The Press. — London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

MAY 3, 1856. en d crackers let off in the lecture room, to such an extent that the reverend father was unable to pro- For a long time be withstood the storm, and cod. re plied with vigour to his assailants, but at length ret i re d. On two succeeding evenings, by the aid of a etrc , n g posso of police and proctors, the reverend father delivered two lectures upon "'The Inquisi tion," and on "Nunneries," in comparative quiet. 0.4 last lecture, indeed, was listened to with great attention* AN EDUCATIONAL CONTERZNCIL will be held at York in July next, upon the requisition of the arch bishop. All the clergy and laity of the diocese known to take an Interest in the subject of national education will be invited to attend. In the mean time a systematic inquiry is to be made throughout t'le diocese respecting the state of education, and the information thus obtained is to be made the basis of an appeal to the supporters of church schools, in order to extend the means of popular education. Lord J. Russell's resolutions and the influence of Government payments to masters and pupil teachers on the religious teaching of the schools under their charge, and other kindred subjects, will be discussed. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS AND THE BOARD OF TRIDE have not made up their late quarrel. A crowded meeting of the Shipowners' Association was h3ld in Liverpool on Wednesday, when the subject was discussed, and the conduct of the Board of Trade unanimously condemned. The ten reigned members of the local marine board will, it is believed, be re elected nem. con. The misunderstanding be tween the Board of Trade and this local board com menced about three months ago, on the refusal of tie Board of Trade to adopt the recommendation of the local board for increasing the salary of their secretary, Mr. J. T. Towson (well known to the com• rnercial and nautical world as one of the discoverers of the principle of great circle sailing). A large amount of correspondence passed between the two bodies, which resulted in the resignation of the above members. artlaut. ARCHBISHOP Cur.t.EN issued a pastoral last Sunday upon the Peace and upon Mr. Spooner's motion. Dr. Cullen, atter an eloquent appeal for a recognition of the zeal, devotedness, courage, and sacrifices of the Roman Catholic soldiers, chanlains, and sisters of mercy, proceeded to discuss the Maynooth question : Peace is not yet solemnly ratified, and yet the bigotry and intolerance of a violent party, which scarcely showed themselves in the time of war, have already commenced fierce attacks upon the Catholic Church, and have doomed to destruction, as far as in them lies, the only public Ca tholic institution which receives aid in this country from Government. The hundreds of millions paid by the Catholic population of Ireland to the Protestant establishment—the souree of so many evils in this country—are forgotten; but it is declared to be an intolerable grievance that a small subsidy should be granted for Catholic education. Has it not also been announced that attempts will soon be made to render the public system of education more hostile to our religion, and to convert national schools into nurseries of proselytism ? And is it not asserted that plans will be devised to turn away the private endowments of Catholic schools from their original purposes, and to introduce into them a mixed system, dangerous to the faith and morals of children? We repeat, dearly beloved brethren, that such trials may be expected. We are to be prepared to meet them with a spirit of Christian fortitude, ready to make every sacrifice rather than allow the education of the little onGs of Jesus Christ to be tampered with, or expose their faith to danger. The remainder of the pastoral is almost wholly de voted to a condemnation of tho Protestant pro selytisers. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION before the magis trates into the case of Mrs. Kelly's murder has re sulted in the commitment for trial of Mr. Strevens, the nephew of Mrs. Kelly, and one James Bannon. THE RAILWAY FORGERY CASE of Mr. Knighting was assuming a serious aspect, from the discovery of a clue to some gigantic frauds supposed to have been effected by that gentleman on eminent English com mercial firms. 1. , :a113 anb . loila. THE YANKEE HOTEL PLUNDERERS, Allen Howard and Oscar Kingston, were again brought up before Mr. Henry at Clerkenwell, on Monday, for re-exami nation, on the charge of stealing 5651., in three 1001. and other Boston notes, from the bed-room of Mr. Staniland, at the Great Northern Hotel, on the 18th . of Mar c h l ast. M r. Staniland, in giving further evi dence, said he cou ld no t swear t h at h e rea lly l os t his Purse in London. He had arrived from Boston, Lincolnshire, that night, and the last time he saw his purse was at Boston. Other witnesses identified the notes, and Mr. Speilman, of Lombard-street, swore to changing two of the 1001. notes for Ameri can gold dollars, for a "Mr, Howard," on the 11th of THE PRESS. April, but he could not swear to the prisoner. After some further evidence the prisoners were remanded for a week. THE BODY FOUND IN THE THAMES, supposed to be that of Foschini, the Rupert -street assassin, turned out on examination to be that of any one else but Foschini. The linen was marked H. F., but the body bore no scar on the thigh, by which it is known Foschini could be identified, and the eyes were blue, while those of Foschini are dark. A verdict of "Found drowned" was returned, and the police, for the moment taken off the scent, are vigorously hunt ing down the assassin, though at present they appear to be rather at fault. A CIIRIODS SMALL•DEBT CASE was decided last week in Glasgow. A grocer ticketed a large quan tity of sugar at "44d. per lb." A purchaser ordered the entire quantity at that price, but the grocer ob jected to sell more than one pound. The would-be purchaser brought an action, and the Sheriff de cided that the grocer was compelled to sell the entire quantity of sugar exposed for sale at the ticketed price. THE BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM PALMER was argued before the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, the Bank ruptcy Commissioner having declined to adjudicate. The question to decide was whether the imprison ment of Palmer, charged with murder and declared a bankrupt, was imprisonment under civil arrest within the spirit of the 69th section of the Bank ruptcy Act. The court declared that it was so, and ordered that upon the evidence given there was ground for adjudicating Mr. Palmer a bankrupt. The case will now be remitted to the Commissioner to dispose of. Great preparations are making at the Central Criminal Court for the approaching trial of the prisoner. It has been suggested that the ordi nary business of the session should be first disposed of, so that the two courts at the Old Bailey could be rendered available; hut no final arrangement has been yet agreed on. Mr. Serjeant Slice, Mr. Groves, Q.C., Mr. John Grey, and Mr. Kenealy, will defend Palmer at the trial. A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM GAOL was made during the sessions on Tuesday by thirteen convicts confined in the Glasgow prison. A warden incautiously by himself opened the door of a cell where the fresh convicted prisoners were coi lected previous to being drafted off to separate cells, in order to put in two fresh arrivals just come down from the session court. ln an instant a rush was made, thirteen got out, knocked down the warders, and for half an hour roamed about the prison, making vain efforts to escape. They were all eventually le captured. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, April 29. BANKRUPTS.—JOHN DICKENSON, Cosham, near Portsmouth, licensed victualler and dealer in artificial manure—Lours BRoDE, Noble-street, City, and Compton-street, Brunswick square, Mid dlesex, fancy boxmaker and importer of foreign goods—JOSEPH HALE BRYAN, Lambeth-walk, Lambeth, Surrey, oil and colour• man and tallow chandler— SAMUEL I I oox, Tovill, near Maid, tone, paper manufacturer, end Chalford. near Stroud, Gloucester, silk throwster—Enwrw TOMLINSON, Barnes-tray, Crayford, Kent, India-rubber manufacturer, waterproofer, and dealer in water proof clothing—SAßAH WOOLDRIDGE, High•street, Winchester, butcher—Jou N IN SE nsoLT, Sawbri dgewon.h, Hertford, brewer— JusErH ARCHIBALD JOYCE, Rood-lane, Fenchurchortreet, City, merchant—EDWAßD DEACON COOPER,Bawdsey, near Wodbridge, 'Suffolk, grocer and draper—JoHN DAVIES, Shrewsbury, printer and bookseller—SUSAN STONE, George-inn, Littledcan. Glou cester, innkeeper and licensed victualler—THOMAS WILL'AMS, Crickhowell, Brecon, grocer and draper—GEOßGE CLAYTON and GEORGE CROOKES, Angel-street, Sheffield, grocers, tea dealers, and hop merchants—JOHN WYLDE, Sheffield, licensed victualler —EDWARD LANE, New-ferry, Chester, merchant and shipowner —Jotter HYDE, Stockport, Chester, spindlemaker—RonEtor ORaELL. Ashton•under•Lyne, Lancaster, chemist and druggist— BENJAMIN FORSTER, Newcastle-upon• Type surd Wallsend, draper and grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—Joan WQUARRIE, Aber deen, furnishing tailor and clothier--Wimasx STEVENSON, Garngad•road, Glasgow, baker. Friday, May 2. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—C umnis En Ann BIRD, Old Broad-street, merchant. BANKRUPTS.—THOMAS WARD, Great Winchester-street, City, commission agent—HENRY COXON, South Shields, book seller and stationer—WM. JAMES BEBELL, Gloucester, ship builder BRITON RICHARDSON, Manchester, dyer HENRY BAOAR, Manchester, innkeeper —JOHN BILTON and WILLIAM MACKENZIE NNYLLIE WEETSS, linendrapers— BEN. CASSON, and HENRY CASSON, Kingston. upon - Hull, tanners—GEonoE ROBINSON, Weilington-terrace, Clapham-rise, bookseller—Wx. BRINKLEY, Bruton-place. Berkeley-square, Middlesex, builder—JOHN 'WHITTAKER, Manchester, flour dealer -JAMES MOORE, A rda ick, Manchester, livery.stablekeeper— Wm. WILLIAMS and Wu. ROBERTS, Gwern-y•Mynydd, Flintshire, builders. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—ANDREW BROWN, T.anark, grocer—Jona Lova, Glasgow, wine and spirit merchant— Wim.mx REID and PETER SAUNDERS, junior, Dundee, leather merchants. THE lIIPERIAL PRINCE OF FRANCE has been rolled as an enfant de troupe in the Ist Grene.4..er Regiment of the Imperial Guard. The same honours are ordered to be paid to him as to the Emreror and Empress. The report that the Pope will really come to Paris to baptise the child has re vived this week, and is very generally believed in Pariz. A 1 ti 41 SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Count Morny, it is stated in letters from Park, will not only represent the Emperor of the French at the coronation of the Emperor of Russia at Mos cow, but will remain provisionally as ambassador at St. Petersburg. General De la Rue only accom panies the mission. Baron Brunow arrived at Chesham-place yester day afternoon, at four p.m. His Excellency comes only as the envoy bearing to the English Court the formal announcement of the death of the Emperor Nicholas, and the accession of the Emperor Alexander to the Imperial throne, and will notremain iu Lonthn more than ten days. The Queen held an investiture of the Order of the Thistle yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, fir the admission of the Duke of Argyll. The navigation of the Gulf of Riga was reopened on the 26th ult., by the arrival of a Swedish screw steamer at Riga with a cargo of salt. Eighty other vessels were in sight. Lord Clarendon last night laid upon the table of the House of Lords the entire correspondence upon the American question. The Foreign Secretary's closing despatch of the "30th April, 1856," is the most important feature. Lord Clarendon reviews the whole question at length, and narrows tl.e points at issue between the Governments to three, viz.,—Did her Majesty's Government order or con template any violation of the neutrality laws of the United States in their desire to enlist men ; were those laws ever violated by British agents ; and, lastly, if any violation took place, had sufficient satisfaction been given ? On the first point Lord Clarendon offers the most positive denial ; on the second he states that Mr. Crampton, Mr. Rowcroft, Mr. Mathew, and Mr. Barclay unanimously deny that they ever violated the law, and refuses to accept the charges of such persons as Hertz and Srrc bel against men of unquestioned honour. With respect to the last point Lord Clarendon refers to the offers of satisfaction and explanation already given by her Majesty's Government, and concludes : "The Government of the United States had been led to suppose that the law and the sovereign rights of the United States had not been respecrid ny her Majesty's Government, and relying dpon evidence deemed to be trustworthy, they believed that that law and those rights had been infringed by British agents. If such had been the case, the Government of the United States would have been entitled to Ce mend, and her Majesty's Government would not have hesitated to afford, the most ample satisfaction, for no discredit can attach to the frank admission and com plete reparation of an unquestionable wrong. Her Ma jesty's Government, however, unequivocally disclaim any intention either to infringe the law, or to disregard the policy, or not to respect the sovereign rights of the United States, and the Government of the United States will now, for the first time, learn that her Majesty's Minister at Washington, and her Majesty's Consuls at New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati, solemnly affirm that they have not committed any of the acts that have been imputed to them." The grand review for the Queen's birthday is fixed to take place in Windsor Great Park. The Guards and Crimean regiments will be present. Dr. Macleod, in a letter to the Daily News of this morning, anticipates the return of Mr. Bright to his seat in the house by July at the latest. All un favorable syn ptoms have disappeared. Saturday morning, 11 a.m. .. .. .. .. .. 92a a Consols fm Account AUSTRIA'S CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE is daily be coming more apparent. Roman Catholic priests in Vienna, and at Ingersdorff and Jedlehem, Botzen and Meran, have refused in several instances to permit the burial of Protestants in a Catholic church yard. In one case, at Meran, after a Protestant bad been buried, the priests ordered the body to be dug up and reburied in the neighbouring forest. In the Tyrol the Bishops of Trent and Brizen have petitioned the Government to annul the law per witting non.Catholie persons to buy laud,