The Express. — London, England, 1862-08-20 00:00:00

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Tlll9 EVI/FINO, MAZIPPA:LAIter which SCENES IN TIM CIRCLE. !Me. ltaaottL—To concha& with • comic BLUNT In which the Mimes flambe will appear. —Commence at 7. HIGH WATHI A 7 LONDOS MUDGE._ This DT—Worebse. 9b. Wm.... Aftemoon, 1011. 20m. To-MObbow—Moraing. 11a 05a...... Attaboova. 1111 SS= LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. THE great Rourxu case has been concluded for the present, but perhaps this may be only the first chapter in the revelations of this extraordinary drama. The action for the recovery of the Nor biton-park estate is the first attempt which has been made by the ItourELL family to recover the estates which, like so many forged Bank of Eng land notes, the late Member for Lambeth has scattered among the public ; and this attempt has been to a great extent successful. There are other estates in the same predicament, and the halls of the Old Bailey are destined soon to hear the story of WILLIAM ROUPELL'S villany repeated, and it may be hoped, with important additions. The outline of the story is simple enough. The late Mr. RICHARD PALMIR ROUPELL had spent a long life in the business of • lead smelter. He had a factory in Gravel-lane, Blackfrisrs, and • residence in Cross-street, in the immediate neigh bourhood. During the week he devoted himself to his business, and by his industry and shrewd ness he had amassed at the end of his life property to the amount of 120,0001., besides purchasing the Norbiton estate, near Kingston, worth 20,0001., and other estates in Essex, Hampshire, London, Southwark, and Lambeth. It was the habit of this prosperous man to retire every Saturday afternoon to his place at Brixton, called Aspen House. There resided his wife, whom he had lived with before he married her in the year 1838. Before that date they had had four illegitimate children, one of whom was Wit.mAit, the late member for Lambeth. After his marriage, there was one son born, RICHARD, who is now about 22 years of age. It was the natural wish of the old man to provide for his family, and for this purpose he had from time to time made various wits and codicils—the last of which was drawn up byhis regu lax legal advisers, on the 30th of August, 1856, 12days before his death. On the 12th of September, however, old Mr. Roura.u. died, and it is some what remarkable that an inquest was held in order to ascertain the canoe of that event. Upon the death search was made for a will, and it was found that the will of the 30th of August had been superseded by another will, which bore date the 2nd of September, giving the whole of his property of every description to his wife. His wife was named executrix, and his signature was attested by WILLIAM ROUPELL and an old man, Muocisamoz, a servant of the family. Now, this will is alleged to have been forged, and forged by the hand of WILLIAM ROUPELL. Ac cording to the former will the Norbiton estate was devised to RICHARD, his younger, and only legitimate brother. During old Mr. Rou raLes life, WILLIAM, who possessed his entire confidence, had obtained possession of the title deeds of this estate, bad forged the signature of his father to a deed of gift, by which this Nor biton estate was transferred to himself, and bad actually induced a respectable attorney to advance money on the faith of this forged document to relieve him from his embarrassments. Mr. WAITE, who appeared as the defendant in the action, which was tried at Guildford, bad bought this Norbiton estate from WILLIAM ROUPELL, re lying upon this forged deed of gift. By proving this forgery Mr. WAITE'S title would of course be invalid, and the estate would either belong to the widow, Mrs. ROUPILL, under her husband's will, or,l if this will were also forged, to young RICHARD ROLTPILL. This, then, was the question at issue, and RICHARD ROUPELL was bound to prove his case to the satisfaction of the jury. And how did he attempt to do it? He did it by summoning his own brother, WILLIAM ROUPELL, into the witness-box. It is difficult to produce any parallel case in the records of courts of law. The man was already ruined past redemption ; he had already fled the country ; and yet with a coolness and audacity which is almost incredible, he returned to Eng land and voluntarily stood up in the witness-box to confess himself a perjurer and a forger. With unfaltering minuteness he told the jury bow he had obtained the deeds of the Norbiton estate from his father, and how he had contrived to get the deed of gift, by which that estate was transf erred to him, executed and attested. He then told the story of the forgery of the will ; and it was this. On the 12th of Sep tember, 1856, the old man died in the City. From Aspen-house WILLIAM ROUPELL hastened to Cross-street with his mother. " There," said this audacious man, " I found the will and codicil of " August the 30th, by which the Norbiton estate " was devised to my younger brother." This will must be got rid of. It could not be destroyed : for, if destruction had been attainable, the copy at the Proctor's would have revealed the crime. It might be revoked ; but then a new will must be prepared for the purpose. But in what form 1 Time pressed, and there was no time to prepare an elaborate wilL A common form might be obtained from the law stationer's, and the whole property given to Mrs. Roursu. shoo lutely. The will could be antedated, the dead man's name might be forged, and with Roorzu. himself for one attesting witness, and Muooi. lIIDOE, an old man of 85, for the other attesting witness, the thing was complete. All this was done. The only difficulty was about Mcooxams,.and the mode in which ROUPILI.L dealt with him insufficiently characteristic. " I went to old Mtroonainon," he says, " who was very old and infirm, and got him "to sign a receipt for SI., which I " afterwards burnt, and having thus ob " tamed his signature, I added it to the " will. The signature was difficult to imitate. I "at last succeeded in imitating it. I wrote my " father's signature with his own pen—a short " quill pen—and also that of MUOGIMIDGE. My " own I wrote with my gold pen, and as lightly "as I could, to make the contrast as strong as " possible with the others." It is difficult, perhaps, to believe fle story of so deliberate and consummate a villain ; but the idea wag admirably conceived. It is impossible to imagine any plan which would better effect the object ROUPELL had in view. There was no time to make an elaborate will, and the gift of everything to a man's wife is so natural as to lull suspicion. His influence with his mother was boundless ; so that, in fact, the gift to her was a gift to himself. No sooner was the will proved *III ROUPELL obtained practical possession of the whole property—of the personalty, indeed, he had control as the acting executor. He had obtained the power of spending vast sums of money, nor did he neglect the opportunity offered to him. He made perpetual demands upon his mother ; be ruined his brothers and sisters, and incontinently embarked in a career of daring extravaganoe which surprised the town. The man who had at least three times forged Ws father's name was not likely to spare his mother or his relations. His ambition rose with his opportunities, and through oceans of beer he floated into the House of Commons as Member for Lambeth. But his career is not yet ended. It was not enough to ruin his family, himself, and all those innocent persons who, relying upon the faith of his forged documents, have spent their thousands in purchasing large estates ; but, struck with remorse, he must now come into court, and, in the face of his fellow-citizens, confess his crimes, and attempt to retrieve the fortunes of his family at the expense of others. The money which he managed to swindle out of the pockets of such innocent people as Mr. WAITE is now all spent and gone. At present his brothers and sisters have been beggared. One action has been brought by young ROUPILL, and has ended successfully. Others may be brought. And it will be a feat of no ordinary genius if this perfect swindler should succeed in making people believe the story of his villany, and thus reinstate his young brother in all those great possessions from which he has contrived to oust him. But even if such a result were pos sible, it is difficult to imagine any family so lost to all sense of decency as to persevere in so scan. dalous an enterprise. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 20, ISM. • *__ ebe Court. BALMORAL, Axiom 18. The Queen drove out on Saturday, accompanied by the Primer Robeslobe sad Primer Louise. The Princes' Helens rods es bonebsok. Her Majesty attended Divine service at the Castle yester day with Princess Hohentobe, Princess Helena, Primers Louve, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. The Rev. Dr. Bissett, Moderator of the General Assembly, officiated. The Prince of Wales and Princess Helena attended Divine service at Crathie. His Royal Highness 143M111011 at the Coat* atteeded by Lieutenant. General Km*llys and Major Teesdale, V.C. Colonel Lawrence, United States Consul-Genera at Florence, and Mn.s Lawrence, have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, Brook-street, from the United States. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, the Australian Colonies, and New Zealand. His Highness the Duke de Friaa and suite have arrived at Loog's Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness de Bandini and Viscount de Biosaard base left Claridge's Hotel for The Dowager Marchioness of Lothian and Lady Alice Kerr have left Brown's Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Aylesford have arrived at Cluidge's Hotel from Ireland. The Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven have arrived at their residence in Charles-street from Cooed* Abbey, Coventry, for a few days. The Count and Countess Miniscali have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from the Continent. The Count and Countess de Ballet have arrived at Long's Hotel. The Count de Garnsdorff has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Perin The Count and Countess de Cars and family have arrived at Brown's Hotel. Earl and Countess Russell, accompanied by Lady Georgina Russell, left Bray, on Tuesday, yid Kingstown, en route to the Duke of Leinstees seat, where they remain for some dam the younger members of the family still slourning at Bray. Mr. and Lady Evelyn Bruce are expected in town to-day from Ashdown, Park, Berks. The Hon. Charles Murray, British Minister at Dresden, has left Claridge's Hotel for Ireland. Mr. and Mina Reed have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Path. We regret to hear that Mr. John Lewis Ricardo, M.P. for Stoke•epon-Treet, is seriously ill, and that his condition excites the greatest apprehension arnoopt his friends. Dr. Colons°, Bishop of Natal, has just arrived in England. Count Montalembert has left the Cavendish Hotel, Jerroyo-street, for Paris. Sir Redmond Berry hos also departed for the Continent. (MON LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AVOCRT 18.— Notioe is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on Thursday, the 28th inst. ; they will be re-opened, under the usual regulations, on and after Thursday, the 4th of September. Foanom-ornc; Arauer B.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Arnold Otto Meyer, as Consul at Singapore, for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. WHITEHALL, Aeovmr 16.—The Queen has been fislato present the Rev. William Ferguson Wight to sed church of the united parishes of A uchtergaven and Logiebride, is the presbytery of Duokeld. and shire of Forfar, avast by the transportation of the Rev. David Lan dale to the church and parish of Appleguth, in the pies , bytery of Loebroaben. Downme-entsmr, Auouer 18.—Tbe Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Archdeacon George Meade Gibbs, M.A., to be • Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Saint Christopher ; William Heory I Sherwood. Eaq., M.D; to be • member of the Legislative Council of her Majesty's settlements on the River Gambia; Swinburn Ward, Eaq. to be civil commissioner and col lector of tame for the Seychelles Islands, ; and John Ayliff, Esq., to be treasurer for the colon of Natal. Caws-erne; Auouirr 18.— The Queen has been pleased to direct letters pant to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting and ap pointing Brest flpsecer Follett, Esq., owe of her Majesty'. counsel learned in the law, Registrar of the Of of Land Essittrz. by virtue of ass act pawed a the last melon of nt. Wattled "An Act to !meditate the proof of trtie7t - o;od the conveyance of Reel Estates." JAMES'S PALACE, AUGUST 11.—The Queen has been pleased, on the nomiaation of the Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Captain Alexander Declaim Too good, half-pay, 100th Foot, one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice J. W. Cockney, Esq., reeigoed. . LATI4T INTELLIGENCE. NM/RI TZLZOWEIL) AMERICA. RENEWED OPERATIONS.—RESISTANCE TO ENROLMENT. NEW YORK, Ammer 8, Evarnro. (Per Etna via Rocha's Point.) The Federal General Hooker's division has fallen back from Malvern Hill to their encampments, leaving a strong guard at Hazhall. The Confederates were under the impression that the Federal army was advancing towards Rich mond. They therefore moved down from Rich mond by three roads, concentrating their force near Malvern. The Confederates appeared in consider able force above City Point, and drove the Federals a short distance. General Burnside's forces are reported to have landed at Ampule. Creek. The engagement reported near Memphis was an unimportant affair. A collision has occurred at Point Pleasant, Mis souri, between the citizens and the State troops, the citizens having united together to resist enrol ment. The Confederate General Morgan is repceted to be advancing into Kentucky. A secret society has been disoovered in Indiana, numbering 16,000 persons, for preventing Federal enlistment., resisting taxation, and aiding the Confederates generally. The Secretary of War has issued an order-that no citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go to a foreign country. The Federal officials at the porta, seaboard, and frontiers, sill arrest such persons, who will he taken to the near est military post, and placed on military duty for the term of draft. Writ of habeas corpus in respect to such persons is suspended. All persons discouraging volunteer enlistments will be arrested. SOUTHERN REPRISALS. NEW YORK., Ammar 9. (Par Etna, viL Roeba's Point.) General Burnside's whole command is said to be at Fredericksburg. He will operate with Pope, but whether their destination is Richmond or another point is not known. The heat has become so intense within the last few days that military operations are materially retarded. The Federal fleet below Savannah is momen tarily expecting au attack from a powerful Con federate ram, completed at Savannah. The land forces at Hilton Head are also expecting an attack from the Confederates, who are in force at Bluffton. The whole Federal army is moving forward in the Virginia Valley. . - Fighting is rumoured to have taken place at Gor donsville. The Federal General M'Cook has been shot by guerillas in Alabama, whilst travelling in an ambu lance. The affair 'created great excitement at Nashville. Some Federal soldiers went to the neighbourhood of the occurrence, burnt some houses, and hung several men. It is rumoured that prominent secessionists in Nashville have been shot by exasperated unionists. The captain of the Federal vessel Adriondack (?) denies that he chased the British steamer Herald within British jurisdiction. President Davis has issued a proclamation, stat ing that he should not have signed the cartel for the exchange of prisoners if he had known of General Pope's orders, " which change war into indiscriminate robbery and murder." He there fore orders that if Pope, or any commissioned officer of his command, be captured they shall not be treated as prisoners of war, but be held in close confinement. In the event of the murder of any unarmed citizen of the Southern confederacy, under any pretence, au equal number of commissioned officers of Pope's command will be immediately hung. The above regulation extends only to Pope's command, and as privates act in accordance with superior orders, they will be treated as pri loners of war. A Confederate invasion of Kentucky is expected. The drafting excitement continues. Many per sons Lave been arrested while endeavouring to leave the country. Sir Alan Napier McNab died on the Bth instant at Toronto. The crew and passengers of the Golden Gate numbered 330, out of which 100 were saved. The fire oocurred 15 miles off Manzanillo.. The steamer was at once headed for shore, which was three and a half miles distant, but the fire made such rapid progress that in half an hour the upper deck fell. The steamer struck the beach soon after, and the people jumped overboard to swim ashore. The vessel burnt to the water's edge, and soon disap peared. The Jura was intercepted off Cape Race. ALLEGED PESTILENCE AT RICHMOND. NEW YORK, Amon. 9, Arnancor. Great excitement has prevailed on board the European steamers Railing to-day. The police arrested many persona liable to drtftiog. Many were disguised as sailors. Several fights occurred. The government telegraphed that all persons who had purchased tickets previous to the late order could proceed on their voyage. It is again reported that on account of sickness in Richmond the Confederate army has been removed from the city to the south side of the James River. Pestilence was reported to be raging among the inhabitants of Richmond, and hundreds were dying daily. The Etna was detained for a Queen's messenger from Washington. The Novs Scotia was intercepted off Cape Race on the 9th. SEVERE FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA VALLEY. THE ARKANSAS BLOWN UP. NEW YORK, Auauerr U, Emma. (Per Etna by telegraph to Cape Race and from Queens. town.) Severe fighting has taken place in the Virginia Valley. General Jackson having crossed the Rapidan, General Pope sent forward two army corps under General Banks to check him. At daylight they were discovered by General Jackson, who immediately advanced, and, the numerous Confederate batteries being unmasked, a very severe contest ensued, about a mile and • half from Cedar Mountain. The conflict lasted from 3 o'clock till dark, when the Federals retired to a position beyond the Confederate guns, but to what distance is not stated. The Federal infantry was badly cut up, and the Federals lost two guns. The Confederate force was estimated at 20,000 men, and that of the Fede ral at 7,030. Large reinforcements have been sent to the Federals, and more fighting is anti cipated. The Confederate ram Arkansas has been blown up on the Mississippi. Yellow fever is raging at Key West. A vessel has arrived at Boston from Key West, with thirty cues of yellow fever on board Porter's guerillas have been routed in Missouri. The chief superintendent of the New York polioe has been appointed provost-marshal, and the New York police is constituted a provost guard to carry out the orders of the Secretary of War relative to drafting. There is very little probability of any specie being saved from the Golden Gate. LATEST. NEW YORK, AUGUST 12, Emma. (By Talaipmph via Cape Raw sad Quasaatowa.) Late reports from Virginia Valley, dated to-day, say that the Confederates retreated from Cedar Mountain under cover of the night. Their rear crossed the Rapidan in the direction of Orange Court-house. The Federal cavalry and artillery were in pursuit. It is said that the Confederate loss in the late fight was heavy. The Federals only lost one gun. The drafting order causes immense excitement throughout the United States, especially among naturalised citizens. Immense numbers are endeavouring to escape by all available routes, but the frontiers and seaboard are strictly guarded. Californian passengers have been taken from the steamers. Persons arrested while leaving may be released on giving bonds for 1,000 dollars each to provide a substitute if drafted. The consulates are crowded with applicants for exemption papers. The rush of Irishmen at the British consulate at New York was so great that the police had to clear the office. No person is allowed to leave Washington with out a permit. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, Auousr 8, Emma. (Per Etas, rid Roche's Point.) Money easy. Gold declining, the present quota tion being 121 to 13 premium. Exchange inac tive; on London bankers' bills, 125 to 124. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 921 ; Illinois, 591 ; Erie, 351. Cotton steady. Mid dling Upland, 4 . 3. Flour and wheat declining. Corn steady. Provisions, good inquiry. Coffee steady. Sugar falling. Molasses inactive. NEW YORK, Avavirr 9, APTZRNOON. Money easy. Gold 12f prem., declining. Ex change, 1251, declining. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 92. Illinois, 59. Erie, 35}. Cotton very firm ; middling upland, 48. Floor heavy, and 10c. lower. Wheat dull, at a decline of 2c.; corn, lc. lower, declining. Provisions quiet. Coffee very firm. Sugar and molasses steady. NEW YORK, Almon. 11, Evainno, (rill ease Baas.) Money easy ; gold advancing. Exchange, Bankers' bills, 125. Stocks dulL Cotton quiet. Flour and corn heavy. Wheat., good demand for export. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar very firm. Molasses steady. ALLEGED GUARANTEE OF THE PAPAL TERRITORY BY FRANCE. PARIS. Imam 20. The Paris papers of to-day publish the following telegram, dated " Rome, Augart 19. "Yesterday the Marquis de Lalvalette had audience of the Pope, to whom he gave the assur ance, in the name of the Emperor, that France would never permit any invasion of the actual papal territory, but would guarantee its integrity at any price." The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsulur and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, August 20: CALCUTTA. AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Atrouerr 19. The Valetta, with the above mails, left this day at noon for Marseilles. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the mails, sailed yesterday at 10 a.m. She may be expected at Southampton about the 31st inst. The Simla brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 16th. The Bengal and Ottawa, with the London mails of the 20th to 26th July, left Aden on the 10th instant (correct date) for Calcutta and the Mauri tius respectively. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom on OWN 001 PARIS, TOILSDAT EVIENING. The report of the dissolution "by authority" of the Emancipation Society of Genoa is confirmed. A measure this of very doubtful policy. As an act of severe repression it will offend the national sentiment, while the " society" will virtually con tinue to exist, and things now done openly will continue to be done iu secret. When will govern ments become convinced that publicity is a safety valve, and should be encouraged in the best inte rests of the state ? It is, however, by no means improbable that the suppression of the society in question is a temporary concession to the exac tions of a too powerful ally. The France claims the fact as one proof of the readiness of the Italian government to listen to the advice ten dered it from Paris. After admitting the truth of the statement of the Patric, that M. Thouvenel had instructed the Count de Mas signs° to compliment the cabinet of Turin upon its firm conduct under present difficulties, it says— " But the Patric ought to have added that M. Thouvenel, in sending those felicitations, gave at the same time counsels full of firmness, and de clared that unless the government of Victor Emma nuel were resolved at length to take decisive and rigorous measures against the agitation by which which for a long time past attempts had been made to carry it away (I'entrairser), it exposed itself to grave consequences, against which the solicitude of France and of Europe ought to warn it." The situation in Italy grows more and more "difficult." Garibaldi is advancing towards Mes sina. We learn that the liberator himself had gone from Aidoue towards Leonforte, and his son Menotti had marched towards Asaro. General Riootti had quitted Caltanisetta, while Generals Cugia and La Mena had occupied the roads leading to Messina. We hear no more of the summons to surrender within twenty-four hours talked of yesterday. General La Marmoia has dissolved the Garde Mo bile, consisting of 16,000 men, which had manifested Garibaldian tendencies. Is it not possible that some of these 16,000 men may find means to swell the ranks of Garibaldi's forces I General La Marmora might have done bet ter to have kept them under his own eye. I am told that Cardinal Autonelli has written to the Nuncio in Paris stating that a report had reached him of the Emperor's intention to propose a joint occupation of Rome by French and Italian troops, and bedesired that Monsigneur Chigi should inform M. Thouvenel that in the event of such a proposal being made, the Pope will at once quit Rome, followed by all the cardinals. I have this on tolerably good authority, but as I do not myself believe in the Emperor's intention to propose a joint occupation, I look upon the Pope's announce ment as a mere empty threat. The Parris denies that the new organisation of the army of occupation alluded to by some journals is meditated by the French government. With re gard to the reinforcements now being seia to Rome, it states that they are simply intended to fill up vacancies caused by absence of the men on leave ; and that the troops so sent are drawn from the home depots of the regiments in Rome. The Prase, commenting upon an excellent article which the 'Mats has upon the subject of the declaration by the France that honour now requires the inde finite continuation of the French occupation of Rome, says : ID good conscience and good logic, we cannot see what the Anna can answer to this language of good policy and good sense. That journal talks of the honour of France. The honour of France is to defend everywhere the cause of civilisation and liberty, and Dot to imposts upon a great people the most absolute and most detestable of government'. The honour of France is not to endure that her protection be abused and her counsels "carped. The honour of France is to be in harmony with herself, and not to contradict at Rome what she has done at Milan ; not to oppose the cannon of Rome to the cannon of Magenta, the sword of General Goyon to the sword of Marshal NieL In 1859 our army crossed the Alps to defend Italian nationality, and Italian nationality ends not at Temicina. The honour of France is not to forget this. France has made several revolutions to overthrow governments • hundred times lees intolerable than this government of priests. In good conscience and good logic she cannot impose indefinitely upon the Romans a system she would not herself tolerate for twenty-four hours. The Bourse was calm to-day. No change in Rentee. Credit Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. for cash, and lfr. 25c, for account, leaving off at 855 fr. and 853 fr. 75c. respectively. Italian Rente rather better, leaving off at from 71fr. 10c. to 71fr. 20c. THE ZOLLVEREIN. "It is now positive," says the independatice, "that Wurtemberg, as well as Bavaria, refuses to join in the treaty of commerce signed between France and Prussia. The two first-named states propose the opening of conferences at Berlin to deli berate on the demand of the cabinet of Vienna concerning the entry of Austria into the Zollvetein. It appears to us hardly possible that Prussia can accede to those views, as they would diminish her influence both politically and commercially. The best that Bavaria and Wurtemberg could do, if unwilling to accept the free trade principles of the French treaty, would be to definitely quit the Zollverein, and form with Austria a customs league on the basis of the tariff of that country. Their manufactures being less advanced than those of the other States of the Zollverein, as is proved by their obstinate opposi tion to any reduction of duties, would be more at ease in that new combination, and politically the understanding would be more easy between the cabinets of Stuttgardt, Munich, and Vienna than between the two first and the cabinet of Berlin. As to the Zollverein, it would gain by a concentration of its forces that which it would lose in extent." LORD PALMERSTON AT DOVER. DOVER, TORBDAY. To-day the town of Dover is en flte, Lord Palmerston having received one of those popular °Tattoos of which he is so frequently the subject when relieved from the more weighty duties devolving on him as the head of her Malady's government during the parliamentary seedem. In his lordship's newly assumed dignity of Lord Warden of the Claque Port he has received the flattering oom plimeets of the mayor, aldermen, and burgessecof this the most important sof the five ports. Judging from the *vent of today the loyalty of the Cinque Ports, to say the least, has soffered no diminution, however the lapse of years, and the birth of • ruder and less obse quious age, may have shorn them iof their ancient dignities and immunities ; and this demoustration manifests that the feelinp,of which loyalty to the throne is the most prominent type, have now se great • vitality among all CUMIN of the people as in the days when the Cinque Ports were • power in the state. The object of the noble Premier's visit to Dover was to be present at a ceremony arising out of the presentation of his lordship's portrait to the town. Already the Matson Dien Hall, • spacious building founded by Hebert de Burgh in the reign of King John, and recently restored at considerable outlay, contains the portrait of many eminent men, some of whom have held the post of Warden of the Cinque Porte. Among the most treasured of these is • full length one of the late Duke of Wellington, who at the time of his death held the honourable office of Lord Warden; and it has been thought that the likeness of Lord Palmers ton would be • valuable acquisition to the collection. His lordship therefore complied with • request made to him to sit to • talented artist, Mr. Morris, 8.A., who happens most appropriately to be a native of Dover. The portrait is an admirably painted full-length one. His lordship is re presented in the Warden uniform, • blue coat with eaarlet collar, and is wearing the order of the garter. The likeness is perfect. The presentation took place at three o'clock in the liaison Dien Hall. Lord Palmerston, accompanied by Lady Pal merston, the Hon. Mr. Cowper, dm, rode over from Wil mer. On his lordship descending the Castle-hill a salute of nineteen guns was fired from the coatis batteries, and at the foot of the bill hie lordship was met by the let A Cinque Ports Artillery Corp, under Captain Wolluton, sad the Bth Cinque Ports Rifles, under Captain Churehward, who formed • guard of honour. The streets through which his lordship passed on his way to the Matson Dieu were thronged with people, who cheered heartily. Triumphal arches, flap, and evergreens met the eye in all direction, a glorious sun shine giving due effect to these festal parparations. Indeed nothing was wanting to render the reception ss complete and enthusiastic as possible. At the Town Hall Lord Palmerston was received by the Mayor and corpo-ation in their o ff icial robes, attended by the Recorder. The Mayor was preceded by the mace-bearer, carrying the mace given to the corporation by Charles If. His lordship was con ducted to • dais, where the portrait to be presented use placed, draped with crimson cloth. The hall was crowded with the townsfolk, who Gr e eted his lordship with hearty applause ch h ee is rLi n g ter h i si f i s h ute l l i d lil a r e following engrossed on vellum and bearing the corporate seal, wt r = by the Recorder of the borough, Mr. W. H. Bodkin, the pareags congratulating the noble viscount on his undimi nished health, and eaprewing the hope that his servi ces might be long spared to the country, being received with cheers : ---- - To the Right How Beery John Temple, Viscount Palmer ston, K.G., 0.0.8., D.C.L. Constable of ha Majesty's Castle of Dover, Warden Keeper, and Admiral of ha Majesty's Cinque Pura, two ancient Towns, and their Members, Mater of the Trinity-house, Deptford Strand, act. . We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the Cinque Port and borough of Dover, in council assembled, beg to congratulate your lordship on the cessation of the more urgent of your lordship's labours by the prorogation of par liament, and to express our hearty welcome to your lordship on your return to the Lord Warder's ancient residence within the liberties of the Unique Poets, hoping that the portion of your lordship's leisure which lyou may be able to pass amongst us may conduce to the invigoration of your lordship's health and strength. We shall ever remember with grateful feelings the detremination of her most gracious Majesty the Queen to preserve and maintain the time-honoured jurisdiction of the Cinque Poets by the nomination of your lordship to the distiegunhed office of Lord Warden. And we think we may with a laudable pride refer to the evidence of our appre ciation of your lordship's willingness to accede to her Ma jesty's which was so unequivocally expressed and so universally shared on the occasion of your lordship's recent inauguration. In commemoration of this and other claims to the respect and gratitude of this corporation and port, we have been anxious to perpetuate the memory at our official connexion with your lordship by placing your lordship's portrait, painted by one of our distinguished fellow-townsmen, in our ancient hall. And we thankfully acknowledge your lordship's Enthrone in affording us the requisite facilities for accomplish— ing this object ; and in now hoeouring with year presence the ceremonial of its presentation to the town. When it is remembered that the portrait will be associated with those of the eminent Duke of Dorset, who held the office of Warden in the reigns of Queen Anne and of the Kings George 11. and ILL, and of the great Duke of Wellingtos, who was removed from his earthly honours whilst at the Warden's official residence of Weimer Cul* we trust that the memorial will be universally recognised as most appropriate. We earnestly hope that in the fulfil. meat of your 'lordship's high and responsible duties you may be blamed by Divine Providence with uninterrupted health and energy, and that our sense of your lordship's public services as filet minister of the crown and a senator of the realm may by this day's proceeding be recorded by future generations still revering the honoured jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports. Given under our corporate seal io our Council Chamber at Dover, this fifteenth day . of August, in the tweet-sixth year el her Majesty's reign, in the year al our Lord, 1862. Lord PALIMSTON, in reply, laid—Mr. Mayor and gentle men of the corporation, I can assure you that I feel deeply the honour yon are doing me by this address and by the oocuiou upon which it is presented to me. I was highly flattered when her Majesty was pleased to confer upon me the high and dignified office of Warden of the Cinque Porta, an office rendered valuable by the recollection of those who hive held it in former times, and by the anti. quity to which its history extends. But, gentlemen, it has been a source of great eatisfaction to me to find th a t the choice which her Majesty was pleased to make of the individual to fill that office has been sanctioned by your approval, and that now, when I return to you, a year after my first presentation to you, you still evince the kindly feeling and regard of which you made such satis factory and pleasing demonstration this time twelvemonth. --- It will be a mune of great pride to me that you have thought fit to place a permanent representation of the fleeting indi vidual who now has the honour of addressing you in this ancient hall amongst the effigies of those distinguished men who have formerly held the office I now have the honour to hold. It must indeed bee source of great gratification Many man living to find the memory of himself placed in oar nexion with the records of that eminent and distinguished man the Duke of Wellington, of whom it may truly be said there never was in the history of the world any man who conferred greater benefit, upon the country which produced him, and I may say, upon the whol e f ace of Europe keel/. (Cheers.) To find one 'a representatiou placed . in conjunction with the memory of so great and dis =pushed a man must be • source of the greatest p r id e gratification to any living man. (Hear, hear.) lam also the more gratified to find that the picture which you now behold is the work of a most distinguished artist of your own town, one of your fellow-townsmen, who hu shown by the meow with which he has finished this Odom that he is worthy of the town to which his family and him self belong. Gentlemen, there are °carious upon which ancient institutions are found to conflict with modern im provement, with the improved organisation of the present time, and when that is the case nobody can regret that those ancient institutions should either be modified or swept away to make room for the more improved arrangement. which modern times have suggested. But that is not, lam happy to say, the case with that Ave which I now have the honour to hold ; and where ancient institutioosare not found to conflict with modern, improved organisation, it is a wise policy to perpetuate, them and to connect the radition of the past and the existence of the present with the anticipation of the future. (Applause.) I trait, therefore, seeing that the office which I hold has already been adapted to the arrangements of modern times by the withdrawal from it of some of those singularities which fitted an ancient period, but which are not so math in harmony with our present arrangements--I tine, that the office, being now fitted to the time in which we live, maiming oonnected with the most honourable traditions of all the district to which it belongs—l trust that that office, when I in the course of nature shall cease to hold it, will be conferred on others after me, end that them honourable recollections which belong to the urangements of the Cinque Port will be kept alive in the memory elf their inhabitant., and will serve as au incentive and as emulation to induce them to rival the good deeds of those who have gone before them for centuries and ceu• fairies. (Loud applause.) Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I beg again to return you my most sincere thanks, and to assure you lam deeply sensible of the honour you have now con [erred upon me. Loud cheers followed the conclusion of these °beer's time, and continued till Lord Palmerston had left the hall, which he immediately did, attended by the Meyer and the members of the corporation, said the principal military au thorities, among were Mejor-General Btotherd, Colonel Cuppage, ILA., Colonel Rotten, 8.A., the Hon. Captain Chetwynd, &c. Occasion was taken of his lordship's presence in Dover to uses • new bridge connecting the present iron bridge (the Wellingtm) with Stroud-street. The new construction is of iron, is designed by Illemrs. Walker and Burgess, the well-known engineers, and will be known NI the Palmerston bridge. On this occasion it was decorated with triumphal arches, evergreens, fie^ &c. His lordship was attended by the members of the borer Harbour Board, the registrar (Mr. J. Stilwell), the engineer (Mr. B. Bees). sod other officials, and after passing over the bridge, and cracking a bottle of wine in the centre, he formally declared it opened. BANQUET AT THE LORD WARDEN HOTEL. Lord Palmerston Ina subsequently entertained at • banquet given by Mr. J. Birmingham, the Mayor of Dover at the Lord Warden Hata i~ In responding to the toast of his health, Lord Par leaerox sati—l beg you to accept my most unfeigned and heartfelt thanks for the kind and feeling man ner in which you have been pleased, Mr. Mayor, to propose, and the hearty manner in which you, gentlemen, have been pleased to respond to the toast. If I have been successful in my public career, it has been owing entirely to the seat awe of my colleagues and officers. (Hear, hear.) With the ability and sound judgment of Eng. lishmea, they have been able to carry out every thing necessary, and whatever merit is due belongs to them. (Hear, hear.) I do not claim any honour for myself, but for those by whose ability and energy this honour has been sustained. (Loud cheers.) With regard to the office of Lord Warden,which I have the honour to hold, I must con fess that when it was first offered to me by her Majesty, there was • doubt as to whether it bad not outlived its proper time ; bat I found it was an office so bound up with the organisation of the country, that I con sidered it would be laying the axe to the wrong root to destroy it—(cheers)—and it was my belief that in accepting the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Porta, I was not only maintaining a dignity honourable to the district to which it belongs, but also a dignity honourable to the country. (Cheers.) I may have had other reasons, too, for I have it from a very high medical autho rity that there is no district in England more healthy than this of the Cinque Ports—(cheers) — and after the impure air and pregame at the House of Commons how pleasing is it to enjoy the balmy breeze from the country. (Cheers.) This year the arrives here shown the importance and the value of Dover, and to the English man it had more endearing associations. If he was about to quit his native shore it was in many eases the laid spot he left with regret, and it was the first to which he returned with the pleasant feelings of home. (" Hear," and cheers.) The Roman poet has reproached the inhabitants of Britain with being unfriendly and inhospitable to strangers. In those days, perhaps they bad no reason to be partial to visitors—(a laugh and applause)—but at the present time foreigners came amongst us to give and take, and to exchange their commodities with one common feeling of benefit. (Cheers.) Yon have at Dover a harbour extending its arms, and ever open to receive a friead; and you have upon your heighte—(lood and incessant air plause)—you have upon your heights certain other things (renewed applause)—equally ready to open wide their mouths to receive a visitor if he comes in any other way. (Prolonged •pplame.) Although I see around this board those who are probably indebted to the healthy air of this district, and one who was a volunteer in the time of Mr. Pitt, and who, I doubt not, would be equally ready to join the volunteers of the present day if his ser vices were only requiNd, the object of England is peace; but we wish to be on a footing of good feeliog and inter mune with our neighbours. (Applause.) It has been truly said that the faults of men are known only at a distance, but their good feelings are never known until we have an oppor tunity of judging and appreciating them. (Hear.) I look upon the great Exhibition as one of the means of securing that international communication so essential to our national prosperity, and I look upon Dover as having been One of the great chariot wheels which have conveyed the visitors to the metropolis. They would return with pre judice destroyed, and anxious to cement the solid peace which it is my trout may continue as long as human peace and happiness may endure. The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" again brought Lord Palmerston to he; feet. He returned thanks for him self and his colleagues. Men who were able to do anything were best pleased when they bad a great deal to do ; and although in the past session they bad not passed any laws of great pretensions, there had been many measures of great utility and usefulness. (Hear, leer.) In the hope sad trust that these had met the approval of the country, he ten' dered his thanks. (Applause.) The noble lord having proposed "The Mayor of Dover," and also "The Ladies," returned to The Vienna Gasette gives, supplement, the letter written by fin duke Regnier, in relation to the t Empress on her return to Schtenbrunt "Schosabrano, August 15.—kly dear Regnier,—The event of yesterday, loved consort after a long duration with joy. TIN lively interest in that nessed on my way here, and which was by the joyful excitement in my capital gladdened my beast, for I perceive in b the ancient and deeply rooted attachment my empire for the destinies of their '- preserve a precious remembrance, the neoeseery measures to make my those who have joined me in feeling Josue." o Wilmer. in an extraordinary the Emperor to the Arch• public mention of the rune. It is u follows : dear cousin Archduke F, the return of my W- ien of suffering, fills me hat event which I wa- wa' specially manifested spital and residence, has in it a fresh proof of chment of the people of r imperial house. I shall and charge you to take 7 gratitude known to all ngs of prayer and sym-