The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

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tee required to be need in the eon. No. 6,052 1 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1865.
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ordered to be laid down at this, ... i ANTIQUARIAN Excararraws AT MALTON
ruilteionr:l poweeful imachieery ),,,t., nt7Dgglitlliißll;.o. N-.,-, BLACK
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lora TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGMICE. EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
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= Government, Reduction of Steerege rare to Sin Land -
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27, Orden gle, to all classes. (astrfra's rasoaans.) (non OUR OWN OORRIBPounv.....
.w Commander F. W. Richards, SOUTHERN OCEAN. for BRISBANE. Melton Bay. Direct,
Picket for Jan. tO. This nimintdoest ship, forming orie of the SPAIN.
;. mill from the West °oast of Alija.; Slack Bell celebrated deet of Queue:ad packets, will be de- MADRID, DEC. 28.
• tomorrow morning. and afterwards sotehed punctually to date. The accommodation for all clam+
dim:made and pay off. The King of Portugal arrived here at midday
- w corvette, Captain R. B. Oldfield, Apo te JAMIOI Billt=dl4.Co., Liverpod
-or this af ternoori and anthored t IN Ball Line: aed T. M. MACKAY and 00., fil.e•Awtstaagf". to-day, and le again at 4.30 p.m.
. • salutes with the flagship at ,AL, sr" lAwdow. I.C. Senor eft
cos has been elected President of
on roundlet the Spit buoy.the Chamber of Deputies by 105 out of 114 votes.
nary ship. will he paid cot
ef coreyd,. ALESSRS. MONEY WIORAM and SONS' (of
t, sad recommiesioned oa th fell) ' Blsckwaltyard, London) LINE of STEAM and PACK ir The Council of State have declared the Arth-
C. Key, C.B. to AUSTRAIJ A.-For MELBOURNE, Fort
tang bishop of Burgos amenable under Article 304 of
re nem the Docks on Saturday, Seth January. at
seouth_%. the splendid clipper ship LINCOLNSHIRE, 1,100 the penal code.
BOAT sitAncEs. sons, EDWARD CHARLETUP., Commander: 171s11 in ibe red
--..- India Docks. Her accommodations for all classes of peasengsn FRANCE.
twelve months the lifeboats of am. unsurpassed, and she will carry an experienced
Institution have providentially boa For freight or mew apply to ALLIPORT and 110Rir5rwtta- PARIS, Dec. 28.
Mews. MONS? WIGRAM and SONS, T. Leadenhalletreet.
479 lives from the following ship. The France of this evening asserts that the
of the Dolled Kingdom :-Brig Wails
•8 • barque Amass. d Sunderland, STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL oz triziarowN TO French ambassador at Washington has not sent the
oy Embus, 4 ; fishing basit of Berwick- NEW YORK. TWICE A First Secretary of Legation to France to ask for
and crew 6 ; brit Elizabeth, of HE LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and . . • •
sod crew:7 ; 'Ammar Albioe, of J. FIGIADSEFfida STEAMSHIP COMPANY intend ca. mesh instructions with regard to Mexico. Accord-
.La Maria Francois le Pare Samos, "I'm'htheuwr itu-g'°"'"="6" 1r" acimr 84""4141" ing to the same paper, M. de Montholon has not
canaries the United States
w, 4 ; smack Leader, of Harwich, 1 FROM LIVERIOT4 far NEW TOIL made any declaration of an intention to leave
Norway, saved vessel and crew, 4; KANGAROO, Friday. Dec. ta. Washington in case a Federal representative is
Barrow, 5 ; yawl Matchless, of N . Aed every Wednesday, sat alienate Fridays add ttatindays.
aad °rev, 3 ; brig Hants, of Ode:, Cabin paeans by the mall sidemen
sestio=wk./odnesday, accredited to Juarez.
•es Lexingtoe, of Nassau. asented to le, 17, and tl guineas, act:adios to the Cabin
, 14 ; brig Bmter Chief lain, of Hartle. by the Friday's and Satmdayl steamers. 10 ((nines.
=rd. pewee Includes a fell semi, of cooked provnions. PRUSSIA.
Dells, of Nantes, 7 i Montag Imessiperibe Canada and the trettedMstes booked throng; oe
2 ; 'chooser Pfeil. of Blanksnesse, . cm adninteveans arena -For forthar pirtietiala :LP to BERL/N, Dec. 28.
to, of Lynn, 4 ; schooner Team; =MUM INMAN. ft,l.Toer- _eine. TATO/POOL ;.g 4° VS/ The semi-official Perrin:Sal Correspouderai of to-
; p's boat, Rodwherf Bay, Aostasea, to-
(M KAM. et, King m-soees. London.
ton, of Wiveelsoe, 1 ;
of Ocean . day states that the Chambers will be convoked for
Sommer,ls ; logger Peep o'Day, of Wexford, the 15th January, when the budget for 1866, toge-
of London, 19 ; schoomer ' I
6 ; smack Agnes and Mary, of Glas- thee with certain bills of pressing practical import.
• wipe, of Liverpool, mived vessel and anoe, 'will at once be brought in. The duration of
ohusoo, of Exeter, 4 - brigantine Lithe the session after these measures have been disposed
- hitatchle, saved vessel and crew, 4 ;
Palermo, saved vessel and crew, 12 - of would depend upon the attitude assumed by the
man. of Plymouth, saved veresi awl Chamberof Deputies,and upon the prospect it would
Thomas, of Liverpool, 5 ; brig Nautilus,
• red vowel and crew, 9 ; brig Herbal. afford of a definite result being obtained from their
land, saved vessel and crew, g; deliberations.
of Hartlepool, saved vowel and
• Patrice, of Barth, 5 ; sloop
f Newesatheon•Tyne, 2 ; Free& brig
. . villa, 4 ; schooner Earl Zetland, of
meet and crew, 5 ; schooner Emma, of
Reeser, of Scarborough, 9; schooner ,
t, 4 ; Loogship Lighthouse keeper, 1-
• wed, of Barrow, 4 ; schooner Maria, a
sod crew, 3 ; fishing cable, of Newbiggin,
Stilt of Grimsby, 9 ; Belgian brig
of Portmadoc, saved vessel and
Dublin Bay, 5 ; brig Argo, of Feed,
:us Dryden; of North Shields, 13; brig
:node:hied, 9 ; brie Commerrieweithou
• burgh, 11 ; schooner Test, of Southainp.
Tabora, of Hamburg, 5 ; barque Atlas,
13; Norwegian barque Sirius, wed
Anne sad Mary, North Shields, 9;
of Liverpool, 23 ; brig Raven,
vLisal and crew, 10; schooner Token, of
• , of North Shields, 21; smack Mary, of
• Barbadian, of• Liverpool, 4 ; 'abacus'
of Arklow, 5 ; brig Lucy, of Sunderland,
, of Hoogez, 7; schooner Waltman],
and ship Tenseserim, of Liverpool, 34 ;
of 479 persons saved from shipwreck
The institutios has also granted
vend silver medals and other honorary
to the crews of fishing-boat' and
182 peesoos from various winch on our
together a grand total of 661 lives saved
. . the rest year, mainly through the
.. encouragement of the National Lifeboat
these joint services and exercising the Mi-
ter the society has paid 4,8711. Who
-e of these lifeboats put off in the very
has watched their successful fight with
• has seen the same boats return, that has
motion, such as one cannot but experience
some heroic and self.danyiug act. The in-
• y paid this year 21.3741. on various life.
Since its formation it has expended alto.
on its 153 lifeboat establishments. The
society continue to be very heavy for pay.
t establishments. It ia therefore earnestly
• • blic at large will continue to streegthen
1. committee in carrying out the great and
of the Lifeboat Institution.
MARKETS.
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WEDNESDAY EVENENCL-In consequence of
• has been little or no business doing for
I. Today the market has been steady, and
and January to March, 435. 6d. to 485. 9d.;
to 50s. ; April to June, 49'. 6d. ; October to
town tallow, 48e. 3d net cash ; South
pipes, 495. &I. ; Australian beef, 48s. fine to
Odessa sheep. 495. Cocoanut oil is steady.
• .010, 48s. No Sydney offering. Palm oil
6.1. tol4ss.:fine Lagos. Palm-nut oil, 405.-
der of Memos. Smith and Charles.)
Lreseroot., Dee. 27.- A steady marketat pre-
Salm to-day, 10.000 bales, including 3.000
• . export. 2,000 American, 18d. to 22d.;
. , 21a. to 22id.; 700 Maceio and,Baktia, 201
Egyptian, Hid. t., 2Bd. • 200 Smyrna, 16
Sant, lid. tolSid. ; dares, 171 d. to 1 ;
kc., 121 d. to 120. ; China, 17d. to 18• L ;
. 211 d. to 221 d.
TRADE.-The amount of business trans-
. •er trade since our lest report has been very
is usual at this season of the year. There
abort supply of fresh goods, but no article is
- request. Being Christmas week, no market
uweay.at LeadeabalL
.sros, Dec. 27.-The supply of wheat was
market, the trade ruled dull, at barely last
Wheat, red, 45a. to 47e. ; white, 48.. to
Beams, old, 48a. ; new, 45e. to 475. Peas.
Oat., 225. to 2.1..
. 27.-The market to-day being held out of its
was but thinly attvoded by growers ; the
was at fully last Tuesday's rates, both
lid barley. Beans and peas quite as dear.
imperial to the grower:-Wheat. red, old,
be.. per imperial bushel, 46.. to 49a. ; ditto
1 lbs. to 611b5., 425. to 455. Barley, beat
. tint. 53lbs. to 541 be., 345. to 36e. ; ditto
r ditto, 521b5. to 531 b.., 295. to 325. Oats,
he., 245. t) 265. Beans, 63Iba to &Mho., 43e.
maple, 631 be. to 641b5., 36e. to 40s.
Dec. 27. -At this day's market all descrip-
t and flour were freely offered at previous
• retail sales which took place of American.
Black Sea 'ode, were at priees rather under
- Oats sad oatmeal in favour of buyer'.
• Beans, peas, and Indian corn quiet at
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.Valve OF ENGLISH CHARACTER.-The
ies of English habits and usages, says :-
mary of that county y of spleen and association
calomel' who is admitted luto society to send a
Cern:trees to the lady of the house he is in the
tiog. Beautiful women receive a whole maga-
des in their drawing-rooms ; and are thus en•
ingeoious calculation to ascertain the number
• . or theirsuitors, by that of the fat geese seat
y gene as many lovers. Is England a pose
•of a love letter. It is very original, like
that is English."
S, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
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BIRTHS.
December IS, at Resinston Lodge, Notting-hip. the
Bourne, key., of a daughter.
- bar 24, at Westvguarts, the wile of Dr. Farr, of a
December 20. at Aberdeen-Park, Blghbory, N., the
L. Hadloy, Esq.. of a son.
t.-Dermber ro, at Wargrave, Barbs, the wife of T.
. d, Esq., of a daughter
Demo/bur 2i, at Iliglabury-park. Mrs. W. Tolle*
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An interesting eiravation is now being aurrieu
on among the trenches of the British and Roams sw
forti-
ami!.
meets at Melton, by which the positions of various
fictions most unwisely levelled down and lost about the
commencement of the present century, are being
recovered. The railway cutting is being taken Miro*
this old fortified ground, and numerous burials have already
been found. About fifteen years ego the first. railway
cutting was made, and it has been fouod that two Rama
burials were then destroyed, portions of them hewing
been found recently. At the same time • very large
British *too* cairn had been pertly cut through and the
burial nearly all destroyed. This tumulus we 3 feet in
diameter ; the height could Dot be measured. as the apex
had bean removed when the ground was levelled sixty
years ago. The remains found showed that the body
had been doubled up and buried on its left side. There had
been an urn end some flint implements buried along with
it. The barrow is regarded as one of three lost British
tumuli, and had during the whole of this century been buried
beneath a thick layer of black soil abounding with Boman
pottery—the two periods being, thus strongly marked.
After leaving the large British cairn. the ground was all
black soil, chiefly from the levelling of 1800-6. In addition
to fragmeota of pottery, • surprising quantity of she bares
of oxen and swiss was collected. From some pasts of the
top earth a small iron arrow or spear-heed fell downken.
and in the same vicinity an unusual deposit of bro
Swaim ware and the Durobrivian pottery was
found, together with • coin of Coostentius and
made (Imperfect) isehrymatory, handles and Decks of
emplane, kc. Another British air* of stare formed is
a hollow of the natural surface, and though smaller than
the first, built of hoodooe Is the same manor. etas met
'nth at a point measuring twenty yards from the level
I QOM*/ over the line of railway. The western half of this
tumulus had also been removed in making the first railway
cutting, sod the greeter pert of the burial had also bees
destroyed. Exactly in the centre of the hollow the human
remains were fo& The body was noburet, apparently
doubled up, and was very much decayed ; evidently older
than the burial in the first British barrow. Ramona
orpiments or implements were found with ' burial.
The tumulus was small, about 15 feet in diameter and four
feet high, and was burled entirely buseth & layer of black
soil three feet thick. There were remains of charcoal. but
DO molter covering and no term tumulus. From
the northern edge of this tumulus the natural
oolitic grit rose rapidly, and at a few fast distant to the
north the skeleton of as unburnt male body, of 000sidu-
able stature, laid at full length, north-westand south-east,
upon the surface of tee undisturbed grit was found.
The body had been buried superficially, but, including
about a foot of levelled surface, was about four feet deep.
Btollol had be piled rimed the burial, but °sly in •
rude cost fashion. The bones, from the saxes of air
and wet, were so rotted that no part of the
skeleton could be preserved, excepting one thigh bone.
This was the skeleton of ea old Boman, the jaws being
toothless The burial bad been aa early one, for with it
was toned if large copper win of Atacama Pios and a
very beautif al urn of the Durobrivisa pottery. This urn
is of a very delicate ware, and is exactly of the shape
figured in Wright's "Celt, Roman, and Saxon," p. 210,
idt-hand figure, top group, except that the white could
on the bluaslatish ground is • double or inverted zig-zag
pattern, Matra of • foliate one. The urn was smashed by
the workmen, and a few (minuets were lost, bat it has bees
re-built by Mr. Markman, and sufficient has been obtained
to show the form. This urn is • very beautiful pie vhfof
Roman pottery. The body was laid with the face to
east. At 34 yards distance from the level craning of the
railway, • trench or covered way was cut acmes. of 20 (t.
width and a depth of lOft., the bottom of the excavation
just reaching the level of the dies The bottom' of this
trench, or vellum, was cowered with • reacirole of
uhes and charcoal nearly one foot thick ; sad for two
or three feet upwards the nation showed layers
of ashes, among which numerous boon of oxen and
swine were dug out. It is remarkable that., so far as the
stratification of ashes ascended, there was no trace of pot-
tery, but that above the lines of ashes and charcoal the soil
filling the ditch abounded with petteryonmistakably Roman.
The inference is that this covered way was ultimately filled up
by Mr. Hastings during the present century. The British and
undisturbed Roman periods were, however, plainly marked
on the section. In the British deposits only • bone pin was
found; in the Roman socumulationevarious domestic utensils
(among them colander, or strainer, pierced at bottom) were
found. Just at the northern edge of the ditch the
complete skeleton of an ox was found, with • large twisted
handleof an amphora, and other pottery. At an advance
of 40 yards a smaller trench was cut through, only per.-
Crating about two feet into the solid rock, but being about
seven feet wide. In this were the remains of • hugs fire, of
which the ashes yielded various bones of animals, half
calcined. Mr. Copperthwalte is of opinion that this must
have been a long continued Roman camp fire, probably
of the allies, who were, it is presumed, encamped on the
s well as on the south of the mein quadraugle. The
swations at this point yielded a mail coin of Rama.
the mother of Constantine the Great. Coins of this date
have often been found at Melton, and not elsewhere ; and
Mr. Coppurthweite holds that Mahar has most evidence
in its favour of having been the birthplace of Constantine
the Great. Of the present coin, the exergue is partly
defaced, the legible portion being ... LENAE AVG.
The trench also yielded quantities of Boman pottery (in
fragments) of many nautili, of various colours mad menu.
factors, end there were several Roman bricks or tiles. In
no came, however, has • potter's Romabeen found.

(mow OUR SPICILL comizseowniarr.)
KEW YORK. DSC. 16.
One of the curious signs of the times base is
what is called "the eight-hour movement" among
the working men. It is neither more nor lees
than an attempt to restrict the working day in all
trades to eight hours by legislation, in order to
give the working man more leisure for reading,
music, or amusement They say that at present
they are worked so hard that high wages are of
little use beyond securing good food and clothes,
and so forth, for theirl families ; that they come
home at night so late and so tired that they find
it impossible to do anything for the cultivation of
their minds, let them be ever so desirous ; that no
doubt the beat way to accomplish the object they
have in view would be by voluntary combination
against the employers, but that this is not possle.
Unless all could be induced to hold back, of course
nothing could be done. If any agreed to work
for the long hours, all would eventually
be found to do so ; and there is no
quiptioa that large numbers of the working
meg do not feel the thirst for pelf-improvement
which is experienced by the beat of them ; that to
secure, therefore, the success of the movement, the
laggards, the indifferent, and the ignorant and un-
ambitious, must be made to stand by the better by
means of coercive legislation.
In some of the States there exists already a law
fixing the working day attain hours which the agL
tators point to as establishing a precedent for legis-
lative interference in the matter. But the fact is,
that in most places the act is a dead letter. In
Maine it is completely disregarded by both em-
ployers and employed, and as much work is done as
men can be got by any of the ordinary
inducements to agree to do. But there is
much to be said in favour of the ten hours
law which could not be said in favour of an
eight hour law. Practically it simply bestows legal
recognition on the limits already placed to the
working day by custom. Ten hours, exclusive of
I meal times, is about the time for which men work
in most places, law or no law, so that in this States
for instance, where there is such an act on the
statute book, I think few workmen ever think of
its existence, or ever have any occasion to appeal to
it. But eight hours are less by at least two hours
than the pl,ysical powers even of delicate men will
permit them to work, and these they would work
if left to themselves ; less, too, than employers have
calculated on when investing their capital, and less
than is required to enable capital here to comptete
with capital in other places. Consequently, he
proposed restriction would, if submitted to by em-
ployers, even if accompanied by a diminution in
wages, diminish production in all States in which
it was in force.
But nothing is further from the thoughts of
i the working men than that it should be
accompanied by a diminution of wages. They cal-
culate on making the loss, whatever it may be, a
deduction from the profits of capital, to which the
capitalist is morally bound,to submit. The agitation
is accordingly conducted by means of appeals to the
capitalist's conscience, denunciations of his greed,
and so forth. The possibility of his being able to
escape from the meshes of the law does not seem to
occur to any of the leaders, and nothing could well
be more simple or more certain. There is not the
smallest chance, for instance, that anything like
uniform legislation on this subject will ever be wit-
nessed all over the country. Congress has no power
to interfere in the matter, and the laws of the
several States will always vary as the pursuits or
feelings of their population vary.
The working men form so large a class in the sea-
board States of the North, that I can imagine them,
if sufficiently united and determined, forcing the
legislature to pass such an act as they now call for.
But there would be little likelihood of anything of
the kind taking place in the States further west or
further south, where the farmers are in a majority,
and where " self-culture " has not yet begun to be
in such demand as amongst the mechanics of New
England aid New York. Consequently, if sin-
ployers found their profits seriously curtailed by
meddlesome legislation in one State, they would
gradually move into.other States where no such
restrictions existed. Or even if they were disposed
Ito submit, they would be compelled to
move by the pressure of competition spring-
ing up in places in which industry was free.
For example, the enormous weight of taxation
and high price of food in this city is gradually
driving manufacturers out of it, and giving an im-
mense impetus to business in country towns like
Newhaven, Connecticut, where the taxes are com-
paratively light, living comparatively cheap, and
which has cheap and rapid communication, with
New York by water.
It is impossible, therefore, that the experiment
should succeed, even if the working men should
prove able to try it. It would not last even long
enough to have its folly exposed by the operation
of the ordinary economical law, which makes dimi-
nution of capital, and therefore of the demand for
labour, follow diminution of production. Capi-
talists would not wait for this ; they would pack up
their machinery, and leave for some place where they
would be let alone, and the workmen would be left
behind to enjoy their leisure as best they might
Moving stock and machinery is of course expensive
and wasteful work, but every change of this kind
-------- is effected here with a facility of which it is difficult
to give anybody who does not know the country any
Tea " CHTLDLVO3' FRlEND."—Numerous fraud,. •
idea. There is no more extraordinary feature in
have recently been oommitted leas aris by a woman about
45 years of age, dressed as a sant in comfortable cir- the national character than its adaptability. It
nametapes.. By some means or other she obtains the a• would be bard to bring about any combination of
dresses of persons who have children out et name in the
circumstances so unfortunate that an American
province., chiefly in the department of the Yonne, Euro-et-
Loire, and Scathe. She presents herself as the neighbour I would not begin to face them instanter without a
and friend of the aurae who is resting the child of the per-
word of regret or repining. And if the capitalists
son to 'whom she epplies, gives a most pleasing account of
the child's progress, and invariably concludes with saying of any State found their I
have no bt
take charge of anything the person may have to send. De-
would migrate with a rapidity that would astonish
°eyed by her plausible story, many persons have intrusted
to her clothes for their children, presents of soap. Mot. their employes.
etc., for the nurses, and sometimes evco a month's pay-
mast for the latter. Of course none of the things ever ar- It is in vain to urge the ordinary laws of politi-
rived at their destinatios, and after a while people to cal economy on the consideration of the working
that they have been duped. Tbe polite have been for
some time making active march for this swindler, but classes here, and of little use to urge them on the
hitherto without seems. consideration of any class. There are few coun-
Dzrower CELESTIALS. —• The Chinese in this
colony seem to be under a most extraordinary obligation tries in which, considering the general diffusion
with reference to the deceased of certain rant. Twelve education, the ignorance on these subjects in so
moot" from this doto—some time to look forward to k 1 great. Few men in public life know anything
the-way—the Chinese throughout the colt,
upon to contribute to a general food which will then be
will bw willed I about them ; and all men, finding the country get
raised for the purpose of conveying the remains of 500 1 on so well by the application to its affsirs of what
bodies of detnoet celestials already consigned to mother
earth, from this ruins) to Cins. Doting the last twelve : is, or seems to be, " plain common sense," are
months • similar number of dead Chinese of a certain , unwilling to give any time or attention to general
rank have been shipped to the flowery continent from I principles. It would be very difficult to convince
Victoria. It appears that the Chinese in this eoloey are _ . •
once every two years called upon to
he 500 bodies to an average American business man that Adam
China, that somber representieg the rats of mortality Smith, or Senior, or Mill, could teach him any-
amongst a cortaim ekes of tins on the goldfields, to
whom the privilege of interment in Chinese soil is specially , thing about the laws of of trade ; and the working
granted.—australion paper. classes are deeply impressed, I am glad to say,

PARIS, THURSDAY EMILIO.
The A emir National yesterday objected to the
expulsion of the six students on the ground that
the government had created a "philosophic mis-
demeanour," not only new to French law, but
directly at variance with the constitution, which,
while affording equal protection to all religions,
knows none as the religion of the state. It assumes
that the students were expelled because they had
said, or were accused of having said at Libge, " We
are socialists, revolutionists, and atheists." A
communique to the Avenir National this evening
does not take issue upon that form of words, but
describes the offence of the students as consisting
in
"the repudiation in • foreign city of the national
flag, in hoisting in its stead first • mourning
standard, and next the red flag, which is the
symbol of civil war." This the voice of autho-
rity now says was not a " philosophical
misdemeanour." The eommuniqui further alleges
teat the delinquent students " sang obscene and
insurrectionary songs, insulted the representative
of France, tailed for universal war, preaohed the
overthrow of all social order, swore hatred to the
bourgeoisie and to capital, and proposed to settle all
social questions by a street fight." The convmuniqui
concludes in these words :
The journal which studiowly suppresses these facts for
the pupas of persuading the youths of the school that it
is wished to interfere with " philosophic liberty," incurs
• grays responsibility toward' families whose children may
be misled by its sophisms, sod who may be urged on to
contempt of la chose julic (the Wog judged), and acts
whili may compromise their future career.
The last sentence spoils whatever there is good
In this communicated note. It is well that
ilthe government disclaims any authority concerning
'religious dogmas, and assuming the students to
have preached rebellion and civil war iu the way
alleged, opinions may fairly differ as to the expe-
diency of taking academic notice of wild talk in a
foreign country. But when the communiquil puts
on a level with these doctrines of terror, and as an
equally frightful offence, contempt of la chose *gee,
it sets up claims to infallibility and becomes ridicu-
lous. Dr. Tardieu, the instrument used by the
Minister of Public Instruction for expelling the
students, has himself shown contempt for la chose
jug& in the most practical manner by resigning his
poet. The text of the judgment of theSuperiorCoun-
cil of Public Instruction is now published. It lays
down distinctly that the disciplinary jurisdiction of
the academies, quite distinct from that of common
law, extends to the conduct of students in foreign
countries. While, however, confirming the judg-
ment in principle, it thinks "allowance should be
made for the rashness of youth, and that all hope
of continuing their studies should not be denied
to the six students." Extenuating ci-cunastances
being found in favour of one student, named Bi-
gourdan, his exclusion from the Academy of Medi-
cine of Paris, instead of being perpetual, is limited
to two years. The perpetual exclusion of the others
from the Academy of Paris is maintained, but, in-
stead of adopting the suggestion that they should
be perpetually excluded from all other medical
schools in France, the Superior Council contents
itself with an exclusion for two years. A further
appeal lies to the Council of State, which will
doubtless be tried.
The Marquis de Larochejaquelin died yesterday
afternoon at Pecq, near St. Germain, at the age of
sixty. He was the son of that Marie de Victoire
de Dounissan who, while fighting by her husband's
side in La Vendee, at the battle of Cholet, held in
her arms an infant ten months' old, who became
the marquis and senator just dead ; and who sub-
sequently, after the defeat of Saveuay, fled to the
woods, where, utterly abandoned and unprotected,
she gave birth to twin girls. There is little to be
said of the representative of an ancient name who
has just departed. His early adhesion to the go-
vernment of the coup d'ited lent but little force to
it ; but irrevocably disgusted his relations.
A French journalist has made a collection of the
number of deaths in the year 1865, of parlour; who
attained the age of 100 years and upwards—France
not included. England holds a respectable place in
the list, having five names out of only nineteen
collected from the whole world. The following is
'the list, which no doubt might be greatly added to
by further investigation : Mrs. Burchell, 100 years,
Brighton ; Mrs. Isabella Ross, 105 years, Market
Weighton ; Mrs. Mary Flinn, 100 years, London ;
Mrs. Margaret Curteis,lo3 years, Shelton Rectory,
Norfolk ; Mrs. Sarah Englefield, 101 years, Wake-
field ; E. Nauwelaers, 103 years, Brussels ; Isabelle
Somer, 100 years and eight months, Destelbergeu,
Belgium ; Catherine Van Welle, 101 years, Most ;
Lorenzo Ritmo, 100 years, Rossighone Liguria ;
M. Agatbange, formerly abbot of the Russian con-
vent of St. George, Crimea, 108 years ; the Austrian
general,Count Civalart de Heppancourt, 100 years ;
the Indian warrior, Bloody Hand, 100 years, at
Cutteraugnea; Madame Anggique Doyer,ll3 years,
at Quebec ; widow Gaggero, 106 years, at Genoa ;
Luisa Maria de Oliveira, 107 years, Arrondissement
de Leuze, Portugal ; Jean Schlagentweitt,Lev 1
il7,
Vienna; Madame Daniel Couture, 102 years, s,
Canada ; Rabello de Penafiel, Portugal, 106 years.
The Bourse continues to decline. Rents fell 2bc.
for cash, and 10c. for account, closing at 68fr. sc.
and 68fr. 10c. Mobilier fell 7ir. 50c.
oy I The Daily News is seized.
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The New York Times of the 15th writes as follows
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rioters.
The more the conduct of these colonial officials towards
the rioters is made public, the more uojnetifiable it appears.
We say rioters, for there is no shadow of evidence that what
was called au • insurrection " is really anything more than a
kind of breed-riot, made by very poor and ignorant people.
As a riot it did not approach in danger or pasiton to
our New York riots, three years ago. And yet British
soldiers have been hunting down miserable negroes sus-
pected of the slightest aysonathy with the rioters, lashing
them and hanging them, without trial or evidence.
To increase the horror of these proceedings, the wild
severe of the island have been put on the trail of the
fugitives, whom they will certainly slaughter without
mercy. But the act of greatest atrocity has been cons.
milted against • respectable citizen, who had been • kind
of leader of the blacks in the legislative body, Mr. Gordon.
This man was not • negro, but • very light mulatto, •
justice of the peace and a member of the legislature. He is
admitted, even to the English tory press, to have been •
moat exemplary citizen, very benevolent to the poor, and
• member of a Christian Church. He was not near the
scene of the riot, and had nothing to do with the outbreak.
But his offence consisted in having written in last March to
Mr. Cardwell. Secretary of State for the Colonies, a letter
of protest against the mode of government of the based by
the former planters, urging in the most temperate manner
that the poor peasantry were ground down by excessive
taxation ; that the " Whipping Act " degraded them ; that
certain improvements, such as a " ship dock " and other
public works, were adding to the burdens of the people,
and that bad administration was beggaring the island.
It was such a letter as any public man in
any constitutional country ought to write in the
interests of his constituents. There is not a word in
it of • rebellious or revolutionary nature. Mr. Cardwell,
after some interval, sent the !otter to the governor of the
island foe consideration. Governor Eyre had copies of it
forwarded to all the interior parishes, in order to expo.*
to the planters the machinations of their screwy. In this
way the people came to know of it, and, it is alleged, wee
excited by it, though it is very evident that they had
wrong" enough to arouse them, without supposing that this
(elm financial letter could have had any great effect.
Mr. Gordon, who was outside of the district where the
riot had burst forth sod where martial law had pre-
vailed, was arrested on Saturday night, brought over to
the some of the disturbance, and on Monday morning
was tried by court-martial, and executed, amid the tears of
great numbers of his friends—the only evidence, so far as
appears, being the letter be had written to Mr. Cardwell,
and the real canes being, without doubt, the jealousy and
hatred of the planting Interests of • leader of the blacks.
Another cause of the riot is alleged by Governor Eyre to be
• letter by Rev. Dr.Uoderhill, secretary of the Baptist Mis-
sions, also to Mr. Cardwell, on the economical and admi-
nistrative difficulties of the island—a calm, statesmanlike,
financial discussion of the shuns of the planting admit:tie-
trstion, confirming multi of what Gordon bad said, and
making the case still stronger against the planters.
The whole proceedings of the British officials in
this matter are a disgrace to • civilised nation.
There is no evidence of anything more than
• riot, and yet poor people miles away are shot, whipped,
hung, hunted by savages,and the leaders of the peasantry—
men of loyalty and character—hung on the smallest pretext.
We are glad to see that the old English sense of justice
and fair play is borniog up io a fierce flame against such
tyranny. Again is England dividing on this question, as
she did on the American. The working masses, the
liberals and reformers sod their °rests, have taken op the
cause of the abused Jamaican peasantry, while k
the school
which the Times represests is defending the planter sod
the officials. Whatever Englishmen may boast of their
sacrifices in behalf of emancipation, it is very clear that •
large portion of English society were, during our war, and
are now at heart, friends of slavery
and they divide now
A_ according as their sympathies are on this questioe.
of

GREAT WESTERN WORKS AT SLOUGH.—At the
Slough jonetioo of this line, some extensive works have
been commenced, principally with the view of altering the
existing arrangements for the passage of the up and down
traffic. which at this spot cross each other in a very peculiar
meaner. The platforms of both the up and down stations
are on the south side of the }unction. About a ythr ago
this circumstance partly brought •about a collides which
entailed a considerable loss upon the isompany. After this
experience of what might happen again at any moment, the
director wisely determined to lay out a sum of 16.0001. ia
remodelling the junction and stations. These works arm
making great progress under the supervision of the owe-
paey's engineer. The alterations will amidst of two
entirely new stations, built of white brick end Bath stool.
looted of both of them bales on the same side of the line,
the up will be on the north sod the down station on the
south side of the railway, • oommunication between the
two being provided for passengers by means of a footbridge
ever the line. Thus up trains stopping at Slough on the
way to Paddington upon reaching a certain point west of
the junction will peso along a loop siding to the north
station : the down trams along a similar loop to the southor
down station. obviating the crossing of the rails in the pee-
wit dangerous fashion, while the through trains will pr
along the centre of the roadway, leaving the loop sidings
free for the stopping train'. Each new station will be about
275 ft. in length. Simultaneously with the improvement of
Slough junction great alterations will be carried out at the
Beading station at a cost of 90,0001., while the directors
are about to erect their own telegraphic wires over a portion
of the line.
DEATH PROM EXCESSIVE FRIGHT.—On Christmas-
day Mr. Merringtoo. a highly respectable fanner,
living retired at Billericay, Ewe, but who has a see who
occupies the farm he bold at Bottabury, about three muss
distsot, met his death under the following circtinistthows.
On that day there was a family gathering at the farm,
and Mr. Merriogton, who is a widower and siety-sine
years of age. drove his daughter. Mrs. leineas, wife of the
governor of the Billericay Union-house. and her two
children, over in • four-wheeled chaise. After dinner, about
half-past 4 p.m. he was returning home, aad, while Dear
Thorowgood's-Wood, the horse took fright and furiously
eloped away. It west about half a mile before it could
stopped. Mr. Iderriegton, who was a powerful man,
twisted the reins round his wrist to give him m ore per-
ches@ over the horse. It ran on to a green and up to a
gate, and Mrs. Dunces jemped out and ran to the horse's
bead, having one of the children in her arms. On looking
round to speak to her father he appeared to tremble very
much, fell back in the chaise, and never spoke more.
She shrieked for aseistasios, but it was a considerable time
before any one came. A man came up from hearing the
cries, took the horse out, and galloped off for a doctor, who,
on arriving, found the vital spark had tied. Au inquest
was held at the Ball Inn, Billericay, before Mr. Lewis, de-
puty coroner, when Mr. Berle, surgeon, stated that
death arose from excessive palpitation of the heart, brought
on by extreme fright. Verdict—" Died by accident,
arising from fright." It is supposed the chaise premed on
the horse and started it off.
DEATH OF • CHILD THROIIGH SWALLOWING A
000011 Wsilziesday after noon Mr. M. Browse,
wooer, held an iaquest touching the death of an infant
child 17 days old, whose death was caused by accidentally
swallowing a rough lozeoge. From the evidence it appears
that the deceased child was the sou of William Pike, chins-
. neysweeper. It bad her• very weakly child sines its
i birth. Last Suedey evening but one the child was sitting
on Se mother's knee, and was coughing • good deal, and a
lozenge was given it. The child soaked so strong that it
slipped from its graodmothees hand into its throat and
stuck there for a few mopeds. The deceased continue
edd
gradually to sink, and died on Saturday. The deceas's
throat must have been slightly injured, as there was a little
raLAdvertisement.l HouiWatr's Them bleeding when the lozenge came away. The surgeonstated
are better for strengthening a debilitated constitution i that cough loseegea were especially dangerous to children
than any other medicine in the world. Persona of a nervous that t age, as, they {morally coutethed opium, the =tallest
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not think
organs. or whose health has become deranged by bilious stiec. i ••
Hone, disordered stomach, or liver complain should wee no Ithe injury to the throat was the cause of the child rogueing
time le giving these admirable eill• • fair trial_
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asthma, or alicateas of Welkin are also wham the rage of i temporary suffocation and other injuries.—The joy re.
the sanative powers of this remarkable medicine. The Wet I tweed a verdict " That deceased, a weakly child, had very
effected lit these pills are n t superficial nor temporary, but
improperly a Image gives to it. which accidentally slipped
permanent and complete. They are as mild as they sic aka-
dons, Mid may be given with confidence to delicate icings-sand late ill ma won the Olen of firldb."—Nellinghdlet
yowls children. Jered.
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dills by WHIM Wheels, 1,800 ; toss' visitors, 8,741. poses, last year, of the Blue-oast School wee 42,069/. 9s. 6.1.

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MARRIAGES.
LR—WALKER.—Deccuilmr M, at Holy Trhiltr.
Newington, James, son of J. Alexander. Essi, er
lath, Kent, to Emily, daughter of J. Walker, Esq.
ram.
—LIVERMORE—December 41, at Dufftown. N.B.
sy. J. A. Cruickshank, J. Barclay, Croydon Surfer.
Rose Menzies Lirsnuors, niece Menzies.
of Dr.
EVlL—December t 3, at St. John's, Stratford, Mr.
ey, of Sentinel hatbour, to Mary Ann, daughter of the
',ve, Esq., of Bundlsb-hall, Moreton. Easel.

DEATHS.
.—December 26, in Clanms-street, Piccadilly, Fla
le rife .4 C. F. D. Calllard, Ea+
.—December 45, the Her. C. °Whey, M. A., of Woe'
Aar. Orion, aged 26.
N.—Demmber 26, then, the wife of .1. Robb:Mon, FA.
y-ruad, St. John's...cod, aged 49.
.—December 2S, at inghbury.place, Mr. J. Mini%
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lVE.—December 25, Harriet Calder, wife of Yr. •
re, ol Parkterrace, Wackier-road. Una Lw*hi..
id 2tL
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