The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

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2 THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1867.
JOHN BROODEN. ! a full consideration of the course of trade during to be relieved of their lithilitia are not at present advau- 1 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. r THE BOMBAY MAILS.
the pest six months. Suppose that a year ago any tatted by it. It was admitted by the Vice-Chancellor I -o- . .---....----.
GINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, I one had foreseen the crisis, he would have that if the question had merely been between Messrs. j (acs's EXPRESS.)
1 ORII6, HEN RI ETTA-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. ' predicted, and apparently with reason, an entire Oakes and Peeke un the one hand, and the company The Madrid Gccette publishes the following noti-
on SPAIN. SOUTHAMPTON, PEE. 1L
the other, those gentlemen must have obtained the ' The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
JOHN BROODEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. I leas of profit fur some time to come. The case, relief they sought. There are, however, the creditors to fication, dated Feb. 6, signed Joachim de Louza, Nyanza, Captain Weeks, with the heavy portiou of the
however, stands differently. Annexed are the whom the shareholders have been held out as liable, chief of the staff : above mails, has arrived. She brings 48 passengers, specie
JOHN BROODEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS.
ydividends that hanear, compared thbfehen paid fore
same . the
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oranges.
..45,240/., and a general cargo incluing 147 boxes
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JOHN BROG DEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS.
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- London ani IV ,stm • 1861. 1866.
leer cent. per annum. Per cent. perineum.
I c tester .
London Joint Stock
BENSO'NS WATCHES. London and County 34
20
22
25 32
20
25
28 that
to
aoul any names upon the list of shareholders were "liable quer D. Lulu, Blanc, and Felipe Fernandez, who have been The Nyanza experienced along the amid of Portugal and
removed upon the ground of fraudulent statement,* accused of the crime of the clandestine publication of the across the bay a heavy north-westerly swell, at times the
d not be maintained. The dissatisfied shareholders joumalsficlampayo,Retuteciva,and Akeutthescjournalists ship pitching and rolling heavily; up Channel southerly
announcing their intention of carrying their case to a ore condemned-the first two to 20 years' imprison- winds and fine weather.
higher court, the Daily Nora forbears further remarks ment in the Presidios with chains, a fine of 400 crowns, and Her Majesty's ships Arethuss, Endyntion, Racer,
upon the decision. suspension of all political rights during the period of their Psyche, and Caradoc, and the French frigate Andre-
i:Zan,' GO, Ludgate hill. 25, Oldliondalrert. Alliance - macque were at Alexandria.
• ROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR City
B tor CHILDREN'S DIET. Consolidated - tons were at Malta.
To obtain estra profit by the sale other kinds are sometimes Imperial
offered instead of BROWN and Pt GAON'S.
The following British ships have arrived hem :-Steamer
".ioan brown," "John Poison," Is signed by the makers on In estimating the position of the hanks it is a The Herald believes that the more the shareholders chains.
-
I each packet. primary point to take into consideration the consider the subject, the more they will be disposed to Genera, from Glasgow ; stammer Gibraltar, from London ;
acquiesce in a decision which, though it disappoints the THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES. steamer Stella, from Loudon ; R.V.Y.C. cutter Lavrock,
amount of immediately available assets against hopes they hail indulmil, vindicates those great principles The Wurtentbcrg Gazette of Feb. 5 contains the fruit& Marseilles ;R.Y. S. schooner Daphne, from Nice ;
figh e er4ASI re,oo. actual liabilities. The proportions on the 31st ~f commembil good 'La which neither indiridu.ds nor following ; schooner Edward Stonard, from Cardiff ; steamer Euxine,
December stood, in round numbers, thus : associations can safely disregard. from Southampton ; steamer Lady Flora, from Cardiff ;
: The conference between the four States of South Ger-
CASH Al4l, CO % EFONECT SECURITIES. No other course, the Tektraph thinks, than that taken schooner Urania, from Canlitt ; schooner Margaret, and
TO CORRESPONDENTS, many closed to-day, and the first protocol was signed in
London and Westminster
Advertisements Intended for '• The [sprees;' Loudon Evening the evening. The resolutions cannot be published as yet Cairo,
Paper, must be at the °Mee. 10, Bouveric•street, by Two Union
27 " of equity. Subject to the sole exception of the case where as they have to be ratified by the several governmenta,from Liverpool •schooner G - Loudon ; steamer ,
Gam-
o'clock on the day of publication. Loudon Joint Stock ll3 o a company, established ostensibly for one object is diverted but we in a position to announce that the delibem- bia" from Cardiff ; brigantine James Sl°Danl, from Car-
London and County
WI .11 by the directors to another, the decision amounts to this, •
trona have resulted in a complete understanding with re- tiff; briglintine Twentyman, from Liverpool ; and
DRURY LANE. Alliance
40 Pt that even if, after registering himself as a shareholder in mrd to a common military organisation for the four steamer C ' alpe, from Liverpool.
'this Evesnro, JOHN 11l LL Mr. Phelps, Messrs. T. Swim- City Bank
221 If a joint-stock undertaking, a person finds out facts which, &met. The American ship Harry Bluff, from Callao, arrived
boo ue, I: l'helni, Linen, it M'lntyre ; Mesdames Yezin. Van-
denhotl, and Isabel Adams-And NUMBER NII' ; OR, HARLE- Consolidated 29 „ had he known them at the time, would have kept him , at Algesints on the 26th ;on the :oth December she spoke
i Cal IN AND THE ONONIE KING OF TO SI E GIANT OUNTLS A Impel ial
22' 9, from, engaging in the enterprise, still, he cannot on that I (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) in lat. 24.11 S., lon. 20.27, British brig Queen of the Fleet,
front Rio, 19 days out, bound to New York, all well ; 28th,
account claim
to he freed from the responsibilities incurred HAY MARK LT. It is, however, impossible to make an adequateTHE FRENCH ARMY. schooner William Cam, of Goole, in lat. 3.30 S., lon. D. 9
Tam MEOW. A LENNON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Anthem, • • by the comjany.
Rogers, Clark. Compton, mac. ;stn. Chippendale, 5100,00 Hill, comparison,
oconsidering the diversified mode in PARIS, FED. 11. W., bound to Rio Grande ; and on the 13th January, in
Wright, A,.-711E smuous FAMILY. Messrs. Buckstone,
Howe, Marra, dm.; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Burke, dm.
PRINCESS'S. which the various banks make up their accounts.
The principal reason is, as we have constantly the Court. An imperial decree issued to-day orders the re- lat. 24.30 N, dun. 40.58 W., British ship Beautiful Star,
establishment of the 6thaquadron in the regiments from Foe chow, for London, 99 days out.
--.-- the lst. She spoke off Cape
urged, and experience has proved to be most true, of Carabiniers, Curassiers, Dragoons, and Lancers, The Eddystone strived on TRES RYINIMO, HIS [ANT LEcs. Mews. Asernerit Fenton • OSBORNE, FEB 9.de Gatt on the 27th ult. the. . brig Wild Wave, from Mid-
Mrs. It, White and Miss Wentworth.-And sIIADoW TREE. the fact that loans at call should never be and the formation of a fresh regiment of African
POI Arr. Messrs. Vining. Shore. teener, F. Villiers, Forrester, • The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac- dleaboro', bound to Alexandria, sixteen days out, all well.
ItlcUon, and Cathcart ; Misses Montagu,Edmonds, and Maidgent. reckoned as cash ; and secondly, that a reticence
cote *ed by Princess Louise, and her Majesty walked in Chasseurs. The ministerial report preceding the
Exchanges are quoted on Loudon, 90 days' date, 491 ;
about fluctuating liabilities such as acceptances is
LI BEIM. the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise decree states that these measures are taken in the in- pui.,sf r. 23c. to 24c. ; marteillot, sft. 210. ; Madrid, I di.. ;
THIS Xvintrto, THE TWO KILTS. Mr. Widdlcomb.-And not merely useless, but often mischievous. Since and Prince Arthur. tertst of the officers whose advancement has been cadiz, par; Seville, par ; Dialogs, 4 die ; premium on
ROUGE ET NOIR. Messrs Feebler, Emery, Cowper. Moreland, . there is no possible reason for concealment, why The other members of the Royal Family went out also. retarded by the reduction made in the regimental five-franc pieces, #toi of a dollar per cent.
Fitzpatri, k. Dalton, Reynolds, Lomas, Andrews, Price. dc. ;
Stn. L. Murray, and Misses ileurate, Grattan, and C. Leileraq. should it be practised ? The Queen bail been pleased to appoint Lieutenant cadres in November, 1865.
I STRAND. As regards cash alone, the proportions again Picini, Royal Horse Artillery, to be °dicer in attendance The Muniteur of this morning says :-" A jour- WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)
THIS EVENtsio, NEIGHBOURS.-After which will be produced oa,n, r,iallo upon Prince Arthur during his royal highness's stay at the
• Grand Burlesque, GUY FAWKES.-And A SUIT W." -, ------•'• In forming the estimate, how- Royal Milit..,ry . _ __ .. , nal has announced that the government intended
TWEED'S.
HOLBORN. ever, we are again hampered with the difficulty of Academy, Wootwicht.
distinguishing cash in hand from cash at call, The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied
F. 10. to submit the budget of the City of Paris to the
examination and vote of the Legislative Body. The MoIIDAT, FEB eI:AR V 11, 8 &IL
F. I Extreme. I &aa,
18. T. W.
i1t407,-,2-7-..., W. I R. 11250
THIS Emma, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore; Stases since in only two instances-the Union and Lon- by Princes', Louise.
Foots and Lamoc-And FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bei- government in fact, at the suggestion of the Prefect _ __1....
More, Blake, Voltaire, Ai:. ,• Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders. don and County-the various amounts are Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, Nairn -....t29.313 33 W.S.W. ,4 I B.W. sch tl7 2
Bane Foote, Mildest, Lennox, Raymond, ix. and Prince Henry of Prussia walked in the grounds. of the Seine, has undertaken a careful study of the Aberdare _19.50
au, w.N.w.. 4 1
2.2.4 v.
0,
cri 2
. I specified. Again, in the former case we are
Her Majesty •question, but such a derogation of the legislative
and Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Leith 29.64 37, W.S.W. 2 I W.S.W. rit 0.18 1
BRITANNIA.
Tam Emirs% THE PRINCESS OF TIIE PEARL ISLAND • unable to judge the real amount of liabilities fromArdroawi '29.72 40: W.N.W. 6 W. mu 0.50 4
Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess rules which control the settlement and voting of on.tie aka NI W. I h.h.E. he 0.37 1
OR. THE TAKER KINGDOMS Or PEARL, GOLD, AND. the habit of making no distinction between ordi- Beatrice, attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. the municipal budgets does not appear to the valentla•• •••neea ani NW 3 I S.W.i/. :I; 0.32 4 1
SILVER Miss Jacobs.-First-rate PantonalatistassAnd ran caps csar no.ll 42 N.W.N* 7 nary debts and acceptances. Taking the figures The Rev. It. Duckworth officiated. Bat:RN OF TUE WANDERER. government to be required by any interests of uyer!..„ wad 42 W.N.W.. a W. Iro 0.17 4
•as they stand, the percentage of cash against Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph Lad the V9O e.,' IV B.W. II 8.5. W. ne 0.32 6
importance. The news that the government had rf°l74.::' ' 'l: w 0 LW. nc 0.18 i . 3t23 44 W.. . .
MOH CUM AT LONDON BRIDGE. obligations is as follows. In the canes where the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family
under consideration the suppression of the octrois Bost ...._ 50.66 45! N.W. 6 B.W. ;fro 'Ole a
1 TT l!
-morning, Oh. 14m Afternoon. ent. lea acceptances are specially stated they are not in- yesterday,
10•540111011-Morning, 7h. Om Afternoon, 7h, Ssins
eluded in the calculation : - is totally devoid
of foundation." Lorlent 3O 24 45 W.N.W. 3 8.8. W. otc 0.12 6
Rochefort... 3032 50, W. 4 R. Ire 0.12 6
Plymouth ... 30 17 44 W.N.W. a W.S.W. cb 042 3
The Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Weymouth.. 30.1443 W.N.W. 4 S.W. loh 0.33 4
CASH AGAINST PUBLIC LIABILITIES. Carmarthen, took a carriage drive on Saturday. Perioneuth.. 30.08 42, W.N.W. 4 8.8. W. re 0.24 4
LONDON, MO_VDAY, FEBRUARY 11. London and Westminster -
a Union
Vermouth... 26.8542 W.N.W. 8 W.N.W. re 0.2 E 2
of Cambridge at Gloucester-house in the evening. Scarborough. 29.74 SS W. 2 SAW. eb 0.111 2
Jr general business be contracted, the joint-
London Joint Stock
London and County

Jr general business be contracted, the joint-
stock banks do not apparently suffer. The re-
ports for the past half-year show that the profits
have again been large, chiefly from their almost ab-
solute immunity from bad debts. It takes many
discounts and commissions to balance a single loss
of 1,0001. or 2,0001. The experience of the year
1866 has in this respect been unique. Never has
there been greater or more continuous financial
pressure, and yet absolute loss has been at least
below the average. It has become customary to
charge against the improvident administration of
the joint-stock banks all the evils of the late crisis,
upon what evidence it is impossible to discover.
It would be in vain to seek among the share-
holders of the Joint Stock Discount Company or
• OVEREND, GURNEY, and Company, or half-a-dozen
other bankrupt concerns, the names of any of the
London banks. The managers of these institu-
tions were far too well aware, as men of business,
of tho incongruity and risk of a bank embarking
in this kind of speculation. In one respect they
have doubtless erred. To a certain extent they
may be charged with indirectly supporting a vi-
cious system of trading by leaving large sums at
call with OVEREND, GURNEY, and Co. Still it is
only fair to admit that the real position of that
concern and the transactions undertaken were
alike unknown and unsuspected by them and the go.
neral public. The fault lies in the practice of banks
leaving money at call with any house whatever,
and reckoning the same as equivalent to so much
cash in their till. The risk of such a proceeding
has been pointed out more than once ; and the
failure of OVERENIO, GURNEY, and Co. has proved
a sharp and salutary, though it is to be feared not
sufficiently appreciated lesson. Both the joint-
Etock Alia Militia bank •;;;„;..-01 be, dissuaded fyom
• -
depositing an appreciable amount of their cash
balances at call for the sake of a comparatively
trifling additional profit, although it is certain that
in times of difficulty these sums, which would
then only be wanted, could not be readily made
available.
In analysing the accounts of the banks, it is to
be regretted that several of the number omit to
distinguish between their ordinary banking debts
and their liabilities on acceptances. The latter
item is necessarily fluctuating, and really indi-
cates nothing with regard to the actual position of
any particular bank. In our larger institutions it
may amount to not merely one, but two or three
millions. Reticence of this sort is undoubtedly
bad policy, and can serve no possible good.
Taking the last reports wo find that the liabilities
of the joint-stock banks are as follows, distinguish-
ing where possible between ordinary debts and
acceptances :

CASH AGA/248T PUBLIC LIABILITIES.
London and Westminster
Union
London Joint Stock
London and County
Alliance
City
Consolidated
Imperial

The Prince unit Princess of Wales dined with the Duke
of Cambridge at Gloucester-house in the evening.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Marchioness
of Carmarthen and Major Teesdale in Waiting, attended
Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday
morning.

(FIIO3I OUR OWN COMILIPONDINT.)

RESIARIER.

The Communion service was rend by the Rev. Thos.
Delmore and Rev. Dr. Vaughan.
Anthem—" Thou, 0 God, art praised." Green.
Sung by Messrs. R. Denby and Benson.
Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The aennon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Vaughan,
from St. Matthew, c. 13, part of 3Sth verse.
The Prince of Teck and the Princess Mary Princess of
Teck attended the service.

PARIS, SUNDAT Ennio.

The Postmaster General's circular directing the
seizure of all letters suspected of being the Count
de Chambord's circular continues to be commented
on by the press, whose criticisms leave not the ad-
ministration a legal leg to stand upon. It is
abundantly proved that the judgment of the Court
of Caseation in 1853, laying down the law that the
Prefect of Police was entitled to exercise the func-
tions of a judge of instruction in regard to the
opening of letters, a judgment which was thought
by the best lawyers of the day to have strained the
law horribly, does not go far enough to justify the
present outrage on the inviolability of letters
which the public expects here as much as in
England. If a prosecution were pending against
any specified person or persons for any crime
or misdemeanour, then the law of the Court of
Caseation might justify the Prefect of Police in
seizing " personally"—that is the legal term used
—such letters as he might, on credible information,
believe to contain evidence against the accused
parties. But what has been now done is far more
than this. Everyone of the 5,000 postmasters or
postmistresses in France was authorised and en-
joined by the circular to divert from their destina-
tion and send to Paris all letters which they might
suspect to oome from the Count de Chambord. The
more this monstrous abuse of administrative
authority is examined the more intense
public indignation on the subject becomes.
The loss, the anxiety, the misery, which may
have been occasioned by letters containing
enclosures being detained several days for °semi-
Paria; !td, 1)=1-lance, the
Chambord's circular might have been in one of
them, is incalculable. It would be better to decree
that in suspicious times the Post-office would only
carry letters sent open, like the envelopes of cartes
de visite, than to detain multitudes of letters on the
chance of some of them being political. There
will, I have not the least doubt, be " interpella-
tions" on this subject on an early day after the
opening of the stallion.
The Opinion Nationale, to show that surveillance
and espitnuege are making prognsis in France, and
require to be exposed and resisted, publishes
"cards" from managers of "private inquiry
offices," who were formerly in the employ of the
police, and now offer their services to anyone
willing to pay them.
M. Ponsard's Go/i!co will certainly be brought
out at the Thatre Francais before the end of the
month. M. Geffroy is cast for the part of Galileo,
and Galileo's wife and daughter will be represented
by Mesdames Guyon and Favart.

on our coasts yesterdayTii;Tri;i: were strong and squally
this morning they are chiefly westerly, moderate to fresh. Baro-
meters are much lower lu the north of Scotland than in the
south of England, and are unsteady. Temperatures generally
have declined. Rain has been very general on our coasts, and
hall and sleet hate fallen In a few places.

In closing a review of the proceedings of the
joint-stock banks for the past half-year it is
desirable to urge that a greater uniformity should
be adopted in preparing their accounts. The
question is simple enough, might be arranged
without difficulty, and would not necessitate any
direct legislative interference. The whole matter
is simply one of account, and could readily be
arranged by the managers of the different banks
after a few minutes' consultation.

SIR JAMES EMERSON TENWRNT.—A private letter
from London, received yestenlay, repeats the rumour
that the late secretary of the Board of Trade may not
improbably he again seen in parliament as member for
Belfast, by arrangement. It is also stated that it is in con-
templation, in the project d readjustment of the Board of
Trade, to have a representative of that important depart-
ment in parliament as a member of the government.—
Norf herit WAig.

1865. 1866.
*London and Westminster £19,224,571 . . £22,672,558
tUnion Bank 17,791,263 ... 19,267,467
tLondon Joint Stock 18,215,358 ... 15,306,237
*London and County 11,842,748 ... 12,067,000
'Alliance
teity Bank 4,8541,720 ... 3,926,622
*Consolidated 3,037,435 ... 2,906,560
limp:nal 1,543,281 ... 1,247,864

£78,3N,853 ‘114,665,799

• Less acceptances. t Including acceptances.

The greatest increase shown is in the London
and Westminster—nearly three and a half mil-
lions sterling. The Union comes next, figuring
for about a million and a half, but as we do not
know how much of this is represented by accept-
ances, it is impossible to draw a positive conclu-
sion. The falling off in the London Joint Stozk
Bank is, perhaps, attributable to the same cause.
The London and County shows a moderate aug-
mentation ; the Alliance a decrease. The change
in the City Bank it is impossible to estimate, from
the reasons already mentioned. A similar remark
applies to the Imperial. The Consolidated shows
a small decline. It is extraordinary, however,
that, considering this establishment stopped pay-
ment last May, but subsequently resumed busi-
ness, the decrease has not been very much larger.
As, however, it appeared even in the exceptional
difficulties of the time, that the step of closing the
bank was premature, it is satisfactory to see that
it has suffered so little detriment.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

A Cabinet Council was hold on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pro-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of
Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Wal-
pole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, Gene-
ral Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. North-
cote, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Ga-
thorne Hardy, and Lord Naas.

Captain Rivett, of the Royal West India Steam Mail
Packet Company, and Dr. Wiblin had an interview with
the Lord President of the Council at the Privy Council-
office, Whitehall, on Saturday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. The Lords present were Sir E. V. Williams,
Sir R. Kinder'sley, Sir J. Colt ile, and Sir Laurence Peel.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and
St. Helena. Despatches were sent to the Governors of
the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Canada, and
the Bahamas.

Capt. the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on Friday
evening nt Devonporty and on Saturday morning went on
band hi, frigate, the Galatea.

•••-• .-nAnCroMents ;or the accommoda-
tion of nines Arthur on his admission to the Royal Mili-
tary Academy at Woolwich are now complete. His royal
highness, having passed the usual examination before the
Council of Military Education at Chelsea, will commence
his studies in the capacity of cadet to-morrow, at 9 o'clock.
For the present half-year the number of cadets, including
the prince, is ltti. The prince, who will be attended by
Major Elphinstonc, his governor, and Lieut. A. F. Pickard.
V.C., will continue his residence at the ranger's house in
Greenwich-park, leaving the Academy daily at 7 in the
evening, so that the only meal lie will attend in the
Academy will be the luncheon at 2 o'clock in the dining-
hall, in common with the remainder of the cadets.

The 28th of May, which is the 2ith anniversary
of the marriage of the King and Queen of Denmark, is, as
the " silver wedding" of their Majesties, to be made the
occasion of a general gathering at Copenhagen of all the
members of the royal family, when it is expected that the
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Csarewitch and his
bride, and the King of Greece will all meet.

In one respect the shareholders of the joint-
stock banks have but little to complain of. The
dividends lately declared have been so good as to
warrant the continuance of the public confidence
in these institutions. Of the eight banks that
have been enumerated, five, if not six, have paid
uncommonly high returns for the capital employed.
The value of this result may be appreciated by

His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and
the Countess Bernstorff had a dinner on Friday evening at
the Prussian Embassy on Carlton-house terrace. There
were present—His Excellency the French Ambassador, his
Excellency the Italian Minister, the Marquis Italia, the
Countess Wittgenstein and the Countesses Elisabeth and
Eleanor Wittgenstein, Count Panmgarten, M. von Dobe-
nach, and Lord Houghton.

The Speaker has appointed Mr. Whitbread,
31.1'., Mr. Clay, M.P., Hon. F. Gower, M.P., Sir F. W.
ileygate, Bart., M.P., Mr. Cr. &later-Booth, M.P., and
Sir W. Stirling Maxwell to be members of the general
committee of elections for the present session.

The government resolution regarding the suf-
frage will, it is said, be interpreted to mean as 201. occupa-
tion franchise in counties, and the municipal franchise in
towns coupled with the right of permanent lodgers paying
101. a year to vote—these concessions to be counter-
balanced by the application of the principle of plurality of
votes in proportion to property on which the election of
guardians takes place under the Poor-law. It is rumoured
that Mr. Lowe means to object, on constitutional grounds,
to the method of procedure by way of resolution, and
that his Addlamite friends will support him in this view.
The Dudley Gallery collection is being properly
appreciated by the public, purchases to the amount of
nearly 3,000/. having already been made.

Mr. Dion Boucicault is at present in Paris,
making arrangements for the production of two new plays
which he has been commiseioued to write by French
managers.

.The new street now making between the Theatre
Fr:weals and the New Opera► is to be called the
Boulevard Jeanne-d'Arc, and it has been decided
that a statue of the Maidof Orleans shall be erected
in the open space before the Thdatre Francais in
commemoration of her having been wounded while
fighting against the English at the old Porte St.
Hononi near that spot in 1429. It will be curious
to see public statues erected simultaneously to Vol-
taire and the Puoelle, whom he did his utmost to
reduce from the rank of a heroine and a saint.

THE LEGAL STATUS OF TRADES UNIONS.—At
the Hull Police-court on Monday Mr. F. Summen, soli-
citor, applied to Mr. Travis, the stipendiary magistrate, to
institute legal prooeedings against a member of the Hull
Carpenters and Joiners' Friendly Aseuciation. Mr. Sum-
mers stated that a trustee of that society haul appro-
priated part of the funds of the association to his own use
—namely, two sums of 111, each and one of W. With re-
spect to the smallest amount he might state that Of. was
paid to the defaulter on account of the society that he
might deposit it in the hank. Subsequently it was found
that he had only deposited It. out of the fit.,
and no portion of the first-mentioned two sums
of 151. had been paid into the bank. A copy
of the society's rules was handed to the magistrate, and
after he haul perused them he stated that he was of opinion
the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act would not
apply to the Hull Carpenters and Joiners' Association,
because it seemed to him to have been formed for the
purpose of supporting the members when on strike, in ad-
dition to carrying out the intentions of a benevolent
society. Therefore, in consequence of that, and in view
of the recent decision regarding trades unions, he did not
feel justified in interfering in the matter. Mr. Summers,
in furtherance of his apphcation, urged that there was
only one rule of the society which might be said to have
any reference to strikes, and that was the rule which
stated that if any person held office in that society and
was compelled on that account to leave his employment,
he should, during such suspension from work, receive a
stipulated sum per week. Mr. Travis again looked at the
rules, when he said there were three or four which had a
re.erenee to strikes, and therefore he should not
grant the application.
THE DUNDEE WHALING FLEET.—Great activity
now prevails at the Dundee docks, consequent on the pre-
parations attending the fitting out of the large fleet of
steam whalers belonging to the port. Within the last year
or two all the old bulks that were, previous to the intro-
duction of the auxiliary screw, considered good enough for
the prosecution of this dangerous enterprise, have either
been loot amongst the ice or broken up in harbour, and their
places have been taken by a splendid fleet of steam-
vessels, admirably equipped and fitted for the whale and
seal fishing. The Dundee whaling fleet now numbers
twelve first-class steaniships, all new or comparatively so •
the Esquinraux, the Wildfire, the l'olynia, the Narwhal;
the Canmerdown the Victor, the Enk, the Alexander,
the Tay, the Intrepid, the Itavenscraig, and the Arctic.
The Arctic—the latest addition to the fleet—was launched
on Thursday from the building yard of Messrs. Alex.
Stephen and Sons, the eminent Tay and Clyde ship-
builders. This veasel may he taken as a wimple
of the whole. She is 652 tons builders' measure-
ment, and is propelled by engines of 75-horse
power. Some idea of the importance of the Arctic trade
to Dundee may be judged from the fact that the capital
invested re resents a total of 180,0001., and that up-
wards of 800 men are annually employed on board the
shire. Their pay depends upon the number of fish caught,
and this arrangement acts as an incentive to the men to
prosecute the fishing with the greatest vigour. Nearly the
whole of this large fleet have at the end of this month for
the seal fishing at Labrador, and if unsueesseful there they
return to Scotland to re-coal, and then leave for the whale
fishing ground at DAVIS' Strait'. For the last two or
three weeks there has been seine talk amongst the whaling
crews as to the possibility of rescuing the Hall whaler
Diana, which was ca ht in the ice at the close of last
season, and has been frozen in all winter. She had about
fifty-eight souls on board, and it is feared that very few
of them will return to this country. The reward offered
for their rescue is quite inadequate to the risk run in seek-
ing for them, to say nothing of the loss, for in the eyes of
experienced whaling captains every whale captured is con-
sidered equivalent to the handsome sum of LOOM Should '
anything be beard of the missing ship, the Dundee whalers
will be the find to bring house the intelligence.

The Russian Poet-office has announced that a
biweekly mail has been established, through Siberia, trout
Petersburg to Pekin. The time of transport will be five
weeks.

A course of lectures. by Professor Agassiz is
announced for delivery in this city before the New York
Association for the Advancement of Science, in the pre-
sent month. The course will consist of five lectures de-
scriptive of the professor's recent explorations in the valley
of the Amazon, including a full account of the physical
geography and natural history of that interesting portion
of South America.—Few York Trilnate.

Mr. Webster will play the principal character in
Mr. Watts Phillips's drama Lost in London.

The funeral of Mr. Dargan, which is to bo a
public one, takes place to-day. A Dublin journal suggests
that some suitable national provision, in recognition of
the public services of her husband. should be made for
Mrs. Dargan. The only inference from this recommenda-
tion is that Mr. Dargan's liabilities will sweep away the
property he has left.

THE YACHT HENRIETTA. —CONDENSED CORER-
RPONDENCE.—Ii was necessary, we suppose, to telegraph
the whole of the letters, in order to add to the feint of Mr.
Bennett. Otherwise, we might have suggested a conden-
sation, which would have been much cheaper, at the pre-
sent cable rates. For instance :—" Mr. Bennett to Prince
Alfred. Off Cowes, Dec. 31, 1866. Your Royal Highness,
—l'm going to give you my yacht. My regards to your
mother and the royal family.—Yours, J. G. lieeNtrr, JR."
" Prince Alfred to Mr. Bennett. Dear liir,—l must de-
cline with thanks. This establishment does not advertise
in the New York Herald.—AL.rezn."—Boeton .ddrertiser.
James and Alfred were two good boys, who had
little ships, and James's ship sailed over the pond.
Alfred wan so glad that be asked James to dinner, and
they had gingerbread. So James offered to give Alfred
his little ship as a proof that all James's countrymen were
so glad Alfred had given him such a nice dinner. But
Alfred wouldn't take the little ship because it was too
good for him, and so both boys were glad, and hoped their
families would never quarrel. For further particulars see
cable despatches.—Sem York Tribune.

The prospects of the great annual agricultural
gathering in Ireland—the cattle show of the Royal Agri.
cultural Society—are understood to be of a promising
character. The show, postponed last year on account of
the rinderpest, will be held in Dublin, and is expected to
be more extensive than any similar exhibition yet held
under the auspices of the society.

GENERAL SHEEHAN AND THE INMAN QUEsTioN.
—General Sherman's letters to General Grant's chief of
staff have been published by the United States govern-
ment, giving Sherman's views on affairs in the far West.
Ou the Indian troubles on the plains he writes :—" Ever
since the California emigration this rued has been travelled
as common as the old national rued, and the Indians kept
clear of it ; since then all the Sioux have been driven west
from Minnesota and the Missouri river, and the mountain
region of Montana,Colorado,and Utah is beingsettled up with
gold miners and rancheros. so that thepoor Indian rinds him-
self hemmed in. The Indian agents over on the Missouri
tell him to come over here for hunting, and from here
he is turned to some other quarter ; and so the poor devil
naturally wriggles against his doom. The settlements of
Montana and Colorado seem now to be too strong for
the Indians, who turn on our roads when the trains
string out and men scatter and straggle from the trains-
Everybody, by travelling days and weeks without seeing
an Indian, think+ it all humbug, and rides off a way
and finds himself surrounded and gene. . . . The
great difficulty is that the Indians though classed
u Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapahoes. &c., are not
suing in bands, but the older Indians generally
profess friendship and an inability to restrain
their young braves, who go off on their own
hook and commit these acts of murder and horse-steeling.
They will sign any treaty for the sake of the annuities,but
care no more for their part of the contract than if it were
waste paper. There is a universal feeling of mistrust on
both soles, and this will sooner or later result in a general
outbreak. The whites who are looking for gold kill
Indians just as they would kill beasts, and they also pay
no regard for treaties ; so that I see no good resulting from
these treaties so long as the Indians therwelves do not
r,rofesa to be bound by them further than they are to their
individual interest. We must go on as now, until by law
all the Indians are put in our control—a timing that must
be dons sooner or later."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

00IIRT OF COMMON PLIAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middle.es.—(Before Lord Chief
Justice &nil] and a Special Jury.)
RAMP V. 11061101.0 N.
. . .

The hearing of this case resumed this morning.
Mr. E. lames, Mr. Field, Mr. and
Mr. Matthews award for the plaintiff ; Mr. cl. ridge,
Q.C., Mr. Galan', Q.C.. and R. Junes f,.i tll, de.
fendarit ; and Mr. Archibald watched the ease ut.hh.df of
the trustees of the testator's will

Mr. James Bolt said that he was a fanner at Eicir,,n
and he was steward to Mr. Francis Hemp, the father of
John Ifitnip, for 27 years. In 1K39 witness msrri,.l Sarah
Robinson, the mother of Mr. John Hanip, ani
fendaut. Consequent upon the marriage he Inuit
very intimate terms with both the 501111 of hi. wife. 1k
frequently conversed with Mr. John Hemp about fairily
matters and about the estate, but he never Le.trol of the
existence of the plaintiff until about ten day. aft. r Mr.
John }keeps funeral. Immediately after Mr. .I,Au
Hanip's death the defendant asserted his right t.,
estate by interfering to stop the felling of tindar Lich
was then going on.
Mr. John Hemp Robinson, the defendant, add ,vat
to the funeral of Mr. John liamp and to the gatherbig of
the friends at the church on the 3rd of April. He rem
beard of the existence of the plaintiff until after h left
the church on the 3rd of April. A man named .1 Lew,
a mason, told him first of the plaintiff. Witte,. aor his
brother, Mr. John Hamp, several times during iii,
illness.

To the Lord Chief Justice—Hr. John Hump r.. not
extravagant et home. He got rid of his momiy quickly,
witness believed principally by means of Lora-meting.
Witness did not think that he betted, but he kept
race-horses. _

Cross-examined—Be remembered Mrs. Ramp and
the plaintiff being turned out of Bactomvilln,
witness Afterwards entered. There might be :ec
persons present. He believed that the funtitere.
linen, And plate were thrown out of the sin,
(lowa, but he did not know whether the plaintiff mu,
wrapped up in au old rug. Witness and the Rev. Kr,
Psobmt were in NM convicted in what was called The
Brighton card cheating case." It wax the case in Mach
Johnny Broome, the pugilist, was concerned. Neu,
witness nor the Rev. Mr. rrobert were ever called up for
judgment. Broome used to visit wittiest' at Batton, het
witness could not say that he was a friend of his.
(The case was proceeding when our report left]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE W. P. HOMES.—SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT.
The bankrupt was a boot and shoe manufacturer, of
Leman-street, Whitechapel, and elsewhere. The debts
are 13,0171. ; assets of trilling amount. The bankrupt
applied for his order of discharge a few days ago, els n he
was strenuously opposed by Mr. It. Griffiths, for the luig.
urea, on the ground of contracting debts when in a state
of insolvency.
His Honour now gave judgment. He said this case dis-
closed features of wickedness and depravity which could
not be pared over without punishment. Though the
bankrupt was but a young man and entitled to some allow.
awe on that account, there were circumstances of fraud
in the case of which the mutt was bound to take ;Mitt.
During his abort trading of two yearn, he had contrived to in.
eurdebts of 13,000/., and only 148/. stood to the credit of the
estate. By the aid of a money lender the bankrupt had
contrived to raise 5,0001. on what were in reality accom-
modation bills, and that to support a failing trade. He
had also been driven to sell good* under cost price, and a
special complaint was made with reprd to a wed of
goods which he purchased for 475/., and sold shortly
afterwards at a loss of 100/. It was fortunate for the
bankrupt that he had not been proceeded against in
a criminal court ; his conduct was on gross he could badly
have escaped punishment. It had been argued that the
bankrupt had a reasonable expectation of being able to
pay the debts in respect of which be was opposed, inas-
much as at that time he had money enough in his pocket
for the purpose; but that was entirely without reference
to the other claims upon him. In the true meaning of the
phrase he could have hail no reasonable expectation of
being able to pay his debts ; and having lepnl
to the circumstances of fraud under which they had been
contracted, the court would put in force the latter pin of
the 119th section, and sentence him to six months' in,
primonment in Whitecrosa-street Prison—the warrant not
to issue for 21 days, to enable the bankrupt to appeal, if
so advised.

the Mr. Bagley, Mr. Reed, and Mr. R. Griffitlui appeared in
ease.

IN RE DAVID KNOX NAIR.
The bankrupt was a merhant of Lime-street, also having
a how* at Calcutta, in partnership with ono Douglas.
The liabilities amount to not less than 109,43 W., of which
26,546 f. is due to unsecured creditors. Assets, :CUL,
besides as anticipated surplus of 13,0001., fr.mi the Cal-
cutta estate ; property held a4ecurity, 63,40 W. This iris
the sitting for examination and discharge.
Mr. Lawrance, for the misignees,coneented to at.
meet to give the bankrupt time to answer the niaibitions
which had been made by the assignees.
Mr. Manus appeared for the bankrupt.
An adjournment was ordered.