The Express. — London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, • FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1869. I ECOND-HAND PIANOFORTES.--CRAMER, :atOk• lan•*op taunerst it Ilesceo-aarl rum -Mt WOW Wm Y gra* Mead prier—SC Ens Oxims.O. TO CORILEISPONDENTS. Avardameate teleaded fee The Expiring." Lehash Evening 11', out be it the Ms, 10, Beam Wiliest, ty Two ea the day et pubbcatioe. naos mua TIE. Fates, 01:11 MAL. W. Porway TUE %ROM. Mr. sr./ wa....—A.1 ROSIN BOOD: re. Ilaripqm him Tea arl taw Miergroso Ham bk.. Ddirmatl. DPW' M.* sod M. Kara*: Ilhokr• 'Mame. ROYAL VIOLIN! OPW. 00VIOIT OASDOIL Tim Orr ILATOSIILLIL Sirs Inds, 11. Alit%LT!. Corn. r • liserrs: Niro Iris ar Ors Pdr A.. 4 urns MID 115110 a_o•lo. redsChirsd sus mew mum°. Noir Sara& ma rimpro—usmareatf. TIN Swum, AN UNZWAtiI i MIL Wan %Cr- Mir 4 ll" .". 64 4tee " Willink u. l lO/4 . ami lawi l l ar Ole: NW Wm A. Ma. ra IMMO*. TI Foam. ♦ MI DOUNKOIL MINTS DM•11•,.••11 TSB /LIMO OW TOO OUTIA ; Felon TO/ /lone=ltla /lowa lo= . : ■ O. Mama LI T. LTOIII7II. fin id: eir read So Daly. Mom Bala MVseduairt, rid ?Warr; M IL Wefts. Min Le? Lllll IACRIVICIL Mws. in* awl Odose. ILettio. Wm 00•11111.—Ormams 64 1: BIITAXWIA. TIM Immo SART BLANK—MINOS PIA CI LSD TIM I . Or OMB; a,s. The r. .e Signal Asa. NI .I.s• : lam S. Lam Ile WOOD ilatimentad T EI WILL WAD SY WAY. RUM WATII AT LONDON BRIDGE. Der-way. 74 . . M......_ 7t 74 : ra LONDON, FRIDAY, PIM. 11. NOTIMIG is more commas, when one of our cri minal court. has just brought to light some gross system of fraud long practised with swam, than to hear reflections made on the credulity of the public, which, it is said, is an encouragement and even 'temp tation to vicious ingenuity. The reproach le not always just. Valuable as caution is, it may be carried too far. Most of tte know some one or other of our acquaiatame la whom the mow of this quality saps the mere rearees virtues, and de forms a character which would otherwise be amiable. Only minds of the lowest cedar ma exist long in an atmosphere of suspicion. There w ems mention of fraud of which one would rather be the dupe than suspect their existence on any bat the clearest ground.. Bat, in fact, an indiscriminate spirit of distrust is no protection against villany, and they who begin with Impeding whole cilium and prollsesions are the most likely to furnish victims to their least reputable members. Thepopulardialike of lawyers anesally throw. hundreds of people into the land& of sharpers over whom no professional body exercises a control, and provide. 'handset basi nses for the courts; while those who grudge to pay a fair fee to a respectable doctor, their neighbour, carry without sample fire times the suns to an unknown quack. The case of " SCATTLILGOOD v. Branrarr," dulled in the Wseteunater County Court es Widmer day, disclosed a swiss of beads which had been practised ea secteal pesetas whose comma setae we have se num to suppose wee below the average. The dullinekat, lons Oman Hmexarr, held himself eat Is the public se a surgeos-aarie. Then is as nelson to suppose that D. had prepared binsself by study or training far dealing with one of the most marvellous organs with which ALttlOtt?T wisdom has furnished His creatures. In the earliest period to which we as trace him be wee an assistant to a practitioner, of whom, u we have not been able to discover his mate in the " .Msdical Directory,• we an say as Already at this time, sesording to the evidence of a messenger in the servise of the sum practitioner, Bay !rare was advertising as a medical man and in a Wee name a remedy far nwvea disorders, which, being sent in return for postage stamps, °assisted in "a pill made of new breed " and plums dusted over with soar." He was else vendor of a nostrum " for making ladies' skins like " those of uhlidren ten years of age." Could be have been seatonted with the steady gala of this potty esamwee the ears of many ladies would Dave escaped torment, the present case would not have been board of, and in time Mr. Beriiterr, re naming his proper name, might haws retired to his suburban villa and his one-horse chaise, and perhaps even become a respectable member of society. But he bad higher ambitions. The plaintiff, Mas MART SCATTERGOOD, informed the court that, being a sufferer from deafness, she read an advertisement stating that that complaint could be cured in ten minutes. Acting on that statement she went to 6, Leicester-place, Leicester. square, where the defendant was receiving patients as " Doctor Cour.seofv." He told her he could cure her "in ten minutes for ten pine's," but afterwards undertook the cure for half that amount. On the following day she went again to his house with the fire guineas, which she paid to him, and " sat down, thinking she wee going to be " cured at once." The defendant, however, making a trivial excuse, sent her away with a bottle of mixture, which was to be used at night, and " cure her perfectly by the following fawning." She went away and applied the mixture, which made her heed and ears sore, and she became much worse. When she went to the defendant's house to com plain she was told by a person whom she believed to be his brother that Doctor COCESTOS could not be seen, and that he would be away for several days. She subsequently called repeatedly, and was at length told that he had gone abroad—to Madeira. Two years paved away, and Miss SeArrianoon was accompanying a female friend, Miss TDOMAI, to the house ot a "Docker MAT rote," in Spring-gardens. There the plaintiff recognised the defendant, and was recognised in re turn. Subsequently, when Mir Tnoltus bad to sue IMATTON," Burman appeared in wart ea the defendant in that action, and Mime 13csrizz000n ' identified him a. COCLSTON. A witness named MuLcale proved that he accom panied his da , igliter on a visit to Spring•gardeno, and there had an interview with him as " Dr, WATTERS." Mr. Muki.ss having occasion to ask the " 1 hector" for tho return of an over-payment, the latter called him a " greybeaded old rascal," threatened to throw him down stairs, and sco►ded him for taking op his time, " for he bad fifty " patients to see every day, and wan a mach greater man than Sir BENJAMIN BRODIE." Miss ROSAITEI, another witness, haring been attracted to Spring garden, lit the defendant'. advertisement, had paid him, as " Dr. WArrras," 41. 34. to care her " in " ten atinates," with the anal result. The defendant's answer to them numerous allega tions was a bold one. He went into the witnees-boa and said that he had wryer received any money from the plaintiff, or ever seen her before that day. He had never resided at 6, Leicester-place, never poe tised ea Dr. Couttrow. Not only Miss ScArren t.w.i., but the witnesses M cf. LeN and Rosstrmi, were entirely mistaken as to bier identity. He mentioned hts brmher al haring been " ceemeeted with • " Mr. Cut Leru,t se an mamma." The brother wan put into the box. He appeared some tea years younger than the defendant, and said that " tiff was a gratis patient of Mr. COULSTON, and "never paid a halfpenny." He was asked whether sash a person as Mr. Comma really existed; sad, la reply, expressed his empties that that geed mss was not present, " as he had been subpmuaed.• The names of " SAIILTZL COULSTON " and " Doctor Banat. Comm= " were called, but the only upeue was the laughter of the audience. The /edge, when the case had been fully laid before him, mid there could be no doubt that a conspiracy sad a fraud h►d been committed, and he should at the same time order the defendant to be taken into custody for perjury. Half the usefulnema of this exposure will be last if it ends in a mere feeling of moral satisfaction that justice is in a fair way to be avenged on those who have long defied her. All the young women—for we do not hear of any male patients—who, if the verdict L jest and true, were the victims of the man who was by turns COITIATON, MATSON, and WASTERS, were in positions to command the best advice in England. The most accomplished aurist in London would not have taken Mies SCATTERGOOD'S five guineas at a first interview. We do not speak of ear infirmaries, because these patients were very properly willing to pay money in return far the counsels of experience and the ex ercise of skill. Yet they all became an easy prey to imposture. It cannot be that these ladies had no means of distinguishing the honest and qualified surgeon from the quack. Every one of them knew some medical man who, at their request, would have recommended to them ea mist of ability and repute. But he would not have been able to direct them to one who would premiss " a " care in ten minutes." This was the attraction. A stranger, confident only in his powers to baffle meiotic@ and punishment, and disdaining to eon demend even to the decent hypocrisies of cautious charlatanry, had only to promise this, and he might " see fifty patients a day,' and be " a greater man " than Biotit' By all means let skill have as open field. Let our tradesmen inform us I. the broad-sheet of their pretensions to furnish our houses and bedeck our wives, bat the expedient which is wise, politic, and legitimate in their calling, because they submit their products or wares to the open and competent judgment of the public, is not permitted to the surgeon or physician, whose func times, withdrawn from publicity, and proceeding epee principles understood only by few, demand the gesrantee of personal character and the seal of pre hension' reputation. Mots evasion—more reluetanos—more delay. The Naval Faustus., Nr Joint Psitutorore now informs no, are not to be brought on until the 26th inst.—a fortnight to-day. This is how Ministers keep their pledges. On Monday last Mr. Dishmtu told the Howe that the Government business was argent. Then why is it not pressed ow? Ha said its discussion would occupy a oonsiderabla time. Then the mare need to bring it forward, if the Rehm Bill is to wait far it. These postponements Si, making a bad impression oat of doors—and no weadsr. LORD MAIRLSIMIT Dahl lost night, is replying to Earl Br. Giamatti, that it la almost certain that • Ga•gwse will have to oassenbn to settle the stairs —not of Italy—bat et the Danubian Principalities. ♦t all swab, he said, ths Powers who signed the Cearvention will have to consult about the double shed= of Colonel COUZA, by which the two Hospo daisies have been united in one person. He added that It wield be " manifestly improper" in him to give an opinion is the legality of the second election, be cause be should have to give one elsewhere. Otani's, if his lordship has not made up Ids mind, it would he premature and unwise to commit himself to as opinion ; but if he thinks the Moldo-Wallarlians are right or wrong, we cannot for the life of es see why hi need be ashamed or afraid to say so. Bat oar Ministers of Foreign Affairs, imitating the sagas of despotic Governments, will keep up this habitat reti cence to the last. Most people know that this Moldo- Wallachian business contains the germs of a serious international quarrel. in which France, Russia, and Austria would be principals, with England far an en tangled party. Under these circumstances it would have been satisfactory to Englishmen to know whether the policy which our Government is going to adopt is one likely to blight or =tale those gams. A very simple course is open for as. We ' have done our part to give the Moldo-Wallachians free institutions, which they are using in a pone able and orderly manner, according to their knowledge of their wants. Why should we inter fere with them, although they have effected a union? And if we refuse to be parties to their molestation, Austria and Turkey mast acquiesce. Besides them, no Power wants to interfere with the young nation. How hard it is to do unto others ea you would they should do unto you. Mr. Browses is in grief because the religious books supplied to Roman Catholic soldiers in the Queen's army are not Pro testant in their character and teaching. Religious books are as much a recognised part of our military expenditure as the pay of the chaplains. In the estimates for the current year the item is thus entered: Cost of religious books and carriage thereof, "2,0001." Nobody has ever suggested that it is too much, but Mr. Sroos Eft is grieved because others besides his eo-religionists get a share of it. There is a regulation stock for the meu, why not a regulation religion? Last night the hest. gentleman asked the MlxtsrEn for WAR "whether a book called the' Garden of the Soul' is " purchased sad distributed at the cost of the " State." That was how he put the question, and the plain answer is that this Popish book is so bought and so distributed. If Mr. SPOONZR is not satisfied with the arrangement, let him bring for ward a more equitable proposition. It religions books are issued at all to the army, their dis tribution cannot be allowed to become a weapon of opinion or a means of humiliation. The "Darden of the Soul" is a Roman Catholic book of devotion. A sound Protestant taking it up to read would soon get angry. No matter: we accept the services of Catholic soldiers, and if we pretend to provide for their religious wants we must recognise their religious belief. Let each of us seize and embrace for himself all the truth he as find, and still the differences of earnest and sincere men will be great enough to teach us to be humble ; but in our dealings with one another the golden rule of car Master, justice which is no respecter of opinions, is the only safe guide. It is said that the report about to be presented by the Re, al Communist fir limning the Navy will pr..pwe system which, fa the option .1 the ecestaimimere. wll beam the eseinteamets of that mitre In a state of yerfect ellelemy at all tams. at an 'Mika to the precut outlay set moodier 400,0t)01. ice ammo. Baas time back Lord Overstate ceased to be Wald br diettibet.on aorta; his friends a Medias of scares Inset, on ruiresey. lie tun sow elm • eh:War col ic Mai ea commerce hem pamphlets ►y lesiva, Vebe r Illieimetleaa, Tacker, Temple, and "them TM velum bet bum Wised by lir. 'Mull:alt. sad the Mks et UN various estleilas triad tram the raga of Jaw s I. to 118/1. be Court. WINDSOR CASTLE. P's. 10. Her llajeety's dinner party yesterday included the Pelson Mire. the Archbishop el Canterbury, the Duke end Duchess et Bearden, the Hal of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary I.4banehme, Colonel the Han. Sir Charles Phipps, and the Hon. Me,. Biddalph , also the Duchess of Sutherland, who mind on a visit in As afternoon. The band of the Grenadier Guards played daring dinner. After dinner the Windsor end Stan Royal Oleo and Madri gal Union hod the honour a singing before her Majesty and goiters. Altos—Messrs. Knowtin - Marriott, and - Aims; Tenure—Messre. Hymen and Whitten; Bassee—Measn, Bridgewater, Hamby, and Lambert. Her Majesty's private band wee in attendant*, and tbs performance was so follows : - .irod .erwL " 7dl ............ . Poet Bum Wbea het efts." Oka Mils b Mufti ....... .......... Boer*. • • • Vipros .......... ...... ...... Vwdl. Her Majesty aad W Prism Cowed baspec'ed yesterday afternoon tan horse* which hays lately arrived as a present from the Sultan of Morocco to the Queen. To-day, Ming the anniversary of Der Illejeaty's marriage, the band of the 2nd Life Guards played a selection of fa vourite sire on the East Terrace at 7 o'clock this morning. In the forenoon the Qum and Prince Consort, 110300. ganied by the PlilloollleB Alice and Helena, rode out on horseback, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart and the Equerries in Waiting. The Archbishop of Canterbury left Windsor by sn early brain; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort bsvo also lilt the Conde. A performance of awn' magi° wee given in fit.Gleergie• hall In the evening by an whales of upwards of 160 per formers. The drat pert oon.sisted of Mesaboobies Overture rid Manic to Shakepean's " Mtdatuanset Nigher♦ Dram." Yin long, with &one, " Ye spotted stakes," Wig wag by Ms Loair Fyne sod Mr Leanne& The eseandl pert amerbed the " Olor:a in mesh& Dee: from Komirre Pees 1e C, No. 12. The Grand Seems stem D•r Noyeshoute, " flobly sighs the yoke of main," mmig by Mee Lades Prue. The perlbrueetOe cootincled with the moattroyWeiseee " Lohassis," ea perfornot et the grant concert glom et Bockbaghast Palms os the eves*/ of the reetalese et hot ford Righweee Vittoria, Primer Royal nl Roglood, and bin Royal Ransom Palen Prokeick William et Prase* the wade erg molly altered eat adapted tor the occasion by T. Olipheat, Req. . . . The composition is deaerlp , ivii of a bridal proooesiow, wedding am* sad Idpithilandain. The bridal procanioa Wag illoatrated by the ',Abides 0 Neff may England's I'th:otos OM brae at .orrow bow; Per her tray lite's rude billows Wiik pub clearest Sow. We hell wIM n.p Mnladases The bow w.fi.bPea NMI Is lir Primo ot Prised* I Rea, Itanlmots daughter fair The so'o vocalist' wen Kim Louisa Fyne and Him Laseks. The bead =misted at her Kalestre private hind, Meted by several d the priselpel leotremeatelists of the Philhar monic lissisty, Her Kelsey's Theatre, sad the Royal Its ass Opera. The e.horne were selected Rom the operas, with a stammer body of amateurs tem the Seared Hallam/0 lansear-hell. Tee peellanesses was camlocied by Mr. Massa, the ember d kat )14eatf • priests bead ; p 4. W O. Cube' ridding at the ergo. A dayatador or dr Warr at dr as!. at grata by might INA as Warrior wilt the Aar Hat. 3. W. Risky oil H. Bad of Doembror• yerroloyor dr °Mr at the Board of Trade. TM 4spa.atou conairad of Yr. Witham Drown. M.P.., Yr. M'Craa, M.P., Mr. Pair*, 11. P., Mr. Bag ley, M.P., Mr. Grepas, M.P., Mr, John Abel Saila, Id.P., Mr. Haaday Itossall, XP., dad Mr. Arthur Huta, M.P. ♦ deputation from the parishes of ffpfttbayal end hamlet of Msaithorpa to., is the county of L solo , corsdatiog of the Right Hon. Sir John Trollops, Bert., 21. P., the Hon. Fred. Jr. Tollemachr, Mr. Richard Hansby, Mr. William Beaked, and Mr. William Mandan, club of the umgisirsteer bad an Interriew with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, ea the lime Mee, ea the subject of the proposed extrados of the borough of Grantham. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Como" estreiseday. da appeal from lb. Admiralty Court, "no Thome god Itr gamine," was heard. The lord. proornt we Lord Klass do.ro, Sir C. Cr. swell, Sir E. Ryon, sad rL. Pool. DMpeichee were semi from Lb; Ooloatil-cllse, I emerday, lo the Gorentere of Cullom, Hoag Kam lbs Mauritius, sad Labium. THE PRUSSIAN LEGATION. His Huang the Prussian Minister and the Couto' Beressesr gave a grand enterttinmaet last evening at Praia Home, Carlton House-terrace, In celebration of the birth of the Mint Prince of Petunia, grandson of her Majesty that:amen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, attended by Colonel the lion. James Macdonald, honoured his Excellency and the Countess by his company. Their Royal Eightsome the Duchene of Cambridge and the Prisons Mary, attended by Lient.-Col. Home Purees, also grand thebanquet by their presence, their Royal Mainstream arriving at 8 o'clock, end wore welcomed in the vestibule by his Excelleney Count Berastorff, Count Brandenburg, and Count Blucher. Shortly after the snivel of the Royal guests dinner was announced. Covers were laid for twenty two, and, in addition to the noble host end hooters, them were prevent their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, the Dachau and Primes Mary of Cambridge, him Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess of Inverness, the Lord President of the Council and the Mar chioeess of Salisbury, the Earl of Malmeebury, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Comm, of Derby sad Lady Emma Stanley, the Lord Chancellor sad Lady Chelms ford, Lady Alice Peel; Colonel the Hen. Jr. Macdonald and Colonel Home Purees in attendance on the Duke and Duchesi of Cambridge; and Count Brandenburg and Count Blucher attached to the Premien Legation. The Countess Bernoterff opened her saloons at a later hour In the evening for a Me dement, at which all the embeasadors and ministers and their ladies, besides the members of the different foreign legs. ions, were present. A host of the lading members of the arhtocreey, at present located In tows, also honoured the Conners by their company. The Duke of Cambridge re tired early ; the Duchess and Primes Mary remained to nearly half-past sae o'clock. DRAMA. ADIELPHI. Mere than twelve years ego Mr. Plane/if, the king el bmiesgue writs" peodsced at the Haymarket hiamaMer pisss 21«. /levied* News, which, from its intrinsic merits, and hem the admdrable manner In which the principal parts were played, by Mi.s P. Horton, Kim Reynolds, Kiss Julia Bennett, and Mr. James Bland, whieved as extraordinery sumer, and took the town by storm. Lest night it wet revived at the Adelphi ; and if excellence on the part of the motors and admits= on the tart of the sadiron may be takes NA criterions, It is very probable that Ile noted "ran" may be equal to the dra. Sated, surfated, as the public have been MUM years with extraragenser, it Is hapowdble to Keen to any watt el Mr. Planchce pea without plee.ure —the puss are so meat and telling—the line. tow so easily and seeledirealy—the repartees are so crisp and crackling. Modem writers wen: merely to take up Use dictiestery and (*karma to see how many meanings words of simile, found can be strained into; but In all Mr. Planchts writings the joke teems to come spontaneously, and what It &team= rotaie mate empty jingle, bat a witticism which will bear ammination sod repetition. Only two alterations hare been made in the original copy—the mbstitution of a new en•a fer that formerly snag by Mir Julia Bennett, sad a eaw.dreele, in which the author apologises for the want of • past "last some" by explaining that in his day It was eaficisst if the "some were made to last." The burlesque was °vitally weed: Mrs. Mellon was spirited and dashing es Loads 1., Mir Mary Keeley's sing- Mg coke we. never hard to ma effect than in the Kegs Of Princess Iquisitelittisper, Mite Kate Kelly was a piseemat nature of pertness and piquancy as Apriorrine, and Miss Arden looked brilliantly and made the most of the Toby Cientiqa. Mr. Toole's Prince neared was really a as. makable Montane', the very ease of burlesque. atm regent to a degree, but in no way trenching upon the limbs of propriety. Whether this young actor thought he had yet to seeks his mark at the Adolph{ we ►now not, but estialnly he played with the greatest spirit, that carried the sedlemos with Mu throughout. The piece is sleelleady pet upon the stage, aid In noose will doubtless espq tbs tessegaisi liberelity. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE MICA or WALES AT lONA. A letter from Home, in the Morning Poet, dated the sth, rays .—" His Royal Wilmer the Prince of Weiss arrived sway In this city patent/1y sits room et half-pest 4 o'clock, with Colonel Bruce end the invent saembers of hie smite, end took up his maiden°e in the spertmente prepared foe him at the Hotel des Iles Britannic's... The weather wee by no meow propitious, and the prince's tint impres sions of the Etern4 City must have been damped by the deluge of rain which wee tallier at the moment of his naval, but he took advantage of a momentary clearing op soon a'ter, and yawl out on the oomparstively eolitery Corm, In the evening the Pope's Mejor-demo and Orand Chamberlain called, in the tame of his Holism, to pay thth respects to ►is royal I. ist w ;es did sic theCosannutatote Datti, tile g ntleman appointed to be In waiting um the prises in hie atilt. to the various pbtres, sights, or solemn tim of Rome. Plo Nono his ezpr. tied himself recently, In audiesces strutted to British visit" as peceliarly armed et the visit of the Prince of Wake ; butt lts aware hardly to appreciate the stricture of the incognito seder which his royal hghnots is soppt•el ti be tray.llieg ; and, Mead, ft taut be it:Afferent tinder what puticular title princes are untamed in foreige counttica if the use haunts are paid them by the sovereigns whose territoect they may visit. Bologna the 'since was waited upon by the Cardinal Legate, end every fossil wee shown hint by the gorse. meat anthoritiet &tries his brief way in that city. Here then will be so lack of cautery in the rude of his recep tion. Our ehogf d'affelver. Mr. Odo Austell, will without delay ensue foe the ,prince to have a privet. audience of his Manua who hr arettly poured en ratrunely beau tiful mosaic table to prompt to his royal highn.•s upon the semelos. Yesterday mornieg many of tie mobility and retry sow *Om in Rome inemlbed their names in the book prepared at the hotel for the prima's Meteors, llie royal highness einnammeed W la-ight isto the wonders of the city peter day edeg by Ogg to Br, Peter'e, the wafer ee tape* of Roman lions, if nod of Roman churches, since precedence is sesigned to St. John Llteravi's over all other mc:edesticsi *dill.= in the world. To-day • really Italia* OM bee ebono over the glotious old city, end the mince hie lied on opportunity of looking upon the raise of the Forum in th , ir true golden light. Hie royal highness will also profit by the return of des weather to make frequent equestrian ezeursioes in the Campagna round Rome, sod bie h ,, r es have already arrived la fool condition. It is mgt to to plc:tamed that ha will follow the hounds, who still continua to go one qaletly with • m'eet few Ninuorlst rim his Holiness has ro iletidedly disapproved of that kind of Est„ • The following government notice was published In Malta on the god inst..—" His Eu.llency the GOVMMX Is pleased to state, GU. the iefornittion of the public, that hs Ms reestred a diepatcb from her Majesty. Principal Secre t iry if tittle for the CoLnies, expressing the estidactioa with .hi. b her Map sty has received the intelligence that the arri‘4l of his Royal Higbee.. Pilaw Alfred ia Malta elicited fr. as all cleans of the Maltese populetion on maimed ex prtirion of estbssiamm and of loyalty. Her Majesty has be< n tooth affected by this indication of the attachment of the people of Midta to herself sad to the royal family,—By com mand, VICTOR BOULTOX, Chief Svciciary to Goren:meat. Videtts, Feb. 2, 1860." His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister enter t•inee a select stn le at ellnae.l.s• main, at the nide:ice of the Legation, In Groarenor•plate. Count de Jame' has leftClaridge's Hotel fee Paris. Sir Robert Gerrard has left the Clarendon for Gars wood, near Warrington. The Stamford Mercury states that the Lincoln. shire .stater of the Isis Earl of Ripon do sot at prtesat go to the resent e ul , bat will be held by the Comte's Dowager during her life. The Turkehir• esteem peso to the gad of ittpea. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE BAR. " The Law was my profession," wrote Lord Bacon, 1 " to which I am a debtor ;" and both before and sines the times of the great inductive philo-1 sopher the Goddess of Law has given a loud credit. If we regard the annals of early civilisation and trace the wonderfully beautiful history of mankind, foremost in the rank of the illustrious stand the Lawgivers and Advocates—luxuriating in a pars and unearned glory. Demosthenes occupies as great • position in the peat ae Themietocke ; and Cicero se cherished a space in the classical memory as Marina or eves Cesar. And how does the past differ from the present? Next to the science which provides for the safety of the human frame comes the science which regu lates the security of property. Of the medical pro feeeloll we have nothing to say further than that ex ien experi ence has shown the necessity of its professors be d qualified. The legal profusion has been left a very different position. Up to the present day any loan who was able to sign his name and obtain due references was eligible to be called to the Bar. He might have known ea little about Coke or Littleton as a scullery maid, and as little of logic as a mason, yet he might have become a barrister. Socrates used to ny " that the people were the "best schoolmasters; " and certainly the legal alumni of this wintry have had no other. It was said that the attorneys would soon find out whether a man was up to his work or not • and in the mean time the usual COW of Law Stu dents was to " put "in " twelve terms of dinners and be called. The impropriety of this was obvious. It not only gave an undue advantage to the presum ptuous _ and unde serving, but at the same time effected a species of enmity, in sending forth to the world • number lof professed lawyers who, the moment a lucky connexion threw a brief into their hands, found themselves in a state of helplessness. Why had they not then to pass a compulsory examina tion ? In 1853 the Council of Legal Education instituted a studentship of the value of 50 guineas for three years, to be awarded to the most diatin ' guished candidate at each public examination ; but the examination was left as a hoop that might be ,jumped through or passed by in the legal arena. Within the last few days • Council of Legal Educa tion has been sitting at Lincoln's-inn, composed of 12 deputies from each of the four lons of Court ; and it is understood that they are about to make the examination compulsory. No doubt the honourable societies had reasons to urge against this resolution. Many gentlemen aspired to the degree of barristers who had no in tention of following the Law sea means of sub sistence. They were often the jolliest fellows in their respective halls, and many of them looked for ward to possessiog large private fortunes—they paid their fees well, and frequently had some float lug ideas of becoming some day or other coun tr y magistrates. These gentlemen had a slender con ception of the arduous study of law. They were not, however, unuseful in their way. They frequently turned out serviceable to their fellow members of the Bar; and many a junior banister has in his remembrance the generous hospitality he I received from some member of his profession who never put on a wig and gown. Many a circuit was I enlivened by our country squire who had eaten his dinners at the loon, and a struggling youngster his occasionally come in for a brief through the good offices done belonging to this blissful race. However, there can be little doubt that in making the examination for the Bar compulsory, the Council have taken a step in the right direction, and although the examination itself may not he as practical a one as might be desired, yet we have every hope that it will have a beneficial effect, and give some security to the public for the qualification of advocates and legal advisers. The " religious " marriage of M. Rothschild, jag., with the daughter of M. Anapath, Judge of the IMAMS' COW, took place on Wednesday alum synagogue in the Roe Notre-Dame de Nisareth, Pavia. The signature of the cos ine< tot p'ace on the previous day at the fool R .tb.cbild, in premium of a nau.bge of distinguished perentages. The synagogue was lilted up in a vtry iamb manner for the 0001n0.11. The Grand Rabbi gave the nuptial benediction, and eehrereiessepropriati address. Among the promising precast were the Minister of State and Muse. Fould, the Mints''r of the Interior and Mum. Delangle, the Delores t family, If. Linea M. Haldvy, M. ifsyerhew, M. Jules Janis, de., and the rind, al remsesetativse of the ought of Serape 4 ?Me. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. BANK OF FRANCE. NT IMBNADINZ AND BI ST TILZOBAPIL) PARIS, FILIDLY MORNIXO. The Motsiteur publishes the monthly returns of the Bank of France to yesterday, Feb. 10. We give the most important items, with the corresponding figures of last month en regard : _ Feb. Jan. Coin sad billion, Paris 224,611,0e7 .... 223,388,117 Ditto ditto branch banks Bills discounted, Paris 242,919,303 .... 224,453,579 Ditto branch boats Notes in circulation, Paris sad branchas Treasury deposits Private &corks, Perla 233,986,269 .... 183,667,864 Ditto breach beaks Advanoed on public securities 26,911,000 44,488,000 Ditto by breach batiks Advanced on rellway asearitles 81,160,600 75,608,100 Ditto by branch beam The coin and bullion present a decrease of a few thousand pounds. The bills discounted have in creased nearly a million starling, whilst the circula tion has demised a million, and the private deposits have increased no less than two millions sterling. (now ova OWN COLIIIIIPONDIXT.) PARIS, TIICUDLT KVINING. The latest rumours of the day are altogether war like. England, it is believed, has urged Austria to evacuate the Legations, and to lend herself to re forms In Rome and Naples; but there is not the slightest chance that these concessions would be ac cepted by Francs and Sardinia us sufficient The Souse has been very weak. The Rents fell 15e. for cash and 20e. for account, closing at 68fr.25c. 1 in each one. Mobilier fell 10fr. Railways were dull, and leR off with bat alight change from yea. l terday. The ilieele contains perhaps the most violent war article that has been published since the beginning of the crimes. This journal, which I believe takes ad. vantage of the desire of the Emperor to get up a war feeling to say many things without express warrant, now preaches war for far more extensive purposes than the emancipation of Italy. It will be satisfied with nothing lees than a general revision of the treaties of 1815, which, it says, it is almost a 4 direct insult to France to speak of." Wm is an eventuality for which we mast prep►re, and which we must face with calm. Should en honourable sr ringement be effected by the maw of diplomacy we shell all rejoice; bat if the efforts of the cabinets ere destined to shatter against the obstinsay of Austria, we shall be already prepared to meet • state of things doubtless deplorable, bat Biometry for the repose of Europe. • • • The midd'e elessee fear war with mama ; the workman does not few it lens ; but dtizens end workmen of ell conditions know in Francs, better than elsewhere, how to accept war without complaint, when they are convinced that Ile aim is legitimate. Did we not witness this In the Crimean war? To-morrow we should witness the sumo mediates were war leachable. • • • May Providence spare Europe the sad trials of war ; but let It be known that • war Is less perilous than the 113111IIi111111110I of the states quo. • • • Is it not a rational teak to seek the r•viioa of trestle% the mistier* of which perpetuates the recollections of our greats. disasters, and which were signed under the wens of 1,200,000 foreign soldiers, who covered oar terri tory •ad lived at our expense? _ _ _ The Fasperor did not show at the Tuileries ball on Tuesday, and the fact bee given rise to a rumour which I believe to be quite he is unwell. One explanation current of the C&01111 of his absence is that he was furious at the Count de Moray's speech, which he considered u in opposition to the spirit of his own. It is asserted that the Empress went to his room to beg him to make his appearance, and told him that his absence would produce a very bad effect among the many deputies who had come with Count de Morny, but that all her pleading was in vain. The truth of these stories is, of course, very doubt fuL The fact of the Emperor's absence from the ball, and that no explanations of the unusual circumstance has been given, remains. It is also certain that many of his intimate counsellors, and probably Count de Morny among them, have long been using earnest efforts to divert him from what appears to be his settled purpose, but as I hays already observed, Count de Morny's speech doss not differ essentially from the Emperor's, which he must have felt he had no authority to explain away. There is much talk of an autograph letter re ceived by the Emperor from the King of Sardinia, in which the latter, after warmly thanking the Emperor for his sympathy with the Piedmoutess nation, promises that Sardinia will abstain from any provoking or aggressive act towards Austria, and will calmly await the course of events with out seeking to precipitate them. The number of ships of war now either armed or arming in different French ports is, by a recent estimate, stated to be not less than 200. Monday next is fixed for the fete at the Hotel de Ville in honour of the Princess Clotilde-Napoleon— that, it appears from the Moniteur of this morning, is to be her title. THE PRINCIPALITIES. We read in the Journal de Constantinople : a We are informed that a eonspiXacy has been dis covered at Jassy. Fifty arrests hays been made. The assembly met in an extraordinary sitting to examine this affair." The Preue d'Orient says:—" M. Gregory Stourdza is a prisoner in his own house at Jassy, and the National Assembly is inquiring into the cir cumstances of the attempted insurrection. Mound Bey, the principal agent of Gregory Stonrdza, is arrested." THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, Fs.. 7. The reply of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain has arrived. It declines to agree to the petition of the lonian Parliament. Mr. Gladstone has addressed another minutiae to the Parliament, insisting upon projects of reform in seventeen points. The Parliament has postponed its reply. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (131' ILECTIIC TZLIORAPII.) CFZON ova OWN CORII6IIPONDW SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Alhambra has arrived with the Penimialar mails; also the mails and some of the passengers from the Arrow. The Lucy de Castro has been wrecked off the Battings. I The usual Portuguese fleet is at Lisbon. When the Avon left Bahia a large fire was raging there, and it was believed the city would be burnt town. Rio de Janeiro had been inundated with rains whirl► had damaged some portion of the railway. War was inevitable between the United States and Paraguay, but the Paraguay river and forts were en well fortified that it was be lined the Americans would be defeated. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. Calcutta journal' of the 9th ult. contain two important orders issued by the government. By the Bret the Punjab is raised into a Lieutenant. Governorship : FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. ALLAHABAD, JAN 1, 1869. Under authority received from her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, the Right Hon. the Viceroy and Governor-General is pleased to resolve that • separate lieutenant governorship for the territuriee on the extreme northern frontier of her Majesty's India empire shall be established; and that the Punjab, the tracts commonly railed the Trans-flutlej States," the " Cie-flutlej States," and the "Delhi Territory," shall form the jurisdiction of the boatesant-goer rnor. G. F. EDMONSTOIYE. Beerttiry to the Government of !edit, with the Governor- Oessenl." The second order decrees the disarming of the whole of Upper India : ALLAHABAD, Du. 21, 1868. The Right Ron. the Governor-Geseral has been pleased to extend the provisions of sections I, 2, and 5, Act XXVIII., 1857, to the North-Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. His lordship having resolved on disarming such parts of thoespravintes se be to the north of the rivets Jun= and Ranges, hes farther been pleased under seethe 24, Act XXVIII., 1851, to authorise a general search and seizure of arm' by the megisMutes and collectors within the tract above specified. The maiistrate and collector may delegate the same authority to any officer of his erablialunent of a rank not lower than a Jemadar. By order of his Excellency the Eight Hon. the Governor- General. _ _ _ W. MUIR, flocroiory to Governowat, N.W.P. CHINA. In the summary of the general news given by the Overload 11 , i4oed of Chiooo, of Dee. 30, we read : Another fortnight hal elapsed without a word being laud d the Earl of Elgin's mese up the Yanirtuwldeng. The French nnilussador, Baron Ores. la Wall in Bong Kong, residing almost altogether now on board H. 1.11.8. Andadonse. Oar Governor ' Btr John Bowing, whom deptrturo for Manila was mentioned in oar last summary, IoR that place on the 201 h inst. to H.M.S.& Magicienne, bound to Borneo, thence to the Southern Phillipplass, and back to Meath, where, from about tit() middle of wait month, his excellency, it is said, will remain until his kMlth is fully restored, or the t expeced recall reaches hire. _ _ ofprovincial mitten there Is not much to report beyond • growing opinion that the province of Kwatigteng is In a fair way to secede from the government of o.ag before im =ter, whose . storise eta . tr it ; t r a er a inc w ha m ve on b t e b en . and already more ttnl a tten six-tenths of the pro: vines ere in rebel possession. The insurteetion about Ningpa is reported at en end—cut ant with the szecationees knife. _ _ At Cantos matters eoniinueieseefol. It is now certain that the feIIOII . II tea orop will ha scant, and for the sight oe ten chops of aecond-dees Congo= left in this octerter, holders are asking egregious prices. Ruropran fabrics ere in good demand. Such figures for Idsochestie goods have not been known for • long thee. Nor is a scent tee crop confined to Cantos. From all China the export will be, some say, 26 per sent. less than it was last year. Not that the production has been leer, but the crop' were bought up In demos by agents travelling for the Runtime rid Kiachte omelet. The Wynead, 620 to and Dora, 150 irs ar d e the only ships despatched from Whampea for Rs since our lest report; while the Daring, 1,000 toes, Don Quixote, 1,430 taw, hare been Use onl y vessels fat America in the sem period. London. From Fe-ohey-lbo, the Spirit of the Age has been sent to _ _ _ From t3ltatigtses the Amiens, 511 tons, /Mar, 755 lona. and John lustowman, 600 tons, have oleo 1-ft for Louden. and for New York, front the some port, the Oscar, 600 tons, Isaac Janes, 840 tone, and CUMIN Back, 7110 tons ; the Nicolas 1., Rosales ship of 600 tons, clewing for Cronstadt. Total export from China, westward, daring the fortnight, soy, to Knalsnd, 4 000 tons; to the United State; 4,600 tons; to Russia, 600 tons. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. (ET ELECTRIC TZLEORAPIL) (►EOEI OVA OWN ODIRREPOINDIOIT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Thames has arrived with the heavy portion of the Australian mail, 76,0001. in specie, and fifteen passengers. Her dates are—Alex andria, Jan. 27 ; Malta, Feb. 6. DIPLOMATIC LETTER BY COUNT CAVOUR. The following is the circular addressed by Coma Cavour to the diplomatic agents of the Bar. &nen government at foreign coons TURIN, Fen The government of the Ring has ask* the smoke of Parliament t t the contracting a loan of 50,000,000 the, de signed to meet the olgemy of eves* that Oght coma to pain la holy, sad the Were and extent of whkh it le yet impossible to fore.ee. As this me mare, which predawn has suggested t us, LIMY give ibe to unjust commists, I have thought fit clearly to represent to you the idea that bas dict.ted it, in order to enable you to rectify any kurectirsaies of lodgment on the pert of politkiatis and et the organs of public opinion In the country where you reside. Thies yore will scan have ex pked aam the Vets government, while calling the atten d* of Europe, by the organ of its phnipotasiaries at the Norm of Peels, to the grievous state of Italy, voters:l against the exteaska of Austrian Inflows to the Pesissubt beyond the stlpelatloes of the to ake, and announced that, if a check were n o t put to it, the result might be stokes dangers for the peace and tranquillity of the world. The n proms tattoos of Sardinia were favourably received by Piano sad England, and woo reproduced In some sort Is a solemn manner In the coupes@ itself. Italy then conoeiri d hopes, and meta'. minds seemed to Wan down. Rot the hopes to which th•ii mardafesiat'on of Interest on the pair of the Western Powers gave birth have little by link b. en died- Pe Thew& state of Italy has undergoes no stedification. Das peepond. rating itillocime.het Aust. i a there eiffejil• be road the 1 mita that treaties have assigned to her, and which coma 1. uks a erpetual menace to !Jodie's, hes rather aut omated than diminished. On the minr hand, the dilferent states of the Peninsula have persisted in a system of govonment the result of which maid but be the discontenting of the population and a pro voctike to dh order. . . . _ . Notwithstanding that the dangers wherewith Sardinia was menaced in consequence of sum a We* of <lenge bad be. oome more serious and more herein( at, the east act of the Hines government has alwayo been regulated by a spir:t el propriety and reserve which men of good faith cannot refuse to e.e•gnise. If his lisjes , y's government nr repelled the preten• eons of Aeon is, which demanded moMicedese in the toad. nations of the country, it did not arum a hours att , tude towards her, when the ctincet of Vienna thought proper to peke a retest, judged futile by *leet all the optatermen of Europe, to tro.k a with eclat thplotuatie relstons with Sardinia.• . _ SaicilUis limited her course of action to reminding, front time to time, those governments with which she entertains friendtrelatione, of the sad predictions which fats daily veritle and to invoking their solicitude for the oonclition of the pen sole. She has never conosaled the apprehenalone and the sym pathy inspired in her by the state of the greater plot of the Italian province. Bat when she boo deemed it ber duty to manifest them publicly, she has done it with ► as mach matu ration as propriety. By her example, by her conduct is the last war and la the congress of Paris, by the manifestation of her interest and commiseration towards the Italian popu lations, Sardinia bee striven to ' beck uetitur bring lops, palsies, and @aim in the Wild of deepsir, impatience, and agitation. eke has abstained, with the greatest care, from playing • peat in any degree initmlng, end if public eight has been iadiagri, It is certsialy not Sardinia that can be accused of the lent Infraction of sabt'ng treaties. This spirit of moderation, of •hlch all the act• of the kis& "aeronaut have hitherto barns the stamp, ban been appreriated by all impanel men and by public opiaion ip Eirops. Bat now the ntrandfruiry measures which the cabinet of Vienna has just taken, sad w kith are ailendy directed against &actin a, whose armamen• • are relatively very weak, faros the king's goveromeni, wiilmtit &tendon- Mg that foveae, to prepare itself spast a danger which may become imminent. Those measures are knows to Europe. I think it right, teverthel 10, rapidly to recapitu late Shim. la the first day s of January, bef re the king 11= nonacid the opening speech of the new legidativo the Vanes cabinet asnotincel is its official journal tie send tag of a corp forme* of 30,000 men in.ci Italy. MO corps, ddei t t three others which arc established tners in • permemmat maser, would lames* the strength of the Alienist' many to an event very di.proportiooate with whet the maialswhoe of order and of in.ern ii tranquillity could At the wires time that three troops were rent tat, Low bard; and Venetia with entraordiaary rapidly, Brinks hat. billions, which leave their oountry only in ease of war, were known to arrive. The garr'sona of Bologna and Antos* were reinforced. Bat, what is most ormiow, Austria emmulistsd tereideraile forces on ow from Addis end the Ticino, and rape mass, and Pavia, a reel corps could not be destined to mints an of quite secondary imporhin For mane days the bank of i pearance of a c-nintry in whir/ The villages were occupied b Q ueers were prepared sod mem Vedettes were plarod even on meets the limits of the two cot menacing discourse held public! by the greater ptrt of the Austi big those of eminent rAok, always tender governmente fl their . agesta. But I think it mortuary to given at Venice to the troops ( the ostentation with which ma at Piacenza by occupying forte deflates of treitie., and which to neglect for 802110 time past. In prelacies of 'coalmine' coontrtlia a s been much totita•ec of the and of his gore= dementia thought should position to confront the event play of forces on the part of At It is - to this end that the salmi Piedmont the garrisons OP tabli tits Alps, and has asked the eh tract a loan. This lost must, which I proving to the nation that the rp nem of what the security and t upon it, will maintain tranquil will permit us calmly to await ft I hope you will have no difik tical persons with whom you arc above indicated with as each' from containing a mensal for will have for result to calm tb manure men's wads by giving Masco that Piedmost, strong by the allies which the jostles o her, le ready to combat every ell hauls from whatever quarter or from the »volution. leVargiTyouicTiOl7l this sate of Foreign Affairs, and, becalm the judgmcate which shall be question, I offer you, &c., LAW INT] (THIS / COURT OF QC& sittings at Nid Pella at Wadi Lard Campbell end DICISON O. THE EARL The Mal of thin °sea was rei *oust V.-day, when Colonel Did continued by the Attorney-Gen Mr. James, COOSIIIIi ice the di ao obje:t ion to the different rot who got compensation for the morns being referred for the a: gentleman the Attorney-Omer Lord Campbell said the ease sdfted to the vary bottom, and James suggested was the bast o The Attorney-Gerund said theism Cross-examination conliebel. solved 101 and I think, as he regiment, he got M is 31., or Pion. In the account nab red that man in four different pa but the vouchers are three in for M. I cannot explain faith' the 61. was included in the 104 rate. The monies given limes handed to their I solve', and aomethees to t were mostly drawn by often by their caveman I ha , or 2L in my pocket, given It to and I have no doubt I have have charged in ray account. I had betwein 20J1. and 3001. my possession. I did not ke with my private mosey at my I depended on the vaes I hat the regimental accounts. In thmatened by Messrs. Hodge I gave a promitatry no's at money, because I did net like et he having,nn a former occasion, paned to get subscriptions to me I scarcely ever saw a meta examining the accounts of the 'toe, according to my experien meeting. It le not the custom Colonel North was in Wilton as wall as myself. Up Colonel Noeth nqta my friend, Influence he held aloof and se side. I wish to state public!; stated before thecommiesion of The confuelon end irregularity not owing to there having bean Dicks n's amounts, evaded', most vregular. It is the officers and the president o the accounts are prop.rly think I was not applied to to h refused to call such • ineeth only officer who eruegeoted that fag, and I said it world be held mouths had expired. Only on. that was in January. It Is colonel to call moss meetings. Be rnee the tth al g : gret, I to dchidonscal on thel kit the regimental meets. It that purpose, but one to Nebo thested lb intention that day regiment. There were twat: sent, and the fall complete thiny-seven. Sharpris's man before or at the moment mid I presume, perhaps +Tom Wilton on the euldect. Ws d same u the other Tower Honk In training. Itheryna's man mess with the articles nem the pattern of the Oder and all the other officers selection. I thick there liven to Sharpens fur the Lord Wilton, and the goods we mess was commenced. I had men before that day, end I hoe 12111DICAI ion with that firm. WI of the °dicers snd the all are insufficient, it is usual f the deficeincy, and by Lsi to them in this instance four entertainments given t 1621. The first was to Gs came to inspect the regiment. officer., and they never din. thing. It cog 301. odd. Aar vice it was perfectly right to p mess funds, and not by the The oast entertainment was loon by the daughter of vete BO or 100 tpIAWS. It was slicers stood round after pits Some of the of were fir I many. It woe proper to pay II of the officers, out of the men, ment was given to Col. Nor proposed by some of the of6o to it. It was deckled to give it with. There TVA another ante post. Did you ever say to any offit little bird who eels ine all thw I know away to get rid of ullk Witnese—No; but there who cuiseeeduetei themselves mar. lal ware not the fastinn in 1 reported them to Lord Wilt,. cave. — Do ion cell Major Wslk4 r a Wbnem—No ; I am aware i Ittated bed re the board of ii I denied it tbem and I was that I should bare en, gambling rang on in the regii Walker dislike I, because he gm as I bare found out @lace, am This was twisted and turned ii bird, but I never made use of Thle closet the ercira-rramii Ne-staarains d by Mr. Hail ye as In the army. The Mlle, r mem. nt were tar from efilare let the army, mop: lapel( i intant hat been in the arm; among the officer* to paying nt Woolwich out of the speech which Lord Wilt on d e i co oars or, at all event., t (Laughter) Mr. Hawkins—Do you tear bealtb that he bore hie warns daden , y, and untiring mar Witness—Yee. ..Lord Campbell—Did 3os tutuallter.) Wastes—No •, not that out ' Mr. Thomas Slineetty Duna James--I have known Colo: years. I remember his calling to • durrit to dianias him fro I thought it right, in conserm dermatery of State for War (Kr. Dosonaba this read the