The Express. — London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

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THE daily papers once more put on their old aspect this morning, and, by their crowded columns, seem to tell of important political busi ness in Parliament, an impression which a closer examination of the speeches may not confirm. No doubt the Government is holding valuable mea sures of legislation in reserve, and the Opposition ap pears to have thought that for a first night a recon naissance might suffice. The presence of the Ham APPARENT in the House of Lords, and his admission to the roll of Peers of the realm, gave especial inte rest tothe proceedings in that Chamber ; but the political speeches were, on the whole, somewhat formal and languid. The serious parts of Earl DERBY'S speech, and in particular his references to the American strife and Lancashire distress, were in his beet style, and his playful criticism of Earl Rl:reuses foreign policy was as harmless as it is amusing. Lord DERBY strongly supports the Government in its policy of neutrality in relation to the American war, and is decidedly against the recognition of the South, for which some of his followers have been clamouring. In the House of Commons the long straggling debate on the Address wandered into a lumber of topics not included in the Speech from the Throne, touching in its course on almost every quarter and corner of the globe, but with out eliciting on either aide of the House any important expression of opinion, or any de tails of special novelty or interest. The mover of the Address followed as usual the paragraphs of the Royal Addrese'relating to foreign affairs, in a speech that would have been harmless enough, and even creditable, had not the speaker gone out of his way to make an attack on the Federal Govern ment. The Seconder of the Address, confining himself more to home topics, paid a well deserved tribute to Lancashire, and gave some in teresting facts with regard to the rate and area of relief, and the prospect of returning work in these districts. The member for Manchester, however, not satisfied with passing an idle panegyric on the virtues the industrial classes of the North have exhibited in the season of their severe distress, took the opportunity of impreeeing on the House the political moral of this noble conduct—the new and irresistible claim it gives these classes to poli tical consideration at the hands of the Legislature. Comparatively little was said from the Ministerial benches, but that little was strongly in favour of sincere and thorough-going retrenchment. The speeches from the Opposition benches were ram bling, tedious, and to a great extent irrelevant, Interest. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU and Mr. POPE HINNESBY went into minute discussions of ques tions not in any sense before the house. Mr. HENNPABY'a reference to Poland was, indeed, seasonable enough, but his long dissertation about the POPE and the action of the Papal Government ten years ago was altogether idle and out of place. On the first paragraph of the Address, relating to the marriage of the Prince of Wu's, there could, of course, be but one feeling in the House —that of sincere congratulation at an event which promises to increase the domestic happiness, and perpetuate the domestic virtues which have secured for the QUEEN and the Royal Family the respect and affection of all claims in the realm. After the brief bat cordial words of sympathy and con gratulation had been spoken, the Leader of the Opposition addressed himself as usual to the con genial tank of criticising the ministerial programme, and exposing the weak points in the policy of the Government. If we may judge by the re sult, the task must, however, this year have been less easy than usual, for the execution can hardly be considered in any sense or in any direction a success. The difficulties of a telling Opposition attack lie on the surface, and they were exemplified in the speeches made from the Tory benches in both Houses last night. The Opposition leaders cannot attack the domestic policy of the Government, because, much as the present Ministry has in this respect dia- ' appointed the just expectations of the nation, a Tory Ministry would in the nature of things' disappoint them still more. The Tory leaders are 1 , thus obliged to direct their attack mainly against the foreign policy of the Government, and this is precisely the point where they are least vulnerable. Mr. DisaszLi's speech last night was accordingly an admirable illustration of the determined pursuit of opposition under difficulties. With regard to America, like Lord DZILBY, he heartily supported the course adopted by the Government, spoke of the policy of non-intervention, not only as wise and dignified, but as the only policy this elluntryoluld consistently pursue. Indeed, Mr. Dm =arm's only quarrel with the Government on • this head is on the score of their not evincing more unanimity and enthusiasm in sup port of this policy. Where then was the attack to be made? After reviewing the wide horizon of our foreign relations, and hovering for a moment over one or two tempting spots—such as Rome, China, and Denmark—the Leader of the Oppo aition finally swooped to the south-east and settled on the Saptinsular Republic. The criticism of our THE IMPRESS, FRIDAY EirtliTiNG, FEBRUARY '6, 1863. Ipolicy in China was in reality tae most succeed ul part of the right hon. gentleman's attack, but it occupied comparatively little space, and his grand assault was directed against the proposed cession of the lonian Islands to Greece. There is really nothing to be said of this attack, except that it t was a failure. The right hon. gentleman referred with something like contempt to the views of "professors and mere rhetoricians" who had undertaken to discuss the question. But he himself displayed a ludicrous ignorance of the facts and reasons on which the whole question turns. He ventured to assert, for ex• ample, not only that these Islands are an integral part of the British empire, to which they have never in any legal or political sense been annexed, but that they belonged to the British nation in exactly the same sense and by the same right as Paris belongs to the French. It would be idle to attempt any serious reply to absurd statements of this sort. For the rest, Mr. DISRASLI made an elaborate attempt to show that the policy of the Government now is inconsistent with the views held by Lord Pskwesaros ten or twenty years ago. This attempt shows a complete and almost hopeless misunderstanding of the real ques• tion involved in the proposed cession, and of the way in which it is regarded by the nation at large. The country does not care whether the policy of the Government is in harmony with the views ex pressed by some of its members, thirty or forty years ago. The real question for the country is not whether the policy of the Government was bad some years ago, but whether it is good now. We have advanced during the last few years be yond the pernicious maxims and sinister traditions that constituted the very life and soul of diplo macy half a century ago. We recognise other principles of political action, other laws of inter national morality, than those which dictated the Treaty of Vienna, and guided the Mrrreiutien school of statesmen. The leaders of the Opposi tion do not appear, however, to have advanced at all. They still regard the worst maxims and traditions of a corrupt diplomacy with a kind of superstitious veneration, and openly appeal to them as the last grounds and final causes of a nation's policy. In discussing the cession of the lonian Islands, Mr. Disasatt coolly laid down the principle that power being the statesman's supreme motive and aim, and these Islands having been originally gained by force, and being thus a symbol of our national dominion, ought to be retained at any cost. This is the only principle he laid down in the course of his elaborate address, the only confession of faith he ventured to make, and it is in substance a confession of moral scepticism and political despair. The Right Hon. Gentle man's speculations with regard to the issue of the great conflict on the other side of the Atlantic and the future of America reveals the same gloomy and revolting faith. The love of power, the lust of dominion, is, according to the Right Hon. Gentleman and his friends, the ultimate principle of all human action, and the con flict in America he views as a revolution which will inevitably leave enthroned on that vast con tinent Imperialism with all its disastrous adjuncts. The destruction of all true national life, of all real freedom and progress, is the political millennium to which he looks forward. Fortunately, the state ment of such principles is, in these days, enough to make them practically harmless. The principle involved in the cession of the lonian Islands is not the love of power, but of public justice, and a regard to the rights and welfare of independent communities. LATEST IN T ELLICIANOK THE POLISH INSURRRCTION. " All the correspondence and despatches from Warsaw," says the Temps, " tend, day after day, to gi►e the Polish insurrection larger prop o rtions. We do not flatter ourselves that we can discover the precise truth in the midst of the contradictory assertions which reach us ; but certain it is that the corps of insurgents are increasing every day in numbers and in importance. The movement is universal in the country,' says a letter in the National Gazette of Berlin ; 'and every day fresh accounts are received of encounters between the troops and the insur- gents. It is said that the Grand Deka Constantine has demanded a reinforcement of 50,000 men ; but it is doubtful whether great resultscan be achieved with strong bodies of troops in a guerilla warfare carried on in the woods. The peasants are, it is true, generally partisans of the government ; but, never theless, they are in many places joining the in surgents.'" A Warsaw letter of the 314 says :—" The Rus sian government has already announced several times that it had suppressed the revolutionary movement. Rut, in spite of the difficulty which there is here in ascertaining what is passing at a distance, it is certain that the insurrection is main tained, and is rather gaining than losing ground. When dispersed on one point, the insurgents rally on another, being everywhere received with eager ness by the population." JAW INTELLIGZNCE. (THU DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After tarn Sittings at rut Prior at Westminster. —(Before Lord Chief Jodie* Cockburn sad a Special Jury.) CL . .412 V. TM 0401:1!.—PIT/170N OP MOW, The further hearing d this eon was rammed this morn ' ing. when I The Lord Chief Justice summed up. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Deurnan,.Q.C., Mr. J. A. Russell, Mr. Webster, and 111 r. Ben again appeared for the suppliant. The Attorney-General, Mr. Colher, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. West, and Mr. M'Bory for the crown. The Lord Chief Justice said, though at first sight this case appeared to be complicated, yet when they came to look at it by the light of commonsense and calm reason, the mist which fervid eloquence bad thrown around it would : soon vanish, and the difficulty would as soon disappear. I The petitioner presented his case in two forms : first, that his patent of 1853 had been infringed by the Lords j of the Admiralty in the oonstruction of the Warner and secondly that he was employed by the Lords of the Admiralty in the character of naval non structor, and that he was to be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. commission on the outlay on ship built by the Admiralty, and that io consequeoce he supplied them with models, plans, aud drawing& In order to disembarrass the ease as much as possible his lordship proceeded to dispose ;of the second put of the claim first. lie expected the I learned Attorney<leneral would have put It to him at the end of the suppliant's case that he bed failed in making out his on, and have asked him to with draw it from the jury. If the learned Attorney-General had done so he should have withdrawn it from their wed. deration ; but, ea that was not done, he must put it to them and ask them if them if they considered there had been sufficient proof of the contract as to justify them in returning • verdict for the petaitimer. It was to be recollected that Mr. Clare went to the Admiralty • they did not seek him, and ls the forwarding the mode and plans to the Admiralty was • spontaneous act on his part. He did not mean to say there was anything obtrusive in Mr. Clare's soden, bat be mentioned it to show that he did not seed them to the Admiralty under any contract as to remuneration. His lordship referred to the petitioner's interview with Admiral Berkeley, who introduced him to Sir B. Walker, by whom he was turned over to Mr. Edy. and Mr. Lloyd, practical officers of the department, and it was evident front Mr. Clare's evidence that he was unable to favourably impress them with the importance of his invention& Mr. Clare was dissatisfied with the , result, for he seemed to consider everyone connected with the Admiralty ship-building department great danced and idiots. Up to that time there was nothing in the shape of employment, for he received unmis takeable intimation from the Admiralty that they did not intend to avail themselves of his suggestion& In 1855 he again 'spontaneously iddrened the Ad miralty. In this country, where men's minds were on the rack for inventions, the public departments were be. sioed with applications for the adoption of the inventions, and it was the general practice for them to submit them to the different departments for consideration, but not under the impression that it constituted an employment for which they were to be paid. After Mr. Clare had sent in his models and drawing some further correspondence took place between him and the Admiralty. He fink charged them with piracy of his inventions in the coostruo tion of the Warrior; and afterwards he applied for compen ration, in consequence of that infringement. It was not mail 18511 that he applied, for the first time, for • compensation of 5 per rent. on the vessels built and it was then he received an answer that they wore all designed by the naval constructor to the navy without reference to any other person's plans, end then he applied for the altos of naval methanol coo- ' grader to the navy. If out of such evidence the were able to discover a contract to remunerate, their in vision must be keener than his ; for in the whole of his ex perience he had heard so wild or extravagant a claim. Upon the patent the petitioner might have a case well worthy of their consideration, but he thought it was im possible to say that out of the correspondence that took place between the parties there wee the remoten shadow of an engagement by the Admiralty. The office of naval architect was one of considerable importance and responsibility, and required that the party a able to lay down a ship, sod make the necessary plans and design' for the whole of the vessel. Now, Mr. Clare was never brought up to the ship-building, but had been a produce broker at Liverpool till 1847. Such • person making for the office of naval mechanical ocinetructor to the royal navy was an extrava gant proposition, and it was not at all surprising that Mr. Clare's learned counsel, feeling the difficulty of the case, had endeavoured to get out of it by an appeal to their pinions, which he had done in a very skilful manner. He now came to the really im portant part of the case—viz., the infringement of the patent. Mr. Clare claimed the construction of • separate and independent framework, to which the Skill of • ship was to be affixed, secured by wood sheathing and tongue ing and grooving the iron plates. There was • difficulty in this rage that did not generally arise in similar cane The patent claimed was well known and US. derstood, and the question for the jury in soh eases was whether the alleged infringement was in point of fact actually and substantially the same as the patent. Bat here the proposal= was as is were rennin. They knew precisely what those had done who were said to have infringed the patent, but they did not know precisely what it was the suppliant bad patented. If he had patented, in effect, • separate and independent framing without plates, it had been adopted in the Warrior; and if not, then there bad been no infringement. They had, however, to deal with the most obscure specification he ever recollected to have read. The text generally gives a tolerable meaning to the patent, aod the drawings supply any deficiency. But here the text gave them little information, and if they believed the wanness., the drawings told them less. Look ing at both with the assistance of the scientific evidence, they must find their way to the conclusion of what was in the patent. It was not the question what wee in the mind of the inventor, and what be intended to patent, but what he had really patented. He could not Gomm ahead in the patent that w hich he bad not disclosed to the public. If it were otherwise it would lead to dangerous consequences—when, for instance, • man had produced something of superior excellence, for the patentee to say he intended to include it in his patent, and thereby claimed the right to exclude other. who laboured in th e some field, and deprive them of the benefit of the kuow. ledge and skill they had brought to bear upon the subject. Before they adopted his statement of what he intended to do contrasted with what he had done, they ought to consider it with mistrust and scrupulous attention. A man very often took a strong view of his claims. Mr. Clare imagined that he had discovered something very useful to the public and beneficial to himself. He was evidently • disappointed man in not having had his plans and schemes accepted by the Admiralty, and in not being taken into the public service. After referring to the minute details of the case, his lordship said that if this was an infringement of the petit over s patent the government were as responsible for it as any of her Majesty's subjeota. He confined he was a little startled at she high figure the petitioner had pat upon his eerviries, but setting that apart if his patent had been infringed be was entitled to compensation. The jury then retired to consider the verdict, and after an absence of an hour and a half returned into court with a verdict for the =WO. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Botor. the Judge Ordinary.) WATIRS r. WATERS AND MANLEY. The petitioner, a Cornish miner, was married to the re. spoodent in 1839, and some time afterwards be went out to Chili, leaving his wife an allowance. In 1844 be came back and found her living with the co-respondent, by whom she had five children. Decree nisi, with costs. Mr. Shaw for the petitioner. SWALLOW V. SWALLOW AND ISWIEL The petitioner was a domestic servant. He married the respondent in 1854 ; and it was alleged that she bad com mitted adultery with a man servant in • family residing at No. 7, Porchester-square, where she bad lived since 1880. The evidence showed that Lewis's room was neat to that oc cupied by the cook and housemaid ; and that the forum, (the respondent) was in the habit of frequently going undressed to the co-respondent after the family had retired to rest. Lewis used also to come in to the women's room and behave with indecent familiarity towards ]dn. Swallow. Decree nisi with meta. Dr. Swaby and Hr. Ward for the petitioner; Mr. Searle for the respondent. MYSTXItIOUS AFFAIR.-Yesterday a considerable Notation was created in Newoutle-on-Tyne end neighbour hood by information that the body of Captain W. M. Gales, of the Durham Militia, who had bees missing over two months, had been found in an old shaft of Oxclose limy, neer Washington. On the night that Mr. Gal dis ;Pellh* had been dining with a friend at the village of iohlg a tod, and it was thought that he bad fallen into the Weer on his way home and was drowned ; and the Wear had been dragged almost every day since Mr. Gales was missed, as a large reward was offered for the die Gooey of the body. It appears that oil Tuesday some work men °muscled with the colliery had been sent down the old aloft at the Oxclome Pit to look after work connected with pumping, but before they had proceeded far they dis covered a portion of a gold chain and the cue of a watch in a small cistern in the shaft. Upon bringing them to bank they were subsequently identified as belonging to the miming gentleman. The polio, were immediately comma abated with, end on Wednesday pitmen were sent down the shaft to explore it thoroughly, and 70 fathoms down they found the body of the unfortunate gentleman lying berme a beam. It was very much decomposed, bat when brought to bank it was sully identified as the body of Mr. Gales. The shaft in which the body was found is wrought oat, and it in not now need in the workiag of the colliery. It ie said to be 200 fathoms deep, and filled to a ameidessige extent with water, the air . being, of 03111110, foul It is sur rounded by a paling six or seven DA high, and the shaft does not lie in the way Mr . Gale A himid have taken on k tool to the river. An inquest was to be held on the body yesterday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. THE CHARGE Of DININAI7DING AN INSUBANCE OMIPANT. ' The trial of Gawps Ruston and Janes Bert for defrauding the Universal Marine Asuman, Company of 8001. was resumed this morning before Mr. Baron Changed!. ow=t Ballantine and Mr. Gifford addressed th e j ury of their respective clients. The lury retired at twenty minutes past one o'clock to deliberate upon their verdict, and in about tines quarters of an hour they returned a verdict of Not Guilty, as regarded both prisoners. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) CLERKENWELL. TON RAMS, THE la-CHANPIoN OF =OLAND, LN A NM Charlotte Sayers, aged 30, residing at No. 10, Salj em , Cottages, Camdea-street, Csmdee4own, described at of to ocroupation, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with wil• fully breaking 20 penes of glue, value 10a., the prop er ty a Thomas Sayers, ex-champion of England, and circus pro prietor. Whee the charge we. called on it was found that the skeet was not 'Mud with the name of the complainant, but oaly with • cram, and upoe Sayers being asked if that was his, he answered in the affirmative. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you wish to proceed against your wife for the da mag e? Tom Sayera—M, s. The defendant (who. was showily attired, and had on a bat) mid— Let him. I am covered with bruises where he haa knocked me about, and my arms are black and blue f rom I his illuage, and be has repeatedly knocked me about. Tom Sayers then proceeded, and mid that the defendant had been away from home for two nights, and on her return she ill.uaed him. On Thursday at about twelve o'clock she west to his house and made • peat disturbatioe and thee went outside and threw stones through the windows. She broke twenty windows, and the damage amounted to about 10s. He wanted the defendant to keep away and not annoy or aided him any more, as he was tired of it. She caused a large mob of psrwu to as semble around his house, and this annoyed him and the neighbours. The defendant said that she was a married woman. and when her husband left her Sayers took his place, and had cohabited with her ever since. When he came to her she had a house fall of property. Mr. D'Eynoourt inquired if it was true that the defendant was not the complainant's wife, and if so, if he intended to live with her any more. If true, it was not very creditable to either party. Tom Sayers replied it was true the defendant we. not his wife. He did not intend to live with her any more as he thought he had had quite enough of it. This was not the ant case of the kind. The defendant said that her husband left her eight years ago, and that the complainant and his children came to live with her, and she looked after them. She complained that the complainant on Wednesday returned home under the influence of liquor, broke op her furniture, and threw it iota the street, and then kicked her out. He told her, after she bad taken some of the goods to • little room she had engaged, that if she came on the followiag day she could have the rest, and when she went quietly for them be refused to give them to her. He had now got a watch and chain, some 'mooches, and other articles belonging to her in hie possamice. Mr. D'Eyneoart inquired it that was true, and remarked that if it was so, the complainant had better give them up and avoid disputes of this kind. Tom Sayen said there was nothing of the sort in the hones . • but if there was anything belonging to her there she was at liberty to have it, and more if she required it, as he did net wish to have anything more to do with her. Mr. IYErmourt asked if the complainant wanted the amount of the damage, or would he be satiated if the de fendant promised not to go to the house again or molest him in any way. Tom Sayers replied that he did not care much about the amount of the damage. He wanted her to keep way from hint. Mr. liiEyncourt (to the defendant)—Will you promise me to keep away from the complainant and not to annoy him! It is not because he has cohabited with you that you are to annoy him, although there is riot much to say on either side. The defendaot said she would, if the magistrate com pelled him to give up her goods and elm greeted her a summons for the assault. On one ocarion he nearly killed her, and although he was takes to the polies-ststion she would not attend and press the charge. She now had bruises on her arms and body from his violence. Mr. D'Eymeurt said there must be no "ifs" in the question. He then ordered her to be bound over in the sum of 101. to keep the peace towards Tom Sayers and all her Maity ., :e subjects for six calendar mouths. &yen left the mart be was followed by a troop of boys. Or Court. OSBORNE, FEB. 5. The Queen drove out yeeterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. The Marchioness of Ely arid Lientscant-Colonel Do Plat were in attendance. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, left Osborne this morning fee Loam The Prince of Wales, stteeded by Major Teesdale, arrived at Buckingham Palace about half-put one yesterday after noon, from Osborne, Isle of Wight. Prince Arthur visited his Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards, attended by Major Elphindass, turned to Greenwich. The Prince of Wain, attendad,by Earl Spencer, Groosa of the Stole, and the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord in Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at belt-peat three o'clock to take his seat in the Home of Pam. His Royal Highness was !whited in a geneetra uniform end wore the insignia of the Order Cl the Garter, of the Golden Fleece, and of the Srfra of India. The Judicisl Committee of the Privy Council eat yester day. An appeal from Jassy, " Hart v. Claparee," was commenced. The Leeds menet were Lord Chelmsford, the Lord Justice Knight Sum, and Bir J. OoLeidy. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Heligoland. Deerstobsewas sent to 1 the Governors of the Claps of Goodllope, Natal, St. Helena, and Canada. The Aberdeen Journal hears that it is not impro bable her Majesty may make as early summer visit to Hel mond, remaining during the moat► of May. We hear from Naples that Prince Alfred had given a ball on board ship to the Neapolitan ladies. His Excellency the Persian Ambassador arrived at the Loadon-hridge statics heat Dover yesterday at noon. His excellency immediately prooseded to Claridge's Hotel. The Earl of Roselyn has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Dyad Honey Scotland. The Earl Cathcart has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Thoruton.le-Mareet, sear Think. The Lord Bishop of Bt. David's has arrived at Mamie& Hotel from Abergwilli Palen', Cermartheashira Lord and Lady Chnerton have arrived at Far rsaes's Hotel from Lapaos, Devormhire. Lord Abereromby 'has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Airthroy, Soollsad. _ Lord Methuen, Lord de Lisle, Lord Wrottealey, Lord end Lady Churchill, the Hoe. Hrs. Thomas Liddell, the Hoe. Mr. Foley, ILP., Yr. and Mn. Crompton Slane field have arrived at the St. Georp's Hotel. Lady Howard de Walden and family have left the 13rueswick Hotel, Jermynatreet, on their return to the embassy M Brussels. The fashionable season at Brighton will close with a `rand military sod fancy dress hall, on the 16th, is aid of the Lancashire rdiel land sod local charities. As the lady patrolmen through whom the tickets are obtained include all the leading resideate and visitors in Brighton, • very brilliant kink is expected. There are no signs of the winter season this year in Paris (writes a correspoodest) lave a =monologs of balls at the Tuileries and at the hotels of the potacipal ministers of state and lima exalted personage& Bala masques are to take place at the Tuileries and at the Ministry of Foreign Adair, which hotel has lately been visited by some of the denizens of the Faubourg St. Germain, a very unusual circumstance, for the legitimists have loos refund to accept the hospitality of imperial lam in any shape. Madame de Metternich gives two soinee—one for the official friseds of the Tuileries, and one far the legitimists and church party. The Duke de Oajonello who was arrested for conspiracy some time since I at Napin, is now invited to the court balls with the Italian anti-Victor Emmanuel emigration now in Paris. A few eeseerle have been given. in two of which Mdlle. Patti nag. The aid prima donne of the Italian Opera generally got 500 fr. for singing a couple of airs at one of these masted @elan, but this year Patti bee broken through the old rule and made the Duchess of Ostlers. pay 2,300(r for a few of her notes. THE NEW VICEROY OF EGYPT. A deputation of the principal European residents in Alexandria were received by the Viceroy on Wednesday, when the leading member of the deputation addressed his highness as follows : " The European merchants, admirers of the in tentions so loudly expressed by your highness, feel assured that Egypt, under your govern ment, will more and more extend her friendly relations with Europe, which already regards that country as closely united to civilisation. We invoke the Almighty, before whom are united men of all religions, that he will grant to your highness a long and happy reign. A new era has just opened for Egypt. Agriculture, com merce, manufactures, public instruction, justice, and liberty, are about to co-operate in the prospe rity of this, hospitable and fruitful land, and the name of Ismail Pacha will be glorified in Europe as well as in Egypt" The Viceroy replied : "Gentlemen—The step you have thus spontaneously taken is to me a pre cious pledge of your confidence. Accept my sin cere thanks. My consiant pre-occupation wiH be to watch over tranquillity and public order, which are in dispensable for the security of all transactions, and to develop commerce, on which the prosperity of Egypt and the city of Alexandria in particular, depends. Alexandria is, it is true, from the num ber of its inhabitants, only the second city of Egypt, but by its geographical position, and the importance of its European residents, it has a right to aspire to be the fink I shall not lose sight of its wants and of its interests. It is by works of public utility, by measures calculated to attract capitalists, and to favour extensive speculations, that I shall endeavour to respond to the hopes which you have entertained of me, and to the wishes which you have expressed to me." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the Ist, in the Muniteur, eve : The motion proposed in the Provincial Diet now sitting at Inapruck, by the Prince Archbishop Brixner, and baring for object to request the government not to permit pro testant. to hold landed property in the Tyrol, has produced a feeling of painful utonishment among the enlightened and liberal part of the inbebitanta of the Austrian capital. The government has, moreover, recommended the Marshal of the Diet of the Tyrol to oppose, with all his influence, the motion of the over-sealoua prelate. U, however, con. teary to general expectation, it should be adopted by the majority of the assembly, everyone here is decided on not paying any attention to a manifestation which would tend to restrict the liberty of religious faith, the principles of which are recognised by the state at present, and generally applied in the Austrian empire. narna's DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE POLISH INSURRECTION. PARIS, FIB. 6. In yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, the amendment proposed by M. Jules Favre to para graph U. of the address was rejected. The amendment to the address in favour of Poland, brought forward by M. Guyard Delalane, was then discussed. M. Guyard DeLiana asked if it was intended to restore to Poland the constitution granted by the Emperor Alexander M. Jules Fevre also spoke in favour of Poland. M. Billault, in his reply, said :—" The present moment is not opportune for entering into a dis mission on the Polish question. France has not lost her ancient sympathies for Poland, but thinks, and the government is of the same opinion, that the autonomy of Poland has more to expect from the generous and liberal sentiments of the Emperor of Russia than from attempts at insurrection, efforts towards which will call down new disasters upon that unhappy country. M. Jules Fevre then said, "This speech of the minister is the counterpart of the celebrated words of Marshal Sebastiani, Order reigns at Warsaw. "1 M. Billault replied that be regretted speeches should be made tending to excite vain hopes. M. Jule Favre then asked if France was always to be on the side of the strongest ; to which M. Bil -1 fault replied :—" The Emperor's government has too much sense to add by vain words fresh fuel to insurrectional passions, and is too jealous of the dignity of France to allow the repetition in the ad ' dresses for another fifteen years of futile protests against the existing order of things." Paragraph 11. was then adopted. COCHIN CHINA. PARIS, Fin. 6. The Moniteur of this morning publishes news from Cochin China to the Ist of January, confirm ing the statement that the insurrectional move ment of the natives had been spee.iily suppressed. Admiral Bonard did not doubt that a vigorous suppression of the insurrection would have an influence on the government at Hub favourable to the maintenance of peace. He bad entered into negotiations with the Annamite minister in refer ence to the settlement of some of the details, and the ratification of the treaty of Saigon, which will take place at Hud. The Nord announces the death of the Bishop of Perigu au=, adding that his dames and that of Mgr. do Cabois farther increase the samba of episcopal sees vacant ia Prawn. It is said that the Russian government lately applied to Peri for a very able ma to araaaisa at Wsulaw a secret police Mr ride on this Pukka model ; that the to. quart ow at once complied with, mad the/ to daps see • trusty agent of the French secret polies set oat for Warsaw with that object EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (lIION 001 OWN PARIS, THURSDAY EYMIING. Yesterday's debate in the Corps Legislatif has deprived the government journals of one of their main arguments against the amendments of the five members. It can no longer be said that the " five " stand alone in their opinions. MM. Plichon, Kolb Bernard, and Anatole Lemercier, all three conservatives, and men who came into the house as government candidates, condemn in even stronger language than that of the amendments the persistent, severe, arbitrary, and unintelligent repression which M. de Persigny exercises upon the press, and the absence of all freedom of election. I The tricks played with universal suffrage by dis franchising electors by thousands, and carving out the electoral circumscriptions in the most absurd and capricious way, for the sole purpose a preventing independent candi dates from being elected—tricks very fully exposed in my letter of last Saturday week, were ; very ably shown up by the speakers, who only represented the feelings of very many of their colleagues. M. Emile 011ivier, of whose very ex cellent speech you have a full report, was listened to attentively throughout, and every now and then loudly applauded. It is something quite new in the tactics of the talking minister to leave such a speech for a single day unanswered. Hitherto they have never allowed a Moniteur to go forth without oontaining their own last word upon every important question. I believe the reason for this departure from precedent is that the cabinet was not agreed as to the line of argument to be taken, and required to have a consultation last night. It was intended at one time to put the live members down with a high hand. But when it was found that, as I stated yesterday, a great many conservatives would support them, the advisability of bending to the storm was taken into considera tion. At this moment M. Baroche is replying to the speeches of yesterday ; but I have not yet heard what is the scope of his argument He is a more supple and genial orator than M. Billault, and I should not be surprised to find that he had been commissioned to make things tolerably pleasant as far as general promises go. He will, how ever, probably protest against the wording of the amendments. Ido not see bow he can pos sibly explain away the facts charged as to the manipulation of the Paris constituencies. The Opinion Nationale states that a juge de pair has to-day ruled an appeal that the production of a workman's linnet, or the certificate of his exemp tion from military service, is sufficient evidence of his nationality ; and accordingly several electors who have been struck off the lista by the mayors and municipal councils, have had their names re stored. M. de Villemeasant has gained the cause at Blois, the extraordinary circumstances of which I reported some time ago. The court rules that he has a right to bear the name of the grande dame of whom he was the illegitimate son. The Bourse, both yesterday and to-day, has shown an upward tendency, but realisations of profits at the end of the day prevent the highest prices from being sustained. The Daily News is seized. Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., lately Commander-in-Chief of the British naval forces is China, arrival in Edinburgh on Wednesday from London, and pro ceeded yesterday to his seat, Carriden House, Linlithgow. shire. In the House of Lords, Lord Ebury bee given notes that he will move an humble address to her Majesty, praying for the appointment of a commission to consider "what steps should be taken to obviate the evils com plained of &sari/sing from the present compulsory and indis criminate ode of the bona service of the church of Eng land." Mr. Hadfield will ask the hou. member for Dud ley on Monday whether be intends to bring in a bill for the repeal of the lire insurance duty this session, and when. On Monday Mr. H. Seymour will move for a select committee to inquire into the present state of the Ecclesiastical Commission, and to report to the house whe ther the ecclesiastical revenues cannot be more advantage ously administered for the interests of the church than they are at present. On going into committee of supply, Mr. Pea cocks will move " That an humble address be presented to ha Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions that no males to facilitate judo lures be made of crown lands or crown forestal rights within 15 miles of the metropolis." Sir George Lewis intends to move the following resolutions on Monday :-1. That in the opinion of this house it is expedient to dieoontinue the practice of ap pointing • select committee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland ; and that such estimates be in future prepared on the responsibility of ministers of the crown. 2. That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia in Great Britain sod Ireland, to the 31st day of March, 1864, be prepared, and laid before this house. On the 12th, Mr. Milner Gibson will introduce a ball into the House of Commons to regulate the exercise of powers tinder special acts for the construction and mainte nance of telegraphs. In oommittee of the whole house, on the 19th, Yr. Hauer Gibson will more for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the ►cts relating to harbours and navigation. We (Chelmsford Chronicle) understand that Mr. D. W. Harvey has consented to read the tragedy of Cato, at the Witham Literary Institute on Tuesday evening next, when the chair will be taken by Sir J. P. Wood, Bart. A Naples letter of the Ist says :—" You car. soircely form an idea of the vast number of foreigners that are to be found here at the present time. It is a most dif ficult matter to obtain apartments, and rents are even higher than in Paris. The English, in particular, seam this year to have made this beautiful city their place of rendezvous, and they have been most fortunate in the choice, as the weather is delightful, just like early spring. You can see them each night at the Ban Carlo Theatre in crowds, and the departure from that famed place of amusement at the end of the performance puts one in mind of the crush room of Her Majraty's in London after some popular miers." BILIGANDAGR AT NAPLPH.-011 the 30th ult. the governor of the National Bank of Naples, the larvae Avitabile, bad left the city for a abort visit to his villa at Torre dell' An 'lanais* which is scarcely beyond the saber* On arriving at this locality he found he had been " waited for" by some of the band of Piloae ' notorious a leader among the banditti who are the gna t social curse of the south of Italy. The marquis was made prisoner on the high road, and in the full light of day. The usual negotia tion followed with all the regularity of a mercantile trans action. He was " requested " to give an order for 100,000 (macs, or 4,0001., as the amount of his ransom. The professional tone of this line of business is generally a b rup t an d imperative, but it does not always decline a little bargaining. Between thenhe demand, clearly poseible to comply with, and nom offered on the chance' I d its b e i ng aana ptod, there is an amount that can be arrived at by discussion. By what arguments the robbers were convinced that 4.00 W. was too much even for the governor of a national bank we are not told. But an abatement was mi d. i n his price, and for 80,000 francs, or 3,200 k, the marquis obtained his release. The short distance from the city and the proximity of the high road may have had some moderating Wham* Among the monomial of Calabria it is probable the ransom would have been much more egregious." Am order having been given for the smaller run, it was promoted en the following day, and dilly paid.' •to one of the bead," who came to Naples for the oasis, sad the marquis was set at liberty.—Tister. FIGHTING wrrs SHADOW/1. —" Mr. Speaker," said a mambo: eta Vermont losialarano. a few YOU , agO, whom another member bad boo barkokimardiag for the last • halthour, " I shan't answer the gimileinia's speech.' It always wrsocess me tint* to kink at nothing." THE ACCIDENT IN THE COAL DEPOT AT PADDINT:iiO - 11: CORONER'S INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) The coroner's inquiry into the causes through which the three men were killed on Wednesday last is the coal depot at Paddington, was opened this forenoon at the Bank of Eng la nd Tavern, opposite St. Mary's Hospital. The names of the unfortunate men were Thomas Dowries, Stephen Langston, and John Stafford. The jury having been sworn, and the bodies viewed, Rebecca Stafford 13, Stanley-street, Paddington, said she was the widow of John Stafford. He was 38 lea August, sad was • labourer. He was employed and paid by . a man of the name of Lister. She had beard that if the p ier bad been properly propped up the oxidant would not ban hap roe& By the Jury—Deceased had not complained that the pier was meats. Mr. Charles Rose, the hones surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital, said the demand men had been brought to the hospital shout ten o'clock on Wednesday morning. They were all dead. He believed one died from suffocation. Another bad his chest driven in. He was told the accident had oc curred from a beam braking. Another man lay in a pre carious state at the hospital ; he was not perfectly conscious, but was rather bettor this moaning. Jane Downs, 12, Stanley-street, said she was the widow of Thomu Downs, who was 52 years of age. He was a labourer, and ahe bad five children. He did not tell her that the piece was dangerous, but she had since beard it was so. He was always ready to work, and was not • man to be afraid. He was employed by Smith and Knight, and paid by Lister. (This poor woman was deeply affected while giving her evidesee.) Maria Langston, 18, Duke-street, Lissou-grove, said she was the widow of Stephen Inn/toe. He was • carmen, and employed by Smith and Knight. He had no family. He had worked with Smith and Knight two years and four months. She had no idea whether or not anybody was to blame for the accident. The Coroner then rid the jury would go and examine the premises where the accident occurred, after which the in quiry would be adjourned. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A GIRL FIFTEEN YEARS OP AGIL-(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. John Humphreys, the Mid dlesex coroner, received information respecting the death of a fine newly-born male child, the illegitimate offspring of a girl named Caroline Bares, aged 15 years, a domestic in the service of Mr. James Hills, a Custom-house officer, residing in Beaumoot-square, Mile-end-read. Stepney. It appears that the girl had been unwell for the last two days, when her mistress, thinking that she had a cold, requested her to keep her bed. She did so, and the mistrials gave her nourishing food sad inedicine,:bet yesterday when the bedroom was cleared a bundle was discovered in cupboard, and upon the covering being removed the dead body of a child was , foiled. The mistress at once sent for !Dlr. Atkins, of the Mile-end-road, who promptly at tended, and presumed life extinct, but deceased had not been fully developed. The mistress interrogated the girl in the presence of a poike-comstable, and she stated that one night, about nine months since, she was mot out on an errand when she was Amsted by a gentleman, who took her, after giving her some refreshment, to a hoed in the vicinity of Mile-end. where he seduced her. This morning at 11 o'clock the Coroner opened an in quiry ►t the King's Arms Tavern, Beaumont street, bide egod, on view of tM body of deemed child, when 80 ° ,0 evidence wee takes, but as the girl Burns was unable at I present to be removed, the investigatiou was adjourned for • fortnight to give time for her attendance, under the autbo. ;to: the Secretary of State, as she is in charge of the Adjourned socordinglr. THE DiaPtrrE wires BRAZIL—At a meeting of Liverpool merchaute emanated with Braid, called imme diately after receipt of the advises per the Magdalena, mut held yesterday, it was moved by Mr. R. H. Samuel do,l seconded by Mr. William Moon, " That this meeting has learnt with alarm and regret the unfortunate disagreements between the Brazilian government and the British minister at Rio de Janeiro, and is astounded at the summary end extreme measures taken by the British admiral against s friendly power." It wee moved by Mr. Charles &renders and seconded by Mr. C. P. Phipps, " Th a t a of the resolution be sent to the members for Liverpoo ctew l. Mr. T. 13. Randall and Mr. J. C. Erred, and also to Mr. J. Brainier. Moore, member for Liecoln, with a request that one of them will ask of Earl Russell the nature of the instructions to be east out to Rio de Jaaeire, or se much reformation on v i sit the subject as he can with prepriet oommunicete : and that the members of this Nmetiog. ha GU this morning received tboirlsttors from Brasil by tbo ona steamer, deem it prudent to await further information before teams other steps." ALLIA No The tin faders WI J. N. LW belieeee-ehi "The di shanholde: abatement rat of bm Livrpool a revive that aball babel nest of Ma advisable t with a view Jsaaary an jaiat-atock wade ap to eaqoured do aid six m, teasel but menet da eseoesta be ellfaleneot, I !privy fan belt 'year. s broach in plisibli basking pr eseamenced by the atticl at thu afar thenme Jay and Mr. thaateelves (paid up), current and audit, dc., mast of a total, 1,27 C Beek of Eno discounted, Windings, fu mirk and 1 • Bd.—tot/ "Frobi; 31St of Dece log salaries, 4 1924 . 61 . sow. inbred oo b balsam hero 9d.—tot 18,012/. 13s. This Cam; assoanta, sai mediate peri. 0042VISDO holding bah coarse a lar that was the three meetly slovily, but r nWiIY auga the board wc weer mate& elf limited I relate of into at the ra net consider member of as had been ope factoeily. 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