The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-30 00:00:00

SCIENCVBD RELIGION IN SPAIN.

THE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT OF TEE :

THAMES.

THE VICTORIA-PARK MEETING TO-NIGHT.

Lord John Manners contradicts a statement
which appeared in yesterday's Observer to the effect that
when the League deputation was with Mr. Walpole on
Wednesday, his lordship stated that no interference would
be offered to the Victoria-park meeting ou the part of the
government. Lord John now says :—" I made no such
statement ; but, in answer to a question whether the use
of Victoria-park would be granted for a reform meeting,
replied that, if such a request was made to me in writing,
it should receive a written reply."

Mr. J. Baxter Langley writs. :—" I asked Lord John
Manners, when the deputation from the League were at
the Home-office, whether the meeting would be interfered
with, and he left us no room to doubt that it would be
permitted, for he said, You know that we have never in-
terfered with meetings there.' And it is • fact that very
recently several public demonstrations on the gas ques.
tion have been held in that park without in-
terruption. If, therefore, this reform meeting were
really prohibited, it would be • clear proof that
the government object to the purpose of this meeting
and not to meetings in general. When a verbal =Vi-
sage on the subject was brought professedly from Lord
John Manners to Mr. Howell, the latter gentleman
referred the messenger to me, who had taken • special in-
terest in the meeting, but I have received no communica-
tion, and if I had received such a verbal message I should
have felt it my duty to request that the oommunication
might be in writing. I have inquired of the park-keepers
to-day, and from all of them received the reply that they
had received no instructions to prevent or interfere with
the meeting, and that they had no intimation that it was
prohibited. The committee have received • letter from
Lord John Manners of • dubious nature, which seems to
amount to this—that the First Commissioner of Works
will take no responsibility in the matter : that he thinks
that Mr. Walpole prohibits all such meetings in the parks,
and that therefore the meeting could not have his direct
sanction. So the meeting will take place, though the Com.
missioner of Woods and Forests will not approve it ; but
be will not interfere."

THE RETORM MEETING AT THE AORICCLTURAL
HALL—Processions, accompanied by banners and bands of
music, will this evening start at a quarter to seven from
the following places, and march to the ball, entering from
the Liverpool-road :--Clerkenwell-green, by way of St.
John-street; Finsbury-square, by way of Fore-street,
Barbican, Alderagste-street, and Doswell-street ; Sloane-
square, Chelsea, by way of Sloane-street, Park-lane, Ox-
ford-street, Theobald's-road ; and Kennington-park, byway
of Dover-road, London-bridge, Moorgate-street, City-road;
Camden Town, High-street, by way of Hampstead-street,
Fitzroy-square, Euston-road, Pentonville ; Cambridge
Heath-gate, by way of Hackney-road, Old-street-road,
City-road. The whole building will be free, except to the
orchestrs and a few reserved seats, the terms of which
can be ascertained on reference to our advertising columns.
Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. John Stuart Kill, M.P., and
several other members of parliament, are expected to be
present and address the meeting. From the extraordinary
enthusiasm with which the announcement of the meeting
has been received, the committee have been compelled,
notwithstanding that the hall will bold 40,000 people, to
make arrangements for the purpose of drafting off the im-
mense surplus gathering which they expect will be present.
THZ HYDE-PARK DEMONSTRATION. A large
meeting of working men was held on Saturday evening in
the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute, at Bradford, for
the purpose of expressing condemnation of the conduct of
the government in reference to the recent meeting in
Hyde-park, and of sympathy with the Reform League.
Mr. A. Sharp was calledcalledto the chair. Two resolutions
were unanimously passed. The first emphatically con-
demned the action of the government, in attempting to
suppress the meeting called by the London Reform League
in-Hyde-park, on Monday evening last, declared the go-
vernment wholly responsible for the breeches of the peace,
and the injuries which unfortunately happened ; and while
deeply lamenting the disorders which took place, expressed
the belief that such disorders were entirely caused by the
ill-advised action of the government, and the brutal violence
of a portion of the police present on that occasion. The
second resolution expressed the meeting's earnest sympathy
with, and gratitude to, the London Reform League, for
the noble manner in which they bad vindicated the right
of the working classes to meet in Hyde-park, and its
satisfaction to know that it wee admitted by common
consent that the vast mass who ranged themselves under
the banner of the League, while manfully asserting their
rights in all cases, acted as conservators of the public
peace. A collection was made in behalf of the sufferers
from the late disturbance in Hyde-park, and Kr. D. W.
Herty was appointed treasurer, as it was intended to enter
into a subscription throughout the district.
Sr. Guosoz, ilallovnit-tagti•en.—The children,
about 600 in number, belonging to the South-street and
Hanover district echooh, were on Friday last taken for
their annual treat to the Rye-house, Hoddeselon, Herts.
Early in the morning they were conveyed in several vans
to the station of the Great Eastern Railway, lihoteditch,
and from thence carried by a special train to their place of
destination, where they arrived shortly before 12- o'clock
at noon, and immediately commenced a variety of
theme
games, visiting the dungeons, hr. At one o'clock they
partook of an abundant dinner in the old banqueting ball ;
after amplejustice to which had been done Dr. Brewer and I
Mr. G. F. Knox in suitable terms addressed the children on
thegreatadvantagesthey perused. Theythenrammedtheir
open-air amusements until five o'clock when they were
supplied with tea and cake, and shyly
it tee
ay afterwards re-
turned to town, having spent a happy day. The oomm
and friends dined in the conservatory Dr. Dr. Brewer pre-
sided as chairman, in the unavoidable absence of the
worthy rector, the Rev. Henry Howarth, B.D. The Rev. .
G.
Hewn. Nachman, Barker, and M'Conechy, and Mr
T. Platt, were among the party. Some few Takeo
were made, and two or three toasts drunk. Yeses.
Clinton and Denton, the schoohnasters, received the com-
pliments of the company, and the manner in which they
carry out the duties of their office, was well spoken of. The
former gentleman is the oldest parochial =meter in the
metropolis.
On Saturday the clerk of the Marylebone vestry
received a commanicaffice from the Hooneraem. request-
ing him to postpone further action in reference to the
swearing in of special constables until the remdp•
st
another official oraumunication. . .

The Minister of Public Instruction in Spain has
published a circular, from which the following is an
extract : _ .

" The catholic religion is the only state religion—as it
has always been—in Spain. To attack catholicity is to
wound what is most deep and precious in our social
organisation ; it is to conspire against the happiness of the
country. The person whO does this is not only a wretched
infidel, but deserves the name of • bad Spaniard. Con-
stitutional monarchy is another of the fundamental prin-
ciples of our society. If it is not allowed to anyone to
raise his hand or voice against an institution so sacred,
it is still less permissible to the professor who exercises
his high mission in virtue of • solemn oath of fidelity, and
bears on his breast a medal illustrated by the august name
of Dona Isabella 11. Upon this point, as well for the
interest of science as of the professoriate, the government
is determined to show itself inexorable. The government
will aid and oncominge scientific progress by every
means in its power, but it never will permit science to be
converted into an instrument of political propagandism or
to become a danger for social truths and still leu for
religious truths. The government respects science, and
for this very reason it desires to see it pure and elevated,
and not made the instrument of senseless =cows."

THZ ATLANTIC

We kern by a to from Valentia that'the
alibis to Newfoundland continue in perfect Order.
On i3sterday afternoon the first stone of the Every day it works faster and clearer. Men
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Lord Mayor, and a numerous assembly, consisting
chiefly of members of parliament or of the Metro- which was to start this
morning. This knot
of
politan Board of Works and the corporation cable is only across 70 miles of shallow water:, It
of the City of London. can easily be laid, therefore, and all the connexions
The Southern Embankmentwill, when completed, made with the lines to New York by the end,tro-
consist of a river wall and embankment extending bablv, of the present week.
for a length of 4,300 feet from Westminster-bridge Already
the line is inundated
with mid
to Gun Honee-alley, which is within a short dui- many hundred pounds' worth came through from
tance of Vauxhall-bridge. There will be landing Europe on Saturday afternoon.
stairs at Westminster, and part of the plan is the The message of the Queen to the President Wei
formation of a carriage and footway 60 feet wide, of course, taken precedence of all. This interns_
affording a direct road from Westminster-bridge to tima greeting is as follows :
Van.b.ll The work will cost 309,0001_.„ and at this PROSE THE QUEEN, 0/11101111,
sum the contract has been taken by Mr. Webster, "To THE PRESIDE/CT Of THE UNITED %sires,
who commenced operations in the autumn of last " WASHINOTON.
year. " The Queen congratulates the President on e
The scene of Saturday's ceremony was a point successful completion of an undertaking whisk'she
within the coffer dam, about a hundred feet hopes may serve sa an additional bond of union
above Westminster-bridge. A large awning between the United States and England."
covered the soe which had been enclosed for the gunmen will be provided to take mesasges
occasion, and staircases substantially constructed across the channel to the land lines. This, until
of timber enabled the visitors to descend the and of the week, will involve a delay in trans-
easily to a stage or platform erected some witting of seven or eight hours.
feet below low water mark, over which hung,
suspended by block and tackle, the stone which was
to be laid—a fine block of Cornish granite, measur-
ing 36 cubic feet, and weighing 2f tons. Several
flags had been hoisted at different points upon the
line of the coffer dam, and the combined attrac-
tionsof these preparations caused the assembly upon
Westminster-bridge of a pretty large crowd of people,
who, though they could obtain only a most imper-
fect view of what was going on, gazed patiently at
the little they could see.
As more than one reference was made to the new
St. Thomas's Hospital, it may be as well to state
that the buildings proposed to be erected will form
a striking and handsome pile well worthy to face
the Palace of Westminster. There will be seven
different blocks joined by corridors and passages,
but each complete in itself and distinct as hospital
buildings. The plans and designs have been pre-
pared by Mr. Currie, of Lancaster-place, Strand,
and the cost, as stated by Mr. Tite, will be about
300,0001.

ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION TRAIN.

Late on Saturday night an accident occurred on
the railway, about halt a mile from Crofton, near Wake-
field. Part of a goods train for Wakefield became dis-
connected, 'boat 10 o'clock, at the place above indicated,
and was left behind on the metals. Shortly afterwards
an excursion train from Goole came up and ran into the
detached trucks, causing considerable delay in the traffic'.
and one or two came of personal injury. The excursion
train, which was got up by Messrs. Wm. Fitton and
Wm. Chalked, of Huddersfield, consisted of 28 carriers,
contained about 855 passengers, and started from Berry
Brow, near Huddersfield, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
It was in charge of three guards William Fawcett (thief)
J. Anderson, and J. Wood, in the employ of the Lanai-
shire and Yorkshire Company, on whims line of railway
the collision happened. Mr. Normanton,. sub-superin-
tendent of the line, was riding on the engine on the ex-
cursion train, and in jumping off sustained, we believe,
severe injuries. The stoker also jumped from the engine,
and received some slight injuries ; the driver (Ilarradough,
of Mirfield)), remained at his post, and beyond being a little
shaken, escaped unhurt. Only in one instance is the
mishap of a serious character, and this was the result
more of misapprehension than the severity of the " ran
in." One of the excursionists, said to be a Mr. Walker,
of Honley, near Huddersfield, either in his desire to escape
alighted from the compartment in which he had taken
his seat, with the intention of stepping on to the per-
manent way, set foot on a viaduct and fell over—a dis-
tance of about 30 feet,—or, looking out of the window,
was pitched over by the force of the collision. As may be
interned, Mr. Walker's injuries are serious ; he is not
expected to recover. The engine of the passenger train
ran off the line on to the " sloping," and thus aimed the
delay. The line was cleared as soon ss possible, and another
engine was telegraphed far to Mirfield. The new engine
arrived about half-peat 10 o'clock, and, after all impeth-
merits in the way had been removed, it conducted the
passenger train to Berry Brow, where it arrived between
3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday morning (yesterday), five
hours after it was announced to be due. Many of the pas-
sengers were much alarmed, but with the exception or the
instances we have recorded, none complain, as far as our
correspondent could gather, of having suffered much from
the collision.—Leeds Mercury.

The Court Journal states that preparations are
ordered to be made at Windsor Castle for her Majesty and
the royal family's reception by Monday, the 20li of An-
glin, it being the Queen's intention to sleep there one
night previous to leaving for Scotland, where the court will
reside for two months. The Prince end Princess of Wales
will go to Scotland a week earlier than her Majesty.
Orders have been received at Froore to the
Lodge for the reception of Prince Christian aulderriacess
Helene., who may be expected there in the course of •
fortnight.
ROYAL ALBERT YACHT CLUE.—His Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, eccompauied by the Duke of
Edinburgh, the commodore of the 8,01 al Albert Yacht
Club, landed from her Majesty's yacht Amsrta at Souther
on Saturday, and visited the nub, when their royal hash-
acmes inspected the club prizes which are to be settfooinr
at the manual regatta of the club on the 6th, 7th., • Bth
inst.. Their royal highnesses were received by C.
Conway Gordon, vice-commodore ;Mr. W. PayneAreamurer ;
Mr. Cornelius Wheeler, price bearer ; Admiral Sir Lucius
Curtis, K.C.8., admiral of the fleet ; Admiral Hallows,
Major-General Tate, R.M.A.; CoL Meehan, Mr. T. Blake,
Mr. B. Gill, and Mr. C. Napier Pearn, secretary. The Duke
of Edinburgh, as commodore of the club, flew his broad pen-
nant on board the Alberta. This was the first occsaidn of
his royal highness hoisting his broad pennant as commo-
dore of the club, and it was also the first instance of such •
pennant being hoisted on board one of her Majesty's
yachts. The programme of the club regatta for the pre-
sent year is arranged as follows :—" August 6.—A match
for schooners, beloing to any Royal Yacht Club. Time
race. Cowie, roundthe Isle of Wight. A sweepstakes
of 5 guineas, with • cup of the value of 50 guineas given by
the club. August 7.—The Albert Cup, given by the nub.
Open to cutters belonging to any Royal Yacht Club. Time
race. Half Acker' aftle. The Albert Course, three
times round. Distenoe, 44 miles. The Town Plate, open
to cutters belonging to any Royal Yacht Club under 35
tons. Time race. Half Acker" scale. August 8, Corin-
thian Match : Ladies' Plate, presented by the ladies of
Southses.
THE CHURCH-RATE BILLS.—Thu four bills of Mr.
Gladstone, Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. Newdegate, and Sir W.
Bonn follow each other on the notice paper of the House
of Commons for the Wednesday morning sitting, awl as
they stand first it is certain that Mr. Gladstone's bill, at
least, will come on. As there will be nearly six hours for
the debate, it may be assumed that the pewees of talking
against time cannot be a third time adopted with a hope
of success, and that, therefore, the question that the lull
be read a second time will be put from the chair. Al-
though the government have pledged themselves not to
vote against the second reading, r. Neste has moved an
amendment which, if carried, would pat an end to the
bill, and he has publicly stated that he intends pressing
it to a division. Contrary to expectation, therefore, there
may be another trial of strength on the question, and the
supporters of Mr. Gladstone's bill will be required to be at
their post to prevent its being disposed of by an adverse
vote.—Tun'.
Tug WESLETANS. —A variety of interesting facts
have been presented to the Wesleyan Conference now sit-
ting in Leeds, showing the present position and progress of
the denomination. In educational efforts remarkable
advance has been made, 27 new day schools having
been established last year, with an addition of 4,60
scholars. The total number of day schools connected
with the Wesleyan' is 606, and of scholars 93,194.
There has been an increaseof 71 Sunday schools during the
Past year. and of 5,756 scholars. A very large outlay has
been made in chapel building. The committee entrusted
pewinthdituthreis
since
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manmetesti,matetorai
outlay of the yearhaving been 266,8551., and during the
last eleven year 500,0001. of chapel debts have been paid
off.—Leeds Mercury.
RELlOlothi PROCZABIONB AND THE CHOLERA.—
A curious dispute is going on among the journals
of Belgium. The t,ltramettans organs of that
country represent pilgrimages, nine days' prayer
(iieuraines), and processions, as cholera remedies, of which
the action is much more efficacious than that of all purely
human means. The independante opposes figures to
that declaration, and shows that the day after the last
procession in Brussels the mortality increased in that city
50 images, and that, on the contrary, the day after the
pilgr had ceased, on the interference of the Burgo-
master, the number of death' had returned to • normal
state. The figures furnished to the journals by the
communal administration sive for the 12th July 23
deaths ' • for the nth, an increase of nearly half, 33 ; and
for the 14th, 20, or • diminution of more than half. For
this simple statement the Independence is looked on with
horror by the devotees. It is accused of blasphemies, of
" impietaes, the cynicism of which revolts the eseacience,*
and the Journal de Bruxelles warns it that, if the mortality
has augmented of late among children, it is a punkihmeat
from Heaven, irritated beewe the preemies= have toes
interrupted.
PAUPEEA' CLoritsa.—When a woman gets to be
utterly careless as to persoaal appatnin clean-
knees—you may be =re that she le eare°4lll:ribliag else
that is good. For this remise we =ay afford • Male pity
to those refractory paupers who tear up their clotUa.
Those who MVO lee
UlB shreds of their garments have
ceased to wonder at the deed. No 1/115 could adequately
describe their foulness. After wearing them for months
and month", their not very Brumaire perceptions take
alarm, and, they make • summary end of them. " Why
did you tear epycer clothes!' has been asked, and the
sewer von:::eI got so ailasralie I couldn't bide them say
w I couldn't earn enough to buy new ones.
Irgrtit iskid going to gaol for k. I shall get something to
sever ma somehow, and anything is better then what I
have destroyed."—CornAiU Magazine for August.