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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1867.

to the captives themselves ; for the moral
effect to be expected from a successful expedition
to Abyssinia upon rulers of semi-barbarous coun-
tries in a situation similar to that of the Emperor
THEODORE is so small as to be hardly worth
thinking of. If the question is not, however, to
be settled by calculation, but according to heroic
ideas of duty, then we cannot too well understand
the grounds of our procedure, for we should only
make ourselves ridiculous if we entered upon an
expedition in a spirit of chivalrous heedlessness,
and afterwards sought to circumscribe it from
utilitarian motives. We should do better to say no
more about such an enterprise unless we are pre-
pared to enter upon it with the utmost energy of
the nation and prosecute it to a successful issue.

LORD DERBY'S Royal Commissions somehow
fail to inspire public confidence. That on Ritual-
ism was intended to deal with an evil which, by
the testimony of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
had grown into a real danger to the Church of
England ; but the names of the Commissioners
were no sooner announced than the country saw
with surprise that the learning, intellectual force,
and zeal of the Ritualistic party had been pressed
into the Commiesion,whilat the most eminent oppo-
nents of the system were " nowhere." It was as
if, in constituting the Trades Union Commission,
the Government had placed a compact body of
the must able and conspicuous friends of the
Unions on the Commission, and completed the
number by naming a few gentlemen without
pretensions to special knowledge. The Arch-
bishop of YORK stated his opinion last night
that the Commission as now constituted is
neither, on the one hand, a body of impartial per-
sons, nor, on the other, one in which every set of
opinions is fairly represented ; and this is what
impartial people are saying everywhere. Ministers
succeed no better when they appoint Commissions
which need the confidence of political parties.
At first sight it would not seem a very
difficult matter to find a number of persons
whom the House of Commons and the public
could trust to do the work of a Boundary Com-
mission, important as that work undoubtedly is.
Mr. Disassm's Boundary Commission, however,
is objected to on both sides of the House, and
with reason. There is not one gentleman on it
who can be said to represent that public feeling
which has made a Tory Government take the
business of Reform in hand—nut a single member
who has ever shown that ho cared a straw for
Reform. The landed interest is very strongly repre-
sented on the Commission, while the gentlemen
selected to represent popular opinion are, of all
men in the House, Mr. Bouvrala and Mr.
Wsiirsa, the late member for Berkshire, both of
whom are described by Mr. DISRAELI as gen-
tlemen of " decided liberal convictions." It is
moat extraordinary that a man of Mr. DISRAELI'S
genius and discernment cannot see the value of a
little plain fair dealing, which goes a greater way
in the House of Commons than in any other as-
sembly in the country.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

Yesterrlay's progress with the Reform Bill is de-
scribed by the Times as having been attained rather by
postponing important clauses than by considering and
settling them. The only clause of the three sanctioned
which was more than formal was that directed against the
corrupt payment of rates, and it was finally passed in •
shape which leaves it open to anyone to attack the
constituency of • borough by reducing its poorer
vdere to • state of dependency. Lord Amberley's
amendment, abolishing in all cases the necessity of
vacating a seat upon taking office, deserved more
attention than it received; and, though at present
the house is not disposed to advance any further
than doing away with the necessity of vacating • seat
upon a change of office, it is not improbable that at no
distant time the law itself will be altogether abrogated.
The Tunes, commenting upon the unsatisfactory com.
position of the Ritualistic Commission, observes that
if the result of the inquiry is to show that the
rubrics and canons of 1548 are in favour of the
ritualist., the public will expect the offensive practices to
be made unlawful for the future; but little aid in this re-
spect can be expected from the commission. Other topics
treated of by our contemporary are the want of sufficient
room in the House of Commons for the transaction of its
business, a Spartan contempt for comfort and propriety
still reigning paramount, —and the revelations of Broadhead
yesterday at Sheffield.
Pointing out that the disclosures at Sheffield are due to
no tardy repentance on the part of those who are making
them, but to the fear that the incriminating revelations of
others may debar them from legal impunity, the Daily
News remarks that certain Sheffield societies have long
been credited with these dastardly outrages. But,
though they have bad an exceptionally bad emi-
nence extreme cases test and illustrate principles.
Trade societies show that while combinations enormously
multiply power in the same degree, they diminish the
sense of responsibility. The crimes centered by Broad-
head and his instruments will not have been confessed in
vain if they reveal to the artisans of Sheffield and of Eng-
land to what fearful results the exclusive cultivation of
the spirit of elms and trade may lead, if it be not counter-
balanced by wider sympathies, and enlightened by a larger
economical knowledge thane common among working
men. It is not by suppressing the abused right of com-
bination, or weakening the esprit de corps among artisans,
that the evil can be cured ; but by the gradual infusion of
sounder knowledge, the creation of wider interests, and
the awakening of more comprehensive sympathies. The
polities and the economy of the nation must absorb those
of the class and craft.

Dwelling on the proposed purchase of railways by the
date, the Daily New concludes that if the sale is to be
compulsory, it would be next to impossible to frame any
general rules or principles of purchase which would be fair
to the buyer or the purchaser. The fostering hand of the
government in Ireland might, however, afford an effectual
aid if the state were authorised to advance to Irish rail-
ways to the extent of, say two thirds or three-fourths of
their debentures at a low rate of interest for five or seven
years, upon condition of having a priority over the other
debenture-holders, and of appointing a government auditor
with a seat as ex-officio director, in the same way
as is done in Indian railways. This method is free
from the charge of jobbery, and the aid which it offers
would be accepted only by those companies which it is of
most importance to encourage ; namely, the struggling and
well-intentioned.

The evidence taken at Sheffield yesterday is discussed by
the other daily journals. The Telegraph, after such evi-
dence, can scarcely venture to believe that the public
opinion of the town really condemns chose minor acts of
intimidation of which murder is but the natural sequence.

not vote against them. But a poor voter, if he were pro-
perly looked up and pestered and bullied by a rich man's
agent, would have no peace unless he consented to go and
sign his voting paper.
Of the Sheffield proceeding, the Saturday Ret'ww says
the crime of Broadhead is justified upon a principle which
would render society impossible, inasmuch as it implies a
total disorganisation and insolent defiance of the very ex-
istence of right and duty in the minds of a whole class.
Until this foul stigma is removed, the very name of Shef-
field will be a curse and a hissing to the whole earth. The
character of the whole nation is stained, and stained ~with
blood ; and the worst of it is that though this horrid re-
velation is the worst possible of crimes, yet it is after all
only the last and crowning result of what we fear is subtly
at work in other places, and over a wider range of society
than Sheffield. The case is an extreme one, but the
principle which has led to it is not local.
Some sanguine persons, it appears, expect she Reform
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till will pass within the ensuing week. There are, how-
ever, the Sptetator reminds us, some important details still
to be settled, such as the propriety of dividing the counties
to which more members are to be given, or of increasing
the representation without division ; the arrangement of
the schedules, which involves another debate on the
claims of the great cities ; and the method and date of the
new registration. The third reading, moreover, will hardly
pass without speeches from leading members expressing
their views as to the total effect of the bill, and altogether
we give it at least another fortnight in the Commons.
The debates in the Upper House will probably be in a
higher key than those in the Commons, but they will not
take so long, and in all probability, so far as probabilities
can be catoulated about a measure which moves by self-
generated farce, the bill will become an act by the middle
of July.

The Spectator expresses deep regret that the ecnnmii-
sioner allowed Broadhead's evidence to be received. The
man, by his own statement, bas systematically hired
bravos, has been the centre of terrorism in Sheffield for
years, and, when the Social Science folk were in Sheffield,
put himself forward to deny most absolutely that out-
rages occurred. Mr. Hughes had been lecturing the
operatives on rattening, and Broadhead, in the calmest
and most solemn manner, denied all his charges. There
was plenty of evidence without bins, and now he must
escape scot free. But the Spectator demurs altogether to
the conclusion that because one union enforces its rules,
or allows its secretary to enforce them, by murder, there-
fore all unions, or that union, should be declared illegaL
Christian churches are not necessarily evil organisations,
because almost every Christian church in the world has, at
one time or another, murdered dissidents from its creed ;
nor are unions necessarily evil because there still lingers
among them the evil belief in the justice and efficacy of
terrorism.

The Examiner think.. great difficulty will arise in the

further conduct of the Reform Bill if the Boundary Com-
mission be not better constituted than, as at present an-
nounced, it appears to be. Five ministerialists and two whigs
are an absurd compound wherewith to build up public con-
fidence. Other elements need to be interfused, and some
guarantee of a fair approach to an equipoise of opinions
ought in common prudence to be given, and given without
delay. The Examiner would not hint an objection to the
inclusion of Mr. Bouverie or Mr. Russell Gurney in the

But it owns it had rather see additions made

from amongst men of acknowledged weight and influence
out of parliament, men like Mr. Charles Austin, Mr. Ed-
ward Romilly, Sir Edmund Head, or Sir Charles Trevel-
yam

The Beehive, the organ of the Trades' Union!, of today

denounces the intrigues at Sheffield with as much tho-
roLghness as any of its contemporaries. The evidence, it
says, has indicted on trades' societies the severest blow
that they have ever received; and even if the reddest part*
should be met and repelled, the societies must take deci-
sive measures to separate themselves from the sus-
picion of connexion with criminal proceedings, and
to mark their sense of that carelessness of sorce
trades in their bookkeeping which permitted the
perversion of their funds to vicious purposes. Under
whatever condition the facts may have been elicited,
they disclose a detestable conspiracy and a bloody crime.
The trades of England can have no association with this
dreadful guilt, or even with the negligence that permitted
the possibility of its occurrence ; for the Beekire presumes
that Broadhead paid for the cowardly iniquity of Crookes
and Hallam from general funds in his charge. Decisive
measures will certainly be adopted to express the abhor-
rence entertained for this cold and ruthless villainy.
Of the riots at Birmingham, the Chronicle says : " With-

in reasonable limits the authorities are bound to uphold
freedom of speech against mob violence ; but, when a
travelling lecturer comes into the midst of an Irish
catholic population, and declares that every catholic priest
is ' a cannibal and a murderer,' it is no longer a case of
theological discussion, but a direct incitement to a breach
of the peace. As such it ought to have been dealt with.
Sufficient security should have been demanded from
Murphy against the repetition of the offence, and in the
event of that not being forthcoming he should have been
given into the charge of the police. As it is, justice will
certainly not be done in the matter if only the actual
rioters are dealt with. The constructive rioters—Mr.

Whalley, Dr. Armstrong, Colonel Brockman, and the
other officers of the protestant electoral union—who con-
spired to set on, and pay, Murphy, are by far the more
guilty."

Lord Houghton will, on Tuesday next, ask the
First Lord of the Treasury what is the construction which
her Majesty's government place on the words " collective
guarantee " in the second article of the Treaty of the 11th
of May. 1867, relative to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
On Tuesday next Earl de Grey will call atten•
tion to the memorandum recently addressed to the com-
mending offioers of volunteers in regard to the employment
of volunteers in aid of the civil power.

The Earl of Carnarvon intends on Friday next
to move " that a select committee be appointed to con-
sider whether any, and what, arrangements can be made
to remedy the present defective construction of the House
of Lords in reference to hearing."
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BILL.—The bill
before the Howe of Lords proposes to enact that after the
close of this year, no boy under eight years of age, and no
girl under 13, shall be employed in agriculture for hire,
and that no girl under 18 shall be employed in a public
gang. The bill also directs the quarter sessions to make
by-laws, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State,
requiring the attendance at a proper school of boys be-
tween 8 and 13 as a condition of their employment in
agriculture for hire, the attendance to be for 400 hours in
the winter half of the year, and 200 hours in the other
half, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. - lessthan two and a
half hairs on one day not to reckoned, nor attendance be-
yond five hours on one day. Powers are given to magis-
trates, guardians of the pont, and constables to demand
from the employer information n foe ascertain-
ing whether the act is observed. The b. is to be en-
forced by penalties. It is to be in force for one year from
its passing, and to the end of the then next session of par-
liament. No by-laws are to have the effect of preventing
the employment of any boy in agriculture before the clomp
of the year 1867.
THE REPRESENTATION OF LONDON UNIVERSITY.—
There are several gentlemen's names already mentioned as
likely to be put forward for this new University consti-
tuency in the liberal interest, and we rejoice to learn that
measures have been taken to decide the choice of the libe-
rals between themselves, and prevent division in ease of a
conservative candidate taking the field. Mr. Walter Bagehot,
who contested Bridgewater ayear or two ago, and ran his op-
ponent close, has received the support of some very influ-
ential politicians and graduates of the University, including
the Right Hon. George J. Goechen, who, though not a
graduate of the University, is a member of the Senate (its
governing body), and if the Senate is not included in the
constituency, of which by an accident of procedure there
is now some doubt, will withdraw. Mr. James Stanideld,
M.P., Mr. N. A. Leathern, the late member foe Rudders.
field, Mr. Myles O'Reilly, M.P., Mr. Fitzjames Stephen,
who, though • Cambridge man, is a London Bachelor of
Laws, Mr. Jacob Waley, Mr. F. W. Brady, Q.C., Mr.
K Charles. Mr. William Fowler, Professor Greenwood,
Professor Rose*, F.R.S., Professor Stanley Jevons, Dr.
Russell, Dr. Carlin, and many other distinguished gra-
duates, have also given him their support. Dr. Wood,
LLD., of Lincoln's Inn, whose services to the university
have been great in obtaining for it its present pceiton, has
also been put forward, and will command especial support
among the strong body of orthodox dissenters. Mr. Lowe
and Sir John Lubbock, distinguished members of the
Senate, but not graduates of the university, are likely to
be sought after by certain sections of the liberal graduates.
Amidst this plenitude of names, we trust that the liberals
of the university will take care to secure firmly their first
object—not to divide the liberal party and so end by send-
ing some such member to parliament as Durham itself
would approve.—Spectator.
THE COBDEN CLUB. —Lord Russell will preside
at the annual dinner of this club on the 3rd proximo, and
amongst those who will support his lordship are the Duke
of Argyll, Lord Houghton, Lord Amberley, Mr. Goldvrin
Smith, &c. During the past few months the club has
' been joined by several influential members of the legis-
lature.

Eke Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Jtria 21.

The Queen, with Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, 1
Prince Arthur. Prince Leopold, and Prince Louis of Hesse,
left the Castle this morning, at 20 minutes vast 11 o'clock,
for London.

In attendance were the Blarcbionesa of Ely (Lady in
Waiting), Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Hon. D.
de Roe (Equerries in Waiting), Major Elpbmstone, and ,
Captain von Westerweller.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Louis of Hesse, and escorted by a
detachment of the 3rd Hussars, drove from the Padding-
ton Railway station to Marlborough-house, and visited the
Prince and Princess of Wales.

Her Majesty afterwards proceeded to Buckingham
Palace, attended by the Marchioness of Ely.
The Equerries in Waiting were in attendance upon
horseback.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and at-

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tended by the Marchioness of Ely and the Equerries in
Waiting on horseback, left Buckingham Palace at half.
past 5 o'clock and drove to Kensington Palace, where her
Majesty visited the Prince and Princess of Tea. Her
Majesty, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Hussars,
procveded from Kensington to the Paddington Railway
station on her return to Windsor.

Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, Princess
Beatrice, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, and
Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Wester-
weller, joined her Majesty at the Paddington station.
Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy as
Equerry in Waiting.

The Priam of Wales presided yesterday morning at •
meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris
Exhibition at the South Kensington Museum.
In the afternoon his royal highness presided at a meet-
ing of the Belgian Reception Committee at Willis's-rooms.
Messrs. E. and K Emanuel, of Burlington-gardens, have
had the honour of submitting for the Prince of Wales's
inspection the Newcastle and Weymouth Cups for 1867.

The Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady
Susan Melville and Colonel G. G. Gordon, went to London
on Thursday morning and were present at the marriage of
Miss Sybil Grey and the Duke of St. Alban's at the Chapel
Royal.
Their royal highnesses afterwards visited the Prince
and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house, and the
other members of the royal family now in town.
The Marquis of Exeter (the captain of the Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen at Arms) and the Earl of Shrewsbury and Tal-
bot, dined with the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, at
their mess in St. James's Palace, last evening.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the
Council -office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle
plague. The lords present were the Lord President, Lord
Robert Montagu, and the Right Hon. E. Hammond.

THE PRINCE OP WALES AND THE BELGIAN
mar.

Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, as president of the Central Belgian Re.
oeption Committee, presided at a crowded general meeting
held at Willia's•rooma, King•street, St. James's, for the
purpose of receiving a re, ort aa to the progress of the fund
and the organization for the reception of the Belgians on
their arrival next month in England. The Prince of
Wales, who was accompanied by the Belgian minister, M.
Van de Weyer, entered the room about 2.30 p.m., and
was at once installed in the poet of president by Colonel
Loyd Lindsay. who also accompanied his royal highness.
Mr. CoczeitArr having read the minutes of the previous
meeting,

His Royal Highness the Pite•-inEirr, who, on rising, was
received with applause, said—ln opening tho proceedings
of to-Jay, I beg to say that I have great pleasure in com-
ing here to take the chair. When I heard it was settled
that the Belgian volunteers would be invited to this
country, I, by the desire of Colonel Lindsay, with great
pleasure accepted the post of president, or rather honorary
president, for, having many other duties to perform, I
naturally did not want to accept the poet of president
without being able to perform the duty of that post
regularly. I may say, however, that I shall be
always happy to render any assistance in my
power. (Hear, hear.) After the enthusiastic recep-
tion of the English volunteers by his Majesty the King
of Belgium, and the Belgian volunteers and people,
I am sure we shall return the compliment by inviting them
here this year, and I am confident that all the arrange-
ments will he such as to give them great pleasure. There
is a concert, a ball, and also a luncheon by the Lord Mayor;
and I have the pleasure to state that our government has
decided on sending a troop-ship, so as to bring over those
members of the Belgian volunteers who intend coming
entirely free of expense.
The PRINCE, having read the list of prizes to be offered
to the Belgians, said the money promised amounted to
5,500 t, of which 3,3001. had been received, leaving 2,200/.
still to be received. His royal highness resumed his seat
lamidst loud applause.
M. Via' Da IVEYEE, the Belgian Minister, then said—
Your Royal Highness and Gentlemen,—l was perfectly
convinced beforehand that the measures that would be
taken by this committee would be such that my country-
men will return home agreeably convinced of the friendly
feeling with which they will have been received. I know
this country so well that I have not had a doubt on the
subject. Since your royal highness has come forward, I
I am equally convinced that that act of condescension on
the part of your royal highness will be deeply felt and
I, gratefully received in Belgium. (Cheers.)

Colonel LOYD LINDSAY said that since the last time he
met the committee matters had transpired which it was
his duty to report. He had paid a visit to Brussels, and
had the honour of seeing his Majesty the King, who ex-
pressed himself in those kind terms that he always used
towards the English people—(cheers)—and said it would
give him great pleasure to be among his countrymen over
here, but the duties of his parliament, which opened on
the let of July. and his army, which encamped in the
same month, would render it extremely difficult for him
to come. He, however, Jul not wish it to be under-
stood that be would not come. (Cheers.) He would use
every endeavour to be present. He (Colonel Lindsay)
was then called upon to receive deputations from many of
the principal towns in Belgium, and to them he detailed
all the proceedings of the committee, telling them what
was prepared for them—that they would be expected
on the 11th of July—that her Majesty's Minister,
the First Lord of the Admiralty, had kindly
consented to send one of her Majesty's finest transports to
fetch the Belgians from a place 22 miles below Antwerp,
and convey them to Gravesend ; that the journey would
occupy 12 hours, and that during the whole of that period
they would be entertained at the cost of a grant from the
Treasury. (Cheers.) The transport would arrive at
Gravesend about noon, where they would he met by the
Woolwich Company, who bad very handsomely under-
taken, at a nominal charge (to satisfy the shareholders)
to land their force at Westminster. On the following
day (the 12th) the City authorities would entertain the
entire force at a banquet at the Guildhall. By permission
of her Majesty the Queen they would subsequently visit
Windsor Castle and other places of public interest. They
would also be invited to a grand ball and concert at the
Agricultural-ball He had not been able to ewer-
tam as yet the exact number of visitors they might
expect. The great embarrassment the committee had to
contend with was to select the entertainments from the
large number offered. They had no doubt seen by the
daily. papersthat the Duke of Devonshire had invited the
Belgians to Chatsworth. The distance to there was some-
thing like 200 miles, and us it would be utterly impossible
to perform the journey there and back in one day, the invi-
tation had to be declined. The naval review which every
man who was aware of the naval greatness of England
would wish the Belgians to have an opportunity of seeing,
conk( not be included in the programme, ea he understood
from the Admiralty that there was some doubt as to its
taking place at the time mentioned, and the day had there-
fore been appropriated to something else. There wereinvita-
tions from Woolwich—from his own corps—from the First
Surrey RifieVolunteers and from the Tower Hamlets ; but
they could not be accepted. The authorities of the South
Kensington Museum had kindly consented to give a
fete at the Museum on he 17th, 18th, or 19th
of July, whichever day suited the committee. In conclu-
sion, Colonel Lindsay stated that amongst others he had
sent invitations to visit England to the following : the
officers of the King's household ; ministers and their
secretaries, general as well as private ; burgomasters of
the principal towns ; heads of the naval department ;
officers of the Belgian regular army; commander of the
Dutch contingent who was at Brussels; commanding
officer of the French Guard ; general commanding the
French Municipal Guard, and the captains of the steamers
that conveyed the British volunteers. (Cheers.) He had
omitted to state before that the Thames Boat Clubs had
liberally offered to get up a grand fete on the day the
Belgians went to Richmond. (Cheers.)
H. VAN DE WEYER said that although he had no right
to express an opinion,_ he begged his royal highness's
permission to say that having listened attentively to the
statement of Colonel Lindsay, be felt that the arrange-
ments were such as would impress his countrymen with
the great hospitality of the English people. (Cheer,.)
An offer was made on behalf of the mayors of York
and Leeds to entertain the Belgians, and defray the ex-
penses of transit. A vote of thanks was weed for the
offer, which, however, was declined.
In answer to a question,
Colonel LINDSAY said the council of the 'Fir National
had been invited to England.
On the motion of Colonel Litaidur, a vote of thanks
was passed to the Prince of Wales, who then retired
amidst applause.
Colonel LINDSAY took the chair during the transaction
of the remainder of the business. After a lengthened de-
, bate, an executive committee, consisting of 15 members
(inclusive of the present executive), was appointed to con-
trol the expenditure of the money, and report to the
general committee. Five members to form a quorum. The
following are the names of the gentlemen elected to make
up the number of 15 :-Colonel M`Lecid, Lord Bury, the
Duke of Grafton, Colonel Gregory, Lord Paulet, Colonel
Warde, Sir Benjamin Phillips, the Earl of Londesborough,
the Duke of Manchester, and Mr. Graves, M.P.
The election of this committee concluded the business
of the meeting.

litairgurr To THE JUDGER. Alderman and
Sheriff Weterlow and Sheriff Lyoett gave a grand ban-
quet last evening, in Stationers'-hall, to her Majesty's
judges and a large number of distinguished legal and
civic celebrities. Amongst the guests, who numbered
over 200, were :--Lord Justice Turner, Vice-Chancellor
Stuart, Baron Pigott, Justice Shee, Justice Mellor, Justice
Lush, Mr. G. J. Goachen, M.P. ; Alderman Salomon.,
M.P. ; Sit J. B. Kerslake, M.P. ; Sir F. G. Moon, Mr.
Locke, M.P. ; Mr. Huddleston, M.P. ; Alderman Lusk,
M.P. ; Mr. Garth, M.P. ; Hon. G. Denman, M.P. ; Mr.
Goodson, M.P. ; Mr. Holden, M.P. ; Mr. Allen, M.P. ;
Mr. E. James, M.P., &c. The banquet was replete with
an abundance of rare fruits, wines, and flowers, and the
guests were entertained with a selection of music from
Mr. Weiss, Mr. W. Cooper, Miss Cole, and Mies Elton.
The dutie, of chairman were performed alternately by both
sheriffs " The health, of her Majesty's judges "
was responded to with judicious brevity by Vice-Chan-
cellor Stuart, who was especially gratified at receiving the
profuse hospitality of the sheriffs in so ancient and cele-
brated a place as Stationars'.hall. On behalf of the judges
be expressed their pleasure at being so agreeably " entered
at Stationers'-hall," and hinted that they would have no
objection to effect a similar entrance on some future occa-
sion. Mr. Locke, M.P., acknowledged the toast of " the
House of Commons." In doing so he said there was now
before the house a hill which nobody by any possibility
could have anticipated. (Laughter.) It was not the bill
brought in at fint—flaughter)—not • bill that was yet
completed. He sincerely hoped that when the bill was
passed it would give what to bill had ever yet given,
namely, universal satisfaction. (Laughter.) In the course
of some further remarks the hon. gentleman said he
believed the Reform Bill would admit to the franchise
every man who was worthy of it. Other toasts followed.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The Archbishop of York
will be the preacher at the 7 p.m. service to-morrow
eveninr.
DEATH OF MR. GEORGE BATTY.—We have to
record the death of Mr. George Batty, who, as a proprietor
of the establishment known as " Betty's Menagerie," must
be well remembered by many of our readers. Mr. Batty
died as Ramie, in France. on Wednesday. the sth inst., at
the age of &I. The deceased was the only brother of Mr.
William Batty, the celebrated equestrian, and was the
father of Mr. Batty, known as " The Lion King." His col-
lection of wild beasts was very valuable. Mr. George Batty
retired from business about eight year ago, and for some
time had lived in retirement at Jersey. A few weeks since
he went over to France on a pleasure trip, was taken ill at
the above place, and died very suddenly. His death will
be deeply regretted by a large circle of friends—Bra.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(tzona's niamems.)
PORTUGAL

. .LISBON Jeve 22,

In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu,
ties the bills for the reform of the penal code and
the abolition of capital rmishment were pat 34.4
with:'only two dissentient votes.

BOMBAY (HEAVY MAIL).
GIBRALTAR, JUNE ?)
_ _ _

The Ripon left at 6 this morning for South-
ampton, where she may be expected on the 2tith
inst.

AMERICA.
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The Hamburg and American Company's steamer'
Borussia passed the Needles at 9.20 a.m. to-day.

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NEW YORK JUNE 21, G r.w.
The Liberals have captured General Santa Anna
at Siaal.

The Inman steamship City of New York and the
Nebraaka arrived out to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

Closing prices :—Gold, 138. Sterling exchange
on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 114.
Illinois, 120 i. Erie, 591. Cotton, middling
upland, 2dil. Petroleum, yenned, 24.

[Thu telegram arrived in London to-day (Saturday) at
6.09. a.m.)

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

MON OUB OWN CORILISPONDENT.)

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.

At the sitting of the Corps Legislatif to-day
President Schneider, in pursuance of the reac-
tionary arrangement to which I have alluded, said
he would call upon the chamber to fix its own
order of the day. He would propose that among
the bills ripe for discussion the budget should be
taken first.

M. Jules Simon mounted the tribune. He
said the public accused the chamber of wasting
the public time. The charge was unjust. The
real cause of the delay in the despatch of business
was the regulations; which were imposed on the
chamber by the executive power, and which neces.
sitated, if any amendments were made to a
bill, repeated references to the committee and the
Council of State. The address which had been
abolished, and for which the measures now to be
postponed were the only compensation, was no
longer an excuse for bringing forward urgent bills
late in the session. He quite admitted the neces-
sity of mature consideration in the exercise of their
legislative powers, and the rather because in his
opinion the parliamentary power was the greatest
of all and the most essential to liberty. As to the
army bill, the opposition would be delighted to see
it withdrawn, and that whether there was to be
war or peace. If the sad necessity of war was to
be forced upon the country, he would rather raise
men by the old and tried means instead of having
recourse to experiments such as this bill
was. But as he hoped for peace, an ad-
journment sine die of this bill would do no
harm whatever. The promise of an amelioration
of the law on public meetings, made five months
ago, had made a great impression on the public
mind and the country called for its fulfilment. The
same might be said of the bill on the press. There
had been a talk of a dissolution—a thing which in
his mind excited neither hopes nor fears; but it
would be sad if an appeal were to be made to the
country without the realisation of solemn promises
from the throne tending to ensure a larger measure
of freedom of election. It was scandalous to have
it said that the head of the State wanted
liberal laws, which the chamber was reluctant to
vote. The chamber owed an account to the country
both of the employment and the loss of its time ;
and he would move that the Press Bill should be
placed first in the order of the day for discussion.
M. Rouher dwelt upon the necessity of mature
consideration, while at the same time he earnestly
protested that the government, far from desiring
to shrink from its promises, was most anxious to
have all the bills passed. The Army Bill he
considered most important—not with reference
to unfounded rumours of war, but because it would
place the defences of the country on a permanent
footing. The late period of the year, however,
made it impossible to get through the bunnies
before the chamber without interfering with the
councils-general. He would promise a supplemen-
tal session early in November. Meanwhile, the
government executed the present laws in a liberal
spirit.
MM. Picard and Emile 011ivier denied this,
and said that demands of authorisation to found
journals were constantly refused.
M. Thiers, adopting the opinion expressed by
M. Jules Simon, said the chamber was not to
blame for the delay in voting the most important
measures of the session ; but the regulations which
fettered their proceedings had much to answer for.
At all events it could not be said this year that
useful business had been retarded by speechification
on the address. He congratulated the coalmines
on the Army Bill on having obtained severs)
important amendments from the Council of State.
He was sorry not to be able to compliment tle
committees on the Press and Public Meetings
Bills on the results of their efforts. The liberty if
the press was one of the five liberties which were
essential. He had closely watched the working of
that liberty for forty years and it had been large)!
used against him. But the press was a great
institution his opinion of which could not be
affected by personal matters. He would he very
glad now that the bills were to be adjourned
to November to have some clear under-
standing with government that the ground
gained would not be lost. Here M. Thiern
was interrupted by tumultuous cries of "The
order of the day," " La cloture," which prevented
him from saying another word that was audible.
After some hurried explanations, amidst the con-
fusion from the reporters, M. Nugent St. Laurens
and M. Peyrusse, defending the committees on the
Press and Public Meetings Bills against the charge
that they had wished to smother them, the order
of the day fixing the budget as the nest subject
for debate, and implicitly sanctioning the poet-
' ponement to November of the other bills, was
carried, 34 deputies only voting c,e,tra. Thus
ended the solemn farce.

Prince Charles, brother of the King of prussic,
is expected in Paris oil the let or ltd of July, in isotopes,
with his wife, the Princess Maria, of sue-Weinuir. Prince
Charles is now G 6 years of age.
Mr. Jefferson Davis was lately serenaded
Niagara. Ile expressed his thanks in the following speech
—" Gentlemen, I thank you sincerely for the bosom r
have this evening shown me. It shows that true Brits
manhood to which misfortune is always attractive. IR
peace and prosperity be for ever the blessing of Camas.
she has been the asylum of many of my friend., as she 0
now an asylum for myself. I hope that Canals may
ever amain a part the British empire ; and may God bill',
you all, and the British deg never cease to wave over 70

ALLEGED PROCLAMAThIN BY

MAXIMILIAN.

The following proclamation is said w lave been
issued by Maximilian :
" Countrymen—After the valour and patriotism of the
. !ad.lican fumes have destroyed my sceptre in this place,
.4 a hich a tenacious defence was indispensable to save the
I..aiour of try cause and of my race ; after the bloody siege
in which the imperial and republican soldiers have com-
p red in abnegation and boldness, I will explain myself.
eontryinen, I came to Mexico not only animated with
tie best of faith insuring the felicity of all and each of
u, but called and protected by the Emperor of France,
N..pideon 111. Ile, to the ridicule of France, abandoned
mo. cowardly and infamously, by demand of the United
states, after having uselessly spent forces and treasure
and shed the lipoid of her sons and your own. When the
news of my fall and death reaches Europe, all the
monarchs of Charlemagne's country will demand of the
Napoleonic dynasty an account of my blood, of
the German, Belgian. and French blood shed in Mexico.
Then will Napoleon the Third be covered with shame from
beef to foot. To-day he has already seen his Majesty the
Emperor of Austria, my august brother, praying for my
life to the United States, and myself a prisoner of war in
the hands of the republican government, and with my
crown and my head torn in pieces.
Country•wen—Here are my last words. I desire that
ry blood may regenerate Mexico, and serve as a warning
to all ambitious and incautious princes ; and that you will
act with prudence and truthfulness, and ennoble with your
vii ties the political cause of the Beg you sustain. May
Providence save you, and make you worthy of myself.
(Signed) "MAXIMILIAN."

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS POE MEE
ENSUINO WEEK.

The following notices of motions and orders of
the .I.Ly stand in the order book of the House of Cour-
n:oll3 fur the ensuing week:
MuNDAY, JUN. 24.
(Mom or THE DAT. _ _

P, presentation of the People MI-committee ; Galway
Ihrleur (Composition of Debt) Bill-third reading;
In dish White Herring Fishery Bill-third reading;
lathe Health (Scotland) Bill-committee ; Supply Re-
port • consideration of postponed resolution ; Contagions
Imeases (Anneals) Bill-second reading ; Writ. Keg stra-
non (Scotland) Bill-second reading ; Admiralty Juris-
diction Bill -second reading ; Blackwater Bridge Bill-
committee; Bankruptcy Bill-committee; Judgment
Debtors Bill-committee ; Bankruptcy Acts Repeal-coni-
niittee ; Vaccination Bill-as amended, to be considered ;
Courts of Law ()dicers (Ireland) (Salaries and Fees]-re.
fort thereon ; Supply-committee ; Supply-report ; Lon-
don Cool and Wine Duties Continuance Bill-necond read-
ing; Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improvement
(Loans) Bill-second reading ; Charitable Donations and
Bequests (Ireland) Bill-as amended, to be considered ;
Ways and means- c,ommittee ; Petit Juries (Ireland)-
committee ; Land Tax Commissioners' Names Bill-third
reading ; Puhlic Beeson's (Ireland) Bill-committee ;
Statute Law Revision Bill-committee ; Vice-Admiralty
Courts Act Amendment Bill- -second rending ; Lis Pen-
dens Bill-third reading ; l'awnbroking Bill-second read-
ing; Linen and other Manufactures (Ireland) Bill-com-
mittee ; Real Estate Charges Act Amendment Bill-com-
rnittee ; Christ Church Ordinances (Oxford) Bill-third
reading ; Metropolitan Improvements Bill-second read-
ing. -

TI mintr, Juin Z.
Noricro or MOTIONS.

Mr. O'Beirne—Lade,) -istates----ii;tiland)—That this
house will resolve itself into a committee to consider an
bumble address to be presented to her Majesty praying
that she will be gniciously pleased to take into considera-
tion the expediency of recommending to the house to
grant a soot by way of loan, not exceeding one million
sterling, to be employed in the purchase of estates which
may be offered for sale in the landed Estates Court in
Ireland, such estates to be resold, in subdivided farms, of
not less than ten or more than one hundred acres each to
the occupying tenants of such estates ; or, in the event of
the tenants declining to purchase, then to such other
person a'. may be willing to purchase the same in sub-di-
vided fans, the purpose being to assert and encourage an
independent proprietary of small freehold estates in Ire-
land.

ORDERS Of THE DAT.

Libel Bill—committee7Eicilcaiiisi fi;:;l7ltles Act Repeal
Itill--second reading ; ittorneye', &a, Certificate Duty
Bill--oommittee ; Investment of Trust Funds Bill—second
reading ; Railways (Guards and Passengers' Communica-
tion) Bill—adjourned debate on going into committee ;
Church Kates Abolition Bill—committee ;(Mines, Ac.,
Assessment Bill—committee ; Tramways (Ireland) Acta
Amendment Bill—committee. _ _

IVEDNEUVAT, JUNE 26.
OMANI or THE DAT.

Land Tenure (Ireland) Bill—second reading ; Railway
Companies (Winding-up) (Ireland) Bill—second reading ;
Military at Elections (Ireland) Bill—asoond reading ; Re-
presentation of the People (Ireland) Bill—second reading ;
Turnpike Trusts Bill—committee ; Sale of Liquors on
Sunday Bill—second reading ; Execution of Deeds Bill—
committee ; Teats Abolition (Oxford and Cambridge) Bill
—adjounied Debate on third reading (18th June) ; Mixed
Marriages (Ireland) Bill—committee ; Industrial and Pro-
vident Societies Bill—committee.

THUR.sDAY, J ME 27.
ORDERS OF THE DAT.

Murder Law Ameodroeat Bill—second reading ; Capital
Punishments within Prisons Bill—wand reading; Arti-
stes' and Labourers' Dwellings Bill—committee; Office of
Judge in the Admiralty, Divorce, and Probate Cowie Bill
—second reading; Meetings in the Royal Parks Bill—
second reading ; Judges Chambers (Despatch of Business)
Bill—committee ; Edinburgh Provisional Order Confirma-
the Bill--second reading ; Courts of Law Officers (Ires.
had) Bill—committee; Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act
(1265) Amendment
.11M—second. reading.

•
NOTICES OF MOTION&
TUUNEDAT, Jur.i 27.
Mr. Evart—To move, on the second reading of the
larder Law Amendment Bill, to leave out all the won's
after " that " fur the purpose of inserting these words,
" it is inexpedient any longer to maintain the punishment
a( death for murder."

Mr. Ireete--0u second reading of Murder Law Amend-
ment Bill, to move to leave out all the words after the
word " that," in order to insert the words " Political
offences be exempt from the punishment of death when
not committed under circumstances that would constitute
the crime of murder."

Sir George Bowyer—On second reading of Murder Law
Amendment Bill, to move that it be read a second time
upon this day six months.
Mr. Serjeant Gaaelee—On second reading of Capital
Panishmenta within Prisons Bill, to move that it be read
a second time upon this day six months.
Mr. Neate—On second reading of Meetings in Royal
Parks Bill, to move to leave out all the words after the
word " that," in order to insert the words "it is not expe-
dient to devil with the subject of public meetings in the
aastropolis with reference only to the royal perks.
Mr. Taylor --On second reading of Meetings in Royal
Parks Bill, to move that it be read • second time upon
this day six months._ _

FRIDAT, JIIPIC 2g.
09D211 or TH2 DAT.
Local Government t3uppleusental (No. 5) Bill--second
Wig.
... --

Noricis or Moriors.

On going into Committee of Supply.
Kr. Blake—To call attention to the insufficiency of the
dietary in the county prisons in Ireland ; and to move a
resolution.

Mr. Chichester Fortetene—To move that this house con-
siders it essential to the satisfactory settlement of the
question of parliamentary reform that there should be an
amendment of the law relating to the representation of
the people in Ireland as well as in the other portions of the
United Kingdom; and considers it desirable that, in accord-
ance with the expressed promise of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the government should introduce and lay upon
the table their bill upon that subject before the house is
asked to read for the third time the bill for the amend-
ment of the representation of the people in England.
Captain Vivian—To call the attention of the house to a
circular lately issued from the War department defining
the duties of volunteers in cases of riot ; and to move
that the volunteer force was established solely for the pur-
pose of security against foreign invasion, and that the
members of ttat force, in cases of domestic tumult or dis-
tirbsuice, have no obligations or duties distinct from those
of other citizens, and are in such oases no more than any
other citizen liable toordersand instructions from the mili-
tary or civil authorities.

A letter from Singapore. dated the 6th of May,
m110%112001 the arrival there of her Majesty's surveying
ship Sylvia, Captain Brooker, on ber way to Japan. She
leached at the Cap- and Trincomalee, and visited the An-
daman Islands in search of the flat rock. The rock was
found about GO miles from land. It is about the sire of •
table on an invisible hank, and stands 8 feet out the water
at low tide. She then proceeded to the Little Andaman
to learn particulars of the murder of the crew of the Eng-
lish merchant ship Asmara Valley. It was discovered that
the Little Andaman is in possession of the Nicobar inlanders,
notorious pirates and murderers, and it is expected that
the Indian government will send • strong force down to
devort the scoundrels. The Sylvia then touched at Mar-
"ban, an,l sounded the Malay coast for the telegraph cable
from India to China through the Ma'am. Strata. She
leaves here shortly for Saigon, Hong Kong, the Formoes,
walla, and Japan. Her Majesty ship Pearl, on her way to
Borneo, and her Majesty's ship Salamis, on her way to Sara-
wak, have both met with some damage by striking on the
Ado rock. Her Majesty's ship Rinaldo is here.