biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-22

Sir Stafford North**, has received the three
following telegrams from Sir Robert Napier : •
"1. (Without date). Headquarters and let bei•
Bade crossing Takata), and asoend to the lain of
Wadela, 10,000 feet. Theodore on the Bsahelo.
Prisoners well. Troops well."
" 2. Dated Mash 25. (lamp, Dildee.—Head-
quarters reach lined. (t) to-morrow, and Mocha
on the 27th. All going on well. News from pri-
soners—Hamm released from chains, and treated
civilly."
"3. Dated April 1. Headquarters and lstßrigade
at Atbdieom, ten miles from the Jidda Raver.
Second Brigade, twelve miles in rear, with
elephant batistes. Will eoneentrate at Sin-
diay, on left ban* of the Jidda, while Theo-
, dore's read across is being repaired. Distance
from river Baahelo 20 miles, from Magdala 30
miles."

" Latest news from prisoners, 25th March—all
well. Troops ell well."

siILECTILIeII

.
souisinu:tion.
The course ok studies at the university has been
resumed. l'he city is tranquil.

TURIN, Aran. 21.
Prince Napobon arrived here last night, and was
received by the civil and military authorities.

RUSSIA.
T. PETERSBURG, ATIUL 21.
The Journal de St. Petersboury of that a
statement whisk less recently been current, that
Prince Gortschichoff had issued a circular coescern-
ing the affairs of Poland, is false. No such circular
has been issued. The same journal adds, that
consul-generals at Warsaw never held a diplomatic
rank.

Yesterday the break up of the ice on the Neva
commence&

SPAIN.
MADRID, Aran. 21.
Marshal Names is suffering from a very serious
attack of the langs. In oonsequente of the alarm-
ing state of tie President of the Council to-day's
sitting of Congress was suspended.

IVIATBNit REPORT.-{THIS DAY.)

irIIDIUNDA/. APRIL 22. • L7lll.
London, England, 1868-04-22

SUPPOSED FENIAN DESIGNS ON

BUCHINGHAII PALACE.

Rumours that an attempt had been made to fire
Buckingham Palace were current last night, and
were the subject of conversation in the neighbour-
hood of the House of Commons. Aa the result of
scial inquiries instituted at a late hour, we learn
that the report was not entirely destitute of
foundation, and it is said to be the opinion of
the polio. that such an attempt was contemplated.
It seems that between 8 and 9 o'clock a constable
in plain clothes was walking along the mall in
St. James's-park, when his attention was drawn to
two suspicious looking men prooeeding in the di-
rection of the palace. They carried a s
hamper and from their manner he thoughtl
something was wrong. He accordingly followed
them, and on nearing the palace they halted for
a time, and, after looking about, turned off in the
direction of Buckingham-gate. He then accosted
and questioned them, but could elicit no satis-
factory reply. Ultimately both men were taken to
the King-street station, and the constable having
made his statement, the inspector on duty put the
usual questions to the prisoners, neither of whom
would give his name, or any account of him-
self. They were dressed in the garb of labourers.
The hamper, on being opened, was found to con-
tain several tin cases of what is known as " Greek
fire," the smell from which occasioned some alarm at
the station whilst it was being inspected. The
men, as a matter of course, were safely lodged in
the cells.
London, England, 1868-04-22

LATEST PARTICULARS.

Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon the two men
lodged in the King-street Police-station, and sus-
rzdof an unlawful design upon Buckingham
e, had not been removed ; and it was not
certain at what time instructions would be received
from Sir Richard Mayne for their examination
before the magistrateat Bow-street. Sergeant Lang-
ley had at present also failed in the apprehension of a
third man said to be implicated in the case. There
is every reason to assume that but a short time
will elapse ere the names and characters of both
men in custody will be known to the authorities.
The police are satisfied as to their relation with the
Fenian brotherhood.

A rumour is may current that the Chancellor of
the Itzeitegser intends to-ssonew night to propose an W-
oman el timpesee on the Memos tax.
Near Hull yesterday, the early market train
from Selby ran into a goods Inds which was taking in a
supply of water, sad nine of the passengers were injured.
Pint of these remained at the hotel ; the others were able
to proceed to their basin
The nuptials of Prince Constantine Gortachakoff,
eldest sea of the Buds' Ohmeeller el BMW, with Prim-
ates Mary Stourdsa, only doubler sad heiress of Prince
eleendsa, .x-Hospodar of Moldavia, were celebrated on
listarday, with the maid pomp, at the Monne Church.
isms de idlers (who walked lame), some Russian
Males el dielisethis wow in Paris, and away of the
eirri dif6olo4l/4 were present, Mr &delay of
hoe*, teidass, and jewels was what might be
espeelle; wedler the eireurostasem The prisms n
IstinediAlesse her father 2,000,1100 fr. as • bridal
}mainly lesidge jewels of immense vales. During
.slily golden crowns were tubed over the
heads of the couple, each of whom held a bum*
tepee, and thrice tasted in tarn the wine, sad thrice
pnrseebulsted the altar, according to custom. They than
limed the Scriptures. Lastly, the bridegroom saluted
his bride with an embrace on the lett cheek, and led her
off amid the compliments of the crowd.
London, England, 1868-06-10

THE POLICE COURTS.

The Marquis Townshend caused an apparently desti-
tute girl, named Angeline Pike, to be brought before Mr.
Benson. The marquis found her on a door step in the
Commercial-mad crying, and she said she was destitute.
The account which she gave of herself, and which she now
repeated, was that she bad lost both parents. Her lather
died three years ago, and her mother a year afterwards ;
that the had been at work for a drens.maker, had been a
servant girl, and had picked up a few pence by singing in
public-houses. It was the with of the noble marques that
she should be provided for until inquiries could be made
about her. He had mama to believe her statement to be
true, and that she was paftdly homelesa
Mr. Benson r=arked that the girl appeared to have
been well fed, and said it was very kind of the marquis to
interfere on her behalf as he had done. He reminded her
as a destitute person to the Stepney union-house, at
Bromley, for a week.
The parents of the girl, who are in tolerably good cir-
cumstances, afterwards came before the magistrate, and
said that their daughter had grossly imposed on the mar-
quis and the magistrate, that she had a good home, and
that in a fit of ill-temper she left them on Sunday, and
wandered about the streets until his lordship found her
on a door step.
Mr. Benson sent to tho workhouse for the girl, who
returned to the court with good clothing provided by her
zeiLes.n She appeared to be thoroughly ashamed of the
an she had practised, and could offer no excuse.
Mr. son son reprimanded her for the trick she had prac-
tised, and directed bar to attend before him next week,
when he would decide what should be dew with her.
There was no charge of cruelty or tyranny agaiust her
parents.
London, England, 1868-06-10

INTELLIGENCE FROM ABROAD.

(zzurzss rriziesaits.)

TUB RETURN OF THE ABYSSINIAN EXPE-
DITION.

ALEXANDRIA, Jima 9.
Twenty-nine officers and 539 men of the 4th
Regiment, and 12 officers and 120 men belonging to the
Artillery engaged in Abyssinia, have arrived at Suez and
will embark here on Thursday, in the Merapia,for England.

FRANCE

Y 044-18. itaT 9, Evrlrma:

The Emperor presided this morning' at a Cabi-
net Council. Their Majesties left at four o'clock for Fon-
tainebleau.

C,M;ateOn der Goltz, the Prusaian Ambaeaador, accord.
tag to his annual custom, leaves on Sunday uezt for Erna.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Juxz 9, ETZNENO.
The Chamber of Deputies rejected, in to-day's
sitting, the amendment of Count Cambray Diy, the
Minister of Finance, on Article 4 of the Income Tax Bill.
The tax will therefore be applied to all scrip of the
Italian debt, whether held by Italians or foreigners. The
loan of Bth March, 185.5, is one exempted from taxation.
London, England, 1868-06-10

Flio.lf THE vll L"

Among the statements from to-day's Owl are the
following:—Viscount Royston. M.P., has resigned his
place as Comptroller of her Majesty's household.—We
understand that the Hear. Julian Fane, her Majesty's am
cretaiy of embassy at Paris, is about to retire from the
diplomatic service.—air Chas. Darling, it is understood, has
withdrawn his resignation of his connection with the public
service. and will he mamma:tended to the Treasury for the
allowance of the maximum pension which may be granted
under the recent act. It is hoped that the news of this
event will reach the colony before any additional eompli-
entions shall have rendered a compromise impossible.
—The liegietratitm Bill to be introduced by Mr
Manly to-mom-law will enable the new parliament
to meet ana the 15tli December.—The Premier
has fired next Thurntoy for receiving a demi-
taint) of 11141 p. tr.. nietnbers of parliament, and railway
diredors relative to an extension of time for repayment of
160,000/. advanced last year in aid of Irish railway enter-
pri,e. On the following Monday a number of
Hibernian repressmtutives are to have an inter-
view with the Irish Minister to claim state aid
mat legislation for the further encouragement and
development of the sea fisheries of that money. -
The labours of the Irish chianti commission are rapidly
approaching a dose. Statistics have been received from
till parts of Ireland showing the church population of
each toriA, the income—grass and net—of each incum-
bent, and the toe ea.es whence it is derived. --Thee report of
the Iri,ll milts ay cen.unision has been referred bark t•.
the commissioner. in order that that they any inquire and
revert on the subject of fares a matter whirl, did not
ionic within the MCOIII) of the original ..instructions.•'
The eonanissioners are also usmested to emintire the
Islikage funs clanged in Ireland with those charged in
England and on the continent. The hill for the :totuiei-
tion
by go%elllMellt of the telegniplis of the
I'iiited K itsitoloni is virtually abandoned. notwith-
standing the .le-are expressed by the ehmitellor of the
Exchequer yet teulay to pms it an this se adon. 'l'i.
41111mb:i.e. which the right hon. gentlemen doemo.l it
Plc-irable to withhold from the Hones of
day Wllvta 111.1(.4iMled on the subject by Mr. Childers, ace,
that the Electric Telegraph Company shill reistive for their
mock (lOW. being paid). together with 10 par cete.
for compulsory pun:lsaac. making nearly 20W. for every
original lOW. stock.
London, England, 1868-06-10

TART I.

fiyinpli?ny in D _ .____ _.
Mozart.
Aria, 'Ah ! wie will kb triemphires" ID
Seragho), Herr Rokitancky Mozart.
Concerto in A minor, pianuAnie, X. Asinine
Rubinetnin Schumann.
Scene, "Welke:. Mlle. Titiene. Mead.. :......0,
Overture, " Rceesweld" C. Luaus.
PART 11.

—.
Symphony th Cnd - sor
(thratina," find oh die Walks" (LW Ythionhats),
Walk. Tiding Weber.
Air and Variations: in B :since, Y. Antoine
Rubinstein Handel.
Overture is C
The two symphonies exhibited that marked contrast
which is so essential a feature and so often neglected in
the arrangement of concert programmes. The clear and
symmetrical proportions and bright genial beauty of
Mozart's melodious work, that commencing "Allegro
contrptrito," and the heroic grandeur and vast idealism of
Beethoven's fifth step in his program to the ultimatum of
orchestral writing apparently reached in his closing ninth
symphony, were interesting specimens of the characteris-
tics of the two greatest instrumental composers the world
has yet seen.
London, England, 1868-06-10

MALTA.

MALTA, JUNE 9.
Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, bearing the flag
of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, has arrived here
from Rhodes.

_
Her Majesty's ships Arethwia" , Lord Warden, and Lord
Clyde have also arnved, the latter with her cylinders
cracked.

CHINA.

HONG HONG, May 13.
Grey skirtings, 61 catty, 3.10 dole. ; water twist,
16-24, 136 dole. ; cotton, 28 dole. The Canton tea
market opened 6 doh. above last year. Exchange on
London, 441.
SHANGHAI, May 9.
Grey skirtings. 6t catty, 2.30 Mehl ; cotton, 18 feels.
Tea, congon market eked. Silk, moderate Wainer. Set-
tlementa in fortnight, 850 bake. Export to date, 6,876
bale.) ; stock, 200 balm. Exchange on London, 6e.
The rebels are again threatening Tientsin, and great
distress prevails in consequence.
London, England, 1868-06-10

THE HANDEL FESTIVAL.

All the arrangements, local and general, for this
important musical event are now complete. We have
recorded, on each occasion, the suocereful results of the
great choral rehearsals of the 2,200 members of the
London Handel Festival choir, held at Exeter-hall on
the Vith and 29th of last month. Smaller assemblages of
the dispersed contingent bodies of choristers have long
since been taking place hi preparation for the great public
rehearsal at the Crystal Palace on Friday next, which
will, in fact, be virtually the commencement of the festival
itself, since it will really be a grand performance, with
very little, if any, of that hesitancy and repetition which
the term rehearsal usually implies. Every member,
orchestral and choral. of the veld array of nearly
four thousand performers, is so thoroughly competent
(as proved by the careful selection exercised) and so well
prepared by the special trainiag that has long been going
on, that what is called a rehearsal will, as already said,
have little, if any, of the usual characteristic of such a
meeting. Moreover, the rehearsal of Friday will coin-
pries some of the special features of each day's festival
performance, including solos by the great vocalists
engaged. The alterations in the Handel orchestra, now
completed, will constitute a large advance on the
im-
provementa made at the last festival. The great transept,
double the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's, is now
enclosed with screens, thus forming a grand concert hall,
with a power of concentrating the sound to a degree that
has never yet been attained at any previous Crystal Palace
festival. Of the probable results in this respect a highly
favourable notion was derived from the effect produced at
last Saturday's Opera Concert, when the enclosure was
only partially effected. Every care has been taken for the
comfort of the visitors ; the roof being sweated
from the beat of the sun by coverings placed
outside, and every provision being made for
thorough
ventilation. The stage of the theatre fronting thei
orchestra is being fitted up with royal boxes, a reception-
room, timid parterres with fountains and sculpture, as on
the occasion of the visit of the Sultan in July last year.
An important feature is the increase of railway facilities
since the last festival--Use different points of departure
and the additional service in this respect being now amply
sufficient for the conveyance to and fro of the maximum
amount of expected visitors without delay or embarrass-
ment. With such a musical director as Mr. Costa, and
such business arrangements as theme of Mr. Howley and
his worthy coadjutors of the Crystal Palace and the Saved
Hennon;e Society, a double success, artiste. and financial,
may fairly be anticipated for tlee Handel Festival of NOS.

Walker's Half-Guinea Hats t 7.2. t. in aPthitsuce
"a wwa° waatai=liS, CrinterWont, Nireetsaks.—
London, England, 1868-06-10

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, JUICE 9, Evionne.
In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the
Beichsrath the bill for the sale of State property was
agreed to as proposed by the committee. The house also
read a third tinse the bill proposing the withdrawal of 25
millions of the floating debt, to be redeemed by the end of
1869 by means of the sale of State domains.
The treaty of navigation between Great Britain and
Austria was then approved, as was also the bill iisymAing
the inheritance of farming estates.

Prince Napoleon mid the Duke de Grammont were pre-
sent at the sitting.
The Preut of this evening says : "We learn from a
Roman source that in his next allocution the Pope will
declare that he has no intention of relaxing the Austrian
Concordat."

BELGIUM.

BRUSBEL.9, Ann 9, Evrsurn.

The elections of members to the ehamtS4have par-
tially taken place. The number of liberals elected is 25,
and the members of the catholic party 32. The returns of
one district have not yet been sent iu. The general result
leaves the balance of parties nearly unchanged, the minis-
terialists baying gained one scat.
London, England, 1868-06-10

MR. SIMS REEVES' OONCERT.

Our great tenor gave his benefit concert on Mon-
day night at St. James's-hall, which was Med in every part,
as might have been anticipated from the promise of various
performances by the concert giver iu those several styles
of vocal art in which he has so long and deservedly en-
joyed universal popularity. The solos selected by Mr.
Reeves were Handers air (from Semen), "Total
eclipse;" the scene, "Era poco," from Doniaetti's Lucia
di Lammermoor ; Beethoven's "Adelaide ;" and Alexan-
der Lee's song, "The Macgregor.' gathering." Mr.
Reeves, who was greeted onhis first appearance with warm
and long-continued applause, gave the pathetic air from
Samara with that grand declamation, subdued feeling,
and artistic phrasing and enunciation in which ne other
singer can approach him in oratorio music. Mr. Reeves'
versatility was amply manifested by his performance of
the other pieces, in very opposite styles, already specified,
being encored in "Adebide " (from the Allegro move-
ment), and in Lee's demonstrative song, which was re-
sponded to bytbe popularballad, "Good bye, sweetheart."
Mr. Charles Halle, who accompanied Mr. Reeves in "Ade-
laide," also played Beethoven's "Sonata pastorale;"
and an impromptu of Schubert, and two " Lieder
ohne worte " of Mendelsohn. The concert commenced

with Mozart's Quartet in C major, effectively played by
Messrs. Auer, Ries, Zerbini, and Piatti ; the other instru-
mental pieces consisting of a solo for the violoncello by
Signor Piatti, and one for the violin by Herr Auer, who
replaced Herr Wieniawsky. The vocal selection com-
prised, in addition to Mr. Reeves' performances, songs
and ballads, and two trios by Miss Banks, Madame Patcy-
Whytock , and Mr. 3. Cl. Patcy.
London, England, 1868-06-17

LATEST FOHEICIN INTELLIGENCE.

(THll.Ol'Oll REIMER'S SAIIMICT.)

ROME.

ROME, JUNE 16.

An amnesty will be granted to political pri-
„nee% ,it the anniversary of the Pope's accession.
The Jepartare of troops for the camp at Rocca
.;e1 Part has been again postponed.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Jere 17.

The report of the Italian State Treasury on the
4 24;iy wane follows :—Reeeipts, 1,618,371,169
Expenditure, 1,499,410,236 lire; Bank
ot,'s in hand, 119,160,913 lire.

On the occasion of the nomination of the new
.2,,vernor of the Lebanon• Italy received the same
mmunication from the Porte as that addressed
!.. the other Great Powers.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NOVA SCOTIA.
(via Liverpool.)
NEW YORK, Jr:flt 0.
The Senate ham passed a bill legalising con-
tracts made specially payable in gold.
Congress has appointed a committee to confer
n the amendments to the Arkansas Bill.

The foreign affairs committee have recommended
!lle rejection of the nomination of General
)I:teClelliu2 as Minister to Great Britain, and Mr.
to Austria.
The Chinese Embassy was presented yesterday
•., rrcsident Johnson, and by him cordially
•

It i. reported that Mr. Thornton has addressed
a nod• to Mr. Seward, asking if the United States
iaira to renew the Reciprocity Treaty, to which
Seward replied that the Reciprocity Treaty
1 .1 ring been abrogated, it could only be renewed
through congressional action.
Mr. MacCulloch has forbidden the sailing from
Orleans of the ironclads Oncota and Catawba,
which were intended to be sold to Peru for use
-:vnili+t Spain.

Mr. Buchanan was buried yesterday, at Lan-
Pennsylvania, with imposing ceremonies.
It iFt reported that the Fenian arc gathering at
Alban's and Malone.
London, England, 1868-06-17

RAIL WAY, MINING, AND OTHER
SHAREB.-(THIS DAY.)

coLowrAPSOVir ;tiny?'" WußrnEs.

1 Cape
961. of Good Hope, 6 per cent., April 16 and Oct. 16,
New South Wales Government, 6 per cent., 188$ be
1896,Dan
Do.,
metble by July, 1001.
annual drawings from 1867 to
1876, 6 per cent., 102/.
Victoria, 6 per cent., April and October, 1111.
London, England, 1868-06-17

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

YORK snTIIE (Nonni-WERT Wpm° ). —The liberal
candidates will be Lord F. Cavendish and Sir F. Crossley.
EAST CORNWALL.— A meeting of the liberal
electors has been held at Liskcard, at which Sir John
Trelawney gave an expoaition of his political views; and
the hon. baronet's candidature was unanimously ap.
proved. It was also resolved to invite Kr. Brydges
Williams to become the second candidate in the liberal
interest.

THE SCOTTISH ISTErvEEsinEs—Professor Lyon
Mayfair has issued an address to the now constituency
formed by the conjoined Universities of Edinburgh and
St. Andrews, offering himself as their representative in
parliament, and promising, if elected, to reaign his chair,
that he may give his whole time to his legislative duties.
lEs address is largely devoted to educational questions;
an it pronounces clearly in favour of the disestablishment
of the Irish Church.
EDINBUROH.—Mr. J. Miller has briefly inti-
mated to the electors of the city of Edinburgh that he in-
tends to stand as Mr. M'Laren's colleague.
E.& Somraterr.—lt is understood that Colonel
Pinney, late member for Lyme Regis, and Captain Hayter,
who will lose his present seat by the disfranchisement of
Wells, will be the liberal candidates for this division of the
county. The present representatives are Mr. R. Neville
Grenville and Mr. R. H. Paget, conservatives, both of
whom will offer themselves for Mid-Someraet, the new
electoral district created under the new Reform Bill. The
names of the conservative candidates for the eastern divi-
sion are not yet announced, but it has long been under-
stood that Major Ralph Allen, of Bathampton, will be
one.
London, England, 1868-06-17

TO TEE Korros 07 TEI KIETUPEL

Snt,—At a meeting of metropolitan command-
ing officers, held some time back, I was instructed, as
chairman of the meeting, to take such steps as might seem
advisable towards obtaining a holiday for the metropolitan
volunteers to enable them to attend the review which
her Majesty has graciously announced her intention of
holding at Windsor on Saturday, June 20th.
The First Lord of the Treasury has this evening an-
nounced in the House of Commons the intention of the
government to grant a holiday to volunteers in govern-
ment offices on that day ; and I venture, in the name of
the metropolitan commanding officers, to express • hope
that a similar favour may be granted by employers gene-
rally to the volunteers of the metropolis.—l am, &c.,
Bt. James's-place, June lb. ELCHO.
London, England, 1868-04-25

' TEMCULTIVATION of TEA ia the gest
ladles has now MOON an Important boaters. Mao' the
=action se Amara Tea, warty 40 ears ago. the EAST
TZA OfiIIYANY ham, as ef Ids Mae s~2'►teL
c.= Savour, promoted Its isle
by every moms.
tees cordlsed to 1.47A11ei11, We
..woad, sad Teas hem Miler of India am Sas
casing realm varkalea The ars Dow mills
artte
ember, ,jaellng. &., at from fa I .to ea. Id. par lAdwaoad
Ohba Tau as timud.—Warebottam No. 9. Oreat It Metes's-
abllitlilsrd. Zililolagata Prim UM forwarded a appllestioa.

, 1668.

:NCE FROM ABROAD.

j Marnmos racassana4
FIIISPIAL OF Kt Miter IrCIEE.
diedsmodasim, via (hososbown.)
NONISEAL, Aram U.
Mr. MO". liflhe was buried to-day, and
20,000 paelana joined the funeral proosesioa. l'he
evidence that Whelan was the easasaia is accumu-
lating.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Arms bi::
The new ministers have taken Ohs oath of
allegiance. The Cabinet is composed as follows :
—Suet Gonzalez Bravo, President of the Council
and Waiter of the Interior • Senor Bald&o
Moister of Marine ; Senor Osorio, Minister of
Finamose Senor Mwyable, Minister of Wart
Senor Colillnie Minister of Public Weeks ; Senor
Marfori, Minister of Colonies ; Mom. Itonoali
Minister of Justice and ad Coteries Minister for
Fazeign d4rwirs. . General Chaste will probably be
appouoteitraptaizi-General of Madrid.

•
NORTH GICIIKAUIY._.

• ! AAil4k "'tunic.
In conisquence of the recent vote of the North
German Illerliament in favour of the opposition's
amendment to the Federal Deb* Bill, and the sub-
sequent withdrawal of that bill by the government,
orders have been given to slop all further outlay
for the sugension of the Federal navy and the de-
fence of th, coasts, in so far as such outlay was
being nu+ on the basis of the loan sanctioned
last year, and which can now no longer be raised.
It is understood that the presentation of the
budget of the North German Confederation to the
P * will be delayed on account of the
entire change which has now been rendered noose-
eery in the navy estimates.

INDIA.
CALCUTTA, Waxen 30.
It is stated that Mr. E. C. Cayley will succeed to
the poet et Foreign Secretary.
BOMBAY (via Trieste), Aran. 4.
The steamer arrangements for the conveyance
of 114111111110 between Guadur and Museendum have
been coieted ' and the delay is now expected not
to exceed from 40 to 90 hours.
A rumour has been current of an intention on
the part of the Right Honorable W. Fitzgerald to
proceed to England, but the report is now denied.
Telegrams from Calcutta state that the Port
Canning directors refuse to oenvene the general
meeting of shareholders demanded by Mr. Schiller.
A large number of shareholders have consequently
demanded that the meeting shall be held.
It is proposed to introduce a system of telegraph
stamp. bito India.
London, England, 1868-04-25

AD. VALENTIN, Wine and Spirit Merchant,
I. marl-pros (MO, Oriord-otroot,. —Sputalit7 for
YreockWhos tad E aadta. . . .

BRANDY. when—peolecily pore, h at all tinses a harmless
stimulant, pfgewasslog propertles of great medical ralw, sad ha.
often been the qua of using human Me. So much,
however, depean ors the purity of the spirit that
great caution should be exercised in its seleigion. The @ap-
plies forwarded by Messrs. Valentin to the Louden and other
hospitals combine all the virtues characteristic of the finest and
MePreach brandy with *gigabit. delicacy of Savour, and
e:grecolved the bird ungnelifled approval.—Vide Court
Journal, Jan. 11, 1888.
London, England, 1868-04-25

DESTITUTION AND
_OVERCROWDING IN .ST.

LUKI'3.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, coroner,
at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Boahill-row, St. Luke's,
feat evening, respecting the death of a little girl, 4 years
old named Caroline Boykin's.
From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was
one of six children, who, with their father and mother,
lived in one room in Green-arbour-wart. The father, a
cabinet-maker, bad only been partially employed dunng
the last six months, and after paying the rent of his
room, he had only 9a. or 10a. left for the maintenance of
himself and his family. They never had anything but
bread and butter, and last week the child died.

The pariah surgeon, Mr. E. Braes, said the room in
which the whole family lived was not above ten feet
square, and it was, besides, used as a workshop. The de-
ceased had died of a low form of typhus fever, the result of
bad nourishment and the absence of light and air. The
medical officer added that there were scores of such houses
in his district, and one half of his patients were poisoned
by want of ventilation before they came into his hands.
The verdict of the jury was, " That the deceased died
from exhaustion from fever, cansad by low diet, from
poverty, and by overcrowding, and want of proper sanitary
accommodation in the room in which she lived."
London, England, 1868-04-25

ASSASSINATE

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

The following telegram has been received:
THE EARL OF DELMORE, Bronzy,
To

SEORETAE.Y OF STATE, OoLoxim. &nat.

On the 12th March a person named Offarell
deliberately shot his Royal Highness the Duke of
Edinburgh in the back at a public picnic given
in aid of the Sailor's Home at Clontarf, Nidle
Harbour, Port Jackson.
Providentially the wound was not fatal, and he
is now able to go on board his ship, and hopes
shortly to resume his duties.
The ball was easily removed on Saturday, the
14th March, by Doctors Watson sad Young,
of her Majesty's ships Challenger and Galatea.
Offsrell fired another shot the moment he was
seized, which severely wounded a gentleman
named Thorne in the foot; the ball has
been extracted, and he is doing well. The
assassin, who avowed himself to be a Fenian,
was arrested on the spot.
In consequence of the report of a medical
board, Commodore Lambert has ordered his
Royal Highness to return to England as soon as
he is sufficiently recovered, which will probably
be next week.

The despatch from the Earl of Belmore convey-
ing the above deplorable intelligence wu received
at the Colonial-office last night by the Dake of
Buckingham and Chandoa, having been telegraphed
from Gallo.

The despatch received at the Admiralty is from
Commodore Lambert, and is also dated from
Point de Calle. It states that the ball
entered the back, half an inch from the spine,
struck the ninth rib, followed round the course of
the rib, and lodged five inches from the umbilicus,
and four inches and a quarter beneath the right
nipple, having traversed a distance of twelve
inches and a quarter.
The same authority says that on the 20th Marcb
his royal highness was " able to go on board his
ship."
The assassin, who avowed that he was a Fenian,
was arrested and arraigned before the Supreme
Court, charged with " shooting with intent to
kill."
London, England, 1868-04-25

TRAFFIC RETURNS.

WM/AM Mn.. PM. Mar. T.W. Teta%
Open. elegem ebaiellie. UNA 111,7.
Week ending March 1. 4 A 4 C
Mud Leduc ll3l 13,032 31,043 47,133 1,433
Week ending April 17.

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BathkestegNewaistle Jun 10 29 22 44 34
West Oork l7i 47 31 74 9$
Week ending April la
Cork and Kinsale
Week ending April 19.
Brecon and Merthyr 73 339 668 997 1,2t1
Oeledonlan and N. British 13861 20,491 42416 62,696 61,314

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London, England, 1868-04-13

TRADE ANI) FINANCE.

The Daily News again refers to the determination of
shareholders to rebel against the despotism of directors in
joint-stook companies. Losers in these concern, now ap-
pear resolved to try and retrieve something out of the
wreck. The perms whose high names and reputation,
canoed merchants, tradesmen, professional men, widows,
and governesses to invest their tunas in the joint-stock
concern are being brought sharply to account. Many
signs have shown that the day for tacit submission to un-
merited loss has gone by. Shareholders now insist both
on accurately knowing the state of the concerns in which
they are interested, and on compelling the managers to
act up to their full responsibility. The directors who do
the moat work are a minority. The majority, as a rule, do
nothing except attend board meetings, where they
are usually influenced by the officials, generally for
good, but in some instances for evil. This is a mistake
of judgment, involving a dereliction of duty ; but a 'ln-
ventive is to be found in the enforcement of the principle
that, if a duty is undertaken, its performance is not a
question of convenience, but of honour.

The congregations in most of the Roman catholic
churches and chapel in London yesterday were, at the
request of Archbishop Manning, invited to sign petition.
to the House of Commons in favour of Yr. Gladstime's
Isiah church reeoluticos.

EASTER SUNDAY SIEVICYS IN LONDON. —Yes-
terday there were very imposing services in many of the
London churches, the Beaton of Lent having given place
'to that of Raster. At St. Paul's cathedral she sermon at
the "maim service was preached by the Very Rev. the
Dean (Dr. Kiluian), and that the afternoon by the Rev.
W. W. Champneys, LA., vicar of St. Paneruv, the canon
ip residence. At the Chapel Royal, St. James'', the ser-
mon was preached by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord
High Almoner. At Westminster Abbey the sermon at
each service was watched by Dr. Stanley, the dean. At
the Chapel Royal. Whitehall, the 11011E11111 in the morning
was preached by the Hon. and Very Rev. George Harbert,
dean of Hereford, and that in the afternoon by the Rev.
StrA. Brook, K.A., minister of St. James's Chapel,
aLel 'winners. At the Chapel Royal, Savoy, the morn-
ing asses was pronoboll by the Rev. Marl Mho, el
Kum', Ooliip, sal tint in the evening by the Kw. J. T.
Pianism, reeler of Hartley Maudit, and Lonarar, ems
of Winaltoslor Cathedral. At the church of St. Lawrence.
Join', witch has Naomi so famous for its special ser-
vices, Me sermon was peamiod in the morning
Shopßish (neaps Town, and in the evening by the
of
Oie.a NORTIDIRN HOSPITAL, CiagnoStAm-StiAD,
N.—Number of patients for the week ending April 11,
1,001, of which 303 were new oases.
London, England, 1868-04-13

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

DEPARTURE OF VOLUNTEERS FROM
LONDON.—(THIS DAY.)
Owing to the unusually large number of volun-
teers who have availed thmselves of the facilities
offered by the railway companies in running cheap
special trains to Portsmouth since Thursday lent
the strength of the different corps leaving London
this morning was materially diminished. The
early hour at which the trains left, com-
mencing at 4.15, and terminating about
6 o'clock caused the assemblage of spectators who
witnessed the departures to be much less than on
previous occasions, although by 4 o'clock there
was a good deal of bustle and excitement at the
stations and the approaches thereto. The morning
was clear, cold, and dry, and gave the promise of
a fine day.
WATERLOO STATION (SOUTH WESTERN
RAILWAY).
From this station the largest number of metro-
politan corps were despatched, the numbers of men
provided for being 7,437 ; of provincial corps the
numbers were 600. A few minutes after four
o'clock the 3rd Middlesex Artillery, accompanied
by their splendid band, entered the station, about
500 strong, followed almost immediately by the
4th Middlesex Rifles (550), 7th. Surrey ditto (359),
4th Surrey do. (270), and 15th Middlesex do. (370).
These corps, numbering in all 2,050 men, were
despatched by the first train at 4.15. While
these corps were being marshalled on the platform,
there arrived at the incline in quick succession
the Ist Middlesex Artillery (155), 19th Middlesex
Rifles (400), 20th ditto (293), 29th and 41st ditto
(448), 23rd ditto, 3rd Cambridge, and Ist Oxford
ditto (356), making a total of 1,652 men. These
were sent off at 4.44. Following these came the
28th Middlesex (629) 39th ditto (350), 37th
ditto (SOO), 40th ditto (403), 48th ditto (339),
being a total of 2,221 men, who were despatched
at 5.10. The last of the metropolitan corps were
the 2nd London Rifles (400), 3rd ditto (432), and
2nd Administrative Battalion Middlesex ditto
(653), compriaiing altogether 1,505 men, who left at
5.40. The provincial corps leaving this station
were the let Administrative Battalion Herta Rifles,
the 6th and 9th Bedford ditto, and the 9th Kent
ditto, making a total of about 500 men, who left
soon after 6 o'clock ; this train taking also seve-
ral stragglers from other corps. The total
number of men conveyed from this station,
allowing for deductions from the above numbers
from the causes before mentioned, was between
7,000 and 8,000. The various trains, six in number,
were despatched with the most perfect order
and regularity, under the immediate superinten-
dence of Mr. Oronibie, tho traffic manager, and
the last volunteer train had left the station before
the ordinary passenger traffic, either up or down,
had commenced. Soon after 6 o'clock the plat-
form and station, for the previous two hours all
bustle and excitement, had resumed its usual
appearance.
London, England, 1868-04-13

HTIRRICANE OFF THE MAIIRITH7S.

ALEXANDRIA, Aran, 9.
Advioes received here from the Mauritius, dated
March 12, state that a hurricane had taken place
off that island by which 14 ships were driven
ashore and the sugar crops damaged. The epidemic
prevalent in the neighbourhood had not disap-
peared.
London, England, 1868-04-13

THE INDIAN BUDGET.

CALCUTTA, MAsca 14.
The Right Hon. Mr. Massey to-day presented
the budget to the Supreme Council. The estimated
expenditure for 1867-1868 is 49,319,0001. The
surplus (the extraordinary outlay for public works
not taken into account) at 1,700,7001. The esti-
mated expenditure for 1868 1869 is 49,613,3501.,
giving a surplus (excluding public works extraor-
dinary) of 2,066,6401. Surplus, irregular estimate,
i 130,0001.
The estimated cash balance on the 31st March,
1867, is ten millions.
Under the remodelled license tax the official
incomes are taxed 1 per cent., the non-official
incomes 14 per cent.
Opium has yielded nearly a million ; the license
tax 200,0001. above the estimate.
The home expenses amounted to half ;million
above the estimates. An additional anna is put
upon grain.
There is a prospect of heavy loans in future.
Some months will elapse before the cable is re-
paired.
The Amberwitch is in dock at Bombay under-
going extensive repairs; she cannot get ready for
some months.
A skirmish has taken place with the Hill tribe
of the Bexootes at Kohat, on the Punjaub frontier.
One offieer was killed and two wounded. Nine
men were killed and 27 wounded.
Steps are being taken to arrive at a definitive
conclusion as to the cost and direction of the pro-
posed line to Peshawar.
MADRAS, Arau. 4.
The Madras A thessoeuns reports the Death of the
Maharajah of Mysore on the 27th of last month.

AMERICA.

(sr irwrric raiseirs, TILIOUOR XS. 111171111011•111110 L)
WASHINGTON, Arse. 11.
The impeachment 'trial was resumed to-day be-
fore the Senate. General Thomas, who was ex-
&mined as a witness, deosed that President John- 1
Ison had never ord. him to em force in
order to obtain possession of the War-ooe.
NSW YORK, Aram 11.
Closing Prices : —Gold, 138/. Sterling ex=
on London, 1091. 5-20 United States
1182, 11111; ditto, 18815, 1091 ;10-40 Bends, 101 f.
Illinois. 141 ; Brie, 691. Cotton • Mid
Upland, 31. Petroleum, standard white, .
]jour, extra State, 10 dols. 10c. ; oorn, old
1 del. 21c.
Aooording to Messrs. Neill Brothers' report the
week's receipts of option at all United States ports
have been 48,000 bales, and since lit September,
1,990,000. The week's exports to Great Britain
are 49,000 bales, and amoe ld Septenber,
1,010,000. The week's exports to nano* are 2,000
bales, and sines Ist September, 188,000. The
woeiee *spook to other for a= pert, N' )3 000
bass, and since let September, 212,000. Teas
from the ports for American consumption, 14,000
bales, and since let September, 381,000. Stock at
all ports, 280,000 bales. A large speculative demised
set in to-day, forcing prises up 11 oent.
London, England, 1868-04-13

A FRENCH ORANGEMAN.

Of the Paris journals the Journal de ho.,
and of the writers in that papa., apparently M. Franc
Peradol alone, finds fault with the decision of the Housed
Commons on the question of the disestablishment of
Irish protestant church.

" It would be impossible," says La Literk," to show
more ill-humour and disappointment. M. Prevost Paradoi
blames right and left ; he is discontented with everylali
—with government, with the opposition, with ET.
Gladstone who desires to mount to power, and
with Mr. Disraeli, whe naturally desires to retain it ; to
reproaches the majority with having yielded to the threat!
of Fenianism ; be predicts all sorts of evils for FmgLiad
to the abomination of desolation ; he even finds fault—
who would believe it 7—with parliamentary government,
which be regards as having lost ground, in consequence el
the attitude of the First Minister and the leader of the
opposition."
The Liherk concludes by asking why Philinte bas b.rs
so suddenly changed into Aleeste —why the fierce Bien•
brian of the parliamentary system has burned what be
once adored. _
London, England, 1868-04-13

DEATH OP MR. ALDERMAN COPELAND.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Alder-
man Copeland, whisk took place last evening about 8
o'clock at his residence at Watford, after a short
illness. The deceased gentleman was 72 years of
age, and had represented the ward of Bishopsgate in the
Court of Aldermen for nearly 40 years. He served the
cake of sheriff in 1826, and that of Lord Mayor in
1635. He was, indeed, the senior member of the
Court of Aldermen, and he represented the borough of
Stoke-upon-Trent, with which he was long identified by
trade in connection with the ceramic art, in parliament
for many years. He we. greatly respected in the city of
London and will be much missed. He had a chivalrous
regard for the ancient rights and privileges of the corpora-
tion, and lost no opportunity in maintaining them
whenever they were attacked or iv the slightest degree in
jeopardy. Already there are three candidates in the field
for the vacant seat—viz., Mr. Sheriff M'Arthnr, Mr.
Stapleton, and Deputy Owden.
London, England, 1868-04-13

1111 V./LUMINA AIVIZI.

The Daily News thinks it obvious that the scene
of the review to-day will be far more interesting than any
that has yet been selected. When the due position is
reached, a charming and stirring view will reward the
fatigue ; but is this the most, after all, that can be made
of the great volunteer field day which occupies so much
annual preparation? As the force is at present
organised, we may admit that it is. There is •
otesselly fee its leasla: tr.l'dan and returning to
London all in one day, because, with the exception
of the few for whom dear lodgings can be found, the
men would starve of hunger and perish of cold if they
did not. But this fact may help to suggest how very
far the force is yet from being an army. A civilian
army which must return to its civilian homes every
night is hardly an instrument to be counted on in
war. A body of men whose commanders, regular
end volunteer, agree that it cannot, without the
Mayor's help to keep the roads clear, execute
between dawn and dusk a...marob of 14 miles, is not exactly
• force that can go anywhere. No doubt there would be
inconvenience to many if all were to be called out for
several days instead of one. But the objection to our
present situation is that there are no means for indulging
even those who would be eager to campaign for two or
three days, and who if indulged would proportionately
relieve the strain upon the one day. Without cooking
arrangements, tents, knapsacks, and great coats, the mass
of the volunteers are not an army, and in time of war
would have to stay at home.
The TelegrapA suggests that it is Rot too mach to ask
for the institution of • Hyde-park review next year, in
addition to the more complicated and exalting field-day
which it hopes will take place oaths Easter Monday. Mean-
while we shall have the experience of to-day as a guide for
the future ; and the Tekgraph trusts that it will warrant
the assembling of equal numbers upon other points se-
Ilected, not only because they afford good ground, but
because they are calculated to test railway capabilities,
and to draw men from the largest available area. By
this time next year, let us hope, the volunteers will have
' a better organisation, and be subject to some defined and
reasonable control Thus we may be spared the vacilla-
tion which has unfortunately preceded the Portsmouth
review that will take place to day.
London, England, 1868-04-13

Fr NEWS.
PAY.)
•
ATION Of 'T••GENZVA STRIKE.
"11241 r las Geneve placarded on Than-
dirtier with the felielling notice :
4 nerurrazire or mecca LID POLICIR
The delegates of the masters have communicated to the
Department of Justice and Taos in a document signed
by them the mations on which it would be possible for
them to open their workshops. Them conditions
laving bum communicated to the workmen bath
been earepted by them. It ie, therefore, deckled
that the work will be resumed as thisday, April 13. The
friendly relations which always added between nisolows
and workmen will be oonsolkithed by the arils just past
—a crisis which, thanks to the liberty we enjoy, has ended
peaoefully and happily. Long live the Confederation.
Long live the Republic of Geneva.
PH. Carerriuo, Councillor of BUJ&

The result of the strike has been that the masters
in the mason, plaster, polishing, marble, white-
smith, glacier, joinery, and carpentery trades have
consented to diminish the day's labour by
one hour, that is to say, from 12 to 11 hours,
and to increase the wages of the men by 10 per
cent. The masters of the locksmith, mechanic,
and founding trade; have consented to the reduo-
tion of one hour's labour, and to an increase of 5
per cent. in wages.

(sum's TILIGIANS.)
PORTUGAL.
LISBON, Arm 12, EVI2IING.
The Queen of Portugal and the infant Prince
Don Carlos left Lisbon at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
by rail, en route for Turin, to be present at Prince
Hnnlbert's marriage. The Icing accompanied them
to Elves, at which station many noblemen and
officers of the court attended to take leave.