The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-13 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1865. -e - The British Association has carried on its labours with zeal and assiduity, and they are now winding up with festive assemblies. The Mayor gave a banquet to the members of the Association on Mon day, at which some interesting speeches were made. Sir E. BELCIIER made some appropriate remarks in responding on behalf of the navy, and said that in former days their ships were hearts of oak, and were built at the sea-side, but that now the good people of Birmingham know a great deal more about " their iron walls than they did themselves." He went on to say in an amusing manner that if asked how they liked the change, they would say that they did not like it at all, for the iron ships prevented them from distinguishing themselves. "If they took an enemy's ship they could not board her, and when they were sick of firing at one ano ther, they could just head off and look at each other !" Lord STANLEY returned thanks for the House of Commons, and after paying a tribute to the merits of Lord HOUGHTON, who was present, and who, as an ex -member of that assembly, might have taken the office upon himself, the noble lord proceeded to make some observations on the character of the House, which were distin guished for their truth and discernment. No thing, indeed, is more worthy of notice than the capabilities which the House displays as a body for finding out who is worthy of attention in debate and who is not, and Lord STANLEY spoke on this subject with the experience of seventeen years. The noble lord afforded considerable amusement by his definition of those wonderful orators, who are supposed to be able to take the House by storm, hut who never succe e d in commanding the applause of listening senates. These fluent speakers, he said, were supposed to possess a great command of lan guage, whereas it would be truer to say that " lan guage has great command of them, because they have about as much command of it as a man has of a runaway horse." These heroes are left to declaim to empty benches, and, on the other hand, speaks in an unco u th and some man, who, perhap s, awkward fashion, gains the attention of four or five h un d r ed members, b ecaus e, as is he re stated, he really seeks to contribute some new idea to the discussion that is going on. This shows that there is great justice in the judg ments of the House, and whenever its verdict is pronounced for or against the ability and position of a man aspiring to come forward prominently in public life, it may be implicitly relied on, and the public may fearlessly endorse it. It is well known that Lord STANLEY has always been in favour of " competitive examinations," and on this occasion he observed, with great truth, that the House of Commons itself is a competitive exa mination. Some years ago when people tried to put down these attempts, it was said with a sneer, "Why confine this system to clerks, and why not have it for Chancellors of the Exchequer and for Secretaries of State ?" The noble lord remarked that his answer was then as it would be now, that no one can possibly attain a leading position in the House without having to go through some such an ordeal as that referred to. A career in the House is a trial of many things—it ire a " trial of physical strength and endurance, a trial of pat .:ice and tczap, - •:,r ; it 7:3 a trial of readi ness, of thorough and a:curate knowledge, and, last and chief of all, it is a trial of common sense and knowledge of the world." A better definition could not possibly be given of the requirements of a member, who seeks to do something more than call himself one, and those who aspire to success or eminence had better heed the warning of Lord STANLEY, and reflect that if he fails in any of the particulars above cited, but more especially in the last, he will not do for the House of Commons if he should get anywhere else a seat. There is indeed no royal road to distinction in that assembly any more than there is to learning. None can deny the truth of Lord STANLEY'S remarks, that there never was a popular assembly in the world that commanded so much respect, and exercised so much power as the English House of Commons. This is in part a universally acknowledged thing ; it is felt by all classes at home, and assented to by all nations abroad, from the despot who shrinks from its com ments to the races struggling for freedom, who both want its sympathy and wait for its approval. Lord STANLEY represented the chief cause of this power very fairly, when he said that it was because there never had existed in the world a " legislative body whose component parts were thoroughly inde pendent in social position and feeling." This is precisely the secret of its security and strength, of its success, and, what is of far greater consequence, its pervices for good and greatness to the people. The great majority of the House, asthe noble lord said, is composed of men who have nothing to fear or to gain from a Minister, and therefore they could " follow a Minister without servility, and oppose him without asperity." It is only perfect independence that can secure the respect of the public, and enable any body of men to do their duty to society, and the House of Commons, by preserving this inestimable privi lege intact and inviolate, has conferred a benefit and a blessing on its generation, and as such it will be prized and estimated by all succeeding ones, for, as Lord STANLEY remarked, there is no reason to fear that the house will ever lose the position it now holds in public opinion. The opening of another Industrial Exhibition has given Lord BELPER the opportunity of making a sensible and kindly speech on the mental position of the working classes. As lord-lieutenant of the county of Nottingham Lord BELPER presided at the inauguration of the Midland Counties Art and Industrial Exhibition, held in Nottingham yester day. His lordship, after remarking on the wonderful progress of invention, and the gorgeous display presented by the great International Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862, observed that these industrial exhi bitions belonged to a different class. The term " working-classes" could not be said with propriety to be exclusively applied to any one class, since all men had their duty to perform and must work hard at it if they wished to dis charge it faithfully. But the chief thing which struck him in these exhibitions was that they proved that our mechanics and artisans were not exclusively absorbed in the routine of their daily labour. ADAM SMITH, many years ago, had spoken of the engrossing nature of mechanical toil, and had declared that too often a man's dexterity in his, particular trade seemed to be acquired " at the expense of his intellectual, social, and mental vir tues." Lord BELPER very truly said that if this was a true picture of the working classes sixty years ago it was certainly very incorrect now ; and the very progress of machinery has itself been an educatiOn. ADAM SMITII'S assertion, that the uniformity of a mechanic's or tradesman's life renders him alike unfit and unwilling to defend his country in time of war, has been sufficiently answered by our bodies of Volunteers. The mental training which these exhibitions indirectly confer is no unimportant part of their good effects. An artisan, looking round on what men like himself have done, feels impelled to try whether he cannot use something besides his chisel or his spade. They form a new and interesting feature in our social life, and, as they combine intellectual and artistic instruction with recreation, they especially commend themselves to the sober and practical Englishman. Those who followed with interest the comments of the French press upon the recent international fetes will remember that special reference was made to the honour paid in England to the memory of a distinguished Frenchman, Lieut. BELLOT, whose statue occupies a conspicuous position in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital. Well deserved that tribute at the hands of Englishmen, for he lost his life in an English Arctic expedition, and the immediate cause of his death was his attempt to save the lives of some English sailors. His very presence in those latitudes was dictated by the most chivalrous feeling, since he had volunteered his services on behalf of the search for Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, and his death was deeply lamented in this country. His countrymen have just done equal honour to an Englishman whose services were rendered not to one nation in particu lar, but to the world at large ; not to the men of one epoch, but to the whole human race. While this enlarges his claims on the general gratitude it does not render the compliment which France pays to England less graceful or less pointed, for it is not France alone who has profited by the labours of Dr. JENNER, nor was it in France that he pursued his studies. Not until 1800 was the beneficent discovery made which so greatly curtailed the powers of the scourge of the eighteenth century, made known across the Channel owing to the war. The first pause in the hostilities was taken advantage of by two of the followers of Dr. JENNER, and earnest advocates of the system. Drs. WOODVILLE and NOWELL crossed over to Boulogne, and succeeded in speedily convincing the medical profession and the inhabitants of the efficacy of vaccination, both as a preventive and a cure ; a cure, at least, in so far that it greatly diminishes the risk and virulence of the disease, and obviated in a great measure the consequent disfigurement. France has now shown that she has not forgotten these philanthropic efforts by breaking through the general rule that each nation must only commemorate its own great men. hope, laidT llis narrow and t and leas s t e l fi i s n h c t o h u e n o t r y r i e s i s s n o o h w i , gh w ly e gener a l tuitmtel a ru y le u i n n it m ed a tt a e s rs F o r France n s c c e ien a c n e d , civilised a n d 50 • England. As a invention, or philanthropy, he wh o b ene fi ts the one confers an advantag e on the other; and if enlightened and liberal men are inclined to do honour to the memory of a public benefactor, it is right that no national prejudice, no petty- jealousy, should be suffered to stand in the way. So far back as the year 1857 the Socik6 des Sciences Industrielles Parisat con sidered a proposition that France should erect a statue to the memory of Dr. JENNER. They resolved to carry out the idea ; and, as to do so it was necessary to obtain the sanction of the Govern ment, the compliment passed from a mere local expression of feeling to a national tribute. It was decided, of course, that the statue should be raised in Boulogne-sur-lifer, both' because that city was the scene of the English doctor's first experiment, and also because it was situated in so great a thoroughfare . between England and the Con tinent. The French were naturally de.-,ir - 011f3 that Englishmen should se: the statue, and the offer of the gift having been gladly accepted by the municpality, under M. ADAM the preparations went on prosperously. On Mon last the statue was unveiled with due pomp and ceremony, in the presence of several members of the Paris Societe, the legislative functionaries connected with Boulogne, the local authorities, the municipal council, and, as a matter of course, a large body of French and English residents. The bands of the commune and the various companies who, in their dress de fête, give such a gay and animated appear ance to the streets of a French town, were also pro minent in the procession, which passed with great state from the Hotel de Ville to the Place des Bains, where the statue was finally erected. The statue, which is the work of M. PALM, who nobly declined any remuneration for his labour, stands on a pedestal 12 feet high and measures 10 feet. It is of bronzed iron, the right foot placed over the word " Angle terre," and the left over the word " France." On the pedestal is inscribed "A EDWARD JENNER, la France reconnaissante 11th September, 1865." M. le Marquis DE PLANT; who made a short address on the occasion, observed that it would be impossible for any Englishman to pass through Boulogne without appreciating the honour accorded, as well to Dr. JENNER as to the British nation. Such a demonstration as this will go far to cement the entente cordiale now subsisting between the two nations ; and it emphatically proves that France is not dazzled by military glory alone, but is capable of valuing at their true rate the nobler and more enduring victories of science, philanthropy, and civilisation. The Cattle Plague and the Turkish Bath. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To your readers who have not the oppor tunity of using with their plague-stricken cattle the powerful remedy—hot air—known as the Turkish Bath, I trust you will allow me to recommmend an application of heat that has proved a boon to many of my neighbours who could not bring their cattle to my bath. Swaith the animal in hot rugs, and pour over it, at intervals of ten minutes, water as hot as it can bear. According to its strength this may be con tinued from three-quarters to one and a half hours. The operation should be preceded by wasbing with hot water and soap. After removing the rugs wash lightly with tepid water and dry well. Don't sheet. Keep the patient in a dry, airy place, with access to grass if possible. Boiled linseed should be given in very weak cases, poured down the throat. Avoid bleeding and physicing. I had hoped to have tried the effect of heat on the cattle plague, but am kept at home with a broken arm.—Yours truly, J. E. SCRIVEN. Bond vile, Tynan, Co. Armagh, Sept. 11. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —CONVERSION of CAPITAL into S I'OCK. CLOSING of TRANSFER-BOOKS from 30th Sept. to the 21st Oct., 1865.—1 n pursuance of a Resolution of the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company, held on the 9th Aug., 1865,. whereby it was ordered that the Eight per Cent. 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Ta-Monnow.-Morning, Bh. 59m.—Afternoon, 9h. 45m. nit cht G„..0, rnE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, lEEE, STATE OF TRADE __ -----t._-_ MANCHESTER, Sept. 12.—Since Friday last our market for yarns and cloths generally has been quieter, though there has been little disposition on the part of sellers to make any abatement in price, most of the produ'iers being now well under contract, and unwilling to take new offers which are not of an advantageous character. To-day the shipping market for yarns has been very strong, and we have had a fair amount of business doing at the extreme prices of last week. Spinners of these yarns are so deeply under contract that they will listen to nothing like concession in price, and buyers find great diffi culty in many instances in obtaining suitable yarns for the respective markets. The market for home-trade yarns has been very steady, but there has not been much business effected. There is no change of prices since last week, but this branch of the market is less animated, and buyers appear more disposed to wait. The cloth-market for some days past has been in fluenced by the quitcr tone of the Liverpool cotton market, and buyers have been less willing to operate than they were last week. The fully engaged posi tion of manufacturers, however, has quite prevented any giving way in prices. To-day we have a fair inquiry and some business, and for all classes of goods sellers hold steadily for last week's prices, showing little disposition to make concession, though buyers have made lower offers. Where manufac turers have to seek orders, prices are against them, but as a class producers are well engaged. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report this day's cloth-market as follows :—" Since Friday our market has been rather quieter, in sympathy with Liverpool, but there has been no quotable change in values. To-day the inquiry is pretty general, and, although the business has been large, there is but little disposition to con cede in prices." LEEDS, 12th.—There has been a moderate attend ance in the cloth-halls this morning, buyers as well as sellers. Seasonable fabrics, including both heavy goods and those of lighter make for ladies' wear, were in fair request. Considering the stocks of new goods offered in the halls, a satisfactory amount of business has been done, and the condition and pro spects of the woollen trade throughout this district are healthy. Prices keep firm, those of cloth as well as those of wool. NOTTINGHAM, 12th.—There was a very small at tendance at our Exchange-hall to-day, and the de mand for lace yarns was quiet, at nominally un altered rates. Hosiery yarns firm. Silks fully as dear. There was not much doing in brown nets, and prices have very little altered. ROCHDALE, 11th.—To-day's flannel-market has been quiet, and although some first-class men were present there was but little buoyancy in the proceed ings. Both during the past week at the warehouses and to-day in the market the only inquiries were for printers and fancy goods, and in the plain de partment for flannels of the finer qualities. Some small lots of the better kind of Yorkshire goods were disposed of, but no business at all was done in the lower qualities. VISIT OF THE FYCHOW GIANT TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Last evening Chang Woo Gow, the Fychow giant, his wife King Foo, and his friends and followers, including the singular Tartar dwarf, Chang Mow, all of whom have recently arrived in this country from China, had the honour of an interview with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royal personages at Marlborough House. Mr. Marquis Chisholm, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Thomas Balding attended for the purpose of introducing the Celestials and affording infor mation in reply to the questions of the royal party, which included, besides the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, the Duke of Cam bridge, the Princess Hilda of Anhalt-Dessau, and the Prin cess Victoria of Hesse. The interview was one of curious interest, the Chinese visitors being dressed in their state robes, and observing towards English royalty the same forms which would have regulated their approach to the Emperor of China. Only once, at the desire of the Prince of Wales, did Chang remove his hat, the motive of the re quest having relation only to the subject of Chang's extra ordinary height. The prince also desired Chang Woo Gow to write his name on the wall of the room, and the giant displayed an amusing readiness to deface the splendid de corations. The Princess of Wales was graciously pleased to accept from Chang a letter of compliment, after the Chinese fashion ; and Chung Mow, the dwarf, was per mitted to present the little Princess Victoria with his fan, which a moment before he had been using in true Chinese manner. The greatest pleasure was expressed with the visit by all the members of the royal party. TIIE ENTENTE CORDIALE.—M. Alfred Assollant has an arti c l e i n th e C our i er d u Dimancke apropos I a t i subject b e ships i i ; — p : have Glory b o b e e n compared to God, and found of the fetes at Cherbo urg , B res t, an d P or t smou th. Th e followi ng passa ge i n di cates M . Assollant ' s mode of treat ing then'tißal f le n v d to be over. The plating s of of equal thickness. The range of ' the guns was tried and found to be adequate. M. DupuYLome do is content • M Trouille de Bea u li eu satisfied; ArmstrongM. M. Whitworth happy. Th e M arquis de ChasselP ou Laubat has embraced the Duke of S omerset, and has been -embraced by him. There was a good dinner at Cherbourg—a capital one at Brost; great quantities of roast beef at Portsmouth. The Magenta offered her arm to the Warrior, and the Achilles did the same to La Gloire. ' Vive rEmpereur ! ' and ' Vive la Reins!' were shouted. Port ran like a river and Bordeaux like a stream. They are fine fellows—we aro fine fellows—you are fine fellows. Hurrah! Vivat !” THE SUPPOSED ARREST OF " BROTHER MAURUS." —The individual arrested at Birkenhead, under the sup position that he was "Brother Maurus," alias the Rev. Henry Arthur Morton, has been X.6 , :hArged from custody, it being found that he was not the person " wanted." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from New York on the 2d inst., arrived here at 4 30 a.m. to-day with 201 passengers, P 8,239, and £llB in specie. She landed 36 passengers and proceeded for Liverpool at 445 a.m. All well. Her telegrams have been anticipated. 4 per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 30 Do. end month 69 271 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3595 Credit Foncier 1330 -- Italian Loan 66 15 Do. end month 66 30 BAILV THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman RIO DE JANEIRO, AUG. 25. Exchange on London has been negotiated at 238 to 224 ;' on Paris, at 406 to 415. Coffee, good first, 7,400 to 7,500 reis. Shipments since the departure of the last mail, 65,000, bags, including 10,700 bags for the Channel. Stock, 82,000 bags freights, 60s. (? 405.) BAHIA, AUG. 29. Exchange on London, 24 to 24} ; Sugar, 2,100 to 2,300 reis:, cottons, 16,500 to 16,500 to 17,000 reis. PERNAMBITCO, SEPT. 1. Exchange on London, 25k to 25 to 25f ; cottons, 15,000 to 16,000 reis. The steamer La Plata arrived here on the 28th of August. LISBON, SEPT. 12. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Navarre, with the Bengal mails, arrived here at eight o'clock this evening. THE DAVENPuRT BROTHERS. PARIS, SEPT. 13. Yesterday evening, at a séance given here by the Davenport Brothers, great commotion was caused through the discovery of the secret by one of the spectators. The public loudly hissed the performers, and the police cleared the room, and compelled the Davenport Brothers to return the entrance money. V The above is also corroborated by a telegram to Professor Anderson, at the St. James's Hall, from Mons. Robin, Paris. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 12. 1 kThe Queen of Spain arrived at Vittoria this evening. The Epoca asserts that on the return of the Court to Madrid Senior Bermundez Castro, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will tender his resignation. MADRID, Sept. 9. The Central Progressist Committee have inter posed their authority to terminate the dispute be tween the Iberia and Soberania Nacional, to the great relief of the public, who are growing weary of a quarrel that had degenerated into a mere inter change of personalities between the directors of the two periodicals. A communication addressed to the Iberia by the committee announces that a meeting had been held to consider the best means of termi nating the polemic. After having heard explana tions from both sides, whence it appeared that no difference existed with regard to political principles or conduct, the committee hope that the parties will allow the dispute to drop, thus affording another practical proof of the harmony and discipline pre vailing in the party. Great efforts are being made to remove any dissi dence among the Progressists with respect to Espar tero and Olezaga. It has been represented in both quarters how greatly - the strength of the party would be weakened by the continuance of such a spectacle of division as it has lately afforded. Senor Olozaga has accordingly written to his friends that, if his personality be an obstacle to the reconciliation and triumph of his party, he is resolved to condemn himself to ostracism for ever. Nevertheless the wound of dissension is not healed, and arises more from a conflict of ideas than mere personal rivalry between the two chieftains. Since 1837, Espartero and Olozaga, who have held supreme influence over the progressist party, have followed a different political course. The Duke of Victoria is considered rather as a lover of liberty in the abstract than as being capable of realising a concrete and practical system of government. Olozaga, an ardent admirer of constitutional monarchy, has deeply studied the institutions which have raised England to her present greatness, and has dedicated all the faculties of his robust intelligence and powerful elo quence to transplanting his ideal to Spain. Espar tero, the idol of the people, and enjoying the high respect of all Liberals, both from his personal character and great service in the overthrow of the Carlists, is nevertheless judged by many to be, a theorist, perhaps a dangerous one, incapable of placing liberty upon a firm and stable basis. Olo zaga is associated with the constitution of 1837, which contained, though in embryo, all the ele ments which enter into the constitutional sys tem. Since 1843 this statesman has been the soul of the party, both in the Tribune and the press, he has consolidated its organisation and main tained its faith in the future. The clerical authorities are making great efforts in view of the approaching elections, but it is said that the parochial clergy are not so submissive in political matters to their reverend superiors as the latter expected. The Moderadoes who reckon upon the probabi lities of a Mon-Pacheco Ministry are earnestly striving to prevent the dissolution of the present Congress. One of their organs recently published an article representing that since the Progressists persisted in abstention, one principal reason for the dissolution of the Congress ceased to exist. The finances required besides urgent and well-consi dered measures, which a new Congress could not enter upon for many months. The Epoca in treating this subject denies all probability to any such Ministerial combination. The Duke of Tetuan, it states, possesses the entire confidence of the Crown, and will be able to carry out the disso lution of Parliament without any obstacle. THE PRINCIPALITIES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 6. It is stated here that in consequence of the recent insurrection at Bucharest, Sir Henry Bulwer pro posed to the Porte and the representatives of the protecting Powers of the Principalitie s to send com missioners to the Roumanian capita l, with the view of putting an end to the present lamentable state of affairs. Sir Henry is said to have stated that all the advices recently received here from the Princi palities serve to prove that the most complete anarchy, together with an intolerable despotism, prevails in those provinces, and that, therefore, the insurrection of the 18th August can only be re garded as a symptom of the discontent of the inhabitants, who are irritated to the utmost by injustice and oppression. The representatives of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Italy expressed their willingness to support Sir Henry's proposal. The Marquis de Monster, the French Ambassador at the Porte, nevertheless resolutely protested against the proposition, and was warmly supported by Aali Pacha. The Porte appears to have no in terest in protecting Prince Couza. But it cannot have escaped the notice of so keen an observer as Aali Paschs.,that after the fall of the pres e n t ruler the inhabitants of Moldo-Wallachia would almost unanimously request the protecting Powers to name a Prince aa'their sovereign. An arrangement of this charact , would be equivalent to a total loss of the Danubian . Principalities by Turkey, and would overthrow the bulwarks of integrity behind which she has weathered so many storms. 69fr. 22ic. Italian Fives, 66fr. 35c. Transactions take place in Credit Mobilier Shares at 816 fr. 25c., in the Societe Generale at 610 fr., and in Transat lautiques at 528 fr. 75c. Immobiliere Shares are quoted 525 fr. Mexican Old Loan is doing at 51fr. Three o'clock.—The market slightly improved to wards the end, and closed with the following quota- QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 13. tions Ditto Threes Roman Mexican Loan sok. Do. Bonds 337 50 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes - HOMI3 Debt Deferred Cash. Amt. 831 25 1093 75 876 25 ... 568 75 536 25 230 - - 413 75 - - 467 50 - - ... 218 75 - - 317 50 217 50 General Lamoriciere. Another noteworthy name must be added to the necrology of 1865. A telegraphic despatch an nounces the death, on Monday night, at his château of Prausel, of the famous General de Lamoriciere— famous no less as a general than as a minister and a representative of the people. Christopher Louis Leon Juchault de Lamoriciere was born of Legitimist parents at Nantes, February 5, 1806, so that he had not yet attained his 60th year. From 1824 to 1826 he was at the Polytechnic School, thence he was sent to the school of applica tion at Metz, and at length obtained a commission in the engineers, starting for Africa as lieutenant in the Algerian expedition. The Ist of November, 1830, saw him a captain, and from that time his fortunes were brilliant, as his merits were distin guished. When the corps of Zouaves was formed our hero joined it, and was remarkable for his in telligence and his audacity. In 1833 Gen. Avizard gave him the direction of the " First Arab Bureau," and in the same year he became cef de bataillon of Zouaves; then (December,lB3s) lieutenant-colonel; colonel, November, 1837, after the siege of Con stantine, during which he was wounded by the explo sion of a mine. After a year in Paris (1839) he returned to Africa in 1840, and distinguished himself at , • Mouzaia, and was made marechal de camp. In 1843 he became lieutenant-general ; in 1844, comman dant of the Legion of Honour ; in 1845, ad interim governor-general of Algeria. Lamoriciere had passed through 18 campaigns in Africa, and (June 5, 1841) deservedly received high praise from Marshal Bugeaud after the affairs of Tagdempt and Mascara. In 1844 he signalised him self at the battle of Isly, and in 1847 organised the famous expedition which resulted in the capture of the Emir, Abd-el-Kader, by the Duke d'Aumale, his reward for which was his promotion to the rank of grand officer of the Legion of Honour, Jan. 14, 1848. Two years before this last affair, in 1846, Lamo riciere had been returned to Parliament by the College of St. Calais (Sarthe) ; he had failed a couple of months before in standing for the Ist arrondissement of Paris. He joined the ranks of the Opposition, and was proposed as Minister of War in the combinations of which Thiers, Mole, and Barrot were the guiding spirits. On the memorable 24th of February, 1848, Lamoriciere appeared on the scene of the revolt in the uniform of a colonel of the National Guard, and proclaimed the abdication of the King and the Regency of the Duchess of Orleans. His horse was killed and he was wounded—in fact, he was only saved from certain death by some workmen more rational than their comrades. Under the Provisional Go vernment he was offered the Ministry of War, and also the military command of the interior, but re fused both. lie was, however, re-elected sixth out of twelve for the department of the Sarthe. During the fearful days of June he warmly supported Cavaignac, and put down the insurrection at the Faubourg Poissoniere and at the Bastille. From June 28 to December 20 we find him Minister of War—the most moderate of the Democratic party, an eloquent speaker, and an intelligent practical ad ministrator. Lamoriciere did not oppose the Emperor in his candidature for the Presidency ; but he disap proved of the intervention in Italy. He was re elected for the Sarthe, and elected also for the Seine, and accepted a special mission to Russia in relation to the affairs of Hungary, but arrived at. St. Petersburg after the fall of the Hungarian na tionality had rendered his mission of no avail. He is said to have got on well enough with the Em peror Nicholas, but the news of the advent to power in France of Odillon Barrot and his friends deter mined him to return home at once. He opposed (June 14, 1851) the revision of the Constitution, and (November 17) voted for the project which was to give to the Assembly the command of the army. It is hardly necessary to say after this that he was one of those arrested on the memorable 2d of December, 1851. He was imprisoned for a time in Ham, and thence he was conducted to Cologne. He might have remained in France by taking the oath submitted to him, but he refused. He lived quietly in Germany, in Belgium, and in England, till, in 1857, the death in France of one of his children afforded the emperor a graceful op portunity of inviting the veteran to return uncon ditionally to France, and Lamoriciere was enabled to pass his last year in his native country. It would have been well if he had staid there instead of head ing the ridiculously abortive expedition of a few zealots to defend the Pope from his own people. The piety of a French general must have been of a singularly pronounced kind when it led him to ruin his reputation as a soldier for the sake of the Ponti fical cause. In his proclamation he actually com pared the " revolution" in Italy to The Italian Government were furious. Fanti and Cialdini took Perouse, annihilated Lamoriciere's army at Castel-Fidardo, besieged him in Ancona, and forced him to capitulate. In his report of this pitiful affair Lamoriciere complained of the decep tion practised on him, and the failure of the sup port which he was promised. He forgot that, high as might be his own reputation, and brilliant his own exploits at the head of his own national troops, there was small chance of success for a body of ill drilled, dispirited Italians combating their own countrymen. Latterly Lamoriciere has not been much before the world. His last achievement was a quarrel with Cardinal Antonelli, in which he defended the French troops from the cardinal's strictures in reference to their prosecution of the vagabond brigands, whose existence is a scandal and a disgrace to the Pontifical Government. INHUMAN ATTACK UPON A MOTHER.—On Satur day night in the village of Holymoorside, situate about four miles from Chesterfield, a very brutal attack was made on an old widow, aged 75, by a profligate son who had been in the army, but was soon " drummed out." On Saturday night he had been drinking at Chesterfield, and his mother went to fetch him. He went with her to a publichouso at Holymoorside, and had more drink there. At a late hour ho went home with his mother, being ac companied by a woman with whom he co-habited. They had not been in the house long before he knocked his mother down, kicking her in a most frightful manner, and she lay as though dead. On the following morning Drs. Fould and Robinson were called in, and they found her face one mass of cuts and bruises, her nose being smashed to pieces. Several of her ribs had been knocked off the spine, and the bone had penetrated her lungs. Her sides were one mass of bruises. The surgeons gave no hopes of her recovery, and the son was apprehended. Yesterday he was brcught before Mr, E. G. Maynard and Mr. G. Heath cote. Inspector Gorman stated that the surgeons had no hope of the recovery of the woman, and hd had to ask for the prisoner's remand. Prisoner said both he and his mother were "fresh," and he did not know that he had dol it. The Bench remanded him, and ordered the depo .'sitione of the poor woman to be at once taken. Prisoner has never done anything to support his mother, and she has onlybeen kept alive by parish relief. COBDEN AS A RELIGIOUS MAN.—Although not obtrusively communicative on public occasions of points of religious faith, Mr. Cobden was a really religious man. A frequent remark of his was—" You have no hold of any man I who has no religious faith."—MGiWriat's Life of Cobden. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept 12.—Two o'clock.—The market is again flat, but prices generally maintain a fractional advance. The Mexican Loan has recovered half per cent. Threes, for the Account, are quoted WAYS. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day -4.- - SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) RAILWAY COUPONS-SAMUELS Y. THE CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover a sum of money upon some warrants or coupons of the defendants' company. Plaintiff stated that the company had offices in Chatham place, in the city, and that certain sums of money had been raised on bonds, the warrants for which were made pay able at a bank in London. Plaintiff, as the holder of these warrants, presented them to the bank, but there were no advices for payment. His Honour, upon looking at the warrants, could hardly see how plaintiff was in a position to sue upon them. Plaintiff replied that the bank had paid similar coupons when they were presented. His Honour did not think the Court had jurisdiction. Plaintiff—But the company has large offices in Chatham place, and employs three or four clerks. His Honour-31y difficulty does• not aris?, from any question of locality, but I am not quite satisfied that these documents bind the company. Have you possession of the bonds upon which the coupons were given ? Plaintiff—No, nor can I get them ; but I apprehend that for all present purposes those are the bonds. His Honour—Oh, no ; they are the coupons or English warrants. Plaintiff—And at the bottom your honour will find the words, " this warrant paid on presentation." His Hpnour—You see that there is not even .a cheque. If it were a cheque it is quite clear that a stamp would be required. In my opinion the company is only liable to the holder of a bond, and I do not think they can pay the money to any one else. Plaintiff—l think if your honour looks into the docu- Rent you will find that it is a promise to pay the holder certain monies. * His Honour—l confess that lam not quite satisfied with the document, but will treat it as an I 0 U, as no one appears for the company. You will have judgment upon it as an I 0 U. Verdict for plaintiff with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, 611114 1, • The Prince and Princess of Wales• --41. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and Prin cess Hilda of Anhault, and attended by their ladies and gentlemen in waiting, went to the Crystal Palace yesterday. In the evening their Royal Highnesses went to the Adelphi Theatre. Her Majesty arrived at Balmoral at 3 this after noon (Sept. 12). Yardage of the Countess of jersey and Mr. Bra ndlin g. The marriage of the Countess of Jersey with Mr. Charles Brandling was solemnised yesterday at St. Paul's • Church, Knightsbridge. The Very Rev. Dr. Peel, Dean of Worcester (uncle of the countess), performed the religious ceremony. Mr. Morant officiated as " groomsman." After the ceremony the company present on the occasion adjourned to the residence of the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stonor, in South Audley-street, where the wedding breakfast awaited them. Owing to a recent domestic affliction in the family of the bride the invitations were limited to the immediate members Of the family and a few intimate friends, including the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Roxburghe, the Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and Lady Emily Villiers, the Earl of Abingdon, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir George and Lady Womb well, Lady Caroline Villiers and Hon. Robert Vil liers, Hon. K. Howard, Hon. F. Bertie, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bligh, the Dean of •Worcester and Mrs. Edmund Peel, Lady Fuller, Sir Henry and Lady Floyd, Hon. and Rev. L. W. Denman, Colonel Ibbetson, Colonel Somerset, Major and Mrs. Hall, Mr. Morant, Mr. John Peel, Mr. A. W. Peel, Mr. Wm. Peel, Mr. Robt. Peel, Miss Brandling, Mrs. Streatfield, Mr. Augustus Lumley, &c. Early in the afternoon the bride and bridegroom left town for Brockelhurst, Mr. Morant's seat in Hampshire. • Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales leave Marlborough House at an early hour to morrow morning for Abergeldie Castle, N. 8., accompanied by the infant princes and members of the royal house hold. ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by a most brilliant suite, honoured this theatre with their presence last evening to witness Mr. Jefferson's performance in the new romantic drama of " Rip Van Winkle." His Serene Highness Prince George of Solms on leaving Beaufort Castle, Lord Lovat's seat in Inverness shire, goes to Dunrobin Castle on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle are enter taining a large party of friends at Clumber-park, near Worksop, Notts. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived at their residence in Stanhope-street yesterday from Ger many. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have left the Clarendon Hotel for Broxmouth-park. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio is expected to arrive at the Italian Legation at the close of the week from Spa. The Marchioness of Abercorn has been unable to join the marquis and family circle at Barons Court, Ire land, owing to be detained . by indisposition at Tunbridge Wells, where her ladyship is staying with her daughter, the Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe. The Earl and Countess of Leicester have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Maria Countess of Listowel has left Kingston House for Convamore, Ireland. Lord and Lady Elcho have arrived at Slack, in the Highlands, on a visit to Colonel Hon. Richard and Lady Margaret Charteris. Mr. George and Lady Charlotte Russell have arrived at Broxmouth, the Duke of Roxburghe's seat in Boxburghshire, from visiting Lord Lovat at Beauf3rt Castle, Inverness-shire. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have returned to Hughonden Manor from Lo wther Castle. A BRAVE MAN.—Mr. Joseph Cox, who is cox swain of the Appledore, North Devon Lifeboat, has during the last forty years assisted in the lifeboat in saving 170 persons from various vessels wrecked on Bideford Bar. Cox is now in his sixty-third year, but is still hale and hearty. The secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution visited the Appledore Lifeboat Station on Monday last, when he found everything in excellent order, and reflect ing much credit on the brave old man. It is most interest ing to hear him narrate his hairbreadth escapes during storms which appalled the lookers-on and even some men of his own crew ; but his daring and perseverance over came, under Providence, every difficulty. It sometimes occurred that his crew became completely exhausted before accomplishing their mission of mercy—the fierce storm, the huge waves, and the intense frost Cow" pletely paralysing them. Some four or five years ago his crews were actually changed four times between the hours of six in the morning and eight at night, when several wrecks took place on the bar; but Cox never flinched for it moment ; he remained then, as on all previous occasions, fixed to the lifeboat's helm. He has received every hono rary decoration which the National Lifeboat Institutio n could confer on him, in addition to his salary as coxswain of its lifeboat. He is also employed by the Trinity House to look after the buoys on Bideford Bar. His admiration of the new lifeboat which the institution was enabled to send to Appledore through the generosity of the late Rev. F. W. Hope, about twelve months ago, is unbounded. He admits that there is no sea that he would not face with the boat. On the opposite shore, on Braunton Sands, the in stitution maintains another first-class lifeboat station. The house there has been built on piles fixed in the sands, and is far from any dwelling, if we except the lighthouse, which is about a mile from it. The secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution has recently visited nearly all the lifeboats on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. He 11 ° found the boats everywhere in excellent order, and their crews thoroughly satisfied with them, and with the pay ments they so promptly receive from the parent institution for their services. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF AN OFFlCER.—Yeste rday morning an inquest was held at the Queen Hotel, Aldershot, before Mr. Spencer Clarke, coroner for North Hants, on the body of Lieutenant John Emmett, of the 1-°' battalion, 17th Regiment. Patrick Sale, a priva te in the Ist battalion, 17th Regiment, and servant to the deceased/ deposed that about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last the deceased officer went out on his horse for a ride. Whe n I . f !, returned at 6 o'clock, witness noticed that the bridle re'' was broken, and on mentioning it to him he said he kne w it; his horse had shied at an object in the road, and m at' c i tempting to pull him up the bridle had broken , an d he had fallen off fiat on his back, He complained that his was very sore, but witness did not notice that he looked uk. He took the horse from deceased, who walked t o his hu The horse was a quiet one. Witness saw deceased Wit., half an hour afterwards ; he was fetched by the sereesl maid to go for medical assistance, and A ss istant-Surg e ,. Allen, of the regiment, came almost directly. I n repl 1. Yr . . the coroner, witness said the bridle appeared sound ho put it on in the afternoon ; it was a second-hand 0tt.71 The horse was cut about his hind - quarters and hoofs. Pia not know in which direction his master had been rid whether any one had seen him fall. Assistant -Surge 4 l Allen, M.D., cf the Ist battalion , 17 th Regiment, sa id he Poo known deceased about six years. His age was 4 4 5 1 et , and 8 months. Witness was sent for shortly bef ore se g , o'clock on Saturday evening, and found him un consci°;lo He had his head shaved, and discovered a small abrasltiv of the scalp. Ho treated him for concussion of the b rA o f He saw him frequently during the night, but he °id rallied, and died at half-past four o'clock on Stlllloi. morning. Subsequently he had made an external °, 5 , c 0 nation of the body, but he found no marks of vie'etbit t beyond the bruise he had stated. His opinion wg s btle deceased died from concussion of the brain, which & n u lo ci was occasioned by a fall from his horse. After deat,',icl taken place Mrs. Emmett told him that dec eased directly he came in that he was much hurt, that th e 'DO dent had taken place near Farnham, and that two ro p caught his horse for him after he was thrown. These of could not be found. Deceased had walked a diet 9l3- 0 - 1,0 300 yards from the stable to his hut after he had gl_ i ve iet of horse to his servant. The jury returned v el ;. 9 i s "Accidental Death." The deceased had been 26 Y he tivie the regiment, and bad risen from the ranks. At t of his death he held the post of Instructo r of Meekeula) c o THE WOLVERHAMPT ON MURDER.—The co l.° inquest was resumed and concluded yesterd!_slao the body of Harriet Segar, the you n g woman lv:14), from the effects of a wound in he r throat, inflict %wed man named Christopher Robinson, who, after havin_g ow 0,30 the girl, endeavoured to cut his own throat. Il P , be rn a patient in the Wolverhampton Hospital, where_ 4 10 of quest took place. The jury proceeded to the D e "7.,ipti: Robinson, and the depositions made at former t tions were read over to him. He did not manifest _ . tr e jo y concern. He declined to make any statement. Nrvehtuornweadsa f‘o-letardaileltyofeoNnivimlftiitltemdurodn theerag He is at present, althoug h r ecoverin g , in too weakto be removed. aincosrtontehe WA P- BOW-STREET. A woman, named Ann Jarman, was placed before Mr. Vaughan, on remand, charged with attempting to obtain money from the secretary of the British Lying-in Hospital, Endell-street, by false representations. According to the evidence, the prisoner first applied for admission in July last as an in-patient. She represented herself as Mrs. Rogers, living at 12, Little Titchfield street, Tottenham-court-road, and produced a mar riage certificate. This was a genuine document, but it related to a former husband of the prisoner. She afterwards called again, giving her true name, and representing that she was the sister of Mrs. Rogers, who had been prematurely confined and could not be removed to the hospital. On this pretence she applied for pecuniary assistance, which the board granted ; and the secretary was about to carry out the directions of the board, when a nurse, who had been previously despatched to make inquiries, returned and told him the whole story was untrue. The landlady of the house, No. 12, Titch field-street, said the prisoner had never been a tenant of hers, and that she knew nothing of her. The step-daughter of the prisoner had truthfully answered certain questions put to her by the nurse, and when the prisoner returned home she called the girl some very violent names, and ultimately turned her out of doors. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. . _ The constable asked what was to be done with the wit ness; she could not go back to her father, and she ob jected to go back to the workhouse, where she had been staying for the last week. Mr. Vaughan—What is your objection to the work house ? The Girl—l can't stand the living ; it's so poor—not ea, nothing but bread and gruel. Mr. Vaughan—What are you ? The Girl—A servant out of place. lam going to my relations in the country after this case is over, but I have nothing to support myself unt:l that time. Mr. Vaughan then put several questions to the girl, after which the constable said his wife would take care of her if she had none of her own she could go to. The magistrate assented to such an arrangement, and told the constable to get the girl a pair of boots, as he was informed she was nearly destitute of these articles. John Burgess, who stands charged with robbing his em ployer, Mr. Loewenstark, a manufacturing jeweller, carry ing on business at Garrick-street and Devereux-court, Strand, was again placed at the bar. ' Mr, Lewis,` who appeared for the prosecution, said he had to apply for summonses against two material witnesses whom he could not otherwise get in attendance, and, there fore, he must also ask for another remand. Mr. Abrams, who defended the prisoner, said he had no objection to such a course, but he presumed his client would be again admitted to bail. The sureties of the prisoner were then renewed, and he was ordered to attend this day week. WESTMINSTER. TAKING GIN INTO A WORKHOUSE. —Mary Dixon, a strong, powerful old woman, was charged with being drunk, and conveying gin into St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. George I3landford, gate porter, said that the defendant was maintained in the workhouse, and had a holiday yes terday, from which she returned in the evening drunk. She was searched, and a bottle of gin was found upon her between her shoulders. Mr. Arnold—How much was there? Witness—About a quartern. Mr. Arnold—How long has she been in the workhouse? Defendant—l have been there 14 years come next October. Mr. Arnold—You must know the regulations of the workhouse by now, and therefore but little excuse can be made for you on that head. Defendant— I have been going very much by the head lately. Mr. Arnold—l should not think drunkenness did it much good? Defendant—l can't help it. Mr. Arnold—What's her character ? Porter—A good woman generally while in the work- house. Mr. Arnold—Ever been drunk before ? Porter—Many times ; she generally gets drunk when she is out. Mr. Arnold—A bad habit, Mrs. Dixon. Defendant—l'm an old soldier, your worship, and, as a soldier's wife, I was 15 years and 206 days in the army. I was at Waterloo. lam 75 years old, and I can't forget my old soldier's tricks. Mr. Arnold—When you go out you must not get drunk. I must teach you not to do it. Defendant—l hope not. Mr. Arnold—You are not content with getting drunk outside the house but take spirits into it, an offence which I must punish. Defendant—l had got a job to do, and I thought I might as well take a little gin in with me. Mr. Arnold—You must have been perfectly aware that it was contrary to the regulations. I must commit you for seven days. THAMES. ATTEMPT TO STAB A POLICE -SERGEANT. - Patrick Mooney, an Irish ballast getter, aged 19, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with attempting to stab Timothy Cox, a police-sergeant, No. 45 K. _ _ William Tye, a police-constable, No. 87 IC, stated that yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, he was on duty in Butcher row, Rateliff, and saw the prisoner, who was drunk and disorderly and brandishing a large bread knife, used by a baker in cutting up bread. Sergeant Cox was remonstrat ing with the prisoner and begged him to go away. The prisoner made use of foul language and threats, and made an attempt to cut down the sergeant with the knife, in which he nearly succeeded. He immediately drew his truncheon and struck the knife out of the prisoner's hand. He closed upon the prisoner and took him into custody. A violent and determined resistance was made by the pri soner, and it required the united exertions of five police men to remove him to the station house. Sergeant - Cox, a very tall and large man, who is one of the best officers in the force, and a very humane man, said when he spoke to the prisoner he called out " You - I'll rip your guts out," and struck him with the knife close to the left hip. The blow was stopped by his belt, which was cut. The knife had been stolen by the prisoner out of a baker's shop, where he asked for a loaf of bread, and, on being refused, took away the knife. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. A DANGEROUS SHIP Brown, aged 19, describ©d as a seaman, was brought up on remand before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a silver watch and £5, the property and money of Richard Warnes, of the steam ship Killingsworth. The steamer was lying off Messrs. Charrington's coal wharf in Rateliff a few weeks ago, and the prisimer shipped with the avowed intention of proceeding on her intended voyage. He was in the forecastle one day when Warnes changed his clothes, and knew he had a watch and money. On the following day the prisoner absconded from the ship, and Warnes missed his watch and money. Hugh Andrews, a police-constable, apprehended the prisoner on another charge of robbery. He was then in very disre putable company, who had helped him to spend the pro ceeds of both robberies. Only one charge, the robbery on board the Killingsworth was entered upon, and that was clearly made out against the prisoner. Andrews proved a former conviction against the prisoner. He was sum marily convicted under the Criminal Justice Act, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. It was stated by Roche, the gaoler of the court, who has an excellent recollection of faces, that the prisoner had entered on board several vessels, not to go to sea, but to commit robberies, and that he was a very dangerous fellow. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. HAMPSHIRE.—The cattle disease has broken out badly at Romsey, in Hampshire.