The Express. — London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

etc expreSO. Idvartluceents Intended tor "The Isproso,' • lAMo twoollasyspot. woo be at tio OS*, lb. Doborfooomos. by Tv* Vth as Ifs boy of pabbooffos. BIOS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIUM DAT—Koralas, lb. Us .......Algrams. la. To-satasow—ltagsfac llb WE. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6. w ritiai, but Tin inquiry now in progress at Chaim Hospital, though of great practical interest, is te a certain ex tent a mere episode in the great dismiss of Army Reform. Whatever be the merits se demerits of Lords CARDIGAN and LOGAN, Sir R. AIRLT and Colonel GORDON, it has been proved beyond a doubt that our military system is in argent need of a thorough retoere. This is proved by the M`Nitiu.- TuLtoen Report, the facts stated in which remain unquestioned, with the solitary exception of the jus tice of attributing part of the sufferings of our Crimean Army to the four officers whose conduct is about to be investigated. Indeed, the necessity of Army Reform may be held to have been proved, even without the aid of the Itliem.-Tutwor Re port. It is for Government and the Legislature to decid3 what that reform shall be. The work has already been begun; it cannot be arrested, whatever be the decision of the Chelsea Commission regarding the officers whose conduct hes been sub jected to their scrutiny. At the same time, the inquiries and the judgment of the Commission cannot fail to be productive of important results, not only ae regards the inculpated officer., but as regards the future of the British army. The demand for inquiry by the inculpated officers, and the granting of that iequiry by Government, is a concession to public opinion which will form • precedent for all time coming. It is for the administration of our army what the impeachment of WARREN HASTINGS has been for our Indian government. It may be that WARRRN HASTINGS escaped by dexterous chicane, perplexing and procrastinating the inquiry into his delinquencies until every birly grew tired of it, and it was allowed to drop; or it miy be that he was unjustly singled out to be the victim of an ex poet/ado law; in either case it is beyond • doubt that the conduct of English officials in India, the whole policy of the Aoglo- Indian government, has been materially changed fee the better since the arraignment of WARREN HAS TINGS, and in consequence of it. And the effect of the investigation by the Board of General Galen— ist it terminate how it may—will be equally felt in the whole future history of the British army. The initiatory proceedings of the Chelsea Commis goners appear to justify the expectation that the inquiry in which they ere engaged will be properly and effectively conducted. They seem determined to go into the whole case. They have decided that at present the only parties before them are the incul pated officers who have called for Investigation into their conduct ; they have resolved to hear these officers and their witnesses in the first place; but they have at the same time resolved that an official intimation shall be served upon Sir lonic id'Nxu.t. and Colonel TuLtocli, to the effect that the incul pated officers have demanded an investigation into their conduct, and that the inquiry is in pro gress. We cannot for a moment doubt that these gentlemen will feel it due to them selves to attend to watch the proceedings, and justify their Report. The whole case is thus opened; it mast of necessity be examined in all its bearings. There are already many officers in this country who are cognisant of what took piece in the Crimes. The war being at an end there can be no reason for detaining any officer abroad whose evi dence can be of any moment. The Commissioners have it in their power, they owe it to themselves, to insist upon every individual being made forth coming whose testimony can contribute to the full elucidation of the truth. If they think it neces sary for the purposes of their Inquiry to have the power of examining the witnesses upon oath, let them apply to have this power conferred upon them. The Crown cannot give it; bat a short bill to that effectimight be introduced into parliament, and passed into law in a few days. But the ends of public justice require that the inculpated officers shall have a fair trial. To ensure this there ought to be an abstinence from impas sioned appeals to ropalar prepossessions so roof as the inquiry is pending. It is not mash for this purpose that all vomiters a:premien of opinion regarding the merits or demerits of the inculpated officers be refrained from. Nothing ought to be said that can bias the Court of Inquiry one way or another. We feel it necessary to draw attention to this in cosseqoesee of an article which appeared in the Diem of yesterday. The sole drift of that article is to im press the public with the belief that if the incul pated odious are exonerated from the charges of which they &wapitis, It will be is soneequeses of influence brought to bear upon them from the Horse Guards and the War Department. It is tweeted that "there is net an officer holding a British com mission, and involved in this inquiry —from Biz ALIMANDIR WOODFORD. the President of the Dam down to the humblest witness for sr against the accused—who is not dependent upon the War De partment and the Horse guards for his profsesional advaocement* Tejo, over it is explicitly stated that Lords HARDINGI and PAII7IOII have shown themselves " partisans of the officers accred.' What Is this but to tell the Board of Officers that if they absolve the inculpated takers, all the world will believe that they do so in submission to miss Influence! What is this bat to bully the Osumi Moons into prommocing a verdict against herd CARDIGAN end his associates! To natter such reek. lees insinuations and averments broadcast at the very select of the inquiry is an outrage at ease on justice and common decency. And what is more, we have every mason to believe that the msertioas are efts/1y destitute of foundation. Every man who's:lows any thing of military matters lisows that Bir Autumns _—..vaspective of Ms stainless repots tioa—is by ►is position onkel/ indepeadent of the had or favour of the Horse Osiris se the War Daps:taint. Ha has bees living in retirement : bet seeks for so advascamenh As regards the War Department and the Hans Guards we have taken the trouble to make inquiries in various quarters, and wo are convinced that both have left the matter entirely in the haulm of the Board of Offio6fll. The Horse Guards haws remained posies throughout the whole affair; they have neither promoted nor opposed the inquiry; they have simply acted ministerially whoa called spos to act, and in ossformity to sedan. As to Lord PANNVEZ, after referring tM inquiry to the Gommiseioo, he too has remained passive, leaving the whole to their own discretion. We state these foots, not out of any regard either for the inculpated officers or of the military author simply that the truth may be knows. way to defeat say important reform It upon untenable ground,. When. I ' Thera i;;; turegwil than by advocating ii aver exaggeration and misrepresentation are re eorted to, those who profit by abase avail themselves of their exposure to east discredit on reformers, sad to divert attention from what is really blameable and mischievous. lodated declamation. and reckless assertions—which can easily be disproved—cm the part of reformers—or miming reformers—are merely wespoos forged for the use of the opponents of all amelioration. Tut Arroixix-Gswuter. has at length redeemed his promise of introducing Into the Hones of Com mons& Bill for the purpose of punishing as criminals trustees who have betrayed their trust. The general principle of English law, that a breach of trust is not punishable as a crime, is so obviously absurd that the Legislature has long ago been compelled to encroach upon the principle and to sanction several exceptions by various artier parliament. There is, of course, no possible reason why a banker who makes away with his customers' securities should be put into the dock of the Old Bailey, whilst a director who performs the same office for a thousand people, or the man who at the death-bed of his friend became the trustee of his orphan children, should be allowed to squander all the property entrusted to him, and then to rid himself of all liability by passing through the Insolvent Court or the Court of Bankruptcy. But, indeed, we have sufficiently discussed this matter already, and the sensible part of the community is clear about the necessity of dealing with it. Cer tainly the feeling of the House of Common' seems to be unanimous in favour of the Arroaxitt-Ciaitextf.'s Bill. That Bill proposes to extend that criminal responsi bility which now attach., to bankers who pawn their customers' securities to any trustees who make a like improper use of securities deposited with them. It proposes, moreover, to do away with that absurd meta physical distioction by which a man is allowed to escape the criminal dock if he can only persuade the jury that the criminal intention to misappropriate en tered his mind oos second after he o►tained possession of tbs property. In short, the rol grump will now be come a doctrine of English law. Henceforth it will no longer be possible for the fifteen Judges to exercise their ingenuity in a case such as this. A man finds a Bank note in the street marked with the owner's name. With the intention of finding that owner he walks down the street a hundred yards; suddenly, however, meeting a friend, the virtuoso changes his mind, and proceeds to invite him to an excellent dinner at Greenwich, the bill for which is discharged out of the newly-foetid Bank note. After severe debate it was actually ruled by the Judges that the criminal Intention having entered the fellow's mind some seconds after he picked op the note, he was not guilty of larceny, or of any crime. Is it possible to exceed such elaborate fooling? Happily, if the proposed Bill passes, all this quibbling will cease. We are glad to observe, however, that the Arroaitxr-GaNzam, has agreed to a most important modification of hie Bill, suggested by Mr. WALPOLE. The man who misappropriates property is not merely to be criminally responsible—he is to be liable also toe civil action. Bo that if he has any property, the unfortunate victims of his dishonesty will be, if pos. l sible, reimbursed. Nothing can be more reasonable. Nor is such a principle at all inconsistent with the principles of English law, for it is well understood that the man who blocks up a public road is not only liable to be indicted for obstructing the public way, bat is also civilly responsible at the suit of any individual who, by reason of the obstruction, has suffered a personal injury. It may, perhaps, be thought by some sentimental persons that to punish trustees is a harsh measure, and that men may be deterred from accepting a trust. But any such danger may easily be guarded against. At all event., it is beyond doubt clear that the fronds committed by private and by commercial trustees are at pe ewit too leniently dealt with. Respectability in the eye of the world is the cloak with which such rogues cover their iniquities. Every day opens new chances to those who make their living by swindling. Make the tenure of respectability more precarious. Let it but be understood that such dishonesty will not only be visited with a civil action or a bill in Chancery, bat with a place in the Dock, a cropped head, and a prison dress, and men In the better rank of life will either cease their irregularities, or meet with their just reward—a osil in Newgete. THE "LATE" BALTIC FLEET. The " Deltic Fleet" no longer exists is official recognition; It was merged iota the home fleet yesterday, ea whirl day Beat-Admind 8 r R. 8. Hondas, H.C.8., sad Beer•Admirsl B L. Bayne*, C. 8., pro op their respective sppellatioss of Comniseder-le.Chlef sad Second le Com mand of the Baltn Pint. The captain of the said fi.et, the Ham F. T. Pelham, C 8., changed his position at the same time. The whole fleet now at Pooteseoeth is plead seder** comosnd-libeltief of Vice-Admiril 81: George P. Beyesenr. C. 8., the Port-Admiral. The Ilse-of-battle Wpm town oae division of the fleet, when onion ere leased threegt Rear Admiral Deaden by the Commander le-Chief, and the frigates sad smaller veseels form another division, regulated Is like meow under Rio r-Admiral Basses, thews Admirals beaming divisional Admirals only. C.p•.ais Perham moves to the fisphip Vietery pre Sens. Immediately aim the review It is ruineere4 that 10,100 stemma will be *- sharp& from the fleet; them will poste, for the met part, of the -ea draws from the Conn Gaud at the outset of the war sad seek others es have meld fully awl Lager than the sisal term et esnatieke. It is said that the,, will he a permanent Channel test of energise and Mania& ermairsting of 12 ssl:46th►lise. The foliothriat are the meetings of the Literary and annals Seeisties fee the suns( week t—lleaday-- Ratossologiesi, 8; Royal lastitatiss, 2-oennal Mistily. Tionday-By, en.Egr pale, On the Tenpin of Egypt," byMr. Bososot—'• Os Lep.in'e Chronology tithe AM.," by Dr. Belt—" Oa Cooperative lileroglyetie laterpreation," by Mr. Poolsed; Intuition of Civil Beginner, 11—" Oa Steep Oredieth f of R eilweye„ and the 1.-entwine the e W," by Mr. Dfyidele ; Zonlogiesl. 9—" On a New fineens of Dieornis, dile veered by Mr. Wal•or Mantell is the Middle bleed of New Zealand," oy Professor Owes— "Oa a New Species of Turkey, hos Meek f," by Mr. Ooald—" On the Taasgere," by Mr. Rawer; Royal had tootles, Oo Ployeleisgy sad Cesapaostive Asetethy," by Professor Healey. Wedassolay—Beitieh Arsbn elegi es*, 4I —kennel General &misty el Arts, 8; Grephk, 8; Oa the Base of the Cl B. of Bastiage," by Mr. Be:kin—. Oa the Geology of Sydney,, Annelle," by Mr. Willem—. Oa the Stratithaphioal &Wks& of the walled Suds of the Wain Oolloe," by Dr. Wright— " Oa t►e probable Origin of the Straits of Dover by mesas gp insure," by M. Boni—" Oa the Rocks sad Lignites of Boom Trusty, Devonshire," by Dr. Croton ; Bodily of Literature, B}. Tburthey—Soeiety of Asti queries, 8; Re)al, ili—"Biletheatery Cossidersthew ea the &Wiest of Rotatory Menem," by Mr. Oravatt—" A Tbird Memoir apes Clesistka," by Mr. Calley—" Asiout of Zs penman es the Vegas sad Spinal Lesessay Nerves," by Dr. Waller; Rey.' 3—" Oa Light," by Pro• Ansel Ty■dsiL Ps liky—Astromomical, 8; ?Miele/Wel. 8 ; Royal Institstioo, Os a New Bt-sae-Brogue,•• by M►. Wrath& B.terday—Royal lethitation, 3—" Oa the Nee• Metal& Leant% Weir MsaGeture sad Apyliestke," by Dr. Hthisasu. Dr. B. Dundee Thomism him bees elected by the &oafs of the Ifoivetsity of Lomita to the Essadeentalp la Is Chemistry (ie Arts) vacated ty Professor Outwit, se by eppotateeet to the Illeeterthip et the Mist. Professor Owes M. been recommended by the trustees of the Britith Mamma to the 'primmest for the post of Chtef of the ?Weed History Depertmeet Is that teetitatioa. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1856. ' Zig Court. Mil QOM held a Court sad Privy Condi it Ulm o'cidosk yerbsrday artoroom at Buskiughas Palace. At the Court, Coast Collar& bad sa sadism*, sad Mimed to kw Modesty his kttu of Min es Envoy Extra ardisary sad klaloter Ploalpoteatiary from the Samos of Austria. The Hee. George WSW Dallas bad bb destaadlesee of the Queen, and presented Ws credentials as Envoy Baba ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America. Their lizerneocim were respectively Introdeeed by Vis count Palmerston, 0.C.8., acting fir the BM of Clsreadon, the Quma's Secretary of State for Foreign Mane, sad eon amid by Colonel Begot, her Mojeety's Assistaut Master of the Ceremonies. Mr. Christie, her Majesty's Minster Plealpotartiary to the Argentine Confebratioe, was presented to the Clasen at en media:el by Viscount Palawan, sad took leave of her Majesty. Mr. William H. Holmes, late Spacial Commissioner fiord British Guises to the Paris Rzbibition of 1856, wee pre muted to the Queen at ea madam* by Secretary Sir Goings Grey, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon bin. The Privy Council sou attended by the Prins Consort, the Earl of Batrowtiy, Lord Privy Seal, the Mem& of Lataidewse, Sir George Grey, &oratory of State for the Home Department; Sir Charles Wool, First Lord of t►e Ailearelty; the Bight Hon. B. Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control for the Affein of India; the Eight Hai. IL T. Baines, Chaticallor of the Deny of Lancaster ; Karl Spinier, Teri Steward; the Marquis of Bresdalbeme, Lori Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse; and the Marquis of Ancona, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Bir Lawrence Peel was, by aunauted of the Queen, swans of her Majrsty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Her Majesty having bean pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Heavy Lord Leigh to be Lord Llentesant of the clunty of Warwick, the oaths of aloe ware admix bowel to his lordship. Mr. C. Cherille war the Clerk of the Connell in Waiting. Tin Qeeen pre audiences to Viscount Palaeretou and Earl Spencer. Her Majesty was attended by the Bul of Molgram, Treasurer of the Household; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain; Lord Davin. Lord la Waitiog; and Colonel the Hoa. A. N. Hoed, Groom In Waitiog. Tee Dushms of Kest MAW her Majesty. Priem Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and Prints Alfred, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Print:owes of the R ryal Fassilytwk carriage drives. The dinner p erty is the averring included the Marqsis of Breadalbene. it. Marquis of Leasdowne, Lord Mee lonald, General Barreiro. (Portngesso servioe), Mujo:-General Wylde, and Colonel Wetherell. The Geese. private band attended after dinner, mid pleyed Overture, " Maritasi " (Wallace); Intro deletion, " Seasons" (Haydn) ; Duets*, Colporteor " (Oss'os) Canzmette, "La Fate" (Geraldy); and Malabo Orientate (Vogel). The Dothan of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir George Cooper, arrived at bar resident*, Clarence-Maw, St. Imam's, yesterday, from Frogmen. The Duke of Cassbridge hollowed Wes &use Durant with &visit, at her Stll.llo, in Conduit-street West, yesterdey, to view her marble statue of "Robin Hood." A deputation f r the repeal of the law enquiring tbe oath of abiuration had an intseview with Vimount Palmerston ye. terday. The drpatstioa masisted of the Lrd May.r, Mr. Sheriff Kennedy, Alderman Wire, Mimosas Finals, Mr. Pewterer, and Mr. Dskin. A deputation, coediting of the Rey. Mr. Short, rector of St. George the Martyr, Quota-square ; Mr. Church, vestry clerk ; Mr. Grubbs, churchwarden ; and Mr. Ord. Hall, vestrymen, bad an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hell 'Words' at the Office of Public Works and Buildings la Whiteha I place. The Lord Chancellor will rewire the Judges, Qmoshi Counsel, dta ,ess Tuesday, the first day of Hatter Terns, at his Irriship's meideccs in Upper Brook-serest, at twelve o'clock. The following deputations had en in.erview with Lord Stanley of Aldsol-y and the Rigt t Bon. Robert Lowe yes. tirday, st the Board of Trade, on the subj et of the Bristol Channel pilotage, From the filonee.t.r sad Berkeley Canal Company—Mr. Will an Philip Frio M.P , and Mr. Wil. Hem Brow° Clegram. Frain the Seb-Commirnoners of Gloucuter—Liestanant John Bradley, R.N. From the Gloucester Chaniber et Commeros—Admiral Bir Megrim F. P. Berkeley, M P.. Mr. Thomas MorAvill Stage, sad Mr. Belward Leader Kendall. From Bristol—Mr. Riehard Ring ((Chairman of Brigol Docks Committee), Mr. &thin oa (Vitus Chairman), Mr. Poole, Mr. James Hassell (Muter of the &cid, of Merchant Venturer.), Mr. Edward Drew, Mr. Brice (8 •liihrir to the Corporation of Brivoi), Mr. John Drew (Harms Master, Brie . ol), accompanied by the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M P., and Mr. W. H. Gore Linton, M P. From Cardiff—kir. Wilier Come, M.P., Mr. Charles Vschell (Mayor), Muni. W. B. Watkins and C. C. William (Cerporatioo), sod Mr. Sydoey D. Jenkins (Trade) ?run Swansea, Mr. L. L. Ddlwyn, M.P., Bir 0' serge Tyler, B.C.'S , M.P., Mr. Leiria Thomas, Clerk of the Symms Rubes? Trustees, and Civil* T. W. Paliy, Harbour Muter of Swansea. From Ne• port, Mr. Crew shay Bailey. M.P., Mr. J. N. Knepp, Mayor; Mears. J. Latch end G. W. lines, Harbour Commissioaers; and Mr. R. Gethieg, Harbour Muter. The Jodie:hi Committees of the Privy Council sat yea's , . day, is the Council Chamber. The appeal frost the Pre rogative Court, " The But India Company v. the Hon. Mrs. Dyes' Sombre "wan reeumel. The lords present were —The L•rds Justin's Knight Bruce and T , the Cites miller if the Daehy of Cornwell, Dr. Lultingtam, and Sir Edward Ryan. D. spetaists were sent lions) the Colonial-ogee yesterday to the Governor of Canada. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS. FRIDAY RIMING. (FILM LAST SHIRT'S OAZITTIL) Lord) CHAMBIALAIN'&O77IOE, MARCH 13.—Notice is hereby eve., Oat her Majrety will bold drawing-rooms at Bt. Jamee's I t on tbe following dye, at two o'clock : Timaday, 10th April; Tuesday s 20th April. LORD CHAMBEKLAIN'S OYFICR, Aria I.—Notice N hereby elves, tint h r Majesty will bold levees at Bt. Jastee's Pal&311 ea lie fellows's days, et two see's,* : Taaretlay s 16th April, Wowed of Werleardey, the 16th of April, a before aesowseed ; Wednesday, 7th May nest. folzias-orricr, Arta 2.—The Queen hu been plowed to 'approve of Mr. Charles Baker se Viol-Consul at Boatbaleptes Ur the Grace Doke of Mecklenburg's. &bends; sad Mr. Reba r: tjtein se Camel at the Mauritian fa Ure Pros Harearsade Oft of leersew. DowNixarram, Ann. L—Th• Qom has bass liaised to ono at Jobs Louis Sahli, f. 9 , to b. Anwar/- O~M kr the eekey of Bridek °abut; sad Tissue Weetbieros Bukw to b. 9sees'e Advocate for Use colosy of Sims Luse. The Qom of Bpsis bas bestowed the order of the polies Fleets ea the Impels! Passe et Frazee. A high huetiona►y is to gem the isidesie tl Paris. The Congress again sat today. The bill for imposing a tax upon bonne and private carriages vied in Paris was carried, as the Mositeur at length diaolome, by 179 votes spinet 66. The minority, in an Assembly which has hitherto voted almost unanimously in favour of government, is very oonriderable. The mean for the change in the attitude of the deputies is that the present question nearly touches their own breeches pockets. They foresee that the government is likely, at no distant day, to be in great straits for money, and they hesi tate to sanction the principle of taxing luxury be cause they fear it may be carried some day to the extent of conticestion. Some of the arguments used in favour of the measure were of a nature to increase their fears. M. Konigswater startled the The Berl and Countess of Clancarty end family have arrived at ilettehtes Betel, Bt. Jeabeet,treet, for the teens. The Collates' Dowager of Macclesfield has left Howellia's Kcal, St. Jamee'.-ttrett, for bar mut is Otfaal obit,. house by avowing himself • Sticialist—although, as he explained, he was a " Conservative Socialist;" but be affirmed that the revolution of 1848, notwith standing many excesses, had engendered more good things than bad. He instanced the 100 h. bank notes, which financiers were very much afraid of, but which he did not hesitate to say had saved the Bank of France at a critical period. Again, Uni versal Suffrage, which was a great bugbear, had been found perfectly compatible with order, and had pro duced, u a crowning blessing, the Emperor. M, Beauvergsr, notwithstanding the explanation of the preceding speaker, deprecated the revival in the house of a word (Socialism) which he had not been in the habit of hearing. He com pared words of this class to those evil gods whom , the ancient sages refrained from naming. M. Andre, who was the only one of the seven members of the oommittee who had supported the law, openly avowed himself an advocate for taxes upon luxury, provided the tax was not so heavy as to be likely to restrict consumption. It appears, from the speeches of several members, that the city of Paris, being in want of money, had proposed to levy a tax upon all carriages indiscriminately, including wag gons and market carts, but solely on the principle of making them contribute to the repairs of the street's, The government, however, objected very plausibly that the owners of market carts who paid ootroi duty ter their goods at the barriers, would by this plan be made to pay twice over. The proposition was, therefore, altered in the Council of State to its pre sent shape, and made applicable to private equipages only. The amount which the tax is estimated to produce is only about 800,000 fr.—a very small item in the city expenditure. There was considerable controversy in the debate whether the tax would lead people to put down their carriages. Some argued from the experience of the new dog tax, which has undoubtedly led to a great slaughter of dogs, that this tax would diminish the number of horses. M. Baroche, for the government, contended that the tax would be too small to prevent any one from continuing to indalge in the luxury of the horses and carriages to which he had been already accustomed. He also argued that a tax on luxury was not • bad thing, it not carried too far; and, to show that the principle was not new in France, he instanced the duties on tobacco and playing-cards, both of which are luxuries. As I have said, how ever, the members of the house are frightened at the new principle which they conceive to be sanctioned by the measure. At the Bourse but very little business was done in the Bente, which closed heavily with a fall of 10c. for cash and 16c, for account, at 731 r. and 73fr. 45c. Bank of France experienced the extraordinary rise of Mfr. Railways were very well supported. Three or four Linea rose 10fr. each. Field• Marshal Viscount Consbennere and the Vim:mato' Coulters's,* are expeetod N Beliputipaue Noisy, from Combat's!, Abbey. for animator'. The Lord Oilmen°, will receive the Judges. CIIMPIPIeII Crawl, dt•., oa Tuesday, the ant day et Essig, Tom, at kis lordship's rosidoaao. la I:lppar Brook- Crest, as 12 o'clock. Sir James and Lady Matheson have arrived from UM., at their nudes, fa Clevataad-raw, Bt. Janus's. Load Pevensey has expressed his readiness to do nne a letters es " The 'Preach Revolattess " la aid of the Lewes Weebeef es' Institute The Duke de Broglie, in his reeeptioa speech at the Academy yesterday, gave a sketch of the chg. rector of Cardinal Masuin, in terms involving an historical parallel so startling and unmistakeable that people can scarcely believe their eyes when they read it in the papers to-day. In the court,e of his eulogy on M. de St. Alder*, (his predecessor in the Acade mic chair) the Duke alluded to that part of M. de Bt. Aulaire's historical works which describes the time of the Fronde. After making various comments and citations, he proceeds : But where the suitor chiefly steely, is in his clear espls nation cf the cleoitinent of this tragi-comedy, in h s man ner of braiging out, is crong relief, all the necessary ad vaatage, and Utilities of ibis position of e man alnady la possmain of power, who pursues Gait ails object, his owu personal interest, std who has tefore him nothing bet a fatigued station, eager f it repose, sad disgusted with illu sion, honest sea disarmed and discouraged, adversaries *lns of one another, soured by reciprocal asimosities, sad when he himself is resolved to shrine from nettling to get the betas of theta. It h very entitle that linario, although he did not want enrage, bed neither the greatness of soul, nor the pidity of Mathieu Mold; although he had borne um' in his youth, he had neither the impetuous heroism of Condi, au the miser heroism of Teresa.; although he thoroughly knew t►e basin heart, mid was well able to tre►t with men, he had sot, when the it - rta was it Its he'sltt, and when boldness sad el'quence wt re required, either the oovp (roil, the tepid nodes*. or the prompt and des decision of Cannel Bets ; althoosh ho was a man of earthiest , and f.it►fsl to his eclat shines, others, who ever may have ben their add., or whatever their party, were as faithful ae he and as fertile la resources; bat De ems bo had but on oljeet—to keep power, and h.t one onatillee—himaelf ; berme, indifferent to means, a straw got to monplet, he do.eraimoS to early his point at any tort ; boons, neither tia (few he knew how &mai patimoins of loog atandiog and much premise at Ow egad, her bays bees sass time spplie sots for the distiostioa of Gems's Coawl, sad of thus Up Lord Champlin Ms jest aosiMated Mr. Cairns aid Mr. bawls. to vs! ), ace mossy (for he supplied himself from t►e public tram;), an pointillism. ast monism, wen obtains Is his path; Minim be mild dis•imalste, be patina, Ind watch for the &notable mo ment be, s forigatr, wittost other support than tho gnat we of his pradmisssin, without haviag (up to that that at least) dins 'sitting to gin sty Islet to his own, deist maqstrad all tin snit illustrioss situ of his time. Ilegindlose of the °merits of the vulgar sad the mean of the wits, ho gagged the p r cement,, destroyed their bast works. tsllled Tunas" sad Hold to his mum, seat Rata to Viscosity, basiahod Could a tho low ociatrito, aid nmaiing master of the Geld dispialed is the 'sortie" of power the isms qualities that be bad shows la °Mislay and keeping it. He arjayed undivided authinniy for sally yams without let et Madras's; he reigned ova. tin May, thi meat, sad the !Hindus ; signed the treaty of Ms Py nests, his nal title t 3 glory, aid left, it mist be sad, his prints fortis" in a mach bettor coaditios this be did the Hansa of tin este. _ _ _ In oors-quence of the groat scandal which the above passage has caused in the course of the day, the evesing.papers have oat it oat of their report of the Doke of Broglie's speech. The Independana states that M. Nisard (of Sorbonne notoriety) who presided on the magical, and replied to the Duke de Broglie, had it:trod:toed into his speech a panegyric en the corp d'etat, bat that the members of the academy in sisted upon its suppression. The Bishop of Versailles has refused the rites of sepelture to the body of the officer of the Guides, who WU killed the other day in a duel at Bt. Germain. The Aloallesre publishes the official returns of the customs revises for the month of &brassy, which amenated to 18,060,668 fr., being an increase on the esnespouding sleuth of last year of 2,353,706 fr. The improvement in favour of the fleet two months of this year as compared with the corresponding period of 1866 is 956,919 fr.. the amounts being re. @pot:lively 24,165 876 fr. and 23,208,9571 r. Conspar. i lag the first two months of 1858 and 1863 together, the principal articles in which as increase has takes I place is 1858 ars raw cotton, 1,626,0886.1 Ortlera bare bees lamed to Dr. Smith to take mow serer far the immediate redaction of dm modleal atalfofthe army. Otdm bees alas bees amid for dm Mutates of fear respaatee Irmo mob mensal of the lies that hod Mem placed cm a war footing. Joaathas Christian, Fag., late serjeitatat-law, is Is be lstisilor•Oeaeal for Items& He lam oltoadi filled tho oM• of law whistr to IS Cowl.. The batik of Dr. Rodman leave violet the ace of Registror to the Tleivereity tf looks. The Wary paid te Dr. Bothsaa wee UN. • year. The Registrar ham to attend aY =soilage of t►e Sewn% te keep the Wastes sag ',erre aped% I. epithet the most Important pest:tau of the aerrwpoodeses, domestic and fortis', to mimics the of eawlidater for the wins demo , . to cease alms se eremeicei 'Rey reqe(re with pumas requbise formation remise to du treivenity, to sepertateed the eawastt, sad, in short, to amain a seat ral 60'41,4, eadet the setbority tf the &sate, over the ages of the TM entity. ooal, 627,3626.; eundrice, 682,113 k.; those which 'hew a decamps are :—oolfee, 1,371,1316.; foreign roger, 889,0276.; raw wool, 143,260 k.; French I l colonial Nagar, 133,842 k. (=ON AN OCCASIONAL 00131211PONDINT.) PARIS, Aran S. The Foreign-office here is preparing a circular, by which all our diplomatic agents will shortly be in formed of the raising of the blockade on the Russian masts and the removal of the prohibition on Russian exports. The editor of Le Nord, M. Cappelnians, has peti tioned the French government for leave to have his journal circulated in France. There is a chance of this request being granted, u the paper has sensibly modified its politics since the signature of peace. PIEDMONT. The Opinions of Turin, of the god, in commenting upon the peace, says:—" All the power of Europe will prove insufficient to prevent the political revival of Italy in due season. It is but a question of time and of hard trial, to be undergone in order to attain that end. The time depends on the will of God, the wisdom and perseverance of the nation ; the bard trials both for Italy and Europe it belongs to diplo matists to avoid." TURKEY. (MON 001 OWN CONSTANTINOPLE, Masai 24. No incident of importance has occurred since my last. A rumour is afloat this morning that, accord ing to a telegraphic message which arrived during the night, peace has been concluded, and that the re mains of the Russian fleet at Nicolaieff are destined to pass up in triumph to the Baltic. It there be any foundation for this report, we have not much reason to boast of our winnings, at least on this point. I visited yesterday the barrack and general hos pitals at Scutari, and feel great satisfaction in bearing testimony to the creditable state of both establishments. The former was long, you are perhaps aware, the memorable residence of Miss Nightingale, and much indebted to that incomparable lady for many useful ad ditioos and alterations. The general hospital also, in the immediate vicinage, was by no means excluded from her philanthropic labours, but remained never theless in some sort sub umbra, in point of general arrangements, comparatively with its more fortunate rival institution. I found it however, since my last visit, completely transformed in every respect, and so much so, that in my opinion at the present moment it surpasses every civil and military hcspi tal of the capital and environs as regards order, salu brity, and exquisite cleanliness. I have never seen, here or elsewhere, a more perfect model of a well conducted hospital. The wards, the corridors, every nook and corner, of this immense edifice, present the most admirable picture of neatness and good order. The flooring is white and polished as the decks of a Queen's ship ; nay, certain " temples" which caused at one time such a general outcry, are now free from all that can offend the most fastidious " olfactories," and in a perfect state of general purity. There is awe, I believe, a servant in each compartment ex isprra devoted to that important service, and I ob a stout Armenian busily employed in his work stratification. But one of the most important ameliorations W hey introduced is a complete series of ventilators, se that a gentle draught is everywhere perceptible throughout the establishment, and which, in addition to the combustion of fuel in the stoves placed at con venient intervals, perpetually purifies and renovates the atmosphere. The linen, the wrappers, and hoe pital apparel in general, are homely but faultless, and the vapour bath is all day long in readiness to receive those inmates inclined tor a capital wash and abundant drenching with buckets of suds robbed in by means of a long flaxen wisp—a detergent and re fection only known in this part of the world. I descended, moreover, to the lower regions to io , spect the "staff of life," and found bread, rice, meat, vegetables, poultry, and provisions of all kinds, in great abundance, and of the very best quality. I asked the storekeeper to allow me to taste the port and sherry, both which, if bottled sit would not really ill become the table et any eivio epicurean. In short, I have never seen in any European capital more perfect nosocomial arrangements than exist at present in our general hospital at Scutari. I feel, therefore, great satisfaction in recording these hots, so creditable to Dr. Lawson, the present chief of th • establishment ; and, if we may judge of this gentleman's talents for hospital administration from the aspects of the insti ltadon under his direction, it is much to be regretted that he, or some other equally distinguished by the "bump" of order and forethought, had not been earlier entrusted with the general management of our military hospitals in the East. The equinoctial gales set in this year rather before the usual time, and continued till yesterday with more or less severity, accompanied with snow, sleet, and hailstorms. To-day, however, spring appears to have announced itself definitively with a bright sun, genial warmth, and speckles; sky. The seasons atConstantinople are inconstant, and generally speak ing of a very indefinite type, running as it were abruptly into each other at certain intervals, accord ing to circumstances and the direction of the wind. It veers for instance suddenly round and, in the hottest summer days, blowing fresh from the north, the fall of temperature is such—and more especially if after rains—that many regret their fianneh and winter clothing. These unexpected ther mal variations affect not a little the public health; but the native populations are seldom caught in the trap, and retain very judiciously their furs, although varying somewhat in bulk, all the year round, either as an ornament or a traditional ex pedient against these sudden atmospheric vicissitudes. The climate, however, is on the whole one of the finest in the world, provided our good folks Weald deign to conform to its general exi gencies, abandon late hours, stimulants, and emir native luxurious propensities. One of the best proofs of the unbounded liberality of nature in these dimes is, that ever since the extinction of the plague the capital and environs have been completely free from epidemics—vie., in virulence and magni tede—each as those which periodically ravage ethret countries. This has been meet particu larly evidenced during the whole course of tho war, at an anxious period when the march of eireeimi depressing moral affections, sod the dearth and scarcity of all the necessaries of life, are obviously circumstances the most favourable to the development of all epidemic diseases. This im munity, however, has been confined to the native peopelations, and their sober temperate habits, as well as eiesallases. which is a charming feature of dsessedsesesesey in the East, have contributed also est a little to this happy result. Public Hygiene, the streets, the drainage, cemeteries and slaughter boons, are in a very defective and discreditable state, contrasting sadly with the interior of the houses and general cleanly habits of the popalattoo. All this loudly demands the attention of the legislature, and all the efforts of the Council of Health have failed thus far to effect the smallest sanitary amelioration is this country. The labours of that body have been, therefore, forcibly wafted to one great object, that is to say, to the final extirpation of plague all over the Ottoman dominions. This object, let us hope, has been at length attained, and is, indisputably, one splendid result of the labours of the sanitary adminis tration. At St. Petersburg as at Paris, the proclamation of the sigoaticte of tie treaty of peas* was accompanied by a grand re view, which took pima on the 2nd. A diligence vas stopped the other day sear the Tama frontier, by a bend of robbers who wore masks and were dressed be ►leek. Three gentlemen of the reed gave their hands to the ladies to artist theta to descend him the thetas, end, ea a shill& beciasisg to trey, the saki el the heed took it la his arms end Tinted it wit► ins hen. Neither the nosey nor the Ninth of the travellers were toutibed. Thi fellows contained themselves with getting the key of a coffer containing 20,400 fr. beloeging to the goverment, and then withdrew amidst a profusion of bows and essaplithents. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. (MOM OVA OWN 001 BUCHAREST, MARC. 17. The intense agitation in Moldavia, noticed in my bat, continues. As soon as the result of the Conferences held at 'Constantinople on the Ist of March was known at Jassy, a deputation waited on the Prince, for the purpose of directing his attention to the critical state of the country. The Prince stated is reply that he had already addressed a memorandum to the Presi dent of the Congriss at Paris, Count Walewski, is which he had appealed to that body from the deci sions adopted at Constantinople, on the ground that the latter were an attempt to violate the autonomy and other most essential rights of the Moldo-Walla chins, and that he had demanded the union of the two Principalities under one prince taken from one of the reigning families of the West. In the evening of the UM day the Prince's secretary, M. Grenier, read this document to a numerous assembly, amid the unanimous applause of the parties prtseut. Imme diately after, the principal ir,habitants of Moldavia in their turn signed by thousands a protest against all that had been decided at Constantinople. This protest was intended for presentation to the Prince. At the same time they sent off to Paris a courier with an address, in which they also demanded of the Con gress the union of the Principalities under a foreign sovereign. While this was proceeding, the Prince received simultaneously from Vienna— through the medium of General Coronini, who had gone to Jassy—and from Constan tinople the threat of immediate degradation if he did not succeed by some means in preventing his subjects from manifesting their wishes order pre• sent circumstances. This threat has unfortunately obtained only too signal a success, tor the Prince suddenly prohibi , ed every kind of demonstration in Moldavia, suppreseed the principal organ of the Union, the Star of the Danube, that was under the direction of the learned and energetic Michael Gogalnitelteano, and canoed the courier bearing the address of the Roumanians to the Congress at Paris to be arrested at Czernowitz in Bucowinn. In Wallachia, also, the union of the two Principa lities under one sovereign belonging to one of the reigning families in the West is desired se strongly as in Moldavia; but here the ex pression of that wish is far greater than in Moldavia, and consequently public opinion cannot declare itself in the same way, for Prince Stirbey is entirely under the thumb of Austria. To give you an idea of the reign of terror brought on in this country by the Austrian occupation, I shall give you the authentic lint of the a•rocities which the Aus trians have committed during the brief interval alone of the last twenty-five dip in the single city of Bucharest. Here it is : In the first week of this short period, eighteen assassinations were committed by the Austrians, and proved on evidence. On the 23rd of February they killed in broad daylight, in the Cot zotcheni quarter, three men who had lodged a complaint against the murderers for au act they had previously nom. milted. In the night of the 26th they killed three other men in the Street of the Tanners for the mere sake of a loaf of sugar which they had atfirst tried to take from them by brute force. The assassins of the first three victims are known to the Austrian commander, but, notwithstanding this, no proceedings have been taken against them. On the 24th they cut off the arms and legs of a poor fellow, and threw the mutilated body into the Dam bovitza. Oa that same day, about nine o'clock in the evening, they killed in the middle of the street a man because he tried to protect his wife and pre vent her from being curled off by them. Oa the 25 h, in the afternoon, three Austrian soldiers, in the presence of several of their officers, killed a man in the Tchismedgi garden. On the last evening of the carnival, which WAN only over here the other day, two Austrian soldiers in a state of intoxication, who were shamefully using everybody in a public-house near the prison, were arrested by four Roumanian soldiers, who had hastened frem their post at the prison to the scene of disorder, but an Austrian patrol coming up at tempted to rescue the prisoners at the point of the bayonet. On the Roumanian side, an officer, M. Andreesco, arrived from the prison with four more soldiers, and the eight Roumanian soldiers, who were not permitted to use their arms, had to sustain a fierce but unequal combat against fifty Austrian bayonets, disputing with them the possession of the prisoners. They managed, however, to knock down five of the Austrians. Happily, the prefect of polio* interfered early enough to prevent bloodshed, for only through his intervention have we been spared a hots rible massacre. In tact, considerable bodies of Aug• trian and Roumanian troops were already on their way to the spot, and the people, who were beginning to take part in the affray, did not conceal their wish to find an opportunity for taking vengeance on their bloodthirsty oppressors. It is probable that M. An dreecco will not escape with the wound he received while discharging his duty, for the Anstrian cow. mandant demands hie punishment, and of course will obtain it, as he always has done in every case, of our Prince Stirbey. If the Austrians delay their depar ture from the Principalities, this country will very shortly have some terrible drama enacted in it, so profound fs the contempt and detestation in which they are held by the Roumanians. THE BALTIC. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS SUSPENDED. HAMBURG, APRIL 4. In consequence of instructions from the Governor- General of the Baltic Provinces, the departure of the crews destined for the row-boat flotilla of Riga has been postponed. The superior staff of the corps lames of the Baltic has been removed to Riga. (ram ova ova co KIEL, Aran. 1. The intelligence of the treaty of peace having been signed by the Plenipotentiaries on the 30th was re ceived here yesterday by telegraph from Paris, through Hamburg, and I need not say that by those who have derived much profit from the presence of the fleet in this harbour and bay the news was not received with much satisfaction. It was not, how ever, until today that the practical result to them showed itself, when it was announced that the screw line-of-battle ships Majestic, 81, Captain Hope, and the Crew, 01, Captain Boots, had received orders to return immediately to England, and that the only other vessel now here, Cuckoo, 3, Lieutenant Mar. ray, Commander, should at once proceed to the Gulf of Fioland with despatches for Captain Watson of the Imperieuse, containing instructions for the return of the advanced squadron to England without delay. When that squadron, therefore, calls here on the way home, the lest of thy British fleet will have been seen here for the present ; and it is very eatis factory to think that, while this port has been so generally resorted to during the war, there has always existed the very best understanding, not ooly between the respective governments and their officers, but to the fullest extent also between the crews and people, which affords the best evideocie of the excellent discipline which has throughout been upheld. We nod in the Invalid, Bus,. of the 2t; tit nit o ° While still mourning the unhappy decease of Count Wieborski-Matuoltine, we have two new deaths to de plore. Two young men of rohle Weill—, who succeeded the detwamd in the charitable and dangerous mission which bit eldest &oat incepted, troughs all the passionate pee natty and entireties= of youth to the work of sola.fing the unfortunate suff.rers. Suddenly death has come to .ell them too away from their families sad their c sentry." The Russian jawing proceeds to give turtle. r particulars of this unhappy 'vest. The young nobleman in question were Comet Auteuil, Von der Pahen and M. Alexandre Crightoe, both ,' a edict' of the Ile virally of St. Petersburg. They died I of typhus, *aught by them in the crowded hrepitals of Ton Hours SncBETART has appointed Mr. T. Re ilaseraley, of the Winn C;r:eit, stipeedisry magistrate for Birmiughste. Mr. hinnersley was one of the them patismen submitted to Sir George Grey by the Town Council; he r.c.ived the vote' f the hlty members of that body who were p.. s.ut. A communi mine alnounc'eg that the .pp of bet been made was rectiv id by the Mayor (T. 11. T. Hodgeoe, Esq.) yesterday morning. I: 4