The Express. — London, England, 1861-07-05 00:00:00

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TUE EITI66i FRE AMAMI VA. 1(•Isra 1. ) .4.1.1., 1111.1 : Kra k llouper Mrs Movar.llßaL-11EUNDA RIAGIAVIL —.t.41 VERDANT 0111.011 Ur. W. Cns ,DL 11109 _WATER AT WSW, RIBIBIL Tab oZT-s4 , ;;Zikig, -- O. on..77altrarissa Mk. lea T.missaow —banabg. aa no-- arr. lb. Om. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 5. TO OUR READERS. SPORTING INTELLIGE.NCE A late edition of the llsprrm is published every evening during the racing sea4on, containing the i.taults of the day's races. Tee dull season having set in this year not only unusually early, but with unusual severity, it is natural enough that those who cater for the public should make special efforts to counteract its de pressing influence. Nothing of moment is stirring on the Continent, Parliament has avowedly given up work, and amidst the premature col lapse of public business and the total absence of political excitement there is already leisure for the discussion of social follies and foibles. The yearly Carnival of correspondence which usually begins about the middle of August has accord ingly already commenced, and ingenious letter writers are permitted and encouraged to masque rade in type for the amusement of the public. There can be no objection to this plan of en livening the dead season if it is restricted within proper limits. So long as the means employed for the amusement of the public are legitimate, or at all events harmless, it would be cynical, if not churlish to complain. But all subjects do not admit of this light and sportive treatment. Some are far too sacred, too intimately connected not only with the welfare, but with the very exist ence of society to be trifled with foe the presumed entertainment of a fashionable clique or of a holi day crowd. The fundamental laws of morality, for instance, are not yet so entirely exploded that they can be treated from a purely literary point of view. Vice is not yet regarded as a fashionable foible, or virtue as a pleasant jest. There is still a popular prejudice in favour of decency, both of speech and behaviour, and however low the tone of morality may have fallen in certain limited circles, the holiest relations of life and the most sacred institutions of society are not, and are not likely to become, with Englishmen at large, "open" lisestions. It would be needless to repeat these truisms had they not been called in quad:ion, and practi cally denied, by • correspondence which has dis figured the columns of • leading contemporary, during the last few days. We can only express our deep regret that such • correspondence should ever have been permitted to appear, and would gladly pus it by in silence but forthe conviction that it ought to be protested against by all who value a high standard of morality, or who wish to preserve in their strength and purity the fundamental elements of our social state. The chief letters of that correspondence are not only • wanton offence against good taste and proper feeling, but an outrage on public morality, and • calainnious caricature of English social and domestic life. The subject dimmed is marriage and the general rela tion between the sexes—preciselythe most delicate and sacred as well as the most important of all social questions. Equal wedded love, and orderly family life are at the basis of all that is best in modern society, the characteristic and essential features of Christian Livilization. And the exist ence of this family state, the fundamental unit of social life depends altogether on the social position women occupy. In heathen antiquity, as amongst Oriental nations now, women were regarded as a race of inferior beings--as mere instrumentsof plea _ sure, or con ofatate. Socletiesbuilton oath a false and injurious basis lack the most essential elements of life and progr•sa, and are predes tined to stagnation or decay. Christianity may be said to have first revealed the native worth and dignity of womanhood, and to have assigned ber a place of equal dignity and respect with men. The full realisation of that position—the lifting woman into a position of true dignity and honour. and gathering around her as around an ideal of purity and worth the ennobling tribute of reverence and respect, of devotion and love—has been the gradual achievement of centuries of Christian activity and Christian progress. But its aehieve:nent is the secret of our social strength, and its preservation is the guarantee of our further social advancement. Surely the relation on which all this depends, and the institutions which represent it, are entitled to the respect of all who are really interested in the welfare and promotion of what is best and most distinctive in modern social life. But how is marriage treated in the correspondence of our contemporary T As a needless and expensive luxury which few can afford, which none need cue about, and which is rapidly going out. Those who are carefully trained to become virtuous wives and mothers are assailed with covert and open ridicule, contrasted unfavourably with the most abandoned of their sex, and held up to contempt for having invested their hopes in such a failing enterprise u matrimony. For what really does the insulting charge of these writers against English maidens and gentlewomen amount to Simply to this—that they decline to become mere instruments of pleasure ; but in contemplating marriage have some sense of self respect and some regard fir the social position which, as wives, they are to assume. The broad assertions that the sole motives and objects of marriage are the love of extravagance end the passion for display, are in their generality altogether false. ;They may be partially true with regard to individuals, or families, or small circles, but they are not in the least trne of the great body of English society. Tye real reason of them,' charges is sufficiently ob vious. The obj , r t of those who prefer them is plainly to justify "establishments," and alieit connexions. The affected regret at the ox idises of these things, and the plea of corrective exposure of the mums which have produced them, put forth by some of the writers, is, indeed, the worst part of these letters. Take the letter signed " BLAU JoLAIS" for example. The writer is throughout most severe in his strictures on the virtuous. He lashes their lofty notions, their miserable deference to the expectations of the circles they move in, and condemns them as the mercenary' ' victims of worldly pride and fashionable preju dice. Yet this gentleman is not ashamed to boast that he had dined the day before with a friend, the unwedded partner of whose joys and sorrows was well educated, accomplished, skilled in house wifery, economical, diligent, and in all respects, fitted for an admirable wife. A simple question here naturally suggests itself, which at once de strops the meaning and professed obj ectof the writer's letter. If this lady discharged the duties of the household so well, and was in all respects so fitted to be a wife, why did not, why does not, his friend marry her f Why does he degrade her and dishonour himself by • connexion he cannot avow f Why is he guilty of this cruelty and in jubtice, with the prospect of its aggravation a thousandfold if the connexion lasts ? The only reason is that very worldly pride and conventional prejudice which the writer affects so much to despise and deplore, but which he unconsciously supporta and even applauds in its worst and most guilty excesses. The pretext on which these approving references to a vicious way of life are introduced is thus utterly hollow and worthless. It is unfortunately but too clear, that the real object in this, as in other letters of the series, is but to familiarise the public with details that in the interest of morality ought never to be known, and thus gain a kind of recognition for that worst species of self indulgence which confounds the distinctions of virtue and vice, and is a practical denial of all that is sacred and essential iu the relationships of domestic and social life. It is curious to observe how those who swallow the camel of real vice strain at the gnat of fancied verbal offence. " A Brother " of " BILAII JOLAIS," we may fairly imagine, complains of a sermon preached by the Dean of WESTMINSTER last Sun day, on the ground of " indelicate " allusions to the social evil. Now, everyone who knows any thing of the Dean of Weermitorrsit need scarcely be told that any references of his to such a subject would be marked by perfect delicacy and discretion. They would be made not on the spur of the moment for any ad eaptandun► purpose, but only on the most serious reflection and from the most imperious sense of duty. The only object would be to do some real good, and that would in all likelihood be the actual result. Yet for the sake of direct ing public attention to the subject, " A Brother " must needs take exception to an alleged want of delicacy in the language. If a clergyman alludes to such a subject he is to be condemned. But a writer in the columns of a widely-circulated jour nal may discuss it ad nauseant for mere amuse ment, and without reproach. What makes the difference Do wives and daughters read the Times ; and if so, on what ground does " A Brother" venture to condemn the Dean of Wzinussna TEI REPRESENTATION OP RICHMOND. Mr. Rich has issued the following address to the 41110401111 whom be bu so lons represented. Mr. Bounden PI the sew . Solicitor - General, is • eaactidete in the tog= J Mr. Rich : " Cina4iisa,-1 am about to resign my mat ia penis- Inn It is now thirty years since I first "nod for Hearn borevei, and more than fifteen years sine I have bad the honour al coninuously representing Richmond. During Shia long period I hate endeavoured to do my duty to you, to the great liberal party, an to my country. lam sen sible al much failure on my part and of much Indulgence 012 R . JOU Under ordinary circumstaacen I would willingly, under your sanction, have continued to verve on. But within the list few years an affection of the eyes, which renders pro. kluged reading both painful sad injurious, has more and mere unfitted me for parliamentary duties and debate. I have felt, therefore, that I was not adequately fulfilling my Any. and have frequently contemplated retiring. Probably I should still have hesiti.ted, but just note an opportunity is offered of strengthening the government by the accession of ea season' authority, whose services, however, can be resimed ava ila ble only by his obtaining a seat in parlia ment. On hearing this, I considered that the time was come sties I could bee. serve you and my party by tendering the assignation of ray seat, in order that you might have an Illoportusity, if you nought fit, of replacing your old mem loor by a more able and active *December. "I have acted without solicitation, hut not without the hwierledge, necessarily of only • few, of my friends at Rich mad. I need hardly add that, however right and just I nap deem this step to be, I cannot take it without much pia et thus suddenly closing my own public life, and the keg rod happy political conoexion with you, gentlemen, theseghout the whole of which I cannot remember ever to have tint with one unkind word or to have received one inks application. " I trust, although this political connexion is now to close, that the friendly intercourse which has grown out of it may be continued ; and with every sentiment of respect and gratitude " I have the honour to be, gentlemen " Yours faithfully sad gratefully, "HURT RICH. " 2A, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-nears, Jell 3." Rich rood is a very' small borough, baying less than 250 registered electors, and • contest is unknown there. A writ for an election in the borough wee ordered last night, and by Tuesday or Wedoeeday next the new Solicitor l;etberal will in all probability have taken his seat as mem ber for Richmond. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1861. trbe Court. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Pniasia, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, visited the Ex hibition of the Royal Academy, in Trafalgaroquere, yeeter day morning. The Duke of Cambridge paid • visit to the Crown Prince and Prisms of Prussia, yesterday forewarn, at Buckingham Palace. The queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princes Hass, the Prises Louise, the Princess Beatrice, the Crows Prince of Prussia, the Crown Princes of Prussia (Princess Royal), Prince William, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia, left Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Osborne, Isle of Wight. atteodance were the Countess of Gainaborough, Lady Augurta Bruce, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant-General the Hoe. C. Grey, Colonel the Hoc. A. Hardinge, the Master of the Household, Major Flphin. stone, Countess Bruhl, Baroness von Dobeneck, Count Puistanstein, and Lieatenant.Colonel von Oberon:. The Queen and Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Earl of St. Germans, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Castleman*, Lord Rivers, Lieutenant-Colonel Kingscote, Colonel Franc* Seymour, C. 8., and Col..nel the Hon. A. N. Hood. Her Majesty was handed into her carriage by the Master of the Horse and the Clerk Marshal. The Royal party quitted the Palace in eight of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment of Lancers, for the private station at Vauxhall. Her Majesty left the sta tion by a special train on the South Western Railway. A deppnntatioo, consisting of the Mayor of Leeds, Mr. Beecrott,M.P., Mr. Eames, M.P., and Mr. Pickering, Secretary of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at hi refried residence in Downingetreet. Mr. Robertson, M.P. and Vtoe-Admiral Sir Provo Wa ll is, lied an interview with Lord Wedehonse yesterday at the Ftreigu-otfice, on the dishy pf the Mexican boodholders. Diepatehee were neared yeeleriiri at the Colonial odleefrom the Governor of the Falkland Wanda. Des patcher were oast to the Governor of Gonads. QUERNS COLLEGE (FOR LADIES.) The annual meeting was held yesterday at the Collage, in Harley-street—the Right Hon. W. Cowrite, IL P., presided—and there were present the Rev. E. H. Plum (dean of the college), Professor Maurice, the ifacesea, several other clergymen, and • large number of the yoaog lady pupils and thou. friends. The !Atte read the report, having first reed cornmuni althea the Dean of Westminster, the Bishop of Loudon (the visitir of the college), the Bishop. of Oxford and Lichhikl (members of the council), the Charcellor of the Exchequer, awl the Dean of Exeter, all expressing their seams desire for the swoon of the institution, but en raging themselves from being present on the ironed of other C a reP a ot stated that the balance-sheet for lAN/ showed the wine satisfactory result as that for 1838, and enabled the cowed to add 24fit. to the reserve or endowmeut fund. The committee of education have given special attention during the past year to the working of the school, or juniov department of the college, and have introduced the follow ing changes is he oteannation, in the belief that they will be found to add materially to its usefulness : lit. To extend the range of the school, so se to include children between the ages of six and eight. god. To add to the lemon, in Trench, given by Professor Marlette, frequent instruction sad practice in French reeding and conversatiou. Id. To alter the arrangerneeta, so es to give to all the pupils in the upper division au interval of as boxwood a-half for luncheon or dinner. followed on every day in the week but Wednes day sod Saturday by an afternoon attendance from two to four. The Deus of Westminster has this year placed at the disposal of the committee a donation of 1001., width they have resolved, with his full approval, to apply In the purchase of books fee the bleary. We are requested to state that the Counts of Leiningen are in no way related to the Prince of Leiningen, her Majesty's nephew•. _ _ The mental and moral wants of the community at the Curragh are not neglected. There are schools for the children, and two handsome churches—one for pro testaam and one for Roman catholic, in the former of which the church of England and the presbyteriati chap lains officiate at different hours oo Sundays. There ars libraries for those who are iodised to read, and the %leiter sees there, as he sees in every part of Ireland to w►doh the steani-eogine has penetrated, " Smith and Son, sew•-igests." The Ist of July has past off quietly in Ulster, and it is hoped there will be no disturbance on the 12th. ----- The General Assembly of the Presbyterian March in Ireland commenced its sittings at Belles; oti Monday, when the Rev. John Dl'Neughton, of Utast, a native of Sootland,. was unanimously chosen moderator fur the ensuing year. ARRIVAL OF THE COURT AT OSBORNE. PORTSMOUTH. JULY 4. Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Crown Prince and Princess of Pewee* and the younger members of the royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court, arrived at the Cla rence-yard, Gosport, this afternoon, from Buckingham. Wee, Her Ifijsety was received by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry W. Brans, commander-in-chief at this port, and Major-General Lord W. Psulet, commanding the south-western district, together with their respective staffs, and other naval and military officers of the port and garri. son. The royal party embarked on board the screw yacht Fairy, and proceeded out of harbour amidst the customary salutes. The weather was very unfavourable, there being not only a heavy fall of rain, but half a gale blowing from the south-eouth.west. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO IRELAND. We understand that it is the intention of her Majesty the Queen to visit Ireland towards the latter end of August. Her Majesty will remain four or five days at the Vice-Regal Lodge, in the Phoenix Park, and will probably visit the camp at the Curragh of Kildare ; thence she will nudte an excursion to the Lakes of Killarney. Her Majesty's visit being of a private character, as was the case with that in 1853, no public receptions or cere monies are contemplated. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE CURRAOH. One of the grandest military displays that has taken place in Ireland fora long period was presented at the amp of the Curnigh, on Wednesday, in the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Commander of the Forces, and oee of the largest ameniblages of citizens from Dublin, and ponces from all parts of the surrounding country,ever collected on the splendid plains of Kildare. The martial specie:le was a grand affair, and in every way cal• culated (Gaya the Freeman's Journal) to impress hie royal highness with the belief that in the three kingdoms a place could not be found better suited for the exercises of large bodies of troop than the Curragh. Sanders's Pew says that His Royal liliglanses, on his arrival at Ilagstown from Holyhead, expressed himself to Captain BMW Williams, commander of the Con naught, se being meek pleased with the attention paid to him, the comfort he enjoyed while on beard, as well as with the escalates of the passage, which, considering the rough state of the weather, was • very rapid one. His Royal Highness showed his approbation in a substantial and liberal manor, by presenting Captain Williams with a valuable breastpin—the centre is • very large carbuncle, surrounded by two snakes in gad, the eyes large diamonds, oaf is the frost of the stone the Prince of IN ales's plume and star in silver, which are also thickly covered with diamonds, the intrinsic value of the pin being at the lowest calculation 50f. The Prince likewise handed Captain Williams 30!. for distribution among the crew of the Con naught." Hut MAnotrY's BIRTHDAY.—To-morrow, being the day appointed for the celebration of the forty-second birthday of her Most Gracious Majesty, business will be wholly suspended at the Customs, the Excise, the carious docks sad bonded warehouses, the Bank, the Admiralty, Hone-Goards, Ordnance-office, and 13omemet.house, and partially at the Post-office. Au inspection of the House. hold Brigade of Infantry will take place at 10 o'clock, on the Parade in St. James's-park, by hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. His Excellency the Count de Persigny, who expected to remain a fortnight in London before taking his children to the sea-side, left town on Wednesday morning for the purpose of having en interview with the Emperor Napoleon prior to his Majesty's departure for Vichy. The count is expected to return immediately to Claridge's Hotel. His Eloellency the Ambassador of France and the Couctese de Flahault entertained at dinner, on Wed nesday evening, his Excellency the American Minister and Mn. Adams, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Netherland' Minister, the Marquis of Lans downe, the FAH Granville, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood and Mies Wood, Lady William Russell, Sir Joba Acton, Mr. and Mn. Marjoirilianks, Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. Cobden, Mr. llionckton Milnes, is. The Earl and Countess of Craven entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in Charles-street, the Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, the Countess Dowager of Lichfield and Lady Owendolous Anson, the Earl of Sefton, Viscount and Viscountess Somer ton. Viscount Powerscourt, Lord and Lady Foley, Captain Falbe, Captain Boteson, Mr. Meynell Ingrain, The Xarl and Counteas of Soafield and Lord Eindhoven have left the Clarendon Hotel for Scotland. Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the Hon. P. Cust entertained at dinner, on Wednesday evening, the Duchess of Inverness and Miss Gore, the Duke of Cleve land and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, the Earl sod Countess of Albemarle, Sir John and Lady Harrington, the Hoe. Sir Edward Cust, and Lonl Dunes". 'Viscount and Visouuntess Litunure entertained at dinner on Tuesday last, at their residence m Bruton-street, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Loll Cecilia Bingham, Viscount and Lady Katherine V"ll e t or i, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce, the Martini' of Hartingtos, Dr. Captain and Mrs. Washington Hibbert enter tained at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Dover. street, the Marchioness of Waterford, the Marchioness of Sligo and Lady Emily Browne, Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, Lord and Lady Berries and the Hoe. Miss Maxwell, Viscount logestre, Lord sod Lady Dormer and the Hon. Miss Dormer, Lord Thurlow, Lord Truro, Lady Isabella Blatchfoird and Mile Blatehford, Sir Ho bert and Lady Gerard, Sir James Feminism, Sir Henry G. Cotterell, Sir Charles Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. IMAM, Mr. and Mrs. Warburton, Captain Keith Fraser, Mr. Knightlay, M.P., Comte Maffei, Monsieur Alfred Lutteroth, Mr. Percy Doyle, Mr. Jobn Barnard, and Mr. Cutler. The Countess Apponyi gave her second ball this 011411130 last evening at Chasidim House. The company began to arrive shortly before U o'clock. The Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the countess with their preemie. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Chartres and the Count d'En were among the early arrivals. Prince Frederiek of Holstein and Prince Edward of Saxe. Weimar were also present. The Post-office authorities are about to issue a ninepenny stamp, the design for which has been already approved. A threepenny stamp ie also said to be in pre pamtion, intended expressly fur the transmission of newe -1 papers abroad requiring additional stamp,. LORD PazinutsroN AT HARROW. • - Yesterday was the annual speech-thy at Harrow School, and the attractions were greatly enhanced by the presence of Viscount Palmerston, who had kindly con sented to /ay the foundation stone of the Vaughan Library, commemorative of the mastership of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, who so long presided as head master of that clasaical semi nary. As is invariably the case at these anniversary meet ings, there was a large assembly of old Rarrovians, and many of the parents and friends of the Alumni new pur suing their studies on that foundation. Viscount Palmerston arrived shortly before 12 o'clock, the noble premier riding from the metropolis on horseback. The head master, the Rev. IL •M. Butler, accompanied by Lord Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Aberoars, the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., and a large party, proceeded from the master's residence to the school After the recitation of the epeerhee, which did not con clude until close upon 3 o'clock, the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new library by Lord Palmerston took place. The Harrow Volunteer Rifles, commanded by Cap tain Elliot, were drawn up on the ground destined for the site of the new building, which is between the school chapel and the master's residence, hitherto occupied by • row of unsightly houses. The new building is to be in • similar style as the echoed chapel—Gothic of the 13th cen tury—anfl commands a beautiful south-east prospect. On leaving the school Lord Palmerton was moat warmly cheered by a large number of the scholars. The procession was then formed, the band of the Harrow Rifles leading The ceremony was performed under a pouring rain. The Rev. H. BUTLER, in introducing Lord Palmerston, briefly expreseed, on behalf of the school, his thanks to his lorlship for attending on that occasion. The de , he said, was an interesting ono to all connected with , for the town u well as for the school. Dr. Vaughan had haft behind him • name which was greatly honoured as well as loved, and he felt persuaded that no act could have better chimed in with the feeling of the town, as well as of the schools, than the fact of Lord Palmerston coming down to lay the stone of that building which was to bear Dr. Vaughan's honoured Dams. The slam harlot been adjusted, Lord Patitgarrox made • few appropriate remarks, and after a few artistic flourishes with the mallet, declared the storm duly laid; and thus ended the ceremony of laying the foun&tion stone of Dr. Vaughan's library. A glass bottle, containing gold and silver coins of her Majesty's reign, was placed in o cavity of the stone. On the conclusion of the proceedings three cheers were given for Lord Palmerston, the band playing " God save the Queen." On quitting the ground Lord Palmmiton pro ceeded to the had master's residence, where his horse was In readiness ; and after taking • hasty leave of his friends, departed for Landon, nothing daunted by the heavy rain which was deeeending at the time. The Head Muter afterwards gave • sumptuous dfjeuaer at kis mama to nearly 200 persons of rank. THE BRAIDWOOD MEMORIAL. A meeting took plane yesterday at the Mansion house, with the object of promoting a public subscription for the family of the late Mr. Breidwood, is recognition of the many eminent services rendered by that lamented gentleman. The Lord Mayor being detained by_his datiesat the Common Council, th e chair was taken Alderman SALOMON*. who read a letter from the Luke of Sutherland expres sive of his regret at the late calamity, and offering his ser vices in any way in which he could be useful in promoting the object in view. Mr. T/TZ, M.P., moved the first resolution :—" That it is the opine° of this meeting that the high character, and long and useful services of the late James Braidwood, C.E., the founder and superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, taken in connection with the painful circumstances under which he lost his life in the gallant discharge of his dull,. at the great flea the `Clad June !eat, and further suppoi ied by the cornideratioa that the oonintunity at large may be justly and to have shared for many years in the advantages arising from the devotion of his talents end ger vies' to the single purpose el suggesting and promoting the means of adding both to the security of life and property, render it expedient end proper that the profound regret manifested by all classes at hie loss should find expression by means of • public subscription, to be to the benefit sad advancement of his e= and sisters." Mr. Tits said the various fire. Aloes banning the fire brigade had already taken mea sure' to provide oat of their own funds in • suitable MAWS! for the widow of their lamented superintendent, but there wee a family of six children, many of them young, ad two sisten advanced in life, on whose behalf • fund might properly sad beneficially be raised. He concluded with a ellogium on the private and public character of the deinseed gentleman. The Rev : Dr. CUMMING seconded the resolution. The resolution was put and agreed to. Mr. JOHNIOON moved, " Tbat a public subscription be now opened, under the superintendence of a committee to be appointed at this meetiog, with power to add to their amber.* Mr. Alderman Frlona seconded the motion, which was also agreed to. Mr. GEOROZ Moons moved, and Mr. Scow Russ= se conded, a resolution, "That the Lord Mayor be requested to act as president and treasurer of the committee." The resolution was supported by Mr. James Andertoo, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lane, t h e Rev. Mr. W hite, and other gentle men, aad agreed to. A committee was then appointed, including the names of this Duke of Sutherland, th e Earl of Caithness, Alder man daimons, Alderman Finals, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Tit*, M.P., Mr. G. Gljan, ILP., Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P., Dr. Cumming, Rev. Mr. White, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. George Moore, Mr. James Andertoo, Mr. S. Low, &a The Loan MATOR here entered the room, and, having apologised for his unavoidable absence, said he should have great pleasure in accepting the ottioes to which be bad been elected. The subscription in the room amounted to Mi. 15e. ANNIVERSARY OP 2WI UNITED STATES INDIPENDINCE. The eighty-fifth anniversary of the declaration of Amerimut independence was commemorated yesterday, at the Grand Colonnade Motel, Cherles-street, St. James's, by a breakfast ; the Rey. Dr. Parros, of New York, in the chair. Upwards of 100 gentlemen sat down to a very sumptuous banquet, which was pr• by the propnetor of the Colonnade Hotel, Mr. C. Thomas. Among the company Feamt were the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Rev. Dr. Davis, Mr. Wilma, secretary of the United States Legation; Mr. Moran,of the United States Legation ; General Riley, of New York ; Mr. Charles Dees*, Captain Tucker, Captain Pratt, Mr. Knight, Professor W. Darby, P ro fessor J. Drowomut, Mr. Bigelow, Rev. Dr. lll'Clintock, of the American church iu Paris, Am On the removal of the cloth a prayer was offered up by the Chsiims.n, invoking the bleesing of God upon the United States, praying for the SUCI.VI.B of the President, the generalissimo of the army, lie. The CHAIRMAN first proposed, AS sentinient, " The Pre sident of the United States." . . Mr. MORAN acknowledged the sentiment, and expressed his conviction that the republic had not yet gone to pieces. (Chien.) The CHAIRMAN proposed " Her Majesty the Queen of England, may the blessing of God rest upon her mid all that appertains to her." The Rev. Dr. DAVIES responded to the toast. It was a heresy fur any one state to separate itself from the Union. The Americans wore naturally disappointed that England did not respond so sympathetically as they had expected. The next sentiment was " Washington and the Constitu tion," and the declaration of American independence was read by Mr. Proctor. Mr. WATKINS responded. Then followed The Stars and Stripes, our Bag now and for ever," which was received with vehement cheers • and the air was sung by Miss Daley and Madame Brinkerh off. The next sentiment given out by the Chairman wee England and America united, the hope of the world." (Loud cheers.) The Hey. Dr. M'Curroce responded to this in a very elaborate speech, in which, while advocating the federal cause, he cendonined various articles which had appeared in the London morning papers, as tending to lead toerroneous improaions. He argued that the very love which Amencans lied fur the mother couutry made them most susceptible when articles appeared which had the effect of queationieg that good feeling which really existed. Luring the mutiny in India the people of Amenca ever felt the most intense anxiety, and the question from day to day was, "When will Delhi be taken" " And yet wine Engliali jointeal haul broadly stated that the people of the United States had no sympathy with Englaud. The Hon. and Her. Barrier Nom. followed io a very long speech. The next sentiment was "The Prey, the Enlightener and Guide of Public Sentiment." This was responded to by Mr. JOHN CAMISI.L. The concluding sentiment was. "The Ministers of Religion --the Staunch Friends of Liberty," which, haring been re sponded to, the meeting separated. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. Yesterday the interesting ceremony of distri buting the prices adjudged to the more distinguished students of the school of medicine and aurgrry in con nexion with Middlesex Hospital came off with more than usual eclat in the hownl-room of that institution. The Right ROY. the Bishop of LABUAN Veil, and MO supported by esptain Maude, Mr. Tooke, r. Michael Smith, and other old and tried friends of the charity. The Charirari'i lithograph exhibits Italy throned on an eminence radiant with light, the effulgence of a rising sun adding intensity to the blaze of splendour, while Frederick William of Prussia, and George Fifth of Hanover, the former with the aid of a parasol, the latter unfortunately rerpiring no sun-shade, endeavour not to saa the luminous impersonation. This is lettered, "Recognition in Germany." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ROME. ROME, JONI 29._ The Pope has been able to perform mass in the papall chapel of St. Peter, and he also took part yeetenlay in the first vespers of the Sistine Chapel. He chanted the prayers with a voice not quite so strong as usual, and there was a visible change in his face ; but on the whole he is decidedly better. Nevertheless, the disease in the legs at his age is serious. The officers of the army of occupation were yes terday informed by the commanders of their re spective corps of the recognition of the kingdom of Italy, and extracts from a despatch of the French Minister of War on the subject were read to them. The object of this despatch appears to be to prevent a manifest change of front on the part of the army in favour of Italy ; which the officers and, more especially, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers would perhaps be much inclined to make. The latter have been warned not to talk politics in cafi.s, and to avoid everything calculated to create hopes of a revolutionary character in the minds of the population. But the officers, like genuine Gauls, laugh heartily among themselves at General de Goyon being obliged to announce to them the news of the recognition of Italy by France, after his having told them all along, up to the present moment, that he did not believe anything of the kind would be done, that Piedmont had gone to the extreme length of her tether, and must now expect to be put back a little, and so forth. They remember that the old general was just as much deceived about Gaeta. Until the French fleet actually went away he uniformly protested that it would never go. The army would no doubt im plicitly obey any order of General de Goyon's, but they certainly have no sympathy with his personal opinions on Italian affairs. Mgr. de Mifrode's ultra-catholic corps of Franoo- Belgian Zouavea is thoroughly detested by the population, which never speaks of it but as quota catiagtia. Any Roman who should be seen in company with these Zouaves, or even bowing to them, would be at once cut by his friends. It is quite a mistake to suppose, as the French ultra montanist journals would infer, that these Zouavea are all young men of family and fortune. Some devotee aristocrats there are among them, no doubt, but these constitute a very small minority. The rest are composed of the sort of materials generally found in a corps of soldiers of fortune, and among them are some very loose indeed. The court-martial is constantly sitting to try cases of robbery in this legion, of which there have been no less than 200 since January. TURIN, JuLy ♦. The Neapolitan Railways Bill was passed in the Chamber of Deputies to-day by 215 against 19 votes. (szirrree THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT IN SPAIN. MADRID, Jots 4,_Enanigo. The insurrection is entirely confined to Loja, and the troops now surround the town. The in surgents are shouting, "Republic for ever ! Death to the Pope ! " FRANCE. PARIS, JOLT 5. The Momiteur of to-day announces that the sub scription to the 300,000 bonds, repayable in thirty years, will be opened at the Bank of France on the 11th, and be closed on the 16th July. The bonds will be issued at 440 fr. each, bearing an annual interest of 20fr., and redeem►ble ►t 500 fr. The amount realised is to be applied to the construction of railways. The Meniteeir also says :—" The Emperor has arrived at Vichy, and has been warmly received." SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, JOLT 4. The Marquis di Torearsa,ltillaii ambassador, has arrived here and been received with great enthusiasm. _He has also been honoured with marks of dis tinction by the King and the people. In the course of next week a grand banquet will be given in his honour by the principal inhabitants of Stockholm. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 4. The Boise/twitting of to-day, in an article on the oonseluenoes of the present financial and com mercial crisis in Russia, says : " The proprietors of the principal mining estab lishments and cottou mills are greatly embarrassed. Sugar houses ask for subsidies, amounting to seve ral millions of roubles. The great manufacturers are beginning to close their works, the largest dis tilleries and many industrial establishments are either sinking or have already suspended business. Several companies are winding up their affairs. Shareholders in large concerns are disposing of the best shares at a loss of 50 per cent." GERMANY. FRANKFORT, JITLY 4. In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, Baden ptoposed that the resolutions adopted by the Fede ral Diet in 1852 and 1800, in reference to Electoral Hes.e, should not be considered as an obstacle to the re-establishment of the Constitution of 1831 in that electorate. _ _ _ The representative of Electoral Hesse reserved his reply to this proposaL PORTUGAL LISBON, JOLT 4. Prince Napoleon has arrived in the yacht Reine Hortense on a vis►t to the King. He was conducted in the Royal barge to the Palace of the Neoeseidades. AMERICA. GALWAY, JULY 4. The Atlantic Royal Mail steam ship Adriatic, from New York on the 25th and St. John's on the 29th ult., has arrived here. She has made the passage from the latter port in live days. She brings 60 cabin and 240 steerage passengers. NEW YORK, Joss 27. (By Telegraph to St. John's.) General Banks has arrested the Marshal of 13a1- timo-e on a charge of treason, and has appointed a provost marshal for the city. The British ship America, bound to Charleston, with contraband of war, has been captured and brought to Philadelphia. Judge Sprague, of the District Court of Boston, in his charge to the jury, said that if any citizen. had written to Mr. Gregory, member of the British parliament, for the purpose of defining the mea sures of the United States government, he would be held liable to a heavy fine and imprisonment. Several minor engagements have taken place between the Federal gunboats and the rebels on shore. A vessel just arrived reports having been chased by privateers. The British ship Forfarshire lean been captured in the Gulf of Mexico by Federal ships. The Federal Government Las recogniaed the new Provisional Government of Virginia. The forces under the command of General M'Clelland are rapidly concentrating in Virginia from the West. He has made no compact not to occupy the soil of Kentucky. The Kangaroo has arrived at New York, and the Europa at Boston. LATEfIT. NEW YORK, Jima 28. An engagement has taken place at Mathias Point, on the Potomac. The rebels fired on a small party from the gunboats, killing two men and wounding several others. An immense quantity of ammunition has been found on the premises of the Marshal of Baltimore. The American Eagle, from Loudon, has arrived. The Europa sailed from Boston for Europe on the 26th inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK,..tTows.2/. Stocks lower. Illinois Central idiTlio;Wl 7 Ork Central, 70j. Cotton firmer : Middling Upland, 14ic. Flour and wheat lower ; corn firmer. NEW YOWL. Just 28. Flour and wheat declining. ecru steady. Pro visions dull. LIVERPOOL, JULY 4. The Canadian mail stcamer Hibernian, which sailed to-day for Quebec and Montreal, took 41,0004 in specie. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jur 5. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Christian, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail, has arrived here. She brings 88 passengers, 2001. in specie, pearls value 38,000 rupees, and 2,790 packages of cargo, including 1,448 bales of raw silk, value 140,0001. She left Gibraltar on the 29th ult. Freights and exchange at Gibraltar were un altered. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (not ous owx PARIS. THURSDAY Evsstsa. As a corollary to my observations yesterday on the improbability of the Patrie's assertion that no , negotiations were yet going on with regard to the settlement of the Roman question, I may observe that Count Arese, the Emperor's old friend, who went to Fontainebleau on a special mission from Victor Emmanuel, accompanies his Majesty to Vichy. General Fleury, who has also gone to Vichy, will leave for Turin in a day or two as a special ambassador, to compliment the King of Italy on the recognition of his new title. The permanent representative of France in Italy will for the present have the rank of minister plenipo. tentiary only, and not that of ambassador. A rather important question is raised by the journals about the meaning of a passage in Baron Ricasoli's last great speech. He was understood, according to the telegram, to have spoken of an "event" as in preparation which would facilitate the acquisition of Venice by Italy, and it has been very generally taken for granted that the event pointed to was a war between Aus tria and Hungary. But now that full translations of his speech are published, it seems to be thought that he did not speak of any particular eventuality as present to his mind, but merely expressed his faith in a general way that "opportunity," which ripens all things, would not fail to occur. The point cannot be settled till we see the Italian text, for the French translations differ. Although the Pays and Patrie carp in a small way at Rica. soli's speech, I have good reason to think that it did not thwart the real designs of the French Emperor. There has been a really important rise on the Bourse to-day, owing to the Bank directors having separated without raising the discount. The Rents rose 25c. for cash and 200. for account, closing at 67fr. 900. and 67fr. 95c. Mobilier rose Bfr. 75c. All the railways were higher. Lyons rose 12fr. 50c., Northern, Ur. 25c., and Southern, Mr. Le Temps fastens upon a passage in Count Walew ski's speech, which particularly struck me when I heard it yesterday, for the purpose of expressing dissent. "The whole discourse," says this journal, "seems to us strongly tinged with optimism, and we think the artists themselves must be astonished at hearing the minister talk of the great progress revealed by the exhibition of this year.' The im pressions of the critics and the public were altogether different. It is somewhat rash to compare our present schools of sculpture and painting with the splendours of Italian renaissance. Such a pretension would have been hyperbolical, even thirty years ago, when the walls of the exhibition were crowded with the works of really eminent artists, the survivors of whom sel dom care to exhibit now. As to the 'letters of nobility,' which the minister says are now pictures bought by parvenus, we fear that most buyers of pictures are speculators, who hope to sell again. Our galleries are but bazaars, and Mseceuases are for the most part brokers." The Court of Appeal of Riom (reversing the de cision of an inferior tribunal) has found a priest, the Abb4S Vacher, guilty of publicly insulting the Emperor, propagating false news, and exciting citizens to hatred and contempt of each other. The corpus &heti consisted in a conversation in a railway carriage, wherein the priest, after diligently reading his breviary, pursuant to ecclesiastical instructions, talked to two fellow-passen gers, whose position in life he had ascer tained, in the way best calculated to stir them up to disaffection. To one who let out that he had a son in the army, and was glad to think that there was not likely to be war, the priest said, " True ; but there will be revolution ; the Em- • peror will not keep his place long, because he wants to despoil the Pope." To the other—a shoemaker, who complained of the high tux which he paid for his patent—the supple ecelesiastic—" all things to all men "—explained that the reason why poor tradesmen were oppressed was that the Emperor paid such large salaries to his courtiers. The court below acquitted the Abbi Vacher on the professed ground of the extreme stupidity of the witnesses against him. The appeal court, however, thought their testimony was credible, but, admitting " extenuating circumstances," let the defendant off with a fine of 23fr. and costs. SICILY. A private letter from Mtassiva of the 24th inst., to a gentleman at Malta, says : Here we are all quiet anti contented, and I really be lieve the same is the case in every part of Sicily. There a report of a political party from your island having lauded in the vicinity of Syiscuse, Pozzallo. I congratulate y, upon your having gut rid of such disturbers. The expedi tion cannot but be a disastrous .nie, hut they do not deserve to have their fate deplored. The Sicilians are completely sick of the Bourbons, and of their tyniunie rule, and all they want is to be left ,lone, to enjoy their present pervert security nailer the constitutional government of the King of Italy. The receiver of the letter states that he had heard nothing of the departure of the party of political disturber% referred to. FATAL FP - MT.—On Wednesday, the 3rd lust., an inquest was held before Mr. Coroner Swann at the village, of Kirk-Aslifichl, near Mauefield, upon the holy o f Isaiah Alen,Al who met bis death in • fight with a man named Heath on the previous Sunday. Both the men were colliers, and on Saturday evening last were drinking at • public-house is the village, when Allen challenged Heath out to fight. Heath at tint refused, but ultinuttely tureed out into the street, and both men were engaged in the tezlit Allen reeeived several knockdown blows, and was takes home insensible. He never rallied, and expired early on Sunday morning, • few hours after the affniy. The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Heath, and be was committed for trial at the next Notts waltzes. •