The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-13 00:00:00

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But the practical opuntion is how to devise the Beans of ' LATEST OrTELLIGENCE.
ws the ilfspislations °ripest towns and of small, ' .....--w-- TROOPS.
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parishes in the country, whither the voluntsay I *yam is DISTRIBUTION OF THE PAPAL
unable to penetrate, without raiaing up an inagunist
which will destroy the peewit voluntary effort where it is 1
working must satisfactorily and most efficiently. The of Anolerettencer
says
: Rome of the 7th in the Nu zione
man who shall be able to solve this difficulty will be • 1 The Castle of St. Angelo and the Leonine district will
real benefactor to his country ; while those who seek to be confided to the guard of the Pontifical Zonaves, with
innovate without acquainting themselves with the nature oat reckoning three companies who will garrison Civita
of existing institutions will only earn a flimsy reputation Vecchia'►. The movement of the Papal troops will oom-
for liberality at the expense of the very cause they pre- 10811C41 to-morrow or Monday ; a battalion of the line with
tend to promote. four guns will go to Viterbo. Then the Antibes with
The Daily pe
at argues that the abstract objection to will come to Rome, where people say it will be rein-
compulsory education in the last resort springs from en . forced by 300 volunteers. The battalion of Swiss Chas.
inadequate sense of the relative value to individuals and sews will remain in the provinces of Maritime and Cam-
society of intellectual and moral, as compared with phy- , papa. It is believed that on Wednesday or Thurs.
sisal provision and training. Of course, the practical qua- 1 day next the French occupation will be completely ter-
tian remains ; is such interposition necessary ? Does it ' minated. The gates of the city, except those of Popoli and
snit the genius of the people ? Will they acquiesce in it ?', Del Cavallegri. have been handed over to the pontifi-
It is obviously irreconcilable with our present system of 1 cal troops. The polios have, besides, established at these
grants in aid, which leave eleven thousand parishes 1 gates two gendarmes, who 10i have to make a report on
wholly unprovided with schools. But whatever else is ' all the foot passengers who enter or lave ; those who
uncertain, one thing is clear, that if England is to hold her I come in or go out at a late hour are obliged to eve an m-
own in the world, if she is not to sink behind the foremost count of themselves, and, in ease of necessity, they are
of her neighbours in the arts of war and of peace, if she is to visited at their houses. The Tiber is traversed at night by
have a future worthy of her past, her people must be edu- , numbers of rowing boats manned by gendarmes and water-
coated, and those who are taught now must be better taught. \ men. Lately two hundred young men have been ant
It will be of little use to reorganise our army, and moon- away, who bad been through the recent campaigns. At
school our navy, unless we reorgaoise and reconstruct our this moment the advance guard of the pontifioal troops is
schools. --- leaving by the PopolO-Pte on its way to Viterbo. This
----- is a company of native infantry.

11111CZLIANZOIle TOPICS.
The reappearanceof the cattle plague in localities in
which it had apparently been extingnished canoe the
Tina to express its regret that the power of licensing
the bolding of fairs and markets has been so liberally used
by the Privy Council, and that in a very large number of
inland towns cattle are aci be collected together, and then
dispersed, to carry any infection that may exist in anyone
of them into the adjacent country. The recommendations
of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society,
which appeared in yesterday's Express, seem, to the
Times, to be characterised by practical good
sense, The council, it will be remembered, think
that nothing short of permanent regulations for the
slaughtering of ,fat cattle near the ports of disembarkation,
the establishment of a permanent quarantine, and of per-
manent buildings by which it may be enforced, will pro-
tect us from the presence of the plague. The time seems
propitious for a removal of the whole subject from the
temporary, intermittent, verbose, revocable regulations of
the Privy Council, to the permanence, simplicity, and
precision of an act of parliament.
Mr. Adderley, in his speech the other day, stigmatised
America as a bye-word in her relations with
tion foreign powers
re
and corrupt in her own local adminietra. Amo
shameful insult, the Star remarks, was never offered by
an English minister to a great and friendly power. To
say nothing of the monstrous absurdity of the charge
itself, which is not the question, the conduct of an Under-
Secretary in gratuitously flinging dirt at the American
republic in this coarse and unprovoked manner is, to say
the least, inexcusable, as a piece of bad taste and a flagrant
breach of that decorum towards foreign states which the
humblest official should observe. We know how vehe.
ment Mr. Adderley's own laugaage would be if such out-
rage on good manners were perpetrated by any subordi-
nate member of the gove..nnent which he reviles.
The Telegraph congratulates the Council of University
Collo:4e on the skill with which they have defeated the
attempt of the fellows and the proprietors to set aside the
vote that declared Mr. Martineau unfit to teach mental
philosophy and logic in Gower-street, because, to the mis-
fortune of being an eminent thinker, he added the
sin of rejecting the cerebral psychology of Professor
Bain, and all the clauses of the Athanssian creed.
Instead of summoning a court of proptietors, the council
placed the requisition of the fellows and pro-
prietors before the Attconey-Generel and theuch Soli-
a
citor-General, to see whether the calling of s
court was compulsoty. Meanwhile, states the Telegraph.,
without waiting for the opinion of the law officers, they
showed how easy it is to join sharp practice to positivism
by coolly placing the man of their own choice in the chair.
However unwise the appointment may be. it cannot be
overruled, and hence, whatever decision the legal authori-
ties may give, a coura of proprietors is now useless. The
device is certainly ingenious, but whether it doe,' credit to
Mr. Grote and his puil is another question. When the
general annual meeting shall be held in February, the
fellows of the college cannot fail to i :sit with severe
censure this departure from the principle on which the
institution is based. And all real liberals must ask
whether it is wise to support • college which, unsec-
tarian in name, can yet be guilty of such religious and
nbiloctophicr` bigots/.

THE STEAMER BOLIVAR.—A CURIOUS
TALE.
The New York Herald of Deoember 1 contains
the following correspondence:

Eta Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dr.c. 12.

The Queen went out in the grounds this morn-
ing accompanied by the Princess Beatrice.
Princess Louise went to London, attended by Lady
Caroline Barrington and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, and
returned to Windsor Castle in the afternoon.

The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer had
the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family
yesterday.
The Earl of Camarvon arrived at the Castle this after-
noon, and had an audience of the Queen.
Mr. William Hackett, the newly appointed Chief Jurtioe
for Penang, also arrived, and wm introduced to her Ma-
jesty by the Earl of Camarvon, and received the honour
of knighthood.
Lord Begot, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay,
and Major-General F. H. Seymour, the Lord, Groom, and
Equerry in Waiting, were in attendance.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most H
on 1
o-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at Whitehall
the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were
the Lord President, the Right Ron. Spencer Walpole,
and the Right Hon. H. Corry. Mr. Harrison and Dr.
Alexander Williams attended the committee.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council vat
yesterday. The lords present were—Lord Justice Cairus,
Sir E. V. Williams, Sir R. T. Rindersley, Sir J.
Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO SUFFOLK.

DISS, WEDNESDAY Anzio:v*4
The shooting party formed among the guests
staying at Sir E. C. Kerrison's, at Oakley•park, bad exec"-
lent sport yesterday in what is known locally as Goodcn's-
beat- To the great disappointment, however, of all con-
cerned, the Prince of Wales did not join the shooting
party, although it had been expected that he would have
done so after luncheon. His royal highness appeared in
excellent health on his arrival at Diss on Monday evening,
but it seems that the great amount of travelling which he
has had of late has somewhat fatigued him, and it was
considered ads:sable that he abated remainquiet through-
out yesterday. Dr. Walker, of Eye, was called
in to see the Prince, whoa, indisposition is only
slight. Another shooting party was formed again
to-day ;it was not known whether the Prince would
share the pleasures of the ned. Lady Caroline Kerrigan
drove the Princess of Wales to Brome-hall, one and a half
mile from Oakley, yesterday afternoon. They started at
4.30 p.m., stayed half an hour at Brome-hall, and then
returned to Oakley-ball. This evening there will be •
concert at Oakley-park, to which several of the local aris-
tocracy aid clergy have been invited. As regards the
proceedings of last evening at Oakley-park, it may be
stated that the Duke of Edinburgh and the party staying
at Thornham, who occupied three carriages and
an omnibus, passed through Eye at 10 p.m. on
their way to Oakley, where there was • ball
on a grand scale. Lord Hartismere's party returned
to Thornham at 1 a.m. to-day. There was a dis-
play of fireworks last evening at Eye, and the inhabi-
tants of Digs have not been behindhand in their demon-
strations of loyalty. Triumphal arches were erected,
it should be understood, on the road to Oakley-pork, as
well as between Digs and Thornham-hall. The Duke of
Edinburgh and the party at Thornham again went out
shooting this morning; the covers attacked by Lord
Hartosmere's guests have been Sherwood and the Park
covers. As the Thornham estate abounds with game good
bags have been made. Sir E. Kerrison's guests have also
had excellent shooting. The royal visitors are expected to
leave Oakley-park and Thornham-hall to-morrow, and in
the evening the tenantry of Sir E. Kerrison will dine
together at Eye in commemoration of a very exciting
week. The public are also to be admitted to Oakley-
park to-morrow to see some of the prep ,rations made by
Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison for the reception
of their august guests.

AUSTRALIA.
Tsz GOLD FIELDS.

Carting, Oct. 31.
The Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs hes
addressed a circular to the consuls of that republic
abroad, in which he gives an account of the manner in
which the steamer Bolivar stole out of the port of
Wears. It appear' that on the 13th October that vessel
arrived from London, where it had been purchased on
the 31st of last January for the Venezuelan am j. The
government of that republic had forwarded the necessary
papers, and the Bolivar was sent out under English o
conffi tract officers
and sailors, with a Venezuelan register. The ,
however. made by the Venezuelan consul in London
thicould
not be ratified by his government, as, sarong other ngs
objectionable, it stipulated that the captain, John Fowere r*,
should not serve under any other official, unless he an
Englishmanof superior rank to his own ; also that in =many
transfer or dir Ilion of the officers and crew were made
the Englishmen should not amount to less than one-half
of the body into which they might be merged. The captain
was informed that, accoreing to the Venezuelan con-
stitution, the sanction of the national legislature was
necessary for the admission of foreigners into the ser-
vice, and that the only way to get out of the difficulty
was for the party to become naturalised citizens. la
case they would determine to roman British subjects the
authorities would pay them off and bear their expenses
until they could reach home. To this the captain agreed,
stating that he did not see bow the Venezuelan govern-
ment could do otherwise ; but that, as to the crew and
others, ho wished to consult with them. Thereupon he
started from Caracas for Leguayra for the purpose of
consulting with the rest of the party, and on returning
presented terms of settlement, which the government
would not accept. Admiral Benjamin Arenas, command-
ing the squadron, was ordered to take possession of the
vessel. After he had done so and gone on shore Captain Fook
proposed as the best way of settling amicably with the
crew, that he should go aboard alone and offer them the
balance of their pay, icc. As all along he had entered into
the views of the government his proposal was accepted ;
he went aboard, and during the night the vessel put So
sea, leaving the Venezuela* crew that A.rriens had put on
board in • small boat, without either care or sails.
They managed to save themselves by attracting
the attention of a fishing smack, which landed
them at Laguayra about 1 o'clock in the morning.
The Bolivar is described as a twin screw steamer, of 829
tons burden, and has two engines of 210-horse power. Her
length is 226 feet, beam 27 feet, depth 20 feet .5 inches,
draught 9to 10. She carries two steel rifled ears (70-
poundars), two 24-pounders, 100 rifled carbines, 100 braces
of pistols and other small arms. She is fitted out as to
batteries on the Symond's system. Her standing rigging
is all of galvanised iron.
The Venezuelan consul at Havre, M. A. Parra
Bolivar, has written a letter to the Journal du
Havre, dated December 10, which repeats the fore-
going particulars, and adds that since the 31st of
October, when Captain Fock ran away with her,
the Bolivar had not been heard of.
This probably explains the " Fenian war
vessel" which has been seized in the Medway.
The description of both vessels appears to be much
the same.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
AN AMERICAN
BY SCHOONER DESTROYED
FIRE.
"News from Corea," says the Hong Kong Mail
of November 1, "has arrived to the effect that the
French have initiated proceedings to teach the
Coreans that murdering foreigners is an unlawful
pastime. The French admiral has sailed with his
squadron to the Corea, but active operations will
be deferred until after the winter. A sad tale of
Corean barbarity accompanies this intelligence.
Tho master and crew of an American schooner,
named the General Sherman, with two English
gentlemen, a Mr. Thomas and Mr. Hogarth,
have been roasted to death by order of the king
or his father—some accounts say the latter—the
unhappy victims having been tied down in their
bertha and the ship then set on fire. We may
suppose that some notic.t will be taken of this by
the British government. Whether law:ully there
or not, their semi-barbarous murderers have no
shadow of excuse for this atrocity, and it is to be
hoped that prompt and effectual punishment will
be inflicted ; not a pecuniary one only let us trust,
as there is but too good reason to fear will be the
case where the lives of British subjects are con-
cerned."
The Shanghai Recorder says :
We are informed that Mr. Thomas L. McCready, of the
firm of Allen and Co., has proceeded to Chefoo in the
Nanning with a view of endeavouring if possible to obtain
intelligence respecting the people on board the General
Sherman. He will go on, if necessary, from Chefoo to
Tientsin and thence to Peking; where he will obtain a
passport from the United States' Legation, and will then
continue his journey to Monkden, where he will en-
deavour to procure the assistance of the Chinese
authorities in tracing out the facts connected
with this matter. It is not altogether without
the bounds of possibility that the Coreans may have taken
the foreigners to the barrier and have handed them over
to the Chinese. Should such be the case, there may be
some difficulty in finding them out, as the Mandarins at
Monkden have upon more occasions than one thrown
foreigners into gaol to avoid the expense of mending them
on to their proper authorities. It is not very long ago
since Mr. Meadows, the British consul at Newchwang,
was instrumental in obtaining the release of four
Russians, who bad been for a lengthened time
in prison at that place, and the attempt made to in-
duce Captain M`Caslin and the crew of the steamer Sur-
prise to take up their quarters in a gaol would probably
have resulted in their being similarly detained, had they
allowed themselves to get into the mandarins' power to
that extent. The plan contemplated by Mr. McCready of
going to the barrier in company nith Chinese officials
will probably prove the most satisfactory that could be
devised, as the Coreans are familiar with the Chinese au-
thorities, and their presence will secure the matter receiv-
e attention at head-quarters.

The MelbonnteArius of Oct. 27 says :
" The revenue returns continue to be of an un-
satisfactory
character in so far as the duties deriv-
able from the customs department continue to
show a serious falling off. The net decrease on the
first nine months of the year was 24,000 i. In the
' customs there is a decrease of 14,8431. on the