The Express. — London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

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The 1 and new or lots, 58s, Us. to Ms. . to Ms. ; r sorts, 43e. y firm, best qr., with • , and with • are fully la. g and grind money, the rinding 328. and grind -1 best sorts ins and pees mend. atinuee an• expense to here ttd ai lffir plea i of condition :, with s fair kite, 50e. to SL ; whits, cet then wee 1 was cleared new. Bexley r rate. Peso her ham been ,gaged in the A not eaten fine weather ield of wheat op, but the of moisture. rapidtf• market woe r demandtook week. White o We. per 36 id there was • 38s. to e. Oat, was Old, 28s. to in prime, 48 16 rye, 34a. pm markets tbls r. Old wheal ew samples of Mr. No oafs s of all kinds quality tiot, Alma brougbil lea unaltered. new, 30s. to ing this week of the harvest, Lights of 'eel !rabic, darnels e further us , has induced business Um •rices. ate to Pal a. to 2 2- Pee dower. Block nu in bur d 2; 9d. per ea to le. 6,1 - P sr 111. • sour, 10 1 h a i rs 's ; genre .....guar' a bar Fai " wr atter r Wog purchase. 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ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS, The concert of hat night was distinguished by a debut which will not be soon forgotten—that of Herr Wilhehni, a young German violinist who has visited this country for the first time. lie achieved a triumph which was not only brilliant but of the most genuine kind ; for, though ho has gained distinction in his native country, he was quite unknown in London, and unheralded by a word of preliminary announcement beyond the mere mention of his name in the programme of the concert. He was consequently received with the mere courtesy due to a stranger ; but he instantly arrested the attention of the audience, and soon was hailed with acclamations as one of the most accomplished performers of the day. He was happy in the choice of his coup d'essui ; it was a concerto of Peganini, one of the most charming compositions of that most illustrious master—a piece not only full of exquisite Italian melody and passionate expression, but of those marvellous tours de fors of which he was the inventor, and for which be remains unrivalled to this day. Herr Wilhelmi is thoroughly conversant both with Paganini's style and his execution ; and his performance carried us in imagination to the days when we listened to the magical instrument of the great master himself. We heard once more those sounds which never were heard without wonder and delight—his harmonic tones as pure as those of the iEolian harp, his flights of staccatos as rapid as lightning, his long and sweeping arpeggios, his marvellous passages in double stops, and (what was better still) those strains of melody which i rlvalled in beauty and expression the voice of a Grisi or 1 Titiens. The audience were literally en chanted. Th deepest silence was interrupted only by the peals of applause which rang through the theatre, and in which the whole orchestra joined with the utmost enthusiasm. In short, this young performer is a rare genius ; and we may venture to predict that this triumph will be the first of many more that will be bestowed on him by the musical public of England. In the second part of the concert be played Ernst's Fantasia on Hungarian Airs, and was re ceived, if possible, with still greater enthusiasm. The first part of the concert was wholly devoted to works of Italian composers, and was a most interesting selection of gems. Among them were Spontini's Overture to Nour mahal, full of Oriental splendour; the " Cujus ani mem," from the Stabat Mater of Rossini, beautifully played on the cornet by Mr. Reynolds ; the " March of the Israelites" from Costa's Eli ; the overture to Guillaume Tell, with its spirit-stirring pas redonDle, played with wonderful fire; Cherubini,s superb overture to Les Deux Journees, and several other Italian norm= equally delightful. Thesecond part was miscellaneous, and full of agreeable variety. In the absence of Mr. Mellon, the concert was conducted by Signor Bottesini, who is well. known to be a chef elorehestre of the highest order. We need scarcely add (for it is always the case) that the theatre was full to overflowing. Drama. PRINCE OF WALES'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening, Mr. T. W. Robertson's three•act comedy, Ours, which was played with great sue_ eats at Liverpool during the summer, made its first al)_ pearance before a London public. The pretty little theatre in Tottenham-street was crammed, anti the ver- diet of Liverpool was endorsed with enthusiasm. The comedy was followed by the farce of a Pas de Fas cination, which introduced Miss Lydia Thompson to the patrons of this house. The lady was well received, and played with her usual spirit. THE PARIS Exurerrrow, 1867.—A distinct order of reward of a novel character, consisting of ten prizes of 400/. each, has been announced by the Imperial Commis sion, and British competitors for the rewards are to send , n their claims on or before the Ist November next, in order that if the claims appear suitable they may be I transmitted to the International Jury, which it is an- nounced will meet on the Ist December, 1866. These re wards are " in favour of the persons, establishments, or localities which, by a special organisation or special institu tions, have developed a spirit of harmony among all those co-operating in the same work, and have provided for the material, moral, and intellectual well-being of the work men." Besides these rewards there are twenty " honour able mentions." Moreover, one grand prize of 100,000 francs (4,000/4 in addition may be awarded " to the person, establishment, or locality distinguished under this head by a very exceptional superiority." Three jurors are assigned to the United Kingdom, and their namis will be shortly announced. ReaLwaY Sscuarnas.—The first half-year under the new act relating to securities issued by railway companies is the 31st December, and within 14 days a loan capital half ymrly account is to be rendered and open to inspection of shareholders and creditors. The Board of Trade, on application, may alter the half-yearly days, including the first. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGEN CE. (annals Tzumaims.) FRANCE. PARIS, Stn. 17, EVENING. The Etendord says :—" The Emperor's depar ture for Biarritz appears to be definitively fixed for Wednesday next." ITALY. FLORENCE. Bar. 17, Bvs)rnio. The removal of large numbers of troops to Sicily, on account of the war with' Austria, has increased the activity of the brigands, especially in the pro vince of Palermo, where their numbers have been swelled by 2,000 fugitives who had evaded the last conscriptions. On the night of Saturday last several bands entered the city of Palermo, where they were encountered by the military. A con siderable force has been despatched to Palermo to restore order. The rest of the island is quiet. RUSSIA. MOSCOW, Barr. 17. The ceremony of the opening of the railway to Boatoy took place to-day.. OPENING OF THE DUTCH CHAMBERS. THE HAGUE, SITT. IT. The Dutch Chambers were opened to-day. The King, in the speech from the throne, said :—" De spite the war which has been carried on near our frontiers, the Netherlands have uninterruptedly enjoyed the blessings of peace, and our foreign re lations have continued moat satisfactory. How ever gladdening this fact, it must not be forgotten that the nation will find, after God, its firmest support in itself. I have, therefore, seen with pleasure, as a proof of the national spirit, the organisation of corps of volunteers." His Majesty further announced that the financial condition of the country was satisfactory. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, &Fr. 17, Evumia. In to-day's sitting of the Upper House, the elec toral law for the proposed German Parliament came on for discussion. The government declared itself desirous that the bill should be adopted as amended by the Lower House. After a lengthened debate, during which the majority of the speakers urged that its adoption should be coupled with certain reservations, the whole bill was passed without any discussion of the separate paragraphs. The pro posals of the committee of the Upper House were agreed to in the form of a special resolution. The • Polish members opposed the bill. To-day the Annexation Committee of the Cham ber of Deputies recommended unanimously the adoption of the bill for the incorporation of Schles wig-Holstein with Prussia in the following form " The Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein shall be united to the Prussian monarchy, pursuant to art. 2 of the Prussian constitution." The other paragraphs were passed as proposed by the government, a re solution being added by the committee urging the introduction as speedily as possible of a bill for the annexation of the Duchy of Lauenburg. PRUSSIA AND ITALY. BERLIN, Sur. 17, Eviimso. The North German Gazette of this evening says : —" We have no ground for discrediting the state ment contained in a recent telegram from Florence, according to which Prusaia had declared that she would consider a continued opposition on the part of Austria to a settlement of the negotiations rela tive to the Venetian debt as placing in question the execution of the treaty of Prague." One of the objects of the mission of Baron Wer ther to Vienna is connected with the position taken up by Prussia in the Italian question. TURKISH FINANCE. CONSTANTINOI'LE, SEPT. 11. The government have published a notice to the effect that provision has been made for the future regular payment, through the Ottoman Bank, of the dividends of tho foreign loans and of the general debt, by ample revenues specially appro priated for that purpose. AMERICA. (Arrival of the Hibernian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 8, MORNING. President Johnson received an enthusiaatic re ception at Chicago. No offensive demonstration occurred. He afterwards left for St. Louis. The Philadelphia Radical Convention has issued an address denouncing President Johnson, and de claring that his policy wrought the most deplorable consequences, morally, socially, and politically, throughout the South, and expressing a hope for the success of the radical cause at the ballot-box. Resolutions were adopted in favour of the resto ration of all States to the Union under the condi tions proposed by Congress. Several members of the Convention repudiated negro suffrage ; th Convention, however, adjourned after adopting a report in favour of negro suffrage. The New York Republican State Convention has re-nominated Governor Fenton for the governor ship. The President, in his journey through Illinois, was several times insulted by crowds assembled at the railway stations. It is asserted in official circles at New Orleans that the Emperor Maximilian had arranged for an early departure from Mexico some weeks ago, but the French refused to permit him to leave then ; he would, however, shortly depart for Europe. It is reported that the delegates of the Fenian Congress, now being held at Troy, have deter mined to re-invade Canada. The public debt of the United states on the Ist inst. was 2,730,000,000 dole., and the coin in the Treasury was 132,000,000 dole. (BT ATLANTIC TILZGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Slim 15, Evaiturc Gold, 144}. Exchange on London, 154. 5-20 United States Bonds, 111 f. Illinois, 122 ; Erie, 73f. Cotton : Middling Upland, 33f. MEXICO. NEW YORK, SEPT. 8, MoTurnirc. Advices from Matamoros to the 2nd inst. state that Juarez had refused to recognise Cavajal Ca noles, and had appointed General Tamelu governor of Tamanlipaa. General Portinaa also claims the governorship. It is rumoured that the French have recaptured Tam I-. INDIA. (By Direct Over Lad Telersph.) BOMBAY, SZPT. 13. 71bs. shirting, 7r. 2s. ; 40's mule twist, 19e. Cotton declining. Dhollersh, 230. Fourper Cent, Government Securities, 88 ; Five per Cent. ditto, 106} ; Five-and-a-H per Cent. ditto, 109. MAURITIUS AND REUNION MAILS.. KAILUILLES, B. 171 The Messageries Imperiales steamer Nil, with the above mails, arrived here on the 15th instant at 10 p.m. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN. CROOKHATIOT, SEPT. 17. • The Great Eastern paired the Fasted at 6.30 p.m. to-day. All well. • This message has been delayed in transmission. IMPORTANT FRENCH CIRCULAR NOTE. The Moniteur of yesterday state,' that that the Marquis de Lavalette, ad interim Minister for Foreign Affairs, has addressed the following cir cular to tha diplomatic agents of the Emperor : Paris, Sept. 16. Sir,—The government of the Emperor can no longer withhold the expression of its sentiments co the events which have lately been ac complish in Germany. As M. de Moustier cannot immediately assume the duties of his office , ' his Majesty has directed me to explain to his agents the motives whic determine his policy. The war which recently broke out in the centre and South of Europe has destrord the Germanic Confederation and finally established Italian na tionality. Prussia, whose territory has been en larged by victory, has extended her authority as far as the right bank of the Maine. Austria has lost Venetia, and is also separated from Germany. 4n contemplation of these great changes, 0% ery State has a sense of its own responsibility brought home to it ; each asks what is the significance of the . . justconcluded, what will beita influence on peace European order, and how it will affect the situation Of each power among other nations. Public opinion in France is excited. It fluc tuates uncertainly between joy at seeing the treaties of 1815 destroyed, and fear at seeing the power of Prussia assuming excessive proportions ; between a desire for the maintenance of peace and the hope of obtaining a territorial aggrandise ment by war. It applauds the complete enfran chisement of Italy, but has its fears as to the dangers which may menace the Holy Father. The perplexities which agitate the public mind, and which have their echo abroad, impose on the government the duty of clearly stating its views. The policy of France cannot be equivocal. If it had been attacked in its interests and its force by the important changes which have been made in Germany, it would be its duty to say so frankly, and take the measures required for its security. If it suffers no damage from those transformations, it should sincerely declare that conviction and oppose those exaggerated apprehensions and ardent opinions which by exciting international jealousy 'would violently carry it out of the road which it • should follow. In order to put an end to doubt and establish conviction, it is necessary to look at the past as it was, the future such as it appears in prospect. What do we see in the past Z After 1815 the Holy Alliance united all the peoples of Europe, from the Ural to the Rhino, against France. The Germanic Confederation, with Prussia and Austria, included a population of 80 millions ; it extended from Luxembourg to Trieste, from the Baltic to Trent, and enclosed us within an iron girdle, strengthened by live Federal fortresses. Our stra tegic position was hemmed in by skilfully con structed territorial arrangements. The least diffi culty which we might have with Holland or with Prussia on the Moselle, with Germany on the Rhine, with Austria in the Tyrol, or the Friculi, would have caused all the forces of the Confederation to be arrayed against us. Austrian Germany, inaccessible on the Adige, might advance at he i r ci,wqchosen time as far as the Alps. Prnesian elermany had fa/ its advanced guard on the Rhine all the secondary States, which were continually agitated by desires of political change, and which had been taught to regard France as the enemy of their exiistence and aspira tions. With the exception of Spain, there was no nation of the Continent with which it waa pos sible for us to contract an alliance. Italy was par celled out and powerless. Prussia was neither COL,- pact enough nor sufficiently independent to break away from its traditions. Austria was too much occupied with the care of its possessions in Italy to be able to come to an understanding with us. No doubt the peace which was so long main tained threw the dangers of these territorial ar rangements into the back g-ound, for it is the prospect of war which makes them formidable. But France obtained this precarious security at the price of being deprived of its proper part in the world's affairs. It cannot be denied that in a period of nearly forty years France saw boldly standing up against her the coalition of the three northern courts united by the memory of common victories and defeats ; by analagous principles of government, by solemn treaties, and by distrust of our liberal and civilising action. If now we examine the future of transformed Europe, what guarantee does it present to France and to the peace of the world ? The coalition of the three northern courts is broken up. The new principle ruling in Europe is the liberty of alli ances. Each of the great powers is restored in turn to the plenitude of its independence, and the regular fulfilment of its destinies. Prussia, aggran dised, and henceforth free from all solidarite, is a security for the independence of Germany. France should not take this amiss. Proud of its own unity, and its indestructable nationality, it will not feel disposed to oppose or to regret the work of assimilation which has just been accom plished, and to subordinate the feelings of jealousy the principles of nationalities which it represents and professes towards the peoples. By mutating France, Germany has taken a step which draws her nearer to us. In the south, Italy, whose patriotism a long experience of servitude could not extinguish, has been placed in possession of all the elements of its natural greatness. Its existence profoundly modi fies the political condition of Europe ; but not withstanding unretlecting susceptibilities and tran sient injustice, it has been drawn nearer by its ideas, principles, and interests to the nation which gave its blood to aid Italy to obtain Its inde pendence. The interests of the Pontifical throne are assured by the convention of September 15. This conven tion will be faithfully executed. While withdraw ing his troops from Rome, the Emperor leaves there as a guarantee of the security of the Holy Father, the protection of France. In the Baltic as well as in the Mediterranean second clans naval powers are arising favourable to the liberty of the seas. Austria, relieved of her Italian and German leanings, and no longer em ploying her forces in barren rivalries, but concen trating them upon the East of Europe, still repre sents 35 million souls, whom no hostile interests separate from France. By what singular reaction of the past upon the future shall public opinion see, not the allies, but the enemies of France, in nations liberated from a past that was hostile to us, and now called to enter upon a new existence guided by prin ciples which are our own, and animated by the sentiments of progress which form the pacific link of society t An Europe more strongly constituted, and more homogeneous bybetter defined territorial divisions, is a guarantee for the peace of the continent, and is neither a peril nor an injury to our nation. France with Algeria, will soon number 40,000,000 inhabitants ; Germany, 37,000,000, of whom 29,000,000 will be in the Confederation of the north, and 8,000,000 in that of the south; Austria, 35,000,000 • Italy, 26,000,000 ; Spain, 18,000,000. What is there to disturb us in this distribution of European forces ? [STAMPED, ld. ADDITIONAL.] An irresistible power—can we regret it 7--impels the peoples to unite themselves in grand masses and is causingthe disappearance of secondary states. This tendency springs from the desire to place general interests under the most efficacious of guarantees. Possibly it is inspired by a kind of irovidential foresight of the destinies of the world. While the old populations of the continent increase slowly in their restricted territories. Russia and the republic of the United States may each within the next hundred years number a hundred million of men. Although the p of these two great empires is not for us a r il i t rl je w ct of solici tude, while rather we applaud their gene rous efforts in favour of oppressed races, it is for the interest of the nations of central Europe not to remain broken up into little States without either force or public spirit. Policy should raise itself above the narrow and petty prejudices of past ages. The Emperor does not believe that the greatnessof the country depends on the enfeeblement of the nations which surrounds it.; in his view the true equilibrium of Europe con sists in the satisfaction given to the desires of the nations of Europe. In that view he remains faith ful to his long settled convictions and to the tradi tions of his race. Napoleon foresaw the changes which are now being effected on the European con tinent. He planted the germs of new nationalities in the peninsula by creating the kingdom of Italy and .in effacing in Germany 250 independent states. If these considerations are just and true it was wise of the Emperor to accept the part of mediator, which has not been without glory ; to arrest useless shedding of blood ; to soften the conqueror by his friendly intervention ; to mitigate the consequences of a reverse, and in spite of all obstacles to labour for the establishment of peace. He would have misconceived his high responsibility if, violating the neutrality which he promised and proclaimed, he had suddenly plunged into the chances of a great war, ono of those wars which aroused the hatred of races, and in which whole nations meet in the shock of battle. 'What could have been the purpose of such a war gratuitously waged against Prussia and necessarily against Italy i A conquest, a territorial aggran disement. But the imperial government has long since laid down its principles in respect of terri torial extension. It comprehends, it has compre hended, those annexations which are commanded by an absolute necessity, reuniting to the country populations having the same manners and the same national spirit as ours ; and it has asked from the free consent of Savoy and the country of Nice the re-establishment of our national frontier. France can only desire such territorial aggrandisement' as do not impair her territorial cohesion ; but she should always labour for her moral or political ag grandisement by using her influence to advance the great interests of civilisation. tier role is to strengthen the accord between all those powers which desire at one and the same time to maintain the principle of authority and to favour progress This alliance will take from re volution the prestige of that patronage with which it pretends to cover the cause of the liberty of peoples, and will preserve to great enlightened States the wise direction of the democratic move ment which is manifested in all parts of Europe. At the same time there is in the emotions which have taken possession of the country a legitimate sentiment which it is proper to acknowledge and understand. The results of the last war teach a grave lesson, though not at the cost of the honour of our arms : they indicate the necessity of perfecting our military organization for the de fence of our territory without delay. ' The nation will not be wanting to this duty, which cannot be a menace for anyone ; it takes a just pride in the valour of its armies ; its susceptibi lit;es awakened by the memory of its military his tory, and the name and acts of the sovereign who governs it, are only the expression of its firm de termination to 'visa ttitank aid hams* is the world above all attack. Finally, from the lofty point of view from which the Imperial government considers the des tinies of Europe, the horizon appears to it free from menacing contingencies ; formidable problems which ,ught to be resolved, weighed upon the desti nies of peoples ; they have received their natural solution without too violent shocks, and without the dangerous aid of revolutionary passions. The peace which will rest on such bases will be a lasting peace. As to France, to whatever quarter she looks, she perceives nothing which can embarrass her progress or trouble her prosperity. Preserv ing friendly relations with all the powers, directed by a policy which has generosity and moderation for its symbols, resting on its imposing unity, with ' its genius which radiates in all directions, with its wealth and its credit which fertilise Europe, with its military forces developed, surrounded, hence forth, with independent nations, it is seen to be not less great than it was, and it will remain not less respected. Such is the language which you are to hold in your intercourse with the government to which you are accredited.—Accept, sir, A;c., L•val-Erra. POSTPONEMENT OF THE VOLUNTEER FETES AT BRUstau4.—We last night received the following com munication from the secretaries of the Volunteer Com mittee :—" To the Editor of the Express. English Volunteer Committee, Hon. Secretaries' Office, 79, Basing hall-street, London, E.C., Monday Night, 11 o'clock.—Sir, —We regret to inform you that the Conseil Communale of Brussels has decided on postponing the fetes that were to have commenced on Saturday next. As a consequence the meeting of the Tir National is also postponed. The Conseil meets again on Monday, October 1, to fix on what day in that month the fetes will commence. The intelligence is only this moment received, while in the midst of our (preparations for the occasion ; we can therefore at present only appeal to you to give the greatest publicity of the fact to our volunteer friends.—\t e are, he., Jons Flamm . and EDWARD C. Biutforte, Hon. Secretaries. P.S. ALL tickets already issued will be available next month.." In explanation it should be stated that the cholera has been very fatal in Brussels for some time past. So much so, indeed, that the burgomaster has not even issued the programme of the annual fetes, although it usually makes its appearance a month at least before the anniversary of the 23rd September. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the authorities have exercised a wise discretion in postponing the meeting, which would have caused large assemblages of people, and would, perhaps, have resulted in a far greater mortality than that already recorded. B OROU GH OF LAMBETH REGISTRATIONS.-111r. Philip H. Le Breton, the barrister appointed to revise the lists of voters of the respective parishes comprising the borough of Lambeth, held scourt for that purpose yesterday in the Sessions-house, Newington-caueeway. There being no agents employed on either aide, the proceedings excit ed little interest. There were no objections taken to parties already on the register in either of the parishes. TOTAL WRECK OF THE SHIP QUEEN OF TER Queens —A telegram received in Liverpool yesterday front Queenst ow n announces the arrival at that port that morn ing of the ship Imogene, bound from Paraiba, and of the landing from the Imogene of the crew of the ship Queen of the Forth, which was totally hat some time since on the bar off Paraiba. Fortunately the officers and crew of the wrecked ship were all saved and brought home in the Imogene. 'The Queen of the Forth wee a comparatively new vessel, of about 700 tons burden, built on the Clyde in 1865, and owned in London by Messrs. Wright end Co. She was classed A 1 at Lloyd' s for ten years, and when smoked was bound from louden to Bombay, tinder the command of Captain Croombe, a clever and experienced seaman, and one, we understand, wall acquainted in the Hide. MANCHESTER, SHE/YIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—The total expenses of this company's railosys and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, kr., from July lit to Sept. 9th, 1866, amounted to 99,018 L, as against 89,1791. for the corresponding period of 1866. The pro- portion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from July Ist to Sept. 9th amounted to 8,3501. 4 as against 8,3301. for the corresponding period of 1865, end the expenses to 4,0071. so 60E4 013 i. - • [TWOPENCE THE CHOLERA. The following is the official return of deaths from abeera and diarrinea registered on Friday, 14th Septembers Moine. Diarrhea. West districts North &striate Central districts Zs.% districts l2 sDath &Midi 4 Total fa Load= XI THE ximaiox-notraz Rau ocanurnik Up to last evening the total sum received by the Lord Mayer from the day on which the relief fund was set on foot at the Menden-house, six weeks av, amounted to 17, 8281. Of this sum 8,8911. bas been dispensed in the rebated this distress through the agency of local committees. 50001. was recently set apart towards the maintenance of children made orphans by the_ epidemic, and 2,00U1. to assist convalescents, leaving a Wawa in hand of 1,937/. Yesterday the working committee had under consideration at their meeting the question of dealing with the orphans, for whom, as hex been stated, they had set apart the sum of 5,0001. Having agreed to set aside the sum mentioned to assist in maintaining orphans, and having elicited frogs the Bishop of London's Committee that they were prepared to devote a like sum of 5,0001. for the same object, the Mansion-house authorities called upon the local committees to furnish returns of all the children made orphans by the disease in their several districts, with a statement of the attendant circumstances in each case, and twenty-three of the committed in the east of London having responded to the invitation, Sir Mordaunt Wells has been engaged during the last few days examining and tabulating the information thus obtained for the use of the committee. The result has been to show that in those twenty-three districts 810 children have been reduced to orphanage. Of these, fifty-nine have lost both parents, 644 their fathers, and 107 their mothers. These are all cases in which the parents were never in the receipt of parochial relief, except here and there where a wife, since her husband's death front cholera, has been compelled by the exigencies of her little family and herself, to retort to the parish for temporary relief. Yesterday in stating the general result of his inquiries, Sir M. N 1 ells observed to the committee that it presented a fearful catalogue 'of misery. In one instance a commercial traveller had died of the disease, leaving a wife and eight dependent children ; in others a clerk or a skilled mechanic ; 300 women had been made widows, 37 in one district alone, all of them, according to their sta tions, respectable persons, and the returns showed in an extraordinary way the strong desire of the mother in such cases to maintain her humble home, and the dislike there appeared to be of orphanages. Those returns, he said, also bore out in a remarkable manner the wisdom of the suggestion recently made by that able and benevo lent man, " 8.0.0., " as to the desirability, especially for the sake of the chil dren themselves, of parcelling out the orphans among relatives, and even strangers in default of relatives, with a little allowance for their maintenance until they could do something for themselves. He felt sure that by making such allow anoes to aunts and other relatives, in res pec t of such orphans, a great number of them would be absorbed. The Lord Mayor said several distressing letters had been addressed to him in respect of orphans by cholera in dis tricts in which there were no local committees, and the committee would have to lay down some principle on which to distribute the sum set apart for orphans, through the agency of the local committees, and if possible make some provision for those isolated and very distressing cases. He wan convinced there were many instances where a widow would not wish to part with her children, but who, with some tinnily assistance from the committee, would do her best to support them. The committee were engaged for some time in settling the condition on which the money should be distributed among the local com mittees and applied by them, mid eventually on the mo tion of the Lord Mayor, Sir Mordaunt Wells and the Revs. Wm. Rogers end F. G. Illonifield were appointed to confer with the Bishop of London's committee on the subject. A local committee in St. George's-in-the-East, to whom the Mansion-bores committee bad made three grants of 100/. each, attended yeste r day and reported that the total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhom there, up to the Bth inst., in a population of 48,1000, had been 124 ; that 300 cases had been relieved, including 57 husbands ill, 38 mothers ill, and 55 families in which there had been much sickness ; 44 husbands had died, leaving $2 children dependent upon their mothers ; 10 wives lied died, leaving 38 dependent children ; 3K widows hail been relieved, many of them with largo families dependent upon them ; 6 single women and 2 single men. The committee made them a final grant of 251., and adjourned. n fa OETARGE OP INHUAtAPIPT AGAiIfST THE HACKNEY W011E110E:SE OFFICIALS. At the inquest yesterday, Mrs. Driscoll, the matron, was cautioned and examined— She said that the motive fur not admitting the child was that, as Dr. Vimlls order gave en option either to admit or to send the deceased to the German Hospital, the master decided to adopt the Litter comae to prevent the spread of infection in the house. She charged the medical *tail generally with neglect of duty, and said that a child re covering from cholera had been let out of the iron-house to play amongst the school children. Mr. Driscoll said he sent the child away because he thought it was the best course. Dr. Vivall's order gave an option, and he did not think that either Mr. ()Hey or Mr. Summers could override that order. He itilinitted that if he had had more time to reflect ho should not have acted as he had dune. After the examination of several witnesses, during which information was elicited which induced the Coroner to say that the medical arrangements at the workhouse were deplorably insufficient, there being no lesideut surgeon even during cholera times, The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from cholera, and that his death was accelerated by de tention at the gateway of Hackney Workhouse, and by his subsequent removal to the German Hospital, through an error of juilguaeut on the part of the master of the workhouse." S ICT DE AT MILIMANE PEN IT NTI A HY. -Last evening Mr. S. F. Langliam, the deputy-coroner for West minster, held an inquiry at Millbank Penitentiary on the body of John Crawley, aged twenty-three, who cut his throat on Friday last about noon under the following moat remarkable circumstances :—Captain Henry Wallach, deputy-governor, said that the deceased prisoner had been a soldier in the Royal Artihery, and was sent to Mil bank under sentence of a general court-martial at Wool wich furfive years' penal servitude for insubordination, rind striking his superior officer. He was received on the 3rd of March, and transferred to Pentonville on the 21st of April, as protestant soldiers were not detained at Millbank. He became a Roman catholic, and was re.tn.nsferred to Millbank on the ?2nd of August. The system and dietary were alike at each prison. He was not reported or punished at all at Hillbank, or, as far as he (Captain Wal lach) knew, at Pentonville, and the transfer was solely . on the ground of religion. On Friday last he was passing through the wards just about twelve, when Mr. Ward, the catholic schoolmaster, raised an alarm that the prisoner in No. 3 had cut hie throat, and the deceased was found with a fearful gash nearly dividing the head from the trunk, the injurylhaving been done with a mat maker's knife. It was produced, and was a formidable weapon in a wooden handle the blade being about nine inches long and two inches wide. The deceased prisoner had been perfectly contented and cheerful in the Odeon. Some other evidence con fi rmatory of the above facts was taken, but there was nothing to show the state of mind of the unfortunate deceased at the time he committed the rash act. The jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict, " That John Crawley did feloniously kill hinaslf by cutting his throat in Militia* prison with • mat maker's knife, he being at the time in a state of temporary insanity." The proceedings then terminated. THE HARVEST Ix Scot Tax D.—Rarely has there been a harvest time so unfavourable to the agriculturist as the present. In the beginning of the season there were comp). into that the weather was too dry, and that the corn was prematurely taking on a yellow tint. Towards the end of July, however, it began to rain, and there has scarcely been a dry day since. The cutting of corn com menced in some districts fully as early as usual, and as the crops generally were light, and in no way laid down and twisted by wind or wet, a considerable proportion of them was in stook a month ago. But, owing to the unsettledness of the weather, very little was led until Saturday, which was a MA breezy day—indeed, the beat that we have had this season. There has been a good deal of sprouting in the stook, and in some parte the corn has been die , coloured ; but as a role the grain has sustained less damage than might have been expected. Stackyards are still eons ' paratively empty—indeed, up to Saturday we should sup pose that not more than a third or fourth of the crop had got safely housed. Yesterday (Sunday) was also • fair drying day, but the glass was low. As yet we have heard little of potato disease, although the weather has been of that kind which Is regarded as being very cooduciie to it—Scotsman. DII BAs M'S DRLICIOVI RZVALINTA ARAZICA FOOD cures dyspepsia, Indigestion, cout tio sstnnia, coneumion, oomatipaties. Mambas, palp xi, nervous, bW ous, Um, and some& ecesplainta. Care No. t1b,413.—" Rome, July 21, 18196.—'ne health e( die Holy Father Is eroeilent, espedally since, ebandontas all other reiseelks, he has coollised himself entirely to lei Harry's Food, and his Holiness cannot praise this makes food too hlghly."--Clatette du 11W1. Da Barry and Co, No. 71, London. W. In tins, at Is. ; • 1.1).`,1a: ; limb,. 40a—(Advertisement.