The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-12 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES.

The West India and Pacific Company's steamship
Chilian arrived at Liverpool yesterday with three
days' later news from Jamaica, havingleft Kingston
on the 16th oh. •

By this arrival we have received Panama dates to
the ith ult. The vexed question between Chili and
Bolivia, as to the possession of the guano deposits,
had been amicably settled by the disputed territory
being equitably divided between the two dispu-
tants, the degree of 24 south being the dividing
line.

A French firm, Arnaud and Co., had offered the
sum of six millions of dollars for the privilege of
working the lately discovered guano deposits re-
ferred to above, known as Upper Peruvian guano.
The Jamaica Gleaner of the 15th ult. says :
" We have been informed that his Excellency Sir
John Peter Grant, K.C.8., visited the other day
a negro wedding party, in the vicinity of Creigh-
ton, and after partaking of a glass of wine, wished
the happy couple success in life. Little incidents
of this kind are particularly pleasing, and are
likely to do much in restoring the confidence of the
negroes in the administration which countenances
their social virtues."

A severe storm passed over Jamaica on the 12th
ult., and in Spanish Town the lightning set fire to
a quantity of rum.

THE LAMIRANDE CASE.—In an article upon this
subject the New York Times, of the 28th ult., says :
" Aside from the criminality of this man as a defaulting
cashier of the Branch Bank at Poitiers in the sum of
480,000 f., or nearly 100,000 dolt., there is some romance in
his flight and capture. But before we speak of this, we
desire to express our stern disapprobation of the manner

in which this criminal was abducted from Canada by , -----
•
4. The Huntsman of his Majesty the Emperor, on
French detectives and their eiders. We have given the
details of it already, and need not now recount them. It horseback, with twenty assistants on foot, in green and
gold, and followed by the Chief of the Imperial Hunt on
was clearly an infraction of sovereign rights of the British
mown on British soil. He was spirited away forcibly and horseback.
5. A state carriage, drawn by six horses, containing
clandestinely, and not only contrary to all law, local as
two Masters of the Ceremonies, carrying each a staff of
well uinternational, but even in spite of the positive
orders of the Lower Canadian Court of Queen's Bench. If cftlee'
of
such a thing had happened in this country, no matter how 6. 'The Grand Master
criminal the man, how evident the proof, or how great the carriage au" by sir horse the Ceremonies, in an open
s'
7. Eight Gentlemen of the Bedchamber on horseback,
presumption, as a matter of principle the executive would
preceded by a Master of the Ceremonies on horseback.
certainly interfere to have him restored to tit,: jurisdiction
8. Four Chamberlas on horseback, also preceded by a
of the court from which he was forcibly taken to foreign
mounted Master of the Ceremonies.
parts."
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS or ENGLAND.— I 9. An Officer of the Imperial Stables and two grooms.
10. The Secondary Officers of the Court (Second.,
The following members of the college having been elected
fellows at previonsmeetings of the council, were admitted Charges), and the Chamberlains and Gentlemen of the
as such at a meeting on the 11th instant, viz.—Mears. Bedchamber on duty, in state carriages, four in each.
John Hammett Collins, Jurnalpore East Indies, diploma 11. The Marshal of the Court in an open carriage, carry-
of membership, dated July 26,1839; Samuel Marsden Halls- ing his rod of office.
worth, Atherstone, Warwickshire, Oct. 2, 1840 ; and Ro-
bert Butterfield Cumming, M.D., St. Andrew's, Malpss,
12. The High Officers of the Imperial Court (Grandee
Cheshire, Jane 16,1838. Charges), the High Marshal of the Court of Denmark, and
The deaths from cholera in Liverpool last week the Danish Ministers and Secretary of Legation, all in
were 99, showing a decided decrease in the mortality from magnificent state carriages drawn by six horses.
the prevailing epidemic. At the meeting of the health 13. Count Sh valoff the Grand Marshal of the Imps.
committee yesterday, a member thought the cholera sheds .j., court, Is 11
gilt chariot, i drawn by h,.......
should not have been closed, and the medical officer of `l''"' — a low '''-- ---' ---
health said that he was of opinion that it was still name- 14. Another troop of the Circassian Body Guard.
airy to pour carbolic acid down the gutters and semis. 15. Iquariss.

18. An Maw of the Imperial Stables on horseback.
17. Ms Imperial Majesty the Emperor, his Imperial
Highness the Heir Apparent, his Royal Highness the
Prince Royal of Denmark, and all the other Grand
Deka§ and Princes of the Imperial Family, on horseback,
Surrounding the state carriage, in which rode the Empress
and the Mode.

• 18. Her Imperial Majesty the Empress, with her Royal
'Highness to Princess Dagmar, in a gorgeous gilt coach,
drawn by tight magnificent bay horses, led by as many
grooms splendidly appointed. Two pages rat at the front
braces of the carriages, while four Cossacks of the chamber, 1
sir pages of the bed-chamber, and four equerries followed
on foot ; the chief of the =liter, escort and the 'rend
muter of the stables riding at the hind wheels, in the rear
of the Emperor and members of the Imperial family.
Of course, it was towards this carriige that all
eyes were bent, but unfortunately it was only those
4who had:. stationed themselves on the left aide
of the street that could get a good view
of the Princess. Your correspondent was for-
tunately amongst those that caw her royal highness
Perfectly, and he is bound to place on record that
it bad never been his lot to see a face more charm-
in% pr aos more perfect and winning. Her royal
highness bowed constantly, and smiled the smile
which is the distinguishing feature of her beauty.
She already wore the dress of the Imperial Court,
a red velvet tiara (called in Russian a kokoshunr),
richly sprinkled with diamonds. The rest of her
dress was necessarily white, but how it was orna-
mented or fashioned your correspondent is quite
unable to say, for all he could see through a plate-
glass window was a rosy, cheerful face, gracefully
moving is a cloud of tulle.

19. The milted the Emperor, of the Grand Dukes, and of
the Prince of Denmark.

[STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.]

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

BANQUET TO THE DELEGATES.
A banquet was given last evening, at the Albion
Hotel, Alcleregate.etreet, by the British North American
Association, to the delegates from Nova Soria and New
Brunswick now in England. About sixty gentlemen WU,
present. The Hon. ARTHUR ICIIINAIRD, M.P., presided,
supportedon his right by the Earl of Cimarron, the How
Dr. Tupper, of Nova Scotia (delegate) ; Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P. ; and Colonel North, M.P. ; and on his left
by the Hon. Mr. Tilley (delegate), of New Brunswick ;
Mr. E. Watkin, M.P. • Mr. Minas, Governor of British
Guiana ; and the Hon. Yr. Hibbert. Amongstthe other dole.
gates parent were Mesas. Mitchell, Chandler, Arehibold,
/Malley, Fisher, M'Farlane, and Johnson. The general
company comprised Sir F. Head, Sir C. M. Sampson' Mr.
'W. Hartridge, Sir C. P. Roney, Sir F. Bogen, Mr. New
march, and Mr. P. Gillespie. The dinner was served
d la Run, and wee of the most rerAerolti character.
The awl loyal trete having been disposed of,
The Crummier said they had nothing to do with polities
in that room, but he thought they would all drink, with
pleasure, to her Majesty's Ministers, who, he hoped, would
be able to carry OD the government with advantage to the
country. They were greatly indebted to the noble earl on
hie right the Minister for the Colonies, who had honored
them with his presence, and they were also much indebted
to his predecessor the Duke of Newcastle, who threw his
heart and soul into the great object of confederation of
those provinces ; and rio less were the indebted to Mr.
Cardwell, who gave his beet energies to carry out this great
object ; and he had no doubt that the noble earl on his right
would as heartily join his endeavours to carry out the Name
object. . •

The Earl of CARSeIIVON, in replying to the tome, mid
the question of the confederation of the provinces had
not yet come under the official consideration of her
Majesty's government. When it did, no doubt there
would be many point. to consider, many interests to be
weighed, some differences of opinion to be reconciled.
In the meantime, it would be premature on his part,
and he should be departing from his public duty,
if he expressed an opinion on this great ques-
tion, but in the name of all three in this country who
took an interest in this great national subject, he was free
to welcome those representatives of the British North
American provinces who were with us ; and he was free
on the part of her Majesty's government to promise an
earnest and respectful attention to everything that those
governments might urge when they came into trammel on
behalf of those provinces, those towns, and those govern'
ments of which they came as the accredited envoys.
(Cheers.) lie could promise them that they should find
no indifference on the part of her Majesty's government to
their wishes, no want of confidence in their national as-
Orations, and he thought that whatever might be the
issue of that counsel, they should at least present this
picture, which would be a picture not unworthy
altogether of this country, and as far as he
knew, unparalleled in the colonial history of the
world ; they would show the picture of • mother
country discussing frankly, freely, and friendly with her
colonies great constitutional changes desired and proposed
by them, with the assistance of the mother country,
without one particle of jealousy or of mistrust ; and, on
the side of the colony, with the most earnest loyalty and
affection to the mother country. (Cheers.) Changes, no
doubt, in the course of time, might come, which might
vary our relationship with our distant colonies, but
changes depended very much in their nature on the spirit
in which they were conceived, and also upon the spirit in
which they were met ; and when changes were made in
such a temper as was shown on both sides in this ques-
tion, he thought there was no reason to fear the result.
Once in the history of England it so happened that we parted
from some of our great colonies with • bad spirit, and in •
misunderstanding, the evil effect of which was felt for
many a long year, and left traces of themselves in jealous
exasperation and embittered relations between those who
ought to have been firm friends and allies, which it had
required many years, more than a generation, to over-
come. Gradually that feeling had, he believed and hoped,
passed away, anti the two nations had come under
the influence of mutual respect. But, at all
events, this had taught us a useful lesson, and he
thought we need not be ashamed to own it. It taught us
that conciliation was better than coercion; it taught us
that if we would have confidence that would be repaid to
us a hundredfold. It taught us, and it taught the colonies
also, that the interest of England and the interest of the
colonies properly understood was not a separate or a dis-
tinct interest, but that the more prosperous the colonies
were the greater would be the strength they would confer
upon the mother country. (Cheers.)

20. Gilt oarrisges, drawn by six hones, with their Impe-
rial Highnesses the Grand Duchess Constantine, the
Grand Duchess Nicholas, the Grand Duchess Mary
(daughter of the Emperor), and the Grand Duchess Olga
(daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine), accompanied
by the equerries and pages of their respective courts.

21. The Grand Duchess Catherine and the Princess
Eugenie of Leuchtenberg, also in a carriage drawn by six
horses, and with similar attendants.
22. The first troop of the Cuirssaiers of the Guard.
M. The ladies in waiting and maids of honour to the
several courts, in gilt carriages.
24. A troop of Cossacks of the Guard, termin►ting the
procession.

On reaching the Cathedral of Our Lady of
Kazan, the cortege stopped ; the Emperor and the
Grand Dukes alighted from their horses, while the
Empress, the Princess, and the Grand Duchesses
left their carriages and ascended the steps of the
cathedral, at the door of which they were met by
the metropolitan and clergy carrying the cross and
holy water. The prayers lasted but a short time,
when the Emperor and the rest of the Imperial
family, issuing out of the cathedral, took their
former places in the procession, which then moved
on uninterruptedly in the direction of the Winter
Palace. Towards this point a human tide at
once began to set in, until it filled the huge
open place of the Admiralty to overflowing.
The point of attraction was the tent of the Em-
press, erected over the south entrance of the pa-
lace, where the Princess was evidently expected to
appear to the people. They were not long kept in
suspense, for the whole of the cortege had scarcely
got within the palace gates before the Emperor
and Empress, with the Czarewitch and Princess
Dagmar, came forward and bowed repeatedly in
acknowledgment of the enthusiastic cheers raised
on their appearance. The air at one time was per-
fectly darkened by the shower of bats and caps that
were thrown up in token of exuberant joy. Her
royal highness was obliged, by the continued accla-
mations, to come forward again, and show herself
for a few more seconds to her future subjects.

At night the city was brilliantly illuminated.
The Nevsky was one mass of light, but the most
striking effect was produced on the Admiralty and
Isaacs places. Here the architectural lines of the
gigantic buildings of the Etat Major and Admiralty
were illuminated in the most perfect taste. A
house belonging to a rich Russian merchant in the
Nevsky was, however, most admired by the popu-
lace, on account of the splendid bouquets of fire
which filled each window. But I mnst not omit to
mention the Fortress. That grim Newgate for
political prisoners was also traced out with lines
of light which made it look like a fairy palace
floating on the surface of the still, moonlit Nova.
The Princess, as she drove through the town at
night with the Emperor, Empress, and Czarewitch
must indeed have felt herself transported into
fairy land.
On Sunday the Imperial family went in state to
the Opera. The tickets had been previously dis-
tributed by official authority, with an intimation
that gentlemen were to appear in full uni-
form and the ladies in ball dresses. The
Emperor, accompanied by all the members
of his family, including of course the Prin-
cess Dagmar, entered the Imperial box at about
eight, when every one rose and stood in silence
while the Russian and Danish national anthems
were being performed by the orchestra. Some
disappointment has been felt by the general public
at the cold and undemonstrative form of reception
which had been strictly enjoined on the audience
by the officials who conducted the ceremonies, hut
the Journal de St. Petertafroury explains that " the
law of etiquette, strictly interpreted, demanded
that it should be thus."

It looks very much as if the " law of etiquette',
had deprived the Princess of the hearty cheers that
would otherwise have greeted her.
On Monday the court left for Czarsko Selo,
where it will remain until the next ceremony—the
annointing of the Princess with the oil of Russo-
Greek orthodoxy.

GREAT FIRE AT NOTTING HAM. -NOTTINGHAM,
THURSDAY NIGHT, 10 P.M.—A tremendous fire broke out in
the lace establishment of Mr. Charles Hill, at 8 o'clock

to-night. The building is completely gutted, and the fire
is still raging, fears being entertained for the safety of
the adjoining lace warehouses. The damage at present is
estimated at 15,000/. . .

CAPTAIN JAMES ANDERSON. —The following is a
copy of a communication sent by the Mercantile Marine
Service Association to Captain Anderson :—" Sir,—l am
desired by the council of the Mercantile Marine Service
Association to convey to you their most hearty congratu-
lation,' upon your recent brilliant and euccesaful services
in connexion with the laying of the telegraph wires between
England and America, thus joining together by unprece-
dented sagacity, perseverance, and skill the people of old
England with their kinsfolk in the United States and in
Canada—the inhabitants of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and
the ancient governments and special interests that attach to
these three quarters of the globe, with the large and daily
increasing portion of the great human family populating
North and South America—in a word, binding by the me-
tallic cords of matured science, and, as we also hope, by
the less material though more important ties of nature and
Christian affection, the Old and the New World, in an ever-
enduring and indissoluble bond of mutual trust, closer
friendship, and increasing esteem. The council have re-
quested me specially to mention their pride, as members of
the mercantile marine serviaz of this country, in witnessing
as the happy consummation of your prosperous and me-
ritorious career the marked and generous proof of her
Gracious Majesty's appreciation of your distinguished pub-
lic services, and of your high personal character as a citizen
of this great empire. I am sure that I am fully justified in
adding that every individual member of the association is
personally gratified by your well deserved and most gra-
ciously bestowed distinction, and it may well be taken as
their united and earnest hope that you may long be spared
to enjoy the proud position you have attained ; and, fur-
thermore, that every blessing may attend you to your life's
end. The name of Captain Sir James Anderson must ever
be prominent on the roll of British seamen, and will always
act as a stimulus to the mercantile marine of England so to
discharge their onerous and highly responsible duties as to
merit the approval of others and of their own consciences. I
am, Sir, faithfully yours, CLARE ASPIBALL, Secretary.
66, Tower-buildings, Water-street Liverpool, Oct. s.—Cap-
tain James Anderson, the Great Eavtem."
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND RECTAL OUTRAGE ON
A FIWALE.—On Tuesday evening, about 5 o'clock, as a
servant girl named Jane Fry, 16 years of age, was pro-
I ceeding front Forest Gate to Manor House, on the forest,
and had arrived at a very lonely part, having with her a
child in a perambulator, a ruffian sprang on her from the
bushes by the side of the ditch and demanded her money,
at the same time threatening to take her life with •
knife if she did not give it up. Before she had time to
get away, or make any resistance, he struck her • violent
blow on the head with • stick, and then seizing her
by the throat dragged her into the ditch, where he
rendered her senseless by further blows on the head, and
also nearly strangled her. What happened afterwards
she is unable exactly to Aide, but it appears that two
ladies coming up saw the child in the perambulator, sad
en looking round saw the poor girl lying senseless in the
ditch. Assist/Mee having been procured, she was taken
to • neighbouring house, where restorative* were applied
and a surgeon sent for. She was frightfully braised and
scratched. The thief took 10a. 6d. in money, a locket, a
common keeper ring, a brooch, and her gloves ; her bon-
net was next inotmog found in the ditch. She has since
been in fits, but at her lucid intervals she deeeribes him as
being • rather tall thin man, long features, beard shaved
close, light hair. rather curly ; dressed in dark cord
trousers, black coat, and faal•irmable high-crowned wide
awake bat, indented on the top, and on the whole has a
German appearanoe.—Cheirsesford C7trestide.
Yesta&y morning there were thanksgiving ser-
vices from an early hour in St. Alban's, Holborn, for the
harvest and for the preservation of the district from
cholera. The services were conducted in a very high chinch
manner. A sermon was preached br the Rev. T. T. Carter,
M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, vicar of Clew, freer the
28th of Deuteronomy, 10th and vices

We regret to state that the report noticed in our
Monday's impression that Captain Cowper Coles had been
appointed to command the Royal Sovereign is not con-
Armed.

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ANOTHER SERIOTS STEAMBOAT COLLISION.
DOVER, THURSDAY NIGHT.—The Star of Ceylon, barque,
from London to Ceylon, with general cargo, was run
into, off South Foreland, by a Spanish steamer, at 7 p.m.
The barque sunk immediately, and the steamer is ashore
here.

THE REFORM AOITATION.—The committee ap-
pointed by the National Reform 'Union to make the neces-
sary arrangements for the forthcoming great reform ban-
quet to be held in Manchester, met at 12, Newall-buildings,
in that city, on Wednesday evening last. It was reported
that ow:cis to various circumstances the banquet could not
be held on the day first fixed upon and already made pub-
lic, and that consequently it would be necessary to fix
upon another day. After some conversation it was finally
arranged that the most convenient day would be the 20th
of November next. The price of the tickets will be one
guinea each, including wine. A large number of leading
gentlemen in the political world have been invited to
attend, and from many of these letters have been received
(among them 31 from members of parliament) accepting
the invitation. The committee express themselves in the
meet sanguine manner ea to the success of the gathering,
which, they say, will have only been equalled by the old
Anti-Corn-Law League banquets.

CITWOPENCE