The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

TO THE intros OF THE LIFERS&

Sit,—A letter appears in your impression of to-
kg date from Mr. Andrew Halliday, " Hon. Sec. to
te Savage Club." This gentleman asks permission
" a personal favour to contradict the current report
t'ut a satirical paper bearing a savage name emanates from
t°,ir body." He adds, "The Savage Club has no connec-
t' m whatever with the journal in question."
Now, sir, as this very extraordinary and uncalled-for
4,:m1 seems merely to have been made to insult the body
c'',eatlcsuen forming the staff of the paper under my
:.trel, I must tax your well-known courtesy by asking a
i•••otral favour on my own behalf. Will you permit the
ILI of CIO journal in question through me to declare that
ll,thieg would be more distasteful to their feelings than
th- eh-Nl...tine of a report in any way associating them
w.'h the members of the Savage I am, &a,

,
THE EDITOR OF THE "TOMAHAWK."
Tariatock-stroet, Strand, W.C., Sept. 19.

LP."Ann lien *KU life SIIITFIELD COMPEERS.
meeting of the Maw Grinders' Union took place on rues-
-44_ I tbibt, and Mr. Broadhead was present. The resolu.
u''s of the meeting held on the kith inst., which wan con-
';!e.l to compromise the society with regard to the acts
•,:frosdlieitd and his hirelings, was rescinded. It was
04,1. put to the vote as to whether Broadhead should
tume to be a member of the union, and the " ayes"
'441 the question by a very small majority. Crookes
.4
4 .i`` in h.ve met with more supporters, and the majority
of his being allowed to continue a member of the
wa. larger. A meetin of the committees of both
bes of the saw trade is to be held shortly, and an
4,
statement prepared for publication.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(arrrat's Trisowts.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, Sere. 19, Erman.

The 3fusaiteiu• du soir says :—" The assertion of
M. Keratry that extremely animated conversations
took place at tit. Cloud between the Empress Char-
lotte and the Emperor Napoleon is absolutely con-
traff to truth." - - -

Tito Etendard of this evening gives a denial to a
rumour that negotiations are pending for the mo-
dification of the September Convention. Intelli-
gence, it says, has been received front Florence
which permits the hope that the agitators will
abandon their projects of invasion.
The majority of this evening's journals publish
comments upon a recent circular of Count Bismarck
in reference to the meeting of the French and
Austrian . Sovereigns at Salzburg
. . .

The Tunps contains an article signed by M.
Neftzer, which says that the circular in reality is
equivalent to a denunciation of the treaty of
Prague. The Temps asks why Count Bismarck
speaks with such provoking hauteur, adding " He
could not have concealed from himself that this
circular would create in Franca a painful and irri-
tating impression. He evidently desired to pro-
duce such an impression. Why r.
The Peeve says :—" To Count Bismarck's fan-
faronnade there is but one answer—Dare to cross
the Maine, and we shah see."

NORTH GERMANY.
BERLIN. Serr. 19, EvrNixn.

The debate upon the address of the North
German Parliament, in reply to the address from
the throne, will probably commence on Monday or
Tuesday next.
The Passport Bill submitted to the Parliament
proposes to abolish the necessity for passports in
North Germany. . _ .

A royal decree, dated the 29th July, has been
published to-day, granting to the Bergisch
Markische Railway Company a concession for
establishing railway communication between the
left and right banks of the Rhino at Dusseldorf
and Neuss and the railway bridge at Hamm.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
BERLIN, Sm. 19, Eva.
The Borsenu &my of this evening, publishes a
telegram from Vienna, containing the text of the
ministerial proposals for a financial arrangement
between Austria and Hungary.
The respective Austrian and Hungarian Finance
Ministers will lay before the representative assem-
blies of the two countries by the Ist May, 1868, at
the latest, certain propositions which they will eon-
jointly draw up with the object, first, of trans-
forming as far as possible all existing bonds of the
üblic debt into ,one single debt represented by
tes on the basis of the present interest ; and
of /educing as far as possible the costs of
admin the sinking fund.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Beer. 18.
Some importance is attached to the expected
arrival of Daryl Idustapha Dacha.

THE UNITED STATES SQUADRON.
COPENHAGEN, Sm. 19.

All the officere of the United States squadron
were entertained yesterday by the Minister of
War. The squadron will probably sail on Thurs-
day for England, proceedingafterwarda to Antwerp,
and thence to the Mediterranean.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, sect. 19.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes as
compared with the previous account :
INCRRASE.

Caah in hand . . . . fr. 2,500,000
Notes
Treasury balance . .
DECK EASE

Bills discounted .
Private accounts .
Advances stationary.

333,000
. 5,800,000

AMERICA.

CROOKHAVEN, Beer. 19, 9 P.N.

The Cunard steamer Cuba, from Boston and
Halifax, is now passing Browhead signal station.
She will probably arrive at Queenstown at 1 a.m.
Friday, and letters will reach London on Saturday
at 6.46 a.m.
(Jr ATLANTIC TCLIGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. it, 6 P.N.
Closing prices :—Glold, 1451. Sterling exchange
on London, 1094. 6-20 United States Bonds,
114 k. Illinois, 121. Erie, 66. Cotton—Mid-
dling Upland, 25.
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PHILADELPHIA, Sin. 18.
Standard white petroleum, 34.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—Dr. Krapf, a
distinguished linguist, who has travelled in Abyssinia and
knows the person of King Theodore, has accepted an ap-
pointment to accompany the expedition to Abyssinia rn
the capacity of interpret, r.
THE o,tes CuLLIERY. Our correspondent
visited the colliery again on Wednesday, and found that
Mr. Embleton, jun., and Mr. James Beaumont were in
charge, and that the explorers were still engaged on the
first stopping, but it was confidently expected that it
would be completed to-day (Thursday.) During their opera-
tions the explorers have met with the cistern at the bot-
tom of No. 2 shaft. This cistern was used to supply the
other cisterns in different parts of the mine for the use of
the horses. The piping in the No. 2 shaft which supplied
the first-named cistern with water is also reported to be
complete, while a large quantity of wood spouting is de-
stroyed and lays at the bottom, impeding the progress of
the explorers, while at the same time the men bare also
to contend with a large amount of the rope wire in the
chamber which is partly blown away, for drawing the
waggons up the engine plane. It is a matter of complaint
amongst the miners in the district that the body which is
close to No. 2 shaft has been abandoned, but it should be
remembered that it is much better to allow the body to re-
main a few days longer rather than run the risk of muti-
lating it, or jeopardising the lives of the explorers. It
is impossible to say what would be the result, if
the corves, by which the body is surrounded and jammed
in, were removed in any way. The relatives of the miners
and the public may rest assured that those in charge of the
colliery are doing all that human foresight can devise. It
would be most unfortunate if by any mischance further
loss of life should result from any hasty measures, and it
is clearly a matter of prudence and wisdom to wait with
patient* until all danger is removed. On visiting the
colliery in the afternoon we found that all operations
hail been suspended, and the explorers had been com-
pelled to leave off work, a change having taken place in
the atmosphere, so that the gas was too strong for them
to Premed with their labours. It is rumoured that there
is a probability of some change with regard to those in
charge of the re-opening of the mine, and that the pro-
ceedings are to be placed under the direction of one engi-
neer altogether.—Leeds Mercury.
Tel UONUESDATIONALISTA AND THE PRIVY
COUNCIT GRANT.6.—The expectation that congregational
dissenter* would 110011 abandon their objectione to state
grants for education is already being realised. At a meet- '
ing of leading ministers and laymen of the Blackburn dis-
trict of the Congregational Union a resolution was passed,
with only one dissentient, recommending the churches of
the denomination to avail themselves of the grants in aid
of the Privy Council "until a better system could be
established." It is probable this advice will be generally
taken. There is small chance that a system of secular
education supported by local rates will, for a long time at
least, be established in England, and nonconformists are
coming to the conclusion that they may consistently
swept the Privy Council grants provided that government
inspection is not extended to religions education. It is
certain that they have been quite beaten in their efforts to
carry on day schools on the purely voluntary principle.
Some years ago large sums were subscribed for that object,
and many schools were established, not one-tenth of
which have, it is stated, been able to survive the rivalry
of the church schools aided by the parliamentary grant.—
Nonconformist.