The Express. — London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

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Minor Carvallo and Mlailranny Wright. neurcrws. Ms Wagon% LAW v. LOTH—AI7IOZA FLOYD. Moms Rollo, Tads, sad Mame Misr A. Sedodok sad Isaderaos. —Asd ALL THAT Guru= la NOT GOLD. X H. Veils, Beam" Berko ; Mai C. Aylmer sad Mn. H. Mangos. THIS Enlessk A WHEW ATTACHE. Mama More sad Widdicamb ; Miss Hears& and Mn Led—And THE Will morn). mews. kschter, 0. Virdea n to rthi uddt mak and lidyisand ; Mises C. laden% K. Terry, sad BRITANNIA. TEM SUMO, THY 811L3TILS 01 TEI 511.41.. Messrs Beynolds.Cranford. Bismood, Drsaimosd ; Mrs. I. Unsaid sad Miss Sophie lifiss.—.lEANNlE MANS. Mn. S. loss.— And SLUM AND BU9A.F.-ocousoses at Mikan& • MGR WATIR AT LONDON BILIDOR TX DAT —Karalam lb. 4.scs.....Aftweises. m. 522. To4lomow—Norsda& 24. UAL 51. 46m. LONDON; THURSDAY, MARCH 19. THE grand uprising of • nation that half the world had fancied dead is a serious crisis for England as well as for Poland, and will in evitably test in the most searching manner our principles and policy as • nation. It has become absolutely necessary for England to simplify her position, and make her principles of action clear both to herself and to the understanding of the world. Do we ever intend, when • legitimate oc casion offers, to speak in a tone of becoming au thority on behalf of outraged international law and violated public right t Or do we deliberately resolve as a nation to adopt a purely self-regarding policy, and never act except when our own inte rests are directly concerned 1 This is the question not only raised, but pressed home to us, by the Polish Revolution, and its decision must either lower the tone of our public professions or quicken the action of the Government. It is little better than trifling to offer mere moral support to a na tion in the agony of mortal conflict, when we are in a position to give them more direct and decisive help. When we can give an oppressed and strug gling nationality nothing beyond our sympathy, that is no doubt • very welcome and valuable boon. We sympathised with the Italians in 1868, and the hearty moral support of • great Power like England no doubt helped to strengthen and encourage their I patriotic resolve. But it did notin the least affect the policy or designs of their oppressors. Austria did not relax her hold of the Italian provinces, or in any way mitigate the severity of her rule, in de ference to the strong feeling and decisive judgment of England. Only in that case moral support was all we could give. We had no grounds even for diploMatio action. No principle of international law bad been violated. The petty Princes of Italy in handing over the populations beneath their sway to Austrian dragoons did not transgress any cus tomary usage of European States, any more than the Pore does in handing over the ROTOSI2I to the pro tection of French bayonets. Grievously oppressed as the Italian States were, we could not denounce the oppression as • violation of international law. But the case is very different with regard to Poland. We have treaty rights to maintain on behalf of the Pass ; and this gives us a legitimate ground of action in this supreme crisis of their history. In common with the other Powers of Europe, as the guardians of public jus tice and international law we have the right to demand from Russia the fulfilment of her engage ments with regard to Poland. This righteous claim seriously made in concert with other Powers, and in the firm and courteous language befitting a nation that has fleets and armies to support its legitimate action, would impress the obdurate mind, sod in all likelihood arrest se reckless career, even of a military despot. However that might be, we have the clearest right to take immediate and resolute diplomatic action in the matter. If in such a crisis we decline to exercise that right, we virtually abandon our independent position, and relinquish our legitimate influence and authority in the community of nations. We practically declare to the world that we will risk nothing for the sake of public justice and interns tonal right ; in short, that we will not act in any European question, however clealithe rightand duty of interference may be, except when our own in terests are toadied. Whether dignified or honour able, or in any sense worthy of a great nation or not, this is no doubt a perfectly distinct and intel ligible position. We should assume a purely self regarding attitude, avow a purelyselfish policy, have nothing hereafter to do with wronged and strug gling nationalities, but complacently leave Heaven to defend the right. In that case, however, we should be bound in more decency and self-respect to lower a little our high moral tone. We must give up our loud professions of ardent friendship and devoted sympathy for wronged and suffering peoples, and abandon the easy and flattering position we are so fond of assuming, that of patrons to every oppressed na tionality. If we cannot afford to act a dignified and honourable part, let us at least be oonsistent, and no longer play the part of political Pharisees and hypocrites before the world. - - We are not, however, disposed to believe that the country will tamely accept a degraded posi tion, or be content to act on purely selfish principles. Nor do those advisers consult the honour, the high character, or the true interests of the nation, who at such a moment seek to deter England from the discharge of a simple and straightforward duty by raising up at every turn the bugbear of prospective war. We have no right whatever to assume that the dis charge of our immediate duty towards the Poles would lead to any such calamitous result. There are many intermediate steps before this last alter- native would be relished, and it will be time enough to talk of this when some of them have been taken—when we have conscientiously and firmly done our duty in the department of diplomatic action. Whether under any circumstances it might be right or necessary to interfere by force in favour of the Poles, is another and very different question. There can be no question whatever of the right of diplomatically interfering to vindi cate their just claims. But if we ostentatiously' declare beforehand that under no circumstances will we support our words by corresponding deeds, we neomsarily destroy our position end ass great Power, and wantonly cut off all lity of effectual diplomatic intervention. et Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Kam 18. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, walked and drove in the pounds this racenios. The Prince sod Risers of Wales, the Dachau of Bra bant, and Prime Louis of Hesse, attended by the Countess Swim and Li e utenant-Colonel of Koppel, rode on lacesabscic. To-day is the anniversary the birthday of Priapus Louie& The candelabrum and three oval rivers presented by her Majesty the Queen to the Prime of Wale formerly belonged to the Duke and Duchies of Kent. Ammer the bridal presents enumerated yesterday may be added a Sines clock and Unlashes presented to the Prince of Wales by the gentlemen of his household. The Princess Christian of Denmark, with the Prisms Thyra, attended by Countess Reventlow iuxlOolonel Francis Seymour, C. &, viewed, yesterday morning, the flower show in the Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, where they were met by the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (attended by Colonel Home Purees.) The royal party impeded the International Exhibition Building, and also the South Kensington Maseru= The Princess Christian, with the Princes Thyra, afterwards paid a visit to the Dunham of Inverness at her residence in Kensington Pa ace. The Duke of Cambridge visited Prince Frederick of Heise Camel yesterday at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate. Prince and Prince= Christian and Prince Frederick of Denmark, attended by General and Madame d'Ox holm, the Countess Reventlow, and Colonel Francis Sey mour, C. 8., honoured the Marquis and Marchiceiess of Ailesbury with their company at dinner last evening, at their residence in Pall-mall. Prince Frederick of Hesse Cassel and the Duke of Hol stein Glucksburg, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel do Plat, went yesterday to Hampton Court Palace. In the evening their Royal and Berme Highaesess h.ncured with their pre sence the performance at the Lyon= Theatre. Mr. Watkim and Mr. Glynn bad an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Mr. Diver had also an in terview with hie grace at the Colonial-office. The duke afterwards received a deputation from the Na tional Female Emigration Society, consisting of Lord Lyttel ton, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, IL P., the Hon. A. Kinsaird, M.P., Mr. H. N. Bess, M.P., Sir Richard Grans MacDannell, C. 8., fir Edward Hubs, Bart., Mr. IL H. Marsh, M.P., Sir Walter Farquhar, Mr. Llewellyn Haab, the Rev. A. B. Suter, Charles Hy. Begot, Henry Barnett, J. H. Haliburton, M.P., H. H. Browne, C. H. Ehden, W. A. Brodribb, James A. Youl, Bev. Richard Croft, John S. Store, Loomed Harper, John Bate, secretary, and Arthur Hodson, hen. seerstazy. A deputation on the subject of the tobacco duties had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Dowsing-street. The deputation nonrated of Mr. Maxwell Hyslop, Mr. B. Edwards, Mr. T. S. Oxley, and Mr. J. S. Gillist. The deputation wee in troduced by Mr. Horde& 11. P, Mr. J. E. Ewart, X.P., sad wm sooompasied by Mr. Thomas Baines. A deputation from Wand sad Scotland on the Tobacco Duties Bill ale* had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The deputation consisted of James Lambkin, Cork ; George 'funny, Belfast ; D. Johnston, Belfast ; W. floor, Belfast; W. &Weil, Dublin ; F. O'Farrell, Dublin ; James V. Madam Dublin ; Hoary Christie, Edinburgh; and John Lees, Glasgow. The deputa tion was introduced by Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., and Mr. John Vance, M.P. Tan MANauon or THI Pilsen ow Wm.'s.— A supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday last, published yesterday, contains the full details of the ceremony of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra, on the 10th inst. The birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa, born in 1848, wee celebrated at Windsor Castle yesterday with the oustoniary reioiolap. Merry penis were rung from the Gestle belle, and three of the parish chrirdt of St. John, and a royal salute wee fired in the Bachelor's acre, by " Pond," the royal bombardier. This is the first birthday which has been kept with any kind of rejoicing sines the death of his Royal Blew= the Rine* Consort. Tax ROYAL. FAMILY or Dianuizi.—This morning their Royal Highnesses the Priem and Princess Christian and PASO, Frederick of Denmark, with other members of the Danish royal family, left Buckingham Palate Hotel for Windier. The illustrious party will return to Buckingham Mete Hotel this evening. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his sixth full dregs parliamentary dinner last evening at his official residence at the New Palace, Wtatminster. The following noblemen and gentlemen were mete of the right hoe. geatlemsa :—Lord Hoary Scott, Lord George Meaner% Lord Ashley, Lard Henniker, Hee. Charles Carnegie, Hon. Charlie Howard, Colonel the Hon. Henry C. Lowther, Hon. H. Wyndham, Sir Richard Levin" Sir Harry Verney, Sir James D. Elphinetone, Sir James Methadon, Sir Henry Leeks, Colonel Na pier Start, Colonel Packs, Colonel Si Clifford, Camel Williems, Major O'Reilly, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, Mr. Aytona, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Merritt, Mr. Fran& Powell, Mr. Roberima, Mr. Alfred Seymour, Mr. H. Poky Velma, Mr. R. A. Vynsr, Mr. Collins, Mr. Dudley Mar. jail:arks, Mr. Padmore, Mr. Vance, Mr. Charles Buxton, Mr. R. H. Cranford, Mr. Deiglisb. Mr. W. Jackson, Mr. Henry Pews, Mr. Leathern, Mr. Cavendish &intim*, the Rev. Mr. Nerivale (ebaplaia), and Mr. Alfred Desisen (secretary to the Speaker). The Right Hoe. the Speaker afterwards held his second levee, which woe very MUDD dirtily attended. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived at their residenesin Croat Stanhopeatreet yesterday, from Kimbolion Castle. Viscount Palmerston gave a parliamentary din ner last evening at his residence in Pieendilly. Lord and Lady Chelmsford entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence is Eatonaquare, the Countess Bernetorfe, the Duke and Dashes. of Rozburghe, the Marquis and Marribionesa of Salisbury, the Countess, Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, Sir B.alph and lady Howard, Sir Charles Russell, Hon. Frederick Lygon, Mies French, its. Lord and Lady Braybrooke received a select party at diaper last *maims at their mamas is Upper Brook-street. Mrs. Ram gave her second dancing party last evening, at her residence at Prince's-gate, which was nu merously and fashionably attended. Mr. Chichester Forteseue and Frances Countess Waldegrave entertained the following at dinner last sea lag at their reactance, Carlton-gardens :—The Duke of Newcastle, Maria Marchioness of Ailsabury, the Fart and Countess of Oork, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Lady Elisabeth Bartle, Lord Hubert Oanuieg, the Solicitor- General and Lady Laura Palmer, Sir John and Lady John- Moue, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Hayward. " Fellowship in in Joy and Sorrow" is the title of the sermon preached by the Bishop of Oxford in the Royal Chapel at Windsor Castle on the Sunday preceding the marriage of the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the Queen, the Prince, and Princess Alexandra, from the text " Rejoice with them that do rejoice ; and weep with them that WOW. " It has been published by her Majesty's command. The Record understands that some curious dia.. closures hays lately been made as to the appropriation of marriage fare in the rich pariah of St. Gem p's, Hanover- square :—" Theme disclosures are likely to lead to public ievestipstion, particularly ea to the very objectionable eye tom of maldas these fees payable to a clerk in orders. It mess that it is the custom of the clerk in orders, u in the parish of fit. George., to appoint a deputy, who ham his sub-deputies, amongst whom the fees are farmed out in each a manner as to collect sa much as possible from the public, and at the same time allow to the rector a share which, to some ewes, does not amount to a tithe of the fees actually paid. It is said that out of the large amount of complimentary marriage fees paid for the aristocratic mar riages eslabrated at ht. George's, Haaoreroquare, ocarady SOX a year mach the rector." The Bavarian Minister at War has issued order prohibition all Mitoses in the service from wearing spectacles ; three who manot do without them are moos. mended to red" as being unfit for military duty. "Tide order: . Init.. • orere•Poedent. "the spirit of which is come whet too absolute, since was, a young sad valuable officer really cannot see tea yards before him without spectacles, will probably discourage the fashion of sticking glasses on the eyes by those who have no Ned of them," THE IMPI,t% : 44TICCIT •INTEL4i; IAY EVENING; MARCH W, DENCIL I . `k THE POLISH INSURRECTION. It is rumoured that the Austrian government has returned & reply of an evuive if not negative character to the Preach proposals relative to Poland. She does not refuse, it is said, to seek to obtain from the good will of the Emperor Alexander concessions and reforms for Poland analogous to those which are enjoyed in Galicia, but she &alines any alliance, co-operation, or understanding of a nature to impede her liberty of action, or to enter upon any course which would lead logically to a European war. The Indipendance Beige of yesterday evening remarks : . _ --- The cleareet rerun of the present situation of Polish affairs is that neither the diplomacy of England nor that of Francs, although they puma a different coulee, will noosed in procuring anything efficacious for Poland. They may give an apparent satisfaction to public opinion, which feels so much sympathy with the suffer inp of that unhappy country, but there is no use in that. All that this empty agitation can produce will be ulieleasly to prolong the shedding of blood and all the barbarities which charecteries the struggle of Ramis with the insurrection. There la only one kind of interven tion which ma be serious in this affair, and that is inter vention by war. Does Europe wish to try it ? We do not believe so, sod it is because that la our opinion that we regard am a real crime wind humanity all those fallacious hopes which are hurrying the Bower of the Polish youth to a frnitlese death. (ssITZZE'S IZLIGRAX.) CRACOW, Yaws 19. Intelligence received here from Lithuania states that all the marshals of the corporations in that province, all the judges and judicial officers, and all independent public functionaries, have sent in their resignations en moue. These resignations are based upon the resolution not to receive any communica tion from the government in the Russian len ftuAfte. The functionaries who have resigned are said to have declared infamous all who should consent to fill the positions they vacate. $4 - ; ing by the amateur. The politician will only care , far what M. Billanit says, and it is not certain that he will speak till to-morrow. The Bourse opened heavy, but was firmer at the close. Routes were finally quoted at 68.95, or sc. higher than yesterday. THE POPE AND THE POLISH INSUR- RECTION. In an allocution pronounced by the Pope on 15 . 41 he spoke as follows with regard to Poland : - - - The deplorable condition of Poland has excited in the highest degree the pontifical solicitude with which we have always been animated for that catholic kingdom. Hence it is that, among other things, we have believed it our duty to provide for the vacancy of some Polish Seca. We have appointed various bishops to the end that they may seek, in ecemert with their oolleagusa, the good of the church, and that they may not spare any labour, any study, any are, in order to establish religion for over in that kingdom. and remove the evils which have so long afflicted the catholic Polish church. (aawn's Tumults.) FRANCE. THE " MONITEUR" ON THE POLISH INSURRECTION. PARIS MARcH 19. The bulletin of the Moniteur to-day contains the following : "The whole of the news from Poland, which at tracts so large a share of public interest, appears to demonstrate that the insurrection is becoming ge neral." INDIA. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, Maws 2 (Via Saes). Grey shirtinp and mule twist tending upwards. Indigo unchanged. Exchange on London, Bering'. credits, 204 , government securities, Five per Cents., 104. Freights fiat. CHINA. CANTON, Fn. 14. Tea active, but unchanged. Total export to date, 92,126,0001 be. Exchange on London, 4 . 82. SHANGHAI, Fn. 8. Grey shirtings unchanged. Silk heavy. Settlements during the peat fort night, 1,500 bales. Total export to date, 66,000 bake. Exchange on London, 6.2 j. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (110 X OVAL OWN PARIS, WIDDIZEIDAY ETZ/17110. The Senate never at any time since its creation occupied so large a share of public attention as at the present moment. And yet its debates are of infinitesimally small consequence. Foreigners, who in all parts of Europe read in the daily telegrams abstracts of senators' speeches on the Polish peti tions, can scarcely be expected to realise to them selves how entirely the Polish question is coma non judicc in the Senate. That body has no poten tial voice upon these or any other petitions. Whether it shall adopt the conclusion of K Larabit's report and vote the order of the day, or follow K Bon jean's advioe, and refer the petitions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the result will be pre cisely the same. As a matter of fact we know the Senate will echo M. Billault's voice, and he recom mended the committee, whose organ M. Larabit is, to propose the order of the day. It is barely pos sible that while the debate is going on despatches may • arrive which might make it the game of the government to represent to foreign powers that it is pressed upon by that public opinion to which K Drouyn de Lhuya referred in a recent state paper. In that case a word from M. Billault will make the Senate vote enthusiastically that the petitions shall be referred to the minister, and it will be said that they "support the government." In the other and more probable case the Senate will vote the order of the day, "in order not to interfere with the government." Bat let us for a moment suppose an impossible ease—let us suppose that in spite of M. Billault the Senate were to refer the petitions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, what would be the consequence I Nothing at all. The Senate's recommendation of a petition is no guarantee whatever against the waste paper basket. The minister makes no report to the Senate, and the latter body has no constitutional means whatever of ascertaining whether any attention has been paid to its recommendation or not. Yon see, therefore, that the Senate's votein a legal point of view is absolutely of no consequence whatever, and that (being only an echo of thegovern ment voice) it is lees important as an expression of public opinion than the smallest public meeting in England. The Senate (except as regards it s tran scendently high jurisdiction, which it never exor cism, as "guardian of the constitution" !) is, in point of fact, nothing more than a debating society, the members of which are appointed and paid by the Emperor. Nevertheless there being in this debating society (among other nullities) some men who have had much experience in various departments of state, and who, from a natural desire to enhance their own importance, sometimes work as hard in getting up questions as members of the House of Lords or '1 Commons, some of their speeches are worth read- AMERICA. --.. (ianal'a anallaaa.) (Poe Jr)a SERIOUS BATTLE. DEFEAT OF THE YEDERALS. TROUBLES WITH THE REGROW. NEW YORK, lEAma 6, Emma. A battle took place on the sth inst. between the Confederates, under Van Dorn, and the Fede ral', under Coburn, at Springville, Tennessee, 13 miles south of Franklin. The fight lasted all day, and resulted in the defeat of the Unionists. The Federal forces consisted of three regiments of infantry, 500 cavalry, and one battery of artil lery. Nearly all the Federal infantry were cut to pieces or captured, but the cavalry and artillery escaped. The Confederate forces consisted of in fantry with heavy artillery. General Gilbert is severely censured for not sending reinforcements to Coburn from Franklin. Van Dorn is said to have 18,000 men. The Federal fleet at Port Royal numbers 123 vowels, inoluding 3 frigates, 20 gunboats, and a force of 30,000 men. _ _ _ A riot has occurred at Detroit, Michigan, caused by an attempt of the mob to take from the autho ritiee and lynch a negro charged with assaulting a white girl. The mob failed to capture the negro, but attacked the coloured people miscellaneously. Fifteen persona are said to be killed, and as many houses burned. The New York Legislature has appointed a com mittee to wait on the President in reference to the prisoners from New York State, confined in Fort M'Henry, who, it is alleged, have been cruelly treated. All the new senators have taken the loyal oath passed in Congress in July last. Several Demo cratic senators denounced the oath as unconstitu tional. A large meeting was held last night in New York, presided over by the Mayor. Union resolu tions were adopted, and a committee appointed to form a loyal Union league of New York citizens. Resolutions ware also passed denouncing media tion as unfriendly. Mr. John Van Buren urged the vigorous prose cution of the war until the rebellion was overthrown, and approved the act of Congress giving the Pre sident the control over the finances and militia. Several other Democrats spoke in favour of the war. The New York World thinks that the tendency of the resolutions passed was to inculcate unquestion ing acquiescence in the acts of the administration, and blind, abject confidence in the men holding tem porarily the Federal offices. The same paper de flounces the sentiments expressed in the resolutions as unworthy of freemen. The New York Times and Tribune approve the resolutions as loyal. NEW YORK, lELBca 7, EVENING. It is rumoured that the Federal Commander at Baton Rouge has refused to recognise the negro regiments. General Banks has issued orders that negro troops are to be regarded as equals with the white troops. The Charleston journals say that the privateer Retribution has sunk a whaler is the Carribbean seas The whaler previously showed fight, and killed one man on board the Retribution. The Federals attacked Fort Macelister, Savan nah, on the 3rd inst. The attack continued at last accounts The Glasgow and Borussia take out 6150,000 dollars in specie for Europe. The Damascws, sailing to-day, also takes out 400,000 dole. in specie. NEW YORK, MAlcs 6. The Confederates under General Van Dorn have advanced towards Franklin, Tennessee, but were driven back by the Federal!. Fighting continues. The skirmishing around Nashville is active. The report of an attempt to assassinate General Banks, at Orleans, is said to have been a canard. A secession demonstration occurred at New Orleans on the occasion of the departure of a large number of Confederate prisoners for the South. A large number of people assembled on the levee to witness their departure, and made various secession demonstrations. General Banks sent a regiment of soldiers to disperse the assemblage, and no disturbance occurred. All the General Appropriations Bills were passed by Congress before the close of the session, and have been signed by the President. These, together with other appropriations, amount to about one thousand million dollars. The Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill, originally introduced by the committee of ways and means, appropriated only one million two hundred thousand dollars, but be fore it passed through both houses the sum was enlarged to twenty millions. The bill to admit Colorado and Nevada as States of the Union, which passed the Senate, failed to pass in the House of Representatives, the latter refusing to suspend their rules for its consideration. Before the adjournment of the Senate, Mr. Doolittle, Republican, of Wisconsin, urged that the last moments of the Senate should be passed in something betides recrimination. He stated that all events went to show that America would crush out the rebellion, and stand before the world greater, more powerful, more glorious than ever, and beyond what had ever entered into the mind of man to conceive. He wished to show the traitors at home, and the men who talked of intervention, that America had just begun to fight, and would fight it through. America bought Louisiana and Florida in order to have that opening to the ocean, and he would say, in the name of the North-West, that before they would allow an independent empire at the mouth of the Mississippi they would reduce Louisiana to what it was before America purchased it—a territory of swamps and crocodiles. He told the nations who suggested the possibility of an independ ent empire at the South-West, that such talk was to talk what the people of the United States, though it should result in the upheaval of the whole of North America, would never surrender. It was his religious belief that the American republic was that political power foretold by the prophets, and for which good men of all ages looked and prayed, and to whose success and duration Heaven with all its omnipotence was pledged. Speaker Grow, in his valedictory address to the House of Representatives, declared that no matter what changes were wrought in the social organism of America, its territorial limits would continue tho same. The war must be prosecuted until the last armed rebel is subdued. Speaker Grow received a unanimous vote of thanks from the House, a oompliment which was never paid to any Speaker but once before. A large meeting has taken place at Trenton, New Jersey, in response to a call to celebrate the death $B. of s 4Congresa liberthe ~~. .. :Y e - w . . _ which bad teimpled upon the of the people. Scotches were made de (dories ,that the people were in a worse condition than tits people of Austria, and hopes were expressed that the State government would do its duty to protect the citizens. Resolutions were also pasted denouncing the unlimited control of the wee and sword of the nation, and the unrestrained poem over the persons of the citizens, given to the President, and declaring that it was the duty of the States to resist firmly all encroachments upon their rights ; that the Conscription Bill was an aggres sion upon the sovereignty of New Jersey ; and that the State authorities are called on to take measures for the successful vindication of the rights of the State. The employment of negro.s was de nounoed, and New Jersey was stated to be utterly opposed to the prosecution of the war upon any other than a constitutional basis. Both houses of Congress passed the resolutions concerning mediation, as reported from the Com mittee of Foreign Relations. At a meeting of the Democratic Association Pre sident Lincoln's name was hissed. The New York Tribune, referring to General I Banks's arrangements with planters for negro labour, says :—" The military authorities of the Gulf, who j were charged to recognise and maintain the freedom of the blacks, have gone into the business of slave driving on the largest possible scale, and officers who went to suppress a slaveholders' rebellion are I made overseers of plantations which government , stocks with re-enslaved blacks." The Tribune charges General Banks with administering his department entirely in the interest of the slave owners, and denounces his course as an oppression of the negro. An influential meeting has been held at New York to forward the laying of the Atlantic cable. A committee was appointed to act, and five gentle men have subscribed over 3,0001. to assist the enterprise. The New York Times says that 2,000 Mexican troops had embarked at Mazatlan and Jaimars for a southern port of Mexico, in order to operate against the French. It is considered probable that a conflict may have taken place at Vicksburg, and not Impossible it may have been evacuated by the Confederates. General Joseph Johnston, who commands at Vicksburg, is the general who evacuated Manassas and Yorktown in such a wily manner, and at such moments, as to seriously disconcert the Federal plans, based upon his resistance at each point. He may have repeated the same move at Vicksburg, which is supplied by only one line of railway. If he has, Port Hudson being strong enough to hold in shack the Federal advance down the Mississippi, Johnston may throw himself north ward upon Memphis, or to the north-east upon Rosencrans, or even, by a rapid southward move ment in conjunction with the small but formidable Confederate fleet, attempt to recapture New Orleans. By adopting either of these plans he would of course abandon for the time the Red River country, which lies between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and through which the Confederates receive immense supplies from Texas. Much anxiety is felt in regard to Charleston. The expedition against that place is most formidable, and great efforts will be made to take it, but General Beauregard has been allowed time enough to complete all his fortifications, solid and floating, and to concentrate a powerful force. There are growing symptoms at the West of popular dissatisfaction, and much is said of secret associations organised both to support and oppose ', the government. In New York a State judge has declared his in tention of executing his writ of habeas corpus against a Federal colonel, who, however, remains in his castle at Governor's Island. In the Senate seventeen members took their seats yesterday, nine of whom were returned for the first time ; of these nine, six may be ranked as oppo sition members, two as extreme, and one, Mr. Morgan, of New York, as moderate Republican. The municipal elections in New York State indi cate great gains for the Democratic party. NEW YORK, MAscit 6, ArrizarooN„ The reports concerning the condition of the steamer Indianola, when captured, are conflicting. Some say she is seriously damaged, and others that she is in an effective condition, and that her sur render win unneceesary. The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed s resolution, calling a National Covention and a convention of the Mississippi Valley States. It is supposed the Senate would concur iu the re solution. The steamer Northern Light has arrived here from Aspinwall, with over one million dollars in specie. She reports having been chased off the Florida coast by a steamer flying a distress signal, but supposed to be a privateer. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Ilium 6, Evann. The excitement in the gold market continues, and the tendency is still downward. A measure will be introduced in the New York legislature to check speculation in gold. Gold is quoted at 52k, Exchange on London :—Bankers' bills, 169. Stooks inactive. New York Centrals, 116 f. Illinois, 90i. Erie, 76j. Cotton depressed ; middling Upland, 84. Flour, wheat, and corn depressed. Provisions quiet. Coffee and sugar heavy. NEW YOBS, Kiwi 7, EVZIITIO. Money easy ; Gold, 54g. Stocks dull—New York Centrals, 1164 ; Illinois, 901; Erie, 76f. Exchange on London, 170. Cotton dull—mid dling Upland, 83c. to 84c. Flour heavy. Wheat quiet. Corn depressed. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar prices declining. Molasses steady. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIB DAY.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) RAJMOCE V. HANCOOIL—SABSTISO • 01100 X AND ITS anatiGre. Mr. Treat sod Mr. A W wls= endt& appeared fa the Petitioner ; Dr. @pinks and Mr.for the respeactent. Tins 11 =Wks k r • f judicial separation filed by a lady of name peeped, age her =inland on the pound of cruelty. Tbeempanded Iberelay denied ths rage. Mr. Wood having Weft opened ßauer the rams called the pelt- Mrs. Bliabeth Hancock, who wee a addille era Lay wearing vay large blue spectacles, wise mid—My sadden name wee Bailey. I have se =West is • brewery at CambmwelLearried on by my brother. Is the year 1880 George Hama= was • groom in the aurviee of the firm. In the June of that year I snorted him. We resided at South Stoke Villa, Peasa Tke respondeat's general eon , duct was mind. He did not treat me with the newt which is due to • wife. Hr's habits were not mbar. He wee often disk. In October he gave me • blow oa sha ded. He ekes threatesed ate with violence.- He often mid he wished I was deed, sad threat ened= cat my throat with his rasa. Hs does took a knife in his hand in • menacing manlier, and he many times threatened to hang or do for me. He often ;Cliched me in lad. He often applied ,to me for mosey. I oceselonaffy gave him 600311 ; but when 1 ref used he was always very abusive to me ; he wished me in hell and other thiags of that kind. Ones be struck me with • stick onmy bead and then oa my eye. 1 think that was is Deeember, 1861, for ha was very bad all that month. Bakes be struck me I had mid noting , He walked into the room end threw • crew-heel at me, which he had brought home kw his sapper. His fits of psalm always mine en in • moment. On the ciandon to which I refer he had bees driaklng. The blow CS . !My bee marked my cheek, but I bad my 'peddles on, Wld= piebeeted my eyes. On Christmas eve, 1861, he do ame en the head with a poker, and afterwa=s at ospperbialissed me round the table with a caning knife, threatening to do for me. I escaped from the parlour, and went to rest in the spars room, but he bard the door open, and pulled me oat of bed by the hair of my bead, and threatened to oat ray threat. 1 lent the boom in the following math. Ikea afterwards 1 received a letter from him. It is the am produced. Memo write, but very • badly. [lt was read. In it the respondent professed him. self to be nearly crazy at lasing the petitioner. He said that one day seamed • week to him, and that be would sooner die than live without her. He cooanded with, "Come bask and be happy. Blass thee, my dear raw both."] WON after that kontisued the =tassel I went back home hoping that he would be • better mu. I tried all in my power to make =mask. In Feb/wary he twisted my arms end hurt me very mush. One night about Beater he struck= spin, and kicked me violently. He then entered his own bedroom and locked the door. I my dreedatrooni for a moment, and ha hearing me, came in, blew out my light, aid looked the door. He then called out to me that ohms= sot oozes into my room. I west into another room and lay on the floor. In the night he =me to the roam whets he thought 1 wee, and tried to bunt the door open. He need very bad language, and made such a disturbance that 1 spoke to him. Whoa he found where I was, be came to me and dashed me about till my night dress was almost torn to pieces. Then he tore oft what little there was left, and threw me over his head. I became imensible, but when I recovered I found myself cm the floor. He premed his thumb and finger on my breast so violently that i was obliged to scream. He mid I ought to have • knife in there—namely, where he bad primed me. Next morning I found myself much brained. I Ina lame for some time after that. Towards the end of April while I was at sapper he threw the chain at me, and pushed me violently against the table. One Sunday in May, when he came to me, I said I was glad be had done se, for I wanted my sapper. He ad down quietly at first, bat he began to talk about the earvant going next door, and flew into a passim'. Then he took up a knife and threatened to do for me. I was very meek alarmed, and rose from my chair. Then he threw the knife at me, and it struck me across the bosom. Porta. oately it was the lack which touched me, but it hurt me very much. Then he ordered me to bed. As I was going ha suns and dashed me up and down the stain. Next he held me with one hand against the wall, with his fist uplifted ready to strike me ; but my good and faithful servant inter fered and turned him from me to herself. H. took bold of her, but he did not hurt her any further. Then he went into the backyard, and we made our escape from the boa= into • neighbour's. On the following day my husband wee charged at the Lambeth police-court with assaulting me, and he was bound over to keep the peace for six mouths. In default of bail he was committed to prison, and I received from him two letters which had been written for hint by the schoolmates . . Gross-examined—Hancock had been in our service about two years when I married him. I was living wish my bro ther. I have not a lugs property, bat I have enough to live upon comfortably, with economy. It was settled on me before the marriage. I did not ask Hancock to many me. Dr. Spinkn—Do you mean, neither directly nor in& redly Witness—l don't know that lam obliged to answer =oh questions, or whether it would be proper for me to do so. The Judge—There would be no impropriety ; but I do not see the relevancy of the question. Witness—l did sot. He behaved as honourably to me as any gentleman could have done. I married him for love ; and in my opinion I did wisely, for I thought that I could have made • different man of him. I did not keep a man servant after we were married. My husband took care of the pony and chaise for amosenant. He did complain that I did not keep a groom ; bat he knew before we were mar. tied that I could not afford to keep a man servant. He complained that 1 wee too familiar with my ler vante, for he was jealous of everybody I spare to. When he was in • pawl= he was fearful to behold—be was not like a human being. He is not to be described ; you most see him in a passion to form any idea of him. Dr. Spinka—Oh, but I don't want. (Laughter.) Witness —Whim I returned home after the first moan. den I agreed to allow him ss. a week for pocket money, bat 1 had not made him any regular allowance before. When he threw the oow-heel at me be bad Jost come in, and he found the pie open. He thought I had been out, and be objected to my speaking to a servant, seeing a friend, or taking a walk. t= the occasion of the first separation I instructed Mr. Lane, an attorney, to write to the tarpon. dent, proposing terms on which I would rotors. [These tonne were rather peculiar, but did not refer to the nation. dent's cruelty.] James Hillyer, the schoolmaster at Horserommerlane Gad, proved that he had written two letters produced at the request of Hancock. [The letters were reed. They were couched in pious and nitest language ; and they earnestly entreated the petitiaasr to let him out of prison.) The petitioner was largely corroborated by several ser ves= and Dr. Spinks gave up the &duos. The jury having, therefore, found for the'petitioaer, Sir O. Cromwell said the respondent had evidently got into • habit of drinking, and had become • wild beast rather than • man. There moat be a judicial separation as "teed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goalbws.) IN NI G. IDNOITT.—A DOUBLZ ILINKRUPTCY. The bankrupt wee described as a dealer in alabeeter, of Brighton. At the last sitting it appeared that he had been bankrupt in 1860, sod had not surrendered ; and the ale was adjourned in order that he might pass under the former bankruptcy. His debts were 1,120!., against which there were ampere of 4201. Nothing bad been done since the last sitting, the bankrupt pleading want of means. Mr. Hackwood appeared for the assignees, and asked for an adjournment for two months under the second bank. 'spicy, so ON to give the bankrupt tune to pus under the eat. His Hoerair was of opinion that where a trader petitioned the court a second time, knowing that a former bankruptcy was pending, the petition ought to be dismissed. Mr. Hackwood said that other rights had now intervened; creditors bad come in and appoloted assignees under the wood bankruptcy, coed property had been collected. Hu Honour thought that - that property would belong to the first aerate. After consulting Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd, his Hower granted another adjournment in order that the first bank. ruptcy might be disposed ot. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) TN NC DOLNAIII.—A TILAVELLLNU COMMA,. The bankrupt was described as &comedian, of Yard-street, Islington. His debts were only 911. This was the sitting for examination and discharge. Mr. Bromley appeared for the official assignee; Hr. Wee , tberfield supportd. The bankrupt, in examination, said that his debts were chiefly for the use of balls io different parts of the country. which be, had e for the purpose of giving readings. Had been preensliV e ri d ne of hismeditons, Mr. Rickards, who bad sued him in the county court. Borne of his debts had been contracted am long ago as 1857. His Honour had grunted the order ; but bel ow 7r s e i , tNli.o2icnoh;:ntbk,eaft.rticirdpothinatedaptptlhibedoeure".(4. the de °"bretelemilbea.rdhllas This bei ted, rr The ba nkspt gran was spin examined. He said he now per. formed at theNiritoria Theatre. His salary was 31. a week. In January he borrowed 31. of a Mr. Pinthir, who charged 7s. 6d. interest, Had borrowed a watch of Finder, sad 10 tamed it after a night or two. He had purchased three wakes' of Pindar, and paid for them. Mr. Pinder deposed that be had lent the bankrupt 3 1 . 00 • distinct promise that it should be repaid in a week, out of the premeds of an amateur performance which be was about to give at Hounslow, he having then no clothes to go in. He um borrowed a watch of witness to be bought or retuned ; he had since pledged it. By Mr. Weatberfield —The bankrupt had the watch in January, 1862. Witmer lent him 31., and bankrupt pri an 1 0 U for U. 7s. 6d. His Hamm granted the order. THZ ROYAL. ACADZIIY.—Mr. 13oxall and Mr. Weekes have been elected Royal Academicians. Me. Le Jenne by bees elected an Associate. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Kum 6, Eviunga. The New York journals publish news from Vera Cris to the 17th of February. General Foray had bellied a proclamation, dated from Orizaba, on the 15th of February, declaring that the army was about to march upon the city of Mexico. It was rumoured that General Foray would start on the 22nd of February. According to an American publication it is esti mated that from the commencement of the war 43,874 Federal' have been killed, 97,029 wounded, 68,218 made prisoners, and 250,000 died from disease and wounds; that 20,893 Confederates have been killed, 59,615 wounded, 22,169 made prisoners, and 120,000 died from disease and wounds. A letter from San Francisco says:—" Some time back there was an Immigration of fifty morns* girls to Victoria (Vaoconver's Island) and of several governesses. The servants all got places at wages ranging from 15 dollars to 90 dollars a mouth and found, the rate of wages depending upon qua lification. Several of these girls are or are about to be married. Six such marriages were ' proclaimed' in champ the other day. A few more servant girls have arrived lately, end I am informed by two householders of Victoria that there is still room for more of the same class. The governesses, bare not been so fortunate. There is great difficulty in placing thole ladles reliably. This class is in &dream of the place, in fact, and it will be imprudent to mod any 121M11 out for some time to coma. The objections or causes which operate spied their saunas In Australia exist in greater force in these newer countries." THE Tlse - 0 7 xl — T 1 wbo 'view samseolloos ves uj e c ia l I los UM Xr. lien, sod The matter was Boni bsd before 1 yet, the del def u ttat ua ti c harred pork, cue 14 [Me" &a , The dal e be did Dot down net) keels all el nee that, as that shop rump steak (A lauh.) Wu. 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