The Express. — London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

RE DAILY NEWS: LONDON MORNING nrn, rib moson o •I 61.. slill.Pl Id. / Ana. , Ifolw &MA Ito Yobbo of Ow ilobboloo obi of Nkomo. . la MIMI aril wino of r WWII row-fa lir Norm of lb ' er r ma la IN imbed webollb sol ombolobl Wobbles lgte as ti"jr* "W M 311 . 11ftil l"alls" Ifft7 ins'-ab r is ni r Arra' . I• 17 - 14 to lo le mg AD OI Tzresi bIOPORT, aim AlL i ff o h i f WOW lota Irrair trri...i. s.d. MrOnoollob ofilo . ""tr Nne 'd lb a =ialor aol =1". "Z. • Wii".6 01 ow beimiller et ammo la lie kisser : se all S itth be IR Wi 4111i i rilpt=1 W Wain lla Oa. 1111. es heel* the Imo et sew spew not, i. op* lisi lA Pet ionic Plr einem be Peered., rd.. int exprtoo. TO COII3IIIIPONDINTS. t0...e.a tar -Tr Sasems,' Leeds* VW., saw, mot be si she OMB% Ity liss•selerissill. by Two ego* es UN asp d p•idadin. Tine nvengs. • LIM TIIAL. &lOW'S% Oinipba, nowa. TIMM.% Now. Raw% obit Criet Poloshaa. Flts- L ; or. 7.6 The. Golan Anima 111.11.011rer —AM LCCD MI nut 1111111.1.111011-ommime el T. _Too /tmoms. A GA NZ OF 101M—Aad KING ILICOARD 11.1000%D. W. awl Ys O. Zasa—lkon aria 61 half. OM • SUMILIST. lu hams, minim', et Ur NMI Erow. Mt Com.let —MIDAS. Mr. 11161 smite; WM, Rain—And 1111 DUMB _ VOY SAVOYARD AND HIP MuSISY. Ms. litaasono ; Madissi ARRA HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taw DAT—llersime, ILL Ma. AltinKes, Tarceaow—liaraft, N IS.. Afternoon. N. Ilm. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21. TO OUB A DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will b. published ON SATURDAYS a. usual, during tie Parliamentary ream. ONE of the best tests of the practical working power of the new House of Commons will be its ability to deal with those questions of Law Reform left unsettled by its predecessor. It may not be amiss to give a rapid sketch of some of the more im portant measures of this kind which are now await- ing the decision of Parliament. There is, first, the creation of a Department of Public Justice. We give this plan the precedence, as upon the adoption of a wise policy in this respect most principally depend the possibility of a eye tematic and comprehensive prosecution of Law Re form by the British Legislature. The value of mach a department consists mainly in this, that its Head would be responsible for preparing and con ducting through Parliament those various measures of law amendment which the progress of intelligence and the changes of society imperatively require, and which the existing law functionaries of the Crown, even if they had the will, have not the time to take charge of. A more convincing proof of the necessity for such a functionary can scarcely be con- mired than that furnished by the evidence recently taken before the Committee for inquiring into the Mariner and language of Current Legislation." The great difficulty that met this Committee at every turn was how to find a fitting medium of . . commwneation between the House and the functionary appointed to revise and classify the public bills of the session. With the introduction of ✓a Department of Public Justine all such dißealty wai t : team The two great sad important works of t er i a i ag the language of cement iegielatkd s low! of expurgating, clarifying, and consolidating the Statutes embodying past legislation, would go on concurrently under separate officers, with appro priate staffs of assistants, in the one office of the Minister of Public Justice, who would himself baths medium of communicating the multi of their NM bincd labours to the House. The last House of Commons carried an address to the QUM( foe the creation of a Department of Public Justice : it rests with the new House to follow up their work. Turning from the constitution of a Department charged to watch over the adminiatration sad amendment of the law, to the particular siemens of Law Reform lady to be brought up foe disenesion before the new Parliament, we find that many of them involve considerations of the gravest im portance, deeply affecting the social and moncesieel interests of the country. The proposed elmagee is the Law of Divorce, and in the law regulating the Property of Married Women, will effect, if carried oat in a liberal and enlightened spirit, a rut alteration foe the better in the legal relations of husband and wife. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Rill of last session will, indeed, require considerable modi fication before it can be accepted as an adequate remedy for the existing evils. The abolition of the action of erim. ems., and of the rule excluding the festimemy of the wife, most form part of any mea- MS CM this subject intended to be satisfactory. The establishment of an effective Registration of Titles to land, on the principles developed in the admirable Report to which we have recently had occasion more then awe to refer, would work a vast improvement in the laws of laud. Without in the slightest degree infringing on the secrecy or security of titles, such a =snare would emancipate the owner, of the soil from the enema aseessity of submitting to a fresh investigation of their rights of property on every fresh mender of tremilm and would render dealings in Mod se as inespeaeive, and ill SA as dealings in the public tee& While the bonded gentry wadi thee he dread film me ',the vent Omens 'Lampoonist lurdome sew priming cm 124 the sonummlig et large mould batik in at Most an egnel degree. The investment ▪ capital in the soil weld be eneseraged and pris m*/ The Elaltiplialy et lead Wee end had sops wadi mere then make up to the lawyers fix whet they wad lose by the almiitien at the mem eaneleresu erten of manyancing. A fair per centage isommiseiem en lend transfers 1 1 will pay them better and num eetiefaeterily then the present method of reessamatim by skins sad folios, by the number of maim Mope they can con trive to take, and of melon weeds they can contrive to darken counsel withal. Next, probably, in importance to these modifica tions of the laws affecting )ferriage and Land are those relating to the jurisdiction over Wills of per sonalty. In what form the Testamentary Jurisdic tion Bill may be presented to the new Parliament it is impossible to say. We may, at all events, be allowed to hope that the measure which last session mad forth such smaniamous disapprobation from all duo mnineat lawysen is the Upper House will never twin be submitted In the Legislature. On this wear Parliament has a right to demand from the law aim of Lord PAL,' za.grors Gasasvin fo r a 'weaned working measure, not me a legiehtios abortion as that whisk awned foe lard enatewoltem assmiable a notoriety in the het Parliament. Pamirs boss the deprinsent af Civil to that of CsimMal Law, the quietism pending her decision, both El be dm asindolgridien d the Paw and its snlialaidimpsevidems. aw Of a imparlame that it it dlllosit to over-estimate. Of alimstime in the stanhanse of the crinsiard law, the most material is that which proposes to make Breaches of Truet the subject not of civil redress only but of penal re tribution : an alteration which has long been hope naively required, and which, as recent notorious in stances of mercantile profligacy prove, can no longer be delayed without the gravest reproach to our whole system of jurisprudence. Among the changes in the administration of the criminal law, the insti- tuition of Public Prosecutors, and the introduction of mere available methods for the detection and inves tigation of crime, will probably again be brought before the attention of Parliament. A far mom momentous and more difficult class of questions in connection with the subject of Penal Discipline will undoubtedly occupy their attention. Dis cussions on the amendment of the Penal Servi tude Act, on the continuance or discon tinosnoe, the extension or abridgement of Transporta tion, will open up again the whole wide question of secondary punishments. The cessation of the ticket-otleave panic will facilitate the discussion of this question in a calmer and more philosophical spirit than was possible when it was last before Parlia ment, and we shall hope to see that the new House will not, at all events, fall short of the old, in the statesmanlike temper so essential for wise delibera tion on questions entirely remote from party politics, and intimately affecting the most im portant interests of the community. As a branch of the same great subject, the reformatory treatment of juvenile criminals will of course claim its share in the attention of the new Home. Our recently elected legislators will find full employment for the best exertion of their highest faculties in accurately drawing the line between that treatment of criminal and vagrant children which the interests of humanity and civilisation demand, and that which confers upon offending or predatory poverty education and care which are denied to the pauper child who has never qualified himself for reformatory or industrial schools by 'beet vagrancy or petty crime. Such is a rapid outline of some of the more prominent measures of social reform more or less connected with the amendment of the law which await the consideration of the new Parlia ment. It may be that before the House meets we may take the opportunity of recurring more in detail to one or two of the number. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DIP) (By Bridals raid Irish Magnolia Telegraph.) COUNTY LEITRIM. Brad, Mcedgesoory, and Tolima .—I-- ad. Poll de- Ma. LATARD'iI FAREWELL ADDRESS. Mr. Loynd, in his farewell address to hie late caselitsints at AyMuy, herbs( reinad to the eivereas of a political connexion of sierly Ave lays It natazolly grime me to find that a m of the itheiers have pmeesad me no logger worthy to represent them timid grism still more hid I reason to think that Omsk mama Ind been withdrew% ca account et eq assiest ea my pert of their interests, or of any sas el wise is the Sem et Cam mom Imy amen without pariapisa het the mat of the remit Melba is to be ro3l•l.ii. ease mil der dW Ikea emem and set it iris= laths Milks ass helms of • mejority et the amtilnasy. &ear with miz thema, kaolin es the AIM, the the rest_ tally Masi espreavis of the me imis liatewe bola &rived d reg ana in mama& It lame the liana of Ayietheiy, as it behoves /rag "One and esa stfteeacion, rasa aboly, sow AA the malimmit an. amsent ipso the dimistka le pessed, iml le lapin whether too mesh hes set ban ems~ to Mak*, who has ban Marie* maned to every MIMI" 41111111/11.11V/4 howear medians mit hes ever del te joil* the cm& demo of these Wine which he r amid to hin ihr the support and dime of Unix Ratan 3ruguta a de the by Lail Pelmeelea, aotnSilssatjrss hem esneseed thime the sea tithe Ileaseed Clem - may of then bide* amse Midi wi be se bad mein Is the smith d ore wary. T. dOet this malt miry mem AM be bismess d gemewmat staid mew mad have ins• brenett le hem It is m &Maga to Wier With Cash% ;iota. r2ti, Qedweid, Oteisy ism,', a host ei otimesorlio hammer tan Mad en the midi el the people, and hems ism islissaitsly smelsesd with al's** wary man inesse tar miseging dot Abatis or mai- Weise te their willow. I comet Wove tint thin dame Wags MI hag centime •• d I MI 'instead that, wire the esmay bee issevend Men the Meeks lao which ft hen lase the very maritha it than lam will lad to important mg will sob* antriade to the me- Ms of the rams et regress mad .sham.'' TEATIMOSULL TO Joan MAIIIIIILAN, ESQ. It hayloft deneedesd, ea the nitiremat of John Warr kara the samseeletim of the of of Ito oak • miimasi expeedni of th wisp of Me cortiame kr the sealer be bed rimed to the esinmereal eerily MM. his prellansamy et sad, el i ter o mie, aid ihr his tally mil coziness es masa to • emengr . vr 11= 46 r sairr i l ical tich *eat bee esnigsaing indises tad anclima various peaked "Nom - Yr. Timm losing cesnated to set es charms, dad Mr. Rasa Mks is depety-cheir man. The Ara sesting d the committee wee held this (yesterday) slissuses. at the Loudon Tavern, when ft wee resolved OM the mineriplions should not exceed the sum of AL da. ..eh, with • view le seems a general expression of AW6t end OM the tem et temdmeeshl should be deter bereake a • meal meeting name t esbeerlism The committee esehmee the names of the isliowtsp smang ether gestimes :—Mr. Thome &Meg, Mr. Geors4sr Olys, Mr. P. M. D. Pawl., Mr. Snarl , M.P., Mr. R. C. L. Bas, Mr. Mama Hail,,, M.P ~ Mr. X. D. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. Frederic& 8 Mr. Lewis Loyd, Mr. R. W. Ciswford, • !Ass James M.P., Sheffield l.lf.ove (Governor of the Bank of Eiglead), Mr. T. M. Wessel* MP., Mr. Abel Smith, Mr. W. T. Smith, M.P Mr. John lege= Travers Mr. H. W. Schneider, M.P., Mr. E. W. Roberta, Mr. limy Syhee Thoratoo, Mr. J. P. Geseiot, Mr. John J. B. Fleet/. Mr. Sand Brown, of 29, Threedmedlostrest, is VAndArrIWITOL . ENT INellll/TIOR—Yeo. dstlthe camorly mut the governors of this lanitu ecomated to Mind at relief in mi rk ' m riser to et cacaos mat rosy, ambers of the esciely,_er to their dime mil 'gime, wee hold at the Tidied Mew vas pt. lest as • Reses, Admiral Sir Weave own peg to the Wi t. That mre also iiremat Rear-Adinirel Lolly, Canada Dickman, Jay, and Lea: Liestemals Clariber, Akohemes, Au The wpm et the emwemiehme eimmismat Mad thst the imittialea bea m the oporallass th= tie eading the Nth et Mack bet with • tam the Kama a the pet yak eme= ia me 104. ; Set they had Mee la usual matiedelbse, 4WI. Ih. ; is dessliess. ; ti.tsmste l a eabearipliess, sidl es Aveb. 9/ Three pw Ors* the lIMISEIN el the power* d the wiat i , 4441. te. 4ll t is dot the bid Weems ihr the grebr weevallel le T. Clbet mswede agesed esty dn. Ts. k ix .hhi, te le abased memiler• al Swim china the emit d warsoweseL TIM mat lads, lima Ikosiammi Gudier Wee& Amend the man Oki Ms asweel adeettplies d ii erzalses ward es is slier Jemmy meat sheall, Ise ihwilp,..le ass tbir's hthf Mang pay. Oa dile meths •It thismise belt slam th e it was ithi ==med. The epplitesiose won en taken isto Qtritales COLLAGE, BIRMINORAM.—TESTIMONIAL re Its. WILLIAM SWIM COL—At • *olio meeting, held testia's College, Bindsgbeis, about s mob ego, it wee operaams • beilwaist le Mr. W. Mbede Cox, to Awes esertlese Bina ie meisig lobbied ftw the ibmblima d gr i p , mai de Meets's ilierdral, sod s sewwblee wee ter de peeper d elbetleg At s bad April 9, Mr. Hiss is be slab, •biter Mr. S. Cos wee ned, emesseleg he minis tint • pert deny eel= hersisMillsaidle leasielbs end r wws/wier *swede the memegleges et the werews, wrier the milpheisa all soma it On! has do seadde to pad to sided= le the indestriess than ease • wnF, sake ewe rogiddless as Noy be dead amossesry ad parr • memmiwous reemistioa, madoes Cole' anmeramies, ma pared. • sashbaide esse he. bees ale* wiseribed. Teis BISHOP asp 111 LADY.—At a religions hold • niset gwe heck in Wats (eir!.• warm ), whoa the S. wee Won the mew Imams, the crowd bet —bier W we NW has hie lad ebb wee me god bet see Ifted seawsery le matka two a Mese pebbled beams blurred the tepee of ray meow Mth.Ts the awes et I& mei& &mew, widow . up et the ass% mwl 1•43 eghb• se/ ris e mestelwg thews. wed, MI Is ame et Mew hew =: lau Se Imegre bey." . 111 747 1 e, mild be "lieb the me, "I mese you bet id lira Tait,' " Tire get yes," implied is UM ssielaillrl PAW " air hb s wee Jed Imam le be Amehibili aliefrar As Wee owe ease Arms/ fweseirhayeseertedibar Is • isswelsg v e s the *them The bishop Mg* aft , . a t the jobs.—Zsess Mersa eashiledwrat, dehemsb, sad pided 0. Me Ws. John ftes be t. = eeZ44 . % d Meptil l er =bp ' awl ria eba ir = di bade s begs =ail usesetelpt l ldttel els es esiewhe ?waxer= le met aged ter the &pawl d mieldiwo TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1857. TER NATIONAL TREABCTIIII. OP Air Aram 20. It has already been stated that the Art Treasures Palace at Old Trafford makes no high pretensions to admi ration of its outside appearance. In one sense, nevertheless, the style elite architecture may be considered peculiarly ap propriate. The exhibition purpose of the place certainly emus to be stamped on its features ; there is an exhibition look about it at the first glans, and the inscription which ewers on the chief semicircle of the front only carries a little (either this clearness of expression. Embellishment of • higher order would only have been obtained by neglect of expediency, and a serious interference with the main objects of erection, as has often been the case with institutions am bitious of outward splendour. The glared portions of the front give to it some of that beauty which especially belongs toglam and iron erections, in the style of which the palace at Syden ham is the most notable example. For an exhibition of this peculiar chanter a building of that description was con sidered inadmissible. Vigilant may be gratified by repeated asurance of the pleasure that will be afforded then by the admirable inte rior. This alms would lend magnificence to a more ordi nary exhibition, sad as it is, anybody who should miter un prepared for a wondrous troneitiom, would be es much asto nished by the Fennel harmony and Muses of the hall sad its contents, se some traveller. describe themselves to leave been on entering Hebrew dwelling., by their gorgeriummes and luxury, conceded from permeation by outside appear ance of the most dismal poverty and dilapidation. The leading details of the internal adornment hare been siren is a proclaim account. It is entirely the work of Mr. Cries, of London, excepting the walls of the pie:tare plinks, fro the excellence of which the credit is due to Marrs. Wilson, Little and He:askew, of Manchester. The two rows of coupled column, in bronze and gold (from which springs the beautifully coloured arch of the central hall), and behind which appears the grand collection of portraits in the aisles, have a graceful stateliness of form which contributes very much to the general offset of the in terior. They are 281 feet in height, and there are between 60 and 60 sets of them. They are octagonal far about 4 feet from the bus and the cylindrical portion above Is divided into stages Ly rings. On each aide of the capitals is en orna mental bracket, containing the initial. A. T. E., in large letters, forested and coloured in gold. The amount of gold and bronze ornamentation on the iron-work of the great hall le a prominent and pleasing feature. Not only are the cou pled columns thus decorated, but also the forested balsa trades all along the galleries and the six ashram leading to there ; whilst all the iron framework of the gland soda of the tranaept, and of the throe great fanlights in the western façade, will bicoloured Inoue inside and out. The upper por tion of the semicircles of the transept ends he a handsome framework, and for the sake of increased stability the whole design is reproduced at a distance of twelve feet inside the building; the duplicates being united by ornamental transom girders. The transept is 200 feet long by 104 feet wide, and it rime to the lame height as the nave. Theexact length of the great central hall of the building is 832 feet, its extreme width is 101 feet, including the aide aisles; and its height in the centre la 621 feet. In the description of the root of the great hall, given a few days ago, it should have been Mated, though probably the fact would be inferred, that it is entirely free from any network of girders or tiered,. And mention should not be altogether omitted, though it is rather out of ?lace here, of a brilliant arabesque border which surmounts the maroon-coloured walla of the aisles, where the portraits are being hung, and in which the names of the artists will appear on large blue tablets. The two great suites of picture, galleries are 432 km long by 48 broad, and their height in the centre is 601 feet. To soften the light, the glazed portion of the roof of each picture gallery, and of the idde aisles to the nave, la covered with mural. Beyond the transept, in the north-western corner of the balding, is the Oriental court, 22 fed by 48; and in the south-west corner a similar sized room will con sin the engravings. The water-colours will have a gallery co themselves, 200 feet long by 24 in width, running across the west 'ado! the :Waco, oa the grenthd kow ; ;rad behind this mein me two smaller roma, probably destined for the lame elms of worka. The two up-stain galleries are each 24 feet wide; the aggregate length cd the west, or organ ga iety, is 648 fed; and the length of the teat gallery is 162 feet. The great western gallery, extending round the north and math end. of the transept, and the end of the central ball, will be mod advantageous for commanding a view of that portion of the interior which, upon all ceremonial oatemm/, will be the great point of attraction. To conclude these Maiming, it may be elated that the ' building coven an area of 16,000 square yards, or more than three scree; and is calculated to hold 40,000 visitors without inconvenience. The most effectual arrange- meet. have been mad. for ventilation and protection from Bre, rain, or damp. It has been constructed wider the ExpEneteadenes of Mr. W. Dent" C.E., the con .— .... owe ....gut.. or -.• Small. 0. 0 Young and Co., of Edinbargh and London. The cost of the building itself has been probably from 40,0001. to 60,0001., and the expenses of the exhibition see guaranteed by a subscription of 76,0001. The land secured for the palace end its approaches comprises a plot of lit acres, on portions of which have been erected sevens' buildings far offices and subordinate departments not noticed in the above description. It is situated near the junction of the Stretford New-road wit► the Chester-mad, at a distance of two miles from the Royal Exchange, and 4 to windward of the Manchester chimneys, which sin likewise out of sight from that point. It adjoins the prdams of the Manchester Botanical Society, which are on the north skis, and through which, under certain apnea anangements, scow may be had to the exhibition by a very pleasant approach. On the south side a corridor con nects the bulging with the Manchostsr and Altrincham Rail way, near the OM Trafford station. A railway platform SOO fort long, of which 600 feet will be roofed over, has been constructed for the accommodation of visitors, and a double line of rails has been laid down for a much greater distance to admit the exhibition trains. By means of the junction& which connect the vaiou■ railways entering Man chester, psamegers may be conveyed from every part of the kingdom direct to the entrance of the pekoe. This direct accessibility hes been turned to account in diminishing the risk attending the treasmiasion of the deli cate and fragile articles of which the exhibition is so largely mrevised. A railway siding ext. coding into the buildi ng at the west end, has enabled packages to be conveyed thither in the same truck that brought then the rat of their journey. Every package has been labelled, with special instructions to seam its safety during conveyance; the pictures have been unpicked in the building, under the personal euperintendence of Mr. Deane, and immediately conveyed to their 'meal departments by men wearing gloves, and all the packages are registered and stored, so that each article will be returnsd at the close of the exhibition, In its original casing. In addition to these precautions, it is gratifying to perceive that the appar ent* of order which reigns throughout the bathes, in the midst of such multifarious arrangements, actually increases Awn day to day, instead of dinriniahing under the pressure of sew arrivals. Dr. Hoyle, who had charge of the Oriental collegians he the great exhibitionof 1861, end in the Paris exhibition of 18.56, has arrived to superintend the preparation of the Oriental Court, at Old Trafford. He speaks very highly of the contents of this department, and, although it may not rival in extent the two collection above referred to, no effort will be spend to render this the most perfect exhibition of Oriental art that has yet been witnessed. The decoration of this court has just commenced. The hanging in the picture galleries is making satisfactory progress, though the portraits appear not to be arriving so feat se is desired. The ar segments of the north-west room in the gallery of modern paintings was completed on Saturday last, the iron balustrade fixed in front of the pictures, and the comfortably cushioned seats for visitors have been intro duced. A large number of eculptures hare arrived, amongst them Power's Greek Slave; and come will be placed in the centre of the picture plinks, to give increased enchantment to their perspective. Mr. J. B. Waring, who anparintends the general museum of art, barn already filled moms of the large glass cane which are to be ranged along the navet between the pillars. The canes are constructed by Masers. Holland and f London, from models approved by the authorities at Co., ilarlborough-house. Mr. John Webb, of London, is arranging the Bernal collection, which has been lent by the government, and the &adages collection, which is now the property of the exhibition committee. It was Mr. Webb who wee originally despatched to Toulouse to report upon the &Wages collection, and all the packing of Rhea been superintended by that gentleman, seals, the packing of all the Royal contribution., except the pic tures. Ile has had the nth /action of seeing all these articles opened in safety at the Old Trafford Pence. Mr. S. Pratt, of London, with a number of his men is cleaning the exten sive collection of smear. he prognimas ha the 6th of May baa not been definitively fixed upon, but the opening will 1 probably take pine in the afternoon. Prime Albert, on sr- Ebt Court. The Dothan at Kat ind the Pinions of Holienlohe- Lingenbarg Molted leer Wojeety. MONDAT. Prime Albert wit with thiPriace of Wales to the Tower of Landon. Captain Da Plat wee Is altwodsace. The Prises rode oat oa bombed in the aftwrawra. The Primal Aliee wad the Primer Peodore of Hohealohe- Leageaberg rode in the Riding-school. The Priaceee Royal end the Primers Alice, attended by Lady Caroline Berrbratos, took a drive tau open carrisere mad four la the afteraoca. Prime Leopold ale took a car riage drive. The United Star Minister sad Mrs. Dellis, the Turkish Ambeeeeder end Madame Mumma the Belgian Minister and Modem Van de Weyer, the Bavarian Minister end Baronies de CM*, the Greek Minister sad Madame Tricot*, mans. sad Mr. C. Triseagd, the Premien Mishits, sad Comae. Berestorit, the Swedish Minister and Berman de ilocherbild, the Brevities Minister sal Madame Morelia, the Pertogasse Chasid d'Afkilres, the Daniell Charge &A&Lris end Countess Be►estbo Crireinit, Soak Pechs end other mambas of the Diplomatic Corps, called to leers the Mate of the Queen's health. Many of the nobility end gentry called during the day to Pay tbeir reeporda Lord Stanley of Aldarley arrived in town yestaiday from Alderiey Pat*, Medle. The Hight Hon. R. Lowe bee errived la town from Cateettant. Deepstehse wen received at the Colonial-aloe yesterday trove the Governors of Ceylon and Yalta. _ _ A deputation bon the Patent Wood and Meow Blab Company had ea interview yesterday wit► the Right Hon. Sr Benjamin Hall at the Office of Public Work', Whitebeil • place. The deputation consisted ratite Hon. P.R. P. Berkeley, M.P., chairman; Mr. Harrison, rice-chainnan, Capt. C. Claxton, R.N., Mr. Arthur Talbot, Mr. Bieffield (Patentee), directors; and Mr. Chapman, secretary. The Darlene of Oloecerce pared a quieter night on Sun day night, bet continues in s rate of very great weakens and debility. The Duchess of Kett, accompanied by the Printer of Hohenlobe-Langenbarg and the Perms no de's, paid a visit to the royal dudes yeraday. The following bulletin wee Mated this morning : "Gloucester House, Apra 21, 9 ate. "Her Royal Higlurwe the Duchene of Gloucester bee pored a restless eight. Her Royal Ingham ooetlaues vary languid and weak. (Signed) "FRANCIS HAWKINS, Y.D. • "ROPIRT Finer:sox, N.D." From Inquiries up to acme, we learned that so improve ment had takes place. Numerose calla were made duriarg the rooming. His Excellency the Count Chreptowitch, Ruubian minister at this court, left town last night, riil Dover, for Paris. His Excellency the Prussian minister and the Countess Btrnstorff hare led town for Brighton for two or these weeks. The Duke of Rutland, Mr. Andrew and Lady Mak& Drummond, and a select circle, ham beat staying during tits pa week with the Earl and COOMiell of Scar borough, at Machin Castle, Yorkshire. The noble dyke Mania to Solvoir Castle to-day, sad will stay them mid the meting of parliament. Lord John Manners, M.P., I. at Belvow, and will continua t h ee until the 30 th blatant. The Ditches& of Ms:clench and the Ladies Scott, who pared through town early in the pet wafer Brighton ham Boston, Sel►iriuhire, arrived at Montagne Howe, Whiteball-gardens, on Saturday, for the sown. The duke continues in Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness Vuconcellos have arrived at the Clarendon from Park. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Valleys chard their vidt to the Earl Bathurst, at Oakle7 Park Cirencester, pettion LiSU gone on a visit to Lord and Indy Wanarn roalau, at Bath. The Earl and Counters Howe and family have strived in town from Opal! Hall fur the anion. The Earl and Countess Cawdor have returned to town from visiting the Berl end C.:MIAOW of Ellesmere, at Iletrhfoed, Surrey. The Counter of Kinnoul arrived in town yester day, from the Cunt:Meat. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rota Fans come to town today, from Apthorpe, Northamptonshire. The Earl de Grey is sojourning at Dover for the besellt of his health. Lord Stanley of Aldcrlcy arrived in town yester day, from Alderley Cart, Cheshire. Lord and T Armour:my de broke have arrived townfrvis Comptes Verney, Werwickshire. . . Lord and Lady do Tablet', who hare taken a In Brooks-Unit, onoe to town at the end of t lila month. Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick and family are expected to arrive at their mansion in Canon•atreet to morrow for the lemon. Mr. and Lady Catherine Weyland and family arrived in town on Eliittuday last from Gorhambury, and have taken possession of their new residence in Eston-plaes. Her ladyship's sccouchetnent is expected shortly. The Right lion. R. Lowe him arrived in town from Caterbam. The recant arrivals at Eastbourne include Vis count and Viacountrea Newry and family, Marrhionera of Bahabozy, Lady Frankfurt, the Hon. F. A. Cuban, ler. Last evening the Hight Hon. W. E. olatletone, M.P., end Mrs. Gladstone bad a dinner party at their resi dence, on Carlton-house-terrace, when the Duchess of lietherind, the Duchess of Argyll, the Eat at Aberdeen, the Heel and Counter et Elgin, Lady Harry Vane, the Right Han Mr Merles and Lady Mary Wood, Colonel the Hon. Alma*" sad Mrs. Gordon, and Sir Charles Barry were mon the meta, The friends of Sir William Bowyer Sin ijth pro - pose to testify their respect for him and the principles he supports, by inciting him to a public dinner at Chelmsford on the Bth of May. The friends dad supporters of Mr. M. Cha inhere, tinerly X.P. hr Orme* hart est ea tmt a subscription •r the pulses d retiatisi his wilt a trinterel. The older to be prelims' is ea agar week et rt, whir is to contain the antsgark "prim et slt Woe error who I voted for his re-abries r representative ot the haroigh. The prey ralias ie to take place at a pabllo waft to be hat In rebel 41 the Cheeswich Literary harries. The Ara Miler el Ceateebory idministeeed the holy rite d malmaliem pesimily at Chub.. mil Whit- Malt* and allemele Moot at a Mt to the merable Amebae= lisrefam Tommow his gme mmosale a Mee et paml at Delitamme. Oa Tlamier be wil pr am tlite lbe task at Buehler% sear Dom, awl eiberwanis the lipimellea portion of the new mastery at Folimetena Tls; lady of W. W. Hawkins, Fug., of Abutted Hall (late M.P. for Cokhester) has, m sddition to hr kerns, gifts to the Coklassier pariah church, just presented a beautiful and nristly-toad organ. Ou Thursday last a marriage of the Res. William Walter Stead&le, rector of W ichliog , war performed at St. Duniten's Cher* Canterbury. The rev. gentleman'■ cn gregation, KIM kw weeks autos, were earnewbet startled (says the &WA Reatere Oeuvre) by his comber to a puma in the morning service, and telling than he had now some thing to say of Mama He thee proceeded to puldieh the his.. of morriege for ►iaadf. Mr. Robert Biekerstath, brother of the late Lord Longa* end uncle of the present Bishop of Ripon, died ott Friday hat at Liverpool, where he had tem upwards of 60 years in practice se a eurpon. The Times obeerees :—" We are not sending a second expedition to China for nothing. We are about to make demand., and 11.11, resolved to have them complied with. Theme such am the Eames of China will not concede withat polities and painful prod of his liability to MAW them. There will be war and we makes to • misgiving whether General Aehburehent is wetly the man AT taking sodden possession of Canton, marching on Pekin, or steam tho three or four new port to be opened to foreign trade." At Berlin, a few evening; since, the Bing of Prowls attended the theatre to witness the production of a sew tragedy. The One proved wretchedly dull, and hie linisety, after the ..scud act, detworinad to Tilt the house. On staring the 11•10112 loading to his boo, he saw a kennel sitting on a chair, with his chin resting on his breast, and in a profound shanabw. Turning to one of hie ettandants, the King remarked, "I'm sue that fellow hie been listening at the door :^ riving at the principal entrencawill be received by a guard of honour ; and a military kr" under Sir Merry Smith, the coomandent of the district, will also be present. The Prince having been drat conducted to the reception room near the satrence, which is being Strad up at great cost, will proceed to the centre of the transept, where addressee will be presented by Mr. Fairbeire and the Mayor of Manchester. The orchestra which will consist of *boat 600 singers end inatrumentalists, accompanist by the organ, will then give the " National Anthem." After this the committee will present their report. The orchestra will ant give "The Heavens are telling," from the Orentios, In which the pria cipal soloists, Madams Novella Mr. Sias Roma, and Mr. Weise, will take part. The Lead Bishop of Maneheiter will nest offer up a prayer, which will be followed by the Old Hundredth Psalm. A grand precooks will afterwards be formed, end while it is proceeding road the building, the march will be given by the lastrumentalista from the music by Mendelsohn to Athalis, which will be fol lowed by • china given with the whole strength of the orchestra, bon Hendee Ode to St Oeilm'i Day, the solos being sung by i the peincipals. The promotion will then return to the dais, which is to be erected at the intersection of the central hall by the transept. Hie Royal Rattner Prince Albert is then to declare the ex hibition tamed, and the proceedings are to conclude with the Hallelujah chorus. THE INAUGURATION. (From . theMassairaior Guardian.) On Saturday last Mr. Thomas Fairbai;n and Mr. Heron had the honour clan interview with his Royal High ness Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, to submit for ap proval the anal arrangements for the ceremonial to be observed on the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday the 6th May. AU the formalities usual on great ocaudone which ere honoured with the pitmence of royalty are to be adopted ; end invitations will be issued to her Majesty's ministers, the foreign ambassadors, the heads of the various societies asso ciated with sot, and those who aro officially connected with the surrounding districts. Am we are informed that the Prism has expressed his inten tion of appearing in full uniform, it will be necessary for all otlicially engaged in the ceremonial to attend in uniform, or court drew As no doubt visitors generally, who may be entitled by office to wear uniform, will under the circum stances appear in hall costume, we may anticipate that the spectacle will be ene of unusual splendour. THE PEEL PAIN EXIIIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY LOCAL ARTISTS le to be opined on Wednesday, when a con versazione will bo held, at which are to be present many of the leading merchants, manufacturers, and most influential inhabitants both of Manchester and Salford. The exhibition is to be open for several months, contemporaneously with that of the Art Treasons. It wee commenced tint of no spirit of Arabi, but at the suggestion of a gentleman connected with the borough of Salford, who forgave the probable completion of • new wing of the Peel Perk Museum, designed for a picture gel key about this time, affording an opportunity for an exhi bition of the kind which might never recur. The paintings are limited to works by artists, living or deceased, who have been bum, or who have lived or followed their profession In Manchester and its neighbourhood. The exhibition will come under the rules applicable to the museum and library of Peel Park, and the adnilesions will consequently be free of charge. Visitors to the Art Treasures will thus have an opportunity of seeing these works at the same time with the free library and museum, without addi tional cost, and there is no doubt that it will be an addltionel moons at attraction to many thousands of people. There ere between 300 and 400 oil and water-colour paintings collected, and amongst them are many works of considerable merit. THE NEW LIBRARIES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Zrpreaa of Saturday last contained a full description at the new resdhig room of our national mnamun. From a lengthy article fa to-day's Tina we glean a few intimating details rssfacting the libraries. The prank maim al r:27.:_^!* in the British Mumma it upwards of half a miWan ; bat even that large figure does not comprise the IM larger colleotka of separate and distinct artiese—in biota, psisphlsta, sad msnuseripte. They are legion, sad not yet scaustely catelomeed or computed. Probably, the saormeoes gaudily of pamphlets, political, theological, and seleatiecof Gras Britain. since the Reforma tion, constitute the British Museum Library the largest collection ot printed Mantas to the world. Mace also tone a relatively coamidsrable portion. The rate of haness is gas man's. In the parliamentary re- . - turn for the year ending the 24th of December, 1866, not yet published, It will appear that the last annul additions somber 10,434 volumes, including mimic, maps, end newspapers, of which 763 were ;vacated, 4.018 purchased. 6.831 enquired by how eeprterrhi. The number of distinct article. to mese volumes was 27,616. In addition, the library had accumulated numerous charts, and plane, variously obtained. The number alp= music alone added was 2,347. In gross, the total articles that year numbered 42,839 Of the complete works accumulated in the twelve months 1,908 were presented, 2,006 purchased, and 7,933 were acquired under the Copy right Acts. In the same year, also, each article being stamped, the number of stamps used was 162,9401 The number of books returned to the shelves of the General Library wee 110,873; to theme of the Royal Library 8,869; to those of the Grenville Library, 1,018; to the closets in which books are kept from day to day for the us of the raiders, 79,598 ; making • total of 200,358, or 604 per deem Adding the number of volumes to the shelves of the reading-rooms, about 144,000, the whole amounts to 344,368, or 1,176 per diem. The num ber of readers within that year was 53,209, or an average of 181 per diem, the Reading-rooms having been kept open 293 days. Bach reader had , therefore, coneelted on an average 64 volumes per diem. It is calculated that the inner library shelves in galleries within the Dome-room will contain 110,000 volumes. Two lifts are placed at convenient sallow for the purpose at rais ing the books to the level of the amend gallery goora. The Welcomes are of novel sad simple oonatetion, the upright* or standard. being formed of malleable 'von galvanised and framed together, having hard wood Inserted between the iron to receive the brass pins upon which the shelves rest. The framework of the bookcases forme the support for the iron performed Soon of the gallery avenues, and which are gene rally eight feet witle, the central six feet, being appropriated to die cerforated floor, sad the remainder bang - dmr epees between the back of the books and the flooring, and by which ' contrivance the light from the skylights (in all cases extend ing to the full width of the avenues) is thrown down the back of the books on each story, so that the lettering of the hooka may be easily diamened throughout the book ranges. The Melva are formed of iron gelvanised plates, edged with wawa and covered with russet hide leather, and having a book-ball attached. They are fitted at each end with plainieed iron leather coverekand wadded pads placed next the skeleton kookous framing, to prevent injury to the binding what the books are taken out or replaced. Be tween these pads the skeleton framing of the cues forms an aperture, by which • current of air may pa and ventilation be kept up throughout. The shelves rest upon been pins, the holes for which are pierced at three-quarters of an inch apart from centre to center; but by a contrivance in cranking the shaft of the pin, which may be turned upwards or downwards, this interval is practically halved, sad the position of the shelves may b e I altered tha of an inch at a time. Then are 3,760,060 of these holes! In all cares, except against the external walls, the bookcases are double, the books being placed tack to back, a lattice of iron work being fixed for their longitudinal separation. Thu, throughout the whole interior of the new building there ere no WIRUP ' the division being in aL cases formed of a double range of b ooks, bark to beck. The only exception is at the shelving provided for newspapersomingie range of which y occupies the meow of two ranges of books. Three thousand superficial feet Messed are provided for newspapers. For convenience of access to the mamas ties 'tarmacs have been placed so that, throughout the building, they are within 40 feet of each other. The building contains three miles lineal of Dogh ouse, and which in all the eases ere eight feet high ; assum ing than all to be meted for the averaged octavo book Om, the entire ranges kern 26 miles of shelves. Aniuming the shaves to be filled with bootie, of paper of average ihickne'a the leaves plead edge to edge would extend about 26, mike, or more than three times the diameter of the globe 1 The out, about 160,0001., Includes the fittings and furniture, and the necessary shelves for the working of the existing library establishment. The amalgamation of the several catalogue, which are drawn up on various plena, with one catalogue prepared on a uniform plea, is proceeding rapidly. Letters A, B, C, D, E, F constitute about one-third of the entire catalogue, and this portion completed will be pieced in the new reading room on its opening, on the Bth of next month; it will be comprised in 600 volumes. The completion of this Herculean work is now under the responsible super • intendence of Mr. J. Winter Jones, the euccemor of Mr Ferran in the keepership of the department of printed books, Mr. Faunal being now the principal librarian. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWR PROP EGYPT; Among the passengers by the Pus, whkh has just arrived home with the India mail, was Mr. DM, the photographer, who hes brought home a large collection of photographs, stcreceoopic sad others, of some of the most interesting scenes on the borders of the Nile, particularly of spate which are domed with ylum, and ruins of temtles and cities of ancient Egypt EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (room ova ows PARIS, MONDAY EVININO. The Neufchatel Conference, after a long interreg. num, met to day for the eighth time. What the members may have done I have no means of know ing, but the latest letters from Berlin and Berne shew that both the contending parties are less dis posed than ever to sink their differences. A letter from Berlin says :—" It does not seem probable that the Neufchatel question will be solved on this ooze sion. Prussia has no thought of making concussions, and with her views of the matter it is no wonder." A correspondence from Berne states that the last advice* from l'aris have placed the federal germ. meet in a most perplexing position. On the one hand the majority of the mediating powers strongly advise Switzerland to accept the proposed eompro. min as being the beet means of resolving the Neuf chatel question in an honourable manner, notwith. standing the conditions involving an indemnity, the title of Prince of Neufchatel, and special guarantees in favour of benevolent institutions. On the other hand, the federal government, although it finds little to object to, each condition taken separately, sees in the whole proposals a too extensive ncogni. tion of very questionable pretensions on the part of Prussia, and apprehends the danger of an interfer ence on the part of that power in the internal at fairs of the Confederation at some future time. It fears, moreover, a disavowal from the Chambers if it should go too far, and the great probability, there. fore, is that the federal government will not swerve from the instructions originally given to the Swiss plenipotentiary. Since writing the above, I am informed that the Conference sat from three o'clock to half-past six, and that the propositions understood to have be en drawn up by the four powers were submitted for consideration. The only result was that lie. Bern and M. de liatzfeldt said they must refer to their rat spective governments. A letter from Algiers, of the 15th, states that the Ist Regiment of Zouaves had just encamped at Tizi-Ouzzou, close to the frontiers of Kabylie. Tizi-Ourzou and Dra-el-Mizan are the two advanced posts which the Governor-General established lest year. It is at these points that the columns will assemble to prepare for the invasion of the country, and the stores for re-victualling the expeditionary ofarm B•L this e l x li p f edi e co tio ll n, ected says the tha re. t T a h o e F P re ay n s ch , speaking ment now intends to obtain the submission of those tribes into whose country no French soldiers bate yet penetrated. It is anticipated that the Kabyles will at first resist, but that after au unequal fight they will sue for quarter, and that the French may then expel what they call "agitators," and appoint chiefs of their own selection to rule over the tribes. The Pays expects that the present campaign will be the last of any importance in Great Kabylia, and mysteriously says that it will not talk about the expedition for fear of giving information to the enemy. The Bourse was greatly affected by the state of the money market in London. The Bente declined, with scarcely any reaction, to 69fr. 25c. for cash, and 69G. 35c. for account, closing with a fall of 300. and 35c. Mobilier fell 25fr. The railways were all very much lower. Orleans fell 22fr. 50c. ; North ern, 15fr. ; Eastern, 20fr.; Lyons, 20fr. ; ranean, 40fr. ; Southern, 16fr.; and Western, Orr. It was reported to-day that at a special sitting of the Council of the Bank of France, on Saturday, it was resolved that, after the augmentation of its capital, the Bank would give a great extent of at. upon public securities. The rumour, however, failed to check the downward tendency of the market. Marshal Castellane, the commandant of the army of Lyons, has been doing the honours of the garrison to General Totleben, who, accompanied by three Russian officers or rank—Admiral Gluzenapp, Baron X rudener, captain in the nary, and Captain Rocrder, of the Engineere—arrived at Lyons on Saturday, on their way to meet the Grand Duke Constantine at Toulon. It is said in a letter from Lyons that the Grand Duke will merely pass through that city, instead of staying there, as was Htirt hoped. Prince Danilo is about to leave Paris without pay ing the visit to England which was at one time talked of. By order of the Emperor, Mr. Thomas Allan attended this morning at the Tuileries, for the pur pose of exhibiting to his Majesty his eleetro-magnetic machine at work. The Emperor, who is thoroughly master of the subject, both in its chemical and me chanical bearings, examined the novel machine most minutely, and expressed himself in very compli mentary terms towards the inventor. Mr. Allan also explained fully his new system of submarine telegraphing. AUSTRIAN ITALY. A letter from Piacenza of the 11th, in the Pensiero of Oneglia (Piedmont), says At last I have some news of importance to give you. Sixty pieces of cannon have arrived, partly from Crema and partly from Pavia. Ido not know whether they are to remain here or proceed to Bologna, as some say. What is positive, however, is that Marshal Count Gyulay has sent orders to put the fortifications which have just been completed outside the Antonio gate (towards the Piedmontese frontier) in a state of defence. Two regiments of cavalry, the regiment Furstenwerther and the hulana of Count Grum, are expected here." The Duchess of Ragusa, the widow of Marshal Marmont, whose posthumous memoirs have occasioned so much sensation, is just deed. _ THE PALACE OF THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. — The ifooiteur publishes the exposi des motifs of the bill for the repurchase by the state of the Exhibition Palace. After alluding to the origin of the building, and the different addi tions made to the original construction in consequence of its being too small for the purposes for which it was intended, the document proceeds to Mato the failure of all the calcula tions of profit made by the founders of the company ; the total absorption of all its capital ; its inability to complete the works which it bad undertaken; and, ultimatelft its application to the government to take the affair off its heads. That proposition, after a spree ex eminence, was accepted, as the government was de shame to let this public benefit more largely by the building than it would do while it remained in the hands of a pirate company. But the condition s put forward by the company for the repurchase were altogether exagge rated ; since It demanded that all its 'harm should be rent bwaed at par (100 f.), that its debt to the state should be =aced as cancelled, and that the eurplus of its easel over its liabilities, amounting to 708,188 f., should be left to it to be distributed to the shareholders at the rate of Of. 16e. per share. These demands were rejected, and it was ulti mately arranged that the beau of the maculation for the re purchase should be fixed at 13 millions, being the amount to which the capital had been limited in the original conces sion. The debt of tho company to the state, amounting to 2,600,000 f., is to Le deducted from the purchase money if 13 millions. The document concludes by publishing the text of the treaty entered into on the 30th Sept., 18 36 , be' tweet the Minister of State and the liquidators of the oom pang, between whom it was agreed that the company should rall right and title to the building; that the state enittare ell the assets of the company headed over to it, rid la norm tete on itself all its liabilities ; that the share hafts Bison ,wive in return for the 130,000 sharea which cortiteisl the ow** of the company, the quantity of 3 pig cat mks week* to rapreismt a capital of 10.400,00 01 . Thee noir, *ad mew to eon from the 22nd of December. 18011, *le Wadded at the rats of 70f. 72c., the amide wale ef is Irma who lhs sevememeist was accepted )2 the weed tradat of efronesidees. The shareholders Inn el swains lbe am of SAONE for the year interest at 4 pr sent. guarsolosd by the state, and which was not due ilia Oct. 20, UK leg (Sitting* DIA..E A Thin w to move] alleged tl The plea, Dot caue.o rind Mr. 1 It apps was a a tram wah which etr the rate the plaint where he and of n P awl 11 . Applicatu penhation, WU brow Several we, but a Mr. Ha that the ai defendant &nary car v , ast" The jar Pitting , Baron Chance' CROCCI This Bel hall, and 19L7s. Id Mr. 80 , that the VI tie MOW titled to tt Phintiff purposed: at ha derti the wrier therefore to receive kebab' fi iiarnak ii reasonable eras brous that the d lamely, co signee. the parcel premiere. Tbe Co , pints. AU/e Dr. Spin the alleged Ism befor Dr.. Phi Sr J. Di lay next. TN RE This we Robson, th At a form Grove, the el Alma of account Ira compo from Robe I:mum:fared Robson:7 shares, 0,81 et any all tickets not by Robson tells on pri Mr. Las Mot the amigo behalf of tl -It pos— byap- the cora to the an adjournme lag that all eat math the whole divideak • to 11 01 - holed Ord, etre Mr. Lad lokners 141# of : It appeal met al This arm Kr. Lai Sat, thar ommed, wit Birgit to Mr. Roll aAjohnulia lay was ap elniftg tO well proper It was at led that A Probability (Before Th Gorge enteric tmd eteolint Mr. Rob Fe;toner.