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The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-23

GREENWICH.

Job Fathersides a ship's caulker, of 8, Croft-street,
Deptford, who had been apprehended on a warrant, was
charged with committing a violent assault upon John
Stamp, a foreman of shipwrights.
The complainant exhibited a strapped wound on the
right side of the face, near the eye. It appeared that ho
occupied the position of second foreman at the triat-
builthng and ship-repairing yard of Mr. Harrington,
near the Commercial-dock, Rotherhithe, and the pri-
soner bad been in the same employ for two or three
years, but had been discharged some months
since. Latterly the shipwrights and apprentices in Mr.
Harrington's service have been employed in performing
work usually done by caulkers, and for months past they
have been held in fear in consequent* of missiles being
thrown at them while at their employment. Shortly after
six o'clock on Tuesday morning twenty-seven men and
apprentices were engaged in carrying a boat from Mr.
..ington's yard to the Commercial dry dock, followed
by the complainant. On their way there they bad to
pass the prisoner and several other caulkers. The
prisoner called to the complainant, telling him he had
obtain
taepwliiip for those carrying the boat. The
complainant s back, and asked the prisoner what
he bad said (he nag slightly deaf), when the prisoner
struck him a violent blow, 'mocking him down and ren-
dering him insensible. The complainant was picked up
bleeding from the face, and Mr. Goss, a chemist, who
dressed the wound, described it as an inch in length and
three-eighths of an inch deep, his opinion being that it
was caused by a knife or some sharp instrument.
The prisoner denied having a knife or any similar in-
strument in his hand ; and said the complainant came up
to hiss and put himself in a fighting attitude, when they
fought together. He called witnesses to prove this, but
the complainant and his witness denied that there was any
truth in the defence set up.
Mr. Rittman said he was satisfied a violent assault had
been committed, and that the prisoner was the first
to commence such assault. It was a very serious matter,
and the feeling existing must be put a stop to. In default
of paying a fine of 511 there would bea commitment to
gaol for two months, with hard labour.
The money was immediately paid, there beng several
men belongiuid to the society of caulkers in court at the
London, England, 1868-07-23

18 PUBLISHED

EVERY EVENING.

LONDO.Y, THURSDAY, JULY 23.

THE WHITEBAIT DINNER.

THE school-feast precedes the breaking-up. The
Whitebait Dinner is a sign of the approaching
prorogation. Mr. DISRAELI with forty-four col-
leagues partook yesterday of that mysterious fish,
whose genealogy has puzzled naturalists, and
which though it contributes to the pleasures of the
table, declines to minister to the advancement of
knowledge. What is Whitebait ? Is it the
young of the herring, or the young of the
shad ? These doubts and difficulties have
their counterpart in the political world. The
forty-five gentlemen who dined together at Green-
wich would probably find as great a difficulty
in giving an account of themselves, as a whitebait
of a metaphysical turn of mind would encounter
in endeavouring to answer the question, " What,
and whence am I?" Their place in the
classification of politics is a problem
scarcely more easy of solution than the
place of the small fish in the animal
world. Are they Tories or Radicals, or Tory
Radicals ? Revolutionists or Conservatives ? The
spawn of WILLLAII Coaazrr or of WiLLual PITT?
Do their natural affinities connect them with Joan
BRIGHT or with Lord DERBY 1" The great question,
What is a Disraelite ? is as baffling as the question,
What is a whitebait ? At the dinner yesterday,
the animals eating were as nondescript an
order as the animals eaten. The Asian mystery
is a clear and self-evident truth compared with
the whitebait mystery or the Duncan= mys-
tery. The Foreign Minister, to whom White-
Lail office has probably far stronger attractions
than whitebait, and a correspondence with our
representatives abroad in technical education is
more exhilarating than revelry, 'was prevented by
other engagement' from meeting his political
Mends. Mr. DISRAELI, like Mzcseern on another
festive occasion, would have probably felt " his
" country's honour roofed," had the greed person
of his Burnam been present. Whether that
By stamen, like BA/IRV°, was to be challenged for,
=kindness, or pitied for mischance, we are
unable to say. Lord Forarrt.er in the body
would have been a very agreeable presence
compared with some shadowy guests whom Mr.
Disasra.lmay have seen with his mind's eye in the
London, England, 1868-07-23

MINER.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
A moderate business is going forward in the
mining market, with a demand for Prince of
Wales and Great Retallack shares, at 2 toe and
to 1, respectively. Wed Chiverton, 601 to 611;
Wheal Basset, 60 to 621; Wheal Seton, 60 to 62/ ;
Clifford, 21 to I ; Bedford Consols, 15e. to 20e. •
Chiverton Moor, 61 to 1; New Lovell, 17e. 6d.
'to 228. 6d. • East Lovell, 7 to 71; and Trumpet
Consols, 12 to 13.

Yudanamutana Copper shares are still in de-
mand, and exhibit a fresh rise of 55., the
present price being 51 to 1. Bt. John del
Rey, 14 to 19 ; Don Pedro, 21 to 31
prem. ; Anglo-Brazilian, par to prem. ;
Peetarena, 1 to 1 die. ; Chontalee, 11 to 21; Roses
Grande, 1 to 1 ; Anglo-Italian, par to 1 prem.
United Mexican, 11 to 1 ; Frontino and Bolivia, ;
tot ; and Port Phillip, 1 9-16 to 11-16.
London, England, 1868-07-23

CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS.

Another clause (Payment of expenses for conveying
voters in counties and certain boroughs illegal) Mr.
Labouchere)—brought up, and read the first time:—
Motion made, and question put, " That the said clause be
now read a second time : "—The house divided ; ayes 82,
noes 124.
London, England, 1868-07-23

OXYGENATED WATER.--Edeeping in London
during the season is not like in the hush air of the
eotuttt7 but refreshing and invutorit egoista may be obtained
by an evening draught of megod Mgr, hush from the LA-
BORATORY tovitile or through any druggist. in oases
sontalsiag

CONCENTRIC REFRIGERATORS and ICE
SAFES Iralak's Patent).
London, England, 1868-07-23

A MARRIED WOMAN'S RIGHT TO HER

OWN PROPERTY.

The select committee of the House of Commons,
to whom the Married Women's Property Bill was re-
ferred, have agreed to a special report, which was pub-
lished this morning, although, from the lateness of the
session, they have not been able to conclude their inquiry.
The legal evidence taken by the committee shows that
the courts of common law and the courts of equity
administer two distinct systems of law with
reference to this subject, and are guided by
entirely different principles. In the former the married
woman is not, in respect of property, recognised as having
a legal existence independent of her husband, whereas, on
the other hand, the courts of equity have been occupied
from a very early period in elaborating a system under
which the wife may, by ante-nuptial arrangement,
escape from the severity of the common law. But,
much as they have done to mitigate the common
law, these courts have failed in many respects, through
fear of pushing their decisions to a legitimate conclu-
sion. Evidence has also been given as to the effect of the
law which gives the wife's earnings to her husband,
and numerous cases of hardship were proved. Reference
is made to the changes which have taken place in the
laws of the United States and Canada (formerly assimi-
lated to those of England), giving to women the rights and
liabilities of property owners, after as well as before mar-
riage, and the changes are stated to have been everywhere
beneficial.

Looking, therefore, to the experience of those countries,
and to the general tendency of the provisions of equity,
the committee is of opinion that a change in the law
of this country, with reference both to the
property and earnings of married women, is necessary. It
does not, however, appear to be necessary to make any
alteration in the liability of a husband to maintain
his wife in consequence of such a change
in the law with regard to the property of mar-
ried women. But other questions of importance
arise in settling the details of an act of parliament
on the subject, relating principally to ;the liability of
mothers to support their children, and to the rights of
married women to make contracts; but, for want of time
and opportunity to enter into a full investigation of these
matters, the committee recommend the appointment of a
select committee in the next ninon of parliament for
further inquiry.
London, England, 1868-07-23

ON the PORTMAN ESTATE—Capital Leasehold STABLING,
in BkiRKELEY-MEWS, suitable for occupation or investment.
MESSRS. RUSHWORTH, ABB(Yrr, and Co.
win SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, Tokenhouge-ya
on FRIDAY, August 7, at 1 for • in One Let, capital Leasehold
STABLING, comprising Noe. N and 17, Berkeley-mews, Portman-
square. No. 10 comprierri a large carriage house, three-stall stable,
and MOM* over; No. reomprises a sixstall stable, with rooms over.
Held by lease from Lord Portman for • term of 21 years, from Mid.
summer, 1141, subject to a rent of gra per annum. Immediate
possession will be given upon completion of the pniehmie.-31sy be
viewed, and particulars obtained of William H. Brown, Esq.,
solicitor, UpPinitham; of G. E. Spencer, Eau., solicitor, 3, Peru.
Gray's-inn : and of Messrs. Russ WORT 14, Answer,
and Co., 22, Saviletow, Regentotreet. W., and 19, ChangetilleT,
Corribill, EC.

PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT.—HAMPSHIRE„ near to
Havant. —A valuable Freehold RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY,
and about Hawes of Land,
MESSRS. RUSHWORTH, ABBOTT, and Co.
are instructed to announce for SALE by AUCTION (antics
an acceptable offor be previously made by private contract),
a valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE known as Brocklanda, situate
near to the capital town of Havant, where there is • first class
statilm on the Direct Portmouth and Brighton and SouVrCoast
Lines of Railway, not far from the sea at Hayling Island. and about
IS Lour.' journey from London. It coonsta of • gentleman's real-
drum with numerous principal and seoondary bedobandiorkati-
proaeh)d by two staircases, elegant reception rooms, and all re-
quisite offices: also stabling carriage houses, dell:Will lawn
and pleasure grounds well timbered, extensive
.wutedtratt and
vegetable
ut ail:, and prirl.clietz
posse .ionndi;al whole
be *oar
en upon
coation of the purchase.—Partioulars are in coons of prepa-
ration, and may shortly be obtained of Meese. BOSRIVOITIC,
A statr?, and Co. t 3, flavilwrow, Ragent-street. W., sad Na le,
I Tweireclley, Coniliill, EC.
London, England, 1868-07-23

THE MURDER IN NORTON FOLG4TE.

The public will remember that a short time ago
a very brutal murder was committed upon the wife of an
eating-house keeper in Norton Folgate by a boy named
Andrew Mackay, nineteen years old, who made his escape
after committing the deed, and it was thought had evaded
justice, either by committing suicide, or by making his
way to some foreign country, as, notwithstanding the
active inquiries that were made after him by the police,
not the slightest clue could be obtained likely to lead to
his apprehension. It is satisfactory, however, to state
that the culprit has been discovered in rather a singu-
lar manner in Maidstone gaol. It appears that
a short tame back a prisoner who gave the name of
George Jackson was taken into custody at Woolwich for
steelier a meerschaum pipe, and,ie was eventually sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment for that offence. He
was removed to the county gaol at lfaidstobe pennant to
that sentence, and no suspicion whatever was enter.
tamed as to his being any other than the person he repro
-
seated himself to be. It is now the practice to make use
of the art of photography as a means of detecting
criminals, and among ethos the photograph of the boy
Andrew Mackay was sent to the prison. For some time
it did not appear to have attracted any attention,
but • thought suddenly seemed to have struck a
warder belonging to the prison that the boy
Jackson' who was under his charge, resembled
one of the photographs of. persons who had absconded
after the commission of a crime. In uence of this,
he communicated his suspicions to Major nister, the
governor, and examined the photograph carefully, and
this confirmed the suspicion he bad entertained pre-
viously, that the prisoner Jackson was in reality the
murderer, Andrew Mackay. He took an opportunity
'upon this to enter into conversation with the prisoner, and
in the course of it he asked him if be had ever gone by
any other name than George Jackson, and he at once
replied that Ms name was Andrew Mackay, and
he admitted that he was the person who was charged
with the murder in Norton rolte. Major Bannister
at once telegraphed to London to Sergeant Dunaway, an
°Meer of the metropolitan potion, and he came down to
Maidstone yesterday, accompanied by a person who was
acquainted with the lad Mackay, and who at once ideatiffed
him as the penes egainst whom the coroner's. jury had
returned a verdict of wilful murder. The prisoner has
still two months to semi of his original sentence, but he
wilt, of comes, be brought batik to London upon the charge
of murder so soca es the necessary forms are gone through
to enable that seep to be taken.

Mrs. S. A. Allen's World's Hair Restorer or
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London, England, 1868-07-23

PORCHESTER-TERRACE, near KENSINGTON-OARDENT,. •
The very superior LEASEHOLD DETACHED RISIDENCE
of the late LV. Piston, Esq., approached by a carriage drive,
with lamp garden in the rear; and handsome conservatory, be-
yond which IA good stabling, entered from Lainaterxtreet. held of
the Bishop of London for an uneifftred term of 70 van. Ground
rent,Lilper annum; with
tiosasenon.
MESSRS. RUSBWORTII, ABBOTT, and Co.
are directed by the Executrix to SELL by AUCTION, at
the Mart, Tokenhoonelwrd, opposite the Bank of England, on
} RIDAY, August T, the capital detanhed FAMILY HORD
distinguish.; daa No. 411, Inrubesterterrace, substantially buia
Suffolk brick ornamented by Corinthian pilasters and bold Doris
portico; the interior is skilfully planned and beautifully decorated,
and contains every accommodation for a gentleman's family inclu-
ding two elegant drawing-rooms teentsurtnicatingh capitalinina-
nme and library, a noble neTZ -erected billiard-room lighted from
the root, and having two of French sashes opening upon
the lean, a lobby with lavatory and water.cloeet On the
first
Imo is a boudoir, two large principal bed-rooms, and a draw
inrcroom, and another dressing room in which is • hot and cold
Lath, and a watencloast: On the upper story four capital bedrooms,
and another of smaller dimensiona. On the half landing a house-
. maid's closet with pink, and • watercloset The domestic offices
COW prim. a large kitchen, scullery. hormekeeper's-room, larder, store
room, butler's pantry, and capacious malaria.. The lawn and
ilowtrpardena are tastefully laid out in parterres and flower
borders, and the handsome conservatory Is heated by hot water
pipe., beyond which loan enclosed stable yard, with two stalls and
a louse box, hanteneroom, standing for two earthier. two rooms
over, with hay-loft, dnk, pantry, and water-closet. —May be viewed
by cards, which, with particular. may he obtained of Messrs. Horn
and Murra_y. solicitors, H. Ring-street, St. Jaansa'axquare ; and
of Heim. AHNOTT, and Co., Ilk Savilerow, Regent-
street. W.. and 10. Change-allev. t 'Anthill. E.C.
London, England, 1868-07-23

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

OM TELZOILLIII. )

NOTTINGHAM MEHTING.--(THIS DAY.)

COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE.
Ligurian .. .. ..
Hermitage .. .. ..
Meßora .. ..
STAND PLATE.
.. Harebell .. ..
.. Parma .. ..
Pantaloon .. • •
• •
NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP.
..
Fidelia .. ..
King of the Fairies .. ..
Emigration ..
..
4 ran.

HENDON MEETING.-{THIS DAY.)

SELLING HANDICAP.

Lupus
Lorenzo di Lardy ..
Carousal ..
ELMORE PLATE.

Chateau Margaux .. .. .. 1
Amour Propre .. .. 2
..
Warlike .. .. .. .. 3
8 ran.
CLARET CUP. Six furlongs.
Pevensey, Brown Jug, Croquet, Red Comyn, Kilkenny,
Shamrock, and Venturer are bare.

NURSERY PLATE. Half a mile.
Royalist, Glenmore, Prebendal, Juanita, Venetia, Lu-
cina, Barcelona, and Miss Sophie are here.

REM-HILL WELTER HANDICAP. Five furlongs.
Bryant, Lupus, Ada, Shamrock, Adjutant, Kilkenny,
Poleaxe, Pocket Hercules, Futurity, and A.mbusk ci are
here.

N MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

NURSERY STAKES. Five furlongs.
Cyclamen is here.
SOUTH HAMPSHIRE STAKFS. One mile and a half.
Zeloo is here.

CRANBURY PARK STAKES. T.Y.C.
Nothing here at present.
WELTER STAKES. One mile.
Aettea, Zeloo, and Redbourne are here.

CRICKET.-(T1118 DAY.)

ozynsinac V. PLATERS 07 THE SOUTH.

To-day, at Bennington Oval, this match was
commenced shortly before half-past 12. The Players,
having won the toss, took first innings, and Jupp and
Humphrey commenced the batting, bowled to by Mr. W.
0. Orace and Mr. Lipscomb, the latter at the Pavilion
end.

Taw 0' CLOCK.
London, England, 1868-05-11

E NRY BRETT and Co.'s "0. D. V."
PURE BRANDY, IS'. per gallon and 36.. perdoz., recom-
mended by the medical profession. In a case for the country 39d,
Inclusive of railway carriage.—Rolborn•bars, and 30. Itegantst.
London, England, 1868-05-11

HAYM AMR ET,

TRW Rearm*, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT -A EIRRO
OF ROMANCE. Mews. Bothers, Backstops, Compton, ( hippsn •
dabs, Rogers, &Clark ; Mesdames Robertson, lone Burke, Chippea.
dais, Fltzwilliam, Um, etc. —And INTRIGUE. Mr. Kendal, de.

ETILAWD.
This EbRNINE,SISTERLY SERVICE.—THE FIELD OF THE
CLOTH OF GOLD. -And MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICK

ROYAL LYCEVSI THEATRE.

JAPANERE per-
formances. cossisting of Balancing. Top-.pinning. Tumbling, the
Butterfly, and great Ladder Fests.—Et gar Evsnimi at F4ht,
terminating at half.past Ten : and Wednesdays and Saturdays
at half•past Two. Children under 10 half-price. Places wenn('
at the Box.ofilce by Mr. Nugent from Tm till Fire: at Mr.
Mitchell's, 014 Baud-street ; and at the principal Librartea
London, England, 1868-05-11

18 PUBLIBIII9

EVERY EVENING.

LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

THE political situation is without example. The
Government has been beaten as no Government

ever was before. It has confronted the Opposition

in three party divisions, and two majorities of
sixty and one sixty-five have declared themselves

against it and its policy. An appeal to the con-
stituencies is threatened ; but no member of the
administration has any belief that it will alter the
state of affairs. Beaten in St. Stephens with whips,
Mr. DisaarAt will be beaten on the hustings with
scorpions. The most trustworthy reports which
are received from the country indicate its
complete approval of the course taken by its
representatives. Indeed that course has been dic-
tated, in the cane of a number of members sufficient
if not to have turned the scale, at least to have
more or less affected it, by very accurate informa-
tion as to the popular sentiment. When the
liberal party is united, Mr. Disraeli knows very
well that there is no standing against it. Ile de-
sires an appeal, not because he expects a reversal
of judgment, but because he clings to official
existence, and is thankful for a few
months' reprieve. DE MANDEVILLE'S doctrine
that private vices may be public benefits is, in the
long run, questionable enough. But the insensi-

bility of Mr. Duman.' to shame is really of some
service to the Liberal party and to the country.
There is some good in the existence, at this time,
of a Ministry whom no ignominy will drive out of
their places. Save carrying him out bodily on
some one's shoulders, nothing, we believe, would
get Mr. DISRAELI out of Downing-street. In the
last resort we should be prepared to hear of his re-
tiring to an inner apartment, barricading himself,
and standing a siege there, with the heroic valour
which his ancestors showed again th 9 legions of
Tivus. The Greek hero, who was so firmly fixed to
his seat in Hades that when he was torn from
London, England, 1868-05-11

DISCOMMUNING AT CAMBRIDGE.

THE authorities of the University of Cambridge
have aroused considerable excitement and opposi-
tion by the exercise of their right of " discom-
" musing" some of the tradesmen of the town. To
" diacommune " a sholleeper is to inflict on him
pecuniary loss and social stigma. He is prohibited
from dealing with members of the University ;
who on the other hand are liable to rusti-
cation and expulsion if they tempt the
marked man into breaking the college law. Before
1856 tradesmen wore liable to this dread ostracism
who presumed to sue a University debtor without
the sanction of his college tutors ; and as this per-
mission was only given in rare instances, the people
were compelled to give credit, subject to ridi-
cule as well as loss from the extravagant and un-
principled. But this anomaly was properly altered
by the Cambridge Award Act of 1866 ; and on the

30th April, 1857, the Senate decided the cases in
which tradesmen and others are liable to be dis-
communed to be by the existing edict* of the Uni-
versity as follows :
"1. Any person borrowing money or giving any
"security in writing to any tradesman, even for
" goods supplied, without the consent of his
"College Tutor.
" 2. Any tradesman to whom a person in dots
• 4.spopiUori is indebted in an amount exceeding N.,
`t omitting to report the same every quarter•dey
`t llbtil it shall be paid.
" 3. Any tradesman or other persott supplying

_ .. . ..
it a portion of his skin rex:42453 adhering " goods on credit knowing that the mime Fe about
'419 be turned into money.
to the stone, only foreshadows what may happen
when Mr. Disitazu is dragged from t' e Treasury • • '4. Any horsedealer or livery-stable keeper let-
Bench; Mr. DISIL&ELI clings to the TrOMPTI ma. .tt liug a tandem upon hire."
limpet clings to the reek ; ap4 the herder the • ' - itocording to the Cambridge Independent these re-
nd
44
the severer the pokes which he receive", tire Elation' do not meet the end they have in view.
faster does he hold on to it. In all this there is 'llO 'bill-discounter, boast that " diatinlinuaing
little credit either to himself or t 43 the office which 1" is to them a valuable advertisement kindly
London, England, 1868-05-11

THE EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE BY

BOYS IN TES CITY.

At the Mansion-house this morning the two boys
Arthur Forrester Smith, 15, and Hector Augustus
Smith, 13, were brought before the Lord Mayor,
in charge of Sergeant Mow, the detective officer,
for further examination, upon the charge of
feloniously wounding )fury Anne Nano, with intent to
murder her. Alderman Sir It. Carden and Alderman
Camden were on the bench during the proceedings•
It will be recollected that, at the last examination, it was
proved that the prosecutrix was the housekeeper of the
premises No. 2, Catherine-court, Seething-lase. The pri-
soners were connected with the prosecutrix by marriage,
and it appeared that they bad secreted themselves
in the cellar, no doubt for the purpose of committing a
robbery in the house, and while they were actually engaged
in breaking open a box in the room of the prosecutrix, and
from which they took a sum of about M., the prosecutrix
came into the room. The two young ruffian. immediately
commenced a most brutal attack upon the unfortunate
woman, and beat her upon the head with a mallet, in-
flicting such injuries thereby that for some days her
life was despaired of. She is now, however, happily out
of danger, and it is expected that she will recover.
The prisoner,, when they were placed at the bar, seemed
to have lost a great deal of the hardihood which charge-
i terised them at the first examination.

Inspector Tillcock handed inscertificate from Guy's
Hospital, which wee to the effect that the proeecutrix was
programing favourably, but was not in a condition to
attend the marl at present to give her evidence. He 'eked
fora remand fora week.

The prisoners, who said nothing, were ►ooordingly ie.
mended for a week.
London, England, 1868-05-11

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR.

TM. DAY —Morning. 411 46m.......Aft4am00n, MI. Ms.
70-xoitiow—flornlng. Mt. 22m—....Atternoon, A. 41m.

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mid o'clock for insertion lame evening. Toe, is. Id.

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54

INTELLIGENCE FROM ABROAD.

Mom% marrams.)
FRANCE.
PARIS, MAT 9, Eva :go.

The Conati►.dionnel of this evening publishes an
article *Derain it defends the expenditure pro-
posed iathe vatiroates of the Ministry of War.
The 'Aide, after showing that the effective of
400,000 mer is inferior to that of the North
German tonfederation, concludes as follows :
" By the new military law the Emperor desired
to create an institution which, while economising
the finances f the state and lightening the burden
ei taxation, would enable France to play the part
appertaining to her in Europe."

PARIS. MAY 10.

Their Mak •ties the Emperor and Empress have
left for Orle s. They were present last night at
a ball at the 4 opera-home.

THE PROOOSED CONVERSION OF THE
AUSTRIAN DEBT.
VIENNA, NAT 10.

The comn;,ttee on the budget held a sitting
yesterday, a' which nearly all the ministers were
present. Di. Skene brought forward his well-
known general report on the budget.
The ➢lint .er of Finance declared that he was
sot at one u ith the conclusions arrived at by the
sub-committee. The deficit of the next three
years would only be 150 million florins, and it
would be po;+ible to arrive at the position of pre-
senting a but !et without a deficit. The proviaorium
proposed by the report, which would provide only
for the deficit of one year, would haves most preju-
dicial influet :I) upon Austria's credit. The pro-
posed compulsory conversion of the public debt
was still open to discussion, and the government
was willing to take into consideration a direct
income-tax a • a substitute for the tax upon mov-
able property proposed by the government. In the
event, howe:er, of its being accepted as a substi-
tute, an increased taxation would be necessary in
the course of the current year.
London, England, 1868-05-11

ALARMING MOTH AT ASHTON.

The Manchester papers of to-day contain accounts
of a serious riot which commenced last night ►t Ashton.
under-Lyne, between the Irish and English, or Murphy-
lies and Catholics. Much damage has been done in Flag-
Ors, an Irish neighbourhood. It was reported that
several persons had been shot, and that a person named
Molls wee dead. A large number of special! constables
have been sworn in, and the borough was much excited.l

THE LATE BIRMINGHAM BANKING CON.

PANE

The Birmingham Post understands that actions
have been commenced against three of the directors of the
late banking company. The defendants are Mr. B. Gibbing,
Mr. S. W. Lama, and Mr. F. I. Welch.
London, England, 1868-05-11

OLD CRUSTED PORT, a fine, light, dry
Wine, only 36n. doz. Sherry to match ;pale dry Wine).
The N 3ls. doz. ; half-dozen for rumple carriage free.—The
CADIZ WINE Company, 06, Si Jaineeitstreet, S.W. Me,
bliahed 1341.
London, England, 1868-05-11

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

THP POI ITICaL HORIZON.

- -
If the Queen should decline to comply with the
request of the Commons, it will be impossible for Mr.
Gladstone (the Times cotala its) to nowt the result as
decisive. In the contrary event, the Suspensory Bill will
be carried, probably after another crushing defeat ; and
if Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues continue in dace,
nothing will remain but to chem.+ between a vote of want
of confidence and some oomprom'se whereby the despatch
of public business may be facilitated, with a view to
hasten the inevitalle appeal to the new constituencies.
Unless the party el iris kiadled by the recriminations of
last week should have greatly abated in the meantime,
there can be little doubt which alternative would be
adopted; indeed, it seems more likely that some en-
counter, whether accidental or preooneerted, will preci-
pitate the cilia before many days are over. The
Times then potato out the vacillation which reigns in
the councils of the government, and the confu-
sion of thought which characterises Mr. Disraeli's speeches
on the subject of the Irish church. All his subtleties
about the connexion of church and state may isthmus, a
certain number of the clergy, but they are lost upon the
existing, and still more upon the lattice, electoral body.
The Herald accuse. Mr. Gladstone of intentionally re-
serving to himself the power to bribe the Roman catholic*
out of the spoil of the protestant church in Ireland, and
thinks the honest liberals in parliament and out are be-
ginning to see this. Our contemporary thinks the Sus-
pensory Bill will not pass the house this session at least.
The TelemspA anticipates, with regard to her Majesty's
reply, that, while there will be no expression of opinion
on as momentous a topic, the constitutional duty of the
crown with respect to all bills brought under its notice
will be strictly followed.
The Star observes that the permission to the Henn of
Commons to pass and wend to the House of Lords the
suspensory measure which Mr. Gladstone wishes to carry,
will be refused, if it is refused, on the responsibility of the
Minister, and of that fact Mr. Disraeli is well aware. He
is also well aware that if the house permits him to remain
in office till a diseolation can be conveniently taken, it
would be out of character for him to presume on that
favour by declining to make an ad interim arrangement
which the house, having distinctly determined on, has an
indefeasible right at least to send to the other house of
legislature in order to secure its concurrence.
London, England, 1868-11-21

LATIOT SPORTING INTICIAAOKNUE

FINCIILEY MEETING.--(TEII8 DAY.)

.MolloAly. PLATT Two milt*. 12.45.

Wedding Peal, MuerteLawn, Cutler, China, Cantha.
ride& Colwell/Wm Acrobat, Ata!ante, Malvern, and
Ilanidan c are Low.

MIDLAND 11AILWAY STEMPLECHASII. Two mile'
and a half. 1.30.

Spiteheock. Leotard, iarTeiih, iireen back, Rein Ad:dr,
Jen; Wade, Ma, and Meerschaum are here.

OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Three mike and a halt. 2.30.
Raider, Boring Maid, Black Pliners Atalanta OLIN,
Arlawft, Atalanta (Watkin' iie), and Harridan are here.

BELLING HANDICAP. Two milos. 8.16.
Farleigh, Vince, Love in a piat, Acrobat, Balloon,
Panahanger, and Jerry are here.

BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

2.30 P.Y.

There was a very small attendance at the
clubs to-day, and bluenose was dull in the extreme, a
few trantaetions on the Croydon Grand Metropolitan
SteeplechaPe being all that took place. Steamboat was
elected first favourite, The Nun treading closely on hi%
heels, while Globule and Meanwood were the next most
fancied. Quotations:
London, England, 1868-11-21

FOEBUIN NEWS.

, . DM&

(THIS DAY.)

(TILSO94IO 16171‘11.11 Leineor.)
AMERICA.
NKW YORK, Nov. N.
Tho National steamship England arrived out
to-day.
Gold closed at 1341, the highest quotation
during the day was 135, and the lowest 134.
Sterling exchange on London. 1091 ; 6-20 United
State* Bonds, 1882, 1101 ; ditto, 1886, 107; ; ditto,
1886, 110} ; 10-40 Bonds, 106 Z. Illinois, 1421; Brie,
43. Cotton, middling upland, 24f. Petroleum,
standard white, 33. Flour, extra state, 8 dole'.
20c. to 8 doh. 80c. Corn, old mixed, 1 dol. 14c.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Cimbris arrived at Southampton to-day (Nov. ?1)
with 113 passengers for this port, Havre, and
Hamburg, 57 Raclin of mails, 4,150 dole. for Lon-
don, 1,200 doh. for Hamburg. and 1,300 tons of
cargo. On the 14th the Cimbria spoke the Ham-
burg and American steamer Ilammonia, on the
18th the British barque Superb, of Shields, from
the Black Sea. The Cimbria supplied her with
provisions. She exlerience(l strong easterly
winds throughout.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, Nowt.

Governer Heed, of Florida, ref twee to recognise
the legality of his imp eriehment by the legislature.
Ile declares that that body is illegal. The Lieu-
ienant-Governor has been arrested by Governor
Veed fur con piracy to seise his office in the in-
terest of the Legislative, which body has adjourned
without testing the disputed authority.
A complete return from lowa shows that that
State recently adopted negro suffrage by a small
majority.
Nearly complete returns show that General
Grant's majority in North Carolina was 9,000.
Alabama is now tleclariil doubtful. The majority
of Mr. Iloffnum for the governorship of New
York has been increased by later returns to nearly
30,000.
The Governor of Arkansas has ordered the
organisation of 00,000 militia.
Treaties have been ratified with the Kansas In-
dians securing the immediate cessation of hostili-
ties with eight tribes.
General Sheridan is organising a formidable ex-
pedition against the savages of tho western plains.
The recently ratified treaty with Bavaria pro-
vides the same condition in recognition of Ame-
rican naturalised citizens as already conceded by
Prussia.

Telegraphic achices from Cuba state that the
intrurgt ntawere deraatiug the plantations.

General Lersundi has received discretional autho-
rity from Madrid to suspend sentences of death
pronounced upon captured insurgents.
In Hayti Salnave is said to be gaining ground.
CANADA.
OTTAWA, Nov. 9.

The Hon. Joseph Howe, of Nova Scot's. has
declared the repeal of the Canadian Confederation
Act to be impracticable, and advises a compro-
mise regarding the Confederation.
London, England, 1868-11-21

PORTUGAL.

LISBON. Nov.
.19.

The Minister of Finanue hue left for Paris to
adjust the terms of the new loan. The King and
Infante Dom August have gone to Paneas on a
shooting exeureion.

TEE COTTON CROP IN EGYPT
ALEXANDRIA, Soy. 20.

The anticipatione of tLe Egyptian cotton crop
are fully realised. The total production exceeds
2,000,060 canter,.

INDIA.

CALCUTTA, "..Ic,v. 11

shirtings, 4r. 14a.; 8:1b. ditto, 6r. :
40's mule twist, Spa. ; market quiet. Cutton. 22.
new. Exchange on London, Is. 11 9-Idd.
Freights to England Rie&', 30s. ; juto, 44..
Bad weather and heavy gales prevail iu the Bay
of Bengal.

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS. Nov. 23, 3.'A .01.
The 1!1.11),,en atc.t,ty. et
:1.73, r.. Lout We. higher Cum y•••to:,14y.
London, England, 1868-11-21

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)
(rem oux owx CORRNEWONDENT.
Market very ateady. 831 e. probably 15,000 bolos.

TALLOW MARKET.— (THIS DAT.)
The market is flendy. Town tallow, 60s. 3d.; Peter.
burg Y.C. en the spot, 625. ; December, 625. ; January,
625. bd. to 623. 9d.; March, 63c to 635. 3d.

HAY MARKET -{THIS DAY.)

Mr. Charles James Rastas reports trade •t the fel-
kwing prices : Prime clover, from 117 s. od. to 1305.;
iefenor ditto. &U. to lOUs.; prime hay, 103 s. to 1131.;
inferior ditto, 86s. to 96.. ; straw, 26e. to 345.
London, England, 1868-11-21

MR. ROEBUCK'S F4REWELL.

THERE would be something of dignity in the
late member for Sheffield's farewell to his old
borough if it came from anyone but Mr. Roe-
ant K. But the parade of bowing meekly to the
decision of the new electors, of looking forward to
a future in which the calm reflection of posterity
shall reverse the judgment passed now, and the
hackneyed " tag " as to faithful services do-
serving a different return, are all tinged with
bathos when they proceed from Tear 'em. It is
beyond Mr. Roenrcx's comprehension that men
who are willing to do without him can be any-
thing but cruel, ungrateful, and base; and he
now assumes the tone of a Christian
martyr suffering all things fur the faith.
We are not aware what the mighty sacri-
fices are to which Sheffield's late mem-
ber is so fond of referring. We knew that
he was ready to throw up his seat a dozen years
ago, and only retained it because he failed in
obtaining the post and salary of chairman of the
Board of Works ; and we also know that he has
sat for Sheffield for a great number of years. But,
apart from self-glorification, and the unrestrained
e xenise of a capricious temper and a scolding trngue,
it is difficult to say exactly what Mr. ROEBUCK
has done either for his constituents or the country.
A political Narcissus enamoured of his own charms;
a house of Commons Bhudda absorbed in the
contemplation of his own ineffable perfection ; the
learned gentleman has in reality been representing
Mr. Roeercx all this time, rather than the prin-
ciples he has appealed to, or the people in whose
name he spoke. Still, the will be a loss to the
House of Commons. The most cantankerous of
its members has gone, and there is always some-
thing mournful in losing the most perfect specimen
of a particular genus. Now Mr. ROEBUCK
has been snarling and biting all his
life; until by mere practice ho became as
proficient in these arts as men do who
devote to one end the energies and the occupa-
tion of their lives. It is wore than a generation
since Mr. ROEBUCK'S indiscriminate attacks in-
volved him in a harmless duel with the late Mr.
BLACK, who, as editor of the Meriting Chronicle,
resented the shameful imputations made upon
him ; and the learned gentleman seems to have
been abusing his fellow-creatures ever since.
He now credits himself with the services
he might have rendered, rather than those
he has performed ; and whines about his age as
if the borough of Sheffield had maliciously con-
trived to multiply his years by geometrical pro-
gression. That Mr. ROEBUCK should be older
than he wishes is a misfortune he shares with
many people of both sexes; and no more ex-
plains the reason of his defeat, than FAOIN's
"an old, old man, my lord:" justified the of-
fences for which ho trembled in the dock. Mr.
Itoettuea will be missed, but not mourned, and
we see no reason why either the new or old portion
of the Sheffield constituency should be preached
at for its exercise of the constitutional privilege
of free choice.
London, England, 1868-11-21

CIVIL EMPLOYMENT FOR DISCHARGED

SOLDIERS.

Tim problem of recruiting for the Army without
being reduced to the scum and the sediment of
the population for aspirants to the honour of
serving her MA.rxtrrr was becoming more
and more difficult before flogging was abo-
lished and the pay of the private soldier woe
raised twopenoe a-day. Crimean experiences, as
related in village inns and cottages and in public-
house parlours, were not encouraging to men who
could manage to escape starvation at home.
The labour market had more and better prizes to
offer to the industrious; the lash deterred all but
the reckless or the worthless. The Irish supply of
fighting boys was diminishing year by year.
Military men in the late House of Commons
used to say that the twopence extra a day
would bring more recruits than the lash would
deter. Civilians replied that the lash would
deter more than the twopence would bring, but
that both reforms were advisable and acceptable.
Other causes have probably contributed to
raise the character of the recruits for the
British army, such as the taste for mi-
litary exercises promoted by the volunteer
London, England, 1868-11-21

SPAIN.

MADRID. Nov. Xt._

Tlie. Provisional Government have made the
following diplomatic appointments :—Senor Po-
sed, to be minister at Rome ; Senor Espana,
Florence; Senor Mantemar, Berlin ; Senor Ranoes,
Vienna ; Senor Blas, the Hagu. ; Senor As-
quering, Brussels ; Senor Alareon, Copenhagen.
A decree issued by Senor /ingests abolishes the
Royal Council of Health, together with the regu-
lation of the 6th and hth of June, 1867, and sub-
stitutes a superior commission, which will
early on the same functions with greeter
economy. A circular of Senor Zorilla recom-
mends to the governors of provinces the establish-
ment of male farms. Signor Figuerola has issued
an ordinance, in which he states that the bonds of
the present loan will possess the same advantages
as the other public stocks. An ordinance has °loci
been published with the object of placing the
convents which have been suppressed in possession:
of the authorities as speedily as possible. The
amount subscribed to the loan by the bankers of
Madrid alone ciceeds already 113 millions of reels.
London, England, 1868-11-21

THE PRINCE AND PRINCEV4 OF WALES.

PARIS, Nov. 20.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went to Com-
piegne this morning. The Emperor Napoleon
come in person to the station to rocivo their royal
highness'-c.

CONTINUED ERUPTION OF MOUNT VERU-
VIUS.—UREAT DESTRUCTION oe PROPERTY.
NAPLES, Nov. 19, Evr.,rtso.

The eruption is still imposing and threatening.
All the cones emit formidable rumbling sounds.
and eject large quantities of incandescent matter.
The lava current is now 120 mores broad and
frrm ten to twelve metres deep. A whole
Chesnut forest has been set on tire by
the lava neer Fosso Vetrana, and it, has
caused immense devastation. Many houses and
farm lands have been overwhelmed, and the vil-
lage of flan Giorgio is in imminist peril. The
population of the neighbouring villages are leav-
ing their houses, and great misery and destitution
prevails. It is proposed to open a subscription
for their relief. All the authorities are on the
spot, with a military division, to protect property
and to assist in rescuing it from destruction.
London, England, 1868-11-21

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY 111VP51140, NOVEMBER 21, 1818.

the me** et the elestan. It mama be impeded that
'We should ukase in the wisdom er the justice of this
decagon. WhS time is to reverse this decree, time
must show ; for me it is steal ewe. lam too old to wait
for the deoliena of time—though I am coatidest that
vales calm redectien takes the place of excitement and pro-
Jodie', it will be acknowledged that I hare been always
faithful servant, said that is 7 maniacs( deserved a different
return. I make an IMlNlpissat, I snake no accuwition‘
The More must amide between me and the mewl=
constituency of sheisaa I beg of you, then, gen
to *wept my grateful thanks, and to believe me, yours
faithfully, J.A. Romeucx."
London, England, 1868-08-04

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

TVESDAT, AIrOVIIT 4, 8 A.C.
(hi all our coasts there ham been a small decrease in bareme-
trieal premure, except on the south roast of Ireland, where read-
ings are slightly her than they were yesterday. Pressures are
generally uniform ; between the lowest reading at Holyhead and
the highest at Scarborough there is a difference of 017 inch.
Temperature is generally high ; the rise at Nairn since yesterday
ha* been 11 dmivees. Moderate winds from the southward pre-
vailed generally yesterday. At Weymouth it blew a gale from
the east. This morning the wind is light and variable, and at the
reenact. of the Channel there is calm. Thunder is reported from
Penman- and Pl)mouth. The weather is generally flue, but fug
exists on the Irish coast.

" A Wayfarer," protesting in the columns of
the limes against the preaching of sermons, dwells with
a particular sense of injury upon the tactics employed last
Sunday by his own clergyman. "I appeal," he says, "to
you and to the public whether this was fair—viz., to say
'Lastly;' then, after a long interval, 'finally;' then,
,Time permits me to say no more than these last words
then ' To conclude ;' then, *Just once more ;' and yet go
on and on as if the sermon had only just been commenced ?
Further, was it fair, after coming to the end of a pathetic
description, which I venture to say nine-tenths of the con-
gregation took to be the end of the sermon, to use the
words, 'And now,' in the accustomed tone, which caused
me and some others to rise with commendable alacrity,
and yet to follow them up, not with the well-known for-
mula, but with ' Once again.' "
TIIE LONDON STATtES.—I told you that I
should make a small London, for military purposes, out
of London—on Wimbledon-common, I think. Well. I
shall remove most of the London statues to that small
town. If the enemy should be of an 'esthetic turn of
mind, and should gain entrance into the town, they will
be so disgusted, horrified, and aniseed by there
stature that they will fall an easy prey to our troops. Ou
the other hand, if they should survive the shock, and take
the town, they will carry off the statues as trophies taken
from the barbarians. At any rate, we 'Judi get rid of the
statues from Lonilmi Ileye:oe for
August.
London, England, 1868-08-04

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.
In the mining market to-day Great Retallack
and Chiverton Moor shares are inquired for, while
Prince of Wales show flatness. Subjoined are the
prices :—West Chiverton, 601 to 611 ; Great Vor,
15 to 16 ; Great Retallack, 31 to # ; Prince of
Wales, 365. to 388. ; Clifford, 11 to 2 ; New
Lovell, 17s. 6d. to 20s. ; Great Laxey, 161 to 17 ;
Chiverton Moor, 61 to 7; and West Great Work,
2 to 21.
Annexed are the quotations of foreign and
colonial mining shares :—Yudaziamutana, 41 to
; St. John Del Rey, 201 to 21/ ; Don Pedro,
2i to 3 prem. ; Aneo-Brazilian, par to 1 prem. ;
Pestarena, 4to 3 ths. ; Chontales, 2to ; Roma
Grande, Ito prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to
prem. ; United M-m:.mn, 11 to I ; Prontmo and
Bolivia, :to t ; and Port Phillip, 11 to
London, England, 1868-08-04

OLD FRIENDS.

Tom close of Parliament has brought forward
our old-established friends in the newspapers,
the autumnal letter-writers. We will not stop to
inquire how these eloquent gentlemen employ them-
selves during the parliamentary session, and when
the papers are legitimately full. Perhaps, like the
barber of Mims, they whisper their secrets into
the earth ; perhaps they adopt the policy ini-
tiated by Mr. Toors, and indite tremendous
phillipics to themselves; perhaps they employ the
time in meditation in order that they may turn up
with perennial freshness directly the house ad-
journs. We incline to the latter belief, for it is
gratifying to discover no fickle running after
change in their choice of topics. The gentleman
who complains of the length and dreariness of ser-
mons, and who asks piteously why sensible people
do not leave church at the conclusion of prayers,
does so this morning with really marvellous
naivete and point, considering that sermons have
been railed at in the newspapers every autumn
for the last thirty years. We may ask in passing why
the people so anxious to leave church early do
not follow their bent. There is no law to com-
pel them to stay save the law which forces
them to write letters on a grievance in the
autumn. That Lord Coirrsozum had to carry a
bag the other day at Waterloo station ; that in
the most scorching parts of the Continent there
are more provisions against the effects of ex-
treme heat than in England, where it sel-
dom occurs ; that ice keeps longer when
it does not melt rapidly than when it
does ; that Mr. Bxmoxs ADAMS—a name so
familiar at the foot of newspaper letters in autumn
that the mere sight of it suggests the fall of the
leaf—has important possibilities to suggest to the
public; that Sinai should have an ordnance
survey; and that Professor MORLEY remains
staunch in his original belief as to the poem attri-
buted to MILTON, are among the facts to be
gleaned by those who read the letters in
this morning's Times. The MILTON poem will
be a standing dish for some weeks to
come. Each theorist thinks his own suggestion
" ought to set this matter finally at rest," and
will continue to prose his views until cat short by
London, England, 1868-08-04

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS.
crms DAY.).

Mum ova oing COMOPONDENT.)
COTTON. —The market opens quiet but steady. Sales
probably 8,000 bales.
Cora.—The market well attended. Wheat In good
demand at 2d. per cental advance on white de-
scription.; red Brm. Flour steady at Friday's rates.
Beans, oats, and oatmeal unchanged. Pair businaiw ism
Indian corn, at fully former rata, mixed, 365. to 365. 6d.