The Express. — London, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

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Harland, Johnstone, Holt, A Newton.—And THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. HOLBORN,. TIM Eimer:go, MY TT'ILY NEXT. Mr. Delmore; Mesas root* sad Lennox —Aod FLYING SCUD. Mum Norrno, Bel abor% NW, Vote. ; Madames F. Josephs, C. Saoadem, Beide loot*. Plddee, kaysioad. 11/ITANICIA. Tars Evlsirm, LW& SIGNAL. Messrs. Reynolds, Drummond, Bowe, Re. ; Mies Jane Coveney —CHERRY AND FAIR STAK. Mews. Bigwood, Leslie, Elton, Re : Min R. Edwin sod Ma. S. Lane.—And THE DREAM OF AILLEN. HMI WATIM AT LONDON DRIDOL This -- Ati;eiboos, 4i. 80.. To-Ilotaow—Moraig, M. sat.. ..Aftemoca, 6i, 24m„ LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23. Hovrevea much it may shock the martinets of the Horse Guards to hear it, there is no doubt that the annual Volunteer Review is the best ex ponent of modern military science which the ser vice in this country furnishes. NAPOLEON used to place the ideal standard of troops in the power of marching twenty-five miles in one day and fighting a battle in the evening. The most extraordinary march chronicled in our own military history is probably that of the Light Brigade on the day of Talavera, when in full marching order they covered sixty-two miles in twenty-six hours, leaving only sixty-seven stragglers behind them. Butnow wesend a Volunteer Division a journey of eighty miles, they fight a battle, and come home to supper at night. True, it is not done by marching, and no doubt even a twenty-five miles march would knock up a third of those who without training should attempt such an effort. But the triumph con sists in the use of modern appliances so as to give men out of condition an efficiency four times as great as that of NkroLeoe's or Weureo- TON'S veterans. We do not dispute that the veterans, with the help of these appliances, woald be much superior to our Volunteers. But we do say that to take advantage of the gifts of science, so as thus enormously to enhance the natural powers of a force, is a truer illustration of scien- 1 tific warfare than any number of Horse Guards' inspections or Aldershott field-days. Magenta And Bull's Run were both won by the use of railways for the transport of troops at the critical moment, and wherever a field of operations includes even a single railway, the general who knows how to em ploy it will practically double or quadruple the re lative strength of the troops he commands. This striking spectacle of 20,000 men conveyed in hall a dozen hours without fatigue, and in full readiness for combat, to a point sixty or eighty miles distant from their place of concentration has in it a double lesson—one for the regular and another for the Volunteer service. To the former we may fairly put the question why it does not do likewise. The tritest maxim of military science is that rapidity of movement is the prime element of success, and rapidity of movement means now-a-days adoption, wherever practicable, of railway transport. But, like every other species of novel method, it needs some exer cise, some experience, to allow its advantages to be fully developed. Our Volunteers have grown tolerably expert in the matter, but the stricter discipline and more exact punctuality of regular troops might be expected to give them the advan tage, if they had only some practice to familiarise officers and men with the details of arrangement. But the authorities of the regular service ignore the existence of railways as much as if we were still manwuvring under MaaLsoitouox. To them this new and most wonderful addition to our military power is unknown, in any application beyond the modest service of carrying the Com mander-in-Chief down to Aldershott of a morning, or bringing up some dozens of officers for an afternoon lounge in the club windows of St. James's or an indecorous saunter in the Burlington Arcade. Yet that without some practice of it, as a method of moving troops, its full benefits cannot be realised, is most certain. No general could un dertake to transport 10,000 men, with a fair pro portion of horses and a few field pieces, by rail way without the risk of considerable blunders, involving much delay, being made on the first attempt. But it is very desirable that all our generals on the active list should be able to direct such an operation with out blundering at all. And though in peace it might be of no advantage beyond that of prac tice, we might reflect with some satisfaction on the moral influence it would have. No fortifica tions on our coasts, no entrenched camps inland, would have half so much effect on foreign minds as the recognition of the fact that within four hours of the first touch of the telegraph index an army of ton thousand men, complete in every arm, could be drawn up in line on the heights of Dover, of Beachy Head, or of Portsmouth, while the carrying resources of the railways were such as would bring up reinforcements of regulars, militia, and volunteers at the same rate all through the following night and day. A review of such a force, so transported, once or twice a year would not only be the most beneficial con ceivable lesson to our own officers and men, but would be a military spectacle calculated to pro duce the strongest impression on our neighbours. THE. EXIRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 11367. To the Volunteers themselves the remarkable success which has attended their efforts in this direction ought to suggest something further. They have proved that they can reach a designated point at short notice and in good order. But are they ready for a campaign of even a couple of days when they have gut there? Suppose the re turn to London in the evening could not be per mitted, and suppose the billeting in the pleasant hotels of Dover or Brighton were out of the ques tion, what are their resources for camp life ? They have neither blankets, nor great costa, nor knap sacks, nor canteens. Men thus unequipped with the merest necessaries of active service would be inefficient as an army in forty-eight hours. No enthusiasm of patriotism can keep rain from wet ting, or wind from chilling, nor can any amount of self-abnegation preserve the vital powers without the means of cooking food. Of course the Volun teers mean to have all these essentials if they are ever wanted, and they trust to have sufficient notice of any danger to have time to provide them. But if they leave these matters to be provided in the 'scurry of alarm, they ensure that they shall be ill provided. The same reason that makes us urge that troops should be practised in rapid transport by rail suggests that Volunteers should practise making themselves efficient for a campaign. These necessaries in the shape of greit coats, knapsacks, and canteens ought indeed to be fur nished to them by Government. But the oppor tunity might very profitably be employed for testing the best pattern of each article. As every one knows, ingenious persons are constantly de vising improvements in these matters, and there is no doubt that the present service patterns are the worst conceivable. There could be no better way of finding out the best than by issuing diffe rent patterns to different Volunteer regiments for trial. There is so much intercommunion among Volunteers that their public opinion would very soon decide which form was the best. Furnished with these requisites the camp life of different corps might in summer be greatly extended. We have had some examples in Cheshire and Berks 'of this pleasant and beneficial variety of training. But nothing could be more valuable to officers and men than that it should be organized and made part of the regular routine. The ambi;ion of Volunteers is to show themselves perfect soldiers. To attain this end fully they must show not only that they can fight, can march, and can profit by railway transport, but that they can bivouac and cook. debenture sad prskiential claito; to meta:. se: count. As things are the banker "wants his rummy, or the solicitor his bill, or a heavy "open accouat'' must needs be closed, or a judgment creditor re fuses to wait any longer. The directors cannot help them selves; the obligations before them are imperative, and so they discharge them, and then meet the registered claim ►nts on their revenues with empty tills. If it were once known with certainty what the liabilities of a railway company really are, the value of its property could be cal culated, but at present the example of one or two lines— themselves, perhaps, only temporarily embarrassed — damages all together in public estimation. This distrust eau only be dispelled by complete knowledge. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION. The North German Gazette says : Prussia maintains on the Luxemburg question in its own name and that of Germany the stake quo ante which has been sanctioned by international treaties. This posi tion cannot be altered at the very moment when Prussia's right might be considered dubious because negotiations are begun to suppress it. On this the SUde remarks : Prussia thus maint►ins the slats quo ante in Luxemburg; it does not admit its right of keeping the fortress to be called in question. If this is the view of the Berlin Cabinet—and we can have but little doubt of it—we must admit, with regret at the result, that it desires war. lbenergielative to the execution 4 the Tenure of Office Bill. SenaW Sumner declared that he understood the Presi. dent interided to continue the appointments after the adjournment of Congress, in violation of the bill The Senate has resolved to adjourn on Tuesday next. A military commission for the trial of civilians is now sitting at Fortress Monroe. The Secretary of the Treasury has announced that the tonnage dues of 30 oenta per ton will be collected once each year on all vessels from foreign ports. There are indications of a bloody Indian war about to commence on the North Western frontier. OUR CONTEMPORARIFI3. (THIS DAY.) TR& DANGER. 9 OF A WAR. In all human probability, says the Times, the next fortnight will terminate the suspense which now paralyses confidence throughout Europe, for the prelimi naries of war are in these days as brief as its operations are crushing and decisive. The intelligence of a collision between the French and Prussian troops on the Luxem burg frontier may perhaps be the Brat notice we shall re ceive of a struggle for supremacy on the Continent, the most formidable in its probable consequences, as it is certainly the least just and necessary, which has been waged since the days of Napoleon the First. The contingency has been foreseen by both governments for the last 12 months. From the day that Prussia estab lished her military superiority to Austria, it became a fixed idea in the minds of Frenchmen as well as Germans that she would next have to contend with France for the cham pionship of Europe. There is too much reason to fear that the spirit of German nationality is possessed with the lust of military glory. Assuming France to be satisfied with the demolition or evacuation of Luxemburg, the TIMES is at a loss to imagine how a plausible nut,. belli can be framed. On the other hand if France should re ject the compromise she will share with Prussia the guilt of the war. Perhaps there was never • case in which the good offices of friendly government* could be invoked with greater propriety, and it is reported that a imultaneous communication has been made to the government of Prussia by the Cabinets of Great Britain and Russia—Prussia having herself invited an expression of opinion from those who signed the treaties of 1109. The opinion stated on behalf of England is understood to have been favourable to the legality of the contract between Holland and France. But legality is one thing, international comity is another. If our government is called upon to act the part of a peacemaker, it will not overlook those circumstances which would give the occu pation of Luxemburg by French troops the appearance of • demonstration against Germany. It is remarked by the Daily Ness. that the ugliest feature of the Luxemburg question is the state of mutual feeling between the governments of France and Prussia which it discloses. Were the two countries permanently at peace—did Prussia feel that her late triumph was for given in France, and were France satisfied that it could accept in amity Prussia's new position, then the decision respecting Luxemburg could not be an affair of paramount importance. The first truth which the powers that signed the final arrangement of 1839 must acknowledge is that Luxemburg is not safe in the keeping of the King of Hol land. Neither Prussia nor France can take or can yield it, nor yet leave it as it is, without adding to the already numerous provocations to war. Handed over to Belgium for a price, Luxemburg neutralised would cease to be a bone of contention, or an eye-sore to the rival powers. Unlike most modern wars a war between France and Ger many would in all probability lead to no result, or much alter, the present line of frontier. Germany cannot be looked upon es naturally pugnacious or ambitious : its aspirations have been always intellectual, and we look to the good sense and feeling of the people to preserve them from the mania of conquest or war for war's sake. Theirs is now the great initiative of Europe, and it ought to be worthy of them and of the century. The apprehensions of war, according to the Peat, arise from the fact that Germany is completely at one in respect to the absolute necessity of never parting with Luxemburg, and it may not be in the power of even Bismarck himself to stem the violence of the popular torrent. Statesmen may negotiate, but they do so with a dim notion that the matter with which they are dealing does not rest in their hands. One thing is certain—both France and Prussia are putting themselves in a state of readiness so as to be pre pared for the worst in =se the negotiations should end in failure. The TeregrapA expresses its opinion that the French demand for the dismantling of the fortress and the neu tralisation of the grand duchy is perfectly reasonable, but doubts whether the compromise will be accepted. Prussia, claiming to be the residuary legatee of the old confedera tion, desires Luxemburg as German territory. Both with Germany and France the question is rather one of national pride than of material interest, and any arrangement which satisfies the one can hardly fail to dissatisfy the other. Our own government has not conceded its opinion that the suggested compromise is admissible as the basis of a satisfactory settlement. The danger which the Star sees is in the temper of the French people. What may be called the uneducated opinion of France is here at one with the leaders of political thought in the metropolis. The few opposition deputies are, in fact, at this moment at the head of the French people, calling for an energetic policy, and the Emperor baa scarcely an alternative left to him. Re might control the impatience of the army if the people were opposed to war, he might venture upon • pacifiic course if the people were divided ; but with the populace, the army, the journalists, and the statesmen all crying out that France is humili ated and that the young giant of Germany must be grappled with, he can do nothing else than hasten into the market to buy breech-loaders everywhere. If war is declared at all, France must necessarily be the aggressor; and in such a conflict the chance is greatly in favour of the power which stands upon the defensive. RAILWAY FINANCE. Discussing the subject of railway fina nee the Times con tends that the first step in its rectification must be to bring the miscellaneous and " temporary" obligations which interpose between the profits and the payment of PARLIAMENT AND ITS LEADERS. It is remarked by the Daily News that the present par liament, elected under the auspices of • politician who substituted generalship for statesmanship, is far more in sympathy with Mr. Disraeli than with his scrupulous and sensitive opponent. It was the liberal party in the country rather than the liberal majority in parliament which called Mr. Gladstone to the front. But with such a house Mr. Gladstone could not be expected to succeed. Not possessed of any earnest conviction, it was unable to respond to an earnest policy. Primarily opposed to refonn, and now pro ceeding with it simply because of the danger of postponing it for such a parliament, Mr. Disraeli, and not Mr. Glad stone, is the fit leader. Mr. Disraeli never shows his great ability to more advantage than in admitting • prin ciple, but providing against all its consequences. His Re form Bill exhibits all this cleverness, and just hits the mood of the house. tits !Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 22. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur walked out, and rode on ponies this morning. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park, and Prince Leopold also went out, attended by Mr. Legg. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, went to London this afternoon, and visited the Prince and Prin oess of Wales at Marlborough House. Her Majesty after wards returned to Windsor Castle. In attendance were Lady Churchill and Lord Mired Paget. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli left the Castle this morning. Messrs. Elkington and Co. have had the honour of sub mitting to the ixspection of the Queen a vase made of standard gold, enriched with jewels and enamelled in parts. It is intended to form the central and principal piece of a dessert service, of which the other portions in silver gilt are now in the Exhibition at Paris, being in tended as the gift of an eminent Parsee merchant of Bombay to an English merchant residing there. 5,000 f. is the value of the service. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 22. The convalescence of the Princess Christian is steadily progressing. The infant Prince continues perfectly well. Her Royal Highneu's recovery is so far advanced thatit is considered unnecessary to issue any more bulletins. ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. THOMAR FAlktliAliK, M.D. The Prince of Wales rode out yesterday, attended by Captain Ellis. The Queen of Denmark and the Prince of Wales, at tended by the Countess of Morton, Madame de Dille, M. de Castenschiold, and Captain Ellis visited the French Gallery in Pall-mall, and inspected the annual ethibi tion of pictures by artists of the French and Flemish schools. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American provinces, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal. and St. Helena. The Duke of Cambridge will return to town to day from visiting the Earl Granville, at Weimer Cutle, attended by Colonel Clifton. The marriage of Mr. Hope and Lady Ida Duff will take place next month. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., passed through town yesterday from Hawarden Castle for Paris. PRESERVATION OF EPPING FOREST. Yesterday afternoon an open-air meeting, con vened by the East London committee of the Commons Preservation Society, was held opposite the King's Oak Tavern, High Beach, Loughton, to protest against the en closure of a considerable portion of Epping Forest, and adopt measures for preserving the time-honoured rights of the inhabitants of the district, and retaining the forest for public amusement and recreation. It being baster Monday, when the annual stag hunt takes place, many thousands of pleasure-seekers had assembled in the forest, and large numbers crowded round the open van, which served as a platform, and appeared to take great interest in the proceedings. The chair was occupied by Mr. Duffield, of Mile-end, who briefly explained the objects of the associa tion, and called upon the inhabitants of that district to support it. If they suffered the encroachment which had commenced to go on, it would not be long before the whole of Epping Forest was enclosed, and the crowded popula tion of the Eastern district of the metropolis deprived of the valuable means of recreation which they now enjoyed. Mr. Burney, of Bow, in moving a resolution pl e d g i ng the meet ing to co-operate in resisting the enclosure of the forest, said it was a tact that upwards of 6,000 children had been brought 110V/11 from London in one day to enjoy them selves in the forest, and it was anything but patriotic and Chtistianlike on the part of the Rev. Mr. Maitland, the lord of the manor, to attempt to enclose it. Th e rev. gentleman had, it appeared, purchased 1,400 acres from the crown commissioners at 1001. per acre, and 4/. 10s. per acre for crown rights ; and this land he had enclosed. Now, if any of this land was sold for building purposed it would fetch about 1 1 000/. per acre. He contended that the whole affair was illegal, because the rights of the people had not been considered, and they could not be bartered away. They were not worthy the name of Englishmen if they did not resist this oppression by every means in their power. A considerable amount of money had been sub scribed, and the society was determined to try the issue by legal means, if necessary. It was not only the rich that had rights; the poor bad rights also: and if the rich put up fences where they had no business to do so, the Mwould be justified in pulling them d own aga i n . ailed upon them to assert their rights in the same manner as their forefathers had done. and if they did not move in the matter, and that quickly, every acre of the forest would soon be enclosed. Dr. Bowkett. of Poplar, in seconding, observed, if it was right to let the Rev. Mr. Maitland obtain possession of this large amount of land at 100/. per acre, he should like to know why • poor man could not have a small plot on the same terms? The question was, who bad sold this land, over which the people had rights! If the crown had rights over the forest, it only held those rights in trust for the people. It was a fact that the richer Eng land became in money the more distress existed amongst the poorer classes, and the rich did not scruple t o t a k e away the rights of the poor when they had an opportunity of doing so. On that very day he had been taring to a man who was sentenced to imprisonment for cutting wood in the forest, and who was afterwards offered money to give up his right to do so. It was clear that the man had a right, or money would not have been offered to him. Several sturdy fellows here inquired if they would be legally justified in pulling down the fence, as they were anxious to do so! In reply, it was stated that the com mittee did not advise such action at present, until some legal steps had been taken. Addresses were delivered by Mr. Davis, of Mile-end, and Mr. Crompton, the seen tary, after which the meeting separated. The Caledonian Mercury, which claimed to be the oldest newspaper in the kingdom, and which for some months past was issued in the form of an evening half penny paper, armed on Saturday to be published, after an existence (since 1662) of more than two centuries. MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION IN THE METROPOLIS. —The trustees of charities in the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft, city of London, acting under an order of the Charity Commissioners ' who cordlidly approve the scheme, have paid over 2,000/. of the surplus funds at their disposal to the Corporation for Promoting Middle Class Education in the metropolis. It is confidently expected that other trustees will follow this example, and that the funds of the corporation will be largely incieased from the unappropriated charities in the city of London, to which Mr. Rogers alluded in his letter calling public attention to this subject. One of the finest screw steam vessels that ever entered the port of Liverpool arrived there yesterday morning. The Istrian is about 470 feet in length sod 2,700 tons register, and was built at Belfast, by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, for the eminent firm of Messrs. John Bibby and Co., of Liverpool. This vessel, which is constructed of iron, was towed round to Liverpool from Belfast by the steam tugs United States and United Kingdom, in the extraordinary short time of 16 hours. Th e Istrian is in tended to run between Bombay and Suez. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAT.— MONDAY, APRIL 22.—Admissions on payment, 24,379; ditto by season tickets, 2,071 ; total visitors, 26,450, GERMAN ADVICES. The advices front Frankfort (says the Times City article) state that the Bourse, which was quietly waiting the result of the diplomatic nego tiations between the three neutral powers, had become agitated on the first hint of military pre parations. On the 18th inst. a telegram from Paris --not published either in London, Amsterdam, or Brussels—stating that France was making certain arrangements, such as the provisioning Metz and the calling out of a reserve of 40,000 men, created general apprehension. All these, it was admitted, might be looked upon as merely defensive measures ; but the mode of the publication was alarming. There was a conviction that the tele gram originated at Berlin, and that it came from official inspiration. The inference, consequently, was that Prussia was determined not to forego her advantage of being ready, by permitting protracted diplomatic negotiations, which would allow France to arm in earnest, and that she would therefore at once demand an explanation in order to bring the question to an immediate issue. Meanwhile the German people see that the affair has now reached a stage in which war would be almost better than delay. All commerce is said to be at a stand. The Frankfort Fair was closing as it com menced, without any business being transacted. " Even the Luxemburg leather manufacturers have been obliged to take their goods home unsold and would not incur the charge of carrying them to Leipsic." " Merchants," it is added, " are in despair from these continuous threatenings." Un fortunately, however, the belief seems to be universal that the Emperor Napoleon is alone to blame, and that the pretensions of Ger many are not to be questioned for a moment, so that the teachings of distress are not likely to have any salutary influence. In a postscript to these advices, dated Saturday evening, it is mentioned that a telegram from Paris (via. Berlin, and there fore supposed to come through the same channel as that of Thursday) had been received, to the effect that the French government had accepted the proposals of the neutral powers. Accordingly, " as it is difficult to believe that Prussia will alone oppose the views of the friendly cabinets, a better tone is now prevailing." GARIBALDI ON THE ROMAN QUESTION. The Morimento of April 20 contains the follow ing letter from General Garibaldi to the democratic circle of the working men of Mantua: Brethren,—l owe yon lively gratitude for the idea , tionate words which you have addressed to me on the occasion of the annulling of my election as deputy of your illustrious city. Yes, you are right, " the tribune of real liberty must be fixed in Rome, where Hortansius, Cicero, and Tiberius Gracehus spoke to the world ;" where, whilst Hannibal was besieging one gate, the legions departed through another to fight in distant quarters. The capital of Italy is not at Turin or Florence, but at Rome. Neither the Carignano Palace nor the Hall of the Five Hundred is sufficient for Italy. What she wants is the Capitol. Yea, it is exactly from the spot, con secrated by blood of the Mantua, of the Cresoentii, of Arnaldo, of Savanarola, of Cola di Itiensa, of Cam panella, of Mameht, of Cicerovecchio, of Bassi, of Taszoli, that the new religion of fraternity, of love, and of peace, with God for its legislator and all men for its apostles and priests, must spring.—Wholly yours, G. GASIBALDI. (RECTER'n TILIGRAIIK.) BAVARIA AND PRUSSIA. MUNICH. APRIL 23. The following semi-official statement has just appeared here: " Herr von Tanfkirchen's visit to Berlin and Vienna is occasioned solely by the threatening aspect of the political horizon, and not by nego tiations for the entrance of Bavaria into the North German Confederation. No negotiations for any other sort of national junction of Bavaria to the remainder of Germany are being carried on. The Bavarian army will not be mobilised." SERVIA. BELGRADE, APRIL 23. The anniversary of the Servian insurrection in 1815 was celebrated yesterday by great popular re joicings. The. Turkish garrison evacuated the fortress of Schabatz yesterday. PORTUGAL. LISBON, APRIL 22. Some slight popular tumult took place in Oporto yesterday evening. The military intervened to restore order, and easily succeeded in doing so without making use of their arms, notwithstanding the provocation offered by some of the rioters, who threw stones at the troops. Several of the ring leaders have been arrested. This demonstration has been twice prematurely announced to take place by its promoters. The Patriotic Union Society, which was formed without sanction, and which encouraged the agi tation, has been dissolved. Oporto and the other provinces of the kingdom are at present perfectly quiet. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP. NEW YORK, APRIL 1:I, MORNING. The Supreme Court yesterday heard the arguments relative to the application for permission to tile the Mississippi petition for an injunction to restrain the President from executing the Reconstruction Bill. The Attorney General Stanberry argued that the official dignity of the President removed him beyond the jurisdiction of the court. In such cases he could only be reached through the people or their representatives. If the court granted the injunction Attorney General Stanberry said he would advise tho President not to obey the order; f the case were then pressed the court would be com pelled to arrest the President for contempt, and a serious collision between the executive and judicial branches would ensue. The President had exhausted his rightful opposition to the Reconstruction Bill by vetoing it. His only duty now was to execute the law as enacted. Mr. Robert J. Walker, on behalf of the petition, argued that the President himself had declared the Re. construction Bill to be unconstitutional, and that the Supreme Court was crested to decide contested point, in constitutional law ; the case was therefore within the jurisdiction of the court. The official dignity of the President could not justify his executing laws enacted in violation of the constitution, or the consequences of the subversion of the constitution which the President had declared to be accomplished in the Reconstruction Bill would be more disastrous than the consequences of the President's refusal to obey the mandate of the Supreme Court issued in performance of its sworn duty to protect the constitution. The Senate adopted a resolution asking the President to furnish copies of any opinions given him by the Attorney- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mom OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The elaborate article in Sunday's Debats, repre senting the Luxemburg question as in a promising way for settlement, met with no credit at the Bourse. The rise produced on Saturday by the roundabout Haven telegram was considered alto gether factitious, and the opening quotations in the Rente were upwards of Ifr. lower than the last closing prices. There were afterwards many fluctuations between the extreme figures of 65fr. 15c. and 65fr. 75c. ; but the closing prices, 65fr. 90c. for cash, and 65fr. 65c. for account, show a fall of 40c. and 55c. The French funds at this moment, therefore, are scarcely a fraction above the lowest panic prices that have been yet seen. Mobi lier fell 2fr. 50c., Credit Foncier 15fr., Comptoir d'Eacompte 7fr. 50c., and Italians 224 c. The Northern Railway fell 12fr. 50c., and Lyons lOfr. What is said at the Bourse is that there is no doubt of war, but that the great question is whether it will be declared before the end of the month. If not, speculators for the rise may yet do a good thing for the settlement. The Preate says the government will probably make a communication to the Chambers on Thurs day next touching the present diplomatic state of the question. In military circles officers are rabid for war. The French Generals who expect command, speak with the utmost contempt of the Prussian army, and say that although it showed itself at Sadowa capable of a rush, it would never stand a campaign of six weeks. The common talk in barracks is th►t the consummate French Generals will make the Prussians manwuvre till they are worn out and then fall upon and destroy them. The Saint Public of Lyons thus explains the transport of war materiel from Lyons to the for tresses in the east and north-east : After the campaign of 1859 the magazines of Lyons re ceived a large part of the stores coming from Italy. At present, on account of the return of the troops from Mexico and the materiel they bring back, the stores here are being divided ►mongst all the magazines, arsenals, and depots of the country ; that is to my, Lyons, which was overstocked, is being disembarrassed, and the other fortresses which were not properly sup plied are being provided. Moreover, these changes were ordered before the question of Luxemburg arose. This does not mean that the military administration remains with its arms folded. No mystery is made as to the acti vity with which the arsenals and arm factories are working to place the defences of the country in a position to be prepared for any event. Franoe, most certainly, in case of a war, would not be found =provided. She has five classes of reserve which could be brought into the line at the first summons, and which, added to the actual effec tive, would furnish a number of soldiers amply sufficient not only to protect the territory, but even, in case of ag gression, to carry the war into a foreign country. And now the if senir National is to be tried the day after to-morrow for " false news," which was essentially nothing more than what is given above, with an extremly complicated and by no means reliable explanation ; and there are public writers who pretend that the statement that war materiel could have been despatched from Lyons to such a great artillery depot as Metz was absurd upon the face of it ! There was a rumour this morning that Marshal Forey had died suddenly. This news is contra dicted, but letters from Nancy, where he is com mander-in-chief, state that he has had a most dan gerous apoplectic attack, and that only slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. Captain Hudson has brought the famous Red White and Blue to Paris, and is now exhibiting the wondrous little craft in a pool of water in the garden of Prince Napoleon's Pompeian villa in the Avenue Montaigne. Dr. Jobert de Lamballe, one of the most emi nent medical men of this century, died yesterday at Dr. Blanche's asylum. It will be remembered that some months ago this eminent colleague of Dupuytren suddenly lust his reason. Count Bismarck has left Berlin for the estate of a friend, where he intends passing the Easter holidays. The Premier, as be was repeatedly obliged to mention in parliament, has but indifferent health. Should a war ensue, some of his colleagues, whose avowed principles are not very palatable to the liberals, will, it is likely, be superseded by more popular men. A letter from Florence of the 18th says:—" Gari baldi has been here for the last three days, and has been constantly besieged by visitors, especially by enthusiastic women from foreign lands. He leaves to-morrow for Cremona, but will be back for the reopening of the Chamber next week." The prices charged at Pesth for apartments during the coronation time are fabulous. At the Hotel of Europe a suite of 50 rooms has been engaged for the courtiers and the attendants of the Emperor for four weeks, namely, a fortnight before and a fortnight after the coronation, at 45,000 florins. Another suite of rooms for the diplomatic corps, for two weeks, has been engaged at a cost of 25,000 florin,. An unprecedented fact has occurred at the Exhibition of Paintings which opened last Monday at the Pahtis de Flndustrie. M. Jean de Waldeck, born at Vienna lfith March, 1766, but naturalised French, and who there. fore has completed his 101st year, exhibits two oil paint ings, both of which he executed this winter. M. de Wal deck is the pupil of David and Prudhoe. A visitor to the Paris Exhibition writes " Verily, the din of pianos by which one's brains are muddled during one's daily visit to the Exhibition is enough to induce the most enthusiastic admirers of that instrument to wish it had never been invented. Fifteen hundred pianos, from all quarters of the globe, are to be seen, and on an average 500 of these may be heard at the same time, each played by rirtinui of different nations, each of whom perform different airs set to various keys, and executed in every imaginable time at one and the same moment. The effect, as may be readily imagined, of this peaceful combination of discordant sounds is not precisely pleasing. Could not the imperial commission be induced to issue a decree in pursuance of which these musical gen tlemen would be requested to abstain from indulging us with their simultaneous performances? One at a time a /a bonheur / but five hundred—er , / du lure ."' There is one feature of the march past at Dover yesterday to which attention is pointed, less with a view to the past than to the future. At great public gatherings of late it has become habitual fora horsewoman, with one sword in her hand, and another thrust under her saddle girth, to appear conspicuously. At Garibaldi's public entry and at every Wimbledon and Easter Monday review she has been present similarly accoutred. In itself this might be a matter of taste, but yesterday she succeeded in passing the flagstaff with one of the volunteer regiments. MACKEREL. —The spring mackerel season, now nearly at an end, has been very remunerative to the bulk of the Cornish fishermen. During the past week upwards of 11i0 tons of fine mackerel were caught, and of this supply more than 100 tons were forwarded to London. The fish were retailed in Cornwall at six and seven a shilling, but much better prices were made by the London market. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. (nom ov resew, 0011118POSDI2rf.) . . . A festival will take place on the 14th of July, in the great nave of the Palais de l'lndustrie, in the Champs Elyscles. The decorations put up for the distribution of prizes will not be taken down until after this festival. All the musical societies are invited to join in it. This is the programme : Sunday, 14th July, 1867, there will be a rehearsal of the festival at the Palais de l'lndustrie, at seven in the morning, and the festival will take place at one o'clock the same day. On Monday, the 15th, the prizes will be awarded. Wednesday, the 17th, competitions in fanfares and harmony. Thursday, the 18th, prizes for fanfares and harmony awarded at the Palaia de l'lndustrie. For infor mation the directors of societies should apply to the general commissioner of the Universal Exhibition. On Sunday, the 21st of July, a competition of military music will take place, also in the Palais de l'lndustrie. Each band will execute a piece of its own selection, and the overture of Weber's Oberon. It seems that the manufacture of musical instru ments will occupy a great part of public interest in the Exhibition. There are impromptu concerts going on in the afternoon constantly. This year it is not the more or less clever amateurs who merely try the pianos as at other Exhibitions ; but well-known professional instrumentalists have several times displayed their skill, and a brilliant musical festival has been the result. The visitors of the American part of the Exhibi tion were congregated last Friday around a mag nificent piano from the American firm of Chicker ing and Sons, of Boston, which the well-known pianist, Edouard Wolff, was playing. The instru ment is remarkable not only for the clearness of its tones, but for ita elegant exterior and solid make. It is said that the most celebrated makers of pianos owe a valuable invention to the Cl icker ing establishment, the Erard establishment of America as it has been surnamed. Alfred Jed!, Madame Jaell, T. Ritter, Madame Escudier- Kataner have also tried these famous pianos, and have each testified to their superiority. Prince Oscar, of Sweden, who is an excellent musician, tried several harmoniums and pianos the other day. He was especially pleased with M. Blanchet's in struments, and paid him a great many compli ments. The Prince was also very pl ea sed withthe little pianos, of a new form, which are constructed to meet the inconveniences of steamboats. I give you one of the latest Exhibition rumours. It is said that a Russian company has bought the materials of the Exhibition building—iron work, pillars, everything. All these materials are to be delivered up to the company in November. Thus the building will certainly be closed to visitors in October. I wonder to what use these Russian spe culators will put the framework of the gasometer f Will they make a hothouse of it in St. Peters burg, or a riding school for the Cossack Cavalry 1 At last steps have been taken towards the proper supply of cabs for visitors. The Imperial Commis sion has issued the following notice, viz., that telegraphic offices are established at the gates of the Exhibition, which will telegraph to a cab stand with which they are in communication, and thus pro cure for every one a cab or remise, whichever they require. The telegraphic offices are stationed at the Porte de Labourdonnaye, the Porte Tourville, Porte de l'Ecole, Porte Dupleix Porte Suffren, Porte de Grenelle, Grand-Porte, and Porte de l'Universit.S. The central office, where all kinds of information respecting this system will be given, is at the Porte de Labourdonnaye. Italy is now becoming active in her department. Garibaldi is uncovered, and is placed in an im posing position at the entrance of the Italian fur niture department, where he makes a wonderful effect amid the elegant cabinet work. There is some beautiful earthenware from Faenza in the Italian courts. Some Turkish cushions in ena melled terra-cotta are disposed on the floor of the furniture department, and have a very pretty effect. I must confess that they do not look in viting to sit down on. The Russian section of the park is becoming the most delightful place. Among other novelties, in one part of it the chairs are arranged in a vast circle, in which the moujicka train Muscovite horses. Thus, a miniature hippodrome is combined with the pleasures of an open-air cafe. Albert Wolff, in his chronique on the Exhibition, has made the following observations, breathing a charming spirit of hospitality to the stranger : If, during the Exhibition , • °wintry cousin, or a stranger shall come to you armed with a letter of introduction, is. ceive him with open arms. On the morrow of his arrival invite him to breakfast at a restaurant, where you will not spend more than twenty-five sous. Then take your guest to the Bourse, and let him be pushed about and hustled for an hour or two by the stockbrokers' clerks. After the Bourse, go with him on the knifeboard of the omnibus, to the Champ de Mars. Tell him to walk about the Lion for three hours, while you remain at the buffet. As you leave the Exhibition offer your visitor • glass of liquorice water, and tell him that Baron Brine particularly recommends it as a drink. Ask him to dinner, and feed him on potatoes. and apologise to him by saying that since the opening of the Exhibition meat is too dear. After dinner take your guest to the Aquarium on the Boulevard Montmartre, and let him watch the gold fish feeding on wafers, which are given to them at about eight in the evening. From eight to nine let bun have an hour's tragedy at the Eldorado. Then terminate the delightful day by a visit to the Athinee, where he will most likely hear one or two lee. tures. The most intrepid visitor will not be able to stead this regime, and on the morrow will be certain to ask yen to see him to the railway station. A few hours later will see him among his astonished family. The violent contest that has been going on these last two or three days between the proprietor of the chairs in the park and the I Unonadiers and restaurateurs has now become the subject of a law suit. The proprietor of the chairs has been told to await the decision of the judge. I should hope that the prig ilege of preventing Gusonadicrs frost placing chairs outside the cafes will not be granted. The women who let chairs in the Champs Elysees might just as well refuse to allow seats to be placed in the eares-ewo It has been suggested that a ticket should be given to persons who pay four soils for their chair, enabling them to sit down in different parts of the building. This is done in the Champs El)s;es and elsewhere. It will be indispensable in the Exhibition. _ The festivals and competitions in music, which the Imperial Commissioners are preparing for duly, continue to occupy the minds of the musical world. I give you several details relative to the instrumental societies. There will be international contests between civil societies, and contests be tween the military bands of Europe. Twenty gold modals • great prizes of 5,000, 4,000, 3,1100, ,1.10 1 ), and 1,600 francs; medals of honour, and com memorative medals will be awarded in this com petition. These prizes represent in all WOG francs, including the prizes which will be awarded to the orpheoniats. The exhibition of locksmiths' work and bell will be opened at the close of the horticultural ex hibition. This is a good idea ; it saves the Impe rial Commission some considerable expense, and permits the public to admire the beautiful gates which the Paris locksmiths have set up here. On Thursday the works for laying down the railway lines which will go from the Exhibition to Itillancourt were begun. They are now going oa with great activity, and I dare say the railway will be open to the public by the Ist of May. A great change has been effected in every part of the Exhibition during the past week. It is said that Easter Monday will see a charming little opening fête in the Horticultural Gardens, over which the Empress will preside. The gardens acs already delightful. The show of azaleas, the row' garden, the rhododendrons, the ferns, and orchids are all in their glory. The scene from the emi nence over the great aquarium is beautiful. nig rocky height, most artistically contrived to imitate the ruggedness of nature, is topped with a silver glass globe, so arranged as toteffect in a series of exquisite pictures every possible picturesque vie* of the Eihibition and park. The aquarium under neath seems to be in the bowels of the earth. the light streaming through fissures into the aster where the fish are. Thu visitor appears to be some well-protected cave under the ses, looking out into the world of waters around him, at t he strange life that plays its part of the great scheme under the waves. The Emperor has been a frequent visitor, al 1 Li aim sag, adn hits ion Poi Ade &be cen mill ODD seri mil