The Express. — London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

112111110 N'S WATCHES. .ao stv. riremen . ft " sit re. r =4ll.lll=Zithl. H ARMONIUMS-LNKW IMIODELr-CRAMER, SLAWS. es 4 A. W. simlalreM. get erprego• TO 0011PASITONDINITS. AiNnimato In "Tie Is=Le u ede vei. Weft !met. mem be el lb, 01 be Twit if , a ea the ley d peblieslea. r2Li traltaT P ing a c r. Wrenn, ?WC Itt 1.e......."'Tztrie.....31r —a148.464 a • k f tsie =Loa • TWO MLTd. mow ibikemb.—Osimarsail. The grump*, TIM Irk Neoll i ntLATO 11=144 1. 111 Err i nt ". ; P :I2 I IIWIN A .L o TC ...... I.I 17b16.1 frn-cgriatara ra ialkiii ler f v i, n : MMd vo• sir C MOE WAIN& AT LOUDON Ilazoon. LONDON, TUESDAY. OCT. U. THERE is no disguising thof►ettL! • heavysh•dow of mistrust confirms to overheat the peaceful interests of Europe. In all the eammercial centres of the tootine•t, in every industrial market through. out England, the same disquiet, the ammo =certainty prevails. A vague tremor of angry and about eager preparation to meet some sudden and unprovoked assault para:3 us the confidence which is the life of enterprise, and makes sober men of business lift up their heeds and pray for the dispersion of the thundercloud, though it be in a tempest of fire, and for the bunting of the su lt r y mist, though it be in a rain of blood. A nation that does not fight far idem, and holds the trade of glory cheap, may he driven to prefer the worst of certainties to the fruitier anxieties of a prolonged suspense, and even war itself to a precut outs and unsettled peace. What honest and harmless householder te there who, living in a dangerous neighbourhood, and beset with incessant warnings against burglar'', would not rather fight it out at once that go to bed night after night with a loaded revolver under his pillow ? This is the feeling which, wherever two or three men are met together in the way of business, or travel, or social festivity, or public assembly, liade vest in talk about the national defences ; and we see constrained to own that the instinct which expresese itself more or less clumsily, ardently, or discreetly on these occasions, is a sound and natural one, and commends itself alike to patriotism and to com mon sense. The responsible directors of opinion, however, have another duty to perform than simply to echo convivial panics, or to lend the sanction of next morning's cooler judgment to after-dinner alarms. It is their office to give the right direction to the public impulses, and to subdue to serious uses the national vigilance and susceptibility. There is no fear of any government's adopting all the measure, of safety which are so freely thrown out, regardless of ex pense, by speakers, and letter writers, and pant, phleteens without number and without end. But it is conceivable that to the official and the courtly mind there may be something attractive in the clamour of gratuitous advisers who demand a oom siderable increase of the army, the development of an elaborate system of comet fortification, and all sorts of ways and means of jobbery and patronage, besides that nsainteuance of the highest naval efficiency which not even the Pesos Society pretest& to discountenuoce, and those volunteer auxiliaries who are so cordially welcome at the Haeu►Onards. We believe we shall neither be unfaithful to liberal trs. ditioes, nor incorrect interpreters of the public mind, if we express our conviction that this country is per. fleetly able, and perfectly determined, to disperse with any lame= to the standing army, and that it is equally able, and equally determined, to commit the defence of these islands to their natural bulwarks —Bntish shipe, manned by British sailers. As to the Army, we grudge no expenditure that will main tain it iu the fullest efficiency, and ries the ample* =deflection to its high dewed ; betide to oar ships and our sailors in the hrst and in the last resort that we have to look for the preservation of our independents, our liberties, oar r;ghtt, our strength, our dignity as • sovereign nation and a world-wide empire. No wonder that how to man the Navy is universally and instinctively felt to be the question above all questions, and the problem which we must solve or perch. Were the Admiralty to propose a prize =ay on this vital topic, the world would hardly contain the answers to the invitation. Every intelligent foreigner is convinced that the alleged difficulty of manning the British Navy is a monstrous mystification, considering the sources of our vitality, and the power of our tradi tions se a conquering and commanding island reek Not • schoolboy in the United Kingdom but would fill a quire with demoostrations of our =approach able capacities as a ses-gaing, sea-faring, sea-loving people, and the esesequest ease with which we ought to man our ships of war es readily as we launch them. And yet then is the startling phesomenon of British men-of-war begging for crews, and even with the rash offer oft bounty scarcely able to get real stamen to join. It is purely a money Tuitions shoat half the admirals, all the clerks, and all the shrewd commentator, who are =either the ems nor the other, in the face of the failure of a Bounty. Apparentl7, therefore, the simple mosey question is not quite so simple ea it seems, and admits of mere than ace solution. Your bounty system fails to draw the right sort of seamvo, or fails to keep them; pro bably bee.sote it is neither a premium on good ser vice nor an assurance of good treatment, but simply s o much salt on the tail of birds rather difficult to catch, and still more difficult to cage. There is no difficulty in persuading Jack of the virtue of • tea-pound note, but as soon se he has spent it on the objects of his ever gashing charity, and on the recreation of a run ashore, he is not a bit more reconciled to the restraints and discipline of the service than he was before be jumped at the bait. Of course we are set condemning the Bossily System as • last rend; we are pointing oat its ob vious evils as a first. le a country like oars, where the national naval envies competes with • vast and mercantile =rise, the manning question is in • considerable degree a money quondam . but evidently this quest los is cot solved by • bounty. A system of continuous service, the Nemec= of • reserve, • ',stem of training ships for lads caught young, an math and all excellent as far as they gore IHE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1869.. but they do not go far, and, what is more important, do not go fast enough for our actual emer gencies. We are willing to believe that ten years hence we shall have a splendid body of able seamen, thoroughly trained and wedded to the ser. vise. But the pressing difficulty is how to provide for to-day and to-morrow. The House of Commons, faithful in this respect to the constituencies, says to the government of the day, " What sum do you " want ? Name it and take it, and waste it " as little as you can help." The traditional practice of the government of the day has been to ask for thousands for what is useful, and to waste millions on what is worse than useless. Now, supposing that by way of an experiment it were resolved to super sede the desperate empiricism of bounties by raising at once and permanently the pay of seamen who eel re in the navy, and by maintaining ths rate of pay at a figure high enough to make our naval ser vice, in a money point of view, superior to any other maritime employ? This would involve a consi derable increase in one department of the estimates, but it would be in the mat im portant of all departments ; it would be repaid by the mat tangible and direct advantages, and it might be saved by corresponding reductions in other departments, where excess is now the rule, and reckless waste the tradition. Still, a higher rate of pay is not all that is required to man our ships readily and efficiently. There are other subsidiary but sensible anti pathies to the service which at present, whether rightly or wrongly, exist among the largest and beet class of our eeatertng population, and which a few very alight but appreciable concessions would cheaply and easily remove. Sir CIIAILES NAPIER has lately touched upon some petty grievances which have ren dered the service • bugbear to men who prefer the dew late liberty of a north-country collier to the comparative luxuries of a man-of-war. It is certain that a man is better housed, better fed, better cared for in all respects, and, in a word, better off, on board a man of-war than in a common merchantman ; yet even the collier is preferred. Might not one principal grievance be removed without detriment to the discipline of the service by withdrawing the exclusive prerogative of punishment from the arbitraty caprice of one man wham, temper is apt to be ruffled by the solitary con templation of blue water ;and might not regular pay, more unstinted leave of absence, and the stratums of a fretful and fligetty pursuit of smartness is mere drill, overcome the obstinate en.; udices of sea men who now look upon a ship of war as landsmen look spas a House of Correction ? Sir CHARLES NA. Plies letter to the FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY contained some hints which appeal forcibly to the com mon sense of landsmen, and which we believe many of the ablest officers in the service would not repudiate. The first thing to be done, then, is to raise the rate of pay, and thus to attract the best men into the service, and the setiond is to attach them by generous treat meat. If these two methods of manning the navy have the fault of being too simple, we can only say we know of no other, unless it be that which only a foreign Power, bent upon disputing with us the empire' of the seas, can substitute for the milder Incentives of a time of peace. Seamen-gunners are not the creation of a day; and we cannot afford to wait fora declaration of war to learn the secret of manning the navy. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (TROY OUR OWN PARIS, MONDAY EVENINO. I have more then once alluded to the crusade against England which is now going on in the pro vincial journals "by order." But Iwu not aware till the .Nord of Btassele arrived this morning that an article of unparalleled violence and insolence had appeared simultaneously in several prefectural organs. This article, written beyond all doubt in a French government office, is now reproduced in the columns of the Presse. In it England is solemnly warned that an hour of trial approaches which may pat an end to her greatness for ever. She is re peatedly described as being in a state of manifest decadence. Her statesmen reel and stagger like drunken men, have an impediment in their speech, and, from conscious weakness, catch at straws, act at random, and are Mea -1 pable of declaring what they mean. The present government of France, in a kind and companionate spirit, hes never sought to take advantage of the pitiable state of its neighbour. Now, however, that all is ready for the congress, England, who bat a little while ago was most clamorous for one, appears likely is "go back from her word." Ths writer is even yet loath to say too seven things of a late ally. He will not prematurely discuss this new act of "tergiversa tion" until he officially knows its character. But if it should turn out that the language of two recent articles in a London journal is really the expression of the views of the Foreign-office then we can but point to the "fatal downfall of a great power which will henceforth be delegated to a second rank. We shall tall England that she has lived (gss'eliii a real), and that her Queen has now nothing else to do but to look on passively wFle Europe frames decrees with or without her." The Opinion Nationale is far from taking the same measure of England's position in the world es that offered to " public opinion" in the provinces by the official scribe.. Instead of exclaiming, " Full ilium,"this independent journal regret . ) that France has not been able ostensibly to ma , utain the cha racter which belonged to her as the protector and defender of Italian liberty, that she has made too large concessions to Austrian policy, and ena bled England, " even though isolatsd, and even though excluded from the congress, to assume a position in the affairs of the peninsula which Francs ought to have had." The Opinion truly describes the state of public feeling in France in regard to the treaty of Zurich, as " altogether cold and indiffer ent," because everybody perceives that it is a " beginning and not an end, a complication and not a settlement." M. de Lesseps and the directors of the Isthmus of Satz company had an audience of the Emperor yesterday. They give oat that WI Majesty Ilse taken their project under his protection, and will see it carried out per Jai act Rojas. The Bonne was much disturbed by reports touch ing the attitude assumed by England in regard to the conflict between Spain end Morocco. The Rents declined 30c. for ceih, end 40c. for account, closing at 69fr. 20c. and 69fr. 10c., the lowest prices of the day. Mobilier fell 13fr. 75c. The Orleans and Lyons railways fell 7fr. 60c. each, and the other lines from 2fr. 60c. to lifr. Notwithetanding the alarm at the Bourse, I am assured, on respectable authority, that oa Saturday M. Mon sent a despatch to Madrid to say that England no longer opposed the expedition against Morocco. The Ami de la Religion pabl , thes a letter addressed by the Bishop of Ohent to the Bishop of Orleans. The Belgian prelate, in adhering to Mgr. Dupan loup's famous project, expresses a hope that this age may not witness a repetition of the " lamentable drama of Valence or the sacrilegious crime of Fon tainebleau." In giving insertion to this letter the' Anti de la Religion expresses a hope that it will not be thought to have broken the injunction lately served upon the newspapers, and which was manifestly only applicable to the writings of French bishops. Should this plea be accepted, it will follow that the Unirere and other ultramontane organs have only to borrow the signature of some foreign prelate to print with impunity the very libels upon the French government which they are restrained from doing in the shape of a French pastoral letter. That would be a droll state of ' things. Nevertheless as the region " alleged" for prohibiting the publication of the French episcopal mandates was tenderness for the bishops themselves, and a fear lest they should be exposed to the scoffing replies of lay writers, the distinction insisted upon by the Ami is not altogether illogical. The interesting apartments of Louis XIV. in the Palace of Versailles, which had long been closed for repairs, are now reopened to the public. The Grande Monarque's bedroom, that celebrated cham ber in which he received his court, and in which he drew his last breath, has been thoroughly restored. The furniture is now as nearly as possible what it was at the time of the King's death. Especial pains have been taken with the bed, the chef d'oeuvre of I)elobel, the King's valet de chambre,who took twelve years to construct it. The bed is still covered with a counter pane embroidered by the young ladies of St. Cyr. This relic war sold during the revolution, but Louis Philippe met with it somewhere in Germany, and bought it back again for the State. Adjoining the bedroom is the King's Library, with his large map of the world. Next comes the dining-room 1 and beyond that Is the ante-chamber, which Louis XV. called his dog-room : he was fond of playing with hie favourite dogs there before and after hunting. Around this chamber runs a frieze decorated with charming paintings of sporting subjects. In another room is the desk, ornamented with costly porce lain, upon which Louis XIV. wrote. But the most curious chamber of all is the confessional. It is divided into two small rooms. In the middle of the party-wall is a pane of thick but transparent glass, so that what area passing in one room might be seen from the other, though what was said in a low voice could not be heard. The first of these rooms is quite empty. When Louis XIV. was at confection it was always occupied by a captain of the guards, who, with a drawn sword in his hand, stood looking through the pane of glue. Thu, Louis XIV. wee under surveillance even in the confessional. If the King, sa an individual, trusted the jesuit confssear, the state did not. The only furniture in the other room is an arm chair, a Prie Dien, and a basin foe holy water. In that arm-chair sat Father Letellier, the jteuir, and at his feet was wont to kneel, but watched, as I have said, the most mighty sovereign in the world. A letter from Moscow of the 14th states that the ern snow for the sewn had fallen there on that day. A telegraphic despatch from Carel hi the Gazette do Caves, sonoancea the deo& of the oekbrated composer, Loafs elpohe. The Busel-LanelscluOler states that recruiting of Swiss for Rome, Naples, and Batavia is actively going on in Ihritsarland near the frontiers of France and Baden ; also, that recruiting Aloes are established at Ziessen, Bt. Louis, Asernli, and Lorracilt. ITALY. SARDINIA. (mos ova own COWITOWDIDIT4 TURIN, Ocr. 20. The deputations from the Duchies awaited at Paris, not without some anxiety, the return of the Emperor from Biarritz, having been informed that his Majesty would give them an audience shortly after his arrival. You are already aware that they were the bearers of addresses to Napoleon 111., which had been decreed and sanctioned by the legislative assemblies, and in which the Emperor was thanked for the generous assistance he had given to Piedmont. They further stated not only the profound aversion of the people to the princes they had ejected, but their desire also to form with Piedmont one united kingdom, strong enough t, defend itself against the entire Austrian army, and accomplish the wish of Napoleon himself, the wish to see Italy an indepen dent nation. These ideas, emUdied in the addresses, were, as you doubtless remember, announced with less reserve and with greater resolution than we are accustomed to find in documents of this nature. The three deputations from Parma, Modena, and Tuscany were all received on the same day, the 16th instant, but not all together, at the palace of St• Cloud. lam not able to give you the actual words used by the Sovereign of France, but it is certain that the deputations left his presence with great satisfaction. To the Parmeze he intimated that there were no serious obstacles against their annexation to Sardinia. His language to the Iklodenese was held by them to signify that the return of the Duke had become impossible. As for the Tuscans, with whom he conversed for a considerable time, be repeated to them several times that they would best consult their interests by taking the young Ferdinand the Fourth of Lorraine for their prince, who would return to grant them a complete amnesty and truly liberal institutions. Bat he (Napoleon) did not wish to extort their compliance, and they would remain the arbiters of their own destinies. He further led the Tuscans to understand that there would be no armed intervention on the part of any power, whether foreign or peninsular ; that he was greatly pleased at the order and tranquillity the Tuscans had maintained, and he begged them to persevere in that course, inasmuch as it was that by which they might best attain their object. From all this it is concluded that the Emperor has not exactly declared himself in an express and direct manner respecting the annexation, but that he has assured it by implication to Parma and Modena at least, though not to Tuscany. Even to the last he has not uttered any formal disapproval or prohibition. The result is that all the three commission,, each inter preting everything according to its own desire, were more than satisfied with their interview. They now write accordingly that the rest depends on the Pied montese government. Public opinion here is becom ing more and more impatient on this head, and now that peace is concluded the nation at large would like to see a little more decision and promptitude on the part of our statesmen in office. A. gig Court. W INDIO/ CASTLE, OCT. 24. The Qua sad Primes Cowart, with Prince Arthur, welled le the rands et the Clerk this !Doming. Th• Psiscasss Ails% Bitiss, sad Louisa rods to the aldierbissm. The Dub dig Ni...... violitsi bar Majesty. The Chumllor of the Eacheqaer Itas arrived at Hawardes Orly Chester. Dampish. Ike the Gomm= of the Colollffill ea the Wee Core of harks ewe mat petards, from the Colesial-efflea. Despatches ewe 1110thIli Saes the Governor of Berrew/a. NMMAN Palo.—Hie Royal Highness the Prison Webs, strond by Wear Reser sad Major Tw in bosoesed the Carina From Weldripreve sad Mr. HISIMffi, M.P., with in sergroy st horns at this tear latal piece as Saturday lest. The Ceastess sad Mr. Bar sear ban has. serneleig during the per week—Tbik Rent Bighorns the Oman Pare and Duke sad Diener (Arran the Reigns Ifinfro mad Madras Vs &Weyer, Mr. V. Via des Weyer, Mks Vs de Weyer, the Kari sad Onalen of MassleKsid, the Berl of Minns esil Lady =when B.*, the His. eml Rev. Fink. Rorie sad Lady Ossigna Artie sad Mir Berne, Mr. and Lady Canons Wirral, Haa. Pradk. Hysi, Bir Hamilton sad Lady ley rear, ML Gertrude Seymour and Mae Boy m our Sir War wick sod Lard Moran, Sie Charles Russell sad Hr. Eni ng, Dr. Illeasion sad Lady Anstruther, the Mime As. strutirr, Kr. Thirst sad Ml.. Visaed sad Mrs Harriet Viet, Conn Ron, Mr. Ridirell, Mr. Urhativirs, Mr. Anniss Hereourt, and the Rev. Charles Hereent. Hie Imperial Highness the Priam Napalm. ee eimpeelea by the member. of his gni* b tam bis agerture from the Bruasirick Hotel, Jamming* ke flostlorptos, is roan for Pans. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Ids reeldeaes at St. Jamie Palace yesterday, to jots the Dube of Rutlead's shooting patty. Hie Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Vas de Weyer have gotta as a visit to the Right Hon. Mew sad Mrs. Herbert, at Wilton Houes, Dear Salisbury. The Duke of Newcastle left Portman-square hat male', for Clamber Park, Notts. The Lei and Conn y tees Delawarr have been en tertaining a inieweion of distinguished =store Bsekburst Perk. Semen, leeludisg hie Eleellesey the Freseh Ambits wise eve the Channew de Perelerny, hi. Excellency th. Praia Mawr wed the Coaster Berl:atm tr, the Countess of Herewith* wid Lane Yoeka, Vim:hest sad Viaoosstass Nevins. Owe* Jeneenrt, air Wilier and Lvdy Caroline Oebsd eon the Han. N. Biddulph, tts, The Earl et Beverley arrived at his mansion in Partaren-visere • few dere Dime from visiting Loed sad Lady listberees. ml 'reddish, Part, Sted _ _ _ fits Mos. W. E. towscsma is, M.P., and Mrs. Demon* have anived it Parresee• Ilotel, B•lgravta, boa Dedale, Yoritstdro. General Sir De Lacy and Lady Evans, and General Jamas aid Lady Chattertaa, w proloagiag Utak stay at t►e Pavilion Hotel, Follesasase Sir Benjamin and Lady Brodie hare left the Pay Mos Hotel. Folkestone, user a stay of three weeks, foe /keens Peek, Balmy. &a Charles sad Lady Leeock have left the same adabasimeat, titer • short stay, as thoir mars to tows. „ - After the withdrawal of the reporters from the in berview between the Cape deputation sad the Dube of New castle, Negritos isdonesd thedepsintles that, by bielespithef August lest, be had preettedly minded the decileion of his predecenter, though hs eesN sot my that that decision wee IMPS jamillel. Then Mena& had mead Sir George Grey at ma, bat a espy had bees seat to bias NOM his arrival is Ragland. sad be npeeted his theist* submit delay. It sow meted with lib 0. Orry to decide whether or sot be meld ream to the colony ad its governor. The Lard Provost requested the honour of Lord Beentibses hi a guest daring his visit to Keliaborgh neat west. Lead liketagbus„ however, writes that he bee en gaged to be with ht. sister-is-law sad sepbews, the widow midges of the late Mr. Jobe Brougham, at proms blase at Werrhion Home. Hie lordship se to aeries is Tmedey and leave es Thessilay. Tlllll Archdeacon of Cantering has appointed the Bor. lame (Bake Franke, Y A. , b the rectory .1 St. Men weer. Caeterbery, nicest By the sereutes of the as,. R. N. Woman& Mr. Freaks hem met meetly done say pen- SW day, hat llostish Oust/ believe that b raw l, Me held the away of St. Mary's, Whitt/0,6y, Calaridope aka It ie Indenlesd that the views of the sew war en Inn oda neareis KO shorans& ITALY. The Puis correspondent of the ladEpendance of Brussels states that the Pope entertains the Idea of reconstituting the order of Knights of Malta on a military footing; there would be a regiment called after each Catholic state, and composed of subjects of that state. The writer adds that though the project is certainly entertained there is little chance of its being realised. The Savoy Gazette of the 23rd statea that General Dabormida had that day paned through Chambery on his return to Turin. The Tuscan Monitory publishes a decree of the Provisional Government enacting that the army and all other public bodice and establishments shall hen,.sforth assume the title of B,yel, "as in the other parts of the states of King Victor Em manuel." Also, by order of the minister of justice, the bust of King Victor Emmanuel has been placed in all the courts of justice. The same paper states that the Tuscan envoys sent to the court of Berlin have had au audience of Count Schleinitz, and declare themselves satisfied with their reception ; the Count having declared that Prussia, whose interests were identical with those of Italy, could not but be favour able to the latter; that Prussia recognised the justice of the principle of nationality, sad would be glad to see a strong and independent Italy. Him excellency in conclusion declared that Italy might rely on the friendly feeling of Prussia. The Name envoys are now about to proceed to Warsaw. The Corriere Mirrcaarik of Genoa mentions a col lision said to have taken place on the 10th at Finazzo, is the neighbourhood of Palermo, between some gendarmes and the country people. It adds that lettere from Palermo of the 15th, and from Messing of the 17th, speak of an insurrectionary movement as imminent. A letter from Perugia, of the 18th, published in the Norione of Florence, says : The day belorOyestarday a number of Swiss left this place kr Ascots, being part of the regiment which is to keep gumbos them It is said that General Schmidt will take the eanueand of the town and citadel. Meanwhile nmasrose German and Neapolitan recruits have arrived here, who ars to kom a taw battalion. But if fresh soldiers am collected, dssertioffie ale) maim. Only three days back ths whole Oast at the Ports Cone* took to flight. Serious quarrels deem every day in the guard-boars, and wounded men Nee Asa corded to the hospitals. Lest week two custom-hones olliceesat La Touren., Angelo end Francesco Niemen, wore 'nested, sod the ant day a father and son named Palinari all tour seemed et favouring desertion. In arresting the Patted, the gesidstutes surpassed even Croats in brutality. Bastinstnieg n the punishment inflicted on those who con. dye at deemeties. Several persons have been punished In this arms very recently, and mons thaw a poor old man weed Zoppr/di. _ _ _ The Milan Gazette of the 20th advises the erection of fortifications in the environs of that city. By segmenting at the same time the fortifications of Piacenza (without neglecting Lodi and Brescia), the towns of Piacenza, Milo, Casale, and Alex andria might form, it sap, a quadrilateral to oppose to that held by Austria. ROME, Ocr. 22. The Government has received intelligence that the Bishop of Rimini aad other priests had been imprisoned, and that the authorities at Pesaro had seized letters from emivaries , exciting to rebellion the provinces now held in sobinivaion by the Papal troops. FRANCE. PARIS, TtLIDAT. The Cofastasaionnel of to-day, in an article signed by its principal editor, Grendguillot, in reply to the amertions of the English press that the policy of the Emperor of the French left a state of political incer titudes in Europe, states the aim proposed by the Emperor at the beginning of the we.: and compares it with the advantages gained by the war, and acmes the English journals of inconsistency. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the 22nd of October, me: The Prince Regent left Berlin this morning by express train for Breslau, accompanied by Prince Frederick William, Priors Albrecht (son), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Warr sad many councillors of the Foreign-office, and various officers of the Prince Regent's military staff The prince goes as far as Ohlan to welcome the Emperor of Russia. The Emperor will not touch the Austrian territory nor is he likely to hays an inter view with the Emperor of Austria, as has been re ported. The Emperor will leave Breslau on the night between Monday and Tuesday. The Prince Regent will blare on the Tuesday morning. A great political bearing is generally attributed to this meeting." A despatch, dated yesterday, says : "The Emperor of Russia arrived at Breslau yew terday morning at half•past 9 u'clock, accompanied by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar and the Prince of Orange. A grand reception took place at the railway station." SPAIN. MADRID, Ocr. 24. It is masted that the Ministers have stated that they will not hare recourse to a loan, and that the floating debt will not be augmented, but the taxes inereseed. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MONDAY. The report of the retirement of the Minister of Finances, Baron von Bruck, was current to.day, and caused depression in the public funds. The Archduke Albrecht has returned from Warsaw. MOROCCO. MoRSEILLE;', Ocr. Advise have been received Iron Morocco to the 17th inst. General Martimprey has left Nemours on his way to the great camp of Kiss (?), which has been placed io communication, by couriers and by telegraph, with the port of Nemours. The expeditionary corps d'arniCe Is ready to talcs the field. Letters received from colonists express the hope that complete justice will be done for the mur ders committed on labourers as well as on childree. Indemnity for depredation dune is to he claimed, and security for the French colonists is to be obtained by rectifying the line of frontier. The column of troops under command of General Darrieu remains at Sebdou, for supplying the place with provisions and ammunition. It is stated that the French soldiers who wen Reds prisoners on the 31st of Augast have all been karat alive by the Moroccans. The French troops WI burning with desire to take revenge for this act. Some of the churches of Alessandria, which had bees turned into hospitals during the war, hare just ham ifuopened for public worship. lb• Dachas of Parma hes canoed a taneral ow via to be performed et Renew's.) I, on the occasion of Colossi Aavisrs laardor. THE GARIBALDI FUND. TO THI IDITOH OF THI ZIPHTAIS. SIR,—In your impression of this-day I °burrs • letter from Mazzini containing this passage—" I 'end 200 f. u my contribution to General Garibaldi's fond, to which I feel sure that all who share my political faith will hasten to subscribe." To that appeal I for one respond at once, and beg to enclose a cheque for 601.-1 am, Sm., City, October 24. P. A. TAYLOR. The Courrier du Dimanche says :—" Several of onr subscribers have written to ask whether the Archbishop of Paris his published a pastoral letter in farm- of the tem poral power of the Pope f The only reply which we an give is, that our correspondent at Rowe blared us some time since that the Cardinal Archbishop had written in July last a remarkable letter to the Pops on the political situatkm of Italy, and that hat Eminence had received a reply from the Sovereign Pontiff." A communicatiog from Prague states that a reli gious movement appears to be arising in Bohemia. The In habitaate of whole villages, it states, are embrecing prover • " to amps the application of the came dat. A communication from Path of the 18th says " Much attention has been excited here by a petition which the pupils of the University of this city intend to prang to the government. Founding their daimon the rescript con cerning the gymnasiums, they declare that the lecture. being given in the German language, do not allow them to make • progress in their studies in proportion with their laboare and their expense., sod they consequently pray that the Hun garian language shall be more generally used in instruction." RACES AT ALGIERS.—The Ak Abar spays " The autumn rinse which have just taken place at Algiers, al though deprived of some portion of their interest by the deperture of the geoeraWn-chief and a number of the troops of the garrison, wan not without animation; turfottnnately the sport was not unattended a strange incident or two. One ritraordlnery Weds took plaos in a public tribune. Alter a warm discumion between a respect. able inhabitant of Alibi° and the Spanish vice-consul, the latter gave the former a slap in the face, and at the eases time bit a lady in the hand who was near. There woe a general outburst of indignation against him, and had be not been taken into custody by the gendarmes, he would have been very roughly handled. He was locked up In Um police steno°, but was afterwards relegated, OR the interference of the Spanish Consul. He wee not, however, allowed to return to the tribune. After the lacer, the dif ferent Ooums of the province excited much animation by their usual fantasia and representations of a share fight. Numerous Arab beauties were on the ground in palanquins placed on backs of camels and handsomely hung with eriamon and white draperies, which concealed the inmates from public gam." CIIAMEAGNE.—The Rheims journals publish the following statement:—lf the vintage of 1868 was not very abundant it was compensated for by very superior quality. By paying exceesively high prices, wine of undoubted supe riority can be obtained. This year we have not even that oompennatioo, and the champagne vintage of 1869 will rank among the most indifferent that we have had for many years; it has (ailed both la quality sod quantity. The frosts in the spring had injured the vines et the comment: meat; sod the storms and torrential raise of the summer caused, notwith standios the extreme heat, irreparable injury ; the fogs and ' white frosts ia September did the rest. It wee in vain that just at the moment of the vintage the weather became moist beautiful, the greater part of the grapes were too far gone to be benefited. A. to quality, therefore, we have suzette • middling year, and as to quantity it is still wore/. A few figures will speak more eloquently than w rda. The com mune of Ay—and everyone knows what • rank it holds among oar first growths—comprises about 1,800 acres. Ice • good year each acre produces from 28 to 30 hectolitres; Ono yam the produce baa sot been one hectolitre per acre. The evident consequence of all this la that the little wine which has bow made will be sold excessively dear; that the wines of the two preceding year-, the quality of which fs NO remarkable, cannot fall to advance in price, particularly when the increasing uonsumption of champagne wines is oonaidered, sad also that, even at high prices, enough will not be ob bduable."_ — Mi. DARBY GRIFFITH, M.P.—The persevering member for Devisee him, we hers, completed the tittle of his Emotion travel, sad comae home freighted with the fullest informision relative to the object. of his voluntary , mia.ioo. At Parse be mot the dictator Facial, IL Occultist% Gearral Fecti. ike., from whom he received marked atten tion. At Florence Count Hicasoli gore Mr. Griffith a cor dial welcome and a daily invitation to thane...afire re-idense, where (sa at Modena and Bologna) hi found the leading provisioaary fanctionarise antostrymilv communicative. At Bologna the interviews of Mr. Griffito with M. Cipriani were equally satiefectory on both sides, leading to a warmer mnpatity, if poesible, on the former gentleman's part with Romagna* In their straggle to tboiw off the Pupil yoke than with the other nationalities of Central Italy. &- aides the towns of the revolutioolard state; Mr. Griffith *Mended his travel to Verasa sod Mantua, with a view of fannies a dispaasionatajudgnmot of ohs misfire posture of parties in anrevolationi-tad Austrimpltaly, and wee, by the last report, on his way to Par* where the hon. gestlemas wee to hold an interview, by appointment, with Lad Cowley.—Herield. HIOHLAIRD MART'. MONUMENT AT GREENOCK.— Tbe Greelosek Advertiser states that this monument, in the Wed Chureheard, ham lately bees thoroughly repaired sad beautified ; wed that a fund is now being collected for the purpose el iscleuieg it with a neat railing. THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN CHLNA. A private letter from Mr. Ward, the American Minister in China, has found its way into print, which gives an interesting account of the late engagement in the Pea°. He states that having sent his interpreters on shore to in form the Chinese that he wee on board the steamer OM hie way to Pekin, he received for reply th►t they could not go by that river—that there was no officer of any rank there ; indeed, that there was no one there 'the could read or write ; that they bad beard that the Emperor had ordered the Governor-General to meet the Ministers at what they called the north entranoe to the river, which they said was ten miles distant. Before commencing hostilities it was ascer tained that three barriers had been erected across the river, at a distance of 20 yards from each other. On the left bank of the river were three or four large forts admirably built of mud, and connected with each other by shore bat teries. Before the firing had lasted half an hour, he says, "we could see from our vessels that the English were 'offering far beyond their anticipations, and the commodore said to ma, ' Those forte cannot be taken with the force they have.' We could see the shot destroying WO vessels, while the forts ware scarcely injured by the small battery of the English." About 5 o'clock the English admiral Beet to the commodore, requesting that he would tow up their boats. The commodore consulted blr. Ward, who, considering that the Chinese had forced them into their present position, said, " that while we had no right to fire a gun in their de fame, or to give them a man to aid in the attack, we ought to render the required aesistance to relieve the admiral from his position;" and, accordingly, he ordered the required assistance to be rendered. In describing the advance of the storming party, Dir. Ward says, of the 600 composing it at least 100 fell before reaching the shore. The 600 survivors saw no safety but in retreat. " One of the taken told me that by the time they had crowed the first ditch thaws was not a weapon that would fire, so wet had be come their ammunition." In hope of saoceeding by negotia tion to complete hie journey, Mr. Ward sent interpreters on shore with a letter to the Governor-General of the province who was said to be tea miles distant from the forts. The mission, however, failed, not being able to meet with the Governer- General, while the villagers, who had never heard of the United States, warned the party that they had better Mara to their boat, so a large body of Tartar cavalry had been sent for, who recognised no distinctions among foreign " barbarians." A surefire of the events in the Peiho river has also been written by Commodore Tett=ll, in command of the United Stated squadron on the easel of China. It emu to hare been rather too favourable to the ringliah to St the taste of some among the writer's muntaymen. According to the CloneU/ Chronicle, two appoint. meats to thestipendiary magistracy have been made by the government which will stop the mouths of all complainant of the neglect with which the claims of the constabulary dicers have been treated by the dispenser of patronage at Dublin Castle. Mr. B. Warburton, stipendiary magistrate, has resigned, end his place has been given to his son, Mr. Augustus Warburton, sub-inspector of constabulary; and Mr. Joseph Con, *musty inspector, Wicklow, is to succeed lir. Charles Turkey, stipendiary magistrate in Carlow, the 1 hitter having resigned from in health. THB PRINCE OF WALEit'S BIETHDAT.—A colnmu ideation having been made to her Majesty's Secretary of &ate for the Home Department upon the subject of govern ment commeatorstieg Ma Royal Rightism the Prince of Wales's birthday by a general nolyday, the following is the wager received to the application, viz. Whitehall. Oct. 2R.-81r , —I am directed by Secretary Sir Oeorge Lewis to ecknowledie the receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., in which you tequila whether there le any intention on the part of the government to recommend the commemoration of the day on which hie Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will sample& Ma 18th year; and 1 am to inform you that Sir George Lewis is not aware of the existent,e of any such istes tisa.-1 81111, sir, your obedient servant , H. WADDINGTON." DEATH OF VIE BAIL OF JiHniff.—The grave bee barely closed over the venerable had of the bones of Jersey before his 111.1CCIIMDI la celled upon to follow him. The Bart of Jersey, who suoceeded to the iraldoin on the death of hie father on the 3rd Inst., expired yesterday forenoon, shortly after 11 o'clock, at Brighton. The deceased nobleman had for months past been in declining health, and early In the last embeg repel tito the south of France but his lordship only sessived temporary relief from hie di order. Since his return Wow he has gradually continued to get weaker, until yes. Wedgy, when he could no longer combat with his disown— eenstunption. The Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick, 6th Bari of Jersey, Viscount Villiers of Dartford, and Baron of Roo, county Kent, in the peerage of England, and Vis count Grandison of Limerick, *county Leitrim. in that of Ireland, was eldest eon of George Child Villiers, 61k earl. and Sarah, eldest daughter of the 10th Earl of Westmoreland, and heiress of Mr. Robert Child, the wealthy banker of the city of London. He married in 1841 Julia, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel. Bart., by whom he leaves Issue three moos and two daughters, namely, Victor Albert George. Viscount Villiers, born in 1846 (now Earl ofJers; Robert Frederick, born in 1847, and Reginald; and Jul ia Sarah Alice, born in 1842, and Caroline Anne, born in 1843. The late nobkenan wee a &may-lieutenant of the commies of Oxford end Warwick ; sod In 18,...5 was appointed mice of ths Oxfordehlre Yeomanry Cavalry. BENEVOLENT Buorusrs.—The funeral of Mr. Henry Gay, of Hamlet House, Moulehatu, whore death we lest week recorded, took Moos on battuday, with ell the meets of respect that could be paid to his memory by by asiglthours, by all of whom he W.ll esteemed es an old inha bitant, and by - - mourned as a friend . By his will 2,0001.1 e to be im and the income to be r _ _ May liaal.lo oe invested, ~m e to be paid to the ent foe the time being of St. John's Church, Monis hem, sloe condition that evening service is peformed there every ftoday, in addition to the usual morning sad after- MOM ardor, and upon further condition that no pew recite sesta be for the porpoes of increasing the etiFend al the inmenibeet ; 1,0001. to be invested, and the income to be ataccording to the direction of the churchwardeos ohn'eCtutrch, in repairieg„ enlarging that church, &c.; 1,0001. in like manner to St. Mary's Church, Chelmsford 6001. to be turreted. and the income to be distriboted in wale or fuel every New Year's-day amongst the necessitous inha bitants of Chelmsford, but so that one•half shall be died. bated in Mooleham ; 2001. to Chelmsford Charity Scholl; 2001. to St. John's School, Moulsham ; 1,0001. to Eras Church and Chapel Building Society; 3001. to Essex Clergy Charity; 2001. to Essex and Colchester Hnispital; 6001. to Asylum for !dices at Berlswood ; 6001. to Wanstesd Infant ?a!:Asylum ; 4001. to Society for Propagation of Gomel; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 2004 to St. Lees School, Brixton; 300!. to Governesses Society, sad 3001. to Benevolent Society. Amongst other beeped, the dammed hes given to H. Casplio, whom he deecribee as "ea old sad faithful servant," the nun of 1001.—Irisan Hasa THE FORTHCOMING MICHAELMAS TEILY.—Yee. today, on the termination of the long vacation, and on the opening of the offices of the common law court., the listed the sneers were published. Tte sneers in the common law courts are Inconsiderable, and in Chancery the arrears, if say, are of a very trifling character. In the Queen's Bench there are only 21 rules in the paper, counting of 2 in the war trial paper, 13 be the special paper, and 6 enlarged roles. In the Common Pleas the number is 47, of which 7 are enlarged rules, 14 new trials, 25 demurrers, and 1 cm for the decision of the oourt. The number of arrears in the Court of Exchequer is 22, and of that number there are 2 in the peremptory paper, whilst in the special paper there are 2 for judgment and 4 for argument. There are only 3 new trial rules, aid 11 errors and appeals, of which 1 stands for judgment and 10 for segment. In the forthcoming term, commencing on Wednesday, the tad proximo, the appeals from the decision of the reviling henGters wiol be heard. There is a good deal of business ht the Divorce Court which will sit before teem in the Lord Chancellor's Court at Westminster, sad on the fleet day rise to enable the Lord Chancellor to sit, when his lordehip poen& to Lincolu'aion. Sir C. Croswell will return and continue the sittings, sad the one.. course will be adopted entd the new Probers Court is built in ctori-counnotte. • site Iwo been obtained, and the Commiewionere of Potato Works, under a late act, are empowered to erect a building where law will be respeesed In a c.itutnodione mart The place matened to the lodge Ordinary in the amended Divorce Court Act in the rank of precedence is after the Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Lord Chancellor will re ceive the judge• and other legal isireonagra on Wednesday, at Stratbeden House, Knightsbridge, and afterwards pros teed to Westminster to inaugurate the term. THE LANDED ESTATE; COURT;ihri first annual report of the tegnsactions of this court, which is a moos stredian of the Encumbered &tame Court, hes been issued. During the past year there were pimento 24l ;cation& There were 160 absolute orders for sale. The number of statute acres comprised in those petitions amounts to 92,000 serge. and the net annual rectal 148,0001. However, the twat remarkable fame are found in the genet,' summary of the prowedinge of this court from its oommencement in 1849. The total amount of sales amounted to the enormous sum of 25,190,836/. ; upward* of 20,500,000:. of this money was die tainted to creditor. and proprietors.. The manger booing 'how that the vest majority of the purchasers were Datives of Inked. They coattibeted, in fact, upwards of 20,0000001., sad they have since purchased largely host Berth& end Bcotchntes, who apparel at the early make, obtained harping. sad realised liege pa fits on dies re-galas. SINGULAR MOUSE% NEST.—In cutting a font pound loaf of breed a sw dry a ago. in • farmer's family, .8 Bornwell, sear Oundle, a small orifioe was observed, sod oat brio( followed up to the centre of the loaf, a monse's zed woe discovered, smugly and warmly constructed of the leaf of a copybook, tom feta rhreds, on which reposed nine young nice, appareetly just brought into the world. What make. It mare 'Menhir is that the loaf woo Wheel only on the preceding day.—Catebndos Itorkpatiesst Press. THE GLOUCESTER ELECTION COIIMITTEZ.—ThIII Inquiry is now elsawleg to a elms, and It is understood that In two more dsje it will he tenelwelet4 Pr