The Express. — London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

W rte expreoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ideettkonono Wooded kw "The Ilayroes,'ldedea &sotremor. coat he at kw 01604 10. Dooverkostroot. ►) TWO Aloe* es Oa day c 1 potC:atles. RIO H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ran Der—Montag, 2h. tles Attarioah Th. 431 a. To.notrow—Morslog, 3k. bas Attinione nu Us. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARDI' 7. ), • LORD JonN RUSSELL'S Resolutions relating to Education embrace too wide a scope and too many details to be all discussed at once, and on the spur of the moment. They are so framed u rather to sug gest than prescribe action. And this world seem to have been the object the noble lord bad in view, from his simply laying them on the table of the House. without asking for a decision on them. What most pleases us about these Resolutions is that their aim appears to b 3 to encourege and stimulate local action, not to increase the direct and immediate action of thu Central Government in matters of edu cation. Lord JOHN referred in the course of ►is speech to the bill sow before Parliament for the appoint ment of a Vice•Presideot of the Committee of Council on Education. Indeed all his suggestions must be regarded as having for their object to impart greater Matey to the working of that Committee. An en aggerated notion appears to have gone abroad, of the powers that are intended to be oonferred upon the new Vice-President. We believe that we may take upon us to state confidently that he is not by any aseans to stand in the same relation to the Pre sident of the Council that the Vice-President of the Board of Trade does to its President. The authority of the Vies'President of the Hoard of Trade is almost tonal to and so-extensive with that of the President; and this arrangement has certainly sot added to the effi ciency of the department. Warned by this, we un derstand Government propose that the Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council on Educa tion shall stand in the same relation to the President that the Under Secretaries of State do to the Principal Secretaries. His business in the Hones of Commons will be in great measure limited to the carrying the money votes for education through the Hones, and affording, while they are under discussion, and at all time, any information or explanations respecting the educational action of Governmen. that may be de manded. It is not intended to depart from the existing system of discharging such functions in relation to education as have been entrusted to Government by the agency of the Committee of the Privy Council. In the existing experimental stage it is found most expedient that these affairs should be under the direction of a committee, of which all the Cabinet Ministers are members. Many things an be amen plished more simply and efficaciously by the Warm mentality of such an executive committee than by calling into play on all occasions the cumbrous machinery of the Legislature. At theism* time it is felt that the control of the Legislature over the Exe cutive should be preserved intact, and to this sad a Vine-President of the Committee with a neat I. the Hones of Commons has been deemed the most ears- Mous channel of frequent and full communication with the representatives of the people on all matters educational. One very important suggestion in Lord JOHN Russues Resolutions relates to what may be called the codification of the minutes and regu lations of the Committee of Council on Educa tion. These documents have, indeed, multiplied to an appalling extent. They are also entirely devoid of classification or systematics arrangement. They contain much valuable master, but, like the same in GEATIANO'II voluble speeches, the valuable seater is to the whole mass es two grains of wheat in a bushel of chaff. The most ardent promoter of educa tion who can devote his whole time and attention to the subject will find himself unable to muter these athletes and regulations. As forth' members of the Legislature, the annual accumulation of educational aloes Books serves only to hide from them what is doing. Lord Jour; Ressiu proposes that a staff of eighty Sub-Inspectors should be attached to the twenty-four Inspectors of Schools already in exist ence. We Wave that this is no more than is re quired r but we trust that the principle of condensation and classification will be applied to the reports both of Inspectors and Sub lospectors. And surely these morn might be published much earlier than at present. Last night Lord JOHN could find no more moat reports to rest his arguments spot' that' those for the year 1831. And in the very valuable weal report of the Warrington Educed= Society, whisk we received yesterday, we notice the following re mark :—" It is to be regretted that the Committee of Causal delay the publication of the Impede's' Re ports so cog. The latest published is for October, 1833." We have stated above, our approbation of the prisaiplo—which we understood to be advocated by Lord Joao Ituassm—that, with ramose to edu- cation, Government aught rather to encourage and stimulate local and individual action than to set directly itself. It is in conformity with this principle that grants in aid have bean given to schools in which aortae' proportions of the unavoidable apeasse are defrayed by individual sootribetimaandwhia abaft to sustain regulations ; and that 111 osicipslities hays born permitted to impose rates for iduatiosal par pass. This is 'swagging loaf and individual pro motion ol education. One of Lord lons Ittlaszu:s proposals contemplates going a step farther. sod Mandating nod and individual ozerdia, by molting the lents, of a school rate oompalsory in districts where the proportion of the shildmi at saga to those who do not attend ay abed falls below sear bat ratio. This appals to us a wise and warraat able sompasion. We would apply the Isms remark to the proposal that all who avail [homages of the labour of children below dhow years of age should allow the children a certain samba of haws daily to attend school, and pay for their instrustion. The tints tha deducted, and the nisa.ey thee expended, would lir taken iota aosow_t la istisaatiag the oecommy of imployisg the labour of the young, and would prove not the lead vanish!" part of their remensration. Ow Tsry important eugenics of the lineations relates to the practiosbilit7of rosaries the feeds et the charities under the control of the Charitable Trust Comadeniasers more available for the promoting of elnantary instruction. At present a ammiderable alumna of these fonds is tither entirely locked up, • very injudiciously expended. This is s pretty isoosiderable reservoir that might be tapped with great advantage. In these remarks we bast confined ourselves to thole portions of Lord JOHN Restates Resolutions which relate to the improvement of the administra tive organisation far exteading instruction. 7'ke dimenesions sad recommsndatioes which be intro dactyl into hie speech and Resolutions relating to the kind of instruction to be alluded. we mauve far Ranee coulderation. A anmorit has reached us that an intention is dertaintd in certain quitters of making a dead c at the most important and valuable MOS ire the erasion has produced—the Partnership Bill of Mr. Lows. Now this is one of those measnres on which the country won't bear trifling. Amon g all clung of intelligent men a firm and unalterable conviction prevails that the time hu come for abolishing for ever that absurd law, made not by the British Legit,- lattice, but by the English Judges, which has too long interfered, and interfered most mischievously, with the freedom of commercial association. The good 111118 of the country has revolted against the absurdity of the role that the mere fact of sharing, or being entitled to share, in the profits of a business shall in itself subject a person taking no part in its management to any liability beyond the limits of his advance. Upon this plain principle the country has made up its mind. All we ask is to be let alone in this matter; oar prayer is to be allowed to take care of ourselves; our petition is to be freed from a re striction which, under the pretence of protect ing us from frauds, against which we an our nelves fully competent to guard, has rendered our capital less productive, and our industry Ins remunerative; has checked the rim of talent, im peded the development of enterprise, and sought in the ruin of the many a vain atonement for the fraud' of the few. That the great eapitalists—in other words, the great money lenders—ahoald encounter this measure of justice with all the resistance of alarmed self in. treat, we can well understand. When small apt. talists can make advances on the terms of sharing the profits, with no liability beyosd the extent of their loans—the great capitalists will be deprived of their present monopoly of lending upon fixed rates of interest. To use the language of the mosey market, Lombard-street will be etadiscount whirr Limited Liability is the law. That the formidable interest to which we refer has been mustering all its forces tor the parliamentary strife—that it will spin put forth all that influence which, in the House of Lords last session, so lamentably defeated the jest expecta tions of the country—is what we are well prepared to believe. Nothing is so active as self-interest— nothing more formidable than the alarmed self-inte rest of the lords of loanable capital. This is all fair parliamentary warfare, and calls for nothing more than increased vigilance on the part of the suppor ters of Mr. Lows's Bill. Bat, unless we have been much misinformed, other and less creditable influences have been at work in this matter. For some reason or other, Mr. Lows, it is understood, has the mis fortune to be personally unpopular in the House of Common/. We care not whether this be the cans or not ; and we have no curiosity to ask the reason why. But we maintain that the Bill ought to be judged on its own merits, entirely without reference to any likings or dialikinp ;of which Mr. Lows may be the object. Be he what he may, an amendment of the Partnership Law is one of those measures on which the country has set its mind, and which it will not allow to be converted into an en gine for 'observing the interests of party, or pan dering to the paltriness of personal rancour. lt*amr. ebe Court. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by Lady Churabill, Msjor•Genersl Bootle, soil Captain the 800. D. de Roe, visited the Dothan of Gloseati r yesterday afternoon at Olourater Howe. Prams Albert rods on hor.ebeek is the knows, asemded by his Equerry fa Waiting. His Roy* alithaoth poselded is the altos:icon at • meeting of the Musa et the Duchy of Corswan. There were Moo meant the Lamer et thrt Pry Beal (Viscoent Yoaek, II P.), the AttorserGtheral (Mr. Alexander), the Veneerer (C.l ad Ph ppe). and lard rousse. Tits flematisty, Mt. J. R. Gardiner, wee Is atteadance. _ _ _ _ _ Tea Mama loyal and Ilea Primo Akisalleolt a drive yesterday amenting In an apt* ainedip nal km Her yesterday sty hot a Alum _wry la Via evening. Tile toespeay torledrd her Royal Histinontas Meow Rays!, th. Marquis and Maegidaneso of Beemelalseas, Vinous% Tortiast4o, Viscount Onsub, Lord and Lady Ovststone, CGIOIIIII sad Lady Culotte. gennaert,Osisnol he Hoe. C. B. Phipps, Valor-Gamma la Amp Wotharall (Adjatent- Hamel), sad Lieut. Cabot Haypetb. Tao Hand of the, Wilma= Guards attended in UlO Palate, sod phyod dude; Muer. Herliaj uty's privata bald performed is the evening the Ldlowieg composition.: Omura " to Wale . ..... Labor akar usi Tau. "bail Data of tans Cabers Marto aM acado Mrs Ter raeyarsk bee bat tba beam of *Usual sittings frost the Pesaseas lades hr I MOM% be saseatel by her Majesty's amsamis. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Feeeige-odloe, Downing-street. The Minis ters present were Vimount Palmerston, the Mar gie, of Lasadowne, Sir George Grey, M r.i Secretary LAW:ober@ the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles W oo', the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hoe. M. T. Baines. Thomism:a sat two hours. Despetabas were mat yesterday fr me the Coloafed•ollk to Via rumen of the AID tral6ll 401011aill. The Poet draws attention to the =all mean awarded to Lady Tana (200 L), although. It argue, her Irstkat bullhead's death .a setaally wined by the ballet shish sank his while ladles his sable charge at lake,- aut. He died, It will be rearsabered, at Paris, and at a loar r date after the wottad taws that aectirwel Is the Royal warrant. Henna Tunis impended, It is said, all hie name I. his profewdea, sad night have left his badly •leher by several thoesead pousds had he died lower ha bs tabu He purebred, noreever, hie wawa pad.., yet be wae set suffered to divas of hie regiment (whisk he had brought to the highest disciple' and afieleaey tbrougb twain years' orawasd) as a wan of ranietag some of eateuditere, when appoiaad Britadler. Ha Ma.sty law give the haro-tesate widow &portents I. Hamra. Coat P.lan, hat nen to alloy this pvinlege *a a gnat *Weis 00 her remoras. Wooers - pn;deniof the Herald, evidently ao Mead of the So richer-filer rare, saner the fellowlag as brier occurred at the Homo of Linde yesterday:—" la that sepa -1 SIMS haildieg tree is as yet co robing room for eseatel, sal is the terms of the Solicitor.Gesetal, wbesemplaised Gish@ ineurrenham, Ilr. Pales permitted that liaised pries to weepy smasisselly the Amber of the Ball Mar shal. The hitmetion as doubt as that the privilege was tr be seemed m the other Queen's Counsel who plead at their lordship's bar, and t' is was mad* evident by the feat that the demand of the Svliaiter-Gesetal for • key wee pilitely bat perempt *Sy refused. I. this Mt* of eiressesteres it was the mis °free et Sir F. Kelly to is dodge • belief that be, as es-Selisitor-Gravelmed the mbar leader of the bore, bad • right to use this Ira ; sad is Tuesday tut, after a partial spring of aa appeal. be di. 11411411 his wig and gawo to be pieced there la medians for his robing peter lay. Aid sew was doss that dead whir, if set immeetarlog its deer, will yet long be re membered is troarstiest with the vector of tbe Bag- Sr bar. The Selleitor-Oreval arrived first for the ba naves et tkie day. The faster his eye rated is the intrusive habiliments of Sir Fame,. his seal swelled with lailigastioa. To amts(,, sad to were sae. He at ease ordered them to hi railed hits the pas sage, and &rested that they be searyr to the robiagrem of the Qa•ves Beach. Whoa this entry over silk sad Warr wee assempihked, the lielisiter Gemmel made his sea Wlsy aid ties rutted late the bases with the air of Corteiamas den he had flattered thi Vardar sad the sadafeetlea of the wired err of Mandl& who. she hoped to keep her from Vie ball. Sir Fitzroy, rhea& dismayed rd defeated, wee set however leer His sitar dr easier empires, sad he was permitted to robe is the room of lin Wows, the clerk of the here." After the adjournment of the seeds, of the Easters Comities Railway Cowpony yesterday, $ legal Me smerise to* plwe before the swum respeetteg Its slob sibility of eo•er by proxy. We (Beret/) are laforwed Mitt the result of this laid arpusiat will give Mr. Waibliogtes rose 200 crlloo additional votes. If our Isforimaties be ovreet, Mr. Weldiagtea's naleray will, therefore, be Goa 2,000 to 2,500 .one ever tbs.' recorded la favour of the esedidstei supported by As Isnatidaties Gait Mr. Helps' committee. Anis nArzuseb, 'RIM./ BVJMNING, MARCH 7, 1866. I trossly fortunate, as the library means a great numbsr of original plays, ilia raannierlpts being of considerable Tau* Kr BMWs's, the monetary to Mr. Anderson, informed the reporter that on Wednesday morning last he was *mating up the money in the treasury when some one same is sad said, Mr. iliagetoa, the home is on an, for God's sake get oat" The sews was of each astartliag cha racter that he coscinded the BM WY drank, sad he band fault wit► him for ptUag in each a state, when there was De much basemen to do. The puma, however, laid h,ld of the collet of his met tad compelled Ma to go owe, which he did, with surly the whole of the money in the treestry, sad he then found that the theatre was on Are. lie, however, after that 'weeded in saving several articles! f vain, from the sum part of the mundaes. The females in the dreesing.rooms having most of them lent dresses, were attending on those who had borrowed them, and were wadressing w►n the ory of firs wu raised. Ws think we cae now state with entainty that the whole of the goner's missing, and who were supposed to have perished, have been found alive. Him Hamilton, however, was cot teasel natal nearly midnight of Wedandsy. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Her Majesty, sharing in the sympathy which per vaded all elutes at the dalmatian of Covent Oudea Theatre, visited the yet smoking rains yesterday afternoon. Mr. line arrived in London at sin o'clock yesterday awn ing. having left Paris eva the previous day is early as pros- Cub's after receipt of the sad inteWgenee. He drove area to the Main. and after inspecting the rain Ohio property proceeded with great eaergy to Makin' anangemeate which should provide for immediate soatiageacies, sad led up to immures thet in all probability will proonve to the public the lyric dream, the appertain itropenbie lees of which had created so anivenal a regret. White thus engaged, as intimation !noised Mr. Op. of her Majesty's gracious intention to visit and invest all that nrealned of the theatre, and sub preparatiesa as were se usury for the royal merles =re hastily sada. At half-put 3 o'clock her Majesty arrived at the Price= place entrance, by which aka had so often visited the theatre ander happier amnia= Mr. Oyer was inamediataly la attendance, and pro:stud to pay the last =shoat oly honours of this house by ushering her Majesty to the door thasedisvely out to the royal entrance, where a few beards and broken doors being laid dowa over the yet warm ashen, an.' a dragget spread epos them. eluded her Ma jesty an ejportanity of =maul la safety a shut distaste into the Interior, and viewing at one ussp d'aii the ahead rains of the amphitheatre sad the vast isms of property burled within Its chuumferimee. The Qaeos, reining bar hand en IlLr. Gye's arm, impressed la terns of natural and gracious empathy the pain she felt at Mr. Gye's great personal lemma which she considerately inquired the sweat, while abe alleviated this by a royal eatriterion of her lease of the praheworthy exertions he had snide in elevating the lyric drama to the height it had attained la this emir,. _ The Qum altered the theatre by a small sr:lmq whtek brought ber to what wee formerly kaown u the Pisan entreat*. Amending ma the debris of the emir sas leading to the Bedford atrium, her. MOM, mete epee the brink of the abyss looking dcwe ;pow the pit. A sole= graham perverted ell erased. TM vest eres—the lofty wells—etill prewrsisg their methane/al greedanr— the emphitkeetrisel form mid the dedeed amen fermarty npponing the pit, elmort maim! the offset of the Coll __ antis. Her Ifsjo;tistcoi fee ease nomeats to elleat sad apperratly regretful eaatesplstiou of the tone, Wes. raped fatly by the est Wesel sasppiag of the beaus wider the hest of the dn,—the splash* of Ming water, sad the missiles spectacle pesesabsd by the assay still baralag Wass is mane parts of the ►seer. Ups this rotinakost of her Majesty Mr. flys had tho beam of kaselhos ay the Primus Royal to the um point of vkw, aid eabssquestly Lady Churohlll. Lady-L-Waitlag to bar Majesty. After repet;tias the kind aed metes upsides of ha feelings the Qseeo took bar depart's. ebtrtly after 6 o'clock hie Royal Righnes Prins Albert, attanded by Cassel Phipps us Captain the Ifs. Dadlay de Ras, drove ap is a private earriage to the Royal s truts S Prime tad ea alighting ware maim' by Mr. eye, aad ems/sated to the spot from which the gums and the Princes Royal bad jut inapectS the rains. Rio Royal Highness spent about tweet, minutes contesplatiss the speetacla of devestatios. The moment the QINOS sad ter attenuate entered the sarriage a heavy wall fell, sad sowed a load rumbling seise, which fir s memeat made the hones nth' r naive. In 'deities to tba obit from the Royal Family, the place was yesterday impested by the Duchess of Wellington, the Doke of Bedford, the Marqsis of Lassies's', Lady Peel, Lord Ward, Lord Colville, Lord Mum Rill, Lord Riche, sad Mr. Hudinp, M.P. The public will Mar with great satidaction, that the sh rivelled troupe of artistes shish Mr. ups has brought to for the present stases will not be scattered by this mithrtune. This is entain. What the nature of the amusements may be I sot Wasik entiy dated for se to 111410111140, bat le is ssireestienshis that Leaden will hot be without its opera this seams, sod that ander the nonage meat of Mr. (lye, who has received letters of sympathy, and offtn t f maistases, if the most gaseous notate, from the highest quarters. The walls of the theatre lave base peononmed unsafe, sad aro in proems of demolition. Yesterday a searth'ng loyestigatioa was made by the &tee authorities, with a view of ansertalaing how the disaster occurred sad the amosat of yrs party &Mr( yed. Mr. Castles, the srissipal imam to the setablishareat, Mated that the mamma, Me house was diesover.d to be es AM he was toa het wlthia the doorway of the corpeatore shop, sad so dam was the smoke that be sad hie assistsat were obliged to retrest. He sad his fellow-me »lain thus raa to the flee-asia, which he oherg•d with water, and was la the act of riming out the Ems, whoa some perms celled to thins:, sad bogged them to some oat—if sot they would both be ber. His thou west to the lint tier of flier, and span getting sear the gam attain ho oat the roye straps, I sad let fell may " pained goals'," which were coceidered by thos: is the house is hays boon lonia( beams. The Ant thiog that the principals of the home ham of the Me was by seeing the flames travelling over the roof of the scenes of the opera Lo Felonies. From that spot Cosies pre seeded to the siege, sad oa getting to the refruhanut Moos ke cslltd to the people propeat to escape. A young men tamed Bryant maamted the toss, whoa his father, who is alas espied at thu shish, as a mams, cried oar, Some me has his. tempering with this miss." Castles, however, sakl that he tad ilasdtko vales so that it soul& he °pool the Instant it was mated. Mr. Bryant, jag., the& hold the breath as long as the smoke would permit, whoa he dropped it, aid he (Castle) thou mined it sad ressalaed at the opt util 'ow porton palled Ida way. St *Ma ram oet•ide, sad was astvaithed at aiding several engines drsady t►eta sad at fell •orb. Es bad cot the lean dosla that the Ars Degas la tin earpeater workshop. Se was the lest puma la tha weekehap, sad he sem. allowed tho pilau to light the chudelisir of tho theatre with. oat the athealsoce of a imam The woos of lipluing the 4166.44,11er wee by a Marko mar, 'Marled to whisk wee sliest tree feet of boa wire, sad also a ball of rotas Illittfliad wish spirits of wise. rename t light's( the alasdelier a mesa sawed Cram held hie head miler the coitus hell to prevent the sprit from falling as the Awn, end Wore the light was applied it was allowed to bawl la the sae of the eisadelier: Thor vas we gee awl fa the crpeaters' stop Bile I the prodaetlea of lb; put •Was et CDs:mates lust. lin Attie.. of the cheadeller were of hos barrels. so that then could be so fear of their manias, wh eh sated have boss the ease had they beam coareed of pouter. Owias as the great &sushi through the hoses at tbs top, saga pintas; that the whole of the gas had West tamed ea loose, it most have escaped, sad coeld sot have soar la sestaet with de light, more esposialli ;aitsse wn a ventilator ever the shaft of the ekeadeller. Shortly before the streak, a visa Wed Jean, engaged is the Iw, west up stilt., bat asitherhe ler isistatlf (Castle') guilt gee or saw asythiag batwing. The bones frost the pa skim I. whielt they stood, had a fall eyportssity of 'nisi miry gas boner ia the house. • great amber of persons insisted apes molds' cigars, whisk the dream attempted to Fewest. Is the earpestere instiskops were a amber of old lessee. Ile del t set kli by what spiny the Sea took Vim, bat he wee potitlee it stemeaced la the wash shoPlL ir Jobs Neville, the popsies. °median, for whom bene ath, Gnat Wiser' bas undertaken is ploy William in diet-Sped Susan, at the Berm Th• ere te-tight, appears to have been the first person in the lower part of the beau husk* the sawskoons discovery. He stases that all of a midis he saw an taassid glare of light immediately our the chandelier. He spoke Iss a psdise-eingeant, who pre it se hie °pillion that it was only the needles of the gyp lights used is the chandelier, bet fa the onus* of a few minutes the terrible asissaity bemuse perfectly keewn. He also slated that the last person in the hoses, or needy is, was Mn. Fiesons, wto bosun se frightened that she fasted. and was obliged to be raled oat by the wife of sae of she prrforseen. Istaediately over the portico la Priase'r-plaes eras her Majouy's box, boding t, tablets was the privets Malcom. There ware oho fire rooms fitted op meet saegnifierstly, the reticle, rem Laois' a rely bandanas fire-pleer, • splandid loAlsg-fibs and alma, with is islald rimier glue table, in gold sad bias allegorical davits. All that new 'maims of tbe beautiful slats of noes is • few pions of eowl.t sloth, wbieb was used as the carper, sad was bashed Ws whip Is the elaborately-appointed setae aid chairs: seed only by bet ailefillanin The whole of tba essiervatery &lofting the Quint's boa has !Lewin bees Wally eansamed. It is rot a little singular that there wets native km deers between each room et her Majesty's boa, sad she 'peewees t►e prints beau, hat they wen either kit eyes, or ►ed offend ni resistance to the fay el the demist's, element. Same an esatpletsly ieshled ep by the (abase heat Its Wools they wen eatteted. The liagliek Minty, It Is the apish* of Kr. Bootee, bee moped mash lump. This ' ll fa be e feet, will be ea- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The Casette de Teheran announces that the Shah lie preparing to repel by taros any attack which an English Red may attempt against the coasts of his empire. Troops have been sent to the provinces bor doling on the Persian gulf, and the lower course of the Euphrates. THB BALTIC. HAMBURG, THURSDAY. Two Russian war steamers sod three gunboats, having broken through the ice, have left Sweaborg, and made their appearance in the Baltic. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS. Tao uDA; Eviartiro. According to reports, very generally current to day, the aceouchentent of the Empress may be looked for almost immediately, instead of from the 15th to the 20th of March, which was the period originally spoken of. When I say immediately, I mean that the public is led to expect the momentous event within a few hours. I meet, however, state that hee l Majesty, accompanied by the Emperor, was men in an open caleehe in the Champs Elysees so lately as half-pest three this afternoon. Dr. Paul Dubois, the celebrated accoucheur, who has been selected to attend the Empress, has taken op his abode in the Tuileries sin* the first of the month. It is announced that the grand master of the ceremonies is abet to promulgate a programme for the oeremonial for the birth (sie) and the and/femme (half baptism) of the prince, and priceeimes, children of the Emperor. The Congress met for the fifth time to-day. The sitting commenced at two o'clock, instead of at one as heretofore. The opening of the Bourse wasexceedingly heavy, bet in the course of the day there wu a strong upward movement, brught about by numerous pur chases for cash. After being es lo or. as 72fr. and 72 fr. 60e. the Rents sprung up to 721 r. 40c. and 7Sfr. 10e., closing with a ries of 30c. for cash and 26e. for account. Credit Mobilise rose Oft. A report that this society is about to issue a new series of oblige tions was contradicted. Railways were firm at the end of the day, but there was no very great rise. Lyons fell bfr., and Lyons and Mediterranean 10fr. 'Austrian and Victor Emmanuel wen in demand, the latter especially I they rose 2fr. 600. The ;Steele advocates the establishment on the Paris Bourse of a Boomed corps of bill-brolters, which would facilitate the negotiation et commercial paper, and thus give extension to private trade. Marshal Priam Jerome gave a grand dinner yes terday to Count Orloff, Baron Brunow, Count de Hatzfeldt, Baron de Beebach, M. Fould, M. Abba toad, the Count de Morey, lbc. In the evening there was a second wire* given by his Imperial Highness to the plenipotentiaries, which was in all respects es brilliant as the first. Prince Jerome wore on this occasion the Grand Cordon of the Russian Order of ht. Andrew, the insig•ia of which were sent to him directly by the Emperor Alexander after the con elusion of the treaty of Tilsit in 1807. A bill presented to the Corps Legislatif on the first day of the session, proffers a valuable boon to the families of military odious and soldiers. Hitherto the pension granted to widows of odious and soldiers killed in battle or dying of wounds was *sly the fourth part of the maximum retiring allowance to which the officer or soldier, if living, might have been entitled to. It is proposed to increase this pen sion to one-half of the maximum. In other words, the pension is to be doubled. Thus, the widow of • lieutenant will henceforth have a pension of 800 in stead of 300, and the widow of • c►ptain 800 instead of *l4OO. Of course, it would be next to impossible for any lady to exist even upon the increased allowance, but, owing to the regulations of the French army with regard to the marriage of officers, all officers' widows are presumed to have some property of their own. It was an old rule of the service that no officer meld marry unless be meld prove that his wife would have 1300 fr. a year of her own; and by a new regulation of some years' date this amount has been increased to 1,200 fr. The feat number of the Proms du Pas de Calais We how ea all sides shit tsar. dree have broken oat is the seigabeeritowl of Valesoisease sad Dotal, Rai is the Somme, star Albert; bat we will sot believe thew reports farther thee the teethed this say eatortesately be proved to se. We t eve already too nosy real ollarsities to deplore, to add to the list patoitaisly. A Paris letter ia the Zedipsoulassee says: Tbero is a talk of tbo rotissat of lb. ototoot of as la- `portsat doperteteat La the ewt4weet of Prase*, who is alleged set io hive webbed the yr Taw of carat toestiee with ealleitat •igilseoe. I eliellritera to ilia sableet, sad speck ac» explicitly. should 60 feet be etedraed. .. _ . The mate letter says: Thera is still sous agitation la the Qtastist Latin, sad some strdeete Sr. noosed from time to time. An settees, formerly well known at the Opera Consigns, Madame Desbroesss, has jail died at the &deepest' age of 92. The Abbe Delman, vioarleneral of the diem' of Contemns, has been named Bishop of Levin. in the room of Mgr. Bailles, resigned. Mdlle. Raehel has received clamorous vhdta from distinguished plumps MCI his Mara to Paris. Not witimmadieg the lases mid& obi Ls said to have mastalsed by be: vidtto Auntie'. she neetlams tb embellishments el her hotel la t►e Rite nudes, ea t►e most ezpeasive seas. The Pans correspondent of L. Aor i, writes of the third tifroatos of the Plenipotentiaries This Intim wee elude extrsoisly isterestiao by the itsportamee of the goes hose disceised, end by the unitaskable ability displayed by Coast °rice The latter spoke mend Sows with • atol. lucidity sad (mishaps', whisk captivated all the plcaipetes- Usti's, eves the meet p , jed'eld. The Coast made maws a Ivo two leediap palate, bat oat sted the demobilise of the Tract-Caue , e'as dotaaaitod by Berland. The hemostat pro'seet byeintatOeoff wean deep mad general. that (bete la ream to believe that the Emma of Bailee* will sat be mislaid. Nothing wee doss' et tid amine." The Emancipation of Brew& Mites that the work fog sulkers sad sureties of /stomp Mak es Yesilay Wt. PORTUGAL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam t Sultan, Captain Reil Cook, Admiralty agent t Joha O. Robins, R.N., arrived at South aaspNa yeeterdsywith the Peninsular mails. Her data were--Gibraltar, Feb. 27 ; Cadiz, 29 ; Lisbon, March 1 ; Oporto, 2 ; Vigo, 2. lii. Majesty Prince Charles Bonaparte was a pas senger from Cadiz to Lisbon. Our correspondent writes : LISBON, M•acir 1. Senor Fonts. has read his further financial re port to the deputies. Appended are bills for the loan of a million and a half,and at he contract for the Central Peninsular Railway. Besides this it is proposed to annul the soap monopoly, and to place the adminie. tration of the tobacco contract in the hands of go- vernment after May, 1858. Several duties are redaced, and to make up the deficiencies a property tax is projected. These matters are referred to the finance committee, who, it is thought, wish to be folly apprised of the whole of the minister's policy before proceeding to frame their report. Some sur fs felt at the feeling of opposition which Ma betrayed itself lately to the financial pro assts, and which by the way is greatly strengthened the distrust in the expediency of the edit Mobilier taking so large a share in the execution of public works. Many people assert that this is a faux par on the part of his Excellency, and that Mr. Thornton and his other supporters, will not ears to see the material guarantee for their loan, which is represented in the prosperous development of railways, and similar undertakings, placed wholly and solely in the hands of the French company. In the be , however, of these drawbacks, the general impreerion appears to be that Senor Fontes will have a majority in his favour on the various points of his policy coming to an issue. The exponent of the Saldanka administration, the Bevolueao de Setembro, speaking on this subject, says that in the event of Senor Fontes being unable to carry his projects in the Cortes, the ministry cannot exist. The Chamber of Peers are occupied with the discussion of the reply to the throne. A requisition, signed, by several of the British merchants, is sent by this packet to the chairmen of the Manchester Commercial Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Its object is to point out the enormous rates of postage levied on letters by the packets, the collective amount, including what is paid in England and on delivery, being equivalent to 4s. 2d. par oz. The object of the petition is to bring this matter before government whibt they are on the subject of the Spanish postal arrangements, and it complains chiefly that not only is the rate of postage to this country dearer than to any other part of the world, but of the 4.. 4d. per ounce charged by the Portuguese post-office for delivery ; one half, accord ing to the old treaty, is repaid to the British govern ment, who thee charge at the rate of about ss. Bd. per ounce from hand to hand. Besides this, another striking anomaly presents itself. By the British packets, a letter prepaid at the Lisbon poet-office oasts the same sum when sent to Cadiz as when sent to Buenos Ayres; and a letter may be sent to Eng land for Is. 9d. under half an ounce, but coming from England it oasts some 4.. under half an ounce. In foreign exchanges a fair amount of business ham been effected on London for this packet. Money, however, is in demand, and a good deal of paper re mained over. There.has also been rather more than the usual amount of continental paper, especially on Hamburg and Frame. The quotations are as follows :—London, at 30 days', 64/ to ;50 ditto, 54/ to 55 ; Hamburg, at 3 months ,' 49/ to ; Paris, at 100 days', 518; Am sterdam, at 3 months', 431; Genoa, at 3 months', 516. In stock the quotations are the following :—Three per Cent. Coupons, 41t to 42. Bank of Portugal shares from j per cent. discount to par: Bank of Oporto, 16 to 17 per cent. prem. Bank of Lisbon notes, j per cent. discount. ROMAN STATES. (non eon own cosassrohhurr.) HOME, FRB. 29. The Americans in the Eternal City met together last Friday, at a commemoration dinner given in honour of Washington. About sixty gentlemen, residents and visitors, sat down to table, the o ffi ce of chairman being filled by the Hon. Mr. Quinsey, for merly mayor of Boston, and member of Congress. A number of speeches were made, amongst which, as may be easily imagined, some contained forcible comments upon the present diplomatic difficulties between the governments of Great Britain and the United Stang. John Bull was represented as being in rather a growling and irritable condition at the prospect of peace being concluded before he bad fairly toaght out his fight with Russia, and his in human, requiring some vent, would, it was appre hended, urge him to proceed to actual fisti cliffs in his quarrel with Brother Jonathan. The power of the British navy aid the preparation of the country for war, es contrasted with the utterly unprepared situation f the United Butt', would, it was admitted, bring a tremendous " whippieg" upon the latter country tar the first six months after the declaration of hostilities, but it was augured that American energy and patriotism would subnquently turn the balance in favour of the stars and stripe', and sweep the Union Jack from the Nukes of the ()cern. When warlike topics were disposed of, Mr. Qutnaey moved a proposition for raising funds towards the erection of a statue at Paris to the memory of Gent eel Lafayette, with whom he had been personally acquainted during the general's residence in the United States. A committee of ways and means was nominated, with instructions to enter into com munication with the United States minister residing in Paris, and find out what degree of support the plan might expect in that quarter. It is probable that, should the undertaking be realised, Mr. Craw ford, the talented American sculptor established in Rome, will be charged with the execution of the monument. Mr. Macdonald, the sculptor, has just completed an admirable but of Cardinal Anton.lli, in which he has succeeded in preserving a very wroog resemblance, at the same time that he has softened down the somewhat harshly marked features of his Eminence. The but wee modelled at the Vatican, but the Car dinal has promised to pay the artist a visit at his studio ere long, and give him a final sitting for the Spilling of the marble. Mi:itary bickering, in Rome, and the pot-house quarrels of the Swiss and Roman soldiers, have been put a stop to by the authoritative voice of General Farina, Minister of Arms, who has declared to the officers of the different corps that if their men cannot live together in peace and harmony he will send all the regiments into provincial garrisons, and keep only the Preach troops in the capital to watch over the safety of the Supreme Pontiff. The sacred Rota tribunal has just decided a long pending lawsuit between Mr. Macpherson, the photo- graphic artist, and a Roman picture dealer, from whom he had purchased a lot of pictures about 16 years ago for a hundred acadi, one of which, upon being cleaned, proved to be an original performance by Michael Angelo, according to the opinion of the best judges, and the written certificates of Minardi, Cornelius, and other eminent artiste. The dealer im mediately sued for his picture back again, or the value, amounting to 20,0001. or 30,0001. After years of litigation. to the great benefit of the Roman lawyers, Mr. Macpherson is to keep the picture, and the dealer is to rotund the costa of the mut, if ha has the wherewithal. of La Prase communicates WOW remarkible particulars of the proceedings at the Porte when the Sultan's new /met, confirming and extending the privileges of his non lidnasulman subjects, was read before the chief digni taries of the empire. It is customary, he states, es state ceremonies of the Porte, for a atria to pro ' novae. a prayer, and a fenetienary especially charged with this duty is permanently attached to the official eta. Oa the day ofreadiag the halt, the dowidji, as this person b celled, was absent. The Sheik al-Islam made a spa to another am a renowned preacher at Caostantieople, and a mem ber et the Coined of Instrestioe, to implore the favour of Allah ea the work. After some hesitation the alum advanced, and raising his hands to Hasa, a posture which all presort, the patriarchs , included, mourned, he pronounced a prayer in the Arab tongue. In this prayer the names of Mo. hammed, Omar, Abon-Bekr, and other prophets, were of frequent recurrence; the name of Itebh-ul-moa• lemin, the Lord of Musulmano, was employed, instead of Rebh-01-alemein, Lord of mankind, and a consecrated phrase calling for the destruction of the unbelieving was also heard. In short, the prayer was a fiery protest to Heaven against what had just been done. According to the expression of a pasha who was very much displeased with the ulema it was an anathema. Very few of those present under. stcod this prayer; it is doubtful whether the Sheik ul-Islam; was of their number. The caimakan, or lieutenant of the Grand Vizier, determined not to accept the responsibility of such an act, rose at once, and m a few firm sentences, energetically expressed, I summed up the imperial will. Other ministers, the Seraskier among them, hove since said they knew Inothing of what wee going forward. MOLDAVIA. The Star of the Danube publishes the rescript on liberty of the pm. addressed by Prince Ghika t o his Administrative Council, on the 2nd ult. The opening sentences of this document are remarkable, time and place being considered. The Prince says: "A free presa offering the only means of forming pnblio opinion, and being more especially needful to a country which has chosen the path of progress, able also often to instruct the Government itself as to the wants of the nation, I enjoin ray Administrative Conn• cil to give its immediate and serious consideration to this subject, and to prepare a bill which may be sub mitted without delay to the general Divan." SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 27. The important resolution of the Swedish govern ment for the fortification of this metropolis—which I telegraphed to the Express—is a proof of the fear that estate in the highest quarters ther,soocer or later, Russia will take an opportunity of picking a quarrel with Sweden to revenge herselt for our signing the treaty of November with Francs and England, and this fear lase not been removed by the very elastic wording of the fifth article of the preliminaries of peace. It is tree that the entrance from the sea is commanded by the Castle of We:holm ; but it is not from the sea side that any serious attack is to be apprehended, nor is it the strength and number of the Russian fleet that create any uneasiness, for our own is in the most efficient state, and able to cope with them, under ordinary circumstances, on equal terms; besides which, the treaty of November secures us the support and assistance of England and France in case of war. Bot we cannot conceal from ourselves the danger we may incur from a coup de main on the part of Ramis in the winter,when the allies would not be able to come to our assistance on account of the ice, which would, on the other hand, greatly facilitate the Russian operations, and a whole army could easily craw over from Finland on the ice, and soddenly appear under the walls of Stockholm. To prevent and be prepared for such a contingency is the object in view, but the technical manner of effecting it mast naturally be very different from the fortifications of other cities, from the singular topographical position of Stock. holm and the peculiar geological formation of the country. Whoever is at all acquainted with this oity, and the rocky foundation on which it is built, will understand immediately that the usual mode of fortifying towns with ramparts and ditches would be utterly impracticable and out of place hero; whilst, on the other hand, the numerous rocky islands and islets in the Maelar, rising precipitously from oat the sea, offer great natural facilities which can be turned to account by our military engineers at a compare. tively small expense, thus forming a chain or circle of detached forte, capable of supporting each other, and defending the city sgainst any sudden attack. The groundwork of this plan is already in ex. iatenoe, for the situation of the so-called Cu. tellholm points it out as one of the chief positions in the proposed chain of fortifi cation.. It is now only armed with a few guns, which are need for firing signals and salutes, and a part of our ships of war are stationed there. For some time past—in fact, ever since, and in consequence of General Canrobert'a memorable min• sion—there has sprang up a dissensionin the Cabinet, which his now reached such an extent that a partial change in the ministry is on the eve of taking place. Amongst the ministers who go out are Coact Palm. stjerna (Finances), and BATOO Stjerneld (Foreign Affairs). The present au bassador at Copenhagen, Lagerheim, is designated u the new Foreign Mi. Disler, whilst others expect to see oar representative at St. Petersburg, General Nordin, recalled from his post and entrusted with the portefeuille of Foreign Affairs. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRAUTT, MARCH 6.—APPOINTMENTS.--Cap tel. C. 0. Hayes (1846) to the L•cperd, 18, paddlt-wheel steam frigate. of 660 hone powtr, MeditedrAneen station Ths following officer+ hove been aproioed t command gunboats: Lieutenants E Hardinge (1852), to the Braes; W. L. Wilson (1854),t0 the rpy ; N Salmon, to the Ant; and W. Howarth to the Angler. Licat,nants J. A. F. Luttrell (1855), to the Batilick, 6, paddle-wheel steam door, cf 4W-ions power. r,t Ports mouth; an. , . C. Le Homier (1836), to the Urgent, if= straw steam core ship, of 450-horse sower, Mediterranean station. Paymaster C. A. Thorne (1847). is the Algiers, 90, ;crew steam ship, of 460-hone power, blediterreneen ration. Naval Cad. t. A. J. Ellington, L A. Faber and H. M. Douphty to tte Agamemnon, 91, resew 'tam Olio, of 600- In roe power, Median tation ; L. Cl. J. Betany, d. St V. Jenkins, C. J. Balfour, 8. Owlet, end E. B. P. Kelso, to the London, 90, Mediterranean statio'. Orden were sent to Southampton yesterday to provide aceommaation on board the rt•em transp:rt Great Wecern, belonging to the royal mail steam packet com pany, for the cionvryance of the following trot ps to the Ram. on the 11th inst., viz., one once r, 20 men, and 40 horses of .ho Royal Artillery ; 13 , fficere cf the Royal En gingen, 300 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, 10 ser vants, and 6 horse. The ship (Great Weaterc) is to be victualled by the government. GIBRALTAR, Fen. 27. The Alma p whet. Captain Evans, fr int Soathainptrn, is detitned In port by the severity of the weather. The Sydney Has (ea), Captain Waster., ia now coaling at the NOV Mole. end will kam immediately afterwards for London. The Killingaworth (sweat transport), coaled yesterday, sad re. mains at archor o ff Ruggeri nub ready to wowed to England. me Retriever (at.), Captain Barrett, out into the bay during ths night front Halts on bee way to Deptford. The British steamer Outtenburg. Carrain Elder. attired restate, from Leedom, laden with gunpowder, &r.„ for Genoa and innetaatt. Twee. Ski will goal es soon es the weather permit; and then re. sums bee voyage to the eastward. The Cleopatra (e.t.). Captain Walter Paton, which arrived at 11 in 7 days ham Portammth, eapn lensed very rough weather during the pulse out. CHINA.—Tbe following is an extract from a psi. rote letter from Point de Galle, of Feb. 1 : We loft China on the 15th at 2 p.m., and reached Singapore on the 20th at 6 p.m., doing the lemma in tiro days four hours. Th. Chine e robClion is over es far as the ports aro concerned, bet the r .bili still hold Na. kin and Ching.keang too. This liner place is in danger of c ipitulation, and should that smot take puma and the communication between the two Strongholds cf the rebels be cut off, it is probable Nankin will be evacuated. In tie immediate neighbourhood of Canton all is quiet, arid foreigners may ram ft r miles an molested. There is also a great reduction in the daily M eson :time. The disaffi cted have breonvi pirates. At Hag-Kong it is dangeroas to walk ta Happy Valley or out side of the town without carrying a sosolver; and even nicretwate homes hero been attacked by ribb,n—Jer dine's, for instaace, has boon rebind. Maio fur Australia should co; be sent via India. Thin era some toles of mails now in the Post-Afios, Sinners, that have been there liar mouths. Some rf them cootain thane for the sea r cfSzer at Sydney. The Styx, Grecian, and Rattler have MU berm.. Tho Nubia passel Point de Gallo on the 30th alt. THE INDIA MAILS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.; aeliet Ave, Captain Jame, S. Field. Admiralty agent, Lieut. B arrow, R.N., arrived et Foatb ampton rot cloy with the heavy 'mien of the ladle and China mails. Her ta'n w•re—Alesandria, Feb. 22: Matra, Feb. 26; Gibraltar, Mardi 1. She brought SI pat. semipro, amongst whom ware Lieutenant klack.ti, Captain Nam, Cartaist Jams, Vestment Baker, Major Gettutie, Y. Shertmad, He* and Mrs. Wallis, Captain sad Mrs. Wtooksw, Coked ld.Caolay, Captain Vestbantosebengh, Lieutenant Blytb, Colonel end Mrs. War. rater, sod N“. ISt Oa the 27th, Colonel Brodie At Malt. wore at am crampon. Aes- Dalian, Nos. 147, 25, 173, 61. 178, B.i, 1 18 . 25 . 187, 811, is la'. 37 29 N , Im. 9 59 E , the Ass posed the steam transport Simla severieg to the westward. At Gibraltar were Use steam tran•ports Peninsula end Pleaser. At Malta an re H. 11.5. Hannibal..lith gag of RotavAdadral Houdin B:ewer - , Princess Royal. Royal Albert, Agamemnon, St. Iran u'Acre, Curlew , and Swal low. At Uibrellar was 1111.9 Arie'. Oa Fat. 29, in lat. 36 N.. 1 la. 1.30 W., ezekaeged numb rs with company's Maass Alamo