The Express. — London, England, 1862-10-18 00:00:00

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The expected attack by the Confederate forces under Placa and VAN Dom was made on the 3rd inst., near Corinth, Mississippi, and resulted in disastrous failure. After a two days' struggle, in which both sides suffered severely—the Federal., as at Antietam Creek, losing many officers—the Confederates were utterly routed. The last that was beard of them was that, being sharply pursued, they were throwing everything away in their flight. The other military movements re ported are of inferior importance, but such as they are, they are favourable to the Federal. The fighting near Winchester, predicted in telegraphic advices by the last steamer, is not mentioned now, but instead we are told that " Southern newspapers say that the Federal " are again preparing to move on Richmond " via Fredericksburg." Although the journals of Richmond have often shown themselves well in formed, we do not believe that the experiment of dividing the Federal army and advancing by two lines upon Richmond is about to be repeated. It appears, however, that on the spot an advance on Richmond by the Federal" is not considered so chimerical as it would probably be by the friends of the Confederates at this distance. The Committee of the Confederate Senate has been considering President LiNcout's procla mation, and how it may best be met. Among the various propositions we do not find one in favour of taking the generous course of attaching the slave to the Confederate cause by raising hie status. On the other hand, we are informed that, while refusing to make the negro a soldier, as President Liscour is doing, while denouncing death against Federal officers who may command negro soldiers, it has been seriously proposed at Richmond to reward negroes for the murder of Northern soldiers. Such is the despera tion of the baffled slave-drivers, who thus gra tuitously parade their barbarism before the wor'd. THE London swindler has tried many schemes for feeding upon ignorant victims, but none have probably fed him so well asthe sham Loan Societies. By starting on the assumption that one half of the world are fools, and that a large proportion of that half are generally in want of money, he has been able to extract the largest amount of plunder with the least possible amount of risk. Without the courage of the burglar, or the physical strength of the garrotter, he has arrived at far more profit able results by merely dodging behind a screen. Under cover of the " Good Samaritan Loan and " Discount Association," or some title likely to inspire equal hope and confidence, he has attracted unwary dupes from every quarter of the country. With a little capital, no scruples, and a large share of low cunning, he has founded a business which nothing seems able to destroy. Exposure may follow upon exposure with little or no effect. Persistent prosecutions may secure one member of the gang, but another springs up directly to supply his place. Victims wearied by paying "inquiry "fees" which bear no fruit may be taught prudence in time, or may learn it from heavier looses and the warnings of magistrates, but still a fresh flock is always ready to be fleeced. A cer tain number of weak but respectable people seem to have formed themselves into a society for the encouragement of scoundrels, and we can, therefore, hardly wonder that swindlers increase and thrive. It appears from a hundred cases brought forward in the course of the year that such swindlers have only to ask and to have. They merely shake the boughs and the willing fruit drops into their ready mouths. They enjoy an unwholesome security, because the law is un certain, because prosecutions are expensive, and because people who have been swindled often ob ject to be paraded as dupes. A swindling loan transaction has this pecu liarity, by which it may be detected in its earliest stages : the lender always wishes to borrow or re ceive, the borrower always wishes to give or lend. The founders of " Good Samaritan Loan Offices" appear quite as often in the back alleys of the money market as "struggling tradesmen," re quiring • little timely assistance, as they do as benevolent " capitalists" ready to give a little as sistance. The " make up " is different, but the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1862. object is the 'me. The " struggling tridesman " has always pressing need of ten or twenty pounds to meet a bill, to extend his business, or to pur chase a beneficial lease ; he is always willing to give a live or ten pound 'bonus if accommodated with this money for a fortnight or three weeks ; and to deposit property with the lender worth four times as much as the required loan. He offers from six to twelve hundred per cent. per • annum, with excessive security, and advertises lalmost daily in various forms for tenders. That his advertisements succeed we are bound to believe, because of their regular appearance, and that his " security" is hollow we are also bound j to believe, unless the ordinary conditions of busi nes& are reversed in these transactions. The aecu- -7- UMW INTELLIGENCE.. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the 15th Inst., soya : In default of the confidence of the constitutional re presentatives of the people, the Prosaism ministers seek a compensation in the congratulations of deputation., which continue to arrive in our capital. The King also continues to receive addresses of adhesion, and delegates from con servative and feudal association.. During the lut two days °oleo than seven such deputations were admitted to the Palace, and expressed their dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Chamber of Deputies. The government will, however, soon have to decide whether it ought to follow the counsels of the elect of the nation or the advice of these new self-made councillors. The government will have to decide whose advice is of the most value in political and economical questions : M. Simeon or Riep, the workman ; Count Schwerin or Kafka, the shoemaker ; Dr. Gneiat or schoolmaster Fiege ; Messrs. Viucke and Sankey or Tank, the peasant, and curate Hartmann. Truly our situation were most laughable were it not so lamentable. The King, it seem., has been recently made the dupe of a hoax. An address was presented to him purporting to come from the clergy who attended the religious Congress at Brunswick. The King sent a reply to M. Nitzsch, the President, who denies having sent any euch address. As regards the press, the " glorious days of the new era are over. The editor of the Notio.tal Zeilunj (Dr. Zabe) has been sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment for having, in May last, criticised the electoral rescript of M. von Roon in a manner in which the court saw excitement to hatred and contempt of the decrees of the government. Moreover, the trials for press offenoes are on the increase, so that both here and in the provinces they are looked upon as common occurrence.. These rigorous measures . . rity may be pawn-tickets representingfancy values, or it may be that class of " property" which glit ters on the counters of mock-auction marts; but in any case the " struggling tradesman," who always dates from post-offices under the veil of initials, is sure to come out of the transaction a considerable winner. When the " struggling tradesman" comes for ward in the character of a " capitalist"—the ma nager of a " Good Samaritan Loan-office," and a 1 dispenser of loans—he always reverses this process. He entertains no application for help without a deposit to pay for all the necessary inquiries as to the respectability of the applicant, &c. As two or more sureties are generally demanded, this gives an excuse for extracting more fees to payfor inqui ries touching the securities, and it is almost need leas to say that these inquiries never prove satis factory. The applicants for loans are generally dismissed with letters declining their propositions with thanks, and they may think themselves fortunate if the swindle proceeds no further. Sometimes the " capitalist," however, is encou raged to extract much more from his victims by promising the loan on receiving a prepayment of the first year's interest. This is only when the " Good Samaritan Office" is very unskilfully and greedily managed, and it nearly always leads to such an exposure as our Police Reports contained yesterday evening. The case brought before Mr. SWAM may be taken as an illustration of the system, and we may be excused for again describing it, although the priioners are not yet tried, as the facts were very clearly proved for the prosecu tion. have owned a painful impression on the public mind, and yet we are only at the commencement of these annoyances. Today, on the occuion of the anniversary of the death of the late Bing, Divine service was celebrated in the church at Potsdam. The Bing, the Queen Dowager, and other members of the royal 1. , "lily were present, as also some of the civil and military authorities. M. von Roon's ab sence in Switzerland will be for one mouth. Count Schwerin has left Berlin for his 'stake at Putzas. (mra's TILLGIIMIB.) FRANCS. PARIS, Orr. 18. The Moniteur :of this morning announces that the 2nd corps d'armde of the district of Lille will provisionally remain without a commander-in-chief, and its staff-general be dissolved. INDIA AND CHINA. (By telegraph from JobaL) SHANGHAI, flier. 4. General Ward's contingent has extricated itself from its perilous position, since which the rebels have made a fierce attack on this city, and burnt down the villages in the vicinity. They were, however, driven back with great loss. Prince Kung has been attacked with cholera. The imperial army has disappeared from Nankin, leaving only a few war junks in the river. The Mahomedans at Shensi have revolted, cores mitting great outrages upon the other religious dc• nominations. Cholera is raging fearfully in the Northern provinces. Business is suspended at Newchang in consequence. There is no political news of importance from Japan. A further depreciation has taken place in the value of Mexican dollars. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CANTON, Barr. 10. Shirtings and twist higher. Tea firm. Total export to date, 37,500,0001b5. Exchange on Lon don, 4s. 7d. A Loan Society, trading under the very present able title of the " Richard's Estate Fund Associa " Con," at 23, Richard-street, Limehouse, had advertised such a tempting plan of business in various country newspapers that its managers often received thirty or forty letters a-day from country applicants. Some of these letters, it is presumed, contained the preliminary remittances, so necessary in dealing with Loan offices, real or pretended ; but some of the applicants objected to pay fees for airy nothings, and, being members of a Trade Protection Society, they combined to pro secute. To show the vitality of swindling, and the veiled shapes it amines, the same gang were exposed more than a year ago when trading under the assumed name of " R. BRYAN and Co." This time upon being raked out of their new offi,e the hopeful fraternity of capitalists is found to cons'st of a laundress, a widow, a bill-sticker, a regular Holywell-street tradesman, and a commis sion agent. The Association is peculiar, and promises neither capital nor intelligence. The neighbourhood from which it hails does not seem favourable for large monetary operations; and yet, aided by one " Dr. Warms," a man who was convicted • fear years ago, and sentenced to eighteen months' im prisonment and hard labour for swindling under pre tence of curing deafness and diseases of the ear, it seems to have been tolerably successful. The office, to which all letters for the " Association " were ad dressed, is described as a " dilapidated tenement," rented at a few shillings a week, in the low part of an obscure suburb ; but even with this small ex penditure on outward appearances, the receip s of the " Association " must have been vet/ consider able. One coirespondent, whose letter was for tunately stopped by the police-officers, sent up thirty pounds as payment of a year's interest h advance on an expected loan of five hundred pounds, and several other letters were intercepted showing how *many people may be defrauded of their money. Post-office orders were generally made payable to "R. H. Twmrtro, Esq.," " SAMUEL GILBERT," and "W. B. LINDSAY," the names under which the association of laun dresses, bill-stickers, and commission agents seem chiefly to have traded. In adopting such names the swindlers seem to have imitated an example set them by their criminal betters. It is not many years ago since a great bank, now swallowed up in bankruptcy, was foiled with a billiard-marker amongst its directors whose name happened t..) be BARING. The choice of " Bzvasr and C 0.," • well-known and respected banking name, was not dic*.ated by mere caprice, and the chief workers of the " Association " were addressed as SAwuiL GILBERT, W. B. LINDSAY, and R. H. TWINING, because those names have the ring of the true commercial metal. This is a part of the scheme which doubtless sprang from the fertile brain of " Dr. Warms," and not from the commission agent of Sussex-chambers, or the bill-sticker of Baldwin's.gardens. The gang have had a branch office at 3, Alfred-place, Kentish-town, with another on the Surrey side of the river, and there is no reason, considering the support they have long received, why they should not have had a dozen offices in other parts of London. " Dr. " WATERS," of course, is not to be found, and in spite of the vigilance of the police may change his protean name once more, and grow fat out of the plunder of another " Association." The exposure of such a case ought to be some thing more than a nine days' wonder. It ought to teach those people who are struggling with financial difficulties, and who read the ad vertisements of loan offices with gloomy interest, that in all cash transactions references are as much required on one side as the other. A company, society, or association announces its willingness to advance money on certain terms to those who require it; but that is no proof, by itself, of good faith and commercial standing. The intending borrower of money will do well to shake off • great deal of his humility, and to enter the market more openly with a determine tion to know whom he is dealing with. If he wants the money for a legitimate purpose, and has fair security to offer, he ought to feel no more ashamed of making his business public than he would if he was buying a cargo of corn or any other useful commodity. Above all, as far as possible, he should avoid secrecy in these loan transactions, as he may often be saved, by con sulting a few sensible friends, from falling into the hands of fraudulent conspirators. SHANGHAI, Seer. 4. Shirtings firm. Silk advancing. Settlements during the last fortnight, 7,000 bales. Total ex port, 33,125 bales. Exchange on London, 6s. 31d. Freights declining. FOREIGN-OPTIC; Ocr. 14.—The Queen has been graciomly pleased to appoint ?Alward Mortimer Archibald, Esq., to be her Majesty's Judea, and William Dudley Ryder, Req.. to be her Majesty's Arbitrator, in the Mixed Court establubed at Now York under the treaty of the 7th of April. 1862, between Great Britoil' and the Gaited Status for the suppresdoa of the African Stave Trade.—Rareite. Camas PALAOI. Ow. 8111L121110 DALY. FiLDAT, OCTOBER 17.—Adosimioos on pipped. 2,970; ditto by mom tisk" 700 ; total, 3,720. with the fate of MArhoerenel, must till him that MR. GLADSTONE AND THE RECOGNIT'ION OF he is liable, when time shall serve, to be repo - THE SOUTH. dieted and supplanted by a successor, secretly set to work to thwart him. He may, however, think The following oorrespondenct has been handed to us for publicatke it patriotic to take office even at that risk. "Manchester, Oct. 13, 1862. The Bourse opened with great firmness, and the "ffir,—A great deal of misapprehension exists in this dis. Bente rose to 71fr. 70c., but after 2 o'clock, upon trice regarding what you are repotted in the Times news. the strength of a report front Turin that M. Rat- paper, of Thursday last, to have said in the Town-hall, Newcastle, on Tuesday evening, when speaking on American taxi had resigned, the aspect of the market corn- „ if • pletely changed ; sales were pressed, and the Rent* " People here have interpreted your words to mean Mist declined 35c. from the highest point, closing at our government intend to recognise the Southern States of 71fr. 20c. and 71fr. 25c., with a fall both for cash America, and, as a consequence, the whole trade in cotton and account of Sc. Mobilier fell 3fr. 75c., and the and cotton goods is thrown into a state of doubt and moor- Italian Loan 25c. The Northern Railway rose tai:7htait has had net all the y effec t ne th m h m a i i l i e n te d ly tr i ng e itster -sfr., and Southern fell sfr. In the other lines dins of orders ' alread ffilr y s. sent abroad for cotton, wun antl this there is little change. suspending of others on the eve of being sent, than step- The Daily News is seized. ping supplies of that which our population stands so much in need of. "It would be most desirable to know if what you said had Inot the meaning put upon it, and that it was not your in tention to say or infer her Majesty's government contem plated recognising the Southern States of America ; and I trust you will not consider me intrasive in asking an expla nation, as the subject is one of national importance, which should not be left in doubt and uncertainty se at present. " I beg therefore you will grant me a reply, as your silence may bear the interpretation already put on your words.—l have the honour to remain, &c., (Signed) "Times Mosur. " Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, M.P." AMERICA. (mum's TIIMOZAKIL ) (Per Scotia, rid Roebe's Point.) NEW YORK, Ocr. 6, Emma. The Confederates, under Generals Price and Van Dorn, supposed to number 40,000, attacked the Federal General Rosencranz, on the 3rd, at Corinth, Mississippi The fighting lasted two days. Gene ral Rosencranz reported officially on the sth that the rebels were repulsed with great slaughter. He says :—" The enemy is in full retreat, leaving his dead and wounded. The loss is serious on the Federal aide, particularly in officers, but bears no comparison with that of the enemy. Seven hun dred Confederate prisoners captured." The latest reports state that the pursuit was favourable, and that the enemy could not escape without losing everything but their small arms. Mr. Cyrus Field proceeds to Europe by the Scotia, to conclude the arrangements to lay the Atlantic cable in the spring of the year. NEW YORK, Ocr. 7, Emma. The latest official reports from Corinth state that the rebels have been driven back five miles across the Hatcbie river towards Corinth. The Federals captured two batteries and 300 prisoners. The Federal General Rosencranz reports that the enemy is totally routed, throwing everything away, and that the Federals are in sharp pursuit. The Confederate General Martin is reported killed. " 11, Downing-street, Whitehall, 18th Oct., 1862. " Sir,—l am desired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to acknowledge the favour of your letter of the 13th instant. and to state that his words at Newcastle were no more than the expression, in rather more pointed terms, of an opinion which Mr. Gladstone has long ago stated in public, that the efforts of the Northern States to subjugate the Southern ones is hopeless, by reason of the resistance of the latter.— I am, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " CHLILMS L. RYA 3. " Thomas Mosley, Esq." We have to announce the death of the Dowager Countess of Albemarle, widow of William, fourth Earl of Albemarle, which occurred ou Monday, the 13th inst., at her resident's at Twickenham, aged 87. The decamped lady was the daughter of Sir Henry Hunloke, of Winger worth Hall, Derbyshire. Southern papers say that the Fedorals are again preparing to move on Richmond viL Fredericks burg. Deserters and scouts report that the Con federates are falling back in the direction of Rich mond. The Confederates have evacuated Frankfort, Kentucky. The Federal. are advancing on Frank fort. A small engagement has occurred at Newtonia, Missouri. After two hours' fight, the Confederates broke and fled. They are said to be concentrating beyond Newtonia, and the Federals advancing to renew the engagement. _ _ _ The marriage of Lord Dufferin with Mina Hamilton is &red to take place on the 23rd inst. It is mid that his lordship's mother, the widow of the late Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye, will now assume her right designation u the wife of the Earl of Gifford. We regret to hear that the noble earl still remains in a precarious state of health at Dufferin Lodge, Highgate. His sister, the Duchess of Wellington, and Lady Gifford, are unre mitting in their attentions. . - . The health of the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. O'flagan, having suffered from severe domestic afflic tion, he iv at present travelling with his family in Italy. From a letter received in Dublin it appears that a serious accident occurred to a diligence in which he was travelling. The right hon. gentleman and three of his daughters, accom panied by their governess, were in the vehicle when it was upset or capsized in the neighbourhood of Florence, the driver killed, and several persons severely injured ; but, excepting the great shock which he and his children MP' Weed, they suffered no further injury. The governess received a wound on the head, but she is going on well, and may be pronounced free from all danger arising from the accident. The majority of the committee in the Confede rate Senate has reported resolutions that, after January next, Federal commissioned or non-com missioned officers, when captured, shall be kept at hard labour until the termination of the war, or the repeal of President Lincoln's emancipation pro clamation. Federal white officers training or com manding negroes on military enterprises against the Confederate States, or inciting slaves to rebel lion, or pretending to free them under Lincoln's proclamation, shall, if captured, suffer death. President Davis is authorised to adopt such other retaliatory measures beet calculated to repress the atrocities of the enemy. The report of the minority urged a war of ester mination against all invaders. Other resolutions were introduced, offering re wards to negroes for killing any open enemy, and providing that all officers and soldiers circulating counterfeit Confederate money shall suffer death on conviction by a military court. The Confederate governor of North Carolina has called a council to consider President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Mr. Lincoln has returned to Washington. He passed through Frederick, Maryland, and made two unimportant speeches to the inhabitants amidst much enthusiasm. Lord Stanley, M.P., presided at a late meeting of the committee of the Tipperary Farming Society. The meeting went through a large amount of routine business connected with the awards of the late "bow, lea, in the whole of which Lord Stanley took • lively interest ; and at the clew of the proceedings, in reply to • warm vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation, he stated his de. termination to be present at the annual gathering next year, should he possibly be able to get away from England, where his public duties are so many. This announcement raised • hearty cheer from those present. As all the 'neonatal competitors at the late show were in attendance to receive their prizes there was a fuller meeting than is usual, and the country farmers were loud in their praises of Lord Stanley's courteous attention to their wishes, and his great interest in every matter connected with the society. Sir Robert Peel delivered a speech on Thursday, in Dublin, at a meeting for conferring degrees on students of the Queen's University. It was wholly taken up with detailing bis scheme of last year for procuring an additional endowment of the Queen's colleges. He told how it had been originated., had a quiet hit or two at these who op posed it., and then claimed for it perfect saceass. Finally he described the mode in which it was intended to apply the funds rais:d. _ - . Admiral of the Blue Sir George Rose Sartorina is to have the good service pension rendered vacant by the death of Sir James Whitley Deans Dundee, G.C.B. ' ' ' • The Federal gunboat fleet is transferred from the war to the navy department. General M'Clellan has issued stringent orders against lawless depredations by the troops. The operation of the draft in New York is post poned until the 10th. General Wadsworth, in accepting the Republican nomination for the governorship of New York State, has expressed his opinion that the American Con tinent under one government is still destined to dictate terms to the world in arms. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORE, Ocr. 7, EVENING. Money abundant. Gold, 24 premium. Exchange advancing. Bankers' bills, 136, 1364. Stocks, large speculative sales. New York Centrals, 103/ ; Illinois, 83 ; Erie, 581. Cotton heavy. Middling Upland, 56c. Flour, Sc. higher, and advancing. Wheat and oorn in good demand for export, and lc. higher. Provisions steady. Coffee advancing. Sugar and molasses very Srm. NEW YORK, Ocr. 8, Nomura. General M'Clellan has issued a general order to the troops, referring to President Linooln's eman cipation proclamation. He says : " The fundamental role of republican govern. ment is that armed forces are raised only to sustain the civil authorities, and are to be held in strict subordination to them. The discussion by officers and soldiers of government measures, when carried beyond a temperate expression of opinion, tends to destroy discipline by substituting political faction for that steady support of government which is the highest duty of the American soldier. In carrying out the measures of the government the army will be guided by tha same mercy and Christianity which have always controlled its conduct towards the defenceless." _ . --------- The Confederates are reported to be moving across the Rappahannock, in the direction of the Manassas Gap Railroad, and to have taken posses sion of Warrentown and Briston. . . An enthusiastic Republican meeting has been • held in Brooklyn, at which strong resolutions were passed endorsing Mr. Lincoln's emancipation pro. clamation, and imploring the government to accept Garibaldi's services. Mr. Cassius Clay made a speech, denouncing the democrats and all who de sired the Union as it was. Mr. Clay further de nounced England, and expressed profound admira tion of France and Russia. COMMERCIAL LNTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Ocr. & We (Army and Nary Gazette) understand that the Italian government has ordered an iron-plated ship to be built by Mews. C. J. Mare and Co., of MillwalL The easel is to be 2,300 took and is to have engines (by Mandalay, Sons, and Field) of 700 horse-power. At pre sent we believe the intention is to mount the ship with two cupolas on Captain Cowper Coles' principle, each capable of aiming two of the heaviest guns that can be plod on board ship. By the arrival of the mail from the Pacific in London on Tuesday, it is dated (says the Army and Navy Gazette) that the Admiralty received an intimation of his desire to be relieved from Rear.Adrniral Sir Thomas Maitland, the present commander-in-chief on the station. Mr. Foley has received a commission to execute an equestrian statue of Lord Canning for the city of Cal cutta, where already his " Lord liardinge" is placed. General Rawlinson, the English minister to the court of Persia, has passed through Vienna on his way to Teheran. It is rumoured in Australia that Sir Harry Young, late governor of Tasmania, is to snowed Sir Henry Darkly as governor of Victoria. The Journal de Charleroi says :—" We ham stated that King Leopold was to peas the winter in the nth of Fence. Our correspondent at Brussels now informs ns that his Majesty has chosen the town of Pau as his place of residence, and that the palate there has been placed at his disposal by Napoleon 111. The antique residence has lately been restored, and, according to rumours all over the district of Beare, is to be shortly occupied by • foreign prince. That prince is the King of the Belgians." The Vienna Gazette says :—" The ex-Queen of Naples has given an &boraces to her mother, and to the King and Queen of Bavaria, that she required • few days of meditation and prayer, but after that pious exercise she should return to Rome to her husband." M. Fould left Paris on Thursday evening for Marseilles, to be present at the inauguration to-morrow (Sunday) of the Indo-China Packets, an undertaking over which the Weider of Finance exercises • direct surveil. lance, on account of the postal service which those packets are to perform, and of the subvention paid by the state. The Italian government has ordered pecuniary assistance to be distributed to such of the amnestied pri soners as may be in want of the means of returning to their families. A letter from Madrid 'says :—" An accident took place three days back on the Northern of Spain Railway, and two of the guards were killed. Several passengers, and among them the Countess de Montijo and other ladies belonging to the Spanish aristocracy, received alight mutat sions." Gold, 24 premium. Exchange advancing : bankers' bills, 137 to 137 i. Stocks, advancing : New York Central, 104 ; Illinois, 84 ; Erie, 54 QUEENSTOWN, Ocr. 17. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the Bth inst., arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day, with 195 passengers and 1,301,624 dole. in specie. She landed 84 sacks of mails and 16 passengers, and proceeded immediately. All welL Although she experienced severe weather, she has made the posse in 8 days 16 hours. A Spanish provincial journal records an extra ordinary instance of fecundity in the neighbourhood of Grenada, where a woman gave birth to four boys, "all well-formed and likely to live." The Journal de Routn states that a number of gentlemen have taken into serious consideration the pro. ject of introducing fox-hunting into Normandy, with a view to improving the breed of horses as well as for amusement. A committee of landowner' is to be named to make the necessary arrangements. It is proposed that the season shall commence in November, and close in March. Ellen Hanley, " The Colleen Sawn," was drowned In the Lower Sistanoe, on either the 13th, 14th, or 15th of July, 1819. Her body was washed oe shore at a place celled Maw Point, sad it was interred in Barrens church. yard, which is about a mile distant from Money Point. The spot where the body was burred was unmarked by soy tombstone, until recently ; but Mr. Beeves, cm whose pro perty the Barrens churchyard Is situated, has just erected an friar mom to the Colleen's memory. It bean the simple epitaph—" College Hawn, July. 1819." INDIA. CALCUTTA, Serr. 27. (By telegraph to Gallo.) The French barque La France was w.-ecked off Gopaulpore on August 28. Shirtings and twist firm. Copper unaltered. Indigo and saltpetre active. Exchange ou London, 2s. Old. Government securities, Four per Cents., 93f ; ditto, Five per Cents., log. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Crsont OUR OWN ow PARIS, FRIDAY BRINING. In addition to the resignations of M. Thouvenel and the Marquis de Lavalette, consequent upon the Emperor's pro-papal policy, is to be mentioned the'. of M. Benedetti, the ambassador at Turin, wbo will, as a matter of course, be replaced by a man hostile to the unity of Italy, and who will either retract M. Benedetti's promises or interpret his despatches in a sense contrary to what they were intended to mean. I think it quite idle to echo the disquisitions which some of the French journals, not daring to speak their minds, are reduced to resort to about the real signification of M. Drouyn de Limp' appointment There can be no doubt that it is absolutely and altogether reactionary. M. Drouyn de Lhuys was Louis Napoleon's minister at the time of the original invasion of Rome ; and as the France, in a tone of quite justifiable triumph, observes, it is not likely that the man who restored the Pope to Rome should be called to power at the present crisis to expel him. Moreover, M. Dronyn de Lhuys took a recent opportunity at an agricultural meeting to make a speech in behalf of the temporal power. His views are alto gether opposed to the emancipation of Italy, and he will no doubt do his utmost to go back as far as pos sible to the disaetrous text of the convention of Villa franca. The Bourse derives some consolation from the remembrance that M. Drouyn de Lhuys resigned office at the break up of the Vienna conferences in 1855, and was opposed to the Russian war. The inference drawn is that he is in principle a man of peace. I know not how this may be, but lam told that he is personally hostile to Lord Pal merston, and by no means a friend to the English alliance. I cheerfully admit that he has the repu tation of a man of high personal character, although the history of his political career is not without instances of considerable pliability. At all events, be is favourably distinguished from many former penniless adventurers and stockbrokers who are now conepicanius iu high places. Hi s 1 large private fortune enabled him some years ago to achieve an unprecedented and never hitherto imitated act of independence, the reason for which has yet to be fully explained. In 1858, being offended at the Emperor's letter, in which the Senate was reproached for not acting suffi ciently upon the initiative powers accorded to it by the constitution, he threw up his senator's diploma, sad has never since drawn the income of 30,000 fr. • year. Ido not know whether he was disgusted at the humbug of attributing to the Senate, which was at that time a mere nullity, any serious power in the state, or whether he was offended at the public slight passed upon the body of which he was a vice-president That affair, however,seems to be forgiven and forgotten, and as M. Drouyn de Lhuya is conscientiously a partisan of the temporal power, he may now very honestly come into office upon that platform. Of course his past experience in the matter of the Vienna conferenoes, together MR. DISRAELI ON EDUCATION. Some National Schools which have just been completed on Naphill Common, near Hughenden, Bucks, were opened on Thursday evening by the Venerable Arch deacon Bickerstetb. The formal proceedings having been gone through, The Right Hon. B. Diensem, H.P., addressed the meet• ing. He said—l must congratulate theism present on the completion and opening of a building for one of the most important object' that you could possibly have en view. You have at last the mean■ of education secured to you, and the opportunity of meeting in a permanent and certain dwelling. We have not, in this pariah, hitherto been without the means of education, but those means have de pended on sources upon which we could not always rely, and we necessarily met wider roofs that we could not corn. mend ; bat you hays this day completed a building which belongs to the pariah, and which is to day opened for one of the highest and holiest purposes that can influence man. I need not impress upon you the importance of education. To "thin up ► child in the way he should go" is a perfect education—to teach him those truths of religion and principles of moral conduct which shall govern hia throughout this life, the importance of which has already been impressed on you by the touching and impressive see. mon which our archdeacon has delivered in the parish church. Masai:ion is important, not only to you now, but in reference to your conduct and future condition in the world. Twenty years ago, if 1 had been addressing an audience like the present, I might have endeavoured to per. e vade you of the advantage of education ; but that mode of considering the subject is now entirely past ; we have got further than that—it is not merely the advantage of edo. cation that I have to impress upon you, but the necessity for it. You have no longer a choice if you wish to meet fair fortune in this world. There is no longer a choice between ignorance and knowledge. Such is the pro. peen of improvement in all the conduct of man in the pre. mot day, that the time is rapidly approaching when what was formerly the rudest labour of this pariah will be conducted only by men of intelligence, and this consideration should influence you all. The population of our parish is very peculiar ; its means of employ. meat are derived from two sources—from the cultiva• tion of the soil and from manufacture ; and it is 6, combination not usual in the parishes of our country. It has hitherto always been considered that if any person gave himself up to manufacture, • degree of intelligence was required superior to that of • lad who followed the plough. That time has pared, and but a short time will elapse before the intelligence required by the lads who follow the plough will be greater, if possible, than that at present required of the mane. facitimer, who now obtains • much higher rate of wages than the ploughman. Yon will not therefore have the opportunity of choosing, as yet; did years ago, is this parish, between the clam of labour you will have to follow. Boys used to say, "I am no scholar, I will Mem face follow the plough." But that time has pared, and in another year, perhaps. no person will be able to follow the plough ludas he has • large amount of intelligence. You ems, therefore, that it is absolutely necessary that the po. isolation of every parish, and even of • scattered district like that in which we live, should most seriously consider the importance of being educated, and the necessity of the means by which that education should be obtained. Now, to read, write, and cypher will be three things absolutely neemsary for the next generation, whatever may be their occupation, and therefore I pram on you the great importance of taking advantage of the school, and of the opportunities now within your reach. I know that it is the custom for boys to leave school at au early age in order to obtain wages for their labour, arid that on this account it is difficult for them to remain long enough to obtain that degree of education which is nacesenry to qualify them for success in life, and give them that Ea. cient amount of intelligence which is neceaaary for the open. potent performance of their duties hereafter. I know that it is thought most unreasonable to suppose that • lad who can support himself by his earnings should make what seems at first a very peat sacrifice, and remain at school when he might earn wages ; but he would in the end re. eeive much larger wages had he taken advantage of the means. At the same time, I know that the sacrifice is a real and • great one to remain at school when you an obtain • reward for your labour, but I hope we may by other means saaist those who are in this painful situation. I trust that we shall be able to establish night schools, open at least in the summer mouths, when an opportunity will be given to lads who have not pursued their studies, end also to • generation before them, who never had these advantages, but who may thin; keep abreast with the other generations. Instance* me always much more valuable than general advice and obser vations, and I cannot help calling to your notice the cases of two boys who have been educated within the last twelve or fifteen years at the parish school of Hughendea, without the advantaged which we shall experience in the present establishment, and with as great disadvantages from our uncertain income and dwelling-place as probably my parish school ever yet experienced. The first was • boy, who, I believe, has brothers now in our school, of very fair intelligence, great industry, and great integrity of cow duct—as necemary as intelligence and industry ;he availed himself of the advantages afforded by oar little school, which then met in a hired room on the green ; he learned to read, write, and cypher; he progressed in arithmetic so well that he obtained a place as clerk, in which situation he deported himself with great correctness, and his cha racter was mentioned in that way which was most satis factory to all who knew him. After he had been two or three years employed, and bad risen in society by his in• duatry and intelligence, be lost his clerkship, but from no fault of his own. I was acquainted with him and he merits, and introduced him into the civil service, sod that boy, now • young man, occupies a very distinguished post in her Majesty's service. He is an offioer of civil rank, an officer highly esteemed, and enjoying • at. eiderable income, likely to rise even to an eminent position, and the only education he ever received was obtained frost our school on the village-green. That is a very encoursging ease, sad there is not the least reason why others should net be equally fortunate. The second truths son of a farmer, bus his education was the same es the sou of the labouring man. He was intelligent, most industrious, and equal distinguished for his moral conduct sod integrity. That young man is at this moment the head of • large mercantile establishment, and likely to rise to high civil dignity. Bab these men are now very young, and both of them I hare frequently seen in smock froths when boys on the peen. They obtained no other education than that afforded here, but now both of them are fully competent to conduct affairs of the greatest moment, and with men of the highest importance. I should be extremely sorry if we should in this school be cut out by the pupils of our much humbler schools in days gone by. I hope to find such so attendance here, devotion of purpose and emulation and exertion among the scholars, that they will rival, and sr cessfully, those two instances I have mentioned. Yes have great advantages here. I feel myself greatly oblige/ to the Venerable Archdeacon for coming to oar humble building and giving importance to this undertaking. Ix have the advantage of • parish priest who is regarded iact . respected by all, even them who may not beloog to h is communion, and their children may enter ibis school. Always see him with • welcome look. He is one who enters every cottage, not from a feeling of intrusion, but from a friendship which I believe is universally felt. hope that this undertaking will conduce, not only to the intelligence, but to the happiness and future welfare of the inhabitants of this parish. THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORIL—WO (Yorkshire Gazette) are unable to communicate officially the rasa' for the see at York. The advanced age of Dr. Sim' ner makes it improbable be will quit Winchester for Yorks and it is thought that Lord Auckland, Bobo° olßi th and Wells, will be the new archbishop. We believe in lordahip's appointment would be generally acceptable. THE CLOSED MUSIC HaLut—The refusal to iv new the licenses of various halls has had the effect of throwing upwards of • hundred professionals sod °Mere suddenly out of their engagements. The loss to some of these is serious, as they had opportunities of airungiug for other places now filled up. The Lord Nelson, which hePh up a capital and eilloient company, is closed entirely. Tk, Pantheon, in Oxford-street, has merged into so harmoutS meeting, Mr. Tom Roberta presiding. The atteodiuse his been good, with platy of amateur talent to The Lansdowne, however, still pursues its tenor. as though ne misfortune had cud its shadow over the hell or its pre genius. To-morrow evening a strong muster of professionals is expected at Bate Collins's to consider various matters re Wive to the panting of licenses, Re.—/fra. A DIZIF PROJECTED METROPOLITAN RsiLßAsr Amoog the applications intended to be made for mortice to railway projects during the next seados is one for relive communication between the towns of Woolwich, with, and Deptford, to join the junction statiou c,9_21 . 7 Brighton and Chatham and Dover Railways, (New Paso* line), at Ryelane, Peckham. iç (} I