The Express. — London, England, 1863-02-14 00:00:00

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Mr. Compton and L Keelay.—And OUR MARY ANN& Mr. Clark and Mho Harlow. Tem ITIMBIO, LAW r. fArri.-ONiGOOD TURN DESERVIB ♦ IQUET Mr. B. Eoiby sad NW Amy Bodck.— And BIQUZT WITH THE TUFT ; or, Hariogabt and Mother Shlpton. Moms. ILILano, B. Power, sad islord; Ina A. Oolllnoon. LYCZUX. Tina Evastad, A BODDIEN ATTACK. Mean. Widdlamab. Gareen, and Shore; Miss Massada and Wu Les—And THY DUKES Morro. Mean. Yachter, G. Timing, Brougham, and Maymond lemma C. Lealarog, IL Terry, and Elaworthy. BRITANNIA. Tun EVEITira. the Pantomime, ABOR RAMAN. Rea lAae : Mama Imo. Loa* Nmaall. sad Rdßalltaptusa ; Teas Hama =ld his two Maba—THE CIRCLET OF OOLD. Was Sophy llnea—Aad NARY IDNONBTONE.—Commence at half-put IC HIGI VAT= AT LONDON BEIDGI. T DAT Masks OIL rts.....ANarsoos.loh. Oa 204101111011.41kaaix& 1111. lesa.....Absesoas. Ob. Cui. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14. Tin whole aspect of Continental politics has been totally changed within the space of a fort night. Never was there a fairer prospect of tran quillity than that which shone forth in January, 1863 ; so strong was the tendency to quiet, that no provocation seemed likely to destroy it. The King of Paussu's outrage upon the Constitution, the French pressure upon Italy, the Suweir's autocratic freak—events which would have been serious under some circumstances, caused not more than a ripple in the current of 1863. But all this has been completely changed by the duration and gravity of the Polish insurrection. Previous to that event the " parties of movement" in every country had been forced to admit that the present was no season for action. There pre vails annually, we know, through the unsettled portion of Europe, a belief that something great and wonderful is to take place in spring. It is always given out:that discontented populations are to rise at that season ; and, seldom as the prophecy is fulfilled, there are whole populations who live in expectation of it. For the present year such announcements were too absurd to gain credit. When suddenly a spark, which Russian tyranny most wantcn'y struck forth, has calmed an explosion in Poland which threatens to set fire to the combustible matter heaped plentifully in every country and every race around. The effect in Germany has been electric. The Duke of Skis Comma, who had at first been gladdened by the prospect of leaving the scene of German politics during the syncope of Prussia, felt at ono, that no German, much less a liberal Prince, could abandon the fortunes of his Fatherland. The King of Peussia took the alarm, and, true to the retrograde policy on which he has embarked, went to consult, not his Chambers and his people, in such a catastrophe, but the Russian autho rities. There has been, indeed, and still might be under other circumstances, antagonism between the Slavonic and Teutonic races on the Oder and Vistula. But both are now indignant with their despotic Monarch, who threatens nothing less than prolonged servitude. Patriotic Germans will never be brought to join in a war-shout for maintaining the partition of Poland. And them,' who are for nationality at home must commence by recognising it abroad. The Biwa has other sentiments, and will no doubt, in obe dience to them, concentrate his army in the Eastern Provinces. All this opens a wide field for the contingent and unforeseen, and at the same time entails on the leaders of the German Union , duties which they cannot ignore. Meantime Austria has mistimed an attitude by no means hostile to the Polhill revolution. Whatever Lord PAr.stenerow may say, Austria, even the Austria of Merrszeicii, by no means showed itself the foe of Polish regeneration. , Living under the shadow and the menace of Russia, Austria, under any government or mi nister, must welcome so salutary a re-establish ment of the balance of power in the east of Eu rope as the restoration and reunion of Poland can alone effect. The Court of Vienna might not, indeed, be prepared to cede Galicia without a territorial indemnity, which was far more easy to point out and promise in 1831 than it is now. But a resuscitated Poland, which would at once relieve Austria from the pressure of Russia, and deprive the Czaa for ever of the pretension of being chief of the Slavonic race, and which would at the same time separate Russia from Prussia, and leave the latter power dwindled, disgraced, and unpopular, would augment Austrian prepon• deranee in a degree which would more than coun terbalance even the loss of Galicia. The effect of a Polish revolution upon France would, however, be far more serious than any effects which it might have even on Austria and Prussia. The sympathies of the French people for Poland are far greater than any which existed towards Italy. And to maintain the Russian alliance, on condition of frowning upon the efforts of the Poles, would beget an amount of unpopularity in France, which, we may be certain, the ENP/1101 will not face. The ends for which France at first sought the Russian alliance have been ►ttained. The attitude of the Court of St. Petersburg and of its army certainly aided Naroxaos in his Italian campaign. But Russia, crippled as she is and must be, could never, at least not for a lifetime, render any efficient support to French schemes of ambition whether upon the Rhine or in the Levant. Such schemes, moreover, there is every reason to believe, are for the present abandoned. There is but one power with which France could take counsel in so weighty an affair, and that is England. Downing-street, to be sure, can be neither adventurous nor lavish. But its adhe sion to any great act of European policy is a tower of strength. The opinion and something more than the opinion of France and England united might, for example, prevent the Court of Berlin from rushing headlong into a contest which may involve it, too, iu serious difficulties. And Austria might receive from the same quarter encourage ment to persevere in the neutral attitude which it has taken up. At all events the conditions of the Treaty of Vienna ought to be invoked for Poland, and Russia called upon in the name of Europe to give up its system of oppression and extirpation. Tae loyal inhabitants of Regent-street are just now on their mettle. Whatever these enterpris ing tradesmen take in hand they carry through with spirit. Just now all their anxiety is to find out how they may most suitably celebrate the arrival of the Princess ALIXANDRA and her pas sage through the capital three weeks hence, and we may be sure that nothing that taste can devise or open-handed liberality execute will be omitted. A meeting for this purpose was held at St. James's-hall on Thursday, when the important subject was seriously discussed. After much deliberation as to the best way of express ing their zeal and attachment to the Royal house they came to the conclusion that nothing leas than devoting the handsomeststreet in London tothe pur pews of the day would meet the case. It was there fore resolved—" That the householders of Regent " street, being desirous of celebrating the arrival " of her Royal Highness the Princess ALLWIDRA " in a manner befitting the auspicious and joyful " occasion, and in such form as shall at the same " time present tangible proof of the warmth and " cordiality of their greeting, unanimously resolve "to use every exertion in their power to insure ' " the procession passing along Regent-street en " route to Paddington, it being universally ac " knowledged to be the finest thoroughfare in the " metropolis, and so eminently adapted for " the purposes of • demonstration such "as is contemplated by its inhabitants." There can be no doubt that the loyalty of this pro ceeding will be highly appreciated in the proper quarter ; but we fear that the wishes of the inha bitants of Regent-street cannot be gratified except by an alteration of the arrangements for the worse. According to the account we published yesterday, the procession on leaving Trafalgar-square will move along Pall-mall, ascend St. James's-street, thence pass by Piccadilly to Hyde-park-corner, pass through Hyde-park, leaving it by the Marble-I'W-, for t►e Great Western Station. In the present state of London it is a great recommendation of this route that it is practicable. There is no reason to fear that a cortate advancing by it would suddenly find itself in an i,npasae, and be brought to a full stop. Have the inhabitants of Regent street no misgivings about their own thoroughfare? Can they look at that great, ugly encampment of intercepting sewer contractors in the Oxford-street Circus and say that they really have a decent " thoroughfare " to offer ? There is another interest which those who have the ordering of this procession were bound to con sider, and for which it seems to us they have very fairly provided. The route recommended and the route chosen pass alike under the windows and bal uonies of the sumptuous classes; but one of them far sui passes the other in the facilßies it offers for a grand demonstration of popular feeling and the gratifica tion of popular loyalty ; only one of them passes through the Park. This is an important difference. The good wishes for the Panama and her future husband which will go up in the acclamations of half a million of people as the Royal pair pass from Hyde-park Corner to the Marble Arch will be as sincere and unanimous as those which will greet them in Pall-mall, and it k right that the half million should be made parties to the public welcome. Without them the reception of the Panic-zee would not be complete. It is proper, too, that the Princess AL/SANDRA should have an opportunity of seeing what an English popular demonstration is like, and with what kind of people she has come to cast in her lot. But, were the Regent-street route chosen, the procemion through the Park must be given up, and the Mumma would be welcomed by only so many of the people as could be crammed into Salford the streets. For there, among other reasons, we do not expect that Sir GEosoa ()sax will be able to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of Regent:aireet, but realer that the latter, when the various bearings of their proposal have been pointed out, will acquiesce in the wisdom of the present arrangements, and adapt theirloyal demon sttstion thereto. Zbe Court. WINDSOR CASTLE. Pa 13. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, atteeded by Lieut.• Colonel Du Plet. The Countess Blather had the honour of accompiiiyieg her Itejedy. The Priam and Princess Louie at Rem took a carriage drive. The Prime of Wales, attended by Lient.-Oenaral Racily' sad Major Teesdale, left the Castle WI morning for Saver *aka where hie Royal Rightleal win remain for a few days ea a visit to the Marquis sad Marebionees of Aileabary. A deputation from Bristol in opposition to the tiers Bill for the Improvement of the Navigationrtr. Avon bed an interview with the Right Ron. T. Milner Gibson and the Right Hon. W. Butt yesterday at the aloe of the Board of Trade. The Rigbi Bev. Dr. Collier bad an interview wish the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. The Mayor of Quebec also had an interview with his trace at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Warrington Union had an inter 'View with the Right Hen. C. P. Yillien yesterday at the Mks of the Poor-law Ward, Whitehall. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yester day from Bowden•perk. Tim Pinto' or WALze.--lELAvitsmaxs, Wm* Fn. 13.—This morning his Royal Highness the Prime. of Weise and suite arrived here by special train on the Greet Western Railway, on • vied to the Marquis of Ailesbery, at &v.cuake Park. The noble marquis received his royal highness on alighting from the kilo, and the Wilts yeo manry and • body of tile volatile= were on duty d the station. Pings were boiskd es every available .pd, and the greatest enthrals= was shown by the kegs seeembisse of persons who had congregab d to give thePeince • hearty reception into Wiltshire. His royal higher, left the eta ties in a carriage and four. for Siverake Perk, where he will be entertained until the early part of next week. This expected that his royal highness will shoot with the mar quis in the forest. and it is rumoured that he will Lamm the reset of the Craven Hunt with his presence price to his departure. Every demonstration al loyalty wee m•aifeeled at Husgerford sad other points of the Prince's Jeurray, along the Berth and Hants line. The train was under the charge of Mr. Kelley, the chief asperlateadest e/ the Great Western Railway. His Royal highness the Prinoe of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, honoured the Photographic Exhibition., in Suffolk-street, with a visit no Thursday evening, and wee mush pleased with the excellent and extensive collectlos of pictographs exhibited. *Pe 1 Blackburn --.. Bolton Burnley Bury . Charley Chi. °l°.°,- Bunnies iii=rdok rimier, IfflimilP Olean — PreOle I.9 — cia6 etyma, temildp TodotarksaStockport Warrbstes Wigaa - rro itlom tlft. 6 Amg . 1 4.5 4255, Total _ 81,003 836 661 385 Fs i 1,1118 2118 411 148 PUN 85. MU' 7711 118 661 603 218 L 1 14.94 0 -1 516, ,, 62 !nouns • No return received trees the Preston Union for this week. The return given abo►e Is that of the previous week. FREDH. PUB.DY, Statistical Department. Poor•law Board, Feb. 19,1863. The Mansion-house Committee held their weekly' . meeting yeaterday ; W. Caron, Esq., preddrd, and Messrs. Cotton, Morley, Armitage, Lyoett, Dilberoglue, Barber, and Gibbs were present. Mr. Pickering. the ca sh ier, submitted his financial statement to the committee, from which it appeared that during the week, 2,1271. had been received from home, and 3,4181. from colonist and other re source*, making a total of 6,546/. The total sum received up to Thursday night wee 434,0101. The applications for relief were not so numerous as usual, and upon due coasideration the committee made the following grants :—Dankhit and Kaandey sewing chum, 1001. ; Hyde. 1,000/. ; Stalybesiss, 1.5001. ; Crompton, 2501. ; Blackburn, 2 , 0001 . ; Oldham, 1,0201. ; Hawkshaw.lane, 501. ; Ribchester, 1001. ; Charles. worth mewing clam. 251. ; Balderrtene, 401. ; Balm, 2501. (for four weeks) ; Sealeshory, 504 u weeks) ; Newton Heath, 2001. (for four weeks) ; West Houghton, 1001. ; Hurst, 2001. ; Nearside, 751. ; Toelcholes, 301. ; Longton, 1001. ; Newchtush, 2001 . ; making a total of 7,2901. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1863. THE DII3TRES IS IN LANI The following is the variation in the amount of pauperism in the undermentioned twenty-one unions, on a comparieon of the first week of Fe bruary with the fifth week of the last month. The total number of paupers in the fifth week of January in the section of unions marked (a) was 40,560 ; rn the section (b), 3,720 • and in the section (c), 191,040 ; together, 238,220. The aggregate popu lation of these unions is 2,080,000. (a) Two Unions bays more : Paupers. Liverpool Preston . 130 Total l5O (b) One Union is in respect of the amount of dwuperion the same as in the previous week : Glossop. (c) Eighteen Unions have ler : Ashton-under-Lyne Amen. Blackburn Bolton l6O Burnley Bury 330 Charley Charlton Hailingden 460 llaceissield 7O Ilawissakw 7lO Oidbiun Rochdale 540 Saddleworlit Salford Stockport Todmordon 320 , 3O 990 Warrington Wigan „... 110 Total Net decrease in the pauperism of the wh , In the eight weeks ended with January, lit week February, 1863 ole district : 1t63 41,990 5,680 Toial RIFINDFRJRZ FOR ODT•It6IV BERG 111 1. The average of out-door relief for 18 expended in the first week of February, expenditure of the 19 weak' last past 47,670 uzutss, 1862. eh. 2. Amount 163. 3. The total Unions, de. os.q . g .044: COPPZE AND EATING HOUSE KEEPERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. The twenty-sixth annual festival of the friends and sup porters of this ameeistion was mistimed last night at the London Tavern, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR, who was supported by the sheriffs and the leveling officers of the institution. The cloth having been removed and her Majesty's health havineosa drunk, His LOnDS=., in felicitous and appropriate terms, pro posed the health of the Prince of Wales. His royal Ingh am had had, he mid, the advantage of a meet liberal sad salightened education. Her Majesty and her late lamented Regal Consort had instructed him an those virtues beating bh high position, and his mind had been further expanded ezbeesive travel. He (the Lord Mayor) cordially hoped , the future career of his royal highne:s would be of a moat Musta:ous character, and that ell manner of happiness. as well domestic as matrimonial, might crown the royal nup ti.als which were now about to be celebrated. The toast was drink with the utmost enthusiasm. " The Array, Navy, and Volunteers" came next, kis lord ship being hunseir a distinguished member of the latter ht. Swum having replied to the tout, Hie LORDSHIP proposed the tout of the evening, " Su ess te the Coffee and Eating House Beepers' Benevolent Amochation," and in doing so said it gave him great t=nto advocate the interests of snob an insti.utioo. He tliat it was productive of a vast amount of good, and he likewise knew that its benefit' might be greatly en larged. In every particular business or tellies it was the duty of those who were prosperors to said those who were in a lee fortunate position. lodeed, he might say that it was in keeping with the law of Gel that a responsibility should rest upon the wealthy man to contribute to the mots of thus who were in straitened and impoverished circumstances. In the vicissitudes of life it would always happen that while toms got to the top of the ladder others would have to struggle in the middle, and the greatest num ber would fall to the bottom. They bad lately seen a great amount of distress in Lancashire arising ont of the want of one of our maned= • staples, and the charitable feelings which had been for the relief of that distress reflected the gresessh meat on the country. He might, however, say that the sub eetiptions which in ordinary seasons flowed into eseh tsrli tntiom as that in support of which they were met bed, to some extent been sent to the North. But in regard to those who had in nowise suffered from that calamity, but who on the contrary were in prosperous circumstance, he would say that the greater responsibility rested upon them to support their institution. It might be out of place for him to say more, for he was lure they would make a liberal response to the appeal which he had addressed to them on behalf of the susoesatioo. The toast was received with great enthusiasm. Alderman -and Sheriff LAW RIERCH then proposed the health of his lordship, whose private character and public virtues he highly eulogised, and his lordship having m en ned thanks, and several other touts having been honoured, the secretary (Mr. Rogers) announced that the subscriptions amounted to 1571. Mr. Harker officiated as teuitmester. The Marquis of Abero3rn and Vzseount Hamil ton have left Cheaterfield House, on a visit to the Marquis and Marohionem of Ailesbury, at &remake Forest, Wilts. The Earl of Craven and the Earl of Vernlam arrived in town last evening from Combs Abbey. Coventry. The Countess and the Like Craven are staying at Melton Mowbray, on a visit to the Earl of Wilton. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess of Delaware are passing the ~On at Si. Leopards-on-134e. Mr. Chichester Forteucue and Frances Countesa Weldagrame intend to return to town on Monday, from Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, for the aesoou. Lord and Lady Camoys and the Hon. Misses Stonor will return to town on Monday next from Stamm 'lenity- on•Thamea. The Speaker wiU give his drat parliamentary dinner this aveeimg at the New Pelson, Westminster. ILLWerel or ran BISHOP OF OzroßD. —The Bishop of Oxford WM last night to have delivered an ad dress to the employer of Mesas. Copestake, Moore, and Co.. but In the course et the thermos a telegram was re caved from hi lordship, to the effect that he was s. rioualy unwell, and consequently tumble to keep his ap. pointment ALAMEIN° CONDITION OF THE DUKE OF RUT. LAND.—On Thursday night an summing change took place in the moditioo of the Duke of Rutland, which has caused the utmost anxiety to a large circle of friends. A tele vaphie wiswage has been roxived from her Majesty the Qom, inquiring after his coodities, and the greatest fears are now entertained as to the duke's ultimate recovery. His , B raes is still lying at the George Hotel, Grantham. THE GAPE Laws—Mr. W. E. Forster has un tisetskos to more for • select committee on the game laws . ea the 3rd of March. LLTEW INTELLIGENCE. THE POLISH ALTITUDE OP THE GREAT POWERS. [ON. In semi-official quarters at Berlin, it is stated that a convention has been concluded with Russia rela tive to the marching of Prussian troops across the frontier in the event of the rebellion assuming greatly increased proportions. The Nord Deutsche AUgemeine Zeitung says : "The convention newly concluded with Russia re lates, it is said, among other things, to the treatment of Russian troops which pass over into Prussia. We hear that these will henceforward retain their arms." The Kreuz Zeitung (also semi-official) adds its belief that the convention extends to measures for obtaining the mastery of the insurrection, to which end the co-operation of Prussia may perhaps hereafter become necessary, and meanwhile it would appear that the forwarding of Russian troops through Prussian territory, and especially by means of the railway, is one of the points decided by the convention. The Indipendance, of yesterday evening, speaks of a long interview between the Russian minister at Paris and M. Dronyn de Lhuys. The en gagement between Russia and Prussia is said by the same authority to have caused a sensation at Vienna, London, and Paris, and "already a despatch is being concocted in the Chanoellerie of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to make known to the Prussian govern ment that the Emperor Napoleon sees it with regret depart in this case from the principle of non-intervention. The despatch es pecially dwells on the view that there are between Poland and Russia questions of international law, and of respect for treaties, which interest Europe, and not merely the powers which shared between them the kingdom of Sobieski." (11ZUTilea BTETTIN, Fire. 14. The Ostiee-Zeitung of to-clay has the following news respecting the Polish insurrection : " The insurgents have captured a courier bearing despatches from M. de Tengoborski to Baron Rad berg, Russian ambassador at Paris, and M. P. d'Oubril, Russian ambassador at Berlin, relative to the attitude of Prussia and Austria in reference to the insurrection, and accusing the latter power of encouraging the movement. " The insurgents also captured letters addressed by the Grand Duke Constantine to a foreign Princess and the Count d'Aquile, expressing his surprise at the outbreak of the insurrection, but at the same time stating his resolution not to abandon the course he has hitherto followed." BERLIN, Fn. 14. The convention between Prussia and Russia in reference to the Polish insurrection was signed on the Bth inst. SPAIN. MADRID, P. 13. Marshal Narvaez has paid a visit to the Queen and to Marshal O'Donnell. Senores Posada-Herrera and Regrete have been appointed councillors of state. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non 01:31 OWN COBINST'ONDINT.) PAB.D3, iramAT Emma. The address was voted yesterday evening, the "five" being the only dissentients. It must, I think, be admitted that, contrary to the expecta tion entertained at the opening of the session, the five have had a tolerably fair hearing to develop their amendments. Now and then, indeed, some of them were forced to sit down by the pressure of a hostile majority ; and last night particularly, M. Picard was violently prevented from replying to M. Baroche's very insufficient answer to M. Jules Favre's speech on the electoral lists and circum scriptions. But upon the whole the five have been able to turn to very good account the new privilege ,of having their speeches reported faithfully and fully. They have said a great many things which no:journalist would have dared to have printed ; and although it has been thought worth while by the authorities to prevent the humble classes who See no other paper than the Moniteur des Communes from knowing M. Jules Favre's , opinion on the Jecker bonds, yet the Moniteur and the Paris papers contain ample materials to enable the in telligence of the country to judge between the government and the opposition. The moat important speech of the whole debate was undoubtedly that of M. Billault on the Italian question. But all his eloquence comes merely to this—that the Emperor has got possession of Rome and means to keep it. This melancholy "solu tion" was suspected before, but now there is no doubt about it. M. Billault pretends, indeed, to believe it "not impossible" that the temporal power and the kingdom of Italy may be reconciled, but that is mere idle talk which deceives no one. The combination which the Emperor, aided by Count Walewski, M. Thouvenel, the Marquis de Lavalette, and even M. Drouyn de Lhuys himself, has so long been trying in vain to effect, must for all practical purposes, be deemed impossible. If the Pope would not budge an inch under M. Thouvenel's threat that, in default of radical re form, the Emperor would be tired out, and would solve the Roman question by himself, it is not likely that his Holiness will give way now that be receives the comfortable assurance that the Emperor's patience is inexhaustible. M. Billault's first and last word was, "we will wait." M. Emile 011ivier very truly said that this announce ment did, in fact, put an end to the Roman ques tion ; that " we will wait" would be the answer next year and the year after as well as now, and that the French government haddetermined on the indefinite occupation of Rome, while waiting blindly for events which it confessed itself unable to anticipate or to guide. M. Billault's pretance that the Emperor's policy in regard to Rome has never changed is refuted by many eloquent facts. It is re feted by the isolation of the five members in voting against th, paragraph on Rome on the ad dress, whereas last year there there was a minority of 91 against it. Now the Betters and Plichons, who last year were on the verge of rebellion, are practically satisfied with the Emperor's conduct to the Pope. It is refuted by the Constitutionne.l and Pays, eating their owu words—by the piquante dis closure made by M. Picard last night, that Viscount d'Anchald, who on his appointment had been made to sign his resignation in blank, was turned out of the Constitutionnel because he ventured to say that the subscribers might not perhaps relish being told that black was white, without some deoeut period of transition. It is refuted by the Pope having seriously asked M. Odo Russell in kagust last whether England would grant him an asylum, and then (after M. Dronyn de Lhnys superseded M. Thouvenel) pretending that he was only in joke. It is refuted by the testimony of M. Thouvenel himself in his place in the Senate, and it is refuted by the notoriety that while at Compiigne last autumn the Emperor suddenly turned round and adopted what is known as the policy of the Empress. According to all present appearances there is no hope of the unity of Italy as long as the Emperor has the power to prevent it. Meanwhile M. Billault's speech in favour of the Pope's miserable temporal power may possibly do immense harm to his spiritual dominion by widen ing that important schism which is every day mak ing rapid progress in that country. Victor Emma nuel's policy is now clearly to make himself a Henry VIIL Let him appoint to all the vacant bishoprics without consulting Rome, and if be go boldly to work he will find the mass of the Italian clergy, and almost all the laity, ready to support him. It appears from M. Baroche's explanation in the chamber last night that the evening papers misun derstood the import of the " third " species of official reports of the debates which the govern ment was "land " enough to furnish them with. The Patric, in a fit of confident enthusiasm, said that the whole solution of a vexed question was contained in this new instance of benevolent condescension. The Temps, on the other hand, looked with suspicion on the gift, and seemed to fear that the official summary was meant to super sede all other comments. Both journals turn out to be wrong. K Darimon asked yesterday whe Cher the intention of government was either directly or indirectly to prevent the journals from publish ing that article of discussion " which one cont steniqM of the Moniteur had deprived them of the right to publish, and which a second communigui had restored." M. Baroche replied that the right of " discussion" of the debates, whatever it might be according to the constitution, was in no way affected by the communication to the Paris journals of the short summary which has always been sent to the provincial papers, and which, owing to their limited space, they find very useful. The Duke de Morny raised a laugh by observing that there was never any harm in accumulated benefits. The matter re mains settled therefore in this way—there are three sorts of official reports which the journals are authorised but not compelled to reproduce at their pleasure—vis., a summary, an abridged but still voluminous report, and the textual report from the short-hand writer's notes which is given by the Moniker. Aid over and beyond this the journals have a right to discuss the speeches (appricier is the French word) so long as in this discussion and criticism they do not overstep the ill-defined line—the line, however, which K Troplong said was obvious to common sense— and which separates a critical article from a report. For the present the journals will go on as hereto fore. It is more than ever apparent that the "black man's visit," which struck a panic among them a week ago, was altogether uncalled for. But it is quite clear that as to the difficult and un defined course in which they are left to steer they are altogether at the mercy of the government. It is impossible to criticise a speech without quot ing or describing so much of it as is necessary to show to what the criticism refers. And the go vernment in the exercise of its arbitrary power may always treat that quotation or description as an unconstitutional and garbled "report" I hear in more than one quarter that the famous Jecker, who M. Billault represented the other day as being in some very remote quarter of the world, and in a dying state, is at this moment in Paris, but incog., and that great pains are taken to con ceal the fact of his presence. A letter from Marseilles states that the mouth of the Rhone, so constantly complained of by boatmen, is now in a worse condition than was ever known. The heavy weather which has pre vailed in the Mediterranean this winter has had the effect of damming up the entrances to the river to such an extent that no sailing vessel can now enter or leave, and in consequence all the coasting trade between Arles and Marseilles and Cette, and the other Mediterranean ports, is suspended. The Progris de Lyon reports that a slight, but at the same time welcome and nnlooked for, revival in the cotton trade has taken place at Roanne, where some workmen who had been driven to seek employment in the construction of the Bourbonnais Railway have now returned to their looms. It is hoped that this good symptom may be speedily followed by others. At the Bourse to-day the Bente fell 15c. for cash, and 10c. for account, closing at 70fr. 35c. and 70fr. 55c. Some of the railways, however, recovered the two or three francs fall of yesterday. The Daily News is seized. The Emperor and Empress of the French were parent on Wednewiay night at a splendid ball at the Aus trian embassy. According to the Presw, the Empress was attired as Juno, and Vera imam paniit Den. Some of the costumes seem to have been rather sacentrio—Princess Anna Murat representing Winter, and Countess de Pendgny a windmill ! ----- A Naples letter, of the 7th, in the Mats, says : —" The Duchess of Genoa is so pleased with Napalm, and the reception she has received there, that she intend' making a long stay. She has selected two Neapolitans as ladies of honour, the PADCOIIIIdi Piedmont. and the Duchess de Grisolia." _ _ A Vienna letter in the Times says :—"M. Ciev zeinki, the editor of a Polish paper published at Lemberg, has been condemned to three jean' imprisonment, the court having found him guilty of high treason. The preliminary examination of the unfortunate gentleman lasted 13 months, but still there are public men in England who maintain that the Austrian laws are well nigh perfect. . A few days ago there appeared in the columns of • conservative contemporary an absurd piece of satire, pur- porting to be a despatch from Cardinal Antonelli, and de signed to throw ridicule upon the recent offers of our government to the Pope. As the document profaned to be eatdosed is a note from • dimity legate of the Pope residing in Loanterequare, one might have thought that the cha racter of the " despatch" was made sufficiently conspicuous. But it has been taken as grand "rinse by several Parisian papers, and published ea • genuine document of vest political value. It has bees also socepted with equal faith by more than one influential Irish newspaper, and made the anima of articles, angratulating the Roman catholic world on Cardinal Antonelli's conclusive manifesto. The will of Miss Rosa Frances Lewis, of Cade pa-place. has been proved in London. This lady hsa left many charitable bequests, viz.:—To Si. George's Hos pital and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty.to Animals,2oo/. each; to the Brompton Consumptioe Hcepital, the Asylum for Idiots, Reigate, and the National School', tipper and Lower Clayton, 100!. each ; to the following institutions in Liverpool—the Blind Asylum, Deal and Dumb Institution, Blueaoat School, Ladies' Lying. In Charity, Christ Church National Schools, the Infirmary. Brownlow-hill, and the Dispensery, Vauxhall road, all in Liverpool, 2001. each. Miss Lewis built sad endowed, at a cost of 12,0001., the noble edifice, Christ Church, Ealing, and has liberally made provision for the erection of • parsonage hones and school to be attached thereto. By the death of this lady • sum of 10,0001., over which she had • life interest, under the will of her late brother, T. D. Lewis, Eeq., reverts to the National Gallery, the interest only to be laid out for general pur- With this bequest is also accompanied the portrait L7 s6 Sir Martin A. Shea, It.A., of hcr father, W. T. Lewis, Esq., the celebrated oomedias. aid part proprietor of Coyest Garden Theatre, of wham the testatrix was his eon died. The Yelverton Marriage ease has been set down for hearing co appeal in the House of Lords, but it will probably not be beard till immediately after the reassembling .1, el the home at the close of the Faster room CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELECTION.-(THIS DAY. in Jam u° CAIIBILIDGZ, SATURDAY. rord George John }fanners wan this morning elected without opposition, on the nomination of Major Pemberton, seconded by Major Tryer. GROSVENOR AND WATSTEND RAILWAY TEE MINUS HOTEL COMPANY (LIMIT6D.)-(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at noon, at the Hotel, Pimlico ; Lord durum Len nox in the chair. The report, which wee read by the secretary, Mr. J. T. Darks, after congratulatiog the proprietors on the swam which had attended the company's orations up to the dose of 1862, proceeded as follows: The gross receipt" from the 14th of April to the 31st December amount to 30,3661.65. 3d., and the expenditure for the name period has been 20,9541. 16s. 4d., leaving a surplus cash bellow of 9,4111. Pa. Ild., from which, after deducting • sum sufficient to cover liabilities of every description, there remains a net available balance of 8,1291. 14., for dividon. From this amount your directors recommend a deduction to be made of 10 per cent, equal to 8121., to be appropriated to a 'sinking fund,' to meet the depreciation and renewals of furniture, and the replacement of capital, and from the remaining 7,3171. 4s. to declare a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum upon the share capital of the company (free of income tax), which will together absorb 6,6131., leaving 7041. 4s. as • reserve fund, to be carried over to the next account. The directors, while recognising the part memo as exceptional in its character on hotels in general, through the ad ditional influx of visitors caused by the Great In ternational Exhibition, believe that its effect will prove more eePeemlly end permanently_ beneficial to this company by bringing the Grosvenor Hotel more prominently before the public ; in addition to which they have every reason to anticipate a large and valuable addi tion to their present connexion, when the passenger railway traffic at the Victoria terminus shall have assumed propor tions commensurate with the importance and advantages of its position and the number and magnitude of the lines (meant and prospective) now or shortly to become con nected at this point." The DriAlitltir, in moving the adoption of the ret, said to some it mg ht seem that the concern bad not been sufficiently successful, but to others it no doubt appeared that a dividend of 10 per cent. was too much, and that it would have been better to make • larger addition to the reserve fund. The shareholders had been for • long time without any return, and that fact had been taken into ac count by the directors in recommending a dividend of 10 per cent. In the year 1862 there were 34,000 visitors to the hotel. There bad been some mall losses incurred, but he was happy to see that • bill bad just been prepared by Mr. Wykeham Martin, to protect innkeepers against robbery. They had been obliged to lacer considerable expense in altering the locks, and the result of this was satisfactory. They would now have to contend with twelve other hotels, either constructed or in the course of being constructed; but owing to the admirable position of the Gros venor Hotel they would be able not merely to bold their own, but to make steady advances. The directors would, as far as possible, keep down the working expenses, though last year that was • matter of considerable difficulty. Lest year they were obliged to have • very large staff of servants, and the number could not be re duced all at once after the close of the Exhibition. He hoped that the visitors to the hotel would be as numerous this ems= as they were last. The capital account would, he believed, be closed for 160,0001. He should be sorry to see the share capital increased ; what he considered beet was that they should raise the 15,0001. required on mortgage at 4 or 4i per cent. After some discussion, the report was adopted, and the dividend recommended declared. At the evening meeting of the Royal Society on Thursday last, the Prince of Wales was unanimously elected a fellow of the society. We (Athemeam) believe that hi s royal highness, following the example of his illustrious father, will attend at some oocaing meeting of the society to sign his name in the Charter Book, and be formally admitted. . _ --- The anniversary meeting of the Geological So ciety will be held at the gaiety's apartments, Someone* Hoene, on Friday next ; and the annual dinner will take place the same evening at Willie's Rooms, Kingstree', St. James's. - -- - The annual soiree of the Photographic Society will take place on Friday evening next, in the Gallery of the Exhibition, Suffolk•street. It has been decided (says the Reader) that the annual archeological gathering for the present year shall be held at Rochester, under the presidency of the Marquis Camden, the President of the Kent Archeological Aiwa. dation. The sections of history, architecture, and early and medieval antiquities will be under the direction of the Very Rev. W. F. Hook, D.D., Dean of Chichester; the Rev. Professor Willis, F.R.S., President of the British Association ; and Lord Talbot de Bala:ids, respectively. It is said that Millie. Carlotta Patti will shortly arrive from America—under engagement to Yr. (lye. Mr. John Stuart Mill is about to publish a vo lume an " Utilitarianism." _ _ . Lient.-CoL Fisher is preparing for publication "A Narrative of Three Years' Residence in China in 1859• 1861." Col. Sir James E. Alexander announces "Incidents of the Maori War in New Zealand in 1860." Lieut.-Col. Campy Deputy-Adjutant-General in the Anetrallen Colo nise, has prepared "A Narrative of the War in New Zee land in 1860.1861." _ _ Mama Williams and Norgate have in the press ProL Huxley's new work, " Evideace as to ILaa's Place in Nature," Yams. Huxley and Hawkins's "Comparative Ostsology," Dr. Barlow's "Centribntions to the Critical Study of Dude's Divina Commedia," and Y. P. BarriZre's " Ecriraine Francais." Sir James Hudson is at present on a hunting party with Baron Ituaaoli, in the Tuscan marshes, belonging to the latter. It is confidently stated that Mr. Scrjeant Shee will have the offer of the first mosacy oa the judicial bench. The contract for the manufacture of ordnance be tween the government and the Myrick Ordnance Com pany is now to be terminated, "and I am induced," writes Sir W. Armstrong, "to join the friends composing that coos piny in the hope of rendering aid towards making their im portant establishment productive under ita altered circum stances. I have felt, however, that I could not join the company in a eapacity to be useful without causing undue interference with my official duties, and I have therefore decided on radioing my poet, although I still desire to render the government gratuitously any further assistance they may require." The Illustrated Times observes that there it an excellent precedent for sending a blind member to St. Stephen's. Colonel Burt, the friend and brother in arms of General Wolfe, lost the sight of both eyes—the officio of a wound received in action ; yet he sat in the house for ran afterwarda, and proved himself on many =ulcer; to he a useful and active member. He figures in one of Gil ray's caricatures, published in 1787, and is depicted being led in to waist in forcing a projected measure down the throat of its proposer. The Channel squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral Smart, N.H., has bean ordered to return to England. THE LGED-I.IIEUTEICANT or MONMOVTIRSRIRE AND Ms Hamm? or Ctrriu.—By a letter dated Feb. 9, the Lord Chancellor has informed Mr. Herbert that his name shall be immediately placed on the commission of the peace of the county of Monmouth. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEER.—Monday—Asiatic, at 3, " Bactrian Pali tocription, Key to Bactrian Notation," Professor Dawson ; Royal Academy, at 8. "Sculpture," Professor Westmacott. Tuesday—Horticultural, at 2, Ballot dor seeds ; Ethnolo eca, at 8, "Gipsies," Mr. Crawfurd ; " Yenadies of Chingleput District," Dr. Shortt ; Statistical, at 8 , " Patent Laws," "Political Economy, University of Oxfonl," Rev. J. K T. Rogers ; Civil Engineers, at 8, " Drainage of Dundee," sad "Sewerage of Newport ( Moo.);" Royal Institution, at 3, " Animal Mechanics," Professor MarshalL Wednesday—Meteorological, at 7, Council ; Society of Arta, at 8. " Means of Promoting Growth, IQs.. of Cotton in ladle," Mr. Shaw ; Geological. at 8, " Middle and Upper Um, Dorset," Mr. Day ; " emulation of the Infe rior Oolita, Middle and South of England," Mr. Holl. Thursday—Royal Institution, at 3, "Chemical Affinity," Mr. Frankland ; Numismatic., at 7 ; Royal Academy. at 3, "Painting,' Professor Hart; Unseen, at 8, " Aculeate Hymenoptera, East Arehipelmo„" Mr. Smith ; "Guinea. worm (Filaria medinensis)," Mr. Bastian ; Chemical, at 8 ; Royal, at 8j ; Antiquaries, at Bi. Friday—Horticultural, at 2, Election of Fellows ; Geological, at 1, Anniversary ; Philological, at 8; Royal institution, at S. "Recent Dis coveries. Jerusalem." Rev. U. Williams. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3, " Language," Professor Millar, second series. THE LATE NORTH RIDING ELILCRON. —The ab ' strict of the expenses incurred during the North Ridiog election in the Benue of last year, have this week been pub lished by the election auditor. From this abstract we learn that the 000 test cost Mr. Merritt, the conservative I and ...coastal candidate, 5,3961. ; and that bin opponent., Mr Milbank, bad the mortification of expending above 8,0001. in obtaining a defeat.—Yerkatire Gazeae. Lig