The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

EXPRFSS FROM PARIS.

(NEON OUR OWN COI

PARIS, THURSDAY ECSNING.

! The Pat rie reiterates the contradiction given
yesterday to the assertion that the Marquis de
, ?cloudier had sent a despatch to Florence, destined
to " attenuate " the meaning of M. Rouher's de-
claration of Dec. 5. M. Malaret, the Minister at
Florence, was simply informed by telegraph of
what M. Rouher had said. The despatch was sub-
mitted to the Emperor before being sent, and it
faithfully reproduced both the letter and the spirit
of M. Rouher's words. For the rest, the extensive
circulation in France of M. Rouher's speech, in the
form of a pamphlet, by the Emperor's orders,
leaves no doubt that his Majesty, on reflection, en-
tirely approves of the speech which we have the
, minister's own authority for saying was made in
strict pursuance of his Majesty's orders.
It is in print that according to a rumour circula-
ting in Vienna the Duke de Grammont, the French
ambassador there, had received advice that the Em-
gator Na leon and the Prince Imperial will shortly
ply Rome, and that the Archduke Albert,
the conqueror of Custozra, will repair to the Holy
City to greet the Emperor on the occasion. The
hum in noticing this news thinks there is no Seri-
ous foundation for it. But there is no knowing.
Very extraordinary things are upon the cards. It
' is evident that official declarations conceal myste-
' rions intentions, and therefore vague reports com-
mand more attention than they would otherwise do.
' If the Emperor and the Austrian Archduke meet
at the Vatican as proposed it will be for the purpose
of dancing over the grave of Italian unity.
Viscount de Kerveguen has accepted the pro.
posal of MM. Ravin and Garoult to refer the
question of the alleged venality of their journals,
the Miele and Opinion Nationale, to a jury of
honour. He names as his arbitrators the Marquis
d'Andebirre and M. Martel. They, together with
MM. Jules Fevre and Marie, held a first meeting
L to-day at M. Schneider's official residence. The
1 Pigaro thinks it probable that they may give their
verdict to-morrow ; but the Pays, on the contrary,
says the four arbitrators consider their mission as
necessitating a long and serious inquiry.
A capital mot is attributed to the Queen of
Spain, not by her enemies, but by the catholic
journals. It is narrated that when she read M.
Rouher's declaration of December 5 she exclaimed,
" 11 n'y a plus de Pyrdnees," meaning by the &clop-
' I tion of this old saying of Louis XIV., that French
' policy was now conformable to that of Spain.
Lord Clarendon, who passed through Paris this
week on his way to Florence and Rome, slept a
night at the Hotel Mirabeau, and had an audience
I of the Emperor the next morning.

A man has been arrested in the Jardin des
Plantes for stealing the blanket of the boa con-
strictor.

A Florence letter, in the Turin Gazette, says the
Prince of Wslee has subscribed 1001. to the fund
for the wounded Garibsichans.

The Bourse opened with great firmness and
Bente went up to 69fr. 80c. ; but in the afternoon,
upon a rumour of bad news from Italy, sales were
pressed and the closing prices were 69fr. boc. for
cash, and 69fr 4bc. for account, with a fall of 10c.
and 15c. Italian fell 40c. ; ()irklit Fonder, 10fr. ;
Mobilier, sfr., and Comptoir d'Escompte, 7fr. 50c.
The Bank returns show an increase in the long
talked-of milliard of money lying idle in the
cellars, it has now swollen to one milliard
914,648 fr.

Mr. John Bright, M.P., and Mr. Jacob Bright,
M.P., have accepted the invitation of • number of Roth.
dale gentlemen to attend a public meeting, to be held at
an early date, to congratulate the latter gentleman on hia
triumphant election as member for the city of Manchester.
—Manchester Examiner.

THE LATE SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE, BART.—
The council of the Royal College of Surgeons has just
added a marble bust of this celebrated surgeon, by Weeks.,
to the other distinguished medical celebrities adorning the
hall of the institution. As a work of art, and as a likeness
of the original, it is highly spoken of.
RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD MASTER OF ETON
COLLZGL —Yesterday morning it was publicly announced
that the Rev. Dr. Ralston had resigned the head-master-
ship of Eton College, the onerous and highly responsible
duties of which this learned and much respected gentleman
has discharged with distinguished honour to himself and
universal satisfaction both to the college and the 'shoal
The Rev. Dr. Ballston commenced his arduous duties in
1862, upon the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Goodford, the
present provost. Dr. Ralston's resignation was made
known to the provost and fellows of the college on
" Founder's-day," always a great day at Eton, but it was
not made public until yesterday morning. We understand
that the Rev. Edmond Wane, M.A., one of the assistant
masters, has already been appointed to the office.
SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION. —The conser-
vatives of South Leicestershire are endeavouring to retrieve
the defeat which they recently experienced. With this
object they are about to hold a meeting " to oonferon their
present political position, and to make future arrange-
ments in the interest of their cause."

THE SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.—
Yesterday afternoon the special commission appointed by
the Bishop of Worcester to inquire into several serious
charges of misconduct which had been preferred against
the Rev. Thomas Jones, M.A., incumbent of St. John's
Church, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, resumed its
sittings at the Swan Hotel in that town, and proceeded
with the investigation of the case. The proceedings coin-
mencee, by the commissioners calling upon him for his
defence. Mr. Hawkes, his solicitor, made an address on
his behalf, and then proposed to examine Mr. Jones in
denial of the charges ; but the chancellor declined to take
his evidence, on the ground that the court had no power
under their sommission to do so. Hobert Heming,
saddler, was called, and said he was present when the
indecent conversation took place in Godfrey's shop. The
filthy language was used by a man named Neville, and
Mr. Jones told him be ought to be ashamed of himself.
Neville replied, " Don't be sly, Jones ; you know all
about it." Witness said he bad been in the habit of
smoking and drinking with the defendant at the parsonage,
but bad never heard him swear or make use of an
improper expression. Three other witnesses were called,
who gave the defendant an excellent character. After
the court bad deliberated for about fire minutes, the
chancellor said they were of opinion that all the charges
had been proved except that relating to the sick and poor.
In due course the commissioners would forward a report
to that effect to the bishop of the diocese, and his lord-
ship would then, no doubt, adopt such further measures
as he might deem to be necessary. The proceedings than
closed.

TRICKS OF A LCNATIC.—On Monday evening a
young woman, respectably dressed, was observed by several
persons sitting by the seaside, near the railway station,
Dewlish. She was crying bitterly, and in reply to ques-
tions said she bad just arrived by train. in which she had
been robbed of all her money. Her story was believed,
particularly when she fainted. She was taken to en inn,
and treated with every kindness and attention; to the land-
lady and others she said she had relatives residing at
Templeton, near Tiverton, and efforts were mode, but in
vain, to find out the persons whose names she mentioned.
Having incurred heavy expenses at the inn, she was re-
moved to the Newton Union, where she remained a day.
At length she stated her determination to go to her friends
at Teignmouth, and the station-master at Newton paid her
fare. On arriving at Tsignmouth, however, she repeated
her Dawliah conduct. A telegram received by the super-
intendent of police informed him that a young woman, a
lunatic, who turned out to be the unfortunate person in
question, had escaped from the Axminster asylum.
•

THI CONDINNED CRIMINAL BARR& —A nnmber
of persons in the town of Guildford, in which place Baker's
father carries on the business of • tailor, and when the
unhappy criminal was brought up, an exerting themselves
to get up a memorial to the Home Secretary, praying for
a delay in the smoution of the aesteois, on the round of
the great doubts existing as to the prisoner's sanity.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.

(TROY A COR6LBPONDENr.)

ZOOLA (ZULA), ANNZ2LICY BAY, Nov. 20.

I arrived here yesterday in her Majesty's ship
May Frere, from Aden, which port I left on Fri-
day, 15th. In addition to the usual mails, the
May Frere brought up 50,000 dollars for the pay-
ment of troops. The Kurrachee Brigade, which ,
left Bombay on the 25th ult., and Kurrachee on
the 6th butt., and the !kind Brigade were both 1
looked for at Aden hourly. It is generally thought,
however, that no European troops will be landed
here until the roads into the interior are completed. !
Matters in Aden remain quiet, except that large 1
numbers of camels for the expedition are being
shipped in native boats. The contractors are losing
heavily, a large per mintage of the camels dying on
their hands. The Peninsular and Oriental steam-
ships
Mooltan and Punjaub arrived out at Aden on
the 15th inst., with 320 passengers, principally for
India and Australia. They were due on the 11th,11
having been detained at Marseilles by the non-
arrival of the Australian mails. The Rangoon fol-
lowed on Alia
There is little of interest to report in regard to
the expedition pending the arrival of the troops
and the advent of cool weather. The headquarters
of the advance brigade-1,800 strong—are still at
Eladoda (Adowa) Pees, 16 miles from here. No
further general advance will be made until the roads
are completed and the troops from Bombay
arrive.
A successful reconnaissance has been made for •

distance of forty miles beyond Hadoda, and sur-
veying parties are now engaged on two routes
through the Hadar Pass. I append the distances
to the several villages and camping stations on the
route :
Zola to Hadocla l6 miles.
Hadocla to Hornbeam 8 „
Hazabamo to Hillansis
Hillaileos to DOWNS..
Deem to &wisdom.—
&edam to Tubbs* .

2e „
4 „

381 miles.

A good road will be completed and opened to
Tubboo by the Ist December. A most wonderful
change has taken place in the appearance of this'
part of Annealey Bay since the landing of thetroops. '1
Less than two months ago the site of the present
bustling settlement was an almost impenetrable
jungle, known only to the natives who resorted to
the miserable wells near the coast to obtain their
upplies of brackish water. The ancient Greek
:ity of Adules, now in ruins, two miles distant,
was the only place which could assist the traveller,
to the locality.
The expedition, with the advance brigade,
arrived on the 22nd October, and since that time
the scene has undergone • wonderful change.
Labour and water were the great requisites in the
work, and the first and most strenuous efforts were
made towards securing the necessary supplies.
They resulted successfully. A substantial stone'
bunder (pier), nearly 600 feet long, is being con-
structed
into the bay, which is very shallow for
some distance from the shore.
The stone used in the construction of this pier
has all been brought from the other side of the,
bay. One hundred and fifty native boats, under
the charge of Harbour-master Dawes, are now en-
gaged
in transporting this stone, and the total !
force employed upon the work numbers over 500,
made up almost entirely cf native labourers—the I
Zula, Aftah Dankali, and Christian Abyssinians;
being most largely represented. They are a most
lazy, worthless, degraded set, and great difficulty
is found in keeping them at work. Large numbers
of Chinamen are industriously engaged in erect-
ing sheds, &c., for the commiaaariat department.
As regards water very satisfactory progress has
been made. It was soon found that little depend-
ence could be placed upon the local supply. It
was as deficient in quantity as it was poor in
quality. The steamers in port now condense be-
tween 35 and 40 tons (10,000 gallons) daily, and
arrangements are being made which will in-
crease the supply to 20,000 gallons. With this
from four to five thousand souls and 2,000 mules
are supplied daily. Forty-two vessels, steamers
and transports, have arrived here during the put
month, thirteen of which are now in port. The
latter are the Satellite, R.N., Lord Elphinstone,
Sir John Lawrence, Coromandel, Dalhousie, Scind,
India, Punjaub, Indaur, May Frere ; three of the
Egyptian Azizah Company's steamers, and two
French ships with commissariat stores.
Considerable curiosity and discussion was ex-
cited by the arrival a few days ago of three Egyp-
tian vessels, one frigate and two corvettes, with
troops. They state that they are making their
customary cruise along the coast, distributing
troops to the different garrisons and military sta-
tions, &c. I have good authority for stating that
upwards of 800 men were left at Massowah, in-
tended for that point and the interior. As I in-
tend visiting that point in a day or two, I shall be I
able to give you more definite information shortly.
I visited the camp (Bal Katoo) last evening,
which is well situated about one mile to the west of li
the landing. There I met the veteran Major Baigrie, I
asaistantquartermaster•general, Captain Pottinger,
and others. Officers and men are much pleased
with the climate, and are in high spirits at the
prospect for a vigorous campaign as soon as the
roads are ready. The weather is all that could be
desired, and the health of the troops is excellent.
lam satisfied from what I have seen that the diffi-
culties of " invading Abyssinia " have been
greatly exaggerated. Colonel Merewether is
expected here to-morrow, from the explorations
among the Dangalis. He reports a good road by
the Haddam' Valley and Halay, as far as Tkhonda.
This route has been!decided on, and the road will be ;
pushed as rapidly as possible. I am preparing a
profile map of the route, which I will send you in a
few days. 1

All sorts of rumours are flying about here, which
may reach you in some way or other. Put no
faith in any of +hem.

CRYSTAL PALACS FRES LECTURES.—Mr. Arthur
Wieland yesterday gave a histrionic reading from memory
of Lord Lytton's celebrated play of the Lady of Lyons, to
• very large and appreciative audience.
HEALTH RSSTORZD SY Du BARRY'S FOOD TO TER
Simians, nerves, hulas. and hear of old and young, ming, with-
out medicine or expense, dyspepsia (indigestion!, tullatipation,
diarrbna, acidity, headache. neuralgia, hysteria, palpitation,
aleepleannesa, debility, wasting, aoegh. asthma. floort.
into, low spirlia 60,000 annual cur* which had restated all
inedictnea, including that of his Holiness the Pope. It lases
Ofty times its cost In other retnedles. lib., Is. fd. ; 121 b.,
Us. : 241 b. We, or 2d. per meat—Dn Barry and Co., 77, legent-
quadrant, London . also Fortnum and Sisson, Piccadilly, and at
11, Orscechurch.areet : gheapside : and 160, Oslardetreet ;
and allgrooers and chendata.--(Adreynannant4

ITALY.

(PROM 01711 SPICIAL CORIZSPOWDZIT.)
FLORENCE, Die. 7.

I General Menabrea has shown that his parliamen-
tary fortes are well in hand by the result of yester-
day's struggle for the presidency of the Lower
House. There was a majority of forty votes for
the ministerial candidate, Giovanni Lanza, where
; his moat sanguine friends had looked for a majority
of fifteen or twenty votes, and it is hailed as a great
i ministerial triumph. The Left is said to be dis-
couraged, and Menabrea to be master of the situa-
, tion. How far this is true will be better known
after Monday next, when Rome is to be fully din-
, cussed, and the difficult task of holding back impa-
tient men is to be performed. From to-day's
achievement in the Senate we might suppose
that the Roman debate in " another place"
will not give much trouble to the go-
vernment. But then the Senate is much
i more tractable than the lower house. To-day
the honourable senators were in an excellent
humour ; no minister could wish for a better vote
than theirs, and there was a short discussion
beforehand which gave Menabrea a fair chance of
speaking to the point. He spoke quickly and
I boldly, with nothing of oratorical display, yet with
quite clearnees enough to relieve his somewhat
monotonous emphasis. You must listen carefully
Ito catch what is said, though it is not a large room
in which we find ourselves sitting. Yonder,
straight before us, at the flat end of the Senate
chamber, is a dais with a throne upon it, and the
president's chair, and below, the seats of the minis-
ters. On the wall behind the throne is • full-
length portrait of Victor Emmanuel in military
uniform, whilst on our right hand is a bust
lof King Maria Albert, placed on a level
with his eon's portrait and with the strangers' gal-
lery—the first gallery, for there are two of them,
one above the other. On either side in the body
of the house are red covered seats for senators,
forming a semicircle before the throne in the man-
ner of so many foreign legislative chambers. It is
not a large room, but it is richly decorated, and
bears upon its ceiling the inscription " Italia,"
which savours of a recent completion, as much as
the portrait of that sturdy soldier looking across
at us over General Menabrea's head—over it, and
high above it, for the general sits in his official
seat below the president's chair, down on the floor
of the house, as it were. There are several sena-
, tors to our left, and only a few to our right, so,
facing the throne as we do, there is a strong muster
to be counted for the government, and not much
for the opposition. Yet there are so many to our
right—the " left " of the house—that they can-
not all be said to go one way. And now, as we
listen, General Menabrea is speaking. He has
risen to reply to an honourable senator on his
right wbo has promised him his support. Mena-
bras speaks quickly, so the answer is soon made.
He has been told that all roads do not lead to
Rome, but that Italy must go thither as is her
right. He has been told that the Conference
I scheme will fall to the ground, and that Italy must
, follow a moderate policy. In reply to this, the
General is saying that religion must be respected,
that the Pontiff will do wisely to reconcile himself
with Italy, and that Italy must go to Rome in
accord with France. How Menabrea intends
to manage this last feat after M. Rouher's decima-
-1 Lion about France and Rome does not seem very
clear. But the Italian Prime Minister is too bold
`to stop at trifles, or trouble his head with shadows.
Never mind what M. Rouher has said, Menabrea
has a Palmerstonian instinct for carrying on the
government at any rate, and making some reply.
He says that he will, or rather that he ought to,
go to Rome in accord with France, and then he
sits down to listen. The honourable senator who
before spoke proposes a resolution supporting
the ministers in passing to the order of the day.
Now the motion is seconded, and a senator on the
" left " sarcastically inquires how Italy can go
to Rome in accord with France, since France has
declared that she shall never go. There
is some applause from the galleries at these re-
marks, and the honourable senator continues his
,speech by saying that Italy should reorganise her
army and should convince Europe that she will
respect the rights of the Pope. Menabrea rises
again with easy boldness, so that it is quite a plea-
sure to see him on his feet. He passes over the
first part of what his opponent has said, and de-
clares that as to reorganising the army he heartily
!agrees with him Presently, the motion of confi-
dence, in proceeding to the order of the day, is
put and carried unanimously, both sides voting in
effect with the government, and matters of leas
interest are brought forward.
With the French fortifying Civita Vecchia and
the Conference seemingly about to slip out of
diplomatic probabilities into the limbo of past
experiments, it is very important that some strong
and moderate government should be kept together
in Florence. The success of General Menabrea
may enable Italy to prepare for the day when she
mtcanhaeyreacfobtreew,iftowh prudence
rhathteivnegsr on
tohfee her
Geerln.-dae ora)le:s•pn political ; and
life, litical creedhe
may do, as a conservative, good service to the
liberal cause all over the world, with which free
Italy is so closely bound up.

CONFLICTING TENTIMONY.—" Don't believe his-
tory," said Sir Robert Walpole. What are we to believe.
then? Some one suggests that Divinity is the safest thing
to put one's trust in. But there are difliculties here, too.
One divine, Bishop Clark, the American, mys on the sub.
ject of drunkenness In a tour of several months in
Europe, I did not see four men or one woman intoxicated."
and he declares there is more drunkenness in the ('sited
I States than anywhere else in the world. On the other
hand, Rev. Newman Hall, the Englishman, says he saw
I but three or four drunken men in Antetica, a number
that he saw every evening in England ; he considers us
naturally under the circumstances s remarkably temperate
people.—Nrs• York Times, Nov. 29.
••• • •

- •
A BRAVE SAILOR LAD.—During the recent intr.
ricanethe brighlinerra,of end from Sunderland for Dieppe,
was wrecked. The muter sad lire men took to their boat,
but unfortunately as it tbeu seemed they were unable to
bring off a lad named Thomas Dudgeon, isn apprentice,
the rope attaching the boat to the vessel breaking. and
carrying the frail craft into the roadstead. The brig drifted
into the broken water ou the Scroby sands ; but being in
ballast she drove over the dangerous shoals, and the blase
youth, despite the fearful gale which raged, contrived to
loosen the foresail, and by *Distrait perseverance and un-
remitting attention he brought the brig safely off the
Testi.

ADMIRALTY, Die. 12.—ArpourniErra.—Navi-
gating-Lieutenant John Jones, to the Royal Oak ; Chief
Engineer George A. Tuck, to the Royal Oak ; Midsbip.
man Frederick Strickland. to the Arethusa ; First-class
Ansistant-Engineen James W. Compton to the Asia. for
service in the Steam Reserve (Mice, and Robert E. Chia-
nell to the Octavio. . .

The man Thompson, recently apprehended at
Manchester with 45 revolvers in Ms possession, and Hogan,
arrested at Birmingham, and brought up at the police-
court at Manchester on Wednesday, were further remanded
for a week.

LIFEBOAT SE RVICES. —During the storms
nt the present year the National Lifeboat institution has
contributed to the saving of 1 02 7 lives from various shipwrecks
and .12 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended
1LEL8.55 in the same period on Its Lifeboat Establishments, ld
addition to granting 42,444 for rewards The Committee of the
Inatitutkm earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to
enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 188
Lifeboat Eatablishments.

Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and
country bankers, and by the tlecretary, Richard Lewis, EM., at
the Institution, la, John-street, Adelphi, London.

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