the reservation that preliminary nego tiations should take place upon the programme to be adopted. Hanover has, it is stated, undertaken to main tain an absolute neutrality for the present. BRUSSELS, MAY 17. The Indepcn(l'n Beige of to-day publishes a telegram from London, dated 10th inst., an nouncing that the French ambassador at the court of St. James proposed to the English government on the 9th May that the programme of the pro jected Congress should be limited to three points, namely, Venetia, Schleswig-Holstein, and also German Federal Reform, in as far as the latter question affects the European equilibrium. THE CONFERENCE OF THE MIDDLE STATES. COBURG, !ity The official Coburger Ztitring, in referring to the conference of the delegates of the middle states, which took place at Bamberg on Monday last, says: "The most peaceful sentiments were expressed at this conference, and a positive understanding was arrived at to mediate between the two great German powers." GERMANY AND ITALY. PARIS, MAY 17. The Constitutionne/ of to-day publishes an article pointing out the serious nature of the differences between Austria, Prussia, and Italy, and says : " The neutral powers could neither induce either of the different parties to concede the demands of the other, nor usefully recommend to them the maintenance of the status quo. They m;ght, how ever, tind some middle course which would admit of a settlement of conflicting pretensions. It is by compromises that conflicts between state and state are best settled, without leaving that hostile feeling which would soon lead to fresh con flicts." MOVEMENTS OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS IN HOLSTEIN. ALTONA,Ay 17. The Austrian heavy war trains in Holstein have been ordered to move in a southern direction. THE ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS. FLORENCE, MAT 17. A circular of the Minister of War, relative to the organisation of the volunteers, has been published to-day. The twenty battalions, specified by the royal decree, will form ten regiments. The dept,ts of enrolment fixed by the govern ment are Como, Varese, Bari, and Barletta. Each regiment will consist of 42 officers and 1,446 men. Other battalions will be formed if necessary. The volunteers will wear the Garibaldian red shirt and cap. THE AUSTRIAN PUBLIC DEBT. VIENNA, Ml 7. The committee for the control of the public debt has published to-day a statement of the present public debt of Austria, according to which ita whole amount is now about 2,593 millions of florins, the interest paid on which amounts to 118,736,788 florins per annum. At the end of 1864 the public debt was 2,535,197,335 florins, and at the end of 1865, 2,532,083,148 florins. THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisboa.) BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 14. Exchange on London, 52. Dollars, 25.90. Wet salted hides, 31.60. Dry hides, 35 for Golbs• Sugar, 20. RIO DE JANEIRO, Aram 2i. Export of coffee since the departure of the Lust mail, 70,003 bags, of which 37,000 were for the Channel. Sales, 79,000 bags. Freight, 455. to 475. Gd. BAHIA, Aran 29. Exchange on London, 27} to 27i. Cotton, 17.000 to 17.700 rcia. Sugar, 2.100 to 2.600 reis. PERNAMBUCO, MAY 1. Exchange on London, 27i. Cotton, 15.500 to 16.500 reis. PORTUGAL. LISBON. ILty 15. The Messageries Imperiales Company's steam ship Navarre arrived here to-day from the Brazils. A telegram from Lausanne announces the death yesterday morning in that town of M. Ferdinand Flocon, member of the Provisional Government in 1848. Among the emigrants at Birkenhead there is a young woman, about 25 or 26 years of age (a German), who can speak the English language. This young person, with out hesitation, offered her senioes not only to interpret, but as a nurse, and in both these capacities she acted until the appointment of a regular interpreter and a staff of nurses. Her noble and disinterested services on behalf of her suffering countrymen having become known in Birken head a number of benevolent persons raised a subscription, a nd on Tuesday Dr. Robinson, the medical officer of health, as their medium, presented her with about 101., and informed her that it was also intended to give her a gold watch, bearing a suitable inscription, se a reward for her exertions to alleviate the sufferings of her fellow•paaaengea in s strange land. ,1 _ '• gTRT oi cikitirolf,courraa.—(THlS DAY.) Cotirt of uossiniarr—msil was held this morn fpf at aadhalL rams swiss spe eas 7111:19031 07 TEI cm. The LORD Maxon announced that he had had the honour of an interview with his Loyal Highness Prince Alfred, since the last meeting of the court, and his royal high ness had received him most graciously and courteously, and in reply to the invitation to attend and receive the free dom of the City, hehad been pleased to appoint Thursday the 7th of June, at 1 o'clock, for that purpose. (Cheers•) Mr. SAUNDIRB, the chairman of the City Lands Com mittee, moved that the oommunication be entered in the journals of the court, and he at the same time moved that the matter be referred to the City lands Committee for them to put themselves in communication with the Lord Mayor, in order to make the necessary arrangements for the reception of his royal highness. Mr. Triuscarr, who had a motion on the paper that his royal highness should be invited to a dtjedner upon the occa sion of his visit to the City to receive the freedom, said that after the motion of Mr. Saunders he should withdraw his motion and leave the matter in the hands of the City Lands Committee. . . Mr. H. L. TAILOR said he should be glad to know what was proposed to be done. Mr. SAUSDIMS thought that it would be much better if this subject was discussed with closed doors, and the public were consequently excluded while the necessary arrange matte were being made. THE BOMBARDMENT OF VALYAILLIBO. In the view of the Tinges the official account of the bom bardment of Valparaiso given by the Duke of Somerset and Mr. Layard relieves Admiral Denman from an impu. tation inconsistent with his well-known character ; it throws on the merchants themselves a large share of blame ' for neglecting repeated warnings to remove their goods beyond the reach of danger, and it leaves no doubt as to the direct responsibility of the Spanish government for this great outrage against the usages of civilised warfare. One cannot but pity the British admiral who was compelled to witness this proceeding with his guns silent,not because he wanted the old spirit of Nelson, but simply because he understood his duty, and knew well that his (ma govern ment, unlike that of Spain, would never sanction the plea that " national honour " involved a breach of it. The Puri contends that an interference under such cir cumstances would not have been an interference between the belligerents, but between one belligerent and neutral British subjects unjustly subjected to violence. If the view of the Duke of Somerset is to be accepted and to pre vail, the sooner we withdraw our ships from the seas and hand them over to our meu of science for playthings the better. The Spanish cabinet, the Herald says, has paltered with us in* double sense, and has sent out direct and positive in structions to its officers to do that which it had given us the best reason to believe it would refrain from doing at all. But it is to be feared our own name has not escaped reproach, and unless Admiral Denman gives a satisfactory reply to the charges which are brought against him, the Herald will be compelled to conclude that the honour of our flag has been somewhat compromised and the interests of our countrymen needlessly sacrificed. For this, however, the alternations of our foreign policy are much to blame, and the Herald sadly fears that our own government is reallymore responsible than the admiral for what has taken place. MISCELLANEOVS ToPTCS. The Timesobserves, as its best contribution to the debate on Tuesday on Irish national education, that it is our bounden duty to revert in Ireland to the indispensable necessity of sound elementary instruction, and the Cabe is eminently one , or that principle of examination, and payment by results, which Mr. Lowe forced, not a day too soon, on the reluctant schools of this part of the king. dom. England has had to swallow this bitter pill, and now confesses herself the better for it ; and we cannot help thinking it the right course for Ireland. The mover and seconder on Tuesday stem to wish to leave the in struction given in the national schools more entirely at tho mercy of the masters and managers ; to leave the excluded minority the resource of another s chool, if they can find means or assistance, to widen the gulf between the communions, awl to discourage the use entrained masters and mistresses. But competent authorities pronounce much of the elemen tary instruction given to poor children by the inmates of religious establishments lamentably inferior. Volunteers and private zeal should be fostered ; but volunteers must at least submit to be tested, and the only test we know of is that of actual results, ascertained by examination. Commenting upon a reply which the Bishop of Worcester has just made to an address resist:cling cert sin ritualistic innovations in his diocese, the Daily News remarks that his lordship's language leaves an impression of helplessness even more complete than that which followed the recent utterances of the most reverend Primate on the same subject. Observing, in con tradiction to the bishop, that it is precisely because the ritualistic clergy find so much to sanction their principles ' in the abiding sources of church authority that bishops like Dr. Philpott have so much difficulty in dealing with them—the Daily News adds that when the bishop makes his appeal on theground of Christian expediency, he is mach inure likely to early sympathy with him. There is a profound connexion between religious doctrine and these liturgical ceremonies, and the fact shows how vain is the notion which has of late found favour with a certain small bat cultivated section of chur:hinen, that in a country like this, where opinions are so diverse and so strongly held, worship may of itself fonts the bond of a national church when doctrine has come to be disregarded, or even rejected. The Telegraph confidently states that Prussia and Italy have accepted the invitation to a conference which has been tendered by England, France, and Russia ; and it thinks it can hardly be doubted that Austria will follow the example thus weightily sustained. Cite Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, IrAy 16. The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday after noon, and went out walking this morning, acamapanied by Princess Helena. Mince Alfred arrived at the Castle yesterday, and went to London this morning, attended by the Hon. Eiot Yorke. The Dowager Countess of Dunmore and the Earl and Countess of I)uninore arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. The Princess Helena hae honoured Mr. Thornycroft with fittings for her bust during the hum week. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Prince Teck, and the Earl of Dunmore, and attended by Major Teesdale, went to Epsom yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hardinge. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. Debpatchea were sent to the Governors of the Wert India Islands, British Columbia, Vancouver's Island, Bermuda, and British Honduras. Srare BALL.—The Lord Chamberlain has issued invitations for a full-dress ball, at Buckingham PaLice, on Tuesday, the sth of June. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Viscount Sydney (the Lord Chamberlain), paid his first visit to the Travellers (of which club his royal highness has lately become a member) on Saturday after noon after the levee. The Prince of Orange has arrived in Brussels from Paris. The Count de Flandre has arrived in Brussels from his Italian tour. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Theodora Grosvenor have arrived at Grosvenor House for the season. Mrs. Gathorne Hardy has issued cards for esaemblies on the 29th inst., and on Friday, June 1, at her residence in Grosvenor-crescent. Miss Coutts has issued cards foi a concert on the lat of the ensuing month to meet their Royal High nesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz and the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. It is reported that Lord Wodehouse will shortly be raised to the rank of an earl. MEMORIAL TO MR. KEELS. On Saturday last, a meeting was held at Lambeth Palace, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canter bury, at which the subjoined resolutions were adopted: Resolution 1. Moved by the Bishop of Et. Asaph, seconded by Mr. Walter :—" That it is desirable to afford to those many persons who love and revere the name of the author of the Christian Year' some opportunity of giving public and permanent expression to their feelings of deep gratitude to hip long and devoted services to the church of Christ." Resolution 2. Moved by the Bishop of Win- chester, seconded by Earl Beauchamp :—" That with this intention a sum of not less than 50,0001. be raised for the accomplishment of an object in which Mr. Keble is known to have been deeply interested—namely, the establishment of a college or other institution in which young men now debarred from University education may be trained in simple and religious habits, and instrict fidelity to the church of England, with the hope that among other advantages, it will tend to promote the supply of candidates for holy orders.* Resolution 3. Moved by the Earl of Devon, seconded by the Bishop of Moray and Rosa That the institution bear the name of Mr. Keble; that the Archbishop of Canterbury be requested to accept the visitorship for himself and his canonical successors ; that the principal be at all times a clergyman in holy orders ; that the following prelates, noblemen, and gentle men—(the names of the proposed trustees are omitted, as there has not been tune to obtain their acceptance of the trust)—be requested to act as trustees ; and that the arrangement of all legal and other details for establishing the institution and permanently constituting the trust be entrusted, until the completion of the work, when their functions shall cease, to a committee composed of the trustees as aforesaid, and of 13 other persons to be nomi nated by the Archbishop of Canterbury." Resolution 4. Moved by the Dean of York, seconded by Lord Richard Cavendish That the institution be in the first in stance established at Oxford, but the trustees for the time being shall be at liberty to remove it to any other place in case the circumstances of the church or of the university shall in their opinion render the removal expedient." On the sth of Juno there will be a grand dinner at Willie's Rooms to present Captain Maury with a testi monial, which will take the monetary foi.o of 3,000 guineas. Sir John I'akington w.ll preside. The Earl Stanhope received the following mem bers of the Antiquarian Society at dinner last evening at the family mansion in Grosvenor-place : —The Bishop of Oxford, Lord Henniker, Sir John Boileau, the Provost of Eton, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. 0. Morgan, M.P., Sir Sibbald Scott, Sir Henry Ellis, Mr. Ouvry, Mr. Franks, Mr. Markham, Mr. J. Bruce, Mr. Tipping, Mr. Scharf, Mr. Thorns, Mr. Knight Watson, secretary, &c. A volume of essays on theforeign relations of Eng land will be published try MOMS. Chapman and Hall in a few days, with the title of " International Policy." The essays arc seven in number, and are contributed by writers who are generally identified with what are called advanced opi nions. The first, entitled The \Vest, is from the pen of Mr. Richard Congreve, whose pamphlet advocating the giving up of Gibraltar to Spain attracted attention some years ago. Mr. Frederic Harrison, known to readers of the Fart Lightly Rcricw for his views on political economy, contributes an essay on England and France ; and Professor Ileesly, one on England and tho Sea. The other papers are—England and India, by E. H. Penifer ; England and China, by J. H. Bridges ; England and Japan, by Charles A. Cookson ; and England and the Uncivilised Communities, by H. D. Mutton. A convsimmdent of tho l'ablishers' Circular writes :—" There are three children—a son and two daughters—of the poet Robert Bloomfield lodging at No. 22, lioxton-square. They are old, poor in 6n:utast:lmes, and one of the women apparently not far (ruin her end. They derive nothing from their father's writings, pleasing and instructive as they are. Did not the Literary Fund lately give something to the descendants of Defoe ? If so, it does not cor.fine itself to the living authors. Will not any subscriber, then, speak a word in behalf of these dis tressed persons, who, apart from want, are eve 4 way worthy? There are the most ample proofs of their identity." Mr. Bancroft's ninth volume of the " History of the United States" is nearly ready for publication. The tenth and eleventh completing the work as at first planned, bringing the history doisa to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, will follow very speedily. It is intended, we (Tru)ner's Record) believe, by the publishers, to avail themselves of a recent legal decision, and endeavour to secure a copyright for the book in this kingdom. Mr. George Peabody is living quietly at tho Brevoort House, New York, and declines all attempts to give him r. public reception. He seems to have a horror of public demonstrations. A committee of the town of Dan_ vers, Massachusetts. his birthplace, however, are in New York to escort him thither, where he can scarcely decline the public reception that awaits him. A Melbourne letter of March 24, says :—" Our Acclimatisation Society are in daily expectation of receiv ing a fresh consignment of 87,000 salmon ova, and of white and brown traut ova, per ship Lincolnshire. Their ultimate destination will be Van Diemen's Land, where by last advice' our young salmon and trout are still doing well and growing rapidly. The Martha Hirai°, from England, lately brought us 93 Angora goats, besides a numerous con gregation of French ducks, mammoth pigeons,sand grouse, partridges, blackbirds, starlings, linnets, Virginian night ingales, ke. They arrived in good condition under the care of Mr. Thatcher." A young midshipman serving in her Majesty's ship Edinburgh in the Baltic during the war with Russia improvised a torpedo with some rather startling results. The youngster had just cleared out the last pot of jam that had been sent him from home, when the ilea struck him and his messmates that it would be rare fun to turn the empty jam pot into a torpedo, of which thera was then much talk, naturally enough, among the Baltic fleet. The pot was filled with powder, plugged up, lowered out of the gun-room ports, and fired. The consternation on board was something great, and many imagined the ship was lying over a torpedo bank. The secret, however, was soon discovered, and the culprit was duly quarter-decked and admonished to play no such pranks in future. German science is never idle. While the country re-echoes with the clang of arms, Professor Lepsius, who has been staying in Egypt for the last few months, has found a treasure of greater importance than any since the digging up of the stone of Rosetta. It is also a bi-lingual inscription, containing one and the same text, in Egyptian hieroglyphics and in Greek, thus affording an opportunity for deciphering the former by comparison with the latter. The sentence of death passed in March last on Colas, the soldier poet, by the military tribunal of Mar seilles, for striking his superior, was commuted, as stated, into fifteen years' imprisonment. As this punish. ment involves military degradation, Colas was three days since stripped of his military insignia in the presence of the garrison of Marseilles, drawn up under arms, and then delivered over to the gendarmery to undergo his sentence. Since his condemnation this unhappy young man, who has a wonderful facility with his pen, wrote in four days a three-act comedy, entitled 24 Me et le near, and dedi cated it to BL Bostand, who defended him on the trial. The death was announced yesterday of Mr. Wilkinson Mathews, Q.C., who has for many years put held a high position at the Chancery bar. LAW INTELLIGFZICM. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holtoyd4 IN RI PILEIGOSON.—THE CAITLII PLAOLIL The bankrupt in Ws mega was • farme r , of p od , Ealing. He attributed his failure to the mtg. p i t having swept off the whole of his stook. His dsbs i about 6001. He now applied for his release from wThere was no opposition, and his Honour gr o w order. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED-LION-W: 42x ((Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and • .Tury4 HIBI7IO MURICIAL LIIIRTRUHENTS WITH °MON 0,111 Three actions in the Queen's Bench in which jad ayi were suffered by default were heard to-day, Mr. Blackman, musical instrument mak er , b e bi eM friars-road, against three persons in the muster% for the hire of harmoniums and pianofortes and t i t for their value, in the event of Mr. Madman not phi back his property. Mr. T. E. Palmer, of the Home prcuit, inh eisidL Messrs. Stuart and Massy, appeared in tin three hew m i d persons having become musical manufacture lee in the habit of letting out instruments on hay W yk agreement that the parties should become the p h i,: provided they kept up their payments. He kt 7 tt say that persona did not keep up their untahneh e , there was a great difficulty in getting back th e w ill , menta. The present actions were to recover th e kin ass also the value of the property, if it should not be ne ws , to the plantiff. ' After hearing the evidence of Mr. Blackman, li e under the direction of the learned Under-Sheriff ( 0 Q verdict in each case for the hire and value of th e Mitt ; instruments, to be reduced to the amount of th e hi, * the return of the harmoniums and pianos. The court in each case granted a certificate kw sine THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. THE BOOTS AND THE DEBBY. Wes. Lome Davidson, 36 years of age, sad Ra ng 39, Coply-street, Stepney, was charged with r' assaulting Mr. John Smart, a boot and shoe manystes o 290, Hackney-road. Complainant's left eye was blackened and his jaw swollen ; he said—This gentleman came into my shop, Wednesday morning (yesterday) and agreed s o o p 1, 6 for a pair of boots ; when he got them on Ile flat without paying and leavine hir old ones behind biro. • Defennt—Old, you call theta! Why I gave a gab for them only a few hours previously. Complainant produced the boots which, by certainly bore out this assertion, and continued= him and observed, " I beg your pardon, sir, but yosh oso to pay for your purchaae," he seemed astonished, sad o ld " What, are you afraid to trust me ; well, then, ra giw you 55., and you can keep the boots I left mail I aim , pay you the remaining 3s. 6d." To this I wok,' having received the 51. went back to my shop. Bourbon afterwards, while at dinner upstairs, my 'hopeful moo j told me that the gentleman was below inaistiag oft t o o the boots he had purchased changed. I went to add, dined to change them he Raid that they pinched badly as those he had left with me, and deamadd t • be shown that pair. I complied, and ha wssk to take them without paying the 3s. 6d. mniaia them as owing. I refused, and he assaulted warts blows and kicks, pitched into me and my shopmai, sa this (pointing to his face) is what I got from him ;deli ran off again and with the boots in his possemica. followed Lim, and subsequentiy gave him into custody Defendant—l didn't think that you would desks" a gentleman with 20f. in his pocket, for a paltry kg Adolphus Gibson, complainant's ahopnnsn, condense his employer's statement as to what Lad oocurredis Ott shop, adding, " When the gentleman told ne hew have the boots changed, and I remarked that ambit been worn, he took them to the door and comfamed scraping them, at the same time remarking that h wit sure he could make them better than new. Kelly, 130 H—Several persons told meet this.' . in the street, and I found defendant in a public-boas far from the complainant's shop . He haul a pair of in his hand, and I took him int o custody for en anal Complainant—He also struck me iu the street. Defendant—You called out " Stop thief," and I and hit you, as I would any man who called me s I'm a large cigar manufacturer, and Montagu Chad= my solicitor. I wish this case put back, that I may - for him. Here I have had my day spoiled. I was • to start for the Derby, instead of which I was locked and I don't like it. Of course the lobster salad is and everything else. There never was such a " for me. Kelly—Defendant sail that he was going to the and had to pick up a lady on the road. A cab was at ; public-house door, and it contained a hamper with sr_, thing necessary for the Derby in it—Polonies, a ae full of sandwiches, bottled stout, bottled milk, a Tian full of mixed salad, a kettle, an 01.1 crockery tea pot • • he said I might have, and a variety of other articles, eluding water creases. Defendant—Yes. It was a sad &sap: ointment. Magistrate—Where is the cabman ? Kelly—l believe he is discharged, sir. Defendant —I keep him; pay se much a day (arida drive me about. At defendant's repeated request the case was put bid. MARLBOROUt: 11-STREET. COMING HOME cites THE DENBY. AOC, a fishmonger, of No. 24, l'pper Cleveltd street, was charged before Mr. Barker with being clan furious driving, anti damaging cab No. 12.644 in Palle • Henry Richards ' cab driver. badge 16,031, said that the previous night, about 9 o'clock, while proceeding do Park-lane, he paused a female, who was ins cart with t defendant and another man, screaming. The defender was driving and urging the horse on by whipping hi a it was going at a furious rite, the cart being OD the 1, 1: 0 4 side of the lane. He endeavoured to avoid a alba but could not, and his cab was driven on to anotherfolhnn him and damaged to the extent of !ads. George Betts, another cab-driver, said he war fake* the witness with his cab, a fare inside, when theism wit ness's cab was driven on to his. and his shafts mat del' throu'yh the back panel. The defendant was gaffid 0 full gallop and was whipping his horse. In answer to Mr. Barker, the witness said that both ma were drunk. Police-constable Coulson, 216 C, said that en geisi c after the collision he found the defendant and Ong. ill Bai the d Ca he rt h t ,,d lru be nk e , n hu to t t ;, h h e e ufeet.rib.o3..e.,,ai,-,alsgostl got along r. iongThalle d tish efesda tiut t . out a scratch till he got tutu I',.k-taus. where the (skew,' drove his cab right across the road, awl then the ahead ran into his cab. Win. Shute, the defendant's brother, said the daemons caused by the cabman himself. He denied beingthrwuo for drink. The constable said the witness was more Mtaxicated oo the defendant. Mr. Barker ordered the t:cfendant to pay a fins di for being drunk and furious driving, and 50s. the a 0 0.• of damage, or 21 days. THAMFS. HARING RABBERY IN THE sAlLott , :' nowt Thomas Curt tang/tam , a seaman, was brought before*. Partridge, charged with stealing 3 coats, a gnereself° l4 2 caps, and a blue flannel shirt, represented as thefortr,_ of William Newman, a steward of the Sa il ors' m on o Well-street. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said he was Matta:ha , prosecute in this case. There were a great ulnae sailors boarding and lodging in the Sailors' Home, old anything was lost it tended t.. shake the securiO of perty there, and to cast suspicion on the officers, in appointment great care was exercised. The ntisolso'"' home in a ship called the Blue Jacket, and lodged IP dm Sailors' Home three days. He then cleared out to Pl' o l d boarding-house,but he had *ince loitered about the lion% his intentions being suspected be was turned oat. Yola . ' day morning Mr. Newman, the steward. missed two sw° In the course of the day the prisoner made his &FPI in the Home twice, and was turned out 11_,. evening the steward saw the prisoner 10 gr_t".j into a cabin where the clothes of a sailor D.. - Williams were deposited. Newman procured aseisO°, and upon entering the cabin saw the D r eg &It there with a coat, a guernsey frock, a blue and two cape on his person, over his own dress sad The prisoner was asked what business he lied in the OW , to which he replied, "That he Caine to lookl i j P ; Yankee Jim." The prisoner was taken into eorj and he made a violent resistance, and bit.,L . kicked another steward named Joseph Partridge. facts would be proved, and lie should ask that prisoner should be committed for trial. The Pn7o told the officer that he could do six !me ths for • robbery, and that he had done seven years in Tessol_ti The case having been proved, the prisoner said ° he wr; plead guilty. He hail made two voyages in tbe Jacket. He belonged to Drogheda. Mr. Partridge said he should not dispose of this la ial en° a summary manner, but commit the prisoner for WANDSWORTH. THE DERBY DAY. Louis We!bock, a gentlemanly-looking young nl am ' charged as follows. Serjennt Beaumont, M division, said that between 7 8 o'clock last night, he was on duty opposite the Al Hotel, Clapham-road, when he saw the prisoner crackers, one of which bit a per.on on the head, am . l 4 nen, then took him into custody. Witness prow number of crackers which be found upon the prom°, In answer to (he charge the risouer mid he twv".., crackers for a bit of fun. He d id not think there was " harm. Mr. Ingham—Oh, it was the Derby Day. Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Ingham—You are fined half-a-crown then. William FAsby, coachman. was next charged with ,t". 7,; ing an empty so d a-water bottle at a female nassied.Ts /FM Young, and severely cutting her on the head, ' T en.sient i ng last a Derbl• Sewers] % L i me! 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