The Express. — London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICE& —During th e storms of boat •La tb• past and other year m the National Lifeboat to the inetitatkat ra , by lie life aw. contributed ring of TOT from different wrecks on our opiate. The institution erTa! pendsd C 51,1174 in the same period on its lifeboat establishment% inaddition to "ranting £4,960 for rewards for oaring life and exercising the lifeboats. The committee of the institution earnestly ATTILALL to the let AWIDITANCJI, to miabie theat Is need the ecommied Criamsatts on the W g Wl:Moles its Lifeboat nations. t ere. = ar d y fl u = London and Colinfr7 AL,and ama by the Lewis, Lq., ai the Is. _iltatiah,lS Johollavek CdelYW. Landon. rrIIIITLB, • TURTLE, TURTLE. err, Thera, red Invalid TURTLE SOUPS dways ready, Wiln-HALL, BEGENT-STBIST, PIOCIADILLY. DONALD. Prearietoc T .ONDOZI must have a SUPPER sad lIIISIC Jl,ll &OOU for Gootlemon.—Bosaosabar, Ire waft tar yea at • 11YaNs." after ear Theatre'. Iht '?):PregifS. 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IT is just six months since the Nmpwor of AusrarA, acting on the advice of his responsible Ministers, suspended the working of the parlia mentary institutions with which he had endowed the Empire. The act was subject to various and conflicting interpretations at the time, some critics who were not under any special temptation to be unjust going so far as to declare it to be a coup d'etat fatal to the public liberties of the monarchy. Since that time more moderate views have pre vailed, and we now believe it is universally con ceded that the act had precisely the character which its authors claimed for it, and that, though necessarily arbitrary in its form, it had an exten sion and not a contraction of the sphere of con stitutional government for its motive and ultimata aim. Nobody now doubts that it wee designed to facilitate the steps which the Govern ment intended to take for bringing Hungary into the representative system of the Empire. At Vienna the EMPEROR'S intentions were not for a moment suspected by his people. Six months, however, is a long time for a State not embar rassed by domestic or foreign war to en dure the suspension of constitutional guarantees for public liberty. And we are not, therefore, sur prised to learn that even the most patient subjects; of his Imperial Mi.raere are getting anxious to learn when the institutions which they for a time enjoyed and have learned to appreciate are to be restored to vigour. They observe that what our American kinsmen would call the "reconstruction" of Hungary makes but slow progress, and they are beginning to ask whether it can really be in tended to make the political states of the whole empire dependent on the resolution or irresolution of the people of one of its States. Thus stated, the question assumes a very practical character, and would seem capable of only one solution. But if the constitution is not to remain suspended for an indefinite time, until the settlement of the oontroversy between the Imperial Government and Hungary, what reason can there be for prolonging the present condition of affairs! Hitherto Count BELCEEDI and his colleagues have enjoyed the confidence of the public because it was be• lieved that their aims at all tunes included a re-invigoration of the public life of the Empire by calling the nation to participate in the concerns of the State, and nothing that we are aware of has hitherto happened to shake the grounds of this confidence. But it must occur to them, on refleo ton, that an undue protraction of the present pro visional stale of things, without a definite prospect of its cessation, must disquiet the public mind, and make it keenly susceptible of accidental influ ences, which are more likely than not to be per nicious. By suspending the constitution in Sep tember the EMPEROR set aside his own work, thereby intending to give the people of Hungary a pledge that nothing should stand in the way of a free and full consideration of all the points in dispute between the Crown and that important kingdom. But if the wisdom of that act is ad mitted, it does not follow that the continuance of the suspension of the constitution is calculated to strengthen the guarantee which it was the Es- PEROII.% intention to give to Hungary. It would rather seem that the Hungarians must have more reason for confiding in the inten tions of the Imperial Government if they saw it voluntarily restoring liberties which for a great public purpose it had temporarily suspended, and calling the people of the Empire once more to take part in the conduct of its affair". But even if this were not so, it would be difficult to show why the patient, faithful, and confiding Germans should be treated worse than the proud and dis trustful Hungarians. The Imperial constitution was declared to be placed in abeyance only for a time, while the supposed necessity for the measure should last ; and it is no more a subject for regret than for astonishment that those who have once experienced its advantages should desire to enjoy them again. From a material point of view it is apparent that the suspension seta injuriously upon Austria, as no attentive observer of the affairs of the empire can have failed to note. While it oen tinues, every interest is unsettled : no confidence is felt in the future, no faith placed in the stability of undertakings. The people see the Ex- PXROII loading himself with responsibilities which there is no need for him to bear, while the Government accumulates difficulties upon its shoulders. The finances of the empire suffer from the despondency that arises from the same cause, as the usurious terms on which the last loan was negotiated, the drooping state of the money market, and the daily quotations of securities, sufficiently show. It is readily acknowledged that the Government has not left unimproved the large liberty of action which it assumed to itself last September. It has concluded treaties of com merce, improved postal communication; and planned important railway extensions ; but all these good designs will miscarry in the absence of that confidence which is diffused when public in telligence and public spirit energetically co-operate with the Government through free institutions—the best means that have hitherto been discovered for giving *enrage and confidence to enterprise. Con fidence, indeed, is more necessary at the present time than money ; for the natural remoras of the Empire are so great that industry and capital would inevitably proceed to employ themselves profitably in developing them if the future were bat reason ably sainted. i' th iL h .B I *, , .XXP OUR CONTEMP43OI.O4 T I :...- ' gait - 10 — :4 reforms THY 51:17PLY of KILT. Owing to it sudden diminution in the foreign supply, the number of beasts In the utile market yea birds, fell of to abut half the customary quantity, but the priori of beef, notwithstanding, wee lower, being 4e. 10d. the stone, whereas on the 12th it wee 55. 161. Though the faR mese' be ascribed to a greater abundance in the dead meat market, the Tinto observes that it is nevertheless widest we are still dependent upon the foreign supply to the extent of about half the number of cattle which used formerly to be offered for salsa& the Metropolitan market., and that this supply is at the present moment affronted in a serious man ner by the orbs which has been issued prohibiting Dutch cattle and Mtimp, owing to the introduction of the *gee into the metropolis by a cargo of sock cattle, from seteriog this country. Of the conti nental importations, two-thirds come from Holland, and it Is very possible that German rattle may bosom' equally dangerous, so that there is a possibility of our being suddenly deprived of our whole foreign supply. Clearly inspection ia so sufiloitat safeguard ; but if mama were provided at the ports of debarkation for sliughtering the' animah on the spot, and a provision was made of quersotine lairs for those which are not immediately wanted for food, or which are intended to be kept as stook, there woold be no more need to interfere with the foreign importations than to order the whole stook of British cattle to be earn. madly exterminated. It is true that, owing to the no. pardocable negligence of this (lily corporation, we have not any dead meat market is the least degree adequate to the notoesaitiss of the metropolis; but even with all the inecove nleooes which our present want of accommodation would involve, it would sort duly be tar the late of two evils to tepid epos the Instant adeptiou of a dead meat trade in our foreign as well as in our home supply. MI 1.17011 BILL. The Times represents Mr. Gladstone's visit to Liverpool as Ifsboaseli going to the mountain, sad *savoys the im pression that the whole gatheriag will be an artillcial umemseet from which 011111/11011 NAM will be carefully om elette& As a disinterested outsider, however, the Timm claims the right of free mean, sad proceeds to contend that Liverpool itself supplies an instance of the evils which world follow the may sdditioe of large nnmbers to multi. Wiesen constitaseciss. It would be hardly compatible with common honesty to stead up and aver that the repre mutation of that borough would be improved by theeddition at some thousand voters. To effect that would be doing evil, ea the mere speculation, which the merest chance may frustrate, that something else to be done afterwards may counteract °equal* it. It is to administer a poison bemuse an antidote is preowned to be within reach. La a emend article the rinses returns to the subject of the trades stains. arguing from the eintante of the report of the Aintigainated Sanely at Carpenters and Joiserti adverted to pet trday, that the working classes have taken up the otthjest et their wages and the length of their working day, as their politics, and have Wee them up to gosd purpose, obtaining increased wages or reduced time by their organisation and action, and consequently satin much more for their own unions tine for their electoral capacities. An ominous feature ie their proomedings is that the waridnialasses habitually estimate the value of their own labour without regard to any claims on the other side, and ham no conception of any eights but their own. The long possession of power by the liberal party hes act ham the Daffy News observes, without its evils. The winning side grows sometimes disposed be rest freer further Wooer, sad a cautionary portion having gained some penned Ojeda by meowing the mane of liberals, have se are for the public psis:ivies which were their step ping -stone. But Me seethes Wirier to defeat the measure which carries into effect the doctrines to which they have all subscribed, puts itself conspicuously in the wrong. There is notbieg left to tight about except the question of guffaw" and acre who insist on such a resolution as Lord Grosvenor's, oily being on themselves the ordain shams of falsehood to their word and the probable disgrace of defeat ; and even if oneossaful they would only win the triumph of breaking up the party to which they &Unshed themselves. sod assuring their own permanent *ROMA= from power. Is or out of ohm Earl Rus sell sad Yr. Gledstose remain at the head of the liberal party, and sooner rr later must some bask to power, leaving the °ransom-Kann faction disowned se traitors by its former friends, dietintted as dewier% by its new sillies. The holidays will give them time to review such pumper* and rime they have unmistakeably failed in their effort is Unwise the prominent and dictate to their party, they will doubtless come back with w's:r thoughts. The Poet again quotes the words of Lord Palmerston as an authority against proneness to change, and represents the government as pushing forwarl the proposition relative to their scheme for redistributing oasts, merely to influence the divaim OD the second Pawling of the Frontline Bill. or in other words to catch votes enough to prop up a falling cabinet. The Herald says it must mot be thought thst by laying their bills on the table ministers afford the house a MEM and certain inerestes spinet a subsequent deviation from the course therein laid down. The Telegraph era thee an abeam of popular mini festatioss has been n.ietaken by the enemies of reform for a sign of waaknses, whereas the public tranquillity is tenth, the supintnesi of over-confidence. But the time hair come for all 1r1i011124241 to be at work. The great public mange/ of the Reform Learn which is to be held is London on the 11th proximo. and the political banquet at w►ioh Mr. Gladetnne is to be enter tained in Liverpool a few days earlier, are but fore tokens of the approaching conflict. There are In the metropolis alone several registrar ioa societies and similar bodies which will take cart in the nettling struggle. let every similar tedsty in the bier dont during the unit Leitn'ext exert its utmost powers to erasure pet to a and cr,aniss popular demon streaker, lot every bb•r 1 meagre:ir consult with him coo station* and arrange Wrir share it the campaign. Let every provieciel newspaner ;bleed the people's cone, and emphatically call upon local redeemers to convoke public meetings. Let every trades mice and other association of working men collect signatures to a brief and decia:ve de claration is favour of the bilL The Sear ban litt'e drubt that the owning fourteen days will be a hard time those who have shown or thought of .bowing the white feather. TEI EITSIODNZD ALLTANCE DETWIJIN P/817851A AND ITALY. In the course of se artie'e upon the contingency of a wax between Prussia and Austria the Timm observes that if • coalition l•etereen Prussia and Italy sgs:nat Austria be notelet, onstamplated, • more suicidal alliance has never been formed in Europe since Prussia and Italy lay together at the feet of the first Napoleon. The evil genius of Italy must inlaid have obtained a faid ascendancy in bee councils if she can seriously entertain • design of becoming the accomplice of Preemie. With • deficit which threatens financial rule even in time of pews, and with vital queatioas of internal politic still no settled, ale eould net more effectually confound her friends and gratify her *semis@ than by accepting the bait bald out by Prussia. It is one thing to anal herself of Austria's weakness to emancipate Venetia, it is another thing to purchase the masacipatica of Venetia by entering into • bargain for the transfer of Schleswig-Holstein to Previa. Tbs former might bs regarded by them who recognise the doctrine of nationalities as a legitimate use of as oppor. Wl:ay, the latter would estrange from Italy the goodwill of all nations but thong who may be parties to it. It by no means follows, however, that any other nation would think it its duty to teed/ire. TOPICS. The Herald defends the imperial system in Frame from him for his preparatioes fur banishment—eo much so, :a the criticisms of the Times. According to the conserve. deed, that he immediately resigned his honorary tire journal the French constitusecies are less interfered gado of cameriery *egret° to his Holiness. Count with by the gevernnseet than are our owe. Parikessetary Lovatelli is already gone, and Count Guido Carpegna 1 liberty is enjoyed in the Legislative Corps to a fax Beam to-day, several thousand cards baying bean left him greater degree than would be tolerated in our own House yesterday by way of demonstration. The police sword of of Commons. The Emperor le personally popular, and it Damocles still hangs over the devoted heads of the other is only by mime whimsical freak of fancy that Paris ream's. °Readers—the young Princes Ojesoalohi, Colones, Bum :members who are hostile to the existing dynasty. It compagni. Doris. and Ruspoli, who meitowhile ars abstain. would be indeed a gram error if awry of the leaders of the lag prudently from going to the races at Naples." °manlike had been immmonel, u the Times suggests, I The dismissal by the Consistory of the Reformed to the Emperor's oonnoils. Ohara of Paris of the pastor, Martin Pasehoud, from bin The Post dlecueles the unhappy position of the journey- functions as acting eleremsaa sweet take effect instil ap mes healers in Leedom, which it deseribes as the effect of preyed by the French goverseseat. The friends of the an ewevelwaked labour marl* and no oat of reach et lege- pester upset that, althea:m.6ton bays alleged the aim lelicu. Nee= ea the late esemion se they did whose they plead The referank ware* ex oath that the Swertalmat, Maim the puska lin t be will sot be oiled ea Unlike with a comparatively small mph% will MOW M 107 any imam dodos% EL abl realest, ,E ? TU IS Is probable the t,. of the will gym e the - of minor impolite tl donative, inconvena.- or unprolitallia, The dtar commends the evidence bailee the Nottingham eisetios committee to public attention. There was not during the whole course of either presidential election of Abraluim Lincoln anything like the amount of disgusting and disgraceful riot which seems to have been deliberately organised by somebody or other during the late tiontest at Nottingham. Nothing which takes piece in the roughest of the Australian constituencies, over which Messrs. Harsh and Lowe are so edifying In their horror, Gould fairly be compared to the doings of the Nottingham lambs. WEST RIDING MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT REFORM. A numerous and very influential meeting of Liberals of the West Riding woe held yesterday at Leeds ; H. S. THOMPSON, Req., in the chair, at which it was re solved, __ _ On the motion of Lord FREDIZIOIE CAVENDISH, LP., ;monde& by E. A. LYTHAM, Iraq., " That, regarding the government Reform Bill as an honest, substantial, and valuable extension of the franohise in counties and boroughs, and to be followed by • redistri bution of seats, this meeting thinks it desirable to waves° • public meeting of the West Riding to eondder the pro priety of "importing the measure by petition to parliament, and that a requisitios for that rupees be signed, and pre anted to the lord-lieutenant of the Riding.' Among the names already attached to the requisition are those of H. S. Thompson, Eq., the chairman, Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Viscount Milton, 11. P., Sir Francis Crossley, Bart, M.P., Lord John Hey, M.P., Edward Balm, Fag., M.P., Hugh Childers, Eq., LP., Lew Heiden, Req., ILP., John Arthur Roebuck, Fag., LP., William Edward Forster, req., 11. P., W. H. Leathern, E.g., M.P., George Hadfield, Req., ILP., Jas. Standeld, Esq., ALP., Marmaduke Wyvill, Faq., 3LP., Edwd. A. Lestham, Esq., Thomas Duna, Esq., Matthew Wilson, Esq., Darntos Lepton, Esq., Wm. Keleall, Req., Wright Mellor, Laq., James Law, Esq., A. Illiegworth, Esq., the Mayor of Wakefield. the Mayor of Dewsbury, Joseph Craven, Esq.. J. B. Dewhirst, Esq., B. Gaineford, Eq., Robert Leander, Req., and many others. It is hoped that the meeting will be held in the Coloured Cloth Hall-yard, Leeds, on Tuesday, the 3rd of April ; and we (Leeds Afereitry) cannot doubt there will be • very large attendance and a gratifying display of public feeling. SDAYi,.' ''~~~ v" : A ,v" PnWe*t— vetfiXbd- use ob. 1 th• , not r • of yesterday : LATE* INTELLIda r *E. *ATRIA AND PRIMA '!drawing appears in the hiciaposcianeeielge If the relaiioes between Anna= and Prussia are some. what improved the result most be partially attributed to the interfaith= of England. Lord Clarendon has not bean the organ of this intervention, which agrees with the denials of the °Serious journals of Berlin, but Earl Rune& In a confidential letter sent on the 10th of this month to Lord Loftus, the Prune Minister of Queen Victoria pointed out in strong language the serious reeponeilrility which the Prussian sovereign would assume in pushing the quarrel with Austria to extremities. This letter was intended to be brought under the notion of Harr woo Bismuth ; bat at the same time copies of it were sent to the Prince Royal and Oonnt Menadorff-Ponilly, the Austria& Minister of Forgot Affairs. Morey= aa effort was made to work on the mind of King William through the Queen Dowager of Prussia, the sister of the Emperor Francis Joseph's mother. In consequence of these proceed ings, the King of Frady 'poke some reasoning words which were well received in Vienna, and produced pacific declarations and acts in that quarter. However, all is not yet settled, for In reply to the observations of Earl Russell, Her Von Bismarck spoke very sharply of the encourage ment which the Duke of Augustenburg remised is the duchies from Austria, sod of the obelneles which the is thus raising against the desire of Prunes to annex the territory. Pacific anticipations prevailed yesterday in Berlin. Still the crisis is far from over ; and it is probable that if an understanding be arrived at, the Gaston coons tion will be, if not altogether sacrificed, at least consider ably modified in the interest of Prussian views." The Debate of to-day says : Are we to believe that reason has resumed her sway in Germany ? The new,, which wee yesterday lees Instil= has become today decidedly pacific. With the exception of some joarnah which are hastiest in the worship of Pruisian hegemony and in their souvenirs of the Great Frederic, the principal organ of opinion is Prussia, es well in the red of Germany, an almost chanting hymns of pesos. Von Bismarck, it is said, is covering his retreat behind the question of federal reform, but is the opiniou of the Ditots the question of federal re form would be attended with far more dithoulty, and raise darker clouds than the obscure question of Bohleswig-Rol. stein. The Augsburg Gazetk of the 23rd says : - • • It is certain that in the event of a war Bavaria would not remain neutral. Field-Marshal Prince Charles bad a conference yesterday with General von der Tann, the Minister of War, General De Lutz, and several other generals. The greatest activity bee prevailed for some days past in the War Department. The 1 3 °144 of Prague says that in the event of a war Austria may rely on the vigorous support of her states. "As opposed to Prussia there are no longer parties in Austria. As to our own country of Bohemia it is our sincere desire that Austria may not be impeded in her action by any intetna difficulties." (marma's mamma.) BARON VON MUST. LELPSIO, Manna V. Baron von Beust, the president of the Saxon ministry, passed through this town yesterday. He is travelling by rail to southern Germany. 'G, MARCH I, EXECUTION AT STAFFORD.-{THIS DAY.) STAFFORD, TUMMY. This morning the last sentence of the law was carried oat, ba freut of the °aunty Gaol in this tow., 'iron the man Georg Bentley, who on the afternoon of the Bth January last murdered John Pools, at Oißey Brook, ►boat three miles from Boolesball, In North Ellafforishire. Bentley was a slenderly built man, ►bout fift. 10in. in height, amid 27 years of am. He hal worked se an agricul tural labourer is the parish of Borlesball, bat sowed the militia wham be was about 19, and theme selistel isle the 17th Foot, from which he deserted three times, end was masted there as a deserter in about three hours after he murdered Poole. Poole was an excavator, aged 49, who hai lived la America and had saved money, but who was • native of the same neighbourhood as Bentley, and was sonstomed to viol hie father and hie slater about two miles from Ofiley Brook between every sew job of work, attiring himself on these holiday oettesioes in a gaudy plush waintmat, and carrels' somewhat over one pound's worth of silver to speed in pablicehouses. Is one, the ; Fear Omens, at OMey Brook, both men met on t h e after. noon of the day in question, Bentley being thee trotted hospitably by Poole, who knew him, and believed him to be out of work. At 4 o'clock Poole lett the Fear Chosen, and inn quickly followed by Bentley, who overlook him about 400 yards up a country lane, and with a stone weighing nearly MM., in a neckerchief which he took from his own neck, he knocked his victim to the ground, kis skull being drives in upon the brain. Here he rifled his pockets of about soma half-crowns, wad taking the gaudy waittoost from his beck sod an smelling pair of workmates boots from his feet, he pot both upon Wilma and left the dying man is the read squalid to a biting trod and a falling snow. He vie alive bat insen sible the next morning, and did net die till the 10th. Bectley's Deckerebief, with the stem in it, was found in the road, sod when Bentley Will smoked is the look-up, the waistcoat, profusely stained wit► biota, was on his back, and the boots were on his feet The owe was se akar as oiromostantiel widows could snake it, and no valid defame could be offered at the trial, or was any effort made to obtain a reprieve after the coadermation. At the Biel, as at the inquiet, Bentley displayed bet little emotion, merely • dull resignation to his fate. Siam his condemn►tion his conduct has not maks altered, excepting that he has paid every attentioe to the religions instructions of the Rev. W. P. Vincent, the chaplain, and the Rev. W. Rest. man, the assistant-chaplain of the gaol, who hare bees unremitting in their atteedanos upon him. To than the culprit has made a confession which will be made known later I. the day, sod be fully acknowledges the justness el the seetenoe that has been awarded. He parted with Ids father, who is a well-behaved and much respected labourer living at Mill Memo, near Fecleshall, and a brother and inter ea Saturday, and yesterday be bade farewell foe ever upon this earth to two brothers and • sister. The parties was of a most distressing chanter, but the culprit was of all the lout moved. The executica took place precisely at 8 o'cleck. At that hour • great crowd bad assembled near to the drop. They had begun to assemble at an early hoar, but the barricade and polies arreopmente were of a moot complete sharacter, and there was, therefore, no disorder. They were tarried out seder the direction of 001. Hogg and Major ligEnight, the chief and the deputy-chief constable el Staffordshire, who bad about 80 of their men on the spot. The emoa timer was • cattle dealer of Dudley, named Smith. The condemned convict died saying, "Lord Jesus re ceive my spirit.* The ociafession which he Towle tally establishes the mi aow for the prossoution. The molter of wens preempt was •boat 2,000. THE CONBERYATI7rII LAND SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The fifty-fourth quarterly meeting wee held to day at the Norksik-stresi offices. Mr. (name=, the secretary, having road the advertiserneet coavarieg the meeting, Visoount RAIIILAGE read the following report of the ezeoathe committee : " The executive committee submit in this their fifty fourth report the following returns for the first two quarters of the fourteenth - ' - quartet of the fourteenth financial year : ar es Shares 1 Quarters ending 1 In Sh corn- I Total I Itecofipts. promos. pisted. .Bhares. L 4d. Dec. 34,1886 BO3 84 MR !,18114 8 186arch26, 1806 1194 ea 706 36.63313 8 - - - lialf•year ending Lady day,lßol Totals to Sept. 30, 1801 18.226 4,690 AM Man 18 11 Grand totals to lady. - - I - day. 1603 19.428 I 4,819 124,277 916,416 4 a The reserve fund to Lady-day, 1866, amounts to 12,1261. 18a. lid.; the total withdrawn' since the formation of the society to Lady-day, are 270,1224 13a. 11d. ; the total reds of land to Lady-day, 1866, is 453,864/. 54.11 d. The returns of the register of the order of rights are as follows ;—Oona. plated, 5 989 ;drawn, 3,305 ; seniority, 1,758 ; total, 11,022. Deduct righ ts natant. on estates, fie., 8,343 ; nammerched rights, 2, . The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 15,875. The lent share issued up to Lady day, 1866, was No. 24,277. The committee have to report that all the plots on the Putney estate, No. 4, have been sold, and the contract for the roads and works thereon is progressing, so also the last road on the teal portion of the anhampton and Putney Heath Estate. Ooly • few plots remain of the two last-men tioned properties ; sad as increased railroad fasilitise are in contemplation, there cm be no doubt of the develop ment of banding on lend which adjoin Winableden.eommon. The allotment of the New Ferry estate (Cheshire), and the St. Austell estate (Cornwall), was commenced on the 30th of November. The roads on the first mentioned property, which is opposite Liverpool, with a hostage to the Chester high road, elms to a station and ferry on the Mersey, and the works on the St. Austell estate will be cocopleted this sprieg. The Newfield' estate, at Hereford, was allotted on the 21st of February, after • public meeting in the Shire Hall, at which Viscoust Ratielagli, Colossi Knox, M.P., Cot. lieyrick, and Mt. Wins•aeley, attended as the deputation from the board. The aloof the land hat been signally sunsufnl, end as the roads and works will be com menced forthwith, building will be in progress this spring. In pursuance of • desire expressed by some of the leading inhabitants of Hereford, the committee have glees • free site for the ernion of a district church. The works on the Wood-green estate, No. 2, will eon be con plated. The contract having been superintend by the Tottenham Board of Health, the authorities will take to the reeds as soon se finished. The drain age of the Plough-lane estate Battersea, No. 2, baring been contented by the Wandsworth Board of Works, the roads will be flashed within a sheet period. The entracte for the works cm the Deal and Sendowo Estates are all progressing. Building has been commened on the Vic toria Town Estate, Deal, the mayor and corporation having attended the ceremonial of laying the tint stone, the event being regarded of greet interest sad imp:nano to the town, as the estate will open up sew commanicatioas, and the cross streets from the Walmer-road will lead to a floe sea frontage, near the new pi&r. The railway through the Kentish Town Estate will soon be completed. There will be a station don to the society's lae.l in York-road. The South OnatßailwayOompaoy have purchased aportionof the Round-bill &tate, Brighton, for she new line over the viadaet at the °stance of the present station, to Kemp Town, where there will be • tonnage. This new line will tend to develop the society's Brighton estate, new core municstions with which from the Lewes high-road have been recently opened. To the list of estates, closed in the society's books, all the plot' nine sold, must be added the Seven Sisters Estate, Tottenham, Bishop's St« Mord ( Hems), end the Pitney Estate, No. 4. There is a bill before par liarnest for • railroad to pass through this last property, and the projectors of the company have entered into an agreement to pay to the allottess for whatever Led they may require at 75 per cent. above the priors oe the plan. The OmtleCharch Estate, Stafford, within* short distance of the station and the centre of the town—will be allotted at Staffed on Wednesday, the 28th last., after • public meet ing. The whole of the Snedown estate, Isle of Wight, having beam sold. the commit'ee have purchased the adjoin ing piece of land, which is bounded by the Hyde and Veninor Railway. This highly eligible property will be allotted in the spring. The executive committee have mach pleasure is reporting to the member* that, subject to the approvelof the title, a very valuableenburban estate has been amend for the society, of such extent as to sapply lending sites for villas and hones adipted for all classes of the corn ! inanity. This fine preperty,kno n Forest House, is bounded on all Mae by high-roads leading to Wanstead-common, Woodford, Epping Forest, fie., and is close to the Forni cate station on the Great Eastern line. There ate twisty two train daily to and from Stiorediteh station (Watch will be extended to the Oity), at return tine.' of la., 9.1.. • and 7d., the time of the transit being about a quarter of an hour. Forest-gate is within file miles of Loadoe, I. West Hens parish, South Essex. The cash receipts gad the sale of lend foe the half-year are larger than at say fanner gorrespossding period, sod the society's burnous bee so increased that the executive committee have taken the hone No. 11. Howard serest, to add to the offices is Nor folk-street ; and when the alteration tor *nisi the two bongs are eemplsted, there will be greater &Mike toe the eanying ea et the moiety's eperatioes." Diarourtor or ear Ow COLLINS 07 PErai cuos —Tito Osage et Physicians, Warwiek-tane, New gate-etreetesereete between the yearn li n and 1689, hem the sad under the superintendence et dir Chtietoeher wfll in a few days be odd ter lmtikiiig =skalds. ROME. ROME, MAacm 26. The official Giornale di Roma qualifies as ridi culous calumnies the statements made by the Journal des Debate relative to the nomination of the ♦rchbishop of Calogne. ARRIVAL OF THE ST. DAVID. LIVERPOOL, IdAwn 27. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Oomptay's extra screw steamer St. David, Captain Aird, from New York, on the 13th instant, arrived here this morning. Her news has been anticipated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mom ous owl PARIS, MONDAY Emma. The liberal candidate for the Bes Rhin, before whose pretensions all other opposition competitors will doubtless give way, is M. Laboulaye, of the Institute. He is warmly recommended in the Liberti by M. Emile de Gfirardin, who, while speaking of bis many and excel lent literary works, characterises as his chef d'auvre the " Paris and America," which was re viewed at length in the Daily News last autumn. The Tempe and °pieties Nationale and Preset adhere to M. Laboulaye's candidature, and I have no doubt the Si4lele will follow, al though it is silent on the subject this morning. The election is to coins off on April 15, and the government, which might have postponed it for six months, must, I suppose, feel oonfident that the appeal to the electors of Strasburg and the vicinity made by Baron de Bassibre, the sit ting member, against the amendment of the forty-six will be decided In its favour. I think not. Baron de Bassibre says himself in his address that be resigns because the liberal principles he professed in 1863 may have got him many votes which he would not otherwise have bad. I am sure that the same liberal principles have within the last five years made at least as much (and probably more) progress in Mastless in other parts of France, and I fully expect that Baron de Bussibre will be thrown out. The Patric holds itself authorised to give an un conditional denial to the news that the Emperor has lately written a letter to the Minister of State, containing a sort of governmental programme des tined to appear in the Moniteur. bL Eloin, the Emperor Maximilian's private secretary, now in Europe on a special mission, had an audience of the Emperor Napoleon to-day. There was somewhat more business done at the Bourse to-day. The answer to inquiries at the German embacsies is that there ie no fear of war ; but on the other hand there is a rumour that Austria is taking soundings for a new loan. During the greater part of the day there was not much fluctuation. Towards the close there were a good many purchases in the Rents, which ulti mately rose 14e. both for cash and account. The New York correspondent of the Times says of the feeling et the American people on the subject of Feideelsm, that they ridicule it because they do not believe in its practicability. But " they sympathies with it not witbstandin—not because they like the Irish, for they de sot. but because they dislike the English. If the Fenian, can injure England well and good ; let them do it. If they cannot they will injure themselves in the attempt, end the Americans will still be glad. They bear no love to either ride, but open the whole t►ey would lik, to nee the Fenian, win. They know that to be impassible, told therefore they ' ridicule their proceedings,' as Mr. Oliphant hes told the ROWS of Commons. The Irish are unpopular se a clue, and so are the English, but the Irish did not take up a Coe federate loan or fit out Alahames and Shenandoah,, and the English did, and therefore the Irish are a little the favourites. This is assuswily the aimed feel* of the American people. It is impossible for @ayes° who goes about the country with his sere open to be mistaken on the point. The Americans are too shrewd sad too food of the dollars to take up Fenian bonds, whiob, by the way. I are being sold In this city to the Idsh by thousands ; but, like other people, they do not ohms put their money I when they give their sympathies." I Oysters, which are now retailed is Paris at Is. a *lnes, sad la Lades at Is. 4d., are amnia( by wholesale at the sea souk to the Paris rstailssa M M. the &Rasa. tht Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 26. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helene, walked and drove in the grounds this rooming. Prinoeu Locdae, with the Prince of Hoheolobe Langen boarg, went ont riding, attended by the Hon. Mary Las alle,. The Archbishop of York left the Oastle this morning. The Queen and the royal family went into mourning for Queen Marie Amelia, for four weeks, on the 25th last. The Priem and Princess of Wales visitor! the Duke of Cambridge at Oloneeater•hoese yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards drove to Claremont, and paid a visit of oondolence to the family of the late Queen Marie Amelia A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Moat Hon. Privy Connell met yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, upon the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Right Hon. H. A. Brass and the Right Hon. G. J. Grethen ; Mr. Baring and the Attorney sod Solicitor-General were also present. Colonel Harness and Mr. Tluieg, with Mr. Helps (the Clerk of the °mail) and Mr. Harrison (the Deputy Clerk), attended the committee. The name of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey should have been included in the hit of the Lords of the Council who sat upon the stuns subject on Saturday last. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Canada and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Moog, Lillian, the Australian Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and Gibraltar. The Right Hoe. W. Noma left town yesterday for his seat in inland. THE QUEEN'S REPLY TO CONVOCATION. The following is the reply of her Majesty to the address presented on behalf of Convocation on Saturday : I receive with much satisfaction the renewed assurance of your loyal and affectionate attachment to my throne and person. . . . I thank you for your expresaions of condolence for the loss I have sustained by the death of my lamented uncle, his late Majesty the Kiog of the fielgiani. I accept with sioosre gratification your congratulations on the approaching marriage of my daughter, the Princess Helena. I entirely 0013011 t is your feelings of sympathy with those who are suffering severely from the effects of the disease among cattle which prevails to so great an extent in many parts of this nation. lam thankful that a large portion of the United Bind= is as yet free from this calamity, and I trust th►t its progress may be arrested by the Divine blessing on the means used for this purpose. You may be assured of my upcoming desire to promote the effloiency sad maintato the liberties of the Established Church ; and I 'aroma, pray that the blessing of Almighty God may abendsatly rest on the faithful and zealous en deavours of its prelates ►nd clergy for the advancement of true religion, aid of the best interests of my people. Rorar, CiLIZONIAN AfiYl.l7lL—We are enabled to announce that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred has graciously consented to preside at the next anniversary festival, in J une, of this time•honoured and valuable charity, which from the period of its incorporation has always re• ceived the support and patronage of the royal family. Great efforts are being made to render the approaching festival in every way worthy of the occasion. . Yesterday being the birthday of the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge gave the customary banquet at bey residence in St. James's Palace. The Duke of Cambridge and Princess Mary were present, and a select circle of intim►te friends were honoured with invitations. The Countess of Derby is much better, but is not yet able to leave her room. The Earl of Derby is reg►ining ekes& after his recent severe attack of goat. It is understood that the marriage between Lady Gertrude Coke, the third daughter of the Fail of Leicester, to the Eat of Dunmore, will take place in a few days in the private chapel, Holkham Hall. Their Royal Highnesses the Prieoe and Princess of Wales have signified their in tention to be present at the ceremony. Mr. Dickens's "Mutual Friend" is being done into French. The translator, in one place, converts the pluses, "be put en his pea-jacket," into "il met as jaquette di kr prertS de pees/ " A letter from Rome says :—" The young noble mos who drank to the health of Victor Emmanuel at their carnival dinner are beginning to feel the sad effects of that imprudent toast. The first two elected for exile are Count 1 Lovatelli, the repres,atative of an ancient and noble house of Ravenna, bat now considered es s. Roman patrician, from having married the daughter of the Duke of 1 Glisten' ; and Count Guido Oarpegna whose father re neatly succeeded to the title and property of Prince Pal conieri. The prince, always a strong papal adherent, has been extremely indignant at the sudden announcement of his son's sentence, and the brief space of 24 hours allowed NOTTINGHAM ELECTION COILEM. (THIS DAY.) The committee resumed their inqntry . to.d" 11 o'clock. The room was, however, n o t ba .., il. day as yesterday, the seldom* yesterday, heis t e p t W i .,'.7._ I fixing the connexion betwese - -- • " and the rioters who invaded busttop, sad attacked the ' Paget and Morley. The first witness called examined by Mr. Koadell i r term at Not election being th mc ha the Trost-brides criclrat-eronso. Clifton were Glom to Mr. fiposesec inquired whether Sir Robert - again. and he said that advisable to go into the t to be a row in the market-pl thought Sir Robert bad better At that time Mr. Ached w' There WU • match that :: tiniest, and when Sir Rabid loudly chewed, tad some " How about Paget sad one said, " Its all right Paget sad Morley are it Spume whether he wee going replied, " No, there will be .• plaice ' • and if I were to go' curia''e to be smashed up.' made to the effect that down. The ',items was tl riot before Sweet's house is I and Mated that he saw the to collect the books end pa does were smashed is, sad shop thrown lato the street. 20 tares books. Just at the saw Sir Robert Mks dries way to St. Man's polling wee up Is the cab, sad look smile as he was passing. 'i tints= was with him. That ton, sad he was chief acestable had sines mesa trar R. Clines. ' - the lobby. W. Demme,' an omnibus trans from Mr. Oue, stated ' Sir Robert Clifton at th He said to Mr. Acland, are we getting on '''. aid swimmingly." I said, " "Win, yes. What's to said, '• is that tem team i said, " Yoe had better keep , night, there is a Wee cm." The witness was not cross-en _ Win. Oam Ward, a member of Paget p a p committee, &ismibed the riot in tba which, however, hu bees far mom le scribed by 1104110 of " the limbs" tillig in it. He stated that there were humen: of Moses discharged by Sir R. Clifton :LW"' Paget sod Morley's part of the hushes; it blili k either of those gentlemen essayed to speak sad mks pi evidence of muses of mw scaled with limit the town next day, which was the t To show the coalition between Clifton sad w newwas examined with roiliest to the pherade the cobs, some of which were exhibited is the monk room. sad had printed on them " Martin and Olden* "Cab only for Martin sad Clifton," kb affica m " it g the mares which the mob lock as a polling day be stated that about 10 o'elock is tbs nen b e "" e a t B. adroit, come out of the Asemblymesat which Mr. Martin bad a committee-room, fdlewid , Ici number of " lambs," who were not, bowline, mei, if be heard Sir Robert say, "they have got mvoles hid op, or leaked out," he did not know whic h, Smith, one of the lambs said,while in the add Isis skirt-sleeves," Wewill soonelear them wise soon clear the way." Then Sir Robed jumped a and drove op by the low pavement. the mob folischit the direction of Paget sad Morley's ONNII/1191111% is the Eraser, ward. The mob followed bin Ass pavement The whiter continned—" I mid dent oar astral committee room in Wheelergala I ritil to get to the Rt. Anne's ward polling plue 1 mild get through the mob in Milton-street. Many d timid stones in their pockets, or were filling them Maoism I saw some of them breaking up fosses to um liemia Some of them wore colours. Mr. Mundell here pat this quettioe—What oftedleil this bays upon the passers-by! Mr. Rodwell objected to the witains statist bit*" don Si to the impression which might be radial elle minds of other people. Mr. Mundell submitted that be bad a right to 11.4 thee the i =lan of the mob was such as to be islethelb produce fear and terror ea a man of reasonable met The Chairmen thought the question might be peaks way—Would any prudent person have boot Maki year opinion, from attempting to get through the west Witness—l am deeldidly of that *Dim. lls to the polies-office at the Exchange-rooms. I sub sayer sad described the state of things, acid di there were no capitalise about, tad that I thigh that the military ought to be called out Rs al that so overt sot bad been committed. Islet* almost immediately arrived of the breaking tats WI committee-rooms. The riot set was read but Iha beer it. Three of the mob were takea into eustok 1 Thiargeackeray'a bludgeonwas bead. Mr. were no cabs about at that time. Thaw bills en the eta t pb bro se w k o, ers which b is ioh a m psezd irsi or a e u lk. the 28th of Jose with the name of Be. Robt. Mat be another dated the Bth July, referringramie! the people from the hosiery districts." sad oratabiligh words " Dorn molest them." Towards the eed of If Paget and Morley held militia meetings. They bdd I meetings at the beginning of Jose. These is not interrupted. I was at a goutmeetin entom wil =ll Jona It was interrupted by people, 1 should were not Nottingham roughs generally. [The examiestion of this witness was procedin they west to' petal -- The Giornak di Roma states that on the 191 inst., the festival of St. Joseph, the Pope, asseledbAlll Hobenlobe and Marinelli, celebrated moss in the O. Chapel. After the oommuotou more than 1110 Suess el foreign ladies were admitted to the hol y table. Theses al four more volumes filled with htiatireds of Mama' signatures protesting the respect, graktude, sadder* of the writers for the Pops and the Holy See, yew I , mated to his Holiness, accompanied by a code estshilt jewellery worthl3o,ooofr. According to the Units Was the 81:110611i of PAWS Nees already p.isl Woes ?Mtn °offers szooeds 40 millions of francs. In the Italian Chamber of Deputies, on the Xi an isterpellation was addressed by M. Corte to the P Term:Dent oe certain Incidents at Barletta, whim sums Plc sons were said to have been masswred from raider er , , time. M. Chiaves, Minister of the lelerior, mad 0 6 ' the facts in question had nufortuestili Some individuals, excited by a monk, had aired beans of the protestant elergymar, where 2EIOOI bed killed several person ; seventy iodivideals Mf arrested and banded over to justice. The sib** drooped, and the chamber r.djoureed to the 16th AFL M. Ferdinand de Leasers, President of the of Directors of the Ishmus of Suez Compasy.hai raised to the rank of Commander in the Letts of A writer in the Indipendance renews the respeetieg the couversioa of M. Gaisot to the Poo catholic religion. Mgr. Dupasslonp, it appssm lus she taken the task of converting bin brother of the L. 4 It is even said that the conversion will be asnonwell I short time. Marforio and Peagnino are , at usual, mit 6 1 interlocutors in some satirical dialogu es now size* Eons* at the expense of the new I)uteh end Bailin who are usually Mont and Tell-fed looking indi= dressed In frock coda and little ceps. With reepseto dd sleek appearance Paquin° replies to lisrforio, whole what they are come for, " His }ldioms is go s. tlsem to be eaten up by the ferocious an imater blow the Pie4monteee in his New Year's speech, " may/ press after the French lye gone." On the south-eastern shores of the Caspias • some new petroleum wells hive bee n latel y disorei The oil is stated to be much more plentiful sod of la quality thea in any of the other Caucasian wells. Among the recent arrivals in Rome is tbe elms gentlemen who discovered the codex on Mout alleged by him to be older than the Cods: Vetiment 1 1 is mot to Rome by his goveroment to comic. , Buil and canner* it with the one lately foood. The Dean of Westminster has appointed' !I Edwerd Lloyd, the youogor, to be " ool,lzrealimpsii: the room of him late father, who was 1 womb% at Brampton. Tie Rumor 07 LONDOL—Tho Moses el Bishop of Loadme is still matched as serious. Bieslial lice on Model after preaebiog at B t. Pa ul ' s was, • repetiticia of an attack attended with a similar f ir, tion after a semen delivered at St. Ace's _C7hafelt LT, plorrise. en tbe pswiees Boudoir. Bat on the Tamiff sooompanied with iallammatery ampules', sad a to rheumatism is the regicia of the Mart. His seessearily be slow sod tedious, and it is said that arch have bees already made for the Bishop Ozfeed, essi Resimster. sumiewiivelv sakistias ellissepal duties of the dimes* of Labials for the thres swaths of April, Hey, sad June. Oetsp iritir4 .craning at London Home we were happy to led lit: bishop bad passed • somewha t better night - gobs oa mare favourably co the wbote.—Berori. °STILL PLUM. ONZ Banal* Maw, Kahan 21.—Admilions on permaie OM by at tido*. 1,052 ; total rialtos, names Wier chiefly orafbsse, coo Sir R. Chit* sad his sa t ad the market-place, bunt, he houses el lie aspgalla ed was Hy. Morale, who , C sad said—l ma a Ism maas I recollect two days befal l half-pest 4 sad 16 obiork mound. Mr. Ada* lad 1111 Eipaneer's arrange. Mr. dp ot *tart was room to Notth that he thought it sae s towe, became that, mai r-place, and Mr. Opener s setter go straight off to OM I wen not more thea a . the day between ilarrsiar Robert was on ne of the pee* sholaall sad Morley now!' ight, the row has Mama up 0. sough." I asiggr book to Nottingham, lse a terrible row is Me go Nottingham I shoot p." There was aim s • at the platten* would V ''' I then seed with Tomes/ la Stesisy.streetas Mu • 1. the home mashed Is, eag d papers. The whole of and most of the meta* of rest. He himself Sand m the oommeoeemest of the drive through the sheep k ward. He saw him rake wok towards Sweet's shop I. The hate chief stesdahall That gentleman's aims is *eatable at that time. flan talking with nib= driver, in same le ted that he new Mr. the Milt* Odd* t sad, " How d'ye da ' sad he replied, "0, • " Shall we wis, sir.' Bs `• • binder us." He seas 4 N ?" nod flve hem la IS t keep out of the mad* plan a." wass-axamioed. The b•I patio% fog pa soma al a' sbo Biscuit an pales he m oney. T f oe stat•d 5104 op el imodastou lo Uhl by 0 Mr. Ali "she a I sha wi It was private paaisa. His Ha arbsa he The b • Atm. a brlities w ea a good for his se His He saswend The bi aver of Leda. I rept she ' ea r a il U g*. siswe : o re . 1 Old he Tie b Its% Order We the Bev di v mA lard with th woe wl meett .1 otter tb war t poste.. t 7 ;via holders sixty el the face weeks imps' Yr. . . „: r-ic tiltb WI! TAO; •111101111, Jobs 1 y r sari' behalf Ti be tea the 17 -- Bcoor, doiog .ho a scki then es • Oleri Tenth the E. at; to di 'Oa& TIMM fui; . Del .id Ws wit sod b.. Ho irom of r sos rfts ~~