The Express. — London, England, 1866-09-21 00:00:00

ONZ of the institutions of London is EVANS'S. sad a charming MUSICAL lINTERTALIMINT Znitlir.i rs MlNG. Atter the Manion and Mslion'a Coaccots In mum to sap than ROYALPRINCESS'S THEATRE. --Sole Leases and Manager, Mr. VINING.—SUMMILIt SEASON.— Doers open at half-past performances commence at it o'clock precisely. EVILIAT 'MIMING during the week, a new and in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., entitled T 6 gt a t i lUrgOT CAPTAIN. Principal characters :—Mrn Stir ling, Miss Neilson, Miss Await& Thompson, Mr. George Hone), and Mr. Vbting. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, In which Messieurs Flageolet, Clodoche, Comet*, and Normand. will appear. New Flowery by Mr. Y. Lloyds. MAPPEN BROTHERS. —Established A.D. 1810. CHESTS°, SILVIMPLATE for the COLONIES, CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE for IfITENISHIM AILPPIN BROTIEKRS, LONDON-RRIDGX MAPPIN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT @MUT. BENSON'S WATCHE S, 68 and 60, Ludgate-hill; 26, Old Bond-street. the ervrefigi. TO 00B.RFOPONDINT8 tiertiesseente intended for "The Uprise," London Evening =gaud be at the Mak 10, loarseisalrest, by Two oft the day of publication. PRINCZSIM TDB itrarnve, THE HUGUENOT EAPTAITT. Maim Mtln& anda Mines Neilson, Augusta Thoussoo, sad tglis. gtlgthig.-4M QUM LODGING& BirrAIRML . Testa Z• 10111116, THS LADY or LYONA.—Mr. Boa:" The Walburg YtctoreHL And THS CASTAWAY; OIL THS WOH-BORN HUSBAND. MGM WATIZ A T LDNDON DREDGE. MN DA . 72llloeid;ii 11h S3a ----- AllooDoOiT, Oh. is To-Moarow—Morolog, O. Um Miasma Oh. Zia LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. IN this dull season, when France is satisfied and Europe is consequently at peace, and the great Powers of the world are reciprocating compliments and congratulations, an animated quarrel between two departments of the Government agreeably breaks the general stagnation. The learned pundits of the British Museum are at war with the equally learned pundits who examine candidates for the Civil Service. Their hostility, of which the record is to be found in a newly-published Blue Book, dates from the now distant past of 1884 ; and had its origin in the nomination in that year of a young gentleman whom it is un necessary to name, for the post of Assistant in the Manuscript Department of the British Museum. The aspirant passed the usual examination, and obtained on the 11th of March, 1864, a cer tificate of qualification. He further received a testimonial of fair proficiency in four subjects, in which ho voluntarily submitted hie acquirements to the test. But he did not find the Keeper of Manuscripts and the Principal Librarian of the British Museum so easy to satisfy as his examiners had been. Mr. PANIZZI and Sir FREDERICK MADDEN speedily came to the conclusion that he was deficient in the knowledge and ability requisite for the proper discharge of his official duties. It was his business to translate and abridge French and Latin texts ; and Mr. Parma' gives specimens of the way in which he did his work, which are abundantly conclusive as to his fitness for his office. A manuscript de Aspide, describes the asp as instinctively on its guard against incantation— naturditer mute eat contra incantationem. The Assistant in the Manuscript Department renders naturaliter canto " caught in its wild state." A MS. epistle of Jeacoms to DESIDERIUS requests the aid of his prayers—jaws orationibus. The Assistant turns this into a threat—" Thou shalt " live by discourses ;" as if St. Teitoma had been a poor curate or dissenting minister. The voca tive, " Carissime Deaideri," he renders "my "dearest desire," or (as he explains) "brother." A similar effort of perverted ingenuity to bridge over the gaps of ignorance is not less amusing. A letter of M. DE McnarEser expresses the fear lest the pestilence should spread at Amsterdam during the dog days—" que le ma/ as communiguera dana sea fours " canieuleres," which the translator renders " lest the contagion should spread by means "of the canals." There are canals, as the author of this version doubtless reflected, at Amsterdam, and eanicidere sounds and looks not unlike " canal." He makes the Virgin MARY a eir humanitatis ; he confounds a body guard (garde da corps) with guard-houses (corps de garde) ; the obligatio r under which certain parishes are to guard the coast—obligation oh elks wont de garder les costes--bs converted into " the " obligation the Garde d'Escorte owes them." A writer who acknowledges kindness of which he de clares " no one can be more sensible than him " self "—Tie Von ne pent eatre plus sensible gue je le suis—is made to declare that " his nephew is " more sensible than he is." An infinitesimal part of the Assistant Librarian's errors is attributable, perhaps, to his inability to read M.S. Thus in the present case he has obviously taken " ne pent" for " neven ;" but his inability to translate Latin and French in any form is clearly proved ; and the mischievous blundering, in history, construction, and meaning, of his abstracts is something wonderful. Yet he had passed an examination in Latin and French translation, and in French com position and conversation ; he had matriculated in the London University, and had been classical tutor for six months in a school at Brussels, to the satisfaction of both pupils and master. The next case is of a different complexion. The Commissioners of the Civil Service who are charged with admitting incompetence in the case just recited are accused of excluding fitness in another instance. A young gentleman, who had been a Transcriber in the Department of Zoology, was nominated by his superiors for the office of Assistant. Dr. GRAY and Professor Owsre testify to his merits. But the Literary History of England is one of the subjects of which the Trustees of the Museum require that Assistants in the several departments should have a general knowledge. The candidate being asked to name certain authors in their chronological order, arranged them as follows: "Sir T. Wyarr, " BIN JoNsoN, COWPER, BEDS, THOMSON, MARLOW, " LOCKE, SOUTHEY, and SELDEN." " SOUTHEY," according to this authority, " wrote a poem called " the' Doctor,' and several others." " Casuoss, " in the reign of RICHARD 11. wrote several son " nets," and " Lord BACON wrote an sway on the " French Revolution.' " On the special subject on which the candidate had satisfied his superiors in the Zoological Department--Entomology—his examiner, Dr. CARPENTER, pronounced his replies to be " thoroughly unsatisfactory," involving " no " tions of the vaguest and most inaccurate charao " ter," and many of them " altogether irrelevant "to the subjects of the questions." " I can have " no hesitation," Dr. CAEPENTRR adds, "in saying " that he is quite unfit for an appointment " in the Entomological Department in the British " Museum." He was, therefore, rejected. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1866. These are only two of several canes in which Mr. PANIZZI, then Principal Librarian, questions the decisions of the Civil Service Commissioners. While making some unfounded charges against them and the Examiners, he succeeds in pointing out occasional errors and negligence on their part. If his object had been to make the examination tests more effective and more germane to the future employment of the candidates, the public would be his debtor. But his wish is scarcely concealed to discredit the system of examination altogether, and to promote a return to the old method of unchecked patronage. For this end he appears to have put himself into communication with the unsuccessful candidates, and to have made himself the organ of their accusations and complaints— most of which are unproved, and some of which have been refuted. The spirit and tone of his communications with the Commissioners of the Civil Service, which they justly resented, must render cordial understanding between the two de partments difficult ; and Mr. Patrizzes resigna tion has possibly removed some of the obstacles which have hitherto stood in the way of cordial co-operation for the public service. That there is room for improvement, and necessity for it, is abundantly clear on the face of the correspon dence. The first of the two cases to which we have referred makes it plain that such a know ledge of Latin as can be gained by cram or is sufficient for teaching it after a fashion by rote, and such colloquial acquaintance with French as can be picked up in six months at a Brussels school may serve well enough, when mastery of them has as little bearing on the future business of the candidate as a knowledge of the outlines of English literature upon the classification of insects ; but are insufficient when Latin and French are the instruments and objects of future work. The facts, however, afford an argument, not for abolishing the exami nation teat, but for making it stricter ; not for doing away with any standard save the discretion of a patron, but for fixing a higher standard than before. In such a case as the second of those which we have mentioned, in which the candidate does not seem to have possessed the faculty of displaying in examination the knowledge which he had exhibited in work, the evil has been met by doing away with the necessity of re-examination on promotion for good service. Mr. PANIZZI proposes other changes of a more questionable kind. He suggests that an officer of the Museum should waist in preparing the ex amination papers, and in estimating the fitness of the candidate. The Commissioners' reply takes the fo7m of a question :—" Supposing that the " Commission could exist, when thus shorn of the " independence which alone gives value to its " decisions, would the public gain in security " against improper appointments t Would " there not be an inevitable tendency to " adapt the acquiremerts of the office to " the capacity of the individual candi " date f The Commissioners," they add, have " had ample experience of the existence of " this tendency." Some indication of this disposition may, perhaps, be found in the fact that of five gentlemen nominated and rejected on examination as assistants in the Museum, three were the sons of former, or present employs in the Museum. Could an officer of the Museum, entrusted with the eoub'e task of drawing up questions and deciding on the answers to them, trust his impartiality in dispos ing of the fate of the sons of his colleagues Y It behoves the public to guard against any covert reversion to the jobbing of the old system of pezonage, which many official and political per sons would be glad to restore. THE exhumation of a body nine months after its interment, for the purpose of investigating the cause of death, is an uncommon occurrence in this country. The inquest on RICHARD GOLDING, who died last December, and was buried in High gate Cemetery, was concluded yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from natural causes : and although it does not appear how, after the evidence given by Dr. ROGERS, they could have come to any other conclusion, it will probably be thought that there were sufficient reasons for holding the in quest. The motives which actuated the original promoters of the disinterment were indeed sordid enough. If the SOeTHGATES had felt any strong regard for the old man, and believed they had reason to suspect that he had been improperly treated, an inquest might have been held before the intermert. But their suspicions appear to have originated in pecuniary disappointment, and to have grown as their hopes of benefiting by Mr. GOLDING'S death diminished. Wiien it was found that the mother and daughter tool only 1001. instead of 7001. each, the only conclusion they cou'd come to was that Dr. PART, who got the larger legacy, had poisoned the testator. It was shown on the inquest by the so'i citor who drew the will that the deceased was per fectly sensible and composed at the time of its exe cution. The whole of it was read over to him in the absence of Dr. Pan; when he declared that it was according to his wishes, and spoke of his friendly feeling for the doctor as originating in his connexion with the Artists' Fund, the testator having been an engraver. There seems no reason why Dr. Pear should have desired to hasten the old man's death after this will had been made, and, in fact, it does not appc.lr that he afterwards prescribed for him. The one circumstance on which some further light is desirable is the presence of arsenic in the stomach. But it was only a trace, and there was none at all in the liver. Dr. Rooms is convinced that this almost inappreciable quantity of arsenic did not accelerate, much less cause, death. He believes that Mr. GOLDING died of bronchitis, and of nothing else. The great mistake Dr. PART made was that of consenting to stand to the solitary old man in the threefold relation of phy sician, legatee, and executor. These are offices w rich should never be united. In some countries such a will as Mr. GOLDING signed would be void, from the very fact that it was made in the last hours of life in favour of one who has so great op portunities of influencing the mind of the testator as a medical attendant. If Dr. PART had secured the attendance of some other physician upon his patient as soon as he knew that a will was about to be made in his favour, it is probable that this inquiry would never have been heard of. Under the circumstances we cannot regret that it has taken place, and Dr. PART may ascribe to his own , imprudence the very unpleasant position in which he has been placed. From present appearances, it is most likely that the representation of Tipperary will be hotly contested. The papers, at least, mention several new candidates ; at the head of the list stand. Mr. Waldron, formerly member for the county. Nert comes Mr. Pope•Hennessy, and then Mr. Irdliam Maloolmson, of Waterford. Mr. W. T. Fits. patrick, brother-in-law of Mr. Moore, M.P., is likewise mentioned, as well u Oaptaia Otway, a eonserrative pot acmes of local inflames. writt frourt. BALMORAL, 5,,. 19. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louimand Princess SOIMMO, went out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon, with Prinoess Christian, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove to the residence of Sir James Clark. Her Majesty also honoured Dr. Robertson with a visit at Indigo. Majoreeneral Sir Thomas Biddulph and Dr. M'Leod left the Castle yesterday. Despatches were reeeived yesterday at the Colonial-oflioe from the Governor of Malta. Despatches ware sent to the Governor of Canada. INAUGURATION OF THE QUEEN'S STATUE AT ABERDEEN. ABERDEEN, THURSDAY NIGHT. A public statue of the Queen in Sicilian marble was inaugurated here to-day by the Prince of Wales. On the arrival of his royal highness from Aber geldie, he was met at the railway station by the Lord Provost and town council, and presented with the freedom of the city. The Prince was at tended by General Knollys and Colonel Keppel. Lord Derby, who had just arrived on his way to Balmoral, was also present, and accompanied the procession to the site of the statue, which is the work of Alexander Brodie, Aberdeen, and an admi rable likeness. An address was presented to the I Prince, who replied in hearty terms, and was loudly cheered. His Royal Highness said : Gentlemen,—lt has afforded me the greatest satisfaction ia attending here this day by wish of her Majesty and at your invitation for the purpose of inaugurating the statue of the Queen, my dear mother. Her Majesty has desired me to express how much she appreciates the motives which have led the people of Aberdeen to give this lasting evidence of their attachment and loyalty to her person, of which she has had so many proofs, and whose sympathy in her great sorrow has touched her so deeply. Her Majesty's satisfaction is much enhanced by the cordial unanimity which has pervaded all classes in your gill and county in the erection of a work so grateful to her Majesty's feelings, and so satisfactory as a work of art. On my part, I have to thank you, gentlemen, for the ex pressions of attachment you have been good enough to make use of towards myself and the Princess of Wales and other members of the royal family, and I heartily desire to join in your prayers that her Majesty may long be spared to reign over a happy, devoted people. (Cheers.) After taking luncheon with the Lord Provost the Prince returned to Abergeldie by special train. The statue represents the Queen with a highland plaid, by her own suggestion. There has been some little doubt whether the Prince and Princess of Wales would be able to fulfil their promise to attend the next musical festival at Norwich, which has been postponed till the end of October, to admit of their royal highnesses being present. It has now been ascertained, however, that the Prince and Princess will adhere to their original intention, and honour the festival with their presence. A suite of rooms at St. Andrew's Hall (where the festival will be held) will be handsomely fitted up for their royal highnesses, who will be the guests, during the festival week, of Lord and Lady Stafford, at Costessey Hall, near Norwich. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will, it is said, visit Lord and Lady Londe,- borough at Grimston Park, near Tadaurter, where the Duke of Cambridge, and the duchess his mother, at pre sent residing at Londesborough Lodge, Scarborough, together with a distinguished company, will meet the Prince and Princess. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left Inverary Castle for a short visit to Campbeltown, his grace's estate in Kintyre. Lord Archibald Campbell left for Dnnrobin Castle. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe's party last week at Wortley Hall during the Doncaster races included the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, tho Earl of Wilton. Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Viscount Newport, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Hon. R. and Mrs. Curzon, Hon. Oliver Montagu, Hon. James F. Stuart Wortley, Captain Clarke, R.E., Captain B. Seymour, ke. _ _ _ . . . The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone leave town to-day on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, at Cliefden, near Maidenhead. _ Mr. Bright was in Edinburgh yesterday, and visited the new General Poet-office and other public places in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean are about to open short engagement at the Glasgow Theatre Royal. A curious circumstance occurred at the Limerick races on Wednesday. For the Limerick Tradesmen's Plate of 250 f. nineteen competitors went to the post, but, unfortunately, there was a false start, in which the entire field ran the course once round, when the stewards stopped the horses, but three went on and finished. After this failure several refused to try again, and only seven ven tured, some few being late, owing to the hasty manner in which they were started. The favourite, Mr. M'Grsuae's Dahlgren, won easily. CHRISM HOSPITAL. ANNUAL SPEECH DAY AND VISIT OF THE CORPORATION.-(THIS DAY.) This being St. Matthew's Day it was observed with all the honours which are usually associated with it by the president and authorities of Christ's Hospital, and by the corporation of the City of London who favour by their presence the proceedings of the anniversary festival. There wai no lack this morning of the enthusiasm which usually exhibits itself on St. Matthew's Day. Many of the old students were present—indeed more than the usual number, for not a few c►me specially to congratulate an old muter who after many years hard service has been promoted to one of the hospital livings, that gentleman being the appointed preacher of the day. He met on all hands with a hearty and deserved welcome on his brief return to college walls. The corporation of London attended in state, the alder men, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and others being attired in their gorgeous robes of office. They went in procession to Christ Church, Newgateritreet, where prayers were read by the Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A., prebendary of St. Paul's, and an appropriate sermon preached by the Rev. William ; Webster, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, late head mathematical master of the Hospital. At the close of the service the corporation proceeded to the great ball, where they were received by the Rev. Dr. G.A. Jacob, the head master, the Rev. T. J. Potter, M.A., head mathematical master, the Rev. Dr. J. T. White, the Rev. Robert South, the Rev. Samuel Gall, the Rev. J. T. Peckover, and other masters and authorities, by whom they were conducted to a raised dais at the western end of the large room. Mr. William Kepner, Ist Grecian, Thompson, classical medallist ; and Richards, medallist, 1866, schola r of Pem broke College, Cambridge, delivered the Eaglish oration.. Mr. Sidney Simpson Allen, 2nd Grecian, scholar of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, delivered a Greek oration on the benefits of the Royal Hospitals, and was followed by • Latin oration on the same subject by Mr. Samuel Sheppard Oakley Morris, sth Grecian, who is proceeding to JIM'S College Oxford, and a French oration also on the same subject by Mr. Augustus Lawrence Francis, 3rd Grecian, French prizeman,lB66, who is proceeding to Jesus College Cambridge. Mr. W. Keymer, the Ist Grecian, then delivered the Richards' prise composition, Latin hexameters, " Nuutii per Vim electricam mirsi." The speaker hit off in ex cellent verse many of the leading advantages which are likely to result from this great last scientific success. The following were then delivered in their order : Greek hexameters, translation from " Childs Harold," Mr. Seymour John Sharpley, 6th Grecian, who is proceeding to Magdale n College, Oxford ; Latin Alcamo, translation of The Last Man " (Camp bell), by Mr. John Thorns,' Bell, Bth Grecian ; Greek lambics, translation from Richard 111., by Mr. Richard Appleton, 7th Grecian ; Latin Sapphic's, translation of "Casablanca" (Mrs. Hemans), by Mr. Eustace Fyfe Gilbard4 12th Grecian ; Greek Elegises, translation of " Death and the Warrior" (Mrs. Hemans), by Mr. John Bowen, 9th Grecian ; Latin Elegiacs, translation of " The Slave's Dream" (Longfellow), by Mr. Joseph Blades Palmer," 10th Grecian. All the recitations were good, and all were consequently well applauded. At the close of the business • collection was made towards the support of the Grecians who are about pro ceeding to the universities, the emporati•n liberally con tributing. The National Anthem was sung, after which the civic party and the general company .ed from the hail. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) FORZPSH AFFAIRS. ----- ----- The causes of discontent in Sicily whk.h have led to the insurrectionary movement in Palermo, are stated by the Tines to be the hatred of the islanders to the military conscription and the unpopularity of the law for the sup. pression of monastic bodies. The state of Sicily has been at all times favourable to a life of vagrancy and outlawry, and the removal of the troops occasioned by the Venetian campaign gave the discontented an oppor. trinity of making a fray. Their war cry is said to be " The republic and preservation of the mons& teries." The old alliance between bigotry and superstition which has always characterised the instincts of the most uneducated part of the Italian population, did not belie itself in the present instance. Had only the very highest and the very lowest classes in Italy the upperhand, society in that country would soon present the same phenomenon that is observable in some of the worst South American republics—mob-rule on the surface, Jesuit and Franciscan tyranny at the bottom. Fortunately, however, the middle classes, especially in North Italy, are fit for a better order of things. The Post attributes much of the financial weakness of Austria to her obstinate adherence to a protective policy, constituting in this respect a notable exception to the majority of the continental states. If, now the struggle is over, she will open her markets to the rest of the world, &prosperous future awaits her. The Herold sees that the establishment of a more die tied equilibrium in Europe by the aggrandisement of Prussia has bad • beneficial effect on the state of public opinion in France, and that a state of feeling, which cannot but be favourable to pesos, has supervened smi that extravagant mood which _ _ possessed Frenchmen when they talked of all Europe lig under their feet. With the prospect of the Universal Ex hibition before them, the Emperor and his ministers may devote themselves for the present to the task of claiming for their country a front rink in those labours of spesce which make our lives so pleasant to us, postponing to a long distant future the vindication of her supremacy in those of war. The Daily News attaches much importance to the late convention of Southern loyalists at Philadelphia. The great republican party of the North has wisely recognised its allies at the South, men who have made great sacrifices to their love of the constitution. These Southern loyalists have not gained even protection from Mr. Johnson, whose later policy has distinctly favoured those who fought against the government. The South against which the Federal government had to maintain a four years' war, has rallied to the support of Mr. Johnson ; that other and far smaller South, which was loyal to the Union from first to last, and which all through was in sympathy with the Federal cause, declares itself on the side of Congress, and in the name of justice and freedom appeals to the Northern people to support the policy of Congress against that of the President. The balance had already turned against Mr. Johnson's schemes ; this is anoaier and a not inconsiderable weight thrown into the scale against him. The address and resolutions adopted by the convention are just and moderate in substance. Their resolution to send a deputation of 50 in the track of Mr. Johnson's progress depends for its wisdom on the manner of its execution. If these gentlemen observe moderation and discretion, the fact of their coming face to face with the Northern people, and telling the story of their own wrongs may be the one thing to give the party which would restore the Union as it should be, a decisive victory over those who would restore it as it was. The Star comments upon the extraordinary Cale of Lamirande, who has just been brought a prisoner to France from Canada. This man may be guilty of all that is im puted to him—that in no way affects the question. All that concerns us to consider is that a man has been carried away from under England's jurisdiction by a French detective, by virtue of documents which were wholly illegal, and on • charge which had not been properly presented, which had not been legally made out, and which did not in any case, according to the judge's ruling, bring the prisoner within the provisions of the treaty of extradition. Who can help reflecting that had Lamirende been • political pri soner the result would have been just the same? The Daily News prints a petition, signed, it is stated, by more than half the adult population of Nova Scotia, protesting against the project for the confederation of the British North American provinces. The Nova Scotian, say that by the change they would be deprived of self-government, and that once joined to an exposed and indefensible province, Nova Scotia would soon be coin. pelled to share a destiny which they believe to be marked out for Canada—in other words, their prolonged con nexion with the crown will be precarious, if not impos sible. At all events they ask that the question may be submitted to the people of the colony, or at least that a committee of the House of Commons shall investigate the probable effect of confederation upon the several provinces in their relation to one another and to the mother country. The Standard appears to hope that President Johnson will use the power of military repression in his contest with his opponents. It characterises the Congress as a mere mutilated, imperfect, unconstitutional rump. Even if the elections go against him, he may still choose to reckon the votes of the South among those which must be taken into account, and finding that, though condemned by a sectional majority, he has a national majority on his side, he may bid defiance to his opponents, and summon the entire Congress to meet under his auspices. CHOLERA NESTS ►T THE EAST END. The Times publishes this morning a startling letter from • gentleman who has been acting as medical visitor to the East London Union. It seems that on the 10th of Sep tember he reported six house., one of them inhabited by 25 tenants, another by 20, and another by 19. Each of these had but one privy, which was not supplied with water, and was in a disgusting state, and " the dust had not been removed from any of them for weeks." On the 17th of September, or a week afterwards, none of these nuisances had been remedied. Again, the first two cases of cholera in the Bishopagate district occurred in one of the houses of Catherine Wheel-alley on the 28th of July. On the 15th and 17th of September, or more than six weeks afterwards, the condition of the single privy of this house was " most disgusting." Once more, on the Ist of September both diarrhos. and smallpox existed in a house " which literally stank of sewer gas emanating from the one privy, which, with the uncovered and =cleansed water-butt and house refuse, was in the cellar and practi_ tally useless." A fortnight afterwards, on the 14th of September, this house was in the same state. No atten tion had been paid to it, and no alteration effected. The very house which he first reported was in no better condi tion at the end of five or six weeks. In short, he has sent in "some half-dozen repetitions in as many weeks " of some of the representations in his letters Dr. Fowler's letter narrates some facts as to the condition. under which the poor live in the crowded parts of London which are disgusting and horrifying beyond conception. He finds house after house inhabited by from 20 to 30 people, in which there is only one privy, and that wholly neglected ; no dustbin at all, so that all the refuse of the house is thrown into a narrow alley and there allowed to rot ; and, worst of all, no water supply whatever. As to a constant supply of pure water, it is a thing completely unknown. An uncovered water-butt, containing all kinds of decomposing matter, forms the only reservoir. Whatever may be the special cause of cholera, such circumstances prepare for it a congenial Dome. Some means most be found, sooner or later, of providing better constructed homes for the poor. But, meanwhile, let it be remembered, says the Times, that, under the new Sanitary Act, the local authority, with the sanction of the Secretary of State, has the power to compel the landlords of these houses to keep them in proper order. They may require them to be whitewashed as many tunes • year as they think proper ; and they may insist on the privies being properly fitted and cleansed. In short, there is no reason whatever why such disgusting circumstances as those described should any longer exist in any quarter. The local authorities have the power to prevent such abuses, and U they fail to do so, the neglect will be un pardonable. The Daily Telegraph published a telegram yester day from Berlin, representing that In official circles the grayest apprehensions were felt as to the recovery of Count Bismarck from his very serious illness. It appears. however, that the celebrated minister mast ham allayed those apprehensions, for he rode yesterday at the heed of the troops on their sntry into Berlin. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE GERMAN PRESS ON THE FRENCH The German paves diacuaaes the circular of M. de Lavalette with as much attention and 'interest as WI press of England, and generally approve. of the political principles laid down in that docu ment. We must, however, except the Smut: Zeitung, which, while fully recogniaing the pacific character of the circular, and rejoicing to see overthrown the hopes of certain patriots, is un willing to let the opportunity pass of showing that it is always faithful to the good old right, the right divine, and of declaring that it reject. absolutely that which is called the pretended principle of nationalities. The North German Gazette also makes some reservation. It praises the French circular, but is disturbed by the paragraph on the necessity of reforming the national organisation of France. If (says this journal) the phrase had appeared in a letter of Marshal !tendon to the Buiperor it would have been in its place, it would have seemed natural enough, and public opinion would not have been disturbed by it, but when we find it in a diplomatic circular of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the appearance of the thing is completely changed, and it pre-impposea "a special case." The Vienna journals are a little more reserved and colder than those of Berlin, and they draw a happy presage from the circular when they see in it the idea that Austria and France have no longer any conflicting or hostile interests. They show but little satisfaction in reading that the sphere of activity of Austria must now be turned to the East. THE PAPAL LEGION AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The following letter has been addressed by the French Minister of War to Count d'Argy, colonel of the Roman legion : My dear Colonel,—Yon are about to quit France to serve under another flag. I wish you to consider this letter as a proof of my remembrance. The legion you command is called to a high mission ; the elements' composing it are now worthy to have the honour of defending the person and authority of the Holy Father, as the carpe of occupation has already done. The decree which gives to the legion a decoration and four mili tary medals is the adieu of the Emperor to his brave soldiers. This farewell reminds them, my dear colonel, that the watchful solicitude of the sovereign will follow them wherever they shall show them selves as French by their attitude, their respect for disci pline, their devotedness to their duty. You have personally, my dear colonel, a difficult task to execute ; you will derive the necessary force from the mammy of your past conduct, and from the thought that the most lively sym pathies of France are enlisted in the cause you are about to serve. In a few days you will have no orders to receive but from the Pontifical government ; but I have no need to tell you that your letters will meet with the best recep tion from me whenever you wish to speak to me about yourself and your legion.—Reoeive, &c., BANDON. THE PAPAL PROVINCES. The Debats of to-day has an article by M. John Lemoinne upon the future of the Papal provinces, concluding in the following terms : The Pope can now put an end to that long separation between the papacy and Italy, and to that hostility against the church which, as Lamennais said, is more a passion than an opinion. But if he refuses reconciliation altogether, and quits Rome, became he finds there more Romans than foreigners, he will show that there is no place on the same soil for the nation and for the papacy, and will consummate the separation. We have difficulty in giving credence to these extreme resolutions, which are not in accordance with the traditions of the court of Rome. Even should the Holy See leave for a moment the ancient capital of the world, it will probably return at no very distant time. It is as Bishop of Rome that the suc cessor of St. Peter is chief of the catholic hierarchy. We might even add that this absence would present, apart from its inconveniences, certain advantages, for it would allow the peaceful inauguration in the Roman government of the changes which the Pope refuses to make volun• tarily. To sum up in a word, the secularization of the government, of the administration, of public situations, the unity of legislation—all these reforms are inevitable and imminent. Doubtless the Holy See will not achieve them, but when they are made it will accept them. Meanwhile a bishop of France tells us in a letter to his clergy, that the Pope has invited hint conditionally to the fête which is to bring together at Rome neat year a great number of the bishops of the catholic world. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.—ADDRESS OF PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia has addressed the following order of the day to his army : Berlin, Sept. 18. Soldiers of the First Army,—An advantageous peace has now terminated our glorious war. The power of Prussia is increased and its frontiers extended. Your flags, familiar with victory, which have floated in Saxony, Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, in Lower Austria, and in sight of the towers of the old city of Vienna, you will bring with pride into your country, which will receive you solemnly. The Ana army which I commanded will sooncease to exist, and I wish to say a few words of farewell The King has several times expressed to you his full satisfaction and his royal gratitude, and has proved his feelings by conferring a series of well-merited distinc tions. In comparison with such a favour, my grati tude, I feel, is but of little worth, but neverthe less I cannot hide it from you, and aeoordingly I express it with all my heart,—to you the distinguished generals, to yoa, the tried officers, and to you, the soldiers of every corps, for your confidence and devo tion. We have not done more than our duty, but we have done that fully, and as many combats as the first army has had, so many have been its victories. I have several times had to tax your strength to the extreme in the march, but in she combat there have been but few troops of our army who have been called upon to make extreme effort& However rapid, however happy and glorious have been the coons of our victories, I have nevertheless been able to assure the King in your name that his army could have done much more than it has done. Let this thought penetrate you, and think of it at the needful moment. God has again been visibly with Prussia. Not to us, to Him the praise, the thanks and the honour. Farewell brave comrades, and may God guard you in the future, Your grateful commander-in-ehief the general of cavalry. FEILDEBICIC Cl/ARLES, Prime of Prussia. (anrraies 71111431AM5. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Barr. 20 Evrxrwo. Herr Reamerle, counsellor of legation, leaves this evening for Berlin to assume the functions of Austrian Chargd d'Affaires in that city until the definite appointment of an ambassador shall have taken place. PRUSSIA AND SAXONY. VIENNA, Snt. 20, E'vexiiio. It is stated that peace has been definitively con cluded between Prussia and Saxony. The publi cation of the treaty of peace is shortly expected, and the return of the Saxon troops is believed to have been fixed for the beginning of October next. FRANCE. PARIS, Scrr. 20, Emus°. The Emperor left last night for Biarritz. AMERICA. (sr ATLANIW isimaitaim.) NEW YORK, Scrr. 18, Byrn/go. Gold, 145. Exchange on London, 154 f. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111. Illinois, 121} ; Erie, 73f. Cotton : Middling Upland, 341. Visitors to Naples, and antiquaries especially, will have a great treat this wittier, as it is in contemplation to reoommenco the excavations at Harealsetemn, which have been so long suspended. DREADFUL SUICIDES IN 110 12+0E. ,__ This morning INQUST/I—C=B DAY.) Mr. John Mum_phrey e , r e sume d, e t the Fli n t H ouse Tavern, Hun s , or ll s relative to the supposed suicid e of Mary s re — u• l l/ aged 39. Inas, The evidence taken on the opening of the t an ., the effect that the deceased was the widow 4: &island porter, and lived with her wi sed * II No. 2A, Northport-street, Horton, o n w tl she sent her daughter to a chemist's fee a boon e r sh W. Burnett's disinfecting fluid, sayi ng th at de, bike fit to drink it, and that she could not live. The be We st asked the chemist whether "it was good be m a k . . was of course told not. Upon bringing the bottle te k e mother the latter pressed her to drink some. , you do I will drink the bottleful." Th e gut • was sent out of the room. In two hours the found dying, and some of the fluid h a d 141 died before medical aid could be procured. Ii e se that deceased was in the habit of drinking ias seeet ril that her favourite beverage was brandy and i se d smi : lol The deceased had been left 800 f. by her bedew, .1. died only two years since, and she hM an Me nu ; l ett i ng Wrings, but she drank herself int o a sans hales laura poverty.r . Lothar", professor of chemistry at tin L e n. Isepital, reported that the bottle of Si r W. Ber es tlia: infecting fluid contained a strong solution of ehkelle zinc, a very strong poison . He found in th e s t omach deceased a large . quantity of chloride of nu sad We matter strongly impregnated with the colouring rimy" blood. Death was caused by the poison, which wu is gen sufficient quantity to have killed. Dr. Hoskin+ us dil l same opinion. The Coroner having remarked upon the tees, The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide by tildeg i certain Roison, chloride of zinc, while in a s t a t e of nun mind arising !rota drink." Mr. Humphreys then held an inquest at the Grua id e Tavern, Horton Old Town, on t s h e . body of g e i snt red , a Lear , who committed de b t e ki i ii p ir s ; Esther Duncan, 6, Maidstone-place, g e g ingew widow of the dece ased, said that he was a alilitery maker, but had of late been out of work. He was gie e to drinking. On Wednesday last witness and he quarrel about her child by her first husband. an * • Don't strike him ; strike me." He turned mead ad struck her at once. He was then under the killers d liquor. He took from under his coat a bottle cads* cyanide of potassium and nitrate of silver. He duets.. of the poison, and said, " Esther, forgive me f er gym you. I have done it." He was about to driak the 1 ; minder of the fluid when she snatched the bettle bee him and flung it into the passage, where it was brekm. was then nearly 7 o'clock, and he died in • vary aheA tlsw Mary Ann Graham, a lodger in the same house, Mind being alarmed by the disturbance on Wedneed m em s. she went into the deceased's room. The demana re id - j e her, " Mrs. Graham, I have taken what will end all is st hour. I will leave you now, and you can all go easy you like." He died almost immediately. A Arom a and a doctor arrived, but their services were of no re The cyanide of potassium and nitrate of silver, wink deceased had in the bottle, were purchased for ine business. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while la a eish of unsound mind." A MURDERED CHILD POUND ON rn METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy-coroner for the City, held an inquiry at the White Horse Tavern, Hawk% £'ripplegate, respecting the murder of a male shad In known. 6itTast Tuesday morning, between 4 and 5 o'dock, n' platelayer was going to his work on the M line, he saw a parcel lying on tho Great Western et = the Milton-street bridge. He picked it up, and fossil to contain the body of a child which had= been murdered. The police were made a with the facts, and Dr. Simpson, of Forests*, was called to examine the body, He dam vered extensive fractures of the skull, and he *Col that they had been caused by the child's head bug forcibly and repeatedly knocked against some rieli p : surface. The child had been born alive, and ha bee to death by the means described. The body bad len wrapped in a quantity of dress lining and a 'beet diem Paper, and there were no marks to lead to a discovery d the perpetrators of the crime. The parcel motel*/ have been flung upon the rails from some passing kia thrown over the psrapet of the Milton-street-bridge. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder gad some person or persons unknown." WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Henry Charlet Nod, Earl of Gsinsborough, of Exton Park, Ratlandshire ; Bet. ham Court, Kent ; and 17. Prince's-gate, Kensington, es proved in London, on the Bth inst., by the sons sad a* executors, the Earl of Gainsborough, the Hon. Keay Lewin Noel, and the Hon. Roden Berkeley power being reserved to Dowager Countess • the relict of the Hon. Gerald James Noel, the sou, sa l Earl of Roden. The personalty was sworn under 40,00 X His lordship executed his will on July 5,1862, sad Mid eight codicils, the last dated March 23, 1866; and hs fd on June 10 following, at the age of 83, having maid four times, and had issue eight children. His lob* was the Bluest of eighteen brothers and sisters. Ku lerdr ship has bequeathed to his countess the furniteredia tures, he., at his town residence, an immediate lepa of 1,0601., in addition to all other provision, and the 1111 of his plate; and subject to such use he leaves the plebs known as the Bonverie plate, the Middleton plate, sada other plate which has been in the family, and passed itil the Noel estates, to his eldest son and heir to the title sad estates, whom be appoints residuary legatee of Wheal end personal estate. It is understood that the balk d the old and extensive family estates devolre by all upon the present earl, with the natal provisions fa as dowager countess by way of jointure and for yonagarall dren's portions. It is hi; lordship's expressed willed his sons Gerard and Henry, should represent his Nee River s h ares as directors of that company. Dorian is made for each of his children. There are a number II small legacies, in which the servants are included. The will of Lientenant-General Thomas Henry Peak d the Bengal Army, of 4, Melcome.pace, Dorset-erre% was proved in London by the acting executors endwise's, Thomas Hid Baker, Esq., Porchester-ternice, and Aria John Baker, Esq., Monmouth-road, Bayswater; tie other executor and trustee, Henry K S. Be& gerd, Fag., the nephew, having renounoed. The pe. sonalty was sworn under 86,000 f. The will is died January 9, 1862, and two codicils 1862 and 1865, sodas gallant general died June 19, 1866. He bequeaths to b daughter, Mary Paul, his residence and furniturerlatiato with the cash at his bankers' and a life interest in his pw; eonsl estate, which, after her decease, is to be divided equally between his nephews and niece ; and beslaratal to each of his executors a legacy of 1001., free of duty. The will of Charlie Hood Chicheley Pheden, FA, 01 York street, Portman-squire, was proved in London, a the Ist inst., by his relict and his only war Chide Chicheley Plowden, Esq., power being reserved to Her riet, his only daughter. The personalty was arm ender 14,0001. The will is dated Feb. 25,1862, and he dad July 21, 1866, at the age of 70. He has bcquest l3 ' 4lbl whole of his property, real and personal, to his wits fake life, which after her decease will devolve to his as a daughter. Mr. William Ilrry Crocker, late of Lee Pt* Ph heath, Kent, has left the following charitable beqvals:-. To the British and Foreign Bible Society, 100 1 . ; sad a like b eq uest to the Church Mission for Africa andtle.b4 to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, to the Irish Owe Missions for Promoting the Education and Roli# o l Instruction of the Native Irish through the Radius their own Language, to the Irish Church Moen Is Roman Catholic', and to the Beth United 114ftaial• — Illugrated London New. -- --- THE EIF,COTION or KILEALOZOH.—The JowEld de Saint Peterebourg, of Sunday the 16th of September, tlsr announces the execution of Dimitri Karakorow day (Saturday), at 7 o'clock in the morning, the execatice Dimitri Karakozow took place in the plain of 800101 1 .. Around the scaffold detachments of various regiment. full uniform formed a large square. The chief satheitita whose duty required them to be witnesses of the elpiatiet of so great a crime, were present. An immense crowd assembled. The oondemned was drawn to the Pisa d execution in an open cart, his back turned to the nava Before mounting, he kissed the cross, which eras prasol .l to him by the priest. The sentence he had to under . 1° mad, and a few moments afterwards justic e was alias& A correspondent of the Indipendance Beige that M lavalette's circular received the final toadies si a meeting of ministers at St. Cloud on Sunday. Poi the sitting was over the Emperor addressed his advise' a speech which is represented as being of a reinaciok.. chamber. Re specially dwelt upon the confidential *. each age has its formulas, and that the work of our WT I was unification ; then, after some observations on the in babies future of Europe, he concluded by WWI b. P. many enemies in the world, but that history would lobo him pasties. " On the initiative of France," says the Jos moi de Havre, " a congress is about to meet shortly to 0 1 ' tend the arrangements recently oonel uded betimes ill governments of France and Germany for the wiPlou ll. of the tax on ',imports to the other countries of Dog & As in some of the smaller states this ta x forms • monde' able item in the revenue, the congress will them dv... mine the amount of indemnity to be paid to . measure is expected to come into operation before T." opening of the Univerval Exhibition of 1867." M. Verdi has just terminated the fifth act of hit Goa • new opera, Don Carlos, now in preparation at the Opera. Tsui ldr: im i gn mant &owing a the debtor in had been eta of the deed.. all the rain gr. Chau, t h ee iesta Homo .en :a:* clause 7 of Mr. Em sent, who w pirty had ration. An loan had not fiiv would be in ° V I = Um was a quire gnat crion o ages cr o i t t the benefit adjourned davit showt actually give cure evidene sheulfl be so Tit Timothy illiatment Upon th e ith the 1 Mr. G. 7.. end . Just' W. 'Jost' him oliihims the charge the prison right view The prim° and there thaw aim the jury w wiltalmn state what for the p. Theea l to state recolleotio ceased w occupied • siknabsSo. afternoon, fIOW his Q uite coin Sfm. The at this ti.. and when that he wife of t bad not ward. timeased mazer d . empmesio • time, but have tak etas to the floor, the lan • • deemed a faint and the severe _l4 ike --- eff • him to g himself, dead. T Dhow th dump i the heart but in a bruin o thigh, after ge above 11 neighbo Sated o seeing t the hoop he woul. knife th so that t ter, and almost Ow, • place. landing 110014:1 e longed received wife of her wit had no she was 11,1li I prisoner the•fata The p but two drunk at The p 'Meade. John ' feloni Mary penal Mr. No. 4i ann►q open 1 The hie be --• 2 on come visite( was a dress Mr. Was n • tins Ohargj WOlll ..;di came at t they the" ratio that eri