The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

DISABILITIES OF AMERICAN PERSONS OF

COLOUR.

TO TIM =MIL OP TNT IIPREES.

Sta,—l beg to forward to you a correspondence
which bap receatly taken place between Miss S. P. Rereond,
a free-born Anterken lady of colon with whoa I have
the heater to be acquainted, sad Mr. Dallas, the American
minister in this country. I add a copy of her passport.
You will observe that a visa to Miss Remond's passport is
refused by the American minister on the sole ground that
she is a person of colour.—l am, &c.,
London, Dse. 29. A BARRISTER.

8, Grenville-street, Brnnewiok•paare, W.C.,
Dec. 12, 1869.
84,-1 beg to inform yon that • short thus shima wait
to the office of tbe American emble•y to have my limpet
visaed for France. . . .

I should remark that my passport is an American one,
granted to me in the United States, and signed by the
minister in due form. It states what le the fact, that I ea
• citizen of the United States. I was born in Mrs"-
abaneta. _ _ _

-I.lpon-rny asking to have my passport visaed at the Ameri.
can Embassy, the person in the office refused to affix the visa,
on the pound that I am a person of colour.
Being a citizen of the United States, I respectfully demand
se my right that my passport be visaed by the minister of
my zonntey.
As I em desirous of starting for the continent, I must re-
quest ma answer at your earliest conveniesee.—l remain, sir,
your obedient servant, thitax P. RIMOND.
The Hon. —. Dallas, American Minister,
24, Portland-place.
Legation of the United States, London, Deo. 14, 1869.
Mies Bush P. Removed.
I am directed by the minister to acknowledge the receipt
of your note of the 12th instant, and to say in reply, hi
I must, of coons, be awry if any of hie oountryw
ine-
speeeive of colour or extraction, should think him fri y
disposed to withhold from them facilities in his power to
pant for travelling on the continent of Europe, but whew the
indispensable qualification for an American passport, that of
" United States Citizenship," dose not exist; when, indeed,
it is manifestly sn imposeibility by 14w that it should exist,
a just seine of his official obligations under instructions re-
mised from his government as long ago as the Bch July,
1866, and since them strictly conformed to, constrains him to
say that the demand of Miss Sarah P. Remand cannot be
complied with.—Respectfully your obedient servant,
/harm. RONAN, Assistant Secretary of Legation.

Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
lever of yeaterday'e date.
The purport of your communkration is most extraordinary,
You now lay down the rule that persons free-born in the
United States, and who have been subjected all their lives to
the taxation and other burdens impmed upon American MIA-
MI', are to be deprived of their rights .2 suck, merely because
their complexions happen to be dark, and that they are to
be refused the aid of the ministers of their country, whose
salaries they contribute to pay.—l remain, air. your obedient
servant, SARAH P. ARMOND.

PABSPOIt.—I, the undersigned Secretary of State of the
United States of America, hereby request all whom it may
renown, to permit safely am, freely to pies Sarah P. Re-
mand, a citizen of the United Stores, and in case of need to
give her all lawful aid and protection.
Given miter my hand and the impression of my seed of the
Department of State of the City of Washington, the 10th
day of SepleMbOT, A D. 1858, it the 83rd year of the Inde-
pendence of these United State*. Lawn Case.
Department of State.

LAwrEas IN Barnes OntruntA.—Mr. D. 8.-
biegton Ring, barrister, recently of the Western Circuit, and
lately residing at Mannamead, Plymouth, but now of British
Columbia hes had nopleasent diffarences with the Attor-
ney-Oen:eel of that cdony. Mr. Ring, on the authority of
a Mr. Wright, wound the Attorney-Oeneral (Mr. Cary) of
having violated tome rules of the bar, which be bed himself
proposed sod carried. Mr. Carey called Mr. Sting to account
for this, and charged him with having circulated slanders.
Mr. Ring stated kis authority, but denied that be had circu-
lated the complaint, because be bed confined it strictly to
members of the bar, who were parties to the rules alleged to
have been vioiatei, and he offered to leave the dispute to be
settled by third parties. Mr. Cary refused the reference, and
demanded the unconditional withdrawal of the charge, adding
some offensive terms. Thereupon Mr. Ring tent to Mr.
Cary, by a friend, an elaborate letter, which concluded thud :
If, therefore, by the hands of Mr. Baneteon, who bears this
letter, you do not retract the offensive terms which you used
towards toe, although I shall denounce you in the most
public way as a elanderer of me, I desire to be spared
from eddies coward." The Attorney•Ormeral refused both
the demand and theehallenge carried by the hewer—there-
upon lir. Ring proceeded to advatiee him in the newspapers,
as he hod throntned, and denounced him as a coward.
Upon this Mr. Cary exhibited articles of the peace against
Mr. Ring, and wooed him to be bound over in 6001. to keep
the peace. There it should have ended, but Mr. City was
linoleum to vindicate himself, and &pia rushed lute pint
with a letter of explanation, the substance of which waa that
le the cowrie that be had taken he had stated under the advice
of friends. This called forth a letter from Mr. Ring, in
which be re misted she whole care. Other letters were pub-
lished, one signed "D. Mecaulay," and addressed to D. B.
Ring, Req., barrister," strangely illustrative of colonial life,
wherein the writer, se the friend of Mr. Cary, accepts the
&siker of Mr. Ring, "with either of the following
weapons :—Rifle, 60 yards, two shots : shot gone, 40 yards,
toe allots ; pietas. 30 yards, two shots; bow (6 feet) and
arrow, 60 yard., three shots ; bowie knife, in a dark room."
The writer adds—" Raving an utter contempt for yen per-
sonally, I and you this chelleege through the press."
Hers, at the departure of the last sews, this pretty quasi
rated.

8111PWRICI8 AND LOBB OF LIPB ON TIE
COAST OF WI FORD.

It is again our melancholy duty to have to record
a disastrous wreck, or rather wrecks, which have taken place
near here during the last few days, in the one case involving
a great amount of entering and the loss of one life, in ad-
dition to the destruction of a large amount of exceedingly
valuable property. The first of thew dimmers which we Lave
to notice occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning in the
neighbourhood of Bannow, where the Anshan% of Mingo,
teem the Havannas, was driven ashore, and became a total
wreck. The Anthem, which was a yawl of 322 tons burden,
built at Greenock in 1028, belonged to Mears. Robert Dunlop
and Co,, of that place, and was commanded by Thomas
Martin, in addition to whom there was a crew of 15, including
the chief mate and all hands. The mewl hod a valuable
cargo of tobacoo, mahogany, and lancewood, consigned to
Messrs. Hall and Co., Liverpool, which she shipped at the
port of Zan*, in the Island of Cuba, which place she left on
her return voyage on the 10th of October last. Soon after
leaving Zama the ship grounded on a bank, but came off
without apparent damage, and proceeded on her voyage, en-
eountering, however, vary rough weather for the whole dis-
tance. On the 19th of November the commenced making
water very fast, the crew being obliged to keep the pumps
constantly going; and to add to their misfortune, in conse-
quence of their lengthened passage, the provisions ran short.
This continued up to Friday lest, the 30th tilt., the captain
in the meantime twice obtaining a supply of provisions front
other vessels. At two a.m. on that day, Wing that he
could not weather the Hook, his sails being all blown away,
and some of his crew sick, while the others were completely
knocked up by fatigue and want of courialnent, the
captain let go the starboard anchor in the Bay of Fethard,
off Begenbon, and hoisted his flag for a pilot. The Coast-
wardsd some &harm= put off and boarded her, after-
supplying him with water and visions,pro but none
of the latter could be induorl to etsy on board, as asked by
the captain, giving as • reason that she would not hold to
her anchors where she was. On Saturday morning the cap-
tain went ashore, in order to proceed to Waterford to obtain
the assistance of a steamer, saving the chief mate in charge,
who, finding that she was dragging, paid out more chain
and let go the port anchor, afterwards paying out
all the cable, which for a time had the effect of
staying her. At midnight, however, she commenced
dragging again, and at about four a.m. she struck
heavily. About seven o'clock the port cable broke, and she
went on the rooks. At very great risk to themselves the
fishermen and country people on shore, aided by the coast-
guards, succeeded in forming a communication with the
wreck, and by means of linen rescued, with me exception,
every soul on board. One of the seamen, named John 111' Clean,
not being able to swim, lashed himself to a log of mahogany,
in the hopes of being washed whore, but unfortunately was
drowned. In the court. of Sunday and the following night
the ship broke up, the shoes being strewed with portions of
the wreck and cargo. The tobacco, which was of the finest
leaf, consisted of more than 200 bales, the duty on which
alone is estimated at over 7,0001., but noire of it was eared
except that which was washed ashore. We understand that
the opportunity was too tempting to some of the inhabitants
of that district, who are likely to get into trouble for their
over-partiality for the " weed," the revenue officers having
detected several parties taking• it away with them, even by
car-loads. The second wreck which we have to record took
place at Kilmer., on Friday night, when the barque Lady
Rebow, of London, was run ashore near St. Patrick'e-bridge.

Mhos" in consequence of the state of the weather meta:
inn the captain getting a sight of soy of the ooast light.. The
Lady Bebow, of 86 tons burden, was bound from St. Michael'.
with oranges, and hopes are entertained of her being reco-
vers:l, although the greatest portion of her cargo will be lost.
Fortunately no lives were lost in this occurrence.— Wexford
Coutitsotios. .

PALER RETURNS AND EXTRAORDINARY BUR-
OHAROIB AND PINES FOR INCOME TAX IN
MANCHESTER.

The Income Tax Commissioners have come down
upon the creploy,'s in one of the large commercial attablish-
meets in Manchester with surcharges and tinea of extraordi-
nary severity. It is said that in the establishment referred
to ten or • dozen servants having salaries of 5001. to I,OOW.
per annum have been returning their incomes at 2001. to
3001., and have been paying income tax only upon these
smaller amounts. It is supposed that information has been
obtained of these facts by the Income Tax Comma/Mona.
through • discharged servant of the house referred to, who is
now employed as an officer in the Income-tax Office. Be
this as it may, it appears that heavy surcharges have been
made upon the offenders,and upon others against whom only
a suspicion of having given false returns rested. Some of the
parties have lost no time in paying the surcharge*, whilst
others, having neglected or refused, have each been tined
1001., in addition to the surcharges. Some of these cases are
likely to come before one of the superior oourts, sad others,
which are alleged t, be oases of great hardship and injustice,
ars likely to be brought before the House of Commons by
Mr. Milner Gibson. Such are the current reports. The
temptation to false returns, or a neglect to make lull returns,
are said to have originated in this way. Some
years ago the cmployis of the horse referred
to were nominally reduced to comparatively low
salaries, with • commission upon the amount of business
traancted in the various ftste of which they wet e the
beads, and during this parted theyartm sent in their returns for
booms at their nominal salaries, not including the commis-
sions received. It was subsequently found desirable to
revert to the old system of payment by fixed salary, and in-
come tax since then has been paid only upan the reduced
charges from the Income-tax Office, the parties concerned
not thinking it neoeseary to enlighten the CaaiMieeleaera upon
the second change in their salaries. The temptation might
be great, but it is not, of OVUM, • sufficient excuse, and the
suspicion of the Income Tax Commissioners being aroused
by these cases. it is reported that an officer
has been sent down from London, with a view to
amertaining as far as possible whether this' system of
making false returns may not apply to the rarployis
of other of the numerous large and wealthy commercial seta-
bliabtoects in this atty. If so we may expect to hear of nu-
merous surcharge., or vexatious overcharges, which will tend
to make the income tax more odious and unpopular than
hitherto. The subject has already created a great aeneation
among warehousemen, and is a topic of almost universal
conversation.

Lord Robert Cecil has promised to deliver a lec•
tare at the Stamford Institution in the course of the present
month ; the subject, " Oar Southern Colonies."
The third lecture of Professor Faraday's course on
the physical forces was delivered on Wedneeday, when he
resumed the ommidecation of the attraction of cohesion, par-
ticularly in reference to fluids. Yesterday he commenced the
explanation of the force of chemical affinity by further cope-
rimen's illustrating the composition of water. The activity
of chemical combinations is continually checked—he showed
—by the interposition of films of extraneous matter that pre.
vent them from uniting, and many substances that are
usually considered incombustible are in reality most inflam-
mable if those obstacles to oembination be removed. Thus,
lead, when properly prepared, so as to be perfectly clean, and
to expose a large endue, instantly takes fire when expend
to the air. This beautiful experiment was performed. The
lead, which sou in powder, when poured out of the bottle,
fell to the ground in streams of fire. Several other beautiful
experiments with inflammable substances, supplied with
oxygen to support their canbution, were exhibited, among
which were the inflammation of gun cotton, and of oxygen-
ised papers impregnated with earths and metal/. After
brief notice of the force of heat, and its propeity of ex•
pandiag all bodies, ProkaeorFareclay said the tore he should
consider in the next lecture would be electricity.
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On Wednesday evening Mr. Papillon, M.P., de-
livered the opening lecture of the spring session to the mem-
bers of the Colchester Literary Institution. The lecture
eassisted of sketches drawn from personal observation in
trip to Algeria in 1867.
Mr. Joseph Hough, of the Leeds Young Men's
Christian Institute, a prireman at the society's examinations,
in 1857, and who obtained several certificates in 1868,
formerly teacher of mathematics at the Leeds Young Men's
Christian Institute, and subsequently at the Leeds
Mechanics' Institution, has received the appointment of
sadstant-satronorom in Lord Wrottesley's Observatory.

On Wednesday night a public soiree of the friends
of Mr. William Vernon Harcourt was held iu the new Corn
Exchange, at Kirkcaldy, when a handsome tali/1100W was
presented to that gentleman by his supporters among the
electors and non-elec,ors of the burgh., 1(.1 a work ot their
appreciation of his conduct as their candidate on the occasion
of the last general election. The Corn Exchange wee very
tastefully decorated with banners and evergreens, and nearly
two thotirand persons were prefect.
READING ELlCTlON.—Yesterday (Thursday) the
writ for electing a burgess to serve in parliament for the bo-
rough of Reading, in the room of Mr. Justice Kestleg, wee
received by the Mayor, Mr. Henry Adolphus Elimunds, and
at two o'clock in the afternoon It was publicly reed by the
town clerk. Both Sir F. Goldemid and Mr. Benson were
present, and received the cheers of the assembly. The Mayor,
in pursuance of the writ, has notified that he -ill proceed to
the election accordingly at the Town-hell on Monday next.
A. very largely attended meeting of the eh-dors was held on
Tuesday mulling la the Town-hall, and epreches were deli-
vered by Mr. Benson, dir
Eir Charles Rule'. Bart., Dr.Coan,
end Mr. Sunonde, the chairman. Mr. Benson was loudly
cheered, and his remarks were well received.
TUN STATUE OF LORD CLIvE.-lit'he statue of
Lord Clive which was erected tome mouths .iore on a tem-
porary wooden: plinth in the Duke of Buccleuch's garden,
Whitehall, was takeu down on Wednesday. The statue being
of immense weight, it required great care and a barge amount
of ingenuity to elect the operation. Sheers were erected.
and after autos time the ponderous mass won lowered on to •
truck, upon which it was conveyed to the Eto.t.in.equsre
terminus, whence It will be forwarded to Surewebury, where
it will be inaugurated with much ceremony.
Docx BOARD.—Mr. Chorine Turner,
who fur twiny successive years has Sited the p st, was re-
elected chairmen of the board yeeterdey, and Mr. Thomas
Bold, the government nominee of last year, was ru-appointed
fa that capacity.