The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

TO TO ZOITOZ of TO Elie.

me to direct jour attention to the
fact that the statements put forward in the article published
in your edition of Thursday, and headed "Safe Petroleum,"
are totally at variance with the truth, and that Dr.
Letheby, and even Dr. Atilleld, who wrote the other day
to the Timm on this subject, will readily declare that the
American refined petroleum imported into and sold in this
country requires its temperature to be raised to about 100
degrees Fahrenheit and more in order to set it " blaring "
with a lighted match, although some of it may produoe
an inflammable vapour at • few degrees un 100.
Perhaps you are not aware that the -English coal oil
trade has suffered severely since American petroleums has
been imported into this country, and has brought the
prices of mineral oils down from shout par gallon to
about Is. 3d. per gallon, bauslltiChs.
Almosta
conferred on our poorerall the Boot&
and Welsh coal oil refineries have been closed because
they could no longer compete, and it is in conesquenoe of
this state of things that a few deeply interested parties
have used all the influence they could marshal in
order to obtain protection through an act of parlia-
ment in direct violation of the principle of free trade.
Petroleum as at present exported from America is not
a dangerous article, but safe for an practical purposes,
and whatever alterations of the old act of parliament the
scientific referees will suggest to the government, it is
already quite certain that the standard 141 not be raised
to 110 deg. first flash as proposed in the new tell. I hope
that for the sake of veracity you will kindly publish this
letter in the columns of your valuable paper.—l am, ke.,
Z.
(7, confirms our statements indeed of proving them
to be at variance with truth. He says petroleum must to
warmed to " about 100 deg. F." before • match-flame will
ignite it ; the temperature we mentioned, namely, that of
blood, or one's band (98), is also "about 100 deg."—En.)

ADMIRALTY, duns 6.—AwPonnintlwrit.--fittr-
geon William to the Favourite. Acting-aseistant
Surgeon, Dr. ony Gorham, Patrick 0. C. D'Ogle,
and Jas. Robertson, to the Riftlesnaka, all additional for
disposal. Amistant-Surgeons Dr. J'&n Walsh, to the
Pioneer; and Thee. H. Atkisson, to the Lee.
Tim BintnrvArry.—The names of Mr. Alder-
man Cotton and Mr. Charles Hutton, of Newgate-street,
have been well received in the City, and in all probability
there will be no contest. The successor to Alderman
Allen in the mayoralty is Mr. Alderman James Clarke
Lawrence, and the year of his °Hoe will be aignalieed by
the occurrence of three events in the City proper, viz.,
the opming of Blockfriars-bridge, the completion of the
Smithfield Cattle Market, and the opening of the Holborn_
valley Viaduct.
DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, 66, GREAT
lifaatnomorou-wear, Iticolorr-vrakrr, W.-141 patients
were relieved at this dispensary during the week ending
June 6.

11864t4:,
jr )141471 4N NEWS.
(T.'S DAY.)

4 • t "4°-
A SCENE IN THE CORPS LEGIML!tTIFF.

During the sitting on Saturday of the Corps
Legit;latif, X. Emile 011ivier made use of the
phrase that " there was M the Ministry of the
Interior a minister- of parade, who was watched
by a minister of action, modestly sheltered under
the name of a direetor-general."

President tiesnounns—You have made uao of an es.
preesion which you did not intend. 1 beg of you to
correct it.

IL E. Ormerma—The expression was meditated, M. le
President. It represents my idea, and I adhere to it.

M. ecioacomaLarou &odd not adhere to such ass ea.
Franke, and, as for ale, I cannot allow it to pare with-
out energetic pretest.

Boirsz—The language of Y. Olbrier obliges the to
ley that his dimension is a discussion of parade. (Cheers
msd counter cheers.)
Y. Demos— Supposing that my discussion is One of
parade, permit me to reply that you have been my master
in that art. (Noise, and various exclamations.)
Y. SentruDE2—We are not here to listen to personal
attacks, and I require that there should be no direct inter-
pellations. (mmen.)
In a anbooquent part of the debate,
•

M. Bonnie said—Peendt me to tell you what facts are
oontinuelly showing; the friendship and solidarity of the
empire and of liberty are now manifested to alt impartial
person. ("True, true.") Yes! the work of the empire
may be seamed up in two words—the preservation of
order first, and next the separation of the liberal from the
revolutionary nag; and the former we shall hold high and
ann. (" Very good," and applause.)
M. Lamm DIIMOULIN—The Minister of State, as is
his wont, has teminated his speech by an appeal to con.
servative as cmstra-distinguished from revolutionary
passions. (Noise.) But the revolutionary passions
of whom ? We are here discussing the case of
a conservative, of the son of General Gonne, that is to
say the ma of a man profoundly attached to the empire,
and yet the Minister of State Mahe, to mislead public
opinion by an equivotple whist' I do not cars to charm-
twin. (Noise.)

DL Bousm-C6•r•cteriso it •s you Mu.
X. Luna Mamoru! --Tho word cquiroque Li • suf•
Saud qu,SAr.tion

(astrraz's 1111.1101W11.)
ABYSSINIA.
(By Malta and Alexandria Telegraph.)
ALEXANDRIA. Jura 7.

Colonel Milward Fraser, with Sir Robert
Napier's despatches and King Theodore's crown,
&A yesterday for England, via Marseilles.
The 33rd Regiment have arrived at Suez.

THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION.
SCHWE►EIN, Jams 8.

Herr von Below, Minister of State of New
Btrelita, has been appointed Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the two Mecklenburgs et Berlin, and will
represent both Grand Duchies in the Federal
Council.