biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-22

OLYMPIC.

It!. Offenbach's Grande, Der,hesse has been so well
advertised in this country, partly by piecemeal perform-
titices in concert-rooms and music-halls, and partly by bur-
lesques which have bees eslivesed with all the taking airs
of the iterelia-bilflim, that few people were surprised to find
the• olympic Theatre crowded to overflowing on Sa-
turd:n• night, when the work was represented for the
first time iu a theatre that is not ton largo to do it justice.
The attempt last winter to give this musical farce on a
grand scale at Covent-garden was not suecessful, chiefly
caring to the size of the place, and partly owing to the
weakness of the prima donna. Mr. Russell, who is still
the speculator, has corrected these two evils
selecting the Olympic and engaging Mrs.
]inward Paul, who is tinnily distinguished as
a singer and an actresss, to represent the heroine. Mrs.
Paul has been too long divorced from the London stage,
waling her spirit and energy. and certainly not improving
her st)le, in the racking work of " entertainments," and
ler unequivocal success on Saturday night in this comic
oie'ea will doubtless encourage her to remain an actress
for the rest of her life. The Grande Datelmeee has the do-
cf of a somewhat long and tedious first net, but the story
is full of genuine comedy and sly satire on the German
principalities. The action gives opportunities for panto.
mono., extravagances. which are generally used to the nt-
most by the actors, both French and English ; but much
that was endurable nt Covent-garden, where the stage is
made vihldc by the aid of telescopes, should be toned down
pit Ad tnympie. Mr. Stoyle is still the Prince Paul
(an admirable frniSersOnation), and Mr. Harrison's
;art of Fritz, owing to fled glue's of the singer,
was most creditably filled by Mr. Wilford Mor-
gan. Mr. Frank Matthews resumed his character of
Itarou Puck, and Miss Augusta Thomson and Mr. Heart
Drayton were the Wanda and General Boom. The Payne
family have been engaged for the comic business, and as
Mrs. Howard Paul, we presume, declines to dance the
eanran finale" at the close of the second act, an efficient
substitute has been engaged in the person of Mdlle. La
Fi'ite. (Oft ribach's music, of COUVIC, ought not to be
mentioned in the week of the great Handel Festival, but,
in spite of the dead set made against it by high classical
judges, it has the marketable piality of popularity.
London, England, 1868-06-22

THE WINDSOR REVIEW.

IT seems evident that the volunteers do not
merit unmixed praise for their behaviour on
Saturday. The review ended confusedly and
tumultuously. The loyalty, the gallantry, and
the martial ardour of the armed thousands were
beyond dispute ; but the essential quality of dis-
cipline was lost sight of towards the close. Onolot of
grown men lost their solf-oontrol because they were
thirsty, and broke their ranks directly they saw a
stream. Again, the mass of provisions carried by
some of the corps had an unwieldy and ludicrous
look; and it is certain that the firing was
more irregular than might have been fairly
hoped for. Thousands of men were to be
seen lying down on their arias without
firing a shot, a deprivation they made up
for by shooting in mere wantonness about the
Park after the review was over. The scene at
the pontoon bridge was so disgraceful that we
trust it will be made a matter for inquiry; and
after it was crossed the sight of the trains, com-
bined with a fore-knowledge of the incom-
petency of the South-Western Railway, occasioned
a complete stampede. Onto at the Hatchet station
the volunteers seized upon the carriages pelt
and came home without regard to rules of
the service or to aught else save their own anxiety
to get away. It is far wiser to speak out on these
points than to let volunteer officers live on in a
fool's paradise, confident of the perfection of their
drilling and the admirable order of their
men. There was much to admire at
Windsor, and the volunteer movement, or
as the Prince of WALits happily insisted, the
Volunteer "institution" is a really admirable thing.
To throw cold water upon it, or even to condemn
with faint praise, would be unworthy. But the
force has not improved in the virtues of obedience
to authority or in pride in self-restraint
since the first review in Hyde-park. Then,
they gloried in stepping up to the knees in
an artificial mire—left as some people said in front
of the saluting-place to test them—rather than break
line. On Saturday, the sound of a leveret or the
sight of cold water upset their equilibrium and
made them throw discipline to the winds.
London, England, 1868-06-22

(THIS DAY.)

Tin.; Isl. RY :AN CONSPIR AC Y AIN ) I ,PrICA I.

RACE.

We :ue ii:forniml in a correlrnel,n.t.ofren Bel-
grade, that the ticrvian coespir,7 which re:tilt..l
in the death of Prince Miithael, prolid•ily failed of
eompkte success in con:411(1(1-o of the follow:ie.:
incident. M. Gar:whin:Me, formerly mini itfs iee
-
Silvia, happened to ire in tli.• Ti,!) liiittre-
park at the torment of the
Immediate :y on learning what had tai con
sent his wife to render assistrusu, to their son, tv:io
bad lien wounded in the Brit ice's suit, • iv! I i ;el f
directing his course to Belgrade to ;..;ive inf i-
lium of the murder, and to suggest tie preeautims
that should be adopted. At some di: :cane f-oni
Topchidere he was INIMSIA on the root by Pica
Rodavanowitch, whose hones 8%4'09•
his own. Ile pressed forward, how,ver,
the steam-mill, half way hi twein at:l
Belgrade he Eallie up with Rodovatry.viteli, :vie)
vehicle hod bet 'II slightly itt.;:trod :i.TI I V)
was obliged to !dim to get it in order. (I traelta -
nine bad now the first place, used kept it till he g it.
into Belgrade. Ile dirty:fly word t-t the tifliee of
the foreign minister, when., all tie ministers wee::
at Olive su 1111 l lout The trines were ea:led
anus, the military posts were occupied, and the
ministerial offices guarded. Patrols marched
through the streets, wed every preparation was
made to suppress the slightest attempt at an
emeute. Pais had come to notify the assassination
which was to be followed by a rising in the city,
but this was prevented by the steps which had been
taken by the ministry.

DELORADF, JUNE 20.

The arrests continue: MM. Lintynnir,
de Waljees, and the Senator Aczika Nevodovieh
being amongst the number. Major Mhxlen Nero-
dovieh, in prison, has cut open his veins with a
fragment of glass. The inquiry !1a..; revealed th tit
the compitators wanted only to turn to accumit
the name of Alexanler Karageorgevich, and th
tLe latter had Is en deceived by idle stories.
London, England, 1868-06-22

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

The Doily News says that uncertainty is now the rule
with respect to railway legislation. The panic of 1866
inflicted a heavy blow upon our railway policy ; but it hail
a beneficial effect in cutting short the old companies, and
the full benefit has yet to be realised. Profuse expenditure
has received an effectual check in the impossibility of
raising fresh funds, save for the soundest and
most legitimate purposes ; and instead of parlia-
ment being besieged for permission to carry
out costly and very often unprofitable enterprises,
applications are made to abandon those already au-
thorised. If parliamentary indecision leaves companies
in difficulty, or seems about to extricate them, it at least
enu.es the pre, of the stock to fluctuate considerably on
the market. Hence the small fry of speculators are only
too glad of the oppertunity to gamble in a security that
may rise or fat 2or 3 ler c•nt. in a slay. To stop alto-
gether over the we rat kind of sp culation lean been often
tried and found impossible ; but it is a duty to avoid any
ccun a; tending to its cncouragemcnt,

In the discussion on the education grant which
lately took place in the Home of Commons, Lord R.
Montagu referred incidentally to the Birmingham
Education Society, and intimated that no sane
man could give credence to the reports of such
institutions. They were supported by subscrip-
tions, and it was not unlikely that their paid
officials would collect facts respecting educational destitu-
tion which made up most harrowing tales calculated to in-
duce silly women to contribute to the funds. The secre-
tary of the Birmingham Society at once wrote to his
lordship, enclosing a copy of the annual report, and asking
if he had read it. In reply Lord Robert admitted that his
observations were not based upon any particular know-
ledge of this society, for he had never seen its report. He
judged from what bad occurred in other cases, and thought
it "not unlikely" that the course indicated might have
been pursued. In his rejoinder the secretary simply tolls
the noble vice-president that a 3 he spoke in ignorance, the
committee deemed his remarks " undeserving any further
notice or reply."

M. Coronado, 'who has just been appointed
Minister of Justice at Madrid, is a lawyer, who was for-
merly professor at the Central University. Ile har
devoted his life to teaching law as a science, and has had
for pupils nearly all the advocates of tho lad 25 yaws.
M. Rodriguez ROA, just named Minister of State, WWI
lately, as stated, the repreeentative of Spain at Vienna for
the international telegraph conforenco. Re has boon
several times deputy, end has travelled much, partibularly
in India, China, and Cochin-China. He is also a man of
letters, having gained • seat in the Royal Academy of
Madrid by his dramatic works.

ISCS.
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11' ()Ii F, I IL; N N \V S.
London, England, 1868-06-22

TUBLISHERS AN!) iminEfts.

IN every trade and profesfdon there are certain
customs which are a mystery t.ll the uninitiated.
Why this should be done and that left undone is
morn then they taut tell, mei for the most part
they are content to remain in ignorance. Some-
times, however, it happens that these trade regula-
tions affect the pocket or the temper of the public ;
and, in such cases, it is worth while to ask fur
what purpose they exist.

Mader; and purchasers of books, for instance,
are often sorely worried and deluded by the mm-
-11(111%71'14 of publishers and authors. We donot allude
to the dishonest tricks measionally perpetrated for
the manifest purr,ose of deception, such as bring-
ing out a novel with a new title and a
fresh mna dr phone, which has failed to attract
attention when published with n different title-
page ; nor to the equally reprehensible act of
producing as an original work what is in reality a
loose paraphrase from the French. Such conduct
it manifestly dishonest, and would not be tolerated
by any respectable publisher or writer. We
refer rather to arrangements for selling books
and augmenting profits, which if not de-
signed to deceive the public are yet calcu-
lated to deceive them. It is the constant habit
now-a-days to bring out a work as now
snub with a taking title which the reader finds
to his cost contains nothing but old matter sifted
out of periodicals. No doubt magazine stories are
n-ad hastily aced forgotten as speedily, but the
most sup( :I:cial perusal of a tale leaves sonic im-
peysion on the mind, and when in :dl ignorance
we meet with it in anew dress aud M piettily
.• got up' volume, it is ;:nnoy:ng to recollect, after
gianeing ever a few pages, that wo have read
:t before. We al.stain fur the preient from men-
taming particular instances, though many are at
London, England, 1868-06-22

TEE TOLI7NTEER REVIEW.

Time, place, and weather, remarkn the Daily Nem,
were fitting for Saturday's review. If any fault can be
found on the latter head, it can be reproached only with
being too fine. It was too much towards tho and of the
day for the discipline of some of the corps whom the sight
of a cool stream converted into a hurrying rabble. Two at
least of the hardships of real warfare, fatigue and thirst,
have been experienced by the volunteers. Perhaps the
authorities may learn from the stampede the importance
of a good oomminsariat in war tizne. The effect of apart of
the day's proceedings was somewhat impaired by the ab-
sence of some of the corps, who were prevented from march-
ing past the Queen by the delay of the South Western
Railway Company in bringing them into the field of
action. The organisation of a system of prompt railway
transport is an ensuitial part of any Sound plan of home
defence. An army in the wrong place is an army no-
whore. A regiment which excuses its evasion of an en-
gagement by the excess of the training, makes a very uu-
business-like as well as a very unsoldierly apology.
The /tut thinks the Queen must have been struck by
the wonderful change which in eight years has been
wrought in the marching, drill, and bearing of the volun-
teers.

The Tekgraph censures the railway arrangements, and
comments strongly upon the fact that certain regiments
failed altogether to fulfil the commonest requirements of
discipline. It will be no more than an act of justice
should the General's report not only stigmatim such
conduct in severe terms, but also name the corps to
which the offenders belong.
London, England, 1868-06-22

PRINCE OF WALES'S.

'Arr. T. Rob47rlson's comedy of Play wal.witi,_
awn tom the hills of this house On Fridayn'rht, after a
long u,l p rosporous run; and on Sature.ey hitt far more
artistic and popular drama of Caste •;fas Teriewri, with the
original cast of character. The tummer acnson will close
in a few weeks, and the ttodipany will start an a starring
tour in the provinces.
London, England, 1868-06-22

THE EX-EMPRESS OF MEXIC'.O.

The Atirmil des Ilrbat• says that, rumours having
gene abroad that the ex-Empress Charlotte in-
tended to return to Mexico at the call of
powerful party, it made inquiry on the subject of
her health, and ascertained from the most reliable
source that, " though her condition is improved,
her reason is still profoundly affeAed." "It
sometimes happens that she appears quite well.
She then speaks, or reads, or plays as in the best
period of her life, but with a melancholy
of the days she spent iu Italy and in
Mexico." The multiplied attentions of the
King and Queen have contributed, with the
beautiful scenery of the Palace of Laeken, to pro-
duce this happy result, which unfortunately is not
permanent. It has been already stated that she
gave 10,000 florins towards the monument to he
erected in Trieste to the memory of Maximilian.
A golden crown, manufactured at her order in
Brussels, was laid on the coffin of tho dowased
Emperor on the occasion of the religious celebra-
tion of the anniversary of his death on Thursday.
She saw it before it left Brussels, and bathed it
with her tears. Her grief was simple and natural,
and showed no symptoms of exaltation.
London, England, 1868-06-22

ROME.

ROME, Jim 20, Ewroro.
Yesterday the French and Pontifical officers at
(*vita Vecchia gave d dinner in celebration of the
Pope's accession. The foreign consuls and the
Pontifical delegate were present. General Dumont
presided; he proposed the health of Piva IX.,
that venerable Pontiff, he said, whom the Emperor
and France would never abandon. The Papal
delegate responded by proposing health and pros-
perity to the Emperor of the French, the Sovereign
of noble and generous France, who by her pro-
tection of the Pontifical throne rendered a service
to religion, order, and true progress.
London, England, 1868-06-22

TIIE SUEZ CANAL.

Alter dobcribiug the many difficulties which M. do
Lesseps has encountered in finishing his canal, and
assuring him England does not entertain the slightest
jealousy of the scheme, the Times asks a sties
of questions. Will any more capital be wanted,
and how much? Will it be actually opened for regular
traffic, and when? Will it pay its way as a "going
concern," defray its own charges, and leave a profit
besides? Is it safe against all future competition? When
the Red Sea has been really united with the Mediterranean
will nobody object to the roundabout route by way of
Suez and Aden, and call fora direct road by the Euphrates
valley, instead of the tedious circuit of the loop lino ?
Those are the questions which will be discussed nowadays.
If M. de Lceseps can meet theta with satisfactory replies,
he may raise money in England as well as in France, and
he will be hindered by no fear that he is digging the grave
of British greatness in those Egyptian sands.
London, England, 1868-06-22

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The rose show on Satarday was not very much
dimicrui,hed for quantity, but the quality of the flowers
did full credit to the warm sunny weather with which we
have been favoured during the last month. The speci-
mens exhibited were what are technically called "cut
blooms." and so bright was the bloom that it seemed almost
a pity that such flowers should have been severed from their
stems. and ranged along the tables like so many Houris in
the slave market. From the deep damask of Tuscany
to the gay chocolate of China every shade and tint of the
queen of flowers was worthily represented, and the
crowds, especially of ladies, who surrounded them,
completed the effectiveness of the tableau. As
a general rule the "blooms" were ranged in
boxes in the usual business-like manner, and distin-
guiehcd by the odd names which gardeners love to
attach to their choicest flowers.

When the fashionable company had tired themselves
gazing at the flowers they could sit down before the great
orchestra, and listen to the excellent choral and instru-
mental concert. The Royal Artillery band, perhaps the
finest military band in Europe. played, under the skilful
din ction of Mr. Smythe, a brilliant selection of marches
and dance music, and, after an interval, an equally attrac-
tive Felt ct:on was played by the orchestral band of the
company, conducted by Mr. Manna. The choruses were
sung by the choristers of Ifer Majesty's Theatre, and the
musical programme was completed by the per-
forms', of Handel's firework and water music,
which was listened to with perhaps quite IA
much attention as when first performed to celebrate
the pc axe of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1749. After the concert
a enruislemble number of the visitors themselves
of the of portnuity given by the director. for an inspection
of the royal bossm, which still retain all their festival deco-
saticia,
London, England, 1868-08-14

GREENWICH.

Word and John Clomp, powerfully built men,
nbing themselves as excavators, were charged with
tollowing robbery
Uo.ut eight o'clock this morning Mary Ann Knight, a
• mg woman living in service in St. John's-road,
1.1 ford, saw the prisoners come from some newly
t”d houses in that locality, and suspecting
thing wrong she communicated with her mistress,
when advice she followed the prisoners, with a view
' ~,mmuaicating with a constable. After walking
• ,rly half a mile the prisoners entered a public-
but a policeman coming up at the time
• baktri4d wkisi jaw' ;;;Zri
e-ux I
prisoners were *ANC into u.. sere-
: feet of lead piping and a braes "tap in
u persuasion, and which property was identi-
as having been taken from the houses which
v had been seen to come from, and where damage to
• extent of 10/. had been done by the water overflowing
premises.
Theproosers had no defence, and
Mr. Maude sentenced them each to three months' im-
; document with bard labour in Maidstone gaol.

FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE IN LONDON.
Itifa DAY)

About a quarter past 5 o'clock this morning a
t • hie constable of the X diviaion noticed a body of smoke
from the premises belonging to Mr. F. W. Oyler, a
situate ho. 6, Kirby-street, Poplar. The officer
;,'.u.ed the inmates, and with one exception they were
~..hled to escape. The unfortunate proprietor, Mr.
rider, however, who was only 24 years of age, was burned
:• death. The fire was not extinguished until the premises
..d their contents were destroyed.
The other fire broke out at five minutes past 3 a.m. at
New eruee-roath belonging to Mr. H. Harris, a ear-
l. Oyer. The building contained nine rooms, and owing
:•• the inflammable nature of the goods in the premises,
the ii4lllsl4 extended with great swiftness, and in the
retina of a few minutes the fire belched forth from every
the pr.:mixt*, which were completely de-
ti °yeti.

•
THE SALE OF POISONS.—One of the most useful
• p...iad in the late session received the royal assent on
day of the prorogation, to regulate the sale of poisons,
• to alter and amend the Pharmacy Act of 1832. It
• that it is expedient for the safety of the public that
keeping open shop for the retailing, Mvensing,
~mpouuding of poisons, and persons known as
tivvw and druggists," should posse's a competent
:4,1,(al knowledge of their business. From and after
''ld next a register is to be kept of such persons,
a.istants, and the al ys.i
.tregistrar of the Pharmaoeu-
ix to be the registrar under thia act. All
to be labelled, and the name of the purchaaer
V,.60t1A regulations are to be made by the Phsx-
i. :'‘viety, and precautions taken underpenalties,
the public from young and inexperienced
Gib !ling poisons, or acting as "chemists and
wEtrnl.—The Northern Ensign announces
12Imoue number of sport/amen had arrived at Wick,
Gt ,1,7" that, with one or two exceptions, the prospect+
=tason's sport are esoelleat.
London, England, 1868-08-14

COUNT BISMARCK'S HEALTH.

A letter from Berlin reports that the state of M.
Biamarek's health is not satisfactory. Ho continues
to suffer from want of sleep, and is obliged to take
opium to procure him some repose.

trim:room ascremals Aoseccir.)
BELGIUM.

BRUSSEL% Atrocrer 14.

The Mondelir Beige, of this morning, says :
" There is no change in the state of the health
of the Prime Royal. The
.Ring and Queen are
obiiged to abandon their intention of proceeding
to-morrow to Spa."

['TIE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN THE BRA-
ZILS.—DIHSOLUTION OF THE CHAMBER.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Ana 24.

A ministerial crisis has taken place here, and a
conservative government came into power on the
13th, composed as follows : Senhor Ytaborby,
premier, and minister of finance ; Senhor Pa-
ranhos, minister of foreign affairs ; Senhor Mu-
riliba, minister of war ; Senhor Leao, minister of
agriculture ; Senhor Coleaipe, minister of marine ;
Benhor Alencar, minister of justice ; and Senhor
Charles Lowra, minister of the interior. The
Chamber of Deputies having refused the supplies,
and carried a vote of want of confidence, the
chamber was dissolved upon the 18th. The new
chamber is ordered to meet May 3 (?).

A BOAT ATTACK ON IRONCLADS.
RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 24.

Intelligence from the seat of war announces
that the Paraguayans made a boat attack upon
upon two of the allied ironclads at Tayi on the
9th, but were defeated with loss.
Advice/3 from Buenos Ayres state that Sermiento
has been elected President of the Argentine
Confederation.
A decree has been issued at Monte Video that
notes shall be considered legal tender, subject to
redemption at the rate of 3 per cent. monthly.
London, England, 1868-08-14

TUE AFFAIRS OP THE GREAT KAMM RAILWAY.

The Timea insists that much is due to the im-
proved management under the presidency of Lord Salis-
bury, for the marked improvement which has taken place
in the affairs of this company. It is true that the proprie-
tors are indebted to fortune for six months of unusually
successful trade, but they owe a greater debt to those
financiers who so applied the profits of this trade as to
retrieve the credit and restore the prospects of the concern.
London, England, 1868-08-14

THE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.

THE statistics of the French Atlantic Telegraph
Company are not so clear as might be wished.
The figures in the prospectus seem to point to a
result which is scarcely probable, and it is due to
the public that Mr. ROBERT LowE and his friends
should supplementthe original statement by a brief
arithmetical note. We are too anxious for the
success of the new enterprise to allow any doubt
to linger on the minds of investors which can be
easily removed; and we shall beet serve the new
company by pointing out where and why men are
in the dark. The point upon which information
is needed most is the extent of liability with which
the new Atlantic Cable will start life. Its pro-
spectus points out a fact to which we called atten-
tion before its publication, namely, that " the
" existing companies have to pay one-third to the
Newfoundland Companies, a charge from which
" the present company will be free."
Let ne see what burdens the new company will
lave to bear. Taking all the figures in the pro-
spectus for granted, we find

-The power of trananiagion of the new sable is estimated,
wording to the report of the engineers and electricians,
M a minion= of twelve words per minute, which,
lag fourteen hours a day for waste tine, and conse-
quently only ten boon a day for aetual work, and taking
three hundred working days in the year, gives, at the rate
of W. per menage, an annual income of 432,0001. Prac-
tically, the proportion of days and hours lost would, In all
probability, be leas than is assumed in this estimate. The
working expenses of the new line may be calculated to
amount at the utmost to 30,00 W. per annum.
The paid-up capital is to be a million of money,
and—

The ooncessionaires, by an agreement dated 3rd August,
1868, and scheduled to the Articles of Association, have
agreed to transfer to the company their concession from
the Imperial Government of France, together with all
their rights under the conceit/ion from the State of New
York, and the benefit of the undermentioned agreements,
and to defray all expenses up to the registration of the
company in consideration of 6,000 fully paid shares, to be
allotted to them whenever the cable shall have been suc-
cessfully laid, and shall have continued to work satisfac-
torily for thirty days. They will also be entitled to receive
one-fifth part of the surplus net profits in each year,
after setting aside a reserve fund, equal to 6 per cent. of
the net profits, and after payment of a dividend of 10 per
cent. to the shareholders. These contingent profits will,
for convenience, be attached to a portion of the fully paid
shares. It will be seen from this that the coonoessionalres
look only to the mow of the Itoderteldni for their re-
London, England, 1868-08-14

FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.

Orel Vitebsk, gua. by Russian Government, 6 per mat.,
134. _ _

Earls, Lyone, and Mediterranean, 12i.
South Italian, 51.
BRITISH MINES.
Prince of Wales, If.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN KIM.
Don Pedro, North del Bey, 21, pm.
Panukillo Copper (Limited), 1 1-16.
Roam Grande (Limited), 1 pm.
Worthing (Limited), 1.
Yudanamutana of 8. &ultras (Limited), 4/, 5, 41.
London, England, 1868-08-14

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

RIO DE JANEIRO, JOLT 24.

Exchange on London, 18. Coffee : good first,
7.500 rein ; sales, 125,000 bags ; shipments since
the last mail, 15,146 bags for the Channel ; 6,632
for the north of Europe ; 22,318 for the Medi-
terranean ; 74,260 for the United States ; and
10,413 for other ports. Stock, 40,000 bags.

BUENOS AYRES, .7trix 14.

Exchange, 30. Wet salted hides, 39. Total
sales, 20,000. Shipments, 292,257. Stock, 1,000.
Dry hides for Germany, 48 for 30 ; ditto for
America, 44 for 22. Sales, 94,000. Total ship-
ments, 14,794. Stock, 42,000. Freight to Channel,
35. Wool, 48 to 80. Tallow, 15. Lumber, 45.
Cardiff coals, 12. Cadiz salt, 13.
London, England, 1868-08-14

ANARCHY AND AUTHORITY.

CERTAIN of our public instructors, of fastidious
taste and temper—notably Mr. MATTHEW
ARNOLD, who has perhaps enjoyed the honour of
an official acquaintance with that model Imperial-
ist, M. DIMITY, the French Minister of Public
Instruction—amuse their cultivated leisure with
sighing at the absence of sufficient " authority "
in England, and the consequent " anarchy " of
public opinion which is just now so unpleasantly
stimulated by the electoral agitation. Would
they, in their capacity of " converted Philis-
" tines," prefer to live under such a regime as
a Paris contemporary describes ? They have only
to cross the Channel to find themselves in a
country where the agents of an enlightened ad-
ministration snatch an offending newspaper out
of the hands of the passer-by in the public
street; where independent foreign journals which
will not consent to accept the favours of the
Ministry of the Interior are seized at the Post-
office ; where no newspaper, home or foreign, can
be sold in the streets without the permission of
the police; where a Government Commission
decides what books shall be offered
for sale at the railway stations ; where
a student is expelled from his college
for cheering one of his schoolfellows who happens
to bear a famous republican name ; where a com-
memorative religious service is forbidden, and
visitors to, the tomb of IdArrur are treated as
malefactors ; where " for a word, a gesture, an
" observation, a citizen is seized and hurried off
"to gaol." Three years we believe are now suffi-
cient to enable a foreigner to obtain letters of
naturalization in France, entitling him to all these
privileges of a subject of the EMPEROR. For
our own part we confess on this point
we are as incorrigible Philistinea as VOLTAIRE,
who used to say that the least imperfect govern-
ment is that whose power is least arbitrary ; and
we are glad to find that our liberal friends over
the water are not so much in love with " authority"
as our highly cultivated English functionaries who
think in Imperial French and write in a manner
to deserve the laurel crown from M. DURTIY.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)
London, England, 1868-08-14

JOINT mac EANICS:

Bank of BritiiiiiColumbia, if --
Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China, 28.
English and Rio de Janeiro (Limited), 81.
London and River Plate (Limited), 42.
London and Westminster 67, 1.
Metropolitan (Limited), 71.
Union of Australia, 46.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 211, 1.
Bombay Gas (Limited), 4.
Credit Fancier of England (Limited), 2 16-16, 1.
Epplian 9 per cent. Vioeroy, gua. by Egyptian govven-
mencillt t.
Cretht and Discount (Limited), 61.
National Discount Company (Limited), 1 1.
Telegraph Construction and lisimtersame (Limited),
16.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 73, 1.
London, England, 1868-08-14

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-4TIIIB DAY.)

JUDGES' CHAMBERS.
I:IA ALI AN AND MX " DAILY TZLEGZATX....

' -RIME ALLAX

_
c. WAITLIMRST AND MIMS.
an application on the part of Risk Allah to
,taster lloAgnon, that the damages, 9601., paid into court
a. his action ngainst the hotly Telegraph, by order of Mr.
anticc Sniith, should be paid over to him.
Mr. Lickfold, from the office of Messrs. Lewis and
allorneye for the //nay Tekyresph, mentioned that
il.eic had been an attachment from th. Lord Mayor's
.it the instance of the City Officea Company
(i.irnii,A), and from the affidavit of Mr. Ellis (Kimber
and F,llnt. it appeared that the matter had been settled
IN Fotien, and Mows. Hughes and Maaterman,
ij), solicitor,. to the company, consented to the present
pppikalpon. He would suggest that the attachment
:hould disnolved before the application was granted.
A do k from timothy of Messrs. Kimber and Ellie said
them-hoe by the City Company had been settled, and
there could be no objection to the plaintiff getting his
..amages, which bad been paid into court. The costs had
loin paid in the action, And the damages were in court.
Master Hodgson said he had no difficulty on the affidavit
to make the order. He bad done so in a similar case of
other pnities. He made the order for the payment of
the damages to Risk Allah.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. COMBll3lljollet Window.)
IN RE JOSEPH ASPINALL.

~~ldas wan a sitting for last examination and discharge,
tho akrupt being described as a commission agent and
dealer in stocks and shares, formerly carrying on the
amebusineas at Birkenhead. The accounts disclose the
billowing results:—Creditors unsecured, 9,9774 16s. 7d. ;
ditto on account of shares and cotton, 9,4571. 12s. Bd. ;
reditors holding security, 11,0,531. Bs. 4d ; and claims,
1,0324 ; making a total liability of 31,5201. 17s. 7d. Pro-
] irty held by creditors, 10,6294, consisting of shares in the
Ittitmh and American Bank, stated to be under liquida-
tion • deficiency, 20.891/. 17s. 7cl. In December, 1866,
the bankrupt executed a deed of arrangement, but the
taposition of 2s. 13d. in the pound payable thereunder
d, ea not appear to have been paid.
Mr. Brough appeared for the assignees, and did not
dique. lie said that the assignee was chosen by aredi-
birs for 9,0001., and the precaution had beau adopted of
Hying the creditors notice of the proceedings.
Mr. Bagley, who supported, said that the bankrupt's
•iffairs had been before his creditors for two years, and they
were entirely satisfied with his conduct.
In answer to the commisaioner, the bankrupt said his
failure was entirely attributable to the panic of 1866. His
transactions in shares and cotton were in the nature of
oat Me investments, and were not time bargains.
His Honour granted the order of discharge.
London, England, 1868-08-14

HANGING IN PRIVATE.

Tub private execution of our criminals is a
social experiment which it has taken years of
agitation to bring about. Before yesterday, no
one knew how it would operate, and how far
the morbid tastes of the dregs of the populace
might continue to be gratified by the display of
the black flag and the knowledge that a fellow-
creature was being legally strangled behind the
prison wall. It was imagined that vast crowds
might still assemble round the place of execution ;
that the trade and traffic of the neighbour-
hood might be hushed, and that the mere
knowledge of the hideous ceremony enacted
would have a palpable effect upon the community.
The plain truth ill, that, judging by the recorded
experiences of yesterday, our murderers might be
stifled in their cells without those in the immediate
vicinity knowing or caring as to their fate. Maid-
stone seems to have been unusually gay on the
night before the execution ; and to have been
wrapped up in its own concerns while the last
dread penalty was enforced. Nor is it difficult to
trace in the minute personal records of the
scene within the walls an unexpressed
conviction that " murder by consent " would
best convey the eyewitnesses' idea of the pro-
ceedings. The wretched lad, when he was strap-
ped up and strangled, was as helplessly at the
mercy of the law as his victim had been when he
fired the deadly shot. The stern, grave warders, the
nonchalant gaol governor, the under-sheriff, and
the clergyman, all represented its terrible and, to
him, omnipotent strength. Terrified into active
submission ; idiotic, exhausted, and worn out by
mental anxiety, by remorse, and by the an-
ticipation of his doom, the miserable creature
was sent out of the world by hands
which have grown expert and nimble by long
practice in the art of killing. Prayers and
holy thoughts accompanied him to the last. His
death was violent, but not needlessly painful, and
the representatives of the law and the public
looked decorously and gravely on. But among those
who saw this wretched lad's healthy, vigorous
figure suddenly and purposely turned to clay, who
noted his insignia of honest, useful labour, and
who listened to his feeble, quavering voice up to
the moment his spirit was driven out, the over-
powering feeling evidently was that a deed of
blood had been formally, regularly, and systema-
tically performed. All must rejoice that the brutal
spectacle afforded by a public hanging is put down.
Is it too much to hope that a time may come when
the crime of murder shall be also uprooted from
the land
London, England, 1868-02-25

IN the SPRING PARR'S LIFE PILLS are
IN
used by thousands. They clear from the system all hurtful
I,,,P:n.heat. -L. promote appetite, aid digestion, roll thtyhol.htdnodpng
.th towel. regular. Persons suffering e,
....".tddnts,palusintliedtooldetwand the bank, goat. ltisomatism,
Mend debility, are verticals/Fly recommended to E
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9,1 and in badly packets, ns. rack Directions
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London, England, 1868-02-25

deVri'sooa. I

La...master corrected and ',Mused to 31 deg. at sea level. The
letter. r (i4lng), I (falling). s (stesdys, indicate dlreetkm dl
asottorof thernertgariwithin last 14 bents. Thermometer espold
Is dads. Estrotne force, with its dire:Lion during last II holm
Z.-calm. Weather b. - blue sty c. -clouds sdclacbcd; :
ferj; h.-hall; m.-misty Chao) el.-overcast
dell); E ; u-suow 1-thunder. !lain tall, snow et
, ball ,melted), during last 20 hours. Sea disturbance.
ItLIJAEKS.
Sines yesterday there hat been a general inmost, of prow%
st all stations, s !Itch has lees greatest In Scotland, ,!ere
IS
sswsuats to nearly two-truths of In Inch. A coneidensi !), tills
'erence In ?lading% still islets between the north,. eel
ensilage stations, although not guile to such en extent as deli
notleed yesterday. Temperature still continues very uniform*
',lds. The greatest rise is shown In France. Fterli seestl Ilr mil
thuresterly winds were prevalent during yesterday, lot tide
morning they have still the same direction and are
Ors the. west coast of Ireland, and at stations on the cs:
s No.( l and mist have prevailed. Cloudy weather le retold.

Fwouisz tx ens Amer. —According too returo
published this morning the number of noldiers fogged is
Ilreat Britain and Ireland between the 12th April and Mt
31st Deceir,ber, 1367, was 17 and of Royal liaringei
between the 1211; Apri! end the 12th December, C. Ttg
Pawn, wan WMI4 fa 1 r l'il r. Otwey.
Fir Chatters Minrray ie in Perin on his way td
1 laramo sleet ht it RtIVIIIted as minister rieniens
' ter,tles;', i•
1 The fiebrew porty,T9T Will son commence. It
luta for eight days, l'r,rie4 that period the Jews eat awe
leavened breed. Thi. is rude in Loudon, and is sent*
KB parts of the courtry. end lentil teeently even li
1 America and Alsatians. It is only within tt e Ito tee
years that the unleavened breed contemoad by Jews audill
paasocer has been made in Australia. Ifach peaitha pin
eon. it in estimated. ',criminal, fibs. of nuleas'euentsoll
during the eight days. In London tide bread ir no rle NM
thin and crisp : in the south of name it is made lee
Mick. and to hard that it in broken with arnallet. •
The bodies of Mesas. Cox and Dis cn, wit
were drowned in Southampton Water or. Sotonlay. WS
found on Sunday night. and the boy who WA end
Wu pitted up by • boat pulled by two women eill
caersewously rowed el to the boy when his boat oral
in the squall. .1
It hen been proposed in As Irassonri legialatelO
to Omani impriaon parents eke neglect to send Male
obibbea to 'abaci four enentlu in the year. ill
The first eahnou of the lemon comb t irt the
dyer Ayes, is Hagopian, vas comet lit went. 1
midis& Mk
Mr. W. Hardwicko, the uneoetessf al candidea
foe the notonsrsbip of Western Middlesex, &mod°
11111
=l 'to
votes. Ile relive upon es support of
to aid him is atastitai the return, and, he
' odds." to preewat for the futon the election to thtatatkeit
e pa&
*1 dim Mematair a disgrace al aterEaglialt teil
London, England, 1868-02-25

RFA.I ISTICATNN UNDS&TDE DESIGNB ACE_

Pre;;dorA-itaitislieitien, 13th end 14th Viet., cap. 104.
Udder the above Act. u regards the "shape or configuration"
eearticies of utility. Designs can be protected by Provisional
tedistration " for twelve wtoutisa
. .

&stens thus provisionally registered can *be eiddiftted, or the
right to complete redtstentinn can be sold, but hie article or
stacks forming Me subrect of their proeisiossl regbtrsuon
must not be manta/alum .1 he-sale until con, tion be
effetted. At any time during the twelve moo dr provlalonsi
reghtratkm the preprblor may fully redder the Imago, under
the Act 6th and 7th Viet., cap. 65, as bets., Idea confers pro-
tection for three men for the tolled Kinetics.
Protection under the above Act may be had foreny sculptor',
model, or cad. . . _ .

liiuceipeu se of . Trovlslenal Rctiktrallmr " rider the above
ACC Including preparation of requisite ehrp.4l4drawinga sal
illensloollissn b the the Ise. ut MI Ma
te t 6 55., according to the nature of the kc.
Complete Registration, ®der Act gth and 7th let , cap. 65.
By this Act, derive bribe " shape or conftgurighm," extern'
or internal, " of the whole or part of any !silkier* menatactere,
whether in metal or other gehetrame, reference Se
some porposeral utility,"lnity be protected for years.
In registering • design, two exactly similar dratirinip sr* ve-
•quireil of • prescribed size. to be drawn to • scale, with&
tion, point Mir nut the parUcular novelty or Inepromme=
le ho protected.

Wtien a design Is registered, oes •di the erouriage ie filed at
the °Mee. and ..be other returned to the proprietor duly etemped
and certified.

After registration. every article mumnfactared meat beer gm
word " hrgisterrti." with the date of reidstratkm.
The right of the proprietor is protested from piracy by a se.
rah) of from AS to £3O for each offence, which may be recovered
by summary proceolinp before two megistrates,or by an setioa
tithe suporiorcoort!.

The proteaon afforded elites& 4, the wbo of the Vaned
Kingdom.
.. -

The Government fee Id each notionaGoo is Alt. The agency
charge and the etoeuse of preparing duplicate drawings sod de-
Wit I deviiptann of the demotion stake the Whole cod °tans-
gistration ttu nage from LIT to LIE.
London, England, 1868-02-25

THE NEW JUDOL

Malmo] censured a recent judicial appoint.:
ment by the LORD CHAIWELLOR, and the Inds-,
criminate and improper creation by him of a large
batch of Queen's Counsel, it is the more due to
Lord CHELMSFORD to express the public satiafse-
tion at the elevation of Mr. JAMES HANN= to
the puisne judgeship of the Court of Queen'
Bench vacant by the death of Sir WILLIAM Sim.;
It is a selection due to merit and fitness on ,tly -
for Mr. Batman is not only a younger man Bud
judges of the superior courts usually are wheal
elevated to the bench, but, being a thorough Libel
ral in political opinions, he had no party claims oei
the CHANCILLOR. The appointment has doubt;
leas been the result of communication with Lord
Chief Justice CO' KEURN as to the especial
requirements of the Court, and it is calculated
to supplement the learning, strength, and wanni
of that high tribunal. The Queen's Bench,
deprived by the enlargement of the Count
Courts of a considerable masa of petty businee4
which is more economically and speedily and quite
as satisfactorily disposed of by them, has had id
appellate business largely increased by recent
legislation. It is now very much engaged in re'
viewing and correcting the decisions of infearion
courts and the local magistracy, and in giving effect
to modem legislation. The appointment of are
, inferior judge to the Court of Queen's Bench would]
therefore, have been a public misfortune ; the eels&
tiun of Mr. HANS EN is consequently a public'
' benefit. As new completed, the Court of Queerel
Bench was never in a state more deserving of pub-
,
lie esteem and professional confidence.—Daily
News.
London, England, 1868-02-25

THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF FEBRUARY.

The 24th of February is a remarkable day in
history. It was on this day the battle of Pavia was
fought. It was on this day twenty years ago that Louis
Philippe lost his throne. The latter event was alluded to
by M. Rouher in terms not very mattering. But it was
this event which produced the following latter, addressed
by " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," who had just arrived
in London, to the members of the provisional government,
amongst whom were Louis Blanc and Ledru-Rollin, now
in London.

" entlemen,—The people of Paris having destroyed by
their heroism the last vestiges of a foreign invasion, I
leave my place of exile to range myself under the flag of
the republic which has just been proclaimed. With no
other ambition than to serve my country, I come to
announce my arrival to the members of the provisional
govermnent, and to assure them of my devotion to the
cause which they represent, a. well aa of my regard for
their persons.
" Accept, gentlemen, the assurance of my sentiments.
" 7. 13 Simms= 1i)14.7.11273."
London, England, 1868-02-25

r 8 dr VIENNA.

have skeet morl than once referred to the
Hating banquet, the Ifillowing additional particulars
are not without 'newest. l'lts levee had lasted five hours.
Daring the morning the Emperor Frauds Joseph went to
penent his seep Walalisas to his royal meta. In the
evening, when King George entered the Kurfiaan the
band of the Austrian regiment, of which his Majesty is
Deform unirataa,
hymn. The wails, hung with drapery, were covered with
escutcheons bearing the Royal insignia, and on
long tables were displayed the magnificent gold
and silver plate of the royal family, as well ea
the splendid presents successively presented to the King
sin" his marriage comprising, among other pieces, the
three silver oaks with their 92,000 leaves of the mane
metal, a present from the nobility of Ost Prise, about 26
yeah ago. Is the central apartment was erected en im-
mense buffet, attended by a whole army of servants in the
royal livery, and this long range, thronged by a motley
crowd of workmen, general officers, farmers, chamberlains,
dignitaries, and functionaries of the indent court
of Hanover, presented • most curious spectacle.
The Ring, who came from Heitring with all his
family, walked through the groups convening
freely with his guest', asking the names of his
countrymen, inquiring into their actual situation, and
having a gracious word for each of these men, happy to
find themselves in presence of their Sovereign, for to
them King George Las not ceased to be the legitimate
monarch. At 10 o'clock there was a movement of curi-
osity, for the King, giving his arm to the Queens ap-
proached the buffet, and taking a gigantic tankard which
the chamberlain, Baron de `Bedell, had just filled with
champagne, which was Bowing in abundance (2,401)
bottles were consumed) drank • toast to his country. At
this moment the band of the Austrian regiment struck up
the English national anthem, " God save the King." The
assembly, waving their hate and handkerchiefs, shouted :
"Long live the King !" that is to say in German, " Eslebe
der Kmnig :" or " Hoch dem Koenig !"
London, England, 1868-02-25

[STAMPED ld- ADDITIONAL]

permit me to believe that the amdesiesicel aa-
theritee ow appeal to it without Weser. Of arum
you will not consider the poems reseript purely sod-
initial ; but to prevent misanderstanding I wish you in
I care to bring it in a Masa manner to the knowledge
fitthe bishops of Becton and Levert (mad the Bishop of
liars). His Majostee government dem net wish to 'read
abroad diaccrd ; it wishes, ea the eintnury, that pease
ebeuld be pueserved in the country ; het if freed it will
sot hesitate to band over the disturbers rd the perm to
she rigour of the Uwe, even although they may be perms
whose high
.and holy minion ought always to keep them
out of the bends of justices. I retitled yon to coo•
form without dein, to the tenor of this present reacript,
and to send rasa mart upon what may higipea in this
natter,
London, England, 1868-02-25

sumszAzy OP CM OP BILITISTI PATIO?.

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to proceed
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sary. it particulars are tarnished ly the Inventor. se the requi-
site papers end inatructioes can be transmitted by post. No
charge is made tor preliminary inquiries and advice.