The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-10 00:00:00

POLAND.

The President of the Helvetic Committee for the
affairs of Poland, sitting at Zurich, has circulated
the following rectification :
liverythhig that the Warsaw Journal has published on
the subject atlas formation of a Polish legion in Switzer-
landoof theFeders/ Council, of the director of polies at
Zurich and myself, of Count Plater and Genera/a Leask.-
wicz, Bork, and Teesenecedd, is devoid of the shadow of
truth. X() attack has ever been made is Switzerland on
the person of a Pole. At no thee hasthire been any sub-
seription, either for the pureliese of arms or any other ob-
ject, the amount of which has been paid into the hands of
a Pole ; no letter has been addrened to me relating to an
incendiary. The adventures and misdeeds of which the
self-styled correspondent accuses the emigrants only exist
in the fertile imagination of the editors of the journal in
question. The truth is that the Polish exiles devote them-
selves for the most part to study and labour, and that
they are seconded in their efforts by committees which
have done everything in their power to alleviate the
honourable but unfortunate situation of those individuals.
—enemas WALDZIL.

Saba ant Military.

CHATHAM, Sirr. 9.

THE LATE FATAL. EXPLOBIOII IN THE DO6LYAED.—
The whole of the sufferers by the late calamitous accident
which took place at this dockyard on Friday, are, it is
satisfactory to know, progressing very favourably. It was
at first feared that lir. Hooper, foreman of smiths, who
was one of those most seriously injured, would have to
submit to amputation of his injured in, but there is now
every reason to hope that the limb will be saved, the frac-
ture not being of so serious a character as was at first
believed to be the ease. The cease of Edward Willmott,
who sustained serious injuries, chiefly from burns and
scalds,' as well as that of William Shackleton, who
received a compound fracture of the arm, are both
progressing very favourably, while the workmen, whose
wounds were dressed at the surgery, are all going on very
satisfactorily. Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., the superin-
tendent of the yard, who was absent in Scotland, on
leave, at the time of the accident, arrived at the dockyard
on Friday night, having been telegraphed for to return.
During the whole of yesterday be was busily employed in
superintending the arrangements connected with the re-
moval of the mass of materials of the buildings and ma-
chinery injured and destroyed by the explosion, a large
body of workmen being engaged in the operation through-
out the day. Owing to the extent of property destroyed
it will be some time before the whole can be rebuilt, and
the work of the departments resumed. The arrangements
made by the officials will, however, prevent any inconve-
&ems arising from the temporary stoppage of any of the
works, which will be in full operation, so far as those de-
partments are concerned, in a few days. Yesterday a num-
ber of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers were
engaged during the day in making photographs and
sketches of, the various buildings, workshop', and ma-
chinery destroyed by the explosion. Drawings and plans
of the machinery and buildings are also in course of prepa-
ration, to be used by the coroner and jury at the adjourned
inquest into the deaths of the two men killed.

PARIS, BATORDAY Eva/rm.
The Emperor is going to Bambouillet to shoot
on Monday. The papers still say that he will
leave for Biarritz one day next week.
The Marquis de Moustier, the new Minister of
' Foreign Affairs, derives his hitherto little known
name from a small village called Moustier, in the
Jura mountains, where there is a ruined monas-
tery. There is genealogical authority for the
opinion that Moustier is but a corruption of MOMS-
tire (monastery). An ancestor of the marquis took
part in a battle fought near this village upwards
of a thousand years ago by the Christians of Bur-
gundy against an army of Mussulmans from Pro-
vence. The family motto is Measlier sera maugre
le Sarrazin—a scroll rather ominous for the Sublime
Port, if it be true that the mission of the minister
now at Constantinople is to settle the "Eastern
question." It may be useful to mention, for the
information of young attaehis, that the name is
pronounced as if there were no " s " in it.
M. Welles de La Valette, the deputy, is now act-
ing as chef du cabinet of the Marquis deLa Valetta,
as interim Minister of Foreign Affairs. A question
is raised whether the appointment is not illegal,
because the constitution establishes an incompati-
bility between the mandate of a deputy and " any
public functions."
Colonel Norton, of New York, who has been for
some time in Paris as commissioner from New
York State for the universal Exhibition, has just
been appointed by President Johnson commis-
sioner on the part of the United States.
The cultivation of tobacco has just been autho-
rized in the Landes. This special favour, long
solicited by the department, has at length been
obtained through the influence of Count Walowski.
Few people can have passed much time in Paris ,
The Cork Examiner of Friday states that her
without occasionally losing sous by Swiss franca,
Majesty's ship Osborne, having on board the Lords of the
which omnibus drivers and waiters at cafes mixed Admiralty—Sir John Pakington' First Lord; Sir Alex.
up with change, but which money changers would Milne ; Admiral Seymour, ALP.; Mr. Du Cane, 111. P, also
only take at a discount of two sons. One of the Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., Secretary to the Admiralty ;
most popular standing jokes in Offenbach's Belle and Captain Charlie, Director General of Admiralty
Helene was that of the ancient Greek high priest, leorrksa,st ft Plymouth Soutdedoz7o-trik'edkrarieditiz. uaitori.uil, and
who, after complaining of the shabbiness of the on Thursday.rniy
passage
fear had been entertained thata.tii:e.
offerings of the faithful, said, " Now I'll go and 1 state of the weather would have prevented their lordships
try to pass off my pPre Suisse." Well, the great visiting the port ; but the importance of the works in
news of the day, and one that makes a real sen- I Queenstown induced them to disregard the threats
sation in every caftS in Paris, is the rehabilitation of bad weather and make the passage across the
Channel. The Osborne, on arrival, anchored in the
of the Swiss coinage. The ollowing note appears
miter harbour, and at eight a.m. steamed up to a position
in the Moniteur: oft the R.C.Y. Club-house, the Black Prince firing the ens-
A diplomatic convention between France, Italy, Switzer- tomary salute of eighteen guns. Rear• Admiral Frederick,
land, and Belgium, sanctioned by the law of the 14th commander-in-chief on the Irish station, proceeded on
board to pay his respects. Shortly after noon the corn-
July last, has established a complete monetary commu-
-1 mittee of the Queenstown Royal Sailors' Home waited on
nity between those four states. The contracting parties . their lordships to thank them for the annual grant from the
have consequently engaged to manufacture their gold and I Board of Admiralty to the Home,and to invite them to visit
silver coin according to the same standard and the same , the institution. The committee was courteously received,and
model, and to receive it without distinction in the public i the invitation accepted. Theirlordships then proceeded to
Luesxectet.heAreeypawraeieetion forei pthe..;dllkyygdp woniiileartkeHall.li--
treasuries of either of the four states. Instructions have ,
consequently been addressed to all the accountants de- , rector of Works ; and Mr. Joyce, Superintendent of Works
pending on the Ministry of Finance, in order that for the iat Haulbowline. They then proceeded by water to the
future Swiss, Italian, and Belgian gold and silver money ; Sailors' Home, which they inspected• found in a most re-
!should be received in payments on the same terms and at I gular and creditable state, and
.expressed their entire satis-
faction with it. Rear-Admiral Frederick, with his flag
the same value as French money. lieutenant and secretary, Captain Corbett, H.M.S. Black
The Bourse continues firm. Rente rose 20c. for I Prince, Captain Moresby, R.N., hon, secretary to the
cash and 22i for account, closing at 70.40 and , Home ; Mr. J. L. Cronin, R. 111., and several members of
70.45. Italian (following up the 1 franc rise of the committee,
n werecidt HbavingenredukteheAd'Fitdi.
yesterday) further Unproved to the extent of 75c., Thralrat rrier,resiiindeac.ins, their
tad its Pa tdietitonw• after which they
closing at 59. Mobilier rose 8.75 ; but Credit I stayyed for a short time at the Queen's Hotel, and re-
Fonder fell sf. turned on board. At 1 o'clock a deputation, of which
To the latest article of the Petrie, pleading in I the Mayor, Lord Bandon, Lord Fcrmoy, the city high
favour of the Mexican bondholders that the sheriff (M P.) an
r. Maguire, M., Mr. Leader, M.P., d Dr.
M. Power, were members, had an interview with their
French government ought to do something for lordship. on board the Osborne on the subject of the royal
them, on the ground that the " majority had not dock in this harbour. The Mayor, Lord Bandon, and
intelligence enough to distinguish between patron- Mr. Maguire urged on the First Lord, Sir J. Pakington,
their expediency of
to convict
lipeleoylinguefreien
order
eurto on
make it
age and a guarantee," the Libcrti replies that
the promoters of the Mexican loan ought first to a
available for the naval service of the'country at the earliest
be made to disgorge the commission they received moment possible. In reply, Sr J. Pakington admitted
for the job.: "If the Patnie's argument for saddling that whenever the government gave a pledge respecting a
the state with a sort of responsibility is worth any- work that pledge ought to be redeemed as soon as was con-
thing, the first thing to be done is to call for the 'latent with the general interests of the country; but
reimbursement of the commission taken. It can- in the present instance two difficulties arose. One
was the difficulty of procuring sufficient convict
not be that an affair should be a bad one for every- labour, the understanding at the time the vote for
body, including even the taxpayer who took no the dock was granted being that it should be con-
part in it, and should nevertheless remain a profit- atructed b convict labour. The next difficulty was
able one for those who having persuaded and en- occasioned by the increased coat that would be en-
couraged the public to subscribe assumed a far tt-led "ol!! Telcirwg:tbetaavelotrdweiongitheeue
ewnortlts;
greater degree of responsibility than any that understanding that the dock was to be made exclusively
can be fastened on the state." The more by convict labour, and Sir J. Pakington said he spoke
this question of the Mexican bonds is under correction on that point. He promised to inquire
stirred the more impossible does it seem that the whether additional convicts oonld be had for the work.
French executive can ever have the effrontery to ontelyttlebodocrwoevonyoed,
bconcomit t p
platted for nlti yeast The
make the public pay a farthing towards the relief ,deputation also urged on their lordships the advantage of
of those who, tempted by the fact of high interest ,caking a government quay into deep water at Queenstown,
and lotteries, were deluded by the Moniteur and into which the First Lord undertook to make inquiry.
Constitutionnel. Two lines of M. Rouher'a speech, Another matter submitted by the deputation, and into
now continually quoted, are conclusive on the sub- Th" lil lordship promised P
repairsise4 to inquire,
t walilejterCe of
ject. He assured the Corps Legislatif that the defraying
Queeuswn out of the consolidated fund.
French government neither "directly nor indi-
rectly" guaranteed the loans. After this it is non-
sense to talk about a " moral guarantee" in the
sense of the State being bound to come to the aid '
of a bad speculation. There is no doubt a great
weight of moral responsibility somewhere, but
it does not affect France as a state.

AmariALrr, San. B.—A.ppournuarra.—Naval
Cadets (nonsinabsd) Fredmick Elton, Wyatt 'lawmen, and
Arthur J. Horsley.
Sub-Lieutenant Adolphus Augustus F. Fitz George, who
has been promoted to heutenent, Ku served in the Are-
thus', 35, in Mediterranean since June 30, 1865.

THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AT CORK.

DIFTRDPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LABO'CR-
CLASSES.—An act of considerable importance to the
labouring classes with respect to the oompulsory taking of
their dwellings for public improvements, was passed among
the local statutes of the late session, and will probably
forma precedent in future cases. It is known as " The
Kensington Improvement Aet," and its object is to widen
and make new streets, which it is declared will be of great
public utility. The act is not to be enforced before the Ist
October next, and it is to be carried into execution by the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and they are to raise money
and to sharps the same en the rates of the Metropolis
Management Act. There are three provisions with respect
Ito the labouring classes. In the event of no act having
been passed before the let October, as to the dwellings of
the labouring classes, any person wbo would not otherwise
be entitled to compensation who may be removed under
this
pensation f sot front anyrom the tenemenboard for the loss
is to be entitled to ressosiable
com occasioned ht
such removal, and on a dispute, the matter is to be WOW
Iby a pollee magistrate of the district, and the board is not
I at liberty to pet as end to soak tenancy without nuking
the compensation, which is not to extend to any ems
where the rent exile& eight shillings per week.

rs
Moitmoinnt ne ENOL•ND.—There was a Mormon
conference at Birmingham last week. Brigham Young
jun., was m the chair, assisted by Mr. Orson Pratt. Mr.
Aldridge spoke first, and, it would appear, in the American
language, having mentioned that he " felt well," sad that
the saints under his jurisdiction were " first rate." A
Warwickshire Mormon followed. According to him, the
saints were moving onwards. Mr. Hatch related an in-
stance of the eostaths height to which • Mammal° eon-
miracle may be elevated. An elder, addressing the meet-
ing, " asked for permission to stead on the Nelson mann-
ment, he felt so Food." This " elder" appeared to have
some religious views in common with St. Simon St-7 M's,
but probably not many. We regret to learn that in War-
wickshire alone there we 183 members.—Loadoe Beery.
The retiring allowence fixed by the governmest
for the late Lord Chief Juatiee L•froy le 3,5001. per annum.