The Express. — London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

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Tee relation in which the English Government has until now stood to the project of • Congress has from the first bees so well defined and indepen dent, and moreover has been based on principle, re obvious and intelligible, that the perpiexitiies. em barrassments, and failures in which some of our neighbours are involved, leave England and English policy scarcely at all affected. It is quite un necessary to recall the very unpleasant memories of last March, when a bewildered Administra tion began by lecturing all parties to the quarrel, was disregarded by all, and took an odd revenge by ostentatiously proclaiming its own nullity in Europe. By an effort of rigour the nation has emancipated itself from the most dreary condition of those days. The .Ministry which came in last July was pledged to a liberal foreign policy. There remained only the question of menus. A European Congress has been tor the last four or five months the expedient to which Europe has looked for determining these Italian questions which it was not competent to the belligerents to settle, but it was never much in favour in this country. Engli-hmen cannot help associating the thought of a Congress with usurpa tions of national independence or limitations of na tional rights; here therefore the intelligence of the indefinite postponement of the Paris Congress has been received with the least possible regret. The failure of the scheme of a Congress, assuming that, as daily becomes more probable, that assembly will n meet, absolves us from taking part in council with powers radically opposed to principles which to us are as the vital air. It gives us back • part of our liberty. A fortnight ago we were going, at the cost of some inconvenience, to take our place in the councils of Europe and discharge • duty to the world and to ourselves. The opportunity has suddenly disappeared, but the same work remains to be performed whene CT • fair opening present■ itself. In what form the influence of P.ngland in favour of the libe ration of Italy may be best exerted under present circumstances we shall not pretend to say; but we are quite sure we tripess the mind of the great body of our countrymen when we say that this is mot a time for Greet Britain to withdraw herself from •cones where her character and voice can con tribute to confirm peace and consolidate freedom. We sr* qui'', suns that nothing is further from the temper of the nation than a spirit of sullen and ob etructiee reserve. Isolation may be at times • duty, ►et England has never yet reno•seed her place as a greet power. Wean adopt • highly initiative policy of positive action in Europe, but when rights precious to the world are concerned we are not and cannot be indifferent. It is. of course, impossible to dismiss Italian stairs and the relations we stand in to them without Meuse• to Loris NA 11,LtON ; but it is on. this' to dose. and another to degrade them to a mere per usal question turning upon the position of the French Fweatioa. In the same way it was at temi..., . not without • certain measure of success, to divert from the Italians the natural and just sym pathy we alt in their cause during the war. It is argued that, the Hrtrt•oe having been brought over to Eoeuth rums so far uto brook with Austrut oral the Port, there is DO longer soy *Cell. won to enamel our spits, and ws are frog at awes to say tbs., bac leg got Cato the war without sakug is, THE he may get out of his difficulties er, we n a s he eon. And this is what mess for po l yp This worse than girlish Vite is what roe brat to the ends of the world as the express' s = of the wisdom and dig nity of England. If tkis great Italian difficulty oould be degraded to a pr, al quarrel, if the Emperor of the Irxxsca ware not in too commanding pal med= of the ti eld, instead of being in these feigned embarrammer.ts, we should seriously doubt whether the present. moment, when, by the course he has taken ay. the Roman question, he has ventured to throw away one of hie most powerful weapons spinet us, is just the time for us to play into the har.ds of the I.ltremontanists and BOURBONS, who watch for his overthrow. This nation has made great efforts to recover its just influence in Europe. Those efforts have not been in vain. We suss respected, we are strong. The time for fretful impotence is put. We shall follow no one's lead, but we are free to co-operate as we judge best in securing respect for those rights, respect for which is neesseary for public and inter national tranquillity. It is pretended that because we refused to make war ws ought to thank Heaven if we can escape from the work of making pesos. To state this sophistry it plain English is to expose it sufficiently. Whether we ought to act with France or to stand aloof from her in the affairs of Italy depends on what she may propose to do and bow she may propose to do it, and upon nothing else. It may suit disappointed statesmen to find in a congenial newspaper an organ for their inveterate animosity to a foreign sovereign, but such persons are mistaken if they expect to find the opinion of England at their service. hat as vain are the hopes built on factious combination, in Parlia ment. The House of Commons will see through, as the country sees through, the attempt to sacrifice a great European cause to personal antagonism. Nobody supposes that the English Government will under any circumstances do more for Italy than exert itself to secure the inde pendence and free action of the several States. No true Englishman desires that it should do lees, and in doing so by the best means that offer it will be strongly supported by the nation. The assertion that, with this object before it, it should go out of its way to inform every enemy of liberty that he need look for no effective opposition from this country, is too absurd to be listened to. We are quite certain that any Government which should ex hibit England in an attitude so imbecile and ridi culous would be driven from office amidst general contempt. EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1860. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (fox ova owx ooiaxeroxinxir.) PARIS, THURSDAY ITIHING. Count Waleweki's dismissa is a very important confirmation of the pamphlet and en event full of premier, for the future of Italy. A letter from Rome of Dec. 31, in the Univers, *aye that the feature of the pamphlet most remarked in the Holy City is its " hypocrisy." The same letter says that the French ambassador, the Duke de Grammont, has asked an audience of the Pope, for the purpose of assuring him that the Emperor altogether " repudiated the aberrations of the anonymous pamphleteer." Strange as it may seem, I have some reason to believe that this news is not altogether false. It is quite consistent with the position assumed by Count Walewski that he should have officially ignored the pamphlet which he knew to have been written or prompted by his master. The dismissal of the minister, however, to which very probably his instructions to the Duke de Grammont contributed, deprives the intelligence given by the Univers of its importance. The decree in the Moniteur which immediately follows the nomination of M.Thouvenel to be Minister of Foreign Affairs, provides Count Walewski with the handsome retiring pension of 4,00 W. a year-- and that without mentioning his name. Hs is the only privy councillor not otherwise provided for, and therefore the only one who enters into the immediate enjoyment of the salary given the members of that body. The Bourse has again been very heavy. A great many defaulters were named. Some people feared that M. Thouvenel's appointment to be Minister of Foreign Affairs would not be palatable in London on account of the hostile attitude he has lately assumed at Constantinople in regard to the Isthmus of Suez question. The Rents fell 30c. for cash and 150. for account, closing at 138 fr. 20c. and 68fr. 30c. Mobilier fell 6fr. 25c. Railways were 2fr. or Mr. lower. Ebe ereun. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jae. 6. The royal dinner party yesterday included the Prince of Wan, t h e Prisms Alice, the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess de Grey aid Ripon, the Berl and Consume of Shelburne, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Bight Ho s.. W. B. and Mn. Oledekee, I[yar•Oewut the Roe. R. Bruce, 84 Jamie Clint, Captain Grey, and Colossi Mims. The tend of the Greaadha Guards wee in aitandance, and played daring dinner the _ _ nits art Moth. 'Jeer N-aL ........ Her If @jetty's private tend afterwards performed i the drawings mom. The Qum, with Primus Helms, drove out this saurstsig sod visits/ tie Deimos at Yost st Provos's. Prisms Aliso rods is the riding-house. The Primo Cossort, eecompanied by the Prison of Woks sad the Dab of Cambridge, west out shooting. Is Wood maw were Calomel F. H. firytnour, Rear-Admiral tiro He.. Ber G. Koppel, liejor-Geserar the Hos. K. Brume, captala Grey, end Coked Clifton. R - r 1 De Grey and Ripon had the honour of ecoompenyie IL royal party: TM DiaMilo of Amok end the Prince se of Salerno vilified low Majesty. TM Dots d darabridge took leave of her Majesty sad returned to London in the afternoon, attended by Colossi Chflus. The following visitors have Liao left the Castle : Berl and Counter De Grey and Ripon, the Rail sad Countess of Shelburne, the Rtgbt Hon. Sidney Herbert, sod the Right Hon. the Chantelku of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladatose. Mr. John Looney, and Mr. Philip E. Sowell, oltßasaikr, Spain, had aa interview with Lord John Roma, yeaterday, at the Foreign-elks. Despetob;e won recolved et the Colonial-aloe, yosiordep, from the Governors of Malta, Ceylao, sad Hoeg Ken Dtepotohee wen mat to the Goveroore of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, sad et. Holm& Hia Royal Rieman Prieto Hohenzlllera-Sigma riageo,acoompanied by Bona do Maisafisaa Rappeaato luianived at illaurigy's Fleid, item Lisboa. Hie Excellency the Ambassador of France arrived Albsrt-gete House lest maim fres the Tuileries. Hi licelleacy the Preemie Minister and the Comte= de Bern•tart( return te town to•merrow frees visiting the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at The Grove, neer Watford. Hie Excellency the Saxon Minister has zettumed to lowa hem coq. Tha Doke ...a Dachas@ of Wallington have left apeley Howe for StrainsNosy*. The Deka and Duchess of Manchester will Nave !LimboWs Cook in a tow days on a visit to the Earl of Wilton, ►t Koltoo Mowbray. The Ladies Grey Egerton have returned to Melton Monkey, from visiting the Earl and Colman of Derby at Knows lay Hall, Lancashire We read in the IViltalsire Independent:--" Tha naershle Marques of lassilowse, who a short time bask was mdfaring from a severs alto& of the put, is sow, we are happy to sey, quits recovered, sod him besot keeping Christmas at Bowmd, with true old English hospitality. In oddities to the Earl and Countess of Ithelbuthe and their youthful family, who reside with his lordship, the family circle mania, the noble marquis oe the remake have con sisted of the Hoe. J. sad Lady LAWN Howard and featly; the Countess of Kerry sad her daughter, be Lady Mary Ififewaarice ; the Hos. C. Gore; the Coast and Consume de Meal; sad the Hs. Mis ilahlaseew• de Flshealt The Isilevriag have ales Wes visiting Bewood darts( the priori holidays . Heil sad Camels' Sneers, Mr. end Mrs. Moecktos Milieu, Sir Jeer Lakiata, Coast Patin, Mr. Weitaiscott. Colossi sad Mrs. Higgimen, Mr. H. Gwen* Sir David Hendee, and Mr. sad Mrs. Came Osthele. It is espeeted those will be • secarke of Timbers flir seise Mina." It is rogassted that all persons wishing to send dots torrhtoss to Lord armlay's funeral in Weinsdneeee Abbey nil eider time to be etailosad ledge Ike, pea of Hyde Pak at 12 o'oloek on Monday, issuer., 9, to join Is the preateeks se k panes by Hyde Perk• corner. Mr: Bowyer, M.P., has arrived at Rome, and then ap his prawn to the palace belonging to the Knights et Malts, in toe Via Condon, la virtue of the privilege he *nye w banglag to that order. Oa the Thursday pa ining Chriattuas Day Mr. Bowyer had the honour of Lied rentad to a private &Winos by the Pep who duo. ✓ated him, apes that oonaelca, with the Greed Cream of the Paadleal Odor of B^. Gregory. Kr. Bowyer appeared at in read 0/11111011..1 at St. Peter's ea Minoan Day, waft thaw issigula over a BOMA mikes& Then are above 2,800 ehmtbsers (wham awn am de Its bombe) of Trisi^y College. Cambridge—a lama surber many solemnities NM Maim. " Weald set at lam heft at es," writes Mr. C. de la Perm, " esatrilrate a raiase to Ono. Mamelar's steam Is the an pay of acre of Beebe, Banat. Byron, tad Barrow ?* J. Humanity, F.S.A., pre►ident, tad MP J. Lemma flecoloo, loom. are.. as • depoloos fro; lial; Aft• fow l a time art., Royal Maachamoor Isocitaliaa, la oho arias of Leedom, Mn aril's/ at lases Hotel, Rad otroal. LATEST ITE I&LIGENCE. FRANCE AND Rola. The recent pamphlet," Ls Pepe et le Congres," is a greet blow to the oonrt of Rome, whose temper is displayed in the following official note is the Giornale di lima, which the Univers pnbhshes at the head of its leading Golan= : An anonymous pamphlet has jest appeared in Put• selitkid "Le Pape et le CongrOs." Ulm work is • posi tive hotseip reed/red to the revolution; an insidious thesis ike those weak minds who are deadest In • just criterion to movies the poison which it moose* and a subject el grief to all good catholic*. The arguments contained in this pamphlet are • reproduction of the errors and outrages so many times Winched forth against the Holy Pee, end as often victoriously refuted, notwithstanding the obstinacy with which the deniers of the truth maintain( i Sem. If the object which the author proposed to himself wee, by chance, to intimidate him who ia threatened with such great dimmers, the writer may be assured that he who hat right on his side, and supports himself on the solid and isansovsabla bans of judos, who la more particularly sup ported by the protection of the Hine of Kings, by certainly nothing to fear from the snares of man. The `'" ." • of to-day publishes an article signed by its principal editor, M. Orandguillot, re gretting the injurious article against the Emperor which has been published in the Giornale di Roma. Frans will be grieved but not offended by this pub lication, and, above all, will not make the common Father of the faithful believers responsible for it. THE ENLISTMENTS FOR THE PAPAL ARMY. SARDINIAN INTERFERENCE. The Paris Petrie publishes a private letter from Rome, according to which Sardinia had declared to the Holy See that it would consider the enlistments of German volunteers for the Papal army as a vio. lotion of the principle of non-intervention ; and had threatened, should those enlistments be continued, to despatch Sardinian troops into the Legations. A correspondent of the Times at Rome writes, on the 31st ult., "In Ancona are continuality arriving Austrians, Croats, men of every nationality for the military service of the Pops. They are despatched to Pesaro to swell the contingent which must rule the state on the departare of the French. The number of these vagabonds is not so large as reported by same journals, but they are sufficient, together with the two as yet incomplete regiments of soi-disant Swiss, to excite and exasperate the minds of the Romans, who see them selves condemned to suffer always from the oppression of foreign troops. The change which they will shortly undergo, therefore, will be from the control of a regular and noble army to that of a bestard race without country or religion almost, and who can offer no guarantee for conduct." On New Year';ere General Garibaldi had an in terview of two hours' duration with sing Victor Emmanuel. THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY. On New Year's day an address of the most flattering and eulogistic character was presented by the Municipality of Milan to Marshal Valliant, the Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Italy. The marshal's reply was as follows : " I thank you for your sentiments of gratitude to the Emperor and to France expressed in the name of the city of Milan, and I will make them known to his Imperial Majesty. lam charmed by the testimony which you bear to the' discipline of the army under my command. It re mains here to &feud internal order and the inde pendence of the country, won upon the battle field. I thank the inhabitants of the city and the muni cipal authorities for the comforts which the French army enjoys. " I can assure you that the happiness of Italy is the dearest wish of the Emperor and of France. I express my good wishes also for the beautiful city which now enjoys, under the sceptre of such • generous sovereign an King Victor Emmanuel, the free institutions so long and cruelly withheld from it. Thanks to an enlightened govern ment, it will speedily receive again its ancient splendour." RUSSIA. DRESDEN, TIMRIDAT. A telegram from St. Petersburg, published in the official Dresden Journal, announces that the de parture of Prince Oortachakoff for Paris has been postponed indefinitely. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, TarasoAT. Bunn Brenner, who is definitively appointed Aus trian Ambfasador at Tarim, has arrived here from Athens, es route for hie destination. The Ihnsiteur of to•dy anoonocee that Mr. Wil liams Grey, secretary to the English Erobeesy, hu been ap pointed charge craffelres during the temporary abeam* of Lord Cowley from Paris. The Monifeur of yesterday announces that Prince Louis Ludes. Bonaparte has been named Grand O&M of Um Legion of Homer. This honour has been confined cm the prime lase ea amount of his near relationship to the Emperor than for hie distinction as a philologist end hie general literary attainments. The prince habitually resides is England, where he pursues his literary and scientific re searches, andiatorbed by political cares or official °amps don. It appears that nearly a fortnight will elapse before IL. Thinning, the sew Foreign Minister of Francs, will miss in Paris. The telegraph between Constantinople sad the Tuileries hr been in active operation this week. The Marquis de Moustier, the French Ambas sador at Violas, had an audience of the Emperor Frames Joseph, on New Year's-day, sad presented his crwiestials. He web aftarwarda introduced to the Empress, to the Arch dasher Sophia, the Areladnke Francis Charles, and to Count de Hochberg. On the muse day the Marquis dined with Lord Loftus, the English Ambassador. A grand dinner was given to Gems' Garibaldi, on the let, at Turin, by ♦dvocate Brofferio sad other parti sans of the Extreme Left. The General addreseed the crowd etwembled under the balcony of the hotel, in a rpm& in which he reiterated his professions of patriotism end devoted nos to King Victor Emmanuel. Dictator Farioi has directed that 10,000 muskets shall be placed at the disposal of the various municipalities of Central Italy in order to complete the armament of the National Guard. A letter from Rome (in the Pat) says that crowds of people have collected lately on the Piazza Colonials reed large placard decanted with the red, white, and gromastrlpos of thu Italian tricolor. The fact of these prohibited 00100/11 being left peaceably on the wall by the police was mobbed by the cirourostence of the placard bring pet mph, •announce the publication of a Ufa of the Emperor Napalm 111., "dedicated to the valorous Franco-Italian snubs." and comprising various mocha of the Emperor'. evintdd down to the war waged by him against Austria for the can.. of Italian Independence. The sattousament of events 6o distasteful to the eockeimtioal government would net have bum snowed to cautious attracting the eye of the public bad ad the maitifesto with the gigantio letters of the Imperial sane been slated immediately opposite the Frisch Casino, sad soder the proteozing enrreillance of the Fresh *entries. The whale stair was eh importation from Nam M. Carle Gandhi of Viliefraaca has received ken I. Emperor of tbe French a present el tee beautiful rear of Sieves porcelea, se a memorial of hie Mejeetre posy over that geutleman's property, mad of the memo 'able great irklek took pare than. TM number of omnibuses in Paris is to be doubled elm lenessy IS. PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter says : The commercial crisis of 1867 has left sad traipse, which are Mill praeptable in the industrial movement of Germany. The tacWtisa of credit which had been Witted till then by our great bthking- houses to manufacturers and merchants have been succeeded by a general feeling of distrust, so that oar principal bankers show extreme reserve in advaatiag money ea commercial simarttlia. The result la that German Meaty is at this nionosiat solissing from mot of capital. Merchants have already been compelled to restrict their dealings with America and other foreign orienttriss, which have usually been conducted on very long credit. Moreover, the number of corn nterolsi bills In dreulation, either accepted or en dorsed by bankers, has diminished to such an intact that the discount beaks, which are numerous in Germany, have Is some time peat bees unable to transact their usual amount of booing's. All through Germany the rate of discount is very low, sad yet very little first-rate paper I. offered. An important part of the war indemnity which Germany ob tained in 1816 was assigned to the Diet of Frankfort to meet say occasions of extraordinary expenditure required on ac count of the Germanic Confederation. MM. de RothachEd, of Frankfort, with whom the money was deposited at 3 per oink, have recently applied to the Federal Diet to have the interest reduced to 2 per cent. That demand, caused by the scarceness of good bills presented for discount, has been ac ceded to in one of the late *Waage of the Diet." SARDINIA. A Turin letter contains the following: I read the " Counsels of • Military Yea" fa the Diritto, published here. They are said to be written by en officer of high rank. This offioer demonstrates that, so soon as next swing, Piedmont would be in • position to carry on war alone ',siert Austria. The result of his calculations is as follows:—Austria has 634,000 men under ernes, half of which she might lead to Italy. As for the Italians, they would be able next spring to entploy • force of 240,000 men, which the author thinks quite enough for • defensive war. The.. 260,008 would be com posed of 120,000 Piedneoutess and Lombards, 80,000 troops of the line, sad the rest of free corps. These Mess ars very germs] la this country, which, you know, Is quite of • mill tery temperament. At the same time the Beelimuttsee Gaulle Wks compleeently of the mason of Akonsadris. Instead of 100 the subscription has produced 128. The Sardinian States subscribed 108,4691 r. ; the rest of Italy, 11,770 ft.; and foreign countries, 47,4646 r. At the dinner to Garibaldi at Turin on New Year's day, the gallant General proposed a toast to " Hun gary, the sister of Italy!" The Hungarian Colonel Tarr, who responded, ezpreeeed In ea energetic manner his fervent hope that they would " 240 Garibaldi at Pugh In the ap. proaohlng spring." _ _ _ - - - ANZTHISSIA.—The new method of producing aaretheata by hypnotism wee Wed on the 26th alt. in this Mauritian Hospital at 'furls, by Dr. Partneri°, with per fect success, upon a young woman agtd 18. The brilliant object hold before her eyes was a gold osal-ring. After the lapse of twelve minutes, the patient said that she felt sleepy; she was then bid to shut her eyes, which she immediately did. Aber some preliminary trials bar state of perfect insensibility being at ^th senrtained, that operation of extirpating a tumour tr she had was proceeded with, the patient remade( 'mules, and not be traying the sl.ghteet symptom of pain. Nevertheless, she continued to reply to the questions put to her, and even commenced a convereatka hermit on matters quite foreign to the operation. She wag amassed brblowing on her face after the wound was dressed.—Oeliftesai. Liman OF THE Bum= lii Suism—T'he Prussiets Gazetif stye :—" An impertant trial has just been terminated ht Bthieia, atter having rose through the three stages of jurisdiction. 111. de Manbengs, the possessor of it large property arrested and impri soned for half an hoar a labourer with whose work and manners he was not satisfied. He Indicted this punishment in his quality of chief of the local police. The other lodged a oomplaint, but the regency of Nelms would not allow a judicial lavertigation, as H. do Maubsuge ha noted as the organ of the authoritka, sad the othinary tribunal was deolarsi incompetent to take cogni sum of the 'Nth.. The king's proeurear, however, math tamed the charge of illegal imprisonment, and M. de Ken- Image was condemned to three mouths' imprisonment in first, second. and third Instance." liAll,ll TO INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA.—The time tables of the lodic Cnina, and Australian mail pickets for 1860 have just been issued, under the 'section of the Admiralty. Tatty suntan sums important alterations. The contract time for the transit of the Marseilles portion of the mail through Egypt will be 24 hours, end for the Southern!). ton portion 48 hours. The voyage between Southamptoe and Alexandria is to oocupy 18 days. The outward and homeward Australian moil; which will leave Sydney and Southampton respectively in March next, will touch at Potht de Galls instead of Mauritius. The branch line Wiesen Aden end Mau:inns will still be in mensaien with the Australian packets. The contrast time fee the voyage between Aden and Mauritius will be 13 days. The Peninsular and Oriental packets will be due at Southampton about the god, lOu,, 18th, and 25th of the month; and the Marseilles portion of the Eastern mails will reach London about all days before each of those dates. The time of day for leaving Sydney and Southampton is fixed at 2 p.m.; for leaving Melbourne, at 6 cm., fur Marseilles at 7 cm. ; end for Bombay et 8 p.m. The peat between Sydney and London eta Merreillete is to be 61 da and the e runnel poet between those two places will be I t. days. When the Australian telegraph is extended to /Ling George's Sound, and the ladle and Mediterranean telegraph system is CJI:11- pleted, news will reach London from ?dew South Wales in 14 drys. Akita or Do. AmiLLT.—A despatch from New York hes announced the arrest of Rev. Dr. Achilli, the ex cetholic priest, at Hoboken. We learn by the New York Fast that the arrest wee mode on complaint of Mr. Justus Smith, of the Bergen Heights Water Care Betablithment. Mr. Smith states that about three months ago Dr. Achilli secured board at the Water Cure fora young lady whom he =Ttid as Miss Mary Bogue, himself, and his son—the act as governess to the son. Dr. Aohtllt and eon oc cupied a room adjoining that of Miss Bogus's. On the first day of Deoemb r the lady gave birth to • child, and soon atter some ddSculty arose between Dr. Achilli and Mr. Smith, when the latter appeared before Justice O'Neil of Hoboken, and preferred a change against Dr. Achilli and the lady. They were arrested and taken before the justice on Tuesday, when, there being no evidence against Miss Bogue she was discharged. Dr. Achilli, however, was held to bail is the sum of 100 dais., tad was committed to one of the cells in the polio, statics. Dr. Achilll wents that the woman Is his wife, and that eines their marriage she has used her owe name, in compliance with his desire, &wording to European custom, and teethes he did not wis h the mar riage to hewn'e known among hie friends. Also, that when the child wee born Smith demanded 600 dots. to keep the matter motet, finally reducing the deemed to 100 doll., end beams* he would nut pay brought the charge against hint.— Boston Courier. The landing stern at the Liverpool Docks, instead of being called, es berstofdra, the North end South lending Meese, we in future to be deelirnated Ike George'. end Prteoe's ere loomed leading stages, after the docks la in= of whiob they . UNITED STATES AND CANADA. A Wiabington despatch of the 23rd of December says "It L respected that the President will net send his manage to Congress until the 3rd of Ja nuary. Copes of the message have been forwarded to New York, and other chief towns, where they will be detained by the postmasters of the respective localities until the reading in Congress is announced." The House of Representatives was still engrossed with the discussion of the slavery gantlet) ' and some veg exciting speeches haa been delivered. The vote for speaker on the 23rd showed that Mr. Sherman, republioan still wanted four votes to secure his election. Fifty - t hree voters were scattered among 24 gentlemen, some of whom received no more than eight votes, and 14 of them only one each. The following is the latest ballot :—Necessary to a choice, 107; Sherman, 103; Scat, 83; Million, 27 ; Gilmer, 19; Booock, 10. California advicss are to the 2nd December. Only a light trade was doing, and no large operations were ventured upon. Pig iron sells at about 82 dole. 50c. from the ship. Judge Terry, indicted for killing Senator Brode rick in • duel, was arraigned ea the 28th to plead in the Court of Sessions at San Francisco. The hearing was postponed until the 20th December. Over three tons of silver ore had arrived at San Francisco. Encouraging news from Canon Valley continues to be received. New discoveries of gold and silver, and latterly of lead, were frequently reported. The month of November had been one of almost continued storms and reins. Victoria advice, are to the 23rd November. On the 22nd, a steamer arrived at Victoria, from New Westminster, with about 100,000 dole. in gold. The pamengers give a flattering account of the Upper Fraser River diggings, but the proepeets of &severe winter were causing the entire abandonment of that region till next spring. The Lower Fraserßiver was free from ice and the miners were disposed to stay during the winter. About 1,500 miners were at the Vancouver diggings. The general impression was that there would be an immigration of 10,000 into British Columbia by the close of March. Major Downie was on his way down from the Upper Fraser River region. There were reports of his having made some valuable geographical discove rise on his journey from the ooast to Fort Alexander, among which were a chain of lakes extending along the route 150 miles. These reports are looked upon at Victoria as important, ea, if true, the upper mining districts will be much more accessible than hereto fore, being brought almost within water communi cation of Victoria. Numerous buildings of wood and brick were being erected at Victoria, and real estate was said to be rising. The papers contain not a word bearing on the late San Juan difficulty. The act requiring banks in South Carolina to have • certain amount of specie in their vaults, as a basis of circulation, had been suspended until June, 1861. A postal convention had been executed between the Postmaster-General of the United States and the Belgian Minister, establishing a regular corre spondence in closed mails between the United States and Belgium, to be conveyed via England once a week or oftener. _ A St. Louis telegram says " The steamer Dili gent is aground on the chain, ten miles above this city. Sixty to eighty persons are on board her without provisions, and the ice prevents any com munication being made with the shore. Strong efforts are making to keep them from starving." Utah advice, are to the Ist December, but there is no news of general interest. DISABILITIES OF AMERICAN PERSONS OF COLOUR. TO TIM =MIL OP TNT IIPREES. Sta,—l beg to forward to you a correspondence which bap receatly taken place between Miss S. P. Rereond, a free-born Anterken lady of colon with whoa I have the heater to be acquainted, sad Mr. Dallas, the American minister in this country. I add a copy of her passport. You will observe that a visa to Miss Remond's passport is refused by the American minister on the sole ground that she is a person of colour.—l am, &c., London, Dse. 29. A BARRISTER. 8, Grenville-street, Brnnewiok•paare, W.C., Dec. 12, 1869. 84,-1 beg to inform yon that • short thus shima wait to the office of tbe American emble•y to have my limpet visaed for France. . . . I should remark that my passport is an American one, granted to me in the United States, and signed by the minister in due form. It states what le the fact, that I ea • citizen of the United States. I was born in Mrs"- abaneta. _ _ _ - I.lpon - rny asking to have my passport visaed at the Ameri. can Embassy, the person in the office refused to affix the visa, on the pound that I am a person of colour. Being a citizen of the United States, I respectfully demand se my right that my passport be visaed by the minister of my zonntey. As I em desirous of starting for the continent, I must re quest ma answer at your earliest conveniesee.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, thitax P. RIMOND. The Hon. —. Dallas, American Minister, 24, Portland-place. Legation of the United States, London, Deo. 14, 1869. Mies Bush P. Removed. I am directed by the minister to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th instant, and to say in reply, hi I must, of coons, be awry if any of hie oountryw ine speeeive of colour or extraction, should think him fri y disposed to withhold from them facilities in his power to pant for travelling on the continent of Europe, but whew the indispensable qualification for an American passport, that of " United States Citizenship," dose not exist; when, indeed, it is manifestly sn imposeibility by 14w that it should exist, a just seine of his official obligations under instructions re mised from his government as long ago as the Bch July, 1866, and since them strictly conformed to, constrains him to say that the demand of Miss Sarah P. Remand cannot be complied with.—Respectfully your obedient servant, /harm. RONAN, Assistant Secretary of Legation. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your lever of yeaterday'e date. The purport of your communkration is most extraordinary, You now lay down the rule that persons free-born in the United States, and who have been subjected all their lives to the taxation and other burdens impmed upon American MIA MI', are to be deprived of their rights .2 suck, merely because their complexions happen to be dark, and that they are to be refused the aid of the ministers of their country, whose salaries they contribute to pay.—l remain, air. your obedient servant, SARAH P. ARMOND. PABSPOIt.—I, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, hereby request all whom it may renown, to permit safely am , freely to pies Sarah P. Re mand, a citizen of the United Stores, and in case of need to give her all lawful aid and protection. Given miter my hand and the impression of my seed of the Department of State of the City of Washington, the 10th day of SepleMbOT, A D. 1858, it the 83rd year of the Inde pendence of these United State*. Lawn Case. Department of State. LAwrEas IN Barnes OntruntA.—Mr. D. 8.- biegton Ring, barrister, recently of the Western Circuit, and lately residing at Mannamead, Plymouth, but now of British Columbia hes had nopleasent diffarences with the Attor ney-Oen:eel of that cdony. Mr. Ring, on the authority of a Mr. Wright, wound the Attorney-Oeneral (Mr. Cary) of having violated tome rules of the bar, which be bed himself proposed sod carried. Mr. Carey called Mr. Sting to account for this, and charged him with having circulated slanders. Mr. Ring stated kis authority, but denied that be had circu lated the complaint, because be bed confined it strictly to members of the bar, who were parties to the rules alleged to have been vioiatei, and he offered to leave the dispute to be settled by third parties. Mr. Cary refused the reference, and demanded the unconditional withdrawal of the charge, adding some offensive terms. Thereupon Mr. Ring tent to Mr. Cary, by a friend, an elaborate letter, which concluded thud : If, therefore, by the hands of Mr. Baneteon, who bears this letter, you do not retract the offensive terms which you used towards toe, although I shall denounce you in the most public way as a elanderer of me, I desire to be spared from eddies coward." The Attorney•Ormeral refused both the demand and theehallenge carried by the hewer—there upon lir. Ring proceeded to advatiee him in the newspapers, as he hod throntned, and denounced him as a coward. Upon this Mr. Cary exhibited articles of the peace against Mr. Ring, and wooed him to be bound over in 6001. to keep the peace. There it should have ended, but Mr. City was linoleum to vindicate himself, and &pia rushed lute pint with a letter of explanation, the substance of which waa that le the cowrie that be had taken he had stated under the advice of friends. This called forth a letter from Mr. Ring, in which be re misted she whole care. Other letters were pub lished, one signed "D. Mecaulay," and addressed to D. B. Ring, Req., barrister," strangely illustrative of colonial life, wherein the writer, se the friend of Mr. Cary, accepts the &siker of Mr. Ring, "with either of the following weapons :—Rifle, 60 yards, two shots : shot gone, 40 yards, toe allots ; pietas. 30 yards, two shots; bow (6 feet) and arrow, 60 yard., three shots ; bowie knife, in a dark room." The writer adds—" Raving an utter contempt for yen per sonally, I and you this chelleege through the press." Hers, at the departure of the last sews, this pretty quasi rated. 8111PWRICI8 AND LOBB OF LIPB ON TIE COAST OF WI FORD. It is again our melancholy duty to have to record a disastrous wreck, or rather wrecks, which have taken place near here during the last few days, in the one case involving a great amount of entering and the loss of one life, in ad dition to the destruction of a large amount of exceedingly valuable property. The first of thew dimmers which we Lave to notice occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning in the neighbourhood of Bannow, where the Anshan% of Mingo, teem the Havannas, was driven ashore, and became a total wreck. The Anthem, which was a yawl of 322 tons burden, built at Greenock in 1028, belonged to Mears. Robert Dunlop and Co,, of that place, and was commanded by Thomas Martin, in addition to whom there was a crew of 15, including the chief mate and all hands. The mewl hod a valuable cargo of tobacoo, mahogany, and lancewood, consigned to Messrs. Hall and Co., Liverpool, which she shipped at the port of Zan*, in the Island of Cuba, which place she left on her return voyage on the 10th of October last. Soon after leaving Zama the ship grounded on a bank, but came off without apparent damage, and proceeded on her voyage, en eountering, however, vary rough weather for the whole dis tance. On the 19th of November the commenced making water very fast, the crew being obliged to keep the pumps constantly going; and to add to their misfortune, in conse quence of their lengthened passage, the provisions ran short. This continued up to Friday lest, the 30th tilt., the captain in the meantime twice obtaining a supply of provisions front other vessels. At two a.m. on that day, Wing that he could not weather the Hook, his sails being all blown away, and some of his crew sick, while the others were completely knocked up by fatigue and want of courialnent, the captain let go the starboard anchor in the Bay of Fethard, off Begenbon, and hoisted his flag for a pilot. The Coast wardsd some &harm= put off and boarded her, after supplying him with water and visions , pro but none of the latter could be induorl to etsy on board, as asked by the captain, giving as • reason that she would not hold to her anchors where she was. On Saturday morning the cap tain went ashore, in order to proceed to Waterford to obtain the assistance of a steamer, saving the chief mate in charge, who, finding that she was dragging, paid out more chain and let go the port anchor, afterwards paying out all the cable, which for a time had the effect of staying her. At midnight, however, she commenced dragging again, and at about four a.m. she struck heavily. About seven o'clock the port cable broke, and she went on the rooks. At very great risk to themselves the fishermen and country people on shore, aided by the coast guards, succeeded in forming a communication with the wreck, and by means of linen rescued, with me exception, every soul on board. One of the seamen, named John 111' Clean, not being able to swim, lashed himself to a log of mahogany, in the hopes of being washed whore, but unfortunately was drowned. In the court. of Sunday and the following night the ship broke up, the shoes being strewed with portions of the wreck and cargo. The tobacco, which was of the finest leaf, consisted of more than 200 bales, the duty on which alone is estimated at over 7,0001., but noire of it was eared except that which was washed ashore. We understand that the opportunity was too tempting to some of the inhabitants of that district, who are likely to get into trouble for their over-partiality for the " weed," the revenue officers having detected several parties taking• it away with them, even by car-loads. The second wreck which we have to record took place at Kilmer., on Friday night, when the barque Lady Rebow, of London, was run ashore near St. Patrick'e-bridge. Mhos" in consequence of the state of the weather meta: inn the captain getting a sight of soy of the ooast light.. The Lady Bebow, of 86 tons burden, was bound from St. Michael'. with oranges, and hopes are entertained of her being reco vers:l, although the greatest portion of her cargo will be lost. Fortunately no lives were lost in this occurrence.— Wexford Coutitsotios. . PALER RETURNS AND EXTRAORDINARY BUR OHAROIB AND PINES FOR INCOME TAX IN MANCHESTER. The Income Tax Commissioners have come down upon the creploy,'s in one of the large commercial attablish meets in Manchester with surcharges and tinea of extraordi nary severity. It is said that in the establishment referred to ten or • dozen servants having salaries of 5001. to I,OOW. per annum have been returning their incomes at 2001. to 3001., and have been paying income tax only upon these smaller amounts. It is supposed that information has been obtained of these facts by the Income Tax Comma/Mona. through • discharged servant of the house referred to, who is now employed as an officer in the Income-tax Office. Be this as it may, it appears that heavy surcharges have been made upon the offenders,and upon others against whom only a suspicion of having given false returns rested. Some of the parties have lost no time in paying the surcharge*, whilst others, having neglected or refused, have each been tined 1001., in addition to the surcharges. Some of these cases are likely to come before one of the superior oourts, sad others, which are alleged t, be oases of great hardship and injustice, ars likely to be brought before the House of Commons by Mr. Milner Gibson. Such are the current reports. The temptation to false returns, or a neglect to make lull returns, are said to have originated in this way. Some years ago the cmployis of the horse referred to were nominally reduced to comparatively low salaries, with • commission upon the amount of business traancted in the various ftste of which they wet e the beads, and during this parted they artm sent in their returns for booms at their nominal salaries, not including the commis sions received. It was subsequently found desirable to revert to the old system of payment by fixed salary, and in come tax since then has been paid only upan the reduced charges from the Income-tax Office, the parties concerned not thinking it neoeseary to enlighten the CaaiMieeleaera upon the second change in their salaries. The temptation might be great, but it is not, of OVUM, • sufficient excuse, and the suspicion of the Income Tax Commissioners being aroused by these cases. it is reported that an officer has been sent down from London, with a view to amertaining as far as possible whether this' system of making false returns may not apply to the rarployis of other of the numerous large and wealthy commercial seta bliabtoects in this atty. If so we may expect to hear of nu merous surcharge., or vexatious overcharges, which will tend to make the income tax more odious and unpopular than hitherto. The subject has already created a great aeneation among warehousemen, and is a topic of almost universal conversation. Lord Robert Cecil has promised to deliver a lec• tare at the Stamford Institution in the course of the present month ; the subject, " Oar Southern Colonies." The third lecture of Professor Faraday's course on the physical forces was delivered on Wedneeday, when he resumed the ommidecation of the attraction of cohesion, par ticularly in reference to fluids. Yesterday he commenced the explanation of the force of chemical affinity by further cope rimen's illustrating the composition of water. The activity of chemical combinations is continually checked—he showed —by the interposition of films of extraneous matter that pre. vent them from uniting, and many substances that are usually considered incombustible are in reality most inflam mable if those obstacles to oembination be removed. Thus, lead, when properly prepared, so as to be perfectly clean, and to expose a large endue, instantly takes fire when expend to the air. This beautiful experiment was performed. The lead, which sou in powder, when poured out of the bottle, fell to the ground in streams of fire. Several other beautiful experiments with inflammable substances, supplied with oxygen to support their canbution, were exhibited, among which were the inflammation of gun cotton, and of oxygen ised papers impregnated with earths and metal/. After brief notice of the force of heat, and its propeity of ex• pandiag all bodies, ProkaeorFareclay said the tore he should consider in the next lecture would be electricity. __ _ . -- --- On Wednesday evening Mr. Papillon, M.P., de livered the opening lecture of the spring session to the mem bers of the Colchester Literary Institution. The lecture eassisted of sketches drawn from personal observation in trip to Algeria in 1867. Mr. Joseph Hough, of the Leeds Young Men's Christian Institute, a prireman at the society's examinations, in 1857, and who obtained several certificates in 1868, formerly teacher of mathematics at the Leeds Young Men's Christian Institute, and subsequently at the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, has received the appointment of sadstant-satronorom in Lord Wrottesley's Observatory. On Wednesday night a public soiree of the friends of Mr. William Vernon Harcourt was held iu the new Corn Exchange, at Kirkcaldy, when a handsome tali/1100W was presented to that gentleman by his supporters among the electors and non-elec , ors of the burgh., 1(.1 a work ot their appreciation of his conduct as their candidate on the occasion of the last general election. The Corn Exchange wee very tastefully decorated with banners and evergreens, and nearly two thotirand persons were prefect. READING ELlCTlON.—Yesterday (Thursday) the writ for electing a burgess to serve in parliament for the bo rough of Reading, in the room of Mr. Justice Kestleg, wee received by the Mayor, Mr. Henry Adolphus Elimunds, and at two o'clock in the afternoon It was publicly reed by the town clerk. Both Sir F. Goldemid and Mr. Benson were present, and received the cheers of the assembly. The Mayor, in pursuance of the writ, has notified that he -ill proceed to the election accordingly at the Town-hell on Monday next. A. very largely attended meeting of the eh-dors was held on Tuesday mulling la the Town-hall, and epreches were deli vered by Mr. Benson, dir Eir Charles Rule'. Bart., Dr.Coan, end Mr. Sunonde, th e chairman. Mr. Benson was loudly cheered, and his remarks were well received. TUN STATUE OF LORD CLIvE.-lit'he statue of Lord Clive which was erected tome mouths .iore on a tem porary woo den: plinth in the Duke of Buccleuch's garden, Whitehall, was takeu down on Wednesday. The statue being of immense weight, it required great care and a barge amount of ingenuity to elect the operation. Sheers were erected. and after autos time the ponderous mass won lowered on to • truck, upon which it was conveyed to the E t o.t.in.equsre terminus, whence It will be forwarded to Surewebury, where it will be inaugurated with much ceremony. Docx BOARD.—Mr. Chorine Turner, who fur twiny successive years has Sited the p st, was re elected chairmen of the board yeeterdey, and Mr. Thomas Bold, the government nominee of last year, was ru-appointed fa that capacity.