The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-11 00:00:00

LTION OF

On Wednesday Sir Sydney Waterlow_ to his
constituents at Dumfries the " whim les amierred
in regard to his election. He lies emsesSed the hest
lawyers in London on the point, bet they are mashie to
give any decided opinion. His ease, though somewhat
resembling that of Mr. Cowan, late M.P. for Edin_lmft;
it, it seems, in some respects altogether without a
in election experience, and will have to bedeoidkinnyVie
Howe of Commons. A resolution was passed expressive
of the determination of the meeting to sustain the potion
which the liberals have gained in the district. We also
understand that steps have been taken to make even a
more thorough canvas of the county lest a new election
should become nesiessary.—Nerth Belt's* Mail.
NTOXE NEWINGTON ASSEMBLY ROORS.—Laat
night the opening of a handsome and capacious building
situate in Defoe-road, Church-street, Stoke Newington,
and intended for the holding of public meetings, con-
certs, and other entertainments, was celebrated by a soiree,
• which a large number of the respectable inhabitants of
the district attended. The new edifice is capable of ac-
commcdating from 600 to 600 persons, and it supplies a
want that has been felt in Stoke Newington since the
demolition of the old Manor-rooms, which were associ-
ated with intellectual and social gathenn' go. The concert
hall contains several choice Esintings and other works of
art, and its ornamentation is materially enhanced by a
rare and beautiful collectien of exotic plants contributed
by a few influential residents in the district, who took an
active part in the formation of the oompany by which the
recigzed civets' was subscribed.
NEW INFIRMARY FOR ST. PANCRAS.—
Yesterday, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone
of the new infirmary for the sick poor of the parish of
St. Panama, being the fret of such establishments about
to be erected under the provisions of the Metropolis Poor
Act, took place on the ate at Highgate, in the pressure of
a large number of pwsons Melodic, Miss tdet Contts
and other ladies. Hr. .H. Wyatt, .T.P., chairman
of the Board of Guardians, performed- the duty of laying
the foundation stone, and was supported by the Dean of
Lichfield (designate) ; the Rev. Cannon
Vicar of St. Pancras met Rural Dean ; a large ream
the local clma,_mee-chairman and members of the Board
of Guardians. Yr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., and a number of
other gentlemen. The ate is an eligible one, situate
marl" at the top of Meiden-Ime, where it emerges into
the Highgate-road, and lamediatel between the Small-
pox Hospital and the newly- portion of the High.
• Cemetery.
THE PROPOSED WORXINO KEN'S HANGITET TO
Ya MIVEZDY Jommon.—Last night a meeting of the
Reverdy Johnson banquet committee was held at No. 8,
Adelpan-terrace--Mr. K. Beales in the chair—at which,
after much dismal" a resolution, Proposed by Mr.
Elliott, was carried to the elect that a deputation be ap-
pointed to wait on Mr. Johnson and inform him that, in
consequence of *inflicting opinions in this country and
America on the questions now in course of arrangement,
it was not advisable to proceed with the Imam*.
ROYAL COLLEGE OP 13I71tOZONL—The follow-
ing members of the college leinaoSndirgone the neces-
sary er.andnations for the f were reported to
have acqeitted themselves to the ' action of the Court
of Examiners, and at a meeting of the Council yesterday,
the 10th inst., were admitted Fellows of the College :
Messrs. Joseph Orpe Brookhouse, M.D. St. Andrew's,
Parliament-street, Nothnghsin, diploma of membership
dated February 27, 1867 ; Edmund Hooper Dalton, L.S.A.,
Brixton-hill, July 17, 1867; Robert Nicholas Ingle, M.D.
St. Andrew's, Pendletiati, Manchester, December 23,
1868; Richard Levy, M.D. Edinburgh, Welbeck-street.
May 7, 18110; George Bastes, Y.H. and L.R.C.P.
London, 'Trinity-square, Southwark, January 26, 1864 ;
and Frederick William Humphreys, L.R.C.P. London,
Trinity-square, Tower-hill, April 28, 1863, students of
Guys hospital. George Edmund Legge Peale.,
L.S.A., St. George's-road, S.W. No (ember 13,
1864, and Frederic Pooley Edie, M. 8., London,
Laughlin-chambers, November 16, 1864, of the West-
minster Hospital. Thomas Mosey Harding, L.R.C.P.
London, Euston-road, July 31, 1848, of the Middlesex
Hospital. William Henry Thornton, Y.D. London,
Dewsbury, July 2, 1849, of the Manchester School.
Alexander Vans Best, M.D. Aberdeen, her Majesty's
Indian army, April 11, 1866, of the Aberdeen ScMOl.
Frederick }Mama Lee, N.B. London, Salisbury, April
13, 1860, of St. George's Hospital; Alford Coleman,
L.R.C.P. London, Old Burlington-street, April 21, 1860,
of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.; Henry Arnett, St.
Stephen's-crecent, W. July 29, 1864, of University
College; and Miles Altman Wood, L.R.C.P. London,
Ledbury, January 26, 1866, of King's College Hospital.
It is stated that out of the sixteen candidates only one
failed to acquit himself to the satisfaction of the Court of
Examiners, and was consequently referred to hie studies
for twelve months._
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CONTROL OF
CRININALS.—At a meeting of the
'tending committee of the Repression of Crime Section of
the Social Science Association, held at their rooms, in the
Adelphi, yesterday, Sir Walter Crofton, CB., in the
chair, the following resolutions were passed with regard
to the supervuion of criminals and the repression of
crime :—l. That it is • pressing necessity to give more
completeness to our present practice oi=isupervision,
by the establishment of • central ' controlling,
and a register recording the movements o convicts on
license. 2. With a view to the furtherrepresion of crime
and the better protection of life and property, it is expe-
dient that legiehitive power be obtained to establish a
police supervision of habitual offenders; and that to this
effect it is recommended that • law be enacted empower-
ing magistrates to require any person who has twice
been convicted of felony, and who either can be proved to
be associating with thieves or is unable to show that he
is earning an honest living, to give bed as • security
against his committing any new offence, and that WWI
to give such bail such person should be committed to
prison.
PROTESTANTS IN SPAIN.—The religious froodom
which is cos of the effects of the revolution in ftein is
bringing is light a fact little suspected in fteand—the
exigence ci a considerable number of native protestant@
in that cemetery. That such a body exists has been known
hers for many years, and has been in great pert due to
the khans of the late Rev. Juan Calderon, • Spaniard
ri=h, but a clergyman of the church of
Ter many yeses el his life, and until
the day of his death, fourteen veers ago, this
=ea was the editor and only writer of • pro-
=listed and publidiad London in Me
Spaidik This ths name of which was
twice slanged the misty of its random, used to
be seat by various routes to flpsin generally reaching its
destination, but sonisams, unfortunately, mimed and
bussed at the Custom-hones. Want meetings of son-
verts took pleas, at which the MIAs and edifying religion'
hooks and papers were read. Its publication necessarily
esased at the deaM of its eels author, but the gentlemen
who bad helped to defray the apeman insidantal to it
este slatin end other periodicals' midland
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MADRID, Dee. 9, livaineo.
The situation of Spais, which hut week
peered satisfactory, has since Campine:mita
chans its_ aspect. All the telegram!
bare from CadM announcing that the insurgents
had surrendered were erroneous; on the eontreg,
the rioters, well paid and armed, took possession
of the park Of artillery the first day of their
silracbnd they now occupy important positions
:in town. The squadron is prevented from
'rag the insurgent position, in
coosequence of the latter's vicinity to
aikZallf. which. is full of patients. General
EndertaleieleAty the. tensemelef
=gable forces in order to make's vigorous
against Cadiz. Greet' polities) excitement
prevails at Malags, Xeres, and several other towns
of the Peninsula though none but Cadiz has yet
raised the standard of revolt. It is reported in
some quarters .that the insurrection is incited
everywhere by the republican party, who • are
exasperated at the prospect of the monarchical
form of government proving triumphant ; while by
othms. it is declared that the movement is the work
of the reactioniste—the outbreak at Cadiz being
only the commencement of a resistance on their
part which they intend to prosecute to the last
extremity. It her been ascertained that
on Saturday last a foreign vessel landed
at Cadiz a great number of individuals well
provided with arms. It is reported on reliable
authority that considerable sums of money have
been distributed everywhere, and even among the
workmen employed by the municipality of
Madrid. The troops of the garrison here having
been tent into the provinces to face the insur-
rection, Madrid will only be guarded by the
naticnal militia and a body of volunteers. Each
volunteei receives 10 reels. per diem. General
Prim left to-day for Andalusia. Many rich fami-
lies, greatly alarmed by the reports of
the insurrection, have hastened to leave Spain.
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At Tarragona, in Catalonia, the republicans
attempted to rescue the convicts, and, in con-
sequence, an Aion is expected in that
town. The A finds itself in a - em-

government nno..— , very
hamming position, the disturbances aggravating
the condition of the money market, and prevent-
ing the success of the national loan. It is feared
that the government will be completely without
resources through the increase of the expenditure
which will arise from the troop. having to take the
field.
NADRID. Mc. 10.
The Gazette publishes a circular of Senor
Fignerola enjoining the governors of the provinces
to use all legal means to compel the people to pay
the taxes due to the state.
An or-

it appears in the Gazette con-
firming the intelligence that an armistice of 48
hours has been granted to the yin urgents at Cadiz.
The railway has been torn up and the telegraph
wires cut between Xeres and Puerto de Hants
Maria by the escaped convicts from Cadiz, who,
heenyvee, have been captured.
The imbecriptions to the new loan amount to
314 millions.
The int