The Express. — London, England, 1865-06-21 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE AMERICA. (aircrres'a (Pet the Belgian, Tit Grommet le.) NEW YORK, Jim 9, E►otuw• The Federals have occupied Brownsville. The Confederates had previously sold their artillery to Mexican Imperialists. The fort at Sabine Pass had surrendered. It was expected that Galveston would also be surren dered to the Federals on the 28th ult. General Kirby Smith has gone to Mexico with • large amount of money. A large proportion of the citizens of Kentucky have refused to employ free uegmes, the object being to drive them from the State. It is not yet decided whether Mr. Jefferson Davis is to be tried by a civil or military tribunal, nor is it certain that he will be tried in the district of Columbia. Mr. Garritt Smith, in his speech delivered at the Cooper Institute, declared that, the North having fully admitted the laws of war, it would be perfidy and a mean crime to'punish the fallen foe for Reason. The spirit of slavery dwelt in Northern as well as Southern bosoms—the North should bumble herself with the South for the common sin. Mr. Horace Greely declared it would be a black violation of faith to try Lee or his pardoned men. A letter in the Nassau Guardian states that the pirate Parr, who captured the Chesapeake and the Roanoke, has appeared off Inagua, where he boarded and fired the barque Lizzie, from Cuba, and then withdrew, leaving the crew to save themselves, and telling the captain that he intended to drown thousands before the war was over. The Panama journals reiterate the statement that Juarez had issued letters of marque. COMMER.OIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Juu 9, EvaTu. • Money abundant. Gold, Int ; exchange on London, 150 ; ditto Paris, 3f. 720. Stocks slightly inner. New York Cent rals, 90} ; Illinois shares, 3.24 ; Erie, 75i ; 5-20 Bonds, 103. NEW YORK, Jam 10, Nossrma.. A great fire has taken place at Nashville which, It is estimated, has caused the destruction of 10,000,000 dole. worth of government stores. Con tradictory accounts have been received as to the cause of the conflagration. . . It is stated upon a reliable source that the whole of Georgia is in a starving condition. The Toronto Lewitr declares that Merritt's testi mony, given during the secret sitting of the con spiracy trials, contains the glaring misstatement that Clay was present in Montreal in February last. W. H. Carroll writes that the testimony of Sand ford and Connover ooncerning him is a wilful per jury in every particular. The Georgia journals state that the negroee re fuse to work, and are committing robberies and outrages. The Nassau Admiralty court has discharged the steamer Alexandria with a caution. She was seized upon suspicion of being a Confederate cruiser. Semi-official despatches from Washington doubt the statement that Juarez had left Chihuahua. The Teutonia, City of Baltimore, and Helvetia, sailing hence to-day, take out 800,000 dollars in specie. COMMERCIA.L INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Juszlo, EVENING. Money easy. Gold, 1371. Exchange on London, 151} ; ditto Paris, 3.73. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 911. Illinois, 1231. Erie, 77t. 5.20 Bonds, 1032. Cotton dull ; midland upland, 41c. Flour heavy. Wheat and corn dull. Provisions heavy. Coffee dull. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses quiet. Petroleum dull. Crude, 414 ; refined, 51. FRANCK. PARIS, JONI 20. The Emperor received Prince Napoleon at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In the Corps Legialatif to-day the government brought forward a bill relative to the general and municipal councils. THE STRIKES IN PARIS. PABIS, JuN 20. In to-day's sitting of the Senate, Baron) Dupin spoke on the question of strikes, and said that the working men took advantage of the new law on coalitions in a manner much to he regretted. The government should take the matter into considera tion, and if unwilling to abolish this law—a step he would strongly approve of—it would perhaps be necessary to vote a new penal law on the subject, which would certainly meet with support both from the senate and corps legislatif. Baron Dupin was frequently cheered during the delivery of his speech. THE SLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. VIENNA, Jon 20, BUSING. The Oesterreithiache Zeitung of to-day says : "The reply which Count von Menadorff-Pouilly sent on the 17th inst. to the last note of Herr von Bismarck energetically rejects the demand of Prus sia for the removal of the Duke of Augustenburg from Holstein. The Austrian Minister regards the representations of Herr von Bismarck respecting the proceedings of a secret government, carried on by the Duke of Augustenburg in Kiel, as unjusti fiable, and expresses his astonishment that the Prussian Minister should continue to speak of two claimants to the Duchies. THE AUSTRIAN REIOHSRATH. VIENNA, JUNK _2o._ - - The finance committee of the lower house of the Reichsrath agreed to-day to the bill for the loan of 13 millions of florins required to meet the July engagements of the government The committee tecommend that the loan should be contracted in the manner least burthensome to the treasury. The Minister of Finance, who was present at the sitting of the committee, stated that the government would neither issue more paper moneynor raise any forced loan. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Jusa 20. Count d'En and the Princess Isabella of Brazil are residing at the Belem Palace. The Spanish Infant, Don Sebastian, is expected here to-morrow. The Court is at Mafra. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Joie I. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delhi, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. A SIR:CU:IOR TO PRINCZ NAFOLLON.—A Paris oorrespondeat of the Nord Nays :—" The choice of Prince Luisa Bonaparte as president of the commission of the Belvieu' Exhibition, is onsfirmed. Prince Lucien boars tha " 6 of Imperial Manses as son of Lucien Bonaparte and nephew of Napoleon I. ; be is 52 years of age, a Sons tar, and grand recces of the Logics of Honour , be is a man of education and very modest, who often resides in London, and enjoys mach consideration there." THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21 adze oil, and the breeding of fettle had *petted to agri otd.ure new and abutdaut sources of profit Thelprefect, in proposing "The Deparlammt," pre as outlissai of the progress made of late years in the Eleioe-st-Oise. Nearly 65,000 children of both sexes. be said, frequented the fres schools, and while the number of children not receiving in struotions was a few years back 4,000, it is now only 1,050. The produce of the land in the department, estimated in 1830 at 33 millions, has now inoreasei to 58 millions, end the direct tale. have risen from live millions to ten ma llow. The evades passed over most agreeably, and the urbanity end teat et the obainatia were universally ad mitts& INDIAN AFFAIRS. (From the Doily News.) Among the constituencies which are awaiting the approaching elections, how many are thinking of a competency to discuss Indian affairs as an important qualification of any candidate f If an answer to this were possible, we should be rather afraid to hear it. We need not repeat what we have had too much occasion to uy before in regard to the great national misfortune and difficulty of India being subjected to parliamentary govern ment, while Parliament is still ignorant, indifferent, and wrong-headed alike in its ignorance and indif ference about Indian questions of an importance actually inexpressible. To those who are aware of the calamity involved in this fact, it is one of the most anxious questions of the time whether the interests of India will be better or worse treated in the new Parliament than in the present. Will the Minister of that department have no better check in the House than hitherto ? Will he be j usti fied henceforth in scorning the criticism, and jest ing at the mistakes, and t►king advantage of the apathy, and complaining of the scanty attention he meets with there ? Or may we hope that there will be some few members who understand his business at least as well as he does, and who will lead on others to support him where he is right, to keep watch over his relations with his Council, to represent that Council where that body needs support, to strengthen the heart and bands of the Viceroy and his administration, and, in short, to make the responsibility to Parliament a real thing? The Minister ought to desire the presence of such members in the House, and to feel, as the best men in India do, that even half-a-dozen such men would be an inestimable element in a new Parlia ment, both in regard to present service and as a sure prophecy of a future increase in the proper governing power of the greatest dependency in the wink'. The Westminster electors, if they choose Mr. MIL', will have done their duty in this matter in a way which few constituencies can hope to rival. There are not many other possible candidates who can have so much to say about India, and can say it with such authority ; but there must be among us gentlemen qualified for a seat in the council of the nation who might save us from the danger with which we are threatened, of being even worse off for exponents and judges of Indian questions in the new than in the present Parliament. There is evidently a vague uneasiness prevalent, within and without the House, about the increasing tyranny of the Horse Guards as the Indian army dwindles and repines under the scarcity of subaltern officers; and about the uncertain and arbitrary treatment by the Govern ment of schemes of public works ; and about the inconsistencies and caprices of the financial management ; and about the insecurity of the prospects and promises held out by the autho rities, whose statements pass unchecked because they are made to a thin House, or to a public unqualified to explain the grounds of its now ha bitual distrust. The present time—the coming election—will determine the fate of India, and of British interests in connexion with it, as far as these depend on our redemption or forfeiture of our pledge of a real parliamentary government for the vast country whose destinies we have taken into our own hands. When we consider for a moment what that coun try is, and what its destinies might be, even at the present rate of development, we can understand the taunt of officials who ask what we would have, and recommend that ignorant M.P.■ should look at and admire the progress of the country, before they find fault with its rulers. They point to the favour with which capitalists have for some time past regarded Indian investments. They point to the multiplying Agricultural Societies, and the throng of natives which attends the shows. They point to the waterworks (the successful ones); to the produce which chokes the railways ; to the wild activity of commerce at Bombay ; to the de mand for more currency ; to the opening of roads, the reclamation of waste lands, the new and spreading growth of tea and coffee on the spurs of the mountains, and of flax in the Punjab, and of cotton in a thousand valleys and plains. They point to the diminishing mortality at the military stations, and to the improving character, health, and happiness of the soldiery where workshops have been opened and gardens laid out. They point to the absorption of all the labour of the country, so that only a' few restricted portions can spare any coolies for emigration. They point to the spread of education among the natives, and especially among the girls, and to the advanced rate of wages, and its effect among the people ; and then they ask how any country could get on better, and, once more, what we would have? This is the question which perplexes our representatives, and which impels them to avoid Indian debates which only perplex them further. If better qualified members enter the House, the proper answers will be given, and certainly there will be questions put on the other aide. It will be ascertained what terms the Secretary for India is on with successive Viceroys, what reason they have for their complaints of forfeiture of pro mises, of their best acts being overruled, their best aims baffled, their recommendations sneered at or neglected, their lives doomed under the dreadful climate of Calcutta, and their endeavours to escape the common fate censured or ridiculed. It will be ascertained why there is a growing distaste for an Indian career, military or civil, why the opening of the telegraph line is dreaded, as still further enfeebling and embarrass ing the really capable rulers on the spot ; and how it is that companies engaged in the prosecution of public works are usually in a mood of irritation with the Socerruir for INDIA, and fall of com plaints of disappointment, or obstruction, or ne glect. It will be insisted on that sound financial principles shall be adopted ; and once adopted, adhered to ; and that India shall neither be governed for the benefit of any English interest on the one hand, nor played fast and loose with on the other in regard to its own manufactures, and the prices of commodities, exported or imported. In the course of any discussion, worth the name, it must become known to ell who care to learn that such development as is proceeding and projected is mainly due to the authorities on the spot. To the VICEROY is due the credit of great actual reforms, and of many more that he desires but cannot &thieve. To the military authorities belongs the honour of the redemption of a multitude of soldiers from idleness, intemperance, debt, disease, and death, by means of profitable industry permitted and encouraged. The chiefs of departmental Govern ments are opening up wild regions by new roads, and planning to establish a trade with Central Asia by rendering the mountain passes and Thibetan valleys practicable for traffic. Some are opening schools, themselves, or by native patriotism. Some are turning fever nests into seats of health. Some are raising agriculture to its due place in the mind and life of the people. Companies are at work in the same way, opening boundless prospects, through public works and the establishment of new in dustries, front the ridges of the mountains to the depths of the mines. IIXPRIgSB FROM PARIS. (nom ova owl PARIS. TUMMY BvWJG. There are plenty of carriages in Paris to-day. Even the Aura, with rails on the roof, are now on the stand, but there are none of the regular coach men out with them. Some arrests have been made of leaders of the strike, who are accused of intimi dating others. There have been some rather serious strikes at Lyons, leading to several arrests. The lacemakers have boon on strike for some time, and the Courtier cis Lyon says that in some quarters their conduct has been very had, and that several men are to be pro secuted for threats and violence towards their brethren who were desirous to return to their work. The dyers' strike was thought to be nearly over, but according to the latest news from Lyons these oper atives are standing out with greater determination than ever. They do not ask for higher wages, but demand that the working day be reduced from 11 hours to 10 ; that apprentices shall only be allowed in the proportion of one apprentice to 10 workmen, because it has been found that in the dead season too many apprentices throw men out of work ; that no more extra hands than abso lutely necessary to work the machinery shall be em ployed in the dyeing workshops, and that for extra work 75c. an hour shall be paid. The masters firmly refuse to accede to these terms. The Pays is driven to admit to-day that the re ligious question which formed the subject of M. Vegezzi's mission is not yet so absolutely and defi nitively settled as it has been giving the public to uuderstand. While maintaining its contradiction of the assertion of the Opinions of Florence that the Pope had submitted the question of the bishops' oath to a committee of cardinals, it oonfesses that the fact aunounced by that journal is "in sub stance true." The Pope has decided, with the con currence of M. Vegezzi, that there is to be no oath, but he has consulted the cardinals as to the form of the written promise to obey the laws of the kingdom which is to be substituted for it. " Such," says the Pays, "is the explanation of the difficul ties which the telegraph exaggerates." It may be that the telegraph exaggerates, but it is quite clear now that the Pays was wrong when it told us that all difficulties were removed. It is a pity that the Empress, when she does a good action, which is a very frequent occurrence, should be the victim of the incurable servility and exaggeration of the official prem. Some of the papers last night contented themselves with saying that " some " of the juvenile criminals in the La Roquette prison were affected to tears when her Majesty questioned them about their antecedents ; but the Monitenr du Seir affirms that she visited 500 cells, and that the inmates of "all "of them melted as soon as the Empress spoke to them. Such a uniform lacrymose propensity among the little ruffians is absolutely incredible. Her Majesty, we are told, remained four hours in the prison—a very long time certainly, but not enough to enable her to visit 500 cells, and "without any exception" to interrogate each prisoner as to "his age, the situa tion of his family, the crime he had committed, and the way in which he was treated in prison." Four hours are only 240 minutes, and consequently there was lees than half a minute per prisoner for all this questioning and answering. The absurdity of the tale is apparent. Prince Joseph Poniatowski, lieutenant, 3rd Lancers, the grandson of Marshal Poniatowski, was I married to-day at the Chapel of the Senate, to Mdlle. Charner, daughter of the admiral and senator. The Bourse has been much firma.. Rente rose 15c. for cash and 17ic. for account, closing at 66fr. 45c. in each case. Mobilier rose Bfr. 75c. The Mexican Loan closed at 40k, with a rise of The Carriage Company shares further declined from 70fr. to 68fr. It is announced that one of the greatest refining houses in France, that of Roetand and Co., of Mar seilles, has stopped payment. AGRICULTURAL MEETING If PRANCE. The agricultural meeting for the department of the Seine-et-Oise hag jut been held at Honda's, sad proved one of the most brilliant that has taken place for many y 5 past. The number of persons present was not less than 15,000. The show of animals was Lugs, and was par ticularly noted for a number of Norman and Swiss cows, heifers, &c. The mares and foals formed one of the most interesting portions of the exhibitioa, and bore witneee to the Care bestowed on the breeding of horses in the department. The Houdan breed of fowls, for which the district is celebrated, was also much admired. Ploughing matches and trotting races also took place. At the distribution of prizes, M. A. Darblay, the deputy-president of the aucciation, occupied the chair, and among the distinguished persons present were hi. Baroche, minister of justice, and Count de Saint-Mar malt, prefect of the department. hi. Darblay opened the proceedings with an address, in which, after referring to the previous meetings of the society, he touched on the situation of agriculture at the present moment. "The rich crops before us," be said, "re mind us that agriculture is suffering from the low price of almost all its products, in consequence of two abundant harvests not only in France but in the neighbouring nations. It is not, however, in the diminution of the production that a remedy is to be sought for, but in an increased yield on the same extent of lard. The government most, how ever, afford usisteince. The average produce of wheat per hectare (24 acres) is in France from fifteen to sixteen becto tolitres (24 barbels each), while in England the yield is nearly double. The reason is not that the soil of England is fisher, but that England not only feeds a larger number of head of cattle in proportion to the extent of her territory, but the farmers there employ twenty times more foreign manure. The government ought therefore to abolish the differential duty on guano imported in the vessels of other countries, and even offer a prendum. The soppreesion of canal and river dues would also diminish the cost of car ries in France. There was reason to regret that the committee on the budget should have rejected the bill fo r abolishing the duty on brandy used in improving the quality of wines (vinage), as such a measure would encourage the cultivation of beet-root, by the planting of which in the rotation of crop the land is so greatly enriched. The soil is the most productive of all undertakings in Freers, and yet the example of England proves that the yield may be largely increased. (Loud &plum.) The government ought to encourage agricultural exertions by according honorary recom penses, of which it shows somewhat too great • pani. mony with respect to that branch of enterprise. Every year, in each department, let the farmer the most &son the, designated by hie fellowegrioulturalists, receive the Cross from the Emperor, and the wonderful effects of such • course would soon be observed. The emulation would be impieties, and the State would not have to lay out anything in the shape of money. Far from expending, the State would gain enormously, es the production would be in creased in every district." (Renewed applause. ) The proceedings were terminated by a banquet under an surname tent. Mole than 700 peewee eat down, among them being the Minister and the Prefect, the President and the committee of the Assuciatioc, with the farmers and their wives and children. M. Darblay proposed the health of the Emperor, asecciating with his name the Empress and the Prises Imperial. The toast wee 'Cubed with repeated cheers. This was followed try a toast "To Agriculture," by M. Buoche, who, in a speech which was frequently inter. 'opted by applause, referred to the reforms which have taken place in the legislation by which agriculture bas been usefully intlateced during the last few yeas. The rigime of free trade, he said, has not canoed the fell in the price of corn, as the customs returns show that the exports of that article were four times the value of the imports, while the ihkilisties of beetroot, the manufacture of agar and THE AGITATION IN SPAIN. -- e The deenir National points out that the Spanish papers, especially those devoted to the ministry, reflect very vividly the feverish agitation of the country. The most contradictory statements ap pear almost sale by side iu their columns. Thus the Corresporukscia declares that complete true quillity prevails everywhere, and two or three lines further ou it says, "Carts laden with arms and powder were seized yesterday. Guns, bombs, and ammunition of all kinds have been discovered." The Specs says, "No fresh disasters are feared," and a httle further on, "The government has the clue to a vast conspiracy." Another cause of great anxiety to the defenders of the government is their desire to know where General Prim is. Some say he is fighting a duel in Paris ; others an nounce that he is in conference with Garibaldi at Caprera • he hu arrived in Switzerland, and also at Mars eilles. What is °Basin is that the police has made a descent upon his dwelling, whence we conclude (says the A unir National) that wherever General Prim may be, he is better off and safer than in Spain." The Independents Beige says :—" As is well known, the Spanish ministry in order to carry on the war waged against it has found nothing better than to stifle the voice of the prises. Thisisalwaysthe first weapon to which feeble and unpopular govern meuts have recourse. Nevertheless, the liberticidal plans of the Narvaez cabinet have aroused general discoutent throughout the peninsula, and a Madrid journal asserts that at a meeting of Senators, held at Marshal O'Donnell's, it was determined tooppose with energy the bill for suspending indefinitely the guarantees which the law at present in force still loaves to the press." (RZlTrileri xxrassa) The following circular royal order has been addressed to the governors of all the provinces, enjoining upon them the strict application of the existing law upon public meetings : Taking into consideration the agitation produced in the public mind by the constant emaciation of persons, main taining and diffusing illegal opinions tending to destroy the existing political system and institutions, her Majesty the Queen (whom God preserve) has thought tit to order that, in fuloheent of Art. sof the law of the 22nd June, 1864, your excellency will immediately dissolve all the casinos, clubs, meetings, oc societies, whatever may be their de nomination and apparent object, wherein political affairs are or may have been discussed, sod which is your excel lency's judgment may tend to disturb public tranquillity. The following is the text of the mini:aerial bill introducing modifications in the preen law : None can disguise the impossibility of maintaining public order and defending the fundamental principles of our poli tical constitution against the concerted attacks of the stub born enemies of the throne, the dynasty, and the present organisation of our society, when these enemies have in their hands the means of publishing and propagating their deplorable mistakes end their seditious lociterestite, and when the government is compelled to respect the law wider the shelter of which such excesses ate committed. By this motive the Queen's government resolved to lay before the Senate the hill of the 28th February lost upon the liberty of the press. It hoped that this bill would have been discussed and sanctioned shrews poli tical circumstances, serious and difficult when tile bill was brought forward, became more threatening and intensified. From moons which it was in the power of none to avoid, three expectations were not realised. Subsequent events, and the position-taken up by a portion of the periodical pram, convinced the government of the necessity it was noder (so long as anti-dynastic and anti-social coalitions existed, sod so long as the bill introduced in the congress had not been discussed and approved by the co-legislative bodies) of ener getically preventing the perpetration of crime* spinet the monarchy, the dynasty, religion, public order, and the dis cipline of the army. Impressed by this necessity, and deter mined to meet it at any coat, the government resolved to address itself to the Cortes, frankly entering upon this capital question, and settling it by means of • bill dictated by circumstances, which it does not hesitate to qualify as exceptional as the circumstances themselves, and the application of which will only last until the period of the adoption of what m►y be consi dered most expedient with regard to the legislation regu latingin a definitive and ordinary manner the exercise of the right enunciated by article 2 of the political constitution of the monarchy. No government is possible with • violent press swayed by coteries, whose unbridled aspirations tend to the violent destruction of the : political order now domi nant. Thus, thee, it is necessary either to terminate the violence of the public discussions of the press upon certain esseotial questions, or to abandon the government of the country to those audacious individuals who, to the terror of pacific and judicious men, would submit them to their dio tatorship. The government of the Queen (whom God pre serve) his to fulfil the moored duty of opposing and over coming this great difficulty at any oast, and it wishes to fulfil this duty with the support of the Cortes sod the shelter of the law, confident that par liament will not ref use its support in these solemn moments. For these reasons, authorised by the Queen, the government has the honour to lay before the Cortes the following bill :--Single Article—Bluing the time elapsing before the discussion and approval of the bill upon the press, presented to the senate on the 28th February last, the exe cution of art. 23 of the existing press law is suspended and consequently also the second paragraph of article 4 of the law. (Signed) LOOM Gorthalsr. Madrid, June 11, 181,5. Art. 23 of the press law excludes political journals from the faculty accorded to the government by art. 4, of sus pending the sale or distribution of any printed matter against religion, the dynasty, or the constitution. In the same manner might be seised publications against public order and morality and military discipline. Art. 23, being , I suspended, the newspapers may now be seized. THE ITALIAN BILECIANDS.—ACeOrdiIIg to the latest accounts received from Naples, the band of bri gands under Ciardullo has been dispersed, many of them being taken and some killed. Nothing more has been heard of Mr. Moans. AMERICAN PAS:MM.—A despatch has been received at the Foreign-office from her Majeety's Minister at Washington, sad is published in last night's Gazette, de claring that passports will no longer be required from per sons entering the United Stake from foreign countries. In consequence of the cholera having broken out in Egypt the whole of the India, China, and Australian mail was sent from the General Past-office, yesterday, in boxes instead of begs to prevent infection from being car ried out of Egypt by the mail passing through that country. THE CAIA.UTTA AND CHINA MAILS.--SOUTHAMP TON, Jaws 20.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Manilla, with the above mails, has arrived here. She sailed from Alexandria on the 9th, from Malta on the 12th, and Gibraltar on the 16th instant. The shipping at Alexaadriaconsiated of the usual Egyptian fleet, the French frigate Perdrix, and the usual merchant shipping. H.M.S. Victoria, Royal Oak, Resistance, Enterprise, and Psyche were at Malta, and H.M.S. Procris and Red Pole at Gibraltar. The Delhi was to leave Gibraltar eight hours after the departure of the ALBION CLUB AND INSTITUTE, 18, GREVE-STREET, SORo.—This club is intended for the beoefit of the working men and others, members of a society formed some time ago for purposes of general usefulness, and is to occupy the rooms kindly rented by the Marquis Townshend for the use of both societies. A soiree to inaugurate the new club was held on Monday evening at the above rooms, when the Marquis Toenthand presided, supported by Mr. Edmund Baal= and the Rev. Henry Solly. Addresses were delivered Dv the chairman and those gentlemen, and also by Mr. Worley, secretary of the club, Mr. J. B. Leno, Mr. Fumy, and other members ; after which various songs and recita -1 time were given is capital style. There was a very good attendance, • considerable proportion of which were the wives and daughters of members of the club, and the meet , ing was kept up with unflagging interest and mutual pleasure to • late hour. CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION.—The annual meeting of We association was held yesterday. at Willis's Rooms; the Earl of Shrewsbury in the chair. Mr. , Smith, the secretary, read the report, which congratulated the members on the memo of the operations of the society during the past year. Considerable additions had been made to the members, who now number 430. Assistance bad been rendered to several conservative candidates at , single election', and at the approaching general election the committee were anxious to be useful to the conservative party by encasing outlying voter; and securing the at tendanoe of voters at the polls, where such aid may be re quired. The total conservative phi at the last revision of votes for the county of Middles*: bad been 129, and the register was now in a veryj favourable state. The report was adopted. 1865. All this will come out and be appreciated in Parliament when there are men there qualified to exhibit the facts. And with all these bright dis closures will come out glimpses of the dark side. We shall hear how it is that the military element is dissatisfied, and almost disaffected, and that the security of our empire in India is thereby becoming impaired. We may be enabled to understand the growing impression that there is no certainty of a continuance of the noble order of civil administra tors in India, on whom the trust of the country mainly rests. Yet, while saying this, we remember that, by the very supposition, the case will then have greatly improved, and much of the ground for apprehension will have disappeared. When we have in the House a band of members, however small, qualified to meet the SECRETARY foe 'sou on the ground which he has almost entirely to him self, we may have an easy conscience about our I pledges to the people of India ; and we shall cer tainly have much easier minds about the fortunes of both countries, our own and theirs, than we deserve to have now. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Times quotes the debate laat night on Uni versity Education in Ireland as proof of that increase of tolerance and decay of religions passion which mark the . . . primal day. Bat, though the catholice, in the opinion of the Timer, undoubtedly show s substantial grievance, our oontemporary would regret to see it remedied by the Moor poration of the so-oalled Catholic Uoimesity, with the right of giving degreee. There are many objections to such • . . . . . cootie. "Ic the first place it is sought to set up au ex . elusively catholic place of education. The university would be for catholic students, and no others whatever. Now, there in no analagons institution in the milted kingdom. Oxford and Cambridge are not exclusively Anglican ; Dublin is very far from being so. Even the most zedoluTaifindeis _ of the church in Loudon will probably be content with maintaining its supremacy in the colleges, and will make no objection to admitting catholic& and dissenters to university degrees. So that in establishing • catholic university we should be giving the national sanction to • system the like of which does not now exist either in England or Ireland, and we should be following a path directly oo•kasy to that in which reoout legislation on this subject has advanced. Nor would the cause of learning gain by such • step. Nothing eau be more prejudicial to the university system them an inmates in the number of universities and the consequent cheapening of the boom= they bestow. Scotland has suffered by _posseerailiat! each independent institutione instead of ooe, which would hays been enough far its wants. In England the university of Durham Ism been a failure, although it bad the definite object of supplying the north of England with higher instruction. At present Ireland has two universities —that of Dublin and that recently founded, which bears the named the Queen's University. Why should a third be founded? Surely the number of students sod the large ness of their acquirements are not such as to require such an extension. It may fairly be presumed that if there be any disadvantage under which more than another the Irish students suffer, it Ii the deficiency of healthy competition. We doubt not that the Roman catholics would find duly oompetent teachers of elsesice or mathematics for their nni• versifier, but we cannot suppose that the student. would be Tossed to extraordinary exectioa by such incentives as the competition of their own community would afford. Foe these and other reasons we mast rejoice that there was so ready an acquiescence by the Roman c►tholic members last night in the proposal, of Sir George Grey. Undoubtedly the best coarse would be to affiliate the Roman catholic College to the Queen's University in Dublin. The catholic" have the right to demand a recognition for the seminary in which their students are educated in their ewe waste, and which they deliberately prefer to Belfast, Cork, or Gal way. This claim would be recognised by such an arrangement as Sir G. Grey recommends, and under it the religious ethic ,tion of the students would be left entirely in the hands of catholic*. The ex►mimation for degrees in arts, or law, or medicine would be oonduoted by the authorities of the National University, sad the gain to the students would be great for this reason, that the value of the degree would be tenfold that of the degree given by a mere sectarian institution, unpopular among the people, and looked down upon by the I Armed. There are no degrees which have a higher value as te its of acquired knowledge than those conferred by the London University in this country, and a simil►r institution m.ght canter equal benefits on edneatios in Ireland." The Morning Post and Morning Herald comment upon the facts revealed is the evidence taken before the coroner's jury in the cue of the late accident at Staplehurst. The Post doubt. it negligence more culpable than that which occasioned the slaughter and mutilation of the victims of this accident has ever been manifested on any previous cc cssion. The Herald says :—" The viaduct where this acci dent occurred bad been under repair for ten weeks. During the whole of that time the signal rules were persistently disregarded, nor does this omission appear to have been any novelty. The fact sumo to be that while the company made one set of rules their servants made another, and the traditions of the rail were allowed to override the positive commandment. It was the duty of the district inspector to correct this state of things, and Mr. Gallimore's apparent failure to do so in the present theta -lee is the obvious canoe of the verdict which lies against him. His responsibility was clearly expressed by Mr. Ashcroft, who said ' it was his (Gallimore's) duty to see that the regulations of the com pany were carried out, and that the fog and other signals were used.' And further, 'if there had been an habitual disregard of the company's regulations, and Mr. Gallimore did not find it out, I scarcely think he weld be said Whim done his duty.' Mr. Gallium:* was himself exa mined as • witneen, and gave the court to understand that he thought all the rules as to signalling were being duly observed by Bongs. But it dor not appear that this 'soil& man, in his capacity as inspector, took any pains to sow tain whether his impression was really correct. In fact, the whole of his evidence is painfully studded with acknow ledgments of things which he ` did not know' and his position was not improved by the statement—' I ob ject to say whether I have any other business beside that of district inspector.' Too much seems to have been taken for granted, and there warn • presumption that all was right when nearly everything was wrong. His confidence in Beep may have thrown the inspector off his guard, while with other men he may have been more strict; but the jury were clearly justified in giving the same verdict against the inspector as against the ganger. The cue now stands remitted to another court, though we scarcely expect that this will amount to much. Public opinion will have to administer the chief corrective, and we hope that other companies will profit by this lenient able disaster and see th►t inspectors and others really use their eyes. These men are the 'stewards' of the line, and unless the► are faithful to • punctilio is the performance of their responsible duties all the mechanism and regale. Bons in the world will not suffice to make • railway roma ably oafs" The Morning Advertiser °maiden it worth while to obesity some of the leading members of Mr. Gladatone's committee according to their religious opinious, as follows :—Tractarian —The Rev. Dr. Pussy, the Rev. J. Reeble. High church —The Her. Dr. Hook, the Von. Archdeacon Grant. Low church—The Rey. Dr. Miller, rector of St. Martin's, Bk. mines= ; the Rev. G. H. NOW, incumbent of Chris. Church, Watneyetreet. Neologian—The Her. Dr. Temple, Rugby; the Rev. B. Jowett. Radioal—Goldwin Smith, ILA.; the Rey. Professor J. T. Roger.. German—Max Muller, LA.; the Rev. B. G. do Maseru Revivalist and Lay preacher—Lord &detach." THE COMMISSIONAIRES IN THE ClTY.—Since the recant jewel robberies in the City, 15 of the pun "psi firms to Ocrabill, including jewellers and watchmakers, haws joined together in availing themselves of the bermes of members of the Corps of Commimionsires for the protection of their shops and homes at nights and cm Sundays and a number of picked MAD have been aseigned to that pgirtander duty. Two go upon duty at 7 every evening, and remain until midnight, when they are relieved by two fresh nom who keep watch and ward meta 6in the morning. At unoertala times is the night a superior officer goes the round sniped to the men to see that they are wide awake and as as additional guara . ntee for 'leases tell-tele clocks similar to those in um the lobbies of the home of perliusent are about to be adopted to show that the owe missioashis appointed to this . duty petrol their beat &gloss ameba of times daring the s ight, cc any bigs in that re. 'poet. The district as yet under their superrlios =Made cal front Birchinlane to Orsceekirch•dreet, but it com pre inimeam sad varied ISM of movable peoperty st peat rah*. THE DRAWING-ROOM. By command of the Queen, a Drawing-room was held yesterday, at St. James's Palette, by tier Royal High. possum PriWIWI Selma, cu behalf of her Majesty. Preseetatione at this court are, by the Qaosn'essisasnro, coasidered as eqaivelaut to presentations to her Majesty. Her Royal Highgate Primer Helsel, &compacted by her Royal &chases MOM, Louise, attended by the ladies and geatlentos i• waiting, and escorted Iby a detachment of the Life Gu►rds, arrived at St. James's from Bacidasharn Palace about 2 o'clock, and use remised by the Mistress of the Robes and the grog offioers of state of her Majesty's household. His Royal Higbee. the Prince of Wales, escorted by • detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, and attended by the Earl of Mount Edgeumbe, Mr. C. L. Woods, sad Lieu taoant•Colonel Koppel, arrived at the Palace froni Marl barosgh•bouse shortly before 2 o'clock. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, at hada by Colossi Tyrwbitt. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke sad Duchess de Bra beat arrived, attended by the Counting Grosse, Count de Loney, and Monsieur Brewer. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar wee present at the drawing-room. Her Majesty's body guard of the Hoe. Corps of Gentle mes.at•Arma was on duty in the state saloons, under the command of the lieutessant. _ _ The royal body guard of the Yeoman of the Guard wee as duty under the command of Lieut.-Colonel O. Patterson, the Gaon in waiting. Her Royal Highness Prince's Helena took her station in front of the throes, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Priam= Louise, and the other members of the royal family. Is ateredeaos upon Prioress Helena, were the Duchess of Wellingtos (Mistress of the Robes) ; the Mentalism' of Waterford, the Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, the Countess Caladen, and the Viscountess Jocelyn (Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen) ; Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hoe. Mrs. George Campbell, and the Hoe. Mrs. Alex ander Gordon (Bedchamber women to the Queen) ; the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Hon. Har riet Phipps, the Hon. Emma Lasalle., and the Hon. Florae°. Seymour (Maids of Honour to the Queen) ; and the usual officers of the household. Earl St. Germans (Lord Steward) was prevented by in d ispositioe from attending the court. Her Royal Highness the Primer Helena wore a train of rich white silk, trimmed with bosilloes of tulle, bouquet of narcissus, petticoat of white glace, covered with tulle, and festooned with wreaths of narcissus ; headdress, diadem of emeralds and diamond., plume sod veil ; ornaments, eme rald. and diamonds, Victoria and Albert Other, and Order of Bt. Isabella. Her Royal Highness the Priam' Louise wore a into of rick blue silk, trimmed with rucheeof tulle and silver cord; petticoat of white glace, with a tunic of silver tulle, trimmed with strawberry blossoms ; headdress, wreath of strawberry blossoms, plume sod veil ; ornaments, rubies and diamonds, and Victoria and "Obeli Order. The foreign ambassadors and ministers having been intro. timed is the order of their precedence, the following pre. watatioes took place in the diplomatic circle : By the Count...de Grey and Ripon (who officiated in the unavoidable themes of Countess Russell):—La Marquise de San Germano, wife of au attache of the Italian Legation ; La Coodesse de Villamarina, an Italian lady ; La Marquise de Targiani, a lady of Naples; Mrs. August Belmont, wife of the late limited States Minister to Holland ; Mrs. Edward Learned, Miss Learned, and Miss Sarah Limited, of New York ; Madame Guthrie., wife of the Honduras Minister et her Majesty's court. By Madame Wachtmeister :—Madame de Klerchar, wife of an attache of the Legation of Sweden and Norway at London. By Lady De Grey and Ripon :—Madame Barred', wife of the Peewee Envoy at her Majesty's court. By his Excellency the Austrian Acnbanadot His High:Nee the Prince Ego. de la Tour et Taxis, Captain in the Imperial Austrian Cavalry ; the Prince Tack, Captain in the Imperial Austrian Cavalry!, the Baron de Raeder, an officer in the service of his Majesty the King of Wurtem burg, ' By his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador:—Professor Leopold afinko- By the Belgian Envoy :—Monsieur Bartholeyns de Fosse. Wart, First Secretary to the Belgian Legation at London. By the Italian Envoy :—Le Marquis de San Germano, At tache of Legation ; Le Chevalier Vigani ; Le Comte Villa marina ; Le Comte Planet% Lieutenant-General in the Italian Army and Commandant of Furls. By the Envoy from Sweden and Norway :—Le Capitaine de Klercher. The diplomatic circle was pretty folly attended. The Netherlands Minister was prevented by indisposition from attending the court. The general circle was well attended, and included most of her Majesty's ministers. The following presentations to Princess Helene, on behalf of the Queen, took place, the mores having been twevionsly lett at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval : Mrs. AcLnd, by her sister, Mrs. Arthur Mills. Miss Aciand, by her mother, Mrs. Arland. Mr Allis, by Mrs. Comic Amcotts. The Duchess of Athole, by the Countess of Dunmore. • Mrs. J. H. Bar, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Mr. Belly, , by Yea Cardwell. lady Addax de Bernard, by her mother. Mies Terra Weld Blundell, by her mother. Mir Alice Weld Blundell, by her mother. Miss B. Clara Boddam, by her mother. Mrs. Richard Bolton. by Lad y Laura Grattan. Mir Edythe Boyd, by her mother. Mrs. Prank Bradshaw, by the Countess of Egmont. Miss Louisa Buchanan, by her sister. Mrs. Hastings Burlton, t y lady Gomm. Mr. Augusta, Burrows', by the LA Rosemont Mrs. Cape, by lady Leeds& M e. Mrs. P. Carleton, by Dowager Viscotmtess Hereford. MIL Edward Wade Caullelid, by Mn.. Murray Prior. Mies Chaplin (of Tathwell), by Mrs. Charles Cary Barnard. Miss Fealty Chishester, by lady Mary Crosse. lady Gertrude Coke, by Viecountam Jocelyn. Mrs. Charles Confrere. by Hon, lady Cast. Mrs. Comett. by the Countess of Antrim. Mrs. Goodwin Craven, by Dowager Vicountess Ashbrook. Miss Craven, by Mrs. Goodwin Craven. Min Masochism Camaro, by the Duchess of Wellington. Viso:antra Derma, by Counter Cowley. The H. Mrs. DU Cane, by the Duchess of Wellington, Mr Duroch (of Gourock), Mrs. Cs:dwell Mr Massy Dawson, by the Chnina. Mrs. Ewe" by the Duchess of and Chinas. Mrs. Mordaunt Y. FitzGereld, by lady Bowing. Mrs. Maxwell Pox, by lady Howard. Mrs. Richardecnollardner, by Mrs. Creepigny La et - ice Miss Annie Matilda Hardy, by her moths, Mrs. Chaz Hardy. Miss Harrison, by Mrs. Frederick L Mrs. Sherlock Henning on her inurtage a Tl i tniarreacis Scott. enser try lady Eleanor II oe her marriage, by Counter Cowley. Mee Louisa Hoare, her cousin, Mrs. Arthur Mills. Mrs. George Holmes, lady Gomm. Mies timeline Ireland. lady Laura Grattan. Mae It. Qll;:t i lVsaatoso n ues. on i. l e r the Countessi;oLlian. don Mrs : Mrs. B .me Jeayns, by Vlsonintoss Joclyn. Miss Emily Jerningham, by lady Churchhill Lady Victoria Kerr. by the Marchioness Dowager of Lothian. Mrs Emily Karr, by her mother, Lady Frederic Kerr. lady Adel Larking, on her marriage, by the Counter Cowley. Miss Our-Lloyd. by her mint, Mrs. iloward-Vyaa Mrs. Low, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. John Morison. Mrs. Bernell la i r, oa her marriage, by the Dowager Ilarchioner A Loth Lady Mackenzie, of Corsi, by the Duchess of Buckingham and Pandas. Mrs. Donald IL Mackenzie, by her mother. lady Emily Macnagbten, by Lrra, Countess of Antrtm. Lady Mary Meade, by the Marchioness of Allesbury. Miss Harriett lfonctieff, by Lady Lours Moncrieffe. Honourable Katherine Mel" by her mother. Mrs. Mutukiapa, on her marriage, by Lady Gomm. Mir Myners, by lady Caber. Miss Grace Napier, by her mother, lady Napier. Mrs. William Augustus Heave, by Mrs. employ La If otte. Missal°, Name, by beg mother. Mr Henry Nelson, by lady llontgomerie. Mrs, Erasmus Ommanney, by the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandra. Mrs. Ernest Pi ger tby Mrs. Sherwin Gregory. Mrs. Philipps, Mn. M Bcourßeiti. Mrs. Henry P , on bar marriage, by her mother. Viscountess Powersomrt, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Mrs. L. C. Prebyn, by lady Watervliet. Mir Pardon, by HIM. Mrs. Grey. Mn. Emily Pardon, by Hon. Mrs. Grey. Mrs liktuuns, of Caeryroweb, by Lady Mostyn. Mrs. G. Q. Rickette-Iticketts, on her marriage, by Hon. Mrs. G A/3 lady Hormare, by the Duchess of Moatrose. Louisa Countess of Seafield, by lady Emily Foley. ' lady Scott, by Mrs. Dun/tombs natio. Lady Sherbert', on succeeding to the title, by the Countess v.rons.. Mir Shipperdson, by her mother, Mrs. lady Constance Stanley, on her marriaM d lrdonntese of Oerby. Mrs. Steele, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Wellington. Mrs, Robert Creme Stewart, by the Countess Dome, Mn Troy*, on tarrantegm am; 14a. Arthur Mills. Miss Florence Turner, by the Resaleable Mn. Hoary Tumor. Mn. Arthur Veiny, by Vlearatre De Teed Mn. Jamie Welker, by her rare, Lady Seat. Mrs. Gould Weetir i athe Needham*" a lly Lan Mrs. Chutes W miser smettege. a tm e ly on. flafileld. Mrs. Wilk*, by Coaster Do a. wager al Mr Amy Wilmo in t o A se lem MWMiss Philipp e , by lady M l LlS i trelle. e W , by her • Mrs. Freak Warmahl, by Mrs. Imam. Mir Won:odd, by bar saber. HOLIDAY AT TEI LLW 0,71C116. Yesterday being the anatrarsery of hoe Majeatea aseaseios to the throe% the jadeve chambers and all the other kw otiose IMO dosed. 11 , ,Y. - "" ditto