The Express. — London, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

FACTORY BILL. Lord FALMEItSTON obtained leave to bring in a bill M limit the hours of ',ploys's , of children I n factories. Lou„ Laving bees given, the bill was brought in and rad • tirst Urge, 'lts how , &arena at twenty minutes to 2. rAins ON SUCCESSION TAX BILL. rua. AOAINIIT. Mr Wm. brows. Mr.O. Start. Mr. Uriind. Mr. Wynn. Mr lhompson (Aberdeen.) Sir F. Thesiger. ts-i Cynic. Mr. Knight. Mr, Slug/ante. Sir Wm. Codrington. Mr. Beard, Sir GI one Welby. Mr Rich. Lord Wm. Graham. Plr. Dubow. Mr. Corry. Mr Elliot. Mr. T. Baring. m r . C. Scrope. Mr. G. Dar du, Mr. Enact. Dlr. Fellowes. Cu:. Feel. Lord Malley. Sir Rub. rt Frier. Mr. E. Vivian. MW r• in. Mr. Cairns. rAt...—Mr. Bennet paired off in f f Mr. Ball's gietim on tho malt duties on Tuesday lut with Ur. gli.ccr Gillum; Mr. Mundy paired in favour of Mr. glislios's I wendment on the timber clause is the Sue ess.iu Duties Bill with Mr. Hastings Russell ; Hon. A. FJrevaby and Lind R. Grosvenor for government, with CJI :art Illiir and Mr. Knigtaley against, from 8 tiil 10 last ~,,,,,gg. The Hun. U. llyng has paired with Sir Geo. Fester from July IS for the remainder of the erasion. gtit exa3rtsfs• TO CORRESPON I) UNTIL - - A • road Ultima rf " Ewers," conto.ning tho owe ever& re I;,,ette," L• pabilabed every Tueedey end loviday sight, n time te Pvt. 111•crLverettstneesded for " The Liorese,” Imam p . m? sae be at tbe (Mee, 10, Bouveric-dreet, by Two Veloek an thi day of pablieeties. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. tsis Da —llasuir. Oh. Mo. S. Oho. 25.a0222-1107 27 2. is. Ma.. ...—...222222. IC 472. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 19. LORD CLAREVDON, our Foreign Secretary, stated formally in the House of Peers last night that a reply to the second note of Count NESSELRODE has been sent by the English Cabinet to St. Petersburg —and that such answer " was in entire conformity with the note of the French Government." This step, so far as it goes, seems quite what it should be, and the response of the CZAR to Lord ABERDEEN may probably indicate how the Eastern difficulty is likely to be solved. Lord CLARENDON thinks "a very few days will be sufficient to show whether the negotiations which are on foot will succeed or not." Everybody will be glad to find this expecta tion realised. The present state of secret negotia tion, and national suspense, has lasted quite long enough. A twofold answer has been published by the French Gorcrnment to this second note of Count DIE•sELRODL. A circular note, in set diplomatic form, has been addressed to all the ministers of Franco at foreign courts; and a long and elaborate article in the Pays, the confidential journal of St. Cloud, has been put forth upon the same subject. The one is from the pen of the Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the other is understood to be inspired by the EMPEROR. The former recalls undeniable facts, and exposes unworthy falsehoods: the latter is addressed to the feelings and sentiments of the French people on the one hand, and to those of the CZAR on the other. Both in t heir way deserve notice for the tact and skill which they display, although in a very different manner, and with very different claims to the regard of Europe. The main object, as will be remembered, of Count NEASELBODe3 second note, was to fix on France and England the responsibility of having provoked by their naval demonstrations in the Greek waters, the passage of the l'ruth by the Russian army. The Cabinet of St. I'eterburg, conscious that the opinion of all Europe condemned the recklessness and vio lence of this manifest act of war, at • time when offers of mediation, and loud remonstrances were proceeding from all quarters—cunningly bethought them of a pretext, which, had it been well founded, might for the moment have entitled them to say that Russia wholly acted in eastainment of her dig nity, and to show she would not yield to the armed mews of the Western Powers. They hoped, no doubt, by this subterfuge, to retain the character for Russia of being the great conservator of legality and order among the States of Europe, and to miti gate, if not wholly to efface, the disgust and contempt which the fanatical Manifesto of the Casa was sure to create amongst all citi fied nations. But M. DROUTN DE Lucas detects the impudent sleight of hand, and nails it to the cross of public scorn with a few pitiless strokes, of which the echo will be heard amid the laughter of all who relish the punishment of insolent imposture. "On the :flat of May, when it was impossible to know at St. Petersburg, where the news only arrived on the 17th of June, the resolution that might be adopted by France and England, Count NESSELRODE sent to the Porte, in the form of a letter to RYJICHID Peen, a final ultimatum, with a brief delay, and which contained a very clearly expressed threat of an approaching occupation of the Danubian Princi palities; when, by a Manifesto, dated June 11, the Emperor Ntcnotsa caused his resolution to be an nounced to Europe, as if to render its execution more irrevocable, oar squadron was yet at Salamis, and that of England had not left the port of Malta. The mere comparison of dates suffices to show he w mb,;t quarter proceeded that initiative now sought to be espied, while the responsibility of it is thrown upon Francs and England : it is also suffi cient to prove that between the communication made to Paris and London of the proposition made directly to Constantinople by Count NESsi'LRoDg, and the rejection of that ultimatum, time was wanting for France and England to exercise their influenua at Constantinople one way or the other." Equally clear is the statement of M. DROUTN DE I.nr vs regarding the attempt of Count NESSELLODE to fabricate an analogy between the presence of the allied fleets in Betas Bay, and the presence of a Russian corps darmfle in Moldavia and Wallachia. The French and English squadrons have confessedly a right to anchor on the shores of the ancient Troy whenever they please. They violate no treaty, they encroach upon no ally by floating there. By the written law of Europe every portion of the Levan tine waters south of the Dardanelles is free to the ships of every recognised flag. As for the sea-board of Asia Minor it belongs, admittedly to the SULTAN; yet it was at the instance and request of ABDUL! MEDJID that the allied squadrons assembled there. The pretexts of Count NEhSELRODE are thus as hollow and untenable in point of topography as in point of time. The observations in the Pays, attributed to Louts NAPOLEON, seem to have had fur their object rather a justification of what France has not done than of what she has. It pooh-poohs the shallow subtleties with an air of superlative contempt, and in a multi tude of word, tells the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs that there is not time just now for talking nonsense. The real meaning of Count Nt.sSELRODE'S second circular is politely described to be under the semblance of continued bullying to find a way of sneak ing out of the affair. If France owes any apology to the world, it is because her moderation has been so great. But cordially united throughout her entire proceed ings with the only power whom she recognises as her true aqua!, France need not fear being misunderstood on this head. Should war unexpectedly arise out of the misconduct of Russia, France and England in tend to do their duty; and should the invader deem it more prudent to temporise and to retire, France will have the satisfaction of feeling that by the timely firmness of her interposition, she has mainly I contributed to preserve the peace of the world, There is something, however, in the personal tone of this production which somewhat de tracts from its value. Not only is the ex clusive merit of the resolution to resist the lawless schemes of Russian aggrandisement claimed for France, but the undivided wisdom and courage of the policy of France appears to be monopolised by Louis NAPOLEON. Both as sumptions are unfounded. It was the unmistakeable manifestation of national feeling, both in England and France, against Russian aggression that gave strength to the Allied Governments, and first caused perplexity and doubt in the councils of the Invader. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, as is well known, counted upon precisely the opposite state of feeling. Its spies had told that there was jealousy and dis trust between the Courts of Windsor and St. Cloud; and the organs in its interest on both sides of the Chan nel had duped it into the belief that the two nations re. garded each other with sentiments of hatred and aversion. The Ministers of the CZAR were likewise deluded into believing that the people of this country bad token a vow stalest defensive as well as against offensive war, and that no provocation or outrage could stir us to a sense of active indigna tion. These delusions, however, must ere this have been well nigh dispelled; and if the uplifted hand of ruthless violence and rapine be now withdrawn it will be mainly because the people of England and France honestly denounced the burglary of the CZAR, and let the Governments of Europe see they were intent upon justice being done to their ally the SULTAN. TIIERE is a Holy War raging in London. Bald win's-gardens is the battlefield. The locus of the new crusade is removed from the real Holy Land of the East, and transferred to Gray's-inn-lane and Hatton-garden. Edema and Jerusalem are no longer the scenes of the deeds of orthodox believers, proving their faith by the hardness of their blows. Portpool lane, Leather-lane, and Fox-court are destined to figure in history as the spots hallowed by the deeds of the modern crusaders. GODFREY of BOUILLON and TANcnED are succeeded by JAMES NEALE and Joni( CARROLL. If any feeling of the ludicrous is excited by• the comparison between the old and the new cro wds., it may possibly vanish before the considera tion of the sanguinary realities of the latter, the circumstances of which are briefly told. An Italian colony of refugees reside peacefully enough in the neighbourhood just mentioned. Sufferers for free dom, they are hostile to the despotism under which the Papal States are groaning. Friends of MAZZINI, they are disliked by the friends of the POPE. The latter, it is sad, anxious to discover the nature of the sentiments and operations of the refugees, sent over a missionary, who resides in the house of the priest who has charge of the district in which the riots took place. The advent of the mission• ary has, it seems, been followed by continual alterca tions between the Italians and the Irish who reside in the neighbourhood. The Italians have been preached at from the Altar, and denounced as traitors to the PONTIFF. More than a week ago so Italian had been shouldered, whether accidentally or not it does not appear, by an Irish priest as he was standing talking with his companions. On asking for an explanation he was called a low blackguards and other insulting observations were addressed to hiss. A disturbance followed ; the Irish, taking the part el the priest, whose hands and feet they kissed, rushed into battle on his behalf. The end of the contest was signalised by various injuries inflicted upon the combatants, and the demolition of the house of an Italian restaurateur, where his coun tryman had taken refuge. Thus terminated the first eamp,,ign in the dray's-inn " Holy Wen* The second crusade commenced on Sun day evening last. Large bodies of the Cel tie Crusaders were seen pouring down from Whitecbapel, St. Giles's, Lambeth, and the Borough, land converging in the direction of Gray's-inn-lane. Thin Isms to have been as much bigotry, as melt deterudnation, amongst them as amongst the indwell sepias of Jerusalem, but we are unable to add that there was 'stanch chivalry. The first passage of arms we. an odd one, and would be rather unmanageable in a chivalric ballad, even though :entrusted to the ears of Mr. ATTOCN, the poet-laureate of the Times. The hero in the combat was an Irish enter nosier named NEALE, who, taking a snug pukka in the rear of an Italian pedestrian, dis sharged a heavy paving-stone at his head, and followed up this gallant demonstration by staking • rapid and discreet retreat to a house, where he barred himself in. The brave fellow was unfortu nately tracked by the Italian, who, in company with several of the police, invested the house inform, Nwx, great in attack, showed himself no lees a master of defence. He showered down all kinds of dudes upon the heads of the besiegers—amongst admen. an iron-mounted plasterer's hammer. The misdlss being exhausted, he had recourse to boiling water, a kettleful of which be poured over the sow dablaa In spite of these efforts, NEALE was at last avapawered, and, together withacompanion-in-anuss IMO in custody. The services of 400 constables were called into requisition on this memorable occasion ; the homes of quiet people being left without protections that a few unoffendiog Italians might be protected against the murderous attacks of an ignorant popu lace, excited ,to riot by had advisers. This is the great feature of the case : the ferocious populace, whose pinions were inflamed to the highest pitch, knew probably no more of the nature of the diffe rences existing between the PorE and his subjects, than of the Differential Calculus; they must have been instructed by educated persons. They could not hold converse with the Italians in a language which they did not understand ; they must have received their impressions of them from a third party. The case is, so far, precisely similar to the riots in Canada. In both cases the assailants could have known of their own individual cognisance nothing of the true merits of the question at issue. In both cases this knowledge must have come from without. The Irish in Canada who half-murdered GAVAZZI, and those who have banded together to murder the friends of MAZ ZINI, did so apparently without any true perception of the causes which influenced those who instigated them to their deeds of persecution. The Irish, so often declaring themselves an oppressed race, would surely, if left to themselves, have felt much more s ympathy with the Italians than with the Austrians who have banished them. Bat, bound hand and foot by ignorance, the Irish aro easily incited to attack the very men for whom they should natu rally have the greatest sympathy. In the meantime who suffers? The natives of the sister isle are so much accustomed to broken heads, that one more or less can scarcely be looked upon in the light of a national evil. The Italians must find the tender mercies of an Irish neighbour hood, if not a paradise, at least a mild pur gatory, when compared with the inflexible des potism exercised in the land of their holy Spiritual Father, from which they are compelled to flee. There is not one of the unhappy Italians living in the neighbourhood of Portpool-lane, and habits at any given moment to a shower of paving stones from his Irish brothers in the faith, who would not, probably, much rather endure this state of uncer tainty, than place himself within stone's throw of St: Peter's, where be would be sure to become • victim to the despotism under which his noble country groans. It is England, then, which is the great sufferer in these Holy Riots. We have our ter ritory outraged by its being made the field of strife of two parties with whose quarrels we have not the slightest possible concern. The peace of our cities is violated by the persecutions which men, acting, it is said, under directions from foreigners, , choose to exercise against their opponents. The homes of peace-loving Englishmen are left unprotected, because the police must be drawn off to arbitrate violently between contending parties who are settling political and religious dis putes in our streets. Whether the instigators of these quarrels are Roman Catholics, or members of the Greek Church, or subjects of the Dalai Lama,we care not. It is a violation of hospitality to make our shores the scene of contests between rival parties. A prince, whether spiritual or terrestrial, who cannot manage his subjects at home, has no right to organise a persecution against them here, and disturb the peace of this country. The affair is doubtless utterly beyond legislation, but public opinion ought to be expressed strongly upon the matter, and the Irish priests who make use of their altars as a vantage ground to utter fulminations against men whose only crimo is devotion towards their country, and who stir up the bad passions- of ignorant men, persuading them to join in unholy crusades, should be held up to public reproach as perverters of the truth and dis turbers of the quiet of society. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1853 THE SERJEANT ADAMS JOB. It will be seen by our parliamentary report that the proposed increase of the salary of Serjeant Adams was defeated last night. The House of Com mons has done itself honour by its decision in this case. There ever has been, and we trust ever will be, a generous readiness in the English parliament to pay all public servants well, when such liberality seems justified. But we may not the less con gratulate ourselves when we find our repre sentatives jealously alive to all unfair encroachments on the national purse. The sentence on Mary Hill was in itself enough to distinguish Mr. Serjeant Adams in a way the reverse of that which would justify an increase of his already sufficiently liberal pay; and when wo remember that that sentence was not the only remarkable illustration of Mr. Serjeant Adams's career as a judge, we cannot avoid a repetition of our gratification at the decision of last night. Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Alcock are entitled to much credit for their exertions in this matter. CHOPWELL WOODS. TO TES EDITOR or THE EXPRESS. Srn,—Your correspondent, "C. W.," from New castle, very rationally suggests the sale of these 779 acres of unprofitable woodland, and if the same rule was followed as to the greater part of the outlying crown estates, as they are called, not only would the national revenue be the gainer, but the interests of the common weal would be promoted by the emanci pation of a large surface of tho soil from a blighting thraldom to which it is now condemned. To any such beneficial policy there exists, how ever, a very important obstacle, to which the public are not yet sufficiently alive. An illustrious personage busies himself very much in looking after this particular department, and, it is said, he objects most stoutly to the sale of any of the crown estates, on the assumption that when his son ascends the throne, he ought to have the option of taking the same in lieu of a civil list. This view is too long now to discuss, but, as one of great constitutional moment, ought to be brought prominently into notice, involving as it does an in finity of very interesting questions. At the commencement of the session, a bill, which no one understood, and which the ministers of the crown did not assist in making understood, quietly transferred a million and more of debt, secured on the crown property, to the Consolidated Fund, that is to the shoulders of the people, whereby this project of resuming the crown estates at some future day, as the source of revenue for the Sovereign's maintenance, was effectually cleared from the difficulty of a heavy incumbrance.—l am, &c., ANGLICUS. VW Court. THE QUEEN. We are sorry to learn that her Majesty has at length sickened with the measles. Before the Court left town on Saturday, latent symptoms of the malady were observed, and it was for somo time doubtful whether the Queen would venture to make the journey to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty, however, determined on reaching Osborne, and hap pily she did so without inconvenience. Subse quently to the royal arrival, the malady became apparent, and her Majesty is now passing through the complaint, it is hoped, very favourably. The Darlene of Kent visited the Princess Royal and the Prism's Mee yesterday, at Buckingham Palace ; and also paid a visit to the Dachau of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Dodoes of Cambridge and the Prineesi Mary, and the Heredita►y Grand Deka and Grand Duchess of Muck lenbarg.iltrelite, visited the Duchess of Heat yesterday, at Claret's) House, St. James's. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (at tended by Baron Knesebech), and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecktenburgh•Strelits (at tended by their Iquerry in Waiting), honoured the per formance of the German Plays with their presence last evening. A deputation from St. John's, Southwark, consisting of the Rev. J. Rolph (Rector), Mr. J. N. Viper, Mr. 8. M. Azlell, Mr. John Abrahams, and Mr. W. G. Jackson (churchwardens), accompanied by Mr. Robert Slee (vestry clerk), had an interview with Viscount Palmerton yester day, at the Hoene-office. A deputation oa the seised of a public park at Hamp stead-heath, had as interview with Sir William Mulisworth yesterday, at the Office or Public Works in Whitehall. place. the deputation coasisted of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Rev. Thomas Aiager, Mr. John Gurney Hoare, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. C. R. Cockersll, ILA., Mr. Edward M. Browell, Mr. Edwin Field, and Mr. Thomas Toiler (vestry clerk). The Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of Salisbury bad an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Gotommi-omce. The Cathedral Commission had a meeting yesterday. Present Me ArAbishop of Canterbury , the Marquis of Blandford, the Berl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwya, and the Rev. Richard Jones (secretary). Sir Glynn, Welby aad Lord William Graham, the mem bers for Grantham, had an interview yesterday with Via count Palmerston, at the Home-office. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of the North American Provinces and the West India Colonies. Despatches were received on Sunday from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. ALLEGED PARENTAL COMPULSION TO ENTER A linsitsair.—On Saturday last, when a Preston train ar rived at Warrington Junction, two rung ladies got out and claimed the protection of the station-master, saying their father, who followed them into the station, ws,, under plea of taking them to S,utliport, carrying them off to a convent against their will. The father dared the station-master to interfere. One of the county magistrates coming up at the I time, was also appealed to. Ile, however, was unable to in• terfere, and the young ladies were carried off. We believe that the magistrate telegraphed to London for advice, and received an answer from Sir Richard Mayne that no law at present in force could sanction interference, unless the per sons were paupers. This strange tale we have on good au• thurity; and, from information, which we are not at liberty to give, we believe that the matter will be more inquired into immediately.— Warr'ngton Guardian, July 16. STRANGE CAPTURE of A ROE Dfifie.—A few days ago, while some fishermen at Clachnsharry were lounging about the canal bank, they observed a deer swimming across the Beauty Firth, and making direct for the spot where they were sitting. When the animal, a tine roe deer, reached the shore, after its swim of some three miles, they endeavoured to stop and catch it, but the deer boldly re sisted their efforts, nd plunging right amon them threw the boldest on h i s back, and escaped into the g canal. The village was now attracted to the scene, and the deer baying landed on the opposite bank, jumped into a garden, where, tired and worn out, it was secured whilst endeav ouring to leap over the last paling which intercepted its liberty. The roe is already, we believe, comparatively anted, and has become tolerant of the farailiarlties of " Cowin% LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 9. The fears entertained of a ministerial crisis, which would be precipitated by news from Moldo-Wal• Lehi*, have not been realised. The entry of the Russians has been authentically notified to the Porte, but a peaceful termination of the strife is still hoped for. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, JULY 7. The Russian press law has been introduced here. The German Gazette is not to re-appear until its conductors are prepared to conform to the Russian legislation. A Prussian artillery officer has arrived at Silistria, and will assist Omer Pacha in the de fensive works to be constructed on the line of the Danube. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. AUSTRIAN CIRCULAR DESPATCH. The Independence Beige publishes an analysis of the note addressed by Count Buol Schauenstem, on the 4th inst., to the representatives of Austtia at foreign courts. The circular informs the diplomatic agents of the Emperor that from the commencement of the conflict between Russia and Turkey the cabinet of Vienna has used its best endeavours on all sides to lead to a friendly solution of the questions at issue, and so to prevent complications which might have endangered the general peace. While (says Count Buol) the Austrian cebit held towards that of Russia a lan- _inet srus that of Russia a ir 4 dictated by the most sincere friendship, and -nding to dissuade from the occupation of the prin cipalities, pointing out the numerous inconveniences which that measure would entail, it also counselled the Divan not to consider such occupation u an act of war, should it take place, notwithstanding all efforts to tho contrary. Moved by an equal desire to maintain the Ottoman empire as an element of European equi librium, and to preserve intact the intimate alliance which unites Austria and Russia, and which in our eye constitutes one of the strongest barriers against tbo attempts of the revolutionary spirit, we have concentrated all our cares to prevent a general con flagration, at the same time reserving to ourselves full liberty of action in case of its outbreak contrary to all our expectations. The latest document relative to this debate which has come to our knowledge is the reply of Reschid Pacha, dated June 16th last, to the letter addressed to him by Count Nesselrode on the 19th of May. By this reply, the language of which is as proper as could be desired, the Porte formally declines the demands put forward by Russia. According to most recent intelligence from St. Petersburg, the letter of the Ottoman minister ar rived there on the 25th ult., but as yet we do not know how it was received. However, the Russian envoy at this court has just communicated to us despatches from his cabinet of the 23rd ult., which contain the most re-assuring explanations concern ing the significance and extent of the guarantees which the Russian government requires of the Porte. M. Nesselrode there shows that Russia demands nothing with regard to the Christian wor ship in the East wore than the mainte nance of the status quo based upon usage and treaties ; that consequently she demands nothing new, nothing which implies an intention of inter fering in the internal affairs of Turkey. We are anxious to secure attention to these assurances, as well at Constantinople as at Paris and London, and to plead there the cause of moderation and concili ation. If, as we cherish the hope, our efforts should be crowned with success ; if the two contending parties should be able to agree upon a middle term between the note which Russia persists in demanding and that which the Porte is ready to concede, we shall be happy to have contributed a pacific solution of a difference which otherwise might occasion the great est danger to the peace of Europe. The English government has replied to Count Nesselrode's second circular note by another in con formity with that of M. Drouin de Lbuys, printed in yesterday's Daily News. Last night the Earl of Clarecdon, as will bo seen from our parliamentary report, informed the House of Lords that " a very few days" would show whether the negotiations with Russia would succeed or not. A correspondent writes : CONSTANTINOPLE, JILT 4. Baron Bruck has been violently attacked with fever. We have, as yet, no news of the Russian oo cupation, although we hourly expect to hear of the crossing of the Prnth. Letters from the army on the other side of the Balkan are full of enthusiasm. The military preparations are making on the largest scale. It is a great advantage for the Porte that the season is one of the most fruitful ever known, and every thing is remarkably cheap. The government paper ! the hest. Correspondetaz contradicts the report originating with the Pays of Baron Bruck's having demanded 5,000,000 piastres, and the surrender of lileck and the Sutorina u in demnification from Turkey. The Vienna Freese has Constantinople correspon dence, according to which the Sultan 'e protest was on the eve of publication. His Highness repudiated mast formally the imputation of bed faith contained in the Russian manifesto, and called the Christians of all confessions in the empire to witness that they had never been intentionally oppressed by his go vernment, and that whenever au inferior agent had violated their rights he had been immediately . pun ished. The arguments alleged by Russia in justifi cation of the invasion are refuted, and the Porte pro tests in the most solemn manner against an act of violence which nothing can excuse. The following is from the Frankfort Post amter Gazette: —" Jassy, July 4: It will take the Russian troops eight days to cross the Pruth. The majority of those trooFs are proceeding by forced marches to the Danube. At this date (the 4th) there are 30,000 Russians actually in Moldavia." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVININO. There has been an extraordinary rise at the Bourse to-day, owing to the prevalent belief that peace will not be disturbed. People spoke of very satisfactory despatches as having been received simultaneously from Vienna, Constantinople, Berlin, and St. Peters burg. It was even said that news had arrived by telegraph that the Emperor of Russia was disposed to accept the last propositions made by France and Ragland. The firm language in M. Drouyn de Lhays circular was considered to be meant for ■ home consumption," and the publication of that document in the Moniteur was inter preted as a proof that the time had gone by when there was any danger of giving of fence by the assumption of a bold attitude. At all events large purchases both in the rente and in rail way shares were made to-day fur the account of first rate houses, who have hitherto stood aloof. The Threes rose lir. 20c., and closed at within a fraction of the highest price of the day. All the principal rail ways were in great request, Rouen particularly so. Five or six agents at once called for shares in this line by hundreds at a time, and for a space of twenty minutes no sellers could be found. The Steele says of M. Drouyn de Ltiuys' second circular : We have not the least difficulty in admitting that the language wed this morning in the Momiteur by the Minister for Foreign Affairs is at once dignified, firm, and moderate. It is thus that right, supported by truth and justice, should speak. Only, we ask ourselves how it happens—when a do cument of this importance, prepared, doubtless, is eeacert with the government of Great Bri'aio, is signified to Russia before the whole world—that deeds are not in accordance with the words. When the right to enter the Dar danelles is so incontestable and so clearly este. Wished, we cannot but bo astonished that the allied fleets did not anchor before Constantinople the day after the passage of the Pruth. 'We firmly believe that had this, the only dignified attitude, been assumed by the Sultan and his allies, the negotiat ions would have been more prompt, more easy, in a line, more in a ccordance with the expressions of the circular of July 15. We have misgivings lest tho last manifesto of hi. Drouyn de Lhuys may be understood as a reservatilg, a simple protest, while the Caliets answer to the last propoei- Vons made to hint has perhar,s already left St. Petersburg. liewever this nay be, we regard the publication in this morning's Monde*, as • creatable disavowal of the article in the Pars. The xi&le has never wavered an instant upon this question. We applauded the departure of the Beet, and its arrival at Bulk'. If we could have given orders it would have entered the sea of Marmots the instant the passage of the Pnith was known. England desired to try • last effort to conciliate her ancient ally. She thus kept the Sultan, whose intentions have never been doubtful, in • state of inaction. Now, it our common tense does not deceive us, Ramie will give an evasive answer to the last proposals of the allied powers If this should be the ease, and if to the calculated tempori ration of the Caar, Franc: and England do not reply by im mediate action, they will become the laughing-cock of At the Boone to day there has been considerable activity in business, combined with a further general advance in the prices of all descriptions of stock. The rise was most considerable in the Three per Cents., being lf. 20c. for the end of the month, and 85c. for money, whilst there was an improvement of 30c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash, and of 63c. in the same description of stock for the ac count. Bank of France shares advanced 10f. The final quotations were :—For cash : Three per Cents., 78fr. 30e. ; Four.and-a-Hulf per Cents., 1021 r. 60c. For the account: Three per Cents., 78fr. 55c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 fr. 70e. Bank Stock, 2,670 fr. Northern, 957 fr. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,123 fr.; Paris and Strasbourg, 9271 r.; Paris and Lyons, 930 fr. CHINA. PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION. lIIINPUNO'S LIST PUBLISHED PRAM. (From the I'Vorfl. China herald, April 9) I am filled with apprehension, and humbly entreat august Heaven to pardon my offences and save my poor people. Let the great officers of the court and the various provinces, with the magistrates of the different districts, arouse the good feelinea of their nature, and seek to rid the people of the calamity. The scholars and people of every place, also, must unite in opposing the enemy, and speedily exterminate these rebzilious monsters. Thus they will perpetually enjoy peace and prosperity, under the gracious protevion of Heaven : while we, with the officers and people throughout the empire, will be alike animated by reverence and gratitude. The present period, being the season appointed for offering the great sacrifices with the proper ceremo nies, we have set forth our views and feelinm), and again reiterate our injunctions. Let the Board of Ceremonies, with the great officers of every province, engrave and pub lish this decree on yellow paper, to inform all, both far and near, that they may be made universally acquainted with oar intentions. Respect this." 2d moon. 2d day (Hardt 11.) An imperial decree has been received to the following effect : " According to the report of Chang-leang-ke, it appears that the rebel Sesiou-chaeu-kwei was killed by an explosion of gunpowder. The said Seeou-chaon•kwei was a daring and distinguish , d man among the rebels, and a.sumed the title of Sewang, or western king. Some time ago, when Lo-woo and a number of others were taken prisoners, they reported that the rebel in question was killed by the explosion of a cannon at Chang-sha, and that his body was buried• at Luau-lung-ten. Since that time the grave has been dug up, and the body identified, whereupon it has been cut to pieces and exposed as a warn ing to all. Lo-woo and his f. flows, six in number, have bad their hearts torn out, which have been offered in sacri fice to the of and men killed in barle, in order to gratify the indignant feeth.p of the living, and to comfort the rebels of departed worthies. TherebelsHung-sew-tseuen, and the rest, who have disturbed the p.oviaces of Kwang-se sad Hoo-kwang, are filing up the measure of their iniqui ties. In addition to Seanu-than-kwei, above-named, every notorious insurgent called Wei-thing has been brought to an untimely end by the agency of invisible beings at Chihing-chow : when Shih-ta-k'bae, another rebel, ran away at Ho-se, be was killed by our soldiers ; according to the testimony of all the rebels, Hung ynu-shan is gone no one knows where: if be is not dead, he is run away. Those who are now disturbing the province of ore merely Hung-sew-tsuen, Yang-sew-Wog, Lo-a-wang and some others; the numbers that are forced into their ser ♦ice are merely like a flock of birds, while the conspirators who have followed the rebels from Kwan-se are but few in number. Let the great officers in charge of the army, together with the viceroys and governors, issue proclama tions among the troops, both officers and soldiers, with the village b r , civil magistrates, gentry, and people, that they with united heart and strength proceed to the extermination of this stinking rabble. With respect to those who have been compelled to follow the rebels, as they do not do it willingly, it is decreed that if any of them will appre hend some of the rebels, and come over to the loyal stan dards, not only will their offences be forgiven, but they will be liberally rewarded. At present the grand army is assembling in clouds, and coming from all quarters to ex terminate the rebels: and as the offences of these vagabonds have now come to the worst, both spirits and men unitedly abhor them, and they w;ll not be able long to escape con dign punishment. Respect this." (From the North China Herald.) Her Majesty's ship Hermes returned to this port on the 6th inst., Sir G. Bonham having been in communi cation with many of the insurgent chiefs, both in the vici nity of Nankin and Ching-ktang-foo. Mr. Meadows was within the walls of the former city, and reports it in a state of ruin, while the whole district is filled with anarchy and confusion. Nankin is held by the rebel forces, who are strongly defending it; they are also in possession of Ching kiang ; the whole line of river between the two cities is in a very complete state of defence, and they are said to be awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from the south, when they will proceed on their way to Pekin. THE AFRICAN COAST. (BY ELECTRIC TELEOWIt.) PORTSMOUTH, TozaDAT Moaxixo. The Firefly, Commander Seymour, has arrived from the coast of Africa. She left Madeira on the 9th, where had arrived the American expedition to Japan, consisting of five ships. GREAT LUXEMBOURG COMPANY. The seventh annual report of this company, which is to hold its meet ing in Brussels, on the 22nd inst., and in London oaths 20th, states that all difficulties have been surmounted and nothing hinders the conclusion of the undertaking within the time stipulated in the last convention made with the Belgian government. The whole of the land required for the lino from Brussels to Namur has been purchased at fair prices. The men employed on the line are working in double brigades, and the weak, are prooouaoed to be well executed. The directors make it appear that they bow saved the company 38,0001. in the purchasing of rails, Ma paring the price with the present market rates. A new trace from Namur to Arlon has been determined on in coax junction with the authorities ; the distance is now reduced to 84 miles without a single tunnel. Upon this trace the contractors are now at work. The directors propose making another call of 1/. in the course of the year, upon the 101. six per cent. guaranteed new shares. RAGE or BEES.—On Thursday a hive of bees, the property of Mr. R. Wells, of Caunton, was disturbed by a dog leaping over the wall and removing the hive, which was placed by its side. The bees, on bring so suddenly coa fused, instantly made their appearance, and fastened upon the animal, which afterwards died. Two of Mr. Wells's daughters, teeing the predie iment of the dog, and thinking that the bees were swarming, came to its assistance, and commenced ringing them down—a custom very fashionable in this village—when they were surrounded and stung by the busy insects in a most awful manner : t heir e y es were so swollen that neither of them could see. Mr. Wells, who was only a few fields from home, on hearing their screams, made to their assistance, and on reaching the spot saw the dog, stung to death, lay lifeless by the hive, the calf in the yard nearly mad with pain, and his two daughters suffer ing the greatest agonies. Since the occurrence the eldest daughter is so far recovered as to be able to get about her daily occupation, but the other at present is in a very pre carious state.—Notts Review. SuuArviNG.—The following account of an event in Traverse de Sioux will give an idea of the state of society in some of the distant locations of Uncle Sam's dominions : " A young man, some months since, went to Traverse de Sioux, made a claim and ploughed, staked out, and im proved his land. Raving business to attend to, he left for Illinois, and during his absence three brothers, strangers, went to Travrse, and, contrary to custom, law, honour, and the advice e of the inhabitants, made themselves masters of the young man's properly. On his return he, of course, claimed his land ; whereupon • quarrel arose, and in the heat of anger, the brothers attacked and shot the young man. The citizens were so incensed at such conduct, that they resolved at once, having no magistrate to appeal to, to have Lynch law, and hang or shoot them down at once. The missionaries, however, interfered end persuaded the people not to take their lives ; but they could not prevail on them to wait for the law of the territory to take its Course. Accordingly some citizens had taken the three brothers, bound them to trees, and with a cat-o'-nine•tails, male expressly, gave them such a whipping as w ill take a lifetime to forget—one man, indeed, prayed them to shoot him, to put him out of his misery. They were placed in a canoe and sent adrift, and their cabin burued. We are happy to learn that the young man whom the y shot still lives."—New York Post. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Crystal Palace at Sydenham begins to cast be fore it a very distinct shadow of the magnificence to come. Those who have availed themselves of the privilege, now open to all, of inspeet:ng the works on payment of a live shilling fee, must have been sufficingly impressed with the thoroughness with which the business is being dote. They must have felt, if not said to themselves, " This promises to be, not only the fines• exhibition in the world, but the finest exhibition possible, at the world's present stage of progrsos." In magnitudo and variety, the display will - - eertaidy exten d to t he extreme .verge of the prectteelly comprehensible. To have seen the old Exhibition thoroughly, would have required no fraction of the leisure of a lifetime ; but the Sydenham 1 display will be one which, if numerically more finite, will yet demand far more time fur its entire comprehension on account of the vastly greater average interest of the ob jects displayed. These objects will be precisely than which are fitted to be of the best and deepest interest to the greatest possible number of persons. These of the fine arts which are capable of being put under contribution for exhibition will be represented with an extent and com pleteness hitherto unknown. Facsimiles of all the noblest sculptures which ancient and modern time% have produced, will be assembled in out spot. Architectures—Egyptian. Greek, Arabic, and Gothic—will not only be represented, but re-produced, life-sise," in all their more notable forms, and with practical illustrations of the popular mysteries of polychromy, hypmthral roofs, honey-comb vaulting, ancient frescoes and arabesques, &c.; and, furthermore, the main building itself will be the first and most glorious specimen of au entirely new style of architecture of singular beauty, and of great, though, as yet, very imperfectly foreseen powers of adaptation to our peculiar modern wants. Mr. Ruskin, who said of the architecture of the old Crystal Palate, that The earth has bubbles as the water And this is of them; will be found to have committed a memorable blunder ; and he will doubtlessly be not slow to retract it when he beholds, from the lovely western valley, the terraced hill blazing with millions of flowers and jets-d'eau, and crowned with the lofty trsnrepts, vaulted naves, and soaring towers of the new cathedral of the arts and sciences. If, in the presence of so poetical a subject, we may be permitted to express ourselves by a poetical figure, our old stone and brick architecture may he said to have died, like Goethe, calling for " more light," ,and to have arisen, in the present form, with the full enjoyment of the desidcrated The art of nature will, be represented side by side and hand in hand with the art of man, and in the same order —that is, historically. The marvels of Karndk and Nine veh, with their sphinxes self bulbs as big as the Trojan horse, will be matched with the productions of the " heroic ages" of nature—the vast mud lake, the dreary shore of the prw-Achunite isle, with its rank cover of ferns, and its mighty denizens, the lchthyoeaurus, the Mastodon, the Plesiosaurus, and the Megatherium, as large as life, and larger than credible to the modern eye. The race even of man will be called upon to render a full account of itself, and the bells of tile Sydenham Palace will present to our astonished senses every variety of the posterity of Shem, Ham, and Japhet frem the " pure Caucasian" to the Beekman, and trom the giants of Patagonia to the Aztec Lilliputians, together with the physiology of these personages, we shell be enabled to contemplate their main attainments or shortcomings in the useful arts; especially the useful art of war, of which the implements will no doubt appear to have constituted the chief staple products of nine varieties out of ten. After the men among their war-tools, will come the beasts, birds, and fishes of modern times, s. e., the last six thousand years or so—with their favourite botany : monkeys in their real skies climbing up the parasite-bouad columns of the palace ; bats and vampires clinging to its leafy roof ; lions and their prey coursing through the shadowy and everlasting summer of the aisles; dodos and penguins squatting in appropriate recesses; marvellous molluscs taking their tranquil ph azure ie crystal tanks ; and fishes disporting themselves, secure from every danger, unless, perhaps, that which was contemplated in the famous rhyme which describes them as sweating and swearing under "the sun's perpendicular heat." The winter garden will, of course, put all other winter gardens in the world to the blush, since the advantages under which it will be crewed were never yet even dis tantly approached ; and the English summer gsrden, out side, already shows its intention of surpassing everything in the way of gardens either in fact or fable, from the hanging gardens of Babylon to the stately avenues and ter rates of Versailles. pal advantage of the opportunity is to; be taken for giving a system of illustrations of geology upon the natural male; Gad, in connection with this department, we are to have com plete exemplifications of the processes of mining, quarrying, well-sinking, and tunnelling. Over and above all this, which formed no part of the old Exhibition, we are to have all that was most significant in the old Exhibition selected and systematised in the new. A complete and intelligible collection of "raw pioduce," mineral, vegetable, and animal, is to be found under the same roof with the " Court of inventions," in which models and working illustrations of all that is most valuable in human ingenuity will be displayed, together with the results in objects of necessity, convenience, and taste. Were we not right in saying that the new Crystal Palace promises to be the best exhibition at present possi ble ? It would certainly be difficult to add any new element to those now enumerated without danger of diminishing the total effect by making it collectively too vast to be the subject of contemplation. Although there is every reason to suppose, from the pre emie appearance of the works, that the Palace will be sufficiently advanced by next May to be thrown quite open to the public, it is not to be supposed that the Exhibition can be perfected by that time. The Winter-garden and the Departments of Manufacture' and Zoology will require a long time for their completion; but whatever may be the incompleteness of the Palace next May, the public may rest assured that, in general effect, the display will almost surpass our present conception, and that, in matter of detail, there will be far more than can be inspected in one season by any person, with only a reasonable amount of sight-seeing time on his hands. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE NEAR BARNET. Yesterday,Patrick Farley and Michael Cunningham were examined before the Barnet bench of magistrates, charged with being concerned, together with others not in custody, in a moat gross and barbarous outrage upon ea elderly female named Rebecca Brogaden. The poor woman, the victim of this atrocity, is fast dying in the Barnet work house, and the magistrates have deemed it expedient to take her depositions. She stated that on Sunday afternoon (July 10) she was on her way from Macclesfield to Deptford, to see her son. When she got to Underhill she tried to get lodgings at Mr. Hutson's, a beer-house. Mr. Hutson told her to go to Mr. Bryan's, a farmer close by, and that be might let her sleep in the shed. She did so, and got per mission to lie in the shed accordingly. About ten o'clock four men came along, one of whom asked to stop with her. This she refused; presently the four men came in, they were all Irishmen. Three of them went out, and one forced and violated her against her will, after which the remain ing three perpetrated the same crime in succession, and they left her in the morning. Both of the prisoners are Irish farm labourers. Farley is a short thick set man, with black curly hair, and appa rently about thirty-five years of age, five feet five or six inches high. Cunningham is somewhat taller, and more slenderly built, with sandy hair and whiskers, and about five feet eight inches high. The ph)sioguomy of both men is of a most repulsive aspect. CHARGE OF MURDER AND MANsLAUGHTER AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF AN AFRICAN On Saturday, at tho Liverpool police-court, a charge of murder was brought against Captain J. W. Chap man, of the ship Cleopatra, trading between that port and the coast of Africa. From the evidence of the carperoer of the ship, William Duncan, who was the complainant, it appeared that the Cleopatra sailed from Liverpool for Bonny River on the 16th of August, IM2, with 21 men of a crew, including captain ar.d mate. On the let of Oc tober the Cleopatra fell in with the Vicar of Bray, Captain Harrison. The two captains visited each other several times, a boy named White being engaged in rowing the boat of the Cleopatra from ship to ship. On the night of the 2nd of October, when it was dark and squally,. the boat in which White was placed was battled close to the Cleopatra in a very dangerous position. It cap- Bused once, but righted again, and White con tinued in it. This was told to the captain, who refused with an oath to allow any person to interfere with it, and the result was that the boat again capsized and White was drowned. Shortly after this the crew seized the captain, I kept him in irons in his own cabin, and, under the direr than of the first mate, navigated the TCSSI I to Barbadoes, where the captain, by means of a doctor who boarded the ship, communicated with the authorities, who arrested thu entire crew, and all, with the excep tion of com p lainant, were tried for piracy and mutiny, :Ind sentenced to from ens to three years' imprisonment. No definite charge was made against the captain, and having shipped another crew sailed again for Bonny hirer, when, cueing to some disagreement with the captain, he loft the ship, and re turned to this country in another vessel, when he gave in formation to the authorities and had the captain arrested. The magistrate, after some discussion, declined to entertain th e c harge, as it had been (017 investigated Vytthe highest mutt at Barhadoes. The certain w iselorge44.but im mediately afterwards arrest e d on a 4 of thietdet - sihith was gone into yesterday 040.41) j et ikor y se T to li ce_ court, when, after hearing all thtt hiriflssee I. stufporrhfs, the charge. the magistrate expr.4.4 his notniction alas. t;', was not sufficient to j'aitify hi m i n * ~lidig s m. ?dour, who nuaotandiagl7 discharged, . '.., •, . -,, ; 1 .,. .) ••I4