The Express. — London, England, 1865-12-18 00:00:00

dH2I BROOPEN. ORIGINAL GOLD GRAIN MAN UFACTORY, IIIOODIZTrITAVIST AZDZN. rOHN BROGDINS GOLD CHAIN& JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GU AHD CHAINS. jOHN ItROODEN'SGOLD ALBERT CHAINS. jOHNDROGDIN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. M IMI& WATHERST ON and SON, fjoidamithe and Jewellers. Mee Beady for Impaction • Oreat Variety of JEWELLER% , CaßlSTlllth;ll%3EXTtest B and sui table for GIFTS. 12, Palldiall leak S.W. OVERCOATS of the BEST WINTIURTERIALS ar kept for inamtioa or este at HAMILTON sod HMSO:M. Tailors sad Overcoat Halms, 106, STRAND, apposite Easter Hell LONDON must have a SUPPER and me MUSIC ZOOM fa Ge n tl em en.—Remember, we wan You et .=VANS." alter the Covent-garden Opera, •ted the Theatre'. Bite erpreOgi. TO cOUPONORNTO• advarnasawas Mantled for " The dams" London Moan , must be at Ida oft" 10, Lo ne by TWO reCk on Uts day ad pablkatten. HAVILARK ET. THIS VINO% THE OVERLAND daROUTE. M Mama. Buck stone, C. Mathews. awl Compton Easmes athews, S now don, BM and Wrlight.—WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN lira. C. Maibeara.-And YT HUSBAND'S GHOST. ? Mr. and PRINCESS'S. TEM viEnee, QUIRT LODGINGS.—Attar which IT IS RSV= TOO LATE TO MIND. Maws. Vining, O. Site Mlle, Slur- T. Read, D. Murray, b. Wham. F. Vilna's. J. G. Shore, O. m, and L cathwrs : mum L. moors and X. Rodgers. DIOR WATT.' AT LONDONBREDOL TIN DAT Manta& th. AMMON'. 211. =I a. 400..... AR TO-1101110W •••• Moraims, 21L ARC. lb. OWL ____ LONDON. MONDAY. DECEMBER 18. THE Money Market has spin experienced one of those temporary though hurtful disturbances that have so constantly happened during the past two years. Only three weeks ago the Bank rate of discount was lowered from 7 to 6 per cent, and according to the indications then prevailing a further reduction appeared to be at hand. The position of affairs, however, has quickly changed. Nearly every day for the last fortnight with drawals of gold more or less considerable have taken place from the Bank, and the belief was universal that last week the rate would have again been put up to 7 per cent. Much surprise was indeed oc casioned by the fact that the usual day for making these changes had not been antici pated, and that prompt action had not been st once adopted. The state of the accounts pub lished on Friday, and the comparative steadineu of the foreign exchanges, doubtless explain the rea sons of the Directors for not venturing upon any perhaps premature movement, especially since they are well aware that nothing unsettles trade more than sudden fluctuations in the value of money. According to precedent the withdrawal of bullion would necessarily be followed by a rise in the rate, since every farthing of specie taken from the Bank so far diminishes the reserve. This is the chief, if not sole, point by which the policy of the Bank is usually considered to be guided, but it way be rea sonably inferred that on this occasion the Direc tors have taken a wider view of the present con juncture, and have refrained from tying themselves down to the exclusive calculation of one single item in their accounts. The public may be congratu lated on the fact, that for once old prejudice , have been disregarded, and that an increased at tention has been paid to the general interest, which could never have been possible with a blind adherence to an exploded law. In some quarters, indeed—and those of the best informed—the de cision of the Directors to maintain the present rate has been received with a congratulation strongly admixtured with astonishment at their boldness. This is a hopeful sign. It implies that the expe rience gained in 1864 and 1865 as to the working of our currency laws has not failed to produce its legitimate effect, and that the whole subject must before long be thoroughly reconsidered. It is pe culiarly fortunate that at the meeting of a new Parliament the proofs of the inadequacy of the existing system—especially exempli fied through the recent revival of trade — should be brought so immediately before the eyes of the public. The events of the last quarter of 1865 cannot be disregarded or explained away, and they conclusively prove that there is no argument left for the apologists of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. None of the evils which it was the especial province of this measure to counteract were in existence when the Bank rate of discount was raised from 4to 7 per cent. Singularly enough, • drain of bullion abroad was not proceeding then, but on the other hand it is now. Yet the rate of dis count was advanced when this predisposing cause did not exist, and is left unaltered when the drain is really in operation. The contradiction is too patent to escape even the most casual notice. The chums for the exportation of gold to the Continent are readily stated. They arise entirely from the sudden and important revival of trade, especially with the United States. An increased demand for cotton manufactures can, of course, only be satisfied by • corresponding augmentation in the supply of the raw material. Notwith standing the re-opening of the ports of the I Southern States, we must be content for the pre sent to rely chiefly upon the produce of India. The native growers, however, will not in a great degree exchange their cotton except foe silver. To obtain this silver we are obliged to buy it on the Continent with gold. Hence the present exports. For a time the advance in the rate of discount had the effect of temporarily post poning these operations, but in any case they would be sure to occur sooner or later. The question is entirely one of a margin of profit. A trader may find it well worth his while to export gold, even when money is at 10 per cent., if he can safely calculate upon a return of 12 per cent. by the sale of his imports. This is precisely what is happen ing now. The demand from the United States, and from other countries generally, for cotton goods has given a strong impulse to the importation of raw cotton, sod a corresponding export of specie. It is true that in the end the nation will be richer, since the return must be greater than the outlay. Unfortunately our present outlay must consist of gold, and hence every consecutive withdrawal from the Bank contributes to disturb the money market, although in fact it simply represents an amount of capital advantageously placed for a short period. The anomaly of our present system is that its re strictions press chiefly upon that class which have the least share in rendering them necessary. Thus, while the East India merchant finds for an increased charge for discount a more than corresponding advantage in his profits on cotton, the general trader feels the whole weight, without having any of the compensation. It should always be remem bered that a mere calculation of the diminished profit involved by a rise of the rate of discount by no means measures the entire loss. When the THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1865. money market becomes disturbed the result is • weakening of confidence, and ooniequently of credit. A trader who can obtain a reasonable amount of accommodation at 6 per cent., finds it very difficult when the rate has risen to 7. This is especially the case, as we have already had ocossion to remark,when the firm isof fair standing but not of first-class reputation. At the present moment the terms in the general diesonnt market are higher than at the Bank, not from want of money, but from excessive caution. It is very well known that the supply of capital in all quartets is large, but there is scarcely any disposition to lend. Every one is waiting for the Bank rate to be up to 7 per sent., with the natural desire of securing the largest profits possible. A first-class banker might, perhaps, be able to borrow considerable sums, for a few days only, at 5i per cent., but for ordinary three months' trade bills it would be difficult to obtain discount at Gk. It is in this manner that the general commerce of the country is constantly being checked. A series of operations highly ad vantageous in themselves, but causing for • time • drain upon the specie reserve of the Bank of Eng land, act in precisely the same way es • real diminution in the resources of the nation. When we consider the wealth of England and the large amount of capital that is being accumu- Lated from year to year, it seems strange that a temporary withdrawal of 700,0001. from the Bank should exercise so great an effect. It is equally singular that any stress should be laid upon the arrival of the Great Britain from Australia because she carries 500,0001. in gold. To say the lesat, it appears h um iliating that the position of the greatest commercial country in the world should be really affected by the voyage of one gold ship. The fact nevertheless remains that the Great Bri tain is looked for with no little anxiety, and that any delay in her arrival might be easily productive of serious consequences. The same thing occurred at the commencement of October, when it is not too much to say that two gold ships from Mel bourne and the packet from the West Indies brought sufficient specie to save us from what was very nearly a commercial crisis. The Great Britain will hardly arrive at as opportune a moment, but will be the no leas welcome. No surer proof could be given of the fallacies upon which our currency system is based than the extraordinary interest that attaches to the shipments of bullion from Australis and America, while no attention whatever appears to be paid to the possibility of obtaining supplies from our nearest neighbours. make way for • militia ship nada all eircumstancies sad conditions of wind, tide, end course, and ser seeding to this rile the final came of the aogidona or Wrilloriff night, Rate not with lie barque bat with the stingray. Oa such • night an old and experienced sailer, having only his ship's safety and his own to provide for, would here waited for daylight to wow the Shahs, bat the travelling public combining with the ignoesnos of landsmen the impatience and recklessness of their Taos, will have their twelve knot* an hour in a fog, and if they occasionally come to grief they have themselves to thank for it, not the oeptein of the steamer who takes them over safely ninety-nine times in • hundred. The Post aye the public for some time to come will feel ooesiderable timidity, and it must be admitted that the conditions for iuspiring confidence are lamentably deficient, whether in the steamers themselves or in their general belongings. Both the Daily News and the Post notice with sympathy Mr. Fowler's project, now before parliament, for building boats large and strong enough to allow the railway carriages, with their paean. ' gers and luggage, to be put bodily on board, to lift them off their wheels and hoist them up and down from the rails • to the deck, and thus transport them from one shore to the . other, so that the whole distance between Loud= and Paris may be compassed hi some eight hours. By this means, cold, wet, and sea !dams' will become things unknown on the Channel purge. lIISCILLANSOUS TOPICS. The Times sees a controversy rising respecting re form, which may end in an agitation, and wishes to ask what the leading idea of the bill is to be, trusting that it will contain no startling innovations on our old system ; ne intention, on the face of it, to transfer the go. vernment of this country sad its numerous poets of public responsibility to a lower class of men ; DO intention to give labourers greater immunity in poaching ; no intention to enable working men and arti ma to dictate terms to their employers and lay down laws for trade. Than in plenty of work for a reform bill without venturing upon • single new principle , or e ven attempting to alter the social position of a single clam. The Telegraph praises Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald for the argumentative and dispusionate character of his late speech, and proceeds to reply to some of his arguments against lowering the suffrage. The Daily News is surprised that Sir Robert Clifton should have made still more prominent by a trial in a court of jostles the odious scenes, the rioting, the destruction of property, and every species of outrage committed by his "lambs" at the Nottingham election in the summer. The Legume of the Pafriot was unneeemarily offensive, but imputations much more grave, and words much more serious, had been applied to him in a local journal. Sir Robert acknowledged that he said at a public meeting, " Shame on the mayor ; shame on the magistrates ; damnation to them." And this is the man who brings an action for libel ! Again, in the course of the election, the committee-room of Messrs. Morley and Paget was gutted by Sir Robert Clifton's men, and Sir Robert acknowledges that he said that it served them right. If a " desperado and lawless rowdy " had been in Sir Robert Clifton's place at the Notting ham election, weld be have done more than cures the magistrates and give his approval to riot and outrage ! If Sir Robert had been well advised after the election he would have kept clear of the law courts. He came before the Court of Exchequer as a country militiaman and landed proprietor to oomplain of wrongs which, supposing the jury to have taken his view of their nature and extent, could not be redressed except by the award of exemplary damages ; and he has gone away, situ making most humiliating admissions in the witness box, with just fifty A sterling. LTZI3T INTELLIGENCE. (asovas ennuis.) BELGIUM. SPEECH OF KING LEOPOLD IL BRUSSELS, D. 18. The presentation of addresses to the King by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies took place yesterday evening. The Queen, the royal children, and the Count of Flanders stood by the King, and the foreign Princes were prompt. The Prinoe de Ligne re ad the address of the Senate, which expressed sympathy in the loss which his Majesty had (suffered, but congratulated him upon his accession to the throne. The address further announced the unalterable devotion of the Senate, and concluded with expressions of homage to the Queen. The deputies were immediately afterwards ad mitted to the royal presence, and the President read their address, in which they assured the King of the attachment of the Belgian people to the con stitution, and its deep love for his dynasty. The address also expressed the conviction that the King would preserve that which the courage of the people had founded, and the wisdom of King Leopold I. consolidated. The King returned the following reply : Gentlemen, —Belgium like myself has lost • father. The unanimous homage which the natioe renders to his memory fittingly responds to the affection which he cherished for it during life. I am touched as wall as grateful on this soootint. Europe herself has not remained indif ferent to this mourning : the foreign sovereigns and prinoes have desired to participate in the lest honours that we render to him whom they placed so high in their confidence and friendship. In my own name, and in the name of Belgium, I thank them. Suc ceeding today to a father so honoured during life, so re gretted after death, my first undertaking, before the elect of the nation, is religiously to follow the precepts and example which his wisdom has bequeathed to me, and never to forget the duties that are imposed upon me by this precious in. baritones. If I neither promise Belgium • great reign, like that which founded its independence, nor a great King like him whom we mourn, I at least promise the country a King—Belgian in heart and soul, whose whole life belongs to it. The first King of the Belgians to whom Belgium has given birth, I have shared since childhood all the patriotic emotions of my mmitry. With it I have joyfully followed that national development which fecundises in its bosom all the sources of strength and prosperity. Like it, I love the great institutions which at once guarantee order and liberty, and constitute the most solid basis of the throne. In my thoughts, the future of Belgium has always been connected with my own ; sad I have always considered it with the confidence inspired by the right of a free, honest, and courageous nation, who desire independence, who have known how to achieve and show themselves worthy of it, and will be able to preserve it. I have not forgotten, gentlemen, the marks of goodwill I received at the period of my majority, when I came to share your legislative labours, and upon my marriage some months subsequently, with • Princess who enters into all my feelings towards the country and instils them in the hearts of our children. It has been very gratifying to me to witness in these spontaneous manifestations the unanimous accord of the populations. For my part I have never made say distinction among Belgians. All devoted to their country, I include them all in one common affection. My constitutional mission places me above the conflict of opinions, leaving the country itself to decide between them. I earnestly desire that their differences' may always be tempered by that spirit of national fraternity which now unites around the eons banner all the children of the Belgian family. Gentlemen, —During the last 35 years Belgium has wit nessed the accomplishment of overate that in a country of similar extent to ours have rarely been realised by a single generation. But the edifice whose foundations have been laid by the Congress can be raised and will be raised still higher. My sympathetic osuctirrenm is assured to all who shall devote to this work their intelligence and labour. It is by persisting in this course of activity and wise progress, that Belgium will still more solidly establish her institutions at home, and will preserve that esteem abroad of which the powers guaranteeing her independence and other foreign states have never eased to afford, and now again renew benevolent testimony. In amending the throne my father said to the Belgians : "My heart knows no other ambition than that of seeing you happy." Those words, justified by his whole reign, Ido not fear to repeat in my own name. God has graciously granted the prayer they expressed. May He hear it again to-day. May Hs render me the worthy successor of my father—and I beseech Him, from the bottom of my heart, may He continue to protect our dear Belgium. FRANCE. PARIS. DEC. 18. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a report of the deliberation of the Council of the Academy in the case of the five medical and two legal students who took part in the congress at Liege. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, DEC. 1i Prince Couza has made a speech, in which he declared that he was always ready to abdicate if his retirement could assure the realisation of the wishes of the country ; that he had proclaimed his readiness to do so when only a simple deputy, and repeated it now after his double election. The speech elicited enthusiastic applause. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Die. 18. Large populous meetings were held yesterday at Langenthal in the Canton of Berne, and at Coire in the Grissons, when resolutions were passed in favour of summoning the Federal Assembly for the object of again revising the constitution. THE FUNERAL OFBELGIANS. THE LATE KING OF THE The solemn funeral of the late King Leopold took place on Saturday in the presence of an immense concourse gathered together from all parts of Belgium. The route which the cortege followed was thronged with sympathetic groups. At about 10 in the morning the foreign ministers in mourning carriages, the public bodies, and deputations from the provinces commenced arriving at the palace, where they were ranged in order. About 11 the new king entered the first saloon, where the diplomatic corps were assembled. His royal highness was accompanied by his brother, the Count of Flanders, the King of Portugal, the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Arthur, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Auguste of Saxony, the Duke d'Aumale, the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Archduke Joseph of Austria, and Prince Louis of Hesse. The Emperor of the French was represented by the Duke de Bassano, the Queen of England by Lord Seymour, the Queen of Prussia by Count Hompech, and the Emperor of Austria by Field-Marshal Nesperg. The entire Diplomatic Corps was there, with the exception of the Nuncio, whose absence occasioned much remark. The catholic clergy of Belgium, however, were represented by their archbishops and bishops, who saluted the King and then withdrew, not entering with the rest the chapeile ardente. The King, followed by the princes and his family, then proceeded to the ball where the body was lying. The chaplain of the late King, K. Becker, they delivered a funeral oration, in which he said that the grief of the Belgians would not discourage them in maintaining either their independence or their liberty. Sixteen non-commissioned offi cers belonging to the different corps of the army then raised the coffin and placed it upon the funeral car, • veritable monument, designed with great art, which was drawn by eight horses, preceded by the bodies of the state, and followed by the King and the other personages already mentioned to Laeken. Amongst the carriages was especially noticed that of the English Minister in a splendid mourning livery of black and silver. The functionaries and provincial bodies followed on foot. The cords of the car were held by the President of the Senate, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Justice, the General-in-Chief of the Civic Guard, and the Commandant of the Territorial Division of Brabant. The journey from Brussels to Laeken occupied upwards of three hours. Most of the route is lined with houses, and the balconies were all hung with black. Outside this line, kept by the civic guard on one side and the regular troops on the other, was an immense crowd, sorrow ing and silent. The body was placed in the vault of the church of Laeken, where reposes that of the Queen Louise; but, the late King having been a protestant, a large chapel had been specially erected, in the form of a parallelogram. After the psalms had been sung a second funeral oration, shorter than the first, was pronounced by M. Vent, president of the Lutheran Consistory. A prayer and some funeral chants terminated the ceremony. The coffin was carried into the family vault by a special entry which had been made in the wall of the church, where it was placed on the right of that of the Queen of the deceased monarch. King Leopold IL, the Count of Flanders, and the King of Portugal took a farewell look into the grave before leaving the cemetery, and a canticle was very sweetly sung by the members of the Brussels Musical Society. The inscription on the coffin is as follows : S. M. LEOPOLD I. George Chretien Frederic, Roe dee Beiges. , By the time of the return of the cavalcade nearly all the symbols of mourning had disappearel from the city, and the tradespeople and householders were busily testing, for the morrow, the trans parencies and gas inscriptions bearing the brilliant letters, " Viva Leopold IL" ,-(THIS DAY.) la. • A.M. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE UNIT= NATI& The voluminous report which Mr. M'Culloch, the Secretary of the Treasury, has addressed to the House of Representatives. is described by the Times as being re markable among similar official dunce/Ma of the States, as being pounded on sound financial principles. His argu ments for the reduction of the currency, sod the measures he proposes, which may be briefly stated as comprising • large funding of the paper currency, a simplifica tion of the machinery but a maintenance of the amount of taxation, and a gradual redemption of the na tional debt, show that he is a sound financier. It must, however, be noticed that the possibility of keeping the average rate of interest on the national debt of the Union as low as 5 per oent depends upon the exemption of the national creditors from all state taxation. Were the holders of the bonds of the Union subject, like their fellow-citizens, to taxation within their several states, and also to taxation in respect of their capital invested in such secu rities, the bonds could not, in Mr. M'Calloch's opinion, be issued at less than 8 per cent. interest. Mr. M'Culloch defends the exemption of these bonds from state taxation, but his reasoning appears inconclusive, and it is known that the exemption will be severely attacked in Congress. Bat the point in Mr. M'Culloah'i scheme which must strike Englishmen most forcibly is the 000fidence which he invites in the action of the executive. The Daily News, while reading the praises so liberally bestowed on President Johnson for the moderation and good sense of his message, finds it impossible to help thinking of the confidence with which the vices of fanati cism and extravagance were imputed to him when he was soddenly called to office, and when it was oorifemed that his character was almost unknown. We should expect the virtue of moderation in a ruler disposing of interests so vast as those which are committed to Mr. Johnson's care. Now that Southern influences no longer predominate at Washington, the insolent tam that ones pervaded the state papers of the republic, the love of giving annoyance to England, and the aggressive policy towards the countries south of the republic, have passed away for ever, but this national dis position is not one on which rivals or enemies might safely presume, nor one which may be expected to induce the government of the Union to depart • hair's breadth from a policy which is the natural out-growth of its character and principles. The language in which Mr. Johnson refers to this country may be described as friendly, but dissatisfied. Mr. Johnson gives the world to understand that his country has been ill treated. We, of course, do not admit this. But no one will deny that our unqualified refuel either to entertain the Alabama claim', or to refer them to arbitra tion, leaves us in all unsatisfactory position as a nation, which may at some future time be deeply concerned as to the manner in which neutrals perform their duty towards us as belligerents. The most striking feature of Mr. Johnson's message, in the opinion of the Post, is the quiet tone in which he affects to lay down rules from which, under no paellas circumstanced, a peoplenamberiog some thirty millions are to think of departing. The whole drift of the message is that a form of government which was framed close on century ago in the North American continent under very extraordinary circumstances, must not be changed even at the will of them for whose benefit it is supposed to exist. We have often heard of the Divine right by which kings were accustomed to claim the obedience of their subjects ; we sow learn, however, for the first time, than another and still more sacred right is that by which an elective government claims the support of those by whom it it is called into existence. The text of the Message fully confirms the favourable II impression created, in the cam of the Telegraph, by the tele. graphic summary of its contents. Moderate in its tone, nobly free from any noisy bluster, calm, temperate, and dignified, it is a State paper of which the whole Republic— North as well as South—may reasonably be proud ; and the spirit in which it deals with international questions is at once so conciliatory nod so judicious as to afford the most satisfactory guarantees for peace. TlO CATTLE ?LAGOS. The Times notes how gradually and yet how irresistibly opinions have been brought round to the strong recommends. tions of the royal commiesioo. After the deputation toSir G. Grey on Friday, when a majority of fifty to three desired to see the transit of cattle stopped from one part of a farm to another, if any public highway had to be traversed in the passage, there can be little doubt about the opinion of th e agricultural chasms, Si any rate, on the question. The agricultural societies are not only agreed that the movement of cattle front one market to another should be forbidden, but are unanimous in demandlog that government should take the responsibility on itself, and secure uniformity of action throughout the kingdom by inning the necessary iojunctions, leaving the local anthori• ties with the duty merely of seeie: them enforced ; and it is not to be denied that facts ars is favour of this argument. The Times hopes, indeed, that a beginning has been actually made since the report of the cow unenionete was issued, and that the contemplation of the prospect before I us during the lest six weeks may not only have facilitated , the action now desirable, but may have suggested changes , in the meat trade which will hereafter be recognised as of peru.anent and unqualified advantage. gfu e.uu. WINDSOR CASTLE., Die. 16. The Queen and the royal family rem►in at the Cutle. DEC. 17. The Queen, Princes Helena, Prince's Louise. Prince Leopold, Prince's Beatrice, and Prince,. Mahonlehe, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Ser vice this morning in the private chapel. The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster preached the 11611IIOn. ---.. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the ofiicial residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent ware—Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Cla rendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, tbe Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right Ron. C. P. Villiers. A deputation, coneisting of Mr. D. Lupton, and the Rev. E. Jscksoe, of Leeds ; Mr. Alfred Harris, Mr. Alder man Brown, and Mr. Alderman Lew, of Bradford ; the Mayor, Mr. J. Thorp, and Mr. George B. Brown, of Halifax ; and the Rev. R. Bruce, Mr. Thomas Frith, jon., Mr. Henry Shaw, and Mr. Joe. Whitworth, of Huddersfield, had an interview with Earl Russell, at his official residence in Downing-street, on Saturday. The Mayor of Plymouth bad an interview on Saturday with Earl Rummell, at his official residence in Downing street. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's moat honour able Privy Council, consisting of the Lord President, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. T. DI doer Gibson, met in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on Saturday, at half•past four o'clock, to consider certain questions relating to the cattle plague. Mr. Baring, Mr. Waddington, and the Solicitor-General were present. Mr. Edmund Harrison (Deputy Clerk of the Council) was in attendance upon the committee. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat on Satur day. Present—Lord Chelmsford, the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Satin. day from the Governors of the North American Provinces and Bermuda. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West India islands, British Columbia, Vancouver's Inland, Canada, and the Bahamas. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the Victoria Station, Pimlico, shortly before l o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Dover, by the London sod Chatham line. The Princess Mary is remaining with the Grand Duke and Grand Dunham of Ideckleaburg-Strelitz at Mecklenburg. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff end the Countess Therese Bern staff arrived at the Premien Embassy on Canon-hour terrace, on Saturday, from visiting Lord and Lady Henniker at Thomism Hall, Suffolk. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle arrived at their resident* in Piccadilly, on Saturday, from Torquay, and will leave for Clamber Park, Notts, early this week, in order to entertain a large party of friends. The Earl de Grey left his residence in Carlton- Professor Agassiz, who is making a scientific ex gardens on Saturday evening, for his seat, Studley Royal, pedition along the Amazon in Brazil, reports some singular Ripon, town .Y o S or f ki r h t e. diey early n ir u rbeCn i un tre day. 1 Vimmat "tench discoveries. He writes under date of September 8, and Earl Granville, President of the Co uncil, will zon. although he has examine d scarcel y ow-third of that rya he has found over 100 new species of fish in the Ama . succeed Lord Palmerston as Lord Warden of the Cinque rive r . He is now ascending the stream, and will ultimately Ports. visit Peru. Tut New Paris—" Sir John Romilly, Bart., 1 The "Blue Book " presented to the Italian L.m..choiseralm"take to bi th . mised .„,. to ,,f th h e i,„.. P" ii ng ' w . j i11 ',. " ,.."., 1 ,_, ; _ the I parliament is divided into 26 several collections, and con . - and "`" ""'"' I tains nearly 400 documents principal or annexed. The vistaed father. It hee been usual to place the Master of . Meese relating to the Convention of September 15 are the Rolls in the House of Peers, the predecessor of Lord I r - ocly two in number—the first noting the promulgation of R o milly—Lord Langdale—being one of the latest examples. I the decree for the transfer of the capital, which marks the Sir Francis T. Baring, Burt., will emceed to the peerage as date for the commencement of the term of two years fixed Lord Northbrook, in the county of Hotta, after thirty or . for the evacuation of Rome; and the other relating to the forty years' service in the House of Commons, and holding , notification made by the French government of a beginning some of the highest offices of the state." ' of execution of the Convention on the part of France by a Miss Bateman takes a farewell benefit at Her withdrawal of a portion of the troops from the papal Majesty's Theatre on Friday next, previous to teal retire- unitary. meet from the stage. On this occasion she playa Joliet. THE New YORK APPLE CROP.—The product of The Lyceum Theatre will remain closed until this staple fruit for the present year is believed to be equal Saturday, when a new dramatic version of the Bride of to that of almost any pte . viotts seas t o i n, ail:hout the lel es Lammermoor will be produced , wi th Mr. Fechin "i ter as the Orlea ns, Monroe, end W yoe COLtn i • than usu al. We have favours e re ports erP of the crop in "Master of Ravenswood." , Oneida, Cbseaugo, Tompkins , Cayuga, and Omer). From To-night Drury-lane Theatre will be open tor these counties a large shipment has already . been made, and PROM DOVER TO CALAIS. the benefit of Mr. F. B. Chatterton, and Othello will be maoy thousand barrels are now awaiting . s pment for wan . t A night passage across the straits of Doter, except ig performed, with Hawn . Phelps and Anderson as the prin. of vessels. The fruit in these sections is of excellent want A commands from three to five dollars per barrel at the perfectly clear weather, must always, remarks the Daily cipal characters. Afterwards it will remain closed till shipping points on the railroad and osnaL At these high News, be attended with great risk ; and when, as on Wed. Boxing-day, when the Christmu pantomime, illustrated by rates the crop pays the farmer a better profit than any of needay last, the night is dark and very hazy, with positive Mr. W. Beverley, end entitled Lillie King Pippin, will be hie s taples, even in this lea of exorbitant priesse.—Syracuse dopier. As to the colarion, a steamer is bound to produced. . Standard. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, DEC. 16. The Nemesis with the above mails arrived here at 3 p.m. to-day (Saturday). MALTA, Dm 16. The Pert, from Southampton on the 4th inst., arrived here on the 14th at 4 p.m., and left at mid night for Alexandria. The Ripon, from Marseilles on the 13th inst., arrived here to-day at 1 p.m., ,and leaves at 5 p.m. for Alexandria. I. 1 R. cis .0 -loe 0 0.071 0°1: . _ cb~- OM 1 0 1 : w.ii.ir. N.W. N.W. W.N.W. W.N.W. N.& N.Y. N.& N. N.& WEATHER REPORT. momm 11. T. sii. kberdeeit . . _ ~::.~.:: firatta Caps Clear (Annan' • • • aolyboad ochefort Plymouth Weymouth Portanouth Laudon imamate' learborousts Ballsokad • • iiii 30.52 43 KAI 43 304343 30.36 32 3055 43 11055 44 31/53 42 64 41 00.56 43 10.44 46 00 - 56 47 i x:ir. w. F.W. 2i. w. N.W. N.W. 17.01111.1. TUESDAY. CM licatessam treon modem, OzDNIEDAY. S o utherly to wer ea k LOCUM' B. N. to N. W. and moderate to to fine generally. B.E. to S.W., moderato WEEEIMI. As above. Fre - sh. X.E. to S.W., mode- SOO7IIIIII. NK. to N.W. and W., rate, floe. moderate to fresh, generally Ens. Variable, moderate, InftNalt. Chiefly N.W. to it W., • 111.. e. but variable, mode rate, fine generally. Northern=Beotland. Western.lredand. Wake, and adjs. wades. Southern English Channel and Bay of Biscay. Eastern -.Moto ard .and and North Bea. FORGERY ON A CITY BANK. —A discovery has just been made of a forgery to the amount of 8001. and up wards upon the City Bask. in Threadneedle-street, and the offence is said to have been committed in a most artful manner. One Robert Barton, who in alleged to have been implicated in it, if not the sole person conowned, has ab soosded. and is now supposed to be on his voyage to the United States. The matter has been placed in the hands etas eminent solicitor is the City of great practice in criminal law, and also in thou of Colonel Fraser, the City Commis sioner of Police, with what result remains to be sees. In the meantime it isrurooured that an experimeed City de toady* police officer is alreedy on the meek of the fugitive. —Tagus. SCICIDE FROM A WINDOW.—On Saturday an in quiry was held at the Young Women's Christian Associa tion's premises in Sloane-street. Chelsea, respecting the suicide of Caroline Green, aged 45 years. Mrs. Alexander, superintendent of the Home, said that the deceased was lady's maid to Lady Metherton, and she was admitted to the Horne on Monday last, in consequence of *medical man stating that she was suffering from nervous excitement. The deceased was admitted in order that she might cet rest and recover. The Home was kept np principally for young women, who lived at 1 the Home on payment of 10s. 6d. a week. Polimconstable Gunter. 316 D, said that on Friday evening. between 7 en d 8 o'clock, be was outside Tryon House, the Home in Tiro -1 tioo, when he heard • loud sole caused by the deceased I falling from a great height into the area. He found her i lying n the area quite dead. Mies M. Davis said that on Friday evening she was playing the piano in the frost drawisiproom of Tryon House, when she was alarmed by a quantity of glass and some of the ironwork of the balco being thrown late the room. Immediately afterwar ds I she beard a crash in the area. She found dammed lying is the area killed by the fall. Witness had last seen the deceased at 6 o'clock in the evening, and she Ithen said that she felt in very good spirits, and she would ' ffo up and rest is bar bedroom. which was on the fourth floor. Mr. C. Brown ILR.C.S, 98, Sloaarstrset, laid that he bad attende d doomed ter general weakness. She was nuder a delusion that all persons were in a plot • against her at Lady Hatherton's, and by his advice her I ladyship, who was very kind to her, sent her temporarily to the Moms for &change. When he was called in on Fri , day night he foiled her quite dead. She must have bees killed instantaneously. The jury returned a verdict " That deceased committed suicide by throwing herself out *A fourth-floor window whiled mamma mind.* 39. -- 411 t 50.42 37 30.48147 10.43 47 usola 10.38 47 I~o.w~ul ai.W. s.aw. 5.8. E. B. Z.N.E. XX LN.L R.N.& N.E. ILL LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAT.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Nisi Prins Site's", at Guildhall.—(Before the Lord Chief Julien and Special Janie.) HILL t.. FURIET. The further hearing of this extraordinary cam w as A mused this moaning. Mr. Coleridge, Q. 0., Dr. Tristram, sad Mr. Mauls we counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., led y r .. Watkiu Williams for the didendast. Tka plaintiff, in continuatim of his evidence in claw, said—When I left Boulogne I came to Linden arid ow• suited my unols,who recommended me to ge to Mr. rias h above all others. He bad been for acme years the taws; attorney. I consulted him the following day, sad 1 had afterwards several intervie ith .ws with [g a y , told him my gtievances w refe2,,.., yr . Wood and my wife. I went back te aid by y r . Fiansy's advice to collie* evidence, I=ound tiai my wife had left with Mr. Bannister, an a lu ms' , vb . acted for Mr. Wood, and bed g oes with tkea to Mr. Wood's residence in Wales. I couitounicatas that to Mr. Finney, and he gave me • titter ed introduction to Mr. Selby, an English steamy, 'at Boulogne. After a week I returned to Leek s , ' mad told Mr. Finney whit I had done. Before y *e s left Boulogne she showed ins a letter from Mr. Pl n awa l, s tatiag that Mr. Wood bad celled oe him, and that she bad better j oin him in Esflaar' 7l. letter referred to a separation, but it did net mention anything about proomedinp in the Divan:, Capt. Mr. Sinewy wrote a latter in answer to it, aM Sin hi beard for the first time that prooesdings had been takes hy my wife for a judicial separation. The petition was Cad on the 20th October, 1860. Mr. Finney &dried ow that I had good grounds for charging my et a with adultery, and counsel's opinion was taken, sad ape that my suit for a divorce was instituted aft* my wife'se ems petition had beim SIM. In retinae, w wwedeuis ismilii, sad evidence was token at Souk,: In February 1861. I was present and gave Mr. Homy la. formation as to the witnesses to be called. I did ac• knee the consents of all the letters that paled betels. Mr. Selby and Mr. Finney. My snit is the Hiram went was heard first, became on Mr. Finney's aeries I went to Frames to provost being served with the citation is my wife's suit ; her me in her exit worsen set up in mine, an c o h l a r . a ten d ey always said I Weald be able to disprove them ; he OW told me that MN of those charges would be entered into in the dines suit. There was no saggestioo in the divorce suit that I keel seduced my wife before marriage. I always denied it, sal told Mr. Finney so. Mr. Finney asked me if I was Is father of the child. I told him I was not, sag I showed him by dates that I mad rid is father. I was in England whoa the dime suit came ea and I was in waiting in Westeniasemball at the day of the beating. I saw Mr. Finney several time whilst the cause was him heard. I told him many air. mmstances of which I was icformsd that was my discreditable to Yr. Wood; they had Menem to Mr. Wood's dealings with women. Before the lid Mr. Finney told me he thought that tom d my letters to my _wife would hi damaging to eay suit. I told him I had written a lot of love titters. WI had forgotten what was fa them. I assured him that I hail not seamed my wife before merrisee. I heard duns' tots trial that those letters had been put in. and Mr. Taw wished me, daring the trial, to withdraw. I decibel to do so at any price, and insisted on the suit mooning, On the sewed trial the jury fouled that the adultery as not proved. Before the judicial sewed= mit cams ea l and my friend had an interview with the defenders ;t eer :ei uncle's office, in Town-street. They op. to have discussed the nutter before I Game. Mr. Finney, who was my . uncle's ma fidential adviser, and is se still, said the night of the teal that be would try NM defend me in the wife 's suit Who at my uncle's Mice Mr. Finney showed me a theft let* he had written to be addressed to Mr. Crewman, Ir. Wood's solicitor, which I was to sign. The letter attlemed the defendant to compromise the judicial separatist sait. The proposition bad come from Mr. Creasman. Whet Os letter was handed to me the defendant said that if I Opal it nothing would appear in court against my diameter. TM draft letter was brought by the defendant all reedy pm pared. I said to the defendant, " The charges that hate been made against me are already known ,to a gent many people ; a number of eaters already hoe them,and I ought really so defend them, because if they air egainst me I shall surely lose my commience probed strongly advised me to sign the letter, and es. wired me that aothine should appear in court spinet my character. He said m y wife would gat the decree of the court without evidence on the production of the litter. I was very unwilling to sip it, sad lat int refused ; he also assured my uncle the same, and upon hie positively assuring me that nothing would appear spice my character, I was Induced to sign the letter. I said I was perfectly willing to go into the witoess-box and dew the charges alleged in the petition, awl I also repeated the names of the surgeon , I could produce a evidence in my favour. When I had before onotiosel this *videos to him he had always thought it very satisfactory. If I had known that my wife was to Ps evidence, and that the case was to have been beard as s cause, I never would have signed the letter. That evening I met some officers of my acquaintance, and after no veining about the matter I decided on goisg to Mr. Huey, and on the next day or the day following I called an In Finney and asked him to give me back the letter ; in said he could not do it—it was too late, as he bad shady Pet it to Mr. Crossmiut I then told him that I thought be had very badly advised me, because I had been told that my wife would have to appear in court end fits evidence splint me. He again assured toe that nothite would appear against my character, but that if my Ma said anything he woul d defend me. Mr. Crow= led assured him that mywife would not appear. Os that I asked him if it would not be better to have the witusseo over from Boulogne, and he replied that as my wile would not appear it was n et necessary to have them. I mentioned Dr. Pargraushiud's nom; be was one of the French witnesses who was not esiond before the commission. Mr. Selby considering that meMs had been to substantiate my case. ilmy T. said that if he examined had not had the letter he would Mr. ham F bed nothing more to do with the came ; and at the mid di I interview he told me to go to Bonlogoe out of Mr. Cram S man's way, as I was lON* to him for Mr. Wood's red wy 1 wife's wets in the divorce suit. I watt Over to a Boulogne, and a few days after I read, to my astonishment 2 sad disgust, an account of my wife's evidence in the joie - anal separation suit. I immMistely saw Mr. Selby, sad i 2 wrote to Mr. Honey. I made several medications new fos ' 2 trial, but without seams. I changed my ettoreel. becalms the defendant would have nothing more to do with the ow. 2 2 [The wittier was under examination when our report left! s COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SECOND COURT. !Minis at Nisi Prim; io Londoo.—(Before Nr. dulls' Smith and a Cimmoe Jarv.) COLBY r. tiAR.ENT. _ This was an action to recover damages sl for ander. Dr. Semen ley appeared far the plaintiff and Mr. 13010 , the deteadwit. The parties to the snit were tradesmen living at Stoat. ford New Town, and the litigation arose out of 'USW dispute. Just before the last Derby-day the Plaintiff air Christmas Carol in • shilling sweepstakes, sod ea chance to the defendant for Si. C.d. The horse oasts second, and thus entitled the defendant to rewire 12a hat be seemed to have the impression that he ought tot Mo. This udiamderstandiog led to words, and the plaiatt use was the defendant called him " a swindling thief. The defence was twofold ; that the defendant had celled the plaintiff a thief, sad that whatever words used they were mere terms of abuse. His Lordship said that to entitle the plaintiff to reeerr he must show that the defendant intended to chugs hum with an indictable offence. and not merely to abuse him. The jury found for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Priam at Guildhall.--(Bstor• Lord Barra Pollock sad a Special Jury.) HIM v. SOUTH WITIR:4 PAILWLT CONIPLNT. This was another action under Lord Canipbell'i recover co:ape:Nation for personal injuries sistainal the Btaplehurst amideat. The daieadants admitted their liability sad the gaieties wee the amount of damages The bolicitor.G•nerid and Mr. Blron, for plaintiff, Mr. fierjeant Balleatine and Mr. Underwood for the IPIaY• The plaintiff, Mr. Host, is 5 years of age, and • manager for Masers. Jonas Brook and Co., cotton man, barer's, of Milton Hills, Huddersfield. He was is • clam carriage at the time of the accident, and on thrown oat fell up to his middle in water in the river which the railway passed at Stapleburrt. His left srm' broken, his face cut, end his body very much bruised. was 'moaned to his bmre far six weeks. and had net entirely recovered from the injuries be sustained. No evidence was adduced for the defence, but Mr. Plant Ballantine addressed the jury in mitigation of danssl ol . The jury gave • verdict for the plaintiff —damages , 0.7•• CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR'. (THIS DAY.) The December sessions of the Central Crimisel coessesweed this morning before thu Right Roo. tbt Mayer (it. maw. phinivo, Mr. Alderman Fima Alderman W. Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Aldermen Lusk, the Recorder, use Common Parjeent, Mr. Alderman Sheriff Gibbons, Mr. Sheriff Figgie% Mr. UoderSl Duffel!, Mr. Under• Sheriff Rawlins, and • the mud fusetionaries. Tbe first edltios of the calendar costal« the now prisoners, of whom 36 antrum Load«. 41 from sex, 3 from Russ, 1 from Rent, and 15 from Surrey greed jury (of whom John fiiirliog Taylor, Esq. obeees foreman) having bees sworn, The Recorder. is charging them, said he wsl able to isfores them that thew labours would not be as the ores were sot asinsrona, nor won any of i T off is c haracter, there beret knot= lile. The calendar, how. three @NM of emenit with Whet ta 1114:regainisAmodgh :rbotss.oonzia"lairrntbeiwowctipaztueaSBthhijwrigYoallo'vto.:lepsrtugas tridtawtti::. = I C flat/ IMO somewhat ; r. t hne investigation before the c.. W in - gge of • novel character ,• O D MIAMI of Seurat and Sur , smut tot of parliame nt, per • 1 0 be forged a certain trade raxonfectued by the e tawood. It would be prove' b o n forged plate that he received r • caries charged, and that the of verentloo with him duties the p thus bib bed become amenable .0 fr ar p statute, (Deigned for the pre iwt manufacturer. After advert:. asseells ret female children, tt: • g oad jury to their duties. THE ASSAULT UFOS . T. B. Jones and Samuel Mel .. me nnit upon Dr. Hunter, who, r- e mold with • criminal amaWt Mr. Sleigh and Mr. M. Williams sad Mr. Bigby for the def. . . Mr. Sleig h opened the can. he CliZqualified by an Am. er was to charge patio • f4lll of sa. ; if they were =ten :. c harged leen. A Mrs. Merrick. sister of the other defendant, w wag visited at her home by Dr. It essielents or associates. A dial :a eolith led to a most violet) Dr. Hunter, which w • =mei. They were given witted for trial. On tho tad was to email co a charge Dr. Hunter by Merrick's wife , that he amid not go before the th er efore, had to be postponed • =retried and acquitted; sod DI the witeeembox, and mead= .. • William Davis, Dr. Hinder's • prime= owo to the home. rushed upend= and ted 1 for the polies, sod th u d n Dr. R. Melville—l am • Edinburgh, an sm =soda • • patient Domed rrial I told Merit* b o w Dr. M• • • arrears. On the 2d of Nov • ma site' waiting some time • • which I wept sod told him Dr. : He then' rushed upstairs f • also followed, and on •• • Host= with his head the • Merrick's band on his th: . notee's eau between his Merrick and others got .: • • skated with Merrick, upon w • appose we amt here with au I come to give him a licking." Orcerexamined—l hovel • • I knew him is New York, and peril in 1858. Deemer Is, . qualified, p or of any eha . • mid be came to give him a'c Dr. Hunter had grossly ns Mr. Bandies in New York. evert (who stood up for idea ' be Mr. Bayliss). Raweinthilled—Daring tl e ha had the character of a wel Dr. Hun am a mg' • =sad • doctor of med . • cense to me about th we wield not main= the via' Seminally I woe to consult ind, as welted been to greet ex on inhaling mschiss, do. i 2 o'clock I hewed loud Wei • say wife and daughter with I opened my room door, but h : calved blows on the heed f . Merrick was with him : I heed. I knocked Mer.ick get to Josses he was up Dpi• r Be then seized me by the • ▪ hitherto hitting all the tint: between his teeth and bit it 1. freely over my e at and X 4 police took them into c • • that day for trial. On the s it was taken into custody on 1 Merrick. Crosimizsadesd-- 1 pew a - 1 British colonial diploma. b • sever had any charge br. • 1111 America or anywhere the iI. is on was ever made el ca the caw and Mr Mse extreme provocatior th re plead= they bed received s s accept the verdict of the j • ) was some excuse f Lt co. i f DIX no violence till he denied biting the ear of :Or fir. been hurt by the -• • mid ointment. Ye Verdict. Guilty of coin hs more modified meson by J • teld _ Oa MIDDLES D 2 CrEi I Id ell The December adjourn . ON ands. kw the county of Midele the Sessioos-house, I fle W Henry Bodkin, Esq. (a sic KS; (deputy assistant•judp:, a isd pace Mr. Strotheln, Mk Beed..Mr. C. D. Dodc, • mee liadl 1 11= Ra v, t i i i ch . U . ' the of 94 prisopen for trial, o • WY and 82 far felony. sey The degrees of °dna do ✓ to Neither read nor write 2 meat ob. well. 2; of superior ed a 50. 1 In Imperfectly, PAWNBROEM S toe a George Hetet and T, o KW. 1 wit lb. November sessions 0 master, of property t• t • placed at the bar. ;lit.] At the previous see '0 • woman named Psleth r • Short, had pledged I. party, and she g. ve 'adios of the amount am' brokers who had re= it. Upon the presser. • • very small portion of dey fee found, sod the Assist..n constable, to ecoompsoy Stith sod to report the rein t • Wan sessions, sad at the a • • I drew on the prisoners. Ad Ith Toe Assistant-Jud.re sas is Covered the whole of u' 2s. td, Mr. Gardiner said Le deters be wee lost before de. b id given them information bid." Mr. Howes, pawnbrme ad art of Aldsregeteetreet, I • Is wine prodded 30 ; Mr. :I produced only five Its name Newpiteetrest, had p • sto bio Webb, of East-road, d • him. 20 ; Mr. Fisk, Wilde 20 ; and Mr. Lambe) t had only recovered I: • • total value of those s • old goods that had . rd Ckii missing. The several mom'. Assistent•Jodge cad - : Act, to prosecutor to the paw • tined tf the property, and :f again to the wart. • the only penal servitude for • 1. and kept to hard is.. tiff, sad _ the cos. THE 1' I i is the mend= • fire. MARL in being leer o'erA . I sneer Maria /Umbra .5i A A lb with robbing her em . don Tot Mr. John Wa • Soho, said the pr . Mr. 90 • week, and 10 doss !et beg= robbing hio. Go Satordsy often • Hems °" 7l '• him, he stopped tl• s and he asked her w • JET. She denied having turning out her p: • property, and subeaq • black velvet mar 41 taken to the MAG.,' of boots and the 0:. nil Cent • the Ded her ; and since, he ' eels. Ht. drawers hod be en I ask, MS. I A pair of boots r eams en assistant to Mr. Bra sty and they were ide Li isual civh A boy rimmed Lo of the prosecute,' isms. of 96 sears= the ourotie n Middh. intim to the pro. r eel. The Mr. Tyrwhitt re • EA, gi l indica the other • glad to be t he hove John Hunter, • it than of failliaiff es • 1 IL, W.. r