The Express. — London, England, 1863-07-25 00:00:00

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MPATAI BOX7S, vntrriNG and DEEMING CAM, and WC other articire for hose or continental travelling. lllnstrated witelogues post hoe. Also Abel's Barrack Furniture Catalogue of Portable Bed deeds, Drawers, kw Chain, Wasishand.stands, Canteens, dto, nest . J. W, F ALLEN, Ilannfacturor and Patentee, 37, West Strand. tondos. W.C. CLASSIQUE riUTOGRAPHIE YEANCAVIC, SI, Idgewsreroat.. Hyde-park. tendon. Ifisuger, Protaror VAISSILL, We Chief Operator to C. &ley. TEN CARTE DS VISITS, 108. 4. OPERA and FIELD GLASSES.—NEGRETTI and ZAMBIA wamnt their Glares sa unrivalled for brilliancy, power, and definition op to ten miles range, 215.. and 42c. In ease oomplete.—l, Hatton garden ; 69, Cornbill ; 123. Regent-street : and Crystal Palace. 97dellham. 8 PICIAL NOTICL -TO GENTLEMEN. MR. , 73, Brook- Areet, Heoevar•egoere, is prepared to Fabian for pablle approval all the _NEW TROUSERS PATTER-NB _ . for Spring and . ii;mm;;;ear, which will b. In greater variety and better than ever. The continual remark of gentle men to their Mends la, Why pay more than If.. for your summer trousers EVERYBODY KNOWS Mr. MILD removed from Bond- Street In 1860. ehe erPrefiL TO 00/11EBPONDEST3. Averdsieseeti Inte . o;ded for .. - li;e — iip — ree;" London inner =muse be se the office, 10, bourerie-einrol, b Two oath* day of publication. rimczeTs.. Ids Mims, COUSIN Toir=iiiit IMMO AND JITLIZT. Mew& Walter Montgomery, Gongs Vinht . li4 L more, sod B. Manton Male. Stella Colas sad Mn. IL LYCEUM. Tske Svisise. • SlMliti — ifiACE. Mom Shore sad Widdicomb , Hears& sad lift Lee.—An.l THE DON 163 SIOTTO. Kenn Pechter, Shore. Jordan, Brougham, sad laymond ; Mena C. Leclerc% K. Teem sad Lleworthy. BAlyAlfin4, Tim STmentS, THE WILLOW MATISIL—Masers. Woodman and Randall-GREAT GHOST SCENE from THE WISHING GLEN, Profemor Pepper's adaptation a Mr. Dletka's Spectral ElvE OF LIFL—And THE SHIP ON FISZ. HIGH WILT= AT LONDON BILLDCHL T. DaT Mandan BA. On.....Afftrossa. M. Wm To-moason—ltandas, .A ..L h. 47m. LONDON, SATURDAY. JULY 25. AP= the lapse of a week Mr. Baron CHAN NELL began to sum up the evidence in the case of " ROCTIMLL v. Haws and others." This is the second attempt which has been made by the Rou- PZLL family to recover back the property of which Wrt.i.tax ROUP6LIy the ex•M.P. for Lambeth, is said to have defrauded therm It is well known that, according to WILLIAM ROrPla.l:l3 own con fession, he managed, by forgery and perjury, to obtain possession of the whole of his father's enor mous property, amounting to some 300,0001. For these crimes he is now suffering under sentence of penal servitude, and the only way in which his sense of remorse expresses itself is by appearing periodically in a court of justice in order to ruin those who have unfortunately lent their money upon fictitious securities. Numerous theories have been invented for the purpose of explaining why this man should have voluntarily surrendered him self into the hands of justice by returning from ' abroad ; but none can be considered as reasonably satisfactory. He himself says that "it was to " avoid a great evil." And it is far from impro bable that some motive more powerful than re morse drove this experienced swindler back to his native land. The leading facts of the case which has juste been tried at Chelmsford are readily stated.) RICHARD PALMER ROUPELL, the father of Wu, LIAM, died on the 13th of September, 1856. In July of the following year, 1857, WILLIAM Roo-' YELL mortgaged two hisses at Wesley, in Essex, to Messrs. FREEMAN for 12,0001. Before obtaining the money the title was duly investigated, and this title consisted of a deed of gift from his father, which bore date the 9th of January, 1856. The allegation now is that this deed of gift was forged. According to the confes sion of WILLIAM Rourro. he had got into great pecunisrydifficulties before his father's death. It was absolutely necessary that he should obtain the sum of 12,0001. But how was this to be accomplished t There were two farms called Bury, consisting of 250 acres, and Bulls; consisting of 70 acres. But then the Bury farm was rented at 2501., and Batten at 781. Such rents would not justify any man of ordinary caution in lending so large a sum as 12,0001. What was to be done I tinder the pretext of completing some legal pro. ceedings with respect to part of the Wesley Estate, WILLIAM ROUPELL obtained possession of the leases of both farms—had new leases prepared, in which the rent of Bury was raised to 5601. and that of Batten to 1 701., and to these leases he forgcd the names attached to the real deeds. Besides this, Wittrim Roorna. induced a valuer to estimate the value of the estate at 18,0001. But this was not enough. Although the estate was shown to be of suffioient value, it still belonged to the father. It was therefore necessary to get the estate trans. ferred to himself. For this purpose Wrr.misr ROUPELL, by a forged letter purporting to come from his father, written by his sister, but dictated by himself, induced Mr. %fuser' to prepare a deed of gift. This deed was regu larly engrossed, and was apparently signed by his father, but the signature, as WILLIAM ROUPELL alleged, was a forgery, although it seemed to be attested by two witnesses. For a time this elaborate scheme of fraud failed, for it teems that during his father's life it was found im possible to obtain the requisite sum of money. But in July, 1857, nearly a year after his father's death, he succeeded in obtaining the 12,0001. from Messrs. FREEMAN. Under these circum stances the question was whether the deed of gift transferring the property to WILLIAM ROUPELL was genuine. If it was, then Messrs. Estrum had a good title sad their money was safe ; if it was not, they bad no title, and, in the absence of any will, it would belong to the heir-at-law, RICHARD ROUPELL. The deed in question undoubtedly purported to be signed by the father. But no one ever saw him sign such a deed : and WILLIAM Roo err. declared he had forged his father's name. There were, indeed, two wit nesses to attest his signature, but they did net see the signature which they were attesting. The question, therefore, whether the old man did or did not sign this deed of gift rested almost entirely upon the evidence of WILLIAM ROL`PELL, and it is obvious enough that his evidence, without ample , confirmation, must be utterly worthier. As to the Mame THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1863;''' writing itself, the evidence of what are called experts is comparatively useless. The jury themselves are quite as good practical judges of such a matter as any expert, and the fact that some of the witnemes asserted that they would have paid a cheque signed an the deed of gift was signed, furnished strong evidence that it was a genuine signature. Nor did the case rest here. Neither Mr. WHITAKER, the solicitor who prepared the deed of gift, nor Mrs. ROLTPELL, the mother of Waxiest, was called to corroborate his testimony —indeed it was only after a severe struggle that Miss SARAH Roureu„ the sister, appeared in the witness-box. Yet it is obvious that every one of these persons must have been intimately ao quainted with the old man's handwriting. It is not surprising, therefore, that the jury should have hesitated to affirm the validity of the deed in question. But there was another point in the case which must not be overlooked. It is to be obeervcd that by a will which appeared to be executed by old Mr. Roureu. on the 2nd of September, 1856, the whole of his property was left to his wife. Under this will Withem, who ruled his mother, had obtained complete control over the property, and had transferred it to various persons. But, according to his confes sion, this document was a forgery, and therefore all tho-e who derive titles under it must lose the property for which they had paid or lent money. Waxiest Rouraufs story is that there was a w"1 executed in the year 1850, by which the Warley Estate had been left to his brother, RICHARD Rol-FELL. This document WILLIAM ROUPELL says he destroyed after keeping it a long time, and neither the proctor nor any one else could give any account of its contents. Upon the supposition that the deed of gift was a forgery, who would be entitled to the Warley Estate ? if the will of 1856 was also a forgery, then the Warley Estate would now be vested in RICHARD ROUPELL. But upon this there are serious doubts. There can be no doubt that the old man intended to leave the Warley Estate to his son Wn.wix, and it is very possible that the will of 1850, which was destroyed, lea the estate to him. It it did, then Messrs. France:4 would still be entitled to retain their security. Amid such a chaos of fabrication it is no wonder that the jury should hesitate. Only a few years ago the chief witness, Waxiest Rorritu, would have been incompetent as a witness. It is clear that in many important circumstances he has been contradicted, and in many more he has not been confirmed. There is no need to strain a point in favour of a family who have shown themselvez so eager to repair their ruined fortunes at the ex pense of innocent persons. It is only right that the strictest evidence should be required of tho:et who attempt to throw doubts upon the deeds and documents apparently perfectly valid and genuine; and, therefore, the jury have only acted with iestionable caution in the course which they have pursued. LATEST - 11fIrELLIG EN CE. POLAND. A communication from Stettin, of the 19th, says : Count Wielopolski arrived here yesterday from Scar ped, and left to-day by ste►mer for the Isle of Rage°. Oa pasting through Bromberg, he was received at the station by a number of gendarmes who accompsnied him to the refreshment-room and back to the carriage. Th e sub prefect of Thorn attended him to Snugged. On alighting from the carriage at the lest named town the count wee protected by four men armed with revolvers. A letter from Kovno has the following : The system inaugurated by General Mouravieff is now at its height ; no man is sure of the morrow ; the least suspi cion or idle denunciation may cause anyone to be arrested and sent to Siberia. Real dragonades are now being orga nised in the palatinate of Kovno ; strong detachments of troops, accompanied by two or three spiel' (gener►lly libe rated convicts), who know the country, are overraaning every district. On • word from these spies, the troops carry off the landowners, moot frequently with their wives and children. In many localities, the parishes of Wendzia gola and Lopiow for instance, all the landowners have been taken away. The prisons are crowded with political off ea den ; there are 176 at Kovno, 182 at Rossioae, 143 at Tanrogow, 131 at Janow, and so on. nem is no town without • state prison. In every caw arrest is followed by pillage, for the avowed object of the government is to ruin the country. Advices from Berlin state that some uneasiness is felt in that capital respecting the public feeling in the Polish provinces of Prussia. The Posen Journal has received a warning for having pub lished the proclamation of the Polish Committee of Paris, and that journal in its last number de clares that it will soon be necessary to proclaim the state of siege in several districts of the duchy of Posen and of Western Pramia Nairn 110.1364 Aberdma 131.14 66 Leith 16 110.01 66 Shields 13.1101 Seerboroush 111.81 66 Greencastle lnn 16 ,60.01 al Valenti* ,30.0 5 1001 QUeen4o.ll 130.01 61' Liverpool 6B' Holyhead .20.01 6.1 Pembroks 60.0.601 Peommee '60.0860 Brest 130.11 L'Orkmt ,/0.12 1 61 Rochefort --Skid 61 Plymouth ,60086.1 Weymouth NAN 00 Portsmouth ,10.0 61 Loa l dbm ..... ROAN 03 1 Dover Time* l4llll Helder y Hiliff o l 6 64 12A113 66 W. WW. W. W.S.R. W. N. W. N. W. W. N. W. W.N.W. wi.W. W.1571r. OVIIDLY. MONDAY. N N.& to W.N.W., Norrs•Bairt. N.W. to &W., hash, moderate. showers. N. b w.. light to tea, N.N. W. to W. 9 Ws, showers. fresh, some rain. N. to W., moderato bourn. W. N. W. to ft S. W.. to fresh some rain. moderate to strong, shore!". N.Y.W. to W.&W., Sone&Eese. N.W. to &W., greet moderato to tract. showery. !forth-Pat= Mom Firth to Norfolk. West= Doeoot t o c o , floath=alsonel and Pkvech Comte. BostivDest=-9tralt at Dover so Nodolk. B —Barometer corrected and reduced to der at half tide level. Bach ten feet. of vertical elevation. casaba/ about one hundredth of an Inch Manignor . and each ten degrees, above S!e. caus ing nearly three handrolths fararasn 11 —Expoesti therm.. weeder in shade. D.—Dlfference of wet bulb for meporatioa and dew poled} direction of (sus—two potato MPS of magnetic). T.—Force (I to 12 —ceUrnated) X —Biom e l ee , e dime last report. Q Quarter whence RITILLUI force (NIVE=?, to 3:1). I.—lnitials: b.—blue sky. c.—eloods (detached). f. —fug; ; L—lbehtning m.—rnisty dam) u --overcast (dull); r.—rain. a.—snow; L—t.hunder. IL.=llaliageg. mow or htigAtiodomos WI meet B.—Ma dlotorboacy (1 to 9). EXPRESS FROM PAWS. peon Oft ow 00111111POIDMIT.) FARM, FIIDAY anemia. While the war party speak of the Empress's de- 1 parture for Vichy as an event of the highest im portance, and represent that it was resolved upon suddenly, after the break up of the ministerial council held at St. Cloud on Wednesday, the France and the Nation affirm, to-night, that the journey ban no political significance at all ; that her Majesty had arranged long since to join the Emperor for a few days, and that her trip would have taken place sooner but for the death of the Dnke of Hamilton. _ _ It seems certain that the draft of the French answer to the Russian despatch has been sent to Vienna and London for approval. The rumour that this draft propounds an ultimatum produced a serious panic at the Bourse. The Rente fluctuated between the extreme points of 67fr. 46c. and 66fr. 60c., and closed at 66fr. 80c., with a fall of 50c. Mobilier fell 40c. The railways were not proportionably affected. Orleans fell lfifr., but the other lines only from 2fr. 50c. to sfr. The warning to the Nick is the first to which M. Boudet, the new Minister of the Interior, has put his name. Supposing him to be personally respon sible for it, which is very doubtful, the achieve ment does little credit to his discretion. The Sickle is warned for having suggested that • ple biscite would give a great majority in favour of a war for the emancipation of Poland. My opinion upon a plebiscite for such a pulp:se was very crudely mated three days ago. I thought the proposition the acme of folly. It appeared to me that the statesmen upon whom was cast the duty of considering whether the interests and honour of France required her to resort to the terrible arbitrament of the sword, would abdi cate their functions and their delegated responsibi lity if they abandoned the realms of reason for a hypocritical appeal to that multitude whose igno rant and drilled voices can never be, in times of excitement, and upon a special question, anything but an echo of the power which affects to consult them. But I think, no less crudely, that the imbe cility of the Slick's article is surpassed by K Boudet's measure of repression in regard to it. He pretends that in proposing • plebiscite —" a sort of appeal to the people," as if there was some blundering doubt in his mind whether a plebiscite was anything else than an appeal to the people—the Siècle has usurped the prerogatives of the Emperor, and infringed upon the essential bases of the constitution. What childish folly ! I The astonished Siècle replies, with unanswerable 'good faith and logic, that it never meant to ques tion the Emperor's constitutional right to declare war or make peace at his pleasure ; but that it bad in view the Emperor's right, reserved by the constitution, to appeal to the French people (to whom he is responsible) whenever he chooses. The Aide Dever presumed to make an appeal to the people against the Emperor, but merely illustrated its own opinion of the feeling of the country, by recommending the Emperor to make an appeal to the people. There was nothing unconstitutional in such a recom mendation. It was, as I ventured to say at the time, a very foolish notion ; but it took no hold upon the public mind, caused no agitation, fell stillborn, was not thought worthy even of ridicule, and would have been already forgotten, hsd not M. Boudet, for incomprehensible reasons, raised it to the dignity of a crime against the state. K Boudet's first warning is one of the most absurd that ever was given, and that is saying a great deal. lam inclined to think that the greater authority, at whose bidding M. Boudet must have acted, was guided in this case by motives altogether foreign to the Polish question. He wishes to inculcate the idea that a plebiscite is • tutelary god of his dynasty, and will not permit that such a sacred and mysterious name should be taken in vain. The Mexican prisoners arrived at Brest are said to be as many as 100 officers and 350 non-com missioned officers and soldiers. It is intended to send most of them to various stations in the south of France, where the warm climate will be less unlike what they have been accustomed to than that of the north of France. Some of the prisoners who have money have begged permission to reside in Paris. The affair of M. Didier, a government member of the Corps Legislatif, who, being provoked by a libel in the Figaro upon a lady under his protection, took the law into his own hands, and committed a ferocious assault upon M. de Villemessant, was sentenced to a fine of 500 fr. and two months' imprisonment, came on to-day before the Court of Appeal. The judgment is confirmed, with the single variation that the imprisonment is reduced to one month. As a proof that Frecch ironmasters are now well able to compete with their English and Bel gian rivals, the Paris correspondent of a Bayonne journal states that in recent competitions for sup plying 25,000 tons of rails to the Northern Rail way and 50,000 tons to the Eastern, both con tracts were awarded to ironmasters in the Moselle at 180 fr. The lowest tender from Belgium was 1901 r. The Daily News is seised. At a meeting of the council of the Acclimatiza tion Society of Victoria, at which Sir Henry Barkly was present, it was stated that the Tasmanian government were about to make further attempts to introduce maroon into that colony. Information was received also that some deer and birds for the society had been shipped from Calcutta and some sparrows and partridges from Ceylon, five pairs of goldfinches had arrived from Europe, some black swans and kangaroos had been sent by the society to Calcutta, and one pair of Wombats to London. The number of " warnings " given already in Prussia amounts to 57, eight of which, being the second warning. addressed to the same paper, expose it to iostaot suppression. It ought to be borne in mind these aria are served not by judges but by the police officials—a class re movable at will, and entirely in the hands of the government. THE CHRIETIANS IN TURKEY. —The Levant Herald set's:—" Whatever may be the fact sa to the alleged decrease of the Mussulman, as compared with the Christian population of the empire, there can be no doubt about ►nother fact which is pregnant with much more solid hope for the enemies of the present government—namely, that, agriculture alone excepted, the whole of the industries and the trade of the empire are yearly passing more and more into Christian and foreign heeds. If there be say truth in the axiom of political economy that commerce the chest agent of a nation's enrichment, and consequently of its strength, this very obvicus fact is fraught with far more real danger to blussulman supremacy than any mere disturbance in the balance of population, however consider able or however brought about. The significance of the enormous increase in both the import sod export trades of the county during the past thirty years Is therefore nearly all one way it ww ;;:ates a vast advance in the commercial energy aid wealth of the Christians, and, relatively, a cor responding decline in both the rialtos and power of the demi omit race." Passeorrs roe RUM/. Earl Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of Stasi for Foreign Affairs, has re ceived from her Majesty's ootssul-general at Odom • despatch, dated the Ist instant, Mistier that the Governer of Odeon had requested him to give public ootiee to British subject.' that they will Dot be allowed to land at Wear or to e•trr the Aussie') dominions unless they ars provided with passports duly wised at some Russian minim or coo. salsas abroad.—Oar stk. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) The Bevan mimed the house et 12 o'clock, took his peat at the cloth's table, and await: t the presence of 40 members to make a boom. _ 7 7t twenty mii;uteep•; 12 the SPFAX Ea took the chair, exactly 40 members prcr,..rt, the greater portion of them being member, of the goer. °lnept. THE FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the consideration of the Lord.' amendment. to this bill, Mr. BAGWELL said before these Ameadmenta were put seriatim it would be well to bear what the effect of the Lords' amendment. would be. _ . Siclt, PEEL then proceeded to date that the other house had made many alterations in the bill which would materially interfere with the intentions of that house. [Left sitting.] erbe Court. - OSBORNE, JULY 24. The Queen drove out yesterday morning. The Priooemi Leiningen pre birth tea Princess eta quarter past 3 o'clock this morning at Osborne, and with the infant is doing perfectly well. Her Majesty was with her niece at the time and during the greater part of the night. The Queen will bold a Council at Osborne on Monday next. A deputation from the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' As• @Gelation bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the li,me•ofoe. The deputation consisted of Mr. At kinson, Mr. Lamb, and Mr. Denson, and wee introduced by Mr. J. C. Ewan,. M.P. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. As appeal from the Admiralty Court, the Corinthian was commenced. The Lords present were Lord Chelmsford: Lord Kiogadown, sod Lord Wen►leydale. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colooial•ofce from the Governors of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. We learn on reliable authority that, although nothing official has yet been settled, another alliance be tween our own royal family and that of Prussia was snowed prior to the Queen of Promises departure from this eountry.—John Bull. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose entertained at dinner, last evening, at their widows in Mean square, the Earl and Counted* of Winchilaea, the Countess of Desert, the Earl of Powis and Lady Harriet Herbert, Viscount Sudsley, Lord Courtenay, Lord Ernest Bruce, Colonel Greville, M.P., Lady Roes Greed* Mr. C. Orc- Till*, Mr. Berual Osborne, M.P., Colevel Tower, Mr. Carle, kra LORD Cons—COLTHAN, JULY 24.—Tbe public will be much gratified to learn that the favourable change which took place in the illness of Field Muskat Locd Clyde in the early part of the week still continues. His lord ship's health has improved considerably daring the lest few days, and sanguine hopes are entertained that he will shortly be quite convalescent. THZ APPROACHING ROYAL VISIT TO HALIFAX.— The arrangements for the visit of the Prince and Primrose of Wales to Halifax to open the Town-hall on the 4th of mat month, have just been completed, and are as fol low' s—Their royal highnesses and suite will reach about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, August 3, and will be received at the station by his worship the mayor, Mr. John Crossley, the aldermen and coun cillors, and detachments of the 4th West York Rifle Volun teers and the 2nd West York Yeomanry Cavalry. A royal salute will be fired by the Heekmondwike Artillery Volun teers. The Prince and Princess will immediately proceed to Manor Heath, the mayor's residence, and remain there for the night. Tuesday (next day) is tired for the opening of the hall, and at 11 o'clock the royal party and Pro cession will leave Manor Heath and take the route already agreed epee, and which is from to four to live miles in Isegth. Os the hoe of rout* are the People'. Park and All Souls' Church, and those places of interest the roral party will inspect. They will also pass through the piece Hall, where will be assembled 16, 0 30 S oo d ay school scholars, a band 300 strong, and 10,Q3 spectators. The scholars and ban d will perform God Bless the Prince of Wales, and the Hal lelujah Chores." The mayor will receive the Prince and Primers at the Town hall, and the ceremony of opining will ioclade prayers by the Bishop of Ripon, th e per formance of the Englis h and Danish national airs, sod the preesotation of addresses. After this his royal bistmem will declare the hall duly ensued. Luncheon will be served in the council slumber, after which the royal party will ham the town, and resume their journey north. The procession will include the magistracy, the tows the deputy lieutenants, Lieutenant -General Sir George Wetherell, Sit Charles Wood, M.P., Sr J. W. Ramsdim M.P., Sir F. Crossley, M.P., Mr. Stariefeld, ALP., and others. After the departure of the royal party the mayor will entertain • number of distinguished insets at a banquet. The most complete preparatioes are bails( made to render the visit • great Yor ksh ire demonstratios. Wiwi AND Bequarni.—The will of the Right Hoe. Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, Baron Sandy., R.T.S., of Omberaley Court, Worcester, and Obeshemotreet, Bel grave-square, was proved in Loaders by his brother, Lord Norge Augustus Hill, and Sir Edmund Minter. But. The persoaaltv was sworn under 30,001. Hie lordship bad held many diplomatic appointments. He was attach 6 at Madrid in 1816-21 ; bad been secretary oftion at Florence, Lisbon, itioJamiro, and to several special embas . aim ; and also comptroller and treasurer of her Majesty's household, and died at the &goof 65. The will vise executed in November, 1860, and • codicil in January, 1862. The dispositions are purely of a family nature. To Lady Sandys be has secured an income of 1,2001. per &Doom, and to younger sons a legacy of 5,0001., an d t o daughters 6,0001. The residue of h i . property he harm to Lady Sandys, with power of appointment as her ladyship may direct. ACCIDILNT To SIR JoHN TRELAWNY.—We learn from the Wester/1./longing New that as Sir Jolts Trelaway was driving through the city of Chester ori Wednesday, the carriage in which he was seated upset, and he was thrown with violence to the ironed. Tim hoe. barooet was some what shaken, and received a severe spews in one of his iment. wrists, but he was enabled to continue hi s j ourney to Lin- ROYAL 0/WHOM:Die HOSPITAL. 315, OSTOID- Irupt —Rim Royal Highness the Priam of Wales hem Immo the pitmen( this metal enmity. is eneesesion to tie bite rriece Cormet. AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. The Journal des Debate of to-day says : Probably Austria and her cabinet hold at this moment in their hands peace or war. Whatever may be in reality the dispositions of the cabinet of the Tuileries and of the English ministry, it cannot be doubted that the designs conceived at Paris and London must be greatly modified according as it is believed that dependence may be placed either on the absolute neutrality or the effective co-operation of Austria. So far, public opinion at Vienna declares itself energetically against Russia. The two journals which exercise the greatest influence at Vienna —one among the high class public men, the other among the middle class and the small tradesmen, the Ott Deutsche Post and the Prase are strongly in favour of drawing closer the alliance between Austria and our country. The skilful conduct and the known views of 31. Drouyn de Lhuys have contributed in no small degree to strengthen these new sentiments at Vienna. It is known that this statesman baa never favoured sentiments contrary to the maintenance of the Austrian empire, and he is now gathering the fruit of his prudent policy. The French press appear to attach some signifi cance to the fact that, in the warning just given to the Sh'cle, the cause of Poland is spoken of by the French Minister as "the great cause," THE BLOCKADE. A BRITISH STEAMER CHASED BY A FEDERAL WAR STEAMER. (By =MOO TILEGRAPR.) (nos ous OWN coaasspoinmarr.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Solent has arrived from St. Thomas. She has come home for repairs, and has brought ship mails from St. Thomas and FayaL A paddle-wheel steamer called the Juno arrived at Fayal, from Bristol, on her way, it was supposed, to run the blockade. On her leaving Fayal she was pursued by the Federal war steamer Tiersarde. The latter left the harbour two minutes after the former, but the Juco had gained a mile and a half on the Federal steamer during a run of five miles. It was thought that the Juno would escape capture on account of her speed. She arrived out at Fayal in four-and a-half days. (uarn•e TZLIOWIEL) SOUTHAMPTON, Juu 25. _ _ The Royal Mail Company's Interoolonial steamer Solent, Captain Hammiest', from the West Indies, has arrived here. She left St. Thomas on the 4th inst., with neither mails nor passengers, having come home for repairs. The Solent called at Fayal on the 16th, and left on the 18th kat. The English steamer Juno, of Bristol, arrived at Fayal on the 17th, and sailed eastward on the same day. The American war steamer Rearsage, lying off Fayal, weighed anchor and started in pursuit. Her Majesty's frigate Phaeton was at St. Thomas's on the 4th at noon. She hoisted the American flag at her main, and fired • salute of 21 guns in honour of the independence of the United States. The flag of the American consulate at St. Thomas dipped three times in acknowledg ment. SPAIN. MADRID. JOLT 24. It is asserted that the Prefect of Havana has been called to assume other functions. 2,500 men have been despatched to Havana. CIRCASSIA. PARIS, JOLT Z. The Paris papers of to-day publish a Constanti nople telegram of the 24th, which says : " The Circassian. have c►ptured by boarding a Russian man-of-war, bound for Soukoum-Kaleb, and have carried her into Schoubechik," WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) SATURDAY. JULY RR S A.N. Lt. !al NL N.N. W. N.S. N.& N. GAOL DISCIPLINE IN ENGLAND. This morning was published a blue book of bl 2 pages, containing the report of the select committee of the Home of Lords, together with the minutes of evidence, on the present state of discipline in the gaols and houses of oorrection. With regard to the conclusions arrived at by the committee we may state that they are of opinion that it is desirable to establish without delay • system approaching se nearly as may be practicable to a uniformity of labour, diet, and treatment; and that whilst industrial occupation should in certain stages form • part of prison discipline, the more strictly penal element of that discipline is the chief means of exercising • deterrent influence, and therefore ought not to be weuened, as it ha+ been in some gaols, still leas to be entirely withdrawn. Associa tion, or • mixed system of usociation and separa tion, prevails in many gaols. Such anomalies, however, are, in the opinion of the committee, very objectionable. They should be removed at the earliest practicable time; and their present existence can only be justified by the difilcul ties of reconsti action, and the natural reluctance of the local authorities to incur • heavy expenditure. The com mittee entertain • very decided opinion on this head, and having reference to the course of legislation now extending over many years, and the agreement in opinion and practice of the highest authorities, they consider that the system generally known se the separate system mint now be accepted sa the foundation of prison dlecipline, and that its rigid maintenance is • vital prin ciple to the efficiency of county and borough gaols Whilst for the future the fullest development given to the separate system, it w;11 be for the Secretary of State to consider how far the practical object in view may not be met, and the difficulties arising out of the expense of • reconstruction of many prisons obviated by allowing a certain proportion of cells below the average standard to be certified sod sanctioned, it being understood that the own. pante of those cells shall consist of prisoners undergoing short sentences, who shall be chiefly employed during the day upon hard labour outside their cells. The committee recommend that legislative measures be taken u speedily as possible to render the adoption of separation obligatory upon all gaols and homes of correction in England and Wales, and that the payment of the proportion of the charge, now issued from the public revenues in aid of the county and borou3b prison+, be made contingent in each cue on the sloption of the separate system. The committee are of opinion that the pi '-unple of upon. Ciao should be made to pervade the entire system of the prison, and no a 'equate reason he+ been assigned for the ' relaxation of the rule in (school, in chapel, and at exercise. It is, however, to be understoc I that this conclusion is not intended to limit the cellular and other religious instruction which the chaplain may thinkfi.toadministertoany prisoner. The committee are of opinion Cat it would be possible to sub stitute, in many cases, the shorter term of three sad seven days solitary confinement on bread and water for the present sentences, ranging from seven to 21 days with hard labour. The first step towards • better end more uniform system throughout the country would, in the opinion of the com mittee, be found in an authoritative definition, by act of parliament, of the term of hard labour. It has been alleged in the roans of the evidence, th►t the use of the treedwheel and creak degrades, irritates, and demoralises the prisoner ; but the committee, after full consideration, see no reason for entertaining this opinion, and, under cer tain conditions, they highly approve of the use of both these instrumente of prison discipline. As regards the short sentences or the earlier stages of imprisonment, the committee believe that they are adopting a safe and a mode rate standard when they recommend that every prisoner sentenced to hard labour shall, unless exempted by medical authority on grounds of health, be employe,' at the tread wheel •r crank not less than eight hours per day the first three, and notion than six hours perdu during the next three months of the first year of imprisonment. They further recommend. that all gaols and houses of correction shall, as • condition to their receipt of the Treasury allowance, both be pro vided with • sufficient supply of hard labour machinery for the average number of male prisoners sentenced to, and medically fit for, hard l►bour, and be annually certified to the Secretary of State as giving the full daily minimum work on treadwheel or crank, as described above. With regard to diet, it is • matter for the consideration of the Secretary of State and of the local authori ties in their various districts, how far the present scale may be with advantage modified. But it appears that there are still medical and scientific questions as to the effect produced by conlioNnent upon prisoners, and as to the necessity of certain ingredients in the food, which require further investigation. Under these circum stances, the committee recommend that • commission be issued to inquire into these questions, with authority to determine by experiment the points referred to them. The committee recommend that, during short sentences or the earlier stages of a long confinement, the prisoners should be made to dispense with the use of a mattress, and should sleep upon planks. This is, in fact, the practice io the military prisons, where "guard-beds" are in use. No evil has resulted from this practice, and remorse might advantageously be had to it in civil prisons. They observe that 9i to 10 hours is the proportion of time usually de voted to sleep. They are of opinion that this exceeds the fair allowance due to health, and is injurious both to the primmer , and the prison discipline. They would (in con. formity with the resolutions of the committee of the House of Commons in 1850) strongly insist upon a limitation of the time during which the prisoners are allowed to be in bed, to eight hours. The evening appears to the committee to be a very suitable time for school instruction, both as following upon the hard labour of the day, and as providing occupation for • portion of the time which is now passed in sleep. But they coo skier school as • boon granted to the prisoner, which should under no circumstances become ► substitute for labour. They regard as extremely unsatisfactory • prison system in which instruction by the schoolmaeter, or "self instruction," is made the substance of penal discipline, With regard to prison punishments the committee say : " The most experienced witnesses are unanimous as to the wholesome influence of corpor►l punishment; some, indeed, have stated that they have never known it ineffective ; and the committee wish to mooed their opinion of its gra.4 value as one form of disciplinary correction." The committee recommend that further powers should be conferred upon the Secretary of State to require the cor poration of any borough, or the governing body of any borough gaol —where such gaol is of too limited a size to admit of satisfactory arrangements being made for the cus tody and discipline of the prisoners—to contract with the county gaol upon such terms u the Secretary of State shall approve. It will be desirable after due inquiry into the local and special circumstances, that those borough gaols which are not required for purposes of present or future utility, should be scheduled is • ball for entire abolition. "John Halifax, Gentleman," has been trans lated tete French by the editor cl the lime Brititnnique, A. Pichot. . _ The annual soir4e given by the Royal Academy is announced for Wednesday, the 29th instant. Invitations have been iuued as usual. The exhibition clams to-day. The Old Water-Colour Society close their Gal lery to-da►, after • mast prosperous season. The Institute of Water-Colour Painters and the Society of British Artists in Suffolk-street will keep open their gal leries • week longer. The Reader says :—" The new club, quondam 'Greco,' now ' United Arts,' will be opened on August 1. The final arraegemente are completed ; and the committee have when a house in Hanover-square, which is being fitted and furnished for the purpose. The club will open with nearly 200 members, the numbers being limited to 300. This number will doubtless be soon filled op, as the en trance fee at present is only five guineas. The election of members is *old in the bands of the committee. A gym. mai= will foam part of the establishment." ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. WORMTER, FtwiT. This is the closing day of the exhibition, and although the attendance is certainly not so large as rester. day, when about 40,000 persons entered the show-yard, the weather has fortunately been very fine, and the meeting altogether is pronounced a complete moms. The conve. nience afforded by the Manchester omnibus:a, of which a considerable number have been specially brought down for carrying passengers between the railway station and the show-yard, has been very great, although paasengen loudly complain that, instead of being taken down to the doors of the exhibition, they are turned out by the cads nearly half a mile away from it. A body of the A divnion of the metropolitan police are in attendance on the show ground, and the Worcestershire oonsteibulary do duty outside. No accident is reported, though tome alarm was occasioned yes terday by some hayricks taking fire in a field war to the show-yard. The ricks were destroyed, but no further damage was done. Today the annual meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society was held at the Guildhall. Viscomat EVIIIBLET presided, and among the members of the mimed present were Major-General Hood, Mr. Dent, M.P., Mr: Holland, ALP., and Mr. Hall Daze, the secretary. The pro. needing. were for the most part of a formal character. Mr. THOMSON moved the thanks of the council to the mayor and corporation of Worcester for the reception they had given them. He spoke warmly of the hospitality which the council and members of the society bad experienced at the hands of the inhabitants, and the vote was unanimously carried. Major-General HOOD moved s vote of thanks to the local committee for the arrangements of the show-yard. Mr. Dam, of Eynsham, seconded the vote, which also was carried unanimously. Mr. FISHER HOODS next moved the thanks of the council to the railway companies, and eulogised the arrangements made by them for conveying the stock and implement■ into the show-yard, adding that without their assistance the society would not have held their meeting at Worcester at all. This being the whole of the bailees' of the meeting, a vote of thanks was passed to the President, on which Viscount EVIBSLET replied, and congratulated the mem. hers of the council on the very successful exhibition which they had had at Worcester. Although in some former years they had had a superior number of entries in some of the departments of stock, and the Battersea show must always be looked upon as an exceptional are ; yet on the whole they had never had a better exhibition of stock, and certainly not a larger exhibition of implements, than at Worcester. He thought the exhibition of implements formed the most interesting feature in the meeting. Nothing could exceed the gratifying reception which had been given them at Worcester, and everybody who bad visited the show-yard must have been gratified sot only with the amount of accommodation afforded, but also most have been struck by the beauty of the spot, with the grand chain of hills backing the landsospe. (Hear, hear.) His (Lord Eversley's) term of office closed with that meeting, and he had to offer to the members of the council his cordial thanks for the able assistance and support which they had rendered him on all occasions, and which had made those duties light that would otherwise have been onerous. He bad always been warmly attached to the society from its infancy, and should continue to feel the seine interest in its well-being. (Cheers.) The meeting then broke up. THE ALEXANDRA PARK, MUSWELLHILL, The public opening of the beautiful estate at Mnswell-hill, which is henceforward to be known nadir this name, was celebrated on Thursday and yesterday, with a horticultural show and an archery competition. On each day a large company wee attracted to the scene, and many expressed their surprise and pleasure to find so magnificent a property within seven miles of London available for the recreation of the public. The estate, which has sa extent of between 400 and 500 acres, offers in 101, dale, and meadow, and splendid trees, every feature of a beautiful landscape while it includes sins which command the most extensive views to be pined any where so near to London. The flower-thou was in every respect successful the Alexandra Park Company having offered large prizes to exhibitors. Two things only are wanted to wore the success of the company —a building capable of forming • centre of reeort and of offering a place of rest and shelter to visitors, and a nearer aeons by railway. Neither of these objects can be considered unattainable, or even difficult in these days of enterprise, sod looking at the unequalled advantages offend in the estate at Muswell•hill we must hope for the asks of the public that they will soon be realised. Yesterday, which was a shilling day, one of the bands of the Guards, under Mr. Godfrey, played at intervals throughout the day. The chief events of the day, how ever, were a banquet to the exhibitors and the distnbu tion of prizes to the successful competitors both in horti culture and archery. At the former Mr. Mactmerze presided, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been disposed of, Tunisia, of Slough, proposed •• Success to the Alexandra Park Company." They had, indeed, obtained a most magnificent estate, and their liberality was in keep ing with it. He and hie brother exhibitors were deeply indebted to them for the accommodation they had afforded them in the spacious tents in which the fruits and flowers were exhibited. The more floriculture was encouraged the more the most primitive, nudist the lame time the most innocent and refining enjoyment of our kind was extended, and he was happy to see the Alexandra Park Company felt that, and was ready to cater for the public in respect to it. The toast having been duly honoured, Mr. Kinn sais, of Salisbury, pr posed; the health of the chairman and directors. Mr. MACKENZIE returned thanks. He said that knowing ea he did the spirit of those by whom be was surrounded and also the 'pint which animated the board of directors. nothing would be wanted to make the park what they =- feuded to make it—a great ,nouns. (Cheers.) They had provided tents, laid out a law space for the aecommodation of the public, and had got possession of a magnifiout ashes. Indeed, there was no estate to equal it in beauty. They had therefore nothing to fear. (Hear, hear.) He, on the part of the directors, had to thank them for contributing to make an exhibition which was second to nose in the kingdom. He had to thank them for the liberality with which they had responded to the tout, for their attendance on that occasion, and for their good temper throughout the whole proceeding. In conclusion he had only to sat that all the prizes were made up, and would be delivmed to them when they had completed their banquet. The prizes to the ladies who had proved their skiff in archery were distributed under the presidency of Lead Fermoy, chairman of the Alexandra Park Company. The prim:mai prize was carried off by Mrs. Horoblower. In the comae of his 'Adrian Lord Portnoy said that on the present common they bad only put up 12 targets, but on the next occasion when he expected they would have the national archery association en the ground, they would be able to put up 30 targets, which was the full extent of accommodation which that society required. He had now again to thank the ladies, and to my that the beauty of the scenery wee only exceeded by the beauty of the fair competiton on the present occasion. (Cheers.) The Hon. Captain Viviati having presented the prime woo by the gentlemen, . . Lord FCRIIOT proposed the thanks of the mewling to Moan. Calderon, Wilkinaon, sod Lnard, who had charge of the archery arrangements. The vote was earned by acclamation. ST. GEORGE, HANOVER-SQUABS. On Thursday last, the children, between 400 and ZOO, belonging to the South-street school, were taken (or their amnia treat to the Rye House, Hoddesdon, Herts. The St. George's Hanover square schools have bees established some year., and have been the means of providing aa excel lent education for many a boy and girl who are now filling important situations in commercial sad domestic lite, and have always been wall spoken ut by the government in spectors Mr. Caton, the senior master, is one of the oldest national schoolmasters io the metropolis, having been at St. George's twenty-six years. Mr. Grey, the second meeter, Miss Clouter. and Mies Dunkioson, the schoolmistresses, are held in high opinion for the manner they instruct the children. Early next session Mr. Monsen will bring for- ward a bill to substitute an oath for the oath required to be taken and subscribed by the statute passed in the tenth year of the reign of King George IV. for the relief of his Majesty's Roman catholic subjects. Mdlle. Patti is about to appear in another new oharecter—Maria in the Figlaa &went:Pito, Which is announced for Tuesday next. Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison, says rumour, will open their season with an open on ao Indian subject, the words by Mr. Hann the musk by Mr. Wellies. It is said that Mr. Balk will met as ea °pars The Duke'. Motto for the same theatre. DIAIILTIO COLUICIZ Fare. —(THlS DATI—Thd annual fits sad fame fair, in aid of the foods of the Reid Dramatic Collies, cemnreaced this afternoon, at the Crystal Palace. The &Wadi o s. was fashionable and OWThROUL