The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 2.

The France of this evening says :—" We learn
that the holders of the Cavour obligations in this
city have caused the funds deposited with Messrs.
Rothschild for the payment of Italian Rente to be
seized, in virtue of a decision of the Tribunal of
Commerce of the Seine, dated Nov. 27."

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Jilt. 3.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last work :

INcaassa.
Bills discounted . . . fr. 60,333,000
Advances
Notes
DECREASE.
Cash in hand

Treasury balance . . . . 45,333,000
Private accounts . . . . 13,200,000

AMERICA.
(BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, J. 2.

Gold, 1321. Exchange on London, 1091,
5-20 United States Bonds, 106/. Cotton, Mid-
dling Uplands, 35c.
The steamers Hansa and City of Washington
arrived out yesterday, and the China to-day.

MORE FENIAN SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN IRE-
LAND.—We learn by telegraph that seventeen stands
of new arms and • lot of bayonets end swords have been
found in • barn belonging to Mr. John Scanlon, near
Bridgetown, county Clare. Scanlon, who disclaims all
knowledge of the matter, and two of his moos, have been
committed for trial.

A telegram from Belfast states that twelve or
fourteen vessels were ashore, yesterday, at Mycelia,
Donsighadee, sad that errand lines have hese lest.
SOLDIERS' GARDENS IN IN DIA. —With reference
to the reports on the regimental gardens for the year
ending 30th A last, the Commander-in-Chief in India
has publish the following minute:—" These reports
may be considered altogether as fairly satisfactory. The
company gardens continue to be a source of great amuse-
ment to the men, and, in many instances, produce
supplies of vegetables, which, being superior to thaelaror
tuned in the native bazaars, form a welcome addition to
the soldiers' ration. At many stations great perseverance
has been shown in gardening, under most unfavourable
conditions of soil and water. Commanding officers of re-
giments have been directed to show, in future reports, the
number of men occupied in gardening, and its general
effect on their health and character. The opinions of
medical officers have already in some cures been re-
corded, and from these it appears that gardening
has generally a beneficial influence on the health of the
men. The surgeon of the 107th Regiment is the only dis-
sentient from this view, but he appears to have opposed
the establishment of gardens for good reasons, as the
ground marked out for cultivation consisted of an old
cemetery, and is in the immediate proximity of the tem-
porary barracks in the Clydesdale lines. Regimental gar-
dens being generally situated at some distance from bar
racks, although occasionally worked by soldiers, are in
most instances cultivated by native labour, superintended
by one or two British soldiers. The object of these gar-
dens is to supply the commissariat with vegetables, and
to create • fund from which incidental expenses to com-
pany gardens are defrayed, such as carriage of seed., repair
of garden tools, he. When once fairly started, theme
gardens have invariably proved financially successful. If
on arrival at a station a regiment finds a good regimental
garden established, its cultivation as a rule continued,
but there seems to be an unwillingness on the part of
regimental authorities to start new gardens of this
description. The uncertainty which lately existed
as to how long a regiment might remain at
its station, Inc; the small return which could be
expected from a garden during its first year of
cultivation, are probably facts which have influenced com-
manding officers in this matter. It is presumed, however,
that on the general financial success of these gardens be-
coming better known, commanding officers will make
greater efforts to start and continue their cultivation.
In the meantime, in order that the State may not
be called upon to pay such charges as should
be defrayed from the garden fund, Adjutant.
General's Circular, No. 60, dated 3rd October, 1866, has
been publshed, which directs that the soldier is to be re-
sponsible for the condition of the tools toned to him, and
the state of the wall or fence surrounding his plot of
ground, fair wear and tear being borne by the State. The
gardens at Ferozepore, Shahnhanpore, Muradabsd, bfuttra,
Cawnpo, Sanger, Itc., have rved most rmunerative,
and havere supplied the commpio e ssariat with considerable
quantities of vegetables. Endeavours should be made by
garden fund committees to obtain from government nurse-
ries, or gardens of horticultural societies, indigenous fruit
trees ; these, if carefully tended, would, after • very few
years, prove a source of steady income to the garden fund,
besides as to render the gardens an agreeable and
shady lounge for the soldier—one of the objects originally
in view on their formatioa,"—Tieses of India, Nov. 19.
DAY NURSERIRS FOR POOR BABES. —A corre-
spondent of the Liverpool Albion suggests, as a means of
helping honest, but poor, parents to rear their tender in-
fants, that we should endeavour to establish in every large
town, but especially in every manufacturing centre in the
kingdom, those admirable institutions termed crichee by our
neighbours attar the ChanneL These crèches originated
in Paris in November, 1844, and now are to be found in
every quarter of the capital, as well as in the chief cities
of France. They are not for the reception of foundlings, nor
are they hospitals. They are opened solely for the benefit
of legitimate and healthy infants of the poor, and who
must be brought there and fed by their mothers or
guardians in the morning and removed by them at night.
The creche, therefore, is simply a day nursery, where babes
a month old, and until they have reached the extreme age
of two years, may be carefully tended for a very small
charge during the hours that their mothers are earning their
bread away from their own homes. To institute these
nurseries, the gratuitous services of lady visitors, of medical
men, and others will be required. In the honourable rae
of supporters of the cridaes in France may be found many
distinguished, many old and noble names ; and may we not
hope to see in Great Britain as eminent a list, when so
useful a work has been fairly set on foot ± A year ago we
were startled by the saddening reports of our coroners and
health officers showing the fearful rate of mortality of
infants, under one year of age, in our large towns, and of
late there seems to be no appearance of abatement of the
evil. There is a nese, then, that something more should
be attempted to say the plague. But while we in the
north have been talking, it is reported that some kind-
hearted clergyman in London (I wish I knew his name)
has been acting, and has fitted up a stable for • crèche—
laying babes in a manger. Let alt who are now mindful of
the erielle of Bethlehem go and do likewise."
CRYSTAL PALACI. ONR SHILLING DAY.
TID'IUSDAT, JAIL 3.—Aalmissiotis on payment, 1,037 ; ditto
by seaman tickets, 73L Total VilikeN 1,768.

The Crystal Palace authorities, actuated by the
traditional and hopeful spirit of Englishmen, have already
vigorously set about the work of restoration—temporary
in the first instance, but to be permanent and deserving
of the name, if the public should only support them in
their praiseworthy exertions to preserve for the people the
most genuine people's palace that was perhaps ever thought
of or erected. It is beet to learn the worst first, and from
the commencement to look whatever task we have to do
fairly in the face. The complete restoration of the palace
will require somewhere about a hundred thousand pounds,
• mere trifle when compared with the 100 which the
public would sustain if their favourite holiday hoes* I
were taken from them, or preserved only in a cur-
tailed and mutilated form. The million and • half sterling
which its first erection cost was not subscribed merely
with a view to money profit ; it was the offeringof the rich
to the innocent recreation of the poor, and the liberality
from which it sprung was the lesson taught by the great
Exhibition of 1351. Such of the public as can recall the
sentiments expressed at the various preliminary meetings
of 15.14 will remember that the various persons of wealth
and distinction who gave in their adhesion to the scheme
of a new Crystal Palace which was to surpass the famous
building in Hyde-park in every element of the beautiful,
entirely disclaimed the idea of pecuniary profit. They
gave their money, they said, in order to promote the in-
nocent and improving recreation of the people, and ever
since, whatever may have been the commercial results,
the Crystal Palace at Sydenham has nobly fulfilled its
mission. There never was anything in England in the
shape of amusement which was so extensively pa-
tronised by " the people," nor anything in which
the latter have always' taken such unqualified de-
light. To the working classes, not only of London, but of
every part of the kingdom from whence special trains
could carry visitors of humble means to the metropolis the
Crystal Palace has been • " thing of beauty " ever since
its erection ; whether it is destined to be " • joy for ever,"
or at least until the next great fire, will depend upon the
extent to which the public may be prepared to contribute
by taking shares in the additional capital which will have
to be raised, to effect its liberal and complete restoration.
What is being done now is merely making the building
weather tight pending the deliberation. on the great
work. Mr. Edwin Clark, the eminent engineer, has been
busy putting up a permanent wooden screen at some dis-
-1 tance behind the cotton one which has already achieved
such distinction ; and when this has been done, the direc-
tors, who may be said now to be in permanent session,
will promulgate their plan of restoration, and their scheme
for raising the necessary capital. It is said a new and
perfect concert-room is already thought of, and that
the preservation of the Alhambra is certain, but for
many precious things that have been destroyed there
is no hope of restoration. Many of the birds have
come back, and now amuse the visitors at the
opposite end of the building, and cages are being
erected for such of the monkeys as have escaped the
fire. It is rather curious to note that this great fire,
bad enough as it was in itself, had its mischief very much
aggravated by the particular time at which it occurred.
Had it occurred before the late meeting, the large sum
which was then paid away in dividend would have been
still to the hands of the directors, and would be available
for repairs. Had the calamity occurred a week later, it
might not have been followed by one of the severest snow-
storms which has taken place in London for years, which
keeps people away, and which can hardly, under present
circumstances, be encountered by a very general use of
artificial heat inside. Yesterday, however, means were
hand for making the interior very comfortable.

THE WEATHER.—The snowstorm seems to have
been more general and more severe than anyof recent years.
'The telegraphic reports show that it extended from Aber-
deen to the Land's End. From all parte of the country we
hear of the trains being detained, but the telegraph wires
do not appear to have been injured. The cold in Yorkshire
on Tues. y night is paid to have been more Intense than
in any winter since 1860, when on the memorable Christ-
mas eve the thermometer marked tit degrees below zero,
and nearly all the hollies and laurels were killed. The
sudden and decided change of weather appears also to
have been experienced throughout Ireland- The Irish
mail train, which left Eustou-square station on Wednes-
day night, was avowed up for four hours at Conway. It
became necessary to cut • way for it before it could
resume its journey to Holyhead. The mail due in Dublin
onWednesday evening was, in consequence, four hours late.
I At nine o'clock yesterday morning the glass registered
27 deg. Fah., and at noon 26. The ice on the Serpentine
was last night found to be three-quarters of an inch in
thickness, and a few boys actually ventured upon it,
though they were speedily warned off by the officers of the
Royal Humane Society. On the Royal Round Pond, Ken-
' singtan-gardens, a number of persons, including some
ladies, were skating and sliding. In the Regent's-park
about 200 persons ventured upon the ice on the orna-
mental water. In St. James's-park upwards of 500 persons
ventured upon the ice. No serious accident is reported.
THE SEREST-CLEARING DIFFICULTY.—Yesterday,
at the meeting of the vestry of St. James, Westminster,
Mr. Churchwarden Burt in the chair, the subject of clear-
ing away the snow from the streets was brought forward.
Some time since the vestry authorised Mr. Howell, their
surveyor, to engage men in case of a fall of snow, and
make arrangements to have the snow carted away. Mr.
Howell now reported that he had been unable to carry out
their instructions, Notwithstanding the efforts that have
been made to engage men and carts, having offered to engage
almost any number, not one appeared. A rough calculation
I have made will show that any amount of men and horses
and carts would have been but a mere drop in the bucket
for instance, in Sackville-street there were fully 80
loads of snow to be removed ; each load would
have 'required three horses, thus 80 carts would
require 240 horses ; and at the lowest computa-
tion 100 men, to fill in anything like time. Great
Marlborough-street, for instance, would require about 500
loads at least to be removed. Then the question is,
where is it to be removed to? The distance it would have
to be taken would render it almost impossible to come
back for another load the same day. But the chief
stumbling-block is the men we should require. On such
an occasion a man earning say Is. per day could easily
earn 10s. a day or more in the suburbs, and, from private
individuals, hospitable treatment in the shape of meat
and drink. Notwithstanding my opinion that it is im-
practicable, I regret that we mold not make the attempt,
but without men or carts (end our own contractors, I
have reason to believe, were altogether deserted by their
men, or nearly so), what could be done! Such men as we
had were engaged in clearing such portions of the foot-
ways as were no man's land, in clearing crossings, chan-
nels, fix. and I est our Anthers to clear round the gul-
lies. This morning we are spreading ballast, the contrac-
tors having no small difficulty in supplying it."
NWIr blawrrastv Acr.—The regulations under
the act of 1866 relating to lodging-houses are now coming
into operation. Rules approved by the Home Secretary
have been issued by several of the districts in the metro-
polis. Those issued by the Board of Works for the St. '
Giles's district are very stringent. It is specified that
no person shall let any house, or part of a house,
to be occupied in lodgings by members of more than
one family, and in which more than two persons shall
sleep in one room, until such house, and the person
proposing to let the same, are registered in the office
of the Board of Works. An accommodation of less than
400 cubic feet of space to each person will not be
allowed. Penoniletting such house,or part of a house, must
have thewalls and ceilings of every room, &c., thoroughly
cleansed and limewsahed at least four times every year.
Proper accommodation must also be provided for washing,
the cistern to afford at least 15 gallons a day to each in-
mate. The dustbin must be emptied once a week, and for
every twenty persons a minarete water-closet is to be pro-
vided. Every house is to be properly drained. Every house
and room shall be open to the medical health officer for
inspection between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. Any persons vio-
lating the regulations will be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding 405., with an additional penalty of 20s. for every
day during which • default in obeying each regulations
shall continue. The regulations issued by the Poplar dis-
trict are of a similar description.

WOOLWICH, J. 3.
A large quantity of the Palliser chilled shot and
shell is now being prepared at the Royal Arsenal, for ship-
ment to various stations, and upwards of 1,500 rides of the
old service have just been returned into store from Ireland
to be converted upon the Snider principle.

ADMIRALTY, lAN. 3. APPOINTMENTS.—Pay-
muter R. G. Gordon, additional, to the Royal George.
Masters F. Inglis, to the Asia, for the Warrior; F.
Piper, to the Asia, for the Himalaya.
Master and Pilot J. H. Tally, additional, to the Princess
Royal.
Second Masters R. M. Bryant, A. S. De Ridder, F.
Rowlett, and H. G. T. Packer, additional, to the Princess
Royal.

Captain Black has been appointed the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's superintendent at Southampton.

Untbertittp Intelligence.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 3.
The Registrar will be in his office to receive the
signatures of all persons who intend to take B.A. or LL.B.
degrees on Jan. 26, on Friday, Jan. 4 ; and on Friday,
Jan. 23, from ten o'clock till one.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.

•
Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, THOMAS CHAPMAN,
Esq., F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair. There were
also present—Sir E. Perrot!, Bart.; W. IL Horton, EMI.;
Admiral McHardy, Capt. Walker, H.C.S. • John Griffith,
! Bsq.; Capt. Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the in-
tution ; and Riclid. Lewis, Esq., the secretary. The minutes
of the previous meeting having been read, • reward of 151.
was voted to the crew of the Palling lifeboat, for putting off
on New Year's morning, in a strong gale and • very heavy
sea, accompanied with snow storms, and rescuing five of
the crew of the wrecked brig Chase, bound from London
to Shields, in ballast. A reward of 31/. 10s. was also
voted to pay the expenses of the Whitburn lifeboat of the
I institution in going off during • strong wind and heavy
sea, and rescuing eight men from the barque Margaret and
Jane, of South Shields, and 13 men from the barque
Caroline Elisabeth, of London, which had stranded on the
South Steal. A reward of 91. 17s. was likewise voted to
pay the expenses of the Withernses lifeboat of the insti-
tution for going off in reply to signals of distress during
equally weather, and saving six men from the brig George,
of Lowestoft, which was wrecked off Withernsea on the
12th ult. A reward of 8!. 2s. Gd. was also voted to pay the
eagessee-of the Fiestarood lifeboat of the inatitaitton fee
putting off during • heavy gale of wind from the W.S.W.,
• and bringing safely ashore 12 men and • pilot from the
barque Inge, of Krsgero, which was at anchor near Danger
Patch, on the 7th ult. A reward of 10/. was also granted
to pay the expenses of the Orme's Head lifeboat of the
institution, for saving two men from the mnack Cymro, of
Amlwch, which was observed in Llandudno Bay, with
signals of distress flying during a gale from the N.N.W. on
the 7th ult. A reward of 16/. 2s. was likewise granted to
pay the expense of the Lowestoft lifeboat, in connection
with the institution, for going off in tow of the Imperial
steam tug, and saving one man from the lugger William
and Mary, of Yarmouth, which had during a fresh wind
• from the S.S.W. been wrecked on the Barnard Sand on
the 12th alt. A reward of 12/. 18s. was alsogranted to pay
the expenses of the Civil Service lifeboat of the institu-
tion, stationed at Wexford, for going off during a gale of
wind on the 27th ult., and saving nine men who had been
employed by the Wexford Harbour Commissioners on the
Dogger Bank, and who were endeavouring to reach the
shore in their own boat. A reward of 91. ss. was also voted
to pay the expenses of the Whitby lifeboat of the insti-
tution, for saving five persona from the schooner Lion, of
Goole, which had during a gale from the K N.H. stranded
on the Whitby Sands, on the 31st ult. It was also reported
that the Custer lifeboat had been the roams, on the 28th
ult., in conjunction with a stesmtug, of tithing safely into
harbour the brig Kelpie, of London, and her crew of eight
men, which vessel during • strong wind from the W.N.W.
had gone on the Barber Sand. Rewards amounting to 541.
were also voted to pay the expenses of the lifeboat, of the
institution at different stations on the coast, for various
other services to shipwrecked vessels and their crews
during the past month. The thanks of the institution in-
scribed on vellum were ordered to be presented to Mr. J.
Lister, and 10s. each to his boat's crew of five men, for
putting off in the Trinity-house boat in tow of • steamtug,
during a light wind from the N.W., and saving two men
from the steam sloop Wrecker, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
which was in • dangerous position near the entrance of
the Tees, on the Bth December. It was reported that
• seaman, named George Cowell, had gallantly
put off alone in a small boat to the assistance of
this wrecked crew. In this noble attempt his
boat was capsixed, and he was unfortunately
drowned. The institution voted 10/. to his widow, who
had no children. Various other rewards were also granted
for saving life from different wrecks on our coasts. A con-
tribution of 3501. bad been received by the institution on
behalf of the " Solicitors and Proctors' Lifeboat Fund,"
through Mr. F. Ouvry and Mr. W. M. Wilkinson. The
committee decided to station the lifeboat at Winchelem,
on the coast of Sussex. The Solicitor-General, Sir J. B.
Kerslake, Q.C., had also forwarded to the society a liberal
donation of 101. Mr. Thomas Davis, of Chippenham, had
also collected 2501, amongst his fellow commercial travel-
lers in the west of England in aid of the cost of • lifeboat
to be called the " Western Commercial Traveller." The
commercial travellers inths north of England had already
collected the expense of two lifeboat@ which were stationed
respectively at Piel, Lancashire, and Castletown Isle of
Man. A contribution amounting to 1501. 6s. 9d. had been
received by the institution through Messrs. Cassel, Petter,
and Galpin, and the Rey. Teignmouth Shore, towards
the cost of a lifeboat to be called the " Working Man."
Legacies had recently been bequeathed to the society by •
the late Miss Laing, of Abergele, 50/., and the late Mrs.
Mary Clarke, of King's Lynn, 301. New lifeboats had
been sent during the past month to Lyme Regis, Looe,
New Brighton, Tyrella, and Port Logan. The railway
and steam packet companies had is usual kindly given the
boats free conveyances to their dmtinationa. Two life-
boats were also ready to be forwarded to Bombay. They
had been built by the Mews. Forrest, under the superui-
teudence of the institution, for the India Board. Reports
' were read from Captain Ward, R.N., the inspector of life-
boats, and from Captain D. Robertson, R.N., the assistant
inspector, on their recent visits to different lifeboat
stations on the coast. Payments amounting to 2,4001.
were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establish- •
ments. The accounts of the institution for the past year
were ordered to be sent to Mr. G. C. Beghie, the public
accountant, who had been the auditor of the society for ;
the pas fifteen years. Captain Walker, H.C.S., of the
of Trade, moved, and Admiral M'Hardy seconded,
• resolution, which was unanimously adopted, cordially
thanking Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., and Sir Edward
Parrott, Bart., for their able conduct in the chair at the
meetings of the institution during the past year. The
proceedings then terminated.

HER MAJESTY'S WOODS AND FORESTS. —The
forty-fourth report of the Commissioners of bet Majesty's
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, bu just been pub•
limbed. The general abstract of accounts for the year end-
ing March 31,1866, shows that the receipts, actual and an-
ticipated, are 631,4471. 18s. Id. in cash, and 268,926/.
lls. 2d. in securities purchased. The payments in cash
amount to 5294591. 17s. Bd., thus leaving a balance of
101,9881. Oa. M. Amongst the items included as pay-
ments are capital, which now stands at 245,928 f. IL. 2d- ;
income, 57,4331. sa. 7d. ; and salaries and a:ponies in the
offices of Woods, he., 28,2921.4 a. 10d.

A meeting of the committee who have under-
taken the duty of administering the funds collected from
the public for the relief of the relatives of the sufferers by
the recent distressing accidents in Yorkshire and Stafford-
shire, had • meeting yesterday, at which the Loan MAYOB
prodded. The object of the meeting was to ascertain as
westerly as possible the number of persons who were likely
to require assistance from the fund, and to consider
qa what amount was likely to be required for the purpose.
Mr. Gibbs, the secretary, read • letter that had been re-
n oeived by the Lord Mayor from Mr. Smith Child, the
chairman of the Staffordshire local association, in which
SAM, that gentleman stated that • sum of 3,8001. had been eol-
-1,479 lected, which was considered sufficient for administering
lI,LBI temporary relief to such widows and orphans as required
Rit ; and at the same time an opinion was expensed that in
064
2.912 order to afford anything like permanent assistance to the
11,171 , sufferers • sum of 15,0001. or 20,0001. would be required,
ten but the writer did notgive any precise Information as
en to the number of the persons who were likely to riiire
ass2.Bloistance. Mr. Peacock, the H Secretary of the
Yorkshire Association for the same object, also made a
B.M
mop communication to the Lord Mayor, by which it appeared
j, that there were in all 52S persons, connoting mainly of
teen widows and children, who would be entitled to relief from
2.654 the fund, and that although a sum of 9,8001., which had
X 616 been collected weekly, was considered sufficient for tem-
' porary assistance, • very large sum of motley would he
required to provide anything like permanent
relief for the number of unhappy persons who
bad been rendered destitute by the sad calamity.
The committee, after 101110 conversation had tam
place between the few members who were present,
came to no other conclusion than that it would be ad-
visable to retain the Mansionhoese fend as the seslins
for a fund to provide permanent relief whoa noes mega-
plate statistics shall ban been obtained with regard to the
actual number of person. who will have • claim to such
relief. The total amount now raised at the Mansion-house
Is 13,6191., of which over 1,5001. have been received during
the lst four or sve days. The following sums were re-
ceived yesterday :—John Baring, Esq., 10/. ; Rome, 201. •
Miss Norris, 201. ; the Plasterers' Company, 101. 10e. ; th;
Rhywney Iron Company, 50/. ; Mr. Archibald Worthing-
ton, 50/. •, collection at Tottenham-court road Chapel. 341.;
ditto at St Paul's, Kilburn, 271. 12 s ; ditto at St. Hoot's
Church, 161. 14s. od. ; Sir Edward Strachey, 101. ; and
from Barristers' Clerks in the Temple, 11/. 16s. Gd.