The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-09 00:00:00

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TO CORRESPONDIVITS. advertisements intended for "The ifsprees," London lhuninit must be at the &Mice, 10, liouverieuireek by Two on the day of publication. DVJRY LANIS„ THIS EYEntina, THATTAWAL JACK. Yea.. ROM* and Mesdames Alleyne and Thompson —To conclude with THE ORY.AT CITY. Meter. Warner, Morton, Fitajames, Rouse, . Mesdames Robertson, Le Thlere. And Thompson. HAYMARKET. TULI EVIRING, TIIB — WOLR Tin: LAMB. Mews. Chippendale, Farrel", Re.; Mn, FitzwUliam, de —A WILD GODS& Mew. %ahem Buck true, Raters. de.; Melds:sirs Burke. Chippendale, MITI, te.—And A KISA IN TUB DARK. LYCEUM. THIS Err Nina, RAMBraliC6O: Mr. Mee aad Mho Kate Bishon -TOE MIK E'd MOTTO. Mr. reenter, Messrs. Emery, Widdiesanb, Jordan. Price, ste. ; Mama Elsworthy, Men. rade, Grattan, and Carlotta Leetenni. TRW "MTN, 311RRIVD DakIHTIES. Mr. T. Rob. sow. —PYGMALION THE STATUI TAIL Mown Mersa. James. Ike.. Mesdames A. Nwsaboremsh, Saynhana. Harland, Johnstone, !folk& Newtom—And THE FRENCH RYHIbI I lON. HOLBORN. Tun ilvminee, MY TURN NEST. Mr. Behoove; Mime !tole and Lennox.—And FLYI NO dCOD. Mews. Neville, Hel lion, Blake, Toliaise, eto. : Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Mandan, Beide Foote, Addm Leese; Raymond, Ix. BRITANNIA. Tads Zrawino. THZ OLD MAID IN TII WINDINO.SHEZT. Yr. Reynolds, &a.: MlnelB. Miles et (oveney.—CHERRY AND FAIR STAR. Mews Iligweod, Ladle, R Mien Mrs. 8. Lonna Misses Edwin, Booth, and Maeartby.—And THE Lint SIGNAL. HIGH WATT,* AT LONDON BRIDGE. T DAiinert 1517.30.7....7Afiern0017. sh. 551 e. 1 0•MOSIOW—Mornint. tik 2111..„..Afternoon, Oh, 1.301. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 9. Tem preliminary formalities of the Conference of London having, it is understood, been disposed of on Tuesday, the plenipotentiaries will proceed to business to-day, and if the prevailing hopeful anticipations are confirmed, the settlement of the question may be concluded without delay. The Conference of course maintain the strictest secrecy during the course of their negotia tions, but when the area for unauthorised informa tion to disport in is so narrow, the guesses of the profane as to the tenour and object of the discussions in Downing-street, and the man ner of dealing with the questions at issue, need not be very erratic or erroneous. The case lies in a nutshell. Prussia offers to with draw her garrison from the Luxemburg fortress on condition of the Grand Duchy being assimilated by the collective sanction of the Great Powers to Switzerland and Belgium, and declared to be neutral. France renounces the purchase of the Grand Duchy on condition of the withdrawal of the Prussian garrison. The King of HOLLAND, as Grand Duke of Luxemburg,renounces his right to sell the Grand Duchy, except under sanction of the neutral Power, and is not unwilling to keep it, as part and parcel of his kingdom, under European guarantee against contingent annexa tion by France or Germany. Belgium would rather not increase her liabilities by adding to her present territory, except under an extension of that European guarantee which she owes to a former Conference of London. As to the good people of the Grand Duchy and of the City of Luxemburg, they are more than willing to be neither German nor French, and more than re signed to be either Belgian or Dutch, but always under the aforesaid European guarantee, and on condition that the fortress of Luxemburg shall not be dismantled, but shall continue to be held by at least as large a garrison as the Prussians have maintained there, and by a garrison not surpassed even by the Prussians as consumers of all the food and drink and forage that the Luxemburgers can supply. So without travelling back into the origin of this Luxemburg question as between France, Holland, and Prussia, it is sufficient for the day to observe that the settlement to which both the interested Powers, France and Prussia, are ready to consent, which neither the King of HOLLAND would decline nor Belgium reject, nor the good people of Luxemburg dislike (provided always that four thousand men of what ever nationality but strong appetite continue to garrison their fortress), is the neutralization of the territory of the Grand Duchy, after the =oilier of Belgium and Switzerland, under the guarantee of the great Powers of Europe. Of this neutralization, which looks so simple and so cheap a settlement, the be all and the end all is the European guarantee. On no other condition will Prussia withdraw her gar rison, France renounce her appeal to the sym pathies of the Luxemburgers, the King of Hoz- LAND expropriate or retain so inconvenient an appendage to his kingdom, Belgium accept so dangerous a gift. Then it behoves the British public to fix their eyes steadily upon this one main object of the present Conference, and to try and arrive at as clear a comprehension as possible of the full fort* and purport of that comfortable word and easy process—" neu tralization." Many honest and simple-minded Englishmen will be glad to believe that when once a disputed territory is neutralized it is practically put out of harm's way. They are agreeably reminded that Belgium was neutralized in 1831, and that its neutralization has saved its independence ; that Switzerland was neutralized in 1815, and that its neutrality has been always respected. Broad general views of this kind are always acceptable to the majority of people who are accustomed to have their contemporary history painted with a thick brush, and not to potter over its details. They do not atop to inquire bow often Belgium has been threatened, and how large a military establishment that respectable little mo narchy has had to sustain for the defence of its neutrality ; nor do they pause to remember how often Switzerland has been on the brink of war, in spite of its neutrality—with France, under the monarchy of July, for the extradition of the pre sent Emperor of the FRENCH ; with Prussia, for the Principality of Neufchatel—and how deep an incision was made by France into that neutralized territorybytho delimitation of the frontiers of Savoy after the annexation of that province to the Empire. It may be said that, notwithstanding these little difficulties and drawbacks, neutralization has up , to the present moment saved Switzerland and Bel gium. Possibly, but the neutralization has not yet succeeded in making either Belgium or Swit zerland feel secure. Nor, perhaps, has the fate of Denmark, twelve years after the European Treaty of 1852, done much to confirm the confidence of small States in their neutralization under THE._ EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1867.;' European guarantee. Switzerland, we dazeisy, would rather owe her neutralization No nakure, to her mountains, and to her monntihtievf in domitable patriotism than to any clause in any treaty. As for Belgium, threatened States, it is true, like threatened men, live long ; but her neutralization has not prevented her indepen dence being at this very moment an " open ques " tion," in the semi-ofticial journals of the French Ex PERO& It is well that the British public should bear these obvious facts in mind when it is invited to concur, without too much reluctance orliesitation, in " neutralizing " the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg against the two great rival Powers, to each of whom the territory in question has at one time or other belonged ; against two great military monarchies, of which the one is continually in search of some distraction from the discontent of its subjects, at the expense of its neighbours ; anti the other will pay tithe or toll to no man for the victorious consolidation of national unity. Undeterred by the examples of the free Re public of Cracow, neutralized by the great Powers of Europe, and confiscated by Austria; of the King dom of Poland, guaranteed by the great Powers of Europe, and annihilated by Russia ; of the inte grity of Denmark, guaranteed by the great Powers of Europe, and cut in pieces by Prussia and Austria, the British public are pleasantly invited to see the honour, the good faith, the reputation of their country, if not their own blood and treasure, com mitted to the chances of a diplomatic arrange ment which they are lightly assured in the same breath can only be temporary in its nature and limited in its consequences,. But, then, unless the FORZIGN MI/ID:TER of Eng land, the actual President of the Conference of London, is prepared to set his seal to this European guarantee of the neutralisation of Luxemburg which Prussia demands and France accepts, we are told that he renders himself re sponsible for the failure of the Conference, and of the hopes of peace. " Sign, at any rate, for the " sake of peace, then let the settlement take care "of itself." In this hand-to-mouth, happy-go lucky style, the word of England is to be given, not as her bond, but by way of " accommodation." Well, let us sign with our eyes open ; thet is all we ask. If France and Prussia mean to keep the peace and to leave Luxemburg alone, they can do so without our signature. If Luxemburg is to become a part of the Belgian kingdom, there is no need of any new guarantee for its neutralization. If it is to remain to the King of HOLLAND, as Grand Duke, it is open to Prussia, solemnly and in writing, to renounce the right of garrison ; and to France and Prussia both to renounce, solemnly and in writing, any future claim to the terri tory, with the attestation of the neutral Powers present at the Conference. If it is to become merged in the Kingdom of the Netherlands it will be equally secured from French and from Prussian annexation by the mutual jealousy of those Powers, without any new European guarantee. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Et • mice of theChurei of England are now being employed effectually to fabvert the vork of the reformers * ye theollosience of the country. Tills a motfeC ia is ortant t 4 than any sere violet/4w of the Rubric. The Star endeavours to show that the Hyde-park bill of Mr. Walpole is aimed at the liberty of the subject, and ought to be opposed by every member pretending to be a liberal. There was a time when, if such a measure had been introduced, a score or two of members would have at at once resolved to use all the forms of the house, andrto thwart every effort to obtain votes of supply until such an offensive proposal bad been withdrawn. The Afar hopes the public spirit of parliament is at least equal to the task of effectually preventing the pluming of the bill until a reformed parliament comes in to protect popular privi leges. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION OF THE METROPOLIS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Nair TELIGILIAL) HUNGARY. PESTH, MAT R. The Emperor and Empress have just arrived and have met with a most enthusiastic reception. It is considered certain that Herr Szentkiraly, who is supported by the Deak party, will be elected to-morrow as burgomaster of i'esth. ITALY. FLORENCE, MAT 9. The King will go to-morrow to Venice, accom panied brthe Minister of Justice. The Chamber of Deputies have passed the bill modifying the tax on personal property. SPAIN. MADRID, MAT 8, EveriNG. To-morrow the Minister of Finance will bring forward in the Chamber of Deputies the budget for the current financial year. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Senor Calderon Collantes spoke in favour of the amendment proposed by Senor Corradi to the In deniiiity Bill. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAT 8, 6 P.M. Closing prices :—Gold, 138. Sterling exchange on London, 1092. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1072; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 632. Cotton— Middling Upland, 27. Petroleum, refined, 23. • This telegram arrived in London at 7.25 a.m. to-day. Wht Court. OSBORNE, MAT 8. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, and her Majesty drove in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Metrics walked out. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmo.- bury, the Right Honourable Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. Despatches were sent yeateadsy from the Colonial-aloe to the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Tax QUEEN'fi RETURN To WINDgOR.—Her Ma jesty the Queen and the royal family will, it is expected, leave Osborne about the 17th or lfith of this month, and return to Windsor Castle for a few days previous to visit ing Scotland. Prince and Princess Christian will, it is understood, accompany her Majesty to Balmoral. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESB OF WALRB.-1t is understood that the health of her Royal Highnese the Princess of Wales continues to make the most satisfactory progress. The Prince of Wales is expected to leave Marl borough-house shortly for Paris, for the purpose of visiting the Exhibition. It is not unlikely the Queen of Denmark may leave town, on the conclusion of her Majesty's visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, about the same time. The Duchess of Cambridge and tho Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitx and Prince Adolphus honoured the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough with their company at dinner last evening, at the family mansion in St. James's-square. There were present to meet their royal highnesses the Earl and Countess of Bradford, the EArl of Dudley, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord Ravensworth, Lord Claud J. Hamilton, M.P., Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, Hon. Mr. Wellesley, and Mrs. Heinle Cochrane, and Colonel Home Purees in waiting on the royal guests. The Earl Russell received Viscount Amberley, M.P., Lord Dufferin, Lord J. Hay, M.P., Sir Roundell Palmer, M.P., the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, M.P., the Right Hon. W. H. Cogan, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., and Mr. Adams at dinner last evening at his residence, in Chesham place. Lord Stanley, as Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, gave a grand diplomatic banquet last evening, at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street. There were present his Excellency M. Musnrus, the Turkish Ambaseador, and Madame and Mademoiselle Muslims; his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Italian Minister ; his Excellency Count Benutorlf, the Prussian Ambassador, and the Countess, and Countess Therese Bernstorff ; his Excellency M. Bulow, the Danish Minister, and Madame Below ; his Excellency Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister; his Excellency Count Vistahermosa, the Spanish Minister, and the Countess, and Mademoiselle Owens ; Count and Countess de Rile's, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl and Countess of Dartrey, the Earl of Longford, the Earl of Mahnesbury, Lord Echo, Hon. Thos. de Grey, Lady Constance Stanley, Sir John B. Kerslake (the Solicitor-General), and Mr. E. Egerton. Later in the evening Lord Stanley had an even ing party, et which a brilliant company Resembled. Last night Frances Countess Waldegrave gave a ball at her residence, in Carlton.gardens, to meet the Count and Countess de Paris. The Duke de Nemours, and the Princess Marguerite d'Orleans also honoured the countess by their company. A brilliant assemblage were present and it was close on 2 o'clock when the carriages discontinued setting down. The lint ennobled ancestors of 82 British peers, viz., 3 dukes, 7 marquises, 31 earls, 1 viscount, and 40 barons, were distinguished lawyers. DEATH or THE DEAN or CHESTER.—We learn by telegraph that the Dean of Chester, the Rev. F. Anson, died at the Deanery at Chester at half-past two yesterday afternoon, aged 87. Emigration is proceeding at a rapid rate. It is not confined to the South or West. A letter from Drog heda states : -" The increase in the exodus for the last eight or ten days is somewhat startling, and the inhabi tants look with wonder at lines of carte passing through the streets, towards the quays, filled with baggage, on which are seated the female emigrants. Meath, Louth, Cavan, and Westmeath are the counties which contribute to the emigration movement here ; and should it continue in the same ratio during the summer months, the rural portions of the counties named must be well nigh depopu lated. About 60 emigrants sailed from our quay last evening by the Brian Boiroimbe steamer. Large crowds of the inhabitants were attracted to the wharf, and the scene between the emigrants and the relatives left behind was truly affecting. In all MUM the emigrants promised to send for their friends as soon as they could." The Paris correspondent of the Times writes : "There is no doubt that if hie Majesty of Russia comes to this capital be will be received by his ' good brother' with imperial munificence. What be may meet with from the population of Paris is another question. I have already heard, not from revolutionists or from hotheaded republi cane, but from staid, orderly men of middle age not person ally hostile to the Czar, nor intense admirersof Poles put or present, some mutterings u to the reception the populace of the Faubourg would bo likely to give the autocrat should he appear among them. The events of Poland are too recent and too terrible to be easily or soon forgotten by a people who have always, rightly or wrongly, professed the' armest sympathy towards that unhappy country ; and there are too many friends or relatives of those on whom Mouravieff pressed so ruthlessly in this city whose resentment might betray itself in spite of all precautions. I do not allude to acts or attempts of violence, but to de monstrations of popular feeling, which would be anything but pleasant to the guest of the Emperor of the French. The Czar will not probably visit the Faubourg St. Antoine, for there he would assuredly hear shows of ' Vivo la Poking) from one and of it to the other, if not worse." 1 4)0 . Law INICLLIGENCS. L(THIS Dd.) Or -.., COURT Or EXCHEQUER. sitti Banco .—( Before the Lord Chief Baron, and L' 'Li' as Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott.) _.. THE COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER. Anticipating a desperate battle on the new go vernment mode of enfranchising the compound householder the Tines enters into a description of the scheme to which it gives a general appruvsl. A dispassionate inquiry, it says, may inspire some doubt of the value of the ma chinery devised for their enfranchisement, but can suggeet no suspicion of its injustice. As the Times views the sub ject, neither this nor the alternative proposal of Mr. Hibbert now espoused by the leading members of the opposition can be said to involve any point of injustice, and the difference between them is wholly insufficient to warrant the tremendous issues which hang upon the choice. The government, desiring to make every ratepayer a voter, would make every compound householder who applies to become a voter whiny and truly a ratepayer. Mr. Hib. bert would leave him in an ambiguous position, ready to come forward as a ratepayer, or to fade away into com pound householding at discretion. The Times looks upon the determination to support Mr. Hibbert's amend•nent, after the publication of the clauses last inserted in the notice-book by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as an instance of that recklessness of all consequences too fre quently manifestel whenever an opportunity is afforded of a stand-up party fight. The Doily lines examines in detail the arguments and proposals of Mr. Disraeli. The landlords, it believes, would turn out at a week's notice anyone interfering with the system of compounding, and so well would this be understood that it would be perfectly effectual in securing that no application fur a vote be made. The penalty of eviction will attach to the claim to participate in the boon which parliament offers, and this system will be applied to certain localities in the discretion of vestries, and as it extends to all new registrations even above 101., it will be an engine of positive disfranchisement whenever existing qualifications expire. Such a method is • hundred-fold more effectual than any fine. It will not be marvellous, however, if such remarkable juggling with the constitution should be the last experiment which the patience of the country will enable it to bear at the hands of its present ministers. The Telegraph remarks that Mr. Disraeli's latest scheme of making landlords pay fur their tenant.' votes, is only a fresh exemplification of the perplexities which result from basing the franchise on the local arralgementa of rate collectors. It is a weak attempt to escape from the familiar spirit which his spells have raised, but =mot exorcise. So mach is the Tr/eon:pa impressed by the pro ceedings of the government, not only with regard to reform but Hyde-park and others, that it would feel no surprise if some influential member of parliament at any moment should do what the exigencies of the hour, as well as the permanent interests of the empire, demand —that is, move a resolution of no confidence in this weak and shifty ad ministration.- [This step, according to the Leeds Ate reorg, it is Mr. Lowe 'a intention to take.] MISCELLANEOUS TOPIcs. The Times persists in its belief that the labours of the Conference now assembled in London will be rewarded by thorough and durable, no lees than prompt success. The credit will belong to England, who obtains it without risk or sacrifice. Indeed, the part she has taken will only have a tendency to limit ►nd define the obligations twice contracted within the present century, and to lighten the burden of her responsibility by extending it over a number of powers larger than that which shared her obligations of lilt and 1839. Though it is natural an English government should hesitate in giving a guarantee in the.e days of non-inter vention, the Pont thinks that the practical importance and common sense of the question ought to overcome such scruples. A cynic might observe, especi.illy if he were • Dane, that our guarantees have not coat us much, and it will be hard to refuse peace to Europe upon ► point of in definite conscience. The Standard assumes already the peaceful settlement of the question. The liability which we assume by our guarantee is of the most remote kind. How much grati tude is due to Lord Stanley the Standard then proceeds to show. When the first vague desire for action of some kind ha. been satisfied, and the resources which legislation offers for a settlement of the question have been fully surveyed, many persons, the Daily Ner., suspects, will be surprised and disappointed to find how little the law can do to re strain the growth of what goes by the general name of ritu alism. Nearly all the importance of ritualism belongs to it as a visible representation otidoctrine, and with matters of doctrine the royal commission will have nothing to do. The legislature can only touch the evils represented by the name of ritualism on the outside. The necessity of con fession to the priest, with its kindred doctrines, is being taught in hundreds of pulpits of the Church of England, and churches are being built every day in order that they may be propagated yet more widely. The authority and REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. This morning wan issued the second report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the local go imminent and local taxation of the metropolis. Convinced of the neceuity for establishing a strong and efficient local administration in London for the purpose of assuring the health, comfort, and convenience of the in habitants, the committee set forth in • series of resolu tions the conclusions they have arrived at as to the means of attaining this object in a way consistent with the special circumstances of London and the seat of her Ma jesty's government. These resolutions are as follows : 1. That there should be • separ►te commission of the peace for the whole metropolis, as defined by the Metropolis Local Management Act, on which should be placed some of the principal persons connected by property with each district of the metropolis. 2. That to ensure an efficient body of justices, the commission should be revised and re issued at stated periods. -1. That the justices should hold general sessions for the metropolis, and should exercise the functions usually discharged by the sessions of cities having a separate quarter sessions, except as hereinafter resolved. 4. That the justices of each district should hold district winnow!, for the purposes of determining all questions requiring the decision of justices, and arising in the district connected with the local government of the metropolis, which are nut of a general character; and, to preserve uniformity, an appeal should lie to the gene ral sessions. 5. That the constitution of the Metropolitan Board of Works should be altered as follows: A. That the owners of property in the metropolis should be represented on the Metropolitan Board by the justices of the metropolis, selecting from amongst the justices connected with the districts a proportion of the members of the Metropolitan Board. B. That in the event of the property occupied by the crown being assessed for the rates levied by the Metro politan Board for permanent improvement*, which to your committee seems just and reasonable, the crown should be at liberty to appoint two members to the Metropolitan Board. C. That one or more members of the Metropolitan Board should be elected, as at present, by the governing body of each district as hereinafter defined. That there should be elected directly by the rate payers in each district of the metropolis a proportion of the members of the Metropolitan Board. 6. That the relative importance of each district, and the number of members connected with it on the Metro politan Board, should be determined with regard to the number and rateable value of the houses and other pro perty, and the population and area of each district. 7. That the powers tad duties of the Metropolitan Board having been much enlarged since its first establishment, its name should be made more conformable to its present and future condition, and it should be called " The Muni cipal Council of London." 8. That the president of this council should be periodically nominated by the board,and be approved of by the crown. 9. That the Municipal Council should discharge all its executive duties by means of committees composed of a limited number of its members, subect to the review of the council. 10. That the Municip al Council should exercise the powers now possessed by the Metropolitan Board, and should also be entrusted with a supervision over the supply of water and gas to the metropolis, with the protection of the pub lic interests in regard to railways and other undertakings affecting the inhabitants at large, and with such other functions as parliament may from time to time appoint to be exercised by the chief authority for the general man agement of the affairs of the metropolis. 11. That it is de sirable that the crown should consider the expediency of allowing the amount of the yearly main drainage rate to be reduced, on the period for which it is to be levied being extended as long as may be requisite to discharge the main drainage debt and interest. 12. That the power conferred on local authorities in the metropolis to Improve existing thoroughfares, and to take property com pulsorily for that purpose, under the 57th Geo. 111., oh. 29, should be expressly extended to the Municipal Council, and such defects in the act as interfere with the due exercise of that power should be amended. 13. That the Municipal Council should be invested with such powers as may be necessary to make a uniform assessment throughout the metropolis. 14. That there should be au appeal from such assessment to the general sessions of the justices for the metropolis, 15. That the existing divisions of the metropolis for the purpose of local government under the Metropolis Local Management Act are in some cases too small and inconvenient, and should be re-adjusted. 16. That each district should be divided into convenient wards, and the members of each district governing authority should be elected directly by the ratepayers in each ward. 17. That it is desirable that her Majesty's government should ascertain in what manner the metro polis can be beat divided into districts and wards, in accordance with these resolutions. 18. That the govern. ing authority of each district should be called "The Com mon Council" of the district. 19. That the Common Council 'Mould elect annually a chairman and deputy-chairman. 20. That in order to prevent repeated elections, all persons to be elected both for the municipal council and the Common Council, as well as persons elected to other offices, should be nominated and elected at the same time and in the same manner. 21. That the nomination should be made at a meeting of the inhabitants, either by ratepayers present, or by writing, and that the election should afterwards take place in the manner prescribed by the general order of the Poor-law Board of January 14, 1867. '22. That all the functions now exercised within the district by the vestry or local board should be vested in the Common Council. 2.1. That it would be inexpedient to authorise any district authority to levy rates on the owners of property, unless the Metropolitan Board, after it has been reconstituted by the owners of property being represented in it, shall determine such rates to be just, for the pur pose of paying half the cost of effecting some defined per manent improvement which ought to be made, wholly or partly, at the expense of the district. 24. That the pro ceedings of the Common Council should be public, and the accounts of each year should be printed and delivered to each ratepayer, with a report of the year's admini.tration. i 25. That it s expedient that there should be one police force for the metropolis, but the committee are of opinion that it should bo a subject of further consideration under what control the police of the metropolis should be placed. 26. That should the charge of the police of the metropolis and of the rural districts within the present limits of the metropolitan police, be deemed too extensive, it is expedient that it should be diminished by transfer ring the metropolitan police of the remoter dis tricts to the police of those counties in which they aresituate, where an efficient county police is established. 27. That as the coal and wine dues are collected for the benefit of the metropolis, the accounts of them should be audited by the auditor appointed to audit the accounts of the Metropolitan Board. 'ZS. That the Municipal Council should take measures, consistently with the rigida of pro. per Sy, to free the thor .ughfares and bridges within the metropolis from tolls, gates, and bars. 29. That the pro visions of the Building Act should be amended so as to prevent the erection of dwellings injurious to health. 30. That all local acts, so fax as may be necessary to carry out the principles embodied in these resolutions, should be re pealed. 31. That it is desirable her Majesty's govern ment should submit to parliament a bill to carry the fore going resolutions into effect. The committee consisted of the following members : Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Tite, Mr. Barley, Mr. Locke, Mr. Alder man Lawrence, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Mr. Mill, Mr. Hanbury, Lord John Manners, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Turner, Sir William Gallwey, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Sandford, and Mr. Kekewich. DEPUTATION TO MR. GLADSTONE. —We are in formed that the deputation from the National Reform Union will wait upon Mr. Gladstone on Saturday afternoon next, at 3 o'clock. The members of the deputation will assemble at the Westminster Palace Hotel at 2 o'clock, and proceed thence to Mr. Gladstone's residence at Carlton-house-terrace. Late on Tuesday evening the boards of the London and Brighton and the South-Eastern Companies signed an agreement for a fusion and amalgamation of the two companies on the North-Eastern principle. This, of course, ia subject to the approval of the respective proprie taries, and, subsequently, to confirmation by parliament, application to which is advised in the present session, if possible. The agreement provides that until such confir mation be obtained the traffic receipts of both companies are to be divided in proportion to earnings. The South- Western are to be invited to join in this federation, and the question is reserved as to the feasibility of the Chatham and Dover traffic being worked by the united companies. st.ine ro. BLAT3E. The Solicitor-General resumed his reply on the part of the plaintiff. General Slade, and in support of the validity of the Koeber-Mcetyn marriage, in 1825, and the _Worth macy of the defendant. lie is likely to occupy the court the entire day. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before Bir J. P. Wilde.) MTH AND ANITH r. TEBBITT AND OTFIZRN. This case was resumed this morning for the eiOth time, when the Queen's Advocate continued his address on behalf of the defendants, reading the evidence at great length. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN Bea A. W. BAYLIT. The bankrupt was described as late an ensign of the 35th Foot, Chatham. This wu the sitting for examination and discharge. Debts, 464/. Mr. Heed supported ; there wee no opposition, and his Honour granted the order. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) QUESTION ARISING UNDER A DISPUTED ADJUDICATION. An adjudication was nude against a non-trader on the 19th December last, and application was made in the usual form to show cause against the adjudication. After re peated adjournments, the matter came on for hearing, but a preliminary objection was taken by Mr. Lawrence that the alleged bankrupt, being a non-trader, bad no right to show cause against the adjudication. His Honour said that in considering this objection it would be necessary to examine the provisions of both &eta, 10-19 and 1861. It was evident that the legislature, in extending the provisions of bankruptcy to non-traders. meant to give them extra protection, notices being required to be given which were not necessary in the case of traders, and there being other differences in the form of procedure. Bat in this case the debtor knew of the petition, and might have appeared on it if he had chosen to do so ; and as he bad not done so, he could not now be heard to dispute the addication. On the application of Mr. Linklater for the alleged bankrupt, the Gra :, tte notice was ordered to be stayed fur • few days. IN RE EDWARD JOSEPH, The bankrupt warn described as a jeweller, bullion dealer, and general merchant, of Aldersgate-stroet, and Mecklenburghaquare. His liabilities are 20,6211. ; assets returned at upwards of 9,0001. At the last sitting an ad journment wa• ordered, there being a probability of the bankrupt making a satisfactory offer to his creditors. Mr. Burton, for the assignees, stated that no arrange ment had been come to, and he understood that the bankrupt was not in attendance. Mr. Sydney, on his behalf, produced a medical certifi cate, given at the Cape of Good Hope in February last. Ultimately an adjournment till the 2nd of August was ordered. IN RE MOB AND . LERIS LIAPMAN._ The bankruptswere described as general dealers, auc. tioneers, and dealers in jewellery and fancy goods, late of Lombard-street, since of St. Paul's Churchyard. Their debts are 2,342/. • assets of small amount. Mr. SolOmon, for the assignees, did not oppose. Mr. Sydney, for a creditor, expressed dissatisfaction with the accounts of the bankrupts. It appeared that they had been in the habit of going round to Hailshani, Lewes, and other places, and selling goods by auction ; and it was contended that they had not rendered correct accounts of those sales. After hearing Mr. Reed for the bankrupts, His Honour directed an adjournment. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED LION-SQUARE. (Before Mr. Under Sheriff Burchelf..) LYE r. PANT.-OZPLOBABLE ACCIDENT FROM A BITE OF A 000. This wag an action in the Common Pleas, in which judgment was allowed to go by default, to recover com. r emotion from a bite of a dog. The damages were laid at Mr. Thomu (with whom was Mr. Bromley) appeared for the plainti ff , a boy aged 12. The defendant is the landlord of the Morpeth Cutle, Hackney lyick. . . . . . In March the boy went into the public.house one morning to look for his master, and was seized by a large mastiff dog and bitten. He was carried by the potman to a doctor's, and afterwards to the hospital. The wound was cauterised, and be had suffered great pain and still suffered, and could do no work. DT. Bewley said he attended the child, and he was not free from the effect of hydrophobia, and he might suffer from the bite for years. The potboy was called, and he said it was a stray dog. Another witness wan called, and he said he had been at tacked by the dog, which was, he said, a big dog, and as high as he was on his hind legs. He had seen the defen dant with the dog. A witness proved that the house " the Morpeth Castle," was a valuable one. The learned Under-Sheriff placed the case before the jury sea deplorable one, and one in which the poor lad was entitled to their consideration. The jury awarded WO/. damages, the full amount claimed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ARSON. The trial of the prisoner Steplwn Samuel Wales for felo niously and maliciously setting tire to his dwelling-house with intent to defraud the Western Fire Insurance Com pany of 050/., was resumed this morning at 10 o'clock, before Mr. Justice Blackburn. . _ The ease for the defence was proceeded with, the first witness who was examined being called to prove that in the months of September and December before the fire, which occurred on the 21st of January, the prisoner was supplied with jewellery to the amount of nearly 2001. Another witness, named Bradley, who had been fora good many years in the Fire Brigade, and who bad had a great deal of experience in fires, said that he went over the house in February, and be did not observe anything unusual in the appearances that presented themselves, and he expressed - in opinion that the deposit on the floor and the walls was nothing but the ordinary smoke that would be occasioned by such a fire as had taken place in the house. Another witness named Moore, who described himself as a chemist residing in the Back- road, St. George's-in-the- Kam, was next called, and he stated that be had examined and analysed a portion of the paper and the flooring, and he was of opinion that the black deposit upon them might have been occasioned by the burning of oilcloth, and oil table.coverhig. He also stated that he had examined • portion of the debris that remained, and found they con sisted of plate-glass and portions of burned oilcloth and oil table-covering, but he could not discover any smell of tar. He also said that oilcloth was composed of canvass, boiled oil, waffle oil, snd sugar of lead, and the burning of such ingredients he considered would account for the de posit that appeared on the walls and floor. r• In cross e x am i nat i on th is witness said that he had been • chemist all his life, but be did not at present keep a shop. He said that he got his living in the best way he possibly could, and be explained that he was in the habit of prescribing for patients, which he said he had a right to do, as he was legally qualified. He knew nothing of the prisoner, and he oould hardly tell how he came to be introduced into this case, but the brother-in-law of the prisoner was an old friend of his, and he spoke to him upon the subject, and in consequence of what he said he went to the house and examined it. The witness well asked to smell a portion of the debris from the tire, and to state whether he could distinguish any odour of tar. He did so, apparently very carefully, and then stated that he could not discover any ouch odour. Serjeant Ballantine asked the jury to smell the article that had been shown to witness, in order that they might form their opinion upon the point, and when they had done so, they all expressed themselves to the effect that the smell of tar was clearly discernible, Mr. Juotiee Blackburn also smelt the substance that had been produced, and he said that although he had a alight cold he could certainly distinguish the smell of tar. IThe case was proceeding when we went to press.] THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE HYDE•PARK OUTCAHTS. Two dirty miserable-looking young women named Mary B",,en and Eliza Barges were charged before Mr. Knox with wandering abroad in Hyde-park, not h►ving ► fixed place of abode, or visible means of subsistence. Sergeant William Henley, 707 A, said that about 3 o'clock that, morning he was on duty in Hyde-park and saw the two prisoners lying on a seat fast asleep. He woke them up and asked them why they were in the park after the gates were closed, when theT said they had no place to go to and no money to get lodgings. Mr. Knox asked the sergeant whether he had seen the young women before ! The sergeant said he had, and that they frequented the park as prostitutes. Mr. Knox said it was what occurred every season as soon as the fine weather set in. Inspector Butler mid he had cautioned the young wo men before, but they bad never been charged before. Mr. Knox, after remarking that the prisoners could not be worse off anywhere than starving about the park, com mitted them for a month each. SOUTHWARK. REMARKABLE VICAPE ON A RAILWAY. Tbovura Sheppard, a middle-aged man, wee placed at the bar charged with trespaaung on the South Eastern Rail way and endangering his life. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. James Bell, an I inspector of the South Eastern Railway, that he was , duty at the London-bridge terminus about half-past 9 night, when the prisoner was brought to him by a sign a l. =an, who found him lying on the line between the metals. He had a cut on the nide of the head, which witness thought had been caused by his being struck by an engine, He was almost in an insensible state, and as soon as he covered he said that he took his ticket at New-cross London-bridge, but by mistake got out at the Spa-road, and he thought he might as well walk up. The magistrate asked if he was sober. The inspector rndiedtbatla ME Dot It was - wonder he was not killed,as at the spot where he was. five or six lines of railway converge. The signalman at the Spa-road said that he maw the p. sooner walking along the line, and he fell just as • train passed, and most likely he was struck by the engin e , Witness ran to him and picked him up, and with some difficulty got him to the London-hridge terminus. was very drank, and he wondered he was not killed. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was drunk that he did not know anything about it. He h been • teetotaller for twenty years, and wasfoolishly induced to drink some spirits at New-arose, and that took a bad effect on him. The magistrate told him that he had had a miraculous escape, and ought to be thankful to the sign►lman taking him oft the line. As • caution to him for future, be fined him 10s., or ten days' imprisonment. SUSPECTED MURDER IN ST. MARTIN'S-LA. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Wm. Wallace, a punch-maker, was brought before Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magistrate, charged on suspicion of causing the death of • woman, named Elizabeth Jeffrey, who had been living with him as ' wife, at No. 4, Taylor's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane. Dr. Harvey, of Southampton-street, Strand, surgeon the F division of police, deposed—On Tuesday. at about quarter to 2 the prisoner Caine to me asking me to gobs with him to Taylor's-buildings, as he was afraid that woman with whom he lived was dead. He had been several medical men, and he could not get anyone attend. He said that on the Sunday they bad be drinking together, and scuffling, and she fell against, think he said, a bedpost. I went with him to 4, Taylor's• buildings, and in the third floor front room I saw the woman dressed, lying on the bed outside the counterpane. was quite dead. Both eyes were blackened, the left so much swelled that it could not be opened to see the There were also blue marks on the upper lip. Upon counterpane were marks of blood and fluid like saliva. The injuries I should think had been inflicted about forty-eight hours. A woman told me in the prisoner's presence that she was found lying on her face, and that the marks on the counterpane corm Tended to the position she was in. She probably had t , a fit, or convulsion. If so, there would be • discharge saliva. She wan still warm, but getting stiff, and Wheat dead, I should think, about an hour or an hour and a half. I asked him when be last saw her alive. He said at half. past 11, when he went out, and he added that he returned at half-past 1, just before he came to me. He then found her in the condition she was then in. black eyes could not have bees the remelt el fall, but must have been produced by hieve. advised him to send for a policeman, which be very readily as it seemed to toe. At half-past 2 Wednesday, I wade a post mortem examination, at catacombs of St. Martin's Church. The body was nourished, and in the stomach there was a fluid like ts. end one tea-leaf. The heart was thick end more fatty thee it should be. The liver was a little enlarged. The other organs excepting the head were healthy. Upon di. setting the scalp from the bones of the head, about inch above the ear was a discoloured spot, what we all ecchymosed wound, and the whole scalp was much am gated. Upon exposing the brain the membranes ware much congested, particularly the left lobe ; and corre sponding to the spot I have mentioned was a clot of blood about as large as a hen's egg under the de meter. The immediate cause of death was tla pressure of that clot on the brain. I believe that the clot was produced, injuring the vessels, by tlr , blow which caused the spot on the scalp I could not . whether that might be the effect of a fall. It must has been by some hard substance. It was a bruise, not a cut. Police-sergeant Lambert, F 14, stated that at about half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon he was called to the hones in question, and in the third floor front room be saw the deceased lying on the bed. The prisoner was there at the time. Without my asking him any questions he said, " I went out at 1l o'clock this morning. She asked um to get home at 1 o'clock • dinner. I returned at about that time, and found lying upon the bed, apparently dead. I immediately out for a medical man, and Dr. Harvey attended." I t asked him if there had been any quarrel He said,"Wel, both been drinking on Sunday, and between :1 and we had a row,and a stroggle in the room, and the mark on: eye was caused by falling against the bedstead." He ala said they had been on fnendly terms since. I then went with the beadle to remove the body to the dead house. Yesterday, after the post mortem examination, I was it structed to take him into custody, and I did so Leicester.square, about 4 o'clock. On the to the station he said that for some time had suffered from deafness in the left ear; she could not bear for some time, and that then somethirg would snap, after which she could hear again. This he believed was caused by a fall over the bannister five weeks slime. I brought him to the station, and charged him. The prisoner—Did I toll you I wished her to go hospital! M Anew—Yes; and that you did not know whether did so or not. Sr Thomas Henry said it would be desirable to have t. evidence of some person living in the house, who knew most of the habits of the prisoner and the deceased. luspecto! Thompson said he proposed to call a woman who lived in the room below, but she was not here, though she promised to attend. Sir Thomas Henry directed that if necessary a 'amnions should be bunted to compel her attendance. Several women residing in the house stated that '.. prisoner and the deceased lived very happily when sober, but were both in the habit of drinking and of quarreling when the worse for liquor. They had • row on Sunday when he was heard to say repeate dly "Put it down ; ye must be mad." She replied, You will drive me toad: Afterwards she was seen with two black eyes. She midi " was more her fault than his ; the poor fellow would. do it but for her temper." She had frequently fallen dm stairs—once on Friday last, and had said that shawondeu she had not been killed long ago by falling down stain often. Sir Thomas Henry commented on the evident desire the witnesses to semen the prisoner, and asked the 111 witness whether the woman did not simply say that du wondered she bad not been killed, and whether bf falling down stairs so often" was uot witness's own addi tion ? He remanded the prisoner to await the result' the inquest. Next month three new steamers are advertised take out the India mail, viz., the Bangalore, blooltan, Columbian. FATAL FIGHT. —(THIS Day.)—This morning. tween 7 and o'clock, a lad of the name of Alf' M'Carthy, residing at Ray-street, Clerkenwell, bac quarrel with a lad of the name of Henry Taylor, of New City-buildings, Metropolitan Cattle Market, and they could not settle it, they adjourned to Sullertonme , and fought together in the presence of about t a dozen persons. Several rounds took place, which Taylor apparently had the best of it, b. the other one persisted iu lighting. The deceased. 11`Carthy, fell down apparently in a fit, but before, surgeon arrived M'Carthy had ceased to exist. Tad was taken into custody, and char,* at the Caledonia' road police-station, and information has been forwarded to Dr. Lsnkester, the coroner, so that an inquest may ti held on the body. THE MYSTERIOUS SuleIDE AT TIIE INTERNATION. HOTEL —The gentleman who was found dying in his real at the International Hotel has been identified by brothers. His name is Mr. Joseph Statham, and he :hi years of age. He was a licensed victualler carrying business at West Berke, near Nottingham. On last T , day morning he left his house, as his family supposed, the purpose of taking a walk, but he did not return. h. never said that he was going to London, and what mad' him take a journey to the metropolis is a mystery. had latterly been in a very desponding state of mind. whenever any of his relatives asked him the cause of depression he invariably replied " Nothing." It it lieved that his mind had given way. ASPHALTE PAVEMENT.—Extensive works now in progress on the west side of the new rsl vc. station in Broad-street, in the City. A monster good , station is slowly developing itself from a vast chars d bricks, stone, iron, and timber. Huge columns of irc e stand like giant sentinels in stately rows, and ponder° girders lie prostrate on the ground and seem to Jeff ' the efforts of mechanical science to raise them. Sc."' of these enormous girders, however, are allied/ lodged on their lofty resting-places. A long *r of arches presents to the eye a striking effect -, perspective, and a ff ords platforms for the rapid loading s od unloading of merchandise. These platforms are now nod/ finished, and like everything around them, they are lerP Their surfaces are as smooth as marble, and as hani granite, being Covered with Pyrimont Seyesell Alphalt laid on a bed of carefully levelled concrete. They sin every way similar to, and for the slime duty as, those that have been in constant use for many years at the Greif Northern and North Western deptda for goods at King , cross and Camden-town. The adoption of asphalt* st lib these places arose from its use at Messrs. lickford aced Co.'s dept* in Wood-street at the time it was erected 184:1.—Builder. Eros Cou.soc—Yesterday the Easter vacate' terminated with the return of the lower boys. The lifa and sixth forms reach the college to-day and tomorrow bi which time the whole of the scholars will have assembled. --- e was an LO Paat !S I e met a signal k . We ( Lee , witnew pondejst 1 eng ine. , tior ors a as he r e . nt. The Cron f or I 1 alone w ' ; but. ic nservative as raireli the feuul : •1 2 .7 • train engin e . a Donn lea He LTo tb hieedi e :vi. 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