The Express. — London, England, 1864-09-30 00:00:00

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To those of you who may bodleposed to support my election and not or able to attend teeneeting (idol - ter, I shall be happy to iorwszei a proxy for signature. 1 have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies. and Gentleman, Your faithful wrong STUART ALEXANDER DONALDSON. A LBERT INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). max and MARTRE) Premium charged estimated by the individual risk: the steed liberality maidataed in every transaction. Mesta treated. (Aloes, $ FINCH-L►ATi or 7, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL MALL. MOREL. THEOBALD, Manger Fire Department IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 1, Old Bmed-etreet, London, K.C. lestitated life. The dlatiuntilaning feature of this Company Is perfect merit]. Trta M OODS Insured from the commeneement The amount of porkies lamed 21.400.000 The annual of claims paid. Including bonus, 22,000,000. The proprietonf capital le 4760,000. The fund acemaulatecl from prennmna exeseds 10 years of tie premium income, and 34 per cent on the issaranoes la form. 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In the growth ot the ' , Waken, beard, and mustachios it Is unfailing in Oa slims (Olive operation. or children it Is especially recommended. as forming the beats o f a beautiful head of h 4r, while Its introduc tion Into the nursery of royalty, and the high esteem In which It Is universally held. with numerous testlinoninis constantly re ceived of Its efikacy, afford the best and surest proofs of its foorl4.—Priao 6d.. 7a, Ills. ed., equal to four small. ant Ila Per bottle.—Sold at 10, llettowearden, and by cherub= and perfumer.—Auk for lowlands' hiscasear OIL TOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGIC, stwoeasfally tried in the Paris and Lon.ton lioapttals, under the care of Newt Wielder. Rimed. Lloyd, Poland. and LeirtoB Clark r Lancet, Nov. a, 1964 , effects a cure In an average of dr dais either In recent or shrank diseases-4a. ed. par bottle, by it Id., at C..IOZIAra, ?each chemist, 49, liat [narks; and 146. Deelevart Ilaseuta, Pasta 'PRE ART-JOURNAL for OCTOBER (price ta. old. contains three Lbw Engravings, els : -'• le Eme lt-AS GtOtilbcrarse." by C. W. Charge, after C. H. Leslie, It A.— ' Cbilde Harold's Pilgrimage," by J. T. Wlllmore, after J. Y. W. Tamer—and " A Spanish Lady," by A. Leroux, after Vela,- tee:. The literary matributlobe Mande Wedgwood and Etruria; by Llewellynn Jowitt, illustrated—. Art Legisla tion '—"Art at South Kensington"— "W&1 John Iltiller" with rumples of Ids works, by James Dafforne--" Almanac of the Mouth." Illustrated—" Distory of Caricature." by T. Wright, illustrated —" Azetrat Egyptian Decoration,' with drawinp by Howard Robley—. blaelise's 'Death of Nelson'"—" Weer Gollsruith," illustrated—• . /Secular Clergy of the If Iddie Age.," by Rev. E . L. Cutts, 8.A., illu-trated—•• Acform in School of Art ilanagereent"—•• Wail paintings for the Palace at Wert- Minster," he , he. Loodon : James S. Virtue, ge, Ivy-lane. T HE WESTMINSTER CHAPEL-DECO -a. RATION of CIWHOM —The BVILDLR of THIS DAY. Vice .by poet hi, contains :—Site View and Plan of New uestminsb r (lapel—The An-Morten of the City of Landon— Wh.it Is the Influence on Health of the Overcrowding of Dwell- Lig houses and Workshops? and hp Whist Means could *rich fi ler' rowdlvit be prevented 1-'(octal Science Coeur is to Yoek— The Mountain Homes of North Wales—liath Freestone—lce las n Church-building in the Twelfth Century The Coloured De(oratloti of Churches ,Illustrated—Seats on Bridges— Ireland -onice 1, York-street, Covent-garden : and all Booksellers. Just published, prior b. ed., by poet Pd., THE ANATOMY of the EXTERNAL and INTYJINAL 6ANSI& By Dr. DMA Muffin, M.D., 21, I P 1? Ammourstreet, W., Connaught-square. ' I'he nostrils are the beads of the passages that lead to, while the lungs are the seat of the vital system. If air cannot Ps" freely throes% the mobilo to the limps end those other Pane so Immediately ceenected with this system p•rt the teem , Meere of the meet destructive character and= most ensne."—Pege 2. John :ninth and Co., 62, Long Acre, W.C., London. THE COMPANIES ACT, 1862. The Books - 1 1. Led Farina required wader the alum Aet ales an tabs, kinds of Account Books, with every Stationery requisite tae Iva bile Companies, the Connung-honse , eulintkii on the bent ter M ms Printing of every dirception, Engraving. Darr JI ke. _ _ Ash te, llsoßdtreet, LC., sad Loadowbet4p, THE SOURCE of the NILE. —Mr. H. W. PHILLIPS'S PICTURE. representing Captains SPPXII sad GRANT, will bs ON VIEW far a few days at Mr. Hogartb's Osiiery. A Ramming. Admission. by cards of address THE EILPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT lATION (Limited). capita 18.000,000, in 1040011 shores of i.. 40 sea. Paid up. F. 300.000. - noun Or Maim= - BAR-JOHN CHAPMAN loq XalU g elit Req. I Charles Belson, BK. , ILI G. O. 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The betrothal of the Csarewitch to the Princess Dagmar of Denmark was formally announced yes terday evening at the Castle of Bernstorff. THE FRANCO-ITALIAN TREATY. ?ARM Etzrr. 29. The statement that Austria and Spain had pro tested against the Franco-Italian convention is It ii announced that M. Drouyn de Lhuye has addressed a circular note to the French official agents abroad, defining the nature of the Franco- Italian convention. VIENNA, S. 29. The New Preis Prase of to-day say :—" The Duke de Grammont, French ambassador at this court, arrived here yesterday, and presented to Count Rechberg to-day the notification of the Franco-Italian convention." NAPLES, SEPT. 29. The popular meeting in this city yesterday wu held under the presidency of General Tupputi, of the National Guard. Several speakers pointed out that the govern ment should consider the interests of the nation in the choice of the provisional capital. It was also observed that Naples had forgotten her rank as the first city of Italy in order to leave liberty of choice to the government. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Parr. 29, 3.30 rat. The Bourse baa been heavy. Rental closed at 66.75, or sc. lower than yesterday. THE BANK OF HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, Szrr. 29. The Bank of Holland has raised its rate of die oount from 4 to 6 per cent. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Sm. 8. A new ministry has been formed, composed as follows :—Preaident of the Council and Minister of Justice, Senhor Furtado ; Interior, Senhor Libe rato ; Finance and (ad interim) Foreign Affairs, Senhor Carlue Carneiro de Campos ; War, Senhor Beaurepaire Rohn ; Marine, Senhor Pitto Lana ; Agriculture, Jaanino Marcondes. THE CAPE MAILS. The Diamond Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Kaffraria, Captain Starks, arrived at Plymouth yesterday, from Port Natal, August 6 ; Port Elizabeth, August 20 ; Table Bay, on the evening of August 23 ; St. HPlena, September 2, and Madeira, September 21. She bad head winds from Table Bay, and put in to Madeira to coal. Cargo : 1,099 bales wool, 99 bundles sheepskins, 33 ditto goatskins, four cases ostrich feathers, and several cases of sun dries, all from Alga) Bay, and valued at 20,5291. Also from Nata 4 200 tons sugar, and 1,500 boxes arrowroot The Kaffraria brings three I days' later news from the Cape colony, 'but nothing of much import bad transpired in the interim. Business continued quiet, but an improve ment was drawing nearer every day. Seasonable rains had fallen in and around Port Elizabeth during the last day or two, and it was hoped that they had extended to the country districts also. There bad recently been considerable discontent on the part of the labouring classes in Cape Town at the scarcity of employment, owing to the dis continuance of government works, but some orders had been issued for the continuance of those works, and this bad had a beneficial effect. The governor bad instructed the colonial railway engineer to proceed immediately with the new rail way works at Tulbab Kloof. The Wyuberg line of railway was very shortly to be opened for public traffic. The disputed doctrinal trial of the Rev. Mr. Kobsif v. The Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church was to oome off in the Supreme Court the day after the Kaffraria sailed. The proceedings throughout, as well as the final decision of the court, would be watched and waited for by the pub• lie in the colony with the deepest interest. The Dromedary, 2, iron screw troopship, Master Commander Alexander Brown, en routs for the Brazils, arrived at Madeira the same day as the Kaffraria. The Brisk, 16, screw-corvette, Captain J. W. Hope, passed the Kaffraria, exchanging signals, on Sept. 27, about 240 miles off Falmouth, also the Bremen steamer Concordia, bound for the Mediterranean. The passengers of the Kaffraria, on their arrival at Falmouth, presented an address to Captain Starks, expressive of their great satis faction at the accommodation afforded them on the passage. The Kaffraria brings a supplemental mail of 11 bags. TESTING OP CH•INS AND CABLEn AT LIVERPOOL. —A oommunicatioo from Marra. dams Baines and Co., 0•1111111 al the Block Ball base, was laid before the Mersey Dock board yesterday, complaining of the great delays which take p his at the testis; works is Liverpool, and slating that these delays are riot only a source of great incowirenienos to the manufacturers, but that liners. Hainan and Co. bad been much harassed in conse.joence with regard to some yowls engaged in the government transport service. The complaint was referred to a committee. DIFENCER or THE MEX:KY.—The Mersey Dock Beard agreed at their meeting yesterday to adopt the tug of the government authorities for the removal of the (Gel at present being constructed near the landmarks at Bootle to a site still further north, at the extremity of the dock estate. The government will be wholly reimbursed by the dock board for the espeose incurred—namely, 8,50 W. The chairman of the works committee, is alluding to the subject at the meeting of the board yesterday, explained that the engineer of the board had been ether too candid io divulging that the site of the fort at Bootle was of great importance to the dock estate. Government therefore were under the kiss that the board would only be too glad to bear the expense of its removal. IMPROVEMENT OF BRISTOL RIVE* AND DOCKS.— The Bristol Docks Committee purpose an expenditure of 300,000!. oe the improvement of the river Avon sod the entrances to the floating harbour, by removing all the deo gerous points between Rownliam.ferry and Bleckrork, or the Phemant Quarry, awl enlarging the entrance locks from the river to Cumberland Beau, sod from Comberlaod Basis to the floating harbour, to a width of 60 feet and a length that la 'sable two large vessels to be lead at the mine time. New docks are about to be constructed et the month of the river for the sooommodatsos of coma steamers is oossexios with the poet mid pier railway, bat the projected improvements al the Docks Committee will afford full cow. endows is Bristol far sailing vessels of 1,200 tor register, the real hordes sad earryiss powers is both eases being, perhaps, a third more. It is a remarkable thing for Bristol that the of the Docks Committee is likely to he MAL PALACE—An Italian concert will be gives to-morrow by the company of Sigma Ludes Gari baldi, siege of the gesseaL It will be condseted by Yr. Massa. LONDON, FRIDAY - XIVIININGI# SEPTEMBER 80, 1884. ITALY. Ova OWN 0013.1111PONDIMIT.) TURIN, Serr. 25. The new cabinet is formed. La Marmora, Foreign Affairs ; LIUZZI4 Interior ; Sella, Finances ; Pettiti, War ; M Public Works ; Conforti, Justine • Longo, Navy; teucci, Public Instrao tion ; Natoli, Commerce. The first four ministers are Piedmontese ; the fifth is a Tuscan engineer and the director of the Livornese Railway ; Signora Conforti and Longo are Neapolitans ; "fattened, Tuscan, and Natoli, Sicilian. The Piedmontese element is wamount, as you see, in this combination, and perhaps it is better in a certain point of view, because the Turineee will be led to swallow the bitter pill with leas grimace. But political parties, especially the extreme ones, will no doubt takeadvantage of this critical political situation. TURIN, Sm. 27. The situation is still the same. Deputy Asa, one of the municipal councillors, was called upon to report the result of the inquiries he had been ordered to I make by the municipal council, and yesterday he did so amidst a large crowd of spectators. Although his report was not ready, Signor Am said that its result. would be the following :—L That the authors of the sad events of the 21st were the of public safety, or policemen: - ' That • not P rity did the Carabiniere begin the firing in Piazza Castello, but that they actually continued to fire upon the retiring population, and pursued it, still discharging their muskets iu the midst of the retreat- I ing crowd. 3. That the first cause of the massacre of the evening of the 22nd in Piazza San Carlo was again • the Carabiniers, who indiscriminately opened fire upon the population, and the troops standing at the sides of the square. T according to Signor Aza's report, they did withouthis, the three conditions required by the law. " All these facts," concludes the report, " have been proved by written and rise nice evidence not only of Italian witnesses but also of English, Polish, and Prussian gentlemen." If not from the report of Deputy Am, at least from the declaration made at the sitting of the municipal council of yesterday by Deputy Tecchio, it is proved that, superseding the Questore, or Director of the Police, Signor Spaventa had placed the police-office under the personal direction of three of his more devoted employis of the Home-office. The semi-official press of the dismissed cabinet was also denounced in that meet ing by Councillor Roeetti, who said it was still paid to publish the most iniquitous calumnies against the mayor, Marquis Bora, and his muni cipal colleagues. It is also generally asserted in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies, and in other places, that letters and newspapers had been stopped by Signor Spaventa's orders. Of course, this accusation,' if true, will be substantiated by legal proofs, when an inquiry is ordered by both houses of parliament All these on dits, as you may imagine, cannot fail to increase the excite ment of people here. They may be groundless, but unhappily they are considered as true even by the most serious people, no matter whether they are senators, deputies, newspaper writers, noble men, or merchants. This morning, for instance, a young man who was wounded on the 72nd, and who subsequently died from his wounds, was buried with great pomp. The epitaph, which it is customary to have printed in capital letters at the foot of the coffin, stated that the young man had been murdered by fratricidal bullets on the terrible evening of the 72nd. I myself followed the sad procession in Dora Groesa-street, and all the way I heard only vows of revenge against Signors Spaventa and Peruzzi. If not apparent the excitement is there fore still the same within the minds of this exaspe rated population. It seems that General Lamannora has not yet succeeded, as was announced, in forming his cabinet. SPAIN. (nox oua owx onantoxotn.) MADRID, Sm. 24. Three Cabinet Councils have been held during the present week. At the first it was resolved to relieve the press from all the penalties which bad been imposed upon it under the rule of the late administration • at the second, it was determined to dissolve the Cortes, and a decree to that effect appeared in the Official Gazette of yesterday. In the first of these measures the new govern ment has taken upon itself the performance of a task eminently required by public opinion. The press was gagged by the Mon administration in order to conceal its own weakness and unpopularity, and the fines and penalties to which it was sub jected under the most paltry pretences, had become quite unbearable. General ISlervaez, in remitting all these tines and penalties, at once throws himself on public opinion and expresses his dissent from the policy of his predecessors in office. The dissolution of the Cortes was inevitable. The last Cortes was an assemblage elected under the auspices of Senor Mon, in a wanner so unsatisfac tory to the Progressista party that they refused to allow themselves to be put in nomination for any of the constituencies. The deputies were, therefore, all partisans and creatures of the minister of the day ; and General Narvaez, if be desired to govern upon principles satisfactory to the nation, could do no less than send this body about its business. He has accordingly taken the earliest opportunity of doing so. Very much, however, will depend upon the mode in which the elections to the new Cortes are con ducted. They are fixed to take place on the 22nd of November, an interval cf two months. This interval gives the government time to change the governors of the provinces, and to appoint through out all the districts of pain officers in their own interests, who will be able to influence the electoral bo lies, and, if needful, even the elections themselves. Already, as long lists of new appointments testify, they are setting about this work. But, in order to satisfy the nation, the electoral bodies must be left, to a great extent, to their own free action. If there is too much appearance of the exercise of influence, the Progressistas will again refuse to take any part in the elections ; and if they con tinue iu that policy, it is doubtful whethermuch will be gained to the government by the new elections. What is needed in Spain, and what the friends of the new administration contend that it desires, is a free expression of public opinion. A Cortes is wanted for the calm and fair consideration of the condi tion of the country ; nut in a spirit of party, but with a view substantially to the public weal. For this object it is, however, obvious that all sections and classes of politicians must be represented ; and another such a Cortes as the last, which was only intruded to register the decrees of the minister, would sink into the same contempt, and be equally useless in influencing, advantageously, the interests of the nation. The true policy of the new administration is, therefore, to endeavour to popularize themselves with the country pending the elections ; and to allow the public voice to be freely and fairly repre sented when those elections come to pass. It is not to be supposed that they are to take no part in the elections ; of course, a government which charges itself with the affairs of a nation must feel great anxiety as to the results, and most take no in considerable share in the conduct, of the electoral contests. But a fair stage must be given to op ponents ; and if this is wisely and discreetly dove by the present government, there may be hope that the next Cortes will really be of a useful body. The new Cortes, I should add, is summoned to meet one month from the date of its election, namely, on the 22nd of December. This, how ever, is only pro /ovoid, to enable the deputies to take the oaths before Christmas, sod perhaps M. afford the government an opportunity of meeting with them, and influencing them, pending the com mencement of the real work of the session. That real work will not, I understand, begin until the 6th of January. HOLIDAY-MAKING ABROAD. (DIJON /. FLORENCE, Sm. 24. Congratulations, hand-sbakings, and delighted approval, have commingled with expressions of sympathy for the King, regret for the Turinese, and profound sorrow for the unhappy incident, news of which reached us almost concurrently with that of the projected change of capital. The contrast be tween the free, open, and somewhat vehement flow of public opinion here, and the sad, crushed, and habil-down condition of Venice, is the more striking when the traveller is present at such a time as this. For the last three days and nights the streets have been alive with men, women, and children eagerly discussing the news. The visitor had only to seat himself at the Caffd Donny two evenings ago to gain an insight into the state of Florentine public feeling, and to appreciate its mode of expression and its influence on events. The mom is full. Not • small marble table, nor a velvaliapvered conch, bat has !Wen its .fiantnei of well-dreesed, refined, In at men, who canvass the latest rumours, and express confi dence or forebodings with greater or lees vivacity. With the exception of those belonging than English party, who are noisily comparing their recently pur chased inlaid marble brooches, pipes, rings, and gew-gaws, in the centre of the room, and who seem frivolous enough when compared with the earnest talkers around, there are no ladies present. Inde pendently of its not being the custom here for Italian wives and daughters to accompany their lords to the cafts, political interest at this crisis supersedes all thoughts of gallantry, and from the hackney carriage drivers outside to the waiters monotonously crying out within, there is but one feeling, intense surprise that the proverbially quiet, orderly, and patient Turinese should have been guilty of insubordination, and profound sym pathyfor Victor Emmanuel, who, it is insis:ed, must have sacrificed ilia own inclinations when he con sented to the coming change. To the King, indeed, the transfer of the seat of government from Turin to Florence must be personally a sore trial. It will separate him from a place sod a people with whom he reciprocates the most ardent affection, will place distance and other obstacles between him and his beloved mountains, and will offer little in exchange save salons and such mild and inferior sport as is to be obtained near Piss, and other places within easy reach of here. Having willingly given up all this, it is felt to be hard indeed that he should be exposed to the misery and pain of find ing that his countrymen are inconsiderate enough to rebel, and the effect of this sad incident upon the poor King is one of the most fiequent specula lions you bear. On the other side of the street is the Jockey Club, and the liveried Jeanie* outside is descanting eloquently upon the future of Florence to a circle of intimates • a few yards to the left is • hackney-carriage stan d, and here the supplement to the Zensoro (the organ of the extreme red party) is being eagerly listened to and read. It contains little more than the news already known, and a highly fervid extract from the Diritto of Turin, but is rapidly bought up, the hawkers coming freely into caffd and hotel, end frequently having to return to the office for a fresh stock of supplements, which are of the size of half • sheet of letter paper. and sparsely printed on one side. No fancy price is charged, however, and the " five centeeimi," in large characters, at its foot, sufficiently satisfies the 'ellen. The tone and temper of the extract sold, its appeals to Heaves, and its denunciations of the government, are convincing proofs that the freedom of the press in Italy is no empty phrase, but that, through it, public men and public measures are exposed to the most sweep ing censure and the most searching criti cism. This young free press is like • miser's heir, who has suddenly leapt from repression and poverty to independence and wealth, and if it occa sionally indulges in extravagance it is but develop ing a phase of character which English journalism has survived. The readers before us do not seem greatly impressed with the " word-painting" in their hands, and by many a shiug of the shoul ders, elevation of the eyebrows, and uplifting of the hands, express dissatisfaction with the opinion ex pressed. The bad despatch of a bad paper," remarks an old gentleman. " The black party is at the bottom of the whole affair," replies another. "We shall have perfectly quiet news in the morning," says • third ; while the whis pers, and in one case the conversation carried on in writing at the same table, all denote the deep and absorbing interest taken in the change. Land and houses in eligible situa tions have greatly risen in value. Speculators from Milan, Turin, and other parts of Italy, are busily treating for sites. Theatres, squares,andpiazzas are contemplated, and many a private gentleman is being tempted to part with mansion and garden by the high price to which he finds his property suddenly risen. There are, it is said, thirty-seven monasteries in and about Florence which can easily be converted into public offices and devoted to the use of government, and no section of the city seems too remote to be affected by the coming events, which are casting so brilliant a local shadow before. The attack of brigands on the family of an English gentleman outside the gates of Florence, nod the detention of his son, sounds very differently when talked over in society here, to the impres sion conveyed in the grandiloquent letter which appeared in the Times. How much was fact and how much fiction in that highly-coloured and dra matic production I will not undertake to say, but if unanimity of public opinion be worth aught, a highly ornate superstructure has been raised upon the very slenderest foundation. The gentleman in question* it is said, employing labourers at "starvation prices," and the grandiloquent attack of brigands resolves itself, as I hear, into the strike of a few ground-down hungry men engaged in building or enlarging a country house. Their alleged conduct is, of course, indefensible, but the story, when pruned of fancy-work, is scarcely of dimensions to justify reference to Italy's obligations to England, or to exalt its narrator into a hero, whose wrongs demand national expiation or excep tional redress. MIDLAND COUNTI6II ANTI-MALT-TAX. AERIOCIA mos.—A meeting of the *emaciation was held at Birosing , hem yesterday, and wee &needed by delegates from various districts. The choir wee lint takes by Mr. Osborne, of Stafford ; and subsequently by Mr. G. Storer, of Nankeen). tonsliire. The speeches delivered were chiefly urging the necessity of every effort being made to obtain the repeal of the " obnoxious tax." Mr. limners suggested as • substi tute for logs of revenue that fret lied sewed clam palliatives ' should be taxed • penny each ; coal to be taxed ls. per toe at the pit's mouth ; also a tax of 3d. in the pound on all property assigned to the relief of the poor. the last-aimed taxes to be removed as sabstitutes were provided. Ulti mately a resolution wee mend to the effect that "the members of the Midland Uoaatiee Anti-Malt-Tax Awn elation hereby pledge themselves to vote oaly for Wes members of perinment who are in favour of • repeal the malt-tax, and to nse all influence to induce others to do the same." A committee was appointed to obtain finds for offering prises of 261. and 101.. fee the fist end mooed best emays "showing the material benefit that will arise from • repeal of the malt-tax. Tin Corrals Mermen. —The evidence of the increasing disbar in three district* is accumulating almost daily. It wee stated at the meeting of the Oldham guerdiame on Wedseeday, that the number of ponces relieved lee week was 1,579, being an increase of 879 over the week pre ceding ; while 1,766 additional applications ohms before the local relief committee, making the total number upon their books 3,f17. The fileekhurs relief committee, miter seems& leg operatioas for three mottle, have resolved to remise applleatioue for the relief et the unemployed mina lives. It appears that at the pretest ties there well; operatives out of work is Bleachers, and Omit 3,000 work- I short thee. [Stamped, id. Additional.] MUSIC. MR. ALFRED YELLOWS CONCERTS. These concerts are now drawing to a clore. They will terminate at the sod of next week—not teams their popularity is in the smallest degree abated, the very reverse ban the ease, but bemuse Covent.larden Theatre is to be opened on Saturday, the 15th of October, by the new Royal English Opera Company, who will thus oily have • week after the minolnsion of Melissa Concerts to prepare the theatre for the beginning of their itort canipaige. It rosy be mistimed here that the Royal English Opera Company are to prodom—first Aular's Nossmello, and next, Flotow's Martha ; alleging, in excuse for bringing out these old and foreige pieces, instead of • new and original Eoglish opera, that they have been prevented from doing so by the @bam bini. Oi the time allowed them for preparation. We give this exam mime quantum, leaving it to be takes for es mush es it is worth. The caned of last sight W one of this best and most 'scandal that Mr. Mellon haa given. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, Sin. 29.—Arrouts laza vs.—Lieu tsosota F. W. Hamm, to command the Nimble, commie- I aimed as a te commend ; H. 1L Spatting, 0. H. Parke. K. G. tloorke , to the Rattlesnake ; J. F.. Stokes, Itergalne; G. N. Smalltime. IL. T. Clerk, to the Soblieutaaaats A. H. Dathie, W. Neils," P. B. Wil to the aatalesoaks • F. Homily, to the Samoa ; A. 8.. Cooper, to the Sharparseter. Mastertf-Aasistaot William L Harrison, to the Sharp shooter. ---. &wood Raster O. Southwick, to the . Assistant-Paymaster in Charge Alltd ar r. h. at t to the Rattlesnake. AasistairaPayarestei William Lovely, to the Comberlas& Assistant Clerks Charles Rozwerthy, to the Sharpshooter; George C. L. B. Townesod, to the Warrior. PORTSMOUTH, SIM 29. The Himalaya, iron screw troop ship, Captain K Iwosy, wabarked the let Balaoloo 01 the 6th ligpmerst yesterday, for conveyeare to Plymouth. She is *spouted to return cat Saturday with the Slat roguneot, which will pre med to Aldershot. fhe - 61 - 17ti0e,14, iron floating battery, was removed from the steam beam yesterday, to be docked is order to be broken op. The Octavio. 33, screw (riot*, is to be placed in the ship basin, I. be brought forward for commission. The Victoria, 121, screw line-of -battle ship, is to be corn misawood on the be of November next, by Captain Good. esougb„ . . . -- Tge Sharpshooter, 8, iron screw sloop, was to-day by Lieutenant Henry A. Claming. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. ___,.. YORK, THURSDAY. The business of the congress was formally brought to a does yesterday. Accerdiag to the opinions of those beat qualified to judge, so far as the velae of the papers reed end the discommos which have taken place, the meeting has been a success. As regards the number of members and associates who gathered oo the occasion it his not stead to the height of the wisbea of the chief sup porters of the inetioatioe, although the estio.ate must be taut as relative, sad by companion in this respect with , that of last year at Edinburgh. The predoininanos of ladies at the sittings of the departments was remarkable. There are those who say that social ecirmos or its objects, and as it is illustrated by this society, is grave, if not dull ; but asearedly its meeting en this omsuioe has made the ancient and petaresque city of York, gay. Nor moat it be forgotten that contrary to all meteorological predic tions, scientific ad load, the weather has been most propi tious, bright sunny days, sad soft trawled . , starlight nights, oombinieg to make up • second summer-tune of the year. The arrangemuote for the conduct of the business ; and the comfort and convenience of visitors tinder the auspices of the iedefatigableezecativeof theemociation, have been as nearly perfect as possible, sad k may well be lad that, somanag that the meeting has not achievd . quite the sumer which its promoters endeavoured to give it, at least it has deserved it. Yesterday evening a special meeting was he'd is the Fes tival Coacert-rooms -far the discussion of the beat steam of restricting bribery, rennet practices, and eztravagant es pesditure at elections.. Lord BROUGHAM was in the chair, and wee rippop a sid ai l Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, CB., Mr. Urquhart, ILl'., Mr. Neat., ALP., Mr. Beatings. de., and these was • rather moderate general attendance, the majority being ladies. At half-past one o'clock the final general meeting of the amociatios was bald at the Festival Cosseert-rooms. Lord BROUGHAM took the chair. 16.Hastiiiisread the report of the council, which con gratulated the emaciation on the interest and mine of the =dings. It bad not been expected that at York so u asserablap would take place as I. other cities, but it was hoped that valuable results would ensue, especially in reference to the welfare of the rural population. Never theless, the number of members, being 1,019, was larger is proportion than that which attended the meetings of the association at any othercity. The result of the dime...iota had bees most valuable. ffsamicial allusion was made to the workiog men's meeting, which bad been accepted by the siesociatioe as a marked enemas. The report alluded specifically to each of the departments, particularly to that in which the goestioo of mental Jeep:inability of 0:6101i211114 the sewage of towns, agriculture, and reformatory discipline, bad been discussed, ea well as to the conferee°. on international aver ages. It was Meted that Mr. Peabody sad Mr. Janis, of Maimehasetta,were honorary members of the amociatiou. The council give their thanks to the Lad Mayor and corporation, to the various bodies which had Mferded sooommodatior; to the association, to the den ad dieser for lighting op the Minster, to the railway coin ponies foe the facilities afforded to the members for transit, to the local secretaries for their able and indefatigable labours, mid to the press, local and general, for their reports d the promedinp. Tits reports of the differett departments and a SilliallSol et the man mad is each, sod the results of the Medusas's were read *truth'''. The Lord Mayor of York moved the report of the aouncilhe received and adopted, which was agreed to. The Deco of York mood, I. suitable terms, • vote of thanks toLord Brougham, the President of the aescwiatioa. Dr. Hushaed, of York, eeconded the motion, which was agreed to amidst loud and continued applause, the whole meeting standing up. Lord Brougham, who spoke with great emotion, briefly acknowledged the vote of thanks, saying be had only Ms °horsed a duty in coming to York, where he lied been greatly gratified by his personal reception, and still more by the ability and judgment displayed in the proceedings of the magma, whilst vnoogst the various tweeting, which he bad attended none gave him so much satialactlon as the work ing men's meeting, in which opinioo his colleagues of the association fully partieitemd. He desired to uk the meet ing to offer the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor of York sod the local committees which had co-operated with the ausciation. Mr. dkroyd seconded thia proposition, which was carried by acchuratioe. The Lord Mayor of York responded, and intimated • hope that cm some future °maim the City of York might be honoured with the presenoe of the saaociatioa. Votes of thaaks were weld to the president and vice. preeideets of depertineou, the geserel and social secretaries, and the meeting generated, and the eighth congress of the Aesociation for the Promotion of Social Science terminated. POLYTECHNIC. —Professor Pepper and the public have established the most friendly sad satiafsctory mutual Menem. The publics throng us nightly crowds to see mid bear the professor. and the professor provides an *lidless soceession of novelties for the entertainment of the public. Last evening the programme commenced with • most in stractive and amusing lecture on the " Phenomena of Sound," in the coursed which Mr. Pepper exhibited several ingenious experiments. show* the undulating motion of sound, its 'miseries with light, and its rata of motion with and without conductors. The whole mystery of th e singing bead—we respectfully decline the more learned orthography—wen endowed, and shouts of laughter were raised by the effects produced by expert. =mita with maims mechanical contrivances intended to imitate the human voice. After the lecture "Barmier' Ghost" was introdocel is the large theatre, end hamlet first surprised the ►udience by the awfully spectral character of the illumine, the ghost still farther astouisbed them by hie marvellous perforates., me the violin, which elicited shouts of applause. We were informed that the spirit of the greet Maestro wan represented by Mr. Levey, brother of the popular composer of "Faschette." sad his perforates's was so brilliant sad sisceenfid sato lead us to hope that we may sees hrimi the pleasure of hearing his at cue of elm large concerts. The estertainmenta concluded with • series of diesebring views, represeotiog passages is the We of thildbad the Sailer, sad which, with Mr. Cooler's c►aise laetarq west issamaely relished by the autism. - [TWOPENCE DINNER AT THE MANSION HOCSK ___._ Lest evening the Lord Mayon and Lady Mayoress eutortained Alderman Hale, the Lord Mayer sleek and about 250 guests, who were Wetted to meet him at a coo gratutitiry hauled in the Suplatioltall. The Coldstream Guards band were la attendance, and seder the able direction of A. F. Ocidftiy, Qs& leader, played during the banquet se chose from the favourite romps. titian of Auber, Strauss, Mozart, M•yerhose, Bishop, Body Albert, Musgrave, Code, he. ; sad a very affective wood party, dimpled by the retires J. L Hatton , sad amaielles of Miss Wells, Miss Whytook, and Mr. Chaplin Henry con tributed • ninety of soils, glees, aod readored with peat taste. Mr. Harker, the toast-rastier, having pared round the loving cup, announcing ti. Lord Mayor's sad Ludy Mayoreala welcome in his usual eisotive style-- the usual tributes of loyalty sod arfectsonati raspiest were paid to bet Majesty, Om Prince of Wales, sad the root of the royal family, sad the services and important duties of the army, navy, and volunteers appropriately achaorrisdged to this latter Mesh Otiesral Sir F. Smith, Admiral Sr F. Nioolsoe, end ilajor Baal, whom Dames had been coupled with the reepectivs services, severally responded. Sir F. torte observed that however greet the !rarities in the Darla service, it was . nothing to the state el .hamis which the way was in, ow ing to the disputed quake el which was the bem descriptioo of oedema°, and whet the most depoodable sortti fire-enrol* &field or the Whiterarth, or the broach-kadar or tin mumiki-hieder. leer Freisdik also paid a high tribute to the late Lord Herbert for the lin rovtinettis he had eiletied in the seminary oesdities of the Motheh i,elteseitehis NI111101111•111111., us the army had y redound. Si, F. Maim in his speech e • strong opinion in fencer of a strong fonts °lazuli. heavily armed, swift valets to pretest our comnieroa is tiniest war, The LORD MAJOR nest gave "the Health of the Lord Mayor sleet." This, he meld, was a soma important meet— the toast of the day. and a most important roast in tbiz anode of the corporation. It had bons wisely provided that there should be no break la the high corporate °Mow. Os Midsummer-dal the sheriffs were elected, end they cams into office at Michaelmas, when their first duty was to pre side over the electios of the Lord Mayor for the sassing year. They bad performed that duty that day, sad the vote of the livery usembled in the Guildhall had fallen tpon his friend Mr. Alderman Hale, the Lord Mayor s le et. ppily no man could attain that high sad imports... also by a sudden jump. It took some years befote a man coded arrive at that position. Hs mut be first elected as alderman of some ward, and be must also bow serval the ofiiti of sheriff; and then when the livery returned him with some other member of Court of Aldermen, that court usually aaset the senior of the two, provided he bad performed his duties to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens, and bad filled all the pre scribed preliminary °Som. This was a good regn latioo, for it insured an adequate aoquaiatance with the duties of th• °Mos. Thirty -alas years ago hi. freed the Lord Mayor elect was elected a member of the Comas. Council. in which office he well performed hi. duties; and 27 years ago, when chairman of a committee appointed for the purpose, he originated the City of London School. and had continued the chairman of that school committee till now, and under his auspices and by the asostaoce of its able routers, it had arrived at its present act Dowleiged Ides position. If the Lord Mayor elect had dose on more that I that he would hays deserved the reaped and support of his fellow-citimins ; bat be had silo send the office of deputy of the wand under the leas Alderman Hunter, mad se with. fectorily to the liverymen of that weed that at Alderman Hunter's decease he was mash mouldy chose, to fill the eldermank office. ( Haar. bow.) He had glace filled the °aloe of diem', sad had se per formed the important duties attoching to it that he had won the approval sot only of the citizens of lidos, bat of the public of the whole metropolis. (Hear, hoar) Lad now the time bad arrived when in dm mono be should 11l the highest office—the civic chair. (Hear, hear.) He fellow citizens had assembled In tine numbers in their 0•4111•11 that morning, and had elected him unanimously to thee high office, which conferred honour not only en him bat upon times by whom he had been chosen. (Hear. hear.) He begged to tire the health of the Lord Mayor sleet. The toast was drunk with amen Alderman Hasa (Lord Mayor elect) thanked the Lard Mayor for the very kind meaner in which he had istrodueed his (Alderman Hale's) hum. It was not for him te make promises ea to what he would do during his year of oflice, bat he might, nevertheless, mare them of Lis determination to do his bat to aerie his fellow citizens, sad to prove to them that they hid not sleeted an nolvertby perms to pre• side over them. He promised also to do hie best to nary out the traditional hospitalities of the Mansion-besse Ws a way that he looped would give satiefeaten to the /ebbs (Cheers.) The Loan Mayon then pys " The HOMO of GOILI10•11.* coupling with the toast the mama Mr. Gesebea, se elf the members for the city of Leedom Mr. Goecars acknowledged the toast, observing that out of session people wrote totters to the newspapers satin forth graveness, cenoludimireserally with the words " this requires the interference of the Booms of Commons ;" but when in session the House of Comma* took op UNDO miasma' the public coodeniad their over officiouseess, and said, " we don't wait any interfereees st all." so that the duties of that house were not always so agreeable aced generally satisfactory ea might be desired. He could wish that, is toasting . the House of Commons, they were teretiog an unclogging body, and that the menthes, of it bad within • very short time, to nodose the ordeal which Mayor elect had panned through so pleasetly to day. He hoped, however, that when it fell to his lot spin te pretend himself to his fellow-eltireas his electios would be ea nasal moos as had been that which had taken place is the Guild hall that morels, ; and it would be an 'Ultima edemas, if it were followed by as ignorable a gatherievitha at which they were Dow amenibled. (Cheers tad ter.) The LORD Mato* elect pa the heal th of Lewd Mayor, which was warily responded to, and His LORDSHIP returned thanks, observing, is the mum of has remarks, that It had bees the hellion of late to mdse. your to depreciate the aspartame of the City of tondos by referring to the falling off in its resident popaletioe an shown by she last mums ; but 'tallyho of that hied meet be taken oily for what they were worth, sad with ea a• planation. The eseesm as they Mom, was hikes at midnight, but had it been takes in the day time it would bare given a very &fermi renal. The fact was that there sever were so many poem earryieg en bootees te the City of hoodoo as at the want time. Between 760,UUU and 800,000 people altered the City every morning to their daily compotioes 7 2oo,ooo of them cams in me. reprices, madam' the daily employment of no less them betwese 60,000 sod 70,000 public carriages ; and taking otl things into amount, there mild be no quo boo that the iodine population of the City was mem is sumerous nor its commercial importance so great as is was now. (Hem, beer.) In reply to a remark of A Menne Hale's as to the passibility of his (the Lord Mayor's) being elected a mambo of parlameat, he added that, should be in the moan of amts be called upon to campy snob a patties, be would always be reedy to advocate these prim Opts" of local self-government ender which the City of Los don had arrtved at its present high position, and the weary at large had achieved civil and religious liberty, ad an an. pandleled degree of sonmereial prosperity. " UPS Itsparates of the City a London, with the health of Alderman Muagrove," was the oat toast, for which Alderman MISOILOVR returned thanks. •• The Mister Cutler of Sheiks-Id, and Prosperity to Trude." was given by the Lord Mayor, and responded to by the Master Cutler. ~ T e. Fruiterers' Oempay, the Carpenters' Oomem the Sheriffs ivis, Aldermen DAM and Beasley), late sheriffs Mears. Nissen sad Ceve), and the Conserea. Will of the ver Thames' were severally tasted. ad the usual e t oltisoent Wain been pay to the Lady Maymass. it was re 'eel to by the Lard Mayor, &a the sumeray separa PROFESSOR JOW67/ AND G WELK PHILOSOPHY. —The strident. of Greek literature and philosophy, who have krag been wailing for the " Republic of Plato," by Professor Jowelt, will be glad to leant that the mum of the delay is the preparatice of two long introductory volumes, which will be of great interest to students of Greek philosophy and Plato. This great work, which is expected to appear early next euninier, will consist accordingly of three large volumes, the fist °Detaining a history of the early Greek philmophy down to the time of Plato, the sewed costainiag a copious analysis or condensed translation of all Plates Dialogues, with introductions, and the third containing the text of the Republic, a translation, sad full textual mid explanatory notes.—Patrice. DZNOLITION or Tsa G SEAT Ex is t RITION BUILDING. —The great eastern arch of the ElLibities toes blows down wit► gunpowder by the Royal Regimen. on Saturday last sad to-morrow, at eve o'clock. the waiters eine is to be similarly dimmed of. Her Ilieieety's Comae sneer* of the Exhibition of 1881 have agreed to ellen access on this °comics from the Horticuitural Gaidea to the vacant space on which the Exhibition baildiug stood, and from which the beat view of the enpicles Is to be obtsiood. The 00411)01 of the Horticultaral noreety have intimated that every volunteer in uniform will be admitted to the HOdienitolll Gerdes free os that day. The em timers have takes advaatage of the opportunity to try some experiments. A new kind of temples was used ea Saturday leek mid possibly some other innovates may he tried on Saturday seat Tomtit of the total seximat inv owlet to r d tli; barque bond 15 P.- ~~ 1 I !"I I Ili ONIAL 10 A CAPTAIN..—At the meeting r lllll WM WOW mimed 111111• •• I 1 IL. it 4.1