The Express. — London, England, 1865-07-26 00:00:00

OPARA and RAGS GLASSES, by NEGRICTTI and ZAILISIIA,Us.and ate, In teethe: ow, with rock arida beset, or ha eltuelnutet, raters sod upward'. To be lead ably at their tear celebilahmentyal e a t tzgarden; th, (Wadi ; itagentstrest end Itts TORN BROODEN recommends the public to so have the cars* icnlA stated on the Invoice, .11in= rot pure gold." sa imsa to jewellary, beings detnilam GOLD CRAM an 'old upon this principle only, .. d " tW Manufactory, 14 ilesnistta wria. . ' TMs establishment la closed at 6, sed sektarders at 1 o'clock- FIZMICIIIBSR I you will aee your friends. at .1.10 NUM Or the Opera, We sleall sap Owe. Itie OVPreini• TO 001.11BPONDX211. oteediereesto Mentoe The Expreee" Leaden Zemin =, meek be at. Oftoe, 10, loweeteirdmet, by 71r• lc on the day of yablimitiaa. Mg warms, inAreiiiiiiies AND VIDDLENININGG. ARRAN NA POGIII. Nam. D. loAaftAG. J. PoapAAm. VaDdiebolf, D. Itokoc, Nuns,. lisytea. Moir : Nes. D. Sousicatat And MAN M. Oltver.—Aact AN AIAPLZ APOLOGY. iNTAm.r!A• 'Pere IMMO, THE 11 - 17rieliBAZIE Mr. liernoldr, Mum 8. lines, and Um Morton. THIS vor lINTIMIS.—Ann MANCHE 11311.101% Moors. Drummond, Illls, Zhou, Ind ISM/Wood; Lei dram ft Wilco sad Z. Soott.—Mommemoo 48 EIGH WA.T . III LT LONDON-. 111111161. ......- -- -- - Ib-hozhow - Ilandas„ 4h. n0z......1244ri0a5. 4h. rils. 17h DAT -. Na sh& 4h. 46111.....An1A0011. lb. 2s. LONDON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 26. Ax investigation of the condition of workhouse infirmaries has been commenced by our contem porary the Lancet, which promisee to shed light upon abuses which are a scandal to a civilized com munity. Medical commissioners have been ap pointed, who have made it their business to inspect and report upon as many of the metropolitan in firmaries as were willing to receive their visit. One parish alone has refused to admit these gentlemen to their wards. When a solitary juryman holds out pertinaciously against his fellows in a clear case, we are apt to conclude either that he is very thick headed, or that he is influenced by some interested motive. The authorities of the parish of St. Margaret and St. John may very easily be supposed to be in the former condition, but, judging from recent workhouse revelations, it is fairer to explain their refusal by the latter reason. Be this as it may, no leas than thirty eight institutions have been inspected, and as re gards the recusant thirty-ninth, the Commissioners report that they have had no difficulty in obtaining all the required information through other sources. We are met at once, on reading the Report, by a striking fact. The London workhouses, no longer confined to the custody of vagrants and others of irrepressible pauper tendencies, have gradually grown up into the condition of huge district hos pitals. Now, under any circumstances, the care of the poor and helpless is an office which in the nature of things is liable to gross abuses. Where, as in such a case, there is great trouble, often of • peculiarly dimmable charac ter, small thanks, and a powerless condition of those requiring attention, there is a tendency in human nature to shirk the necessary labour. Hence the enormous advantage, although it is not always appreciated by the inmates, of the absolute publicity which characterises our hospitals. It is as impossible for neglect to pass unobserved and uncorrected in them as for dirt to remain un noticed in a room exposed to sunlight. The great bane of parish infirmaries is the privacy which ap pertains to them. Dangerous as always must be such secrecy, the evil is enormously increased by the fact that those who are entrusted with the office of providing for the sick have • direct interest in reducing the outlay by every means in their power. And even though so selfish a motive be absent, the guardians of the poor, it must be re membered, inherit the traditions of their prede cessors. Their expenditure is watched with jealous care by those who help to furnish the sup plies, and any increase is contrasted to their disad vantage with the sums which were previously found adequate. The business of relief is difficult to learn. The tendency of new-comers must ne cessarily be to be guided by the peat, and evils of long continuance are thus indefinitely propagated. The metropolitan workhouses are hospitals in the sense that their inmates are sick. In nearly every other requirement of hospitals they are deficient. As regards the buildings themselves, a portion is described as so irremediably bad that the build ings ought to be altogether abandoned. There are others which, with certain alterations, might be retained for the treatment of chronic disease and infirmity. Some, again, are capable of being de veloped into really good hospitals for the treat ment of all kinds of disease. In all the infirmaries there are great defects as to classification and separation. Many of the inmates are indebted to the name attached to their ward for the informa tion that they are "infirm." Their own sensa tions, and the aspect they present to the visitor, would prove them indisputably " sick." The ventilation of the wards and their gene ral management are in moat cues ineffi cient, in many grossly so, owing to the want of good supervision. The arrange ments for cleanliness and decency form perhaps the worst features in the institutions. The general absence of paid nurses is an evil which exhibits itself not only in the scanty attention to the help less sufferers, but in the gross defects of ward management. The employment of pauper nurses carries with it its own condemnation. These per sons would not be inmates of a workhouse at all but that they are too old, decrepit, or infirm, or that their vicious tendencies are too strongly con firmed for them to obtain their living out of doors. Such attendants, it is asserted, can only manage their patients by inspiring fear, and their conduct is consequently often brutal. Their antecedents are frequently such that the patients do not respect them. It is satisfactory to learn that, with few exceptions, the quality of the provisions, wines, &c , is good, and that the diets of the sick as well as the extras allowed appeared to be liberal. But there is a great want of variety of cookery, and many of the so-called "infirm " are condemned to a diet which is monotonous, and would be injurious if they could only eat it. The condition of the medical officers is one of the most flagrant evil' of the system. They are nearly always overbuy thened with work, and so paid as to ensure a proper discharge of their duties. The general custom of permitting these officers to engage in private practice, whilst it doubtless carries with it the advantage of inducing them to regard their reputation, is manifestly a great temptation to neglect. They should be at once relieved of all expenses on the score of drugs and appliances, and of the labour of dispensing. Any improvement in the independence of their position will necessarily be reflected upon the management of the institu tion. Such is a brief sketch of the first Report of the Lancet Commissioners. The work of inspection would seem to have been carefully performed, and with an amount of fairness and moderation which ought to commend it to the careful study of Poor-law Guardians. Such necessarily he tentative in charZend it be expected to result ins Niwy able improvement in th eta efittrbbiniry. the ground is now broken, the light of day has been let in upon many a dark corner of our workhouse system, and it would be a matter of serious regret if the attempt to remedy abuses were to end in their simple exposure. The whole subject is doubtless fraught with difficulties to which even those encountered by a HOWARD Isere but trivial. The case of the sick in workhouse infirmaries is at present so baund up with the whole system of Poor-law relief that any schemes for improvement must necessarily have reference to the whole question. But with this, as forming no part of an essentially medical inquiry, the Report does not attempt to deal. In the course of the inquiry upon the subject which must speedily be undertaken by Government, it will become a matter of very serious consideration whether as sistance in sickness should not be entirely removed from the category of Poor-law "relief." To effect this, which has been long recognised as in many respect. desirable, would involve difficulties of a gigantic character. It would be a libel upon the present age to say that they are insurmountable. A CORRIWONDINT COB the attention of the public, through our columns, to en occurrence which we believe could not have taken place in any other country in the world but England, nor upon any other railway in England but the Great Western—the detention of an Express Train for a period of nearly five and twenty minutes for the convenience of one favoured traveller. Our oor- respondent, who was journeying on Monday by the 5 o'clock express, was kept at Slough with his fellow passengers for five and twenty minutes waiting for a train with Colonel LOYD LiNDSAVIII baggage ! We are aware that the Great Western has been accused before now of servility to rank and wealth, but we had hoped that under the newer influences which have of late been spoken of as at work for its regeneration, this inveterate habit had been reformed. This is a matter in which the share holders are interested. Colonel LOYD LINDSAY DO doubt a great man ; he is one of the members for the county in which this incident occurred ; and he is the son-in-law of Lord Ovessrosia. But the good will of the public is more important to the intereetaof a railway, both in and out of Parliament, than even that of Colonel LINDSAY, and we invite the shareholders of the company to consider what feelings towards their line treatment such as this is calculated to engender. But apart from this consideration, and even if it were certain that the Great Western would never again have either to promote or oppose a Bill in Parliament, or need the indulgence of the public, the deep seated habit of which this instance is but an illustration would be moat injurious to the property of the shareholders. It is impossible that those who would stop a passenger train for nearly half an hour for the convenience of an individual can hold the cardinal doctrine that the true way to develop traffic, and make a railway pay, is to serve the public well ; and we may be pretty sure that the consequences of such a defect will show themselves in a variety of ways in the management. We for bear to dwell upon the obligation which lies on railway companies to regard the great and exclu sive privileges conferred upon them as a trust ; we prefer to appeal to their obvious interests, which, indeed, are inseparable from a perform►nce of their duties in the most public spirit. A CORRESPOND/ NCI has taken place between the British, Portuguese, and Brazilian Governments, the result of which is that Brazil accepts the pro posals of her MAJESTY'S Government of February last, and diplomatic relations will be very shortly re-established. This happy reconciliation is in a great degree owing to the mediation of the Portu guese Government and the persevering friendly efforts - of Count LATRADIO, the Minister of his Majesty the King of PORTUGAL at the Court of St. James'. Ebt Court. OSBORNE, JULY 25. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Princess Bea. tries drove out yesterday afternoon, attand,d by the Hoe. Emma Lamellas. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conseil sat yester day. Primmest: Lord Chelmsford and tie Lords Justices Haight Browsed Turner. Previous to the descent of the Prince and Prin. osu of Wales down Bothllack mine ea Monday, a general theme of dress was effected. AU the ladies wore keg white flannel cloaks, daintily trireme,' with blue, and jaunty little hate, fashioned somewhat on the miner's model. The costume was quaint, but not at all unbe coming ; and when they issued from the ccuatiorhouas they looked like a band of penitents, except that they were unable to refrain from laughing. The Prince, Duke of Sutherland, Duke of St. Albans, Lord Vivian, Earl of Mount Oaths', Gemara" /Emily; Mr. St. Aubye, Mr. John Anbyn. and the rest, wore flannel suits not unlike those of cricketer; some few had the'r heed,, bound with white liege, which gave them a rather Oriental appearance; and all, whether they adopted this gear or not, had stiff felt Wilmot hats with candles stuck in front, Yesterday, being the 68th anniversary of the birth of the Duchess of Cambridge, was celebrated at Kew by a public dioner,oomposed of the royal tradespeople from London. Kew, Riebmoad, &c. The royal ensign floated from the tower of the old church. ID lb* evening a numerate party dined at the Coach and Hones Ina. The Prince and Princess of Tour and Taxis have left Claridge's Hotel far Brussels, oa their return to Vienos. The Duke and Dueheaft of Sutherland are ex pected to arrive at Stafford Howe, St. James'', to-etorrow, or on Friday next, for as arcuraioe is their yacht to the west of &gland with the Priam and Pricers. of Wales. The Mirquis and Marchioness of Westminster sad Lady Theodora Grosvenor will leave tows in a foe days for Eaton Ball, Cheshire. Lord and lady Eloho leave town to-morrow for Scotland. MARRIAOE or CAPT. GRANT.—Yesterday, at Trinity Church, Mat7leboue, was celebrated the marriage of Lunge Augustus Grant (captain in her Majesty's army, sad famous as nne of the dwooverers of the source .f the Nile) with Margaret Laurie, grandniece and heiress of the late Sir Peter Laurie, formerly Lord Mayor of Leaden. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. B. Spoke, brother of the late Captain Spoke, who commanded the expedition is which Captain Grant woe his laurels. le the church is which the e was celebrated were mumbled many of the friends sod re 'swot the bride sad bridegroom, as well as a large concourse of interested spectaion. Anmeget the former were Mr. bawls, the uncle of the bride, Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison. Sr George end Lady Pol ling, Dr. Livingstone, Mr. Oliphaat, M.P., the Rev. P. IL'Sessie and Mrs. M'Keiteis, Mrs. Forbes of Fejt Captain Grant Waimea. Cannel Fraser, O.R. Stuart, Mr. Mackintosh and Miss Maokiatosh, Colonel Rigby, &c. After the conclusion of themeles:my the maim bled company proceeded to the residence of the bride and bridegroom, and took part in a dejethier prepared for the occasion. Sir R. Marshier:4 proposed, in suitable tam; the heath of the sowlramoried couple, in doing which be gracefully alluded to the fidelity with which his Mood Gap. min Grant bad supported the late Captain Spoke in life, and bed esfeaded his memory after death. He alluded; ten, to the military inner of the bridegroom, sad all present most cordially joined him in driskieg to the health of the newly-married couple. Mr. Lawreoce Oliphant, /LP., next proposed the health' of the bridesmaids ; and after Captain Greet and Colonel Rigby bad reopestively ecksow lodged the above touts the economy beak* wp, after having seen the bride and brideermin shirt for Leamington, oa the first step of their honeymoon tom. 1 ( • " ) f, 'B SS,r .WEDbIES;p .~ ~t~•:-: LOSNCE.-. • FRANCE. 4 PARIS. JULY 26. The number of bonds for the City of Paris loan subscribed for yesterday exceeds the number of bonds to be issued. The subscription list has been closed. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JOLT 26. At the Council of Ministers held in Ratisbon, under the presidency of the King of Prussia, de finite proposals to be made to the Austrian govern ment were determined upon. THE FEDERAL DIET. FRANKFORT (0.11.), JOLT 24 . .. Etitiony and Bavaria have given notice in the Federal Diet of a motion demanding from Austria and Prussia information relative to the measures taken by them since April last to bring about an arrangement on the Elleerrig-Holstein question, and proposing to divide the Danish war expenses be tween the members of the Diet, and to incorporate Bleswig with the German Confederation. The Diet will consider this motion on Thursday. THE MAIIIIITIUS MAILS. SUEZ, Joni 25. The Sultan, from the Mauritius, anchored here at 10 p.m. yesterday. OUTWARD MAILS. GIBRALTAR, JULY 25. The Mauilia, from Southampton on the 20th inst., arrived here to-day at 4 p.m., and left at 7 p.m. for Alexandria. All well. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON. JULY 26. The North German Lloyd's steamer America, from New York on the 15th inst., passed the Needles at 10.45 a.m. to-day. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.-(THIS DAY.) The following telegram haa just been received al the company's offices in London : " Tuesday, 11 p.m. " One hundred and fifty miles of cable laid. "12, Midnight. "One hundred and fifty milee run. " Wednesday, 6 s.m. "Two hundred miles cable laid. " Signals good. All going on well." The following telegram has been rewired by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), from Mr. A. K. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company : VALENTIA, July 26, Morning. The Great Eastern telegraphs that the distance run at 9.50 ►m. to-day was 150 miles (nautical). The length of cable paid out at 6.50 .t.m. was 150 miles (nautical). The signals are perfect. Weather very fine. EXPREBS FROM PARIS. (mom orai OWN 00/INSPO3DZNT.) PARIS, TUESDAY Evninia. Although the Constitutionnet sings a song of triumph about the municipal elections, the govern ment is far from being pleased with the result of them. The opposition never expected to get a majo rity, or anything approaching one. But the leaven of independent feeling which appeared at the political elections of 1863, and marked a turning point in the prospects of the empire, has permeated these communal elections in a still greater degree. Many more independent candi dates are returned than last time ; there are every where fewer abstention', and in all cases the mino rities are larger. Many doubtful returns will have to be decided by a second ballot next Sunday. The Muniteur mentioned yesterday, as an ex tremely interesting fact, the Chinese translation, published at Pekin, of which I sent you a notice last week. Count Dubisson's letter, from Abyssinia, which speaks very contemptuously of the impotence of England to obtain Mr. Cameron's release, suggest& to the Gw:ette de France the following observation : We collect from t►ie narrative that England is very sensitive on the subject of an outrage on one of her sub ject', and it would seem that France ought to be so too, since Mr. Cameron has two French companions in his prism Ws are informed that England is taking active steps to obtain the deliverance of her consul, bat the correspondent of the Prance doss not tell us that the French government has done anything whatever in behalf of our countrymen. Derange!". famous song, "Le Roi d'Yvetot," is about to be illustrated by the production of an opera bearing that name, in the composition of which it is said that the Prince Metternich, the Marquis de Kassala, and the Count de Solma will take a part. The Bourse was not animated, but very firm. The contradiction of the news of yesterday, that the Bank of England bad raised its discount, pro duced a rise in the Amite of 200. and 250., the last prices being 67fr. 70c. for cash and 67fr. 65c. for account. The Mexican Loan rose*. Mobilier was rather dull, and fell lir. 25c. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, JULY 25.--Arronerinm—Lieu tenant G. Hooked,_ to the Lidos. Midshipman H. Leah, to the Damon. Naval Cadets B. F. G. Craagh, .1. F. Haves, J. P. O'Neil, to the Constanos ; D. Court, Z. J. P. Gallway, W. Batts, H. C. Kenyon Massy, to the Octavio ; O. H il l e rs io lL Niell, to the Alsatian ; H. D. Law, to the • J. B. Fellowes, to the Pluebe ; W. Harvey, to the ; F. IL Davies, to the Prime Comport CHATHAM. JOLT 26. REINTOICIIIII2IIII FOR 12D1A..---1611;17101.01171g the followiog reioforcements left this garrison and embarked from Goyernment-guay, Gravesend, on board the chartered troopship Tyburn's, for Bombay :—Lieuteoant F. A. S. Mannock, Lieuteemot W. P. Roche, and 50 noo-ocanrois mooed officers and men of the 3rd Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards; one bandmaster of the 6th Innlskilling Drsgoons ; four men of the 16th QUlNro's Lancers ; Captain J. W. Haase% Captain J. IL Maxwell, Ensign F. R. Stan ton, and 30 men of all maks of the Ist battalion Ist Royals ; Captain R. Roberts, Ensign J. B. Irving, and 88 son commissioned offioers and men of the Ist battalion Mk Bine@ Owl ; Captain C. L. Grille, Lieutenant A. A. Pollard, and 59 nonimromiasioned Akan and men of the 45th Regiment; Lieutenant A. Cuomo, Lieutenant J. H. Blunt, Resign A. M'Cally, sad 82 nos °Domini:mad officers and men of the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers ; Erika T. Price , tom meth and one aehooltnaster of the 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers ; and one non-com. missioned officer of the 2nd battalion of the 10th Regiment, from Koellar-hall. th• whole In medical charge of Assistant. Staff Surgeon Sinclair. The total number of troop who embarked was 14 officer; two staff mergeente, 322 men of all ranks, two officers' wives, and 61 wanes and children. The Tyburn's. previous] Mike embarkation of the troops, woo impeoted by Major Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.B. A letter from Vienna, of the 22ad, says :—" All lovers of swede end sag who have bad the pleasure of bearing X. Sehoorr vos Ceroldeld, the German tenor, sing Handers and Haydn's seemd onside will be worry to hear that be yesterday died at Drestms of typhus fever. nos Caroideid was one of the beet oadorie singers in Lampe. His Ivies was powerful and reetedios, his method weediest, sad his taste faultless. The defunct Uwe 111114 also have boon a good snasician, far ones when be was siagiag here I bad cameos to remark that one or two Wanders committed by other artistes had no other is fuses, on bins than to snake him smile.* YletYq • BMIORATION TO QUEENSLUIrD r . • •—••--- The opepatien of the Queensland ijnil order system of emigration has proved sUccessful be yond the anticipations of those who were molt sanguine of its success. During a little more than' four years since it has been in operation nearly 30,000 persons have gone out to the colony wider its provisions. A considerable proportion of these have been persons who have received what are called free or &mated passages in accordance with arrange ments explained in the Queensland Government Pamphlet ; but a large number have gone out in accordance with the principle of the land order system of emigration—paying their own passages and receiving a 301. land order for each member of the family counted as adults. Very many of these have been agriculturists, taking some capital with them, and intending to take up their land for cultivation in the colony. It appears, from reliable data, that little lees than a million sterling has been taken out and invested in Queensland by the class of emigrants who have paid their own passages. By the last mail from Australia the most pleasing aeoounts have been received front Queensland in reference to the agricultural progress and general prospects of the colony. The season has proved most favourable for cotton growing, and very large crops of both kinds, Bea Islands and Orleans, of a very superior description, are being gathered. The yield, it appears, is exceeding any thing yet anticipated. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. 'G, JULY, 18i: NORTH LEICRSTRitaHIRE. The poll for this election did not really close on Monday afternoon, though there is no doubt that Manners sod Hartopp have a majority. The fora was there wen serious riot at Ashby, one of the polling towns, and the polling had to be suspended. It was resumed again on the following morning. The polling booths at this place were plmed under the market shambles, which have • glass roof. A shower of stones was poured upon this roof end the booths, and the odloiels had to dy for personal safety. Oae of the carriages oraneyiog the Manners and /lanolin voters was tined and scasehol, end the bores liberated from their traces. Large bodies of police were brought from other towns, sad some of them wore severely injured by the stone throwers. At System, also. there was • short but 'harp light between some "Lambs," engaged by " Dick Can," ex-pugilist of Leicester, and some of the rough-and.ready portion of the inhabitants of Elyetoo and the neighbouring villages. The Cain contingent got • sound thrashies, for some of them promoted • sorry pl ht when they returned to Lek:Meter. The polling peaceably at Ashby as Tumidity, and the deal state of the poll will be declared at Loughborough on Thursday. The porn's' at Ashby oe the subsequent day does not materially alter the relative position of the candidates, and Manners and Hartopp will doubtless be des med elected. THE KING'S COUNTY ELECTION. to all the calculations of electoral gains and losses which have been published by the liberal journals it has beet assumed that Sir Petrie& O'Brise, the liberal eandi. date, was detested at the election for Illog's County. It now appears, however, that Sir Patrick was second on the poll, and that it is Mr. Pope Hemmer who has lost hie seat. The Dublin Freeman of yesterday publishes the fol lowing letter from its owe correepondeat : . . Tullamove, Monday Eveoing.—The boastioga the special telogram's, and the " undoubted returns* notwithstanding, Sir Patrick O'Brien occupiem the second place on the poll. On Saturday serious doubts existed as to the accuracy of tho totems which place Sir Patrick lest, although it was sought to platy him in a minority of hut cies. After farther thought and totting, his friends claimed for him a mil ority of two, and in this very perplexing dilemma yesterday was passed—neither gentleman positively knowing his posi tion. To-day, however, all doubts have been pot to rest. The Sheriff ham had the poll books " east up," and after a close scrutiny, I am happy to annoesa• a clear and decided majority of six has been established for Sir Patrick O'Brien. This will be officially &slimmed to-morrow, and even now the greatest satisfaction is felt throughout the county that Sir Patrick still matinees one of our represen tatives. The oorrect state of this poll is as follows: King O'Brien Hammy . 2,192 .. 1,246 .. 1,240 MR J. P. HENNESSY'S DISAPPOINTMENT. The Dublin Evening Mail says :—" The return for the King's County, as amended upon • mutiny, places Sir Patrick O'Brien second upon the poll, and excludes Mr. Hennessy. This result, if anything were wanting to add fords and bitterness to the lesson which Mr. Disraeli may reed in the elections supplies it. Mr. Hennessy was the most prominent member of that ultramontane contin gent which the leader of a 000 e protestant opposition had succeeded in drawing, by his perverted policy and dangerous promise, into subsidiary relations with his party. Nor was he important merely as the chief of Mr. Dundee fanatical Romeo catholic allies. He possessed powers which, quite apart from that peculiar position, would have rendered him a considerable um. A ready and forcible speaker, industrious and enterprising, with a quick perception of weakness and a ready grasp of details. is slyer formidable —at least is those guerilla hostilities which embarrass and fatigue • government. Mr. Hennessy was, measured by his parliamentary stews, worth to Mr. Disraeli more than all the nitremontine contingent beside. His lon is, therefore, so far as we an see, an irreparable one. Mr. Disraeli has lost • servant, and Mr. White side a colleague, for whom they may search the ranks of ' catholic' bigotry in vain to find • parallel. We say nothi , g of the diagrams involved is such an alliance. It certainly did Dot touch Mr. Hennessy. To purchase him and his associates Mr. Darnell had promised them all that their ambition had dared to look for. A papal policy abroad, and in Ireland • settlement' of the church, of the edu cation system, and of the poor-law, according to the scheme of the Quirinal. It placed, certainly, no strain upon Mr. Hennessy's conscious to support an opposition conducted upon such a basis. How much honour the treaty reflected upon the ex-official gentlemen who negotiated and concluded it the public have already pronounced." "Mr. Pope Hennessy," says the Northers Whig, "n -presented the alliance of Toryism and ultimo:atomism in the late parliament, and aspired to represent it in the newly-elected House of Commas ; bat the thing has ceased to be, and with it have vanished all the rams of Mr. Pope Hennessy's peliticsi existence. This electors of King's County have, therefore, dispensed with his services, while they have retained thole of his liberal catholic colleague. Mr. Pope Hennessy is now an anachronism. The combine. tion which gave him importance belongs to • pest which will have no future. Mr. Hennesay has fallen into • fatal error. He has deliberately snuffed himself out. He nude the double mistake of conceiving that • politician can do withouta chancier, Ando/ Skies tie accident of • moment forfora permanent undeentioding and alliance." COURT OP COMMON omnwm A Court of Common Conucil was holden yester deg at Calktheß, the Right Hen. the Loan, MAYOR pre. Mt CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. The court w.so;;;:pied ;OMjetimein the election of a head master of the City of Leaden School. The candi dates were the Rev. Edwin Abbott, second master in Clifton College, Dear Bristol ; the Rev. Joseph Bickenteth Mayor, LA., heed master of Kensington Proprietary Grammar School ; and Mr. Franca Cuthbortsoo, LA., sewed meeter of the City of London School. The LORD NATO' reed a letter from the moond-named candidate, stating that he withdrew from the mutest. and the only candidates, therefore, were the Rev. Edwin Abbott Abbott, M.A., and Mr. Francis Cuthberteon, LA., and in the result the Rev. Mr. Abbott was elected by a very large majority, the numbers being 128 to 32. The new Irish members are :—Liberals—Mr. Joeatban Pim, Sir B. Blennerhassett, Sir H. W. Barron, Sir John Gray, the Attorney-General, thollolicitor-Goneral. Serkent Armstrong, Lord Othe Fitzgerald, Hoe. Verney Dawson, Mailers. C. R. Barry (Dungarvan), Barry (Cork), Bryan, Dillon, GfOVIIIIN Fitipstrick, Synan, Morris, Ziams -41111100, Devereax,.ll'llasea, O'Beirne, Whitworth, Power, Stock, and Bearden—total. 25. Ooaserrativee—Meens. Guinean, King, Imams, Say moor, and LordeJ. 0. Hamilton, Tyrone, and Biogbam —total, 7. Mr. Stapleton, • surgeon, of Trowbridge, says that the lomat of Mrs. Bent, Elizabeth Gougb, bas for fire years been shut out from profitable domestic employ ment under • social ban. It is now propound that • smell annuity shall be pun:limed for her by a fund raised by sabseriptions, limited to ern safes• sash, •a among* being ores& by a committee of gentlemen appointed for the purpose with the beak et Yews. Dinsdale sad Fowler, of Laedoe, and with the North Wilts Bask, Trowbridge. CRYSTAL PALACZ.—ONIi Batumi° DAT.— TOZIDAT. JULY 25.—Admissioss a• payssser, 7,398 ; ditto by wawa leaks* 1,2e9; total Anita % 8,687. THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG PREACH LADY AY SY. ✓OHNS-WOOD. ADJOURNED coIONERIS INQUEBT.—(TBD3 DAY.) This forenoon, at 10 o'clock, Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, resumed, at the BMA& Stores, New-etrest, Poetised-town, the adjourned inquest on the body of Mdlls. Marie Ballot, the young Preach lady whose death has takes place under the most mysteries. and suspicions sironamiaams. Mr. M. Williams and Mr. Lewis appeared to watch the proceedings De the part of Mrs. Oliver, the landlady of the boom in which the deceased died, and on the part of the supposed implicated person leseector Thompson, of the detective pollee, wee also present. . . . . . The palmettos+ exalted very great interest. Miss Georgissa Friend was first .'amines. She said—l reside at 119, St. George's-road, Pimlico, and knew the lady who called herself Marie Ballot. She spent 10 or 11 days in my mother's house, at the address I lime gives. She came &boat the 10th March last sad left on the 21st. She sene by herself in • cab, but a gentleman came Km days previously and told us she was coming. She joined our family circle as a boarder. That geetlamas gave us a card, ea which he wrote in peon, "Francis Morel, Atheneum Club." He visited bar. He told 111 that the was a yams Fresno lady of good position who had been committed to kis oars by a mutual tread. He said her family had been anfortmate, sod therefore she was coming to London to learn English better with • ' view to becoming a (oversees. He visited her four or five timea. When she left she said the was going back be Paris, having received a letter sailing her back on special husinee. I never saw anything more of her. She left be hind a jimport from Brasil, which was made out is her name. (The passport was produced sad identified. It was a passport to Mies Bullet to travel on the continent for two mouths, and was dated January, 1866.) A letter was received from Paris (or her by a lady is my hone. I know that letter was resolved, but not the date ; it wee, however, he March or April. I found a piece of a Preach paper while she was with us, refer ring to • Mies Ballot who had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for forgery and embesslement. Elise Davis, 2, Upper Belgrave-place, sworn—Marie Ballot resided in my home one week. She came on the Rth March, and left as the Ibtb. A gentleman called on the 4th or fith March, end engaged for kor to come as • boarder for six months. He gave me 11. deposit, bed did not give his name, but called three or four times sad took her out for a walk. He was • tall fine-looking man, about 60 years of age. He hied very white hair and was very up right. lam quite sure that it was the Bth of March whet she came. 1 last law her so Sunday the 19th. She celled for tom linen she had left. She used she came from Pens to learn English, sad then**, wished to get into a family. Saw the same two boxes with her now in court, and need the the blue bonnet ea hers, as also tinier-Mg, produced. Mies Friend nulled and asked by the coroner if the was 1111113 it was the 9th of March deceased came to her house. She said the was mot sure, bat it wee the 9th oe 10th of March. By a juror —Could not say of bee own recollecties whether it might not have been the 19th of Marsh. She loft on the 31st. The gentleman who came shoat the lady was grey. Mee Arabella Friend, of 119, St. George's-road, Pimlico, ' sister of the previous witness, said—l recollect Miss Ballot coming to my house, but do not recollect the date. It wee in the mouth of Muth, about the middle. We have a memorandum is pencil, bat 1 cannot say it wee the day she came. She paid me money us that day. My boarders are so few and as much of a private character that I keep so books. I am paid every week. We got so re , commendation with Miss Ballot, except the gentleman's, who was sent to us by our chemist. The Coroner said the evident* seemed to point to I gentleman who gave the name of Mont. Ought they to adjourn sad teem a slimmer for him I Mr. Lewis said if it was the wish of the canner and jury Mr. Mont would sppesr and be present is ten minting. ' A juror said that had been their object of adjourns( throughout. Mr. Lewis—He will be here in ten minetes. Mr. Williams said, with reference to somermarks about Mrs. Oliver, the landlady of the house in Weill= L terrace, where deceased died, she really was • maker. . . . . . Mrs. Oliver was here called. sod, nanny troths coroner, said she remembered linen being sent from her hone to Hodge', the peengrocer's, to be wombed. It was takes Away by the gentleman. Her servant fetched the thing& and be took them away. That was on the Friday before she died. The servant fetched them again on the Saturday. The gentleman was not present at the funeral. By a juror—l never had my window covered with floor. cloth. There was • canvas blind put up at the ornstirva. tom which I sailed up myself, and I pat it up to keep out the sun. (It transpired that these question ware pat oei soeount of anosymoes lotion being seat on the subject to the Coronet and jury.) By the jury—A bath was sent by the patinas es the Tuesday, but Mademoiselle never used it. The sheets ware marked " Vernon." I have never seen in the papers that shrieks were beard is my house. That is not tin Mr. Thompson said that Hodges and his wife had been sent for, but nigher he nor his wife had received the line that had been spoken of. At this stage of the proceedings the coroner and jury waited for the production of the gentians referred to. It turned out to be Mr. Frank Mowatt, formerly a mane of parliament. Mr. Mont' hairier; bees swan rid—My name is Finds Mowatt. I reside in Ecoleston-square. I know Medthr. Marie Ballot. I took the lodging for her at Portlier& terrace, where she died. I was not aware at that time she was likely to miscarry. I did not know she was pregant till after I took the lodgings. Some three or four piers ago, when in Paris with a (nada met her andeetally at • shop, where meal her in peat distress, I ascertained she was to difficulty with her employers in referent, to some money the could not replace. After making inquiries through • friend, I gave her 500 francs. She caner to mat ouberartienily several times at oar hotel. She was wretendly miserable, sad wished to get some employment. Attar some owes peedeuee my hind sod myself paid her passage to Brasil, where she wanted to go. I never New her out of pressen of my frisod, and she west to Rio in 1863. For nine or ten months after, beyond • letter two, I nerd nothing of Inc till the end of February lest year, when I bad • letter from bee dated in Lomb*, be gging I would see her. I went to see her, sad she was then at • French house at the top of the Haymarket. She said she could not get on at Rio, and had come here to establish herself as • dressmaker, relying OD myself sad (deed fee • little help. My friend w than dead, and I said I feared I tienld not help her sad endeavoured to dis suade her from what she oontecaplated. She asked me to get her into • respectable boarding house till she could make inquiries feiherself. I took steps for this purpose, and fond • home is Upper Belgravestreet, but she did not like the place as she did sot think it was reepectable eleougb. I then spoke to my chemist, and he recommended &house ie Si. Oeorerron, banging to a lady of the name of Fined, and they received her. I never saw her at either pine but in the present of the people. She made inquiries as to tibll pesaibilny of her establishing herself in London. As a family man I told bee I could have nothing to do with her, end she thee 'De ceived • plan of going to the south of Freon, and to devote herself to the rearing of silkworms. She received a letter from Allan, in the South of Fenn inning her to go there. 1 called on her the day she got it, and she wished me to explain to the people that as the res woe el her endue departure. 1 believe she then went to Franca That was about the middle of Mara. She wrote on a letter about three wk' after, min th e did not thigh she would get on there, and r egretting she bad lett London. She asked me either to get her a plan at Mille Frigid's or elsewhere, but at all events to take • lodging for her. I received • telegram saying she would come on the 21st, and I west and took • bed foe her at the Charing-noes Hotel, but the train did not arrive till 11 at night. I west to see her the next day. She told me she had been ill, sufferie r Lf ai rom manicksees. The lodging not being ready os the I called on her spin ea Friday, the 23rd, at 5 o'clock. took her and her luggage to the lodgings I had takes for her at 28, Poethed-terrace. She told me then that she was pregnant. The ant day she end she had gone out in the vessel with the French and, sad bad lived with him es his wit* at Rio that be bad nose home before her in the same meth a id that be had lived in the south of Frans, where she had been. Heoeukl give the cones name. The Coroner—Ton had perhaps better do so. Mr. Lewis thought so it was only the statement of the lady. it had better cot be den. Wigwam costing& and said—On coming over donned said to me she got flooded with water, and was very unwell. I said she ought to see • medical man, and en assented, and I fetched Dr. Meredith, and be proscribed for her. He said she had had • miscarriage, but she was peeing on so well he need nail come again. See asked me to get her , some books, and I did so, and took them on the Friday • and saw her on Saturday. She ate • hearty bnekfiret, and amongst other thins • German snow. an afterwards • strawberries and red cornets. In half an hour after she booth» sick. I sent a mange for Mr. Herd. eon, who came and preeoribed for her, and gays her medicine and wise, and said she had hied • good deal, but not alarmingly so. She seemed very ill sod mowed . a good deal. I spoke to her inner the doer, sad mho said she was le great pan Iwe she local= and the deafer sang I wee apprehensive, said • was so danger be would if I liked troll is nether medical man. I said I *night nth • eons would be deniable, aged elm that she should heave a 'math j nurse. H. west in a ode for another medial sem • loathes en with Indian and bendy wish direness hew to administer it. Dr. Meredith ens bask with anther • donor whom I did not knew. They west ins her room. I Isaid, "I am afraid it le very seeleas," end Dr. Meredith replied somewhat doubtfully—" I think there Is no danger." • I said then I would go and din and vet ni thee dicier. I returned about 10 rank tad was estionled to beer the nos gig was dead, sad that the duster weelegene. By a juror—l did not faint, but there are soon W as E T ., I so astonished at the statement that I staralled, did dimey goyim myself. I saw the landlady Asa ... the Impression I had fainted. and she ant for Nu , By the Conseer—Bhe had ill the attendance she -7 " 4 I sever sew the fates.. re q Alamo— Yon took her for a walk into the wi t "IR %items —Not every day. Several days I walked w • . bee &boot 200 yards over the bridge, when she eat d on i". By the Oosoner—She asked me to bay her sew o ft , I did so and took the others to a greengrocer's so t washed. She has spoken to me of her moth er , w i th she was on very bed terms, and who she mid had . dared her money away. I never heard as extract from a French paper. She arm told asi ..."" attempt to procure shortie, nor did I bab e .. f e w moment from bar character she would do so. / 6 that whoa she fell as the ship and was menrstell water, the miesarriago took place, which acomai fes date fortes wee lowed in. Dr. Meredith said if dm bad ruptured the akeralmesty the fall, she could walk about after. It wes ey ti 4 vuonce. The Coroner here proceeded to address the )aryao si e . character of the - Se mad extraordinary s Gees. Be . Mr. Mowatt having seem forward had throw. essishleoh heti on the whole case sad his orldeace was la as iseossistent with that they had previously h an k went to prove that the decesaed female had Ski b ut exhanstion soesposet spots loss of blood in • Whether there had beeeanyattempt toproduce I ra not quite deer. Such things were done by Paris, bat it could hardly be supposed that any sow, able Beigliah practitioner would be • petty to rah s ,„, needing. Raring beard the statement of Mr. N oiritt q l ; that of all the other 'videos*, be would hers it jury to say what their opinions were by their eirthet The jury then retired, and after befog absent newly he an hour, returned into court with the following vent*, " That the doomed, Marie Ballot, duel Iron ate drub d abortion, „ but how brought as awe is sot sufficient ry a , " C l‘ proometliap that dosed. HEALTH OP LONDON. It appears from the weekly return Wawa h y su m m i t , o d tae Registrar•Gesend that is the wadi* eeded oe Saturday, July 22, the births registered is Leis sod ten other bugs tow= of the United &sem du 3,948; the deaths registered, 3.013. The annul rah d morbidity was 28 per 1,000 perms living. In Leads; d, births of 1,033 boys sod 920 girls, in all 1,953 chiltlion, ei registered in the week. In the corresponding wseia el id years 1855-64 the average number, corrected for Wane d melodious, vii 1,861. The deaths registered is Lai d dawn the week were 1,467. It wee the tweety•eintinad of the year, sad the sewage amber wee, with a caret% for increase of population, 1.308. The preset rears isie imams of thy eltintad . riuzillierby 159. Two htuidred sad eighty deaths were omen by dells; of which 257 occurred to children under two yews al egg, large proportion of whom were rents who had sat ass, pasted their first year. There were also 18 challis Isk ebolers and choleraic diarrhoea. The average mina g denim from diarrhoea in th e eorrosposchog weeks at M years (with a correction for moieties) was 157. Hag the mereepondieg weeks of 1857 and 1859_, An the weal temperature of the air was about 69 deg, the from were respectively 250 sod 415. TM Inig ma temperature of last week was 636 deg. Tinety.g."l the 280 deaths from diarrhoea occurred in Marring % g is Pancrea, 18 in hilingtoo, 11 in Milesnd Old Ton, Ilk the subdistriet of St. Peter, Walwortb, 23 in Lemtag Seven deaths referred to cholera occurred at jlL*( 20 yams and upwards: Os 15th int., at 6, Oreenwieb, a garden la aged 44 years, 70 4 On 19th intent, at 34, Prebood.street, Islington, a um, nod 77 rears, " cholera (7 den)" On 17th realest, et Hayes'-pi. West Hackney, a brushmaker, aged 78 org "cholera (5 days); preliminary diarrhcoi." Os Bth i. is the Workhouse, Westminster, a labourer , agedl7 , 72 ' " Asiatic cholera" On 18th instant, at 9, Oal teen Peewee, a glenceactman (livery stature), apt yeses. " abater:go diarrhoea (R days)." Oe 164 h laden it 28, Wellintrastrest. Bethnal-green, 27 years, "cholera (30 hours).* On 19th Memel, ail. Onsediah-grove, Wandsworth-read, the widow of sa captain aged 78 years, "English cholera, collapse." Six fatal &evidente by carriages wen maimed k week. The following are the particulars :—At Qrg Elimbeds4treet, Southwark, os the 20th inst., mai warehousinen, aged an year, "trot on by a hone 8 Whitedtara, en the 20th inst.. a stoker, aged 66 "run over by an outran ;" in Whitechapel, an WMI Inst., • hawker, aged 65 yeses, " run over by a ear it Straw% es the 6th inn., a eotohsmlth, aged 69 yew; .W ovesturaing of • van ;" at Idlngtoa, on the 16th lad,* of a cabman, aged 30 years •by nuatiog of a car A 'ntos, on the 10th Met, • canon, aged limn; "injury by a out.whesl." In the workhouse, Wenn "ter, on the 6th inst., a jobbing-man. aged 60 yeses, OW " extreme destitution and neglect." On the 1561n0 widow died is the workhouse, Pelham, of "dead mature," at the great age of 101 years. The rate of mortehty last week was 25 ter Melt Laudon, 26 in Edinburgb, and 21 in Rabin ; 39 ia Ikea pool, 32 in Manchester, 30 in Salford, 23 in Binning 36 in Leeds 23 in Bristol, 25 is Mu ll , and 33 in Gimps. At the R oyal Observatory, Oreeseilit. the one WO of the barometer is the week was 29.706 io. Tara wan rose to 29.89 in. on Sunday, and fell to 29.57 is. re hem day. The mean temperature of the air in the week 63.6 degrees, which is 1.8 degrees above the average same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. The mean daily range of the thermometer was 17.8 dogma The mean degree of humidity of the air wee 74, end sataratios bang represseted by 100. The peen= of the tried was south-west ; on Saturday it was and sainhant. Rain fell to the amount of 0.35 ia. it were heavy showers accompanied by thunder wad** on Monday. It is reported that the French mail dams which sailed yesterday from Bowielux for the River Bos takes out instrootiows to Mr. Thornton, the Emig miaister at Bassos Ayres, to proceed to Rio to mopes Or logistic relations with the Brazilian empire. Commander Biddlecombe, master-atteodast d Woolwich dockyard, went down to Greenbiths mire* sod superintended the laying down =wisp for the Vi► torts sad Albeit, royal yacht, Captain the Prism of JAW Mesa, H C. 8., is preparation for the reception of fb Quells, who is expected to embark for Germany shoat Its 7th or Bth of next month. It is reported at Plymouth that about the int week is September that port will be visited by sickle tee Fremeh Alps of war. sad that ao equal or greulir mr bee of British ships of war will be assembled is the Semi to moire them. The report also speaks of the =WA the same time of some Austrian and Italian 'hips of es. (1101 , IN IN tie The Paris correspondent of the Post says " Since IL Dupiu'i observation many • retied* Meal has quietly eat down, ca/oulatei his income, end nembe ally puzzled himself about the cost of his wite's Wleisi Very oftos the figural are found to leave a Inge /shah the domestic budget which cannot be aceoualed for. ?MI comes the question, is the Benedict in debt, sr has was generous nobleman assisted him in diming his wife 11 some izatanom ba takes tin opisioc of • friend who 11 4 the habit of frequently visiting the home, of own on soccatat of his friendship for the humbled. it more happy choice of confidence could net it imagined. He in told very often that his wife's chi% really remarkable, housekeeping socsomy is quite Whit to somant for her exquisite, costly taste in dna g things pt very bad indeed, and • mat:lanais' slwa lichens the household, the lady, with noble, opeabeigla s implicity, confesses that she has been playing al h Bourn, and that she is indebted only to a female—um" stalling Fortune—for the luxuriousness of her WAN iki fact, she has erns a large sum of money by speadatitil Spanish rally/eye! A domestic embrace closes the ossigh all I forgives, end virtue is made manifest to as as. bouts and sow confiding husband." INAUGURATION OF TRIG WWII MIGIORIAL TOE PRINCE °OXBOW. —Th• inanguratioa of the steles le ill late Priem Casson at Tinley Is to take phloem Wetland* August 2, and all the arraugemeals are sow en* 011 ' plate. Hi. Royal Bighorn Primo Arthur, with his ailit b expected to arrives the sight previous, sod on the fent* lag day, at 12 o'clock, a procession of the nobility, clingy, sad people argent will be formed, to assor t prism from the Gate -hope Hotal to Castle hill, lamella statue is erected. As address will be prenstul tr lii royal highness arbor the sere mosty of ineusuratios o t ai l and luncheon will be Mum at the Gate-home rooms to the prism, lords-lieutesaat, sheri ff s, mobi l ffs, ri obi l j parliament, sad mayors of Wales. Patens NnroLsow in Boom WALES —OG Sit ir . ' ' aty.9uits usisPrstedlY, Prince Napoleon arrived 1: 0 3 beauthal corvettes Le Jerome Napoleon at (lard& i landing from the corvette the prises paid • visit to a in the tows, end thee took the express tab gat places His injwarial highness snivelled within MU retinae of attendants , being attied nay in coo O W _ men. On Saturday evening the prince drove a mmo aeighleearhood of Seams*, sad stayed at the 111 c=ig i Anna that sight. and early ea Sunday amouldll b• visit to Caswell Bay, and thee returned so lii• 1 2 " the liestalen Thedistinguished visitor left S Saudey afternoon in a earriage and pair for sad )lard Hares. The prisms purposes Thing head. bet it was not knows whether be would if, se whether the corvette would pet in it Oa Wm. . STATIONIRS' SCHOOTA.-.—The annual delivery saes spoeclies and the awards of prime M the ssestaki Mor dates at tie Midsummer examinatios of this abed place yesterday at Btatioeere-hall„ in the Prom o 4 masks. wardens, sod eourt of sasiatanti of the °anyway, sad S Inge attoadanni of the parish sod .4 ct the @oboist