The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26,

resources. They had no books, no newspapers.
They sometimes could not speak, and more often
would not speak their own language, so that there
was an impassable barrier between them andtheir
dependents. They thought it fine to talk to each
other and their children in a barbarous lingua
franca, of which French was indeed the chief
component part, but a French so different to the
French of France, that the politest native of that
country could hardly avoid smiling as he listened
to it. They could only read French, and there
was but one French newspaper in all Southern
Russia, and that was a Government monopoly,
which never chronicled anything but the move-
ments of the Governor-General of the Tauride.

They had, however, one, and only one, means
of amusing themselzes, and although they paid for
it very dearly, it was too sweet to forego. As
soon as the noonday dinner was over, the raw fish,
the vodki, the fermented cabbage soup, the maize
pudding, and the rough wine disposed of, they
began to abuse ono of the Greek or German
pedlers who were constantly travelling about the
country for that purpose. The chief butler
of the establishment would be despatched
to fetch this worthy from some out-
house where he would be found munch;ng
black bread and onions. Then the sport would
begin. Hour after hour, and often deep into the
night, the drunken Bogard would insult the
pedler, and shout with coarse laughter while he
heaped one indignity after another upon him.
Sometimes in an ecstasy of wit he would thump
him. But the pedler never lost his temper. He
grinned, he cringed, he applauded the wildest
antics of his host. He told the latest news and
the worst new scandal from Government-house.
Gradually the shy, half-savage women stole into
the room to listen ; and he had usually some
ribbons and German jewellery still further to en-
gage their attention and sympathies. When the
Boyard was drunk enough, and the pedlar felt
secure of these powerful allies, the subject of
money was introduced. The pedler always had
money, and the Bogard always wanted it. " How
" much—when can we have it 7" was the eager
cry of the household. On further inquiry, it woull
appear thatthepedlerhad no specieabout his person.
It might have been dangerous to travel with such
a burthen in such company. But he had bills.
Yes, bills in blank on an eminent Greek firm at
Mariopol, Birbantaki. "Did not the Boyard
" know him, the great Birbantaki of Mariopol 7 "
To be sure the Boyard knew him, and to be sure
the Boyard would take his bills. " Nothing can
" be easier," says the pedler ; " sign this agree-
" meat to deliver so many thousand tchetwerts of
" the wheat which is now springing green and fair
" over your fields, and here is a bill of exchange
" for a third of the price at once on account. Will
" your regal munificence deign to remember the
" commission of the most abject and dutiful of
" your slaves—myself I It is but ten per cent.,
st and I will go to-morrow with your chief butler
"in a tarantasse and get the money." The bait
always took. No Boyard or agent could resist
ready money, and to profit by his ignorance and
weaknesses, to dribble it out to him in tb;a way,
was but the mere beginning or alphabet of ;IL?
old corn trade.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

the esurt.

BALMORAL, Bar. 24.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
went out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon drove
out with Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice.

Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, with Lady Churchill,
went out riding.
The Hon. Mrs. Gordon arrived at the Castle yesterday
an a visit to her Majesty. . . .

Mr. Gathorne Ha;tly had the honour of dining with the
Queen and royal family.

Mr. Cowper, her Majesty's con& at Porto Rico, had
an interview with Lord Stanley, at the Foreign-office, yea-
terday.

The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, on leaving
Hatfield House, where they have been staying on a visit to
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, returned to
Highelere Castle, near Newbury.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is
expected to arrive at Gloucester House in a few days from
Germany, and will then go on • visit to the Earl and
Countess of Derby at Knowsley._ _ _ .

On Tuesday the Bishop of London entertained
at dinner, at Fulham Palace, the Archbishops of Armagh
and Dublin, Bishop of St. David's, Bishop of Oxford,
Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Bishop
of Chester and Mrs. Jacobson, Bishop of Capetown and
Mrs. Gray, Bishop Bedele, of Ohio, and Mrs. Bedele,
Bishops of Ely sad Rochester, Christ Church, Now Zea-
land, Moray and Rom, Jogyle and the Isles, lowa, Loui-
siana, Arkansas, Indiana, Alabama, Pittsburg, Tonneau.,
Bishop Anderson, Bishops of Sodor and Mau, Bombay,
Huron, Antigua, Sierra Leone, Ontario, Glasgow, Rev.
Canon Hawkins, Rev. E. C. Woolloombe Balliol
Mr. Lucius Spooner, Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys, and
Rev. E. H. Fisher.

An agricultural dinner at Abingdon has afforded
one or two members of parliament an opportunity of
making their views known on public questions. Sir Charles
Buse r& touched upon the Fenian disturbances at Manches-
ter and the Abyeeiaian expedition. Mr. Kenyon made a
speech on the much•vexed question of education in the
agricultural districts.

The inhabitants of Belfaat are making prepara-
tion, to give a hospitable reception to the Lord Lieutenant
on the occasion of his visit next week for the purpose of
inaugurating their new dock. Committees have been
formed to present addresses. _

At the Social Science Congress on Tuesday, Sir
James Simpson delivered an inaugural address on
" Health." Sir James made a vigorous onslaught on the
hospital system, contending th►t the want of fresh air and
the multiplicity of different cases entailed a great waste of
life. Indeed, the figures he mentioned were quite start-
' ling. He strongly urged the importance of keeping infanta
in a warm atmosphere, and stated that in Belgium one-half
more of children died in winter than in summer. He vigo-
rously denounced the removal of Jenner's statue from Tra-
falgar-square, and remarked that if he had killed • hun-
dred thousand men instead of having laved eighty thousand
lives every year, he would probably have been made •
duke. Indian questions were largely discussed on Tuesday.
The banquet given at night under the presidency of Lord
Dufferin was well attended, and passed off with moms.

The Earl of Roue has been for some time put
seriously indisposed, so much so u to cause considerable
siuiety to his numerous friends.

A letter from Mr. Young, who commands the
boat expedition sent out by the Admiralty to ascertain the
fate of Dr. Livingstone, dates that on the 26th of July,
the party having been oonveyed to the /Conant mouth of
the river Zambesi in her Majesty's ship Petrel, Com.
mender Gordon, were about to arose the bar in their steel
beat on ti:, following day.
We (Times) understand that before the close of
the Paris Exhibition it has been determined by the Foreign
Commissioners to give a banquet of an international the.
meter to the Imperial Commission and its dell. It is to
take place at the Hotel du Louvre, and Earl Granville, es
President of the International Exhibition of 1862, hes been
invited to take the chair.

The next examination for admission to the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst, will commence, at Chelsea
Hospital on Monday, the 16th of December, 1867, and that
for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Wools:eh,
on Thursday, the 2nd of January, 1868. Candidates for
admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, are
informed that in sad after the examination in June, 1868,
the subjects will be limited to five.

Experiments in steam ploughing and ordinary
deep plougb,ng have commenced at Evry, on the domain of
Petit-Bourg. Toe systems of Mr. Fowler and of Mr.
Howard are in full working order, and will continue their
operations until Saturday next. The French appear to
take much interest in the steam apparatus of these two
gentlemen, and generally regard them as doing their work
admirably.

The special commission to try the Fenian' in
anehecter will be held early in December, and will be
presided over by one chief justice and two piano judges.
At Sunderland, yesterday, it was stated that the
Fenian@ in that town had held meetings, and had pared
resolutions expressing joy at the late occurrence at Man-
chester. It was suggested that if this statement could be
proved, additional police would be necessary, and the pre-
caution should be taken of obtaining revolvers for the use
of the constables.

Yesterday afternoon a deputation of English
volunteers waited upon the Bing of the Belgians, by ap-
pointment, and presented him with his portrait, panted by
Captain Mercier. The King warmly thanked the deputa-
tion, and invited them to dinner in the evening.

The Figaro publishes an appalling list of statis-
tic~. La Belle Helene, alias the Grand Duchess.
(Schneider), numbers 31 years ; the fascinating Olive Mon-
talent, whose many charms nightly fill the Palais Royal
Theatre with a crowd, was born in 1843 ; Madeleine Bro-
hen (Madame Marie Uchard) in 18X ; her sister, Augus-
tine, in 1824 ; Alboni in the same year; Madame Miolban•
Carvalbo in 1827 ; Mdile. Farguee in 1819 ; Cravelli in
1824 ; Jenny Lied in 1821; the veteran Dejaset in 1798.
The advice. from America state that in that
country, as on this side, disappointment is experienced
from the yield of the wheat crop, since it thrashes oat
poorly in companion :th the estimates previously enter-
Mined. Many of the western farmers, therefore, instead
of sending their stooks rapidly forward, were holding out
for higher rates.

Leiters from Spain state that Pezuela continues
to export innocent persons from Oatakid& From the
town of Rens a number of persons of the better classes,
not seemed of any participation in the late insurrection,
but obnoxious to suspicion of liberal principles, were
quite recently seized, their arms bound behind them, and
in this guise they were marched to Tarragona, followed
by weeping women, there to be shipped to the colonies.
Some of these prisoners are Moderadoes in politics—that
is to say, belonging to Narvses's own party, but Pezuela
lumps Progresistaa and Moderacloes together, as being
tarred with the same brush, and infected with the poison
of liberalism. Narvaez is disposed to revert to more
moderate measures, but the Queen inclines to the Pseuds-
Calonge-Nocedal gang—in other words, to the partisans
of the Inquisition.

A few days ago the manager of the Zoological
Gardens at Liege observed gigue of disease in two beautiful
Indian stags, and from the signs was led to think they were
attacked with the cattle plague. The veterinary surgeon.
ordered one of them to be killed, and au examination
proved that the suspicion was well founded. The fact ha.
created some excitement at Liege, and some valuable sheep
and another stag, which were kept near, were ordered to
be killed.

Tea QUISS or fitl NamaraJams. —The Queen
of the Netherlands is now on • visit to the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, at the Crove, near Watford. Her
Welty is attended by Count Bylandt and the Baroness
de bedsits. Among ths visitors staying at the Grove are
—The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbum the Earl and
Countess Cowley and Lady Peodore Welletley, Lord
Lyme, Mr. Odo Russell, Mr. Henry Caleraft, ke. Her
Majesty will remain the guest of the noble earl and
countess till Saturday, and then go to Knowsley on a visit
to the Earl and Ornate= of Derby.
The Rev. T. Binney, who has for some time been
at Buxton, is expected to return to London this week.
His general health is, we undetstand, improved, but the
local effActs of his accident are still snail as to prods& the
hops of his issuediatsay realm* active duty.—Nonsos-
*waist.
TEE Wesrsaw Fran-taw. —ln the week ended
of Tuesday nearly 50 kophsads of pilshards and • largo
quantity el hake were sought an the Cornish coast. About
300,000 herrings were taken on the South Devon Gout, In
additisa to a few hogsheads of pilchard,.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
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THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND
GARIBALDI.

The Avenir National, of to-day, has the follow-
ing.
An absurd rumour was circulated yesterday in Paris. It
is said that the government, in anticipation of the attempt
of Garibaldi, had despatched to Toulon orders for the
embarkation of a division intended to proceed to Rome to
protect the government of the Pope, To return to Rome
would be as senseless as to return to Mexico, and in the
absence of substantial proof we do not admit that such an
aberration, which would so nicely play the game of M.
Bismarck, could enter into the mind of the government ;
if it were possible for our government to commit such
folly we should then have to expect early ►nd serious
complications.

(azuna's numums.)
ITALY.

FLORENCE, Sim. 25, Evszusa.

A manifesto has been issued by the Mayor of
the city calling upon the National Guard to main-
tain order. Some of the military posts have been
reinforced as a precautiona7 measure. Up to the
present the city is quiet. Several persons were
arrested last night. The despatches sent from
various parts of the kingdom announce that the
news of the arrest of Garibaldi has nowhere pro-
duced any disturbance„ and tranquillity continues
to prevail throughout the whole peninsula.
The Opinione or this eveningrepeata the statement
that the ministry will allow Garibaldi to go to Ca-
prera if he will renounce his expedition to Rome.
Should, however, he refuse; it is believed that the
ministers will convoke an extraordinary sitting of
the parliament.
Yesterday evening a severe hurricane:passed over
Venice and the vicinity. Several houses were de-
stroyed, and at Buranodud Mestre many fatal acci-
dents occurr..d.

HAMBURG.

HAMBURG, SEPT. 26.

The Assembly of Burghers of Hambu-g have ac-
cepted the proposal of the Senate for the abrogation
of the agreement with the Submai:ne Tele2,:aph
Company.
The decision of the question whether the town of
Hamburg shall still remain a free port or join the
North German Union will take place next Wednes-
day.

CAI-Guru AND CHINA MAILS.
MALTA, Sr.a 25.
The Manilla left at 5 p.m. yesterday, and the
Syria at 6 a. m. to-slay.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on
the 27th inst., and the latter at Southa-npton on
the 4th October.

(BY ATLANTIC TILEGIAPIL)
AMERICA.
_ _ NEW YORK, SEPT. 25, 6 P.Y.

The Denmark and the Baltic have arrived out.

Closing Prices.—Gold, 1431. Sterling exchange
on London, 109}. 5-20 United States Bonds, 114 ;
Illinois, 1211 ; Erie, 621. IrCotton—Middling
lend, 24.

PHILADELPHIA, Bar. 25.
Standard white petroleum, 32.