The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-26 00:00:00

PARTS EXHIBEI7OIB 1 , 11.8 T-CLASS SILVER MEDAL, 1987. JOHN BROGDEN. (JUGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, mar U, HENNIETTASTRLET, 00VEST-GARDEN. JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA. B ROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain ears profit by the sale other kinds are sometime' offered 11114.1310 of BROWN and TOLSON'S. "John ke Brown," "John Poison," Is signed by the makers on each pact. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. (Managing Director, Mr. F. Strange.) Three Ballets, SO Dancers, 60 Instrumentalists, Singers, Acrobats, Mimics; Pic tures, Latest Telegrams, Saloons, Supper rooms, lavatories, Sissiking-rooms, Evening Paper ; 10 Orchestral Pieces Byer) Night Open at Half-past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—ls. Ts , and 6d. ; Reserved Sesta, Sa. ; Private Boxes, from al Is.. Rox-ofiloe open from Pleven to Pour. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218 High Holborn. — The mod spacious and bri ll iantly-decorated Ball Room, and the best Band in London. OPEN for CONCERT and DA NCIN3 EVERY EVENING. Minded Director, Mr. W. M. Packer. Open at ball-past 8 ; d ose at 12. Admission. throughout, la. FREE SUNDAY at the CRYSTAL PALACE for Shareholders' Mends, Sept. I. Vetrets Issued on alsowhig scrip or Sunday admission card, at 4.lkautortbardings, Strand. Persona subscribing to clubs fur shame to apply Willett secretaries. Contributions towards expenses expected. CIRYSTAL PALACE.—City Companies, Firms, Iv Societies. cube, or Aetna* deetrons of holding their ANNUAL DINN ILI or TEAS at the Crystal Palace are requested so apply for terms to BERTRAM and ROBERTS. Refreshment Department. COVENT -GARDEN CONCERTS . COVENT.OARDEN THEATRE—ILVKILY EVENING at 8. Vadat the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL Mdlle Smite, lictile. Eracteo, Mr. J. M. Weltll, Mr. H. Levey, Mr. Reynolds, the Coortola Union, and Band of 100 performers. Conductor—Nen - 4i DOTTIRDII. Conductor of the Dana' Made. Hem Joitenn Stratum from Vienna. - en Thursday next a Classical Night. when 101 be performed a selection from the work' of Paydn and Weber. Boa-office open from 10 till 5. Promenade One Shilling. Doors Open at half-past 7. the entreoo* TO 00BRESPONDKN18. ofvorflownonts Intoodod for "The toms" loud= Evening mod be at the Moo, 10, llosvorlowiroot by Two If= on the day of pabßoadon. HAYMARKET. TEM EVENING, AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Bucket . re, Cotppe nd'U darner SedgleferwzwlTlLLTrae.—TO 1 L Clark 7 A l i a lt el L% :lei 703 3,5. Mr. Buckstone —And PETER SWINE. TIN Em SEA: ma, THE SEA AN O NI B. A. THE OCEAN CHILD.— The Brothers Hanlon; the Champion Skaters; Mr. J. Plump ton : Mr. and Mrs. Coleman and Mr. W. Brown —And VIZ LAST MANY; OR, THE MISER OF ELTHAM GREEN. MON WAINA AT LONDON BITOGIL Ms DAT —NocelinA INA an.. —..Atternoes. 111 A 21 , n. TO-MORAOTi—Nornlog. ilk. 60m.. —Aftanaoon. OIL Oa. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 26. THE Report just issued by the new directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company affords the strongest example of the change that is now coming over in railway management. In former years, the greatest complaint that the shareholders could bring against the board was that they—the most interested parties—were studiously left in ignorance of the exact position of their affairs. The few proprietors who ven tured at the half-yearly meetings to ask for further information were effectually put down, sometimes with courtesy, more often without. Events, how ever, have now taken a different turn. A financial crisis has taken place which can only be overcome by the effective co-operation of the directors and their constituents. The old practice of conceal ing facts and manipulating accounts no longer avails. This truth the new board of the Brighton Company seem to have thoroughly understood. Their Report is less open to the charge of reticence than any similar document that has ever been published. It is exhaustive almost to a fault, and lays bare the whole affairs of the great company they represent with calm and unflinching severity. Thera is no hesitation in dwelling upon financial difficulties, and comparatively few of. the sanguine prophecies, so common and so often falsified, that the prr perty will speedily rise to a considerable value. The task of rehabilitating the concern is acknow ledged to be arduous, and although it will doubt less be eventually accomplished, it will require an interval of many years and much careful manage ment. The first point that strikes attention in the Report is the apparent difficulty in ascertaining the exact position of the capital account. According to the old board it stood on the :11st December, 1866, at 15,762,0001. Messrs. Paws, HOLY LAND, and Wevaanorsz, the accountants em ployed by the then Committee of InvesLigation (the principal members being on the present direc tion), state that the sums actually received were 15,751,1911., while the expenditure was 16,254,4071., the difference of 502,f!1e/. having been provided by " loam" The income in that year was represented at 1,189,9441., and was distributed as follows : 686,8841. for working expenses, 282,7021. for interctt on preference stock, and 214,6121., equal to a four per cent.dividend, on the ordinary stock. In order, however, to arrive at this, on the whole, satisfactory result, the directors had chirp(' against capital the interest on works in progress, amounting to 175,178/., besides other items for maintenance of way, rolling stock, law and par liamentary charges, &c., which reach in all a total of 295,5571., of which the whole or the greater part should have been defrayed out of revenue. It therefore follows that not only there was nothing available for the ordinary shareholders, but that the income was insufficient to meet the preference and debt interest. The accountants, in carrying their investigation back for p-evious years, tind that considerable sums have been regu larly charged to capital which, properly speaking, ought to have been borne by revenue. They also observe that, supposing these amounts were liquidated by future annual apportionmerts, the ordinary shareholders must give up all hope of a dividend for years. It would be needle's to go through the accounts more in detail, but there are still two points worth considering. The Brighton Company have for years overdrawn their balance at their bankers ; but this circumstance was ingeniously concealed by obtaining a tempo rary loan for a dzy or two at the close of each six months, which was " passed to the credit of the " current account, thus giving it the appearance " of being in credit for the sum stated in the half " yearly accounts as cash at the bankers." We prefer not to characterise this plan as we think it deserves. The second question is that of audit. The accountants recommend a more efficient system. It is only necessary to refer to the auditors' own report to ascertain the justice of this view. The latter gentlemen remark that they have frequently made allusion in their reports to "sums charged to THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1867. " capital and divided as dividend which ought to "have been debited to revenue." They com plain that they have received no support from the shareholders, and therefore have been practically " helpless." The wonder is that under these cir cumstances the auditors retained office at all : it would have been better to throw up than retain an appointment the duties of which they were unable to perform. The London and Brighton Company have furnished us with another instance, though it was hardly wanted, that rail way audit, as at present constituted, is neither more nor leas than a mere farce. In the old times, when it was the fashion to charge every doubtful item to capital, and Parlia ment was too ready to sanction the creation of new preferences, and the public too will ing to take them up, it was usually esti irzted that the working expenditure would, as a rule, amount to something leas than half the gross receipts. The test of financial embarrassment, however, has show.► CIA ea regards this line the expense has been 83 per cent, in the first half of the current year. Just one-tenth of the total of 446,8321. is swallowed up in claims for law charges incurred almost entirely in parliamentary/oppositions, which the presort directors describe with perfect justice as "an unproductive expense." We dissent from the succeeding remark that it should be consi dered in the light of a loss " unfortunately in- " curred in the course of business, as would be " the compensation for an accident." Nothing in the world can be clearer than that. this expense was the result, not of accident, but design. If directors propose and shareholders sanction the waging of these costly parliamentary battles, loss can hardly be said to I have proceeded from an unforeseen contingency. One consolation remains, that an item of this magnitude is not likely again to figure in the London and Brighton accounts for a long time to come. Thus far the peat ; the future, in one respect et least, we have seen to show little promise. The board have been successful in placing their million and a quarter of new ordinary stock et 45 (the quotation was 115 not many years ago), and have reduced their liabilities from 2,055,1811. on the 30th June last to 1,257,6171. on the 23rd hurt., the date of the report. A doubtful liability of 167,281/. for the Surrey and Sussex and Chi chester and Midhurst lines is included, although this sum remains in dispute. On the other band, the disposable assets are reckoned at 1,13£,0761. In order, however, to arrive at this amount credit is taken for the whole swims revenue over expenditure in the current half-year, which practically means, as, indeed, is subse quently avowed, that no class of shareholders is to receive any dividend at present, and it is not im probable that they will get little or nothing at the close of the year. It will be observed, moreover, that in the item of liabilities sums are inserted for works in progress, amounting to something more than 800,0001. (including the disputed subscrip tions to tte Surrey and Sussex and Chichester and Midhurat), and in the meets, unissued capital, lands, etc., of about 570,0001. Both these sums properly belong to the capital account. It therefore is a manifest injustice to deprive the guaranteed shareholders of their divi dends by taking some 200,000/. from the revenue to pay for the works on the South London and Sutton line. Supposing, as it is generally anticipated, that the latter undertaking will bring a large accession of profit, the ordinary shareholders will get all the benefit. The gua ranteed stockholders were content to forego the chance of getting a higher dividend, no matter how prosperous the company might be, than their stipu kted 5 per cent., and their claims should be eealt with as punctually as those of a debenture holeer. When these issues were created theca was an understanding to that effect expressed or implied, 'otherwise the Court of Chancery would never have permitted the investment of trust funds in this security. Many persons also have taken up these stocks satisfied with getting a mode rate income provided at least it was safe. We would, therefore, recommend that the directors of the London and Dighton should reverse their determi nation to propose no dividend for the proprietor of the guaranteed stocks. By doing so they will not only prevent much individual suffering, but also save their own company and the railway inte rest generally from a discredit which will not be easily surmounted. OUB CON'rEMPORARIEB. (THIS DAY.) _THE =TING OT THE WE/OM The Daily News observes that while it would be the height of absurdity to 'appose that the Emperors of France and Austria, attended by • staff of ministers and ambassadors, can have met in friendly Intimacy and con versed together confidentially without touching pointedly and purposely on all the great gumption, of international policy which at present engage the attention of the governments and nations of Europe, it declines to believe that an alliance, whether offensive or defen sive, between France and Austria against German unity, Is probable or possible. The instincts and the interests of liberal France oppose it ; the interests and aspirations of German Austria oppose it ; the interests and feelings of Hungary oppose it ; not a single interest, or aspiration, or sentiment in France or in any of the nation alities of the Austrian empire reCOMMOII43 it. It is entirely and absolutely condemned by the reason and coll ation°, of the civilised world, which desires peace, and whose destinies are not to be disposed of by a couple of imperial gentlemen between two whiffs of a cigar after breakfast. The Post, after urging reasons for the maintenance of peace, admits that the political horizon is heavily overcast. Of what actually passed between the sovereigns at Salt• burg nothing can be known with certainty ; but in respect to one fact no doubt exists, namely, that the alliance be tween Austria and France has been greatly strengthened, and the significance of this fact cannot be overrated. Touching on the question of the new alliances, the Post remarks that the moat noticeable feature consists in the novelty of the circumstances which have led imperial and despotic Austria to join hands with the Western Powers, and monarchical and liberal Prussia to seek the assistance of the semi-civilised power which oocupiee Pastern Europe and no small portion of Asia. The Telegraph is of opinion that the two Emperors leave the conference, indeed, untrammelled by any diplomatic instruments, but they are not on that account the less re inforced by their mutual agreement ; and, in the present state of things, that agreement furnishes the best guarantee for European peace. Alluding to the demonstrations in Augsburg,the French Emperor, says the Standard, may leave Germany alone, but he will not be frightened into doing so by such Tooley street manifestations. He knows very well that the idea of subordination to Prussia is still in the highest degree hateful to the great majority of Wurtemburgers and Bavarians, and be knows, too, that there is a very large portion of the population of Southern Germany, if not a majority, which would have no reluctance to fight on the side of France against Prussia, if their independence, either u Bavarians or Wurtcmburgers, were really menaced. Queen Isabella could not be worse is universally admitted, bat this does not imply that say other weals warmest would be better. There are bold innovates, indeed, who are supposed to harbour in their hearts anti-dynastic ten. denies ; and everyone feels that little good can come of a Duke of Tetuan, of a Duke of Valencia, or even of a Marquis de los Costillejos, so long as the court is a prey to the in trigues of nuns and confessors, under whose influence the sturdiest minister must bend or break. Choose any three honest and intelligent Spaniards, no matter of what party, and they will be unanimous in their assertion that there can be no chance for their country so long as the present Sovereign or any of her family is allowed to occupy the throne. " Long live the Queen !" however, is the motto hitherto invariably borne aloft on every insurgent banner; whether sincerely or hypocritically, every party leader takes his start upon a great flourish of loyalty. Anxious as all feeling men must be to see the end of the misrule which has so long weighed upon Spain, it is very difficult to point out the means by which the nation may be made aware of the evil, and almost impossible to name the men at all able or willing to work out the remedy. To the Star the danger to the last Bourbon throne seems anions. The news reported indicates a formidable peril for the despotism of Manus. The sovereign and the royal house, the profligates and military adventurers who surround and contaminate the throne, must one and all be swept away before Spain can stand up free to run and fit to take a respectable place in the race of progress. Until the deed weight of royal sensuality be taken away—until individual liberty and public rights be secured by some more binding sanctions than unvalued and unregarded charters, the nation must lag behind the other nations of Europe. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE INTERVIEW AT SALZBURG. RUMOURS OF WAR. The Sidck of to-day says : The report that an agreement has been come to at Salz burg to prevent the union of the States of South Germany with the confederation of the north bas produced a strong feeling in Berlin. The North. German Ga.:ette regards this as dangerous to the peace of Europe, and other Prussian journals employ similar language. "It is impossible to deny," adds the Siide, " that the conclusion of an alliance with the object of interfering in the internal affairs of Germany would be considered on the other side of the Rhine sa direct a threat of war as possible. The absence of Wurtemburg and Bavaria, which were said to be ready to throw themselves into the arms of France and Austria, has been much remarked on. Whether it be prudence or patriotism, the governments of both these states have abstained from taking any step which could be considered unfavourable to the policy of Prussia. In short, pessimist rumours are rife to-day, and the general opinion inclines to the belief that the Salzburg interview will be the prelude of grave events. At the same time many politicians think that the condition of Austria must impose on the Emperor Francis Joseph the greatest re lies ►e." The Avenir National says : The language of the Prussian journals is veii bitter on the subject of the Salzburg interview, and there is an evident commotion amongst the diplomatists of Berlin. The Debate likewise mftioes the irritation of the Berlin papers, and refers to a statement that Herr von Usedom has been sent to Italy to renew the alliance with Prtuais,—a circumstance which should make the French government, adds the Dibats, cautious of wounding the national susceptibilities of the Italians. The Indipendanee Beige says : Whilst the Vienna journals assert that the resolutions adopted at Salzburg must consolidate peaoe, their revela tions give us to understand that if Prussia or Russia should think of violating—the one the treaty of Prague, or the other the treaty of Paris—Fran and Austria would oppose them by arms. Naturally enough such language is not acceptable either at Berlin or St. Peters burg, and in the absence of the Russian press we have that of Prussia which maintains that the two powers have come to an understanding at Salzburg, not only on the principle of the maintenance of the statu quo, but of it, consolidation by measures directly hostile to rival interests. The Indipendance adds that the quartering of the French regiments which formed the camp at Chalons along the north and east is not regarded as favourable to the continuance of peace. The following is the disposition of the distribution of these regiments, amouniing to 35,000 men :-15th, at Masons ; 19th, Sddan ; 35th, Mdzihres ; 39th, Cambrai ; 40th, Givet ; 42nd and 87th, Chalons Camp ; 54th, Con& ; 57th and 60th, Nancy ; 63rd, Verdun ; 73rd, Thionville ; 85th and 90th, Mets ; 91st, Calais ; and 98th, Dunquerque. An entire division of cavalry continues in Lorraine. The In dependance adds that it was believed in Paris that the order for this distribution of troops was sent from Salzburg by the Emperor Napoleon. A letter from Salzburg in the official journal of Dresden says : Tho Anstro-French entente, which was the object of the Salzburg interview, has for starting point in the Getman question the stipul►tions of the treaty of Prague ; in the Eastern question the settlement of 1856. It cannot, therefore, cause distrust to any third power what. ever. It excludes none, it threatens none ; far from this—it leaves the adherenceof the othergovernmentsfree. Only in ease any resolution were come to to thwart the manner in which France and Austria judge these ques tions, would the understanding come to sesame the ap• pearance of a menace. In this event the cabinets of Vienna and Perished considered the utmost possible eventualities. (zrorre's saioluxe.) THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. MADRID, Atioun 25, Evntrma. Official despatches, published this evening, state that Catalonia has been completely cleared of the insurgents. In Arragon the rebels are flying in disorder, and many have surrendered. In Saragossa and the rest of Spain perfect tranquillity prevails. It is officially announced that the Portuguese government has temporarily despatched to the Azores all Spanish officers and emigrants whu have taken refuge in Portugal. conspiracy of prominent democratic congress men against Mr. Ashley and other impseshsrs. _ _ _. The Indians have beim routed in a battle near Fort Kearney, Nebraska. The Globe, a new paper published at New York, asserts that immense over-istues of securities in the Treasury department have been discovered at Washington, but the report is generally discredited. Admiral Tegethoff has arrived at New Orleans and is awaiting orders. According to advioes from Vera Cruz to the 31st July, Juarez's reception at the capital was very enthusiastic. Tejada, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a speech at a banquet on the occasion, highly eulogised the example of the United States, and spoke of the war in Mexico as a lasting lesson to two classes, the clergy and the great pro. prietors. It is reported that Marquez had been captured and the traitor Lopes assassinated. Prince Salm Salm had been shot. The Mexican Congress was expected to be convened in November. The Presidential election takes place in December. As now rearranged the Mexican ministry stands thus : Minister of Foreign Relations, Sebastian Lenin de Tej►da ; Treasury, Jose Maria Yglesias; War, General Ignian Mejia ; Justice, Jose Martinez de Castro. The following proclamation was issued by JUIIIVIS upon his entry into the capital : " Benito James, Constitutional President of the Mexican THE STANIPII INIIVRRECIIION. On the subject of the Spanish insurrection, the Times can hardly my whether it should hope or tear the success of such attempts as the one which has just now apparently failed. It does not know of any change at all likely to benefit such a country as Spain. That the government of EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED. The Master and Servant Act, which received the royal assent last Tuesday, is welcome to the Times as taking away the last shred of inequality in the treatment of em ployers and employed before the law. They now Mend face to face on equal terms. The relation of contract has definitely and finally superseded the relations of status. Such a result must be received with gratification, because it is the consummation of a course of change which has been slowly progressing for generations. The Times expresses satisfaction that the sawgrinders of Sheffield have been placed under the ban of the executive council of the organised association of trades ; but it should like to know more particularly what are the mis deeds of which the sawgrinders are bidden to repent, and to what kind of " good conduct" they are to pledge them selves for the future before they can be re-admitted to communion with the organised trades. Does the executive of that body consider that the sawgrinders held nnjus tifiable principles, or merely that their principles, defensible in themselves, were objectionably ear ned out' Do the masked trades disapprove co ercion, or only coercion by means of air-guns and petards? Are they, in short, prepared to declare that though they claim the right of free combination for 'hemming, they acknowledge the right of other working men to stand aloof from such combinaVons without prejudice, pen ron. Von, or hindrance' The Merced, mme than doubts whether the lenient treatment adopted towards the persons conskted before Mr. Baron Bramwell will be sucmasful, and in proof of its doubts refers to the language used by the trades' unionists of Liverpool, and the resolutions adopted by them. The meeting at Liverpool is not encouraging. The law, however, has intimidations and coercion' of its cma ; and, failing all other arguments, we must insist upon these being put in motion. It is practically impossible, in the opinion of the Post, that the picketing system van be carried out in such a way as not to be an infringement of the law, and it adds that even if it could be confined to simply following non unionists about, and standing in groups watching the doors of obnoxious masters, without any threats or violence, it would still be such a nuisance alike to the masters and their customers and to the non-unionists in their employ that there ought to be a law to prevent it. the tuurt. FLOORS CASTLE, Amon 23. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise, visited Melrose afterwards Abbe y yesterday afternoon, and : honoured Mr and Lady Victoria Hope Scott with a visit at Abbotsford. The suite consisted of the Duke and Duchess of Box burghe, Lady Charlotte Russell, and Lord Charles Fitzroy. The Duke of Buccleuch had the honour of being invited to dine with her Majesty at Floors in the evening. Her Majesty drove this morning to Jtdburgh, and re eeiv: d an address In the market place from the Provost on behalf of the inhabitants of the ancient burgh. _ . _ . Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise ac companied the Queen. the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh., Lady Charles Her,' Lady S. Melville, the Duke of Marlborough, and the Gentlemen in Waiting formed the mite. Her Majesty returned to Floors shortly before 3 o'clock. MALMDRAL, Amore 24. The Queen, Pringle and Princess Christian, and Prince Christian Victor, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Churchill, Lady Susan Melville, the Honourable Harriet Phipps, Madlie. Bauer, and Marine. Norelle, the Duke of Marlborough, Sir Thomas 11. Biddulpb, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Rev. Mr. Duckworth, Dr. Jenner, and Colonel Gordon, left Floors Castle yesterday evening at ten minutes before 11 o'clock for the railway station at Kelso, escorted by a detachment of the 14th Hussars. At a quarter-past 11 o'clock her Majesty and the Royal Family left Kelso by special train, and reached Balloter Station at 8 o'clock this morning, from whence her Majesty and the Roy►l Family and suite went in carriages to Balmoral Castle, arriving at a quarter before 9. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Bowmont, and Lord Charles Mer attended her Majesty to the railway station at Kelso. THE Qualm's Vierr To SCOTLAND.—The Queen took leave of the Duke and Dacha. of Roxburgh. on Friday evening, and arrived at Balmoral on Saturday morning. The mortal remains of the Duke of Northumber land will be removed from Alnwick Castle, alter lying in state to-day and to-morrow, on Wednesday next to Northumberland House. There will not be the customary lying in state there. On the Friday following the funeral takes place, when the late venerable nobleman's remains will be deposited in the family vault in Westminster Abbey. Since his demise on the 21st inst. the whole of the tradespeople of the duke in town have, out of respect to his memory, partially closed their houses, and on the morning after the duke's death the bells of St. Martin's Church and Isleworth Church tolled at intervals through. out the day. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde left town on Saturday for Homburg. The Marquis and Marchioness Campana left Claridge's Hotel on Saturday for Shanklin, Isle of Wight. The Marquis of Salisbury left town on Saturday for Lancashire. The marchioness and family are staying at Hatfield Howse, Herta. The Earl and Countess Delawarr are inswing at Boole, near Elevencaka. The earl and countess are in ex cellent health. The Earl of Wilton, accompanied by Mr. and Lady Alice dee VO3UX, have sailed from Cowes on a cruise in his lordship's yacht for Copenhagen. The countess, who has arrived from Cowes, in • few days goes to Den mark by land to join the noble earl and party. The Countess Cowper and Ladies Cowper have been staying at Wrest Park, the countesa• seat in Bedford. shire, since leaving Panshanger, Herta. The C,ottnteee Dowager of Morton and Lady Agnes Dong Ur have arrived at Duddingston House, near Edinburgh, from London. Viscount St. Asaph passed through town on Friday for Scotland, to attend the funeral of the late Lord Polwartb, which took place on Saturday. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton left town on Saturday for Heaton Hall, near Manchester. The Lady Mayoress will not hold her usual weekly reception till Tuesday, the 24th Sept. L►dy Ward is about to receive a succession of guests at Himley Hall. The Lord Chief Baron and Lady Kelly have left fez Switzerland. FRANCE. PARIS, Ammar 26. The Emperor and Empress of the e French re ceived yesterday the schoolmasters, to the number of 700, who are now in Paris. The Emperor thanked the schoolmasters for their devotion, of which they had given proofs in the exercise of their troublesome although unassuming duties. His Majesty urged them to continue their efforts thoroughly to imbue the young people entrusted to their charge with religious principles and love of their country, which were the source of all virtues both public and private. His Majesty's words were received with warm THE MEETING OF THE EbIPERORf3. VIENNA, Aucuerr 26. It is stated that the Emperor of Austria ex pressed to the Emperor Napoleon his wish to meet the King of Italy in Paris. CHINA. (Vii Trieste.) SHANGILLE, JULY 6. The Nienfei came close to Chefou, causing great alarm, but have since been repulsed by the im perialists with great loss. Measures are being taken to embank the Yellow River in the neighbourhood of the recent inunda tions. The Chamber of Commerce have convened a meeting to consider the revision of the treaty of Tientain. Intelligence from Japan announces that the west coast was being surveyed for a new port. Admiral Keppel had arrived at Nagasaki. A court had been established for hearing complaints of foreigners against Japanese. A severe storm had damaged the English settle ment in that place. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Annear 26. The North German Lloyd's steamer America, from New York, has arrived here with 106 passen gers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 40 sacks of mails, 132,937 dole. in specie for London, and 6,100 dole. in specie for Bremen. NEW YORK, Allover 15, MORNING. It is reported that General Grant in a cabinet council advocated the adoption of a more liberal reconstruction policy. Orders have been sent to General Sickles not to inter fere with the Federal courts. General Pope has ordered the civil officers in his district to give public advertisement' only to journals favouring the Reconstruction Act. The rumours of the probable removal or resignation of other cabinet officers are denied. The cabinet is reported to be harmonious. Mr. Pendleton, formerly MinistertoCl2lll, has been arrested in Virginia, under a writ from Judge Underwood, for perjury in taking the registration oath. Ashley will, it is said, be indicted for conspiracy and subornation of witnesses. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that the resent disclosures by Conover were pert of a " Republic. "Mexicans—The national government returns to-day to establish its residence in the city of Mexico, whirl it left four years ago. It bore with it the resolution of never abandoning the performance of its duties, the more sacred in proportion to the conflict the nation had to sustain. It waited in the firm confidence that the Mexican people would struggle without cessation against the iniquitous foreign invasion in defence of their rights and of their liberty. The government left in order to continue to uphold the banner of the country as long as it might be necessary. until the triumph of the holy cause of indepen dence and the institutions of the republic should be " The good sons of Mexico, battling alone, without the assistance of anyone, without resources, and without the necessary elements of war, have obtained it. They have shed their blood with sublime patriotism, and have been ready to make every sacrifice rather than consent to the loss of the republic and of liberty. " In the name of a grateful country, I pay the tribute of the highest acknowledgment to the good Mexicans and the worthy leaders who have defended her. The triumph of their native land, which has been the object of their noble aspirations, will always be their fairest title to glory, and the best reward of their heroic exertions. " Filled with confidence in them, the government strove to comply with its duties, without conceiving ever a single thought that it was lawful to impair any of the rights of the nation. The government has fulfilled the first of its duties by not contracting abroad or at home any engagement which would wound the independence and sovereignty of the republic, the integrity of its territory, or the respect due to the constitution and the law. Its enemies attempted to eats. bliah another government and other laws without having been able to consummate their criminal intent. After four years the government returns to the city of Mexico with the banner of the constitution, and with the same laws never having ceased to exist one single instant within the national territory. " The government has neither wished nor should it have allowed itself heretofore, and far lees ought it in the hour of the complete triumph of the republic, to be inspired by !any sentiment of passion towards those who have fought against it. Its duty has been, and yet is, to weigh the demands of justice against considera tions due to lenity. The moderation of its conduct, wherever it has resided, has demonstrated its desire to temper, as far as possible, the rigour of justice, by reconciling clemency with the stern duty of leaving the laws to act where they are indispensable to secure the pesos and future prosperity of the nation. Let us now bend all our efforts to obtain and consolidate the benefits of peace. Under its auspices the laws and the authorities will be efficient for the protection of the rights of all the inhabitants of the republic. Let the people and the government respect always the rights of all ; among individuals, as between nationl, respect for the right► of another is peace. " Let us hope that all the Mexicans, warned by • lengthened and painful experience of the calamities of war, may co-operate in future for the welfare and prosperity of the nation, which can only be obtained by an invariable regard for the laws, and by an obedience to the authorities chosen by the people. " Under our free institutions, the Mexican people are the arbiters of their fate. With the sole pur poee of sustaining the cause of the people during the war, when they could not elect the executors of their will, it was my duty, in conformity with the spirit of the constitution, to retain the power they had conferred upon me. The struggle) ended, it becomes my duty to convoke immediately the people, in order that, without the pressure of force, and without illegal influences, they may elect at entire liberty him to whom they shall choose to confide their destinies. "Mexicans, on seeing for the second time eon- summated the independence of our native land, we have obtained to-day the highest good which we could desire. Let us co-operate all to be enabled to bequeath to our children the surest course to prosperity, by loving and sustaining always our independence and our liberty. "Mexico, July 1b,1867." " BENITO Juane& A letter from Saint-Moritz (Orisons), published by the gazette de LatllallttC, announces that several mem bers of the Orleans family have recently arrived there— the Count and Countess de Paris, the Drake de Nemours, the Duchess d'Aumale, the Duke de Guise, and other younger princes and princesses. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Prima; Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda. Despatches were emit to the Governor•Ge vernor of the Bahamas. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ALLEGED MIRACULOUS CURES BY A ZOUAVE. trace on ow PARIS, SUNDAY BULYING. For the last fortnight the papers have contained daily accounts of miraculous cures performed by a private soldier of the Zousvee named Jacob. The public is asked to believe that this man by merely looking at a patient for a moment knows at once what Is the matter with him, and as instantaneously cures him by no other action than the force of his will. For a long time the public naturally would not believe this, and classed the paragraphs on the subject with those multiform advertisements of charlatans which, when they promise absolute miracles capable of being submitted to a test, con stitute only a nine days' wonder. The fame of Jacob, however, got an enormous fillip from a letter published by a certain Count de Chateau villard, about whom I should like to know some thing more. He lives, not in a flat as most Parisians do, but in an " hotel" all to himself in the Rue St. Lamm. His name and address are in the Directory. This count certifies that, being paralysed and exceedingly ill, he went to see Jacob at No. 80, Rue de la Roquette ; that he was lifted out of his carriage by his valet and a strong workin g man, and by them carried up a long, dirty court to a room in a warehouse where Jacob was, rm, rounded by a crowd of poor people, halt, blind, palaied, and to all appearance dying ; that Jacob told him to " arise and walk," and he at once did so without difficulty, returning unassisted to the carriage from which a few minutes before he had been lifted, and passing along a court so badly paved that a young and active man would have been very likely to have sprained his ankle in it. His wife, who was with him, and who had been long extremely ill (he does not say what her malady was) also came out quite well. He further certifies that all the poor people through whom he with difficulty made his way to the healer Jacob were then and there cured of their divers diseases. There is no answer to evi dence of this kind unless it be in the sceptical words of Hume : " It is contrary to experience that miracles should be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false." Jacob, who it is said is believed in by his own regiment, has obtained a month's leave of absence to practise his cures in Paris. He takes no money, and as he administers no drugs can scarcely be liable to prosecution for the "il legal practise of medicine." The last story of him is that he has cured Marshal Forey of a hentiplegie, which had compelled him to resign hi s command. Yesterday the approaches to the house in the Rue de la Roquette presented an extraordi nary scene. There was almost as great a crowd of carriages and foot people as may be seen in the same neighbourhood when a criminal is to be guillotined. As many as 20 sergena-de-ville were on duty to keep order. As the " cured " came out they were greeted with frantic cheers from the spectators, many of whom climbed up to the tops of houses to get a near view. Count de ChateauviL lard has offered Jacob a part of his house in case he finds his present premises too small to receive his patients. There is very perfect machinery in operation for preventing the inquisitive scrutiny of witnesses wanting in faith. I would go myself to see the cures, but should be told that none but the sick could be admitted ; or if I alleged myself to be sick, which, in this unhealthy season, almost anybody might do with a safe conscience, I should get No. two thousand-and-something for my turn for an audience, and could not make use of the ticket without losing several days. Serious efforts are making to save the Exhibition building and its annexes from the threatened de molition in November. The press, without refe rence to party, is almost unanimous in protesting against it. The government Patrie cites with warm approbation the following passage from the demo cratic SiJele : The note inserted in the Moniteur relative to the sale of the materials of the Champs &Mars palace has produced universal Who indeed can reeoncile to himself the ides of the sudden disappearance of a work m complete as that of the Exhibition of 1867 ? We moot but allow ourselves to think that the advertisement to been construed too literally. The mandate of the impe rial commission will doubtless have expired on Oct. 1, and it has no other minion than to wind up its Olin ss speedily ea possible after that date. But it does act necessarily follow that its work should be extinct simul taneously with itself. That work may be revived ands another direction, with another object, with ether els mounts, and for the benefit of other interests. It sere the merest Vandalism to destroy the marvellous products of so much labour, money, and successful care se are ammo. Wed in the Champs do Man. Public minion will never sanction a determination so absolutely contrary to the general interest. _ _ After arguing that trade would greatly suffer by the demolition, and that the Minister at War can very easily find some other ground on which to make his recruits practise the goose step, the &cis says : We have reason to know that a practical plan ter the utilisation of the palace and its annexes atter the elsw of the Exhibition has been submitted in the proper muder and is now the subject of minute examination. The Posen Journal states that the Rouse Minister of Public Instruction has issued wart orders for excluding French masters and mistime from the schools on the ground of the " profound immorality of French society as shown by the verdict of extenuating circumstances in the caw at Bererowski." How far are we from that CU cordiale with Russia which it was said two toont!ek and a half ago must necessarily result from tb sojourn of the Czar at the Elysee ! Who shall gJ that because Napoleon 111. walked arm-in-arm the Emperor of Austria at Salzburg the Mafiosi between France and Awdria are, fur any portant purposes, different from what they were month ago i Wo (Times) are requested to state that Mr. G. K. Rickerds has not accepted the eppointment as of of the assistant-boundary commissioners. The beautitul stone staircase in the north vi of Windsor Castle has just been completed, and 'etl'' are now engaged in finishing the doorways leadtatf the passages to the entrance-helL The stone cork; the north terrace of the Castle is undergoing con"' ` "' - repair, and also that on the Chapel Royal of St. G,K;e. Court Journal. Gazarra NOTIC63.—The Hon. Henry 00 ^ Elliot was, by her Majesty's commend, sworn a he • la jetty's Most Honourable Pliny Council, and took ,r at the hoard accordingly. The Queen has been pie! ,'"" direct letters patent to be passed under the Crest '0", the United Kingdom of Crest Etaarin ' land, appointing Travers Tabs, E D.C• L `' one of her Majesty's counsel Raided in !he . 3 to be her Majesty's Advocate.C. , neralr„ l / room of tho Right Hon. Sir Robert Joa ctih " Kist., appointed Judge of the High Court of Adair, The Queen has been pleased to approve of M r. Crosby as Consular Hobe t Toss, and in the jut of, of that port, for his Majesty the King of the Ne t ther , The Queen has been pleased to appoint the / . 1 ": Earl of Bclmore to be goveroor and Coniniar dese of the colony of New South Wales. The Queen hit pleased, on the nomination of the Yaqui. of Eon appoint Captain the Hon. Frederic Renewal] DA her Majesty's std Bengal Fusiliers, one of her Xs , • Hon. Corps of Gentlemen.at.Arms, v ice Lieut -0. George Bridge. The Queen has been plow:ed."' nomination of the Massone of Exeter, to appore HH Willlism Cnninghame Cunningham, late 19tb,,.• binders, one of her Majesty's Hon. Corp of Oe n '' . at-Arms, vice Captain A. S. Bolton. of Canada and to the Co- THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—The government having made up their minds to despatch an expedition to Abyssinia, for the purpose of attempting to rescue the Europeans so long held in captivity there, on Saturday notices were issued bythe Admiralty authorities requesting tenders for steam transports to be sent in by Tuesday, the 27th instant. The following are the chief points in the oalcialnoticeissued on Saturday :—"Notice. Transport De partment, Admhalty,Somerset-honse, London, 22nd Aug., 1867. The Commiseweeia for executing the office of Lord if eh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain sod Ireland do hereby give notice, thet on Tuesday next, 27th indent, et 12 o 'clock, they will be ready to receive tenders for transpoz hi for Indian sale. None need tender but snob ships es are in all respects in good condition as to bull, engines, boilers, general equipment, host; ire., and ready to leave the count!, immediately. No vessel of less than 1,000 tons gram meseurement to be tendered, nor any ship that is not fitted with a &sill, or will not be so fitted within ten dare from acceptanos. capable of disalling 1,000 gallons in each twenty-.oar hours, and also to be amply provided with iron water-tarts. To be emp'oyed for six months certain, and as much longer as may be required after that. Tenders to specify rate if discharged at Bom bay or in England." Should the Admiralty obtain suit able vessels, we believe that they could—under ordinary circumstances — reach Bombay in about fifty days, and their tilting-up need not take up mach more time. Abort 18,000 tons of steam-shipping will be required for the conveyance of 10,000 troops from Fombay to the Abyssinian 004114, for the war and commissariat esateriel, for each a peculiar service, will of coon be 'musically bulky. There are but few steamships in the Indian seas which can he taken up for the service, and the bulk of the tonnage will consequently have to be despatohed from Great &Rain. The shipping trade " got wind "of the ex pedition late on Friday night, and the freight market was consequently in a great state of excitement on Seurday. Telegrams were flying about from port to port in unprece dented number', and shipbrokers suddenly awoke from • state of comparative stagnation to one of extreordiosry bustle. During the day freights rose oonsideiobly, and as the meek will be required at least • year, the profitable engagement of so much tonnage will give new Life to the long-depreseed steamship trade of the kingdom. COMPOUND HOUSENOLDERS.—A printed notice, of which the following is a copy, has been served on every compound holder in the hamlet of Mile-end Old-town, which contains a population of &5,000 persons. The rates of upwards of 2.000 small bonsai in thin hamlet are com pounded for under a special set of parliament. All those houses will in future be assessed to the tenant, in occupa tion, and not compounded for with the landlord :—" Mile end Old-town. To Mr. The effect of clause 7 of the new Reform Bill being to put an end to the contract en tered into between your landlord and the trustees of Nil e . end Old-town for the payment by him of all parochial rates due in respect of the house in your occupation, no tice is hereby given that from and after the 29th of Sep tember now next you will he rated and bound by law to pay all such sums of money as shall be demanded of you for poor, amen, main drainage, and general rates: Jana of haeht constabl late thin th Th e d e l • that not form c 4 to OX/1111 and took °mudded prisoner prisoner' The pi Subseq wneloaini might Mr. Fl be Grayson money w Henry Marlboro his bail I Wootton Mr. E H. Allen, for Bator Children, It appe the 11th, Lids, and some dirt pushed h hind, and, turned ro held up 1 two outs j Into meta mended h Mr. Ed , that the c up so NI complains satistied was not structed down by omphunal had the km for what h Thesa tnite trusted it of his life, - Mar. Thai Infidels drem Birmingham, and fifes "Sc fanners and noble Protem audience, wl Lane and Mc stated that a a Sunday soh collection aft THE Cii at the reap fourteen case and some of mittee of the being ado t ee have b een nv taken. If tl reason to h unabated, an , miaow, ells Tiara 1.• F and Mop Tb the e Steel , Dowl very in ad the p serve team Prat and otl land, b Tgo White< for ten sequen4 tested &Limn carrieft month' him mu been in Willi mearchi in whic in salve 10 rays The markt Mr. E elated within in the VIM pa were in they vs neaten and ke] The J rusted 110114011 = MR. DI