The Express. — London, England, 1868-04-22 00:00:00

TMIBIANIAN GOVERNMENT EILX PBR wr. Lao fee 600.00 J The PANE of WNW SOUTH WALIS ant the COVSOLTDATED DANK (Unlaced) hove erected Muructifets from the Tasmanian Government to Offila for D;SPU&AL. L 7 PUBLIC TENDS& • LI) VS of L. 00,000, wit eh Is a charge on the public revenues Of the Colony, and authorised by an Act peeled 11th October, • n: Victoria. Noe. for the coastructten of a railway an 4 newt purposes The total amount of the authorised debt of the Colony, in eluding the shore Loau . It 4,1,073,900, and the public reve als, t tea during the yea , Int: amounted to Mikrie na ed. The Loan will be bawd in debentures of 1500 and 4101 each. Deering interest at G per cent per annum from the lot July sea% payable half-yeerly ny Coupons In London at the Cons*. Mat .1 Otani, (Limited, 'll principal money is to be paid off as follows : £40.000 on lit July, 1401. 100.0 0 lane. •! 00Y) ..Idea 94 4 . „ I tgd. 100.000 leo7. it 401 ill° (\wk.: of the act and de'emtures ran he sees st the sank of New :rind, \Veto an I the rinisolt.lsted Bank ,Limited). Tin ten in the form annexed will be received by the Bask of !kw smith Wales. No tic 01 , 1 groailetreet, up to one o'clock on Tuesday. the 25th last . where and srluill t h ey will be opened in ghe prevnee of such per. . Bl akei,..nted therein as the to attreil . the debentures !it thcn &Doled to highest Wilder, prorlded the pries* ofkreel are not below the minima. ph.'. which will he the.) by the Directors of the two Banks, nnelosed In a sealed envelop:. awl place 1 upon the table previous the opening of the tenders. T. 'lien at a price ineiuding a fraction ors shilling, other than abip-iice, will not he prefermtially accepted. mat in case the wou:valcnt tenders should exceed the amount of debentures to be ell med. or should the: for ail series exceed the amount ed that series.* pro rie.l dist:la:via:l of the amoust and of the IA .1. &cries will be [wide. Payment for the delienh:rea will be required as follows: — v. , per rent on allotment, and the !balance on the 30th of June, year. when the debeatarca will 113 delivered. Firms of Tender ca:: lie obtained at the Bank of New Routh Miles. the Conallidated Butt; Lhuited and from Messrs. Linton and Elute. 2, Royal Exchar.,ne building& 'taut of New North Wales. 44. MI Drou2street. (3...,,,pidated Benz tawite .52. Threadneedle-street, E.C. April VI, 1b1:4 FORM To thk. IBRECTORA of the BANK of NEW SOUTH WALES anti atINSOLttIATE9 BANK ,Llmlted`. Gentlemen,— tereby tends for the following por tion of the Government Six pert ent. Lose. author by eh Art pissed on the Ilth Get 141 T, 1147. 31, Victoria, No. 9, subject $o Iht condition t c,ntstol I h. 3ettr itiVertlsemeot detail the Mit A pelt Inst. lhowntnres to the extent of t: Of the varlet ; , 134 has soo I 10 . 1197 I I!: for which I under:Ake to pay at the rate of ter ever) £lOO In Deeenturet Name Prof essiqn Address Date E E 11 E E C a I A In maw GALLERY of BRONZES d'ART, GARNI TURFS de CHESIT K LE, CLOCK& VASES, CANDELABRA, Ire.. -role Depot Ihr the ce!ebrate.l pcsinctionsof F. garbediense and Co. Prices the same se in Paris. with 3 per cent. added for expenses. Catalogues, with marginal ilinatrations, sent tree by pont --JACKSON and °KARAM, 3, 33, 34, 3.5, V, and 38, 00. iorAntrect. FIRST-CLASS CARPETS, DAMASKS, &c., LURCYS Pntegi. Patients can be Lev ,rded, L.• the Country Free. T. VENABLE& & SONS, LONDON, E. F IRST-CI•ASS SILKS and FANCY DRESSES. Lo Mei,. rattemt sett to Like CountrY Free . T. VENABLE.% & sONA, LtiNDON, E. FIRST-CLASS DRAPERY, MANTLES, &c. I...WRNT Pittcr , Carriage Free. T. 1 7 1.Y . A . 1iLi4 . i - ")NS. lA7Welo3i. E. Fl RST CLASS MOURNING. I. 'WENT PRlt'e4. Patternx sent to the Country Free. T. Vitt:AßU:4 tit SIN.. DispoN, E. Establiehrkturarly halt a Cautery. FIRST CLASS FURNITURE, BEDDING, &c. 1.411M.T PPICES. Au Illtutrated :'ric • tr.st rout Free . 7. YFNABLEI & SONS, 10:t 104. nu& 105. WM146110 61 , and t, 4,6, and S. Cummeraul street, London. JOFIN BROODEICS CLASSIC JEWELRY. PARIS FIRST-CLASS SILVER MEDAL,IB67. JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carat GOLD CHAINS. JOAN BROODEN'S BRACELETS. JOHN BROODER'S BROOCHES. J - 01EN BROODEN'S OEM and WEDDING Rms. JOHN BROODEN'S NECKLACES. JOHN BROODEN'S EARRINGS. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY. O. 16, lIKNRIETTA-STREET, Covent emit". FRAUD. —CAUTION. —Order BRYANT and MWM PATENT ,APP,TV ?A ',TOILS, trade mark an Ark, and Waist up 111 hAI :11 Imitations are sometheas offered that do not att a.. 1 PR9TE4: LION FROM }'IRK HENRY BRETT and Co.'s " oper. D. V.' PURR , lda per gallon and 30a. din., racoon tnendial by the BRANDY medical proleation. In anus tor the country 30a., bchnlve et railway carriage —llolhorn-bars, and 30, Regent-et. QADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Continued Triumphant Succes.. of Professor ANDERSON aid his POUR DAUGHTERS. Mi. Louise Anderson In "Second ROC" Miss Unto Andel...3n in her Oreat Butterfly Trick. M Flora Anderson and Miss Ada Anderson. site erilrelifi• AIWKATISENENTS mold he tirwarded to 31essen J. U. JoHawn and .ONd. 3. CYetle•ste+et, Holborn, and 60, Hatton pees, the specially appointed Agents. H A VNI Aticirr TiTl9 RTNIFING, A CO.OPYRATIVE MOYRNIENT.—A ad o OY ROMAACE. Marra Sothern, Bucksrome, Compton, Chippom dele. Rogers. sad Clark : Mesdames Robertson, Burke Chippen dale. Pltrwollant, laws. dc.—And INTRIGUE, Mr. Kendal, dc. PRTNCERVS Tmq Ftermnio, POOR PIIIIWIDDY. Mr. D. Mnivay & SIDe P. IIerehoII—JEANIE DEANS: OR, THE HEART OP MID IATTHIAN. Um D. litaelcAult. Meagre Neville. Shore, Maclean, &c.: Hias Littec.&c,—end NO. ONE, ROUND THE CORNER. QUZEN'S THEATRY, LONO•ANI.F... Leases and Moonset. Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. Tut , . Rename, at 7. MARV JONLA. At a quarter to g, OLIVRIt TWIST. )lean. J, L. Toole, L. Stough. H. Irving. Wyndham. J. Clayton, W. H. Ster.hena and John Ryder Memlamee Hodamt. Everahl, and Nellie Nome. To conclude vitb LA VIVANDISBE. STRAND. Tsp. gym's. SISTERLY SERVICE.—THE HELD OF THE CLOTH OP GOLD.—And MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. .111LITANNIA, Two gram a, THE W OLP 01 iIIE PYBENEEi. Mr. W. H. Pitt, Hewn Chaelton sad Illeerood : Mn. Lane. 'tleadarass Bandanna, Edwin, Re. —J ACE LONG OF MIAS. Kr. F. ("nailing) —.tad RAISING THE WIND. RION MATH. AT LONDON MUDD& Tins DAT —llcening, 111. 46m......Airternoon. 2b. fen. To-nor adir—Malts, rite..—.. Afternoon, eeni. NOTICDS of SWIM MAligiegs, and DiATIDA are reee:ved until 12 o'clock for Insertion seas evening. PrSdo, 31. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, (imamate Tbs Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City ; Railway, Mining, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, EVERY EVENING. LONDON,WEDNESDAY,APRIL 22. CLIQUOT AND CLIQUOT. WHAT'Ii in a name f Well, a great deal, it • should seem, when the name is exagucrr. A bottle of champagne —we do not say by any other name, tut by the same name will neither smell as sweet, nor sparkle as brilliantly, nor cream as richly, when the real name happens not to be the real thi ng . Who has not heard of Widow CLIQUOT ? That famous lady is the Queen Dowager and the Queen Regnant at once over an empire on which the sun day and of the night, of court, of camp, and of grove, of royal banquet, and nuptial feast, of Looourre' little dinners, and ASI'MIA'N little sup pers ; bright as the Bandusian fountain, will as Ws Well of Truth, who has not acknowledged her Wanda way f To decide the old dispute between the Ancient? and the Moderns, it is enough to say that the Ancients lived and died when as yet Widow CLTQUOT was not, or would HORACX ever have made his modest flask of Falennan immortal Happily there is no Salic law in the realm of AI, and the dynasty of Widow CLIQUOT is secure from the conspiracies of pretenders and the rage of revolutions. The house of Cliquot, we need not remind our readers, has enjoyed a world-wide fame for many generations. A French law court has recently decided that this more than European reputation shall not be at the mercy of the font, and that the name of Widow CLIQOUT shall not be taken in vain with impunity. According to the report we find in the lilialration it appears that at Rheims, that ancient city of coronations and that modern capital of Marne, where Widow CLIQUOT holds her court, a certain Monsieur BLONDIAC was pursuing the native in. dustry of a manufacturer of sparkling light wines, commonly known to the unenlightened universal public as " Champagne." It struck M. BLONDEAII, as a near neighbour of the Widow CLIQUOT, and an eye-witness of the prodigious number of cases and bottles despatched to all parts of the world from the cellars and storehouses under her band and seal, that the name of BLONDEAII on a bottle of champagne was miserably flat and unprofitable, and that if by careful seeking he could find or invent another CLIQUOT, a woman CLIQUOT, a widow CLIQUOT, ready and willing to become a partner—not, perhaps, an active, not yet a dormant—but let us say a still partner in the firm of BLONDEAII et Cie., on condition of endowing that firm with her name he might be in a position to dispute on equal terms the sovereignty of the Widow CLIQUOT. The audacious simplicity of this ides suffices to stamp M. BurcrorstT a great man. And he very nearly succeeded in—may we be allowed to call it --his coup cr , tigteette. He actually found another Cuquor—another widow CLIQUOT--and persuaded her to be godmother to the firm of BLosnesu et Cie., and to re-christen it Verve Ciao:lvor. So far nothing could be more easy or more successful. But the real original Widow CLIQI7OI could not see M. BLOND/AU% dis covery with M. BLONDEALF'S eyes. She laid her case before the Tribunal of Commerce, pro testing against this invasion of her sole and exclu sive right by virtue of long possession to bear both on her cases and bottles of champagne the style and title of " Veuvr CLIQUOT." M. Bum:Peru resisted the widow's claim with indignant amazement. " How !" said his counsel, " are we to lose our proper name because another " widow in the city of Rheims is our namesake! The " p -Men sion is preposterous !" The Tribunal of Com merce decided that, although the importation of the name of Cuocor into the firm of BLONDEAU et Cie. was clearly intended as an invasion of the original Widow CLIQUOT'S trade mark, and an imposition on the public purchaser, nevertheless, it could not restrain M. BLONDEAU from the use of his partner's name ; and must content it self with certain precautionary and res trictive injunctions as to the use of the style and title of Widow CLIQUOT by M. BLONDEAU'R firm, with a view to prevent the second Widow from being confounded with the first. This re markable judgment had the merit of leaving both parties dissatisfied. Both appealed to a court of law, and the court of law appreciated M. BLorr- DEAL'S ingenuity in discovering or inventing his Widow CLIQUOT with a severity from which the Tribunal of Commerce had recoiled. The Court decided, that inasmuch as this second Widow CLIQUOT took no active part in the management and operations of the firm of BLONDEAU et Cie., but simply gave it her name for the sole and obvious purpose of setting up an adverse title to which it had no moral claim, her name must cease to appear in connection with the firm of BLONDEAU et Cie., and condemned her jointly with BLOWDZAU to pay the costs of the suit, and a sum of 30,000 francs damages to the Widow Cuoticrr. Taking the facts of this case on the faith of the French newspaper in which we find them, we venture to believe that our readers will have very little hesitation in congratulating the original I Widow CLIQUOT on the reasonable judgment of the court of law. M. BLONDEAU'S proceeding was not even justified by the necessity which knows no law. However justly celebrated might be the name of Widow CLIQUOT, there was ample room and scope enough for any number of honourable rivals near her throne. Seeing that there is more " Champagne " annually consumed in the whole civilized world than the actual district of France which iu the old time bore that charming name produces in half a hundred years (and in saying this we leave entirely out of the calculation the famous rhubarb and gooseberry growths of Great Britain), we are justified in assuming what indeed is perfectly well known to everyone at all acquainted with the wine trade—that all but a very limited proportion of the wine called champagne (we speak of wine only) is not a native growth of the Champagne country, but a beverage manufactured in the district of Eper nay, and for the most part made out of the coarser white wines of the Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Rhonedistricta, withthepeculiar quality of what is popularly called " champagne" superadded in a concentrated essence by the manufacturers in and around Rheims. Millions of bottles of this exhi larating manufacture are consumed throughout Christendom, and beyond it, every year, and we have heard of Indian Mahommedans being converted to Christianity for the sake of the celestial fluid. It is no more to the discredit of the great champagne houses at Rheims to state the fact that there are not enough grapes in the Epernay district to supply the world with their juice, than it would be to the discredit of the great houses at Bordeaux and Dijon to mention the equally obvious and undeniable fact that there is more " Chateau Margaux " and " Chambertin " sold every year than those estates are capable of producing in half a century. Madame Cmonor does well to protect her name from abuse, and we rejoice in her recent victory. Still, considering what passes for the fruit of the vines of Cham pagne, we may fairly end these remarks as we began, with the question, " What's in a name r Let us be content and thankful as Britons when it is neither gooseberry nor rhubarb ! ;~ THE FENIANS AT THE OLD BAILEY. THE Fenian prisoners now at the bar of the Old Bailey are of widely different physiognomical types. Viewed from the Bench there is indeed little in common between the row of faces in the de,l opposite save a certain stoicism or hardi hood which contrasts strangely with the miserable appearance of the abject creature testifying against them. Muturiv, unless appearances belie him, is the moat actually wretched man in court. Ghastly pale, and with sunken eyes, which look more sunken from his standing with his back to the light, the approver, whits under croes-exeszd nation, seems to be the hunted man. All present, including the prisoneis, seem to listen to him with lofty contempt. None is so poor as to render him anything but scorn at the whining plea that his duty to his young fatally made him a traitor, . and had . kept him from accompanying the barrel-firing party to Clerluind well, though he subscribed for the purchase of powder, and was cognisant of the entire scheme. I The prisoner lisaarrr smiles, and Alm JUSTICE laughs outright. While pressed home by the various counsel for the prisoners, his long, nervous fingers close half convulsively round the brass knobs of the rail before him ; he moves restlessly from foot to foot ; his voice is so low and husky that he is frequently reproved for not " speaking " up," while his tongue rolls and lips quiver, as if the one clove to his mouth, and the other were parched and dry to a degree which makes free speech impossible. Every eye is on him, and, as he stammers out his answers and explana tions in a broad Irish accent, he strives to avoid looking at the dock, as if the sight of his late comrades and victims were unbearable ; yet now and again he glances there as if fascination overcame and conquered shame and self-contempt. But for his present degradation and distress he would pass as a good-looking man of I thirty, of slim figure, and whose Shakespeare collar, 1 gay neckcloth, and shabby genteel cloth garments, seem to verify his statement that he earned five pounds a week in good times, but had been out of luck lately through the tailors' strike. All this time WILLIAM DESMOND, said to be one of the ruling spirits who planned the outrage, sits in front of his fellow prisoners, with his face in pro file, sternly gazing on the witness, writing little notes from time to time to his attorney below, and receiving and tearing up the brief answers of the latter. An unusually large and heavy beard, sandy in hue, and extending broadly over chest and shoulders, a regular nose, keen grey eyes, which dart their penetrating glances from be neath bushy, overhanging brows ; a broad, well-shaped forehead ; short, dark brown hair ; a thoughtful, intelligent face ; florid complexion, a generally respectable exterior, and an air of confident and unceasing watchfulness make this DESMOND the most striking figure in the dock. A professional lecturer, the crack orator of a debating club, a shrewd dogmatic expounder of half-truths and crotchets to uneducated com panions, are all phases of character to which his appearance and demeanour would fit in. The man next him, his namesake, but as is easy to see, no relation, TIMOTHY DESMOND (said to have been drunk at the time of the outrage, and to have disobeyed the orders of the first DESMOND by not sleeping for an hour) is his antithesis in every particular. He is thin in person and shabby in dress. A cadaverous, uneasy face ; thin, weak beard and whiskers ; dark, curly hair, and a rest less, hungry, fretful, dangerous look,which accords fully with his frequent change of posture and fidgetty uplifting of hands and arms, his demeanour is the more striking from the calm repose of the right-hand neighbour we have described, and the sodden, callous indifference of the prisoner Ezra- LISH on his left. This man is the oldest and most repulsive looking of the party. He is credited with the speech : " Diabolical ! We'll burn the " whole of London ; that will be more die " helical ! " O'Kzarz, who comes next in order from left to right, is comparatively characterless--little weak and straggling hair on chin and cheeks, a wavering mouth partially open, and an aspect of stolid unintelligent endur ance, brightened by fitful, half-formed smiles when MULLANY is made more than usually uncomfort able, are the points in which he differs chiefly from BARRETT or JACKSON, who site between him and ANN JUSTICE. The man last named (who is accused of having actually fired the barrel) is better dressed than the rest, and of an obviously higher station. Under other circum stances you would admire his look of determina tion and frank courage. A bright, resolute eye, quiet in marking the slightest and most trivial incident in court ; a confident, brisk bear ing ; manly, regular features ; a short, crisp beard, thick hair, and a muscular compact figure, show him to be the physical, as WILLIAM DESMOND is the mental superior of all the people accused. He, too, writes frequent notes to his attorney, and often smiles contemptuously at Mulaany's statements and admissions, but in an off-hand, dashing way, as if a mere informer were really too small a subject for serious indignation. I ANN Jurricz (who had interviews with Iluaca and CASEY in prison, and ischarged with having acted as go-between between them and their would-be deli-' verers) in a coarse woollen shawl, pinned closely to the throat, as if to conceal au insufficiency of under garments, and with bold, dark, gleaming eyes which rove unabashed about the court, is evidently expecting friends. Whenever a door opens or the least movement is made by officials or barristers this woman's eye is there. She examines every face quickly and sus piciously, and looks round and round, finally bend ing her body back to obtain a good upward gaze at the sitters in the gallery behind and above the dock. Inquisitive, expectant, and, if her situation were less critical, with what one would call a sense of humour, she looks about and around her with unaffected interest. The coarse wood-cut sold in the streets is wonderfully likes, and her good-looking, common face is that of hundreds of women to be seen at court-entries and gin-shop doors in the poor neighbourhoods of hidden London. Her look of restless cunning is brought into relief ' by the stolid immoveable features of the female turnkey sitting behind her, who might be a mask of wood in blue ribbons and a bonnet. ANN Jurrics drinks greedily of the water brought her, turning round, as if in politeness to the Judge, whilst doing so. The bold respectability in black behind the male prisoners is the turnkey, and looks every inch a vestryman ; while the City police-officers are plentifully distributed about and around the dock, bringing into still stronger con- treat the characteristics of the swaged. These remain unaltered during our stay, and without building up a theory or deducing a single inference from what we maw, we give the foregoing as a tolerably faithful picture of the Fenian in the dock. the Court. OSBORNE, Aran, 21. A PIIVATI letter from Dr. lavaroirroan to a friend in Edinburgh, given in the Daily News this yawning, furnishes news of the greet traveller &Awn to February ben yew. It recounts considerable hardships, but leiiiiitivntoerings in good health and spirits, in the midst of forests so dense and leafy that one " cannot see fiftryards on " either side," and "at 10 degrees 10 minutes "south latitude, and long. 31 degree 50 minutes 2 "ten." The slave dealing tribes have fled at his approach, and the prestige of the English name has actually been among the gravest incon veniences experienced by the explorer. His Johanna men left him through fear of the shwa traders' vengeance; he was prevented crossing a lake because the owners of the only boats on it dreaded he would burn tbem as slavers and . • cir ---- ! . :.% 4.. ~. , . • .( ' 4 - 13 1& . i APRIL gli , , • .RX i 4.,,.. -; VEDAESLp , 1 ,- •I • i • I •. .. ... alooreetly bid themselves, and he found whole die. *Wks denuded of food by tribes whose traffic in their friends and enemies is their sole means of subsistence. Hunger and the rainy season bad Idelayed his progress, but the latter part of his letter is dated from Bemba, where ho has just had a cow given him by the chief, upon which he is about to make " Christmas feast, as I promised the " boys a blow-out when we came to a place of " plenty." "We have had precious hard lines," writes the brave doctor, "but I would not nom " plain if it had not been gnawing hunger " for many a day, and our bones sticking " through as they would burst the skin." In parte where game abounded LP/no:mons " had filled the pot with the first-rate " rifle given me by Captain Fraser," but elsewhere the only food had been "a species of " millet which passes the stomach almost un " changed." But his sorest grief was the loss of his medicine chest, which " with plates, dishes, " clothes, and much of our powder," was stolen by two of the natives employed in carrying them, and whom it was found impossible to follow. This " fell upon my heart like a sentence of death by " fever," notwithstanding which he resolves cheerio fully to trust to native remedies, and tohope the best. The letter concludes sanguinely, and men tions the slow rate of progress—eight miles a day —and the necessity of travelling rig - mg as causes for delay. It is, however, cheering to note that the party has " not had a single difficulty with the " people," they are with now ; and that the gang of Arab slavers who promise to post Livisoarorra's letters at Zanzibar have obviously kept their word. Iris to be hoped that the detection of the assassin of Mr. M‘GEE will follow the crime as swiftly as the arrest of Hoorn succeeded the murder of Mr. LINCOLN. The Canadian papers consider the evidence against the man WHELAN, who is charged with firing the pistol, as over whelmingly strong. The doorkeeper of the Canadian parliament deposes that he had admitted WHELAN four different times to the gallery of the House on the night of the murder, and speaks of his excited and uneasy demeanour. A revolver found upon him showed signs of having been recently discharged, and the bullet discovered exactly corresponded with some in the prisoner's possession. For years past it is asserted he has openly avowed Fenian sentiments and hatred of M'flae. A late telegram goes further and states that three men who were charged as accomplices had turned Queen's evidence against WHELAN. We find there is a general belief, as in the case of the assassina tion of Mr. LINCOLN, that the deed is the result of a conspiracy, in which the guilt of the actual murderer is shared by several accomplices. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Christian ; and her Majesty, accom panied by Princess Louise, drove in the grounds this morning. Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds, and Prince Leopold drove sot, attended by Mr. Duckworth. Lord Colville and the Rev. G. and Mrs. Prothero had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family last evening. Sir William Jenner has arrived at Osborne. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lordof the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Mahnesbury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord J. Manners. (THIS DAY.) JEWS. (IKUTliell TILIGIAJL ) Tlii QUEEN' VISIT TO BALMORAL—We under stand that her Majesty will arrive at her Highland home about the 10th of next month. From the openness of the season it is expected that the flower plots around the Castle will be extremely be►utiful. The grounds are, of course, in admirable condition, and have even already as sumed a summer aspect. —EdinburgA Courant. Their Royal highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Tack honoured the exhibition of paintings by Gustave Dort, at the Egyptian Sall, with their presence yesterday. Sir John and Miss Lister-Kaye have arrived at 17, Cromwell•roed, South Kensington, for the imam, from Yorkshire. FOREIGN NEWS. THE PERSECUTION OF THE ROUMAIN The New Free Pees', of Vienna, in a correspon dence dated from Jassy, April 13, re-affirms the fact of the persecution of Jews in Baken, Mol davia. It gives a list of 96 persons who have been toroed from their homes and are wandering about Okra, Kaintz, and other villages in search of a temporary shelter. It states that the graves of the Jews were desecrated, that shots were fired into the houses. GOSSIP PROM THE OWL. We learn that the Duke of Marlborough is to have the Garter that is vacant by the death of the Marquis of Salisbury.— It is premature to state that the Duke of Northumberland has been appointed lord-lieutenant of Middlesex. We hear that no arrangements have yet been made, bat that it is not improbable that this honour will be conferred on the Marquis of Exeter.— Mr. Gladstone has set at rest any doubt which may have existed as to his comae of action on the Irish Church Resolutions. Last evening in the Hones of Commons one of his supporters alludedto therumcntred withdrawal of the second and third Raeolutkos. Mr. Gladstone replied that, be the consequences what they might, all his propcations would be moved,and.if they were resisted divisions taken on each.—Mr. Pope Hennessy, Governor of lonian, liftmen ably mentioned far the Governorship of South Australia vacant by the death of thelotefiir Dominick Daly.—All the Roman catholic bishops of are at pre sent in London. They sane= "d last evening at Archbishop Meaning's conventaione, prepare. tory to their synodical meeting tomorrow.—lt was stated last night in the lobbies of the House of Commons that the government were going to introdne a bill to abolish the . personal payment of rates " in boroughs. It is understood that the " daughter of the innocents," to follow the renewed debate on the Irish church, will not extend to the Bankruptcy Bill—A meet ing of Scotch members Is shortly to be held for the purpose of considering whether the pending antics ia Tiferlel• to increased representation for Boatload, and for distrait. chising the small English boroughs, should net be made the subject of distinct resolaticoa—The Government Tele. graph Bill has been sia tSli t Y opposed, on technical points, before the orders examiners., to whom it was found parmatary it amid be referred ; but they decided oa Monday that the measure was cor rectly promoted, sad the emend reading, colgionly flied for the With inst., will take plays on Monday, May 4. The public income sad isat&ture annote for the flaanoial year have been preesated to parliament, is anticipation of the Chanoeller of the Buthequerho budget. It is very believed that they Manes a falling off in the nat▪ tiVearnings of more than two millions and a half staring. It is Mated by the Times that the Marquis of Salisbury feels it to be a duty to meat the ormildesee played in him by skill devoting himself to the intros& of the Oceet Fames Railway Company, and will, seem quaintly, remain at hie part until, at all events, the finan cial and general affairs if tits undertaking tall have been brought to a eatiabsdary adjostaent. Respeoting persona payment of rasa, an interest ing return hes jam bets mat bi the ovum= if lanced. The last rated ls. id. in the pound has Dees militated, m i d logy VOL have bees led through acre-payworat persons mewed on the mend of poverty. The total rate win eolleeted within ha per oink The proem& ham been inane* by SANK in ememantee of the abolition exers e i ggisg, bat the increased met of collection redness the profit to 1,0001. In mmeettomme if *hit gain, the overseers have resolved to levy a rats el 2/ is the pound, er about 10 per cent. km, the the lam • , A man named Patrick Foley was brought rep at Oerk yesterday afternoon, oharpd with being emitsamsd is summons Fenian depredations, among** them the at tentive robbery of revolvers from the shop of Meows. Al. port, in the principal street in that city, in the daytime. This is deemed an important west. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. BUDA, Aram 22. The Empress of Austria gave birth to a Princess et 5 o'clock this morning. Her Majesty is doing well. ITALY. TURIN, Aram 22, MORNING. The marriage contract between Prince Humbert and the Princess Margherita of Genoa was signed yesterday. The contract was witnessed by the French, Prussian, and Saxon ministers. Prince Napoleon will not be present at the Florence fetes. OUR PARIS LETTER. (raom ova OWN 0013211POND1211.) PASIS. TUESDAY EVENING. The Senate to-day, at the request of the car dinals, adjourned the great debate on the petition against " Materialist" professors in the University till May 10. This delay is only on the principle reculer pour mieux sauter. The church intends to try its strength with the government on this theme The Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen has given notice, in a letter to a brother " eminence " that he will strain every nerve to oppose that shelving of the petition by the order of the day which M. Chair d'Est Ange's report proposed. The cry of the clerical journals is "No order of the day." The result of the debate will entirely depend upon the more or less resolute attitude of government. The vast majority of the senators, though men of very doubtful orthodoxy, if they were put to the test of cross-examination by an inquisitor, look upon the " church " as a precious adjunct to civil govern ment. M. Sainte Beuve is probably the only sena tor who will have the courage to say plainly that to teach that an old rag which was once soaked in a dirty, but sainted beggar's sore, is a spe cific against cholera ; that Salette water is endowed with miraculous virtues ; and that any trumpery bought for a few coppers at any of tie numerous shops which sell " objects of piety" will give grace to the wearers, is far worse materialism than anything taught by professors of physiology in medical schools. Unfortunately M. Sainte Beuve's health is so delicate that it is doubtful whether he will be able to take part in the debate. An action will shortly be tried in which the plaintiffs are the nett of kin of Madame Mertens, the woman who was murdered in the forest of Fontainebleau, and the Comptoir d'Escompte de fendants. The question is whether the Comptoir d'Escompte or the Mertens succession is to bear the loos occasioned by the forgery of murderess Madame Frigard. The contention of the Comptoir d'Escompte is that by virtue of a special contract with Madame Mertens she was bound at her peril to give notice if she lost the blank re ceipts which she had, in order that the bank might be protected against forgery. M. Dufaure is re tained for the Comptoir d'Escompte and M. E. Dupuy for the Mertens family. The Bourse was extremely firm. Rente rose 150. for cash and 10c. for account, closing at 69fr. 40c. and 69fr. 45c. Italian rose 45c., closing at 48fr. 95c. Mobilier, 13fr. 75c. ; Credit Foncier, 7fr. 50c. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte, 2fr. 50c. SUPPOSED FENIAN DESIGNS ON BUCHINGHAII PALACE. Rumours that an attempt had been made to fire Buckingham Palace were current last night, and were the subject of conversation in the neighbour hood of the House of Commons. Aa the result of scial inquiries instituted at a late hour, we learn that the report was not entirely destitute of foundation, and it is said to be the opinion of the polio. that such an attempt was contemplated. It seems that between 8 and 9 o'clock a constable in plain clothes was walking along the mall in St. James's-park, when his attention was drawn to two suspicious l ooking men prooeeding in the di rection of the palace. They carried a s hamper and from their manner he thought l something was wrong. He accordingly followed them, and on nearing the palace they halted for a time, and, after looking about, turned off in the direction of Buckingham-gate. He then accosted and questioned them, but could elicit no satis factory reply. Ultimately both men were taken to the King-street station, and the constable having made his statement, the inspector on duty put the usual questions to the prisoners, neither of whom would give his name, or any account of him self. They were dressed in the garb of labourers. The hamper, on being opened, was found to con tain several tin cases of what is known as " Greek fire," the smell from which occasioned some alarm at the station whilst it was being inspected. The men, as a matter of course, were safely lodged in the cells. LATEST PARTICULARS. Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon the two men lodged in the King-street Police-station, and sus rzdof an unlawful design upon Buckingham e, had not been removed ; and it was not certain at what time instructions would be received from Sir Richard Mayne for their examination before the magistrateat Bow-street. Sergeant Lang ley had at present also failed in the apprehension of a third man said to be implicated in the case. There is every reason to assume that but a short time will elapse ere the names and characters of both men in custody will be known to the authorities. The police are satisfied as to their relation with the Fenian brotherhood. A rumour is may current that the Chancellor of the Itzeitegser intends to-ssonew night to propose an W oman el timpesee on the Memos tax. Near Hull yesterday, the early market train from Selby ran into a goods Inds which was taking in a supply of water, sad nine of the passengers were injured. Pint of these remained at the hotel ; the others were able to proceed to their basin The nuptials of Prince Constantine Gortachakoff, eldest sea of the Buds' Ohmeeller el BMW, with Prim ates Mary Stourdsa, only doubler sad heiress of Prince eleendsa, .x-Hospodar of Moldavia, were celebrated on listarday, with the maid pomp, at the Monne Church. isms de idlers (who walked lame), some Russian Males el dielisethis wow in Paris, and away of the eirri dif6olo4l/4 were present, Mr &delay of hoe*, teidass, and jewels was what might be espeelle; wedler the eireurostasem The prisms n IstinediAlesse her father 2,000,1100 fr. as • bridal }mainly lesidge jewels of immense vales. During .slily golden crowns were tubed over the heads of the couple, each of whom held a bum* tepee, and thrice tasted in tarn the wine, sad thrice pnrseebulsted the altar, according to custom. They than limed the Scriptures. Lastly, the bridegroom saluted his bride with an embrace on the lett cheek, and led her off amid the compliments of the crowd. r•aorw I I M i --. , ...1.101110••••• THIRD EDITION. THE FENIAN TRIALS AT THE OLD BAILEY. -(THIS DAY.) The trial of Michael Barrett, alien Jacloon, Timothy Desmond, WUlum Desmond, Nicholas English, John O'Keefe, and Anne Justhe was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning et the Old Bailey, before Lord Clod Justice Cockburn and Baron Bra:uwell. The prosecution was, as before, conducted by the Atter. nay-Genera], the Solicitor-General, Mr. Gifford, Poland, and Mr. Archibald. The counsel for the prisoner' were Mr. Warner Sleit4 for William Desmond, SD. Straight for Trrnothy Dea mond, Kr. Keogh for English, Mr. Montagu. Wiliam 4 and Kr. Edward Clarke for O'Keefe and Justice, and Mr, Baker Greene for Barrett. Thomas Reeves Clifford—l am a warder and cook in the Horse of Detention. I live N. 11 , Corporakon•rux, Clerkenwell, opposite the Bell beerhonse. On the after. noon of the 12th of December I left off duty and went home. While looking out of my window a few minutes after 4 o'clock, I saw two mca dragging a truck, upon which there was a barrel covered with a =easing black. The men were coming up through C)rporation.lan e , towards Coburg•street and leaving the prison. They pained my house. They were drawing the truck in the middle of the road, and 1 saw a third man on the p.a.:. meat. I believe Timothy Diamond and English are the men who were drawing the truck. I should think the cask was a 36-gallon cask. I recognised Allen who has been discharged from custody as the third man, Wh,n they got into Coburg street I lost eight of them. By Mr. Straight-1 cannot ■wear that Timothy D..s. mead and English are the two men who were drawing the truck. By Mr. Willisms—Th! tree men wore high hats, awl not " wide awakes." Hannah Guiliess—ln December last I lived at ::o. St. James's buildings, C!erkenwell. About 10 o'clock on the night before the explosion, I was going home through Woodbridge street, and saw the prisou* O'Keefe. wbo wss going towards Aylesbury-street, which is close to Cor potation row. Mr. Williams was about t. crass-ermine the witnes, when the Lord Chief Justice informed him that her evi dence had no bearing oa the case, and ordered th 3 nett witness to be called. Richard Mead!, a warder at the House of De:emits), was then examined by Mr. Gifard, Q.C.. and w.O pro- seeding to state the time at which the prisontra wet" at exercise on the 12th of December, when Mr. Baker Greene submitted that the eviien:e sold; effected the prisoner Burke, and was not sdadasible tguust the prisoners now on trial. If the evidence went for thing it was to show that Burke wu en aceoutplicr. awl if that were the cue he should have been inditted cu eLe capital charge. The Lord Chief Justice said—An attempt wan made on the 12th of December to blow up the prison wall, and it was successfully repeated on the 13th. The evidence, he thought, showed the motive under which the prisoners wave alleged to have acted. The Attoraeytleneral said that Burke's acts on the 110 had a material connexion with the ease. The primary object of the conspiracy was to release him, and, as it vs+ stated that Burke planned the scheme, he submitted the evidence was perfectly relevant. The Lord Chief Justice said that Burke wan party to a confederacy, and not a party to the ►lowing up of the wall. Mr. Baker Greene observed that what had been done in the Aisne, of the prisoners shoaki nut be adduced as esi• deuce against them. The Lord Chief Justice ruled that the evidence was ad. missible. The witness then continued—At half-prat 3 Burke was walking in the exercise ground with the other prisoners. Casey was In an adjoining yard at the time. While walking round the yard Burke leaned spinet the wall, took off one of his side-spring boots very slowly, and wiped his stocking with his hand, looking at the same time at the houses in Corporation.lane. He put on his boot again, fell into the ranks, and walked on. This happened at a few minutes past 4. I saw the effects of thee:plosion on the following day, and there was no breach in the wall within Ave or six yards of where he fell out. Walter Holgate, a lad of 14, was the next witness. He said :—I work ►t a greengrocer's in Corporation-row. the day before the explosion I was running round the prison ; I saw a barrel on the pavement and a truck in the road. I asked Charles Mosely to roil the truck. This wax about half-past 3 in the afternoon. The Lord Chief Justice—What is the use of inch evi• demos es this ! Yon may go down, boy. George Ranger, a police-constable, examined—On the 13th of December I was on plain clothes duty inside the Clerkenwell House of %Detention. I saw Anne Justice at the prison that day. She came to the gate at 20 minutes past 12, and aske.l t be allowed to see Casey. I cannot pay that she had anything with her but I believe she had not. The heal wat.ler asked her if she was a relative of Casey, and she said " Yes, I am hie aunt." She was then admitted sod ca•. c out shortly after. She left the gate and went across to the Prince of Wales beer-shop. At 1 o'clock a woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Barry, and stated she was Burke'. sister, was admitted. She left at twenty minutes to 2 o'clock. I followed her is f.,r as Fleet street, where I missed her. She drove in a cab to the prison. While returning to the prison I came through Short's-buildings, where I saw Anne Justice. I went into the prison and made a oommunication to Moore. oue of the warders. Shortly after that I saw Anzac Justice in company with Timothy Desmond near the Prince of Wales beer shop. This was about twenty minutes past e. I saw Allen and a man who is not in custody come does Stratton's-ground. Allen spoke to Anne Justice, and then Timothy Desmond and the other man went towards Bridewell-walk, which leads to Corporation-lane. Thu took place about twenty minutes to 4. I was in the prison when the explosion took place. After the explosion I left the prison, and met Sutton, a polioe-conitable, is Short's-buildings. I asked him to accompany me to St. James'e.walk, and on arriving there we found Anne Justine and Allen. I knocked Allen down and took him Into custody, and Anne Justice was taken at the same time. I said to Sutton, "Look out, here is the man you were following"—meaning Timothy Des mond, who was coming from Short's-buildings. mind the Prince of Wales beershop, and into St. James's-walk. He was taken into custody by Sutton. He wore a black silk bat at the time. Justice, Timothy Desmond, and Allen were taken into the prison-yard. There was a senffie, and we put Allen and Desmond on their backs. Their hats fell off at the time, and were picked up by Worth, one of the warders. The next morning when the prisoners were being conveyed to Bow street, I noticed that Timothy Desmond had a white soft felt hat on. Crom-examined by Yr. Strait—Timothy Dein Or.ti was not drunk, nor rolling about. lie was running away when he was arrested. By Yr. Williams—St. James's-walk to at the opposite side of the prism from that where the explosion took place. William Alfred Worth—l am a warder at the House of Detention. I saw Anne Justice for the first time between half-put 12 and lon the 13th of December. She asked for Casey, and I passed her in. She left shortly after. and remained outside the prison. At 10 minutes past 2 I went off duty, and at that time she was outride spearing to another man, whom I have identified 11111 being Allen. I returned at 10 minutes past 3. Between half-past 3 and a quarter to 4 I new 'Timothy Desmond coming from Bescananetreet, and into Short -buildings, towards the prison. Allen and Justice were standing at the corner of the Prince of Wales beerehoyp. The three eemmesced to *onetime, and I paged from the manner in which they pat their heads together that there was some MOM between them. They Desmond going back the same way he cams. = promediog towards Stratton'eground. Justice remained whom she stood until the explosion took place. I was at the prison gate at the thus. Allen had re turned le bar Ware the explosion occurred. When they heard the ampiseisa they ran up St. Jmnee's.walk , I iinese&day let Banger, the pollee-constable out, and he overtook UNIII• By Mr. WlThente—To my knowledge nothing was said to wieo by Judie, an to her relatiosehip with Cue!. Themes Ksowles, policeesestable, examined—ln De amber lea I was placed on duty at the gate of the House a Detention while Burke and Campy were tuviet Mnand• I vetsat the gate when Anne Justice si.o:ied to be admitted on the 13th of December. She asked to see Casey and told the warder that she was Casey's aunt. I saw her go away about 1 o'clock. I saw Mrs. Barry, who was stated to be Burke's sister, at the prism. She IMO at 1 and left at twenty minutes to 2. By Mr. Williams--Anne justice told Worth she was Casey's sant W '~ ~~