The Express. — London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

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IT in encouraging to observe that there is every symptom of her MAJESTY'S Ministers resisting the pressers that is put upon them from various influen tial quarters, but especially by Irish Lords and Re presentatives, and by the Press, to indulge in an unnem s ',nip large military expenditure, and that, in this their wire determination, they are supported by the statesmarship of the country. In the deb.ate on the Address .o the CROWS oa the Treaty of Peace, Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his earnest hope that the Government of England would never aim at making it a great military nation. Load GREY took the same occasion in the Lords to repeat and enforce his consistent and vigorous opinion in favour of a wise economy of the publics resources during peace, as one of the very best means of being prepared, by an increase and accumulation of private wealth, to carry on a great war whenever it should again become unavoidable. Some of Lord DERBY'S choicest oratorical flourishes in the Upper House were also directed towards a moderate military eatablishment ; in the Commons on Monday evening Mr. DISRAELI wee from mere verbiage in the same direction, and formularised a policy of economy for the adoption of all governments; that eminent public censor, Mr. GLADSTONE, severely rebuked the ignorant and impatient spirit which at present stimulated the Government to continue a lugs mili tary expenditure; and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. although he had been specially appealed to by a powerful contemporary in the morning against what it was pleased to call hurried " reductions, made no response to the entreaty, but opened, in his budget, war estim►tes reduced with conscientious and commendable sternness. There Is, then, a con sensus of leading opinion in Parliament in favour of that policy which we have ventured (alone, we fear, in the Press) to recommend as the rule of national conduct in this important matter. We respectfully beg leave to refresh the memory of Lord PALM lERSTON on some points connected with the relations of the British Government to the Sici lians in 1849. With reference to this subject, his lordship is undtr.tood to have said, in the Mouse of COMMON!, on Monday : We endeavritred to metliafis betweem tba Sicilians and the King of Naples, with the cosmic of the King of Na ples, and at the Teeple. tof the Kieg of Naples. Will, we had neatly brought that mediation to a point. The ques. tion woe not what institutions they should have; because he was willing to girls them institutions very nearly similar to those which, at a lo.mer period, they bed mewed. The question woe 111 ether the mown of Naples was to be united with that of B.cily or his head. Well, that would have been concluded too; and e eon thing would have been effected in a manner satieiactory to the Sicilians, and consistent with the uaii of that doable eutp4.. But then came the news Of the French Revolution, end that kindled a Same amino the 8 tritons, and they refused to have the King of Naples far their Foyers gn ; arid it was subsequent to th►t refusal that Lord !ditto, acting on his anatrecions, said be would so longer carry on communications with those who had refired to be any ' , over rubjees of the King of Naples, after cif:is had been made to ttem which ought to have satsfied te em as to the inetitutiona under which they were to liver There was no ►bandmment of any pasties we were bound to esprit ; we were wilting to give them, and did give them, our good °feces to the King of Nails. , up to that point; but when, eneoa raged and elicited by the evens is Francs, they declared trey could co longer e3ntinue on any terms to have the crown of Sicily united to that of the King of Moles, we sal that good faith t that Sovatign, with whom we wove to alliance, and with whwe c toesnt our agent bad entered into that mediation, prevented us trans carrying it on any farther, end Lord Minto ntirrei ; and there wee an sod e f our part in the matter. Oar part in the matter did not end where Lord PALMERSTON mays it did. The whole story of the negotiations was told in the House of Lords, by Lord MOTO, on the 20th of July, 1849. His lord ship awed that he had from the begianing advised the Neapolitan Government to recognise the absolute independence of the Sidling, subject only to the union of the two crowns; 'het he told the Neapoli tan Minirers he could not regard the outbreak se an act of unlawful insurrection, and refused to treat with or for the Sicilians in the character of rebels; that be proceeded to Smily to negoti►te for the so ceptanco of certain modifications of the constitution of 1848. Hue lordahip then, after adverting to some difficulties thrown in his way by "an act of unpa ralleled treachery and bed faith on the part of the Neapolitan Government," went on to my : It L ao• true that the S:clisos latterly relented the terse offered t` ens t•y the Kin,;. la the great., put they sub stantially at ea•el, LEI/ aiding wine farther goaditioas which were at ore t r , lected by the Neapolitan, miaketenn who then broke off the negotiation. And he should sot do ja.t es to the able sad eminent men with whom he had trra•ed at P.l , roso, woes he not to add that, thrushes* the whole of their interourse, M wu always nut oa their put with the utmost frankness, fei►aess, and psin-dealing. All hope of sconamodation with the King of Naples being thus at en end, there was the deem that the impu;to of the Fetich lievolution might teed te the adopti's is Btc•ly of a repobi can form of gorareamat, offer it g &danger us 'sample to the rest of Italy ; sad ft be same important that every teeter• gamest sheeld be giant to the e•tebliehcent of a monarchical foam of severe moot in that island. The Sicilians ours, Men fore, Oforsied of oar readasess to ►wrywise asq met. wps Owes Owe should pion, eta as Maw. (lad Ms Dohs of Genoa was indiesled for ask eheiat. Lad sow a. to our part is thus, aid the meemdlag tmesac tioaa, he (Lori Nieto) ctrtaialy egged with his noble friend who spoke second in the debate, that it mat mach esti., to defend th• I'M.% of our isterfereace, this to ja tify our stopping short where we did; sad he would oily add, that letup our iaterpositioa ia the sefstre of Sicily wu d d by the King of Naples, we were bound to bear is Died our foi UP/ relations, and those old obligation with that island, which, though ant guaranteed by the atipala ties, of any written treaty, Cal beets acknowledged by the noble lord opt, Ete (tluleshoe)), by Lord Castlereagh, by Lord Liverpool, and by serums vs governotanta of this chasm. It may be alleged that Lord Muevcr overstepped the instructions of hie own Government; but had that httn the ease, his promise to recognise any sovereign whom the Sieiliana should place Oa the throne would not have been sanctioned by the blioisters of the day. Wis find, however, that in the debate of the 20th of July, 18 49, Lord CARLISLE de fended the step taken by Loyd Id Hero, on the name grounds as Lord MiteTo himself did. Nay sore, a majority of the Hoses of Lords--aesuredly no nitn•Liberal amembly--esnetioced those pro ceedings. l'he debate to which we have been advert ing was raised upon three resolutions submitted 'to the Home by Lord BROCGUAH. The second of these resolutions was couched in these words: —" It is inconsistent with the general in terests and duty of this country to interfere in the concerns of foreign nations, as between their sovereign. and their subjects." This, along with the other two resolulone, was after a protracted debate negatived by a majority of 12 ; there having voted against it 108 peers (in person or by proxy),and for it 96. It may also be mentioned that there were 27 pairs on the occasion. The English Government, in 1848, recognised the right of the Sicilian people to depose the King of NAPLES for having violated their constitution. The English Government went so far as to indicate to the Sicilians the prince whom they ought to elect to the vacant throne. And after thus encouraging the Sicilian. in their re sistance to the King of NAPLES, the English Go vernment stood tamely by, and allowed that Monarch to re-instate himself on the throne he had forfeited by force of arms. The English Government aban doned the constitutional patriots of Sicily to the mer ciless vengeance of the tyrant they had been en couraged to brave by prospects of English counte nance. and support. The hinginge held by Lord CLARENDON in the Conferences at Paris was calcu lated to inspire hopes in the bosoms of the oppressed Sicilians that England was at last about to repair, however tartily, the wrong she had done them by her instigations and subsequent desertion. But the language used by Lord PALMERSTON on Monday evening will tend to blight lied dispel these re awakening hopes. We would fain persuade oar selves that Loru PALMERSTON spoke in the heat of debate, and without refircting on the full import of the words he used; for assuredly if we are to attach to them their natural and obvious meaning, they amount to a declaration that the Sicilians have no claim to any int tion on their behalf with their tyrant by the English Government. Such • decla ration Gould not tail to re.plunge them into despair and drive them to extremities. It is to be hoped that Lord PALMERSTON will embrace an early opportunity of effacing thu painful impression his words have produced. ART EXHIBITION, 1867. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of gentlemen whew same ap, e r :n a list of aob•uibers to a g aaaaa tee fend for an imbibition of tie art truant's of the United Kingdom, per puled to be held is Manchester in 1857, took plies in the Mayor's parlour, at the Manchester Town hall. Mr. Jame. Watts, the mayor, presided ; sad among those present were Mr. "(oohs, mayor of Salford; Mr. R. N. Phillips, high-rher.ff Lsaembire ; Sir Elkanah Armitage, and Mesas. Th,mu Bosley, W. R Wood, Edmond Potter, Hem Houldswortb, W. R. Callender, 0. Haywood, W. Pairbsirn, J C Hub r, J. E. Taylor, Joseph Whit worth, Benj.= a Nicholls, W. Ratwisle, _ _ The MATO& briefly opesee the proceeding, exproosing his Elmore at the very numerous attendants, on this occasion. Mr. Magog, the tows e Mr. read the minute of s peeling , nary meeting hell os the 28th March, sad very numerously sitinded. At that mating a length/tied omvenation took place with rehrecoe to :he probsiolity of the art treasures which it was desired to exhibit being obtainsble for the purpose; end site as to the probable coat of the necessary building, end the return, that might be anticipated. Messrs. Houldsworth, Fairbure, arid o.iver Heywood, whilst fully coneorriag in the 'doorsteps of the scheme under digicussion, were spprehensiv• that it would seriously interfere with the sue :OM of en exhibition of works of art, which hod been in wot•mplotion f. r some months pair, to isaugurets the opening of the new building of the Man chester Mectisoice listitution—of course oa s small scale— and from which it was confident' expleted that 6,0001 would be realised towards toe liquidstion of the debt oa that institution. It wee ol.imetely moved by Mr. H , seconded by Mr. HOULDSWORTH, and unanimousty reto ved, that it was deeirsbie, d practnah'e, to Carry oat toe proposal for an ex bibition of the art tree.ores of the United Kiugdont in 1857; and that in MO the dire,tois of the Mechsoice' Inst button determined to forego their reopened exhibition ' their claim to participate to tne surplus land arising from the art eabi• bitrrn shonld be distinctly recioncind. Mr. Tnotem Fatosalltre tbeo read a report of the steps t.kea ran the preliminary meeting. It stated that sppli eatioos bad been made fcr subecriptlens to the reguiette enarantw load, with the understanding that, when fully in peesess , on of infoimition as to the extent of entwine that might be expected from her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, and as to the probable cart of the ne ornery bedding, the sub.crth, re should decide whether the i • proposal eheold be earned out; and further, that they I should, hi the 'Owl, n of the retentive committee, have the beet security that the estimate of expenditure should not be exceeded. The estidattory result of three syliestions wa• that the list of subs:fibers to the guaranteed rued contained the names of 32 gentle suss for 1.0001. each, and 60 gentle r*" for 6001. each, making the total au3l.u.noteed 62,0001. In order W ascertain how far the patrousge and eupp rt of tee Queen and Prince Albert might be counted upon, spoilt:otos was made by tl e mayor to Colonel Phiops, toe an interview with Pei. c • Albert, is order that the too pontos might be imbed ted to his royal highness. That interview .as granted on the 7th May, and the Moyne, Mr. R. N. Phillip', Sir Jilin Poise, Mr. Risley. the Mayne of Saitord, the Won clerk, and Mr. Thomas Fair.- bairn, attended on that day at Buckingham Pa -1 oe, and I.ld the proposals before the Prince, stating that 60,0001. was g ied, and that it wee only 000k1011,7 to nht.io the same Fl o m ." as bad been exwided to the Exhibitioo at Dahlia, t at Maneheet , r ire molt complete ounces.. His royal ht./hoses espreared ea opinion teat it wee matter of regret that the previous exhibitions hid cot resulted in any per matron benefit to the dietricts in which they had been held ; and t:.e dr patatien %awed hie royal birhreis that the sentiments he 'sprained were MON r.-1, entertained by many c f the gentlemen who wt re iour,sted in the present scheme, who ha I strong hopes that if the proposed exhibi tion wee finarcially successful, there might be second, as the permanent result, a motion museum of works of art and iodiseiry within, and for the city of Mancheet r. At the close of the interview, the P,ioce expreeno hi. readiness to do all in his power fur the success of the per posed exhibition, and a note had inc. been re ceived from Colonel Phipp-, stating that he was mended by her lastest, to state that the Queen wil lingly grated her patronage to the scheme. Mr. Thomas Feirbairn had made inquiries of eootr ron supposed to be well informed in to the precticability of erecting the neces sary buddir g for 25,0001., in six swaths; and eurgestioes and estimative" had been forwarded by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, and Meson. Tlingit and Co., of London and Leith. Thew ohne were not t r in.erfer• wito the judg ment of the etimennt.., who would have finally to deter mine the gnistirn hut would show that the tire estimates were amply sudeierit. Mr. Worthingttn farther stated that a ►tan fin rotator bad come down frem 111 , 01,0. Young" and ,to erect a fise•proef building, 'spittle of exeserien, eel of holding 20,000 persons at on time, for a fixed sec of 22 5001.; and he believed the estimate given at the former me ding, of the incidental imposes of ma nagement, was gaits ample. It was believed that tae total nrenotture of 40,0001. need r o', under drinmetencts, be exceeded. Ti.e i:ifileolty felt M first, la referent* to the Mechanics' lestitotion, Ind been removed by the direitors of that institution having deeded to boll tit.* own exhibition in September, • sotwit-ntecteing the aneroid art exhibition; sal it was hoped that the smaller exhibition would be as succiadal as Ina memo. re could dais. . Mr. T. Bomar moved the fist moist:on That this , enmities of aabeeribere t r the guaranteed rued, being satis fied by the ststemeet now submitted of the practicability of worths aa exhibition of art treasures in Manchester in I 18.57; and her most endow Mog sty, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert having been pleased to extend to such 'Ott .. bitioo their rind patronage and support, hereby determine that an ezhibitrn, to be entitled no Exhibition of the Art Ter stares of the United Kingdom, shall be held in Man- Owner in 1857." Mr. H. HOULDSWORTY seeondei the r.selneoe, which was carded anaeirawasly. eolations were a:so agreed to, eoestilltieg the sub seeihens to the coareate• hand a stemmal clans 1, with the of Elleasto re so president, and es questing the f. Howieg noblemen to give their ratroosee :—The Earls of Derby, Sewall/if, &Von, Ellesmere, Wilton, Dacie, Harliortor, Ba?terres, and the Hiss op of Msnehestar. An esecutive committee of seven condenses—she Mayor, Messrs. T. Ash ton, Zotwiste, T. Pairbsirs, Heron, E. Potter, and S. Sterne—was appointed, and the meeting tualastod. 11011 LAST NIGHTS GAZITTh. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OPTIC', APRIL 29.—Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a drawing. room et St. lasses . * Palace, os Thanday, the 29th May nest, at Iwo o'clock. to colrbeeta hrr sjesty's birth-day. The knights of the several orders are to &poser in their dollars at the drawing room oa the 29th of Kay aut. No propaotatioso wW take MAY 13.—The Queen has been pinned t, approve vf Mr Manley Hopkins as eoa•ahpecs rah is the Hatted Kingdoms for the Kin of the Hawaiian Islands._ BT. Lulu's PALACE, MAT 14.—The Quer" has been pleneed.o, the noteinetiot of the Right Hen. Lord Poky, to sppoiet Cher es Alexander Lockhart Robertson. 134., elm of her &Nimes Hen arable Ccrpt of ()elitism's at-Ants, vise Grater, retired. CD, COWL OSBORNE, MAT 20. I Her 'Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, ad the Princess Royal, armed over in the Fairy yesterday morning, and proceeded up the Smtharepton Water to the spot appointed for the erection of the Rust Victoria Hospital, near Holley Abbey, of which ber Majesty laid the Ant stone, The Queen on landing was received by Lord Panmare, Secretary of State for the War Department ; Vice-Admiral Sir George Seim ur ; tdejor-Geoer,l Breton, cominandirg the South Western Diatrict; this Marquis of Winchester, lord lieutenant of the canty ; the Mayor and Corporation of Southampton ; the Bishop and Dan of Winchester; and other official person., Her Majesty ree•!veil an Address (rout the Corporefon of Boulhunpton, and returned a gracious answer. After the ceremony of laying the first stone bad been performed her Maj. sty infp.Ved the troops employed on the occasion, whilst at the dinner which had been provided fn them, The royal party then re embarked on the Fairy, and re turned to °Moine. The Countess of 0 ihisboroogh, the Han. Busily Catb euy the Min. C. B. Popp, and the Itqu rrr iee in Waiting, WI re in eta mimics on her Majesty. Msjor-General Breton and Captain the Hon. J. Daman hid the honour of dicing with her Majesty yesterday. A deputation, relative to emigration into British Galan', had an Warms. sritO Mr. Secretary Labouchera vestordar at the Col-nial- Tn. deputition consisted of Messrs. Cars and Haunter, Mr. Atm (Br4tol), Mr. Kingstin, Mr. Phaad (Edinburgh), Mr. Ewing ((Hawn), Mr. Hopkinson, Messrs. Dillllo and B (Liverpool), Mr. Illansgo, aad Mr. Honorific,. • and were seenreptaird by Mr Estart, M.P., Mr. Honfall. Mr. W. Mdse. M.P., and Mr. W. Gore Langton, M.P. _ _ _ Allepu . tation from the E irly Closing Amniotic', had an interview with Sir Ge .rge Grey yesterday at the Home offloe, on the subject of • Saturdsy h'll-12oliday in govern ment ofSces and government W4llO. The deputation eon tinted of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Hoo. Arthur Kinnard, M.P., Mr. Robert Hanby Mon.. the Martinis of Bland lord, Mr. Arthur Mile, Caram Stuart, M.P., Mr. G. H. Davies, Rev. Thomas Binney Rev. J. H. Gurney, Mr. B. Shaw, Mr. J. Merhi. Mr. W. L9cke, Mr. J. blend!, Mr. J. R. Taylor, and Mr. J Barker. Depute'. no trout the parishes of St. Mary, Islingtoo, con sisting of Dr. Graba.m, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Savage, Mr. Shedgett, Mr. V-ueey, Mr. Cowell, and Mr. Holland, to gether with Mr. Swim g, clerk of the trustees, and from the parish of St. Ma•r, N ...ingots, consisting of Mr. Sil Tester, Mr. Bine, Mr. Cceoter, and Mr. Burgess (clerk to the board of ga.rdiao.). had an interview with the Right Hon. E. P. &metrie, at •he office of the Poor.law Board, on the subject of the bill relating to the removal of Irish and Scotch pamper,. Deputations from &rjeent'oinn, Fleet-street, onsisting of Mr. Prone:storm, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Riv:ngton; and from Staples-ion, remotion of Mr. Thorodtke, Mr. Chester, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Gray, had interviews josterday with th,. Right lion. E. P. Bouverie, at the office of the Poor-law Board, the subject of the clauses in the Poor law Amendment Bill relating to eatreparochial pleat& A deputation from the Mantheet. r General Cemetery consisting of the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. J. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Gregory. and Mr. W. Cripple (chair man), transcend kustneis ye.terday at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governors of Ceylon and the Mauri tius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1856. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF PItUSSIA. DOVER, WIDNZSDAT. Prince Frederick William of Prussia arrived at Dover at midnight from Ortend. His Royal Highness will sleep at the Royal Ship Hotel, and leave Dover by special train tor Ports- mouth at 80.30 a.m. His Excellency Count Berns torff, Prussian Minister, and Colonel the Hon. Francis Seymour, received the Prince on his landing. REVIEW OF THE MILITIA IN PORTSMOUTH 04121i1 ON BY THE QUEEN. PORTSMOUTH, MAy 20. Her Majesty having intimated her pleas ars to re view the various regiments of militia assembled in this garrison, they were snacked on Smithies Common this a(rerootn. The intinta.'m of this intention of her Majesty wise a short one ; nevertheless some thousands of people con gregated trg ther on the occasion. The mayor and emporation of the borough bad 'gad an address to her Majesty, and bad sent en officer of the police to ascertain her Majesty's pleasnre aa to remising it. The reply was, that as her Majesty would not be accompanied bye Secretary of State, her Mejeety be unable to neaivs the address from the c mporation personally. The militia assemble f on this ccesaion comprised about 3 ,600 men, consisting of the following regiments :—The Armagh, Westmeath, Dorset, Surrey, and Staffordshire: They were dra.n lap in hue two deep, and presented a very military appearatm. The Hampshire Militia Artillery and Infantry regiments kept the ground. At five o'clock the salute fro. the Beet annottoced the approach of the Fairy to Spithead, and won after she cam. iota harbour wade r another 'elute from the Victory and the garrison. Her ht.j•ey landed at the nrckyard, the artisans and labourers of wlrch establishment left off work at half pest 3 this afternoon, in order to have an opportasity of being present on the Common. At the Dockyard her Majesty was received by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir George Seymour; the Lieuteaegittlyrernor, Major-General Breton; Admiral-Superintendest Mantis, and (Aber officials, and a guard of bohour u weal. Too of her Majesty's curies. s bad come down from Loudes t , with four horses for oath, outriders, &:., sod them were in the Daskyard before her Majesty arrived. Her Mrj•aty In. mediately took her stet in see of the royal carriages and drove trough the coon to the Cannon, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prineese Royal, the Prince of Wales, and other of the royal children. Her Maj :sty did not arrive on the Common till half part 6. She was aceompauied by a brilliant cortege of military oilcan, and wee received with loud skews by t h e aseembled noltitudo, which could not by this time have been lees than 30,000 is number. Her Majesty, followed by the numerous officers in attendance, Prince Albert being mounted on his charger, passed is front of the whole lime, end the troops are now (6 45 p.m ) commencing to pais in review order before her Majesty, heeded by their bands playing lively tones, and the colours floating in the breeze. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Priaemo Nary arrived at their residence at St. laswe's Palteelesterday, Iran Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the mason. The Duke of Sunderland has, during the last week, received a select family eirole at Clielden, near Malden. head, including the Dueler (Dower r) of Norfolk, the Duke end Duchess tf ♦rg)U, the Marquis and Marehionese of Staffori, and the Earl and Lady Constance Groevenor. The &other has b ea passing the Neese with the venerable Countess of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. _ _ The Earl of Elleoborough is quite recovered from his late attack of gout, and ab.o to roams ha duties la the livaso of Lop's. The Viscountess Melbourne has been on a visit to the Countess et Chesterfield, in Derbyshire. • . _ Lieutenant-General Lord Cathcart, accompanied by Major the Hon. A. M. Cathcart, hu arrived at Maarigy's Hotel, Regent street, from St. Leoaarde-on Sea. The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., as Pre.ident of the Board of Control, be. blued curds for • fell-heel bast:per, in celebration of her Ilsiesty's birthday, on the Slat hat. The Countess de Persigny gave a oath &monis last night, at Albert-gate House. Persiansly to the 'aim the ambassador and manures eatertained at dittoes the Duke and Dachau of Msnebester, the Marquis of Bresdal bane, the Marquis sad Marchiommte of Stafford, the Earl aad Coue , ase of Malatesta- y, Viscount and Visenantess Sydney, Ltrd and Lady Olivia Oesniston, 6., Henry and Lady Butner, the Bigot 'Boa. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., sad Mrs. Gladstone, end the personnel of the Highway. The Right Roo. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., who has been posies the holidays at Althea, Perk, Cum berlsad, returned to town on Monday, amomputied by Miss Grass. Sir Henry Eerily is to be the new Governor of Victoria. After having yawed seven years in the West Indite (says the Tow), and seadneted the govereweet if two isspensat solesies with safest excise at a ethical period, be will absent isweiliately return to Baglarid and ramie* bin eppointraont to the &use of the new and wealthy moiety, welsh hes lately sprang into 'airtime es the shores of Australis. A bazaar, in aid of the Brampton Consumption Hospital, will take plows it the Tomlinlltrisrdt as, la the Beneat'elark, en the ird preara. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE EAST. VIENNA, TUISDAT. Intelligence from Constantinople of the 16th, states that a convention has been concluded between the Ottoman Porte and the Western Powere, by virtue of which the troops of the latter are not to evacuate entirely the Turkish territory for six months. Baron Bins, the banker, is dead. MARSEILLES, WIIONZSDVIr. The Enphrate has arrived with advises from Con stantinople of the 12th, and from the Crimea of the 10th inst. The English steamers City of Manchester and Vigo, and the transports Semroo and Titan, have arrived with troops from the Crimea. The Simon', which left Constantinople on the Btb, and which met with an accident, has come in. Advice. from Sebastopol, of the 6th, state that the 17th, 62nd, and 63rd Regiments had embarked. RUSSIA. The Czar quitted St. Petersburg on Monday, for Warsaw. A despatch from Hamburg dated yesterday, states that the first steamer which has left Lubeck this sea son for St. Petersburg, arrived at its destination on the 18th, having passed safely through the melting ice in the Gulf of Fielaud. General Williams has arrived at St. Petersburg, and will shortly return to England. Workmen are still employed on the fortifications of Revel. At Archangel the sailors of the fleet of Sebastopol were received with enthusiasm by the people. The Minis' ter Burkall is to accompany the Emperor of Russia to Warsaw. It is expected in Poland that there will be a general amnesty, that the university will be re-established, and instruction in the Polish language permitted, and that a Polish guard of 8,000 men will be formed. A letter from Trebizond of the 29th April, in the Vienna Gazette, says :—" The Hon. Mr. Murray has left Tabriz with all his diplomatic suite for Bagdad. The Anglo-Persian difficulty is not yet arranged." PIEDMONT. The editor of the Espero, convicted of a libel on the Emperor of Austria, was sentenced to six days' imprisonment and a fine of 100 'lyres. The public prosecutor had pressed for a month's imprisonment and 600 fr. tine. The Chamber of Deputies at Turin, in its sitting of the 17th, commenced the disuussion on the budget I , of the department of Foreign Affairs. In the course of the debate Count Cox bur said : I will not pretend to say that the work at the Paris Con ference will last perpetually, or that the Ea•tern question wilt not, at tome future period, raise new Env pan diffi culties, but we may milder it a dyed for some time to come. Our relations with Spain have increased in import arm The Spanish government profuse' opinions Unitar to our, It is foanded on the use princip!ex and is, to a eattin Went, exposed to the same perils; it has adversaries of the same east as oars. (laugh ter.) We have, eonsequentiy, strengthened our friendship with Spain. Toil course, I hare been further confirmed In by the intimacy I contracted at Paris with the distinguished diplomativt who repreuota Spain at that Blurt. fierce we bare sent a man of liberal %Anima to the court of Madrid. Our amicable relations with Russia have been re-establivbed—wirness the visit of Cantu Stark elberg to Turin. Should our dill .inctie relations not be mewed with Austria, I would recommend that we should send an envoy to Frankfort, in order to keep up our friendly intercourse with the secondary states of Germany, and ke. p as informed of political event , . To show the opinion that is entertained of our country in Eerape, I may state that the Dirtberlands have now cat sieered it necessary to sand different representatives to Rome and Train, instead of °siting the two Missions in one perm, COSTA RICA. The Journal du Havre publishes further news from Costa Rica. The Eurydice has blockaded GI eytown. The Termagant and two French vessels were ex pected to succour Costa Rica. Two filibuitering vessels, the Isabella and Charles Morgan, had brought 400 men from New Orleans to recruit Walker's forces. Another vessel was on its way, bat on account of the blockade it was doubted whether it would get in. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (TROY OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT PARIS, TUESDAY Evamixes. Count Orloff and Bunn Brunnow had audience of the Emperor at St. Cioud on Sunday. Prince Oscar of Sweden is grandson of the late King Bernadotte, and the third born eon of the five children the issue of the marriage of King Oscar I. (Joseph Francis) with the Princess Josephine Maxi =Winne Eugenia, daughter of Prince Eugene de Leuchtenburg and the Princess Amelia of Ba•aris. It is the mother of this prince, the present Queen of Sweden, who is the godmother of the Prince Impe rial of France. Prince Oscar, Duke of Ostrogothia, captain in the navy, was born on the 21st January, 1829. His elder brother, the t sir presumptive, was born on the 3rd May, 1826, and married on the 19th June, 1850, the Princess Wilbelmina of Orange, born the Sth August, 1828, daughter of Prince William of the Netherlands. It appears now to be scarcely beyond a doubt that the only reform to be hoped for in Italy is that scanty measure which France and Austria, now intimate allies, are agreed to ask tor. It is repeated in many quarters that an identical note has been, or at least is on the point of being, sent by France and Austria to the Pope, demanding a certain degree of secularisa tion in the administration. Letters from Vienna state that Count Duo! has recently had several interviews with the Pope's nuncio, Monsignor Vials-Preta, on the subject, and that the interviews have not been satisfactory, the court of Rome showing little disposition to concede what is ,asked. The Patrie has a correspondence from Naples, stating that Austria, fearing to compromise its newly. formed warm relations with the Tuileries, will bo the first to advise reforms, but the Petrie judiciously adds that the " smallest, amelioration will be thank folly received." I hear it said that Count de Moray will go to Russia with the title of Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, and • salary of 600,000 fr. It is, how ever, asserted in some quarters that the Count (or Prince, as the case may be) disdains to accept aLy salary. It is rather a vulgar word, and • good round sum down in • lump—say a million and a half of francs—under the head of frail is represtnlaiio•, would answer every purpose, besides being so meth more genteel. But in tact the count has just realised such an enormous sum—very many Wiliam, awed ing to the lowest osleulation—by the transaction be tween the Orleans and Ors•d Central railways, that he may well afford to do the m•gnanimouss in money matters. The Pays, alluding to an insinuation in a London journal that the so called "scientific expedition" about to bo sent from Helsingfors to Lapland, is in fact a hostile demonstration of Russia against Swe• den, says it has reason to know that the object of the expedition, the programme of which was pre pared by the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, is purely scientific. At the Bourse to-day the predominant feature wes a disposition to realise profits wade by the rise of the last few days. In consequence there was a fail in almost all securities. The Rents fell 20c. for cash, and 10c. for account, closing at 76fr. 20c., end 75fr. 55c. Credit Mubilier maintained yesterday's quota tions. The Orleans, Lyons, and Northern railways fell 10fr. each, and most of the other lines from 2fr. 500. to 6fr. If USIC. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Alboni hscl another triumph last night, in the Saginaw'beite. The pert of Amine is one which, in former dam wo 1113rld not have dreamed of her taking. It would not have been deemed ruitsble either to her voice or her style of perform 'ace. But of late she is much changed both sea singer and use actress; her changes, however, Niel all in the way of addit on. Elie has gained much and lost nothing. Her contralto is as rich end beautiful en ever, while she has formed for herself a soprano voice, not quite so extensive In commies as soma of those voices which are pare sopranos by nature; but quite soprano in its timbre, its brilliancy, sod its flexibility. She is the only singer since Atalibran to whose voice the term sof rano con tralto Coy whic Viet gm.t slopes voice used to be distin guished) can be applied. Styr has, consequently, extended her repertoire ►y the addition of soprano parte, is some of which, moreover, she has shown a great accession of dra matic power. Her Amine—a soprano part—is not cnly a piece of most exquisite singing, but alto of Teat , fine and pathetic acting. Her repreuentatiou, last night, of the simple country girl was truthful, natural, and full of fine touches of feeling. Her Innocent cheerfulners—her agony of terror and shame —her patient grief—and her final waking to l Are and hap piness —were charmingly painted ; and her sinning was u sweeties as it war beautiful. The music, being written for • pure soprano, was of course "stoked" • little to suit her voice; and the finals "/eh, non giunge," her great vocal achievement, was sung a third lower than its original key; but such charges did Oct Ia the least diminish the wonderful brilliancy of her performance. She first sang It simply, with the florid pinups as the eompo•er wrote them; and then in•roduced variations full of o•iginality and fancy, embraciog tbo united extent of her n prano and contralto scales. Toe curtain fell amid thunders of applause ; the fair singer appear 4, honed in acknowledgment, end retired. The applause grew Lauder and louder; spin she came forward, and again retired. But this was not what the audierce wanted ; cries of er cora row rose from all sides, till at length the curtain rca•, and the finale was repeated, with • profusion of new vitiations, even more fanciful and bril liant than before, t►rowing the house into a tumult of incitement. Cala°lari wee an excellent Eleino. He sang admirably, and wee especially happy in the air " Ah, perct e non posso odierti," which he gale with pastioiate exprereon. Be tano did great justice to the part of Count Hodolfo. He acted with case aid dignity ; and in the air "Vi ravviso" hie tine baritone wire and pure style appeared to great advantage. Mdlie. It'azi, a seconds donna, of re markable merit, tome more than tt , tial eff,ct to the little put ..f Lies. Her air at the tegtaning of the third act wee warmly applauded and encored. The theatre was crowded in every part, and the boxes and malls presented a very brilliant appearance. SADLER'S WELLS. Mr. Howard Glover's performances of English Opera at this theatre have ensile a good beginning. The announcement cf Bslfe's Ikhetniun Girl, conducted by the composer in p , rsoce, drew, au Monday, en immense audience; bones Mr, and gallery being literally f u ll to °we'd taring. It was, morecver, a must enthusisnie anthems. Dille, when be appeared in the orchestra, w.a received with see smut ora from all parts of the house, and Reeves bed a rec. liven equally warm. The applause during the performance was loud and incessant ; the prin cipal mega were vs 'Homily encored, and at the end of he °pariahs composer end chief performers were &eve rally celled before the curtain ; in short, the success of the performance was complete. And it deserved iu success. I , wu the best performanee of this favourite opera that has been given since the days when it run at Drury lane te whole 111.0111., when its elm were arena , ' on every street men, sod sung in society by every vocal amet-ur of English music. The Bohemian Girl, if not the beet of works, is the most ceculeted to be popular. The indite; is let-resting, and so clear and lim p!, (Miter foucded en a bail.,), that it is understrod with little aid from Vie dialogue ( • huh, in to Mt, is of the baldest kind), whale the music as of that tuneful sort which catches the ear and dwells on the memory. The melodies are grae fail, with no small originality ; there is great animation in the conc. tted pieces, end the iustrumcat ton is light, varied, and elegant. The merit ut the wok is peeved by its reception, not only in Eogland, but in the most mused parts of the con tinent. The public of Berlin and Vienea have ap plauded the Bohemian Girl as funnily es the public of London. The piece wig strongly east. Revere, in the part of Thaddeus, exerted binipell to tie utmost, shd we have bestir heard km tiro with greats, ffect. The favour ite air, Rem cuter oe, ' we. rapturou,ly received. Mrs. Rims, as Arline, sated wi h grace and simplicity, and sang like an accomplished musician. The yam us .1 dreamt that I lay in male hthr," a higily original and beautiful melody, was charmingly sung and applauded to the echo. A recitative and air, introduced for the first time, at the beginning of the second act, wore given by her with great effect. Mr. WeiSR, as Count Anaheim, acted with fhelirg, and son superbly ; and, though last cot leas , Mies Poole, ever intelligent and sataleactory, gave greater importance to the Gipsy Queen than we ever sew given to that pert before. laits minable the Or era etas c Irefully and well gc.t op in r•g el to to Imam erente atf.c:s, and decorations. The ch, res was respectable, and the orchestra excellent, cos taiaing malty well-knewo eminent performers.. Ida U 6 vs . r has sor,o.anesd these performances" for seven nights or ly ;" hut, trots this cure idol beginning, we may presume that they will prat ab!y be carried on for a longer period. MADAME Puzzt'a CONCEET.—This lady has always one of the mo.t fashionable concerts of the gees'''. On Mon day mweing Willis's Ito ime were crowded t the doors with elegant company, of whom the greatcst part consisted of the fair sex. Tee csocert was almint entirely weal, and cmsisted chiefly of tt,e most favourite opera sirs ant duets of the day, performed by a host of eminent male and female singers—to use a common phrase," too amercing to mention." We must mention, h. waver, that rischek was amongst them, this great an grr having re appeared among us after an absence of three yebre. MR. BODDA'n CONCERT.—This entertainment, 'bias took place on Monday sight at Eseter-1 ail , b,l inns to the elssiot .msoost,r co nct rte," The programme consisted of some five and thirty mines of music, and contained the mums cf thirty-eight artists, including Mesdames Clara Novell°, Visrdlit Garcia, Itudersclorff, Amadei, Weise, En dens dit ,Mise dby, Mira Arabella Goddurd,hlr 131agrove, Herr Fiomes, and othi r musical cclebratim, Inside. seven emductors. The selection wis generally of a popular and agreeable character; and both in variety and quantity woo cake' .ted to please the vs ry large audience which was ax rambled. A young French painter, named Sorieul, of Rouen, has bran charred to sceompany Count di hlurny in his em• bang to Bt. Petersburg. _ _ - We read in Galignanl, " Before the departure of 1 the court for Saiht Cloud, ht. E. Oiratid, portrait painter. was pro itted to take a likeness of toe Prince Imperial. The artist is said to love succeeded perfectly in seising the resemblance, and the floe blue eyes of the imperial infant in the retire are precisely similar to those of the Empress." The French Journal and the Diario of Madrid I assert that N. O'cralga, tte Spanish ambassador at Paris, bus become os bed terms with the French goer raiment, and is to to recalled; but the Epocs declares that the govern ment has not for a moment entertained the idea of recalling ▪ bat is quite ratisfled with his services. The Echo de Feaonne states that a violent chock of ma earthquake wee F. ;t three nights back in the village of Wand-Code re (DorJo:ne). A mountain, it says, at fire raiautes' distance trout the village, was precipitated into a ravine, tearing with it above 900 creel of cultivated ground aid vineyards. 11 1 . on the foregoing Galignani quietly oh ewes We find nothing of this occurreLcs in any of the loud j rurnals." The Bishop of Montpellier ham ordered that prayer. shall be offered up in all churches and chapels of hi. dicorse for a Negation of rein. which for not lees than two months has cootietted there with hula iourrap•ion. At Nosey a wereaine for the same object bee been commenced la the cathedral, and the relics of St. Sliebert are carried in pro cession In it. At Lyon., oho, messes for more favourable weat►er ►ave bees celebrated in all the churches. TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SEVENTH DAY. The demands for admission into the court this morning eurpaesed anything of the kiud that bed beer. wit- neaten before in the coarse of this extraordinary and tacit. Mg trial. The yard and entrances were comp:etely blocked up even after it had been announced that the court was full, and the anxiety to learn the nature cf the defence extended itself to the very street'. All day loog the precincts of the Old Bailey were croeseled,and, es the proceedings advanced, , the excitement increased rather than diminished. The Lord Chief Justice Campbt 11, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Cresswell took their seats on the bench a few minutes before tin o'clock, and immediately after wards the prisoner was pat forward in the eo.k. There was no observable cheese in his appearance whatever ; he looked anxious, nothing mote. The jury bad already .:a. tared the box. Mr. Henry Chicle, Weatherby examined by Mr. Wel,by —I am a ra.ing agent. I received a letter from the pri soner, dated November 22, 1555, which I Low proluce [The letter requested payment of the stake, tab .c 5 Cook's h roe, Polestar, had won at Shrewsbury.] I replied te that letter that we had net sufficient funds to meet the demand. Subsequently we wrote to tell him that Mr. Frail had in formed us that he paid Mr. Cook the stakes on teas course. Afterwards we received another letter from the prisoner, telling us not to pay any money on Cook's account until they had satisfied the cheque he had &ready sent. I wrote a letter to Mr. J. P. Cock at nage ley about the matter, but I never received an an,wer. The let•er wea afterwards returned to me Irma the dead letter office. I think the c'leque was in Co Ilea handwriting, bat my atten tion was not particularly directed to it. On the 23rd of November, 1855, I received a letter from Palmer directing me to pty lOU out of Cook's stakes to Mr. Earwaker, but I did not do se. Cress examined by Mr. 13e,j , ant Shec—l casino: say that the stakes ought to have beau in our pmession when pay ment WA demanded, but such os-.tters are usually settled through our house. The primmer gar.) uv a formal mice not to pay the atakos over t any one but himself. Mr. Francis Butler examined by the Attorney•Geteral—• I am in the. habit 01 attending races and betting on them. I was at the Shrewsbury ria.tre in Nov.:mber taut year when I had an amount to settle with Palmer. I had 7001. and odd to reek,. (ruin him, on account et bets I bad made for him et Liverpool. I had no acroant with him in connection with the Shrewsbury races. I tried to get my money from him, and he paid me 401. on account, laying that he would ply the balance son afterwards, as he had come large bats to receive. SubsequeaVy, the day afterwards, in foot, be gave me a cheque tor 2501. I knew Mr. Cook's horse Pole star. The bone wee worth at least 7091, but at all events she was worth more than that before de race, co the horse hid steers' valuable engagements. Crass-ex-mined by Mr. Groves, Q.C.—I won 2101. on Polestar fir Palm r, and kept it on &moat of the money he owed me. Mr. Stevens was recalled, and proved that P(..le,tar was sold at Tattersall's for 720 guinea.. This was the cue fur the proucution. THE DEFENCE. Mr. &rime Shes then roes :o address the jury for the define., and he commenced by expressing the deep sense of the respeenbeity which cow devolved up in him. Once only before had it fallen to his lir. to &fen t a prisoner upon a eberge of life and death, and be could not conceal from himself now that any slight error of judgment on his part mightgo far to damege the vital interests of the prisoner. This was an ea•raordioary case; when it first burst 1. rth span the pubic mind, the alarm it acestioned was increased by dark hints of alleged former de c , :s of blood committed by the prisoner, and the prejudice egccst him became so literally overwhelming that it was feared st first he could not p weibly have • fair trial. The crown, hew ever, came to his thecae, and, finding that the Case exited so =eh p-ejudice, they determined that it should not remain in private bands. It was due t, the prisoner Vett he should have • fair and im partial trial, and it wcull ever redruhd to the honour of the legal advisers of the crown that they had done all that in them lay to secure it. Hsveng paid this just tribute to his 1 d frieediron the other side, he c said net help re csiliog to re collection that the eminent m►n whom the pri soner at first selected fur his counsel had been stria ken down by illness, and thereby prevented from conducting his de fence, and that it was in these circumstances that he was solicited to take his place. At first he hesitated, feeling the immense responsibility it il.volved, bat having well and carefully read the papers laid before him, and closely examined all the fact. of the case, he could not help arriving at the solemn conviction that the prisoner wasinns cet tof the charge imputed to him. He believed never bad truer words been uttered than when the prisoner at the bar pleaded "Net Guilty," and if the jury would bear patiently with him, he woula grapple every point in the case for the piosecueon, and meet them step by step. The prosecution asserted, and attempted to frowe ttais—that the orisoner had deliberately male up his mind, for purposes of his owe, to get rid of John Parsons Cook, and he had prepared the body web, a minor poison for the rapid and deadly action of a more potent peison. Here was the agent of the alleged murder, the cent thing to discover was the motive for the set; this, the prosecution had endeavoured to trace to the pecuniary emberraismeots of the prisoner, and, haviog du peeed of tea , p ant, ihey bad gone on to attribute death to relying f, r the pre f of that allegation open the alcoptonse presented before the Cecesse, and the of pearances of tne hotly eft rw stela Here, then, he had three distinct and esp +rate matters to duel with; bed, the motive for the crime; secondly, the intermediate preparation of the pa , tient for the deadly poison, and lastly, the agent itself. All these he flu old d:sems in detail, and tom nerneiog with the lest, ti e jury should tear in mind that it was contended by the pet:am:titles that Co-•k's ditch was produced by a strong dose o: strych nine. No trace of th t poison, t owev. r, bad been found is the bedy: The death it was insisted hail oecurred within two hours alter its administration ; hut, although every search was made tor it, no: • particle could be found. Bat it was contended that when rtrythaia had once done its fatal work it becomes absorbed into the *went, and mei taus s o longer susceptible of oeiog discovered by torts. The medic al evidence of Dr. Taylor %eat to ertabliah this theory, that the poison immediately after death no longer existed, but became part of the blood, from which no human power coula dissolve or extract . it; and upon this medical basis the ease fa r the prosecution re , ted. He should, however, call medical men of equal eminence to those for the prosecution, who att. rly re;ectod that eon : non as oae which practice dsatisctly proved to be untenable. These distiegaisbed toxicological winsome would embrace Dr. Nuoneley, who etseoded the Leeds case; Dr. Wilkinson, of the Delwin Hospital ; Dr. Lstt.eby, Dr. I N. Parker, of the London Hospitel; Dr. Rehisace, of Othrge's Sub ol; sod lastly, Dr. Herepai h, et Brutal ; and all ' these smiaent mad eat and scientific met, would tell the jury that even the smallest pos.ible does of strychnine that could be infused law the human frame could arterwares be de tected and extracted from the system. They would state their opinion list ao amount of decomposition could pre vent the twain& from respendit e to known sad proper scien tific tests; and if t' at reitron should be satssfectorily made out, what became of the hypetliesis of the prawn tion that Cook', death was pr.•cuced by strychnine lie now approached t►e se cend polar, and here he came tO the discussion without any niffideuce whatever, for be was satisfied that if any wo•.ives could have influenced the ?tie saner in this miter of file and death, it must have had lust the a oatrary effect to that which the proracation wished to impute to It No man could have been wore interested in ion of Cook's 'ester ce than the prisoner him self; 113:e dea:h, in Let, was tic r mat c •6mity that could bay, betillea,hian.sicceet c sold not have done otberwitietban lead to hie en:ire ruin. Just lst the jury look at the con nection which existed between Cook and the prisoaer ; they ws re the closest friends), j sine, interested in the same horses, keeping their studs with the same trainer, at .ppiog together at the same hotels, and inva riably specutariag span the same events together. The evidence for the prosecution established this. It proved that their relations for the last to o or three years had been of the most intimate character, and it remained (or him to show that during this con (eon they lost together large some of nia nay on the turf. In August last year Palmer applied to his agent Pratt to assist his friend Cook with a loan. Cook's eir eumstances were not au well known as to make it easy for him is get advances without r fereeces ; pet pie in such transactions were not likely to know what Doctors' Com mons could disclose ; they were not like'y to knew that he bad • large 'were.% in his grandfather's will, while, per haps, they wo.ld be leis likely to give credit to a person upon the turf. Although Lying in an a pses:us st,:e and keeping a stud at Lut , erworth, the jury therefore would perceive that the comparatively I noisome position of Cook could not command the same Mlthei ce and advantages as the better understood position of Palmer; and hence, when the;iwo coated , rotes came into **discount mat kens besrowers, the pets err a!aays bad to swum the leading character. Those could be no doubt that Cook had been as much Of sot more) concerned in the I tells ceg misted by Mr. Pratt as the ;droner ; the corres pondence between Palmer one Pratt almost peeved this to demonstration On the day l s nles•s'. woo at Shrewseurf. Pratt wrote to Palmer, urging him to matte up a ram of 1,0001. by tee end el the weak. or the coosequences might t h i s . serious e w r as a regarded m rr, i yeeodmeo thatf t from indiap sealant, but the neat day Palmer' intimated as ne was in his life, got him back to Kugtlei. l h e e tte r r u , n Lo ing ic bwilasis.eoffAstritob: V