The Express. — London, England, 1867-06-08 00:00:00

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BROWN BROTHERS .- PATENT MAIM. 'ad COlllllO4. Manure MumKure. Thinks. Port.suaa- SDK as.. se PRICES CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. NW PICCADILLY. Catalogues tree. CllAliPETS.—£6,oooworth Brussels and Tapestry NJ Britagek. at' t. bid., and its. lid. per yard: also Turk., carpets at xcry reduced pekes. A new list of ages and p 1.,. gran , J.la.Oiu north Furniture, Bedsteads ;in brass, iron, sad ....I 11, Upholstery, &c., now offering at unprece dented low priers. AU goods warranted, and delivered free throughout Ito kingdom—lN 11. WAIN E. wholesale and export nphobterer and general furnishing warehouseman, 133 to 135, Yiewingtonbutts. Factories, Fraoctsetrect. TIFAM and Co.'s ATTIRE. RYAN and Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. TIVAM and Co.'s TWEED OVERCOATS HYAM and Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. RYAN and Co.'s FACED MELTON OVER COATS. HYAM and Co.'s SUITS. HYAM and Co.'s MORNING COATS. RYAN and Co.'. PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM and Co.'s VESTS and TROUSICRB. HYAM sad Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. 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BARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, a new Invention, so admirably contrived that a full butt, as well as smaller casks, may be raised or tilted on It without labour or trouble. its action Is so Impalpable that the sediment of the most limpid fluid by no possiMlity can be diettuted. Prim 9s. 125., 14., to auk 4,9, and 18 gallon Mkt. BARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP. No vent-peg required. No more Eat beer or sour vine. Price 4a 6d.: ditto, electroplated. he —Apply direct to JAII Kb ELOW, patentee, 14, King William-street, Mansion-house. bee Wet his name and address are on every article: all others are spurious imitation& Kograrings grata Established 1820. EAST as A B C.—The A B V RAILWAY UtYIDE for !TIM mast Now on sale, and to ho had at the railway stalls ad of the booksellers In Lndon. THE A B C RAILWAY GUIDE contains, alphithetically arranged, the *mires from Lawton and lack of all the R aHym e—the Fares—the Dlstancee—the Pormla tioes—London Dottie—Country Hotels—ntranneee MMM to lon, Including the Chh Yana, the !Lehlbitiee, the Places of Amusement, dc . TAE A B C RAILWAY GUIDE contains the Tourld Ticket iiptem of all the ltallwaye—the several Routes to Paris—the 11M.Wales Railway !Velem—Stem Vestals leaving Loudon, its.—Londoa: W. Toreilie, sit Strand. PRE A B C RAILWAY GUIDE, established 183, Ls now consulted In ever• public room In London, and is a most suitable obedient for advertisers desirous to r-aeh the Travelling Classes and the Merchants and Hotel Proprietors of London flace for wiverthenients,g37, Wand. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (lUMITZEM TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Jr se 7, EVENING. This evening the public buildings and a great number of private houses are illuminated. The principal boulevards and streets present a magnifi cent aspect. (heat crowds fill the streets. To-day, as the Emperor Napoleon was returning from St. Cloud and palming by the Exhibition, he received an enthusiastic ovation. The Czar received a warm ovation from the crowds while going last night in an open carriage to the Grand Hotel, to pay a visit to his sister, the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia. The council of boil-biters have decided, by seven to six votes, that there is no ground for proceeding according to the rules of the profession against those members of it who made themselves conspi cuous by a manifestation against the Czar in the Patois de Justice. The report of an intended review of the fleet at Cherbourg is denied. LUXEDIBURG. LUXEMBURG, Juxic 7. The evacuation of Luxemburg will commence at once, and will be completed before the 15th instant. Immediately after the evacuation 1,000 soldiers of the Grand Duchy will occupy the fortress. The Luxemburg Diet is convoked for the 20th inst., when the treaty of London will be submitted to it, together with a bill placing the military territory under the command of a captain. SPAIN. MADRID, Jcicz 7. In the Senate to-day, on the news being received of the attempted assassination of the Czar in Paris, a demonstration occurred similar to that which took place in the Congress. SERVIA. VIENNA, Juice 7. Letters received hero from Belgrade state that Prince Michael will shortly leave for Paris, at the invitation of the Emperor Napoleon. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, JuxE 7, 3.30 P.Y. The Bourse has been flat. Routes closed at 70.27, or 23c. lower than yesterday. CHINA. HONG KONG, MAY 15. Grey shirting', 6i catty, 3.55 doh'. Tea, nothing doing. Total exports,_ll7,ooo,ooolb. SHANGHAE. MAY 7. Silk season closed. Export to date, 42,000 bales. Exchange on London, 6s. Lid. Freights ; Tea, N. 10s. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Jaws 7. The Royal Mail steamship Java arrived here at 6 p.m. to-day from New York with 194 cabin passengers. and 130,500 dole. in specie. She landed 118 sacks of mail, and 49 passenger., and proceeded at 6.20 p.m. All well. (Per the Java, viA Queenstown.) NEW TORR. MAY 29. An official opinion of Attorney-General Stan berry, defining the disfranchising clauses of the Recon struction Act, has been promulgated. He states that the act disfranchises all participants in the rebellion who were members of Congress, members of state legislatures, date officials, militia officers, or holders of any office under the United States ; also, members of the rebel con. gress and rebel diplomatic representatives. Rut the act does not disfranchise rebel county, municipal, judicial, or temporary state officers. Involuntary pay ments of Confederate taxes cannot be construed as aiding the rebellion. The Southern boards of registry are obliged to register ea voters all wbo take the prescribed oath. The boards have no power to determine the truth or falsity of such oaths. It is expected that the Southern district commanders will administer the Reconstruction Act as —.— interpreted by Mr. Stanberry. General Sickles has retained for military trial two ring leaders in the recent negro attack on the street cars in Charlestown ; the others have been released. General Swayne, commanding in Alabama, has reported that an investigation proves that the recent Mobile riot wax not preconcerted by the whites. The Ninth District Court of Team has decided that negroes cannot give evidence in trials of white men. The trial of Surratt has been postponed until the 10th June. _ . Mr. Seward, in a letter to Mr. Hale, United States minister at Madrid, announces that Spain has agreed to loin a conference for the settlement of the questions at issue between her and the South American republics, if the duration of the conference and the qualifications of a final arbitrator be specified. Mr. Seward states that if the con ference fails the President of the United States will in good faith select an impartial arbitrator, hut if Spain in sist, upon exacting qualifications for an arbitrator, the United States must withdraw their proposition. Mr. Johnson has nominated Mr. John Hay, President Lineoln'a former secretary, to be minister at Vienna. The North Carolina Episcopal Convention have ad vised education without distinction of colour, and the instalment of negroes as clergymen. The New York journal announce that Loyada. and Vega are organising an army in Sinaloa to resist the authority of Juarez. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 7.—APPonrruzirrs.—Liente mint W. 0. Scott to be lieutenant and commander of the gunboat Doterel, vice Thompson, invalided ; Assistant Paymaster .1. E. Boxer to the Octavio. Engineers T. E. Buckle to the Euphrates ; J. Bettison to the Niobe. litAnamm.zB, Jun z 7.—The Measageries Impc riales steamer Said, with the India and China mails, arrived here at 2 p.m. to-day. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. ALexamma, JUNE 7.—The Syria left at 7.20 a.m., and the Delta at 9.30 a.m. to-day. The former may be ex pected at Marseilles on the 13th, and the latter at South ampton about the 20th instant. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1867. *parting intelligence. ASCOT SUMMER MEETING—FamAy. The attendance to-day was limited, and the aspect of the course presented a strange contrast to that of yesterday. This morning there was •beavy fall of rain, but the " going" did not suffer materially thereby, though It considerably militated against the attendance, which was by far the smallest of the week. The Prince of Wales and Prince Teck were the only royal personages present, and both came on to the course privately, so that there was no popular demonstratiou. SD races only were set for decision, but owing to the time which was lost between them the spurt was not concluded much earlier than on the heavier slays, although the order of running was fixed so that it should do so. For the first clean of the Wokingbarn Rakes •handicap,, run in a drenching shower of rain, there wire a• less than a dozen competitors. hut the " talent" were fortunate enough to elect as the favourite the whiner, for liounceaway, ' with Kenyon up, won with ease, Confederate and Ford ham being second, while Jasper finished a good third. Python, who ran Roquefort to a head, In a large field at Newmarket, was the champion of the profes- Mona! bettors for the second clam of the Woldnigham Stakes, although for some time it wan a moot point whether the premier ship would be' enjoyed by Sir. Angell's cult or Princess Thyre. The result confirmed the judgment of Python's friends, for he won in a center from Padlehah who, it may be mentioned, was fractious at the post, and lost many lengths' start. The meeting of Vauban and Achievement In the Triennial was naturally looked forward to with considerable Interest, as the tUstantie 'one mile being the mare's favourite course it was thought the struggle between the pair would he a close one. Vauban was faronrite, a shade of otitis being laid on him. The other two limners were Walton and t'aucasus : the hitter started with the intention of making the running for Vauban, but before a quarter of a mile had been traversed he succumbed, being unable to live the pace. The cracks came ou in company to the distanet where Pordham drew the horse away and cantered past the chair an easy winner, amid the most vociferous cheeriest whit* was reuewed wheu the hone returned to scale with the Marquis of }lasting, at his head. The Alexandra Plate brought est tan runners. precisely the same number as contested the Gold Cup. Lecturer, with whom the marquis declared to win, carried the proper colours; John Darla who was started to perform a mission similar to that in the Cup, being distinguishable by the red cap. The absentees from the lot coloured were Goatees., Friday, and Saveroake. The amount of support awarded to Lecturer, on whom odds of 5 to 4 was laid with avidity, completely para- Weld the betting : but Moulaey, for whom a brilliant Cup career KU anticipated, had friends at 7 to 1, but the son of Teddington was never in the Mint" from start to finish ; Indeed, Lecturer, as won as John Davis gave way, took up the running, and won In a canter by a couple of lengths. The reception of the shoeless '• pony" when be returned to the paddock was even more enthu siastic than that, of yesterday, the bookmakers actually leaving the ring to cheer the marquis and his horse. Lord flutings wins a good stake by this victory as do all the followers of the stable who plunged on the "good thing." Gomera,upon whom odds of 5 tag was laid for the Guineas, was beaten state commencement of the enclosure, and Deleeuw' wen by two lengths, adding another sictory to the baron's brilliata week. During the afternoon there was some speculation on future events. Pervacques was reported in the tint instance to have ruptured a blood-vessel, then it was said he was actually dead, but it did not gain much credence, and he was supported freely for the Northumberland Plate at 5 to I—a point more being taken about the Vixen colt. After 1,500 to 1.000 had been laid no Hermit and Vauban coupl.d for the lesser, Sto 1 was taken about the former and 5 to 2 the latter, which odds were always obtainable. Achieve ment stood at 10 to 1, while " poor Plaudit" was hacked at double those odds, 5 points more being offered against Marks man. Details are appended. Mt FIRST CLAN,: OF THE WORTIMPAN frfIICES 'HATeile4pl of P 1.04 a each, with 50 added. Last threequarters of New Mile. 17 subs _ _ _ _ _ , Mace SoltykofFs Rosuweaway, M Zwydar Zes—Press For ward, 3 yrs. Cat 1216 (Kola Yon) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Confederate, Gyro, Bst (canted Out 21b) (Fordhon, ,Peake) Baron Rothschild's Jasper, 3 yrs, 7st nb.... Nine others also ran. Betting: 3 to 1 apt Bounveaway. 6 to 1 agat Historian, 7 to 1 apt Jasper, 8 to 1 each apt Goodfellow and Grand Cross, and 10 to 1 each agst the 31ald of Masham filly and Adamanthea. THE NKCONL CLA.T4 or THE WUXINOHAIS STALES :Handicap) of 5 eons. each, with 50 added. Last three-quarters of the New Mile. fl 7 subs.) Mr. G. Angell's Python, by Young Melbourne—Latona, 3 yrs, Ost 1511, Sir J. Hawley's The Padishah, 3 vs, Est 4th 17 efiery) 2 Captain Hirable) 'a 3lrs. Stratton, 4 yrs, (kit 41b (Loates) 3 Right others also rat. Betting; 3 to 1 agst Python, 7 to 2 agat Princess Thyra, 6 to 1 apt The Perlishah, 10 to 1 wit La Dauphine, 12 to 1 each east Beetle, Mrs. Stratton, Jeannie Deans, and Amour Primes, and 100 to 7 apt Bismarck. THE SECOND YEAR or THE FOURTEENTH ARCOT TRIEIIXIAL STAKES. of 10 son. each, with 100 added, for 3.yr-olds : colts, fist 10lb ; and fillies, lint 71b; maiden allowances. New Mlle. (41 ante.) Duke of Beaufort's Vauban, by Muscovite—Palm, °ninth ( guao rdhrr eri Colonel Peaon'srs Achievement, eat 71b Mr. Naylor's Walton, tist rab (Tomlinson) 3 Ceucscus also ran. Betting : 6 to 5 on Vauban, and 6 to 6 apt Achievement. THE ALEXANDRA PLATE of 1,000 son. added to a sweepstakes of ES eon. each, 15 ft, for 4.0-olds and upwards : penalties and allowances ; second received 200 son. and the third 100. About three miles (Mamba., Marquis of iimanags' Lecturer, by Colstardale—Algebra I yea, DWI (Pordium) • Mr. Chaplin's Rama. 4 yrs, 10st 610 slb ez) (Custance) 2 Baron Rothschild's Tourmalin, 4 yrs, Hit (J. Daley) 3 Seven others also ran. The Marquis of Hastings declared to win with Lecturer. Betting : 6to 4 on lecturer, 7 to 1 apt Mooney, 10 to 1 apt Klarinska, 12 to I agstStrathvonan. 100 to 7 apt llama, and 15 to 1 each apt Auguste and Tourmalin: The competitors having been paraded fur the inspection of the Prince and others In the royal enclosure, the canters were taken. Before reaching the starting poet, Klarinska was somewhat fractious, but with little delay a good stall was effected. When fairly settled in their stride, John Davis, acting in concert with his stable companion the favourite, took up the running, closely followed by the Young Melbourne colt, clear of whom came Klarinska in ad. ranee of Lecturer, Auguste and Rama, Morilsey and &nth conan bringing up the rear. In this order they passed the Stand, but un rounding the Hotel turn, John Davis, as in the race for the Cup, improved the pace, and Increased his lead to half &dozen length., while Macron, still forcing Lord Glaagow's colt, was nearly twice that distance in advance of Lecturer, Auguste, Klarinska, and Rama, while at intervals of half a dozen lengths, followed Tourmalin, Sealskin, Mord sey, and Strathvonan. In the Swindley.buttom Lecturer and Lord Glasgow's colt were close up with John Davis, the trio being succeeded by Elarinska, Auguste, and Rama, Tourmalin being at least twenty lengths in advance of the others, who were toiling on in the rear. At the three-quar ters of a mile post Klarinska joined the rear division, and was shortly afterward. followed by the Young Melbourne colt, and simultaneously with this change Lecturer, Auguste, Rama, and Tourmalin closed with John Darla, who Immediately resigned the leadership to Lecturer, who cannon with a lead into the straight. At the distance Auguste gave way, and Rama and Tourmalin were left to do battle with the favourite, but although both struggled gamely to the finish it was all to no purpose, as Lecturer drew away in the last 50yards and won In a canter by two lengths. Tourmalin, awe up with Rama, was a good third, and Sealskin cantered in fourth a lung way off. All the others pulled up before reaching the post, the absolute last being K Melnik& A PLATE of £lOO, for all ages : weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Half a mile. 112 sub..) Mr. R. Ten Brueck's Nano's. by North Lincoln—Molly 3 yrs, Bst (car. 84 21b) (Vordham) 1 Mr. G. Reynolds' Paris (ClOO, 6 yrs, Sat Illb Morrie) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Catalogue (0100), 6 yrs, Sat 11lb (D. Hughes) 3 Seven others Mao ran. Beane: 310 1 each eget Nanule and Alberta, 4 to I apt Paris, and 9 to I east Snowdrift. Tiia QURICIIIi PLATS of 100 guineas, for all yea; weight for age. Nearly three miles. OS subs.) Baron Rothschild's Daleamen, by King Tom—Agnes, 4 yrs, list 711, (J. Daley, 1 Duke of Beaufort's Oomera, 5 yrs, lOst (Tordhara) 2 Mr. R. Walker's Christmas Carol, 6 yrs, 104 (J. Osborne) I Betting: 6 to 2 on Homers. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 6to 1 apt /steamier (t) I 6to 1 apt Vixen colt (t) ST. LROER to 1 apt Hermit (t) 20 to 1 spt Plaudit 'A& off) to Y Vaults:lH , 25 to 1 Marksman ,of) 10 to 1 Achievement (t 1000 to 30 Van Amburgh and off (off) 1,500 to 1,000 on Hermit and Vauban coupled. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FamaY. NORTHUM BERLAND PLATE. to 1 sot Yerveenuea fl 17 t.. 2 Vixen colt It and w) 190 to 9 Lady Vane (off, after 8 10 1 had been taken) 100 to 7 Challenge (oef) DX, to I Newland (uff) CRICKET. SvenET v. Veilinglag.-4 smart shower, which fell at half past eleven yesterday, delayed the commencement of playin this match. at the Oval, until twenty minutes past 12, when Jupp and Humphrey roomed their places at the respective wickets, the Cowling being again entrusted to !freeman and Luke Greenwood. In quality it was up to the standard of the previous evening. added to which there had been just sufficient rain to cause the wickets to play fa:se. rendering the utmost caution on the part of the batsmen necessary. Pleven oven ,six of them maidens ( were de livered for 9 runs. when Jupp was bowled off his foot (one for 224 This was the first of a series of disasters which attended Surrey all through the innings. Griflith let go at a straight one, and his middle stump was carried away by Greenwood; Murtlock made a four to leg, and Humphrey a splendid cut for four. Al sa Mortlock was caught off his glove. The next boll cooky skied," and it was secured by Thewlis at mid-on. Loft was caught in the slip off his second ball—three wickets for three runs. A heavy shower stopped the play for an hour, when Stephenson made a couple, and then played a ball on to his fad, which rolled to the wicket and ',hook off one bell—six for 51. Mr. Noble and Humphrey were together, and got the score up to 75, when Just at luncheon time Humphrey was well caught. Rain afterwards fell In torrents, and the game was suspended till a few minutes before seven, when, notwithstanding the sloppy state of the wickets, it was agreed to proceed with the game. Sewell became Mr. Noble's partner, and with the aid of sawdust, was enabled to keep his feet. Mr. Norte madea splendid cut worth tire, but in attempting to run a fourth, the ground being so slippery, he lost his wicket his 15 was well made, and a very useful contribution. Mr. Green. field was next, and then they had the slanting sun to contend with. Four rims—which ought to have been scored five--were added by a bye and overthrow to the pavilion. The batsmen changed ends, and freeman took Mr. Ornnfleld's wicket, and with the next ball settled ileartlield, Sewell taking out hi. bat for five, and the innings amounting to mor 173 to the bad. Play will be resumed at eleven this day. KIDIT v. Susing.—Play In this match was resumed this morn ing at Gravesend, Kent going on with their second Innings; It was, however, a sorry exhibition of cricket, six being the highest Hem. The bawling of Southerton and James illlywhit• was irresistible. Ten runs were posted before the first wicket fell, the snood, third, fourth, Mb, and sixth, were all down for eleven, and the total amounted to 18. Mr. !tenon did not go in, in con sequence of an Injury to his bat a few weeks mince, and It is feared he will not be able to play again this season. Siang won the match in one Linings, with 40 runs to spare. CAXIIRIDOISHIRE V. NOT7I/40HANSIORT Yesterday, at Parolees Oruund, Cambridge, play in this match was COG thmed. by Instalments, and amidst sundry showers and a stiff mile, T. Hayward carrying nut his hat for a fi nely played Y 4. Cowell got 7 runs, and the Cambridgeshire innings amounted to 711 only. Nottinghamshire commenced their second innings with Alfred !thaw and Brampton, both of whom played well . Oscroft was the top score with 44. and Richard Duff's 39 was also a good Innings. The total amounted to 192 MAKLB.oIitoUGH COLLEGI V. CHELTINIFIAX COLLiGIL—The an• nnal match between these two Irma public schools was com menced at Marlborough on Tuesday, June b, and u, on account of tad weather, play was impossible on the second day, the match was left drawn. For Marlborough the batting throughout was very even, while, for Cheltenham, Vilgate payed a munifi cent hitting =logs, and Baker's 40 was obtained in perfect style. flabai anTi itlititarp. PORTSMOUTH JUNE 7 . The Duncan, RI, screw line-of-battleship, bear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., arrived at Spithead this morning from North America, and on approaching the anchorage exchanged salutes with the flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief at this port. The Duncan will be dismantled and paid off, having completed the term of her commission. The Euphrates, 5, iron screw troopship, Captain M. B. Dunn, steamed out of harbour to-day to make a trial of her machinery. She is being prepared with all despatch to proceed to the East Indies, where she will be employed in the removal of troops between the Indian ports and Suez. CHATHAM, Jura 7. • TiooPs Fos CANADA.—An order has been re ceived at this garrison, from the Horse Guards, directing detachments of the depot companies of Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Ist battalion of the 15th Regiment, 2nd battalion of the 17th Regiment, lit battalion of the 22nd Regiment, and the 30th Regiment, to be held in readiness toembark for Canada, to reinforce the various corps serving in British North America. The troops are to be in readi ness to embark on the 13th inst. THE PRISONER FOR CHURCH RITES. The following petition has been presented to the House of Commons by Mr. P. A. Taylor : " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in parliament assembled. The humble petition of James Brighton Grant, a prisoner in the pauper ward of the debtors' prison, Whitecross.atreet, London, showeth : That your petitioner carried on the trade of a brewer in the parishes of Fmnilingham and Kettlebargh, in the county of Suffolk, for 25 years down to February, 1866 ; and, although a nonconformist, offered no opposition to church rates till the last six years, having hoped year after year that the law which force d one man to pay the expenses of another man's worship would be repealed. That in 1560 your petitioner learned that the for bearance of dissenters who took no active opposition to church rates was used as an argument in your honourable house that they were indifferent on the subject. Your petitioner therefore felt it to be his duty to resist the im : poet to the utmost of his power, and to enoomage other persons to do the same. That in the year 1864 a church rate was made for the parish of Kettleburgh, on which your petitioner was charged the sum of If. llts., and which he refused to pay; that the churchwarden, after summoning bhn before the magistrates in petty sessions, who dismissed the case, took proceedings in the Ecclesias tical Court, and your petitioner, being advised that he had good legal grounds of resistance, defended the action. That the court having decided against him, and ordered him to pay the costs on both sides, the amount of which was not known till several months afterwards, your peti- , tioner's creditors, having heard that suits in the Eccle siastical Courts were very expensive, and fearing the cnurch- 1 warden would attach the property of your petitioner for a very large ainount, compelled him to assign all he possessed to them. That a forced sale of petitioner's property was made, and his business destroyed, which left him without the means of appealing against a judgment which he be lieves was erroneous. That the churchwarden, who is fully aware of all these circumstances, arrested your petitioner on the 15th of March last, and put him into this prison for non-payment of costs amounting to 2371. That the legal expenses on both sides amounted to more than 500/. That your petitioner has no means of paying the demand m' do upon him, nor of supporting himself and family ; that he is, therefore, compelled to live on the prison allowance, and in all other respects as the pauper debtors in this prison. That the churchwarden has re cently published an apposite the friends of the established 'Atwell for subscriptions towards his expenses, in which he says :—" This protracted and important case, involving three years' legal proceedings, was taken up entirely on public grounds, believing that the system of. opposing church rates is intended to produce sufficient discord in every parish, that the rate might be abolished, so the clergy would be left alone to repair the church, and be lieving if these aggressive movements are not checked not only the rate but all the endowments of the national church will be endangered, and that the course he has taken to stop them ' may prove a benefit to the whole country.' Your petitioner begs to acquaint your honour able house that there are many persons left, especially in the rum' parishes, with the same views and of the same spirit as the churchwarden of Kettleburgh, who will im prison their neighbours as your petitioner is imprisoned, for disobeying a law which is contrary to his religious views, and which has been again and again condemned by vote of your honourable house. Your petitioner, there fore, prays your honourable house to peas such laws as will make it impossible for one religious order to claim supre macy over the others by making them pay towards the expenses of its worship, so that your petitioner may be the last person imprisoned for resisting a church rate. — And your petitioner will ever pray.--(Signed) JAMES Basusiron GRANT." THE MYSTERIOUS LANDING AT DUNGARVAN.- A telegram from Cork yesterday says :-" Two of the men arrested at Yongbal, as of the party that landed off Dun gervan, have been identified by Corydon, the informer, as William Nagle, general of the American army, and John Warren, captain of the 88th New York Regiment. The informers, Massey and Corydon, proceed to Waterford to day to identify the 29 men in that gaol." INTERESTING AIITOGRAPHS. - Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of Leicester-square, have just concluded the sale of a very large and curious collection of autograph letters. Amongst the more curious lots were the follow ' ing :-64. Letter of Richard Baxter, 4!. 2s. ; 135.' Letter of Sir Thomas Browne, 6/. 2s. lid. ; 274-5. Two Letters of Daniel De Foe, 131. 15s. ; 314. Signature of Sir Francis Drake to an official letter, 71. ; 322. Letter of Graham of Claverhouse, 61. 15e. • 344. Letter of Erasmus, 9/. ; 412. Letter of Garrick respecting Home's " Douglas," 61. sa. ; 419. Letter of Edmund Gibbon, 61. 10s.; 616. Letter of John Locke, 81. ; 821. Letter of William Penn, is. 6d. ; 889. Letter of the heroic Madame Roland, 51. ,• 906. Letter of Lady Rachel Russell, 71. ; 930. Letter of Smelled, 6/. 10s. ; 970. Letter of Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, W. 55.; 1070. Letter of General Wolfe, 51. Ss. ; 1 1306. Letter of Henry IV., 3/. 15a. ; 1333. Latter of Louis XVI., 41. 10s. ; 1350. Letter of Catherine de Medici, 4/. 1435. Series of correspondence addressed to the Earl of Essex while Minister at the Court of Turin, 1732-36, 251. 106.; 1451. Letter of John Locke,7l.; 144:16-1517. Letters of Sir Walter Scott, 401. 10s. 6d. Tan CATTLE Pcnous.-Several orders in council, 1 in reference to this subject, are published in last night's Gazette. By one of them cattle exposed for sale in any market, for the time being licensed for the sale of cattle for immediate slaughter, may be kept alive for the period of six days after exposure in any such market, and no longer, and shall not be exposed for sale in any such market a second time. ALLEGED OUTBREAK OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE.- An outbreak of rintlerpest in the neighbourhood of Liver. , pool is reported. On Monday last a cow, belonging to Mr. , Parry, of Ullet.lane (just outside the borough), was I attacked with sickness and died on the following Wednes- ' day. It was carefully examined by Mr. Ellis, veterinary surgeon, who declared he believed it had died from raider- , pest. Notice of the fact was at once sent to the govern- j meat by the local county authority, the place where the animal died bring beyond the borough boundary, and as a consequence, the Town Clerk of Liverpool has received in-1 telligence that an order will be sent down at once revok ing the license for holding the cattle market at Stanley for the sale of store stock, though a license will still be granted by the government for the sale of fat stock, with privilege of movement to certain towns. The result of this order will, it is said, be very serious to Liverpool, for it will upset all the arrangements of the Irish trade, and re-pro. duce tbe chaos which existed a few months since. Already the northern part of the town is actually !placed under quarantine by a previous order, and no animals entering that quarter can leave it alive. It is hopeless, however, to maintain such a quarantine, if animals from Ireland are I not allowed to go to pasture, but have to be stalled iu the town. Such a step at this period, when all the cattle arriving from Ireland are what is termed " grass fed," is likely to cause serious results, ea such cattle at the pre- I sent time are injured by stall feeding. A deputation from Liverpool has proceeded to London to have an in terview with Dr. Williams, of the Cattle Plague Com mittee, at Whitehall. _ Tue PRom ox Tat.—The guardians of St. Pancras have entered into a contract for the supply of tea to the workhouse at ls. 7 jd. rer lb. Mr. Homan said he had tasted the sample, and tt was as good as that for which he paid Is. td. • pound, which showed the difference between contract and retail prices. Mr. Wade, a retired tea dealer, said better tea could not be bad for 3s. a pound. The chairman, Adressing the last speaker, said, •' What a profit you must have made." [STAMPED, 1L ADDITIONAL. ] THE RITUAL COMMISSION. The text of the royal commission to inquire into ritual practices is published in last night's Ga:rtte. It re cites that it has been represented "that differences of practice have arisen from varying interpretations put upon the rubrics, orders, and directions for regulating the course and conduct of public worship, the administration of the sacraments, and the other services contained in the Book of Common Prayer, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, and more especially with reference to the ornaments used in the churches and chapels of the said united church, and the vestments worn by the ministers thereof at the time of their ministra tions ;" and that "it is expedient that a full and impartial inquiry should be made into the matters aforesaid with the view of explaining or amending the said rubries,orders, and directions, so as to secure general uniformity of practice in such matters as may be deemed essential." It, then, " re posing great confidence in their ability and discretion," nominates, constitutes, and appoints the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl Beauchamp, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of oxford, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Lord Portman, Lord Ebury, the Hon. Mr. Walpole, Mr. E. Cantwell, Sir Joseph Napier, Sir W. P. Wood, Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Mr. T. Twirls Mr. J. I. Coleridge. Q.C.; Mr . J.A. Smith, Mr. BeresfOrd Hope, Mr. J. G. Hub bard, Mr. A. P. Stanley, Mr. Harvey Goodwin, Mr. James Amiraux Jeremie, Mr. Robert Payne Smith, Mr. Henry Venn, Mr. William Gilson Huniphry, Mr. Robert Gre gory, and Mr. Thomas Walter Perry, to be commissioners for the purposes of the said inquiry. The terms of the commission are as follow:—" And we do hereby enjoin r, or any ten or more of you, to make dilig ent inquiry into all and every the matters oresaid, and to report thereupon from time to time as to you or any ten or more of you may appear to be most expedient, having regard not only to the said rubrics, orders, and directions con tained in the said Book of Common Prayer, but also to any other laws or customs relating to the matters afore said, with power to suggest any alterations, improvement., or amendments, with respect to such matters or any of them, as you or any ten or more of you may think fit to recommend. And whereas it has further been repre sented unto us that some alterations may advantageously be made in the proper lessons appointed to be read in morn ing and evening prayer on the Sundays and holydays throughout the year, and in the calendar with the table of first and second lessons contained in the said Book of Com mon Prayer : now, we hereby further enjoin you or any ten or more of you, after you have completed and reported on the matters referred to in the former part of this com mission, to inquire into and consider the proper lessons so appointed to be read as aforesaid, and the table of first and second lessons contained in the said Book of Common Prayer, with the view of suggesting and reporting to us whether any and what alterations and amendments may be advantageously made in the selection of lessons to be read at the time of Divine service ; and for the better discovery of the truth in the premises, we do by these presents give' and grant unto you, or any ten or more of you full power and authority to call before you, or any ten or more of you, such persons as you shall judge necessary, by whom you may be the better informed of the truth in the premises, and to inquire of the premises and every part thereof, by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever: and our further will mud pleasure is that you, our said commissioners, do with as little delay as may be consistent with a due discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon you, certify unto us under your hands and seals, or under the hands and seals of any ten or more of you, your 'several proceedings in the premises: and we do further I will and command, and by these presents ordain, that this our commission shell continue in full force and virtue, and that you our said commissioners, or any ten or more of ' you, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter or thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment." Mr. William Francis Kemp, barrister-at-law, is ap pointed secretary to the commission. SALMON FThEaRY CONGRESS. A congress of conservators and other gentlemen interested in the promotion of salmon fisheries was held i yesterday in the Gouncilohamber at the Horticultural gardens, South Kensington. Au influential committee was I formed wane time ego to arrange the gathering, and invi tritium were issued by Mr. H. A. Glass, the hon. secretary, ito cultivators of salmon residing in all parts of the United Kingdom. A requisition, signed by some 130 noblemen and gentlemen, was also prepared, inviting the co-operation of persons interested in the preservation and development of salmon fisheries. The growing attention that has been directed to the state of our fisheries since the appointment of a parliamentary commission was the primary cause of the congress, and the recent appointment of Mr. F. Buck land and Mr. Walpole to the inapectorships of salmon fisheries might be cited as a minor inducement. Nearly one hundred responded to the invitation of the committee, and amongst them were gentlemen represent ing our chief Irish, Scotch, and English fisheries, many of the owners of our best salmon rivers, and anglers of wide repute. Earl Percy, who has always taken a warm inte rest in the cultivation of salmon, especially in the streams on his Northumbeland estate, was the chairman. The room was turned into a temporary museum of fish ladders, models of weirs and bridges, drawings of charming river scenery, diagrams of new projects, and fishing gear of newest type. Five resolutions were submitted to the meeting, but the speeches, for the most part, were of a conversational character. The first motion settled that the object of the congress was to endeavour to get our salmon rivers altered, so as to give the fish a free passage from the entrance to the source. To effect this object, which is, of course, the very essence of salmon cultivation, pollutions will have to be abated, obstructions removed, poachers looked after, and the ravenous fish that prey upon the spawn (notably the bull trout) destroyed or kept down. Before these things can be done, as the noble chairman pointed out, there must he considerable improvement in the fishery laws. The second resolution dealt with a subject that has always proved most perplexing, and that is not by any means settled—namely, the existence of weirs. The resolution de clared that the salmon fisheries of England had been largely destroyed by these obstructions, and the speakers who supported it backed the declaration with facts drawn from their own experience. The erection of salmon passe* was determined to be indispensable, but no general designs were specified in the motion, pro bably because weirs, like river and their fish, differ in various parts of the country ; numerous practical hints however, were given, and the tale of many a trial and failure was told for the benefit of the congress. The pollution of streams was the topic of the next resolution, sad several speakers gave in stances of fish being killed, and human beings seriously injured, by the impurities east into rivers by mills, mines, and manufactories. Enlarged and strict legislation was insisted upon, and a few cases of failure, where offenders had been prosecuted on account of mere technicalities, were quoted as a fresh mum why the fishery laws should be at once revised. The general tendency of the speeches was to urge conservators in the meanwhile to put forth every energy to abate the evil, the extent of which is probably beyond calculation. Other resolutions were passed arranging for future meet lines of the congress, thanking the special commissioners ; for their valuable services, regretting the illness and resig nation of Mr. Eden, and the death of Mr. Ffennel, and impressing upon the commissioners the importance of in stituting an early inspection of the oumerous weirs and I obstructions in admen rivers, with a view to legislative interference. The crowning difficulty, admitted by nearly every speaker, was that of most projects—lack of funds. The construction of weirs and ladders is so enormously .expensive that the burden would have in most cases to be borne by one or two gentlemen. Hence it j was urged that the best plan would be to arouse public opinion—first to the intimate connexion of clear rivers with health, and secondly to the abundance of cheap food that would follow the universal promotion of salmon cultivation. A statement made by Mr. Walpole as to the unseasonable sale of fish was received with much ! pleasure. He detailed the pains he had taken in the I matter, and showed that he had at last discovered the chief offending fishmongers, and hoped by the assistance lof the clerk at Billingsgate-market to stop the sale of uu , wholesome fish daring the next close season. A hearty vote of thanks was, of course, given to Lord Percy at the close of the proceedings ; and after the meeting was over the more enthusiastic puiciculturists adjourned to an outer building to test all the models and apparati that had been exhibited. DEATH BY LIUHTNINO.—GUILDFORD, FRIDAY Nionr.—This afternoon the neighbourhood of Guildford was visited by ono of the severest thunder storms known here for some years. The rain fell in huge torrent■, and the thunder and lightning were of a very violent character. Just as the storm commenced a man named Cannon, in the employ of Mr. Donnell, of Shere, was engaged in ploughing with two horses. Seeing the storm was likely to increase, be directed the boy to unharness the horses and seek shelter in the homestead. The boy was proceed ing to do this, when a vivid flash of lightning knocked him down. On getting up from the ground be found the man Cannon and the two hones lying lifeless in the field. Assistance was procured, and the body of the deceased was removed to the homestead. The lightning appears to have struck the deceased on the right breast, burning his waistcoat and trousers. The horses appear to have been 'truck on the head; and the marks of the electric fluid an be traced thence down the back. The deceased has left • wife and large family. [TWOPENCE LONDON CHARTERED BANK OF AUSTRALIA. The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held yestterd►y at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. FAYE Da Setts in the chair. The report having bees taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said that it was unnecessary for him to detain the meeting with any lengthy remarks ; but before moving the adoption of the report he would address a few words in explanation thereof. The proprietors would observe from the accounts that there was • disposable sum of 63,:i70/. Vie. 10d., and the board intended appropriating that amount as follows :—ln the first place, they propos ed to carry :3,0001. to the colonial building fund, and then to apply4o,ooo/. to the payment of • dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. and 10,0001. to the payment of a b o nu s o f 1 p er cent., which would leave a balance of 10,1701. lie. 10d. to be carried forward. Before putting the motion for the adop tion of the report he wished to express the gratification the directors felt at seeing fulfilled the anticipations they ventured to express at the last half-yearly meeting, that they should be able, after carrying the reserve fund to 100,0001., to add something out of the profits to their dividend ; and they had not only been enabled to do this but they had also been able out of this year's profits to add 6,0001. to the colonial building fund. This increase in dividend and in property resulted from the most legiti mate of all sourcea, the increase in the profits arising out of the extension of their business. This would be evident to them when he stated that the half year's profits showed an increase of 5,1141. It was as gratifying to him to be able to state those facts as it would be to the proprietors to hear them. Gratifying as they were in themselves, they became more so when they reflected that that increase had taken place under adverse circumstaaces, as stated in the report. He referred to the serious crisis which had occurred in Sydney, which was one of no ordiaary character, being one of the most serious commercial disturbances which had occurred in Sydney since its foundation. It involved the collapse of several establishments with large outstanding liabilities, and necessarily occasioned large banking losses. Their extent would be understood when he told them that one beak had been obliged to set aside 5. - e.1,000/. to meet those losses. If he named that crisis it was not with out reason, for it was due to those who managed their • affairs in the colony that they were in their present posi tion. They had passed through the crisis with compara tive immunity, and he thought it right that he should mention that it was attributable to the management of their affairs by their excellent superintendent, Mr. Brett, supported by their able manager in Sydney. together with the large mercantile experience of their local manager, Mr. Moore. He mentioned this in order to satisfy those on the other side of the table who thought the board was making too large a reserve that colonial banks were not free from losses. When they reserved so large a sum of money as this bank did it was impossible that they should not make losses, and those losses could not be met otherwise than by • reserve fund. There could be no doubt that their re serve was not large enough, and when he gave them figures which he had before him, showing the amount of the re serve of other banks with , which they had to compete they would agree with him that it was desirable that theirs should be augmented. The reserve fund of the Beak • of Australasia was 200,000/., but their capital was larger than that of this beak. The merer of the Union Bank of Australia was 250,000/., with an insurance fund of 75,0110/., which made the reserve of that bank, whose capital was the same as theirs, amount to 325,006/. Then there was the Bank of New S outh Wale., working with the same capital, with a reserve fund of 33d,000/. They had to compete with those establishment., and be was sure they would agree that having to do so it was desirable that they should add so their reserve. Tee board proposed to adopt • course by which they thought they would be able to add to the reserve fund anal at the same time increase the dividend. (Hear, bear.) They proposed not to bring under their con sideration the question of bonus more than once • year, when the amounts were duly audited, and they could show the result of the year's operations. On the occasion of the half. yearly meetings, when they declared en ad interim dividend, they prop osed to devote the surplus profits either to the colonial building fund or to the reserve fund, by which means they would in time be able to place the reserve fund in • position which would compare more favourably with other banks. He held in his hand some remarks which had been made in reference to the company by the Buffiomier, which was • paper of considerable authority upon all commercial matters, and it was there pointed out that whilst this company stood in the third class with regard to capital, it stood seventh with regard to reserve, which must be of great disadvantage to them. He felt that all who shared in his desire to see the shares of the bank &permanent investment, with • security approaching, if not equal, to the Three per Ceuta., ought to strengthen the hands of the board in their endeavour to increase the amount of the reserve fund. With regard to their newly-builtbuildinpthey would see that they had had to erect new premises at Ballarat and Sydney, which wee& substantial evidence that the tree which they had planted in Australia was beginning tospread its branches and strike its roots into the sod. There were, probably, sonic present who did not know the position of Ballarat, and he would therefore mention that it was situated some 120 miles to the north-west of Melbourne, and constituted one of the chief seats of mining industry in the colony. Some 12 years ago it was nothing more than • sheep-walk, but now it was one of the most rising towns in the colony. When they first opened out there, his friend Mr. Falconer, who now sat at their board, but who then directed their affairs in the colony, saw the great importance of having an establishment in that particular locality, and secured pre mises there at a small cost, but owing to the in creased business, and the large quantities of bul lion deposited with them, Mr. Brett bad advised them that they ought to increase their premises. They had upon the table the designs for the new build ing, the cost of which would be about 6,0001., belief which would be met by the sale of their old premises. The designs for their new buildings at Sydney were placed on the table at the last meeting, but since that time they bad been completed, and were opened on the 14th of March last. He hod been frequently told, when addressine the pro prietors, that he only put one side of the question before them, and, as it was his wish that they should have the dark as well as the bright side presented to them, be would mention that there were two points which might tend to diminish their profits. Ile alluded, in the first plaice, to the very low rate of money now ruling in this country, which must be prejudicial to nll banking, and would no doubt influence the rate of money in Australia, and consequently diminish their profit. Another matter was the low price of wool, which, as a great many of their customers were wool dealers, would also, probably, diminish the profits. Against those two drawbacks he thought they might place the growing character of their business, which was with out doubt one of its most favourable features. In con clusion, he moved the adoption of the report, and the de claration of a dividend at the rate of eight per cent. with a bonus of one per cent. Mr. G. C. Knott seconded the motion, and expressed his gratification at the steady yet safe progress of the business of the bank. He joined in the eulogistic remarks passed by the chairman on the able manner in which their super intendent and local managers had conducted the affairs of the company during the exceptional period which they had just passed. He hoped his brother jiroprie tors would support the suggestion that had emanated from the chair. because he thought their reserve fund, though large, was insuffi cient for the business of the bank, and for the position which it occupied in the commercial world. If their shares had not stood well in the market the state of their reserve fund iu some measure accounted for the circum stance, and if they could, without diminishing the divi dend, said from time to time to that fund, they should en dorse the step proposed by the chaim.an. Mr. KINTREA had listened with unmixed satisfaction to the speech of the chairman, and did not hesitate to say that out of the sixteen banks in which he held shares, the London Chartered Bank of Australia was one of the few whose meetings he attended with pleasure. He heard with regret from the chairman that the bones should be looked for annually, and he thought the directors might have gone farther than 1 per cent. bonus. lie did not think a reserve fund of 100,0001. was despicable, nor yet that it was fair to institute • comparison between their reserve fund and those of old institutions. He considered the state of the reserve fund should be commensunite with a consideration for the position of those now in the con cern. The course proposed by the chairman would benefit future shareholders rather than existing shareholders. The Cemanati, in reply, said he would not hold out any expectation that at the next half-ready inciting they should be able to give • bonus. He would remind Mr. Kintrea that it was pot the directors who made the com parison with other banks, but the public of the colony. They wanted • good reserve to meet rainy days such as those that occurred in New South Wales recently, and be lieving that the success with which they had conducted the concern was owing to the judgment of the board and their officers, he hoped the shareholders would agree with the suggestion he Lad made. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then put and agreed to. Mr. R. MINTON moved the reelection of the directors; which was seconded by Mr. W. Born', F.S.A., and was unanimously carried. On the motion of Mr. guinea, seconded by Mr. Eaol.e, the cordial thanks of the meeting were given to the chair man and directors for their able anal judicious management of the company's affairs during the past year. A vote of thanks, prop osed by the CHAIRMAN and se corided by the DRITTT HAIRMAN, basing been tendered to the inspector and general manager (Mr. Brett). and to the local &rectors and managers, the proceedings termi nated. The mackerel now caught off the coast of Corn wall are slightly salted sad sent to all parts of the kioplota. air Ard mnly