The Express. — London, England, 1860-06-22 00:00:00

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THE resentment with which the right honourable leader of the Opposition last night so promptly encountered the mere semblance of an infringe ment of the rights of the House of Commons is of happiest augury. People are mistaken who think he will sit tamely by and see its privileges in. vaded : only let anyone lay a finger on them, and it will be seen how energetic he can be in their defence. Some electors of Finsbury, taking a strongly practical view of the British Constitu tion, and looking with natural dislike on a search after precedents against their right to be taxed only with their own consent by and through their representative% had sent up their " reepect . " ful remonstrance" to the House of Commons, complaining of its dilatoriness in resisting the recent aggression of the Home of Lon* and coil ing it to immediate and resolute action in defence of the rights it holds in trust for the nation. Mr. Drsowsc, who had charge of the document, moved that it be read by the Clerk at the table, but the word " remonstrance " was no sooner heard than Mr. Dianazu was on his feet. He would not tolerate that terrible word. It was against the forms of the House ; it was irregular; no remonstrance could be received. The &masa, however, decided that a petition properly and respectfully worded was not to be rejected. The remonstrance was read, and proved to be a wholly unobjectionable paper. Mr. DIMIAIII . B im petuosity led him astray last night, but the example of his zeal was not quite thrown away. From last night's display we may predict the energy with which he will defend the rights of the House when the Committee of Precedents makes its report. If he would not tolerate the respectful re monstrances of tax-payers and electors, who at least are concerned in the doings of a House returned as their representatives, how little will he endure that tho rights of the House of Com mons shall be ignored, overborne, and annulled by the House of Lords. The attendance in the House of Commons during the important debete on the Organisation of the Indo-European Army which followed the presenta tion of the Finsbury petition cannot be deemed satisfactory by those who hoped that the terrible scenes of the Indian Mutiny, and the change in the form of the Indian Government, would bring about in England a feeling of deeper interest in our Eastern Empire. The question, worthily brought before Parliament last night by Lord ISTANLET, was disposed of in a House of only thirty members. Indifference on the part of sonic, and a spirit akin to fatalism in others, are robbing our Indian fellow-subjects of the advantages of independent and enlightened home legislation. The conduct of the Indian Minister respecting this subject has been marked by extreme vacillation. Last year he was for • local force ; now, the fact that that force has done a thing which under similar circumstances the Household Troops would do to-morrow, he is against them, and all for • royal army. How India is to be governed, whether we are to hold the country by moral ascendancy, or by a lavish expenditure on Euro pean troops, draining oar own vital resources, and disordering the finances of India, an surely great questions. Yet the Government is without plan, and tie House of Commons without concern. Surely never was a vast Empire governed as we gpvern A BILL for the regulation of the Supply of Gas to the Metropolis has been substantially approved and adopted by the Committee of the House►of Commons. After an elaborate and protracted dis cussion by contending counsel, the preamble, which recognises the principle of dividing the metropolis into districts to be supplied with gas, each by a separate company, subject to a uniform code of regulations for the benefit of consumers, was declared by the Committee to have been proved. An unsuccessful attempt was then made to come to an agreement between the managers for the Companies and the delegates of the asso ciated parishes regarding the principal clauses of the Bill. Subsequently the controversy was re sumed on each specific provision of consequence, and it was not until the combined monopolists had exhausted every argument in defence of their ins spoomitile power as regards quantity, quality, and pries, and found the Committee unanimously re solved to do justice to the public as well as to them, that their learned and ingenious advocates gave up the contest. Serjeant WRANONAN inti mated indeed, on withdrawing further opposition in the Common., that his clients meant to try their fortune filially before a Committee of the L or ds. What conclusion such a tribunal may arrive at in the inscrutable exercise of hereditary knowledge of gas making, gas measuring, and gas vending, it were presumptuous in us to mine. But as there is no political, social, or sectarian question involved, it is but reasonable to suppose that the decision of the Peers will be swayed by the same incontrovertible logic that seems to have convinced that of the Lower House; and if so, we may look forward with satisfaction to the passing of a measure during the present session of no ordinary utility and advantage to the inhabitants of this great city. The principal points contended for by the pro moters of the Gas Regulation Bilr were oonstaney of pressure, purity of quality, adequacy of illu minating power, moderation of price, and a cheap and expeditious method of enforcing by law the observance of these conditions. So far they have succeeded M all. By the 17th section a pressure of ten-tenths, or of one inch head of water, is rendered compulsory at all times, both in public and private dwellings. By the 18th section a uniform illuminating power is prescribed of twelve sperm candles of six to the pound for every Argand burner of fifteen lights and seven-inch chimney. By the same section the gas consumed is to be free from ammonia, sulphnretted hy drogen, and other injurious elements. By the 34th section the maximum price chargeable for every thousand cubic feet consumed of the qua lity in question is henceforth to be four dialing; permission being given, however, to charge twenty per cent, more for an article of higher quality, either upon special contract, or after three months' notice in writing. Provision is then made in a series of dawns for the appointment of competent persons by vestries and other local authorities, to oversee the fulfilment of these terms, and also for the adjudication of disputes between the company and the consumer by the police magistrate of the district. Much controversy took place as to the propriety of appointing special magistrates for the discharge of this particular function ; but we are glad to find that Mr. SOTEMION &moor= and his colleagues firmly resisted the suggestion. Every day convinces us more thoroughly of the mischievous tendency of separate and special jurisdictions ; and we hope ere long to see the day when all such anomalous and excep tional institutions will cease to exist amongst us. Whether a police magistrate will always be found well fitted to discharge the new duty which it is sought to impose upon him, is more than we can venture confidently to aver. But we own we do not see what better alternative is open to the ad vocates of the measure before us ; and in most instances we have no doubt what is proposed will be found to work exceedingly well. If the magis trate shall think fit he is to be empowered to nominate a duly qualified person to act spe cially as examiner into the disputed facts upon which he is called on to adjudicate ; and should the inculpated company neglect to appear he is to have full authority to enter into the in vestigation ez parte, and to give his judgment as he shall deem right. Another most useful and reasonable provision is contained in the Bill as it now stands approved by the Commons' Committee ; we allude to that whereby the incoming tenant is freed from all legal responsibility for arrears of gas-rent due by his out-going predecessor in occupation of the premises. The oppression and injustice wrought by the arbitrary holding of tenants of the poorer class liable for the default of those who have gone before them, has long been a matter of odious notoriety. Public opinion through the medium of the press has incessantly protested against this species of exaction, but all to no purpose. Cases of the most grievous hardship, when held up to general indignation, have usually been admitted and defended by the officers of the Companies. Sometimes the circumstances have been disputed in their minor details, but generally the charge has been flip pantly pooh-poohed as one unworthy of the serious consideration of chartered capitalists. Let us hope that this species of joint-stock tyranny is soon to come to an end, and that the millions who inhabit London and its suburbs will no longer have to complain of being at the mercy of a few individuals for the supply of what has become an actual necessary of their artificial mode of life. THE Lieutenant-Colonel of the London Rifle Brigade points out to us how entirely the partici pation of hundreds of Volunteers in the spirit stirring celebration in Hyde-park, appointed for to morrow, must depend on the sympathetic co-opera tion of heads of business houses. Many of the Corps, in order to reach the ground at the tune named by the War Office authorities, must parade at an hour earlier than that at which they are ordinarily relieved from business engagements on Saturdays, and Colonel them oaks us, therefore, to appeal to the good feeling of the Banking, Commercial, and Trading community for the faci lities required on this special occasion. We feel sure we do all that is necessary when we simply ail the attention of heads and managers of homes to the facts stated by the gallant officer. We observe that several retail houses announce in the newspapers the;r intention to close on Satur day at an early hour, and a much larger number notify the same determination in other ways. But without urging the adoption of this course where, as in many cases, it would be inconvenient, we are sure the good feeling of employers, which ends so many and frequent modes of expression in this metropolis, will not be found wanting on the present occasion, when our young men, whose constancy and devotion to the Volunteer service has triumphed over the difficulties of • trying season and the monotony of drill, setting an ex ample of patriotism to us all, are about to receive • reward in the approving countenance of their Strreastair. Tim Cadgers. —A memorial against the religions mem dame bee been addres.ed by the dissenters of Ply mouth to gewernenent praying that its proposed provieloas may not be curried out. SYNTATIIIT Inn GIZITALDI.--GARAT MEETING AT TSB OCILDNALL, Itaisrm. —A public meeting of oiliness was held yeeterdey at Bristol, in compliance with a mend- Boa, snaserosely and influentially signed, and pre.ented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, John Bates, Fag., for the of expressing sympathy with the patriotic Genera l MM e di. His worship sew some difficulties in the way of presiding over the meeting as chief magistrate, hut cordially granted the use of the Guildhall, which at the time named for the commencement of proceedings was ninth crowded. W. H. G. Langton, Esl., one of the members for Bristol, presided, and amongst those by whom he was surrounded were the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol, Dr. Gilbert Elliott, Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., Q.C., Com miasimier of the Bristol Court of Bankruptcy, and Recorder of Birmingham ; Joe. Couter, J.P C. J. Thomas, Req., J.P. ; Michael Castle, Fag., J.P. ; 13r Jobe Hare, John Hare, Peq.. &gam Dunkin, RobartGore, Esq., ILW. Drees, Fag, At. Mr. Commissitmer Hill moved, Mr. John Hare seconded, and Signor Anneal supported the fol lowing rosolutionawhich were carried amidst great cheerio.. That we, the eitisens of Bristol, in public meeting as sembled, express our hearty svmpethy with Gerthald and with his heroic countrymen, who are now struggling to put as end to the tyranny which has so long oppressed them ; mid we honour all those who are labouring to establish in Italy that rational freedom and constitutional government which, by God's blessiig upon the exertions of our form lathes% we enjoy 10 Great Britain under our beloved Oa the motion of Mr. M. Castle it was then re solved to Invite the inhabitants of Bristol and it. vicinity to mime by subscription a fund for the purpose of presenting the great Italian patriot with a testimonial of their seats. sesta, such load to be pieced at Lis exclusive and absolute &Tonal. The speeches delivered were eloquent and heart. stints., and we regret the pressure on our space precludes ise from prim. them ; the wr o ngs of Italy were dencaoeei dwelt upon, and the conduct of her °meson denommeM is the most forcible terms. An iefluential committee Wig appointed to carry out the resolutions, and • subscription was commenced, by the chairman with the heads aerie donation of IV., and comprising many smaller ewe& Dation., amounting in all to something considerable. Them cheers were gives for the Queen and three for Osribsidi, and the pigembn ge teemaaract Sbt Court. • The Prince Consort, the King of the Belgium, Priam Arthur, the Ptinceeses Hahne and Louise, raj the Count of renders, meat to the lowerehow in the Royal Betook Gardens, ilegeut's-park, ea liedaseday seregag. The Queen, accompanied by the Princes Alice, and attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, took a drive on Wednaably afternoon in a carriage and four. Hajar- General Seymour Weeded on horseback. The Prince Consort end the Count of Flanders rode on horseback, attended by Lieut,Colonel the Hon. D. de Bee and Major Burnell. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major-General the Hon. R. Brtue sad Lieut.• Colossi Koppel, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday maims from Oxford. The Queen awl Prince Consort, aseomp►nied by the Primer Alice, the Prince of Wales, and the Count of Fianden, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Wellington with • visit at Apeley-house on Wednesday evening. In attendance were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Atholl, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Horatio. Stoplord, Viscount Torrington, General Sir Edward Bowater, Major- General the Hon. R. Brace, Major-General Seymour, Lieut.-Colossl the Hon. D. de Be., Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, and Major BernelL ma Prince Commit, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, rode so horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- Oolong the Hon. D. de Roe. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, vidted the Duchess of Cambridge, at her residence in St. James's Palace, yesterday afternoon. The model of the status of Handel, which has recently been erected at Halle by Heidel, the sculptor of Berlin, wen submitted to the inspection of the Prince Consort yesterday morning, at Buckingham Pelee., by Sir George Smazt., the President, and Mr. Klingermann, the Secretary to the Lon don committee of the Handel Statue. The Prince Coasort, the Pried of Wales, and the Count of Flanders rode on horseback in the afternoon. Vice-Admiral Arthur Fanshaere wee invested with the insignia of a Knight Cesnmeinder ef the Order of the Bath by her Majesty, at a private audience at Buckingham Palace, yesterday evening. The Vies Admiral received from the Queen the honour of knighthood. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The following presentations to the Queen took place at the Levee on Wednesday : Admiral of the Fleet Sir John West, on receiving the Orand Cron of the Order cd the Bath, by the Duke of Somerset. The ➢larquis of Waterford, by the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The Hon. Colonel Macdonald, on promotion, by the Duke of Ombridge. Owsmal iteeve, on promotion, by the Duke of Cambridge. Yr. Homy Garnett, High-Sheriff of the County Paktum, of Lancester, by Sir C. C. Lewis, Bart., M.P. Mr. Lewis-Barbed, by Vioe•Admiral SW Alexander Dundee Arbuthnott. A deputation on the subject of Salmon Fisheries, &c., in England and Wales, had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis, yesterday, at the Hotne-office. Deepatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of Malta. Her Majesty ham been graciously pleased to an nounce her intention of inaugurating the first great Prise Meeting of the National Rifle Association on Wimbledon- SPOMMICO on the 2nd of July next, on which occasion ad dresses will be presented to her Majesty and the Prince Consort by the President of the Association. The competi tion will commence immediately afterwards, the opening being announced by her Majesty firing a rifle from a fixed mechanical rest. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, as Captain-General and Colonel-in-Chief of the Hon. Artillery Company, will make a personal inspection of the regiment this afternoon, at the heaglquartersof the corps, the Artillery Ground, Finsbury. ViscountessPahnerston gave a ball last evening at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge bosomed her ladyship with his presence, arriving rattly after 11 o'clock. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince John and Prince Jules of Holstein-Glricksburg were amongst the early arrivals. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein was also present. Lest night Viscountess Combermere had a mirk at her mansion Helgrave-equare. A select circle availed themselves of bar ladyship's invitation. Previously to the evening party the noble viscount and viscountess enter tained at dinner the following friends :—The Duke of Bt. Albans, Viscount Falkland and the Duchess of St. Albans, the Earl and Countess of liountcharlea, the Countess Vane, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Lord and Lady Egerton, Lady William Poulett, Hon. R. Talbot, Camel and Lady Ross (bovine, Lady Ifolesworth, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Oolonel North, and Sir Charles Yorke. Lord Palmerston has recommended to the Queen the appointment of the Re►. John Newton Hintman, of Trinity College, Oxford, vicar of Hereford, in the diocese al Salisbury, to the rectory of Buford Bt. Martin, Wilt shire, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Hon. and Rev. Samuel Waldegrave to the bishopric of Carlisle. The rectory of Barford, which is worth 700/. a year, belongs to the warden and fellows of All Souls College, Oxford ; bet its last incumbent being elevated to a bishopric, the crown claims the presentation. The Piaster and Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cam bridge, have elected Mr. Deane Parker Pennethorne, of Lincoln's-inn, the Chancellor's Legal Medallist of 1860, into one of the Law Studentahips of th►t college. Marrs. Walker, Romer, Kennedy, Stewart, Francillon, Rolph, and leaner ham been elected scholar on the foundation. We understand that one of the Lord Mayor's pasta, at the Haoaioa•hoaee, on lbund•y, was Count Frederick Met•sa, a young gentleman 13 yesn old, who hes just pugged hie examination at the Royal Naval College. His lordship, in a very Battering manner, conpatulated him on his success, and has since presented him with • very handsome watch. Colonel Francis Seymour, the equerry of her Majesty and the Prince Consort, has also presented him with • valuable telescope in testimony of his ►pproval of his good conduct. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon writes from Baden- Baden to the British Standard. Describing the late inter- views between the Emperor Napoleon and the German prisms, he stops to express his "gratitude." He says, "Os Saturday the Emperor might be seen early in the morning walking in the garden, leaning upon his walking. stick, and looking more decrepit than his age might justify. It is a theme for great gratitude that he is not a young man, sad that, be his ambition what it may, be hos so great time before him in which to work oat his political adventures. Oa horseback or in his carriage, all men °oaten his noble bearing, and no signs of decay are manifest ; bat, when he is walking, the spectator foresees that the greatest of men Si. mortaL" Captain Hutchinson, of the American brigantine Flying Eagle, reports that the steam-ship Great Eastern passed him at 3.30 cm. on the 18th instant, Scilly Islands bearing north, distant fourteen miles. The captain states:— "Elbe was going ahead majestically, and very fast. • The vessel Flying Eagle came into Falmouth yesterday, having bad light variable winds with calm on the 17th and 18th, so that the Great Eastern mast have had a fine time away. There has been a sort of Merlin or Murphy pro phecy current for many months past, to the effect that the foul weather with which we have been afflicted since Sep tember of last year was to 001318 to a termination yesterday —the 21st of June—the longest day. The weather to day has been all that a volunteer could wish. Several boats ou a new system, for forming a bridge of boats to enable NI army to cross a river, hays been placed on the Swim Lake at Vows'ilea Au experi ment is to be tried with them on a small sale, and if it succeed the experiment will be repeated on a grand scale is presence of the Emperor on the river Seine at St. cloud. Under the new system the wooden beams and ropes at pressat used in the construction of a bridge of boats are mimed by °somehow. "We understand," says the Sport, "that the Count de Morny ham pwehitsed for 75,000 tr. the celebrated stallion West Australian, which arrived at Chantilly last week. This fine animal was born on the 24th April, IttO, en the estate of Mr. Bowes, at Stn►tlem Castle, Durham, sad woe the English Derby in MS& There ors now in Prance four winners of the English Derby—Pyrrhus the iime, Cossack, the Flying Dukthmen,and West Australian." A Caasel letter says :—" Au escapade of one of the Elector of Hesse's sow him been the town talk for the Wt few days. The young piece is an officer, much against his will, but his father will not allow him to resign his com mission. With • view to obtain his dendassl, the prince lately indulged in the freak of riding about in public on the shoulders of • stoat soldier." iSt .-4.CEtifT INTELLIGENCE. GERMANY. The following telegram has bean reoeived by Mr. Reuter : BADEN-BADEN, Jess 32. It is now an incontestable fact that the Piince of Prussia particularly insisted on the presence of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, at the interview of the German sovereigns with the Emperor of the French. The Prince Regent insisted upon the duke's pre sence, because, as a German sovereign, who is intimately connected with the royal family of Eng land, he would, having been a witness, inform the court of St. James's of all that passed in that interview, and would be enabled to state that the interview in question, far from being a subject of mistrust for the other great powers, was a fresh guarantee for the peace of the whole of Europe. The ainbamadors had concerted and sent identical instructions to the different consuls in Syria, in order to prevent fresh disasters. 1,500 houses had been burnt in the Turkish quarter of Constantinople. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FAIDAY. In yesterday's sitting of the Council of the Empire, the Emperor accorded to the Italian members of the council permission to speak in Italian. Instead of Count Barcocsy, Signor Petrino has been elected a member of the committee of the Registrar of Landed Property. BERNE, Jcrn 22. In view of an approaching congress on the an nexation of Savoy, the Federal Council has con fidentially proposed to the great powers a new combination to be substituted for the stipulations of article 92 of the final act of 'Vienna. The proposition of the Federal Council com mences by stating that after the annexation of Savoy to France, the neutralisation of Faucigny and Chablais would be of no practical use whatever for the maintenanue of the neutrality of Switzerland. In order to attain this object, Switzerland claims such a portion of territory as might be traversed in a two hours' march, and which, surrounding the Lake of Geneva, would form a bulwark between Switzerland and France. The Swims diplomatic agents abroad are charged to recommend a similar combination for adoption by the great powers, and more especially by England, who has already taken the initiative in a similar proposal, but which demanded a far more con siderable territorial cession. ROME. A letter of the 14th says that the police had found on some of the walls of Rome placards bear ing the inscription, " Vive Henry V." They are supposed to emanate from enemies of the papal government, who hope to compromise it by leading France to believe that Rome is the oentre of a legitimist conspiracy. The Nation of Florence of the 12th states that the French police in Rome have instituted a prosecution against Baron de Pontalba, the managing director of the Roman Railways, on a charge of being implicated in a plot against the Emperor's life. A letter from Rome in the Petri: says that General Lamoriciere has issued an order of the day, announcing that the moment for marching against the enemy approaches ; " the enemy," he says, " is numerous, but we shall triumph, because the cause we defend is holy." THE REVOLUTION IN SICILY. Colonel Purr has received a mignon to proceed to Catania with some battalions of the Cacciatori With this nucleus it will be easy to form a division in a abort time. Several thousand stand of arms have found their way in that direction, be sides those which are already in the hands of the people. There are numbers of Italians who come from Alexandria and further east, and who all land on the south coast. They and the Cacciatori will form the cadres, and the young men from 20 to 30 will fill them up. The artillery at Palermo has not been neglected. There is a large foundry which made some very ser viceable guns in 1849. It has begun to work again, and as there are plenty of bells in Sicily, the metal will not be wanting. There are many men who have served in the Neapolitan, as well as in other navies ; they form the nucleus of the artillery. Requisitions with payment will supply the artillery as well as the cavalry horses. Of this latter arm little is required in that mountainous country, except for patrols, videttes, and messengers. The Neapolitans know Garibaldi too well to sup pan that he intends to rest long on his laurels, and they seem preparing to receive him on his advance. Their plan appears to be to take up a strong position at Messina, keeping it as an advanced point, and at the same time as a new bias of operations in Sicily. They have concen trated in the castle and town about' 7,000 or 8,000 men and a great deal of ammunition. But the chief force is being concentrated in Calabria. All the troops which have lately left have gone to Salerno and to the coast of Calabria towards the Striate. Large reinforcements have been likewise sent in that direction from other places on the Con tinent. But it is not so much on the forces already existing that they chiefly reckon. Theyexpect large contingents from Austria (Bavarians, as they say). There are now nine battalions of these, and ten more are said to be preparing. The funeral of the Hungarian Colonel Tmehery, who had died of the wounds which he received as leader of the advanced guard on entering Palermo, has been celebrated with great pomp. The cort4ge passed by the Strado Marquela, and in several places it was necessary to remove the barricades to let it pass. The ladies of Palermo were all in mourning, and threw flowers on the coffin as it passed. TURKEY. YARBEILLI23, Jura 21. The following advice' from Constantinople to the .13th inst. have been received here, and are forwarded under reserve: Sanguinary disturbances had taken place in Albania. The dragoman of the Austrian con sulate had been assassinated at Scutari. The Albanians, in virtue of their privileges, dating from the time of Iskander, had refused to pay the taxes or to contribute to the conscription, both of which the Christians refused to bear alone. It was rumoured that a despatch had been re ceived anrouncing the outbreak of an insurrection at Smyrna and the assassination of public func tionaries, but the correctness of this news was doubted. The Grand Vizier had arrived at Sebum'''. On his journey thither he dismissed or imprisoned se veral Turkish and some Greek functionaries for abuse of their authority. The Porte had sent Vely Pacha to Bayreuth as Extraordinary Commissioner, in order to institute an inquiry. Namick Pacha had been appointed commander of the forces in the Lebanon, to which district two steamers were to have transp ortedi troops, but want of money caused the project to bo abandoned. The army was exasperated at not having received its arrears of pay, and a military revolt was appre hended. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (raox otia owN PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. I bear that M. Thouvenel is about to issue a diplomatic circular divulging to a certain extent, and explaining the result of, the meeting of Baden- Baden. There is much contradictory news about the two vessels carrying arms for Garibaldi which were cap tured by the Neapolitans. While it is re-asserted by some telegrams that the Sardinian ambassador has protested on the ground of their having papers for Malta, the Opinion Nationale professes to know that they were sailing under the American flag with perfectly regular papers, and that they have already been released in pursuance of the demand of the American Consul. At all events it is quite certain that Colonel Medici, about whom, in con- noon with this affair ,there was much anxiety, bag safely landed at Palermo, in spite of the Neapolitan cruisers, with a force of 3,000 men. Although the weather continues to be very bad the Bourse was firmer to-day. On the strength of a report that flour was offered this day at a further decline of lfr. the sack, the Rente rose 15c. for cash and 25c. for account, closing at %fr. 70c. and 68fr. 7k. Mobilier rose lfr. 25c. There was little change in the principal railways. Orleans rose 3fr. 25c. ; Western, 2fr. 500. ; and Southern, lfr. 25c. In consequence of the Corps Legislatif having declined to sanction the government project to help the Graissessac and Beziors Railway out of its difficulties, that line is considered to be in a desperate condition, and the shares have fallen 30fr. since yesterday. In consequence of the great influx of visitors to the cattle show, which was to have closed to morrow, the Minister of Agriculture and Com merce has decided that it shall be kept open till Monday evening, and that Sunday shall be a gratis day. The jury appointed to examine the reaping machines has pronounced a very decided opinion in favour of this invention for economising manual labour. The Minister of Agriculture and Com merce and M. Fould, Minister of State, were pre sent at the trial of these machines, on Tuesday, at the Vincennes farm, and added their testimony to that of a host of agriculturists and labourers, who saw what the machines could do, that their work was most efficacious and practical. The approba tion of this jury, composed of very eminent men, with General Allard for president, is likely to remove a great deal of prejudice, which in France, as elsewhere, exists against the application of machinery to agriculture. Two se• parate matches were made, the one for French reaping machines and the other for foreign ones ; and it was provided that the two best of each sort should afterwards contend for the grand prize. The three prizes for French machines were awarded to K ?glazier, K Legendre, and K Roberta ; those for foreign machines as follows :-Ist prize, an American machine on Wood's system, exhibited and improved by K Peltier, of Paris ; 2nd prize, an American machine on Allen's system, exhibited and improved by MK Burgess and Hey, of London ; 3rd prize, a machine belonging to MM. Brugham and Richerton (I am obliged to adopt the French spelling of these names), of Berwick. The grand prize was given to K Peltier for his specimen of Wood's machine. On Tuesday a soldier of the 12th Chapattis, while being tried before a court-martial at Lyons on a charge of wilfully destroying his bed-clothes, struck a sergeant who gave evidence against him a severe blow in the face. The court at once pro ceeded to try the man for the serious crime com mitted in their presence, and unanimously con demned him to death. It is not, however, at all probable that the capital sentence will be carried • into effect. Prince Jerome is so ill that his death is expected from one moment to another. The French journals have been ordered not to publish the last manifesto of the Spanish Pretender, Don Juan de Bourbon. THE INDIAN BUDGET. Muhtab Chund I3ahadoor, Maharajah of Burd wan, and the greatest reminder in Bengal, has writteu a letter strongly supporting Mr. Wilson's financial scheme, and cheerfully accepting the bur dens which it imposes. It has been published at Calcutta, and is said to have produced a very great effect upon the native mind. We subjoin the letter, which is no mean tribute to the wisdom of Mr. Wilson in making a bold appeal to native opinion : To the Right Hon. James Ny:Reo?, ?ember of the Supreme THE CAPTURED VOLUNTEERS FOR SICILY. The Vice-Consul of Sardinia at Gaeta reports• _ _ "The Fulminante Neapolitan war steamer, commanded by Colonel Lettieri, arrived at Gaeta on the 11th inst., at 1 p.m., towing • Sardinian vessel, Captain Molesca, and • vessel with the American sag, the Charles and Jane, of Baltimore, Captain Quoin. The two vessels had on board nearly SOD persons. On being hailed by Marshal Roberto, who was on board the Fulminants, he said he bad capture/ two vessels, Sezdinian and American, fifteen miles north of Cape Corso, and that he waited orders from his government, retaining in the meantime the men and vessels as in. sonars of war. He asked the Vice-Consul to go on board and demand the papers of the Sardinian carman. This he refused to do, assuring Roberto that it w as nu t proper to use underhand means of interrogation, and that the papers could not be withdrawn until the Health. office had done its duties ; it was to be considered, toe, whether the captain desired pratique, and whether a , vessel admitted to the pratique could be considered a pri , sonar, with all on board. The Vice-Consul here went alongside and asked if they had need of anything. L a t e reports say that the captain of the steamer declared to the Vice-Consul that he had been captured at night, eight mike north of Cape Corso ; that he bad left Genoa directed to Cagliari, towing the American vessel, his own bout being a tug ; and that he had moreover taken some of the passengers on board ; that his papers were all en regk, and that he had refused to show them on account of his capture. He had nut chosen to take • mien pratique in his position, reserving to himself at the proper time to make his protest and demand an indemnity. Sou l he and the other Sardinian subjects demand the protection of Victor Emmanuel and ample indemnity. The Vice. Consul immediately took a despatch to the Telegraph-office for the Marchese Villanzarina, at Naples, but he was told that the telegraph was occupied with government business, though at the first possible moment the despatch should be sent. Until the 16th, however, no despatch arrived. A. communication sent later by the post was delayed in the same way, and at last • special messenger was sent off, and arrived before the other two. "There were other subjects on board besides Sardinians under the CIIIDOII of the Piazza and the frigate, and an in. voluntary movement might have led to their being fired on. They were besides guarded by the soldiers on land and by the boats at sea. The Vice-Consul supplied them with pro. vision% though the Utile declared herself to be well pro. vided, not having more than 120 men on board ; the American vessel had 700 or 800 men on board." The same authority states that on the evening of the 4th the Fulminante appaoacbed the water of Genoa, and hailed the vessels in French. Supposing it to be of that nations. lity, those on board replied that they were bound for Sicily, and shouted " Viva Italia r Thu Fulminante then fired on them and took them prisoners of war. The Marchese Villamarina, Sardinian minister at Naples, went to Signor Carafe on the 16th, immediately on the re. etipt of the intelligence, but the minister for foreign affairs was at Portici. On the 17th he was to make another effort to see him, and goes in the evening to Gaeta, after which he will make his protest. Mr. Chandler, the United State? minister at Naples, has demanded a passport for his son, a friend, and his servant, and for permission to go on board the American vessel at Gaeta. THE ATTEMPTED PROSELYTISM IN NORFOLK. Mr. Vansittart, M. P. publishes the two following letters addressed to his eon by Father Clery, the priest at Brighton." I leave to the public," says Mr. Vatasittart. to decide on the value of his indignant denial that he did not directly or indirectly use any language or suggest to him any line of conduct with a view to his becoming a member of the catholic church.'" "My dear expected to sae you on Sunday, but I suppose the usual obstacles were put in your way to prevent you. If so, let me beg of you to put your con& denoe in God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and there is no fear but the day will come when )ou will be free from all restraint. Thom present trials are allowed by the Almighty to try your fidelity ; persevere, then, in prayer that God may soon enable you to cater and be come a member of Hi, holy church. Don't mind suffering a little for God ; in fact, the more you do suffer the stronger ought to be your reso lution. St. Peter and St. Paul were put in prison, and finally put to death, for confessing the name of Jesus ; also a St. Lampe was roasted on a gridiron for the saute holy cause ; and when, above all, our Divine Saviour suffered for it, will not we His followers suffer a little? Be patient, then, for a while, and God will make all things copy in His own wise time. Hoping to see you soon, I remain, my dear William, your fond father in J. C., "E. J. CLEAT. " 12, Norfollt.road.".... . . "My very dear am extremely sorry that your noble efforts in so laudable a Ouse are for the present so constrained; let me exhort you to put your trust and confidence in God, and as the lamelites of old have been delivered from the slavery of Emt, so will you in time be freed from all control. Prey to God, however, that He will hasten the time by softening the hearts of those who at present offer a seeming opposition. I need not say that I shall be most happy to see you at any time. I hope to be at home for you to-morrow when you call, and I hope that time will afford us a long talk ; you have not said the hour when you would be likely to call. In haste. I pray, then, that God in His goodness may bless you, and soon crown year praiseworthy efforts with success. Believe me to be, my very dear William, your very sincere Father in J. C. "12, Norfolk-rued, Tuesday. "E. J. CLEAT." Council in li;diA!. Bir,—l trust that you will pardon the liberty I am taking in addressing you on the subject of the system of taxation which you are now proposing, and in which I am deeply interested, as the proprietor of the most extensive zemindarees in Bongs/. The social ties by which I am surrounded, and the vast property in which I and those dearest to me are in terested, make ins keenly sensible of the obligations which India owes to the government for crushing the late mutinies. This sense of my obligation teaches me that it becomes an act of duty in me, as a subject of my gracious sovereign, not only to cheerfully acquiesce, but also to tender my humble support in siding your new system to relieve oar unavoidable financial difficulties. . . Permit me, sir, most respectfully to ensure you that the immediate cause for this expression of my opinion is the at tempt which has been made to oppose your admirable sys tem of taxation ; this opposition being founded upon the false assumption that it is a breach of the Perpetual Settle ment. No doubt that, at the time the settlement was made, it was considered as sufficient for the exigencies of those days. Bat I cannot dud anything in the terms of the settlement to convince me that the reminders of India have for ever bow exempted from contributing to assist the government when they incur unavoidable expensed; in preserving pro perty, life, the honour, and all that is dear to them, of those very asmusdars. Bit, I, as the greatest reminder of Bengal, disclaim all such exemptions. I am willing to submit most cheerfully to your wise system of taxation, which places this unavoidable import equally on all claims. If you think this declaration of mine, which is the result of mature consideration, will beam golds to my countrymen—if you think that the ex ample thus set by the greatest proprietor of semindarees in Bengal as induce his countrymen to believe that it ix true policy to surrender a portion for the security of the whole, I place in your hands my adherence to that admirable system by which, in my belief, your memory will be endeared in India.—l have, Am. MeHiAB CHUND BAHADOOR, Bajborree, Burdwao, May 3. Maharajah of Burdwasi. A letter from Palermo says :—" General Letizia himself related that on Saturday evening he took a walk on the Marina with General Loan, and each felicitated the ether on the =C OM of the campaign against Garibaldi, which they thought finished. 'We went to bed,' he said, happy to have overcome all our troubles, and the next morning we were awoke by the news that Garibaldi was not before, but actually in Palermo.'" A correspondent at Boulogne informs us that 32 Irishmen weed through that town on 'Tuesday on their way to join the Papal troops ; yesterday 40 more landed These recruits had arrived by steamer direct from London. The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Corn psey's steamship Golden Fleece will sail from Galway to morrow (Saturday), 23rd inst., for St. John's, Newfouni land, and New York, with her Majesty's mails. MessAgeo r.ceived by British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company up to 3 o'clock, p.m., 23rd inst. LETTER FROM LORD MALMESBURY. (From Filarlg.) Lord Malmesbury's compliments to Mr. Patch, sad hopes he will let him use „his valuable columns to cor rect his speech which he did not make. at least the report is wrong, as he did not say that Garibaldi had bombarded Genoa, but that Genoa was invaded, or at least bombarded, by the same man, that is to say, that Lord Malinesbury means that he was in the service of the King of Sardinia. Garibaldi was (not that the King and Garibaldi are the mine man), and be regrets that the wrong report should have got into circulation about Garibaldi, anti what he mid in the Home of Lords was .putc different to the news riton Club, Tuesday. MADAME JERRIE WHITE MARlo.—Thin young lady, who is well known in England for her enthusiastic attachment to the Italian cause, nailed with her husband, Alberto Mario, for Sicily in the vessel that took Colonel Medici's contingent. This is one of the ships that is alleged to have been taken by the Neapolitans. Madame Mario went to Italy above a year ago, but her thorough republican sentiments, and the ardour with which she always proclaimed them, made her not one of the most desirable residents in Central Italy, where the struggles between the Sardinian and the old reactionary parties were pending, and after undergoing a short imprisonment, from which she was released by the special desire of Garibaldi, she withdrew to Switzerland. This was last July, and since then she has resided in Lugano, and employed herself by writing for the press. Her husband is a member of a very old and influential Venetian family. He was an officer under Mania, iu the siege of 184 9-49 , and was exiled from Piedmont for the part he took in arranging Pima:tine's expedition to Calabria in 1857. —Aresve/de Chronicle. DEATH OF • GIANT. —The tallest man in France has just expired, near Rouen, at the age of 71, being M. Charles Gruel d'lndreville, of Neale, Normandetue, who founded, and for many years carried on, some very exten sive glassworks at that place. His stature was nearly 7 feet 6 inches, English, and his body was stout in proportion. In early life he entered the imperial army, as a private sol dier, but soon pined the rank of sub-lieutenant. He was present in the battles of lVagram and Moscow. At one time Ise was • prisoner of war, and having fallen ill, was sent - to the lloapital of Kmnigsberg. This hospital was nicked by the Hessians, and M. Gruel was thrown out into the street, and he passed • whole night in the snow with scarcely any covering. He however recovered and returned to France. His glasserorks were of such im portance that King Louis Philippe several times visited them ; in one of the visits a violent storm came on, which compelled his Majesty to remain and accept a collation. M. Gruel d'lndreville was a member of the Legion of Honour s and had filled several local offices. THE Pone Law REPORT.—The annual report the Poor Law Board for 185.9-60 shows • general in the pauperism of the country. Iu the year ending 25th March, 1859, the sum expended for the relief of the poor VW 5,388,6991., being a decrease of 319,8531., or 5 . 4 per cent on the preceding year. The r.de per head on the estimated population for these two years was-1858, 6s. ; 1889, hs. Bg—decrease, Every union county in England. except Monmouth and Durham, shared in the decrease. The number of paupers in receipt of relief on the Ist July, 1858, was 825,596: on the corresponding date in 1869 it had fallen to 817,082. The decrease in the average number of paupers of all climes at one time in 1859, as compared with 1849, is 2frri per cent. ; as regards able-bodied paupers the decrease in the same period is 40/ per cent. EXTRAORDINAZT LARGE SALHOIL—A few days since some salmon of most extraordinary eke were caught off Perth, and amongst them was a noble fish weighing upwards of 531b5., an well as three others nearly equal in calibre, the four weighing about 1901 h.. These were for warded to London, and consigned to Mr. Charles, of Ara. balk-row, Pimlico, purveyor to her Majesty, where they were yesterday morning exhibited. and throughout the day, from their extraordinary size and interesting appearance, • large number of persona were attracted. It is but seldom that fiah of this size and weight are to be found in the Lon dou market, particularly in so fine a condition.