The Express. — London, England, 1861-07-18 00:00:00

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IL Yarestsl.—Mmilft IN Mr. M. Mary. —ME RISO OF TEE AMIAROINII. Mts. IL Meow mad Mrs. M. Cranford. —And TER AMMON ROlONlll.—.Cammaaaa at hall past diet Waite AT 101101 MUM Tad Day —Yo IN. No-- Allaeassa • lali. 4100. To soaaaw —Nostra Wh. like.... • Alkiness. Oh. In. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 18. TO OUR READIR& SPORTING thrrnuomws. A late olition of the &prim is published °rimy ereuirg duriug the mein moos, containing the re:wits of the day's Thew Tar news from America confirms the expecta tions expressed by most careful observers on this aide the Atlantic, in face of the rumours of com• promise transmitted from New York by successive mails. There can now be no doubt that the whole power of the Free States will be put forth to preserve the nationality and constitution of the United States. In this policy the Government will be sustained, irrespective of party connexions, by statesmen eminent for their moderation— even by those who have been not unjustly accused of sacrificing throughout their public career to Southern usurpation. The language of such a man as the Hon. EDIVALD Evenrrr on this subject may be regarded as representative. In a letter to a correspondent at Virginia which ha. been published, Mr. Evaaerr, after observing that he had sustained the South at the almost total sacrifice of influence and favour at home, as long as he thought she was pursuing constitutional courses, denounces the wanton and piratical %mune taken by the seceding States. lie scornfully rejects the notion that the confede rates can be "let alone," as they ask, while they claim the control of the outlet of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the right to command the most direct route to the Atlantic from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois—States whose population amounts to five and a half millions— the right to dragoon the State of Mary land and the western part of Virginia, with Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee into joining the Southern Confederacy ; the right to occupy the fortresses which protect the trade of the Gulf of Mexico ; the right to shut up the outlet of the Ohio, Mississippi, and the Missouri; and, finally, the right, for any State that chooses to pass a law to that effect, to break up the Union. After exposing the monstrous and unheard-of cha racter of these usurpations, he concludes :—" Cir cumstances, as you well know, bad led me to form personal friendly relations at the South, more ex tensively than most Northern men, and the sup port given, especially in the border States, to the ticket on which my name was borne at the late election, filled me with gratitude. If the sacrifice of all I have could have averted the present disastrous struggle, I could have made it willingly, joyfully ; but I pray you believe me that I speak not only my own conviction, but that of the entire North, when I say that we feel that the conflict has been forced upon us, to gratify the aspirations of am bitions men ; that it is our duty to ourselves, to our children, and to the whole people, to sustain the Government; and that it is, if possible, more the interest of the South than of the North that this attempt to break up the Union should fail." There can be no doubt that Mr. Luieous will be sustained t, the very utmost in upholding the au thority of thu United States Government. THE general results of the Census of Ireland for 1861 are before us ; and if those of the cor responding enumeration of the people of England and Wales were striking and instructive, these which relate to the sister island are still more so. During a decennial period in which, as the Commis noners observe, " the country was remarkably free "from any outbreak of famine, pestilence, or of other " social calamities which have retarded the growth "of population in this and other countries," the total number of inhabitants has declined from 6,552,385 in the year 1851 to 5,764,543, being • decrease of more than three-quarters of a million, being at tho rate of more than 12 per cent. The first and the most significant feature of the case is that the decline of numbers, though une qual in different places, is found in each of the four province; in each of the three great religious denominations, in every county except one, and in every town except two. Between 1841 and 1851, the population of Ireland had diminished from 8,175,124 to 6,552,385; p THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY at:ENING, JULY 18, 1881. famine and pestilence followed by an exodus unparalleled in modern times having combined to produce the extraordinary result. But it is nut too much to say that as a statistical fact the diminution which appears to have taken place iu the subsequent ten years is much more remarkable. How it has 001200 to pass we are left at no loss to conjecture. The Emigration Returns for the period tell us that no fewer than 1,230,986 Ipersons quitted Ireland for the United States or the Colonies ; and that of these 1,174,179 were set down as permanent emigrants. Other means of information make us aware that of those who left their native country to seek new homes else where a considerable number have from time to time returned ; but what proportion we are to deduct on this account there is, so far as we know, no method of determining. Equally defective are the sources of information regarding marriages and births, there being no general registration in Ireland whereby the annual increment of the population might be ascertained. The broad fact stands out, however, after making every allowance for inci dental and countervailing circumstances, that a greater number of individuals are known to have emigrated from Ireland during the last ten years than is sufficient to account for the falling off in the total population. The principal items of de crease are those for the counties of Tipperary, Clare, Meath, Kilkenny, King's, Wexford, Water ford, and Cork. Belfast is stated to have now 18,000 inhabitants more than it had in 1861 ; and the little outport of Carrickfergus has a few hundreds more than it had ; but every other city and town in the island has fallen away, and some of them to an extent which it is difficult to realise, or in any way to account for. We are not for the moment, however, con cerned with the causes of tho singular phenomena here presented to us ; our present object is rather I to place the salient features of the caw distinctly before the minds of our readers. Every religious denomination has lost numerous adherents of recent years. In 1834 a Census of Sects was specially ordered by Parliament, in order that data might be obtained for the calcula tions with which Parliament was then much oc cupying itself regarding the proportions to which it was deemed desirable that the Anglican Estab lishment in Ireland should be reduced. In round numbers, the Roman Catholic population at that period may be stated to have been six millions and a half, and the Protestants of all denominations at 1,600,000 persons, the members of the Church of England being about equal to those of all dissent ing communions taken together. The figures now presented to us are much less in every particular. The Roman Catholics in the recent enumeration are setdou•n at 4,490,583 ; Churchmen at 678,661, and Presbyterians and other persuasions at 595,299. While thus it appears that in the inter val which has elapsed since 1834 the Roman Catholic population has decreased to the extent of something like two millions, their Protestant fel low-countrymen have become fewer by somewhere about a third of a million. There are good rea sons for believing that the greater portion of those who perished by famine and disease between 1846 and 1851 belonged to the more numerous and more impoverished creed ; and we suspect that if materials for a critical analysis could be had, we should find that it was during the pre ceding decade that the relative proportions be tween the different sects was materially changed, and that during the more recent period, namely, from 1851 to 1861, the decrease of population has proceeded at a more equal ratio in the various denominations. There are at present three-and a-half times as many Roman Catholics as Protes tants in Ireland ; and they stand to the members of the Established Church in the proportion of seven to one. These figures will go far to dissi pate the anticipation formed by many, that in the changes of property and the mode of occupying land which were supposed to have taken pia°, after the famine a great immigration of Scotch and English settlers might be counted on, and that by these and other contributory causes a perma nent alteration in the balance of religious opinions would be brought about. In these anticipations we own we have never shared, and we are not therefore in aay degree surprised that they should have proved illusory. irtt ;zrourt. 06BORNE, J air 17. The Queen, the Priuce Consort, the Crown Prin ces. Prussic, and Princess Helens, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Coutit,, Bruld„ and Baroness Debt. neck, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hartlinge. Captain the Hon. J. Denman and the Rev. C. Prothero bad the honour of being invited to dinner. The Counteo; of Dos.trt has succeeded the Countess of Cairoihorough, as Lady-in• Waiting. Devatches wore received yesterday at the Colonial-office from tho Governors of New Zealand and Malta. De spatches were sent to the Governor of Canada. THREE MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. (THIS DAY.) This morning the marriage of the Hon. Henrietta Denison, sister of the Earl of Londesborough, with Captain Egerton, son of Sir Philip Egerton, woe solemnised at St. Martin's.in.the-Fichte. Another marriage took place at the same church between the Hon. A. Wrotkaley and the Hoe. Augusta Denison. This morning also the mairiage was celeLotted at St. George's Church, Ilanoreraquare, of lady Cecilia Cooyngbam, daughter of the Marquis of Conyngham, K.P., G.C.H., P.C., to Captain Brinckman, son of Sir Thomas and Lady Minimum. His Itoyal Highness the Duko of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Stradbroke with his company at dinner lad evening at their residence in Bel graveaquare. The following were invited t.. meet his royal highness :—His Excellency the Netlierlirobi Minister, the Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Chelmahrd, lady William Poulett, Lord cud Lady Walter Scott, &c. Their Royal Higlineases the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary left St. Jaines'a Palace yesterday morning on a tour in Germany. Friinces Countess Wahiegrave and Mr. Harcourt, 11. P., left town yesterday for Dadbrook House, Essex. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at Penance's Hotel from Ireland. Viscount Cranbourne and Mr. Johnson have left town for Soarborough. Lady Rolle will leave town in a few days fur her soak Bides, near Exeter. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer sad Mrs. Gladstone received the members of the Fine Arts Club and a select circle of friends List evening at their resi dence in Gwiton House-terrace. A beautiful collection of works of medireval art, principally of the Italian cacique canto period, was contributed on the occasion by the mem ben of the club. Amongst the company present Irdre Ilis Royal Highness the Count de Paris, tho Duke of De vonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish, Lord and Lady Harry Vane, Lord and Lady Wrxlehouse, Lord Broughton, Lord Dufferin, Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, kc. The Right Hun. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli received at dinner yesterday at their residence, Grosvenor gate, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, the Duchess of Montrose, the Counters of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, Mr. and Lady Augusta Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Baring, Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild, Lord John Manners, Lord Royston, and the Hon. Godfrey Morgan. Hoary Lyon, daughter of Colonel Wilson Patten, died yesterday morning at her residence, Appleton Sall, near Warrington, after a few hours' illness, following the birth of a still-born child. Urn Lyon had been mar. rind only about twelve months. The Duchess; of Wellington gave a grand concert last evening at Apeley House, at which most of the dis tinguiahed persons remaining in London were present The concert took place in the picture gallery, wherearrangs mate in the most perfect taste had been made for the accommodation of the numerous and splendid assemblage of guests, and the full development of the artistic talents of the yawl performers honoured with her grace'■ patronage. The direction of the entertainment was in trusted to Signor Costa, and the list of vocalists comprised Mdlle. Patti and the leading singers of the Royal Italian °Perm LATEST INTELLIGkENCE. (RZT3TERN TELEGRAIIB.) FRANCE. PARIS, Jett 18. The Mimiteur of to-day contains a decree declar ing the works for the improvement of the port of Dunkirk to be of public utility, and opening a credit of fifteen millions of franca for this purpose. The Munifeur also announces that the Emperor is deriving great benefit from his stay at Vichy. He continues to make excur.ions in the neighbour hood. LORD CLYDE AND THE VOLUNTEERS. The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers gave a complimentary dinner to General Lord Clyde, (1.C.8., their honorary coldriel, yesterday, at St. Janies'. : Lieut.-Colonel Lord &coo, H.)'., in the chair. About :t5O members of the corps sat down to dinner in the hall, which wax decorated with various Anglo-Saxon and foreign til ted CLYDE, in responding to a toast, said it de lighted him as au old soldier to see the number of volunteers that were now in tiaining, and their pro ficiency surpassed anything he had ever dreamed of. (Loud cheers.) A few days ago he was speaking to the Duke of Cambridge on the subject, and that nobleman told him that at the late review at Wimbledon he was much surprised to see the steadiness with which the volun teers behaved, and that the London Scottish bad above all distinguished themselves by their discipline. (Hear, hear.) He must tell them that discipline did not come by inspira tion but by hard work, and it was only by unsparing exer tion that a soldier acquired a knowledge of his duty. He had no doubt but that most of them sacrificed much of the short time they had to devote to their sweet hearts—(daughter)—bat he was sure their sweethearts did not the less love and admire them on that account. (Cheers.) The proficiency they had aciuired could only be retained by continued work —by practising their drill as often as their business would allow them, without detri ment to their private interests. (Hear, hear.) Next to love of their country came love of the corps to which they belonged. (Hear, hear.) To be good soldiers they must possess true bravery—for it surpassed more coutage — but, above all, discipline. In one case in the Crimea be gave orders when any of the soldiers were shot down that none were to leave their ranks to assist them, and the consequence was that when the ranks were thinned by the cannon-shot, the men closed up, and never wavered for an instant—(hear, hear)—but obeyed their instructions, and remained firm and determined. That regiment was fit to meet any species of attack that might be made upon it, and he recommended it as an example worth to be followed by the volunteers of England. (Hear, hear. He did not want to see them fighting, but if ever the evil y should come, he would be content to be an aide decamp in the uniform of the Scottish volunteers. ((leers.) He wished them prospe rity and every good wish, and, thanking them again for the honour they had done him, he begged to propose " The health of Lord Elcho." (Loud cheers.) Lord ELCHO responded, and said that although a civilian suddenly called upon to command a regiment, and some times • brigade, he had done the best in his power to fulfil his duty. He should devote his holidays to acquiring fur ther knowledge oa the subject. (Hear, hear.) THE INDIAN rAMINE RELIEF FUND. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a meeting of the com mittee for managing this food was held at the Mansion house, the Loan ALAYon presiding. Mr. Lowe, one of the honorary secretaries, stated that the total amount of the donations sent to the Mansion. house up to yesterday was 110,298/ 10s., of which 104,500/. in the whole had been remitted to India, leaving a balance in hand, after payment of th e incidental ex p enses , o f 3,3471. 10s. 7d. Io addition to this, 9,6161. had been sub scribed in Liverpool and sent out direct to India ; 7,2201. in EdinWrgh. 6,8541. in Manchester, 6,5531. in Glasgow, and about 5,0001. in Dublin, making the whole sum subscribed in this country to meet the emergency about 145,5001. From Trinidad 583/. have been received within the last few days b the Lord Mayor ; from Demerara, 3(101. ; from Barbadoes, 350/. ; Frank fort, 25/. • Cadiz, 301. ; and Con stantinople, 461. The committee ;swayed to send out a father sum of 2.0001. by the mail which leaves for India to-day, which will make the total sum sent from the Man sion-house alone, exclusive of five of the large towns, 106,5001. It appeared from letters received yesterday from Lord Canning, Mr. Edmorsitone, and Colonel Baird the latter of whom has spent a considerable time on a special mission from the government at Calcutta to the famine stricken districts, that in the three months of February, March, and April, the total number of poor people fed at the public expense in the district" of Meerut, Rolulcund, and Agra was 2 7 506,863; the average daily number fed being 28,129. But, in addition to these, about 40,000 people, able to give labour in exchange for • money wage, hail been daily employed on different public works of utility within the distressed districts. The actual disbursements bad amounted to more than 10,0001. a month from January to the end of April. These works were all still in progress, and would be continued, while ethers had been set on foot in April or since, with various assignments of public money, aggregatang 14,000/. Lord Canning orascludes the letter he to the Lord Mayor in these terms, writing or. the 7th of June :—" I have received • second communication from your lordship, intimating the remittance of a further sum of 15,0001. to the Calcutta Famine Relief Committee, and I beg to repeat my grateful sense of the munificent liberality with which the English people have responded to the call made upon them from India." The emergency being now past, the committee at the Mansion-house, before separating yesterday, intimated their intention to close the subscriptions at came. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. POOR E.ELIEP (ENGLAND). - • This committee re-assembled yesterday ; Mr. Villiers in the chair. The other members present were : Mr. S. Fstoourt, Sir W. Jolliffe, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Baxley, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Kekewich. Mr. Coode, formerly assistant-secretary to the Poor-law Commissloo, was mlled and examined. Ile stated that the provisions for district schools were framed by him, and that be bed bad considerable opportunities of judging of the state and progress of pauper education. He agreed in the opinion expressed by the Pducation Commissioners, that the influence of workhouses on children was pernicious, and thought that as far as possible they ought to cease to be places of education. He also thought the workhouse • bad atmosphere for children, and that they ought to be re moved from contact with the adult paupers, many of whom, particularly the females, were most depraved. A great improvement, however, had taken place under the administration of the poor law, and so far as he had seen and been able to learn, the condition of the work houses was much better than it was formerly. He thought some of the evidence adduced by the oommiseioners, and some of the conclusions at which they had arrived founded upon that evidence, calculated to mislead the public mind. He believed that in many of the large towns the children were in a more demoralised state than even those found in the workhouses. If the most vicious class in workhouses could he removed to some kind of asylum fitted for their reception, a great portion of the prejudice which now existed against workhouses would be diminished. Such • separation was practicable, but could not be carried out without the full consent of the guardians. Mr. Goode then entered at some length into the object of the poor law, and pointed out many of the advantages which have resulted from its adnunistastion. The evidence occupied the greater portion of the day. Adjourned. PRINCE ADAM CZARTORYSKI. Prince Adam Czartoryski, President of the National Government in Poland in 1831, died on the night of the 15th July, at the Chateau de Montfermeil, near Paris, aged 92 years, sur rounded by his afflicted family and fellow-country men, without any apparent suffaing, and in the full exercise of his vigorous mind. Two days we vim* to his death the holy sacrament was admi nistered to him, when he distinctly repeated the prayer after the priest, and stretched his hands to receive extreme unction. On Sunday, as usual, his secretary read to him and related the news, during which time the prince interrupted him Denial times by putting questions and making remarks. On Monday morning when he awoke he said, " What a fine day it is ; it will no doubt be the last for me." According to cus tom, he gave orders to be shaved and washed, and inquired after the English news of his nephew, General Count Zamoyslci, who had returned from London the night before. For several days his physical strength had completely abantlouisl him, but his mental faculties were as strong as ever. On Monday, at five p.m., a visible change had come over him, and it was evident that hi s end was fast approaching. He spoke with difficulty, and blessed all those around him, and when asked by his niece, Prime's Marcelline Czartoryska, if he also blessed Poland, a ray of joy shone on his face, and he exclaimed, " Oh, I bless, I bless her !" At 9 o'clock but a very feeble breath indi cated the existence of life, the pulse having ceased to beat for several hours ; the face assumed au in describable calmness and dignity, and half-an-hour after this illustrious Polish patriarch, whose last acts of life were marked by such sublime piety, as well as by that devotion to his native land which characterised his long career, breathed his last. The melancholy event took place in a spacious apart ment in presence of about 30 persons, all kneeling, plunged in the deepest grief, but nut a tear was visible, as all felt that such a death was only a transition from earth to Heaven. The deceased prince left two important docu ments signed by himself, one au address to his beloved country, and another appointing his younger eon, Prince Ladislas Czartoryski, the chief representative of Polish interests abroad. The body of the prince will be embalmed, and conveyed to Paris. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. —THE MUTING AT LBWS.— LUGS, IiVIDNTRDAT EVIIIIING.—Tbe weather hes continued very Abe for the exhibition in Leeds, and Pierer* numbers are daily being attracted to the show grounds. Yesterday the visitors numbered 10,000, and they bore bean mach more numerous to-day. Everything bat wood of most satisfactorily. The visitors to-day included their Royal Highs's'''. the Dec d'Aumsie and the Doc de Chartres. They arrived at twelve at noon. and were re ceived by James Ritmo, per., the mayor. With the ft-royal party were Vimeount Galway, Baron George %ova, Mr. Monate. !Ones, M.P., the Hon. Ralph Inittle, M.P., Mr. Caird. M.P., Mr. Bridgman Simpson, the Rev. A. Huitable. and Mr. Matthew Higgins ("Jacob thorium"). Their Royal Highnesses remained on the grounds until four o'clock, and then proceeded to the roavor's residence, and this evening were to be present at the peat dinner of the society in the Town-hall. VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT WIMBLEDON. The following communication in reference to the late volunteer review at Wimbledon has been forwarded to us from the War-office for publicaticn : War-office, July 16. The Secretary of State for War is gratified in receiving from the General Commanding-in-Chief the accompanying expremion of his royal highness's approval of the manner in which the movements of those corps of volunteers which were reviewed by him on Wimbledon-common on the 13th inst. were performed, and congratulates them on the advanced state of military efficiency which they have attained. THOMAS GEORGE BARING. (Colrf.) Horse Ga;rtb;, S.W., 15th July, 1861. Hie Royal Highness the General tbmmanding•in-Chief has much satisfaction in communicating to the Secretary of State for War his approbation of the manner in which the movements of those corps of volunteers which were reviewed by him on Wimbledon-common on Saturday the 13th inst. were performed; and in remarking that the several corps concerned bad evidently during the past year made great progress in their drill, and attained considerable military etificiency.—By order. (Signed) J. YORILI &Lauri.. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. The following letter has been received by Mr. W. 8. Lindsay, in reply to one from himself to the Duke of Somsrmt, Maiming copies of the resolutions passed at the recent meeting at the London T►vern, on the subject of the Royal Naval Reserve : Admiralty, July 16, 1861. Sir,—l em commanded_ by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., addressed to hoi Grace the Duke of Somerset, submitting for the consideration of her Majesty's govern ment four resolutions unanimously adopted by • large and induential meeting of shipowners, held in the City of Lon don on the 9th instant, of which meeting you were chair man ; and, in reply, my lords request you will be good enough to convey to the Whines of, the mercantile marine the assurance that my lords view with greet pleasure the feeling of loyalty and patriotism which induces them, in common with the rust of their follow-countrymen, to offer their services. It would appear from your letter, a well as from the purport of the resolutious, that there are two points in the Admiralty propagate which have not met with the entire approval of the meeting, via, : 1. That the qualifications required are unnecessarily high; and 2. That, in respect to rink, officers of the naval reserve a 14 sot placed on an equality with officers of the same grade in the Davy. With regard to the first point, my lords will not object, in concert with the Board of Trade, to reconsider the regu lation, in order, as far as possible, to meet the view s ex pressed in your letter. In reply to the second objection, that officers of the naval reserve are not placed on an equality with officers of corresponding rank in the navy whoa called out for service, and might be called on to serve under the command of lieutenants of the navy, my lords would point out that, in the ontinary course of service, such a contingency would not arise, as, in vessels commanded by lieutenants, no other officers of that rank are employed. It would, of course, be impossible to provide at this moment for the various unforeseen coutiogencies which might arise in time of war. My lords therefore do not think that they could, consistently with their duty, enter into any positive engagement on this point, further than to state that while, on the one hand, it will be their desire to treat the officers who have volunteered their services with all the consideration their high character and experience deserve, on the other hand it is necessary to provide that, in all cases of the death, removal, or absence of the commanding officer, the command shall devolve on the senior officer of the Royal Navy, as is the case in the army, according to the Queen's regulations, wherein it is provided that "officers of the regular or marine forces command the officers of equal degree belonging to other branches of the military service." My lords desire me to request you will have the goodness to communicate the reply to the officers of the mercantile marine, sat to accept their best thanks for your cordial and efficient co-operation in carrying out this great national object.—l am, sir, your moat obedient, humble servant, C. Pace?. W. B. Lindsay, Eeq., Manor House, Shepperson, Middlesex. LONDON IRISH Rings.—The members of this oorpe will assemble on Saturday nest, at 5 o'clock, at Somerset.house, when the corps will be presented with pair of handsome silver bugles, the gift el Captain Leech, as efficient anon of the corps. ITALY. TURIN, JULY 18. The King has received Count Fleury in solemn audience. The Italia of to-day says :—" The bankers have been informed by the government that it will re ceive tenders for the loan up to Tuesday next. Half of the loan will be reserved for national sub scription. The conditions of subscription to the lose will be published later." The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of Sweden is expected to arrive here on Friday. NAPLES, JULY 17. The news from the provinces is more satisfactory. TURIN, JULY 17, Eveviso. In to-day's sitting of the Senate, Baron Iticasoli gave some explanations in reference to the changes which have been made in the Lieutenancy of Naples. He declared that the ministry had been unanimous in all the resolutions recently taken. The Minister further said that General Cialdini has no exceptional powers, and that his position is identical with that of General Revere, the Lieu tenant of Sicily. SPAIN. Some of the Madrid journals of the 13th state that the Spanish squadron at San Domingo has re ceived orders to present itself before Port-au- Prince, the capital of Hayti, to demand immediate satisfaction from the Haytian government for the invasion of the territory of San Domingo, and in the event of its being refused, to blockade that capital. MADRID, JULY 16. Rumours asserting that fresh disturbances have taken place in the provinces continue to circulate. The ministerial journals reply to these rumours that full guarantees have been taken for the main tenance of tranquillity. Judgment will soon be given on the prisoners taken at Loja. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. BADEN BADEN, JULY 17. The King slept well last night. This rest has had a restorative effect on his Majesty'm health. The contusion on his neck is progressing favour ably. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, JOLT 17. A denial has been given to the news of the resig nation of Baron Vay, published by the Oat Deutsche Post. It is stated that Baron Vay has not even tendered his resignation. Another proposal for the settlement of the Hun garian question was made yesterday. Up to the present moment no decision or solution has been arrived at. HOMEWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY) MAILS. The Pera, with the above mails, left Gibraltar on the 16th inst., at 11 p.m., and may therefore be ex pe cted at Southampton in the course of Saturday next. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Euxine, from Southampton on the 12th inst., reached Gibraltar on the 17th, at 11 cm., and left at 6 p.m., for Alexandria. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom on owl, PARIS, WEDIRSDAT Evionefo. The Gazette des Tribuiumne, although constrained by facts not to insist any longer upon the accuracy of its news of yesterday, that Baron de Vidil was still in a French prison, continues to maintain that the French government has not granted "extradi tion " against him. France, it repeats, does not send her own subjects out of the country to be judged by any foreign tribunal. On the other band, Art. 7 of the Code of Criminal Instruction only au thorises the prosecution in France of a Frenchman for a crime committed against a Frenchman in a foreign country in cases where the Frenchman in jured comes forward to prosecute, and no complaint having been made in the present instance, Baron de Vidil could not have been kept any longer in custody in Fr►nce. If the law as laid down by the Gazette des Tribunaux be correct, it follows that a Frenchman who murders another Frenchman in England and escapes to France may enjoy im punity, and this seems to be a rrductio ad absurdum. It proceeds to say that the Baron de Vidil was " conducted " to Eng land in pursuance of his own written expres sion of a desire to "exercise his right" to go to England to " purge " the accusation against him ; and that he was not accompanied byEngliah agents, because their assistance would have appeared to imply an act of extradition. This legal explana tion, written after taking time to consider, is very far from clear. The English government demanded that the Baron de Vidil should he given up, and he was sent over to England in custody accordingly ; and yet we are told that there has been no extradition, and that the baron, who "could not legally have been kept in custody longer here," was " accom panied " to England in the exercise of his "right" to be tried there. Does the Gazette mean to say that the companions who escorted him would have allowed him to escape I Clearly not. But the paragraph is so incomplete as to Co nonsensical. I hear that Figaro is to be prosecuted for a para graph about the Mires trial. Blanqui's case came before the Court of Cor rectional Appeals to-day, but was not finished. The " I.atest News of most of the evening papers states that Prince Metternich " has not° quitted Paris ; but that of the Pressc says that he is shortly " going" to Vienna. At the Bourse there was scarcely any change. Bente rose 10c. for cash, and left off at yesterday's price, 67fr. 75c. for account. The Bing of Prussia, whose wound was more serious than was reported, has not left Baden- Baden, where he was joined by his sou. The Duchess of Cambridge has passed through Paris on her way to Baden. AUSTRIA. The Official Gazette of Vienna publishes the financial account of the year 1860. It shows that the total receipts were 301,589,455 florins (2f. 50c. each), or 40,760,239 forms more than in 1859, deduction being made of the portion belonging to Lombardy. The expenses were 344,554,318 florins, beini) 172,913,317 florins less than in 1859. The deficit consequently was 42,9134,861 florins. But to it mart be added two items not included in the ordinary expenses—namely, 15,304892 florins for the sinking fund of the debt, the reimbursement of bonds, dm, and 6,593,057 florins for the construc tion of railways, telegraphic lines, dic. The total deficit is consequently 64,862,810 florins. DUBLIN AND MEATH RAILWAY. The directors of this railway made an inspection of the line on Tueedey. The deputation appointed by the board in London consisted of W. Allowed, Esq., the chair man, and Messrs. Baddicorn and Wright. They were accompanied by Sir John Macueß, the engineer-in -chief, the solicitors, and the contractor, and by S. Gurney Shep pard, Esq., of London. The Meath Railway is in all 35 miles in length—namely, xi miles long on the main line from Cloosilla to Haven, and 12 miles on the branch :from Kilmanan to Athboy by Trim. From the nature of the country through which the rail way passes there were no engineering difficulties to be encountered, and the cost of constructions, therefore, very reasonable. it is remarkably straight, having only a few alight curves. There are no deep cuttings, or high embankments ; the gradients are exceedingly moderate ; and, moreover, the line has no tunnel, and does not crone any road on a level. The Dublin and Meath Railway, therefore, when completed, will be one of the safest and best constructed limn in the empire. The works are now being =tied on with the greatest activity and vigour. The eminent contractors, the Messrs. Moore, by whom the construction of the railway has been undertaken, have at present over 1,200 men employed, and in a short time the number of hands engaged will amount to 1,500. The whole of the land on the main line has been urranged for, and the greater portion of it is actually in poseesnon of the contractors. Considerable pro gress has been already made with the works along the entire line. The rail' have been laid from Navan to Knockmurk, • distance of about eleven miles, and the earthworks are ready fur the laying of the rail. to within four miles of Clonsilla, where the Dublin and Meath line will join the Midland Great Western Railway. A good deal of work his been done on the branch line to Athbov, upon which nearly 30,0001. has been expended. Tim directors intend to open the main line not later than April next; and they have already contracted fur the rolling stock to be delivered to them in the month of February previous. The directors pro. coaled to Navan by the half-past eight o'clock train. Having first visited the machine erected by Messrs. Moore for cutting the sleepers, they entered • carriage prepared by the contractors, and went over the line from Haven to Knockmurk, to which place the rails had been laid. They stopped at various points along the route, and made a minute inspection of the works, which they found to be in perfect order and admirably executed. The railway crosses the Boy oe near Bective. the seat of Mr. Richard Bolton. one of the directors of the company. The viaduct is a bold and massive structure, having six arches, the span of the principal one being 35 feet. Lord Dunsany joined the party about Kihnesan, and at the completion of the tour of inspection entertained the directors and their friends at Dummy Castle.— frressaa's Journal. ILLNIFB OF THE BISHOP OF DURHAM. —Wo regret to anuounos that the Bight Hon. and Bight Rev. Dr. H. Montagu Villiers, Bishop of Durham, has been suffering from so alarming illness, which has excited much appreben sioo his friends. His lordship's sufferings are de scribed as having been of the most agonising character. It is believed that the worst has passed, but the right rev. prelate is dill far from being out of danger. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. A candidate in the liberal interest is announced in the per. DOD of Mr. Western Wood, ',on of the late Sir Matthew Wood, formerly member for the City, and brother of Vies. Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood. This gentleman, who is tho Prime Warden of the Fishiliongers'Company, is brought forward under the auspices of the Liberal Registration Asso- ciation, and without any requisition. These gentlemen, while pointing to Mr. Wood as in their judgment a lit and proper person to represent the City, disclaim any intention to dictate to the constituency. Th e y will, however, lend all the aid in their p ower to his candidature on his own merit'. The attend. ance of gentlemen of the liberal party has been str . c i a n y invited to • preliminary conference, which is to be held to-day (Thursday), in reference to the impending v.n.aney in the representation. In the meantime the reglititifm to the Lord Mayor is being very numerously signed - . 'To a deputation of gentlemen who waited upon Ins lonlshilsafter the meeting at the London Tavern, he stated that Is th e event of the requisition being signed by the electors in such a manner as to convey an emphatic expressinn of opinion nod support in his favour he should not hesitate to respond to it. • TIE BUILDERS* STRIKE. TO TUB ZDtTOR OP THE TIMM Sir,—We have read the letter which appeat your impression of the 15th inst., headed "The Saddens' Strike," and signed by eight gentlemen, most of whom we believe to be members of the legal profemion, the avowed object of which was to obtain a hearing for the a m limes. In the first place, there never was lees reason to cOriaplain of WWII, of publicity upon any question, abundant currency having been given to the statements of the workmen by the public press, and the masters have at all times been ready to discuss with their own workmen, in detail, all matters affecting their interests, but have declined to see the delegates from Trades' Unions. Although it is now stated that the present movement on behalf of the men is not for what is termed the "nine hours' system," the change resulted entirely from the renewal of that agitation. Payment by the hour is intended solely to remove this cause of strife for the future, and there is no wish, nor has it ever been intended, to deprive the car. pentcrs of their customary allowance for sharpening tools, or any other trade privileges which they have hitherto enjoyed. The assertion that masters wish the men tp work longer than ten hours per day, except in eases of emer. gency, we emphatically deny. So contrary, indeed, is the fact, that we are frequently requested by the men to allow them to make overtime at the usual rate of wages—a re. quest that is often on that account acceded to. In would be manifestly unjust to submit to arbitretiou a question practically settled to the entire satisfaction if the great majority of the men employed in the building trades, and now only kept alive by the agitation of a few members of the trades unions. In justice to the men in our employment, 'we indignantly deny the statement that they are inferior workmen, or that they are working under protest. They have been selected for their skill and experience, and the majority of them have been with us for many years, and we are cerkkinly at • loss to conceive by what recouping the few men now on strike can venture to impugn the abilities of many thou. minds of their fellow•workmen. In conclusion, we beg to deny in the most explicit manner any covert intention—a charge which has been mdwitriously circulated, and we cannot too distinctly awed that our only object in the change was one of conciliation. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, Center and Co., Gray's-inn-lane. HOLLAND@ and HARNEY, Duke-street, Bloomsbury. Gaoaua lime, Lambeth. Geo. MANBPTELD and SONS, Gray's-inn-lane. Gamut Sara, Pimlico. WALLER and SON, Lyalatrest, Belgrave-square. Joiu Km.; Booth-street, Grosvenor-square. LUCAS BROTHERS, Lambeth. July 17. THE BUILDERM' STRIFE.—A meeting of the asso ciated master builders was held yesterday at Messrs. Oubitt's, Gray's-inn-road, for the.purpose, it was reported, of taking into consideration the offer of arbitration made by the men, and the propriety of continuing the hour system. Considerable difference of opinion is said to have existed oe both these subjects, but, owing to reporters as usual being excluded, the result cannot at present be ascertained. A deputation from the masons' committee yesterday.had an interview with Mr. Lsyard, H.P., ou the subject of the Sappers employed at the Chelsea barracks. This gentle man received the deputation very courteously, sad pro. mimed to see the Uoder-Secretary for War upon tite quer Lion, and if possible induce him to receive a deputation on the subject. THE Corrox SUPPLY.—Mr. G. R. Harwood, secretary of the Cotton Supply Association, sailed from Southampton on Friday, in the Euxine, ru route fof Egypt and India, as commissioner representing the aasociatiou and the Manchester Cotton Company. During his short stay in Egypt Mr. Haywood will have an interview with the Viceroy, and present • memorial from the association, pointing out that this is a most favourable opportunity for • great and profitable extension of caftan cul. tivation in that country. From Egypt Mg Hay. wood gods on to Bombay, and th e n ce to the I - Aare/sr districts, primarily to ascertain how far the' supply of cotton therefrom may be increased, and to orgesiiiie, in the interests of the Cotton Company, cotton cleaning and packing establishments at tiedasheghur and elsewhere. His route will then be through the districts of Lingsoor, Bellary, Bangalore, Raichore, Doab and Mysore, Combs. tore, Palghaut, Tinnevelly, Madura, Salem, Madre; Coringa, Chsndab, Negpoar Oomrowtee, Caodeish, Bombay, Surat, Broach, Barad., Ahmedabad. Raj. kote, Dhattera, and ogo • thence retuning to Sedashegur in time for ihe next cottou4scking season. During this tour he will report upon the relative advantages offered by the several districts for affording an enlarged supply of good merchantable cot ton, and for the opening up of new establishments and agencies similar to those proposed for the district of Dhar. war. Mr. Haywood travels with Dr. Forbes, who has been deputed by government to accompany , him, and whose acquaintance with the dialects and habits of the Mindoo population, and knowledge of the cotton question, are likely to be of the utmost service. The commissioner is also fur. niehed by the government—who, it is said, have shown a desire to assist him in every possible way—with hitters of introduction to the Viceroy of Egypt, and some of the principal government olfksls in India. SUDDEN DEATH IN AN HoTEL—An officia l quiry took place on Tuesday before Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, at the Dudley Anna, Harrow-road, Paddington, touching the sudden death of an unknown gentleman on Friday last in the coffee-room of the Great Western Hotel, Paddington. The evidence adduced from several witnesses showed that between 1 and 2 o'clock on the above-named day the deceased, a gentleman seemingly 60 years of age, entered the coffee-room of the hotel in apple rent good health. He told one of the waiteni.named Marsh that be had just come off the Great Western Rail way, and asked what it was best to take by way of refresh ment after • long journey. The waiter suggested a chop and a glass of ale, and deceased then said be would bane both. The chop and ale being supplied, he ate and drank a portion, and then passed over to the other side of the room, when he entered into conversation with another gentle. man, which lasted from 10 minutes to a quarter of an hour. Afterwards he returned to his own seat, and was noticed to give a convulsive shudder and expire, without soy pre monitory symptoms whatever. Upon his person were found two half-sovereigns, a few shillings, some coppers, and portmanteau keys ; but, singularly enough, although be yed to be a gentleman of position, just cane off a long journey, no luggage or other valuables have as yet been found, neither were there any cards or pipers to lead to his identification. His linen bore the initials " J. IL 1'.," and the publication of this f ac t t oge th er with the circumstances of the case by the reporter the Coroner hoped would be the means of procuring the unfortunate gentleman's name and address. The result of a post moqent examination proved that death was caused by fatty degeneration of the heart. The jury returned a venlict accordingly, with a recommendation that inquiries should be instituted at the lest luggage offices of the Great Western and other railways. DEATH IN HANWELL ASYLEIL —The C. 'minis. sinners in Lunacy instituted a preliminary investigation on Tuesday, at Whitehall, in reference to the death of an insane inmate of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. The deed. ..cuffed on the 29th ult. It was at first stated by the resident meth cal officer to be from liroochitis ; it was afterwards praised, however, to be from fractured ribs and other injuries. .10 an adjourned coroner's inquiry, concluded on Saturday last, it was shown that the deceased, whose name was Henry Hill- man, of 33, Upper Flurystrect, Pimlieo, was admitted as patient from the parish of St. George, Hanover-squ.lre, nine days before his death, and it was farther ond.,kvoured to be shown by the asylum medical officer, but indignantly repudiated by Dr. Bloxam, medical officer of the work house, and Mr. F. A. Rogers, removal officer of St. George's, that deceased sustained these injuries before his admission to the asylum. At the same time it was admitted that no medical assistance was rendered until alter the 21th, fear days after admission. The jury. however, deemel it cape client to return a verdict in effect that deceased died from the fracture of divers of his ribs and other injuries to the body, but by what means, how, where, or when the frac tures and injuries were sustained, there was not sufficient evidence to show. On account of this verdict the pn:lind nary investigation above alluded to has been uuder:akeu by the commissioners. FR•I;DS ON THE LONDON AND BIUMFITON RAH" WAY. —The chief booking clerk at the London-biidge Sta• tion has just absconded, and the directors have uttered 3 reward for his apprehension. The amount of his defale.i• tion, as at present ascertained, is reported to be about 240. only. A CRINOLINE Rtrrr.—Many of the rabbit of Cracow and the neighbourhood have oondemned the use of crinoline, and interdicted females so attired front agearing at the synagogue. At Tarnow, ho wever , a f ew yo 2gor some Jewesses, leaning on the arms of their male Metall, boldly presented themselves at the synagogue in the pro scribed garment. But a number of low Jews, arming them• selves with sticksand knives, drove them away, and cow palled them to seek refuge in the adjacent house. Several persons, fearing the women would be injured, phiodthere selves before the house. • A fierce conflict ensued, and MO was shed on both sides, but nobody w.us killed. The polio) did not interfere. F