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The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-05

THZ 3ITOLLIBIII 127 TIM OHUROH OP NAGLkND.

The Time regards the "rubrical entice," about which
a tempest is raging in the church, as constituting one of
those follies which are best left to run their course and die
a natural death. It will he very much surprised if the
present clerical fever, like those on the Coleus° controversy,
and the Court of Final Appeal, which have preceded it,
does not soon pass away; and if ritualism, however it may
survive in isolated cases, does not sink into that iesignifiCSDlNl
from which, if it had been judiciously treated, it need never
have emerged. Under the most favourable circumstances,
can any reasonable person conceive of a royal commis-
sion or an act of parliament laying down in precise
terms the exact cut of the dresses a clergyman may
wear, what colours may be worn and wises, what amount
and sort of gesticulation is to be permitted, and with what
degree of distinctness the service is to be read! No act of
parliament could be sufficiently exact to serve the purpose.
We should soon have cases arising which would remtod us
of the Lord Chamberlains's failure to restrain the perform-
ances at the Alhambra. The present performers would
soon get up a new dance, which would be as near as possible
to the unauthorised representation, and we should be in •
worms difficulty than before. It would be at once impossible
and undesirable to adopt any measures on the subject.
When men bays to apteal in support of their practices to
a doubtful interpretation of a most obscure sod difficult
Rubric they are self-condemned; their proondings, dies
owned and protested ag►inst by the true leaders of
the High Church party, are also totally averse from
the genius of the people.
Approving strongly of the Archbishop of Canterbu. j's
reply to the deputation from the English Church
Union, the Port considers it certain that no paths-
=Mali legislstson on the subject w:11 now be at-
tempted. Steps, however, will be taken by the
Primate to clear up the law, and then it will be
seen what the bishops c n or cannot do in the matter.
The Post hopes an exporition of the kw of the ease will
have the effect of putting these amateur constructicos
into their proper place, and giving the church some better
guide to the performance of her services thel the ritual
party have been able to provide.
London, England, 1866-02-05

OXFORD.—The MARKET GIRLS, by
Offenbach, 11 Tr:waters, and the Schiller centesimal Cara.
by Meyerbeer, will be performed by the whole 01 the
"e Company. The anagariaas will also introduce V elr
d initertainmeat Tills EVENING. Private boxes,
: stalls and balcony, In ; area, I&

QTODARIL—The HOLIDAYS.—THEATRE
MTSTIRY Egypebn-haII—MARVISIS in MAGIC and
VENTRIGOVISM,, as performed by esinniand before her
Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family at Windsor, Tuesday
Evening, /for. 21, 1885. The marvellous SPHLWX, the birth of
Flower Trees, and stedarsis celebrated 7odLo Basket Feat, as
olyittroyasiert by him.—IVISY INSWING, at 8; Wednesday
, at S.—Stale at Mitchell's, Old Bond-etreet, and
Frgypthustali.—Admiastots is. and So. ; Stalls, Is.
"Almost miressileas."—Vide "The Timers" Aprfl 18. 1865.

THE PANTHEON TURKISH BATHS,
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PARIS, 8021 MAT EVINIIP.
It appears by the confession of the Patrie that
the affair of Bagdad, which now occupies such a
vast space in the eyes of the world, was begun by
a Mexican imperialist firing upon Gemmel Craw-
ford's men on the other side of the itio: Grande.
The suggestion of the French journal• is that this
shot was fired from motives of personal vengeance,
and that the filibusters made it an excuse to cross
the river and take the town of Bagdad. This
double of the great Asiatic city was four or five
years ago a mere village of five or six houses.
Being situated just at the point where the river
ceases to be navigable, it became a cotton depot
during the blockade of the ports of the Confederate
States, and is now a town with 5,000 or 6,000 in-
habitants.

Some of the papers say that Lord Malmesbury I
is in Paris, for the purpose of making arrangements
with M. de Rothschild and the Emperor for laying
down the railway bridge of boats between Dover
and Calais!
M. Leopold hisignan, son of the late Marshal
Magoon, has been appointed military secretary to
the Emperor Maximilian.
M. Guillaume Guizot writes to La Presse that he
is astonished to read in the papers that he has sus-
pended his lectures at the College of France. The
news is untrue. As to the criticisms of which he
has been the object he will not reply to them other-
wise than by striving to do better.
M. Victor Foncher, the judge of the Court of
Caseation, whose death I mentioned, was K Victor
Hago's brother-in-law, and brother to the well-
known homme des lures, Paul Foucher. He
entered the magistrateirs—i. e., obtained a place
as provincial advocate-general's substitute In the
provinces, which is the way in which most French
judges begin their career—in 1823, when he was
only 21, and had but just passed his legal examina-
tion at college. In 1845 he was advocate-general at
Rennes, from which post he was removed to the
more lucrative and prominent one of director of
civil affairs in Algeria. Two years later he returned
to the magistrature as a judge of the Appeal Court
of Paris. He was promoted to the Court of Caws,
tion in 1850—that is to say, before the coup &fiat,
and has sat there ever since.
London, England, 1866-02-05

TELEGRLPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(aztrnins Tizioxime.)
THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.
BERLIN, Fn. 3.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Diputies
Herr von Hoverbeck (a member of the progress
party) moved the protest, the text of which is
already known, against the late decision of. the
Supreme Court, acceding to the request of the public
prosecutor for permission to institute proceedings
against Deputies Tweeten and Frenzel.
A debate followed upon this motion, and the
chamber finally decided that the Minister of Justice
should be requested to be present at a farther dis-
cussion of the subject.
The Minister of War, Lieutenant-General Von
Voon, brought in a bill for the grant of extraordi-
nary supplies on account of the naval estimates.
A debate then ensued upon the motion of Dr.
Virchow declaring the annexation of Lauenburg to
the Prussian crown to be illegal until it had re-
calved the sanction of the Chamber.
Count von Bismarck contended in reply that
there was no neceesity for submitting the question
of Lauenburg to the Chamber.
Dr. Virohow's motion was finally carried upon
nominal appeal by 251 against 44 votes.

AUSTRIAN EXPEDITION TO THE EAST.
VIENNA. Fax. 4.

The Austrian expedition to Eastern Asia will sail
from Trieste at the end of April next, under the
command of Rear-Admiral Tegethoff, with the
object of concluding treaties of navigation and com-
merce with Siam, China, and Japan.
London, England, 1866-02-05

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE SITEZ CANAL AND THE ENGLISH

GOVERNMENT.

In the course of an article on the Suez Canal the
Journal des Debuts of to-day remarks :—" With
Lord Palmerston disappeared the last representa-
tive of the old passions which saw in France the
natural enemy of England, and in the enterprise
of M. Lesseps • conspiracy against English
interests in the east. It is well to recall that
the two principal members of the present
cabinet, Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone, as
the period when they sat in the ranks of
the opposition energetically opposed the policy of
Lord Palmerston in the affairs of the canal. We
dare not say that these two statesmen, and espe-
cially one of them, after they became the colleagues
of Lord Palmerston in the cabinet, over which he
presided, may not have allowed themselves to be
influenced by the First Minister, but now that they
have recovered their full liberty of action, there is
reason to hope that Lord Russell and Mr. Glad-
stone will not place themselves in open contradic-
tion to the attitude they assumed and the speeches
they made in parliament at another epoch."

(ftsurza's 111LiGILL101.
THE SPANISH CONGRESS.
MADRID, FAL 4, EVENING.
. _ _

Senor Mayan° has moved in the Chamber of
Deputies an amendment to the address replying to
the speech from the throne. This amendment is
as follows :—" Our financial difficulties increasing
from day to day will cause the ruin of agriculture
and manufactures. It is necessary to balance ex-
penditure with revenue, but as it is impossible to
raise the taxes, already too heavy, we must make
reductions to the amount of 300 million reals. It
is only by this means that we shall re-establish
our credit and avert the dangers which threaten us."

THE OUTWARD CANADIAN MAILS.
QUEENSTOWN, Fr& 5.

The Royal Mail steamship Europa arrived here
at 4.30 a.m. to-day, embarked the mails, passengers,
and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and
Boston at 4.35 a.m., all well. She experienced
very severe weatherly gales down the Channel.
London, England, 1866-02-05

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-FEB. 3.

Sittinp at Niai Prins.—(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and
a Common Jury.)
WILLYAMS e. ARNALL AND OTHKRS.

This was au action for money lent and on an account
stated. There were several defendants ; two of them allowed
judgment to go by default, and the rent pleaded never
indebted.

Mr. Kerslake' Q.C., and Mr. Lopes appeared for the
plaintiff, and the defendants were represented by Mr.
Terser, Mr. Archbold, and Mr. Baiter.
The plaintiffs, Meters. Willyama and Company, are well
known es miners' brokers, and carry on business at Truro
and Cemborne. aced the defendants, who are numerous,
are adventnren in the North Pool Mine, in Corn-
, wall, which is conducted on the cost-book principle.
In June, 1864, one of the defendants, Mr. Tredennick,
a mining broker in Loudon, end the parser and secretary of
the mine, applied to the plaintiffs' agent at Camboree
for power to overdraw the account, which they intended to
keep with them at their branch in that town. The agent
consented to allow them to do so, provided he had the
proper security ; and on the 28th July a resolution was
passed at a meeting of the adventurers and signed by the
defendants, to the effect that the plaintiffs should be the
bankers of the company, and that T redennick should be
authorised to overdraw the account from time to time to
the extent of I,OOOL This resolution was forwarded to
the agent, and another account was opened in the ordinary
way. In December following the account was overdrawn
to the amount of 6121. Bs. 7d., which sum, with interest,
the plaintiff' now 'ought to recover.
Mr. Baron Bramwell asked what was the reel question in
the ease.

Turner said, as the action was brought against certain
of the adveoturers instead of the whole body of thew, the
defendants intended to put the plaintiffs to strict proof of
their liability.

After Mr. Benjamin Matthews, the agent at Oamborae,
had been ',Ambled,
. . .

The learned counsel for the defence submitted to a verdict
for the plaintiffs—damages, 6451.
The record bad previously been amended by the learned
judge by striking out the name of Mr. Jenkins, one of the
defendants, against whom no case bad been made out.
London, England, 1866-02-05

THE POLICE COURTS.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Henry Thornton, aline Ho'puke, 45, was charged with
burglariously entering the house of Mr. Thomas Heywood,
42,!ownall•rrsi,Dalston.
. . . .

About eight o'clock on the previous night prosecutor's
NM on corning home heard a noise at the top of the house,
and knowing that his father was at his premises close by,
he took a light and went upstairs, and on reaching the top
chamber saw the prisoner slide off the bed with a rope in
his hand ; this rope was tied to a beam in the roof, the
slates of which be had taken off, and then cut through the
lath and plaster of the ceiling. The young man seised him
and called for assistance, when his younger brother rushed
in with a poker, and subsequently his father, who had been
sent for. The prisoner ezclaimed, "Don't hurt me. lam
betrayed." On a constable atriviog he was ghee into cus-
tody, and a knife, a jemmy. sod other implements with
which be had removed the roof, Ise., were found there, and
some silent matches and a piece of candle were lying by the
bedside.

On the magistrate asking if the prisoner was known, be
exelrinied, " I have been betrayed; • and on being asked if
be bad anything to say to the charge, be said, "No, no ;but
they have taken my spectacle. from me and I canwit see
to write to wy friends."—B.emanded.
London, England, 1866-11-27

THE. TRADER' UNION DEMONSTRATION.

The Herald trusts that the trades' unions will accept n
the government offer of Primrose.hill for their place of
meeting on Monday. Nothing, it says, could have been
fairer or more conciliatory than the language of their do.
putation to Lord John Manners, and it is glad to recognise
in it a character and a purpose quite distinct from those of
the followers of Mr. Reales and the members of the Reform
League, and especially hostile to the roughs. In the event
of their accepting Primrose-hill there will be little or no
difficulty along the line of march from the Duke of York's
Column, up Regent-street to the place of meeting; and a
useful precedent will be established for the holding of
future public meetings, not in central royal parks, but in
suburban localities—a sort of Mons Sneer for the masse,.
The Post continues to argue that all such demonstra-
tions are unconstitutional, and out of the pale of political
right.
The Telegrorh characterises as political insolence any
argument which assumes that London is more likely to be
riotous than Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford, Glasgow,
and Edinburgh. The government may shirk its duties, if
it likes ; but Monday next will show that, in case of need,
. the reformers of London are es competent to repress the
,` rough " as they are to eject the Tory. For once, the
party of action and the party of order are the same.
London, England, 1866-11-27

THE BURNING OF CHILDREN TO DEATH.

At an inquest held by Mr. Humphreys, the
Coroner, at the London Hospital, Mr. Rees Llewellyn,
one of the house surgeons of that institution, drew
attention to the excessive number of children who were
injured by the, often fatally, through carelessness, or
at least through preventible causes.
The immediate subject of the inquest was the death of
a little girl, named Laura Anna I'yle, aged 3 years and
10 months, the daughter of a carpenter, living at 1,
Tuilerieatreet, Hackney-road. On Wednesday last her
mother left her "only for a minute" alone in a room where
there was a fire. Almost instantly afterwards there were
loud shrieks from the child ; the mother ran up and found
her in times ; some lighted paper lying on the hearth
where the pour child had thing it after setting herself
alight with it. The lire was put out after the mother had
herself received considerable injuries in trying to extin-
guish it. The little sufferer was taken to the hospital and
there died. There had been no guard tothe fire-place.
Mr. Llewellyn add that guards and all ordinary precau.
tions seemed to be quite neglected by parent•, and the
consequence was that, since the setting in of the cold
weather, the number of children burnt was deplorably
large. He had seen four or five children brought into the
hospital in the space of five minutes in one day, suffering
from the results of accidents which a little care might
have prevented.
The Coroner said that he had observed with pain the
lunge number of children burnt to death every winter.
They were mostly the offspring of parents in humble cir-
cumstances, and he had constantly endeavoured, but ap-
parently without much effect, to impress upon the parents
that all the misfortunes might be avoided by the use of a
common wire guard, that could be purchased for &shilling.
By a little care and forethought much suffering would be
prevented.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.

TCMAT, NOTEIIBIR 87, 8 A.II.

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London, England, 1866-11-27

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Boiyhes4 130.02 50,
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rodent..... 26.12 49;
Itochefort :30.29 43
Plymouth 30.12 50
Weymouth 30.03 50
Portsmouth 29.95 49'
London 29.90 45
Yarmouth 29.77 44
Scarborough 29.93 44
Shields 29.07 46
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REMARKS.
Nn iniportant change has occurred. The winds continue fresh
from northwest, with much cloud laid slightly increased tempt-
mture. Daman:irk pressure is unsteady.

On the Ist of January next the pioneer ship
Colorado, of the mail packet communication between
San Francisco and Hong Kong, rid Yokohama, will com-
mence running, and then five of the great oceans of the
world, viz., the Indian and North and South Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, will be regularly traversed by gigantic mail
steamers.

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An Amercanpaper says that the wheat crop of
Illinois last year was sufficient to feed the population of
the globe for two days, and that it would have filled a store
8 feet high, 8 feet wide, and 3,300 miles long.
THE LONDON VISITATION.—(rIIB DAY.)-This
morning the quadrennial visitation of the diocese of Lon-
don commenced at St. Paul's Cathedral, but without the
personal attendance of the bishop of the diocese, who is
all unable, on account of feeble health, to take any part
in the proceedings.
London, England, 1866-11-27

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE

(BE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

CROYDON MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

SOUTH COUNTRY HUNT CUP. Three miles.
Joco, Bishopton, Zeloo, Bridesmaid, Jack o' Newbury.
Wade, and Hungerford are here.
SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Two miles and a half.
Sinite, Sister to Maximum, and Monitor are here.

- •
STEWARDS' PLATE. Three miles.
Cortolvin, Flyfisher, Hornet, Accident, Daisy, Reporter,
Pineapple, Globule Rogue, Marengo, King of Hearts,
Ace of Trumps, Lady Douglas, Zeloo, and Glycinc are
here.

STEEPLECHASE SWEEPSTAKES. Two miles and a
ha.
Hungerfonl, Marengo, Redwing, Flyfisher, Merrimac,
and Wade are here.
- - -

CROYDt )N CUP. Three miles and a halt.
Balder, Astrolabe, Sprite,Cortolvin, Patience, Accident
Flyfisher, Daisy, and Harold are here.

THE FENI.4N MOVEMENT.

CORK, MoNDAT EVENING.

Considerable alarm prevails in this city and
throughout the country. All the police-stations ar2
barricaded, and the military are dispersing throughout the
country. Three arrests have been made in Mallow. One
of the prisoners is said to be a head centre. The troops
were confined to their barracks under arms last night.
London, England, 1866-11-27

LATIET 1N TEL LIG EN CE.

VENICE.
The electoral colleges of Venice are convoked, as
is known, for the 23th November. An electoral
association, the programme of which is drawn up
by Captain Fambri, has been established, and
nearly the whole of the citizens have joined it :
This programme excludes from the .list of candidates,
let, those who have been in office under the Austrian
government, " they may be restored, but not so soon ;"
2nd, the partisans of that clerical influence which is
directed towards a political end, and those who systema-
tically oppose any religious confession ; 3rd, those who
belong to the anti-constitutional opposition ; 4th, the in-
capable'; sth, those who are no more than titled; 6th,
and lastly, the programme prescribes that in cases in which
probity and talent are equal in both candidates the
wealthier is to be preferred.
Conservatism is evidently the distinctive charac-
teristic of the present state of things in Venice.
London, England, 1866-11-27

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.

The Telegraph is authorised to state that the question of
the Alabama claims has been recently revived hy thernited
States' representative in this country in the most concilia-
_.

tory and friendly tone. The subjects now under the con-
sideration of the cabinet.
The Times attaches leading importance to the statement
that Signor Vegezzi will shortly proceed from Florence
to Rome, on a mission from the Italian government. The
ostensible subject is probably merely that of filling up the
episcopal chairs vacated by death or from other causes.
Rut by these advanc9l the Pope clearly shows that the
dangerous promptings of the Ultramontanes have not pre-
vailed, and that he is too old, too timid, or perhaps to,
Italian, for the desperate resolution of a second flight
from Rome.

The failure of Mr. Doulton in his attempt to punish a
contemporary for criticising his public career is a subject
of congratulation with the Star. Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn truthfully summarised the signification of the
article, and showed that it only went to fix upon Mr.
Doulton the stigma of obtaining a seat on certain prin-
ciples and voting in parliament against them. If it is not
punishable to say this Mr. Doulton is without remedy,
and no one could say less who cared to say anything at all
of his political eccentricity.
A letter from Mr. Sidney Smith stake that on the banks
of the Thames alone in the single trade of ship-building
there are at present as many as 27,000 workmen entirely
out of employment, and this the Times ascribes in no
slight degree to the operation of the successive strikes
1 which trades' unions have commanded. At this moment,
as a matter of fact, work has left the Thames for the
Clyde, and much that used to be done in this country is
now done in France. Belgium and Germany carry off
contrasts for locomotives ; and French builders supply
foreign ouatoissers with ships of war.

JAMAICA Commrrree.—We understand that Mr.
Charles Darwin, author of the " Origin of Species," has
been elected a member of the Jamaica Committee.
London, England, 1866-08-02

THI BAR[ CHARTIM ACT.

Commenting on the recent debate in the House of Com-
mons, the Tunes observes that Mr. Watkin, who brought
the subject forward and asked for a commission of inquiry,
offered no assistance of his own, had no plan, and did not
even hint at a remedy which would have his approval.
The Bank of England, says the Tim ?s, is the chief usurer
in an age which no longer thinks usai7 sinful, but which
still does not like paying high interest for loans. Mr.
Watkin, however, does not attempt to show that the cave
of the Bank is substantially different from that of the other
capitalists. He hardly ventures even to suggest that the
Bank could have lowered its rate of interest considerably
six weeks ago, and extended its operations accordingly, • Ab-
out the usual consequences of excessive open'undedness.
Capital, Mr. Watkin seems to think, ought to be obtain-
able at a fixed price ; but the 5 per cent. offered by one
borrower is not the same price as the 5 per cent offered
by another ; nay, it is often worth the other borrower's
10 per cent. or 20 per cent. It is only a promice, and the
value of a promise must always vat; • :th the character
and circumstances of the man. But no lender, whether
private or public, can lend more than he has, and it lies
at the very basin of this subject that capital in all its
forms and quantities is finite and exhaustible, and to be
treated accordingly.

The greenest of the current fallacies rerrvt'ng credit
formed in the estimation of the Telegraph the keynote of
the whole argument of Mr. Watkin, namely, that govern-
ment was somehow or other bound to take action in aid
of the credit of the country. He said tt ily enough that
credit was to a great extent " ideal," but he might have
added that the notion of bolstering it up by artificial
means was chimericaL In his reply to the Glasgow de-
putation Mr. Disraeli expressed opinions on the currency
question at once unsound and pnetae, for he declared his
doubts as to the necessity of any restriction on the right of
issue. No doubt Mr. Disraeli would repudiate with horror any
desire to bring about the results to which unlimited banes
must give rise ; but an English Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer should be above even the suspicion of a wish to
tamper with the convertibility of our paper currency. The
present law might be so far modified as to leave with the
directors discretionary power to extend their issue, when
the reserves bad fallen below a certain limit, on the two-
fold condition, that they should exact sufficient security,
and that the rate of discount should not be less than 10
per cent. Under such a modification, anything like blind
panic would in future be avoided.
London, England, 1866-08-02

POLICY TOWARDS IRELAND.

Although (says the Pat) we are still unacquainted with
the grounds on which her Majesty's government propose to-
night to suspend for • further period the operation of the
Habeas Corpus Aet in Ireland, we may not unreasonably
assume that they are based on the continued existence of
such a state of disaffection in that country as renders it
expedient to invest the executive with the power to im.
prison at pleasure such pawns as it conceives to be
engaged in • traitorous conspiracy. Whether this
state of disasection does in truth still exist, and
whether it demands so large a concession by parliament
to the executive, are matters on which we forbear to
London, England, 1866-08-02

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(RT ELECTRIC ANI) INTCZNATIONAL TIILEGRAPN.)
(mom MIR OWN CORRZSPONDINT.)
Market rather quiet. but steady ; sales about 10,000
bales at yestenlay'a rates.

MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.)
SEGAB.-The market continues quiet at the previous
currency. Th.• private sales include Jaggery Madras com-
mon, at 2.15. 6.1.; and middling grey Porto ,at 295. to
31s. Refined-Owing to the diminished demand, prices
have given way; common lumps are now to be had at
445. 6.1. to 45..
Correct.-With the exception of a parcel of wished Rip
at 725., no sales are reported.
Tee.-The market continues quiet.
FRUIT.-There is only a limited demand, but the bald-
ness doing is at firm prices.
SPIOES.-A mode: ste business is doing in black
Pepper at steady prices. Ginger, Jamaica, has sold well
at Is. to 2s. advance ; and Cassia Lignea at Is. advance ;
other spices are without change. Pimento sold at lid. to
20. for good ; cloves. good Penang, is. Id. ; ginger, de-
maks, common and ordinary, 595. to 665. ; low middling
to good. 675. to Rris. Cassia lignea, first pile, 1060. ; se-
cond, 100 s. to 101 e. ; third, 965. to 995.
Rice and R -No sales reported.
Cocisessist. has sold at irregular prices. Honduras
silver at about 1.1. Nr lb. decline-3s. 3d. to 3s. 9d.; black,
at Id. to 2.L decline-„s. 7d. to 4. 2,d. Teneriffe silver,
at ?d. per lb. advance-3s. 3d. to 3a. 7d.; black, at
steady prices, :h. 3.1. to :is. 6d.; Mexican silver, at 3s. 2d.
to 3e. 3.1. ; black bought in at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d.
OrrEoli.-Tbe market continues quiet, and prices are
barely maintained.
JUTE WWI sold steadily at fully previous prices ; commas
to fine, 131. to 11. Lis.

METROPOLITAN CATTLZ MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
We have a shorter supply of beast', yet quite equal to
the demand. There is a fair inquiry for choicest qualities,
at Monday's quotations: but trade is slow for middling
descriptions. Choice sizeable sheep are by no mesas
plentiful, and arc readily disposed of. Rig
_fat
sheep are a dull sale. On the average prices rem&
altered. Trade is very heavy far lambs, and there is a
reduction in price. Calves about the maze as ma Monde,.
Our foreign supply consists of 820 beasts, 2,SW sheep.
3911 calves, end ltal pigs.
Per stone of BThs td.a. d. Per stone of alba ad.a d.
Best Scots, Herefd3. 5 4 5 8 Bast Dos& Ilf.bdsBh 0 • 0 0
Best Short-horns 5 7. 5 6 Dolt Long-w 0015.... 6 4 6 1
Second goal beasts nlO 4 4 Do. do. Shorn.... 0• 0 •
Cures
I Pigs
Best D;a6;111I Weds .1 4 lambs
Beasts at market. ; sheep and Jambe, 10,240; cape*. 470.
PI" 220.
London, England, 1866-08-02

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

The usual half-yearly meeting of the gab•
of this railway was held yesterday at the Lemke
Bich to-street ; Mr. PARSONS, the claims& -.;•••
board of directors, in the chair. fie
The report, which had already been printed
ealat•a, was taken as read. 111
The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report
the statemen: of accounts be received and
the proprietors were aware that on the Itte
last, the narrow gauge line extensions to .
were opened for traffic ; on the Ist of March
gauge was carried on the mixed gauge line to tls '
gate-street station, and on the let of July the to
was continued on to Moorgateetreet, so that for ill
cal purposes they might now consider the Firsibizilem
don complete. He did not mean complete in the
of the word, because the directors contemplated the
of a large station there to accommodate the trim, d
Midland, the Croat Western, the London, .
Dover, and possibly, the Loudon and North Wedad
In the unfinished state of the Finebury Extend
had received traffic which the directors said wte
tory to them. The gross receipts from Ad
amounted to 102,947/. A proprietor bad sated tied.
it was stated in the report at 102,0001. only, eta elLt
planation was this. Until they adjusted their IL':
with other companies they were obliged to eatheeta:
receipts, and until the balance of account wsa sinel
could not say to within 1001. or 5001. what the id
would be. It bad now been sacertained the ;hi
102,947/. ; in the corresponding half of 1865 it Vas
and the increase, therefore, on the halm"
33,8751., or 49 per cent. of the whole. IQ.,
In February last he told them that he
the increase would be 50 per cent, and oonede• sed
that had taken place since in the commercial wig
thought his estimate bad not fallen far short of the
(Hear.) On the other hand, the working ea
of the 102,947/. had been 39,7001., or at die
36 cent. cent. of the receipts ; in the correspondbgteg
1 it was 27,9141., or 40 and two-fifths per OHM,*
they had reduced the working expenses from my.%
per cent. (Hear.) It would be the endermar d
directors and staff of the company always to redo
working expenses as much as possible consistent Mit
safety of the public and the well working of the
Mr. firtrzzar, bLP., seconded the motion, whin
unanimously, without calling forth any wog.
remark.
The following dividends were then declared oat et
net available balance 187,6991. 41. 6d.), pantie di di
9th inst., viz., 6 per cent. per annum on the pales
stock, and 7 per cent. per annum on the °Missy not;
carrying over 11,8141. lls. 7d.
terminated the ordinary business.
The meeting then became special for the cosdikedd
of the Hammersmith transfer, which the &Men e
plainedwsa now to be carried oat by lease for 999 guest
rental of 5 per cent. on the capital of about 406,109.
wee intended, however, ultimately to *annelid' then*
meranith and City Company, and to absorb the lira
the authority of an act of parliament. Medium*
were not in a sufficiently forward state to be mho*
and the matter was adjourned for a month.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and dining Is
ininated the proceedings.
London, England, 1866-08-02

THE LABOUR PENSION FUND IN FRANCE.

The following is the letter which the Emperor
has addressed to the Minister of State on this subject :
" Saint Cloud, July 28.

" Monsieur le Ministre—The decree of the Bth March,
1855, which founded the asylums of Vincennes and
V esinet, directs that those establishments shall reeeive
not only convalescent workmen, but also those who have
been mutilated in the course of their work. For those who
prefer to remain with their families, the admission can be
converted into an annual or monthly subvention, fixed by
an administrative commission.

However, up to this time the credits, devoted to this

foundation, and ariaing from a payment of 1 per cent. on
the amount of the public works adjudged in the city of
Paris and its suburbs, have only permitted to afford suc-
cour to convalescents, the mutilated workmen being de-
prived of ariatance.
It appears to me just to realise in a more general manner
with regard to these latter the promises of the decree of
185.5 ; and to that effect it is necessary to employ other
London, England, 1866-08-02

'HIS DAY.)

official liquidator of the Ramsgate Victoria Hotel
Company (Limited).
The Muter of the Rolls proposes on the 7th inst.
to make a all of 1/. per share en the contrilmtorks
of the Mexican and South Amnesic Oompaay. •••
Creditors of the Universal Banking Corporation
(Limited) are required to send of their
claims to Mr. F. B. Smart, the official liquidator,
by the Ist of October, Vice-Chancellor Stuart
having appointed the 6th November for adjudi-
cating upon them.
Creditors of the London Gas Meter Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars St
1 their claims to the liquidators by the 31st inst.
- - . •

With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mears. datterthwaite and Co. report as fol-
lows :

Since our last there has been a far amount of business
in the London market for American securities, but
have not been maintained, the sumeseful laying ortr.
Atlantic Telegraph inducing the belief that New York
and London quotations moat more Dead te,
and as lately London priors have bees bilker
than those ruling in New York, it is clear that Imo
must experience a further decline here or en advance must
take place on the other side. At the close to-day United
States 5.20's are 681 to ; Illinois shares, 741 to 75, ea
div. ; and &ries, 42. to 43.
We have received the lOW • from the general
manager of the London, and Doves
Railway :

—*Tei; s
London, England, 1866-08-02

THE CIIOLEBA.

The sanitary condition of the metropolis in connexion
with the prevalence of cholera is discussed in the columns
of the Herald, Telegraph, and Star.

the (curt.

OSBORNE, Aucrer 1.

The Queen went out yesterday afternoon with
Princess Louise, and again this morning with her royal
highness, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley.
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out also.
The lion. Lady Bidduiph had the honour of dining with
the Queen and royal family yesterday.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
offloe from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches were
sent to the governors of the West India Islands, Bri.
tish Columbia, Vancouver's Island, and the Australian
colonies.

The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle will shot ay
take possession of their new mansion on Carlton HOLUM-
terrace.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland leaves town
to-clay for the season.
The Marquis of Exeter is still much indisposed
at his residence in Grosvenor-square.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton, after the Royal
Yacht Squadron Regatta, come to too.) on their way to
Scotland for the season. _

The Earl and Countess De Grey will leave Carlton-
gardens on Monday next for Studley RoyaL
The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary
Stanhope left Strathfieldsaye yesterday, after a short visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Wellington.

The Earl and Countess Spencer retut a to Spencer
House, St. James's, to-morrow, from Sussex ; and either
the following day or on Monday go to Althozpe Hall,
Noi;,hamptonsh're.
London, England, 1866-08-02

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRClJlT.—Tramanrarza, Auo. 1.
CROWN COu*T.—(Bdor'e Mr. Justice Lush.)
SHOCKING BRUTALITY Or ♦ BTKPPATHZL

Beery SmitA, 37, a repulsive-looking man, wee indicted
for having on the 6th May, at Oldham, attempted to mur-
der Mary Davis, his step-daughter, by cutting her throat
with a razor.
Mr. Addison prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended.
When the prosecutriz was eight years of age (12 years
ago), the prisoner married her mother. She was sent to a
charity school in Worcestershire, and on her return,
when about 15 years of age, the prisoner took
advantage of her position, which should have
made him her natural protector, and with the
encouragement of her mother, committed a criminal
assault upon bar. She complained to her mother in vain,
and against her remonstrances he continued his intimacy
until she had a child. She afterwards 'ought protso.
tics in service, but he found her out repeated} till at last,
urged on by his unnatural •n, he brutally attempted
her life, because she w not return home and live
with him.
The jury immediately found a verdict of Wounding, the
foreman adthng, " with deliberate attempt to murder."
The Judge—Prisoner, you have attempted one of the
most odious of all crimes, and from the basest of motives.
It is well the attempt was not fatal ; if it had been your
doom would have been the gallows. The sentence upon
you is that you be kept in penal servitude for 20 years.
The prisoner, who had not shown any emotion, imme-
diately ran out of the dock down the steps, sad was lost
to view.
London, England, 1866-08-02

EIPALE

DEALEY, and the maxims of government whit&
they have proclaimed, we cam doubt no long".
Englishmen can live happy oak grateful ender thlit
QUEEN, the judges, and the laws, but they will
never consent to hold their lives and liberties at
the pleasure of a set of men to whom party in-
frighb in a House of Commons which does not re-
present more than a sixth part of the adult popula-
tion may happen to give the temporary control of
the Horse Guards. The unconstitutional doctrines
of Ministers are only such as might be expected
from men who occupy a position so thoroughly un-
constitutional as theirs is, governing without the
confidence of either Parliament or the country ;
but they must be resisted wherever they are en-
countered, until wo have once more a Government
which comprehends the ancient principles of Eng-
lish liberty.
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

ogee an opinion until we have heard the statement of the
Irish Secretary, aid the evidettes by willoh it is supported.
Met the Asst fears very none that tills es mod'
of legislating for the Irish teseile will not ated to
conciliate them, or to induce them to coniliker their in-
terests safe in the hands of the imperial parliament. They
will say, and with great appearance of justice, that raft-
' meat could find no time to pass a single beneficial measure
for Ireland, though many are notoriously wanting, but
that on the eve of prorogation an act was passed to which,
under similar eireumetanoes, the English people would
never dream of submitting.
The Times could wish Ireland had made a better appear.
ance at the close of this session than in a measure of
" coercion " and a preposterous scheme ; but the measure
is a matter of course, and cannot be helped, and the
scheme is one of those earth bubbles seen only by Celtic
eyes. The scheme referred to is a suggestion by Kr.
O'Beirne that her Majesty should adopt for Ireland the
functions of a freehold land society, or rasher of the specu-
lator called in the English land market an " estotebutoher."
The question virtually asked by Mr. O'Beirne last nisht
was, " Why should not this be applied to Ireland!" The
true &newer to this question is another, " Why is not this
practice applied to Ireland '!"
London, England, 1866-11-20

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(amines muntAirs.)
NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 19.

The prospectus of a new loan 0175,006,000 florins
(6,000,0001. sterling), negotiated by the Russian
government with Messrs. Hope, of Amsterdam,
and Messrs. Baring, of London,' has been issued
to day. . 5
:Ile loan' beam interest at per cent. from
October last, and is issued in bonds of 1,000 florins
ose4 Thein.o 86 for 1,000 &trips*
rand 84 for 1601. Tro—lieoinettit.einat and' afoul
allowances reduce these prices by 'about 21 per
cent. The subscription will close on the 23rd inst.
The allotment in Amaterdain will be rataably ad-
justed, while in London it will be arbitrary.

THE LOWER AIJSTRIAN DIET•

VIENNA. Nov. 19.

-- •
To-day a motion was introduced into the Lower
Austrian Diet, by Herr Pratobevera, proposing I
that a committee of eleven should be elected, for
the purpose of preparing the draught of an address
to the Emperor. The proposed address would
I express the thanks of the Diet for the imperial
recognition of the patriotic attitude of the nation
during the late war, give a frank exposition of the
present state of the country, and represent to his
Majesty the prejudicial influence of the continued
suspension of the constitution. Three members
spoke against the motion.

HOLLAND.
OPENING OF THE DUTCH CHAMBER&
THE HAGUE. Nov. 19.

The Dutch Chambers were opened to-day by a
Ministerial Commission acting on behalf of the
King. The speech from the throne was delivered
by the Minister of Justice. In adverting to the
dissolution of the Second Chamber, he said :
" The King and the Ministers 'hope that after the
last decision of the electors, the people, the go-
vernment, and the representation will vie with
each other in fulfilling the constitutional task, the
object of which is to ensure the happiness of the
country."
The minister announced the intention of the
government to present bills to the Chambers on
various matters of public interest, and, before all,
the Budget. In conclusion he said I hope
that our common efforts will be characterised by
reciprocal confidence, mutual forbearance in debate,
and the strict and loyal observance of the con-
stitution."

GENEVA, Nov. 19.

A bill, recently laid before the Grand Council,
proposing the introduction of certain modifications
into the constitution, has been rejected by 5,172
against 5,042 votes. The bill had the support of
the radiml and catholic members.
London, England, 1866-11-20

HER .MAJESTICS.
Mr. E. Falconer opened this house last night i
kr
• abort dramatis ement, sad preload one of the longest,
dullest, and most uninteresting Irish dramas we immerge
had the misfortune to witness. It was called Ooragh, or
the Lovers of Liensmona, and is founded on an Irish kora
called " Fardourougha the Miser." It began at eight
o'clock sad at • quarter to twelve two more asta
mained to be waded through by the unfortunate
Lang before this hour half the audience had left the
house, and the other half were laughing, talking, standing
up with their hate and bonnets on, and amusing them-
selves generally by " guying " the piece. We are sorry
that Mr. Falconer should have began hie independent
essay in theatrical management with such a failure, bet
such prolixity and weak construction—faults of which he
has often been warned--sertiinly deserved no better fate.
The drama is one of three that can scarcely be saved from
premature death by even the most skilful application of
the pruning knife.
London, England, 1866-11-20

'RISS, TETE4I/O,Y EVtrillfG, NOVEMBER

,it caundipe how hinipirituallnnolleity, can lose. hy
I abalisilmeat of tigplyesporal palm. A. will esly
we dropped a weapon which can never kg deed for its
olventage, but is perpetually turned &plat it with fatal
offset by its enemies.
The Daily News gives some aooonnt of the pest mer- '
eantile experiment which has been made by Northern
merchants in America since the close of the war in the
South. Large sums of money and enormous quantities
of goods have been sent to the South, and industrious
and adventurous men have gone there to settle, but
the result is disheartening. Generally speaking the re-
ception has been unfriendly, and adequate pro-
tection to life and property has been with-
held. The consequence is a general depressionheld,
throughout the South, portending a financial catastrophe.
There is one, and only one, way out of the Southern diffi-
culty. The people of the North are determined to make
the principles of republican equality—which in America
are the only really conservative principles—prevail through
out the union, and when the people of the South perceive
that this result is inevitable, they will have no difficulty in
getting beck into the road to prosperity. In the mean-
time the losses and sufferings they endure are of their own
choosing.

Ova rim.
Our unarmed fleet consists of seven three-deckers and
40 two-deckers, exclusive of frigates or corvette', vesiels
constructed of the best materials but rendered useless
from the water line upwards. Such being the coo the
Times gives ea aooount of a proposal which has been
commanded to the notice of the Admiralty to cut away
the after decks of these ships and add turrets. This
would cost about 100,0001. a ship,while a new turret veLeel
would cost perhaps 250,0001. We should get a vessel
capable of excellent service instead of a vessel capable
of ow service at all. We could not powibly
send the Victoria into lotion as she is ; but
we could send her into action with very great con.
fidence after converting her as proposed. It is possible
that she might still be unfit for long sea voyages ; but if
foreign service were reserved for our new ironchuis,
converted ships would protect us at home. Admitting that
these vessels would be qualified at best only for Channel
duty, yet that would leave them as efficient and as valu-
able as the American Monitors ; in fact, we should at once
be put on the footing of the United States.

LAT]

4r% as.
•
THE JESUITS IN AUSTRIA. .1
Notwithstanding the strong opposition to the
establishment of the Jesuits manifested in Austria
and Bohemia, the Prior of the Order has received
= assurance from the Cardinal Archbiahop von
gchwarzenberg that they would be protected by
the government and need not entertain any appre-
hension of being expelled. The Nurodny Lesty of
Prague is under prosecution for three articles which
it published against the followers of Loyola.
London, England, 1866-11-20

e

O, 1866.

PARIS.

(PROM 01111 OWN

PARIS, MONDAY EVIISING.
The Pays, which goes on with its appointed
work of preaching the annexation of Belgium to
France, has to-day an article pirated from the
fable of the wolf and the lamb, alleging that France
does not threaten Belgium, but that Bel-
gium threatens France. It affirms as a
matter to be seriously taken notice of that
Belgian journals claim the annexation of Lille and
Valenciennes and a great slice of the North of
France, extending from the Somme to Metz. It
accuses the King of the Belgians of having in-
sulted France when he said at Mona, close to the
French frontier that true liberty was the
special heritage of Belgium. The French organ of
that universal suffrage which is now estimated in
the world at its true value, sneeringly says that
Belgium is governed by the votes of 1'20,000
electors, whose price is 41. a head. The late
King Leopold) I. is accused of hostil;ty to France,
and it is stated that a pamphlet on the fortifica-
tion's of Antwerp, which made a noise at the
time, is now known to have been written by
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister in
London, and one of the late King's especial favour-
ites. These are the arguments by which the
public mind is prepared for the absorption of Bel-
gium when the troops come home from Rome and
Mexico, when the reorganisation of the army shall
be completed, when the Universal Exhibition shall
be over, and when—if nothing impede meanwhile,
the time shall be ripe.
The rumour is revived that the Corps Legialatif
will be convoked for a short session before
Christmas.
My surmise that the Paris papers were mistaken
in announcing the arrival of General Dix was well
founded. Mrs. Dix and some members of the
family are here, but the new minister has not yet
arrived.
The Bourse was tolerably steady, but without
any remarkable feature. Rents rose sc. for cash,
and closed for account at Saturday's price,
69fr. 37itc. Mobilier fell 7fr. 80c., and Credit Fon-
der bfr.
The impression prevails that the Societri Immo-
bilibre will not be authorised to raise the large loan,
the rumour of which has been the main lever of
recent Bourse transactions.
London, England, 1866-11-20

♦N AGIrJ) C.U3UAL.

Ellen Holston, a little old woman, who was entered in
the sheet as being 79 years of age, Mary Moore, 33, and
Nary Jones, 59, were placed in the dock, charged with
destroying their clothes while casual paupers in the Wands-
worth and Clapham Union workhouse.
Honing, the porter, said the prisoners made no com-
plaint on being admitted. When he asked the reason
for tearing up their clothes they replied because they were
old and dirty.
Holston said she had scarcely a bit of shoe to her feet,
which were cold, and on being told that she could not get
any others she was obliged to tear up some of her old
things.
The other prismers said they heel scarcely anything to
wear and were in a destitute state. Jones said it was
her first offence.

Herring mid he had not seen Jones before but the other
two had been frequently in the house.
Mr. Ingham committed each prisoner for 21 days with
lard labour.