The Express. — London, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

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Tan Ihrm., A GANZ ROAM.-1W ZING RICUAILD IMO ISCOND. Xr. smil Ma O. cow st Mal NA AAAAA NT. Toe Craw • um TRILL. m. v ir ra V r " a l." 1? 111" 3 Wt: MIS rottm .-Ab1iaD A 1111 11 ,11r1 . 611114.111041.-Oenommat I. ITULIT. liT•wis• TLOIHINCI: Pawl *Ter. Yr. Creowieig. EIT:*IL 14. Posla.—aad THB BUHR TABB •110 111 MOH HIT. Ns. Mcrae; Modems Urfa —Dors fen 11.111.•0 • HIGH WATIN AT LONDON BSIDOI. Tiu DAT-liinis& Alteruce, 20m. 111. Sem. Akins" 11. 1.. LONDON. MONDAY. APRIL 20. TO OUR • • DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will pdfiblisi ON SATURDAYS as anal, daring EWA, rlimoontary nom Tin of the &moral Order, which Ward la • ft' Oats the Horse Guard., relating to he Staff appointments, it is to esospete. All discussion as to wheeler that Alm Amid be thoroughly educated is low eisend. The Hone Guards have fixed tie standard, end that standard is abundantly big b. It I. ia fact the very mime which bia %NS stessmnneled by some of the most experiment ma ebb IMO & 'Seem Bat net only is the standard of quaßleation satistsetory, it is also made applicable to every °Seer, whether on the general or on the persona teal The plassing dream of some fond fathers, that whatever changes might take place, they would still be entitled to appoint their sons and nephews as their aidee-de-earap, is now dissipated. The HeneGnsids at lengthannoance in the most nemistakeable Lepage, that an Aidedo-r.amp, besides Wag able to ride well, must be a& to write his own language; must have a good colloquial know ledge done foreign languages mat have a good eye , kr a ceenby, sad be able to praise* an intelligible thatch of it I must have a thorough knowledge of regimental daty and tactics, and field movements on an extended scale (which implies, we presume, a 'knowledge of the three arms—lnfantry, Cavalry, and . Artillery—erparately and in combination) ; and also i a knowledge of field fortification. The Brigade , ; Widen met, besides these qualifications, have a - borough knowledge of 'Ciliary Lay, and of the Army and War-eane &Mations. The fact that Aideade-Oarep and Brigade-141ms are required to perms these qualifications is new in the history of the British army. Nevertheless, it in a change dic tated by the soundest reasons and by the experience of the ablest men. With reference to this very question General &taw LINNEDY, is the Report lately published, pats this ease: Suppose an Aide , de-Camp sent with an order directing a movement . et a critical moment, and that be is not suf . latently instructed to understand the order with which be is entreated, he mast in this ease merely try to repeat the words in which be received the order, and, if this is not clearly understood when be delivers it, he is, if unacquainted with the Frio . *lle of his profession, totally incapable of ex plaining what was really meant. Henceforth, if this general ceder is acted upon, it will be utterly impomale doe a General to have his flank turned, or his line broken, by the ignorance of his own Aide de-Camp. So much for Aiderds-Camp and Brigade-Majors. For other officers on the 844 Deputy Assistants Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, the qualifications are, practical sketching—both sketch ing on horseback, which is called "flying sketching correct and finished plotting ; practical trigonometry and geometry, and knowledge of logarithms ; to write, read, and speak at least one foreign language ; to judge of ground and its proper occupation by all arms ; to have a perfect knowledge of castratnetation and the principles of permanent fortification ; and to be thoroughly acquainted with geography and mili tary history—espeeially as relates to the campaigns of ancient and modern military commanders. Lastly, the Staff includes Assistants Adjutant and Assistants Quartermaiter-Genend. In oddities to all the qua- Modica' already speeded them will be required to know the elements of insobanks, hydrostatics, and geology, the cemetnistion el military bridges, dams,' to., the principles of strategy and statistics of the army. In addition to all this we may observe that all Staff atom shall be able to ride well. Now it is impassible to doubt that if these officers are all to be as thoroughly instructed as this • General Order implies, there will not be a better Staff in the world than the Staff of the British army. The Horse Guards therefore deserve the warmest thanks, not only of every Army Reformer, let of every man who values the lives lel his fellow-creature. or the reputation of !hie country. The only remaining question—and a most serious question it le—concerns the mode in 'which officers are to obtain situations on the Staff, and the persons who are to conduct the examinations. Unless a permanent Board of Examiners is appointed, consisting partly of civiliess and partly of military officers, and wale's this Board is made absolutely independent of the Government, the General Order 'will be mere waste paper. If the Hone Guards and the Government are really bent upon knowing the qualifications of osadidates, let them remove all possible grounds of magician that these new rep- Utica, are designed rather to soothe public discon tent then to effect a genuine improvement in oar mai tarysystem. There is no difficulty in the matter. The aril Service Collllllilliall is now in active operation. It is absolutely independent ; and the last Report shows very distinctly how much that independence is needed in order to enable the Connaimimiers and the Examiners to do their duty properly. We await, therefore, with much anxiety the promulga tion of an Order which shall constitute some each permanent Board el Examiners as we bays sug gested, But then is another point. We are not quite sun whether we understand correctly the made is whisk an intelligent officer may obtain a pines upon the Ikea Is it intended that any officer the Bride army shall be entitled to present him self to the Board of Examiners and demand to be imemiaed, so that if be is found competent he may sham a eartileate of qualification P Or is it in tended that after an officer is nominated kcy mum pareen—who is stall undefined—he shall be entitled to a place on the Stag; if he COMM We the standard Axed by the examiners Pi If this Eats is the plan, we must say we e rn approve at it. Is not any one officer as math entitled filmy other officer in the army is ppova hi seilitary knowledge and capacity ? What right have the Horse Guards, or any other Government department, to condemn an able man to obscurity, because he does not happen to rue, that interest which shall procure him a nomination ? The Horse Guards may depend upon it that this will never do. It will satisfy neither the Army nor the public. The least that will satisfy them is this—that any officer in the British army may present himself to be examined, and that if found qualified he shall be entitled to a certificate. But, besides this, it does not seem very obvious why amongst those examined there should not be some distinction made between those who merely pass the examination and those who pass it with distinction. Every one who has had any experience in these matters is well aware of the vast difference at the University—for instanco—be. twerp a pass-man and a claas-man ; every ass knows that, though there are no doubt some ex ceptions, the clam-man is the superior man of the two. It doss not, of course, follow that basun in the examination one officer is placed above another the one is therefore to obtain employment before that other, for special circumstances may exist which may make this inexpedient. But, at all events, we cannot understand the objection to arranging the' candidates according to the ability they have die played in the examination. Upon the whole the public have reason to thank the Horse Guards for the confession which they have at length made—that an educated Staff is a public necesaity, and that hitherto instruction to the Staff of the British army has not been required. What a staff officer ought to know is now settled; it only remains for the public to be vigilant, in order to insure that this promising scheme is carried into' full effect. For that purposes we must have an inde pendent Board of F.:sulkers, consisting partly of civilians ; and every officer in the British army ' , must be entitled to present himself for exami nation, IT is ISOSTaIIy understood that Mr. BERNAL OSBORN& is likely to be Mr. Hoasmsi's successor in the Secretaryship for Ireland. There are man. circumstances that will contribute to render the ap pointment popular. The gallant member for Dover has fin some years been a staunch adherent of Lord Peenstme ; and whether people agree with the noble Premier or not in his views of national policy, there is always a oertain degree of appreciation of the fidelity to implied engagements which rewards a loyal follower when suitable opportunity occurs, in preference to seeking far afield for some straggler from the enemy's camp as the object of official favour. There is something that commends itself to men's feelings in this sort of partisanship. Of course it is liable to be ahead and rendered hate ful by exaggerated and indiscriminate appli cation. But, upon the whole, few people will be found, we think, to take exception to Mr. OS BORNE'S promotion. All who relish his broad and occasionally coarse humour in debate will be glad to see him unmans:led once more. Far four dull years he hes been lost to fan and fanferomede in the Admi ralty. Under the rilisto of two wads First Lords as the solemn Sir Lean smd denim's& (*Cam.= there was seldom it ewer anything lir a ready tongued subordinate b ay. Once, indeed. NMI cir cumstances of unwed excitement, the tegehemed spirit of the Secretary Wei the bends d entine, and gave vent to a seines ghat peatep indignation at the metres and misehish of military jobbing in a passionate and sparkling shower of thecae tears. It was just at the moment when the Osesemment of which Lord Patmeturrow was a seeeelary magnate was about to perish, and when all hands en board gave themselves up for lost. In that hex storey Mr. OSBORNE lifted up his parable, ant Miserable sinners!--orwords to that effect. Somehow or other the vessel righted herself after throwing some lumber overboard. The man at the helm wee changed—and notwithstanding hie momentary aber ration into the old habit of prophesying in the ad monitory vein, the Secretary of the Admiralty was requested to resume his former post--a pest whose duties it is but justice to him to say he hes dis charged diligently, if not always effectually, up to the present time. And now Lord Psiemairrox, finding on his hands a number of gentlemen passably fit for the post alluded to, and finding no such plethora of presentable candidates for the office of Irish Secre tary, resolves to advance Mr. OSBORNZ to a position where his debating powers will be once mars called into requisition, and in which si eliyrid habst a man may really make himself felt and known. We wish Mr. Osso w asu all mess in his now station it he has resolved to accept the aloe: and that he may win the plaudits that await the suswesdul, wo earnestly adjure him to steer as wide as peadble of the track of his predecessors. M. MIXANDII Dumas crowd the Channel to describe the English Elections. The enlightened curiosity, as to the working of this part of oar poli tical ardent, e►inced by ono of the foremost living notorietice of French Literature, implies a compli mcnt which aught to be reciprocated by the Literati of England. We are confident that we speak tie sense of the whole of intellectual Europe, when we say that by no pen can the coming French Elections be so appropriately described as by that of any illus trious contemporary Punch. Even the preludes to the French Elections justify this opinion. A few weeks ago a =ova/ring com mittee was organised to promote the election of M. R.ASPAIL ; without lam of time the Government had the members of this committee arrested on the charge of having instituted a secret society. A Lyons Journal has stated, and the Mats has re printed the paragraph, that M. 'Num has declined " for many lesions " to become a candidate for the representation of the Seine Inarieure ; and the Government organ, the Petrie, denounces such an intimation as little short of sedition. A cinder relating to the elections has jest been sent to all the Prefects by the Minister of the Interior, which ex plains " how that functionary understands the exer cise of universal suffrage." What the purport of this " understanding" may be has not yet been allowed to transpire to the uninitiated ; but r it is under the circumstances necessarily an esoteric doctrine, we cannot err widely in assuming that it is in a " non-natural sense." The Patric, indeed, takee upon itself to promise that any candidate re not flying in the far of " social order, the law, and so- ciety," will be permitted ; but the universal belief throughout France is, that such members of the , present Caps Legialatif as have sulleient proofs of subserviency will be brought forward for re-election ; that M. MONMEMBERT and a few other troublesome subjects will be laid on the shelf ; and that the whole artillery of pro hibitions of electoral meetings, arrests of can vaascrs, warnings against newspapers which advo este the claims of opposition candidates, eke., will be brought to bear against those who may attempt to make the elections realities. The effrontery of the Government which attempts to palm of net a aye teas upon a nation so sensitive and iutidligent as the ERMA% is the true trablilib of jugglery. Elections ea:glided on suck principles cab only be adequately illustrated by thrdistinguishcd individual whom we bap named. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1857. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. N (nun. The following bulletin of the health of the Queen was issued this morning : " Buckingham Palace, April 20, 9 a.m. " The Queen is convalescent. " The infant Princess is well. Jaw CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LococK, M.D. " DOBRRT FERGUSON, M.D." Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that no further bulled= will be issued. Pries Allot preekled ea dareday at • nein or the Demi et the Dodd °Mania, hid at the hew DuEy case, Redidberelpi harreirit. This IFIMI shoo MEs La of dr Privy ded, Viewed Mirk, ae Ainej , Osieut, Mr. Akmerairohe Timmer, Coked the Misialrdse Dessuard Nip; Led Parteeisi aid the lisserey, J.ll. Mar& The Pries wide ea het i& ea deleray etendag, with W Prise MINN awl is Piro Prod. Thu Has. Rally diked rd Clitels De Pit wen atrairea The Deane er RNA areammiei by the Priers et Rehielehe limparme rad the Primer Pram aid the Qu Derbies i ordeals*, ad WPareess May, dried the eatissfay. Prise Az id the !duress Reims rid Leers took a etve as epee aria id hr. Pi m Abed sal the Ydeesse Royal vital Es Duchess et Okessift! i Clispcsier MTN& . _ Mos lima et Ire Warr, the Brazilian Minister ant Yin de Bombe the Turkish Ainbeientor lib art Itaissets,tbs ttiala _Trashier. thelielerien ltieeersedWadoseaVhadleWoyer,theEmarreeket Whiatee, the &WM Nimbler owl Ihmees b Esebsebild, the Pear sles ILrlMtr, Ihe Pervelua Mike sad their River) the Bombs Make end Ihnsies d. Colle, the Oro Milder nil Wm, bin*. the Ihroleh Iliehier Mow. mad Nries ORR" awl air semhousef the et le len tie of the Mete if Iter. et Ile mbskr lad gory salsa dubs the yto reepoda. Pa ilehedir r lie Pare, the !date L a w n,ahk the PIiZhCOMB NA*. Pehmeet Aire milthe Dwane a leak the Primer 1 Ileheeebe losteshoes, dr Primes leease•Olee Yin Ned melee= et the coat sod the iheeedle hemeeheig, Mends MA* meek* fa the= ehfeeh _The Boa end Very Rev. the Des of ffr Diethre st Glamorise is IL Pero, Albert, the Prime loyal, end the Dumber at Cambridge, visited bee marl Wires lithanity. The other arebem at the Uri herb rat, both esseekerr sed orseing, to Glamomese Ha" le her the Mete et their nimstriame Metre The loyal Emirs vas totter 7. The Arbor of sad the Primer Mary vieltest the Dasher at ILEA a y, ot Cream liar, 84. tweet& _ _ _ Mr. &fiord Eyre had an interview with Mr. Secretary Inttenthere, an Setneday, at the enksiel-eince. Despitehet were sent to the GOTIMIIOIS of Malta, Gibral tar, Ceylon, Hang Kang Lebuen, sad Mearities, tent the Cokstel-oMos, en Weirder. THE DUCHESS OP GLOUCESTER. Her royal has been slowly, but con tinuously, wisher ler IMO weeks pest, and Dr. Peep= her swirl elefser have bees unable to far linker* pleat. The desire has latterly' beep kept as Iraqi es peak hut cesiihrhyr Der advanced age, awl the dale el halms, le whisk site ins been reduced, the maim et* Friel hien= has soshed the apprehen d= if It i zei who see kg la their inquidee AN bra II Os • late beer en Ihkrby "ledviry hvounbie dhows hell Mtn plum la Os sendllissi d Ye royal Inds. rwes. De. Taiwan was i alleelloses ups kw royal /unb ars armed awe doehga s s e der, and De. Hawkins hod sot Ilas media alow . la the slum st Maid lam Mk eadamie was visited by the st Oswilelden hie, Albert also wad erameel hr het hishah seewerthur the Mel& gnat royal_ lishwow. Ths Prime Beyei and he Dashes, el Kent, e>h Mary, the awl the Princess et Seherdolte, slan slid her mai A large wale d the nobility she soled hying the= Olowesewhense to inquire OW the health oldie • The following Whet wee imald 0b1ei1dar426 .840, 4111 Z111, " Royal Hem the Dubow st has bad a alight hem S La, awl laned hr her . We= Sail ti de elest her Med eine* ler seri Waimea ME esewlehe et short • mi a l an bees& The appetite la we sastwially sided. =ll Havant; N.D. nears.); M.D." 1 Yeederday (Sunday) tweak, the fallowing Wean w "GkotawArdiairs, ApeU 19, 8 am. " Her Royal Ingham the Draw et Gloucester has wad left the Wile, se/ Is ebb marsh* much bet rei m i t y llwa . bar royel highness vas during the whole (Sond) " FRANCIS HAIMINS, M.D. RONZAT FILLGICtiON, ltD." Open fergiry sea lye hour loot evening our reporter mu tbet en vim the bulletin vas ler royal high:sem vaa much about the nuns issued. Thie morning the following bulletin wee limed: " oloweetee Holm, April 20, 9.30 am. "Her Royal Highness the Duchene of Glourveter has pasted s quieter night. Her Royal Highness ameba much in the same state as yseterday. (Signed) "FRANCIS Hawzme, M.D. "ROBILET Fl/40011011, M.D." The Duke of Cambridge called this morning, and all the members of the Royal family have 'eat to make in quiries respecting the data of the Royal Dacha's. THE QUEEE.—As soon as ear her Majesty is strong enough to travel, it is recommended by the medical gentlemen in attendance that the Queen should nuke a short trip to the sea side, to es thoroughly to oompiete bee me mory, and mime her health to tie usual vigour in the shortest possibly time. For this purpose It le expected, should everything go co et favourably it It has hitherto dose, that her Majinty may be enabled to leave town ho bar manse place, ()thorns, Isle of Wight, the letter end of the hot west in Key.—Okowee. His Excellency Don Luis Gonzales Bravo, the Spud& Mahler St this mut, lilt Leedom on Saturday evening for Perla, en routs to ?Writ Hie Patellency will be proud at the opining at the Apatite Corte., sod will probe/Ay TOWS to London at the sad at ant mama. _ . The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely arrived in town ea Saturday, from Parts. The Countet; of amend= will have an assembly an Weanseley neat, at her miaow to Oreevenoc-creirent. The Earl - and Countess of Bradford are expected in town on Wednesday, from es* meat near Birmingham. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have taken the residense of Mr. Joists (of Pantiles), la Baton-square, for the esassee. The Earl and Counter of Durham have arrived in town for the assess Viscount mild Viscountess Combermere arrived in town OD &lOW*, from Combsrmere Abbey, Cheshire, for the meson. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestro have taken • bootee is Eccleaton-squere, and are expected in town at the tatter sad of the present month. Lord and Lady Naas are staying at Palmerston How, Klaus, sad will slot return to town mita the lit of ant math. The Dowager Lady Suffield ix at resent staying on a visit with Lord end Lady Cmington, at Wycombe Abbey, Berke. Her ladyehip has taken a home in Hertford street, Mayfair. Tint Dowager Lady Leigh is expected in town this day from a tour of visits. The Collates Frances Waldegrays and Mr. Har court, MX., have been entertalaing a distiagnisbed circle at Strawberry Hill dozing the past week. Their coutpeny has included the Marquis of lerdowne, the Marquis sad Marchioness of Claariearda, the Earl and Counter of Claretedon sad the Ladies Cratere sad Altos VMlers, the Earl and Counter pray, the Countess of Abingdon and Lady Evelyn Bettie, Count Bnardiabargh, Viscomt Chasm, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, and the Hon. Miss Copley, 110. Orstrllle, and Lady Beira Venice, Kr. John Bidwell, Mr. Wass Haretert, Irv. Walter and Mr Seryd, and K. Ralph lard. On Friday realm her 1.4214 gays a greed ken to skeet 200 members of the aristoorary—thls being the drat occasion for MOM yens pest that any hstlvity boa taken place at Btiewban7 HDL We (Post) andarstand a inabiaomial alliance is arsaged between, Mr. Berber, second son of the lite Sir William Wrier Beecher, and the lady Holly Rare, Bread daughter oldie lids Bed al Liable& THE NEUFCHATEL CONFERENCE. The Intifpendante gives the following ai the sub stance of a memorial laid before the Neufchatel Conference by Dr. Kern, in answer to the demands of Prussia : The only point on which the Swim plenipotentiary is nearly in sword with the Prussian demands is no regard s the amnesty. M. Korn admits the principle of an wenesty, end is also willing that it should extend to all political and military canoes anterior to the repreesion of the insurrec tional movement of September, 1826. On all other points the difference is marked and decisive. M. Kern declares that Switssrlsnd will not concede to the King of Prussia the title of Prince of Neufchatel, became the king's renunciation of his sovereignty ought to be entire and without any reserve. Ho also mimes the required indemnity, because—without taking into account the expense which the exercime of the droits re fallow will entail upon Swileerland, and which, according to him, would rather authorive the federal government Leask for compensation—the Confederation hes already spent upwards of Ave millions in consequence of the royalist insurrection. As to the property of the church, the Helvetic plenipoten tiary &Mims that it ha. never been diverted from its destina tion, sad that although it has been annexed to the state domain, the state has in return provided for tho clergy at emit amounting to double the income of the property. He adds that he can admit no special stipubetiun relative to the "foundations," the constitution and laws of the canton hav ing provided Loo all eventualities, private foundations being regulated by common law, and public foundation, being under no prelates whatever Wbe withdrawn from the reanse laid down by the eaustitution. As to the Neufchatel consti tution wdf, which the King of Prussia would maintain, at laai gee mom time, and se to the electors] rights which he wadi depetw foreigners of, M. Kern observes in the first plies that the Neufchatel constitution im the work of the Nenkbatel people themielvee, and that the federal authori ties hays no power to abrogate article 72, which stipulates that it may be revised at any time under certain fixed een dltkee ; and secondly, that only Swiss citizens Lave the right of voting, sod that not till after a residsnee of two yeses In the make. DENMARK. HAMBURG, APRIL 18. The 1/anish parliamentary party a master of the situation. Baron de Scheele retires from the poli tical arena. M. Andrae, President of the Council, has received instructions from the King to form • ministry. COPENHAGEN, SATVHDAY EVENING. The Dumblade! announces in an extraordinary supplement that a rescript from the King, dated this day, charges the President of the Council, Andrae, with the task of reconstituting the ministry, and placing the two portfolios left vacant by M.Schecle's Ireftignation. It is probable that if M. Andrae de clines this mission, M. Ball, the Minister of State, will be charged with it. M. Scheele retires com pletely from political life, and has consequently re signed his seat in the Supreme Council. SPAIN. A CARLIST CONSPIRACY. The latest letters contain details of the discovery of a Carlist conspiracy. Among the individuals arrested are several officers not in actual service, but no name of note is among them. It was intended that, simultaneously with an insurrection in Madrid, a movement should take place on various points in Old Castile, in the Basque provinces, and in the Asturias. It is affirmed that the government has obtained a complete clue to the conspiracy. The Iledas Aulogrojas adds the following particulars: F.erasers, Toiicas, Oviedo, Lew, ea Burgos, were the principal localities in which the Carliet party wee to ham Mess. It la calculated that :ass then 200 persons quitted Madrid with the view of joining the coaspiracy. The French government sent Information to the Swab& government on the alert. The Cutlet oolonels, immoral mad &atm& lidos, and some other came, who were arrested on saapickm, have been set at liberty, Mier Wei Interrogated. Almost all the persona arrested are of some importance,. and among them are several eoclesiaMice belonging to tho Carliat party. The Ceerrisr Maki/ says that the arrests amount to 430, and that smog the prismsere are Fathers Ruts and Cerni cisr, both well known i• Madrid. The Gazette de Frames affirms that the Spanish government knew of the Carlixt conspiracy before granting the recent amnesty. The inference is that the object of the amnesty wu to have an excuse to reproach the Carlist party with black ingratitude. MADRID, April 18.—The rebellion which broke out at Burgos hu been put down. • This i• in direct contradiction with the statement a few tines above. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. EXTRAORDINARY AUTO DA Ff. viols ova owl ookaisroxpurr.) PARIS, SciDAT iTINING. A body of itinerant Capuchin monks lately invaded the town of Grasse, in the department of the Var, and there enacted a scene which will scarcely be credited as having occurred in France in the 19th century, although if the venue were laid in the States of the Church or in Spain there would be nothing surpriaing in the story. After a preach ment of more sermons than were ever heard at a Scotch " Holy Fair," a sturdy orator, one Father Archange, mounted the pulpit and pronounced a furious discourse against philosophers and romance writers. Not only Alexandre Dumas, Eugene Sue, Georges Sand,and Balzac, but even MM. 'fliers and Lamartine were denounced by name. Among news papers the Mbaes and Sleek were stigmatised as unlit for Christian reading. At the conclusion of a fierce invective, the monk called upon his hearers, as they valued their eternal salva tion, to deliver up to the parish priest, within twenty-four hours, all books, pamphlets, journals, and printed papers whatsoever, not approved of by the bishop, which might be in their possession. Pursuant to this mandate a large proportion of the population of the town came by night to the church door, and there, through au aperture provided by the cure, they furtively threw down their sinful literature as an unfortunate mother deposits her offspring in the box of a foundling hospital. The next day, which happened to be Holy Thursday, a grand auto-dale was celebrated in one of the public places of the town. The devoted books and news papers were packed upon a largo ftusereal pile. Two copies of Lamartine's " Jocelyn ;" one of " La Chute d'un Anger" a complete set of M. Thiers' " History of the French Revolution ;" very many volumes of Balzac, Dumas, and Eugene Sue; a copy of M. Se nator Merimee's " Colomba ;" M. Michelet's works; and Jules Simon's "Religion Naturelle," were re marked among the collection, which comprised an immense number of plays, vaudevilles, and illustrated publications. At nine in the evening, all being pre pared,the clergy, preceded by two infant choristers, each bearing a silver croescovered with a black veil, advanced in procession to the place of execution. Some " bad books" which had been brought in at the last moment were carried by beadles in baskets hung with black. The cortege marched slowly and silently, lighted by torches and wax candles. The beadles having emptied their baskets into the con damned meal of books and papers, the holy fathers immediately set fire to the faggots, end as the dames burnt up high the eirf chanted Pore* Domine. The majority of the spectators were utterly ignorant of the nature of the entertainment, and would probably have thought it a better show had the Capuchins been burnt instead of the books. Some few made fun of the proceedings, and put humorous question, to the priests as they passed by. There cannot be the least doubt that priests of this kidney only want the power to burn Lamar tine, 'riders, Dumas, Mich°let, &c., instead of their books. The l'resse Bays in its weekly commercial review that both wholesale and retail business has been even less active during the last week than the preceding, and it attributes the fact to the cold and wet weather. But if the assigned reason be the correct one, we may look for a speedy improvement, for yesterday and to-day the weather has been exceedingly warm and fine. Indeed so splendid a day as this has been from sunrise to sunset is rarely seen so early in the season. The Daily News and Express were wired to-day. PARIS, E4II.7HDAT EVENING. The Bourse was very heavy. It was reported that the bullion in the liank of France hasdecreased con siderably, and that the Bank has raised the premium on gold to 6f. per 1,000, instead of 4f., to which it was reduced three weeks ago. The precise tenor of the new statutes continues to be the great subject of conjectural discussion. The most important point is to know whether the supplemental capital will be issued in Itentes or Treasury Bonds. I believe, aa was stated yesterday, that the latter course will be adopted. In that east government will be enabled to reduce the interest on the bonds, but the other alternative would give much greater elasticity to the Bente. The Three per Cents. fell 15e. both for cash and account, closing at 69.55 and 69.70. Bank of France rose 75f. Mobilier fell 10. Railways, with one or two exceptions, were lower. Eastern was remarkably heavy, notwith standing the opening this very day of the Chamont section. The shares fell 12.50. Lyons fell 11.25, and most other lines from 2.60 to 6. Mediterranean and Orleans were firmer for account. Many specu lative purchases were made in Resler', which rose 12.50. General Todloben and severrl Russians of distinc tion have left Paris for Toulon, to meet the Grand Duke Constantine, who is positively expected there on the 20th or 21st. It is stated in the Presse that M. de Kisecleff also started for Toulon yesterday, but this is a mistake. The ambassador has not gone, and I am told is notgoing. At all events he was in Paris this morning, for he attended a second conference of the Four Powers on the affairs of Neufchatel. General Luders, who has been for some time in Paris, has had a private audience of the Emperor. The general is travelling for his health, and intends to visit Vichy. At a late hour this evening the court-martial which has been sitting for several days to try the brothers Leandri, lieutenants in the 95th Regiment, and Sergeant Benagnet, of the same corps, on the charge of having committed a gross outrage upon a butcher's wife, in their quarters, unanimously ac quitted the prisoners. Although the Judge-Advo- cate and M. Vellaud, counsel for the husband, pressed hard for a conviction, no one accustomed to weigh evidence can for a moment doubt the righteousness of the decision. In the words of M. Chair d'Est Ange, who disdained to ask for a verdict of " not proven," there was not " in all, this monstrous affair an atom of moral proof, not a shadow of probability nor even of possibility." The sole foundation for the accusation, which I regret to say was prematurely dwelt upon in England as a reproach to the French army, was a delirious dream of a woman dying from fever after a miscarriage. UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. (11T MAONNTIC TILIOZAPN.) OMOII Orli OWN COZIMPOPDINT.) LIVERPOOL, Mommy. This morning, at 8 o'clock, the Royal Mail steam ship Europa, Captain Leitch, which was to leave Boston oo the Bth inst., with the United States mails, passed Point Lynasy and is expected to arrive in the river about one this day. LIVERPOOL, TRIB DAT.—(BY MAGNETIC TELE onarm.)—Tbe Twill:I& frigate °ewes' Behri, hence fur Constantinople, ham put beck this morning. . . . . _ M. de Tigorboiski, member of the Council of the Empire, and • celebrity In *almanacs! science, did at St. PlA n bur g onth°l !9. l ' . . • - A inits7rfron - iiTau in the Piadimaniest Gazette, Maus AM an the sth the eHem ef the Remise frigate lit elbeed bar Nekmay the Immo Negr o, of Russia a maiden he the Ms el Iffejor mar the at Tillabamem Her liberty honoured them with her moms Meet man with her MM. The Greed Doke Cm- Resraion, stantine the health of her Makety mid the Empe ror al end the Hamm Downer afterwards pro posed Got of Victor limosseel. Intelligence Stamm, al the 9th, states that Admiral [gem Mather wft We trimdroo, had been re ceived her wilt mob elemlimff by l H e it afiGsb olikritiec, the Pena mei &Ms. sal the residnets. Ad- Met Ilsest-Wlllssms, et a JOY whisk he gave to the BMA aided es bend the Pam* fe es • toast : " To the mien ef the Frame wed ite Admiral Lyons replied in a hag meek, le = al bs Mreloped the advan tages of the Anglo-Preach alliance. WILD Booms no FRANCE.—The Journal de 71miesros relates an extraordinary some which occurred In that town a few days ago. A tsetse took plum to the woods of Hatay (Yonne), to destroy wilkihoess, which were can =great ravages in the Gelds adjoining. Six of these IMO started act by the dogs, and took to the vine yard' near, where being met by some men at work, they separated and took difinent directions. Two were panted and killed by the men, two escaped, sad the other two ran Into the town and entered the court-yard of a gentleman named Empalme'. That pima and several friends were standing talking In the mart at the time, and were not • little arta:lOW at the visit of the gavotte animals, and immedi ately raa to procure One of the Wan took refuge In • fowl-hones, whil= L other made • dash through a window tato a mall room on the ground door. After some little delay, during Midi • number of penons had assembled, the interlope, were both despatched. They were found to be both sows, and ow their bodies being opened, one was found to have ten and the other seven young ones. Each of the minute weighed from 50 to 80 kilogrammes. PORTCGTESE EXPEDITION TO CHINA. -- The Indlpnulessee NMI that the Portuguese government Is fitting out an expedition to China consiedng of our brig, one owvette, a steam despatch boat, and a Mumma /mid with reinforcements for the garrhon of bad" which is to be robed to 400 men. The object of this demonstration la to establish and confirm the authority of the Portuguese government to that settlement, which hes for many years past been only nominally governed by Portugal, • resident mandarin having exercised powers which it is now Mended to dispute. MURDER IN Role.—" Accounts • from Rome," ears the Union, " mossmee tint IL Lamarenl, member of the Comulta, ken been semenintall to • corridor of the palace. He was preessabeg M pig He *irks of the este biishment, and Mil with him • pidsel-iseek containing 1,200 sea& He me Malawi In the alemesti, and the ameann "Zwith the sem la enestica." .! SANDHI= ON THE WATER CORE.—The following letter frem the anther of the Siege of Kim has been forwarded es vs hr :—. Thursday, March 19, 1857. My dour wr,—r bare to-day received a peremptory Weer hem dm OtimiiseMes, 'Adak mein it nemeary for me le kale year egaMihment, tindbresit-park. Before I p I emmst bet Mimi the shill, Maine, and att end It M which I have heel freeded elm mg arrival, and from which I have received, Meek Gad, se emit bemelit. 1 should rune like is have remedmil bees et Meet three months, to hew had the tan bleak el the slab; bat I menet bow walmissiesty te Impeder aseemlty, imil, while awaking yon biome shies,* der year Mamma I remain, M., H. fir, an- WIT 11. To Dr. Ellis, tindtireoh-park, Richmond." WORK TOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—Under this heading the Observer states that " it is certain that many important mamma of NMI policy will be at oboe pro ceeded with," and then rintancenas the following :—A BM for the continuance of the General Baud of Health the reform of the marts of law and chancery; a measu re in reference to the rigid of married women as regards their own property; • bill to pat the system of local taxation on a more anitetactory brio; end one for the abolition of tolls. ACCIDENT TO MR. BOVILL, M.P.-0o Saturday morning this Mined gentleman, according to his usual custom, was proceeding an horseback from his rendence, Hanalield-street, Portiand-pbes, to Westminster-hall, when hie hoer. stumbled and threw him with greet furor, caw ing complete shock to the system. Dr. Paget, who was called is, adrift( rest for a few days, but Mr. &mill will attend the meats at Weabstailer Sadly. THE °BEAT BESTERN 8TE.131 8111 P. Mr. Scott Rosen writes to the Time, relative t o the ship now building in hie yard at Millwall H Es . of the merit and responsibility is that of build( rof the e ld„, for the lisetern Steam Navigation Company, I deeii,..d bare and constructed the iron hull of the ship, aari i i eponsiblc for her merits or defects it • piece of naval web. teeture. I am equally responsible for the engines of 1,000 horee-power, by which she i s to rd'!pro7ert But Messrs. Janice Watt and Co., the eminent came*" Soho, have the entire merit of the design and constnictind the engines of 1,500 horse-power which are to prow 4 screw. It is, however, to the company's engineer, Mr. I. Brunel, that the original conception is due of butl6 a steam-ship large enough to carry coals sufficient for k steaming on the longest voysge. He, at the outset,* long before it had assumed a mercantile form, ouzo, rated his views to me, and I have participated in the trivanee of tho best meaner to carry them into pewi t , effect. I think, further, that the idea of using two eft, engines and two propellers Is original, and was hie e ft , don. It was his idea also to intruder* a cellular 61.111%. Don like that at the top and bottom of the Brit into the construction of the great ship. It w il l sent* these aro the main characteristic s which die ron ii, des from other Alpe, and these are Mr. Brunel' s . liki r and her structure in other respects are identical why y y of my other shim which are constructed like this mei*. ciple of my own, which I have eystematically amid during the last 20 years, end which is commonly tare) ' wave' principle. In other respects, also, her sear*, are pest together in the manner usual in my ether tip I think, too, there are other* whose names end en tre this matter the public should not forgot whenever 0. gta ship is mentioned. The mercantile difficulty app*, the outset, and this has proved itself since, to te gam great as the mechanical difficulty of the undyed:4 1, unusual en enterprise could not have been carded wit vat, out "laity, enterprise, and prudence, to the credit el Mat the baud of directors, represented by their &dram, le H. T. Hope and their secretary, Mr. John 'AWN es s* titled in a u t n degree. And there wee out of diva * bore the and haat of the day, sad at the waft it this undertaking wee one of its most able and wakes lb t a rs the late Mr. Charles Ouch. I think lea butt nsaying that without him it would never, u • mussel speeulatioo, have been undertaken by many of thou* have undertaken it ; that on his aid end esertioss emu t us probably, and certainly myself, roiled mainly fie tt i suoicesful issue of the undertaking, and that his untie* death materially increased the difficultica of that lode taking, both to the directors and to the constructer of th ship. Let not, therefore his share of any merit the, belong to the undertaking be forgotten. In conclu siv e, mit me to add that my share of the merit and ends with the construction of the bull and of the Addy engines, which have now been nearly completed friz z laments Mr. Dickson and Mr. Hepworth. The of the ship, the rigging and matting of the ship, her aka and her outfit are not mine, but are executed entirely tail Mr. Brunel, Captain Harrison, and the ether Mere of th company." Her Majesty's state yacht the Victoria and Ather„ Captain the Hon. Joseph Dearness, ban just been islet no dock at Portsmouth, to be embellished for her Haim", summer cruiee. It is said that the friends and supporters of Lend Henry Thynne intend Inviting his lordship to a public d z . net, to take place in Warminster in the early part of May. At a Convocation meeting on Friday of the beer. Aced clergy of the archdroonry of Sawn the Rev. G. P. Lowther, prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral, and the Be Ilf Coral, vicar of Figheldean, were elected prolorax the archdeaeonry, and admonished to appear is the ear tory before the chancellor of the diocese, on the 30th Met, ad then and there with the other proctors of the other nth desconrias within the diocese, to elect and constitute hut =mist Manaelves two for the whole diocese, to swum tha onera conmeaties, to be held in the Chapter-brad the Cathedral church of St. Paula, London, on Friday, di Ist at May next: The Marquis of Exeter has resented the Ree T. Piper, WA., curate of All Souls Church, BOOlett the rectory of St. Michael's, Stamford. The /..)umfries Courier announces the forthemief publication of a " Dumfries Album," which will coigns cw tributions from Mr. Thomas Carl) le, Professor 131acks,' lL James Hannay, Professor Nlchol of Glasgow, Her. Gasp Minim, Mr. Thomas Aird, Mrs. Johnstone, On Wednesday last, Miss Nightingale, mat partied by Sir John hii`Neill and Professor Syme, rioted tb Surgical Hospital and medical wards of the Royal Infirm,. Edinburgh, and minutely examined all the arrangements i this eatabliahmeut. It is rumoured (says the Ntereastk Express) tic a commission of inquiry is about to be issued to comae:6 cause of the decline of Durham University. It grss from the calendar that in 1861 the students in art, audio medicine, and engineering, at University College, owe , and at Bishop Hatfield's Hall, 46. This year the auk ass reepoctivaly 60 sad 90. Air. Watkin, M.P., visited Yarmouth on 1 day, in reference to improved arrangements as to tisk Mae, suggested by some of the most influential toetehn in tha town, and es to the important question of Town it and Poring Tolls, on which he wished to be irdbmi prior to the meeting of parliament. Mr. Watkin met as Hull in the evening. ATHENSI7II LIFE ASSURANCE &WILTS.—Tr ie quiry now being Instituted on the part of the aharehda into the alleged mutilation of the deed of settlement of thr safety. by _the abstractka of a clause in it papa*. limit the liability tithe er iareholders to the amount of 9; shame was Platinised on Saturday before Richard Ea: Esq., chief clerk to Vico-Chancellor Wood. Further a names were examined on the subject. Mr. John Popeth superintendent of the company's provincial wake, am ined, stated that when he found that sheets were mills and that the clause in question was not there. he ail for an explanation of the matter from Mr. Scum, Ile manager, and Mr. Bartlett, the chairman. Mr. Berta who bad bean a el said that when he serf rand be maw people were getting tired, ale w ch is getting tired himself, he had his or moos so arranged that he could turn over a er two pages and cut it short without the or rogation knowing anything about it. Again, mail the attention of Mr. Jopling, one of the auditors, is deed, Mr. Jopling asserted that the clause was in tail " Well," mid witness, "I'll bet yon a bottle it is not," Id they examined the deed together, and Jopling avid, wit lost, It's a moat myetesions thing ;" and he paid the ha of wine. The witness made a bet of 100/. to 101. with* Howard, the aociety's surgeon, on the same subject, heti bet went off. Witness we. dienthred from the socialite. vice in consequence of his awls= as to the deed heat been tampered with.—The engroesere, bindas, sad els engaged in getting up the deed—a document of Inge dine Bona, clothed in black Russia leather, with exterior gale —were also examined as to the possibility of the abed mutilation. Their evidence was contradictory ls oaf =—Mr. Barton, of the Arm of Chilton and Buda late to Mr. Harding. the official manager, soma! that th e portion of the deed tampered with should be eat mated to a minute microscopic examination, in ordor., complete the evidence. This waa understood to be arms to by the Chief Clerk, and the meeting adjourned. MARTLE BON E VESTRY.—Atativeetied on Saludal. Mr. T. A. Nicholay in th e chair. J. en was des churchwarden of the parish, and Mr. Tavener se his ails man; Mr. D. Ray, churchwarden of St. Mary's; Mr. Perry. of All Souls Mr. C. Hickman and Mr. Unwin, of Trip district. The vestry clerk of Christ's Church then read a a moeial, expressing the alarm of the ratepayers at a attack on their rights and privileges by the Poor-r:e7r i maskaers, from whom the following communication Ise been received ,—" Poor-law Board, Whitehall, April Mb 11157—Dear Sir,—l beg to inform you that I purpose W ei ing the meeting of the Board of Guadiana of the peril d St. Marylebone, on Friday, the 24th inst., at 12 o clock en I am not quite ante that the guardians meet at 12, if, thee fore, they meet at any other hoar, I shall be moth ohkpi to you to name that hour to me.—l am, dear sir, yea faithfully, 11. B. FARNALL, Poor-law Inepertor." 16. Hodges moved a resolution protesting spinet tho impair being present, as " contrary to the spirit of rod IoP government and the beneficial management of the pox, and ex rearing the determination of the board to resist ad proceeding. —Mr. Orange seconded the resolution,—Alho some discussion the following amendment was moved by 10 Free& and seconded by Professor Marks—" That the nu adoration of the memorial now read be deferred until vestry is officially informed bz the directors and goardiaud the parish on this etthject, but the original motion.* maid by a majority of 33 to 19. LONDON IHSPENUARY.—The pulpit of Mit' church, Spitaltlelda, woe yesterday devoted to the school of the clams of this institution. In the morning the a men wee preached by the Rev. J. Pattoeon, W A., nem. the text from Philippians, chap. ii. verse 4. The instal s was establishedin 1771, and its operations extend throol the parishes of Spitaltields, Whiteclapel, Aidgete, Combs' Bithopegate, Shoreditch, and Bethnal-green. The lam moos to the diaponsary, including those visited at their s° homes, have amounted to nearly 300,000. The collecia yeateeday morning was 201. In the evening the Bev. 1 Bu , gur., 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea, made en at e : whirls the congregation answered by liberal con but the dispenary is still heavily clogged with debt. Scanlan ENGIN ents.—On Friday evening numerously attended meeting of engineer., presided 06 4 Mr. Bohan, assembled in th e Philosophical Society's Andemonian 'fellation, to receive and consider the re port a committee appointed at a meeting held on the March, relative to the establishment of an Institution tat; gams. The committee laid before the meeting a OIL, mike, which were diamond and agreed to, It was oleaffi that this society should be styled the " Institution of lc mere in Scotland." The former commilte ow:wired Or fusser Rankine, Mesas. Walter Neilson, James 11 ,. .Z and William Ramey (interim secretary). The ,„ was re-appointed, and the following names were added_ _.te • —Messrs. Robeon, D. Moore, Alexander, Rowan, Dam and It'Onie.--.olaegoto Daily t. E bad also Plaiu B is 8 r who i x The l:= elm ▪ !bay IM 4 I • .3* why the • , The lion 11 1 , 0 E BAP tagt( Isaa that . out 7 a.; C , Jowl Ern 'Aire , bac « A . Ri 4 bed I peal attic meat b 7 df ; otter bread receil iu by detail dziak /0111. d tha Upon . Claris Surat of CE ' Worth Sod 4w• C V beir 7ik 0