The Express. — London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

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A aniixitrnaLiquNcs AMADEI,: or, The Fairy Hoses. M.l.a llarlosers, Balmer*, and Alger ; Miss N. Moore, Mn F. Matthews. and the laws Nelson. —And UNDER TILE 11061.—Oemmenee at 7i. sarnurwTa. Taro ERRING, 01711, LOT IN LIFE. Magian:Lee S. lane an I Crantord.—Entertalnmenta by PINE. Pearce and Mr. lisclagan. THE RESCUE OF THE ORPHANS. Was E. Clayton.—And THE DOGS OP THE POlLLST.—Conanaenc• at Si. HIGH_WATIR AT LONDON IIKDOIL -- .. -- ---- 1 DAT -Morning. SR Mo._ - Afternoon. Mi. 66m. To-11011A0W-Monthg, en. n 0..... Afternoon, 06. Dm. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 5. MR. WILSON PATTEN is to call the attention of the House of Commons this evening to the distress unhappily prevailing in the districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, which constitute the seat of the Cotton manufacture. A deputation consisting chiefly of the representatives of these localities waited the other day on the President of the Poor Law Commission, to urge the necessity of adopt ing more effective means than any hitherto used for the administration of parochial relief, and to suggest that the central authorities should under take the introduction of the change thus recom mended. There can be no doubt that these gentlemen only acted in accordance with the wishes of influential and well-meaning persons among their respective constituencies ; indeed at such a time it would have been morally impossible for them to refuse to go to Gwydyr House and hear what the Commissioner had to say. Still there must have been more than one member of that deputation thoroughly aware how little beyond the formal manifestation of their sympathy any pro ceeding of the kind could effect: and respect for their motives need not restrain an expression of regret that a number of gentlemen in their position should seem to lend themselves merely to humour the exigent feeling of the hour, without apparently taking any collective or deliberative thought as to what ought to be done locally, or what aid they ought to ask from the central power. Neither Lord HAMTNOTON, Mr. HORNE; nor Mr. Fawn suit Pmu are men to trifle with a serious subject; yet what can be less business-like or to the pur pose than making a public parade of importunity on behalf of the suffering classes, that something prompt and effectual should be done for their relief, when the local power of doing the needful is as palpable as the duty, and when neither the power nor the duty lies with the Executive Go vernment Distress like that which exists unfortunately in the cotton•spinniog and cotton-weaving districts must be met in one or other of two ways, or in both, namely, by private effort or by public rates. It is, of course, impossible to gauge with accuracy how much is actually done in the former way, and how much is likely to be done. But when in dividual generosity proves unequal to the demands upon, it the public will remember that if there be a portion of the realm which has of recent years been peculiarly favoured, and whose means of per forming its social obligations have been multiplied in an unparalleled degree, it is the district the working hands of which are now temporarily left without employment. We can hardly believe that the pride of a district transcendently the most for tunate and affluent in the realm will allow its wants to be made the object of general charity, or that it has authorised any one to invoke the aid of the public at large in any shape or form. The vast wealth accumulated in the cotton trade of late years is mainly attributable to the orderly, intelligent, and reliable labour of the many who are now suddenly thrown out of work by no fault of their own. We have heard, and we are most willing to believe, that many em ployers have since Christmas kept their mills at half-time instead of closing them, from a laudable reluctance to throw hundreds who have long served them faithfully out of bread. Others may have been influenced by more calculating motives ; but with motives we have little concern while the good is done. Exceptional employment has also in some cases been devised by those who could afford it, as a truer benevolence to the working clauses than charity ; and there is force in the observation that, unless more or less of this sort of alleviation had been casually rendered during the last three months, the pressure would by this time have become much harder to bear. But it is growing daily more and more obvious that these expedients will not suffice to pull Lancashire through the protracted season of difficulty. To an increased rate for extra relief it must come at last. For this there is no need of in• fluential deputations to Government or motions in the House of Commons. The owners of the rateable property of Lancashire have only to put their hands a little further into full pockets to obtain ample means to provide efficiently against all the worst consequences of the present exigency. To attempt to attenuate their re sponsibility and duty by the suggestion that out-door relief cannot be given under the orders of the Poor Law Commission, and that respectable operatives will not enter the workhouse, would be a vain and unworthy pretence. The guardians have the power to relax the stringency of the rules framed for ordinary times to any extent they may think fit. They are bound, indeed, to report each modi fication to the Central Board within a certain time ; and the latter may question the exercise of their discretion, and ask the reasons of urgency that have swayed them. But we should be greatly surprised to learn that any objection of the sort has been raised by the Commission in any of the localities where employment is not to be obt a i ne d because of the scarcity of cotton or the glut of foreign markets. It will be quite time enough to invoke legislative interposition when the Poor Law Commission has made so great a blunder. Meanwhile what are the facts respecting rates in the manufacturing districts t Though higher than usual, they are still on an average far less than those regularly borne by many agricultural unions, and by many large towns in other parts of the kingdom. An extra shilling in the pound would solve for some time to come the existing difficulty THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1862. as to funds for purposes of relief. Can any one explain to us why it is not imposed Look at Coventry, whose ass !or the last two years has been infinitely worse. No long-con tinned tide of commercial prosperity had fitted the proprietary classes there to bear the weight of casual sly:dumb of trade. Dependent peculiarly on the fluctuations of fashion, its industry has never attained the solidity or the profitableness of many other branches of production. Several causes contri buted in 1859, 1860, and 1861 to bring the trade of Coventry almost to a stand-still. There was great suffering, and unusual and great exer tions had in consequence to be made on the spot. The people showed the most exemplary spirit of patience and fortitude ; and at length they are likely, we trust, to have their re ward. Trade is slowly but steadily reviving ; rates are beginning to drop below the high-water mark of want ; the atoneyard is about to be, if it has not already been, shut up ; and, with compara tively speaking little aid from without, Coventry is getting right once more. All honour to the good old city and its self-helping people. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (no ova own YAMS, &YDAT Evzimia. The Nord of this day has the following :—" We are informed that the Boysl Commissioners of the London Exhibition have refused to grant tickets of admission to the representatives of foreign journals. We must be permitted to remark on this singular proceeding. We are aware that, notwithstanding the act of union, British hospi tality is quite distinct from the disinterestedness prover bially attributed to Scotch hospitality. In London, if you wish to see the monuments, museums, churches, &c., you most pay for passing from one room to another, from one story to another. The trafficking genius of the modern Carthage is to be discovered in this extremely inconvenient union of fiscal formalities and national memories. But if there was an occasion in which these utilitarian habits should be departed from, it was this of the Universal Ex hibition—this convocation of the civilised world who were asked to bring to the capital of Great Britain the tribute of their sympathy, and the treasures of their labour. If any privilege wm allowable it should be in favour of those, without whose publicity the grandest and most encyclopadic exhibitions would be restricted and confined. Sorely the Universal Exhibition has not been designed for some hundred thousand visitors. An Europe ought to participate in the information to be derived from this ecumenical council of contemporary art and industry. And who but the press will set twee and give wings to this in formation? In denying to the representatives of the Kew of Europe facilities to which they are fairly entitled, there would be at once a shocking want of logic and a pitiful shah. binee• If the London Exhibition be only speculation, if it be not • monument raised to intelligent and liberal England, ea well as to laborious Europe, we no longer recognise in this congress of manufacturers, merchants, and artists, assembled from all points of the globe, guests invited to a pacific tournament—to an international ffte—but merely supernumeraries, who have come unwittingly to give • varied representation for the benefit of England. , It is amusing to watch the attitude of the semi ofici•l journals which lately had orders to write up the temporal power of the Pope, and are now tern bly afraid that they have been made fools of. The Patric says as little as possible, but it soes an opening for "reserve " in the telegram which speaks of an autograph letter, dated Naples, from the King of Italy to the French Emperor. Either, it says, this letter must be a forgery, or it must have been made public, before arriving at its destination, by a breach of confidence, and in that case "we can have nothing to do with it." The above dilemma does not seem to have struck the Pays, which mentions the letter at the head of its leading column as a genuine thing. The Pays has been kept so much in the dark by its patrons that it is reduced to publish this evening only as " Latest Intelligence" the now very old news that General de Goyon is recalled from Rome, and elevated to the dignity of senator. With modest assurance it says that it was unwilling here tofore to " give this rumour, by reproducing it, more authority than it deserved." Under the same heading it gives, also at second-hand, the inform ation that Prince Napoleon is about to embark at Marseilles for Naples. In a leading article the Pays betrays great anxiety lest DE Pietri's pamphlet, which it thought mall beer of at first, should turn out to be the beaoon ci French policy. It calls to mind that, while an nouncing the republication of that opuscle "under all reserve," it clearly indicated, nevertheless, what " might be" its attitude in regard to it. The bridled enthusiasm, the disciplined ardour, of the Pays is something admirable. It stands wait'ug, like a greyhound in the slip, " straining on the start," or like Mr. T. P. Cooke, in the nautical drains, calling upon his noble captain to give him the word of command ; but protests meanwh;le that it will make a clean breast " when the time comes," that M. Grandguillot, the editor-in-chief, has kept the question for himself, and that he will speak with the "utmost frankness" as soon as—he is told what to say. The Moniker notices in its bulletin that the Times and Morning Post simultaneously express themselves in favour of French intervention in Mexico. The Patric has some curious observations on the subject, tending to show that England has been behaving badly and treacherously, as usual, but has at length thought fit to show signs of repentance. The article of the Morning Post, it says, infers that the sudden change in the attitude in the cabinet of London is attributable to the apprehension of an alliance between Mexico and Washington. But this only a pretext. The true cause is to be sought in the events themselves. It is at length perceived in England that the tergiversations of the British cabinet, and, let us not shrink from saying the word, " the defection of which it was guilty," at the moment of the convention of Soledad, have placed England in • false position both as to its political and material interests. The Patrie announces from America that M. Mercier, the French minister at Washington, has had a long interview at Richmond with President Davis ; that the object of his journey was altogether political, and was well known to President Lin coln, and that M. Mercier may possibly run over to France for a short time. The Senate was occupied yesterday with the consideration of a petition presented by the Arch bishop of Rennes, which appears to be a chosen subject for a pitched battle between the Ultra montanists and the Gallivan. The archbishop complains that whereas the municipal council of • Icommune in his diocese voted twice over that they wished to have • monk for a 'schoolmaster, the Prefect of the Ile et Vilaine appointed a layman. M. de Larochejaquelin presented a report strongly condemning the prefect's conduct, but he was constrained to admit that the letter of the law was on his side. MM. Baroche and Billault were in their places, prepared to defend the prefect; but some senators discovered that the report on the petition did not raise with sufficient distinctness the question whether the Senate was called upon to interfere, on the ground of the "unconstitutionality" of the prefect's decision, and therefore it was re ferred back for further consideration. The petition will now probably be burked. The Debata takes part with the archbishop, on the ground that the vote of the municipal council ought not to be treated by the prefect as merely consultative, and that it is false liberalism to side with the prefect in this instance merely because his opponent is a bishop. A GOOD WORK OP !RENCK PROTESTANTISM. We read in the Journal de Bergerac :—" We had the gratification of witnessing on Monday last a religions solemnity which we shall never forget, and an never =IC of without emotions of deepest sympathy. It was at Ls force. This village has, as is generally known, become within the last ten or twelve years the centre of works of Christian charity which have attracted the attention of all France : the sight of that which the courageous faith of a ' good man has effected here lifts the soul up into s pure atmosphere which strengthens while it softens it. Three institutions bad already been established at Warne—the Family, an orphan house where nearly a hundred girls are maintained; Bethesda, an asylum for sixty incurables, idiots, crippled, blind ; Silos, for boys similarly afflicted. It would seem that to have created, organised, and eon ducted these three establishments would be enough for the strength of any one man. Not ro. Charity is never ex hausted while anything remains to be done. The Epileptics, this class alas! so numerous in this age of over-excitement, this class repelled by all but the deepest Christian charity. What NM be done for it? How can it be relieved' Where as we (*Beet without peril to other afflicted ones this misery of miseries' These questions arose formidable in the heart of the pastor, John Bost. It was necessary for him to resolve them. Applications increased ; promises of help had not yet arrived. A house and a qualified directness es e resumed. natl. iaptled, •We 4..11 Sad all that.' The establishment was named Ebenerer—a name of happy augury, literally the stone of help, or, hithertofthe lard bath helped me. This name might be inscribed over all the institutions of Worm ; it is indeed the Lord who has in spired, founded, provided for them. On Monday then, a beautiful morrow of a beautiful Easter, the Ebenezer was inaugurated, and drew crowds of protestanta from all the neighbouring churches—pastors, elders, members, whole families. nine was no pomp, no ceremonial, no observ ances, except those which the duties of hospitality imposed, but all that there is in evangelical works, most solemn, most affectionate, and we may add most comprehensive, for to the right and to the left of Professor Feriae, who pre sided, were pastors of the church recognised by the state, and pastors of the free church. Christians of both denomi nations have an equal love for the work of M. Bost, which is the work of the whole reformed church of Fiance. It is protestant unity in Christian diversity. The opening prayer was offered by Pastor Hughes, President of the Conaistory of Bergerac ; the concluding prayer by IL Heariquet, pastor of the free church at Sainte Foy. la the discourse of M. de Felice literary merit was united with lofty piety. The church and its Fenton, France and her government, the Emperor and his family, and the local authorities, bad their just part in the prayers and solemn vows of the useably. At the close of the services every one wished to visit in detail these useful establishments, and came away grate fully thanking the Lord for the pious phase into which the protestant church of France has entered within the last few years." The Protestant Bible Society of Paris has just held its annual general meeting is the Church of the Be demptios, Rue Chauchat. ht. Gulick in the chair. It may be remembered how groat a sandal was caused last year by the defence of the temporal power of the Pops whir& that gentleman so unexpectedly introduced into his opening nickels. Oa the precast occasion the hen. president re. trained, sot only from all allusion to that subject, bat kft politics aside altogether. THE ItorAr BiIfIBITION COMMISSIONERS! LAMBETH ELECTION.—(THIS DAY) - P AND THE HBPRESENTATIVIS OF THE PORNO: PRESS. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. This day Mr. Onalow, the returning officer, wade the official declaration of the poll m follows Dotiltkn. Wilkievora. Camberwell Green Wayles Field Mill Street Vauxhall C76streh4trest, Waterloo•raad 47.. i Palace Road 379 48 12 97 13 Chan* Row, Kennington W4wl Btnal 829 146 44 York arrest 60 13 Trinity Square 6153 24 5,124 Majority for Donlton over Sleigh 4,370 . Majority for Doulton over Wilkinson 4,777 Mr. Do;LYON then presented him.elf to return thanks, and was loudly cheered by his friends. He said that be bed not been disappointed in the expectation which he confidently expreseal on Friday—that he should be re , turned u the representative of the borough of lambeth by a triumphant majority. He accepted the result, I n the &deplane, u • recognition of the general political principles on which be nought their suffrages, and in the next place as a proof that the electors were satisfied with the coulee which he had taken in the borough with respect to Vocal events. He did not entertain the least ill-feeliog towards his opponents. (Hear, hear.) It had been stated in some of the journals of that morning that the number of electors polled bore no proportion to the amount of the constituency, but the reason of that was that the election was virtually over by 10 o'clock in the morning, greater number of electors having voted for him br that time than for their late member. Mr. Hoops% when he first came forward as a candidate. They might have heani a piece of machinery called the Nasmyth hammer, which was eguallyfittedtocracka nut or toilette° a piece of solid metal of 40 toss weight. It was so with the present caution. The nut had bele cracked and that was sufficient. Somethag bad been said of the expenditure of the election, but whoa all his amounts were made up and published he belinel it would be found that his expenses were less in proportme to the numbers polled than those of both the outer condi. dads together._ He thought it only fair that those who brought tonsure Mr. Wilkinson should pay the expenses of that 'petioles°. (laughter.) He had a majority of new 5 to 1, not oily I. one place but in almost every district of the borough He should conclude by thanking them, and assuitig them that he should take his place in the Howe of COIIIOIOOI that evening, determined to do what he could to promote the interests of the nation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BLrIG a then came forward, awl was received with cheers. Although defeated, he thought it the first duty of a candidate to come forward, and to thank those who ex. acted themselves on his behalf. (Hear, hear.) The mall ows of the numbers who voted showed that there was great potiticalapathy in the borough, es4roved the neasseity for El extsasioo of the franchise. (Hear, hear.) He had reflected on this subject since the termination of the contest, and, as the franchise was a trust, he thought it should be loam ponied with the condition that every voter should re cord his opinion under some pecuniary fleet if he did not do so, such fine to go towards the ex of the election. (" That is not Ite i rli.") rill not mean to say that a man should be cow to vote for one of two candidates if he did not like ei er, but that he should either record his vote for one or declare that he abstained from voting. He had no ill-feeling towards his friend hie Dalkon, from whom and from whose supporters he experienced every courtesy during the election. (Cheers.) Be the time ter or sear when he should have the honour of taking his seat is the Hoene of Commons, he should devote it to pro moting the political freedom and enfranchisement of the trorkisg climes. (Hear, bear.) Mr. Wilkinson did sot appear. On the motion of Mr. Doeuroer, seconded by Mr. MITCH, a vote of thaeke was passed to Mr. Onalow, the returning officer. at Court. —.__ BALMORAL, MAT 3. The Queen and Royal Family arrived at Bal moral on Thursday, at a little before four o'clock. Her Majesty walked and drove in the ground. yesterday. The Duke of Argyll arrived at the Castle. The Crown Prince of Piton* attended by Count Pushier, Count Brandenburg, and Colonel de Roe, honoured Baron Marochetti with a visit on Friday. His Royal Highnem visited the International Exhibition twice on Saturday, and honoured Mr. feed with a visit at his studio. The Crown Prince dined in the evening with the Royal Academy in Trefalgar-equare. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Baron °hermits, Captain de Location, and Lieutenant• Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe. The Prince honoured Viscountess Palmerston with his company in the evening at Ler residence in Piccadilly. His Royal Highness was attended by all the gentlemen of his suite and Colonel de Roe. Yesterday the Crown Prince of Promia attended Divine Service in the forenoon at Westminster Abbey. Count Puckler and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. D. de Bee were in attendance. The Duke of Cambridge pre a dinner as Friday at his rtaidence in Piccadilly to her Majesty's Special Commis. Sonars for the opening of the International Exhibition, and . . _ for the Exhibition of 1862. The to the Royal comnpumy emisisted If the Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Omar of Sweden, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Tartish Ambassador, the Austrian Ambaasador ' the Russian Am bassador, the Lord Chancellor, the Du ke of Buckingham, Earl Granville, Earl of Derby, Fad Rummell, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Palmerston, Count Puckler, General . liiller - ;on de Geartringen, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Bon. Dudley de Roe, in waiting on the Crown Prince of Prussia, Count Brandenburg, Count Waehtmeister, Sir Charles W. Dilke, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. Fairbairn, Mr. Sand ford, Count Cronstedt, Gentleman-in-Walling on Prince Oscar of Sweden, and Colonel the Ron. James Macdonald, Equerry-in-Waiting. The Duke of Cambridge dined on Saturday with 4 1- Royal Academy. 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, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chanc ellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. A meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall eras held on Saturday at the Duchpotfioe, Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present—the Duke of New castle, Lord Warden of the Stanasries ; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney-General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Treasurer ; and Lord Portman. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial aloe from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Malta, and Gibraltar. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the North American Provinces, the Lord High Conuairioaer of the lonian Wands, and to the Governor of lahuan. THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRHSSIA. —His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Baron Oberoitz and by Monsieur Augustus Altgelt, acting com missioner for Prussia to the Exhibition, and Monsieur R. Hoene, President of the Zollverein Commission, visited on Saturday the trial works of the Pneumatic Despatch Com pany at Battersea. His Royal Highness was received by the Duke of Buckingham, chairman of the company, and Sir Charles Rich, a director, accompanied by the engineer and secretary. Mr. Hammen hail the honour of explaining to the Prince the nature of the pneumatic apparatus, and exhibited its working by pairing several trains of carriages, one containing • couple of passengers, through the tubs. He also described the plans for the intended application of the new system in London, where it is ►bout to be laid down for practical purposes upon an extended scale. His Royal Highness the Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway bee hued cards of invitation to a grand ban quet (to meet hia Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge end the Royal Commissioners), at the Clamadon Hotel, to morrow (Tuesday) evening. . _ His Royal Highness the Prince de Carignan is shortly expected to arrive at the Clareadou Hotel for the wawa. Viscountess Palnieaston bad a brilliant reunion at the noble premier's mansion on Saturday night, on which occanon her ladyship was honoured by the company of several of the illustrious foreign visitors at present this country for the loternational Exhibition. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Count Packler, Baron Obernits, M. Von Note, and Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Res, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, arrived at a quarter to 11 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden, attended by Count Cronstedt and d'Arbln, also hanornsd the reception Ily his presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Ducheae of Cam bridge, the Grand Ducheen of Meclrlenburg•Strelitz, and the Princess Mary, have left St. James's Palace for Cambridge Cottage, Kew. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad miralty, will hold a levee on Thursday next, at the Admi ralty, Whitehall. The Marchioness of Sligo's first dance is fixed to take place on Friday, the 16th inst. Lady Brougham has returued to Grattou-streas, from a virit to Lady Moore at Cobham. Lady Isabella Stewart's assembly will take place at her residence, in Be!grave-square, on Wednesday, May 21, and bell on Wedeeechty. May 28. The Hon. Richard Cavendish's ball will take place on Friday next at his residence in Chesham-place. The Hon. Mrs. Rowley's third ball will take place on Wednesday, the 28th Mg., at her residence in Berkelsy•squara. The President of the Royal Society held his first conversazione on Saturday night at the apartments of the society at Burlington House, Piccadilly. There was a very large attendance of the follows, and of many foreigners hold ing a high position in their respective countries. Yesterday morning Prince Oscar of Sweden attended Divine service at the Swedish church, where the Rev. F. T. Carbon preached, and the Swedish and Nor. yogis"' congregations had unanimously assembled. Fox CLUB. —The third meeting of the Fox Club Ude samen took place on Saturday evening at Brooks's, pre. mat, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Soadys, Lord Cremorno, Edward Ayabford Sanford, EN., Edward King Tenison, Fag., Lard Llanoves, Right Hon. Edward Ethos, M.P.. Hon. Hamilton, H. Daman, Hon. Leopold G. F. Agar Ellis, M.P., Colonel R. A. Shaft° Adair, Marquis of Hort- MirMs4 /LP. Weed 0. R Challoner, Viscount Eversky. Earl of Fife:Clensral Sir H. Ferguson Davie, Bart, M.P. • • Fad of Strafford, Frederick Dundee, Esq., M.P., Logi Dem, Edward Elliee, jun., Esq.. Colonel How. Weis man C. W. IZ M.P., Hon. Edward Southwell Rums% Annulus E SteMbenson Eaq., Right Hon. J. W. Fitspatrisk, Hee. Stephen Lashington, Earl of Cow ford. Sir o = R. Philips, Bart., Lord Carew, Colonel J. M. Viscount Dalrymple, Jobs SL Ani m a, Fag., M.P., Fad of Ounpardown, sad Lard Marisa F. T. Rum& LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BELGIUM. A Brussels letter in the Meuse, a journal pub lished at Liege, says : Notwithstanding the silence of the newspapers, Ido not think It. right to .eeseeal from yes that much unsmainess is felt about the Bing's health. Dr. Cfpiale has returned to Brussels, and yesterday evening it was rumoured at Liege that the august patient, whose state was known to have been again alarming within the last few days, remained without any improvement PRUSSIA. The definitive elections for the Prussian Chamber take place to-morrow. The ministry, it is said, will present itself to the new Chamber to defend its budget. The %rents Zeitung counsels the government to abstain from any measure which has the appearance of a coup d'etat and an attack on the constitution, but to be ready to repress any abuse the Chamber may make of its right to vote the taxes. The liberal party, it appears, has made a clear gain of 20 votes by the elections. THE RECEPTION OF KING VICTOR EMMANUEL AT NAPLES. Letters from Naples describe the reception of the King of Italy as one of the most remarkable de monstrations that has ever taken place in Europe. One correspondent writes : lamat a loss for terms to describe the enthusiastic re- 1 ception which was accorded yesterday to Vector Emmanuel, 1 the King of Italy. It infinitely surpassed, both in fervour and universality, his first reception, and far exceeded my expectations, though they were by no mune low. For a week or more the fever has been rising; yesterday from dawn of the day the excitement wee intense, and when the first canyon boomed which announced the approach of his Majesty there was • burst of feeling which it wee impossible to ra , stake. At 3 o'clock our ships dremed, and every mast in the bay was covered in • moment with tricoloured flags ; then our bluejackets, oonventially so called, though they now are all as white as snow, were seen running up the rigging and clustering about the mute like gulls. "n Be Galantetomo vim)" was the universal shout, and the muses were heaving backwards and forwards with impatient expecta tion ; but yet another hour of anxious endurance ensued. At last a shot from the Castello d'Ovo announced that the royal vessel was turning the point of classic and lovely Pantilippo ; the buzz of voices, and the clapping of heads, even in the distant parts of the city, were universal and unceasing. The thin mists which had covered the inn for two or three hours, protecting the vast crowds from its burning rays, now cleared up, and sea and mountain dressed themselves in their most gorgeous colours for their King ; our ships fired salvoes, which were re peated by the ships in harbour and the forts, and amid the rejoicings of nature, for the son buret out at this moment. and the universal rejoicing of hundreds of thotuands of expectant free men, their King rounded the Castello, and came in view of the city. It was as beautiful a sight as I ever witnessed. As soon as the Maria Adelaide anchored the state barge received the King, and attempted to make its way to the land—attempted I say advissely, for such • multieo: boats crowded around it, Ord with enthusi sem peones desiroos of welcoming their sovereign, that it was difficult to land. It was calculated that 500 of these goats hovered round the royal barge. On his Majesty disembarking, and entering the pavilion which had been erected expressly for the occasion, and fitted up with ex quisiteraste, he was received with • hurricane of applause. I can give you no idea of the ardour, the waving of handker chiefs, clapping of hands, and shouts of " Viva Vittorio Eniminuele, it ReGalantuomo, U Be d'ltalia Unita !" Bou quets were showered thicker than May showers could do it. Every possible spot wasoccupied, and the very masts of the vessels had their clusters. The King was evidently moved by the enthusiasm of the people, and that is saying much for • man of iron Darren The demonstration must have been • mighty one which could so far have affected him. In the pavilion there were in attend ance the civil and military authorities and ministers of state, and members of the diplomatic holy and other per sons of distinction who had received invitations. As soon as the official greetings were completed, the King entered the royal carriage, which was in attendance, and, preceded by • picket of mrabineers, commenced the truly royal pro caine°. Before all, however, went • hod of gallium, who, in all countries, it would appear, are the exponents of Public joy; the various associations of students, operati, 0 Italia Una," and several others followed, bearing flags and boughs of trees. I saw several priests in the pro cession, and an old friar sinking under the weight of a Mauer. And now one word as to my impressions of this wonderful pageant and demonstration. First, the Southern Italians are eminently monarchical is their ideas and tendencies. Republicanism will never find any root here. Such theories may be started, and associations in their favour may be found, but nothing but monarchy will go down here. And who is that monarch to be? Not a foreign prince ; the very stones would rise up in protest against him ; and much less a Bourbon. Some may have been discon tented, impatient, exigeanta, but they will not have a Bourbon. Who, then, is to be their sovereign but Victor Emmanuel? And yesterday they declared in the face of Europe that they will have him, and none but him. The King has since paid a visit to the French admiral on board the Bretagne, meeting with an imposing reoeption. Salutes were fired by the whole fleet. To-day the French fleet was to give a nautical spectacle. The ministers of Belgium and Sweden have arrived at Naples. _ On Saturdsy the King went to Caderts, and was greeted with remarkable enthusiasm. He gave 10,000 fr. for purposes of charity. The miniateis and the Cite of Neapolitan society were present at a wince given by the French con sul at Naples on Saturday night. The Viceroy of Egypt has been received by the King. The royal villa of la► Favorita Lm been placed at his disposal. The Neapolitan merchants have distributed 14,000 kilogrammes of bread amongst the poor ou the occasion of the royal visit. To-day the King was to leave for Salerno. (IZOTIVIS 7112GRANIL) MEXICO. MADRID, MAT 4, Emma. According to advises received here from Savannah to the 6th April, Juarez had ordered Generals Pinson. Galvez, and Nag...tete b. ei.eo. The Spanish government is about to send a re inforcement of 4,000 soldiers to Savannah as a precautionary measure. CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARSALA EXPEDITION. GENOA, KAT 4, EVINING. The anniversary of Garibskit's Marsala expedi tion was celebrated by the people of this city to-day. The population generally, including the care biniers and the workmen's associations, took part in the manifeation. Shouts were raised of "Rome and Venice." A correspondent of the Opinion Nationale remarks on the too pronounced desire of the Exhibition commis sion to make money out of au undertaking which ought to have been conducted in a more popular and generous spirit- The writer concludes his letter by saying, " the English can study with profit the finest contributions sent to the Exhibition Palace, which, built of brick, surmounted by two glans bells, is in most hornbill taste. Perhaps there never existed anything more ugly. This is not an individual and French opinion—it is unanimous. The English them selves go so far as to soy it is s ' dolga' " For the last three days the ordinary railway balm fm the transport of posempos front Paris to Loudon bars sot bum sufficient far the creeds who promoted themselves at the venous stations. It became necessary emsemneotly to despatch numerous extra trains, at short intervals from each other. OLDHAM ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) (BY Burma LID nuaz meowenc nulozars.) OLDHAM, MoirDiy. The election of a representative in the room of Mr. W. J. Fox, who has retired, took pima this morning, whew Yr. J. T. Hibbert, an &demos& liberal, was retuned without opposition. ILLNESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OP CANTERBURY. MONDAY Mosynto. We regret to state that yesterday the Arehbiehop of Canterbury was seriously indisposed ; but from accounts remived this nsorniog between 11 and 12 o'clock, we learn that his grace is decidedly better. —Times, Second Edition NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIN./LIT, MAT 3.—APPOINTNINT6--LieUtto ant G. 8. Graves to the Colossus. &upon H. Wes (additional) to the A Assistant Paymaster G. A. Rowe to th=rd. Naval Oast E. W. F. Crawford to the Defence. WOOLWICH, MAY 4. The whole of the troops in garrison, comprising four batteries of Royal Horse Artillery. several field batte ries, and the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light lefantry, assembled on the Common at eleveao'dock pater day looming, in accordanoe with a regimental order Wog on the promo' evening, thiet a review would take place in the presence of the Duke of Cambridge. A telegraphic memo was, however, subsequently received postposing the vidt of his royal highness, but directing that the whole force 'honk' aasemble for inspection by several dietinganhed foreign Tinton. Colonel Bingham, deputy adjutant-greed of Royal Artillery, accompanied by three field officers in the Prussian service, arrived at Woolwich at ten o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the Royal Arsenal, where abort two hours were occupied in au inspection of the *levered MY nufacturing and other departments, the whole of the work men being at the time employed. The party then proceeded to the Common and briefly inspected the whole of the troops, accompanied by Major-General Sir R. J. Decree, commandant, and a staff of officers, but no field-day oda time were carried out. In accordance with orders the troops will again assemble to-morrow morning, when it is expected that • review and Seld.day will take place in the presence of the Dake d Cambridge and distinguished foreign visitors. Commander Horatio Nelson, R.N., has been ap- pointed naval mail agent on the Southampton stance. The sprin j season may be said to have corn• mewed in Paris ; the military bands have received onkel to play in the various places of public regal ; the mars UM are brought from their wintry abodes, and are placed the gardens of the Tuileries and the Luxembourg. On Sur day eat the waterworks of Versailles will be put into Tv nutrition for the benefit of the large maims of visitor rho leave Paris on that day. Masud Ms quitted his old soot of harmony in the Champs Elysian for the Pre Catalioi which he opens on the same day. The enormous pieces of cannon which were used ' at the siege of Candle in the year 1669, mid which had rr rosined there Mies the death of the Duke of Beaufort, who was killed in a sortie, are expected shortly in Paris. Them cannon are of bronze, and bear the cipher of Louis XIV. and the arms of Frame. They are a present from the Sultan to the Balmier Napoleon, and were brought to Toulon by the steam corvette Roland. DINAR OF MR. THOMAS THORNLLT.—We regret to =DOWNS the death of the venerable Mr. Thomas Thorteli of this tows. He expired at his resident*, in Mount-ureet , at the ripe age of eighty-me. Mr. Tbornely represented Wolverhampton for many years in Parliament, and retirel, to the regret of his emiutuesti, only when age hid im• paired his rigour. Though quiet and uocetentationi. ba was well known and greatly respected by all with tine during his lengthened career be came in oontact. —Lircrpsi LIVIDDAT 81HFICRIL —GREAT YARNOCTH, Sr s. DAT NIGHT.—This afternoon a schooner was seen is a serf heavy sea, and with a strong wind from the east, to bon horrid on the Barber Sand as a signal of distress. The Chinks lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat In etitntice, woo immediately launched, end, after very Ines risk, the crew, seven in number, were rescued. The lit' boat while alongside the wreck broke her keel, tore off 60020 of her cork fittings, and otherwise damaged herself. The vessel • name was the Trial, of Poole, (eonsartle pool to Poole with coals ; she struck oe the wreck of the John and Ann, and is within twenty rod° of tie wreck of the brig Sisters, of Whitby, and it I/ A =hods the lifeboat escaped, as had she struck her boo crew of about 24 men must have all perished T b s 'Mooney it sow on her beam ends. Last night the sr. mouth sew lifeboat, belongieg to the same i nm ututioe, launched to the assistance of a fine brig, which was sees. . 50 strike on the Crow Sand, otl this place, in a heavy saw lb dram wind. It afterwards came on very dark. Very!' Way, however, the mewl, which proved to be the Ho% of Plymouth, get off the sands and the Wiliest Mantle to the shots. SIMMS AMAMI TO THII GRAND TRCNIE .or CANADA Itam,war.—By the Royal Ma il steamer Hibernia, wild' arrived is Liverpool on Saturday, from Porthiii we hem that the heavy freshets in Upper Canada. moo the sodden imittiaa of large quantities of WOW, hal carried away the astir* track of the Greed Trunk Rag' way fie army The neeth 01 oa an the penises mimed limy ecteede, it hi said, to abt twelve nem The mak and pamingers had to be tarried woo s the Wake ia mama. THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. On Saturday evening a public outdoor meeting of the inhabitants of Stalybridge was held in Acres-field, in that large and populous borough, under peculiar circum stances. The placards summoning the meeting were beaded " Bread for the People," but beyond this there was no inti mation of the object of the gathering, or by whom it was convened. The placard was drawn in an inflated style to which the people are somewhat accustomed, and mid the public of Ashton, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Hyde, Gloom, Droykden, &c., were respectfully informed, " that • monster meeting will be held in Acres-field, on Satur day, May 3, 1862," and an exhortation was added : " Masud in your thousands, that the TOM of the people may be heard through the lecgth and breadth cf the land." On the walls, aide of this announcement, were equally oonveying a caution :—" Notioe to the Public. l f l 4 i hereas information has come to band that a number of evil-disposed agitators have been hired by the enemies of liberty, the advocates of slavery, and paid by the agents of the rebels of America in order to get the assent of the people of Lancashire in favour of breaking the bloc kade, and acknowledging the rebel government. This would be a declaration of war against the North, which would nine provisions 50 per cent., canoe 100 per cent., and prove our complete ruin. Be not led away by these hirelings, bat take a calm and prudent view of the facts, and judge for yourselves.—By miler of a committee of working men who are advocates of faction of labour, property, and the liberty of independent of rank or con dition, country or colour." The meeting did not prove to be one of the monster order. About 2,000 people gathered on an open building plot celled Acres-field, and a cart served as rostrum for the springs. Mr. BlaCTOurrg having been appointed chairman, Mr. THOMAS WILOON moved :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the deep and metal distress prevailing in the manufacturing districts calls for immediate and decisive action, and inasmuch as the question is again to be brought' before parliament, we deem the present a favourable oppoe tunity for pressing upon the Poor-law Board for a relaxation of the laws - by , wkw.h relief is afforded to the poor." The motion was seceedied by Mr. JOHN BOIL; isep. ported by Mr. WILLIAM AIMS, and carried. Mr. HAIGH moved • memorial to the President el the Poor-law Board, representing that the labour test ought lad to bs applied to applicants for relief in the present crisis, because people usually employed in rooms heated to a high temperature were not fitted for out-door work; bei which those on short time had their labour spread over parts of three, four, or five days, so as to render it impossible to attend regularly to any other regular employment. The memorialists also thought that larger power should be gives to the guardians than they at present possess. The memorial was seconded, cornett, and the meeting closed with • vote of thanks to the chairman. A correspondent explains, that though the meeting was called by the game parties who had convened • similar one at Ashton on Wednesday last, and which petition's& parka meet for the recognition of the Southern Confidante', it had been thought better, probably in consequence ol the exposure above quoted, to confine the business to a more legitimate object, or at lent one upon which there is almost perfect unanimity of opinion, and the only reference made to the other subject was by Mr. William &thin, in supped ing the resolution, who said, "By an understanding between the committee and myself I shall not address myself to the question I was discussing at Ashton the other day." The meeting was attended generally by the better oh= el operatives of both sexes, and was exceeding orderly sad well conducted : but a cold north-easterly wind canted clouds of dust continuously over orators and auditors alike, rendering the position of all exceedingly uncomfortable, se that the proceedings concluded in semething under ea boar. The only speaker who indulged in straws Isagsage was Mr. Aitkin, who told the meeting that the skeisuot duties of a government were two-fold —" First, to prawn the lives sad property of the people, and secondly, to lad pradieble employment for labour and capital," and that when it was found, the people were out earning wages to sup port them a government that did not step in to their relief VOA abdicating its functions, and it was their duty to tell them so. He said, let any man come down and tell them that the labour test would not be relaxed and he would not answer for it that that person would not bin before en I hour was over, with the verdict of • Stalybridge jury upon him of " served him right !" He called Mr. Rickards, chair man of the Manchester guardians, a " Mawwortm" and the two members of South Lancashire who attended the recent meeting of Lancashire members in London " niggardly *comps." In fact the language had much of the old inflated style of stump oratory, telling the people they must make themselves heard " voices of thunder at Somerset House," and describing the unemployed as of " gaunt and spectre like" appearance as they gassed through the streets, • de scription which is by no mean true, because though dis tress is great much has been done by private sad public charity to relieve it, one establishment alone in the neigh bourhood giving out soup at • coot of 201. per week. Our correspondent adds, that it is currently reported in Stalybridge that money has been supplied in quantity from some quarter to some of the old factory agitators to stir up the people to violence, with a view of influencing govern ment on the American question, and that perhaps the best way of defeating the object will be this early exposure of the design. On Saturday • number of old chartist' and leaden of strikes were assembled at Stelybridge, who did not ap. pear at the meeting, who hive money enough to speed in public-houses, go from town to town, issue large and expos sive printed placards, he., and who are at the protein time contemplating a series of meetings to follow up those of Ashton and Stalybridge. The contributions received at the Mansion-house have been =sally increasing daily, and a oonsklerable amount lad received during the week. On Saturday there was a marked increase in the amount which came to hand, and among the oontribntions were the following : From the Bev. Charles Langton, Barthel& Tunbridge Well; per London and Westminster Bank, 1001. ; Wm. Le Lachenr, Eeq., 50/. ; John Carew, Esq., 254 ; Mr. J. I. Briscoe, M.P., per Gosling and Sharps, 251. ; Edward P. Bothwell, Esq. 101. ; Mn. G. L. Parsons, 101. ; Donald Larnach, Keuaington Pekoe-gardens, 101. 10e ; Mr. and Mies Downs., 71. ; Rev. J. Tboense, 51. ; Mrs. 51. ; Edmood X. Blood, Eq., Park, ; trii=tZ Alexander, 31. 3e. ; B. J. IL, 3/. 3s. ; Primrose, 11. ; Miss Smith, 11. ; E. G. &,10s ; B. IL, se. ; L Z., 10a. ; Waite Paper, 2s. 6d. Mn. S. C. Whitehead, 11. la. ; Mn, W. IL ; Borland, 11. ; the Hon. Georgina Irby, 21. ; Mrs. Batt, Clapham. 11 . ; John &toot, Fag., 21. ; Mr. P.. K. Slam, 11. ; Mies T. M. Steal, ; 1/. ; A Merchant's Clerk, 10a. The editor and proprietor of the Nation has brought an action for libel against the editor and proprietor of the Irishmafi, the alleged libel having been published in connexion with the NatiOles diacloeuree of the mal practices of the Phoenix Secret Society ; agents ri which fraternity had accused the Nation of having set the govern ment on the went of the illegal confederacy. The ease will be tried at the ensuing term. The Suez . Canal Company have lately been enabled, by means of the large supply of men obtained from the Egyptian government, to posh on their operations with greater activity. They have at the present moment, according to the information received from a gentleman' who has just returned from the Isthmus, in forced labour about 22,000 men, and above 1,5C0 volunteers. The inten tion is to raise the mumbled labourers to 40,000 men if the government can be induced to grant them. At present the work is almost entirely concentrated upon the Gutting to be made through the wad heights of Fl Die, and the engineers of the company promise that the Titre& demonic; or small elementary canal, will, within the next two months, convey the water of the Mediterranean Into the bean of Lake Tisonelt. L K`..'