The Express. — London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

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THE long and wearisome deliberations of the Conference have nearly approached their term, the present week being destined in all probability to end the painful and humiliating suspense in which the great interests of the country have been kept with regard to the policy of the Government. It is to be feared that Earl Russr.u, instead of having to inform Parliament on this day week that preliminaries of peace have been arranged between the Powers, will simply have to announce that negotiations have been totally broken off, and the war resumed. While it is impossible not to deplore the prospect of renewed hostilities, this abortive result of the Conference would hardly excite much surprise. It will be a relief, at all events, to be assured that the failure of negotiations is wholly due to the violence and obstinacy of the aggressors in enforcing their exor bitant demands. This may be asserted with con fidence from what is already publicly known of the proceedings in the Conference. All the mem bers having accepted the principle of dividing the disputed territory, the neutral Powers proposed a line of division which they considered liberal towards Germany and essential to Denmark, as giving Germany far more than she had any mason to claim, and leaving Denmark barely sufficient for her continued existence as an independent State. Pressed by the neutral Powers, Denmark, in the interests of the general peace, accepted this proposal, reluctantly consenting to the heavy sa crifice which such a loss of territory would involve. On the other hand, the German Powers have not only refused the peaceful proposal, but persisted in the refusal in a spirit of insolent defiance and inti midation that 1 little hope of any ultimate agreement. The responsibility of defeating the pacific efforts of the neutral Powers, and involving Europe once more in war, will thus belong exclu sively to the aggressive Powers who, without any just cause, in pursuit of their own selfish and rapa cious ends, first drew the sword. There is certainly little prospect at present of the Conference leading to any other result. The meeting of Saturday last was an unusually long one—mating upwards of four hours; but, after all, nothing was really done, and the divergence of views, if not absolutely greater, appeared at the close more hopeless than at any previous sitting. The discussion wan, moreover, throughout marked by a tone of bitterness and recrimination from which until then the proceedings had for the most part been happily free. The German plenipotentiaries may almost be said, in deed, to have anticipated in the Conference the prompt resumption of hostilities, as they conde scended to indulge in language of defiance mid menace sufficiently ill-judged and unjustifiable on any hypothesis, and which is intelligible only on the supposition that the Powers they represented were resolved at all hazards to prosecute the war. They intimated that on the resumption of hostilities the German Powers were determined, in defiance of the more just and humane oode adopted by the great Powers at the Treaty of Paris in 1856, to resort to the barbarous system of privateering, and prey on Danish commerce by means of licensed adventurers. This course will, however, be at least consistent. it will be in perfect harmony ' with the system of military exaction in Jut land, which no civilized belligerent, except the Germans, has in recent times adopted. Should the war recommence, therefore, the German ope rations at sea, as well as those on land, will be so opposed to modern usage as to be beyond the pale ci what is now recognised as civilized warfare. Whether it was prudent, on the chance of fright ening Denmark, to announce this fact to the neutral Powers may be fairly open to question. The announcement was, however, in harmony with the arrogant, inaultiog atti tude which the German plenipotentiaries were apparently instructed to assume. At previous meetings of the Conference, for example, the Ger man representatives had modified their original line of division so as to leave a larger portion to Denmark. But, on Saturday, instead of main taining this more conciliatory attitude, they coolly resumed their original proposal, and intimated their intention of abiding by it. For the rest, the formal business of the Conference consisted of a proposal on the part of the neutral Powers to refer the division of Sleswig to arbitration, some neutral Sovereign to be chosen as arbitrator. The Garman repre sentatives formally undertook to refer the pro posal to their respective Governments, and the Danish plenipotentiaries to report it at Copen hagen. The Conference meets again on Wed nesday. THE meeting of illustrious personages at Kissen gen and Carlsbad has very naturally produced a fl utter of excitement in the various circlesof court newsmen, and strained official journalists to higher and more solemn flights of speculation than usual. Some, in• deed, reverently anxious, it may be, to preserve in violate the veil of sacredness and mystery which shrouds Imperial intercourse from vulgar eyes, con tent themselves with pronouncing the meeting one of simple courtesy—of disinterested friendship and mutual regard. Others, unable perhaps to conceive the possibility of such exalted luminaries moving from their accustomed orbit without raining down potent influences in their course, predict important sublunary changes from the august conjunction. Monarchs, especially monarchs who are either vir tually or actually absolute, occupy of noses- THE EXPRESS, sity a very isolated position, and at Abele curia • ot ,1 7" courts can have but little interecitiree on Ai * to4t. ,-. ; .-, • - footing of equality which the outer word oonsprici. 1 .4 . 'sl -- OEt OaXT'LE. Joan It essential to the idea of the enjoyment . et friend- The fi6.oiss Beatrice, attend"! by Ilene. ship. And, notwithstanding their elevation, it is Novelle, west to Claremont re s eed ., : 1 i ta .,,,, and of course possible that even Imperial potentates i visited the Queen Marie Amelie. may be touched at times with the yearning for 1 The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley social commerce wh i ch mere mortals own, and Family. had• the hooped dining with her Majesty and the Royal may accordingly agree to move from their lonely The Deane of Wellington left the Castle this morning seats towards some common centre, and there in- for Lo . d . a. dulge for a brief period the sentimentof friendship. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, attended On the other hand it is hardly to be expected that by Lady Augusta Stanley. at inch a meeting the cares of state should be Prians Alfred, atteadni by Lieut. Haig, returned from wholly forgotten. However cordial the meeting " becomes, however unrestrained the expressions of personal feeling might be, the illustrious friends would probably still remember that they are monarchs specially united at the present moment by common interests andcommon dangers. The present moment is in many respects a critical one for Eastern and Northern Europe, and the time may have arrived for the three Christian Powers who wept together over the fall of Poland to assist each other as brothers in the new emergency. At Kiasengen and Carlsbad business may thus be united with pleasure, and the meeting of the monarchs may have a political as well as a social object. Julia 19. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, and the Dean of Christ Church, abo arrived. n. Qamm, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, Priam Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, end the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, atteaded divine service this morning in the private ChapeL The Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church preached the sermon. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the forenoon on Saturday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Prim:len of Wales, accompanied by Prince and Primes. Louis of Hesse, took a carriage drive. The Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel and Captain von Wester welly, want to a conreracszwne at the Royal College of Physicians. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Louis of Here went to the Itali►n Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Baroness von Granny, and Mr. Wood. Mr. Englehart, in the name of the Duke of Newcastle, presented to the Princess of Wales a gold casket, offered as a bridal gift from Lady Young and the ladies of New South Wales. The analogy of the put tends rather to favour such a supposition, for though it is quite true, as the official journal of Vienna reminds Western Europe, that the more recent meetings of the sovereigns of Eastern Europe have been attended with no result, still the personal meeting of the Emperors of Russia and At-STRIA, and the King of Paussis, is an event of some historical signifi cance. The meeting of the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian sovereigns at Verona in 1822 led to the invasion of Spain, a crusade organized for the sole purpose of restoring by force the despotic government which that country had succeeded in throwing off. At the bidding of the Verona Congress constitutional government was de stroyed in the Peninsula, and the old system of priestly absolutism restored by French bayonets. Two years later, the same policy was enforced against Portugal, constitutional go vernment being destroyed and despotism re-est►b lished through the action of the "Apostolical party," supported by the Holy Alliance. Still earlier the same Holy Powers had actively intervened to suppress the Neapolitan constitution, and through their intervention, Naples and Sicily were subjected for another generation to an uncontrolled despo tism which speedily became a barbarous tyranny. These are some of the associations and results in the past of the personal meeting of the three sovereigns. There are many circumstances in the political condition of Eastern Europe which suggest that the meetings at Kissengen and Carlsbad may have a similar object, that one of the motives of the gathering may at all events be the hope of turning it to substantially similar account. The Austrian and Prussian Monarchs undoubtedly have interests in common, and need each other's help, if not to suppress the love of constitutional freedom and national independence in other countries, at all events to keep it effectually down in their own. Russia needs the fraternal help of Austria and Prussia to crush out the last sparks of patriotism and liberty in the kingdom of Poland. Austria needs the fraternal help of. Russia and Prussia to confiscate the rights of Hun gary, and to make a second Warsaw of Venice,' Prussia needs the fraternal help of Russia and Austria to denationalize Posen and despoil Denmark. It appears, moreover, from the statements of the official journals, that these Powers require each other's help to suppress the rising spirit of liberty amongst their own people. Not that the semblance of constitutional government where it exists, as in Prussia and Austria, is to be summarily destroyed. The Vienna Prase explains that these Powers are not in a position at the present moment to attempt the open suppression of institutions professedly liberal in their own States. But they can by mutual agreement undertake that these institutions shall be as harmless as a vaudeville. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Lieutenant-Colonel Heppe' in waiting attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Communion service was read by the Rev. the Sub• Dean, the Rev. It. C. Packmau, and the Rev. H. M. Birch. The Rev. H. M. Birch pre -bed the sermon from St. Matthew xvii., latter part of verse 5, " Hear ye Him." Anthem—"Tura us, 0 God" (Beason), sang by Master F. Bristowe, Messrs. K. Buruby, Benson, and Whitehouse. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Duke of St. Albans, Marquis of Beth, Earl of St. Germans, Earl Dudley, Earl of Morley, Earl Granville. Viscount Sydney, Viscount Harding., the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Southampton, sad Lord Liman were present during the service. Thor Prince and Ninon" Louis of Hum loft Ifariborough house at balf•paort 1 o'clock for Windsor Castle. A deputation; to present a memorial from the Council of the National Amociation for the Promotion of Social Science, bad an interview with Lord Palmerston, at Cambridge house, on Saturday. A deputation from the Africa° Aid Soiety had an inter view with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, at the Colonial - office on Saturday, with a view to procuring pros and prosperity in the Protected Settlement' on the Gold Cont. Mr. Norman Macdonald had an interview with the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, at the Colonial-office an Saturday. Mr. R. Tomos had 1/15 Interview with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, on Saturday. at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sect on Saturday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Malta, Gibraltar, the ?dam:tins Ceylon, Hong Boa', lAboan, the Australian Colonise, and Canada. THE Qrame's ACCEsSIoN.—To-day is the anni versary of the Queen's accession to the throne. The usual loyal demonstrations were made at the government offices and most of the metropolitan parish churches. Her Majesty came to the throat co the 20th Jane, 1837. His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE ROTAL COLLEGE OT PRTSIOLUIL—The president and fellows of the Royal College of Peylicians bad a eon rcr eazione on Saturday night, at the college, in Pall-mall Eon, when his royal highness was pleased to honour them by his company. His royal highness arrived shortly after nine o'clock, accompanied by Prices Louis of Hesse. Colonel Koppel and Baron Weeterweller were in attendance on their royal highnesses. The presiden► (Dr. Wateoe) and the principal officers of the college received the royal visitors in the entrance hall Their royal highnesses were conducted to the large libratx. An interesting collection of scientific objects were plasma for exhibition in the several rooms. Above 300 of the fellows and their friends ware present. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge hoaoured Viazoant and Vicountese Palmerston with hi oompany at dinner, on &turd'' , evening, at Cambridge Honer. A distinguished circle wan invited to meet his royal highness. Later in the evening her ladyship had as smeratily, which was numerously attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party on Saturday evening, at her residence is St. Jmnes's Palace. expressly to meet his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenbo•g•Strelits before his depar ture for Conaway. The plenipotentiaries accredited to the London Conference met on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street, at one o'clock, and sat till nearly five p.m. All the members of the Conference were present. The Conference will meetagain on Wednesday next. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Arun, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Right Ron. Edward Cardwell, Earl De Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris will honour Prisons Countess Wsldegrars with their presses at her ball at Strawbony Hill oa Thursday, the 23rd of Julie. The Archbishop of Canterbury received the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mn. Gladstone and a @elect party at dinner on Saturday at Lambeth Palace. Lady Herbert of Lea, we learn by telegraph, is detained at Constantinople by the merlons illness, from fever, of bar eldest daughter, Lady Mary Herbeit. It will be recollected by many of our readers that her ladyship and family pared the winter io Egypt, and, following the example of most of the English tourists in the East, after leaving Alexandria went on • tour is Turkey. The Earl of Pembroke and Lady Mande Herbert had left Constanti nople for home before Lady Mary was takes ill, intending to proceed to Fagbad via Trieste and Vaasa. The youthful earl sad his sister are daily expected to reach London. The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his next ordination at Chester on the Sunday after the ember week, in September, as usual, being the 25th of that month, and not the 18th, as inserted by mistake in a merlons notice. The Rev. Samuel Minton is to succeed the Rev. J. &sadale (who has aoeeptad the rectory of Coolish) at Eaton Chapel, Eaton-square, at the tad of next month. There are now four candidates for the representa tion et Southampton at the next general election—via, the two sitting members for the town, Mr. Alderman Rose and Mr. W. 1). Seymour ; Mr. Moffatt, the present Y.P. for lloaitos ; sod Mr. H. Gurney, Q.C. A nqnwitioo is in course of signature is the town to induce Captain Mangles to become a candid►te. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE UNIVERSITT OF OXFORD.—The statement which appeared in a contemporary, to the effect that Mr. Gladstone had consented to I • put M nomination for South Laseashire, at the mixt electios, although at fist regarded as true, is, we learn on good authority, inoce.sict, as the right bun. gentle man fully intends to stand another contest for the Culver aity of Oxford.—Liverpool Albion. DEATH OF THE RET. CANON CCRETON.—Tbe Rev. William Cureton D.D. Canoe of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret's, i di ed on Friday morning at his country house at Westbury. The reverend geotlernan was Maven*/ not me y mouths sines on one dour railways, when on nesting London that. was a collision, and he amongst many others sustained serious injuries. He has never been wall Mime, and those who knew him sorrowfully foretold that be bad not many =lithe to live. The rev. canon was echicatwl at Christchurch, Oxford, where he graduated in 1830. le 1831 he was ordained dream by the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Rochester, and io 1532 was ad. mitted to pi ieM'a orders by the Bishop of Oxford. Having served Yemeus offloes in the church, he was nominated is 18-47 by Lord John Russell, who was then prime minister, to a chaplaincy in ordinary to the Queen, sad two you, afterwards was nominated by the same noble earl to a canonry in Westminster Abbey, to which is annexed the valuable rectory of St. Margaret's. These conjoint appointments are worth about 1,8001. a year, aid Lord Palmerston will have the cominatiou to them. The literary, scientific, and theological attaiammite of the late canon are evideaosd by many works, some of which have attained to the high standard of autbori.ies. He was an honorary D.D., by diploma, of the University et Halls ; corresponding member of the Institute of France, and of the Academy of Inscriptions et Belle. Lettres ; honorary mem ber of the Hirtorico-Theologioal Society of Lsimac ; own.- spooding member of the Asiatic Society of Germany ; mem. her of the Soititil Asiati9ue of Fiance. Formerly be was member of the Bodleian Library, and assistant keeper in the department of MSS. in the British Moment. . . The Channel Fleet at Spithead ie engaged filling up with oval, provisions, and stores, in medium' to premed to the B►ltie, should its presence be required in th►t quarter. Every ship in the Beet is in the most perfect order. A story is going the round of the painting. deems to the effect that two people were seen last week looking at Sir Edwin Diode's?s picture of the been in the Arctic regions growling over the broken mast, when one of the gazers was heard to say to the other, " Look, Jim, they've tore down the North Pule!" On Whit-Monday were seen several people in the Pantheon surrounding Haydon's picture of "Cortina leaping into the Gulf !" under the fall impression that the hero was Garibaldi. During the Exhibition a party of "swells" were seen to halt before Delaroehe's " Floating Martyr," when the foremost of them, a lady, said, "Here it I. again! Oh, dear, bow sick I am of this Colleen Bairn !" According to the Berlin press, Miss Pauline Loon was compelled to break her Loodoo engagement in order not to ruin her voice and her health. "The rehearsals lasted sir hours ; in the performances the parts had to be sung almost twice over by reason of the moonsiderate encores : besides this, the manager regularly hired her out to sing at parties—to say nothing of the detestation of every thing German, especially Austrian and Prussian, which is mow well known to prevail in London." She was partly induced to retire from the Covent-garden stage, says another scribe, "by the beeriag of the English towards Germany.' On &Melba at Sortie, we learn. however, that she thoeght it advisable to (meek three physicians, who have ordered her off to the baths for two months. DEATH OF A NEPHEW OF ROBIRT BURNS IN CANADA.—We are sorry to hear that our old friend William Begg departed this life at the residence of Dr. Cole, Clinton, on Saturday last. Mr. Bea, who was 68 or 69 years of age at the time of his decease, wu the eon of Bone' eider Vila, well boo+, to *very reader of the poet's Moira. He received a liberal eduoatioo, being intended for the medical profession, but, owing to domestic aMictioa, he never took oat his diploma. Coming oat to Canada, be taught school for many years is Cadmic* Township, until he was *impelled, through physical infirmity, to retire to the retreat offered him by the sobledriarted Dr. Cole. Mr. Boa inherited much of the peculiar genius of his family, war • greet lover of toilet foUna , and by the uniform affabi lity of his deportzmat won for himself • great number of Mends in this district, He lived and died unmarried.— Godsric4 Journal. Inns OF WIQIT EXCURSION STRAIIRRI.--The hie of Wight exoursien stamen ere shout to ecreintessee resale( far the mese, sad sessineres an about to be takes to same§ the goverastest penalties for onwerowdiag these stOGIIMIVIL They are lionised to awry a limited number of pamengers, bat they ere let out to parties who, is order to wake it pay. ere oldiged to crowd the sheers with eight or tau tunes the goversowiet allows's" sad every seism these ere sorrow imam from th e meet maim and fend aseidents. MONDAY E`ditilqo, JUNE 20, 1861. LiTESt INTELLIGESCZ. TUX CONFERENCE. TH PROPOSED ARBITRATION. The Independance Beige says, with regard to this choice of an arbitrator, that England "has deferred this honourable and delicate office to the Emperor of the French ; because France, having adhered in principle to the English proposition, without, how ever, making it an absolute condition, appears in a good situation towards the two parties for obtaining • settlement. According to our information from Paris, Fraoce has not declined the mission, but she has demanded, before giving a definitive reply, that her intervention as • friendly arbitrator be accepted by the belligerent powers, and that they agree as to the conditions of the arbitration. It is upon this point that the negotiations now turn." The Post thinks there is little prospect of the proposal to submit the question of the frontier line to arbitration being entertained by the belligerent powers. The Times says : English ministers have employed, and we m►y say ex hausted, every means of securing a settlement of the dis pute ; but it cannot be denied that English feeling has chafed and fretted under what has seemed the toe calcu lating prudence of those who direct and control it, and English ministers, though in theory the servants of the crown, are in fact the servants of the people. The feeling of dissatisfaction which has bees slowly generated may at any time bunt into open denunciation. More than once or twice in our national life the action has been taken from the hands of ministers who were afraid of meeting the responsibility of war. What war means to Germany cannot easily be told. The hard-won territories of the Great Frederick fell to pie= before the First Napoleon, and the century may yet see another Confederation of the Rhine. Austria is vulnerable in every quarter. Galicia, Hungary, Venetia, are so many sources of weakness, and the stormy petrels of Europe are already scenting the storm. To sweep the North Sea, the Baltic, and the Adriatic free of German ships would be a teak grateful to sailors, who know the hard but necersary treatment which the Danes recei►d from Nelson. The German princes stand at the parting of the ways. They have the choice, but they should count the consequence* of their decision. They appeal to the nations , will of Cer many as the warrant and justification of their acts, but the appeal may raise au echo of which they dream not, and may well melee them hesitate ere they " let slip the dogs of war." (mm's Tmasaurs.) TUNIS. ItARSEILLES, Jun 20. Advises from Tangiers state that the Governor of Tetuan has been dismissed and thrown into prison. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, JCIFR 20. The Messageries Imp4riales steamer Said, Captain Brunet, left here yesterday with the India and China mails. She took 40 passengers, 391 pack ages of merchandise, 188,0181, in specie fur India and China ; and 60 paseenger4 1,774 packages, and specie value 5,240/. for Alexandria. THE SINKING OF THE ALABAMA. FURTHER PARTICULARS. ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN SEMMES AT SOUTHAMPTON. (ii moonily rozasaArs.) (nom on owl' counnerom.) SOUTHAMPTON, Mo"DAT Armen°lr. The steam yacht Deerhound arrived here last night with Captain Semmes and some other of the officers and some of the crew of the Confederate war steamer Alabama. The following is a statement of one of the petty offioers of the Alabama :—The Alabama arrived at Cherbourg on the 12th inst., 70 days from Cape Town. The Homage arrived off Cher bourg on the 13th instant Challenges to fight were reciprocated by the commanders of the Alabama and Kearsage. The former having taken in coal and undergone some refitting steered out of Cherbourg at 9 a.m. on Saturday. She was escorted by the French iron-clail Conronne, which was appointed to see the Alabama clear of the limits of the port of Cherbourg. The engagement took place about 12 miles from the port. The first shot was fired by the Alabama at the Kearsage, at 10.30 p.m. The latter had a chain cable triced along her sides to break the force of the shot from the Alabama. The Alabama was about 1,000 yards from the Kearsage when she fired the first shot. Being the fastest ship she was able to steam round her antagonist in continually nar rowing circles ; when within 500 yards of the Kear sage the rudder and screw of the Alabama were shot away, and she was rendered helpless ; her colours were shot away. The action lasted from 10.30 am. until noon. At the conclusion of the action nine badly wounded men of the Alabama were sent on board the Kearsage. The crew of the Alabama when she went into action were 140 men all told. After the action the Kearsage appeared in a disabled condition. Four men were killed and ten wounded on board the Alabama. Captain Semmes is at Ketway's Hotel here, and the other officers and men are about here getting clothes and necessaries ; they are taken charge of at the Sailors' Home here. Captain Semmes and Chief Officer Lee are now at Emmanuel's, the tailor in the High street, maktng purchases. His hand is bandaged over, owing to a wound be received in action. The shop is crowded with people, endeavouring to catch a glimpse of the Confederate commander. [R117T13 . 11 TILEOILiIt.) . _ Shortly after the action commenced, a shot from the Kearsage killed three men on board the Alabama, cutting them to pieces, and a second shot wounded three more men and killed another, while • third shot carried away the Alabama's fan and part of the rudder on her deck, disabling a gun and causing much damage. Below and forward her compartments were all carried away, and the fire room was filled with water. The Alabama fought under sail, first using her starboard battery and afterwards her port battery. She continued the engagement until the muzzles of her guns were under water, and one part of her deck was covered with dead and wounded. When found in a sinking state the Alabama ceased fighting, and lowered her boats, in which the dead and wounded were placed. Shortly after wards the Alabama sank, the officers and crew jumping into the sea, when the Kearsage's boats came up to assist in saving the crew. The officer in command of the boats inquired for Semmes, and was told that he was drowned,whereas he had already been picked up by the yacht Deer hound and stowed away, the yacht having then steamed off with all speed, expecting the K.earsage would attempt to capture those on board. Before the Alabama left Cherbourg to engage the %earsage, Captain Semmes sent on shore an iron chest containing specie, sixty chronometers, and otlifv valuables. The officers of the Alabama estimate their loss in killed and wounded at from 30 to 40 wee. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) MONDAY 10 - 10 10. 1 EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom on OWN coaanroimirr.) PARIS, SCYDAT ETERICG. The news telegraphed from the Observer that the Conference had a long sitt , ng yesterday, and that there are " probabilities of an arrangement," seems to perplex the semi-official journals of this evening, which had evidently received instructions to lament that everything was going wrong. The Pays, which has been quoted more than any other journal for the last few days, says complacently in its lead ing columns that it does not "even know whether the sitting appointed for Saturday took place," that the last Loudon invention appeared "not to suit anybody," and that "it is at this moment doubtful whether this proposition has received the honour of a discussion in the Conference." The telegram from the Observer is given as latest news in a subsequent column. The Patric says its own "private information" (by which expres sion it must be taken to allude to the same set of instructions as were furnished to the Pays) is "alto gether at variance with that of the Observer." This tone of the press lends importance to a remark which I heard last night from a person who fre quents political soirées that as long as there is no hope of the Conference doing any good French official people rub their hands and look pleased ; but that when the probability of a settlement is spoken of they look blue. The snot d'ordre here is that it is waste of time to think of any other panacea for existing political evils than the Empe ror's Congress. Some of the papers say that these politicians with one idea have converted the Eng lish tones to their views, and that an attempt to throw out the government on foreign policy is not renounced but only postponed for a little while. Apart from the rumours about the Conference there is little to speak of to-day except some further particulars of the melancholy reactional) , measures connected with the elections for the councils general. The prefect of the Ille-et-Vilaine has suspended M. de Beaufort, the mayor of Plerguer, for not showing sufficient zeal in canvassing for government candidates. M. Bruld, mayor of Ville.es-Nonais, in the same department, has been suspended for similar reasons. The prefect of the Nord is reported to have been very active in stirring up lukewarm mayors. According to a correspondent of the independence Beige there is reason to fear a " succession of categorically repressive measures." This reminds me of the curious fact that on the day before the wholesale domiciliary visits in Paris a friend of mine told me that people were speaking in government offices of the probability of " strong arbitrary measures, amounting to • demi coup d'itat." The beginning has been bad enough ;isit ' possible that worse remains behind. A communicated note addressed by the Pro- cureur-General to the Opinion Nationale contains a contradiction, but in an equivocal form, of the news that the bdtutinier of the order of advocates was to ask for information touching the domiciliary The note says that "no explanation of that kind has been or could be demanded." This does not exclude the fact that the reported meeting of the council of the order did take place, and that it was resolved that M. Dufaure should communicate with the Procureur-General. Of course the latter was not bound to grant the bdtonnier an audience for such a purpose, and the communique probably means in substance only to warn him that he need not take the trouble of presenting himself. Not only advocates but members of several other classes of society have been favoured by the atten tions of the police. The latest names mentioned I are those of M. Murat, jeweller, Rue de Grand Chautier ; Franky Magniadas, jeweller, Place Thoriguy ; and M. Bralaret, coffeehouse-keeper, Rue Constantine, at Belleville. TES MOORS AND FORM'S OF Pl27llllllll.Z.—The heavy thooder showers throughout the week have enfeebled the young broods, but their energies have somewhat vivid fledge the suesbino sod warmth of Thereday. O. eons Willi a few of the mete hays bees moored with good water and some birds drowsed. Genial weigher at primmest le seriously looked for by avidness. rimming goes ca faveasably I. tie !rode.—likabstrpA Cossunt. 11101•111. i. TtTSDAT. ON NORTIIIIIII WIDIIIOIDAT. &Z. to S. W. moderate MAIM. 6.5./. to W.S.W., to strong, showery In strew to moderato, p showery la leas. B.ri ceL to W.S.W.. worm& &w. to N.W., tree& stroag to freak showery to places. rale la places. && W. to W. \,w, So minx. S.S.W. to strong to moderate, peat', generally Sae. a few showera A. fresh. Zasraig. As next above. generally Am. leorthern=tleotland. Waatern=ireland, Waka, and Si- ISCINICIOL erOatherosillidiell Cha ast and NSW 8.. liattta mileatward Zogland and North Sas. TEE ALEXANDRA PARC —This park practically opens for the meson en Wednesday with a grand flower show, at which prises to the amount of 7004 will be given by the company. We Cr. given to understand that alt the great growers will be repreeeeted at the show. The betide of the Grenadiers and 2ed Life Guards will play on the days of the flower show. Frequent trains will run from Farrisgdon-strest sod King's-cross to Wood green station, which is at the perk, sad but a few hundred yards from the flower show. Arrangements are being made for holding * great fair in the month of July. and the Maids d Bow tiques are now being put up close to the site of the flower show. The cricket ground is complete. oc nearly so, and the two cricket pavilions are finished. The grand archery meeting of the National Archery Association of England will hold their meeting oa the 6th, 7th, and Sib of July, when prism to the amount of 5001. will be shot for. There will be a monster gathering of Foresters on the 11th Jaly. A grand review of cadet. of the metropolis in July. • dog show cm July :30. August 1.2, 3, and 4,1864. • poultry show on August 22, 23, 24, and 23, 1864. AN ITALIAN ALPINE CLUE. —An important &MO. (dation, under the name of the Alpine Club. has meetly beet established in Turin, having for its chief object the edeatifls exploration of those vast fields of ice, perpetual snow, and abysses of nameless lakes which are comprised is the Italian Alps —a region by so meses inferior in sisies intereet, as well as natural beauty, to them of Savoy, Bwitasrlasd, or the Tyrol. Italians hare frequeetly base 'mired of leaving to foreigners the task of developieg the resources sad illostratiog the beauties wherewith nature hes so richly endowed their country; but Italy has lately afforded many proofs of having been awakened to national life. Not the least signifkant of these is the formation of the Alpine Club of Turin, which inoladee among its members men from every grade of society who are distinguished by their lite rary and scientific &Ushuaia* or their political ability and importsece. Arming other noble manes we 'notice Woe of Berm Eieaeoli, Minghetti, Perani, Vieoonte Venosta members of the prompt ministry ; Count Della Rosen, first sicie-demansp to the King ; Marquis Nora. Major-Gemmel Ma /iv & Animas; wimente Commeadatare Bells. while science and literature are represented by eaequach men as Sells, BiamosdL Gael, d others ef lly high repe tition. The originator' ef t this slab are Signori Seth and Cimino The latter gentlemen is well !mown for his me tribetiens to the Giornale elk 41p1, a piabliortion full of Important articles by ma." Frew* and asethey THE MURDER OP A WOMAN AT NORWuoD. INQUEST.—{THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry at the Robi n Hood Tavern, Oak-grore ' Atwater, into the circumstances of the all ege d murder of Louisa Dyer, on Tuesday last. Impostor ThomPsoti and Snip:ma Thomas bad the soseesseuesot of the ease ou the past of the pollee authorities. - Theens. ---- excited t intend in the seighboarhcod, and the eourtNran It was stated that two men were arrested by the police on suspicion of the murder. They were briekmakers' labourers, and their names are Edward Turner and James Willisui Clarke. They have been, it is understood, identified us the two men that were seen last in company with the unfortu. sate deceased go t sg towards the held in which bet dead body was aft found. Impactor Thompson stated to the coroner that two p er . eons had been taken into custody, but they were not brought up to the court. The Coroner said that as they were not present be mild not bold that there was any charge against them. It would be necessary first to go into the inquiry, and if evidence was adduced implicating any parties, it would be • question whether the parties compromised should not be brow,ht before the court prior to the verdict being returned. The jury then proceeded to view the body of the de. ceased. Two severe contusions were visible on her person_ one on the head having been evidently the principal any of death. _ _ W. Wks was the first witness called. He said he was a general dealer, or Wailer. He lived in hinge. He saw the deceased dead for the first time on Thursday, aid he identified her as his sister•indaw, Louisa Dyer. The deceased had no husband living. He believed she was married, but he did not know who her husband was. He understood she only lived with her husband for ono fort. night. She was married at St. Mary's Church, Southern'. ton. He never asked who her husband was, or what his Christian name was. Her maiden name wee Davis. He did not know her age. Perhaps she wu 35 years of age. See lived with wittier, and sold things for him. He last saw her alive at 2 o'clock on Tuesday at his house. She had nothing to take out in the way of trade then. She used sometimes to stay out all night. He did not know why she used to stop nut. She used to say she would sell nothing more for him, she would sell for herself. He be lieved she had no property when she went out on Tneedsy last, as be saw his wife take from her pocket Std. at that time. Deceased might have had a little drop too much at that time. She was at times of intemperate habits. When she broke out she drank excessively. By the Jury—There had been no quarrel between the deceased and witness or his mite. The latter took the money from the dammed to prevent her from drinking more. Robert Thompson said that be was • gardener, living in Hawthorn-grove, Penge. On Thumlay morning, at Lull. pest R o'clock, be went into a hayfield in Pangs belonging to Mr. Freud. He got into the field over the three rail fence. The road from which he got into it led down to • hi icktield, and was • new road leading from Oak-road into the Croydon. road. Witness wanted to see whether the hay was fit to be W shaken out, as Wednesday bad been very wet. itoess went straight along for about 30 yards, and he then s..w the body of the deceased lying on the ground close by a new paling. He went up to her and saw that it was a person be had known by sight. She was lying Bat on her back. The body was parallel with the fence and her bead was towards the Oak-road. Her clothes were up above the kaees. She had a bonnet on her head. It was on the back of her bead. There was an appearance about her head, a mark or swelling, which led him to consider that she had been subjected to violence. Them was also blood upon her clothes and upon the ground. He did not notice blood until she was moved after be had given an alarm. Bat be observed at first that her clothes were saturated with water. When he but saw dectesed be did sot at once think she was dead, but after looking at her for • minute he fated she was not alive. Witness bad ism deceased about selling eggs. bat he could ' not tell when be last saw her alive. He assisted in bring ing the body to the Robin Hood. Mr. Charles C. Wood. surgeon, said that he was in pro> ties io Peep. On last Thursday morning he was called to see the body of the deceased lying in • stable at the back of the Robin Hood. He bad seen the deceased before occa sionally. He mode &cursory examination of the body. He found • wound u. the peritoneum, penetrating the vagina and rectum. It appeared to have been made with • sharp stick, or some weapon of the kind. It was • slightly lacerated wound. The laceration was slight. Witness passed • silver probe in. It was not wide—it would admit a large pin, and was • punctured wound. The laceration was in. terual. The wound was an inch sada half in depth. it might have been made with a nail or sharp pointed stick. The hands were not injured , but they were livid. The face also was free of injury but livid. The tongue was somewhat protruded. There was an injury on the head above the right ear. It might have been • wound made by • blow from • weapon or from falling on graveL The bonnet was not injured. There were similar marks on the elbow, and they might have been canned in the same way,or by being grasped by the nails of the hand.Aboat half a pint of blood had Bowed from the deep punctured wound be had mentioned. He formed the opinion that she bad been dead about two days. He made • post-mortem exami• nation subsequently. He found no external injury whet ever further than those mentioned. On opening the bead he found the cranium perfectly sound. There was no injury odder the mark on the temple. The membranes of the brain were much congested. He deduced from the results of his post-mortem examination that the deceased woman was forcibly held down for the purposes of violation, and that she died from asphyxia, something being thrown over her mouth, or some twosome on the trachea He could not tell positively whether there had been any ootinexiou with the deceased. Erideeee wee then taken es to the finding of the body, and a waiter at the Robin Hood .aid the deceased was there on Thursday night. somewhat, be thought, the worm for liquor. He saw her afterwards in a haybeld in the compaty of two men. An inspector stated that from what be knew of the de. erased be had no doubt she went into the fiskl for an immoral purpoite. Atter a lam deliberation the jury decided to adjourn the Inquiry till tomorrow week. LOTS AND 80101D1. INQUEST.—EILS DAY.) This foresees, at 10 o 'clock, an inquest was taken by Kr. leftism, jam., at the &minnow* Arms, Retired pta Hydepuit, an view of the body of Lan Rants, aged 20, in the serving of Yr. Bibbert, 18, Prins's-gate. Witnesses were examined, from whom evidesce it appeared that for sons time past deceased has ben la a ilemiondiag state, which had latterly much increased in iseasequenos of a aorrespoodence between her and a young man having broken off. That day wen she received a letter from her suitor, in which he stated that be wished all oommusioation between them to cease. On Thursday morning last she was seen by a fallow 'errant when she seemed very melancholy. About 1 o'clock she was found suspended by a rope from a four post bed stead. An alarm was raised, upon which William Turnbull, the butler, with the housemaid west up, when the rope eras cut by the housemaid while the butler held her up. Dr. Martin, of Trevor-terrace, was seat to immune the body, and sai d that the deceased had been dead about halt an hoer. Nomad before committing the rash act had written two letters, which were produced. One was written te her mother, and the other to her nether. la the latter she re- marked, " With trembling band sad aching beat/ I snits to Tost a few lines when I shall be better off. This it al owing to George. When lam gate perhaps he will look is my face." She concluded by giving her love to several of her relation. A letter wee produced from her yourifmaa. La it Metaled that a maw ought to love a wom►n before he makes her his wife. He tbotmht that after what had puma between them for the hat few mouths they should sot be able to agree. He hoped that she would meet with some 011111 who would make her happy. The Coroner summed up the evidence, whim The Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary issisity." I=. W. Nabs 6S, Abirdais 29.84 60, 28.90 67, Ardmore 29.86 48, R. r Z.B. 5 : R. R. W. Grommetle 10.85 55; 5.W. Galway I I Valenti& 30.03 51 &W. Caps Clear 716.46 57, S.W. Queenstown '30.03 43, W.R.W. Liverpool '30.16 61s S. Holyhead ,30.03 55 15 W Perebreke 1 30.2 s6O R. W. Penzance 70.32 61, &W great lO3O 66 W. L'Orlest 16.16 es H. Roche tort —30.16 61 Z. Plymouth llll3 64 W.R.W. Weymouth , 1112 50 14'.&'11 , - Portsmouth 36.31 60' W. London 30.39 40 W. Dever /131 CI W.S.W. Tarinoeth etorbsiosilh 564 W. Melds NollieDnd wee 66 sm. D. ,L, Z. W. I •I W.N.W. co S. lob w.s.w. r 0.,0 W. .or 0.11 W. tr 0.14 S.W. om e WSW. e &&W. re &W. en i W.N W. eo W.N.W. e . b N.W. :eb W.N.W. b &W. ee W.S.W. ee W. be W.S.W. • N.N.W. e . W.lll. W. eb &W. I e W. b 041 SUICIDE OP A PRISONER IN ?Hi HOUSE OP DsrBAVTIOII.-(THIS DAP.) A German, named Emil Herlicit, was committed to the Clerkenwell smokes oe Friday last by Hr. SuIN from the Weettniastar polioe-coert. on • charge of stealing • carpet bag, the property of Catherine Amelie Thompson. He was marched as usual ou admirsioe, sad afterwards pat Seto • cell. He was seen last evening in his °ell by Warder Clifford, who weal oe night duty at about 7 o'clock, and again at daylight this =ream quietly lying asleep. Sam afterwards Clifford west off duty, and nothing elm was nose of the primmer until &boat half .ped 7 o'clock, whoa Warden Hayrick weal his muds for thepurpose of unlockiog the doom of all the sells soooediog to custom. When he cams to Harlick's he dims toned the unfortunate man hanging by the seek from the " hopper" or ventilator is the cell window. He had man aged to effect ttia by taking dm straps by which his hammock had blot suspended, which be had healed Z e t t e r h . ar butUd fte madedmired tM hopper sad himself, he mast have got on to • stool ac i d s then kicked it away, leaving him suspended. Life was quite satinet It seamed that the robbery for which the prancer mood committed took place at ths Vietoriwatation. A lady was about to proceed by the 1.3 train to Satter, sad had left the carpet bag in charge of a porter named Key, and it was labelled and put near the seals ready foe another porter to put it tato the train. The grimmer sad ascribes man had brae sees loitering about the stacks fee some time without say lamp but were afterwards men to leave the station with the big is their possession, and cm their way passed the Gros 'oor Hotel towards Belgraire.equars, whim they ware stopped by detective officer Foy, attached to the comae!. Tbs wisceses eampasioe started off at the top of his speed, mid the demand mas threw away the property sol a r Lts s prest• resisiaoet, bat was !Many ea to the . Had the primmer base tried • previous ommielios for stealing • purtemetme ? the property of the South East ern Railway Company, with a sestence of di mouths' ini =Zat, wield ham bum proved arraign him froarthe k police-toad. 'Phu body will remain is the winos Until • 00117Mell Liguori is held 'Vol it, i