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The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-01

THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

The continental journals of every shade of
liberalism regard with satisfaction the flight of
Queen Isabella from Spain, and tho prospect of a
more :enlightened .dynasty. The proceedings of
the provisional government of Spain, which must
Act be confounded with the provisional junta of
are awaited with anxiety. It hes already
convoked constituent Cortes, in order that the
country may decide upon the form of its government.
But this can only be done when there is entire liberty
of action, and the Debate appeals to the generals
who have just dethroned Isabella to give proof of
their wisdom and patriotism by abstaining from
dictating to the conatry any one solution of the
present difficulties, or from attempting by military
fetus to overawe the electors.

The Queen is stated to have sent an envoy to
Marshal Serrano, but the latter refused to see him.
The Literff, which professes to be in full possession
of the views, sentiments, and projeots of the
chiefs of the movement, has no fear of any re-
gency which may be to the advantage of the
Queen. 1868, it says, will not repeat the faults
and mistakes of 1834. " The time is gone for
compromises, half measures, and half revolutions."
The provisional government at Madrid is com-
posed of MX. Jose Olozaga, Cantoro, Figuorola,
and Riven). The first is the brother of tho most
eminent statesman of the Progressista party, who
is at this moment at Paris. M. Cantoro is a mem-
ber of the liberal union, M. Figuorola is a mode-
rate democrat, and M. River°, formerly a deputy,
belongs to the advanced democratic party.
Queen Christina, it is said, has prepared apart-
ments for her daughter in her chateau of Sainte-
Adresse, near Havre, but at present Isabella iv at
a castle at Pau, lent her by the Emperor Napo-
leon.
Marshal Serrano is said to have made a trium-
phal entry into Madrid, and we are in hourly ex-
pectation of receiving some details of the event.

The English residents have congratulat.i
new government on ita macaws.
The city of Barcelona has pronouced agysin.•
royal ostler.

ITALY.

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London, England, 1868-10-01

FINSBURY.

This day Mr. Chisholm Anstey, the revising
barrister for the borough of Finsbury, sat to complete the
revision of the parish of Ishngton. The lodger claims
were 1,046, and of that number 162 were struck off, and
893 allowed. The Revising Barrister laid down the prin-
ciple at the outset, that he would take the claim as priori
ferie evidence of the right. In several instances claims
were disallowed where the parties took their meals with
the occupiers. In one case the nee of a kitchen did not
establish a joint oecuption, and the name was retained.
Last year the votes were between 25,000 and 26,000,
and they will now amount to about 30,000. In Islington
alone the occupiers were 14,514, and the lodgers 893. Mr.
Chisholm Anstey was some hours correcting the list of the
parish of more than 300 pages.

EXTRAORDINARY CRUELTY TO A CHILD.
London, England, 1868-10-01

TRH PALL Or TUE eristaff Traomt.

It is not difficult, the Times Ofervot, to foresee
that the fall of such a throne as that of Spain will Stied
out in future days as one of the terrible judgmeotil sad
warnings .of history. Since the and fall of the French
monarchy iu 1792 there has been no revolution so indica-
tive of a transformation in the popular character of the
nation that: has effected it; and it is impassible
not tb be conecioua that the national heart must
have been slowly chilled and hardened by tyranny
before such a retribution could have fallen oa the royal
head. Of the completeness of the revolution there can
be uo longer a doubt. The "divine" right has seldom
bad a more complete overthrow. To the proviiional
government at Madrid belongs now the duty of choosing
a successor to the Bourbon saile. With regard to the
choice which that hovernment will make, the Timm think. 4
Ui accession of the Duke and Duchess of Montiumsier
will not be popular with the multitude. Of the
pretenders our contemporary says nothing; bid there are
not wanting other prince, to whom the eye of the nation
may fairly tarn, and the merits of these will probably be
busily canvassed before many days are over.
London, England, 1868-10-01

COMMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

This forenoon Mr. Humphreys, coroner, resumed,
at the Royal Oak tavern, L ialway-street, St. Lukas, the in-
quest as to the death, from alleged ill-treatment, of Edward
Moore, aged nine months.
The facts, as stated in evidence on the opening of the
inquest, were of • shocking character. The mother of the
des axed was the wife of a carpenter, and lived with her
children at No. 4, City-gardens,: aud she was
so intemperate in her habits that her husband
had separated from her. She was in the habit of
beating the children, even the baby, so savagely, that the
neighbours were kept in • constant state of commotion,
and on the 14 Sept., when some of them interfered for the
brotection of the children, she gave one woman a frightful
lack eye. She was, therefore, arrested by the pollee, and
was sent to prison for a month by the magistrate. In the
interim the child died from starvation, and it was found
that its neck was stretched to an extraordinary length, a
circumstance owing. at least so it was stated, to the
mother having "twisted its neck" to kill it, when her
little daughter was trying to keep it from her on the Ist
Sept., when she was drunk.
The inquest was adjourned until to-day, when the
woman Moore' term of imprisonment expired.
The Coroner read over the depositions to the accused.
Themes Moore deposed that he had separated from hes
wife five mouths ago on account of her drunkenness. Ile
allowed her 16s. ed. a week, and twouf the eider children
brought her in 9e. a week more. The deceased was shame-
fully neglected and starved.
Sarah Moore, • sickly little girl, 13 years old, stated
that her mother was habitually drunk front morning
till night. She used to beat all the children. and she
often beat the baby. On Tuesday, the Ist of September,
witness was trying to take the baby away from her, for she
was so drunk that if she had gone upstairs she would have
fallen on it. She said to witness, "If you don't let me have
it I will soon do for it," and seized it by the head and twisted
its neck round in a dreadful manner. Some women came
iu and pulled her away. She had sold all the
_furniture,
so that there was no bed but a few shavings. She was
going to strike witness with the lug of a table, when wit-
newt ran away. Witness was now lame from rheumatics.
The baby used to be lett from till 1 every day, whilst
the mother was out drinking.
Two neighbours corroborated this evidence.
Dr. G. Lupe° Yarrow, said that when the child was
brought to his surgery it was so extraordinarily emaciated
that he put it into a pair of scales and he found that a
scarf, shawl,'clothes, and child weiged only 1111)3. The
child never rallied, and it died on the following Monday.
Death resulted from starvation.
The woman made • statement in her own defence,
denying the charge of drunkenness, and justifying her
neglect on the ground of the insufficiency of ter means.
The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the
prisoner was committed for trial at Newgate.
London, England, 1868-10-01

LORD LYTTON'S NEW PL:I K

ON Saturday night a new five-act play, fzoin
the pen of Lord Lyrrox, will be produced at the
Lyceum Theatre, and in the present condition of
the metropolitan stage this is an event of sufficient
literary and dramatic importance to merit some
little preliminary notice. The play in question,
which will be called The Rightful Heir, and in
which Mr. 13ANnztattn will represent *leading cha-
racter, is not quite new, nor has it been altogether
sucussful. It was first produced at thollayiaurket
Theatre, Oct. 31, 1839, under the title of The Sea
Captain, or The Birthright, with Mr. /tacitEntw,
Mr. PM:LIM, the late Mrs. WAKNKR, and Micas
HELEN FAUCIT in the principal characters. The
scene is laid in the North of Devon towards the
end of ELIMBUTH'B reign, and is suggestive of
Mr. fiLous's play of True to the Cure, the T. P.
COOKX prize drama performed with 80:much suc-
cess at the Surrey. It was not played for any
great length of time ; but Lord Lrrrox, having
made certain alterations in its form, has spared no
effort during the last few years to bring it again
I upon the London stage. Mr. WUJAN, Mr. PRIMPS,
and every manager of any importance has had it
" under consideration," and the noble author's
perseverance has at last been rewarded. In order
of time it stands after Richelieu, The. Lady of
Lyons, and The Duchess de la Valliere.

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nVI - iN6IIII
. • N m '4lA-ion . •
AL - 'to th 714,' o i.:•k
Cb h invites em to take 'the Baum, i-
cal Council at Rome; a similar • issivo to Protes-
tants, described in another column, exhorts them
to profit by, the occasion and by the Porp's
while remaining outside. Apropos of the relr,
;the Bogeys prelates, Alm Npisitrur has
rather an 'odd illustration. Aftor stating
,that his Upraises/tea in this ,invittition conformed
to tho tradition Of the Church, which enjoins upon
it constant efforts for peace and unity, the
Noniteur proceeds to mumorato the oouncila in
which schismatics have been summoned to take
part, and amongst them oites that of Constance
"at which," it adds, " Jogir Wise endVontw of
" Prague, with their votaries in Bohemia,
" were present." JoaN 41788 appeared,
it is true, at the Council of donstatum, but we
know how his participation in it endedr U left
it for Um stake. We agree with a Bromide Con-
temporary that although dioxide:nits haven* longer
to tear being burnt alive, this souvenir is not 1 of a
hind which is calculated to persuade them to
respond with great eagerness to the Pcirl'e
politeness.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)
London, England, 1868-10-01

►.AMIETLI,

Lust night Mr. Alderman J. C. Lawrence k Lora
Mayer elect) addressed a crowded meeting at the Lecture-
ban, Carter-street, Walworth-road. Mr. Alder (coach-
builder) took the chair. Mr. Alderman lawrence. who
was loudly cheered, took a retrospect of the groat political
changes which had taken place since last he addroased
the electors in that hull, some three years ago. He de-
elated he was new what ho always had beell, a thorough
liberal; and, if be declined to stark a line whereat the fran-
chise should stop, he couhl say he had always felt that
should be on open question, because as the legislation
improved, and us education improved, no should every
class be admitted to the franchise. which should know uo
limit. lie believed tho shield of the ballot would be
glared oven for voters in large boroulis. Of the many
reforms needed improved education was a vital one. Was
it not time to do something for thou street Arabs who
swanned our streets ? Referring to the Irish ehurch
question, he raid lie wished those who beard him to direct
the attention of their friends to the Irish Church Commis-
sion Report, which was full of cogent fact+. Them woes
scarcely a nian —even the most ardent advocate
of the retention of mutters us they now existed
-- who did not, on reading that report, shake his bead
in disgust, and eonfess that this great wroug.in Ireland
ought to be remedied. The time had now come --after all
the latehwork legislation; after all the petting and
foundling of the Irish people; after alternately bullying
and cajoling them, promising them one thing and giving
them another— when thoughtful men of all parties were
gradually coining to the conclusion that on this subjeet
there theuld no longer I* any oompmmise and that the
great principle of religious equality must be established
and recognised in Ireland. (Loud cheers.)
An Emmen said he wished to know, as the hon.
candidate was Lord Mayor elect, what his opinion was as
to thou propriety of having • Lord Mayor', .11.1 w
(laughter.)
Mr. Aldenunn Las on vet: replied that his opOloooa, of
the Lord folityoes show was thi.., tied out reporwentel
great principle the pi nail& of the govereignt v ..f the
waylay- 04%34 • that it w. 14 originally the rueoona inn ou
the plot of the King I rtont of the e•erei•ie by the
• rill. cots of 1 "whin of the right of electing the:r chid
magishate, in whom was ve,ted, tow his term of orrice,
London, England, 1868-10-01

OPENII+TO OF Till? MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

TO-DAY the medical schools of London, to
the number of about a dozen, and as many
more in the country, are opened by intro-
ductory addresses to the freshmen. More than
a thousand youths come up from the quiet of
their schools or colleges for a long appren-
ticeship to the pestle and mortar. After two
or three words of welcome, some general direc-
tions as to the best methods of study, and a few
hints concerning the varied bearings of the profes-
sion they have chosen, they find themselves face
to face with accident, disease, and death, with the
privilege of witnessing the medical and surgical
practice of the beet physicians and surgeons of their
country. Every Ootober the profession is thus
recruited, and as each student " walks the , hos-
pitals " for three or four yours, some four to
five thousand gentlemen are constantly preparing
themselves for combat with the physical ills of
humanity. A certain class of readers generally
look fur newspaper reports of these inaugural lec-
tures and are curious to know smiething of the
machinery by which a young num is made
a doctor. Others hope to see the announce-
ment of new discoveries ; and all who arc
intelligent enjoy the perusal of the bril-
liant yet practical productions of the eminent
stoves who on these occasions happily blend pro-
fessional advice with lessons of moral philo-
sophy. The effect of the addresses on the students
themselves would be greater if the orations were
preceded or followed by a public distribution of
the prizes obtained by students of the previous
year, and if mothers, sisters, and other ladies were
invited to be present. Must of our London hos-
pitals boast the possession of spacious and handsome
halls, and these once in the year might be made
the scenes of snob gatherings as we have sug-
gested. This introduction to his career might be
more serviceable to the student than a bare ad-
dress, prefaced probably by the credo remarks and
rough sibillations, not to say boisterous behaviour,
of the second and third years' men who have come
down for a " bit of fun."
London, England, 1868-10-01

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, '

REGISTRATIONS.-(THIS DA Y.)

CITY OF LONDON.

The revision of the lista of voters for the City of
London was resumed this befwe Mr. Spencer
l'erossal in the Court of Common eas, GuildhalL
The liberal' were represented by Mr. Elidasy Smith and
Mr. Ledger, and the awaservatives by Mr. T. B. Harper
and Mr. &therm

Shortlyiftei:tle sitting of the court,
Mr. Harper called the attention of the learned barrister
to the case decided yesterda , in which Mr. Wooltorton
claimed and obtained the'in respeot of pre-
mises in Skinner-etreet, which were required for
the purposes of the Holborn-Taller improvement.
It would be remembered that Mr. Wooltorton
stated that he bad still the exclusive right and
entry to the house, and that his tenancy would not expire
unbi January no (Mr. Harper) had been positively told
that the info'rreation supplied by that gentleman wee
grossly untrue, and that -he had been turned out by
action of ejectment. He could produce letter from Mr.
Wooltorton requesting time, and he could prove that
Mr. Wooltorton ultimately did go oat, and that he had
no further claim to the He wished the court
to reopen the case, so that be might give evidenoe contra-
dictory to that upm which the had been allowed.
Mr. tlimith said he waspreparsd to support Mr. Harper
Ctilittallitih"dtag that
he
bad
always-tried to keep good
Mr. Ledger laid that Mr. Harper's charge against Mr.
Wooltorton was almost equivalent to one of perjury. He
hoped nothing would be left undooe to sift it.
The Revising Barrister said the charge was suppression
of face.

lifT.ilarpersaid he wished to examine the City solicitor
but he was not propared to go on with the case before to-
morrow morning.
The re-opening of the case was aocordingly fired to
take place at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

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London, England, 1868-10-01

Tug ESDOWYLN7 or BOMAN CATUOLICIBII.

The Doily .Newadilcueses the proposition which hue been
made f r endowing the Roman catholic church coinci-
dently with the Anglican church in Ireland, and which has
received theadhesion of Professor Plumptre, who urged mit-
ering in its favour io a letter which appeared in the TI„ eA
yesterday. The Doily News denies that such a policy is,
as alleged by Professor Plumptre, just in itself. If the
.5t0,0001. a year now enjoyed by the Anglican church in
Ireland is really an occlesiartnal fund on which the whole
Irish nation has a claim, on what possible pretext can it
be proposed to allot three-fifths of this sum to 700,000
Irishmen, and the remaining two-fifth of it to 4,500,000?
To every 16 Anglicans in Ireland there aro about lOU
Roman esthetics, and yet 11.0 former communion—which
is at the same time the church of the rich—is to pocket
300,000 i. a year. while the latter—which is at the same
time the church of the poor-As to be put off with
200,0001. a year. Professor Plemptre emit have keen
eyes and sanguine expectations to see in each a settlement
as this " the chief hope of a satisfaetory solution of th
grave problems which we have to fact." Thu .lady
Nista submits other urgent reasons against the pro-
posed endowment, and asks what Professor Plumptro
has to offer that would compensate for the inesikable
disadvantages that would result from such an arrange-
ment.

The Telegraph regards the revenue returns issued last
night as eminently unsatisfactory. The quarter's income
was 15,119,005/. ; being an invitee of 205,'.16.5/. over the
income of the same period in 1867, which was 14,913,7401.
Fur the six months forming the first half of the
financial year, the revenue shows an improve-
ment of 707,3431. And for the twelve months the
net increase is 837,9011.—the difference between
69,470.4711. in the year that ended September
30, 1867, and 70,307,5621. in the year that
ended last night. Under all heads it seems we
are " making progress backwards." Compared with
the receipts of the same quarter last year, cus-
toms have declined 11,000/. ; excise, 116,0001. ; stumps,
116,000/. ; and Post-office, 10,000 L—in all more than a
quarter of a million under those departments of revenue
that moat sensitively respond to the industrial and com-
mercial depression or prosperity of the country. On the
other hand, the department of taxes shown the small in-
crease of 28,000!., and that of miscellaneous has improved
20,2651. So far, with the exception of the items under the
head of " miscellaneous," all the calculations of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer have been falsified, and the Tel,-
graph fears that all the new elasticity given by a bountiful
and successful harvest will not suffice to deliver us from
the apprehended deficit.
The Post aerie in these returns a necessity for increased
economy in the public expenditure ; for it is apparent that
on the 31st March, 1862, there will be again, as has been
the rule of late, a deficit to be met instead of a surplus to
be appropriated to the reduction of national burthone.
London, England, 1868-10-01

DRATII OF SIR CUSACK RONEY.

A FAMILIAR figure in railway circles has just
disappeared from the scene. Sir CUSACK RONEY,
whose name is intimately associated with railway
history both in the old and the now world, died
yesterday morning at his residence in Cleveland-
square. The deceased knight first became known
as the secretary of the Eastern Counties line, an
office which he filled while Mr. GEORGE Hunsox was
still the leadingpotentateef railways. He was after-
wards closely connected with the Grand Trunk of
Canada Railway and with Irish and Continental
iailwey enterprise ; his long experience of all mat-
ters pertaining to railways rendering his services
valuable when any new scheme had to be launched
or any grand phut of operations to be accomplished.
A few months ago Sir CUSACK published
a voluminous work relating to railways, in which
an immense number of facts and anecdotes were
presented in a readable form. Immediately before
his death he spent a few weeks at Brighton for
the benefit of his health, but unhappily the hopes
of restoration were disappointed. In society, and
among all his associates, the deceased was a
favourite, on account of his amiable temper and
genial disposition. He died in the 60th year of
his age, leaving a son and three daughters to
lenient a read loss.
London, England, 1868-01-27

AMERICA.

The North German Lloyd's steamship America,
from New York on the 15th inst., arrived at South-
ampton this morning with 115 paasengers for that
port, Havre, and Bremen, and 422 sacks of mails.
She brings 41,261 dole. in specie for England, and
50,700 dole. for France.
(Ault's.' of the America, via Southampton.)

NEW YORK, JAN. 15, Norm
Mr. Stanton has not yet issued any official
orders.
It is reported that Mr. MacauHoch has ordered
his department to hold no official communication
with Mr. Stanton until his status is determined.
Generals Grant and Sherman had a long inter-
view with President Johnson yesterday. It is said
that they have been urging Mr. Stanton to resign.
The Georgian Convention has proposed to Gene-
ral Meade to ask Congress to make an appropria-
tion, in order to defray the expenses of the
Convention.
General Scott, of the Freedmen's Bureau in
South Carolina, has announced that government
rations will be issued to the destitute, excluding
those who plant cotton exclusively.
The Republican State Convention in Connecti-
cut has unanimously adopted a resolution in favour
of General Grant for the Presidency.
The cholera on board the Hamburg ship Leibnitz
is abating.
The New York papers publish intelligence from
Vera Cruz, stating that Father Fischer, tho con-
fessor of the late Emperor Maximilian, has sailed
from that port for Europe.
London, England, 1868-01-27

JAPAN.

A few lines of Japanese news appear in the China
Mail of Dec. 14 :
The abdication of Stotabuhi is confirmed by each of the
Japanams papers, the foreign representatives having been
officially notified of It The Mikado is now the sole ruler
of the country as regards foreigners. An assembly of
Damian has been ordered by the Mikado to deliberate on
the government of the empire.
The present mail is said to carry a manifest from the
Japanese government to the European governments re-
specting political affairs in Japan.
The opening of liesgato, Hiogo, and Osaka will, accord-
ing to an official notification by the foreign minister, be
delayed until lst April, 1868.
Although matters are reported as "pacific," it has
been judged wise to be prepared for emergency, and
orders have been forwarded to Hong-Kong to complete the
stores of ammunition, kr., for the troops at Yokohama.
The Chinese at Yokohama have commenced br"2l--

" home" for destitute Chinese.
Sir Harry Parkes and M. Leon Roches were at Yedo
when the mail Wt.
The large hotel for foreigners at Tads is to be opened
on theist January, 1868.

Mnevean versoeam.)
31. MAGRI'S FINANCIAL STATEMSNT.
PARIS, JAN. 27.
The Munifeur of this morning publishes M.
Magna's report upon the financial condition of
France. According to this statement, on tho Ist
December, 1867, the floating debt amounted to
936 million francs. In consequence of events be-
yond control the receipts of the budget of 1867
show a deficit of 26 millions as compared with the
estimates. Adding to this the extraordinary credit
voted by the Corps I4gislatif on the 31st May,
1867, of 158 millions, and the cost of the
expedition to Rome, there is • total of
189 millions of francs necessary to cover
the outlay for 1867. The report declares various
augmentations of expense which will be felt by the
budget& of 1868 and 1869, and concludes that sup-
plementary resources to the amount of 82,000,000
of francs will be required to be shared between
those two years. The report points out that it is
necessary to reform the war material and the
fleet in the intermit of the defence of the oeuntry
and of the national honour. Frocnreportssubmitted
to the Ministries of War and Marine • sum of
187,000,000 fr. ought to be (tweeted to that object.
It would, however, be illusory to suppose that
these resources would suffice to tom ma
requirement, but relative to the vale materiel
every ementiat'would be therewith' WC ilee
London, England, 1868-01-27

YAW fattilignut.

3OLTIOPOLITAII 0001VIT 0D1711X6
MIK days appointed for the enema week.
Weelkiawriq ea. liartlMelane.—Tueaday. Jan. 211; Weems.
W. 29.
MwIDNYON, arbleakearregiove.—Tureda,y, Jan. le ; Wads,.
dTiolesioarrtlsir. ,
O2lideareMeeml. Tmeday, Jan. 38: Them
die°.
Bow-rowL—Friday. Jan. 31.
marrrnenarm. Orad rrearm‘alreet.—Wedneeday, Jam 29;
'Thersdny. . Friday. 31.
go erwwmak. Sdaa-idiast. —Tuesday. Jan. E 8: Thursday. ;
Ideal, al.
Lamm, Camberwell Newroad.—Tmeday. Jan. lg.
Omiwicei.— Wednesday, Jan. 29.
Woormicia.—Tbunday, Jan. 30.
CUT or LONDON, Clallehall-bulldinga —Triads). Jan. 18; M-
ilky. 31.
CDs/IAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Monday, Jan. 27.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
JAN. 25.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
STIRRUP r. ripißL P.

After our report left on Saturday,
The respondent, who was called in his own defence, said
be was 68 years of age. His son was about 30, and had
always lived with him and assisted him in hia business.
He bad married the petitioner because he had nobody to
take care of his house, for he was away all day. He
found, however, that she was addicted to drink and spent
the money he laid placed in her bands to pay his men.
While she was drunk her language was so bad that it
could hardly be repeated in a court of justice. Her story
was entirely false. He had never struck her, and the
marks which she had shown to witnesses bad been caused
by his holding her while she was in fits of passion. As to
her ribs, they had been broken by falling against the edge
of a bed.
Sir J. Wilde, on the whole, thought that the husband's
story (which was corroborated by several witnesses) was
the more trustworthy, and clismimed the petition.
London, England, 1868-01-27

486

et lees impedance would be com-
in proportion to the annual resources.
Irks report Co.siodas by proposing a loan of 440
*lions of francs,wltich would meet all exigencies.
The finds in the army dotation chest are not
disposable. The loan will be negotiated by public
subscription. The report proposes to divide the
monthly payments of the loan into twenty instal-
ments.

THE SWISS CONSTITUTION.
BERNE, SAL 27.

A popular vote was taken yesterday in they
canton of Zurich upon the question of revision of
the constitution. The revision by the constitu-
tional council was decided upon by 47,776 votes
to 10,057.
London, England, 1868-01-27

LAXISETII.

Alred Rickards, aged I I years' with scarcely a shoe to
Lis foot or rag to his lock, and having other appearances
pointing to the want of pareutal attention, was charged
before Mr. Wuolrycb with stealing • quantity of calico
from a shop in the Old Kent-road.
Police-constable Knock, 141 I', said on the previous
eve 'ling he wan in the Mina-road, Old Kent-rout, and saw the
prisoner in company with a man who was wheeling a truck.
lle saw the prisoner, evidently at the instigation of the
man, enter several of the front gardens in this and other
streets, where be tried the windows, each time coming
back and making a communication to the man. He fol-
lowed and saw them turn out of the Albany-road into the
Ohl Kent-road. The prisoner then looked into several shops,
and on coining to one in the occupation of Mr. John Good-
child, draper, seized hold of • chair standing in the door-
way, onWhich was placed a quantity of calico for show. The
boy then conveyed the property to the harrow, while the
man was standing some forty yards off. Witness went
towards it, and secured the prisoner ; but the man ran
away at a rapid pace and escaped, leaving the property and
barrow behind. In answer to the magistrate the prisoner
admitted the robbery. He said he hail no father; at
least not at home, for he left his mother a long while
ego. He hail another father living—at least he called
him father, as he lived at home with his mother in
Martin-street, Friar-street. There were dye other children
at home besides him.
The magistrate said the prisoner would, if allowed to
remain at large. be doubtless dragged still deeper into a
life of crime and misery. It was a very sad case, and in
order to rescue the prisoner from his dangerous position
he would send him to the industrial school at Wandsworth
for a term of live years.
The prisoner, a very intelligeut boy, seemed pleased
that he was to be sent to a good home and he taught a
trade.
London, England, 1868-01-27

RUSSIAN MANCEUVRES.

Whilst the news comes from St. Petersburg that I
all the journals there speak in favour of the mainte-
nance of peace, the Pro/iamblatt of Vienna asserts,
in a correspondence from Bucharest, that a Bulgarian
insurrection, organised by Russia, will break out
in a short time. "The Russo-Bulgarian Commit-
tee," it says, "is openly working here, and its
sub-oommitteas are actively engaged in stimu-
lating the people to revolt. Arms and munitions
are provided and are ready for distribution in
Ismail, Galatz, Braila, Giurgevo, Kalafat, and
Turn-Severin. The leaders are prepared and are
only waiting for the signal to take their places."
London, England, 1868-01-27

EXCITEMENT IN PRAGUE.

On the occasion of the banquet given on the 21st
inst. at Prague to Herr Herbst, one of the new
Austrian ministers, there was a manifestation on
the part of the Czech portion of the inhabitants.
The German theatre and other buildings were
attacked with stones and the windows were broken.
Four infantry battalions and a regiment of cavalry
were called in to preserve the peace. Several
citizens are said to have been wounded.
London, England, 1868-01-27

HARRIS r. HAREM

Mr. Searle for the petitioner. The parties were mar-
ried at Hanky, in Staffordshire, in the month of July,
18b4. They cohabited together till the year 1845, when
the wife was obliged to leave her husband in conse-
quence of his brutal treatment. He had often assaulted
her, knocked her down with his fiat, atruck her with an
umbrella on the breast, thrown a knife at her, and other-
wise bekived in a violent manner. He was frequently
drunk, and stayed out late at night, and his conduct gene-
rally was of an outrageous and profligate description.
Decree nisi, with costa.

THE POLICE COURT&

BOW-STRUT.

A. are Eel ward Kilfor, • clerk in the military depart-
ment of the India-office, was charged with stealing thirty
medals from that office.
Mr. Pierson, assistant secretary of the department, 'said
it was part of the primaer's duty to receive those medals
and diatriloute them to the soldiere and sailors who were
entitled to them for service in India and in the China
seas. The medals were of different descriptions. They
were worth about Ts. each. They were the property of
the Secretary of State for India. The prisoner had no
right to take the medals nut of the office. The prisoner
said that in taking the medals he had no intention of com-
mitting a felony or fraud. He was the worse for liquor,
and in a hasty moment be was led to my that they bad
been melted down. It was suggested to him in the course
of the evening by Blake, and be consented in order to
avert any risk of being charged with stealing the medals.
On Friday morning be told Blake not to melt them, but
to return them to him that be might replace them, as they
were not hi■ property, but belonged to government. On
Thursday night Blake told him he was a detective. He
knew he had no right to take the medals out of the
ethos, but he meant no dishonesty.
He was committed for trial.
London, England, 1868-01-27

CHINA AND JAPAN.

The Over/and China Mail of December 14 says :
The Hon. Anson Burlingame, late United States Minister
for China, has been appointed Ambassador for China to
the European Courts and the United States. Mr. J. Mel.
Drown is appointed secretary and Mr. Deschamps, inter-
preter. Two mandarins of high rank and a staff of 24
Chinese acoompany them. Mr. Burlingame was detained
between Peking and Tientsin by the approach of bands of
rebels near Ho-shi-we*. Assistance was sent, and he
reached Tientsin in safety.
At the fearful explosion which took place near Hankow,
at Wuohang,various accounts estimate the loss of life (Chi.
ness) at 800, 1,000, and 2,000. The destruction of pro-
perty was moat fearful, and it is believed unparalleled in
the annals of similar aooidente. Some French officers at
Ilankow having been mobbed ant iU-treated by the native*,
• naval force was landed and reprisals made. This act was
at first condemned by the majority of the Chinese press,
but subsequent explanations fully justify it.
The residence of Mr. Forrest, H.B.M. Vioe-C,onsul,
Swatow, was attacked by a numerous band of robbers on
the lit December. They were fortunately repulsed.
Revenge, and not plunder, is said to have been their ob-

ject.
It is reported that two of the Europeans who were on
board the General Sherman, when she was taken by the
Coreans, are still alive. The information is not certain ;
but measures will be at once taken to sift it.
Mr. Cooper who started on an overland journey to India
has returns& to Shanghai, having missed tho companions
who were to 'tramway him.
The rising in the neighbourhood of Peking is confirmed.
Hunger was the exciting cause.
Admiral Keppel was at Shanghai when the mail left,
and was to leave in a few days for Japan.
The late misfortunes of the imperial arms in Shantung
have affected the confidence of the merchants, and the
trade in silk piece goods has been particularly dull.
The Imperial troops under the Fantai, or treasurer of
Shantung, are stated to have sustained a severe defeat at
the hands of the Nienfed, neir Yih Chow Foo, in the
southern part of Shantung, with the loss of many men
killed and taken, and of moat of their guns and baggage.
A brash with pirates took place on the Ist Deceniber
by the Chinese gunboat Feiloong, Captain Edwards,
sedated by several imperial junks. The pirates were de-
I hated.
London, England, 1868-01-27

HARVIT V. HARVIT.

Mr. Searle for the wife ; and the husband did not ap-
pear At the time of their marriage, which took place at
Scarborough in November, 1857, the petitioner was a cook
and her husband a butler. They 0111110 up to London,
where the respondent said he had obtained a situation in
the Peet-office. He was, however, disappointed in that
respect, and they were both of them obliged to go into
serviceagain. The petitioner saw her husband at inter-
vals up to the year 1861, when he wrote and told her he
was going to America. He did not, in fact, leave Eng.
land, but he went to live with another woman whom he
said he had married. The petitioner bad never seen
him again until very recently, when he was in an hospital.
Decree nisi, with costs.
BUTLER O. BUTLER AND PATEL
Kr. Searle for the petitioner, a working collier, who
married the respondent in December, 1863. The parties
lived in Derby, where the respondent became acquainted
with various men, and she was seen to commit adultery
in a lane near the town with a strolling player.
Decree WM.
London, England, 1868-01-27

ITALY.

The correspondent of the Temps writes as follows :
The nomination of Guard* to the poet of Minister of
the King's Household hen exasperated the opposition. The
Dintto, which called the appointment a " challengegiven
by the King to the Chamber, has been seized, and now the
whole " Left" are crying out in the language of that journal,
e Imo elda. Niootera repeated the words in the hail of
the Two Hundred, and added some sharp str:atures on him
and his supporters. General Ansanti took notice of the
words used, and the dispute became so angry that he raised
his hand to strike Niootera. A duel with swords took
place next morning. The King is very angry, and the
"Left" very excited. The moderates, the conenrti.sti,
wearied, exasperated, and persuaded of the impartibility
of any good issue, know not whom to look to.
London, England, 1868-09-24

ttoriu. / 1113.

The 77 rri rolmit, that hotel rionotamodation on a vastly
cst( r.ded ,sale is new provided fur the public on a systom
greatly lc proved; tut the charges in two particuhirs are
greater than they sh.ruld be. The charges for apartments
err. to tho ity of travel:era pmhibitod priors, the
stravagarce of the terms hing easily merieured by tho
cuatrarison of a lodging. A secoud item is the rest of
wine, the call for which at an hotel is now, ex -t- at
public dinners or con :sated entertainments, so limitest that
what might really be a sourer, of profit Ls almost destroyed.
Not one man in fifty drinks wine at an hotel as freely,
say, as be would at home. At his own table be would
never think of confining himself to pale ale and whisky
toddy, but this is often what it comes to when be dines at
an inn.: Innkeepers should remove this inducement to un-
weler me economy. An Euglishmius on his holiday trip 1.4
seldom parsininniously disposed, but, though "on plea.
sure bent," be, like John Gilpin in the song, has " a tra-
p.] mind," and his natural !cadence is outraged by what
be ►cows to be an extortionate and unwarrantable
demand.

ebt Court.

BALMORAL CASTLI?, Stn.. 2'2.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian
of Schleswig Holstein, went out yeeterdity 'tanning, anti
in the afternoon her Majesty druvo W Alt-enAknithasach
with Prince.. Louise and Princes. Daanioa, attended by
Lady ChturchilL
Mr. Dianell had the Lunour of diniug with tin. Qte.en
and royal

The General Commanding-in-Chinf, &tenanting
to viikting artangerienta, will kiivo town on the 30th
intr. for Fortimoutk on his annual visit of inapoction to
that corbels and ite garrison and tho other military eta-
Cone in the south-wevt diottriet.

Tho Right Hon. H. H. Walpole, late Home
Secretary, and family, and tho Itigt.t lion. J. Wilson
Patten, Chief Sem etary for Ireland, arrived at Dublin on
Tuesday.
The Lord-Lieutenant, the Duoheas of Abercont,
the Ladies Maude and tleorgiana Hamilton, the Marquee
of !bouillon, M.P., and Lord Claude John Hamilton.
M.l'., who have been for the past fortnight making a tour
over his gtaro',. extensive estates in the county Donegal,
have returned to their residence at Baron's Court.

Mr. Childers, M.P., and Mrs. Childers hum., left
England for Styria.
The Freeman states that the two vacancies
created in the Order of St. Patrick will be shortly filled
up by the installation, in the room of the Marquis of
Lownshire, of the Furl of Mayo, and the in/imitation of
the Earl of Erne in the place of Lord Farnham.

Admiral Hir Andrew diamond, Bart., has just
been re-skated Mayor of Yarmouth, io the fele of
Wight _ _

A gentleman at Glastonbury. in Eionwrootehire.
ban an apple-boa growing in hi* garden which 'am Woo-
wined twice this year, and ie now production the .45mnd
crop of apple& Thu fin& crop wan a very good one. Also
is a garden at Lawn", in Huang, there are apple and in ar
train now in AM bloom for the woad time t►is year.
London, England, 1868-09-24

LADY ORATOR..

It ladies are forbidden to vote, they can main-
tam in other ways the new theory of their sphere.
The Court of Common Pleas cannot, at all events,
prevent them from speaking, At the dinner of
the Huntingdonshire Agricultural Society yes-
terday, the wife of a Conservative member of Par-
liament stood up and replied to a toast. General
Pm having proposed " The Health of Mrs.
" Fat.Lowza and the Ladies of Huntingdon-
" shire," and the band having played " Here's a
" health to all good his"cre," Mrs. FELIAMBei, the
wife of the well-known member for the county,
who was the Chairman of the evening, rose, and
'peaking, the reporter says, " with great distinct-
" mss," said :

lentlemen,— re•yitating on behalf o' the huliea ve-
ld et I have to thank very cordially my right hue. and
gallant irked, General I'ool for projoaing, and you for
re, e.ving, toe tealA ~o kindly, for two muss.—iir3t,
that my own tram.) in epecially mentioned in the toast;
and toeundly, :hut hem at Ramsey, at my own loved
titan, have for the Brat time been Melted to join
in your fe.tvei nuatidge. ((hews.) By your reception
of no tide day, I gather that you like to see on here.
(Chia re.) I can ..em,.: you one and all that we take the
lit tlier t intereet in eve ytling that OMICUrtla agriculture,
and ito have, done our beat to giro you here a warm and
hetuty run, ion. (Chair.) 1 hot* Mir will not be the lad
time that the liuntinglotaldre Agricultural Meeting will
be Lod at haw ey. (Cheers.) Once inure I tender you our
grateful Menke. (The fair lady resumed her Goat anshlat
loud and lonweentinned cheering.)

Agricultural meetings art, wally hi want of
hoinethirig ti unike them endurable• ; if this -
imple lx• followed• they will soon heronie thn
rolte•
London, England, 1868-09-24

TIII: IiLiMPLIC or NATAL.

The thir.lol it slur that a stnithous effort
is being n.sde to obtain 11 e Loyal authority tur tho cone-
s-lotion ut iii. Weirton- in England. and that the colon:al
minister is• at least, listening to the solicitations addressel
to him. Now it is the fait .:ort the crown by its law
...oats is t.pl o*.d.tig Cid. 12.-o.e. rights to the bishopric,
slid how is it possible for it ts entertain at the Wl3O tiros
a rot pool tor :.110.1OT kalsOp to exercise tplaC Pral
11.tirticill? Until the crown has depiesstl Dr. Osten...
it isinnot twat him as it he were deposed. There is it I
leattnl eviu to belies•.. that the repreeentativea of the
elmieh are agreed n diwir:ng such a step, which would
amoitat in fact to treeing the authority of Dr. limy and
tle Arcl.biatiop of Canterbury, or of convocation, as
adirally superior to the Privy Council and to the othor
coafte of law. The Bishop of Capetown dwell that hi,
~norlical judgments and his sentences of excommunica-
tion ilia!' be eaernyt how the revision of the crown. By
all means let them be ro , but, then, let his not claim the
web-lance of the clown in carrying them into effect. It
would be '.etulerable that the authority of the crown and
climb of England should be placed at the dialysed of
South African Synods.
London, England, 1868-09-24

1111 MOVIUILST VI SPAIN.

So fez as it be. hitherto gene, the Lady News mys the
tieing is done for the people rather than by them. It is
the revolt of stades and generals rather than the rising
of the population. The inhabitant, of Barcelona and
Madrid may legend to the high-pounding appeals of the
grates's, but the country populations wean to be uum .ved
Ly them. Garrisuna pronounce ; fortresses go over to
the izeurrertion, or stand firm to the government ; but
uo such thing as a levy vt muse, ou either side, 50f.,111.1 to
be art aired of. It ►s this apathy of the people which
trots doubt ul on the intuie of the ineurre,:tion. It evil
hardly be culltil a natit/ial movement, when the uatian
twits stand. idly Ly than eater+ heartily into it.
London, England, 1868-09-24

THE RACHEL TRIAL.

THE Rachel trial has been, from a popular
point of view, the success of the year. The Old
Bailey has never been more crowded th•sn during
its progress, and even the Fenians failed t J " der w"
in the way poor Mrs. BORRADAILE and the face-
tnameller have done. The under-sheriffs have
had their courtesy severely tasked, and no later
than yesterday it was found necessary to call in
the assistance of the police to clear the pariag.•
leading to the courts. There is something lu h-
eroes in the eagerness with which well-dressed re-
.l actable people beg for a sight of Ma i:e:n,•
litre it EL and her client ; and it is IPA t
much to say that if the Old Bailey Court were
I ularged to the size of Mr. Seuites ox';
Tabernacle it would not hold the busy p:•y-
ir:g atrangers who have been ne :essarily
r.•-
ftetd admission sint:e the trial begun. do k, 'n is
at. t meat mcnt that a forgetfulness of what if due
to the place and its surroundings is occasionally
itseptible--as when the people in waitin; re-
futed to make way for the Judge yesterday
afternoon, and when it needed all the Under
Ste riff's conciliatory tact to pilot him throug!i.
Best thin is txteptional, and the aristocratic cha-
raettr of the audience, and the patience with
wLich fashionable ladies sit through the tedious
cross-examinations and repetitions are not the
least remarkable features in the trial. For
when Madame Racitia. has been seen, and Mrs.
BoithansiLl's affectations laughed at, there is no
object of interest left. The former is a pallid,
stout woman, whose age is doubtful, and who
would b• passed without comment were she seen at
any other time than now. Mrs. BORRADAILB iv
unique. She smalls every character in fiction in
which faded beauty is the leading feature. Her
prettiness is of the typo which is charming
in a very young girl, but which never
ripens into matronly beauty ; and which
attins to protest feebly and ineffectually against
age. Half coquettish, half petulant, half coy, half
confidential, she is, perhaps, the most trying wit-
ness who ever gave evidence at the Old Bailey.
To sympathise with either the accuser or accused
in this trial is impossible after they have been both
scent ; and the repnlaive nature of the proceedings
seems aggravated to thole: who have at in court.
London, England, 1868-01-18

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U.sto intelitanitt.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—JAR. 17.
Sittings M Nisi Prius ia M
Commonx. J iddisse—(Before Mr. Justice
Byles and a ury. )

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QUINLAN V. CURIE.
The plaintiff was • journeyman carpenter and joiner,
and the defendant was a milliner in Westminster-bridge-
road. The action was to recover damages for assault, false
impriaounient, and slander.
Mr. Gray, Q.C.. and Mr. Littler appeared for the plain-
tiff ; and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., for the defendant.
The plaintiff's ease was that on the afternoon of the
sth Deo. last he saw some people in the Burlington-arcade
looking at a Mont St. Bernard dog which belonged to the
defendant, and be stopped to admire it. The defendant
thereupon tapptd him on the shoulder and said, " I arrest
you for being a returned convict." Plaintiff laughed, but
the defendant said he was serious, and the plaintiff must
go with him to the police station. The plaintiff
said he should not go, and the defendant then
asked the beadle to take him in charge, and that func-
tionary referred them to the police, and the plaintiff went
into Piccadilly, followed by the defendant, who caught
him by the arm and said he should show bim his hands. He
seized him by the collar, and said he was • detective
officer, and the plaintiff must go to the station. In this
way they got to the station, where the defendant charged
him with an assault and with not behaving like a gentle.
man. The sergeant on duty refused to take the charge.
The defence was that the plaintiff was snapping his
fingers to attract the dog, and when asked what be wanted
with the dog, aid, " What is that to you?" and lambed
him. After some words the plaintiff called the defendant
a -- rogue, and the defendant, being irritated, said,
" I should take you for • returned convict." More words
mimed, and they reached the station. The defendant, in
his r :Menne, denied most of the statements of the plain-
tiff. Cr.!. stated positively that he never laid a band upon
the plaintiff, never said be was • detective, and never took
hint into custody.
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing.