The Express. — London, England, 1861-10-09 00:00:00

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Mr J mil Ara W. ensolsd.—Aad JONATHAN Ellt A IWG.1:10 -it ...wager' R iiitipitst • NlOll %TATAR AT WtDOs 111110011. TR % -'t .nass. 8t Tu..— Aftrams. 3la Tv maw, —51....,um Alkormo. 61. Sea. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9. TO OCR RRLDIIRS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A !atc edition of the pnbliihtd every evening .Inring the racing containing the results of the tines race:. Tire exceptional state of things amidst which the mercial Treaty with France happens to come into operation is certain to modify fur a time its working in some particulars. Thu French harvest of 186: having fallen far short of the national wants, the price of bread in Paris and other taiga towns has rapidly risen to a very un usual point ; while the obvious necessity of seek ing in foreign porta for extra supplies of the prime reysisite of life, and of providing for the payment thereof in gold within a limited time, has not only raised the current value of money far beyond that which prevails elsewhere, but has tended to check abruptly the ordinary facilities of credit on which the activity of the commercial system so much depends. Occult and mysterious as the workings of that system often seem to be, there aro many great facia re garding it which it is impossible for the most ingenious to mystify, or for the least reflecting to misunderstand; and this is ono of the plainest of them—namely, that if a Column• nity unexpectedly finds itself obliged to in crease largely its expenditure on foreign food, it tto the same extent deny itself the grati fication of purchasing other foreign articles of less liec.ossity. In whatever degree, therefore, the products of British industry may, during the next few months, be sought for and purchased by our neighbours, we may take for granted that it is with a minimum the new mercantile intercourse between the two countries will have begun; that we are sold ma likely to have so small a demand for our products, and that we are certain to have in onliiiray years a mnch larger and more pro fitable addition to our custom for all those great staples of uutiand skill in which we can show our superiority. Note it% binding the peculiar drawbacks referred to, tte2re i reason to believe that a healthful and assuring commencement is about being made in the interchange of commodities under the reduced com mercial tariff. The cotton trade is not indeed in a condition to profit as much as others by the change of duties guaranteed by the recent Treaty. The morning and evening thought of Lancashire just now is how to supply anyhow the old habitual demands upon its capital and labour. For the first time it is threatened with a lack of raw material ; and do what it will, it must for the present be content if it can keep the old markets moderately supplied. fly and bye things will infallibly right themselves in this respect, and then we shall see what ouantity of cotton goods our French friends will desire to be furnished with from Man chester ; but for the remainder of 1861, and pro bably for a portion of 1862, we cannot expect to have much to note under that head of export. Yorkshire and Staffordshire, Lanark and Down, are happily in a very different case. Limeys and linens, cutlery and carpeting, saddlery and earthen ware, are each and all likely to find many buyers they never had before. We are rather glad to hear little or nothing of huge experimental ventures in any of these branches of trade ; but we rejoice to learn that a wholesome activity has been perceptibly imparted to all of them by the de mands which have come from nearly all the great towns of France for tentative consignments of English goods. We also learn with no inconsider able feeling of interest that in Paris, Marseilles, and Havre, establishments have been already opened with joint-stock capital for the special sale of various articles of English manufacture. We do net expect that in the main the consumption of imported fabrics will be thus provided for. Ultimately English woollens, linens, and cottons will probably become part and parcel of the regular stock-in-trade of every French draper, just as French silks, gloves, and ribanda have become so with us. But in the first instance, and probably for some time to come, it may be of no little ad vantage both to sellers here and to oonsnmers there, that great eherrpi;fs should exist, conducted upon a liberal system, and with large means for its development, by means of which the un thinking many may be convinced at a glance of the variety of useful and convenient things which Free Trade has brought within their reach, and satisfied by the easiest and pleasantest of all arguments, that of a cheap bargain, that they can do better for themselves and their families in a hundred small ways than they could ever do before. If Mr. CoBI.EN and M. ROUHER could have devised and executed a scheme for practically 1 1 giving their great experiment a fair trial speedily and popularly, some such operation as this would have certainly occurred to them. But what they could not do, and dared not have meddled with, has happily sprung up spontaneously, with the op portunity which it is their praise to have created. Perhaps there may beat first a little jealousy of these monster Mal/aging (1r marrhanoliAea A luilaists. Like all establishments of the sort, their chance of re munerator(' gain will lie in their being satisfied with very moderate profits. But while this has a tendency to prevent their multiplication, it ham likewise the effect of provoking competition by the ordinary traders in the articles, which stiff-necked prejudice might otherwise view with disfavour ; and it is in this indirect way, as we have already hinted, that a still greater diffusion of foreign trade may be calculated on. Time was when the notion of such joint-stock enterprises for any purpose in France implying, if not imposing, a minimuui of profits would have been looked upon with coldness or contempt. The spirit of the lottery was that in which enterprise of all kinds was con- -1 THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9,186 L ' ducted amongst our neighbours. Brilliant specu- 1 lations and exquisite inventions were courageously taken up from time to time by clever men, who thereby pushed their rapid way to fortune. This was the poetic age of French industry ; and it may be truly said that the life of many a successful French manufacturer or merchant was a species of industrial romance. But a community can never grow rich, or a country commercial, by hazardous adventure, however glittering its hopes, or patented inventions, however golden their mo nopolizing gains. It is in the sober, prosaic period of a nation's life that it grows really rich, and into that period we sincerely hope that the French are at length entering. Small profits and a large trade, many competitors, and enough fur them all to do, are the true conditions of an industry that is to be national and lasting. In England we have long since become so accustomed to these conditions that we are sometimes beguiled into for getfulness of the period when they did not exist ; and we have been too apt to judge hardly the difficulties which beset • government like that of France, that seeks to lead its people into a more excellent way before their ideas and habits have fitted them to appreciate its superiority. There are still amongst us, however, those who can recol lect the formidable resistance offered to the suc cessive steps towards freedom of tracts which were made by Mr. HrSKISSON, Mr. POULIrrr THOMSON, and Sir Roamer Peet ; nor could we have ven tured even last year to boast that the superstitions of earlier times of trade were absolutely extinct amongst us. Bearing in mind our own national experience, and the tardy progress of our own legisla tion in what every schoolboy and apprentice is now taught to regard as self-evident truth, we are bound to say that the inauguration of the new system in France, under circumstances far from being pro pitious, has been attended with far leas of excite ment, perturbation, or disquietude than might reasonably have been feared. the whole, perhaps, it is matter for gratulation rather than regret that so great a change should be brought about quietly and gradually, rather than amid a whirlwind of mingled execration and applause. As for our side of the account, the change has literally taken place without anything that can be even approximately termed national conscious ness. Not one luau in a hundred whom you meet in daily life can tell you off hand what the precise value of the commercial treaty is, or is to be, to the producers of French merchandise, and to the consumers thereof on British soil. We all know that there has been a change for the better in the commercial relations between the two countries; some of us have enjoyed the luxury of light wine at a low price in the hot weather ; and most of us, if put to it, could make out a fair case of bene fits in detail. But it is our happiness to have come to that point of social and commercial civili zation in which we intuitively take for granted that what is in itself good for the many to have at • moderate cost, the many are pretty sure to get, without regard to the place of its origin or the idiom or creed of its producer ; and the best we can wish our French friends is a like condition and feeling. REPLY OP EARL RUSSELL TO THE MEMORIAL ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Subjoined is the stoner of Earl Russell to the niemorial on Mexican affairs lately presented on behalf of the commercial community : " Foreign•ol6ce, Oct. 3. " Gentlemen,—l have received and considered with the greatest attention the memorial you have addressed to me. You have described truly the evils which afflict Mexico— the robbery and the bloodshed, the impunity of crime, and the absence of any controlling authority in what is called the government. Her Majesty's government have a right by treaty, and by all the laws which govern international relations, to require security for the persona and property of British subjects, and the performance of specific engage ments on the part of Mexico. Her Majesty's government will exercise this right. But her Majesty's government cannot think it wise to interfere in the internal govern ment of Mexico. You seem to think that • protecting force thrown into Mexico for the simple purpose of main taining public tranquillity would succeed in attaining that object, and that even • small force might suffice for the purpose. I am sorry to say that I think • very large force would be insufficient to restore public tranquillity. Thin is a task which the Mexicans must accomplish for themselves. There are very few cases in which foreign interference can be beneficial, and iu those few cases there must be a large and numerous party in the country pre pared to avail itself of foreign aid. lam concerned to say I see no proof of the existence of such a party ia Mexico. Her Majesty's government, therefore, must confine their action to the clear and legitimate purpose of demanding from the de facto government of Mexico, however &anti. toted, respect for the persons and property of British sub jects, and the fulfilment of recorded obligations.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your mast obedient humble servant, " Br.ShELL. 'To Messrs. Rothschild and Sons, Masan. Finlay, Hodgson, and Co., and others.' MR. LAING AND THE LANDHOLDIV.S" Etc Or oun. BALMORAL, Ocr. G. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, Prises Ladle d Here, and Prince Arthur, and attended by Lay Augusta Breen, drove yesterday to AR-na-Oultbe• oak, sad then proceeded on ponies to annend Loeb:sager, and returned in the souse way in the ev..ning. The Prince Cowart sod the Prince of Wales went out deer.talL ug. The Priucu of Hohealohe, with the Princesses Helena and Louise, and Prince Leopold, drove out. Oct. 7. The Queen and Princes Consort, the Princess Alice, the Princes Hohenlobe, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by the Ladies sod Gentlemen in Waiting, attendca Divine service yesterday in the parish church of Crathie. The Rev. Yr. Stuart officiated. There wee no addition to the royal dinner party. Her Majesty's Commis/Sneers for the International Eahi bitioe of 1862, held a meeting at their offices in the Strand youtertlay. Deepseelem were sent yesterday from the Colonial•office to the Lord High CommtasioDer of the lonian islands, and to the Governor of the Falkland lolanda. Hurons or BALIIORAL—By her Majency'n COM- Rua, a distinguished author has produced a history of Balmoral. Not many copies hays been printed. The work Is beautifully got up, and contains illustration■ of the sue rounding scenery, mixed up with an account of its historical ansociationr, and of its geological and botanical features. Aberdeen Herald. Hie kuyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has kdt town sea tint to the Firl and Couotess of Chester field, at Btetbj-prk, Derbyshire. 84111011 A. Desmanet du 13outouviVe and Baron de Soper& have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. The Earl and Connie-ea of Clarendon and the Ladies Villiers left town yeatenlay numbing for Komigs• berg, to attend the coronation of the King of Prussia. Mr, Villiers Lister, Lord Fiehomberg Kerr, Lord lilisehinbroke, sad the other members of the earl's °whimsy, accompanied the eoble earl. The Earl Rumen, accompanied by the Countess Russell and family, arrival at Minto•house, near Hawk*, N. 8., from Aheroddie Castle, near 11,1moraL The noble earl leaves the Earl sad Countess of Minto's on Saturday for Newcastle, and will be in Louden early in the ensuing week. The Earl of Yarborough, we aro sorry to hear, Las had another serious &tuck of illneu, and far upwards of tweety.four hours was in a vtry erotical state. We are happy to hare that the medical melts were yestardsy much more favourable. The Earl of Nurbury I'm left Farrance's Hotel for Valence, near Westerham, in Kent. Viscount Combennere and Vis countess Combermers and the Wu. Um. Hunter have arrived at Leamington, from Combennere Abbey, whither they will return, ►fter a abort, atjuur at Spa, to receive a atmcemion of vieitori during the autumn. The marriage was celebrated at Twickeuham Church, a few days ago, by the Rev. Professor Jewett, assisted by the Hon. and Roy. Robert Henky, cif R. B. I). Mosier, Attache to her Majesty's Legation ►t Berlin, to Alice, second daughter of Lieutenant-Genera the Right Hos. J. and Lady Alice Peel. The funeral of the late Earl of Eglinton and Winton will take place at the family vault at Hi'winning Church, Ayrshire, ue Friday emit. The following resolution was unanimouely adopted= Monday by the oairpnraiion of Dublin :—•• That we base heard with feelings of deep regret the death of the late Earl of Eghaton, whereby we feel that Ireland has been dsprie.d of one of her warmest friends." Lord Palmerston arrived et Dent's George Hotel, Porternouth, at an early hour yesterday. In the afternoon li lindship, sitteoded Ey Colonel Jervois, It. F , rode out and laiiiiseted the sew forts and lines of defence DOW being aosidreeted for **protection of the port sod arsenal on its sedans side. Workmen are Wry removing the scaffolding from the new Horsley Institute buikhn.t in Houthampton, in order that Lord Palmerstoe may have as good a view of the building as peinhie whim ho visite that town, on Friday next, to diatribe& the certificates to the sucoseeful caadidates at the Oxford load examinations. His lordship laid the foundation state of the Hartley Institute building last autumn. The magnificent lecture theatre of the Institute is now almost completed, sal some progress has been made in the completion of the museum sod reading and class rooms. The beautiful front to completed, with the exception that the caryatides are not yet sculptured. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, HUNG CRY. A letter from Peath of October 4 says : "1 learn from a good source that the government is preparing a pamphlet in the Sclavonic, Rouma nian, Ituthenic, and Ser•ian languages, for the purpose of explaining its reasons for dissolving the Hungarian Diet, and assuring the peoples to whom it is addressed that they may look for the greatest kindness from Vienna. The pamphlet will be widely distributed through the agency of custom house officers and receivers of taxes. It is a very significant fact that this pamphlet is not to be given either to the Germane or Magyars of Hun gary. The clear inference is that the object of the publication is to promote discord between the Magyars and the other races of Hungary. It is generally thought that the ordinary courts of law will be suspended, and all causes, civil and criminal, deferred to the jurisdiction of military officers. " This day being the Emperor Francis Joseph's fete-day, the inhabitants of Pesth have passed the word not to show themselves in the theatres till after the Austrian anthem is sung. Functionaries alone will witness the loyal demonstrations, and the moment they are over the public will rush in to till the empty boxes." PESTH, Orr. 5. • An emissary of Garibaldi named Viola Mut been arrested in this city ; revolutionary proclamations were found upon him. usaurca's Ocr. 9. The Assemblies and Municipal Councils of the Comitats of Arad and Baca have been dissolved by the government for having passed resolutions con curring in the protest of the Cocuitat of Pesth against the dissolution of the Hungarian Diet. PERTH, Oct. 8. The dissolution of the Assembly of the Comitat of Gran has been decreed. A royal commissioner has already been ap pointed. The Amend,ly of the Oomitat of %al° ham re solved to ignore any illegal ordinance of the govern ment. It also protests against the nomination of a commissioner, and the proposed new orgaciaation of the Comitats, and declares that it will only yield to force. THE INTERVIEW AT COMPIEGNE. COMPIEGNE, Ocruen & The King of Prussia left Compiegne at 12.30 p.m. to-day, and was accompanied to the railway station by the Emperor. The parting of the two sovereigns was must cordial. POLAND. LEMBERO, Ocr. 8. The editor of the Gros, having been found guilty of high treason and inciting the people to sedition, has been sentenced to five years' hard labour, loss of nobility, forfeiture of half his caution money, and deprivation of the faculty of exercising the editorial profession. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Oct. I. The inquiry instituted by the Genovese authori ties into the affair of Ville-Grande is concluded. M. Chalet Venal, a member of the Geneva Council of State, is commissioned to draw up the report to the Federal Council. This report will be accom panied by photographs of the localities where the disorders occurred. ITALY. TURIN, Ocr. A. Signor Ratazzi will very likely enter the Mi nistry. Letters from Genoa affirm that Garibaldi has quitted Caprera. His destination is unknown. The Society of Workmen at Turin has deter mined upon convening another congress of all the workmen's aucieties at Asti, in November next, in order to declare the resolutious of the congress lately held at Florence to be illegal. BOLOGNA, Ocr. 8. To-day the King reviewed the garrison and the National Guard of this city. His rewptiou was most enthusiastic. His Dlsjesty will leave to-night fur Turin. TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO. RAGUSA, O. 8. Six btttalious of Turkish regular troops, while on their return march from Niksich, were attacked by the insurgents anti Montenegrins. After a fight which lasted four hours the Turks were compelled to take to flight, with the loss of eighty killed and twenty wounded. MEXICO. A private correspondence of the Patrie gives some details of the organisation of the French naval force to be despatched to the coast of Mexico. The ships of war ordered for this expedition are the steam frigates Guerriere (fitting at Brent), L'Astr4e (from Loricut), and L'Ardente (from Brest) ; a steam corvette (from Rochefort), and the cutter Marteaux (from Cherbourg). Admiral Jurien de Lagraviere, who will command the squadron, will hoist his flag on board the Guerriere, which is being prepared for sea as quickly as possible. MADAGASCAR. Despatches have been received in Paris from Riunion, to the 7th of September, bringing later intelligence from Madagascar. Since the death of the Queen, and the short struggle in which her nephew was killed, the utmost tranquil lity has prevailed in the island. The foreigners established in the country intended to wear mourn ing fur a month, and the ships in the harbour of Tamatave hoisted their flags at half-mast for three days. The body of the late Queen was embalmed, and the King, her son, remained by it in prayer for six days, ac cording to custom. Thu King, since lie began to attend to public business, bas received numerous deputations of Europeans, whom he addre-aed in the most liberal and reassuring manner. Since the death of the Queen the intercourse between Re union and Madagascar had revived, and at the date of the despatches was very active. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office from t h e Peninsular aud Orien tal Skala Navigation Company, Oct. 9 : HOMEWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Yectis and Indus with the above mails were to leave Alexandria on the 7th inst. for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Simla arrived at Sues on the sth inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL The Ellora, from Southampton ou the 27th Sept., reached Malta at 4 p.m. on the 7th, and left at midnight. The Valetta, from Menailles on the 6th, arrived at Malta at 10 p.m. on the 7tb, and would leave next morning. Commander H. C. Harston baa been appointed naval nis t egeut on the Bombay mail hoe, and Commander W. C. Forsyth, naval mail agent on the Cbina km. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (raom ooa owx coaazaromormr.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVTNING. The special correspondents at Compi;:gue appear to have exhausted their ingenuity the first day, fur 'cannot cull from their second letters atingle fact or remark worth noting beyond the dull routine de tails of the court proceedings which the telegraph will have duly transmitted. Of course everybody wants to know what political conversation, if any, passed between the King and the Emperor, and of course nobody duos know anything about it. The only hint throwu out on the subject this evening is by ('un•eapowluue, which suggests as probable that, leaving aside all questions about the Rhine as not being upon the order of the day, the Sovereigns will have spoken about Venice, and the attitude of Prussia in the event, which seems inevitable, of an Italian war against Austria to enable the Venetians to join themselves to the rest of their Italian brethren under the sceptre of Victor Emmanuel. The writer, who may possibly hays had a hint to say thus much, is careful to add that lie knows nothing whatever of the result of the interview. The private character of the visit was most scrupulously observed to the last. A Turin letter of the 6th, in the Prose, says that M. Ricasoli and M. Ratanci have had an interview, for the tint time since the death of Cavour. They passed a whole day together at the St. Maurice Camp. This meeting has given rise to rumours of • fusion, but Italians in Paris who are personal friends of Ratarai will nut allow that such a thing is possible. The Church of Our Lady of Auray, a famous holy place in Brittany, which was visited with much ado by the Emperor and Empress at a time when his Majesty (I say nothing of her Majesty) was on better terms with the church than he is at present, has just been the scene of a legitimist deinoustratiou. The occasion was the birthday of the Count de Chambord. A cry of " Vire Henry V." was uttered in the church, and when the con ' gregation cone out some of them hoisted white pocket handkerchiefs upon sticks, to represent the Bourbon flag. lu the evening a young girl, the daughter of a steward of one of the vanquished heroes of Caatulfidardo, made herself conspicuous by shaking a tablecloth outside a window. The affair was too miserable a failure to threaten the public peace of the district, but it suffices to show the Emperor that St. Anne d'Auray, like every other place especially dedicated to Rome, is a rallying point for his worst enemies. The Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux and some priests of his diocese have lately sent the Pope a good supply of claret for the express purpose of "consoling him in his present grief." The Anti de la Religion, in announcing this pious fact, ob serves that "no other clergy could have made such a present as this "—a remark which, if not pro fouud, may fairly be accepted as true, since claret is naturally dearer in other places than on the spot where it is grown. " Copiosum ce/ebrufissimi p•trii rini minus," says the Asti de la Reliuion, in latinity worthy to be used in pocnta. The ultramoutano society of St. Vincent de Paul has just held a provincial synod at Lusignau, in the department of the Vienne, where speeches of the most violent character were indulged in against the " revolution "—by which term it is meant to designate the imperial government in case it shall not betray Italy. There was much wild talk of "religion iu danger," the "awful days of perse cution in which we live," and batthi and murder and martyrdom were the stock subjects of dechuna tion. Notwithstanding the note in the Muniteur con firming the statement already made that the Em peror would nut allow bread to rise any higher, and holding out the prospect of a speedy fall, the Bourse was extremely dull. Reute closed, without change from yestunlay, at 681 r. be. and &Yr. 20c. Mo. biller fell 2fr. 50c. The Orleans and Lyons rail ways fell Mr. each. Northern and Eastern, 3fr. 75c. each, and Southern, 2fr. 50c. ; Western rose lfr. 25c. GREECE. The diplomatic body at Athens waited on the 21st ult. on the Queen of Greece to congratulate her Majesty on her escape from assassination, and the senior Minister spoke a, follows : It is with a mixed sentiment of joy and pain that we hasten to take advantage of the permission accorded veto pieseut ourselves before your Majesty on this occasion. Wo rejoice to be able to offer to your Majesty our warmest felicitations, and to join in the thankeriving of your people to Divine Providence for having deigned to accord to your Majesty His powerful prote c ti on as • moment of imminent pent, and thereby to have saved the nation from the fatal confusion and anarchy with which it was threatened. At the same time, permit us to express our profound indignation against principles and acts which under existing circumstances are doubly odious, and which, far from advancing the interesto of people., attack nut only the safety of thrones, but the most necessary and most sacred foundations of society. . . . - The Queen replied in the following tenni; : I thank the diplomatic body for the *estimate which you, sir, have expressed in its name, and I accept with gratitude its felicitations. The testimonies of love and of profound sympathy which the station has given to me on this *melon have greatly moved me, and will be a proof to all Europe that the Greek people reject with indiguatiou the act of a madman. The Greek nation has asap re garded attachment to the throne as one of the must sacred interests. A correspondent, writing from Compiegne on Monday morning, says:—"The influx of strangers yester day (Sunday) wan immense, the town being invaded just as Paris was at the time of the Queeu of England's visit in August, ISM. At noon, the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial heard mess in the chapel of the palace. The imperial tribune is on a level with the apartments, but the dimensions of the chapel are so small that it is im possible for anyone but the officiating clergyman to see the imperial party." (The writer then describes the King's arrival at the palace, and proceeds) :—" After stopping a few minutes is the grand selooo, where large &vete vases, filled with the finest exotics, threw forth a delightful perfume, the Emperor conducted the King to the apart meats prepared for him, and which in a few days have become a wonder of rich arrangement and good taste. Those apartment* are on a level with the terrace of the orange trees, considered the finest is Europe, and which have been allowed to remain out of doors much later than usual, in honour of the illustrious visitor. All the furni ture is in the style of Louis XVI. The King's bedroom is hung with white figured silk. Their Majesties sat down to dinner at half-past 7, it being a family one of 30 covers. The King oat in the centre of the table, having the Em. peror on the right and the Empress on the left. His Majesty of Prussia, under his black coat, wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, sad the Emperor that of the Black Eagle. During dinner the band of the Guides played some of their finest pieces." _ . The Second Autumn Meeting came off on Sun day in the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was magnificent, and there was a considerable display of the usual " beauty and fashion" of the beau monde and demi•moods. The Criterion Stakes, 200 fr., with 3,000 fr. ad.led, was con. tested by Count de Morny's Partisan (the favourite), but woo by Baron Nivire's fitradella. This race excited great interest. The Emperor's Stakes of 15,000 fr, with SOO en. tries, was also taken by the " great stable," "Sliders's Sur prise winning easily. Au "Omni= Handicap" was won by M. Oaille's St. Aignan after • hard struggle with M. Verry's Pridaine,, whereby the lucky owner pockets about 12,000 fr. The Rneeiau corvette Novik, carrying the flag of Admiral Popoff, and commanded by Captain Skrypleff, has sailed from Cron.ladt, for an exploring voyage on the eastern coasts of Siberia. ASSOCIATION OF CALCUTTA, A deputation of gentlemen connected with the London breach of the Landholders' Aware:intim of Calcutta waited on the Hon. Samuel Laing ou the sth instant. Mr. D. Mackinlay, the chairman, read an address, congratulat. ing the hon. gentleman on the reostahlialiment of his health, and expressing a confidential hope that ere ho returned from Calcutta, Indian finance would be placed on a sound foot ing. The association recognised the great benefit the in. teresta of India had received from the information the hon. gentleman had imparted to the home public, and hoped that his exertions would be successful in securing a sound con tract law. Allusion was made to his speech at Man chester on the 19th September, and he was thanked especially for tho testimony he bore on behalf of the indigo planters of Bengal. Regret was expressed that class animosity should rage as it does in 'Calcutta, and it was hoped that through his influence a better state of things would woo prevail. After the address was reed conversation ensued on the present position of the British settlers in Bengal ; on the contract law, waste lands, encouragement to settlers, kc. The hon. gentleman expressed himself generally favourable regarding the points discussed. He said that ho had felt it a duty to endeavour to correct the extraordinary niisunder. standings which existed in England regarding the character of the indigo planters of Lower Bengal ; that sa regards the contract kw, and encouragement to British settlers, he quite agreed with the deputation as to the importance of the subject, and hoped that a prac tical and summary remedy for breach of contract would soon be provided. Upon this point, when he reached Cal cutta, he should be most happy to receive any practical suggestions from members of the association. As to waste lands, Ise believed that the principle of selling such lands on a feeeimple tenure was conceded, and it only remained to fix the detailed conditions on which such sales should be made. He could not enter upon details now, but could only say that he was heartily in favour of encouragement to British settlement, and could promise that his influence should be used in promotiug any measures for that ob ject consistent with the just rights of the native population, and in removing any obstructions, from whatever quarter they might proceed. As regards the large question which had been raised as to the policy of the Bengal government, and whether a province like Beupl, which contained such important interests both European and native, should not be locally governed, like Madras and Bombay, by a statesman selected from England and free from local bias—that was • question fairly open for discussion, but upon which they could hardly expect him to enter, or express an opinion. The deputation were highly gratified at the reception they received from the boo. gentleman, and at the candid and friendly manner in which he expressed his sentiniente. It was regretted by the deputation that, their number was not greater, but it was explained that many had left for India by late steamers, and that indeed most of three present were about leaving, to recover what was possible from the wreck of their properties. The Madrid journals state that the Queen of Spain had caused the Prioress Dona Concepcion, whose illness has been announced, to be treated according to the homeopathic system. Not fewer than eightpeiglit Christian names were conferred on the son of the Infante Don &bastion, in his recent baptism. The King of Prussia was born on the 22nd March, 1797, and is consequently 64 years and six months old. The Hamburg journals announce the death, in that city, of a retinal professor of the Naval School, of the name of Hilfliog, at the advanced age of 86. In 1792 he was present at the masked ball in the Opera•house in Stockholm, at which Gustavus 111. was asmasituited, and in the following year he arrived in Yetis the day after the execution of Louis XVI. Oaf ignani says :—" The celebrated Boulfd, said to be entirely recovered, all lovers of the drama will learn with pleasure is engaged at the Gymniiae, and will shortly appear in one of his most renowned parte—Michel Perrin." Verdi has just put the concluding finish to anew opera, the title of which is The Force of Destiny. We learn from Italy that at Naples tho manager of San Carlo had `•thrown up his book." At La Scalu, Milan, Madame Colson, a French prima donna, has been singing in Don Pasquale. At Florence, we read, Madame Vera- Lorini, in the Giuditta of Signor Pen, has been received enthusiastically. The above Giuditta and Signor Peri's ViStore Pisani, too figure in the programme for the winter of the IWian opera at Madrid. Mlle. Patti and the Sisters Marehisio are to sing in Italian opera at Berlin during the winter. The opening of the Italian opera at St. Peters burg has been retarded by the death of M. C 41104, the atsuAger. _ _ It is announced that Rossini has recently con sented to give the public his latest production, called Titan. "It is s magnificent vocal morceau," says Gulignani, " which has been known some time in select private musical circles, having been written by the great niacsf ru fur a particular friend, for whose grand bass voice it is especially adapted, sod whose execution of it is well worthy the noble composition. Rossini has lately in strumented it for a full orchestra with all the virre of his early genius." _ _ M. i;ar tiler Pagbs, who is now in Path, has lately visited the national theatre at Buda, where he was given an ovation. Hardly hail the distinguished French man entered the box engaged fur him when the whole house rose to welcome him, and the orchestra played in honour of him the "Marseillsise Hymn," which the singers all sang upon the stage, the audience joining in the chorus. A controversy is being carried on between two of the scientific periodicals of St. Petersburg, the ✓ournaf dm and the Gazelle de ednufronif, as to the manner in which the mines of Russia are worked. The Gazette strongly condemns the system by which the government tskes the direction of most of the mining works in the country ; it contend. that the official system only insures a loss, and insists on the necessity of transferring this br.inch of in. dustry to private enterprise, or to the management of joint-stock companies. The Mannheim Journal states that among the students who have arrived in that town to aural the winter course of lectures at the University are • great m►ny Poles, about thirty of whom wear their national costume. Several of them young men come from Wartaw, and have, it is thought, been sent from that city by their parents to keep than out of political agitation. Advioes from Baden state that thu vintage has commenced in the neighbourhood of that town, both in the plain and on the mountain. The grapes are in general un usually ripe and sweet, but regret is expressed that, in consequence of the great number of insects which attack them, they could not be left on the vines a few days longer. _ . _ - The Lelependance Beige recapitulates the con deniustions which have been pronounced in France alba Belgium from 1859 up to the present time—that is, in less than two years—on priests and members of orders, for adultery, criminal assaults on boys and girls, abduction, arson, cutting and wounding, swindling, and other crimes and offences, and the total is furl Ore THE HEALTH OP LONDON. From the return of the Registrar-General it appears that in the week that ended last Saturday 1,147 deaths were registered in London. The average number for corresponding weeks in ten previous years, corrected, is 1,167 ' • but if 411 deaths from cholera in the fi rst week at October, 1854, are excluded from the data on which the calculation is made, it will be found that the rate of mor tality that prevailed last week was not below the average. Measles was fatal in the week in only 7 cases, a rettlla unusually low. There were 99 deaths from scarlatina, besides 21 from diphtheria. Of 9 deaths from all causes in the sub-district of Woolwich Dockyard, 3 were from diph theria, sod 2 from scarlatina. A woman and a child died at 1, Harrington-terrace, Woolwich, of diphtheria. Four children died from scarlatina in the subdistrict of Water loo.road, 2nd p at, in the poor portion of which the Regis. trar, Mr. Laws, states that this disease is still extremely prevalent. He adds that the mortality of his district has been higher last quarter than in any corresponding period of the last twelve years, excepting the time when cholera pre. railed. A man. aged 19 years, died in liethatreet, City. road, of " epistaxis" (3 weeks) ." and the daughter of a surgeon in King's.road, Hulbon:, aged 14 years, died on the 29th September of sunatroke after 3 weeks' illness. Last week the births of 923 boys and cr.ks girls, in all 1,818 children, were registered in Lomita. In the ten me. responding weeks of the yeses 1851-60 the average number was 1,506. . . . . . . . . . . . _ _...__. In the thirteen weeks that ended Saturday, Sept. *_t, the total number of deaths registered in Loudon was 14,9;2. It exceeded by 2,000 the number returned in the same period of last year, when the weather was both cold and wet, and therefore less favourable to the development of summer cholera. In the three summer months of this year the mean temperature of the air was 60.4 deg.; whereas in those of 1860 it was 56.8 deg. Diarrhsea and cholera were fatal in that ungenial season in only 786 cases; in the corresponding period of the present year, when London enjoyed fine weather they rose to 2,009. Of this latter num ber, no leas than 1,776 occurred to young persons, nearly all of whom were infanta. Whooping-cough was also more fatal ; for the deaths from this complaint in the two corresponding quarters of 1860.1 were respectively 350 and 633. Croup ruses from 106 to 177, diphtheria from 71 to 168, and typhus from 311 to 429. But scarlatina exhibited no increase s while smallpox and measles showed a very material decline. The facts seem to indicate that diphtheria is more de. pendent on those load or atmosphenc causes that develop or intensify whooping-cough and croup than on those by which the scarlatina poison is quickened into action ; but this is a point to be settled by more extended observation. In the three corresponding quarters of 1859-60-61 the deaths from small-pox were 287, 99, and 44. Both bronchitis, which was fatal in 681 cases, and pneumonia, fatal in 562, were attended by • higher mortality than is usual in the summer quarter. Scarlatina and diarrhoea appear to have prevailed most in some of the southern districts. The former complaint was the muse of 32 deaths in the two sub-districts of Waterloo. road, and of 17 in the west subdistrict of Greenwich. The latter (diarrhoea) was recorded in 29 cues in the subdistrict of St. Saviour's, Southwark, in 24 in that of Leather market s 28 in St. Peter, Walworth, 38 in Waterloo-road, 48 in Lambeth Church subdistricts, 36 in St. Paul, Deptford, 34 in Greenwich, 32 in Woolwich, 26 in Plumatead. (In the north side of the river, lalingtou returned 113 deaths from diarrhwa. MEN POUND DROWNED IN YORK.-SUSPECTED MURDER. Some sensation was created iu York yesterday morniegin consequence of a rumour that a man, suspected to have been murdered, had been taken out of the river Foay near the gas-house. It turned out to be correct that Mr. B. Johnson, who carried on the business of a saddler in Peter. gate, and who wax about sixty years of age, had been found se described, and there was also no doubt that there was • serious wound on his bead, which indicated violence, but the extent of the injuries bad been greatly exaggerated. The body was conveyed to a public-house in the neighbourhood, where it was examined by Dr. Arthur ; awl at the inquest, which was held yesterday afternoon, before the coroner (J. P. Wood, Eisq.), it was shown that at 10 o'clock on Monday night the deceased was seen in a stole of intoxica tion • few hundred yards from the place where Lis body was found, that he feU on the back of his head, and that he afterwards walked in the direction of the river. Dr. Arthur was of opinion that this fall might have pro duoed the wound, and that death was caused by drowning. There was uothing to indicate that there had been ant-thing like a struggle on the banks of the river ; but in the Ammo of direct toititnony, the jury returned an open verdict, merely to the effect that the deceased had been found drowned. They accompanied their verdict with a recommen• dation that better protection should be afforded to tl e public in that locality. The dead body of a retired butcher awl farmer was taken out of the river not far from the place in question on Mon day. His name is John Butler, anti there was an open verdict in this case also. DERELICT VESSELS AND SUFFERINGS OP A mars COMPAN Y. SHIELDS, TCIPSDAY. The brig Orphelia, of Whitby, timber laden, from Quebec, abandoned in the North Sea, water-logged, is still drifting about, disniasted, something like one hundred miles from the south coast of Northumberland. Sailing vessels are constantly falling in with her. Some crews boned her, and find her a deserted melancholy object upon the lonely main; others hail her in the night time, but, of course, receive no response. Two steamboats have left here in search of her ; and if they sh iuld succeed in falling in with her, and bringing her into port—which they may easily do, as the weather is mdd—they will make a handsome thing. Another timber laden vessel from Quebec to the Tyuc is a derelict in the Atlantic ; she is the Hampton, of Shields. She has been met with by many vessels on their passage home. For some time it was feared that her crew had taken to the boats and were lost, as nothing had been heard of them; but that, fortunately, does not turn out to be the case, for to-day the gLul tidings have been brought to Shields that they have arrived all well at Quebec, having been rescued by the ship Alice Wilson, from Liverpool to Quebec. The listoptoo had been caught in a dreadful storm and sprung a leak, and after the crow had been working 113 hours st the pumps the vessel was struck by &heavy sea and capsised, us ithe 20th August. The crew, 14 in number, succeeded in getting upon the broadside, where they remained for hall an hour, when the deck load and every thing moveable disappeared off the deck. The maintop was then cut away, and the ship righted a good deal, ea the crew were enabled to take to the main rigging and top, where they remained without provisions or water fur two days, until they were rescued by the crew of the Alice Wilson, who had to pull seven miles to leeward before they could du so. The crew of the Hampton speak with great gratitude of the kindness of Mr. Holt, the master of the Alice Wilson, and his ship's company. The chaplaincy of Gray's-inn has become vacant by the death of the Rev. William Henry Hart, M.A., of Magdalene College, Oxford. Mr. ilort, who was only appointed last year, in the room of the Rev. W. G. Watson. who was killed on the Pyrenee., wa. formerly curare of Hawkburst, neer Stapiehurst. There are 54 ships of war now under construc tion at the royal dockyards and other private yards, many of which are in a very forward state for launching. These vessels will carry an aggregate of 1,231 guns, are of 10,930• horse power, and 95,255 tom. DEATH OF LORD PoNSONEY. Intelligence Las reached England of the death of Lord Ponsooby, which took place on the 2nd instant in Bavaria. The deceased nobleman was the posthumous sun of the late Major- Ueneral the Hoe. Sir William Ponsonby, K.C.8., by the sixth daughter of the first Lord Southampton, and was born at Hampstead on the 6th February, 1816. He sue. Leaded to the title as third baron on the death of his uncle in ltir.s. The second baron was a distinguished diplomatist, and was her Majesty's ambassador at Constantinople from Irin to 1837, and at Vienna from 1:416 to ISM. Ile ob tained a viscountcy, which became extinct at his death, while the barony reverted to the deceased peer. The heir presumptive is his uncle, the Hon. Ueorge Ponsonby. THE DRAIDWOIM TESTIMuNIAL FUND.—At a meeting held at the Mansion House a few days ago by the committee appointed to supeniutend the public sul”oriptioa set on foot after the death of the chief of the Loudon Fire Brigade, in the interest of his widow and family, Mr. Bs* &ley, the secretary, reported that the nut available balsoos of the subscriptions received amounted to 524 f. Ils. From the moment it was publicly known that the directom of the leading fire insurance companies intended to make a suitable provision for the widow of Mr. Bniidwood, this committee saw it was useless, and, indeed, unnecessary, to proceed further with the testimonial fund, so-called, sad they took the requisite steps for stopping the sub iicription, or rather it stopped of itself. At a recent meeting they resolved that, having regard to the limited amoum. of the fund, and to the liberal provision made by the Mimi:mos companies for the widow and children, the .0261. odd would he best applied towards the maintenance of the two aged sisters of Mr. Brsidwood, who had by his death been de prival of the sole income on which they had been aceur timed to depend. This application of the fund the com mittee conceive to be in acoordance with the spirit, if not exactly with the letter, of the conditions on which it was raised, and it is understood that the niouoy will be expeodid iu the purchase of annuities to go in aid of the support of the sisters. __ GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A meeting of re. sideuts on this line of railway was held on Monday eve*. ing at the Victoria Hotel, King's-croas. It appears that the holders of season tickets consider they have seti.ins ground of complaint against the company. On the let of the present month the train leaving London at half.past 11 p.m. was taken off, also an earlier train, one being started in the place of both ut 10 o'clock. The ticket• holders complain that such en alteration is a breach of faith with them, and that had they known that no pamen• ger traffic would run after 10, they would never hive taken up their resideurer4 un the line. In colealuence, the general bo,ly of ticket-holders ark, to he called together next .Nlond.iy for the purpose of inenonialimog the director• on the subject. The bankr examination are liabilities had incurrw the Era Aa now in cour which the Mr. A. Tt ment. The imperfectly further infer Mr. Munn An adjuun The hanky This wait the of trilling as Mr. Luau; that the ace° The bankn in the habit Nis }IOIIOQ The bankrt This was the stated at 164/ Passed uao The baokra pw.ed his els assets, about 1 This bankm of Dukeatteel meeting. TM and Haylea, bankruptcy. creditors, 4,11 By good debt security, 1,7 M ditto, DV. ; I o the present An adjourn[ The Soudan! St. Mary-axe. tarot this was aocounts. whit Meagre. ltrowt the joint hates To creditors To ditto for a. sigameot. . To capital frog Less 'droop Behrends au To liabilitict 0 To ditto ou bil By debtors, go By ditto, doot By goods ands By trade expert 8y1055e5........ By J. U. Bohc - amount .... By J. G. Bebe By liabilities (1 There is also Behreals (trod Co."), extoorlit larger amouuts. To creditor, To creditors c cavity To creditor 6 consignment To W. A. Niel 31st Decemla To lishilities on To balance due estate on liqu BY good debtor By doubtful dit By bad ditto (a By property pig By property in By cash retains By goods under By losses By trading exp By liabilities (p By deficiency Al Mr. Keeney later for the lit The baakrupi The bankrup of St. James'ss the examinatic Messrs. Hart B 1,4581., with as Mr. Linklate rapt passing, o accounts iu his It transpired unfortunate pm Railway aeridel The bankrup left a wife and Passed. A miserable-I aged 37, was chi *tore shop in Ki Thomas Jaclo the vice ill con. it. He went at OIO P. overtook I taken front a um Mr. Henry in. Jackson—Sly hanging about. Police-conaLl into custody. I He was not kno employment for The prisoner- It wag froni hm at yesterday. have seen me p. thing. Mr. Henry -11 The prisoner - employment lat. old clothes and a times 1 can't g.•t them at the shop them, an that I c Mr. Hear> —I a journeyman. The pprisooer— Mr. The prisomer— I was for 0- they gave me 104 that I had to th Now just cousid 10d. 110 W much • hiring out of it 1-1 r. eori_c eitaraetev? The primmer the people hav4 where I worked Ur. Heary—f ..Ths pleoper— AI. Henry—A LILY . • good word YOU must be rev RORTIFRY John Sinn, io there is little do °cc:Jima, war e from the St. Jai It appeared f r ‘"eorge Alfred .1 coming down tlo prisoner in the L Min he ran out ( L lr opPod in th e p , t 1 ey ing Bet up a to cust o d y. The prisoner affect of his drain Herring, 60 t m~ht the prise reac right to rL Band three fo on r Co in l uree Months' hi Mr. Kenna Pork, the Isle h ole eonetituei 1134 " f rgea the f THI