The Express. — London, England, 1857-04-07 00:00:00

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Upper Atteardwil. lieseat.Pwk. awl Pew Moat kAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, from 8 a.m., em! lac wet; +DVWdb W 4 . w or, Va s VIOL car b r ?... o7 . .r . w • u ;= .. „ • ergs expreoo• TO CORBESPONDINTS. Mourirossis he "The tzwboo." Lase= twain yaw, Wbe at 0111 m, Ileamirensi. by Tin o'Clesk ab fig at yebtfastios. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGIL TO my-Saralee. 111. lea.-- Mons" 116 Ms. Turammor-Ilaralsg. do. SA. I.s. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7. TO OUR ♦ DOUBLE NUMBER of t h e EXPRESS will b published ON SATURDAYS u usual, during the Parliamentary recess. WHAT the Duke of WELLINGTON and East Rat ford were to the Reform Bill of 1831-2, Lord PAL MERSTON and Mr. LOCKE KING'S County Franchise appear destined to be to the Reform Bill of 1867-8. It will be curious if, as Lord PALIIT.ESTON'S ad- When seem to expect, he shall prove to be both the Duke of WaxiAN (mu and the Earl GREY of the new Reform movement. Br that as it may, of this there 'can be no doubt, that the time has arrived when farther altarabc . as and improvements in our electoral system ran no longer be postponed. Outside of Parliament the de. mend for Parliamentary Reform is all bat universal ; and inside of Parliament no ono evinces any incli nation to mist the demand. Who is to be the statesman who is to embody in an acceptable measure the general desire is not so apparent ; but provided the measure be a good one, it is not probable that the nation will quarrel with it on account of the donor. But, to be acceptable, the new Reform Bill must be a reality. The all but universal demand for Par liamentary Reform is not the result of any frivolous desire of change, merely for the sake of change. It is the consequence of a deep-rooted conviction that tho House of Commons, as at present constituted, is not • fair exponent of the national will. This is owing to visions causes. In the fret place, the Reform Act of 1832 excluded from all participation in the franchise alaut the whole of those classes whose only Cr pried's' property is their industry. Now as thane einem constitute a numerical majority of the pagnistion, this is obviously a dangerous state of Whim All who are denied the power elmrcising•legitimate influence over the compoeitlea at the higislative body naturally betake themselves to imam mime or influence. This must los ht sa espeda =Muer the came with our industrial Ames, for they ham a natural taste for political lesion, and the rapid progress which educatl he. of late years made among them has taught them both to judge shrewdly of the mode in while public busi ness is managed, and to *el how deep is their in terest in its being properly manegeil. But more than this, their observation cannel ham failed to reveal to them, that the politically powerfaeleeneo ere anxious to conciliate their goal miles: They beer measures attashed and delmlei foie r ea alle gations that they Alm will sod be ~hi to the working dames. They bow stateemis Wow vete by ballet. vie Alt the alselns are merely Maim dor the noe-sissams, and era ems ceently lla letter are entitled to he bow their trustees vote. The meiting slams say to themselves: " If we ace eimpitioall to control the exercise of the franceim Th r albs% merely we are competent to Mille k Midllllllo they say mons aver, " If the polideelly peumild dowse are ee anxious to otailllate us, it iteatbolemene they feel that we lee passes a power et some ]Wed; it is only necemory our rlO omissible power in order to obtain what TO m sulk emet—participatka in the annual haimalie Ibssa see the vie;re and feel ings of this wsolinneliesd cisme ; and it is clear that sot • tom bide of the eleeteral pale, arupthinewilli the views and feelings. The time Ike am*. Ihmillre, when a wide extetudow of the fraselies mar bare be resisted. To concede it is merely yieklisi nemmity. But to yield will be gesinetive of mienalsge to all. In seeking to can aille the nosammlised climes mot of the politi =weds' alms sometinsis all soder sad, or ishapprellerelone it ark Ideas. Wit mer La Berm Orosuares Ihmedey Trading Ills Ll r aroma art irreere the noble bra ameekelkully believed ant he was doing *Alm fist would be vilify acceptable to the ilisadki elm The Hyde-park disturbances were lnlrat Iltetietake. There will be no room Or oil folelipaierehrl when a considerable savair it as dames are admitted Ile i simnlsa of the frsnchise. Again, the iodides jpellkeller for voters, excluding u it ices sherd ma Ihe labouring chum, forms them into a sok begird with a spirit of antagonism to them do rim tbs knashiss. The infinitely various &Is Illri liket um I* ern in society pre- Tent do odds= at boodle who whemoverWtifi eial imagines in net thwart the unwiring of this law of inky& Lea to the operation of its natural laws, Sinisty would be ecoapreed of various groups, each minnsing both rich and poor. But our existing ilirl vilification goes far to merge all the rieldies7 'leases into one group, and all the nisvivietary classes into another. Ity breaking lip Ms purely artificial arrangement ismay sal liability of society would be ms. Wink siegminieff. Again, we cannot prevent the nnenfranchised clams from taking a keen interest in public affairs, and energetically expressing their sentiments regarding them. If they possemesl the fnuieltise they would express their sentiments by voting; as it is, they are but too apt to exposes; them after the disgraceful and disagreeable fashion that . . they did the other day at Kiddgrainier. We have been dimming hitherto a modi fication of our electoral system, rendered neces sary by an omission of the Reform Act of 1832. But there are modifications rho which have been rendered nemseary by perversion@ of the principle of that Aet. Some ot them penurious date from the framing of the Act ; others have been esperindased epos it. The varying qualifications borough OXistitueseiri exclude ham the franchige in the brow may it if they belonged to the latter. impeded definition of the qualification L 14 6:7 "."11 0f 1c t irlis wield enjoy iiiPial tLs impel THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1857. . excludes in all urban constituencies large numbers of the very clams upon whoa the franchise was intended to be bestowed. The of that moderately affluent class, to w eh the 101. - iranchist was expected to give thajsegbe of voting) which is excluded by legal quibieti and cavil.. is rev large. Hereby a most iingertant and valuable ideuent of public opinion is denied its due influence over the composition of the legislative body. An adequate Reform Brill will, therefore, not only have to meet the case of those who were intentionally excluded by the Reform Act of 1832, but also the cue of that numerous and intelligent class who have been unin tentionally excluded. We have said that the new Reform to be of any value, must be a reality—seut appease a natural craving of the publis sand. It wan this that enured the sum of As Bill of 1832. That measure satidad the them adalt. leg want. How then is the now swiding tssat lobe satisfied? How are the intellignit neueleiblell both those who have been intentimedly sad flame who have been unintentionally embeds& Mat • share of the franchise by the Bill of 181111-440 franchised? Merely lowering tho qualifieatism will not be sufficient. The qualification must be digit fled. The power must not be left to parties& rogistra- Won committees—aided by sharp lawyers—to exclude their political opponents from the register spun we technical objections. Diversity of quali fication must be eschewed as tending to enhance the expense and uncertainty of registration. It is, indeed, alleged that a diversity of qualifications enables all deism to be admitted; but this end will be stamina more surely by fixing upon oae simple, iateillgible, equitable qualification. To fix upon tide quellasation to let in one class, and that 4111111161141011 to let in another, is to act like the greet philosopher who, having cut a large hole at the bottom of his study-door to let in the cat, cut a sinialler to let in the kitten. To be real—to be satishetory—to have any chance of pasting and allaying the popular excitement, the New Reform Bill Rust be characterised by simplicity as well se oosprehenevences, in so far as the qualification is °mooned. On other considerations we will enlarge hereafter. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. _ ;THREATS:NINO AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR. Voses Gamete gives the lbllowing u the principal pastages of a circular dispatch, in which the Austrian government exposes its views on the present position of the digest* between the cabinets of Vienna and Turin : The Imperil goverment Us MUM ea several morons that the inters& Institutions of Piedmont did sot in any way einem it, rln its intercom, with other Mates it at taches so weight to their political form, end I. just as ready to keep ap trasinr relations with a nub& es with es eke lute government. It has never had any difference with • state because it boa admitted the liberty of the press, and all it asks of other Mr Is to respect the international obliga tions p morally strained, and its sole ompleint against Piedmont Is that da, has disregarded them. Austria spume of the retadpie of a regress which acts prudently sad mare nutria& At Turin, on the contrary, peelers me bear on revolution, and the governama surds menemte which are directed Karst the etch otpumisn of the power., which do not punk Monne te be roads beam, they maintain In people's mind, the hope of • Misr oravellon. The nunents tress made agelarthis manner of aces( having been without remit, the imperil bunko at Twin has been recalled, not, however, without maniksting the interim ollsaving the door open to • etheetnent undereteadkag. net door, however, Count de Cann doer by rending the Marquis de Can tu*, and thus prone MAW that he we. not at all anxious to sae to sa smarming with Austria. The question hr been egad, what sigaileation Austria attaches to the rep tant of diplomatic Maker I' It been for everyone to under rand that then I. In that act a serious warning to Pied mont. The hinge Minna, particularly those of the two Western Powers, have not Masud this step with an faineant eye, and they Mayor to anticipate ulterkv consequesess by friendly mediation. At Vienna they will meet with the way test intentions. Nothing I. demanded , of Piedmont bat the observers of internetkaal rules, sad If the medisting power. ma obtain what was refund to Austria en arrengsmat will be easy. Should, en the con ' Wry, Cunt de Caner amine% himself behind a line at argument which merely plays on words without modifying bola, Austria will have to delineate on the farther stop , that may prove necessary for the preenvation of her dignity , and of hr Men. In damages to their lames, and the consequence wllfbe the total rain of several men who up to this day thought themselves rich. So great is the irritation among the parties affected by the judg ment of the Council of State, that some engineers who went lately to make preparations for pulling down some of the condemned houses, were met by filly men armed with muskets, and forced to beat a retreat. A meeting of proprietors has been held at the house of a member of the Corps Legielatif, who promised to lay their case before the Emperor. It is reported that a deputy said at this meeting that "nothing but the all-powerful equity of the Emperor could remedy the iniquitous operatiou " of the law in question. There have been violent oscillations at the Bourse to-day. The opening was very favourable—almost brilliant. The Bente rose to 69fr. 61c. for cash, and 70fr. 13e. for account; but within the last hour an extraordinary reaction set in, without any known cause. Large sales were made, and the Rente closed at 09fr. 30c. and 69fr. Mfr., falling 90e. and 19c. in the day. Mobilier fell 17fr. 60c. The rail ways, which in the morning had risen as well as the ltente, suffered a similarly rapid reaction, and, with the exception of Southern, which rose Mk., and Lyons, 2fr. 30c., closed generally from 2fr. 50e. to afr. lower. Western fell 17fr. 30c. M. Persiani, the late Russian minister at Athens, who has been replaced by M. Oseroff, has arrived in Paris. The Independance Bulge was seized to-day. The Grand Duke Constantine, upon whom certain foreign journals have pronounced en anticipated een'tence of banishment to Fontainebleau,on account of his eccentricity, is expected in Paris at the end of this month, and preparations are making for grand Pees to bo given to him. Among other things there will bo a court ball, trete at the Hotel de Ville, and a dinner and ball at the Russian embassy. ITALY. Irk awn. The a... sad Prime Albert, ecosofeehml by the Primmer( mil Prim Arthur, took dohs Is germ rilre hus t ur fWe r lemiel ea basesheek. are The ECM NI lehess el Meek& lea- S l ug s. TZ l e " Pilill 11 11 = Wi ll. =.llllld Wdee in the Mmemem. mumiled by lb liqmsy Wale& Prim Lespell Imeit a Mee is am ma anew awl Mr. The Aimee Foam Nassishalamishm. 1011 rtidime* LOA lhassms, Arl leelet-lemoul the la. C. Mk Ike i s it the maim. Cloosibr tho lizebotpor low redraw to Coon. liati Vitglit Ma. Mort and Jim Lowe sarhool to Laudon pasia. nig Ism Kkidormisolor, rod loft is the Air soon he INftelms. TY right bow imam= le roomrlog from is 460 d Ye snook moo. spas Was id laitior oalsotor. pmt dtit . Oraddips Irairinity Commission..... bit OS, Aftirbeamss, es Taman, Wittman, Their dity Intiag - hit The Commiamen mama were— The Loa stammr, Lied eteadry, M.P., the Right Rem M. T. M.P., Ms Right Rua. Bir Lemma !Na ir Sir Wm. Pep Wood, mid the Rm. Dr. ML=PIIIII INlNived it the Colonist-dike yesterday tram Orimmime it Simatatio, Victoria, and !Math Am trak. Danglits ems seat to the Gammon al the Cape ot Good Ham aimi Maustdm. ROYAL VISIT TO THR COLOSSEUM. /THIS DAY./ TM§ day being On birthday of Ms Royal High t. Priam Albert, the yeathfel prince, with him* Leopold end their Royal Highnesses the IMAMS Pawnor andPrincese Ladle, aorojapeal:d by the Hea. Oramby Gain poem la mita& sad Wes =sent, one al the gammons, paid a visit to the Royal Coleman% ItegenMpark. The dieliamilied party mired to some of her Malson's car &gm sad were remind by Dr. BOCIWCIIIr, P.C.8., the vamegfreg dinotor. The *Wens to whin the Wan= of the august visitors wee mope pinions/1y directed wen the beautifel series af dienhisg views of Australis, with its gold bids, news by apparel= mannorted by Mr. CoBles ; the calomel panorama of L..&. by day; the *tare of Lisboa babe ail ear the gnat eartlmmthe, pointed by Moan. Demos, mad the display nesse blowing. May specimens of this proem of art wen parchand he the royal visitors. Various other department of the estobliehablet Wife 'UAW Via., the standee cavern, the conservatory, the waling models of asechboory, dank engines, sad anis cottage, the lumber mane, ke. At intervale the Hungerisa head, deemed to the seisms of the counry, played several ode. tined Mena The engen party, which method at the lard- Mina at to o'clock, sad rembed there till nearly twelve, ennesed tbir acknowledgments for the attention that had Ma lid to them. Her Majesty's acconebement is now daily expected, sea thee mem to be little doubt that the east week will wtl this emapieloms event. Iler Mejeety has /*yid moistmesepted good heath derbea the past week but the re* dinar dodo has bees gradually oostasteled, sad the lest dry or two it has be.. limited to the imosediste member et the cert. AS idles to theatres halm bees esdrdy ear peedtd, end the 'deaden hold timetable as reedier, It, ettemdmate.—Olurt Auriga The Due end Duchess of Richmond are enter tables a homily theta at Geodvood. T 6. Earl Of Ears/wood is staying at Huewood Haaay Ifarkahirs, with his youthful feesily. The Counter Dowser it at prierst es a visit to lase brother. Lord John Thymus, et hie eget la Beadhrdelgre. The Earl and Coaster of Clarendon will leave tows ea Thursday, for the Grove, we, Watford. the Moa day sat the sable awl sad her ladyship go on a visit to Frames Counter WsMagma, at Strawberry Hill. The Earl and Countess of Sheffield arrived at their art, Sheffield Park, Sawa, a Sew days elate, kola the Castiasat. ml Earl and Caulker Stanhope have left town br tbir seek Chemist Perk, scar Sevatoeka The aobie mei sad bre lafrislit will retina to tows et the latter eau et the metal math. The Counts= Ponlett arrived in town on Saturday, hen Males St. George, lament. The Earl and Comte. of Airlie have left town aa a visit * Lard Orley d Aldoriey, at Aldieley Park, Cbeeldre. Lord and lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley will 11111•11 Somi ia a law amps, as • viiit to Yawls Coate= Wablereve, at Twiekeshir. Lady Moira ilartyn WU safely delivered of a ea rederdey staraiee, et the maw* et the Coaxers at Aherp7esey, Peedead•pleee. _ _ Lad HOtiam, M.P., arrived in town on Saturday *wig, Rod his seit to Irak*lre. Biz Clarke and Lady Mary Wood entertained the Berl eY COGIIIMI Grey, the Right Has. air G. Grey, the ROI Rea. Mao P. Vases, RensAdand the Ha& Sir Traderlrk sad Lay Grey, lay Ceram Barriagtea, eir Itarekk Marchiws, Hr. Pala, awl a awe party, to dhow kat 'maw, at the may. Lieet.-Cleneral the Hon. T. Ashburton, C.D., appealed to the ocenrod at the =Mary lone about to to dempoteltid to to. ea of war la Miss, iste lowa oa War day, acempoied by and unite'? arms, Ow Almada, so rate le Hoag Haag, to mar W causwel. Colonel the Herbert. M.P, left town estorday last Ow Puts, when the gallsot canal TM *Ay ad't a oristisag of Paribeint We (Ems Ihrokl) regret to learn that John Dingy Esq., the Nestor, Ns be UN loos aptly caul, mt Ss Ban stigisttssy, is bibourlag on& mom laitispolilso— I so snore tbst swims spgralsoniou ors otiottolosa tbst tits minty is about to loss too trims legal kociebsdis sod sip topothoos boys so loop boss gives to the sobstoistration joslicoood the sum fable boohoos at tie distrki. Tie has. gottiono ts at his seat, the Hyde, and his ben eat- Wog, me Ihmt, Sy ions woks pet. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, TcieD ►T. • The Mositeur publishes an imperial decree, which, after baring given all the coneidemtiorw, declares that the sets of the Bishop of Moulins towards his clergy are 'Moire, and are and remain (rapid ova OWN PARIS, UONDAT I lately expressed a belief that the bill for punish ing the usurpation of titles of nobility would, not withstanding the high patronage under which it is brought forward, break down under the weight of public ridicule, and by reason of the im practicable nature of its provisions. The more the question is canvassed the more this belief is confirmed. In fact, the main argument and in M. Abbatticets report that French legisla tion has at all times repressed the assumption of titles by penal laws will not bear examination. Under the old rigisw the precedents dwelt upon with infelicitous fondness for a minister of a consti tution professing the principles of 1789 do not establish the fact that any strict and cer tain role about titles was ever acted upon by the French courts. Nobility, indeed, as a separate class entitled to privileges utterly abhor rent to all modern notions, existed and was pro tected by law. But the particular title that a gen tleman chose to manes was always a matter of small account. Certain estateswere originally, and, according to their nee, erected into marquintes, earldoms and heresies. They were, strictly speaking, titles by tenure, and while they went to any new possessor, should have been lost to the old one. But this was never so in 'practice. Gentlemen whose ancestors had at any time been, or were 'ap posed to have been, owners of any sort of " fief," involving a title, continued to bear it unquestioned. The title of duke alone conferred some peculiar privilege over and above those enjoyed by the leoldesse in general. It must always be remembered that noblesse in France never was soy thing like what we understand by 4. nobility" in England, and, indeed, came much nearer to oar " gentry." To restore the privileges of the aoilaw, or gentry, is the list of all impossible things that the Emperor would think of. However much he may have repudiated " liberty " he has always professed and acted upon the doctrine of " equality " in the eye of the law. What is now proposed, therefore, is not the revival of an old law, but the 'abetment of an " energetic " penal statute of an entirely new kind—a statute of repression not against the substantial Karim, (which hes become oat of the question), but spinet the shadowy title which the whole line of legitimate kings never troubled themselves about. IL Abbatueel, bent upon citing precedents, instanced the statute of the Constituent Assembly, which, supporting the law abolishing nobility altogether, decreed penalties against persons who should mums titles. This was • most unfortunate citation, because the Constituent Assembly, so far from act ing on the view of keeping up the dig nity of genuine titles, pronounced against them en masse as incompatible with what were then regarded the rights of man. In the carrying out of their enactment, therefore, there were no nice questions of evidence to be weighed—no anti quarian lore required to be consulted. Any assump tion whatever of a title was an offence against civism and liable to punishment There was also no practical difficulty in the application of Article 239 of the penal code of 1808 (the abro gation of which M. Abbatiteci affects to lament) because that article wan applicable only to " imperial " nobility, namely, nobility of very recent creation, whose origin was proved by the Itimitnir. Morever, it never w eaned to anybody to usurp these mush room titles. The only period in the history of France when such a law as that now proposed to be enacted did really exist, was that between 1818—when the substitution of the word " royal " for " imperial " made Article 259 applicable not only to the select imperial nobility, but also to the innu merable traditional nobility of France—and 1832, when the article was abolished by Louis Philippe's parliament. But M. Abbatauci admits that during those sixteen years no single pro. secution for usurpation of titles was ever instituted ht the warts. What more convincing proof can there be of the utter unfitness of the law to the pre sent state of society? Very great excitement prevails in parts of theism line of Pun in consequence of a recent decision of the Council of State, from which it results OM a vast number of houses—in some cases whole s➢- lages—have been built nearer to the line of *OW cations than the law allows, and must ems awn. It was hitherto thought that the general nine relating to this natter did not apply to Paris, but the Council of State has ruled otherwise, and ewe of the law marts followed the deaden (sly two days ago. It I. also held that the landlords of the homes that will be demolished ere liable UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. (ram 001 OWN COIXISPONDINT.) __ LIVERPOOL, MONDAY Thou. This evening the Royal Mail steam ship America, Commander Lang, arrived in the Money with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. She left Boston on this 25th and Halifax on the 27th. She has brought 43 pas sengers, but no specie. Passed the Ericsson on the 4th inst. The Africa arrived at New York on the 24th February. The Hon. Robert J. Walker had been offered the governorship of Kansas, and declined it. It was stated that Augustus Schell was appointed Governor at New York. The new treaty, instead of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, had been perfected by President Buchanan's cabinet, which it is believed is entirely acceptable to England. A letter from Key West, dated March LS, reports an Indian engagement near by Cypress Swamp. No particulars arc given, except that the United States troops suffered considerable loss. Nearly the entire business portion of the town of Plymouth, lowa, was destroyed by fire on the 23rd. The loss is estimated at 100,000 dole. Havanna advices to the 18th of March report that the new guano islands, lately discovered on the south side of Cuba, on examination are found of I wonderful richness, quality good, and quantity in exhaustible. The islands will be immediately opened to the commercial world. Buchanan's inaugural address had satisfac tion to the resident Americans, but not to the Spa nish inhabitants. Sugars continue advancing. Exchange improving, with heavy arrivals of specie. Our Bermuda advice*, to the 10th ult., say that the Governor bad opened a colonial parliament, and had complimented the members on the sanitary condition of the island. The bridge broken by the late railway accident in Canada has been repaired, and the trains are run ning as usual. Vera Cruz, Muth 6.—San Luis Potosi remained quiet. An anti-Consonfort rebellion has broken out at Jugula. The rebels entered the town, shot the mayor and several inhabitants, marched on to Toupin, the Indians committing great nines. At New York money is active; the supply on call is ample, at full rates. The stock market is better, but without animation. Exchange inactive on London, lost to 81. Paris and continental heavy. Cotton finished at, mid Uplands, 131; New Orleans, 141. Flour 10e. per barrel lower on common and southern brands. Wheat from 2c. to 3c. lower. Indian corn firm, and large sales. The provision market steady, except bacon, which was quiet. Sugars firm. Iron and lead quiet. Ashes dull. Freights to Liverpool better. Grain, sp. to id.; flour, Is. ed. per barrel. AVBBI4N INFLUENCE AT NEW TORS. (From the New Pork Herald, Dec. 27.) Our special despatch from Washington, of this morning, Windows soma raw characters of • very distin guished clam as amass the cabinet-makers at Washington and elsewhere. It oppress that, looking ahead with her far reaching diploma* sagacity, Russia has thrown the weight of her political agencies sad influences in this country in behalf of General Casa foe Secretary of State to the incoming _ . administration, and that all the prObabilitios are in Amour of his appointment. The 'vantage ground which will be secured by Russia with General Cue at the bead of the cabinet will be manifest to every reader. General Cam is the intractable enemy of England. Had be taken the oath of Hannibal against her, be could not have pursued her with a more constant hostility than that which bee illustrated his life since be has been • candidate for the presidency. Bach a sleepier foe of John Bull at the head of Mr. B.chaeen'e cabinet would naturally be the very man for Rasta. His bantam in favour of Eusela with the Prudent elect would also probably be greeter than with any other President ; for, while Mr. Buchanan remembers his ministerial residence at St. Peters burg with pretend eatidaotint, mellowed end ripened by age, We ascent mission to Engiend cannot be recalled without Implement sensations. The genial hospitalities of the saga cious Nichols, were one thing; bat the patronising airs and diplomatic provocations of Palmerston end Clarendon were quite another thing. The future inflame and power of the tinted Staten among the great neck= of the earth are nowhere better ap preciated than at fit. Petersburg. It was tho policy of Nicholas to cultivate the most friendly minima with us, as against England ; end tide is the policy of Alexander, with • little change of the programme rot favour of Louis Napoleon. A letter from Melbourne, dated February 14, soya:—" flare assees to be a Wilding mania among the principal banking corporations of this city. The English ' and Scottish Chartered Beak met the fashion by erecting a grand buildiug, se remarkable for the cheats style of its et- , kraal white:tare se for its wevenience s Wain. Its ball of heehaw—the shop, as the MlOO.BlOlll Ci the Loutterd goldsmiths call it, is a wry beautiful chamber. Thor Bank ' of New South Wales follows, and is putting up a pa lace la Collins-Wrest. It will be a splendid building, though its frontage is rather narrow. The coat of this will be 26,0001. The Bank of Australasia, which bee sheerly a ene banking-house, is about to expend 40,000/. to Sorest esment. The Union Bank of Australia is also =prat= its gee balding. The lionrishing Bank of Victoria, which is at paws= net wall bowed, will probably follow the lord. The paged et our banking institutions, the Colo nist Beak et Andreas, which is doing remadably well, is well erstagh Ishii he years to coma" AI XT Itirroust•—A letter from Bt. Petersburg, of the With wit, logs : "dam Isslilbs, or et the eiderre• camp et the Smarr, bee to Ms bredis Item erred slides ea the edpe et the irde end sr horses at the Tema saw. This eepre 'soda the edemas et dr Reeds wililksy wahoritke, who it Doer Ike pre haw lies deed, sal diligently examining bee the cede of the millerp ask* et the prisdpel coun tries at Email. Thelnimbis Arm is also about to publish • series of sithill en the seipsistke et different foreign anis end d ark esmeisseaha erraugasints. It will seemeace with kr et Pres* irk* is earldered In every raped worthy at weft es a sedeL" TEE Tram or Livzsrook—Lrvuroor., Mow- DAT.-711ii Cede= hill et MIIIM prided this meaning, gives a Mum et the ember end wasp at the ships that Mee skied kiwis bees and cleared outwards Ike doolipt porta to the week maw the 4th April, 1667, au wsii die isernapaslog weak at 1866. It apses kr &sin the larvae neshipi at ea et IlkldU ten =keel inwards. airiest tlB UK cos bKlNS el m the EI:S 6174 19•1 1111144 oat =lrmo et 19,011 ter tetra tamp; dr aami• bar desires eurrerde basket *, wee, 11 4 11 0 1 1, or toomou t t . 43,8112 teas, aria 75 slips sod 59,710 tor is 1836, ea inore dl3 ships sad 11,173 toes. The total num d alp reported inwards foes foreign pork during the press= year up to the 4th of April, 1547, was I,ooe, with a Maw= of 558 11 847 tons, what 914, and outs tom hi dr year IBS6, showing an income of 92 ships sod 72,636 lam. The total number of ships cleared A, forergteduring the present year up to the 4th Awn wee 1,123 with teener of 0/7,921 tees, against oas eel I=ll In the year 1866 ; =owl= an , harm= dill depo sal tun tons. The muse authority , bilge's@ at ass the opera bra this port for lee. ' sake the lied et Mr* 1667, amounted to 1 rm., spans 11,477,3141.1 u the ficamparksi wader per, being es tosses et 1,111,6761. in the pews year. L CITY " DAL DR Ault."—Oa Friday took place L at the Loudon Terre the lest bell al the fret series given tkosimmie. erder d thi v e l L . k. himiw The .busG e et rem. sas: thm irA.a. sep= xadham oster ibia tLia rsima z Bass, Is le allot the Bar d lisaft sal 5001 a t.... I =et is potion wire emerald armalima to L The WE an Pit e_ wed ebraled, owl aspl27lll; And mem mar dip twig*. Maim d spool INEL I At wow whillalle. (1. Medi prillek ewer , to dr - Olty • Babas Arlo; " Enimitirlth = to = ' sad It vas arieumel dot die rat emir at rid emoura la NVIIIIthrt. BE PAPAL STATES.-M. DE RAYNEVAL'S REPORT. (rzom out owl ROME, Aran, 2. At the French Ambassador's reoeptioa on Tuesday evening, everybody except M. de Rayneval himself was occupied with dimming the extraordinary report on the state of Italy in general, and of the Pontifical dominions in particular, sent by his Excel lency to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, and revealed to the public through the columns of the Doily Nears. Even Roman princes, indif ferent as they usually appear to the course of poli tical events, either at home or abroad, were roused to a momentary eagerness for a sight of the docu ment or an explanation of its contents, and it seemed to be admitted on all sides that the diplomatic repu tation of the minister had not been increased by the publication of his long-winded lucubration, upon the " insoluble nature of Italian perplexities." The more educated Romans of the middle classes, who give their attention to the politics of their country, indulge in unmitigated laughter at the con tradictions which teem in the ambassador's report— contradictions which they consider to be only ex plainable by the supposition that, in describing the flourishing condition of the Roman dominions, he had been courting the approbation of Cardinal An tonelli, whilst, in dwelling upon the discontent of the inhabitants, and the necessity for an unlimited foreign occupation, he had been endeavouring to coincide with tho intentions of tho Emperor Napoleon. NAPLES. The following is from a letter in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, dated Naples, March 26 : " The reaction goes on, and new tortures continue to be inflicted, bet the public spirit bends like steel under the pressure, and recovery itself with the same elasticity. The King was passing the other day along the road from San Lucio to Caserta, when a priest who stood in the way offered to salute him, and for that purpoee hastily took off his cloak. The King, who fancied he saw another Agesilas Milano in clerical cassock, was frightened by the quick ges ture. The attendant Janie's:hi instantly rushed upon the priest, and beat him till theyleft him on the ground half dead; he had nothing in his pocket but a isuff-box, a handkerchief, and six sous. The ordi nary diet of persons confined in the prisons is merely breed and water. They are pulled sometimes by telout their nails ; other instances they are for li ffb y held in a bent_pomition, or boiling oil is applied to their flesh. These tortures are executed nader the superintendence of Filippo d'Antoni, but their inventor is the famous De gpagaolis. D'Antoni commenced the profession of executioner at Milan, and has been promoted by the King of Naples to the office of first-clam inspector for his great efficiency and skilL He will probably attain yet higher rank." The Moniteur is la Flats says :—A letter from China informs ws that the King of Siam, in order t o enforce the exaction of the treaties concluded be tween him sad ailment European satins, has pub lished the haw* edict, dated 26th December : We, derma elf Sescud et Wm, of the Males of Laos, Cubs*, Ilakaaa, end Miss desirous that the taigas eiblek we bare sMrYa dAt the pewerfal satkasetlkreph_lhasass, end Rissale. midi he needed In sit /Mr 111111111111, 1•111111 MIR OMNI eanwestiens to the gmensse eif err the slims et war moms, sod el selOols. A the esedb ercoleus, ambers of the.. dam' rim am Indy is ear states, named siwassesu sail aloft tar Wien. widie conforming to ail ear begs and esspallag Kai Ili ear authority. Dome at sur Oise r Den‘isk the or palli day of the twelfth 111111111 L (Signed) rbra-raamen al - Naha - Weetrikut- Phrs-Chom- Xlawass3ra-Hua. (Coontwdperi) Resold-Kahinwer, Xbdster of the Rapt Edicts. To this document is annexed a long list of cus toms tariff, with the import and export duties to be paid on each. France is in this respect as in every other placed on the footing of the most favoured nations. The King of Siam, u well as his brother, who shares with - him the supreme power, is ani mated with the best intentions. We reed in a letter from Malta:—" I regret to acrd® the death of Captain Hoary King. of the 2let Fusi liers, by drowning. On flatarday last he wet to bathe near the rocks outside Port Aiwa, sad the sea running hems y, proved too tench for hie strength. Deceased wee only twenty-bar years of Ape, lAA Ye ualinaly end hes eat • deep gloom over the netnat'" Tun Memo Britaron, Oemdma.--The general opinion amour* persona ebe w -_ with the Aus tralian packet ship, Oneida, is OM eM her Wien sheet of coals and bun becalmed In the I. aer•. _ She emsenees about 90 tor • day, visas. the lids only surrams SO toss Is* Time is ma Wilma= prosilig, ia • mild* of our Isaias essisoporari, list Its figs isidol et r Xsassiikss, Immo is kw* sows I arm. TISI• tl ws am is ss Mak, is ea serer. TM Illoassosst dived bon Ii Goorgis esual le Paid 4s oar. This Is a loeil era eemiskidiea between the lisesdbas end CeykD, mad the Menhir =silos fa Yalta Wen dhows, arrived et O. appreterly, bet Ware the antra Sere d the 81m1.. The eiaabileilmeat el ea over- limil oil wlik Aube& viikk eMlelog rig canatilia at gold to &TOL' w(11. it i•itord, buds tits saraartomoto for laying dews the Wagr•phic a6l• ia Ihs Bur lirs, la width arm •r• could pi mows of the snivel of • Toast at Ades h•a Arts•(•, with as •eeoist of the quantity of golds loud of kr twisty der brim the rival at the rid at dostimiroo. APPAILINO MURDER IN LIVIRPOGI. LIVERPOOL, Nev e m The most painful excitement was produced i t , t h e neighbourhood of Limo-street, and the streets sd" • consequent upon the report that a man named John Gibt eir . a butcher, residing in Four-court, Bolton-street, Copp er' , bill, had attempted to murder his wife and several er t i d children by cutting their throats. The following sppid ti 'ba the facts of the case. Gibbons occupies a etch d, q t John's-market, but owing to reverses in butanes' ha d ' been in a state of mental debility. Ho came down e t e l id usual this morning to breakfaat, followed shortly ettere dr „ by Ms wife. About eight o'clock the latter was C4Miag deers Stang with sense tea things, when her husband put hi s id round bees ii k and ddid, Como, Mazy, let me give p h , kiss" and Irbile in the act of kissing her he cut bar t h rd with a razor, inflicting a severe gash. she rut t o , diately to the street, crying Murder," with her r ice di clothes covered with blood. A policeman was promptly ai the spot, to whom she stated, as well u she was Mk, sk i had occurred, and he hastened to the house, and LA rtes unfortunate woman, then nearly itiounible, h a d off to the Infirmary in a cab. Meanwhile the era of murder was going on inside the house. This arecki man, after the attack upon Ins wife, went up to the b, room where his five innocent children, the eldest o.Jy did., were dieping, and cut the throats of bur years, and Joseph, aged one year and a half. B e 4 - a desperate attempt upon the throat of his eldest du d * Margaret, but she, after a powerful resistance, got swaye d " him; and his eldest son, John, aged 11 years, wrened si t razor one of his father's hand and succeeded in m a ki eg escape and giving= abuse. Upon the arrival of medic:4We. once, the boy Thomas wee found quite dead, and Jeerph m t very precarione state. Hie wound was sewn up, end he in t taken to the Infirmary, but no hopes are entertained et recovery. The cries of the two surviving children, ea k id , ing of their brother's death, were heartrending, the lad kit having during the day had frequent convulsive fits. bona was at once captured and taken to Bridewell. He cis fared t o having done the horrid deed and made nu re l in e% A largemob of people followed hint to t ime Bridewell. The hou r occupied by the prisoner is now in the charge of the peke, ' It has since an early boar been surrounded by a large au • of people. The prisoner is 46 years of age. ZIATIMATION OP THZ peutotern. The pri John Gibbons, was brought before lb Newfield at the polite court, at one o'clock. He awa i t ditieeted and depressed, and gazed vacantly MOH the OH* Yr. Cb h, superintendent of police, amid the Own with the murder of In. son Josephthat warmieg It appeared that the father and mother and fleet:Jl:bee dot is one bed in a single room; the mother got up we", morning at half-peat tight o'clock, and wee followed has diately by her beaband. He walked to the stainemehl leading down into the cellar kitchen, and he kinibt After he did that witnesses would prove that he drow s acmes her throat. Immediately after be tinsel Wilk daughter Margaret, and he laid her mos 1,, lib cut her throat, end the throat of his mit Jsar who is now dead. The others were In the Margaret wee very likely to die. Whether theVlitil recover wee uncertain. He stated that the prism hi, stall in St. John's-market, but business had hem imp* able, and be had got into elifficulties, and been driven red the market. His wife had taken care of the smile Is last two or three months. During that taw cis ptfna had principally remained at home. The wourdoipsion others of the primmer 's family spoke in high uraemia kindness of his disposition towards them, and of his pm good deportment. fie wee a perfectly sober mo, sly been • teetotaller for 23 years. A surgeon bad said himpo in liridesceU, and certified that he wee labour* on prisoner inaanity. The prisoner was remanded for seven days, unbitten* of the injuries should be known. It is since reported that the wife died thie afternoon Infirmary of the wounds received. ' LV THE The following ore some of the particulars of c application made to a magistrate no longer ago the ys ember last, by one "J. 8.," a respectable me, tuna about forty acres of land in Hockharn, one of the me parishes of England : J. IL—Your worship, I come to ask your Adria* corning of my wife. " Mr. —.— What's the matter? "J. 11.—Why, your worship, she'e harassed night and day—continual worryng—like wind teasing le stomach, and like a sow with all Ewer young pigs le her to pleose. " Mr. —.—l don't see what I can do for that deal you send for a doctor ? "J. B.—Doctor, sir? We've been to all the about. We've spent every shilling to get remedy. M holly know it, poor deers. We're wholly done up. " Mr. —.—Still I don't see how I can help you. J. B.—Well, air, it's thought by men, people is that wife's bewitched ; that it's put ups -dispose persons through envy. There's • * named' L—,l who got turned out when we worn pas and we think it's through them that they met old Mrs. et dolt " Mr. —.—Who is Mrs. C. P " J. 8.-She's an old woman, your woop, Ida near the Lion, and she have the therein. ng yin and I thought I'd step down and ask your worship eln you would give me a grant to have her proved. "Mr. ._—How is she to be proved "J. 11.—WIty, sir, I thought you could have hr sea I've heard say that, if they he witches, and if yea* line (not to do than any harm, but just to swim 'en), ta If they be whim, they won't sink. I've baud say Ile there was • geademm at who had ono swam !alb rem. I bait know exactly how it finishrd, but I is Met Nwlm after it. He had it done right Her arcs ems er. They tied her clothes shod legs and veal harameat. She had • line pot round waist, name ea nth side, to keep her from sinking V we ea weight wanner , but if she e • witch they met bar no how. Old L—, who done it, jumped ca bat couldn't aka her no how • when her head was down bath was up, =dahlia her heels was down her heed we They do my, year worship, that sic folks are • about to the wceid, end if you have so many as elm we this or emg sem peekh, they do a sight of hum. Alwe every ens Whis wee arywife says they Dever seed sock aim plaint, and all out that she is certainly bewitched. h fare (appears) bunted night and day. She fare &Mimi a crisp. She say 'Will, I can't lie - still—l might as mil to mink a bladder in water.' I do hope your wa shi p el grant the pollee to take old Mrs. C. all of a sudden—bye" prise like—and take her to a pit, and swim her (itot tekr her). If she's an upright woman, shell sink, raga don't rink it'll prove her guilty." (After an argument, in which the magistrate in Isia • deavoured to combat the absurdity of the foregoing I* went) " ,J. B. (returning to the charge)—Well, your wenhipt least I bops you'll take her toe room, and have her MO said see if she have anything bed about her. " Mr. —,—What she likely to have bad sheathe "J. B. Why, air, some say that they have impede than,, but I don't know. Mr. —.—What is pn imp ? "J. B.—l don't know, sir, unless it be SOM. bad *de other from the power of old Satan, but I never seed moo "Mr. —.—But now tell us why you tin ups he old woman Mrs, C. in partieuler ? "J. 8.-11.1 tell your worship how we tome silt M witty* saved to mud for the woman —, of wondesdal clever in three things. She came end tease takesoomposilcular liquid end put it in shortie witherwel the hi* oat of the noddle of my wife's neck, and tbr 1 02 W of her gow. nab and toe nails (these we rut quite closeted seernoid horseshoe antis. (These yet we 10 names width go from one generitiou to snothw, them always menething to be learned out of the weakest and igir rent s Well, sir, we put the bottle on the* Oa welts while V. boiling end burning, and what sot; when it banes w looks out of the window, load the 00 0 ' Nod lima Mende before us. Lad indsv Diodes , ' um& gat my wife did this; and after elle Iwo it Miff oat elbed, es dm do sometimes, to take a drop athlete. little magaseie, end she looked out of the window, el* she saw Om Teem C— standing before the widow, moat lossialahle hoar, in the moonlight, an WV " state." A Mrs. F—, a woman residing in the adjoisioll, also bore the following testimony to the power of tie " 5 " One The Lord he only know all about dues daff bet I haw, this, air, that when I was a girl then wild Need nest door to us, and afraid enough vs 1 10 1/r. "Kr. —.—Whet did she do ? • *Mee. !.—Her name we Betsy To Sbe q 5 drialle• ORS and pip a nd geese, and other 1; lea, atom *I offended her. All the farmers Irma!: bar and g re w lser anything she asked for; if cot, dc u L Mite all Mr things run wild over the r , wild fill dim mull lice, which went and coo 811. 0 r. as she went pima or not. The first of my fair IT kr oat was IMO blif when she cut up his (MU% NZ Bair her sal he would 's p urn her? Be 6 0 yhis hi.6o ooll Mak bat ha vow nothing or toe ; SI 168 11111 . 11 OWs of nothing human ; and Yet "" klebsd her, lag there old woman flew yard, Liu. i tl is t who he went hone, my father found nog ems barking sad jumping Idl.of MOM_ Myhrher eat • pleas off their sera ani ii Nom Ibmi up is dr fro, mad Mid my aollw ebbs, mg la beemenettoiptaktothewitch ifik a ewes. The mile some hshaing to the door, mother far sem p . She had her lingers natal end bleedhig dta dish " Mr. had eat her fingers? " Mrs. F—. —Why, Fir, the enemy ealla 4 W A!! that herself when my father stirred the pigs; ads lonr, in the fire, sad told my mother to go tedium VOL upon her, and she cut her fingers is Oat 7, 1 dcedlhl way. My mother was a mule-hauled 0 00 2,, as the witch stood remaining end begging for mother looked out of the st;ndow and gore sr Sr_ and spoke to her. By so doing my mother moo u•, , ,„1 out of bet own hands, and the witch got the Pe. TO whereas, if may mother had not spoken to Lea she have home and died. Ah I air, as I said WA"' the speak to than."