The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

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The Emperor is evidently playing what is c. 44,1
a jets Presidents of the Ce
General—ell hie nominees—who are wont at li,
season to show their devotion by their
have had ordeal to say nothing. The enortso.,.:
ineensisteser between a state of public open.,,,
such as that shown by the election in the Jur,
and the long list in the Moniker of prb,i,l4,,n
and rioe.:presidents of the councils-g..n..N.
all named by the Emperor, was nevor
striking as- now. The councils-general to,
u,
theory local bodies; but. we find approiatai
t.
rule over them the old hack coup d'aet name;
of
Pereigny, Walowski, Troplong, De Mantua, eel
on. In the Jura the very Count de lireians
at the recent election retired because the Pr.f.ei
thought. him even less popular than his own ran,L.
date, who wee ultimately so signally.defestal,
Hnot—figures es vice-president of the council.
general. In this state of things there is a cert.*
wisdom in the order given to the presil..at,
hold their tongues. It is felt that the pubs:,;
would understand too well that they repre..ent
nothing but the executive power, whaA..
is daily declining.

The revival public opinion is so rsat,
France that wherever a score of people of
..
ther there is a risk of demonstratioru, whi. h
rity finds seditious. A great noise hs., 1,, .11 rail.
about a recent agrietiltairal banquet at
where a half-pay officer, taking notire th a sun •
members of the company did not when th,.
Emperor's health was proposed, got two ptol4
arrested. A more recent banquet at MontLthsel,
in the French° Comte, has given the authonti
occasion to lay down the startling doetrin.• th.t,
the name of M. Latour Du Moulin is a s.ina,),i,
cry. What a wonderful thing! I remeinloT in I •.!
having an interview with M. Latour Du 31.1u:ili
when he was installed as " Director of Ow Pre 's"
under th e regime of the coup d' elat, which w a, pur•ly
arbitrary. Ile has now come to the coticlus;
the repressive system cannot continue, and tlut
empire, of which he is a sincere adhennt.
become constitutional if it means to hist.

The now from Nimes is that M. Stinior, tit.
person wounded by the military. which by net
of the prefect of the Gard dispersed an elect,,r L'
meeting, is yet alive, but that his father has rh.,l
from anxiety.

This evening's Moniker says that the Su:,
Conference at the Hague has separated after I .
ing fully accomplished the object of its mission.
It is stated that Count de Cambitc,ires (son a:.
heir of the Duke) has been killed by a fall fr,me
precipice in Switzerland.
Judgment was given yesterday in the affair ..1
the students arrested on August 1$ on the
yard St. Michel in consequence of cries of • Viv
la Lanterne." The court solemnly laid down tbw;
" Vive la Lanterne " is not a seditious cry, and
also adjudged it not proven that two of t.,
defendants—Konee and Duvernay—had eri: I
" A la lanterne lee sergenta-de-ville." (Tbi.
means, hang the policemen to a lamp-post.] /hit
it found that the seditious cry of " Wive la It -
publique " was uttered by some of the prisoner.
and that they were all of them guilty of rebel-
lion " against the police. Three of the stud mt.
were sentenced to ten days' imprisonment an I
three others to jofr. fine.
A communicated note in the Monitt ur serv-1
upon several journals denies that any illegality
was committed in the seizure of the Lantern,* Ix,.
Saturday. I quite believe this. My originw
statement that it was seized " almost " bofur
publication is true; but I have no doubt that Cs •
government, which had made up its mind to
fiscate the pamphlet before it knew what W:l4 I
it, took care to be on the right aide of the law.
At the Bourse there was a further rise in tL
Rente of 20e. for cash and 10e. fur account, tb
latest quotations being 71fr. 20e. and 7! fr. 14.
Italian fell 43c., and Mobilier 2fr. 50e.

DEPARTURE OF BISHOP DRAY.—Tit.• Di.lr.p
Capetown intends, says the Post, leaving I:uslaul t..r hi •
South African diocese on the 9th of Septtinber, dud wd
be accompanied by the Rev. W. K. Macrorie. M.A.. vii•,
of Accrington, who is to be consecrated as the new Ihstse,,
for Natal in opposition to Dr. Coleus°. No arrangenu•u• •
for consecrating Mr. Macrorie in England hare yet b,e:,
announced. In the event of the ceremony not takuL
place before Dr. Gray's departure, the consecration mu.
take place at Capetown by the Metropolitan, assisted by
such South African bishops as he can get to lease thei
distant dioceses.

TBB CoNtrrirtMicif OF BILIIIMMIAM.—From
returnynblished some weeks ago (says the Birmonglion
lost) It appean that there wore 42,477 voters on the
overseers' lista. Supposing that the claims should h.
substantiated, there will then be 47,104 voter. on tit.,
parliamentary register for the borough of Birming-
ham at the next election. In 1867 the uumber wst

13,472.
Mr. C. Uniacke Townsend, one of tb. survivor.:
of the Abergele disaster, in a letter to the M.% dated
Dublin, August 24, says :—" The people generally kept
aloof, aid only being rendered by rs. The guard
did not at any time tell us t were carriage" con-
taining passengers in flames. Had he done 46 we might
have endeavoured to rescue some of the remains. It
is improbable that life could have been saved, as
far down the train as the petroleum extended it is agn,,l
life was at once extinguished opal the inhalation of the
stifling fumes. The passengers who survived chi
know for two hours after the accident that lives were
At the moment of the collision, when we looked out. Ow
six or eight carriages forming the front portion of tie
train were enveloped in thick clouds of the densost
smoke."
TRY LATE GUARD OF THE IRISH MAIL TRAIN.—
The subscription for the widow and children of poo:
Smith, the guard who lost his life at Abergele, prompe4
to be a satisfactory one. The deceased resided in London.
and contributions are received by the Rev. C. Phillips..
incumbent of St. Matthew's, Oakley-square, in behalf or
his family i but he was well known to many persons wit,
have been in the habit of travelling between London sal
Dublin, and hence subscriptions are being raised in
Ireland as well as in England. A correspondent of the
Northern Whig, testifying, from observation, to the
deceased's merits, says there never was a kinder or more
careful officer. 30/. has been raised in Dublin.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—A rob-
bery of jewellery from a luggage van attached 0 the
London and North-Western train starting from the Vic.
tons Station, Manchester, for Liverpool, has created ciu-
siderable excitement in that city. The circumstances
attending the robbery show an amount of adroitness
and audacity which has been rarely equalled, and
prove that some practised and experienced thieves must
have been engaged in it. It appears that on Satur-
day night last, a commercial traveller in the employment
of Mears Schwabe, jewellers, of London, went to ths
Victoria Station in a cab, having with him a considerable
quantity of luggage, including three large tin boxes, each
weighing upwards of 1 cwt., and containing watches sol
jewellery. The three boxes were paid for as elms lug-
ctallut no statement was made as to their content'',
the cabman desiring a porter named Greatorex t
be careful with them, as they contained watches. Tbo
carried the three boxes to the luggage van attache,'
sorter
train for Liverpool, which was announced to low
at 8.20. and saw them carefully deposited in the v'•
The traveller took his seat in one of the carriages. "
train from Yorkshire, which joins the Liverpool train at
Victoria station, was from five to ten minutes behind its
time, and, in consequence of this, the Liverpool train
did not start until 8.43. On the arrival of the train
at Liverpool, one of the boxes, containing, it is alleged.
jewellery and watches worth 2,000 f. was found to be
m; and, as the guard who had charge of the train
states That no luggage was removed from the van after
the train started from the Victoria Station until it arrived
at Liverpool, the supposition is that the property must
have been removed while the van was waiting the arrival
of the Yorkshire train at the Victoria Station. Imme-
diately after the robbery was discovered, the police at
Liverpool were informed of it, and a communioalion was
at once forwarded to the railway and police authorities at
Manchester. Detective officer Sutcliffe, who is in the
employ of the London and North. Western Railway Com-
pany, accompanied by one of the managers, went to
• Liverpool on the following morning, and inquiries wag,
made which it is supposed, will lead to the detee.lan of thi
thieves,