The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

THE; EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBE
,LIGENCE R 20, 1866.

social service. Messrs. Baum ami MaiPP. C
LETS, with a few other emplOyers; are attempt%
to do so by associating their workmen more closely
with themselves in the prosperity of their undertakin The experiment is still going on ; but
'whether it succeeds at once, as we hope it may, or
has to be renewed in some other form, we cannot
doubt that those gentlemen have entered upon the
path in which success and the restoration of indus-
try will ultimately be found.
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Tua Earl of CABILLIIVON has taken a step which
marks a highly important change in the position of
the Colonial churches in communionwith the Church
of England. In consequence of recent decisions
of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
the Crown has for some time past ceased to issue
patents for the appointment of Bishops in colones
having independent legislatures. Lord CABSTARTOIt
has consulted the law officers of the Crown upon
another important point, and they have advised
him that " a mandate from the Crown is not
" necessary to enable Colonial Bishops to perform
" the rite of consecration." This decision has
been called forth by the repent election of Arch-
deacon Barauxn to be coadjutor Bishop of Toronto,
by a synod of that diocese. The consecration of
the new Bishop will now take place by the
authority of the Metropolitan of Canada, given
under his seal, and without any intervention of
the civil power. We congratulate Lord Caluiran-
vox on having advanced the liberty of the Colonial
Churches another stage. His letter will be found
in another column.

lAATES'

3 Vitt tatirt•
vie.o.--
OSBORMM, Dec. 19.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by Princess Christian, and her Majesty walked and
rode in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise.
Prince Christian rode out yesterday afternoon, attended
by Major-Cleneral F. H. Seymour, and his royal highness
walked and drove this morning with Princess Christian.
Prince Leopold and Prince Henry of Prussia drove out
yesterday, attended by Mr. Legg.
The Duchess of Athol. hiui succeeded the Marchioness
of Fly as lady in Waiting to her Majesty.
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After col

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Charles Timer,
and Mr. Just (Directors of the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company), Captain Mangles, Chairman, and Captain Wil-
son (Royal Mail Steam Packet Company) ; Mr. James
Worley (Secretary of the Panama, New Zealand, and Ans.
tralia Royal Mail Company, Limited) ; and Captain J.
Vine Hall (Panama Company), had an interview with Lord
Stanley at the Foreign office yesterday.
A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce of
ampton and the South Western Railway CompanSouth-
y, con-
sisting of Mr. J. R. Stabbing, Mr. G. Dunlop, Mr. P.
Hedger, Mr. R. G. Basset. Captain Mangles, Captain
Johnstone, Mr. F. Clarke, and Mr. A. Scott, had an inter-
view with the Lord President of the Council,
rela at thet
e
Council-office, Whitehall, yesterday, on questions
to quarantine, and to the importation of foreign cattle.
The deputation was introduced by Mr. G. Moffatt, M.P.,
and Mr. Capper, M.P. Mr. Helps, Mr. Harrison, Mr.
Simon, and Dr. A. Williams, were present at the interview,
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat at Whitehall yesterday on
the subject of quarantine. The lords present were—the
Lord President and the Right lion. Sir Stafford North-
cote. Mr. Harrison attended she committee.
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most -
ativ
Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday on matters rel
to the cattle plague. The lords present were—the Lord
President and the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northoote. Mr.
Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the com-
mittee.

Despatcnes were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the governor of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius,
Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and the Australian colonies.

THE CATASTROPHE N Ti Y.HE METROPOLITAN
ON

LATFST PARTICULABS.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock, a gentle-
man, residing in Pembroke-road, Kensington, called at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and identified the deosued
lady who was killed in the railway carriage yesterday as
his sister, Sarah Johnson, a widow, who resided with
him. He stated that she was 66 years of age. He was
aware that she had the 2001. in her possession, and that
she kept it in a secret pocket of her stays for safety. She
always carried her money in that manner when going out.
The gentleman whose body was identified last night by
the ticket-collector, was Mr. H. C. Lukey, of High-street.
Bromley. He was well known and highly respected in
Bromley, and his dreadful death has cast quite a gloom
over the little oorrmunity of the town.
The guard, Henry Squire, is in a very precarious condi-
tion ; amputation of his shattered limbs has not as yet
been performed through fear of death ensuing under the
operation.
The inquests upon the bodies of Mrs. Johnson and Mr.
Lukey, and Mr. Pqllllolre, will not be held until to-morrow.
Mr. Serjeant Payne, the city coroner, has recei formal
ved ormal
notice of their deaths, and a full inquiry into the c
of the calamity will be instituted.
The Board of Trade have also received notice of the ac-
cident, and a government inspector will prepare a report
on the matter, which will, no doubt, be made public.
It is stated that the engineers, Messrs. Fowler and
the
Johnson, had notified to those engaged in erecting
iron girders for thu meat market over the railway not
to raise any girder while a train was passing
beneath, and that to a disregard of that injunc-
tion the calamity was due. But it is alleged
that the girder which fell was not in course of erec-
on
tion at the time, but had actually been placed
its supports, and was believed to be no longer dependent
on its lifting gear. The cause of the fall as yet remains
involved in doubt. some persons affirming that the vibra-
tion of the IMO of iron work resulting from the passing of
the train toppled the girder over, and a , brought it down ;
while others assert that some of the gear tackle gave way.
It is impossibt exa
le to arrive at the exact state of the facts
upon this poin until the witnesses are mined judicially.

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The Archbishop of York. yesterday visited the
village of Hoyle Mill and delivered an affectionate and
sympathetic address to a great number of the widows,
children, and other relatives of the dead. Some festive
meetings, including the inauguration of a co-operative
company at Barnsley, have been postponed in consequence
of this lamentable catastrophe. Among the additional
subscribers to the relief fund at Barnsley are Mr. Winn, of
Holten Priory, 1001.; and Mr. It. Micklethwaite, of
Ardaley, 1.501.
Only a few days ago we (Post) recorded the
death of Mr. George Lenox Conyngham, the chief clerk,
and an old member of the staff, at the Foreign-office. His
only son died two days previously to his father, in South
America, after a short illness. The lamented gentleman
entered the diplomatic service in 1858, and served in
Florence and Vienna. In September, 1859, he was ap-
pointed private secretary to the Hon. George Elliot at
Naples. He was afterwards sent to the Hague, and sub-
sequently went with the Hon. George Elliot to Greece on
a special mission. After a short service at Berlin he was
appointed to his late post in South America.
On Monday evening the annual meeting of the
Baptist Missionary Society was held in the Baptist Chapel,
Oxford, under the presidency of Mr. Goldwin Smith, the
late Professor of Modern History in the University of
1 Oxford. He wax accompanied on the platform by Pro-
fessor Rogers and Dr. Underhill, and several dissenting

ministers.
Frederick Douglas is one of the contributors to
the December number of the Atlantic Monthly. lie re-
views the subject of "Reconstruction."
A meeting of the house committee of the London
Hospital was bald yesterday, for the purpose of presenting
testimonials and gratuities—amounting to about 1,0001.—
to nurses and servants, and to those medical and civil
officers who more particularly distinguished themselves by
their self-denying labours during the resent epidemic of
cholera.
The Empress and the Prince Imperial, on the
morning of their leaving Compiegne, both paid visits un-
expectedly, her Majesty to the Infant-school and the
young Prince to the College. The Empress arrived at
half-past 10, accompanied by a lady of honour only, and
after going through the establishment and making several
inquiries, expressed her satisfaction at what she saw.
About the same hour the Prince, accompanied by M.
Meunier, his tutor, and H. Radom, his equerry, arrived
at the College, and after passing before the pupils drawn
up to receive him, obtained for them a day and a half's
holiday—the latter at once, and the former to be added to
the vacation of the Jour de l'An.
We read in the Antic° del Popolo of Palermo :
—" Last week a public carriage leaving the city, in which
was Signor (iiacinto Trentsoosse, a woman, and one of
the guard of the Questura, was attacked at about a mile
and a half from Misilmeri. Signor Treotacosse was killed
and the guard dangerously wounded. The next day a
diligence coming from Carini was stopped at a place
called Valletta, between San Lorenzo and Tommaso
Natale, and the travellers were robbed of 2.50 fr. The
police are stated to be on the track of the robbers."
A letter from Japan in an American paper says :
—" All the foreign ministers stay at Yokohama, but I
intend to take up my residence at Yeddo, eighteen miles
distant. The people of Japan appear to be amiable and
kind. Their dress is not of the most elaborate character,
few of them wearing more than a calico gown, covering
their shoulders and coming down to their knees. They
seem to be good workers, and make very fine wares of all
kinds. They are good carpenters and cabinet makers, indeed
some of their wares are the finest in the world. The trees
and shrubbery are magnificent, and of all kinds. They
have the most beautiful wild lilies I ever saw. All the
ground is worked, raising two or three crops per year on
the same piece of land. They live on rice and fish, and
work is very cheap. I pay my Japanese servants about
,sixteen itsiboos per month, three itzibooz making one

dollar."
Aooording to the Swiss journals the Empress
Charlotte is going to leave Miramar soon, and be removed
to the es'ablishment of Prebirgier (canton of Nencbitel),
it where she will be installed with part of her suite in a
separate building.

ROME.
The National Committee of Rome leaned a pro-
clamation, t dated Dec. 14, "to the Roman"
-Aiately on the departure of the French troops.
.igratulating the Roman' that Italy is now
Ala of her own destiny, and that no foreign
flag floats from the Alpe to the sea, the committee
beseech their fellow-citizens to indulge in no idle
manifestations, but to await patiently and calmly
for the hour which will satisfy all their wishes. It
concludes as follows :—" Our triumph is certain ;
the days of clerical despotism are inexorably num-
bered."

(azurza's raticassis.)
FRANCE.
M. FOULD'S FINANCIAL REPORT.
PARIS, D. 20.
The financial report of M. Fould has been pub-
lished to-day. The minister shows that owing to
an increase of 45,000,000 fr• in the revenue arising
from indirect taxation the budget for 1866 will be
definitively balanced. Relative to the rectified
budget for 1867 the minister estimates the surplus
revenue yielded by indirect taxes at ninety
millions, and points out other resources.
lie concludes, therefore, that this budget
will also be in equilibrium. Notwithstanding the
considerable expenditure necessitated by new
armaments and the return to France of the troops
from Mexico, it will not be necessary to imp
new taxes or to appeal to public credit. The
minister estimates that the ordinary budget of
1868 will show a surplus of 121,000,000 fr.
No credit is demanded in the budget for 186the8,
in respect of the new organisation of the army,
Emperor having determined that the necessary
expenditure should be provided for by special bills
on the presentation of the rectified budget for
1868. M. Fould states that there is every reason
to anticipate that the state will then be in posses-
sion of more than sufficient resources to meet these

4uirements.
The ministerial report then says :—" Some ap-
prehensions are created by the new military or-
ganisation of the army, which will, however, be
dispelled by the certainty that the proposed
changes have only been caused by the necessity of
placing the military forces of France on a footing
equivalent to her position in Europe, and to the
development of the military institutions of other
States. The country willed in this measure a
fresh guarantee of peace an security for the
future." —.

BELGIUM. 1
BRUSSELS, DEc. 20.
On the proposal of the Minister of War a royal
decree has been published appointing a oommittee
to inquire whether the present organisation of the
army is adequate to the national defence.
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execution of the coup cretat is char actensuc of the 1 °Eh ARAL
situation. "If the chamber gives us any trouble
we will Bismarck-ise it."
It is now said that the legislative aession, in-
stead of beginning much sooner than usual, will
not be opened till from January 21 to 25. In the
present state of public opinion the work of fram-
ing the speech from the throne must be one of un-
precedented difficulty.
The Temps has reason to believe that Maxi-
milian's abdication reached the Foreign-office in
the night of Monday and Tuesday last.
At the Bourse, although Credit Mobilier sus-
tained the further fall of Mr., the Rents was in
great demand, and rose 30c. for cash and 21c. for
account. This firmness of the Rents is in part
accounted for by the fact that orders have been
given to make large investments in that security
for the army " exoneration" fund up to May next.
Comptoir d'Esoompte fell 15c., and Credit Foncier,
2fr,

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The annual meeting of the shareholders was hek,
at noon, at the London Tavern ; Mr. Juan HAcIBLOCK in
the chair.
The following report was presented :
tulate the
" Notwithstanding the severe monetary crtheir isis of the
resent year, the directors, in presenting fourth
annual report, are happy to be able to congrae
shareholders on the continued success of the bank. The
annexed statement of accounts, made up at the head °files
and branches to the 30th September, 1866, shows that, after
payment of expenses and making ample provision for all
contingencies the directors are enabled to add 30,000/. to the
reeerve fund yang that fund to 130,0000, and to recom-
mend a dividend for the half-year of 5 per cent. and
bonus of 2i per cent., making, with the interim dividend
and bonus paid in June last, 15 per cent. for the year.
There will then remain an undivided balance of 10,1111.
2s. &1., to be carried forward to profit and loss new ac-
count. The effects of the financial crisis in London of las
Montet
May were severely felt both in Buenos Ayres end
Video ; at the latter city in the month of June the pres-
re on the banks was so great, that the government
sore t
it advisable to euspend the obligation of the
deem
banks to pay their notes in specie for • period
of six months. Our manager and consulting director at
Monte Video did notoonsider themaelves warranted in avail-
ing themselves of this privilege, but continued to pay all
their notes in gold,when presented--• course whichmet the
warmest approval of the board. The resumption of specie
payments is fixed for the 20th of the present month, and
the directors have no doubt that the credit this bank has
thus acquired will induce the publio to receive its notes
with increased confidence. The attention of the directous
rs
had been for 'Dome time turned to Rosario, the termin
of the Central Argentine Railway, as a field for banking.
The right of emission of notes and some fiscal privi-
leges having been conceded by the provincial government
Mr. J. IL Green, the general mansger, promed.ed there for
the purpose of opening a branch, and baring secured the
connexion of a local bank, the branch was opened under
the charge of Mr. J. G. Walker and a competent staff on
the 18th of last June. The directors have pleasure in
taf ac-
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knowledging the zeal and ability of the managers
and s
of the respective branches, which have so materially eon•
tributed to the r of this institution. The dire.,
who retire from
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offer themselves
free of income
December, 1866.'
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at branches, 64,
due on current
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year, 6,144/.
months ending
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