The Express. — London, England, 1861-10-01 00:00:00

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Jordan ,from Cu I talksl Agut4 Niotes, 41.144 L0rkn....1, It. Leclerc% sad Mr. H cotolt. THE RAUH frAcUSSIUNINTS. ST. JA 11 EWA. Wattage,. tlr. AUnJ Wigan. Tbc meal , an n.0;1.'1.111.11) laaorawnl that this thastra lOU re opt h ...mai on .41 ~,,, la). tkt. 14. NRITItYVII4. nom MINIM, Tllll iti:44Tr. OP THE ORPEIANW. —The Ctkwtii strtilwur.—TllC WATERMAN. Mr. J. Phompiwn awl Miw. W. cr.infortl.—To cimetwir with RED JOHN rill. MARINO. Mr. Ceurturit.—Cumersor at halt toot ti. RIOS WATER AT LONDON lIRTHOR Tar DAT —Yantis& I 11. :GA. Afternouu. 11•1111911 —Manias eh. 4a..... Attarross, us. Zia. LONDuti o TUENDAY, OCT. 1. TO OUR READER& - • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, A !ate edition of the Eepreas is published every eveumg (luring the racing season, containing the results of the ram*. THIS lit of October will be a memorable day in the history of French industry. It is the day fixed in the Commercial Treaty for the admission into France, on the new terms, of "all other articles" than those few classes for which other dates have b.•en fixed. This is a day which some of th e EM I , E go K 'S subjects expect to stand in his tory as a warning to all other nations and genera tions against a rash neglect of Number One, while others regard it as the opening of a period of revival and expansion of industry and fortune, of which future patriots will be proud. We have gone through the same uncertainties and main tained the same opposite expectations ourselves ; and therefore we are qualified to sympathise with our neighbours. We 'lust remember, however, that we have not, within brim; memory, practically known anything like the prohibitory system in which the present generation of Frtuchmen has grown up. Again, the principle of Five-trade was far more widely admitted in England before our legislation was accommodated to it than it is at this moment in France. N. ibilellitL CIILY•LICS is quite right in telling M. Duris that the present advance towards Free-trade is the work of Frenchmen themeless but it is the work of a very small number*, well-informed and thoroughly convinced FrINSOII - headed by the Eurasos, and opposed by the life-long prejudices of nearly the whole of society. Thus it is that this Ist of October is so serious a day for industrial France ; and thus it is that we can hardly regard with too much tenderness the alarms of those who apprehend that Free-trade SWIMS MM. We can remember the very tones and glances of British legislators and local politicians who bade us prepare to see our farm-houses inhabited by bats and owls, and our lands overgrown with jungle and sunk into swamp ; or who implored that, whatever else was doomed to perish, green glass bottles might be spared. In the same way, boys now at play in French towns and country places may tell hereafter of the gloom which overhung their homes when news spread of English manufacturers having appeared, to buy or sell in the neighbourhood, or when it could no longer be doubted that French and English wheat-growers were at liberty to sell in one auother's markets. British children, now grey haired men and women, remember being despe rately tired of hearing of the Corn Laws, as a curse or as a "palladium," before they knew what they meant; whereas French children have probably overheard nothing on the subject till the tidings came of the trade in corn being actually free ; but both will have heard enough of the panic of their Protectionist neighbours to have impressed their minds fur life. The difference between the two ge• nerations is that the English have seen that the real evil of the change lies in the time of transition being protracted, while French desires are still bent on deferring to the last moment the admis sion of foreign commodities to their own markets. In England, the interval which had been stipu lated fur as the last alleviation of the manufac turers' case was found, always, and in all direc tions, to be such an evil that the cry arose for hastening the day. It is bad for any manufacture or trade to be kept in suspense about its pro spects ; and thus, the silk manufacturers were as eager to lsunch themselves boldly into the new policy as the West India planters became to put an end to the apprenticeship system, and make their negroes free, when they had ceased to be chattel-slaves. From this experience, which is universal, the French manufacturers whose spiral' may be low to-day may draw the comfortable hope that they have seen the worst. While suf fering under the late suspense, no small number of them have become convinced that they can stand their ground against any foreigner', after all ; and for these there really seems to be " a good time cooling." If for them, there must be for others too. If they can stand their ground, they have the prospect of doing much more. They will have the advantage of the marked improvement in the commodity itself, and in the economy of pro ducing it,which invariably follows on the throwing open of any branch of industry to competition. They will have the advantage of the stir in manu facture and commerce which the new traffic will create. More custom, more demand, quicker returns, more capital, more employment, more income, markets inure various, an extension of the purchsaing classes—all this follows of course on the removal of harriers to trade, unless the in dustry hitherto protected is too artificial to de an.% eto live. We do not understand this to be the case with the French manufactures admitted to-day into the field of competition. It is to America that we may look for branches of industry set up at the cost of Ameri cana ienerally for the benefit of a ham!. fill of people who live in an infertile district, or who desire to make high profits out of • low quality of iron. It is in America that we see self-governing men plunging into the grossest mistakes of darl.er ages, led by a few self-into• rested Protectionists, and too ill-informed to resist THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY E VENING, OCTOBER 1, 1861. the treachery or understand the wrong to them selves. The case of the most alarmed French manufacturers is better than this. They and their fathers grew up under the system which the Ame ricans are creating, and to them it is as venerable as any old part of their polity or social ideas which may be left. What they defend as vener able the American Protectionists set up for the fresh admiration of their fellow-citizens. The feelings of observers differ accordingly, and Englishmen who have tested and experienced the blessings of Free Trade regard the French manu facturers with far inure of congratulation than p , .ty, because they are in the way of commercial wiad.un and fortune ; whereas they regard the American public with more pity than hopefulness —supposing that the American public knows no better than to submit to privation and heavy taxes on commodities, for the profit of a class which proposes to grow rich by au artificial industry, at the public expense. If this is permitted to go on, American manufactures will stand still or dege nerate ; American industry will be restricted, .tmerican expenditure fraudulently taxed in every house, and American commerce excluded from a large share in the world's traffic. In France, meanwhile, everything will brighten and expand, as far as is possible in the absence of political freedom. The population of the empire will cease to decline, and begin to grow. The desperate poverty in the back streets of the towns, and in the villages, will begin to admit something like hope. The soil will show signs of improved tillage, and the labourers' faces of brightening intelligence. The struggle of the middle classes to live will relax, and they will enjoy more comfort and new luxuries from year toyear. The lino ingenuity and taste which have given some French manufactures the supre macy in the world's markets, even under the heaviest impediments of a protective system, will be stimulated to new triumphs, and win fresh ad miration and fresh custom. No free-trader will question the reasonableness of this anticipation. American Protectionists—hardly anybodyelse— may wonder at such anticipations being given out by commercial rivals ; for the idea of American Protectionists is the exploded old notion that in commerce and manufactures one man's gain must be another man's loss. In France, we may now hope, this notion is regarded as it is in England— as the very reverse of the truth. In France, as in England, it is fully comprehended, we trust, by all who have an interest in the great events of this day, that, if only French industry can stand its ground, it will be a great advantage to all parties that they can buy and sell more freely than before. Whenever the freedom becomes complete, and Vie last protective duty is erased from the French as already from the English schedule, the mutual benefit will become too evident to be questioned even by theorists among the ironworks of Penn -8)1 (anis or the cotton mills of Massachusetts. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE CORONATION OP THE KING OF PRUSSIA. The programme of the coronation at Konigsberg, communicator' to the members of the diplomatic corps, contains the following arrangements : October 15, at 8 o'clock in the morning, depar ture of the special train placed at the dis posal of the ministers and the foreign diplomatists invited to the fetes. Breakfast at Kreutz ;at 8 ' o'clock in the evening, arrival at Konigsberg; din ner iu the railway saloon. Oct. 16. Reception of the foreign ambassadors by their Majesties ; dinner of the diplomatic corps with the King. Fete in the evening, given by the provincial states to their Majesties. Oct. 17. Dinner with their Majesties and in the city with the Grand Chamberlain, Count de Redern ; and fete in the evening, given to their Majesties by the city of Konigsberg. Oct. 18. Ceremonial of the coronation (a special programme will be shortly published). Grand banquet given by the King. Oct. 19. Dinners in the city by the Grand Chamberlain and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the evening, grand concert given by their Majesties. October 20. Departure of their Majesties for Dantzic ; departure at eight o'clock of the train set apart for the ambassadors and the diplomatic corps. Dinner at Kreutz. October 22. Entry of their Majesties into Berlin. On the following days court Pea amongst the princes of the royal family, and at the Hotel de Ville. (tZUTP:OI riammum) TURKEY. PARIS, Ocr. 1. The Mimitesr, in its bulletin of this morning, publishes a telegraphic despatch from Constanti nople, announcing a modification in the ministry, by which Mehemet Ruschdi Paella becomes Minis ter of War, in place of Narvik Pacha. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non ova ow conaseromoir.) PARIS, MOSDAT ETIOMIO. The Emperor and Empress, who were expected at St. Cloud to-day from Biarritz, will not come till to-morrow. Opinions are much divided, both here awl in Germany, as to the political importance of the King of Prussia's visit. Some, relying upon the text of the announcement in the Be flirt Gazette that the King is coming to Comphgue to return the Em peror's visit to Baden-Baden last year, insist that King William has no other object than to perform ' a tardy and reluctant act of politeness. This is naturally not the favourite opinion in French poli tical cinder. It is rumoured that if the King finds a few hours to come to Paris from Compiegue, it will be intuguito. A mot in circulation to-day, relative to the Italian question, deserves to be quoted, because it "paints a situation." The news which I gave yestenlay that the approval or disapproval of Ricasoli's proposals to the Pope awaits the Em peror's return, is now the common talk, and in reference to the result of his Majesty's considera tion, it is said :—"Either Baron Ricasoli will be in Rome before Christmas, or by All Saints' Day (November 1) he will be no longer a minister." The Italian government, with a liberality ill re quited by the miserable conspiracies headed by Francis 11. at Rome, allowed the late Neapolitan royal family the fullest latitude for tak ing away anything that could, by any stretch of construction, be called private property. It is now announced that 57 packages, containing objects of great value, and among them several paintings of ancient masters, have just arrived at Marseilles, to the address of Count Aquila, and that by special favour of the French government they are admitted free of duty. The panic at the Bourse is somewhat stayed, and at the close of businou. there was a degree of firm ness ; nevertheless, the last quotations of the Rente —6Bfr. 65c. and alfr. 55c. —eh ow a further fall of sc. and 10c. Mobilier fell 2fr. 50c. In railways there is no sensible change. The Procureur-General of Corsica, who, in a case already celebrated, prosecuted M. Fabiani, the editor of the Obscreciteur Curse, and also a councillor general of Bastes, has arrived in Paris for the pur pose, as it cannot be doubted, of supporting his, own cause both with the government and the Court of Cessation, to which the defendant has appealed. The libel consisted in a statement that the Procureur-General was not present' at the official celebration of the Emperor's fate on August 15, and that people were surprised at his absence, more particularly because, while the fate was going on, he had been seen walking about in other parts of the town. This statement was lite rally tree, but the fact, as officially represented, is that the Procureur-General, who, although indis posed, had attempted to join the other authori ties, found himself too unwell, and was compelled to go home. Justice in Corsica holds that a news paper editor who did not know these facts was bound to have made inquiries, before stating that the public was surprised at the Procureur-General's absence. This is the whole case. The Appeal Court of Corsica, however, drawing a very line distinction, varied, in favour of the defendant, the judgment pronounced in the Court of First Instance. The latter court, with extravagant loyalty, held that it was an attack upon the " honour" of the defendant to state in a newspaper that the public was surprised at his absence from the Emperor's fate, but the superior tribunal, more moderate, ruled that it was only an attack upon hie "consideration," and therefore reduced the original punishment from three months' imprisonment to one. Although I should think it quite absurd to cast a doubt upon the ostensible loyalty of the Procureur-General of Corsica, or upon that of any other official, I do not wonder at the anxiety shown by the above functionary in the present instance to justify his susceptibility, because the prosecution, which he instituted on most frivolous grounds against • popular luau, produced in the department of Corsica an effervescence bordering on insurrection. M. Abel de Pujol, ono of the most eminent French painters of this century, died on Saturday, at the age of 70. He was born at Valenciennes, the native town of Watteau, and at • very early age became a pupil of David, whose peculiar man ner—that of • school now nearly extinct—he inherited. As long ago as 1810, his picture of " Jacob blessing Joseph's Children," attracted the l attention of connoisseurs, and in the following year " Lycurgus presenting the Heir to the Throne" obtained the grand prize, and laid the i foundation of the rising painter's reputation. Few artists were more industrious than M. de Pujol. Besides his m►ny oil paintings, among which the most famous is " St. Stephen preaching the Gospel," iu the Valenciennes museum, ho was the author of several !resew' in the churches of St. Sulpice and St. Roch, and in the Bourse ; and he took part in the decorations of the library of the Louvre, and the Diana Gallery at 'outainebleau. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arta ever since 1836, when he succeeded Baron Gros, and wan made an officer of the Legion of Honont 4 l M. Guizot was reported, a few months since, to have turned Roman catholic. That story has 1 1 never been either denied or confirmed ; but it will not soon be forgotten by the French Trotestanta— who took great umbrage at it—that his last speech at the annual protestant meeting teemed with Ultramontaniat sentiments. Following up the same order of ideas, he has for some time been at work at a book iu favour of the temporal power of the Pope, which is now on the eve of publication. Revelations, probably emanating from himself, are already made in the French press touching the general scope awl tenor of this book. It appears that M. Guizot, though—self-esteem being much more developed in his organisation than the love of approbation—he is less susceptible than most men on the score of public opinion,feels the want of support •nd countenance when he stands forward as the protestant champion of popery at this par ticular time. And, accordingly, he has found a co adjutor in the person of a great Lutheran doctor, who, however, like himself, feels that his argu ments need reinforcement by the authority of im posing names ; for he pretends that both tho Em peror of Russia, the Byzantine sovereign, and Lord Palmerston, the protestant statesman, stand com mitted to the opinion that the temporal power of the Popo is essential to civilisatiou and Christian liberty. One of the funniest quarrels between a manager and an actress that was ever brought before the public has just occurred between the celebrated singer Madame Ugalde and the director of the Opera Comique. On Saturday evening the follow ing placard was patted on.the doors of the above establishment :—" The theatre is closed in conse quence of the refusal of Madame Ugalde to do her duty." The papers of this morning publish a letter from Madame Ugalde, protesting against the above representation as a calumny, and asserting that she is in possession of a medical certificate showing that a very bad cold made it impossible for her to appear. But the manager carries on the war by publishing in the evening papers a letter signed by three physicians, Drs. L. Boutin, Josab, and Faivre, reporting that they visited Madame Ugalde, for the purpose of ascertaining her state of health, and that, although "relatively ndis posed," she was perfectly able to sing on Saturday evening. THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE PHILA• DELPHIA THEATRE. The Philadelphia Press, describing more fully the accident of which an account appeared in yesterday's Express, says :—" An accident of frightful fatality occurred at the Continental Theatre, m W ainut-street, on Satur day right. Since the destruction and accompanying casualties of the National Theatre, some years ago, we have had no theatrical matters so terrible to recount. A few weeks ago Mr. William Wheatley, an old and favourite actor and manager, leased and refitted the place. At greet expellee be produced the stage edition of Shakespeare's Tempest, and devoted unusual means to per fecting the scenic and mechanical arrangements. The ballet corps was numerous. All at once those accustomed to witnessing show pieces saw an unnecessary lieht glaring over the top of the rear scene. Before they had time to speculate upon it, a number of men in shirt sleeves (stage carpenters) made their appearance, and, while the confusion grew momentarily, a sharp scream rang upon the ears of the people, and a woman in ballet coetunie, with her dress on tire, emerged from the side scenes, waving her arms above her head. In a moment She fell into the abyss where the ship was riding. At the same time a suc cession of screams ensued. Trinculo suddenly ceased to joke, and dropped into the water, while Stephan forgot to be drunk, acid - became as sober as a judge. The girls were dressing for the ballet. The dressing rooms adjoin Samson street, and in one at the north-west corner of the building the MAIM Gale were adjusting themselves for the ballet far Act 11. Misr 'Lela Gale, one of the sisters, stood upon a settee to reach her dress, and when in the act of handing it down, the flame of gas from an adjacent tube set it on tire. The llamas communicated to her under clothes, and she was all ablaze in ao instant. Her site's rushed up to extinguish the fire, and they, too, were ignited. The fire mounted to their arms and breasts, inflicting terrible burns. Panic-stricken, they ran from the roots, through a narrow passage-way, into the next dressing-room tilled with ballet ladies. The gauze dresses of there blazed up directly, and, screaming, struggling, wrestling, the poor creatures either turned and leaped from the windows into Samson-street, or ran hither and thither calling for assistance. Mies Zelia Gale, with her clothing on tire, and uttering loud screams, ran down stairs and upon the stage, behind the scenes, falling below the stage level, where she was caught in the arms of Mr. Thomas Bayard, the carpenter of the theatre. Mr. Bayard, in attempting to extinguish the fire with a ' sea cloth,' was himself burned about the hands and arms. Miss Clara Clifton was caught in the arms of the by. standee, having leaped down and escaped unhurt, her clothing not having taken fire. Miss Hannah Gale did not jump from the window until she was badly burned, and when she leaped she fell to the ground upon her back, and sustained severe injuries from the fall as well as from her burns. She was carried into Greets tavern, near by, where she lay in an almost hopeless condition at a late hour. On Sunday, at 10 o'clock, she expired at the hospital, in great agony. Miss Alma Nicholls, in her fright jumped, from • platform to the stags, • distance of about ten feet. She will not recover. Miss Abby Carr was burned about the breast and waist. Phebe Forbes died in the morning at nine o'clock ; Miss Anna M'Bride died at six o'clock in the morning. Misses Ade line Gale and Ruth Gals are badly burned ; their mass are not hopeless. Mrs. Mary E. Hermon will not live. Her husband watched ber up to a late hour last night. Mrs. Anna Phillips died during Sunday afternoon. Kate Harris was burned slightly. The Misses Gale were young ladies of preps easing appearance. They were excellent dancers. They were English by birth, and they first appeared professionally in this city in the 11.0112i11i troupe at the time Yawl was brought out as a ballet at the Academy of Music. Six of these burned women had died %TM mid hour last night, and four more are not expected to survive the next twenty-four hours. All of them suffered terribly, calliug for water most piteously, and maintaining their senses unimpaired to the last. Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley were in the hospital through. out, ministering to their necessities, and doing all in their power to make their last moments peaceful. The matter was purely accidental, and no stigma can in any way be cast upon the management." The following additional particulars are from the Phila delphia North American :—" Hannah Gale had lain at Greer's saloon. Soon after she was brought there her pain owed, the result of inward mortification. She was en tirely tranquil, and calmly asked those present to read the Bible to her. An intimate friend, Miss Annie Wilkes, spent some time with her reading the sacred hook. For her self she had no apprehensions, but for her sisters and her mother she felt keen anxiety. Anna died first. Her mind wandered shortly after reception ut the hospital, and at 6 o'clock death removed her to the laud of spirits. Miss Phelps was the next to go. At 1 o'clock the messenger came, and she expired in the full possession of her faculties, glad to be released front sufferings which words utterly tail to give a description of. Hannah Gels died at 3 o'clock. A death-bed more solemn, yet less mournful, is seldom seen. The Gale sisters have lived—so says everybody who knew them—a blameless life. Less selfishness in a circle of sisters, perhaps, was never known. Hannah during her last momenta mani fested a degree of resignation too sublime to result from anything but sustaining grace. She had lived a blameless life, and dying, she declared that He who bad been her strength in life was now supporting her as the veil between life and eternity grew thin. The dying girl conversed as few people would suppose her capable of conversing, sod as the last breaths fluttered upon her lips, the name of her Saviour was pronounced with it." SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST A GERMAN BARONESS OP ATTEMPTING TO POISON HER HUSBAND. The little town of Bruchsal, Baden, where Oscar Becker was tried, has just been thrown into excitement nearly equal to that of the Becker case by the trial of • lady of high rank, the Baroness de Bsumbech, on • charge of attempting to poison her husband. The trial oc. copied the sittings of the &adze court at B,uchsal during the 26th, 27th, and 28th ult. Madame de Iluumbsch is a holy of forty-two years of age, and is described as of 14 distinguished and noble mien, with pale, handsome face. She was accompanied in the co urt by her daughter. The e.harie against the baroness was that the had attempted to take the life of her husband by mingling quantities of phosphorus with the sugar usually put into warmed beer which he was in the habit of having served to him. A sin gular peculiarity iu the case was that only some of the servants of the baroness had set suspicion on foot, and taken the steps which led to the proceedings. The Baron Baumbach had never believed the charge, and in his examination before the court repelled all idea of a lul -1 melon of his wife's iunocency with the utmost emotion. Borne tnthog quarrels between tho married pair appeared to have tint given rise to any suspicion. It WWI also hinted that the baron had endeavoured to form an improper relation with • lady of rank, an acquaintance of his woos, and that this circumstance had awakened the baronese's jealousy. This allegation, however, was warmly denied by the baroness herself, by the baron, and by several witnesses. The jury only deliberated live minutes, and then returned a verdict of not guilty, which was received with loud applause in • densely crowded court. The Baron de Baumbach immediately rushed to his wife and embraced her, and the scene which took place is described as singu larly affecting. A correspondent writes from Caustatt (Wurtem berg), Sept. 28 i—" We are in high Pte here to-day, this being the eightieth anniversary of /be King's birthday, and as his Majesty has now attained his eightieth year, and is the oldest of all the monarchs in Europe, the people deter mined to celebrate the day with extraordinary festivity. In the forenoon his Majesty, with the principal personages of the court, attended divine &swift in the royal chapel; end there, as well as in all the churches (the whole country is firmly protestant), the text of the sermon was from Job x., 12 : Thou but granted me life and favour, and thy visitation bath pre served my spirit.' What strut* me av exceedingly pecu liar was that the King gave out the text himself, as if to acknowledge publicly his sense of the kindness which Divine providence has vouchsafed to him. There was, later in the day, a grand reception at the palace, at which the diplomatic corps and the high functionaries of the kingdom offered their congratulations. A grand family dinner took place afterwards, and in the evening a newepera—Orrtchtn von Goeurd—wes represented, the theatre being crowded to excess, and the Kiog, who stayed to the end, being im mensely applauded." . . . The vintage is being carried on with great activity is the south of Frame and in Burgundy. "In our depart- ment," says the Courrier du Oerd, " the grapes are per fectly ripe, and yield a juice of such sweetness and colour that they will produce very superior wine. Moreover, the grapes are of such large size that a greater quantity of wine is expected than at one time seemed probable." The Journal de Sane-et-Loire thus speaks of the vintage in the Mason- Dais :—" The vintage is favoured with magnificent weather. Everywhere the grimes are fine, there being very few that have not ripened. The belief accordingly is that the wine will be of a superior quality. Some samples which have already been obtained are rich in colour and in alcohol, and extremely smooth to the palate, in place of being rough, as wu at fint upprelnuded." ALARMING RIOT AT NORTONIN-THR-MOORi. Yesterday, at the Town-hall, Hanley, before T. B. Item (stipendiary), W. Brownfield, E. J. Ridgwav, and G. Mcock, Figs., eight men, on remand from Burs. em on Tuesday, namely, Robert Hales, Thomas Hales, Joseph Hake, John Hall, and Richard Creswell, all of Mow Cop ; George Machin, Biddulph ; Thomas Hales, Longton and Thomas Hides, Wolverhampton, were char ge d w i t h having created a riot of a most alarming character, at Norton Green Hall, near Bundem, the residence of Mr. Oldacre, • retired solicitor. The iocidents connected with this riot, which has caused the liveliest interest in the dis trict from the unusual features attending it, may be thus briefly stated :—On the 9th Sept., the prosecutor and family received au unceremonious visit from a body of men—about eight in number—who demanded possession of the ball. Naturally, on the preferment of this request, Mr. Oldacre asked upon what grounds the claim was made ; when a man not in custody with defendants produced • document par riortieg to be • copy of the will of • former proprietor of the hall, Ann Meir. This proceeding was immediately fol. lowed by Hales, of Longton, declaring that he claimed th e property us heir-at-law of Alfred Hales, and subsequently, that he claimed it by assignment of Thomas Hales, of Wolverhampton, who it was alleged, was the real heir of Alfred Hales. Mr. Oldsere, of course, misted the claim, and told the party they had no substantial grounds fur malciug it, or they would have resorted to legal advice. This quiet but determined opposition only served to incense the aggressors, who persisted in their demand, two of them seising the keys of the entrance doors to the hull. Ulti. nudely, however, the keys were re-taken—assistance, in the persons of the parish constables, having arrived during the altercation—aud the party (two or three of whom had left on being requested) were ejected. Next morning, the de fendant' again put in au appearance, but this time accom panied by about a hundred others. On the approach of his formidable gang, the doors of the hull were secured, and Mr. Oldacre advanced to expostulate with the ring leaders. All parley, however, failed to produce a pacific result; peeseeriou of the house was again demanded, and being, as heretofore, refused, • some of indescribable riot ensued. With Mr. Oldacre is their midst, the mass of men made • rush at the kitchen door, but, finding that it withstood their first efforts, • battering ram was extem porised, under the heavy blows of which the door quickly yielded. An inner door was next attacked, and although of oak, studded with mile, smashed in pieces ; the apart manta were entered, and all the moveable furniture carried out of doors. Each of these exploits was followed by tumultuous cheer from the mob, who hail placed one of eight named as sentry to prevent ingress. In attempting to pass this man, Mr. Oldacre experienced rough usage. After a considerable time usurped by these turbulent pro ceedings, a number of neighbours were let in, sod the mob were expelled. The prisoners were committed for trial at the next assizes, but were released on bail. Among the booty taken by French soldiers at Pekin, was (says the Toulonnais) • valuable and curious work of art, via, a thrum of a carnal in solid silver, nearly 20 inches high, bearing on it. back • clock, and its hump being decorated with rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones. The statuette, on which the word " London" is engraved, is in the possession of a non-commissioned officer of the 101st Regt., who, the Teufunnais states, has refused 70,0001 r. for it. MEMORIAL TO EARL RVSSELL ON THE AFFAIRS OF MEXlCO.—Yesterday a memorial, very numerously signed by the leading merchants of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and other towns, holding relations with the republic of Mexico, either in commerce or as ere. ditors of the state, was presented at the Foreign•ollice. Mr. Layard, 111. P., the Under-Secretary, received it, in the ab. seam of the noble earl, to whom he intimated it should be forwarded forthwith, for consideration. The memorial re. capitulates at considerable length the state of affairs as at prevent existing between Mexico and British interests in that state ; and the memorialista suggest that, with a view to remedy the evils that prevail, a joint protective force should be thrown into Mexico by England and France, in order to maintain tranquillity, and for the restoration of social and political order. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. SAMVEL GERNEY.—• Yesterday in the Broadway, Stratford, were opened for the public use • set of drinking fountains, which, together with a handsome geenite obelisk, have been erected in memory of the late Samuel Gurney. The movement originated about two years ago io the mind of a working-man residing in the ueighbourhood, who has acquired some local cele brity in connexion with the temperance movement. The obelisk stands some forty feet in height. About sixty-five tons of granite are used in its construction. The fountains, two in number, form a group of lilies, and the whole work has been executed iu a very creditable manner by the Cheesering Granite Company, from the design of Mr. John Bell, the sculptor. Some thousands of persons from the neighbourhood assembled to witness the ceremony, and suitable addresses were delivered by the Rev. A. Ram, vicarof Stratford, the Rev. H. Richard, Samuel Gurney, M.P., and others. _ _ _ Sr. PAtlett CATHEDRAL —The Bishop of London has appointed the following gentlemen to be the preachers at St. Paul's CUhedral :—Oct. 6; the Rev. Thomas Grainger Hall, Y.A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge ; Professor of liatheinaties in King's College, London. Oct. 13: the Venenible Robert William Browne, M.A., Archdeacon of Bath, Chaplain to her Majesty's Forces. Oct. 20: the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, RD., Minister of Curzon Chapel, May fair., and Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Oct. 27 : the Rev. William Charles FyoseWebber, LA. of Christ Church, Oxford; Sub-Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Incumbent of St' Botolph, Aldersgate. PASSPORTS TO THE UNITID STATLS.—MT. Little- John, the United States consul at Liverpool, received yes terday a circular from the American legation in London to the effect that all persons leaving Liverpool for the United States of America must be provided with passports from the respective authorities. We believe that the COMMIS of the United States at the different ports in the United Kingdom have each received a corresponding notice. ABOLITION OF ANOTHER ANCIENT INSTITCTION.—• On Saturday expired the isianoyeuce juries of Westminster, which were instituted as far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but which were abolished by an act of last ses sion. The Dean and Court of Burgieses are now to appoint inspectors to act in the place of householders, who were wont to parade the streets and inspect the weights and measures for the shopkeepers. The act provides that " every person who shall abuse or insult any such inspector when in the execution of his office, or shall in any way obstruct the execution of the said office, shall be liable to • penalty not exceeding 405." EXTF.NSIVE BE EM BY A FRIENLDY 80cIETY AGMT.-BHICLOS, MONDAY ArrERNOON.—To-day, Robert Miller, recently the Newcastle and Shields agent of the Royal Liver Friendly Society, an institution established to afford benefits to working men in time of sickness, and the payment of a certain sum at death, was brought before the 'North Shields magintrates, charged with an ex tensive series of embezzlements. The prisoner is or was a local preacher amongst the Pranitive Methodists. and bad the Newcastle and Shields travelling ngencv. There are about 2,000 members of the society in this district, and it has been discovered that the prisoner has cheated the society In one hundred cases at Newcastle and fifty cases at Shields ; besides robbing a number of poor people by des ducting a 'pound or thirty shillings from sums of money sent from the bead office in case of death. Mr. Blackwell prosecuted, and four cases having been proved against the prisoner, he was sent for trial at the Northumberland sessions. EZTKSITE ROBBERY OP • JEWELLER'S SHOP IN Lniarotn.--On opening his shop in Exchange-street East, yesterday morning. Mr. Jamas Darby, dealer in jewellery, pictures, and articles of terra, discovered that it had been entered and plundered, between the time of shutting up on Saturday night and his opening in the morning. The premises are situate two or three doors northward of Dale-street corner, and above the shop is a range of offices, entering by No. 10. The office iITIIII.- diately over Mr. Darby's shop is occupied by Messrs. A. and H. Rawson. The door of this o ffi ce had been forced open, sad. laving obtained cadmice to it, the course of proceedings on the part of the barFlars most have been an easy one. Between the outer and inner office the thieves cut a pretty large hobs in the floor, whi.:h formed at once an opening into the shop below. From this they dropped into Mr. Darby's shop, and immediately set about their work of spoliation. A case in the window filled with rings, gold pencil-cases, gold chains, breastpins and other articles of jewelry, was carefully emptied of its contents ; number of valuable opera-glasses and other readily port able articles of value were carried off, in all to the value of about 200/. In the office of Messrs. Rawson were found a number of pictures, a large musical box, and other heavy or bulky articles belonging to Mr. Darby, packed up, and ready for removal. From this last circumstance it is not unreasonable to conjecture that the burglary had been com mitted between Saturday night and Sunday morning, as the robbers appear to have considered that they bad time to re turn and carry off the bulky portion of the plunder. As yet no trace of the depredators has been found. DEXTRITTIVE FIRE AT BASTED. About tell minutes past two o'clock on Thursday morning the rag warehouse at Basted paper mills, Kent, was discovered to be on fire by one of the engineers at work in the fac tory, who instantly gave the alarm ; but being stored with combustible articles the fire got such head that any attempt to extinguish it was utterly useless. In a few minutes the roof fell in with a tremendous crash, and the wind coming from the south-west the destruction of the dwelling-bones close to the mill seemed inevitable. Mr. Moocktoo, the proprietor, immediately despatched an express to West Mailing and Maidstone for the engines, and gave directions to pull down a long passage connect ing the factory with the paper warehouse. The family were removed to a cottage near at hand, but happily the wind shifted, and by a prompt and energetic use of the Basted engines both the house, the paper stores, and steam boilers were saved. The de structiou of machinery and rags (of which there was a much larger store than usual, in anticipation of the abolition of duty on the Ist October) is very great. We understand that both the buildings and stock are par tially insured in the Rent and Roy al offices. By this cala mity a large nuinber of hands are thrown out of employ. mink which must occasion considerable distress in the neighbourhood. The factory hands and the neighbours exerted themselves to the utmost. The ruins were visited by hundreds during the day, R. Taasell. Esq., the chairman of the Kent office, and K. Letitia!), Esq., the secretary, being among the earliest arrivals —Maidstone Attend. S5Dt Court. Her Majeiity and the Prince Cowart, nevem paaied by the Princess Alice and the youthful members of the Royal Family, are expected, according to present arrangements, to leave Balmoral either on the 22nd or 'Gird instant fur Windsor Castle. The Marquis sod Marchioness of Exeter and lady Mary Coca arrived M the hinuly residence ID Gros venorsquare, yesisray, from Burghley House, near The Earl of Harrowby, Viscount Sandon, and family COM* to tows to-cloy, from Sandia Hall, Stafford shire. Viscount Falmouth arrived in town yesterday horn Mereworth Castle, Kent, on his way to Newmarket. Thu Earl and Counters of klardwicke are enter taining a ,elect family circle at Wimpole Hall, Cambridge shire. Lady Hazy Craven left town yesterday to join the Peril _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Spencer are expected to 111TiVO at Spencer-house, St. Jaws's, tomorrow, from Al thorpe-hall, Northamptonshire. Viscount and Viscount: 8s Clilden leave Lord Tanaton's seat, Stok►park, near Windsor, at the end of the week, for Gowrea Castle, the noble viscount's rest in the county ILDlumoy. Lardy Georgiana Fane has arrived at her house in Upper Brook•stmet, from New York. Lord Palmerston has consented to distribute the esetiataiss to the eacceeeful candidates in the late Oxford local oxastiostioa, at a public media& which is to be held at the CarlkaArms, Southampton, cm Friday, the 11th fart. Sir Roderick Murchison has been addressing stone of the farmers of Norfolk on subsoils in relation to agri. culture. The occasion was the dinner of the Wayland Agricultural Association, at which Lord Walsingham pre. sided. Sir Roderick especially alluded to the value of those phosphatic substances which are found under the soil, and which, he said, made manure u fertilising as any guano in the market. It appear+ that the fourth waion of the Inter national Philanthropic Congress is to be held in London next year, on the occasion of the Great Exhibition. Among the noblemen and untlemen wh3 hare expressed their concurrence, are, Lord Brougham and the Council of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl Ducie, the EMI Fortescue, Lied Ebury, LorJ Beriberi', the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Sir Thomas Phillips, Alderman Medd, Mr. Harry Chester, Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., Mr. Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., Mr. Henry &beim, Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S., Mr. T. Twining, Dr. Sutherland, F.R.S., and Dr. South wood Smith, F.R S. . - The Hon. W. W. Addington has issued an babe= to the electors of Plymouth, in which he says : " I belong to the liberal conservative party ; and though not prepared to pledge myself to an undeviating support of party measures, I may distinctly state that my opinions are in impend accordance with those which guided the late government of Lord Derby. Approving of the manly and patriotic course adopted by the present government in its relation with foreign powers, more especially se regards the Italian question, I shall esteem it my duty not to offer a factious opposition to their measures with the mere object of placing soother party in office." Mr. idwarde:GOvernor of Labunn, had an in terview with the Doke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Co. loohd-olEce. The Stromboli and Chanticleer are both hourly expected to be ecessiesioped at Portsmouth, to reinforce the West lodia &gumdrop, with reference, most probably, to expected operations on the coast of Mexico. Both vends are masted, end are boiog rigged and stored with the greatest possible despatch. ileopatehim were received yesterday at the Colo nial-Ake from the Governors et the West India Islands, the North American Provisoes, &WA Columbia, and the Lord High Conunissioaer of the Italian lehiade. We read iu Ga!ignan :—" Mr. En Watk iu Edwards, accompanied by hie Meads, Mr. Realms Aiseworth and Mr. Lyster O'lleirse, arrived at Paris oa Paturtlay last in his steam yacht Penelope, belonging to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Hyde, laving successfully navigated the Seine. This, we believe, is the first Engli.sh yacht that has ever been mowed off the Tuileries, and is consequently au object of great curiosity to the Parisians." A letter from Naples, 24th tilt., has the follow lag :—" The British protestant chapel has undergone an important improvement, inasmuch as the obligation of paying for sittings has been abolished, and visitors am contribute as they think proper tovranls the fund for main. Mining public worship. Our new chaplain, the Rev. J. Maitland, is an estimable man. His sermons are good and ' well received by the congregation." _ _ M. Pik th; French hlitorical painter, who ob tained the medal of hamar this tear for his painting of "The Passage of the Alma," has recently arrived in Algiers, being char,,,tl by the Ilinister of State to execute a large painting repre.roting "The Reception of the Arab Clash by the i.:el; error." daring their Majesties visit to Algeria, and in order to represent the scene more aocurately, Y. Yds has gone to make his sketches on the spot. ITALY. ROME, Sarr. 30. The Pope Las held a secret consistory, in which five bishops were appointed. His Holiness pro nounced an allocution on the events in Italy, and alluded to the violent expulsion of the Archbishop of Naples. He also spoke of the religious situa tion of Mexico or New Granada, which ho said had been still further aggravated by the expulsion of the apostolic delegate. NAPLES, Sem 30. The small band of reactianists, commanded by Borges, hex been beaten by the Italian troops. The greater number of them were afterwards made pri soners by the peasants. . . . . Borges himself, with a few men, is still at large, but it Is hoped that their arrest will soon be effected. The trial of Christen hi,, minneuced. TURIN, Barr. 30, EVENING. The Se/dinette of Brescia of to-day says :—" On the 3rd October Austria will set at liberty the Modeneso political prisoners who have been incarce rated iu t h e dungeons of Mantua since 1859." The royal princes have laid the that stone of the monument at Castelfidardo. POLAND. CRACOW, parr. 30. According to news from Warsaw 'the Polish bishops bad addressed a memorandum to the Governor of Poland, demanding the re-establish ment of the former rights of the catholic church in that country. The Governor, however, refused to accept it. The bishops then met and were addressed by the Archbishop, who in his speech said ;--" Let us always stand by the people and defend the cause of the Fatherland, and not forget that we are Poles." HUNGARY. PESTII, SEPT. 30. During yesterday and to-day large crowds have assembled before the building where the sittings of the Assembly of the Comitat are held. The surrounding streets are occupied by troops. A lieutenant with his sword drawn forbade the deputies to enter the building. The people are greatly excited, but order has not been disturbed. pzera, parr. 30, Eviaino. _ _ _ The magistrate of the Comitat of Pesth has tendered his resignation. On leaving the Hall of Assembly more than 5,000 persons assembled to accompany him home. They were followed by military patrols. When the people reached the palace of the Ober gespaun the magistrate delivered a speech, to which the Obergeapann replied. The crowds then voluntarily dispersed without committing any disturbances. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Barr. 30, EVIL:MO. A telegram received here to-day from Trieste announces that iuformation had been received iu that city from Scutari, stating that the Turks would not probably continue hostilities against Montenegro much longer. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON', Ocr. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, with the Peninsular mails, arrived off the Needles at 11.50 o'clock this morning. daliguani says, "Count de Persigny, who was some time back much indisposed, ball now considerably re covered. After taking the warm baths at Vichy, he waa so indisposed on his departure that, having resolved to make an excursion incognito in the mountains of Dau phifly, with which province his family has long been con. fleeted, he was obliged to stop short at Grenoble, and re main several days there at an hotel. Ou his retina to Perim, the minister was still too unwell to resume his Aux, tions till be bad reposed several days at Charamande with the countess and their family." The °immature Romano publiabea a monitory letter, addressed by the Congregation of the Council to Mgr. Caputo, Bishop of Arian*, the only member of the epis copacy who has embraced the cause of Victor Emmanuel. It summons him, in the name of the Pope, immediately to resign his post of first chaplain to the King, to return to hi diocese, or else to come to Rome to make reparation for the scandal he has caused to the faithful, and be freed from the canonical penalties he baa incurred. A Paris correspoudent of the Lulepenthowe ▪ Wes thatmoosedinge have been instituted by the French government against M. Pie. Bishop of Poitiers, one of the chiefs of the clerical opposition. The occasion of it was a sermon mewled by him on the fete day el the cathedral— the fete of St. Peter sad St. Pool. Dealing, as he fre quently does, is political allusions, the bishop observed that it " was not Herod the Pint, nor Herod the Second, Lie outcome, bat Herod the Third who put St. Peter into prison." This remark gave TM to whisperings and smiles throughout the eatbedraL tho notorious republican, is now seriously 01 in Holland. The climate of that country is, it appear, so unfavourable for his health that all his friends have recommended him to return to France, and to take up his residence on a small estate he possesses in the environs of Carcassonne. A bandit, who was shot a few days back at Castelloci°, had on him the following communication, written on official paper :—" Rome, :ird April, lf6l.—His Majesty, Dei Gratis, in testimony of his sovereign considera tion, has deigned to decide that you shall receive the place of turnkey of the prisons of rartenico, province of Palermo, at the epoch of the reorganisation of his government. I make this known to you with pleasure.—Aeromno DE boa, General Director." The correspondent of the Ageism Battier, who sends the above document, affirms that be saw it himself, and that the signature is authentic. Michael before Mr. sault upon his head. The pros timekeeper building th for them o others soar not being f paid him h him a couni he had, and Ile thou w. evening, w works, the his hand, * cutting bin constaide In answt fwd shillins with some works, and threw it at Mr. C.mi and lie shot The pricy committed Jo4ph worth, was exulting Ser duty. Sergeant he was on d watching a hold of hi jug round face. Hs but this onl] " You are u left. Witur the crowd, s nese got so stables on of the pries than a hu nearly cover be rendered would take rtation-houw table•koife t The prism miatake." hayed to be for the knife giving it up: Mr 7 ElliOt and convict. IL for the d William, was brought stable of M house, and two pi a eces ol It ppenra No. 97 K, Salmon-lane, ing the pro the prisoner replied that I perty there. Lid never be was given to policeman In perty had be Abbott, in in the pro that all the locked up in house was bi property still Ncholl san had been sue property. The prison Mr. Selfe with hard dal THE LATE This sic; the eastern d Wskley) house. Univs of Sarah Es. Maryland-po by the late at North Loado Lion., were tl inquest. Mr. Wrest the ease on 13 Mr. Hump' that it was no hold an inopr had now me late dreadful as they were the facts mum propose was the surgeon'i then read OVI occasion, whi The jury h Mr. Gann( Hospital, sail pital on Mot .ible, and coi her death, was admit collapse. St groin. She was donator morning, thi formed on tt ------ Hr. Hump in on es she 7 Witness— . train that rot The eorone otierpasae — ; University C Mr. Ganno going on fa La pital. Mr. Ariilia ceased, and Stratford. TI by tho excur not a wrens Mr. Hump causiog the Witaase--' Mr. Bum view ? 'Fitness—. Mr. Ifump of the whole e jury verdict of ma TEE SUR nib% day for West .Nti Painful drew tholomrw tart' of the ( ait!or. Henry Bun the wretched secretary at I morning as hard a he ran into the his head in ti stone, attired t, and bloc " 4 legs seen from the pan one eye, why aid was instal Frederick? deceased well the nccurren op his motel Pendent abou tempted to cc P.m ped from 0 1 1, amount wished he w cot feel well Mr. John 1 ret°r of aaecre fa roof and to Milt difficult have crawled of the jump doubt but it The ; sty Snick's. wl THE BEI' 'rat found om !workmen wh, pry viewed Tin inve c t e i iourbed until deep interest kution. This P 4 r I Fr L