The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-27 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

By the arrival of the above mails we have advice'
from Madras to Oct. 26; Colombo, Oct. 29;
Shanghai, Oct. 8 ; Hong Kong, Oct. 16 ; Malta,
Nov. 21, &c.

The ifadnts AOlOlOlllll says that there is every
prospect of the breaking of the north-east monsoon
at an early date. "We have bad several heavy
showers, accompanied by squalls (it adds) but as
yet there has not been that continued down-pour of
rain which usually ushers in our cold season.

Another heavy'typhoon visited Hong Kong on
the lst October. Much damage was done on shore,
but the casualties amongst the shipping were not
great.

The Overland China Mail gives the following
news from Manila :

The British ship Stuart Wortley wee totally lost off
Manila on September 20. All hands saved. Fearful inun-
dations have occurred at Manila. Over 10,000 Indians
hare been drowned. The Spanish mail steamer Malaspina,
from Hong Kong to Manila, has been missing for 21 days.
It is feared she I. totally last. Two earthquakes took
lace at Manila on October 4. No loss of life or damage to

The gunboats Grasshopper and Janus had re-
turned to Hong Kong from a successful cruise
against a piratical village.
The grand canal, which has been gradually dry-
ing up mince 1857, has now become utterly impassa-
ble, vessels drawing a few inches only being able
to find water to float them.

Large arrivals of silk had come in to Shanghai,
but business was comparatively slack, and prices
had s downward tendency.
From Japan we learn that the ratifications of the
Belgian treaty were exchanged at Yeddo on Sept.
12, and that the murder of the two British seamen
by natives still remains unaccounted for. Trade
in tea and silk was prejudicially affected by bad
weather.

THE MANCHESTER ELECTION.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.

Mr. Jacob Bright has been returned by a tri-
umphant majority over the numbers polled by both his
opponents. The poll commenced with great spirit, and
has been carried on with unflinching activity all day. Mr.
Bright had a majority of 700 at 9 o'clock, and this majo-
rity was steadily increased up to the close of the poll. He
has polled the largest number of electors that ever voted
for any candidate at a Manchester election, and one of the
largest majorities. There has been a good deal of excite-
ment about the committee-rooms, but with this exception

the election has been a very quieiiine, the dieoontinuanee
of cabs to bring up electors having relieved the streets of
the great inconvenience arising to the public. Mr. Bright
only polled 5,563 votes at the last election, while Mr.
James polled 6,712, Mr. Barley 7,919, and Mr. Heywood
4,229. The 4 o'clock return was as follows :
Bright
Bennett 6,409
Henry

A FEATURE 0? 1113 MANCRISTER ELECTION. --
In another instance the conservative candidate has adopted
• course se well fitted as any which a perverse ingenuity
could have devised to alienate from him the sympathy of
a portion of the liberal party whose support was essential
to the accomplishment of his hopft. If the real or
preeurned imitoluidnues of a political opp,sait on

;tatters of religion be thought • proper ground of attack
among the Derbyites, they may rely upon having hence-
forth to fight all their battles by themselves. The impu-
tation against Mr. Jacob Bright that, by describing himself
as belonging to the " Broad Church,^ be meant to lead
unsuspecting hearers to suppose him to be a member of the
church of England must be regarded as originally an unsuc-
cessful pleasantry. We put that interpretation upon
it, because it is difficult to conceive the dulness which,
with the explanation of his meaning whisk he offered at
the time—or without it—could have understood him to
intend to convey a false impression by words so plain
and simple. But Mr. Bennett's supporters have
done worse than merely burlesquing • bad joke by
adopting it en perkier. Some further inquiries Ins
toted by them into the religious persuasions of the
opposing candidate considerably pass the limits of an
endurable joke, and are conspicuousexamples of a dis-
position to revert to practices which the good sense and
good feeling of the present age very generally condemns.
Both by Mr. Curtis and Mr. Bennett at the hustings Mr.
Jacob Bright was called on to give an Recount of his theo-
logical belief, to the extent, at least, of identifying himself
with some one or other of the various sect. among which
this country is divided. The penal consequence of his
refusing to answer was to be that that they should be ad-
judged to be in religion something nameless and horrible
which Mr. Bennett had heard him said to be. Every
liberal (man, to whatever political division he
may incline, will heartily approve of the spirit
with which this intrusion was resented by Mr.
Jacob Bright and his friends. No vague general
profession of regard for liberty of conscience—no
ready pledge of willingness to accept it in any specified
instance—ought to be allowed to weigh in the estimation
of the electors against such an exposure of inability to
comprehend its fundamental principles. The legislature
requires from its members no statement of their religious
belief, and it becomes no one to attempt to exact from
them what they owe no account for but to their own con-
sciences. So coarse and glaring a breach of the fair rules of
political contest was well suited to deprive any candidate
who was guilty of it of liberal votes which, on other
grounds, he might have obtained. To waverer. between
two extreme sections, neither of which might be much to
their taste, such a suggestive reminder of one wide dif-
ference, never long concealed, was enough to strike the
balance in favour of the radical, and we shall rejoice to be
assured that it largely contributed to the result.—Mon.
cheater Guardian.

A GARIBALDI Matrix° Dr Sks
Sat FBANCIBCO, Nov. 13.—The Italian residents of this
city held • meeting today, and passed a resolution con.
demning the action of Victor Emmanuel and Louie Napo-
leon. A subscription for the benefit of Garibaldi was
opened, and some 2,000 dole. were collected, which will be
forwarded to Italy, and placed in the hands of the United
States Minister at Florence, the Hon. G. P. /lamb. A
letter will accompany the funds, thanking Mr. Marsh in
the name of the Italian population here for the sympathy
he has shown for Garibaldi.—Yes' York Tritium, Nov. 11.
. .

•
Fasiwwnim is LoNnoN. —Last night a meeting
of the International Working Men's Association wee held
in the Cleveland-hall, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square,
fur the purpose of hearing an address from " Citizen" Fox,
on the subject of Feniouiam. A large number of those
present were foreigners. " Citizen " Fox, after explaining
that he was a native of London, having no connexion by
blood with the Irish nation, defined Fenianiem as Irish
nationality in a very radical and anti-English form,
and mid that the adherents to the movement had better
call themselves Irish republicans rather than go
bank to mythological history for a grotesque name.
He believed that for the three Irishmen murdered in Man-
chester, 30 Englishmen would be crucified in America.
He concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That
this meeting desires that a settled peace and unity between
the British and Irish nations should be substituted for the
war of 700 years between Englishry and Mabry, and
with a view to that end this meeting exhorts the friends
of Irish nationality to bring their cause before the British
people, and advises the latter to accord an unprejudiced
hearing to the arguments advanced in behalf of Ireland's
right to autonomy.' " Citizen" Garrow seconded the re-
solution, which, after some discussion, we, referred to the
standing committee. "Citizen" Weston announced his
intention to more at the council meeting of the reform
league, that another great demonstration should be held
in Hyde-park for the purpose of giving expression to
popular feeling on the Fenian executions.
ALTIRATION OF STREET NAMES.—The following
alterations in the names of public thoroughfares have been
ordered to be made by the Metropolitan Board of Works
—Belgrave-place, Belgrave-terrace, Victoria-road, Bridges
row, and Union-place, Pimlico, to be called Buckingham-
Claeßoad ; the names Upper Seymour-street and
Seymour-street West to be abolished, and the whole line
of thoroughfare from Portman-square to Connaught-
square to be called Seymour-street • Victoria-road, Hol-
loway, to be called Chalfont-road Alexandra-terraces
Litnehouse, to be incorporated with Pigott-street ; Pro-
vidence-place tote incorporated with Stepney-causeway ;
York-cottages, Brompton. to be incorporated with Thurloe.
place. In Bermondsey, Taylor's-terrace to be incorporated
with Roseherry-street, and Edward's-cottages with Lin-
sey-street. The subsidiary 1111Mell of villas, cottages,
terraces, places, &c., in the following thoroughfares to be
abolished : Woodfield-road, Weetbournia, Limehouee-
causeway ; Southampton-road, Kentish-town ; Shore-
road, Hackney ; Lacey-road, Bermondsey; Stainsby-road,
Poplar ; Brook-street, Ratcliff •, Brixton-rosd, Brixton •
so much of the thoroughfare known as St. James-road
North and St. Janmeroad, Bermondsey, se lies between
the South Eastern Railway and the Bricklayer's Arms
Extension Railway to be called St. James-road, and the
subsidiary names abolished. The houses in all cons to
be re-numbered.

[TWOPENCE

THE SPANISH PASSIVE DEBT.

We are requested to publish the annexed com-
munications, which have lately passed with refer-
ence to the Spanish Paasi ve Debt :

9, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, London, Nov. 23.
My dear Sir,—There can be no doubt that it is the uni-
versal feeling that the question, whether or not the bond-
holders are to be deprived of their just rights, turns upon
whether or no the Stock Exchange will in any way depart
from the course provided for by rule 57. If the Stook
Exchange is to be quite closed until • satisfactory settle-
ment, not of a part but of the whole of the Passive debt
is come to, then certainly sooner or later justice will be
done to those bondholders who have the courage to hold
' out. I know it is contended that if either • majority or a
considerable majority of the debt is converted, then the
committee of the Stock Exchange will consider that the
provisions of rule 57 have been complied with, and will
pant a quotation to new Spanish securities. I cannot,
however, imagine for • moment that such will be
I the fact, and I ground my opinion upon the fed-
lowing reasons. In the first place it will usable the
ISpenish government to avail themselves of the
necessities or peculiar position (as in the use
of truants, Re.) of the present unfortunate bondholders to
buy the stock largely at the present ruinously low
and than to treat such purchases as eanversions;
whereas they would be • tart in reality, not of the will,
but of the necessities of the bondholders. Nothing more
manifestly unfair than this can he conceived, and such I
am sure will be the feeling of the able and intelligent men
al whom the committee of the Stock Exchaup is com-
Again, we must remember that rule 57 wee made
com-
posed
the protection of foreign bondholders, though indeed it
operates quite as much for the benefit of foreign govern-
, manta, for if it were not for the protection of this rule,
who would ever invest in foreign securities ? Inasmuch as
there is no international tribunal, this rule is the only
protection investors have, and the security it affords of
course keeps up the price of foreign stocks so that the
one party is made secure, and this other greatly benefited.
Now We law was made for the protection of all, and
cannot, I apprehend, as regards the past, he altered with-
out the consent of all, It is • great principle of our legis-
lature to avoid carat /ado legislation whereby anybody
may be injured. Parliament, for instance, will not make a
law declaring that to be miminal which was not heretofore
criminal, except as from the passing of the act, because what-
ever has been done has been dome on the faith of the exist.
lug law, and the predation of that law is not to be
taken away without the consent of all ties interested,
that of a majority being deemed insuf Cent, So, in the
present case, the bondholders lent their money upon the
faith of Rule 57, andithe consentljof either a real or an ap-
parent majority is not sufficient to deprive the minority of
their rights.
The Stock Exchange Committee all, I apprehend,
no more take way their security by ex post lade legio
lotion than parliament will, in respect of that which is
past, make any person subject to liabilities which have not
heretofore existed.—Yours very truly, li. D. POOLS,.
^ •

Captain Isherwood, Junior United Servios Club.
No. 2, East India-avenue, Nov. 23, 1867.
My Lord,—Relying upon the kindness with which your
lordship was pleased to receive the deputation of Spanish
Passive holders, and upon the proofs which your lordship
bee ever given of your earnest wish to defend the legiti-
mate interests of British subjects, we venture to trouble
your lordship with a statement of our case. Upon making
a settlement of the debt in 1851, the Spanish government,
instead of including our claims in tbegeneral arrangement,
and giving us a three per cent. stock, chose to leave them
as a Passive stock, to be redeemed by monthly auctions.
To accomplish this certain lands were assigned, which,
according to the estimate made by • committee of
the Cortes, were valued at a minimum of about
8,700,000/. But the said committee, stated that
as property in Spain had in recent sales fetched
about three times the estimated value, and considering the
facilities now offered for the payments, there is every
probability that, instead of the 8,870,000/., the lands will
really produce five times this estimate, or about 44,000,000/.
With this amount, and 1'21,000!. annually assigned in the
budget for the redemption of the Passive debt, the com-
mittee calculated, asexpremed in their report, that all the
Passive debt, amounting to 52,000,0001., would be redeemed
in about ten years. Now it is notorious that landed pro-
perty in Spain has recently been sold for sums enormously
in excess of the official estimates, much to the benefit of
Spain, but unfortunately with none to her long-suffering
*redder,. Your lordship will be surprised to learn that far
from 44,000,000/. having been applied to the extinction of
our claims as primeede of our lands, even the minimum of
8,870,0001. is withheld from us, and instead of our claims
having been redeemed in ten years, as the report of the
coranutteeled us tosuppose, now, after the lapse of sixteen
years, the Spanish government makes us an oiler equivalent
to 20 per cent. fur our clamor, and even this only in connec-
tion with a forced loan, threatening that unless we accept
by the 31st December nest, even this offer will
be cancelled. For these acts of injustice the Spanish
government have given no reason nor any reply to our
complaints. Under these circumstances we crave your
lordabip's friendly interference to obtain for us, at least, •
bearing from the Spanish government The only explana-
tion which has been vouchsafed to us by the Spanish
government we glean from another report of a committee
of the Cortes, dated June 2, 1864, in which it is stated
that it is impossible to carry out the law of 1511, ss far as
our claims are concerned. In order that your lordship
may not suspect us of exaggeration, we translate literally
this part of the official report.
"From • report given by the dirreccion general of the
proportion and rights of the state, dated March 21, 1802,
it is clear that it is utterly impossible to distinguish said
lands, as they are so mixed up with those belonging to
the state and to towns, that it is impossible to establish a
lime of demarcation, consequently it is impossible to carry
out for the benefit of the bondholders article 2 of the law
of 1851." Independently of the foregoing wrongs the
sinking fund, established by the law of la.l, ha, never
been fairly applied. It is evident from this that the
Spanish Cortes declares that it is impossible to carry out
the law of 1851. Had it been carrioiout, we should, es we

have shown, according Loan official estimate. have received
par six years ago. Under these circumstances our full
oould we totem them in a court of Lew to which
the Spanish government were amenable, would entitle us
to receive par and interest for six years. Another view of
the question is that the law of 1851 is rendered null and
void by the inability of the Spanish government, as officially
announced, to execute it. 'Under this point of view we
are also legally entitled to receive in cash the full amount
represented by our bonds, and damages for the loss
which we have suffered since Issl. lu :onclusion
we beg your lordship to ascertain from the
Spanish government, as we are unable to .lo so, upon
what grounds they dispute our claims ? Whether it is
not true that the lands assigned to the Passive holders
were officially estimated by a committee of the Cortes at a
minimum value of ri,t.70,01/01. ? If so, upon what principle
they dispute our right to this minimum? Finn what
pounds they dispute our right to receive par if the law
cannot be carried out? Upon what ground do they fail to
apply monthly the total amount to sinking fund ? The
bondholders, although conscious of their right to demand
repaym-nt at par, evinced their readiness at a public
meeting to accept a reasonable settlement based upon
principles of equity and justice. We are so firmly con-
vinced of the Meth* of our case, that we should feel very
thankful to your lordship for inducing the Sp.,orli govern-
ment to agree to submit the question to a fr:eudly and in-
dependent arbitration. We are perfectly aware that your
lordship cannot interfere officially on our behalf, but we
trust that your lordship will lend a moral support to ob-
tain at least • hearing for injured Li itish subjects,
and endeavour to protect them from having their
property unjustly withheld, and their rights peso.
tically ignored by a government which is perfectly solvent.
It is difficult to believe that the Spanish government can
be so unmindful of the interest of Spain as to deprive us of
upwards of 8,000,00 W. upon a ground so manifestly in-
adequate as that of not being able to separate our lauds
ham others. We are afraid that they have followed the
counsel of parties wbo have never sufficiently examined
the nature of our rights, and we hope that when they Lear
and weigh the reasons upon which we found our claims,
the Spanish government will find them what wo honestly
believe them to be—viz., " irrefutable," and that we shall
meet with full, though tardy justice.— I have the honour
to be, your lordship's most obedient servant,
R. B. Imemtwoon, Chairman of the Committee.
To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of Statttur Foreign Affairs.

DIEE7ING or BUTCHERS AND SALESMEN.—Yea-
terday evening a public meeting of butchers and sales-
men was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose
of determining what steps shall be taken to prevent the
arbitrary and unjust restrictions that will be indicted
on the trade by the adoption of the proposal to compel all
foreign cattle imported into London to be slaughtered in
abattoirs adjoining the market. Mr. Verity, of
was called to the chair, and the following reso-
lutions were, after some discussion, agreed to :—" That
the establishment of abattoirs at the port of landing or
at the market, with a view to the compulsory slaughter of
all foreign cattle, instead of leaving the vane in the hands
of the trade, as at present, will be most prejudicial to the
interests of the trade and the public ; and that the esta-
blishment of a separate market for the sale of foreign
cattle win be inconvenientot ill decrease competition, tend
to diminish the importation of cattle, and increase the
price of meat." The meeting also pledged itself to oppose
any plan which will present the most free and open com-
petition in the cattle and meat trades, or that will compel
the slaughter of rattle away from the butcher's premises.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.—
TUESDAY, Nnr. N.—Admissions on payment, 41.:0; ditto
by seamen ticsete, 1,01). Total visitors, 1,479.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27.

Tree Church Riot most not be allowed to settle
down among the familiar incidents of English
life without a panning word of regret. Monday's
newspaper now brings the weekly report of tumult
and violence in nave or chancel with a punctuality
which would at one time have kindled surprise
and indignation. The disorders at the church of
St. George's-in-the-East in the Rev. BRYAN
Kr.ce's days, breaking the peace of a quiet period,
attracted much notice, and made a deep impres-
sion on the public mind ; we now judge by a
different standard, and greater and more serious
disturbances than those pass unreganled amidst
the surprises, convulsions, and outbreaks of our
troublous times. Last Sundaymorning the Church
of All Saints, Lambeth, which a week before had
been re-opened by the Rev. Dr. LEE, was visited
by a number of persons bent upon suppressing
the service. The sermon was cut down to six
minutes by hissing, the free use of cat-calls, and
other demonstrations intended to intimidate and
certain to annoy the preacher. Subsequently, at
the celebration of the Holy Communion, one of the
ringleaders presented himself at the rails, and
having received the consecrated bread, put it
ostentatiously into his pocket, saying some-
thing about giving it to his dog. This became
the signal for a general disturbance, which extended
from the chancel to the west end of the church,
and in the course of which the new stone font was
overturned and broken, and crosses thrown down,
while sticks were freely used against those who at-
tempted to restore order. An endeavour was made
on Mondayat the Southwark Police-court to bring
to justice some of the actors in these disgraceful
scenes ; but with the usual result. The real
authors of such disorders are, as a rule, too crafty
to place themselves within the power of the law,
and fur others there is a defence fund, kept up
by some persons of singularly constituted minds,
who see in attacks like these a service done to
Protestantism. A person was charged before Mr.
BURCH/AI, at Southwark Police-court, on Monday,
with taking part in these disturbances; but
although the facts we have narrated were proved,
the charge was dismissed upon a question of
identity, as had previously happened in the case of
the riots at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington. There
was some very positive swearing on one side, and
it was understood that witnesses were prepared to
speak just as absolutely on the other ; but the
calm perspicacity of the Magistrate rendered it
unnecessary to call them. It is surely remarkable
that these disorders only take place within that
Church which enjoys a privileged position created
and buttressed by law. If a congreeation of
Primitive Methodists were outraged as that of All
Saints, Lambeth, was last Sunday, the offenders
would soon be brought to their senses. But
it is precisely in the Church by law esta-
blished that the powers of the law fail. The
weakness runs through the whole institution.
Dr. LEE'S practices have a very doubtful founda-
tion in law : he gives, for instance, a wafer at
the Holy Communion ; but he is in no danger of
prosecution. The Bishop of LONDON thinks the
law is so weak because recourse to it is so costly, and
would have the Ecclesiastical Courts made accessible
on cheaper terms ; but the Bishop of Sr. DAVID'S
is afraid of encouraging litigation. The great dig-
nitaries of the Church do not uphold the declara-
tions of the ecclesiastical tribunals with all their
authority. When the Privy Council had given its
judgment in the case of the Bishop of &unarm,
and the Essayists and Reviewers, the two Arch-
bishops published a kind of protest against it. It
may be that a secret, undefined sense of this
general abeyance of law in the Church encourages
the people who go from church to church. Sunday
after Sunday, to create disorder ; but it may be
hoped tint some way will be found of asserting at
least the authority of the peace magistrate over
these disturbers, and so restoring something like
their former decorum to our churches.