The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

11 a.m. :

" Distress in Orissa believed to be diminishing.
Harvest prospects very good."

THE QUEBEC FIRE FUND.

An important and influential meeting of the
citizens of Manchester took place yesterday in the Town-
hall, the Mayer in the chair, for the purpose of raising
a subscription in aid of the sufferers by the Quebec fire.
Mr. Watkin, 51. P., the chairman of the London committee,
addressed the meeting at considerable length, taking oc-
casion, in the course of his remarks, to read the letter
written to him by command of the Queen, and which
called forth bursts of applause. The appeal made in Man-
chester is being very liberally responded to, 2,0001. having
been already raised. The mayor of that city telegraphed
by Atlantic cable last evening to the mayor of Quebec,
authorising him to draw upon Messrs. Heywood and Co.,
of Manchester, for 1,0001. sterling ; and Mr. John M.
Grant, the hon. secretory, was instructed to authorise him
also to draw on Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Company for
a further sum of 4,0001., making a total of 10,000/. ster-
ling already authorised to be drawn on London, and
2,0001. on Manchester. The subsc iptions up to last even-
ing amounted to about 12,4001., including the follow.
ing handsome donations received yesterday : —Bank of
England, 300/.; the Earl of Derby, 100/.; Messrs. Barclay,
Perkins, and Company, 1001.; Messrs. Sandeman and
Company, 1001.; J. R. Templeman, 100/.; Messrs. Berries,
Farquhar, and Company, 100/.; the Earl of Zetland, 501.;
the Earl of Durham, 501.; Sir G. N. Phillips, 501.; General
M`Dowall, 50/.; Messrs. Swan and Edgar, 52/. 10s.; the
Marquis of Bristol, 50/.

GARIBALDI AND THE CRETAN INSURRECTION.—
The following letter has been sent by General Garibaldi to
the Cretan representatives.—" Caprera, Oct. 29.—Hail,
Greece ! Hail. Italy's sister in genius, in glory, in mix-
firtune, and in redemption. The crosses on our battle-
delds bear • memento of more than one of the valorous
sons of Greece, fallen for us and for our country, and to-day
the families of those our brethren driven from their
hearths and homes by the scimitar, wander about 115 beg-
gars at the threshold of strangers, imploring the boon of
a morsel of bread. And those who have been maimed by
Turkish steel, have they not suffered for a holy cause? Is
Greek liberty less precious, less sacred, than
that of other nations? Are the chains with
which Islamism holds 20 millions of unhappy
Christians in bondage lees heavy? And we—slaves of
yesterday—ought we not to hail the resurrection of a
sister nation Why does diplomacy grind its teeth at
each paroxysm of a suffering people! No, beloved ones !
It is again the old deception of peoples with their masters,
disguised as autocrats, or masked as liberals, perverting
the §Eurupean system so that it can only be rectified by
human butchery. We ought to extend our right bands
to the fallen ones, and to the friendless people who fight
against despotism. Hail, therefore, valorous sons of
Greece ! If we, who are still steeped in misery, cannot
assist you as you deserve and as we ought, know at least
that our hearts are rent at the knowledge of your suffer-
ings, and rejoice at each of your triumphs. (Signed)
0. GARIBALDI."
BOARD or TRADZ, WHITEHALL, Nov. 8. —The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State far Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's acting charge d'effalres at Ban Joel, enclosing a
tranalation of • law modifying the customs and port dues
at Honduras, and containing certain snicks, which are
published is last night's Gazette.
CRYSTAL PALACL. 01117 SHILLING DAlre
FimAT, Nov. 9.—Admimieus on payon....+. 923 ; ditto
by semen tickets, 1,062. 'Petal visitors, 1,966,