The Express. — London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

X ' 1 THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1863. EVERYBODY KNOWS M. MILE& i .a.A Mired Webb Mika RI:MOVED FROM TIONANTRIOIT to Ta RSOOK-ITTURT Reaeverabaare, 11149 The Trousers by Wee) to Nl Ye New Pattern; =Trim THAN THE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE WILL OPEN APRIL I, ISM 2,000 SPECIMENS, ilhantrating ths appliesUon (OrnAmentsl and Useful) of these interesting Metas,will be Eshibited on the OTHERS* NEW ROOMS, 222, REOENT-STRELT. rPr i lN at ßß Adratadon by third. SECOND-HAND PIANOFORTES. cp,Amhy, BULL 'ad WOOD tip.. law sieortabeet of looood-head Pleeofortee, by the 11051 etteestel sake", es eerily redoced pekoe-201. Reseahetreel gh, erprelso. TO COSIMPONDIitiIit. Advertisements intended tar The Ewen" Leodoo Itrenlog Paper. must be at the odlea 10, boarerieetreek isl TWO o'clock on the day el yablicattea. HAYMARKET. THIS swarm, OUR AMERICAN COMM. a—'. 110th•111 and Blackstone ; Kra K —MY AUNT% ARMS. Mr. Rothenx sad in L mdlay.—And DOCK RUN TING. Messrs. Farms sad Howe: Kra Wilkirm LYCIUM. ON IAI! MONDAY, A SIIDDRN ATTACK. Mews. Shore and Wkddlecenb Mt Hewed. and Mn. Lee.—And TUN DORMS MOTTO. Mem* Pechter, Msore. BrOtighara, and itaynaond Mina C. Leekereq, K. Teem and Elsworthy. BRITANNIA. TWO trmotto, THE CODE RR OF LIONS. Yawn Reynolds, Bird, Drummond: Mn.s T. TarimU.—JEANNIE DEANS, Mn.s 8. Lase.—And THE RETURN Or TRI WANDERER. Messrs. Cranford, Pitt, and Bigwood.—Conanana ailaltpala 6. BIOS MAUR AT LONDON MUM Till DATwait's. la. isli.....miseassa. mi. Si. To4sonow- -. Nlandag. Db. 380.....Atlinises. is Oft LONDON; MONDAY, MARCH 30. IT was with • certain feeling of alarm that we heard last week that the noble and learned persons appointed to devise a form of monument to the lamented PRINCE CONSORT bad another communi cation to make to the public. There was some thing like a desecration about the way in which the revered name of the PRINCE had been asso ciated with failure after failure, and schemes which his true taste would have spurned. The secret, how ever, has been told, and this time is not disagree able. The prospect of building a great room, of no particularcharacter, ononeside of the Kensington road, setting up a group of statuary on the other, and then calling the lot an ALBERT Memorial, has at length been relinquished. This is well, but not all ; the Committee, in abandoning &foreign and fantastic notion, have adopted a conception which has the merit of being English and Christian. It is pro posed to build a monument in the form of one of those touching memorials which an English Sove reign erected six hunired years ago to the memory of a Consort who deserved his love—in the form of the crosses which EDWARD I. reared at Northamp ton, Waltham, and elsewhere, to mark the spots at which the funeral prozesaion of ELEANOR of Cas tile halted on its way to Westminster. We do not feel that we are disqualified for judging of this decision because we strongly recommended this form of memorial at a time when it appeared certain that a Pagan symbol would be adopted. Such a monu ment is in every way suitable. It befits alike the nation which founds it and the character which is to be commemorated. Prince ALBERT, as firm as any man in maintaining the rights of the individual con science, was never ashamed of the Cross, nor should the nation be which has advanced under that sign to a degree of prosperity and happiness that has made its Quante the most envied Sovereign on earth. We are glad, then, that the PRINCE is to have • truly English memorial. We will trouble the Committee with only two suggestions. They have wisely entrusted the execution of the project to the best Gothic architect we have ; but let them not impose any unarchitectural conditions on him. We are told that the cross is to have an elevation of nearly 300 feet, so es to be a very con spicuous feature in any distant view of the metro polis. Let the Committee take good counsel before they come to • final decision on this point, and beware of sacrificing too much to magnitude, after the American manner. It is of more im portance that the memorial should be worth staying to look at when reached than that its top should be visible for ten miles round London. Another thing to guard against is the mingling of money compulsorily collected with that of the spontaneous gifts of the people. A single stone which represented • tax would change the cha racter of the whole fabric. WE have recently called attention to the rapi dity with which the various States of the world move in a ceaseless round of borrowing, as though there never would be • time when it will become necessary to think of repaying ; and several new candidates are said to be even now contemplating an appeal to our money market. It was casually ' observed in these columns last week that, of the various accredited states of Spanish America, Buenos Ayres occupies a favourably exceptional position, inasmuch as she has made no attempt to raise a loan since the period when she adopted the proper steps for a resto ration of her credit. Bat, singularly enough, the mall which arrived in the put week from Buenos Ayres has brought rumours that the advantage of raising a loan is occupying the atten tion of the Government, the end professed being the remedying the defects of the currency—defects which are now attended with a very injurious in fluence upon the commerce of the country. In all probability, therefore, Buenos Ayres will soon quit the abstinent attitude she now holds in the money market. Again, the telegraph informs us that the Government of the Danubian Principa lities is in treaty with English capitalists for a loan of two millions sterling. In this case the representation no doubt will be that the Principalities have at present no debt, while their existence and neutrality are protected by treaties to which the great European Powers are parties. Why, then, it may be asked, should not the Danubian Principalities have their debt, like States of larger pretensions t It is curiousto remark that the securities in chief speculative favour at the moment are the bonds of the unrecognised Go vernment of the American Seceded States, now engaged in a struggle of life and death ; the bonds of Greece, with a list of unpaid coupons extending over the space of a full generation ; those of Mexico, which are in a somewhat similar cate gory ; and Turkish Cunsolidds, or azizies, of which it may be said that there is practically no limit to their creation, though there is a very clearly defined limit to the capability of the Turkish Go vernment to meet the interest upon them. At such a time why should any State be de terred from trying its luck in our market ? Foreign loans, as a rule, partake more of the nature of speculations than of solid investments, and for this reason the character of their reception depends entirely upon the state of the speculative appetite. According to advice. which we have received from Paris, another loan is likely to be negotiated in Western Europe at an early date by a Power which most persona had imagined would not re appear in that capacity for a long time to come— we mean Turkey. In financial matters it is evi. • dently a mistake to hold to the principle of finality. A Government issues loan proposals, which are accepted, and it gets the money. Thereupon the more cautions of the subscribers shake their heads, and, even while they are pouring their gold into its °offers, warn it that this must be the very last application of the kind. The Government, on its part, pockets and spends the proceeds, but does not quite see the force of the prohibition, which indeed fades entirely from its memory when the wolf is at the door again. The reception given to the last Turkish loan was certainly not of a character to discourage the Government from trying again. When the Turk saw our sober, gold-laden public ready to trample one another to death in the struggle for his promises to pay, how can he pos sibly have arrived at tho conclusion that he is to have no more pleasant experiences of the same sort I May he not, on the contrary, naturally argue that, inasmuch as in allotting 8,000,0001. of stock he rejected applications for more than double that amount, there must still be a multitude of people yearning for his securities, and that the disappointed applicants for his last loan are of themselves more than sufficient to bear a fresh one on their shoulders I _ _ _ If this report be true, ands fresh Turkish loan be brought forward in the markets of Paris or London, it will of course be examined on its merits, and with especial reference to the suffi ciency of the security proffered ; but the point to which we wish particularly to draw atten tion at the present moment, though it relates primarily to Turkish finance, has an important and direct bearing upon the interests of the whole body of English holders of foreign bonds. It is understood that within the last few days a requisi tion has been sent in to the Committee of the London Stock Exchange asking them to admit Turkish Consolida to the privilege of official quotation. This memorial will, it is said, be taken into consideration by the Committee this day. It would scarcely be too much to say that financial people are staggered by the audacity of this re quest, which really emanates from a few houses possessing a speculative though probably merely temporary interest in the stock in question. Great efforts have notoriously been made by the Turkish Government to pay the coming dividend on this paper, but it is equally well understood that there would have been no chance of its doing so except through the expedient actually adopted, of raising a temporary loan for the purpose. Those best aoquainted with Turkey and with the undeveloped condition of its financial resources entertain very little hope that the future dividends on the home debt will be met with punctuality. It is easy to understand the motives of the parties who wish to give an increased currency at the moment to this highly speculative paper, no matter what may be the ultimate fate of the dividends. The anxiety to establish a market for it in London becomes still more intelligible if the very probable rumour be true that additional issues of Consolides will soon be made. But apart from the risks attaching to this stock in particular—two of the most serious of which consist in the present ina bility of the Poi Le to meet the dividends except by borrowing, and in the practical absence of all restriction upon the amount of the issues—the ques tion must be considered from a broader aspect. The Stock Exchange, which acts in some sense as the guardian of the interests of the public as well as of its own members, has never yet recognised or admitted the internal debts of foreign countries. It is exceedingly undesirable that it should ever do so, having regard to the intorests of English holders, and to the necessity of exer cising some sort of control over foreign Govern ments. If the home debt of Turkey be admitted, it will be inconsistent and very unfair to exclude that of other States, including Peru, Granada, Venezuela, Spain, and even Mexico. Everything, we suppose, has its price, although that price may be a trumpery one ; and if this pre cedent be once established, we may see bits of paper representing 1001. of Mexican home indebtedness dealt in at 11. 10s., or 31., or such other valua tion as the speculators may choose to put upon so unstable a commodity. If needy and unscrupulous foreign Governments, already rammed of the power of creating home stock at discretion—or, which is the same thing, in amounts sub ject merely to the authorisation of a cor rupt, subservient, or partisan legislature— are to be empowered, in addition, to put it upon the London market, the position of the English holder of foreign bonds will be at once shorn of its strength. Moreover, the door will be opened to the machinations of a number of unscrupulous foreign jobbers and their equally unscrupulous agents, who will endeavour by every means in their power to cajole the uniniaated por tion of the British public into exceedingly hazardous investments. Believing that the appetite for foreign securities needs no stimulus, we depre cate most strongly any action by the Stock Exchange which may operate in so MIA a direction, and we entertain a d :Edent hope that the decision of the Committee will be in accordance with the whole spirit of their traditional and highly conservative policy. If a foreign Go vernment wishes to raise a loan in this market, let it come here in a frank and oren manner, state the sum it wants, and the terms and nature of the security it offers, and define precisely the particulars of the bonds to be created. We then know what we are about, and what answer to make. But it will be a bad day for thousands of Englishmen who have invested some hundreds of millions sterling in foreign securities, when the London Stock Exchange formally decides to admit the home debt of foreign States, even of those whose finances—unlike that of Turkey—are in a sound and satisfactory condition. COMPLAINTS OF THI LAVE How. EAST INDIA Cora: W's Aairr.—We are requested to state, for the information of officers of the late East India Company's army, that statements of their com plaints, and other communications which they may wish to make on the subject for which the Royal Commission of inquiry has been granted, should be sent without delay to the address of Lieut.-Colonel North, 11, King•street, St. James's-square, S.W. VOLIINTIZA REVIEW AT BRIGHTON. —We are requested to state that corps of Engineer and Rise Volunteers, of which the attendance at the review at Brighton on Easter Monday may be sanctioned, should be furnished with 15 rounds of blank ammunition per luau. LORD PAMIRS/MN IN THZ NORTH. —Lord Pal norstoa arrived at Carlisle, on hie 'ray to Glasgow, at half rM.:6 o'clock oar Saturday evening. The Mayor of Carlisle Mr. Irving) was preset on the platform to welcome his hip to the molest border city, and the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, aceasspeard by his lady, and the Very Rev. the Dean of Corbels, were also in attendance to greet the noble Iced an be pared. There was a crowd of several hundred titiane at the station, and whet, Lord Pelneentoe alighted to partake of refreshment he received reenl meads of hearty applause, which the noble lord asicsowledged frequently. Having hes. escorted back to the train by the mayor hislordship proceeded on his journey eta quarter to eaves o'cloek, amid the load darn of the erembly. Mn.. Horn., M.P.—We are glad to hear that the health of Mr. Hope, of Lefler', 11L.P., has become so much re.established by his rammed residence on the Continent, that it is his intention to resume his parliamentary duties very coca.—Baddinoto. Courier. Int Court. WINDSOR CASTLE. mom YR The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wiles, drove out yesterday el ternoon, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe. The Prince and Primates of Wake, attended by the Conntees of If orton, the Hoc. Yrs. Braes, Lieutenant- Gesseral Knoll; s, and Lientenant-ookeel Koppel, left the Castle this morning at half-put 11 o'clock for Sandringham bell, Norfolk. The Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leo- pold, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and ,Lient Colonel Hon. D. de Roe, went to Londos. Prince Louis of Huse went to Wellington Collage, at tended by Captain Westerweller. &MAT. The Queen, PIiZIN) and Princess Lotus' of Hew, Priecess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell preached the sermon A deputation from the guardians of the Greenivieh Union, introduced by Mr. Angerstein, M.P, and consisting of Capt. Robertson, Mr. B. Carter (chairman), Mr. J. Cowen (vice chairman), Mr. Tanner, Mr. Maslen, Mr. Lockyer, and Mr. Saw (clerk), had en interview with the Right Hon. 0. P. Villiers on Saturday, at the office of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall. Viscount Palmerston left London on Saturday for Glasgow. The Duke of Newoutle left town on Saturday for his seat. Clamber Park, Notts. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial aloe to the Governor of Canada and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Scotsman gives the following as the reply of her Majesty to the deputation from the corporation of the City of Edinburgh on the occasion of the presentation of an address from that body on Thursday last :—" I receive with great satisfaction your address of congratulation on the mar riage of the Prince of Wales, and I thank you very sincerely for the loyal and affectionate wishes which you have ex pressed for myself and my family on this happy occasion. I join most heartily with you in the prayer that our beloved son may have so profited by the careful training of his great and good father, that he may prove not only a comfort to hi sorrowing family, but a blessing to the country which has testified such unexampled goodwill towards his bride and himself." We (Observer) are authorised to state that, after the return of the Prince of Wake from Sandringham in Apr 1, arrangenaents will be made, of which due notice will be given, for the presentation to his royal highness of ad dresses from corporations and other public bodies. The presentations of the addresses will be subject to regulations similar to those which are observed on the presentation of addresses to her Majesty at a levee. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Prioress Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain P. Cast, returned to their residence at St. Jantse's Palace on Saturday, from visiting the Duke of Rutland at Bobo& Castle. _ . The Duke of Newcastle left town on Saturday for his seek Clamber Park Notts. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have left his grace's official residence at the Admiralty for Bolstrals Park, Bucks. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll left their villa at Campion-hill. Heaaington, on Saturday, for Roseneath, Dumbartonshire. _ The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who have been visiting the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, arrived at Kimbolton Godle on Saturday, where they will receive a large party during the holidays. The Marquis of Sligo has taken a residence in South-street far the season. The Earl Granville left town on Saturday for imbolton Cantle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of nockeeter. The Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Georgkine Russell and family left town on Saturday for Pembroke Lodge, Riolunood Park, for the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family have left Groevenor-umare, for their seat, Bt. Giles's, Doreetehire, for the holiday.. The Earl and Countess De Grey left Carlton prdess on Saturday for Studeley Park, war Ripon, for the Fester holidays. Lord Broughton entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday at his home is Barkeleyeamare._ . .. The Right lion. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor Gate for Hoglund's Manor, for the holidays. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. , left town as Saturday for Pere, os his way to his chateau at Geom. Lady Emily Peel is expected to arrive at Gwen to-day from Nice, and will in all probability return hops with Sir Robert the week after next, her ladyship having regained her health. Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot leave the Earl of Derby's town residence in a day or ao for Paris, to pass the Easter holidays. Viscount Maynard is suffering from very indif ferent health. The venerable peer is in so low a condition that it is feared bet slight hopes can be held out for his recovery. • • "• • ' The' Countess of Lincoln was safely delivered of a daughter at 116, Piccadilly, on Saturday. By an order of the Lord Chancellor the Chan egg vacation commences to-day, and will terminate on the Bth of April, both days iaclusive. The corporation have voted 250 guineas for the gold casket in which the freedom of the City is soon to be promoted to his Itlyal Highnees the Prince of Wales. Oat of thirteen competing designs for this casket, one in the Cinque-ceoto style, sent in by Mr. Benson, was selected on Saturday, and the work ordered to be completed forthwith. The casket is not to be, as heretofore, a mere lump of pre cious metal, but will be an exquisite specimen of enamel and jewelled work, miniature oorooete of the Prince and Princess carefully jewelled, in perfect imitation of the originals, our mounting the top of this costly coffer . _ _ . We (Salisbury Journal) are glad to hear that Mr. Botherou Esteourt is expected home ia May. All the MN COMAS which have lately been received give reason for hope that the right boo. gentleman's health is gradually im- - - Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., in a letter to the Short Time Commßtee at Bradford, states that Mr. Baxter hem quietly withdrawn his factory bill. A return has been made to parliament of a letter from the chairman of the Great Ship Company to the Post master-General, protesting against the renewal of the Galway subsidy, and praying that at any rate the company receiviog the subsidy may be restricted to Galway as • ' port of departure 11134 not of cell only. During the year 1862 British salmon to the value of 41,8571. was exported from the Gaited Kingdom. August and September are the months in which the largest quantity is exported. THE NEW CANDIDATE FOX THE THRONE or Grams —We read in the Mositeur of yesterday :—" Pri vate letters from Copenhagen explain the origin of the can didature to the Greek throne of Prince William of Den mark. The Main Prince has jut paid a visit to London, on the occasion of the marriage of has sister, the Princess Alexandra, to the Prince of Wales. Earl Russell is said to have profited by this circumstance to open up negotiations. Prince Christian, the father of the new candidate, offered no objection to the overtures of the minister, but iusiated, as • preliminary condition, upon the consent of King Frederic& VII. of Denmark to this oeodidature." The Mosireur adds that the King is said to have declared that it will afford him much satisfaction if the young Prince is accepted by the Greek people. THE EMPREOR NAPOLEON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY. —Oar Paris correspondent, wi Ring on Saturday evening, aye :—" lam inured in a quarter which I have generally found trustworthy, that H. Mocquard is no longer the Em peror's private secretary. This, however, is • piece of news of such importance that I must give it under all reserve.' Even if true, it is a fact of that clam whin is always denied up to the very moment when it becomes ofßeial. H. Moe guard has seemly been out of the Fasperee's mesas far an hour ever sines the coup d'etat. He has bus his °n atant amanuensis, and, in messy eases, the sosspeeee of hi speeches sad letters. A change would he • real political neat, aeonse for which would be eagerly 'squired after. lam told that H. Mocquard's suessesor Is M. Drury, an ex-professor of the Bohm and Henry IV. Colleges, who has for some time past given valuable assistance to hie Majesty in the composition of his ' History of Julius Caw.' " manes to-day has been a very great nooses. Park, from the Madeleine to the pillars of the Place du Tr6ne, has worn the aspect of a fate an day long. The various equipages from four-in-hands to donkey carts reminded one forcibly of London on a Derby morning. The new race course is situated at the far end of the Vincennes plain behind the Doujon, where the artillery is in the habit of exer cising. It occupies (in great part) the site of the famous Camp of St. Maur, where all Paris went to see the army of Solferino before it made its tri umphal entry into the capital. From the grand stand there is a magnificent view of a beautiful part of the environs of Paris, and (which is more to the present purpose) the view it commands of the whole course of the steeplechase is far superior to La Marche. It is to Viscount Artus Talon princi pally that the conception and realisation of this very great addition to the attractions of Paris is due. He laid out the course, and obtained from the Emperor permission to nee an imperial farm which lies at the extremity of the Vincennes plain. I believe that, as far as numbers go, nothing like the present racing gather ing was ever before seen in France. I heard • universal exclamation that one part of the course, where there was a labyrinth of carriages, reminded one of the hill at Epsom. The Faubourg St. Antoine shared largely with the aristocracy in the enjoyment of the day. The ground is so disposed that people who pay nothing may see very nearly as well as the 20 francs company on the grand stand. The trees in the forest of Vincennes which lined one aide of the course were filled with men, thick as birds in a rookery, and no serrate de vale attempted to interfere with them. The sport was suspended fur a long time in expectation of the Emperor and Empress, who were expected, but, from some yet unexplained cause, they did not come. The Duke and Duchess de Morny occupied the imperial tribune. The first race, the Vincennes prize of Io,ooofr. besides entries, was a capi tal one. There were twenty-seven leaps, in cluding bullfinches, brooks, poste and rails, hedges, and ditches. A beautiful grey mare, named Anricula, belonging to M. Deavogues, ran neck and neck with the Colonel of Viscount de Namur during the first half of the course (6,000 metres). These two made all the play to them selves for a long time. But at last Auricula was beaten off, and the Colonel, followed closely by Avalanche (Baron de Mesnil) passed the win ning post after a most exciting contest. There were two minor events, but I was obliged to come away in order to send you this hurried and most imperfect account of a very interesting event. LATEST INTICLLIGEINUL FRANCE AND POLAND. ALLEGED INTERVENTION. The Cologne Gazatie of Saturday publishes, in large type at the head of its columns, a letter which it has received from Vienna, to the effect "that the French government insists upon the entire inde pendence of Poland, constituted a kingdom for the Duke of Leuchtenberg, and has laid this new , programme before the representatives of the great powers at Paris." To this communication the Co logne Gaut& adds correspondence from Paris and Berlin of similar purport, but limiting the scheme of France to the ancient Grand Duchy of Warsaw. In the letter from Paris we read " that France • - wishes to erect this great duchy into a sovereign kingdom ; that the relations of this kingdom and of Russia ought to rest solely upon the consangui nity of the two dynasties ; and that Prussia will keep Posen and Austria Galicia." The Cologne Gazette thinks that the consummation of this pro jest was the principal object of Prince Metter nich's visit to Vienna. It adds that it is not yet known what Lord Palmerston may say to this new programme, but his lordship has already made an important concession by authorising Lord Cowley to state that the cabinet of London would see with pleasure the meeting of a congress at Paris. The Nord of to-day refers to the above article as being of an " extraordinary " character, but thinks that more confirmation is needed. GREECE. The Prase of to-day says that public opinion in Greece has begun to be blase about the princely candidatesbipe. " Hitherto," it says, " the question has been as to what prince shall be named, but now in the National Assem bly the advanced party, the Mountain, has re-established things in the logical order bydemand ing that the assembly address itself to the question ,of discussing and voting the constitution before taking up the question of a candidate, and his acceptance by the Powers. The question of candi datures is thus put in the background." (szorsis Tnzaaaatig) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, MAgca 29, Eviranza. The bands of insurgents under the command of Mielenski and Kochanoweki have had several sue ceeeful engagements with the Russian troops, and are increasing their exertions. HUNGARY. MOTH, /Wen 29, EvzNtiqc. Five newspapers published in this city have been confiscated for having published a speech of Baron EU,Os and the reply by M. Desk, containing an attack upon the existing constitution. Seals have been placed upon the printing-offices of the papers. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, IfAscii 29. The Dagbladet and the Danmark publish articles in opposition to the candidature of Prince William for the Greek throne. All the Danish papers agree that Prince Christian cannot accept the crown for his son without the consent of the King of Denmark. A sitting of the Privy Council will be held to morrow, at Fredensborg, to decide upon the ques tion of Prince William's candidature for the throne of Greece. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS. MARCH 30. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the state of whose health has latterly given rise to grave uneasiness, is in a much more satisfactory con dition. His Majesty yesterday gave audience to the Baron de Savigny, the new minister of Prussia to the Belgian court. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom °us ow col PARA Sumner &lama. It seems that some words dropped by Lord Pal. merston, in a recent debate, about the origin of the Crimean war, have given great offence in 4'aris. The Pays, after taking some days' time for con sideration, publishes the following article, signed by the " Secretary of Redaction " It is not without astonishment that we have read in the report of the debates in the House of Commons, on March 73, some words of Lord Palmerston on the origin of the Crimean war. The noble lord, in answering a question of Mr. Henneery's relating to Poland, and with especial refer ence to • reproach addressed to him for not having adhered to • proposal to treader the seat of war to Poland, made use of the following singular expressions :—" It is to be borne in mind that the war began by • quarrel between France and Russia upon a Turkish question, and that is reality it was France who began the war, or at any rate she quarrel which led to the war." One would feel perfectly astounded at such things being said in the face a the Rouge of Commons, by the Prime Minister of England, were it not that the fantastic escentricities of the noble lord and the facile toleration of them by the hems are so notorious. But really the noble lord pre sumes a little too much upon the license he has to say whatever comes into his head. Till now it was thought that it was for • European interest of the highest order that England and France, with a common accord, made war upon Russia in 1864 and 1855. This interest, sufficiently proclaimed by facts, was moreover expressly set forth as the cense of the war in the treaty of ►lliance signed by the two powers. Well, but now Lord Palmerston changes all that. Borland, according to him, only took up arras to support Franee in • war provoked by • quarrel which she bad picked with Ramie about the Turkish question. John Bull, we are expected to believe, complacently sacrificed vast numbers of men and • vast amount of money at Sebastopol, all for the rake of a French quarrel. That great political interest which so obviously caused the war in the Crimea, and which in this age of liberal civilisation is so necessary to justify any war whatever in the eyes of the people who may be plunged into it by their government—that capital political interest has now disappeared. The grand cause of order and the balance of power in Europe so resolutely taken in hand by France and England is now ignored. The hotheaded viva city of France, seconded by en noreftecting imitation on the part of England—who, it must be centred, is not mach in the habit of acting without reflection—precipitated them both into • terrible war! Really, this is too much of a good joke ; and it would be one to be regretted were it not that the universal sentiment protests; sufficiently against each pleasantries. I do not suppose that the historical question raised by the above article is likely to be fully argued just now. There are more pressing matters for the consideration of politicians in both coun tries. But I cannot send that article to England without saying that I shall always believe that France brought about the Russian war. Neither England nor Russia meant to go to war, nor thought they were near a war till quite at the last . moment ; but the blue books show, as I think, and thought at the time, that the French despatches were artfully framed with the design of thwarting every project of arrangement which was succes sively proposed. In short, and to speak plainly, I believe that the young empire wanted a war, and the place which it has subsequently filled in Eu rope shows that it was wise in its generation. The opening of the new hippodrome at Vin- THE WOUNDED AT CRACOW. The following letter from an English lady at Cracow appears in the Pima of this morning:—" It seems hard to tax too severely the generosity of the British public, and yet when was an appeal made to it in vain? I feel convinced that, if any of your readers could have witnessed the harrowing scenes which I and my Mater saw yesterday, they would have emptied their purses to alleviate in some degree the misery which made our hearts bleed. There are four temporary hospitals in Cracow—one in the ball-room is the hotel in which we are staying, and three others in other parts of the town. Out of about 200 patients I onl► saw one man over 25 ; the rest boys of L'S and upwards. Them youths are many of them from Poland, and all of them far from their homes. They are dependent, therefore, entirely on the charity of the townspeople, who are already overwhelmed by the claims of their own relatives and friends. There is scarcely a house in which some member of the family is not either sick or wounded, while hundreds of men, women, and children, burnt out of Miechow, and their villages, have sought refuge hare. The consequence is that every bole and corner in the town is occupied, and everybody's puree is constantly drained. No lees than 1,030 of Langiewicx's followers have been obliged to leave Poland, and arrived here yesterday and the day before in a deplorable condition. Most of them, baring joined the camp without soy provision for campaigning, have been brought in as Austrian prisoners, foot-sore, starving, and nearly naked. They have been engaged for the last two diva in camping from Austrian durance, the authorities being rusty too glad to be relieved of the trouble of providing for them. Large purchases have been made of boots and clothing, and everyone is anxious to contribute ; still the calls have re cently been so heavy—first for subscriptions to the move ment, and next for the relief of distress—that ocotributions from England would be most thankfully received. It must not be supposed that there is any repining or begging. The young men in hospital are only yearning to be well enough to return to the scenes of their late dis tress ; and, thongh the town wears an aspect of mourning, sad the streets swarm with a popul►tion clothed in the deepest black, the haggard, worn faces of old and young, men and women, express only one sentiment—that of fierce and determined resistance. The capture of Langiewics has stimulated rather than dampedbhe ardour of the people. and every serve is being strained to retrieve the effect of the late Dictator's inocaceivable act. It the Austrian govern ment will only afford the facilities it gave on an earlier stage of the movement, there can be no doubt of the ulti mate success of the revolution, so thorough is the de , moralisation of the Russian army ; but if it renders the trunemiesion of arms and ammunition impossible, the prop peels of the insurgents are gloomy enough. In the mean time, in the name of common humanity let even those who ham no political sympathy with Poland help to relieve au amount of suffering which, were the cause lees holy than it IN would be aotitled to their compassion and consideration. am, sir, yours faithfully, JANE H. Betiewrr.-116tel de Saxe, Cracow, March 24." WEATHER REPORT.-(THD3 DAY.) Mortur. Kisou 1& • / IL Pembroke . I Penzance IOISO 1 Jitney Brest '30.1 L'Orleut 1 1 0.0 - MP Rochefort —30.12,00 Plymouth 30.10 51 Weymouth 30.07 50 Portsmouth 10.0180 Kew. 70.0]48 London 30.01 60 Dover 77.1066 Yormouth 3O 00,43 dcarlewough 12.95 43 Shields 00.0740 Heligoland '77.7 078 fi oz: r e a es I N.W. N.N.W. B.Z. &N.& N.& N.W. &S. W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N. N.W. N.W. W.N. W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N. N. N.W. 8 ;le • 42 7 128 Ato 7'28 SO I'll _ . • ' - o I - e - o o - • I- t - TITIIIDAY. WICIWITSDAT. P.N.S to N.N.W.,tresh 300114.111). W . and S.W., to moderate, Goo. moderate. fine. N.N.W. to lacktmo.w. to N. W.tud dente, varying, One. B.W. fine. As next above. W.emernat. As next above. N. to Z. and S.L, treat W.FaAscr. S. Y.. to S. W.,and N. W., to moderate. moderate. tine. N.W. to N.li,and 5.1., Ii.W.MIIILAIrD. AA next above. moderate, variable. An next above. ILL BROLUID. W. to N. and E., vary- Z. Malt. N.W. toNIL and 8.E., tog, moderate. moderate, line. According to the Presse, King Victor Emmanuel has sent bones over to Eogland for training, and means le eater the list as a competitor for the blue ribbon of the turf at the neat Epsom meeting. The names of his horses are not stated- -- —. _ . ••• --- TDB OUTWARD ADIZRIUAN Man. The Royal Mail Steamship Africa arrived at Quaseptowa yesterday at 3.50 p.m., embarked mails, pamengers, sad the West tele grams, and proceeded at 4 p.m. for New York ; aU well. The steamship Corsica, bound west, wand at the was time. Above a dozen New Hampshire newspapers have becen,e defunct, owing to the prewar, of the times. i1.1:1). Leith 5 4). Ardineria Partruell 6l We! Galway Valenti& rza.lnu . 30.15'601 ,- .....0,4, ~..erp.o4 i 0......, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, 118scs 28. In a oongregation holden this morning, at 10 o'clock. Wag clock, the kot day of List Tana, the following dll7were waforred : 170RART DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.—&r Bathe/ford Al. cock M.0.D., her Majesty's envoy extraordinary sad mi. sister plosipotesUszy at the Court ot Japan. DOCTOR IR CIVIL Law, Corm= CAOILL.—Rov. Robert Murphy, Malty Collage, Dahlia. YAM= or Arra—Bev. Julies Fornival, &swam Col. lege; Harry A. Batles-Johnstooe, Christ Much. OXFORD, hence 27. Lrevolar Comm& —Masers. Baxter, Kemp, Wathog, sod Persona were this morniag elected to the variant scholarships at Lincoln College. Thies were thirty owadadatea LzEraN DISP.VISATIONS. To a letter from the English Church Union res pecting the Lenten " dispennation "on the wiwisioe of the royal marriage, the Bishop of Oxford has returned the fol. lowing reply " Lockinge, Much 14, 1863. " *deer Mr. Greeley,—l am :equated by the Bishop of Oxford to answer your letter. "1. His lordship's words were, that he oonsidered the archbishop to have dispensed.' He conceived those words to convey the exact fact, and can add nothiog to them— the feet, namely, that though no dispensation was for mally published, the larobbishop, with whom the power of diepsneisk tests, had intimated that he approved of dic pausing with the Lenten Fast for the wedding. " IL Yoc inquire u to the archbishop's power of die. penning. This power was powered and exercised in England by the Bishop of Rome down to the Reformation. A statute of henry VIII. transferred to the Archbishop of Canter bury all powers heretofore exercised by the Pope, and not contrary to any statute of the realm. Under this statute the archbishop grants, sad has always granted, special licensee and dispensations. " IIL You ask, if be could dispense with the whole fart? Undoubtedly he could, if the case required it. The Bishop of Oxford has among his deeds such a dispensation granted by Archbishop land for the whole of Lent, for the reason of infirmity of health. "In conclusion, the nishop begs me to suggest to the Church Union t hat the lose of the power of diapennation, by authority, would be a real hindrance to church ober manor ; since it would certainly lead, as the disuse of the practice of it has led, to men dispensing for themselves, and to the kissed all rule upon the subject.—l remain, dear Mr. Greeley, yours most faithfully, " JAM RANDALL." BOTANIC soczarrB PLOWER SHOW. On Saturday the first show of spring flowers was held at the gardens of the Botanic Society, t's-park. The society has three shows in each year of those chases of plant. and flowers which can only beaten in perfection during the months of March, April, and May. Hitherto they have excited but little notice except amongst the fellows of the society, and the more ardent amateurs of floriculture, and it is only in the present year that the attractions of a military band (that of the 224 Life Guards) have been added to those of a promenade, with a view of rendering the show more popular and more agreeable. Although the weather was not very propitious the presence of a large and fashionable company proved that the attempt to render the spring shows more at. tractive was eminently eucoesefuL Antoept the earliest visitors on Saturday were their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louisa. sad Prince Leopold, the Lichees of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and the Primes* of Sonia. The gardens were also visited by the Prussian, Danish, Swedish, Brazilian, and Turkish suites. sailors ; ladies Buckinghamshire, Madden, Fellows% Bolt, Llewellyn, and Sevestre ; Sir James and Lady Ha. milton, Sir Walter Stirling, air William Newtee, Sir I. Hanson, Colonels Last, Chase, Sibthorpe, Ac. Theshow ea Saturday was more partsealarly devoted to camellias. The next exhibition, co the llth of April, will he fix Azaleas, sad that on the 23th al April for roses. THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, Cap. tan Weeks, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning. She brings 54 passengers, amongst whom are Lieutenant-Colonel Woods and Captain Mecartney from Gibraltar, and Captains Fraser and Monsell from Bombay. The Delta has on freight three packages specie vales 3311. 12a., pearls value 62,000 rupees, also 10 cases silk. 21 cases shawls, one bale cotton, 67 boxes orange, 26 aisks of wine, 3 cases ditto. 123 piologst sun dries, 10 packages valuables, and 2,103 bales raw silk, value 200,0001. sterling. The Delta on bar passage from Alexan dria to Malta a/panacea strong bead winds and heavy sea, theses to Gibraltar fresh gales and heavy confined sea, the remainder of the passage light breezes and flue weather. It is stated in the American papers that Adeline Patti is about to be married to one of the Anent, a wealthy Spanish marquis. Ma. COBDEN ON EMIGRATION AS A MEANS OP RELIEVING THE DLBTREBB.—Mr. Edward Taylor heii rained from Mr. Cobden the following letter, correcting the ammo sines that the writer had recommended emigration as a re medy for the distrem :—" Miclhurst, March 28, 1863. Dur Sir,—ln reply to your note I can only say that I am very much puzzled to know bow I oould have been reported to have expressed myself favourable to a government plan of emigration, for I have never offered an opinion on the subject. Indeed, I have not considered the question to be practically under consideration. In my brief communication to the Rochdale Board of Guardians, I said I considered it quite useless at present to apply fora government grant is any form, bet that if at a future time such relief were afforded, I thought it would be for the purpose of removing the unemployed pops's. tion to a field where they might find profitable work. It is pro bably this letter, in which, without speaking for myself,' merely reported what I thought was the tendency of opinion the house, that hal given riaeto the report respecting my views on the emigration question. I will nut attempt to anticipate the discussion of the subjecit in a letter. The whole gum boil of the condition of Loushire, and the remedy for its present difficulties, will be brought before the house after the reesserablini of parliament, when I shell hope for the opportunity of giving public expression to my views ; sad I remain, dear air, yours very truly, Eicitaao COBDEN.— Edward Taylor, Res." UNION AND EMANCIPATION SOCIETY.—The fol lowing letter hu been received from the Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., by Kr. T. B. Potter, President of the Union and Emancipation Society :—" Salitbury.road, March 26, 1863.—My dear sir,-1 have had the honour of receiving your letter, with the address of the Union and Emancipation Society of Manchester. Although I could not concur with the framers of that address in every pas sage, yet I cordially sympathise with its spirit, and fully' approve of its general tenor. The advanced position which the Federal government and the North have taken on the question sad subject of slavery have made their cause that of humanity and religion, therefore I unmet but wish, and heartily wish, them success avian • power which rests on principles as insulate to God as they are cruel to men. Holding tines views, I will esteem it an honour to be en rolled among your vice-president; sod he the honour to be, yours truly, (sieved) TRONA* OUTHEUR." RAILWAY AND EVELIO COMPANLIS IN PARLIA miry. —The following new committees have been appointed to commence their sittings after the Rester nom :—A cone settee consisting of Mr. Woodd (chairman), Mr. Alderman Sidney, Xt. Steel, Vieconot Pevensey, sad Mr. O'Hare, to ;squire Into the merits of the Great Western Railway (hno* at Great Bridge), North and South Staffordshire Jamaica Railway, North Staffordshire Railway (additio nal pewees), Gauntry, Ellesmere, sod Whitchumh, Potteries Jusetiou, Dtayton Junction, North Staffordshire Railway (lladeley and Drayton branches), Wrexham, Mold, sad Commits Quay, Birmingham and Suttee Coldfield Estes- Bios. A committee coissisting of Mr. Adair (chairman), Lord H. Lennox, Sir P. O'Brien, Viscount Flolinsedale, and Mr. A. Palmer. on the Bansalsy Coal, Bradford. Wakefield, and Leeds. Midland (new line s) , North Eastern (Hull and Dee. caster), South Yorkshire ( to and Hull,Exlennoa, and River Due), West Riding and Grimsby, Lancsahire and Yorkshire. A committee consisting of Mr. A. Mills (chat eau). Sir E. Colebrooke, Mr. Portman, Sir A. Hood, and Mr. F. S. Powell, on the Hodlow Railway, Leedom. Brighton. and South Coast (new hoes to the Crystal Palest), Mid. Kent Railway, Hem Bay and Canterbury Junction. Ilestiais Pier, Harbour send Railway, Hay ling hailwsys (abaci donineut), Beckenham, Lewes, mot Brighton, Crayoned and Farninghans-rand Junetioe, sat Hatfield and Ucicfiekl Railways. Also a censadttee cp.i the proposed new Black frianehridge, Regan Market in Lenestar-square, and Boaellre Electric Telegraph. Mr. Adderley (chairman), and the other member, Lord E. Howard, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Raiford, and Captain Moonell. Them:lrma WITH EDAM:MRS.—On Friday even ing lest a desperate affray between poachers and keepers took place near Newsteed Abbey, about 8 miles front Not tingham. On the abovenamed evening, about 10 o'clock, fear keepers were out watching on the I% maned Abbey estate, the property of Mr. W. Webb, when they saw g gang of poachers, six or seven in number, setting nets. The keeper endeavoured to capture some of the wen, but the latter, being armed with bludgeon and stone., resisted, and a fierce handtelaod fight took pew. tremendous blows beinggiven on both sides. The poachers then retreated &short distance. and were followed by the keeper+, who again attempted to take some of them prisoners. Another conflict took place, sod eventually the keepers unmozzled their dogs and let them fly at the poachers. The MIIIIU4S fastened on two of the gang, named Thomas Gelstborpe and Jobs Hermitage. who were ultimately captured and taken to the Buford po lice-station. The dogs seized Gelaborpe by the arm and Hermitage by the hand, very severe wounds being inflicted. Both the snsoners were taken before Lord Belper and the comity bench of nisgietrates at the Shire-lull, Nottingham, an Saturday morning, end remanded neat Wednesday, the keepers not being able to appear against them. The re mender of the gang are well known to the police, who are actively engaged in effecting their capture. This makes the seventh poaching affray that has occurred in Nottingham shire in less than 12 months. 22 : j a. 0.29 S 0.29 I Ilea; -I* 'cog -17 -Ii -Ii -I* -li ,_ i. Is -