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The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-06

COLONIAL BANZ.-( THIS DAY.)

This afternoon, at the half-yearly general meeting
of the above task, held at the lon Tavern (Mr.
hf swam in the chair), the directors' report recommend.
ing a dividscd of 6 per rent. for the half.year, sod 1 per
cat. boons in addition, was agreed to.

A SCENE IN A COMMITTREHOOM OP THE
HOUSE OF LORDS.

Yesterday a scene of an extraordinary cha-
racter took place before the Lords' committee to whom
Lad been referred the Belfast Improvement Bill.
When the committee met, Mr. Brewster, Q.C. (of the
Irish ter) objected to the oppooenta being beard at all on
the ground that they were parties to and were bound by
the award.

Mr. Re; claimed to be beard, but the committee refused,
and decided that they would not hear any objections to the
award.

Mr:hea—l most now respectfully claim my tight se re-
ktor to read my. petition, and then if your lordships order
me to retire I will do so. I refused 20.00 W. in order that I
mien appear before the Lords' committee, and you will
not be doing me justice if you refuse to bear my petition.
It is quite impossible for me to exaggerate the respect I
bare for the five peers of the realm who remixes this com-
mittee, and I consider it a greet privilege to hare Buffered
ten years to be allowed to address them.
Earl Grey—Your petition is before us, and welters looked
at it. We think that is quite sufficient.
Mr. fee—lt must be read either by the clerk or by my-
self. You are bound on your oaths as peers to enter it as
read. Witeesess must also be produced to prove that I
signed the deed of submission, for I do not admit that
I did.

Ertl Grey—l must insist on your being silent.
Mr. Rea—And I must insist on your removing toe by force
born the room.

Furl Grey—You must withdraw.
Mr. Rea-1 will not withdraw voluntarily.
Earl Grey—We must make you withdraw.
Mr. Iter—l am • subject of her Majesty, and a belted
earl shall not tyrannise over me. It is an act of
tyranny for which I will hold you answerable. I impute
no improper motives to you. I will only be removed by
force, but • formal assault will be quite sufficient. I
got myself dragged from the House of Commons bemuse I
thought the Lords' committee would beer me. It is illegal ,
to remove me except by the officers of the house. I did not
expect that Earl Grey's son would outrage the laws of the
constitution after his father's saving England from a revo-
lution, and I hope that Earl Helm, for the sake of the
name be beam, will prevent this outrage. The police have
no more right to remove me than a Frenchman has to drag
him from the deck of an Ligliab man-of-war.
Two policemen were brought in sod caught hold of Mr.
Re*, who then left the room with them.
The bill passed through committee.

Sorre Ktestncrow Musecm.—During the week
lading July 2 the visitors have been as follows :—On
Monday. Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,844 ; Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, Onassis' days (admission to the public Bd.l. open
from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 1.984 ; total, 11,828. From the
opening of the museum, 4,7170.586.
London, England, 1864-07-06

AUTROPOIJTAN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAT.)

An adjourned special meeting of shareholders
was held this day at the London Tavern, to consider • bill
now before parliament entitled "A bill to enable the Metro-
politan Railway Company to extend their railway from Fins-
bury-circus to Trinityaqoare, rower-bill, and for other
purposes. The atteedance of shareholders wee large, and
much impatience was manifested at the delay whichoocurred
in taking the chair.
Mr. W. A. Vitismisoir, en taking that position, &polo-
"bred for the delay which bad arisen front the fact
that the bill was still in committee and they
had been waiting to the last moment in the hope
that the solicitor would have arrived with the an-
nouncement that it had passed. He had just beard,
however, that the preamble and several classes bad
passed. but there were one or two clauses about
which • dispute had arises. As it would pro-
bably be late is the day before the committeedecided,idaydd,
decided, he regretted another adjournment mast take place.
He then moved the adjournment of the roestiag nevi!
Friday next.
Mr. PAIDONB seconded the resolution, which, at ter some
remarks from one or two shareholders deprecating the delay
and inconvenience to which they had been subjected, was
agreed to. Adjourned accordingly.
London, England, 1864-07-06

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money tight. Gold, 219 g. Stocks steady—New
York Centrals, 134 ; Illinois, 1311 ; Erie, 1141 ;
United States Bonds, tire twenties, 104. Cotton
steady—Middling Upland, 145 to 146. Flour,
wheat, corn, and provisions advancing. Coffee
steady. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. Crude
Petroleum, 46 ; refined, 69 to 71.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCE JOHN OF CLUCKS-
BURG AT BERLIN.
BERLIN, JULY e.
Prince John, youngest brother of Bing Christian
of Denmark, has arrived here, and will proliably
proceed to Carlsbad.

JAPAN.
SHANGHAI, MAY 20.
The expedition to re-open the Straits of Shimono-
seki has mild
London, England, 1864-07-30

FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.

Mr. H. R. SHERIDAN gave notice that early wet lion
le aboxld move ► reeolutiou to the effect that the insur-
&ace duty now paid upon homes, tool., reschinsey, ke., is
excessive is amount, and that is the opinion of this house
the reduction of Is. 6d. per cent which has already been
effected io the insurance upon stock.is•stade, should It the
earliest opportunity be extended to all classes of pro-
perty. (Hear, hear.)
London, England, 1864-07-30

PRIVATE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Mx O. FORSTER pre notice that next session, on the
istrision piths standing orders, he would more to amend
starling order No. 7, by the substitution of 3 for 4 as the
amber of w►ich committees on private bills should in
fattireconsist.
London, England, 1864-07-30

POLL CE INTELLIGENCE.

ILULYLIEBONE.

Charles New, aged 28, Exeter-street, Lissoolrove,
wasabbtaLup and plead in the dock before Mr.
Yardley, arm him own antlession, with being the
murderer of Mr. Bri4sts.
Henry Wrench Nash, 268 D rid—About hall pest bvs
=y titterers • waterman came to BOihroood-street,
road, and said that there WSJ aDM in the beer.
shop is Lyon's-mews, who maid he was the man who mar.
diced Mr. Bow. I pared by the beerolaop, and walked to
the other ad of she mews, where J remained from three to
Ave minutes. The primer thew came up to me in com-
pany with another men now in court. That nun's name
is Sharpe, and be lire in Harcourt...street, ilarylebone.
The Prom* said to or, " I am the murderer"
I rid, "Be artier as to what you say." He
again said, "I am the murderer." I rid, "Of whom!"
sod be said, "Of Mr. Brigp.” I said, 'Do you MOW the
remit murder of the late Mr. Briggs! " Primmer rid,
" Yes, I do. lam the murderer." I rid that it he re-
sided in that statement I must mks Idea and lock him up.
I took him back to the public-hour. whew I rw the men
in whose premers be bad also said that he was the mur-
derer. They said they would not come to the station,
although they thought that the prisoner ought to be locked
up. Alter he was locked up he rid he was not the
murderer. _ _ .

—Wiaotter now said be did not know what he was doing,
and the constable added that he waa drunk. Hs we. celled
the " mad tailor " of Limos-grove.
Mr. Yardley (to the prisoner}—Hear this in mind : if I
get hold of you again for playing these fantastic tricks, I
shall seed you to prison, and hare you punished severely.
Go about your business.
Prisoner jumped from the dock, plashed to get out of his
difficulty.
London, England, 1864-07-30

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to
Lae for Exeter, in the room of Mr. Divett, deceased.

THE MONT ST. BERNARD REFORMATORY.

Mr. YEWDEOATE mid. is oosseenence of his una-
voidable absence on a former occasion, be was unable to sub-
mit to the house the motion which stood in bin name is
selerecias to the correspondence oa the subject of the re-
formatory of Mont St. Bernard. He begged sow to ask
She right hon. gentleman the Secretary of bt►te for the
Borne Department whether the certificate of the inspector
se regarded the reformatory bad sot been practically with.
drawn

Sir G. GREY said that the papers which the hoe. gee-
Camas bed given notice of Lis intentiou to 1130•11 for did
pet relate, as be undentood, to recent circumstances, but
only to the mismanagement and disorder which prevailed at
the reformatory in A great deal of correspoodeees
bad taken place on the subject, but as the management bad
nines peeped into other bands, it vets not considered cape-
&sat to produce it. He bad certainly determined to with-
draw the certificate, but subsequently be allowed it to
gegoain, in mongoose° of a represeuretioe having been
//Sado by the lupe:tor that morh publhc iticooveeimice
would arise if it were withdraws. The certificate was then
aBOSIti to stead, subject to the cooditioe that the
assagesest of the reformatory would be placid in caste
burls, which was agreed to.
THE SCOTCH AND IRISH MARRIAGE LAW.

Caplan AROHDALL said whither tho governamat
loidoesd to isitodooo say MOM/0 early next mosiou to
London, England, 1864-07-30

FATAL AFFRAY IN RNNIS.

Colonel FRENCH, referring to the death of two men on
the night at the 26th of June, who were shot hy the police
nu the amnion of the seizure of a still at Etude, asked
whether the government had obtained any information of
the fact; and whether it was not distinctly understood
when the Isiah constabulary was originally established that
they should hot be employed in the collection of revenue!
Sir G. GREY said that he bad received no information on
Se subject. He was not aware of the circumetation m-
imed to, but he would rooks inquiry.
London, England, 1864-07-30

ITALY.

The stay of King Victor Emmanuel at Milan was
bat short, as he arrived there at eleven in the fore-
noon of Saturday, and took his departure at nine
the next evening. His Majesty went at once to the
camp of Sommer, and put the troops, 17,000 in
number, through a variety of evolutions. He ex-
pressed the utmost satisfaction at all he saw, and
accorded from his privy purse If. to each private,
and If. 50c, to each non-commissioned officer. The
next day the King passed the national guard of
Milan in review, and at seven in the evening pro-
ceeded to the amphitheatre of the arena to
witness a nautical fete at which 30,000 persona
were present. It was alter its termination that
he left for Turin. The reception given to the
royal party is described as most enthusiastic.
London, England, 1864-07-30

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
WOK useful faecal= of the day, AOCA AMA RELLA.—
Muer& JOHN 00ANELL and Co.. Three King-court. Locates".
street, London, perfumers to her %sleety, respectfully offer to the
rittic.thts truly mamellons Suid, which gradually restores the
hair to Its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague
Amaral& has woo of the properVes of dyes ; it, on the contrary.
is beseliclal to the system, and when the hair V once restored
ens application per month will keep It In perfect colour. Price
LI Ia per bottle, or In half bottles. lOs. 6.1. John Ounell & Co.
Mrs been appointed perfumers to H.LH. the Prince's of Wass.
London, England, 1864-07-30

NAVAL CHAPLAINS.

Yr. LEFROY asked the Secridory to the Admiralty if
Sore was any objection to the naval chaplains stating in
tbnir quarterly ref orbs bow far they were shin to carry out
Obi Adritivalty instructions relative to celebrating the Holy
Ostamarron, and relative to clerical visits to swell vowels of
mar, mid bow far these services had been accepted.

Lad C. PAGET said that these instructions would
fitly come under the revision of the Lords of the Admi-
'shy, sod be was not then in a position to answer the quie-
tism.

INAUGURATION OF THE O'CONNELL STATUE

ilor S. KNOX begged to sib the noble lord at lb.
amid at the goverameat a questio• of which he had given
him private notioe—whether the noble lord was aware that
• treat perty dmeoastratio• we. to take place in Dublin on
the °mama of the inauguration of the O'Connell statue,
sad whether the governmeet would allow the provisions of
the Proceedome aed Party Emblems Act to be set at nought
ea that OCCISiCa, as had keen the case at the funeral of

Lord PALMERSTON—ReaIIy. sir. I have no Worms-
ties ow the anblect. I take it ler granted that obscener
NW event to which the boa. sod gallant member has referred
MI" be expected to take place, the government will take
all the meaatirea which it will be their duty to take in order
to preserve public order.
London, England, 1864-07-30

SPAIN.

The Correspwidencia says :—" The King of Spain
will leave Madrid on the 14th of August, and pass
the night at Vittoria. On the 15th, one of the
Mu most popular in Spain, his Majesty will be
present at the opening of the railway from Oloza-
goitia to Beasain, and will reach Bordeaux the
same evening. On the 16th he is to arrive at St.
Cloud. His Majesty will remain five days at Paris,
during which period there will be grand tau there,
at St. Cloud, and at Versailles, and also an ex-
cursion to Fontainebleau. The King is to be
accompanied by his military household and two
Grandees of Spain, the Duke of Medina Coal and
the Marquis of Santa Cruz, whose names are
among the most illustrious in the annals of the
Spanish nobility."
London, England, 1864-07-30

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE

(INUTZIeII TELZGRAMS.
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
VIENNA, Joir 29, Emma.
The sitting of the Conference, appointed to take
place to-day, has been postponed.
Herr von Bismarck will leave for Gastein moon
u any decision is arrived at. •

THZ INSURRECTION IN TUNIS.
TUNIS, JULY 27.
The Arabs having gathered in their harvest, have
advanced in force upon Tunis.
When they had arrived within two leagues of
the capital, the army of the Bey surrendered with-
out an engagement.

The leader of the insurrection has declared the
desire of the insurgents to remain faithful to the
Bey, their only wish being the dismissal of the
ministry, and the abolition of the unjust tax.

FRANCE
PARIS, JuLT A Emilio.
The Earl of Clarendon dines this evening at the
hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

THE BLOCKADE OF THE GERMAN Porrs.—lt is
notified is Let night's Ga:ette, that Earl Russell, LG., her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
has received from her Majesty's minister at Copenhagen an
'official notification (published by the Denish Ministry of
Maxine) of the raising of the blockade of the Premien ports
in the Baltic, and also of all ports on the comas of Slaswig
and Holstein, from the 20th July instant. The following
is a copy of the official notification referred to :—" The
Miaistry of Marine notifies herewith that, according to the
concluded suipension of hostilities, the blockade of the
Prussian port Colberg, Canimio, Swinemunde, Wolgast,
Greifswaldis, Stralsund, Berth, Danzig, and Mau, as also
of all port of Holstein and Skeen', will be raised from the
20111 instant, at noon.—O. Lurircir.—Ministry of Marine,
Copenhagen, the 19th July, 1864."
BOARD or TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 28.—The
Bight Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Commit for Trade have received from the Secretary of SUM
for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from leer Majesty's
minister at Waahington, eaclosieg copies of a joist 'seda-
tion of the United States Congress, for continuirig the tem
porery per coat. lac:ease of customs dues i and el en act
of Cooper permanently ineseming the dunes on imports
and foe other purpose, which re published in lest night's
Gazette.

(30w COINAGII ?OR INDIA.—The council of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, at their meeting yester-
day, agreed so reemnasead to the governmeet to establish a
gold coinage for lodia to tbs utast of 3,000,0001., the sore-
reign to be of the same weight and militias the English sove-
reign, and to be equal to 10 rupees.
London, England, 1864-07-30

SLESWIG•HOLSTEIN.

Sir H. VERNEY asked the First Lord of the Treasury
eitiother (France and England having placed on record that
fa their opinion no satisfactory settleineot of the Sleswig.
ca Holstein question nbe men at otherwise than with the
eminent of the populating' of those countries, either through
then coostitotiood organs, or in some other way, and
Prawn having made proposals during the 000terence which
implied that she shared that opiaioo) her Idojeaty's govern-
ment had, in conjunction with that of his Majesty the
Hemmer of the French, taken steps to urge on the govern-
ment of Prussia the propriety of not departing from that
principle, and the importance, in the interests of European
mace, of acting upon it as speedily as possible.
Lord PALMERSTON—No, air; as long as the British
government were acting in conference in conjunction with
another neutral powers, of course proposals were made and
seggestions were made ; but the coeference being over,
negotiations terminated ; and the negotiations being now
'emanated between the belligerent parties, it is not the
intention of her Majesty's government to interfere further
the matter.
London, England, 1864-07-30

ABILIDOZD PROSPWTt&

Tb• omit wheti-ii;;;i;fin Iffse to la t seeners of the meet
resannerathe tin stream wcwks to Cornwall, and adjoinlog
Crated tin shim, which have yielded large profits.
Prospectuses, containing reporu of the moat celebrated mining
engineers in Landon and Cornwall, with tones of application,
may be obtained from the honkers, broken, solicitors. and atMine
offices of the Company. No. I. Basinoball-streek London, or
from MMus Page Cardoso, fp.. Camborra, Conswa'L
London, England, 1864-07-30

DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA
Las been. daring twenty-dm years emphatically sane
dosed by the medical profession. and universally wended by
the public. as the best remedy for acidity of the stemsch, heart-
burn. headache. gout. and indigestion and as a mild aperient
for dslimta onastitutions, more especially for ladles and chil-
dren. It la rowed. in a state of perfect purity and of ualforrn
strength, by L'INNEFOiID and Ce., 17!, hew Boodetreet. Lon
don • and sold by all respectable chemist. thronishout the srorld
London, England, 1864-07-30

THE MEXICAN EMPIRE.

Mr. KOZGLAKE called attention to the state of our
present relations with Mexico, sod moved so address to her
Majesty for the productioe of certain papers in reference to
the subject. He said it was rather asornalocs that the
French invasion of !lesion, which resulted in the weeps
tioa of only • snail piano.' of the territory, should have led
to M 4,000 French soldiers being stationed there.
Lord PALIiEW3TON said the policy which was pursued
by this canary wee to ester into amicable relations with
every power, whether a monarchy or a republic, when
either of these forms of government had been established.
Before the Archduke Ilazimilianlwent to Mexico the
government of the country had declined to ester into
any relation or treaty with him, as being opposed to the
practice of government. However, when the people of that
country recognised him, they the. entered into friendly re-
lation' with him. The principal ground of oompla'ait on
the part of this country in regard to Mexico was that it bad
hitherto been governed by some chiefs who used their autho-
rity for the carpool' of plundering and ill-treating British
subjects. With reg.rd to a cheap in the government of
that country, it must be remembered that a large portion
of the oopnlatioa were is favour of it, not being satisfied
with Spanish rule, to which they had been along sub-
jected.

Immediately upon the noble lord resuming his seat the
Ceatleman•Usher of the Black Rod (Admiral Sir A. W.
Clifford, Bart.) was announced, and after advancing to the
table he summoned the Speaker sad the house to attend in
the House of Lords, to hearth. comsaimios read for the pro-
rogation of parliament.
The Speaker. followed by Lord Pahnerstots and about 40
members, immediately wait to the House of Lord,. At
four o'clock the Commons returned, and amazed them.
selveri in a group round the table.
The SPEAKER then read the Royal Speech.
The members present then severally shook hands with
the Speaker, and the session of 1864 was brought to a close.

THE CHANCELLOROPTHE EXCHEQUER AT
London, England, 1864-07-30

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map with " Witham Lambert" engraved on the stamp.
London, England, 1864-07-30

DEPLORABLE SUICIDE OP A YOUNG MARRIED

WOMAN.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning an inquiry was held respecting
the death of a young woman, named Elizabeth Smith,
22 years of age, the wife of a lithocraphic printer, who
committed suicide under very dirireesiog circumstance.
Albert Ash, 289, High Holborn, said that deceased was
his sister-in•law. On Tuesday morning abs came to him in
a deplorable state and he gave her lodging. She had been
subject to fits and her husband was separated from her.
Her brother also shut the door against her. She had fallen
in a fit sod cut her neck and got erysipelas from the
wound. She was not of drinking habit". She wished to
be reconciled to ber husband, bat he would not live with
her, witness believed, on account of her afffictiosi. She
said to witness, " I have not got a friend in the world ex-
oept you ; I don't know what to do ; I will make away with
myself." She left witnese's house to go to the hospital,
and she was never seen alive alter. She was found on
Thursday floating is the Regent's-canal near the New
N oetb-road.

--John William Smith, lithographic printer, mid that he
resided at 19, Maidetone.place, Hackney-road. He left
deceased five months ago, but he allowed her Ile. a
week and a home. He separated from her bemuse
they could not agree and be happy. She used to drink, and
she was subject to epileptic fits. They had two children.
Deceased was of sober habits when he married her. She
was of a very hasty temper, and bad a craving for drink.
She wu not jealous of witness, sad he never played with her
holier since marriage. Winn, received • letter from
Mr. Ash on Tuesday, stating that deceased was very bel,
and that it seemed as if she would make away with herself.
He went to Holborn directly, hut she bad gone out and com-
mitted suicide before be arrived.
Catherine Ash said that deceased had a fit in the street
on Whit Monday, and a pair of carrion were stolen from
her ears. When she found they were goes she got very
desponding, as she said that her husband had made her a
present of them, and he would never forgive her the lam of
them. She was not intemperate, but before and after a 6t
she used to reel as if intoxicated.

The coroner having summed up,
The jury returned • verdict. That deceased was found
deed in the Regent's.canal, but how she came into the water
there was no legal evidence to prove."

CRICKET.

I Zuiciiu T. Sorra WALES CLUB. —This match
was limited to two d►ys, aad yesterday. at Lord's-greeted it
was resumed from the previous day. The result was that
South Wales obtained io the two innings 291, sad I Zia-
Esti 294, with seven wickets down in the mow, innings.
Nom T. SURREY. --BMW won the match
yesterday, with the lam ei only owe wicket in its second
Wain..
London, England, 1864-07-30

FRANCK.

PAWS, JULY 30.

The Constitution net of to-day publishes an article,
signed by M. Limayrac, sanding to the change of
opinion which has taken place in Germany towards
Prussia and Austria, because those powers have
altered their policy. The writer then continues :

"Austria and Prussia at first acted in the name
of the Confederation ; now the Diet is not even
represented in the conference at Vienna. The com-
petence of the Diet to settle the succession ques-
tion is misunderstood. The hesitation of Prussia
and Austria with regard to the succession question
has given rise to certain rumours of arrangements
which would satisfy territorial ambition, without
taking into consideration the wishes of the popula-
tion. Germany is above all astonished that the wise
and equitable principle of regulating the question
only with the assistance of the parties interested is
not respected."

The writer next calls to m;nd that France
bad demanded that the German Diet should be
represented at the London Conference, and pro-
ceeds :—" This was perfectly just and good political
foresight, bat it appears not to be regarded in that
light at Vienna and Berlin. It is on that ground
that Germany sees with displeasure, and not with-
out uneasiness, the two cabinets depart from the
conditions which at the present time can alone
bring about serious solutions and produce desira-
ble results."

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
FALMOUTH, JULY 30.

The Diamond line steamer Eastern Province,
from the Cape of Good Hope on the 23rd of June,
arrived here this morning, with passengers, mails,
and a general cargo.
She brings three days' later news than the Saxon,
the last mail steamer that arrived, but does not
report anything further of material importance.
London, England, 1864-05-02

TO no EDITOR OF TIN WI

Bra,—The Chester programme is too fall of han-
dicaps for all the four days to produce good sport ; but Tow
day's card will haves fair chance, and with nothing knows to
ls• bider thou Wentasecirs lo the Marlyn Blokes, be should
Oat WWII* the add bang • respectable one. For the seven
flukey Clessamileid Handicap Persuasion u p ; as
we At Mbrankay, and Beadle for the six
Headieap ; sad afaelsey, Donnybrook end King of Mope
for the Wyenstay ; bet Mouldy will hardly try the two
events, and if Greene should be seated for we of his
two angagemeats, in the face of the Chester Cup, he may
upset the best base of the lot joss eenmerated. The
Welter Cup may content the Clown, in place of the more
important evade on Weddedry, the Chester Cap, which
has bed an open mot ever since Blarldoes Aaaeid, and
Carisbrook became hors sic combat, for nothing ad now be
considered favoured, on public form, and the partimme of
Oldminder Change, Welcome, Earl of Surrey, Accident,
Bacchus, Little Stag, and Gordian Knot, all seem satiated
with the cheeses given them by the handicapper. The
followers of W. Day. too, believe him to had a real good
thing in Modes or the Heresy filly ; sad John Day must
be squally formidable with the Tippler, Canary, Lord Zit.
land, or the Collet, seeing what the two youngsters have dose
of late ; while T. T. Dewed is half suspected to have •
sewed Tim Whitler ia the Venus oolt, °dells, or
Veterinarian. Thee the saddlicians who depend for their
ewers on the outsiders will be well re sled, from all
accounts, by Gardener (or Farnham), Knetsford, Fantail,
My Mary (vice The Clown), East Imaceehira, Merry Maid,
Tool- sad Rose. and with about • score in the fidd the
Riede* will almost look itself again as the read day. On
last year's form Change and Timid Weald beat all those
giving them weight, and it will require such • and-rate
three-year-old to overthrow these that I am afraid to tied
in one of that age, the pair having the beat of the weights
'tibiae= all ; but they are giving • great deal away to Awl' I
dews fed Mouse, and if the friends of these latter ample
are in sernest they should win between them, as it is
hardly possible for their trainers to make a mistake. The
other events in the list are alt dependent on the results of
those already mentioned, and the field for the Steward's
Cup will have almost to be made up from the Chester Cep
candidates. TM Dee Stakes, for three-year-olds, one mile
soda ball, is at exasptioe, for if the Malta& great gun, Blair
Athol,allowed to perform, as its anticipated, he ought to
bs is
reville and all the other second-clam hones angated.
I am, ha., METEOR.
London, England, 1864-05-02

FIR; DRPARTR ENT.

TM Aosta, Polio Medium and labarabOdere of the Albert
We Company necessarily form a connection ot the mold in-
, Inestial character toe a Fire and Marine Inearanco Compaq.

TM anneal Increase Is the wealth 01l the country and in that
description of property known r "insurable property," has nig.
grated the formation of several Dew lire insurance Whose, but
the Director of this Company believe that In very few ineroccs
has• dee cowpony started with the seam chances of success as
and the loiroduction of ghis.
The Company will have The advantage of the 00-operation of a
trained and perfectly organised eyeless of ageing sad the
Directors submit, therefore, that there is • certainty of beepers
almost at once a large sad prodtable Surma.
The Chancellor of the Lechequer haviog luilimated his fates.
Mos to reduce the duty one-half as stock in trade, a Mrge addi-
tional Dumber of lira hummer will, no dour, be effected by
gleesome who have hither, bees deterred from Insuring for the
full value of their stock by reason of the heavy duty.

lf All LiZ DLPARTM ENT.

Ndwlthatandlngtie rafi 1;11111 Wit tt of several marine
Insurance timpanist and the extensive bushiest they have
acquired, there Is ample room for the mfe and proillahle
employment of capital In this direition. The vast increase in
the shippling lnterest of the United Kingdom, together with the
growing felling in foliar of the security afforded by joint stook
companies as compared with private underwriters. point to the
opening which exista for this department of the lliospenre
operations.
The services of an able and experienced underwriter will be
secured, and a large business can at coos be obtained for the
Company.
i• the event of no allotment being 'aide, the deposit will be
returned In full. Should a lets smuttier of shares be allotted
than are applied for, the deposit will be mule available towards
the payment on allotment, and the balance (if any, returned to
the applicant.
Forms of applications for shares may be obtained from the
National financial Company :Limited , lf, Ling s Arms-yard.ocogutoatreet, h C.. or the brokers or solicitors of the CAW.
0•14.

ALBERT INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited).
NO APPLICATIONS for BIMINI will be RIICLIV/D
APTCM SEIM:UV meat. May 7.
12, lUst4 Aroaslard, Moorgstoetrest, AprO 11, 1864.
London, England, 1864-05-02

ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR DONCASTER.

On Saturday last, at the West-Riding Police-
mart, bad at DOOMIter, before Mr. William Walker
(chairman), Sir ham Morley, and Captain Egremoet, Wil-
liam Winfield, wheelwright and joiner, was placed at the
dock charged with attempting to murder his houeekeeper,
Mary Birkeeahaw, es Friday night last, at Brodsworth, •
village about six miles from Doncaster. The primmer is •
man respectably cooemited, and for a number of years las
carried on the business of wheelwright sod joiare. At
primmt it is not known what led to the disagreement with
his housekeeper, hot a quarrel arose, which resulted in her
leaviag his house, and she prooseded to her father's, only a
short distance. The prisouer followed her, armed with a
double-barrelled pistol, which he deliberate! fired at her,
but the woman seeing her danger y struck hi
arm upwards, and it is supposed the ball mimed her,
although this at preeset cannot be sorreniely aseertained.
The primmer attempted to discharge the other barrel, but it
mimed fire. He then savagely attacked Der with a poker
sad beat her dreadfully upon the head. The sereanis of the
poor woman brought a man named Wilmot • neighbour. to
' the house, and be courageously melted the housekeeper,
sod prevented Winfield from discharging the pistol at her
again. Winfield than poisted the metal at Whore, but it
happily missed fire. He followed his housekeeper into the
house and there again attacked here with the poker, but
Wilson held him and prevented him from doing further
mischief. Other assistance arriving the prisoner was gives
into custody. The poor woman was found to be dreadfully
braked spat the bead by the blows from the poker. sad on
Saturday was is • very macs Mafia. Mr. SepseinomOssit
Astwood bay* yelled Wilms to give widen* to Pinkly
• rimmed, asked for the primmer to be rearodsd maul
Thursday, white the magistrates wad to, as the poor
wormer' could not attend. Mr. Woodheed applied Set bail,
at the request of the priemer's triads, but the beech
refusal is. No weave isusigasd Ir the lea** maw
London, England, 1864-05-02

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

On Saturday the third and last of the spring
exhibition of flowers took place at the society's prdsen,
Regeet's-yerk. The weather, though omeimally gloomy,
was as favourable as could be expected at this memo of the
year ; and the company. though not so unnierone as at the
summer exhibitions, was still large and fathionable. Ir
deed, with regard to that most indispensable adjenct to I
'roomful flower floe day—the society has been
unwontedly favoured this year, for the weather on all the
three days of the spring exhibitions bail been above
the average of the season. But the bloom
of Homes, like the linnet's mg, memo to be
" all indmeodeet of the leafy spring ;" for whatever the
indioatioes of Farsabeit, every one wbo visits the Botanic
Scenery's godless at the earl of April is sure to MO Mey
suriculea, pumice, pelargoniums, kn., in the perfective of
bloom and beauty. Whether it be that our hoeticulterisas
bare worked out Swift's idea, and mc extract "'sunbeams
from cucumbers," we de not know ; but certain it is that
the florist's art seems to be in a great MII&011ie independenl
of the son's rays, for it sever fails, be the spring as cheer-
less as possible, to produce growths of such luxuriance, of
snob variety of Vann and colour, as to throw
our " " into eastacice of metros. The Gild-
blame of Saturday was not inferior- to any of its
predecessors at this period of the year. The roses were es-
pecially stroug, and commanded universal oommeodation.

BISMINGHAIN MUSICAL FDRYITAL.—The arrange-
meats for BIM great triennial celebration are progressiod
the days appointed for holding the festival being the lith„
7th, Slb, and 9th of September next. The morning psr-
formasces will embrace the following important works :
Tuesday, Meodelasehe's St. Para; Wednesday, Allalll4ol,
an oratorio composed for the occasion by Mr. Code; Thurs-
day, the MessiaA ; Friday, Beethoven's Mount of Ohms,
Yos•rt's Mass in 0, and a selection of choruses from
Handel% Sofosto•. TM evening concerts are now asdS
eamiderstion by the mammal's, and will is ell probability
comprise secular s•tatas by two of our leading English
compoesee. The Festival will be brought to • close by •
performlasee of ifijah. The Earl of Liehhold, lard-bea•
tenant of Staffordshire, will act be president of the meeting.
Evrus. AND Co.'. MCIIICAL LIMAS;
AND 1101111011.—Praspoduess grays Dabeerlbere easy eater
Wt.. Iff, bemsamsteet, taMea—ladveetleema•tj
London, England, 1864-05-02

Thus Company Is established tat ii•—parpose of accinlrlig the
badness aad ooensetions of exlsdai provindal banking este-
bllahruents. and of carrying on. geasrally. the operations of
country tenldne, oa the lota do* principle.
Treatise are now pending far the porches* of eases private
and Joint stock country astablettmenta which will form the
bads of a Yaps sad llowrieldat beak: and for that purpose,
fall powers for the Mamas of medial lave been taken In the
Articles of daseelatioa.
_

111;raToi proposed to do say banking bes/neas la Imam bat
In addition to acqubing the vodwill sad bather coeneadoes
of existing bertha, it Is bibm to owes Wenches In provineed
cities and towns where, owing to IM Increase of wealth and
be alehlialsed.
Patarr.ent i=on of two of the largest private beaks
la Leedom with Joint stock establishments, following other rom• '
bloailons of a Wailer nat.% and the contineees strearre la
the prise of beating share generally, afford coeclusive widower
of the advantages of the principle of joint dock ameetailen to
bitaklas bathes.
U the mien of teething carried cm by public ampullae is
admitted to be so advantageous ia Loudon, where the private
establishments are generally large and wealthy, it cannot be •
matter of doubt that the principle is stm mom TO the
country, where the resources and credit a rate Arms are
much more limited. Tbe
mandincrease, also, of in the country
=illertre It tinily created a demand
in the :or farther Denting aocoes
the req sate
of the mercantile community have been adequately considered,
The thane of the three busks in Loudon atx,sUtated for similar
°Wide ere now quoted as follows, as.
Paid. Present Prim
The National Provincial Ely 444

Leedom end
Prorbielal 13= 99
Lreiand . . 26 93
In further illuitration of the prod able character of the busi-
ness of the fortycies joint stock tanks established during the
pea, three years. It will be found on Inspection of the omelal
list, that out of that number the shares of all but two are sale-
able at a considerable &deluxe on their paid up capital.
Prospectuses sad toms of applicialkin for shares say be ob-
tained at the tamperer, oaks of the Osispany. or of the
brokers or hollettora. The Articles of Association iney be Nee
at the oaks of the Solleitors.
London, England, 1864-05-02

ATLANTIC ROYAL MAIL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY.-ATEIB DAY.)

This day the adjourned sixth ordinary general
rarefies of the shareholders Ina held.. the London Tavern;
Yr. J. Cairn*, in the their.

The report, after erring • history of the affairs of the
company since the arrangement of Angola, 1861, lied
the accidents which befell the company's MINI& nated—
That the directors had been and were devoting their whole
time and their beat energies to devise measures for preserving
this important subsidy for Ireland ; sod they learned with
satisfaction that various efforts bad been rinds with • view
to • combination of infiesottal Irish interests, having for
its object the preservation of • postal contract, so
important to the commercial interest of Ireland,
and bad expressed their williagnam to co-operate in any
measures calculated to effect so desirable as object, and at
the mine time promote the interests of the shareholders.
No proposal, however, bad yet been reads to the directors of
• sufficiently definite chancier to enable them to submit it
to the proprietors ; but there was yet time before the period
mentiosed for the recommencement of the service, to com-
plete an, arrangement which may be deemed likely to awry
out this desirable object."
The CRILIIIIIAN, in moving its adoption, said be regretted
to say that he had nothing decided to preemie to the meet-
ing. But proposals of • direct sad as indirect nature bad
been made which gave him *hope that by the next coed*
he should be able to offer eoneethiag tangible and definite.
They should give an answer to the government by next
Jae*. Midi" these circumstances be thought it better
to adjourn the present meeting.
In reply to Yr. Bug& LP.,
The CHAIRMAN said that the contract wss open till the
14 et June, by which day they most lend as answer to the
goverment, sod they hoped that by that day, er, at all
sweets by the next meeting, they would be able to offer
something which would preserve the contract and the ex-
isteace of a service so aoyeetageons to Ireland-

A ananamocont moved this the adoption of the report
be postponed.
Mr. the solicitor of the company, said that
it would be mach better. with a view to future negotiatioaa,
that the report mid statement of amounts should be
adapted.
. .

After some oonyenstioa the report was adopted end the
yosatiag adjourned to a failure day.

IMIFICTOILA 07 COAL MiNias.—Mr. Hedley
bawls' roalgood Aloe u ose of the inspectors of coal
Millie, Mr. Thomas K Wales, of Chesterfield, has rooehrod
the appoint et.
London, England, 1864-05-02

UNIVERSITY 114 11 ELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDOZ, Ann. 30.

ELECTION or THE NOSILIBIAN PROFEINOR or
Durtirrn.—The election of a encoessor Is the Right Rey.
the Lord Ilmhop of Ely in the above peotneorehip took
Vac, this day in the Sane r-boose. The electme were tt •
heeds of the mineral colleges in the univenrity, end tt •
whole were present with the exception of the =sten of
Pembroke Trinity Hall, end Rmatennel. The choice of
the elision fell %you the Rev. Charles hathory Bweinear,
late fellow and tutor et guilts College. Kr. Sweisen;
took his degree es of Trinity, and wee sixth wrangler in
1841. He was Huysaglecturer far 1857, and is now prin-
cipal of the Theologised Collage, Chichester.
London, England, 1864-05-02

ilieliiivotors hare moreover artanged for the seniors of Mr.
Maple. as the Leedom sneak of the Compady. that gement=
haring already estalvilehod tragic wrangsments with the lidghtoo
Railway Cowpony bed the North ta astern NAilway Casepany,
ander which goods sad paseweers eau be booked direct from any
of the dailies at those two tropertaat railway's fee freight and
pigs by the Own ,aay's steamers.
Other ursegeemts ere also Inpragrent for still farther de-
veloping the tragic inleedet to be aoncesisodated by this Com-
pany's ve eels; sad the arecten se this traffic inineeses
to Pee Wier sod men Waimea Ihe Orms la order
to meet the oleeltemonts thry havernery reason to expect
will arise ter additteeal assemselatee. mw direltlll7 whet

the Westin' Railway of Imam alai beOpesed 4irk. halo Mil
month.

Ike profitable =tare of steam matitatlea le evidenced by the
undersea.. domed prams extracted trete the Stack £i tease
°racial Ltd :
London, England, 1864-05-02

ROME.

ROSE, MAT 1.

The Congregation of the Index has cOndemned
twelve works, among which are the " Life of
Jesus," by M. Peyrat, and the defence of the Lyons
Liturgy.

THE SPANISH PASSIVE DEBT.
MADRID, Aram 30.
The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund
of the Passive debt took place to-day.
The prices fixed by the government were for the
first class internal, 52 ; second class, 31. 50 ;
foreign, 36.
No offers were made for either description.

THE BRAZIL MAIL
LISBON, N 1.

The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, with the
above mail, leaves for Southampton this morning
with 123 passengers, 12,2001. in specie, 781 bales of
cotton, 688 bags of coffee, and 341 packages of
sundries.
London, England, 1864-05-02

MUSIC.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

The Prophite arm given on Saturday evening for
the first time this Man. This most gorgeous of Meyea.
hose's operas attracted a crowded and fashionable audience,
sad was mcdnoed with all the splendour and magnificence
with which it boa always been clothed at this theatre;
bat it has certainly never been performed there with so
weak sad ineffective a out The part of John of Leydes
wan assigned to Herr Wachtel, the new tenor, who has re.
eentlyphael so =soh applause by thesxtraordinaypowerand
compass of his maw On Saturday evening he was mi.
dently labouring ander indispositioa, for his voice did Dot
display its usual strength and brilliancy. We by no means
say of Herr Wachter' voice that it is " vox et preens&
nihil," for he has better gifts than mere vocal power ; bat
it is certainly on his vocal power that he mainly relies, and
when this fails him he cannot command success. jam of
Leyden is ons of the grandest as well as most arduous dm
meters in the whole range of the opera stage, while
there is no great part that depends eo little on
mere vocal exmation. It hardly contains • single
air at all prominent in a musical point of view, except the
ansersiont song, sang by the Prophet with dasperstemirth
at the moment of the catastrophe. The representative
of the Prophet mast be an actor of the highest order ; sod
such was Mario, who, in this character, has left every other
performer—everyone, at least, either on the Paris or the
London boards—at an immeasurable distance, especially le
the wonderful some el the coronation, where the recreant
fanatic, raised to the summit of earthly grandeur, is forced
to deny his unhappy mother. These who saw the
son and the mother together, when the opera was
Bret produced oa the Covent-garden stage, in the persons of
Mario and Viardisailjernia, witnessed a scene which thee can
saver forget The part of Fides, which the composer wrote
for Madman Visrdei, sad withheld the opera for years till
be maid obtain her, is as arduous as that of the Prophet
himself. That incomparable artist has had many successor'
in the part, but no one has squalled the truth and beauty of
the original dramatic picture. Of all her suocesson, the
Adam of Saturday night, Mademoiselle Dalian, was
the most incompetent. Her performanee, in one
word, was a failure. On the other hand, the
character of Berths, to which justice a hardly ever
done, received it on this occasion from Madame Rudendorff,
who not only acted the part with intelligence and feeling,
bat sang the music with brilliancy and beauty. The other
parts were sustained as usual. Tagliafico was (as he
has always berm) an excellent Count Ohertitial ; and Neri.
Baraldi, Polooini, and Capponi were the three psalm-singing
Anabaptists. Were Mario to resume his part of John of
Leydso, which of all his great partais that which then
is the least reason for his resigning., and t were the
part of Fides more ably Mled, thee the London represents.
tion of this opera would be this best, as well as the most
splendid, at any theatre in Europe.
London, England, 1864-05-02

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

—.A—
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 30.—Arrournurrs.—Nava
Cadets (eominated) J. Y. Becifood sad L. H. Kaeria.
Assistant Enigma* J. (hawked to the Inesliable; J.
Pew to the Royal George.
Assistant Clerk E. Lauder, to the Fiagard.

CHATHAM, MAT 1.
Yesterday a valuable invention, the plan of Mr.
R. Rumble, the inspector of machinery &does, for on-
vet ling the engines of a screw steamer into Am engines,
was tested on board the Spanker gunboat, in the presence
of Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.&, tknniander.in-Chief,
sad numerous other officials, with the most wimples nom&

MAT L

The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Captain the
Hoe. A. A. C3Clif!li4, wired at Spitheed yesterday mom
Downs,
and after edam in a supply of cod mailed for the
Downs, to join the Channel Seat, ender the command of
Rear• Admiral Sydney Colooys Dames, C.B. The Triennia,
2, gunboat, Lieutenant John B. enmesh, feeder loam Sag.
ship Edgar, atm arrived at Porteseeetb, and mailed in the
afternoon for the Downs._ _ . _

ritiegouth, hired steam transport, Mind
at Spitheed yesterday morning from Calartts, having an
board a number of military invalids and men whose term of
service has expired. The invalids eta to-morrow be for.
warded to Netlezelpt:. .epital, and the time-aspired men ion:
to their severaldipota.
The Oho:thee, hired sailing tranepart, arrived at Spit-
bead from Oaleutts, eh: in sad taineateired
rose, who will be diode:gad to-morrow. As she CYO to
her asthma" up the Solent pause, the itesowr, hired
selling issesport, rounded the Isle of Wight and mme up
to Seu by the mat chann both vemels arriving shoe.
the restthee. The Rasowa is aim from Calcutta, and
brings home the right wing of the Sth Human. On
making bar number the Reba and Comet steam tugs were
sent out to meet her, and she was towed into harbour
without anchoring at Spitheed.