The Express. — London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

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Pechter, Ryder. Oardda. Paratee. sad Jordan ; Min Carlotta leclemq sad Wad ilawartiti. ST. JAN INA lAA NW al Os Btutoque latrengian- TEN Immo. MINDS OA YUMA Nara G. Zia Nd ; Neoloris isrbert mad DiAtheirs. V = PINSII76 AND ANDNOILWA.—Commeea 7 115,1TANNT A. IMINNI. lIIIIONNOIL Nora Imola sad ; IN MI CICLE Via SW, Wesarriel AM TIN SONS O V COLV M ILL Ma-Y—es L Tom ' awl I. Cheeks:o==sec* al 49. ILION WATSI AT LONDON WPM Mli DAY—Wanian, Ilk Am—. Aftwasse. ah. UM. To-ainaor —Mlairsis& Is. Om— Alleniess, IL lba LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23. PA4LIANIVITAZY government in Prussia Ii WO ing through i crisis which ought to result in placing public liberty in that country beyond the reach of royal caprice or feudal resistance. It will depend on the persistent energy and moderation of all sections of the Liberal party whether the vote which led to the dissolution of the Chamber shall be confirmed or reversed by the deliberate expression of the national will. One thing is evi dent : the Kota hem yet to learn the alphabet of constitutional law. Caro, as schoolboys are in formed, learnt Greek at eighty, but a monarch who is sixty-five to-day, and conscientioodybelieves that be has fallen readyinade from Heaven with a crown on his bead and a sceptre in his halt is, we say it with reverence, • little too long i• the tooth to take kindly to the bit which a loyal but independent Legislature is disposed to prat in him mouth. There is no disposition among his own people or abroad to judge the conduct of the Prussian Kix° too harshly, or to forget the force of early habits and associations upon an honest but narrow nature, accustomed to regard the right divine as an article of faith, and passive obedience as the religious duty of a nation. The present King of Pausar♦ is as loth to abandon the prerogatives of an absolute sovereign as some military veterans are to condemn the stick, or some old-fashioned coachmeu to give up blinkers and the bearing-rein. But to compare him with sovereigns of a more modern stamp, pro fessedly democratic in origin, who have confis cated by absorbing the free-will of a nation, would be a gross injustice. The King of Plitssis is not a man to palter with his oath, or to commit an act of burglarious usurpation. The arts of a conspirator and the equivocations of an adven turer are equally foreign to his character. It is his misfortune rather than his fault that he is probably the most unfit man in Europe for the throw it was his destiny to occupy at a season of life when even ardent Liberals are apt to shrink from the aspirations of earlier years. The Revo lution that drove him into exile thirteen years ago, and before which his unhappy brother cowered in dismay, haunts him still like the recollection of an insult ; and the Reaction, whose forces he commanded in Baden, vexes half his heart with mingled indignation and remorse. During the dreary interval of the Regency, the delicacy which constrained him to administer his brother's govern ment in a neutral spirit, enabled him at the same time to take credit for the most liberal intentions on his own acc o unt ; and it may be said that he ascended the throne as rich in promise as any Prince in his teens. _ Nor did his first acts as KING belie I the hopes of his subjects. A reactionary Mi nistry was instantly dismissed, and replaced by a constitutional Cabinet of known liberal pre dilections. Irresponsible influences which had darkened with evil counsels the late Kixo's linger ing decay were removed, and the enthusiasm of all liberal Germany responded to the acclamations of the people of Berlin. Nor were these hopes wholly barren, for if much miscarried, the little that was done was good. It was something that public spirit revived, and that political questions were freely discuased. The Cabinet was composed of men who could be trusted to prevent a royal relapse, and to preserve a steady, though a more than cautious, onward course. Some abuses were corrected, some reactionary projects arrested, and the rage of the feudal party promised well. The KING, it is true, on solemn public occa sions talked mystical bombast about the implied divinity of kingship, and other old-world fables and romances. Yet no one took offence at fantastic theories in a land where uncontrolled license in speculation is held to be the most inalienable of the rights of man, while the personal character of the KING was a guarantee for the simplicity of his motives, and the constitutional machinery moved slowly, but with a regular and constant action, until the war of Italian liberation summoned all Europe to arms, and set Germany in a blase of excitement and alarm. For a moment it looked as if liberty in Prussia was in greater peril than the Rhenish frontier, for national enthusiasm is the favourite stock in trade of military kings. But as the war panic subsided the cause of liberty revived, and with it the idea of national unity triumphant in Italy. In Prussia the national unity of Germany means Prussian supremacy, and Prussian supremacy means the absorption of a score of infinitesimal potentates ever ready to do battle for their sovereign rights under the banners of Austria, and the chieftainship of Bavaria, Saxony, and Hanover. Such a situation of affairs was doubly perplexing to a self-denying desomadant of Farneai , a I 1., who persuades himself whenever he addresses his subjects that the Crown of Prussia is at least as ancient as the Book of Kings. If the Schleswig-Holstein question had not existed WI L ila SI I. of Prussia must needs have invented it as a counter-irriaint to the ideas of federal unity and constitutional liberty. The Coronation ceremony at Konigsberg was a splendid piece of irony, and it seems to have tickled the nerves of the Prussiass dukes. No sooner had the KING, freshly anointed, returned in triumph to his capital, than a new Parliame . nt was elected, with a large liberal and democratic majority, and the right divine party all but extinguished. The KING, no doubt, wee sorely displeased ; but as it was the business of re sponsible advisers to turn away ttio Kiser wrath, the Speech from the throne was not more royalist than usual. The Liberal majority in the Chamber, encouraged by the adherents of Unity throughout Germany, lost no time in announcing their programme of reforms. The reduction of the Army Estimates, and the " spe " cialization " of the sums demanded in the Budget, were met by the Government with offers of compromise ; the proposal to recognise the new Kingdom of Italy was provisionally declined. The Liberals, however, remained firm, and defeated the Ministry on a division. The plain result of a Mi nisterial defeat on a financial measure, according to our old-fashioned English notions, is the immediate resignation of the Ministry. The chief of the Opposi tion is sent for by the Crown, a new Ministry suc ceeds tooffice, and the Opposition crossesthe House. The Crown remains absolutely neutral in choice, simply ratifying the will of Parliament, without respect of persons or parties, and treating all Ministries with impartial confidence. Such was the constitutional doctrine of our own Quitrv's nearest and dearest adviser, and such is the only true doctrine of constitutional monarchy and par liamentary government. Had the King of PRIIIRIA possessed himself of this doctrine, he might have spared his crown and dignity some humiliation, and his people much agitation and excitement. Instead of this, he refuses to accept the resigna tion of his Ministers, and tells a clear majority in Parliament that he is persuaded the "well-thinking" portion of the nation are on his side. He then dissolves the Chamber, all his Ministers but one countersigning the decree, and proceeds to ap point a vehement reactionist Peer to the Presi dency of the Cabinet. The consequence is that the Ministers whose resignation the Kriro had declined to accept a few days before, resign a second time to save their own political honour, and their resignations are accepted, to make room for a reactionary Cabinet ; under whose auspices the general election is now to take place. It is considered certain that the Liberal majority will be restored to Parliament undiminished in num bers, perhaps reinforced; and the end of it all will be that the Kinn will have no alternative but a coup &act, or submission to the constitutional authority of Parliament Mean while the sympathies of Liberal Germany are falling away from • Knio who has not the strength or singleness of purpose to command them. Austria gains all that Primal/. loses ; and the significant, though absurd, rumour that the dissolution of Parliament at Berlin was recommended to the K Ist; in an Imperial letter from Vienna, was not ill-devised to increase the irritation of the Liberal Party- The proclamation of the KING confirms our opinion of his perfect honesty, and his absolute ignorance of the rudiments of constitutional govern ment. His subjects, we dareasy, looked for better theory and practice from one so intimately allied to England. Wben will these military Monarchs learn the absolute comfort of ruling over a loyal people, through responsible Ministers and a free liament ebe etourt. W INDOOR CASTLE, Mac[ 21. the Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, at which were present Earl Granville, the Doke of Somerset, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. Mr. Helps, Clerk of the Council, attended. Earl Granville bad an audience of the Queen. The Prime Consort Memorial Committee held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Palace of Westminster. Present: The FAA al Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Charles L. Eastlake. A deputation on the subject of the Bleaching and Dyeing Werke Act of 1860, had so interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation horn members of the Atlantic Telegraph Company had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. A deputation on Sugar Duties had an Interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. A deputation respecting Prosecution Expenses Bill had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir George Grey yes terday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Canada. A few days ago (writes our Windsor cor reepaadestl bar Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Alias, and attended by Colonel the Hen. A. N. Hood. was taking a carriage drive in the neighbourkood al Old Wiodeor and Egham, when on passing over Runnymede bar attention wu attracted by the stock•in-trade of a poor Italian vendor of images. The carriage was ordered to be stopped, and with her dia. racteriatio coesiderstion sad Modems el heart her Majesty became a purchaser of several of the imam But here a laughable incident occurred ; whim the Quota ordered the Italia to be liberally rewardad it was discovered that none et the party had sufficient cash to furnish the sum required. The moor', however, was soon afterwards procured, and when tbs poor Italian understood who his customer was he bums overwhelmed with emotion. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury will come to town as Yeaday sett, from Totteoham Park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected at their reeidemeo es Clarltoo-terrace about the latter end of the math, ho® the Continent. The Countess Russell is at present in Sunder laid on a visit to her daughter, Lady Victoria Villiers. Lady Milford has arrived in Brook-street, from liar seat is Ire Wad, for the mum . _ Mr. and Lady Elixaboth Drummond will come to tows early next week. from their ..at, Cadlande, South. maples, for the maim The Hon. Mrs. Augustus Lane Fox has arrived at Lady Stanley of Alderley's residence, in Dover•street, for the somon. —. -- The Hon. William Bouverie, eldest son of Via count and Viscountess Folkestone, has left Longford Castle, Wilts, for the Continent. M. J. Lambert, envoy of the King of Hada pacer, and suite, have left Tong's Hotel for Paris. The Reine Hortense has left Toulon for Hyeres, to take on board the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, at whose disposal she has been placed for a sea voyage. We ( Westcni Times) are glad to report that very satisfactory reports of Earl Forteecue's health continue to come from Paris. The Countess of Hardwicke writes to the Ca rn tripe litattpendent urging collections in pence towards the memorial to the Prince Consort, one who "was emphatically The Pereple's Friend l'—who personally entered into their prindiene end wants, ameliorating the condition of the lalsonring poor, by the individual attention be gave to the improvement of their cottages, the building of schools and pulls wa►-houass, sad increasing their means of obtaining Imisiallha sad innocent recreation." It is understood that the estate of the late Damen Dunbar has been planed in Chancery for admi nistration. This step was taken by the executors for their own security in dealing with property of such magnitude. The public hair been already made aware of a magnificent offer made by Mr. Drummond, of Dublin, of %MY., for the purpose of founding a school in Dublin for the orphan daughters of soldiers. Mr. Driumnsed died last week, and bequeathed that sum for the arrow. His funeral was attended by the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and by many officers and detachment. 01 the regi ments in garrison in Dublin. The state apartments at Windsor Castle, which have been so long closed to the public, will, it is add, be re opened shortly after the departu►e of the Court from Wind sor, which will be in the course of a fortnight. Professor Cairnes, of Queen's College, Galway, has in the pram a work entitled, "The have Fewer ; Ys character, career, and probable &ape r Wag an Miami to espial& the real issues involved in the Amnion soutint. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1862• LATEST INTELLMENCE. PRUSSIA. Although the composition of the new ministry is much disliked, the people of Prussia appear to main tain a calm and dignified attitude. Letters from all parts of the country describe the reception of the liberal deputies in their respective districtaas having been most enthusiastic, and it appears almost cer tain that the old members will, with scarcely an exception, be re-elected. The Nord thinks that by his proclamation, which which we gave yesterday, the King has stepped between the nation and its wishes. The pro clamation is instinct with the theory of personal government, and creates great danger by dividing the nation into two extreme categories—the well meaning, that is to say, according to the King, the conservatives, and the evil-disposed, or the liberals of every shade. THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL -- Yesterday at 3 o'clock the committee recently nominated by the Queen to advise bee Majesty la reference to the design sad mode of execution of the National me morial of the late Prinoe Consort proposed to be erected in the metropolis, held another meeting on the subject in the Council-chamber of the Fine Arts Commission in the Palace of Westminster. The members were all present namely, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Cnbitt, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Charles Eastlake, the Pre. oddest of the Royal Academy. Desirous of carrying out the wish of the Queen that the intended monument should be an obelisk, provided it be of sufficient grandeur, and that it should be erected on or near the site of the Exhibition of 18M, the consideration of the committee yesterday, as from the first, wen principally directed to! the probability of obtaining a monolith of adequate dimenaions, and, if passible, within her Majesty's own dominions. As yet no stone has appeared to them more suitable for the purpose in all respects than that which lies penile query" of the Duke of Argyll, in the Island of Zsly M whisk pablio referenoe his of late been made, though they hem serieed at no decision on the subject, their primly eldest Wag to obtain ame nolith which shall satisfy the essiiiiisra on which her Majesty elected in favour of Moe ism of monument, and which, with the erMatic adjuncts that are contemplated as portions of the epeeerel dodge, shell be alike worthy al the country and Ye sue s and best calculated to perpetuate the illustrious ord. They were informed yesterday that dace their last =like workmen have been belly engaged in uncover ing mere of the sloes at Mull thaa had hew previously u miak that they have now dug round one of the extremi• the. sod that thank the other is still uncovered, this block of polls is user mimed to the length of 115 fest, or 8 or 10 bib Wier Has It was supposed to be. The committee more farther ielleneed that all practical men on the spot seacnrred is the belief that the stone is sound sod perfect, but . that no absolute opinion could be pronounced until it shall have been wholly de tweed and carefully pounded all round and throughout its satire length, which will be a work of time. A rough ape einem, broken from she block itself, ham been received in Lealea, end is about to be polished, in order that a better filguirst of its quality may be arrived at. Within the lest Iry &qv a letter has been received from the proprietor of a garb quarry at Balmoral, stating that it contains a single aloe goat 100 k. in leo gth , and nearly 50ft. broad. The letter was amempafild by a polished specimen, but the colour is not thoeght to be so agreeable as that of the Mull granite, while the lest of conveying it to the coast, it is said, would le incase)** weber than that of removing the block at Nell, whieli le abut about 500 yards from the sea. Some ecureplien may be formed of the magnitude of the work sow la mmitemplation from the fact that in the partly ana logues man of the Luxor, in Parts, upwards of eve years Awed la liking it down from its ancient site at Thebes, trampertiag it to France, and erecting it on the Place de la Osnmede. The total amount of subscriptions received at the Man slowbouee up to last evening in aid of the fund is 42,0001. Amongst the contributions received during the last few days are—Second instalment from the borough of South ampton, 1001. ; Society of Painters in Water Colours, 521.105. ; the Marquis of Oared., 501. ; the borough of realm 311. be 4d. ; Messrs. Lewis and Allanirf, 251. ; H. A. J. Maas°, Esq., 251. ; the Attorney-Generel, NV. ; G. W. Smythe Owes, Eq., 20/. ; John Hardy, Faq., 251. ; the Dean of Christchurch, 201. ; Dr. Stanley, 201. ; Thomas Hardy, Eq., 20/. ; Sir Henry Montgomery Cuninghone, Bert., 201. ; Ed. Fellowes, req., M.P., 201. ; the borough of &anemia, 121.75. 6d. TEE SOCIETY OP ARTS AND THE LATE PRINCE T. Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of mem. ben of the Society of Arts was held at their house in the Adelphi, in aeoaed•aee with the following requieition ad dressed to the council :—" We, the undersigned members of the Society for the Eseouregemeet of Arta, Manufactures, and Commerce, request yen to call • general meeting of the members on an early day, for the rapes. of reeerding their sense of the Ices of their president, the late Prince Consort, and of considering the propriety of having a memorial of his late Royal Highballs in the society's noun ; and, further, if the latter proposition be then agreed to, of appointing • committee to decide on the moat appropriate form of the memorial, with full power to take such steps as they may think cersessary for carrying out the same." There was a large attendance, upwards of 110 member' being present. Sir Thos. Phillips, chairman of the council, occupied the chair. Mr. Murchison moved the adoption of the recommendation of the council, that instead of erecting a separate memorial the society should lend it. •sddaaos in promoting the national memorial, which had received the sanction of her Majesty. He reminded the meeting that the society had already subscribed to the national memorial cue thousand guineas, and be thought that they might better serve the object which they all have in view, which wee the erection of • suitable memorial of his late Royal Highnees, by lending further aid to that undertaking than in the feebler effort which they would be able themselves to make. Sir John Pakiugtou considered that the society should have a memorial of their late President within the walls of the institution, and moved an amendment embody ing this view. Sir F. Kelly ascended the amendment. Objections were raised by several members of the council, that the amendment as it was worded pledged the society as to the time at which effect should be given to the views of the right honourable baronet, which unnecessarily festered the management. A long discussion ensued, and ultimately the original resolution was negatived, and the amendment having been altered, upon the suggestion of Alderman S•lomona, by the Insertion of the words "at a fitting time," wee adopted. ACCLIMATISATION OP ANIMALS IN AU& TRALIA. Several of the amide introduced into Australia, and employed in Burke's mount expedition, are breeding. The acclimatisation of the alpaca has also been a great suc cess. Be wool is fine and valuable, its carcase is good for food, and the constitution of the animal seems to be im proved by the Australian climate. The Victorian Society have sent from the Botanical Gardens to Tasmania, under the care of the distinguished botanist, Dr. Mueller, several native bears, improperly so called, being • perfectly innocent and harmless creature, living upon nothing but gum leaves. It is en animal very aninsing in its habit., and although its flesh is not very valuable, yet for • man on an exploring expedition, or lost in the bush, it is sufficiently good to eat, and may frequently afford a meal to some unfortun►te wretch who might other wise perish amongst the ranges. The Victorian Society are already possessed of • sufficiency of young bucks of the Angora goat, and these, by crossing with the com mon white goat, produce a very fine animal The pure ram bears about 7lbs. of fine wool, worth about 2s. 6d. per lb., and in the opinion of experienced Australian natoraliets there will soon be nothing to pre vent every Australian cottager having, instead of the com mon goat, a beautiful, graceful, and valuable animal at his door. The English thrush is now permanently established is Victoria, where they breed prolifically, and it would . . mem frequently, during the long summer season. Mr. Wilson, of Melbourne, who has done so much to enrich the colony by importations of animals not indige nous, is introducing the glowworm and tire-fly. The expe riment of stooling the Yams with Murray cod has been perfectly stexateeftel, and them fish are now caught in the Yam of eatable size. Bet whether the ooloniate are to be . . congratulated on this fact is a point on which they begin to entertain doubts, is the cod u e ravenous fish,and they hare been hoping to stock their rivers with more valuable kinds, and are expecting the arrival of salmon. The middle of next month (observes the At/tourism) is likely to be an epoch in the history of Lon don exhibitions of the single-work claim which are sow so coramos. Mr. Frith's new picture, representing the dew , tore of a train from the Paddington station, will be shows be the Haymarket ; and the same artist's `. Derby Day • will reappear shoat the same time in the Upper.Roora at the Trench Gentry, nu Mall. At the German Gallery, is N ew goekeimeee, will re-appear Mr. Holman Hunt's "Find ing of the Saviour In the Temple," which, during the rooms, has been is the engraver's heads ; Mr. E. M. Word's "Mans Antoinette in the Temple," also advanced is engraving, win share the premises in Bond-skyet with the work of Mr. Holman Hunt. In the City will be exhibited some pimiento b Madfle. Rosa Benheur. The Bach Society intends to perform the " Pas sionslf osik" in the course of May. (azurm's TILZOSAXIL) ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF 0 ARIBALDI AT MILAN. XILAN, Liana 22. Garibaldi arrived here last night at 11 o'clock. He was received with indescribable enthusiasm. The whole city was illuminated. The people shouted "Rome and Venice !" Garibaldi addressed them from the balcony of the Hotel de Ville. He said :—" I salute the people who fought so gloriously against tyranny for live days." Garibaldi promised also that Rome and Venice should be delivered, and recommended the people to practise themselves in arms, as a necessary preparation for the deliverance of the remainder of Italy, and of their sisters still in slavery. THE ITALIAN ARMY. TURIN, Ream 22. A report is current, that a fusion of the southern armies with the regular army is about to be effected, by which the formation of some new divisions will be rendered necessary. GREECE. SYRA, Ytzaa 17. The royal troops have restored order through out the island. The insurgents who went to Kynado were overtaken by the frigate Amalia and surrendered. ATHENS, Hance 19. A deputation from Nauplia has arrived in Athena, imploring the Singe clemency. THE PENINSULAR MAIL SOUTHAMPTON, MAzca 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, with the above mail, has arrived. She brings nine passengers, 3,0001. in specie, and 1,080 packages of cargo. LISBON, )(Amu 17. Her Majesty's ship Inveetigator has left for the coast of Africa. The Magdalena, with the outward Brazil mail of the 9th inst., sailed on the 15th inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.. Trade dull. Money scarce. Exchange on London, 531. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Isms ous owl PARIS, Famsr In the Senate yesterday the Marquis de Boissy, for the first time, made a proposition which was unanimously assented to, and made a speech with out coming into collision with M. Troplong. He complained that a debate in the Senate had not been reported in the Moniteur the next day on the unsatisfactory plea that the columns of the official journal were crowded. Baron Lwow, one of the secretaries said that he had remonstrated in the proper quarter, and that such an omission would not happen again. The Marquis de Larochejaquelin then brought on his promised motion, complaining of a misconstruction of the Senate's address by M. Ratazzi, but, although warmly supported by President Barthe, he got no redress. M. Dupin and M. Billault both remonstrated against the pre tension to drag the minister of a foreign power to the bar of the Senate, and the order of the day was voted—leaving the matter, therefore, just where it was. _ _ . The Bourse seemed to feel relief at the ter mination of the debates on the address, and was more decidedly firm than it has been for a long time. The Rents rose 35c. for cash, and 20c. for account, closing at 69fr. 95c. and 70fr. 10c. Mobi lise rose Mr. 25e., and the Italian Loan 65c. The Southern Railway rose 7fr. 50c., Lyons bfr., and Northern lfr. 25c. Orleans and Eastern fell 2fr. 50e. each. It is the policy of the government, while maintaining all the harsh and harassing laws of its own ingenious invention against the press, to show some indulgence in the admi nistration of them, so that they may not be altogether intolerable. The mercy vouch safed is of a kind which I remember to have seen illustrated on Woolwich Common one very hot day, when a company of soldiers was under going punishment drill. The men, panting under the weight of their muskets and knapsacks, were doing double time unnecessarily fast, hoping, poor fellows, to get their troubles over sooner. But the drill-sergeant said to them, "Take it easy, men—do it so as ye can continee for a long while." Precisely on this principle the Courier du Dimonche, which was almost at the last gasp, has been relieved just sufficiently to allow it to continee. M. Genies°, the editor, M. Dubuisson, the printer, and IL Eugene Pelletan, one of the principal writers, are all in prison, and M. Laurent Lapp, the manager, was doomed to incarceration this week. Under such circumstances it was thought next to impossible that the paper could come out to-morrow. But the paternal govern ment, which means to chasten and dispirit, but not to kill, has kindly informed M. Lapp that his imprisonment shall be respited for a month, and that even when he goes to gaol he shall have the privilege of revising proofs and signing articles. The Journal de 14Ni/ere states that a disturbance occurred two days since at the ironworks of Ls Machine, near Nevers. It appears that the work men were dissatisfied with their wages, and also entertained a great dislike to one of the sub directors of the establishment, who was so alarmed by their threatening attitude that he took to tight. As soon as the authorities were informed of the state of affairs, the prefect of the Nitivre and the general commanding in the district were soon on the spot, at the head of a strong detachment of troops. The ringleaders of the disturbance were immedi ately arrested, and sent to the prison at Nevers. The rest of the workmen, in obedience to the re commendation of the prefect, then separated quietly, and returned to their homes. The customs revenue in Tasmania, in 1858, was 134,5001. ; is 1859, 133,3001.; is 1880, 117.5101.; la 1861, 111.3461. The falling off I chiefly is spirits sad tobeoso. The clip of wool for the last season has been very fair, sad the staple above the average excellence. The whaliag eaterwies ia meanies with the Tutorial') porta sootiness to be rmasscative. NAVAL AND MlLn'A'itY. THE ROBERTSON OOIIRT•MARTIAL. On =critic TELLORAPH.) The court-martial on Captain Roberteon was resumed in Dublin yesterday. Captain Warren, 27th Hegi. ment, read, on behalf of Captain Robertson, the final reply to the evidence. He deplored, for the sake of the honour of the regiment, that the investigation should have , disclosed so much contradictory and almost irreconcileable evidence, and that he should have been compelled in self-defence to bring into notoriety such acts and con. duet, on the part of Colonel Bentinek, and other officers, as had been revealed and proved. He submitted that he gave conclusive proof of the acts committed against him for the purpose of compelling him to leave the regiment. and now alleged that the prosecutor in his rebutting case, having singled out one of these acts as the object of his attack, had implicitly admitted that the others could not be contradicted. After reviewing at great length the effect of the prosecution with reference to the archery meeting, he said he thought the attempt to flu the date as the time when the libels were first suggested miserably failed. He thought a complete chain of evidence had been given to show they were contemplated in the month of June, long antecedent to the 12th of July. When the reply concluded, the court adjourned till to day, when the prosecutor will read his final reply. We (Army and Nary Gale- tte) have heard that Rear-Admiral Smart, MIL, is likely to return to the com mand of the Channel squadron, and that Rear-Admiral Sir Lewis T. Jones, K.C.R, will succeed him at Cork. The annual change of quarters of the household cavalry will take plant on Wednesday, the 2nd proximo, when the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards will march from the Spittal Barracks, Windsor, to Regent's Park Barracks. The Royal Horse Guards will remove from the Regent's Park Barracks to Knightsbridge Barracks, and the Ist Regiment of Life Guards will march from Knightsbridge to Windsor. It is expected that the let battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, which has bees doing duty at Windsor Castle since September last, will be relieved by the let bat talion of Grenadier Guards on the 15th of April next. Tan GUARDS IN CANADA. —The privates of the Guards are getting into bed repute by their conduct. There have been several disgraceful rows. The oaten or cabmen of Montreal have a spite at the Guards, four of whom hired a sleigh on Monday last, and had a long drive, for which they would, or could, only pay 25 cents. The carters for this gathered around the four soldiers and were going to give them a thrashing ; the polies fortunately came up in time to prevent minket. On Wednesday night a fight took place between a piety el ti t s Guards and civilians, which resulted in the very oedema in jury of one of the latter. Some of the Soot+ FaslaissOunk and one of the Grenadiers were arrested, sad when to the police-station stiowedoff their bumps of destrnelivenem br braking the guard bed in two pieties, smashing window, and pitching fragmental of the bedtbrough the gmtang, one of whith struck a constable in the eye. The belligerents were at length taken away to the barracks, and they are now being tried before the police-court. The military have left them to be dealt with as the civil authorities think fit. The number of ries in this city is perfectly alarming, and the unl ones ap p ear . to be as plenty as the others. The soldier are inveigled into those infamous dens, and plenty of adulterated whiskey supplied to them, on whisk they soon get raving drank. The soldiers are greatly en couraged to drink deep in this oonntryby the cheapness SI the stuff celled whiskey. General Williams his ordered the formation of a military police to look after the dis orderly moldier% This police are to be under the charge cg a provost mamba " Uttozirr Pamirs Boarusse. , A circum stance arose lately in one of the lattslions of Guards ordered to Canada which was Dear originating a very serious question, in which the privileges of the Rouse of Commons ad the maintenance of military discipline might have been brought Into antagonism. It appears that Lieutenant-Colonel the Ham Hugh Anneidiy, of the Rota Fusilier Guards, and M.P. for Govan, demanded, and m a matter of right btained, leave from his battalion while it was on it o s way app to Montreal from St. John, New Brunswiek. The battalion was on service, and very arduous and trying service, and leaving it at the moment with a political knee between the two aides of the House of Commons, was not, psrhaps, strictly in harmony with the usage of the army. However, standing on his constitutional right as a member of par liament, Lieutenant-Colonel Anuesley took his leave of absence about the time of the meeting of parliament for the purpose of attending to his duties as a knight of the shire. .1:12 instead of repairing to Westminster, he seems to have sided to the attractions which the locality holds f to a sportsman, and to have devoted him self to moose shooting. This was rather too much for the officer in command of the Guards, who, though obliged to allow an officer away for parliamentary duty, did not conceive that it was dealing fairly by the other officers to make them do his duty while he was amusing himself in the primeval forests of Canada. Accordingly, Lieutenant-Colonel Ansley was pulled up, and • long investigation would no doubt have taken place had not the errant fusilier accepted the option given him of retiring from the service. This was, on the whole, perhaps the easiest way of terminating an affair that might have brought about much complication and nnplasaintiseas.—Army and Nary Gait c. _ ADIILESAIXY, MARCH 21.—PROMOTIONS AND AP roarestorra.—Lientenants C. M. Dundee, to the Dart ; and A. T. Brooke, to the Mullet. Clerk J. T. Prins, to the Royal Adelaide. Chid Itmeneer J. Dillard, to be additional to the Fisgard, for esawies in the Adventure. Sagisione : W. Tbia, confirmed as first-class assistant engineer in the Fox ; R. Cooper, engineer to the Cumber land, aa additional tar service in the Rattler; C. Hill, son- firmed as a eecood.eleas assistant-engineer in the Kestrel ; and R. Judge, promoted to acting first-clam sesistent in the Falcon. /militant Clerki : F. Carver, to the Cambridge ;F. M. James, to the Pembroke ; A. Court, to the Osinnellie ; A. 0. Snowdon, to the Fiagard ; 0. Liddell, to the Royal Adelaide; H. Williams, to the Indus; J. Carlisle, to the Tribune; E. Cocks, to the Victory; C. Nicoll and J. D. Ward, to the Revenge. OHATHAM, Yaws 2L The Resistance, 18, iron screw steam frigate, arrived at this port this afternoon, from Sheerness, hav complete' her trial trip at the if spin Sands. The result of the fint official trial was extremely satisfactory, the vessel mating upwards of 12 knots an hour with 72 re►olu tioos of the screw (Griffiths's) per minute. The circle was accomplished in seven minutes, the vessel coming ep to her helm well. The Resistant)e was placed under the sheers this afternoon, and commenced shipping her iron masts, it being intended to fit her for the steam reserve at this port. BURIALS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.—The Bill to make further Provision with respect to Burials in England and Wales, introduced into the House of Commons by Sir Morton Peto and Sir Howard Douglas, provides that the officiating parish clergyman may grant permission to clergy men not ot the church of England to perform burial ser vice, such psevelesion to be in writing. end the Interment and service to be had at the appointed time • if such per mission be withheld, the cause must be declared in writing by the officiating minister • the officiating minister not to celebrate burial service unl ess required to do so. Any person obstructing a burial service is to be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor. The act is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 80CIETY.—At an ordi nary general meeting held yesterday in the Council-room, at South Kensington, Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bark, Vice-President, in the chair, upwards of Elxr candidates were elected fellows. Among them we noticed the follow ing names :—The Dueller of Sutherland, the Crudes' of Cork, the Countess of Morton, Viscount Castlerore, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Lord Allan Spencer Churchill, Lord George Loftus, Lady De Dunstenville, Ac. KIW-OARDRNB.—There were no leas than 480,070 visitors to Kew-gardens in 1861, by far the largest number in any year. 189,462 came on Sundays, 13,399 on one Sun day in June, the largest attendance on any day in the year. The past year maw the erection of the magnificent spar of Douglas pine, IN& long, a superb pole, unrivalled in Europe for itht, symmetry, and exedlecce of material. It was precen by Mr. E. Stamp. Standing among fine tries, which, however, are not much more than half its height, it saves to show the public the enormous sin of the timber trees of our new colony of British Columbia. The cinchonas (trees yielding quinine) sent to the Nilgherrie bills, Sir W. J. Hooker says, are flourishing, and there ale now upwards of 8,000 plants in most vigorous growth, while there are 2,170 more at Kew, which will be ready fa trans mind= to India at the proper season. The experiment has been successful, too, in Ceylon, and in Jamaica, as far as it has gone, but of the seeds sent to Trinidad not one bee ger minated. FATAL AOCIDENT FROM BUNG ENTANGLED IN lIACEDIEST.—Os Friday afternoon, • shocking accident Uhl a youth named John Dixon, while employed at a hone thinshing-inaohnie, on the premises of Yr. John Jnbh, fanner, of Cliffs, near Selby. It appears that be tween 3 and 4 o'clock in the aftarnoot of the above day, Dixon, while ssoesdhig the 'machine, pot entangled iu the , and in this pitiable eoaditeon he remained for about et sa hour. The earonres Jury returned the fol. lowing verdict .—"Tins dminassd came to his death in cow simpissee of his leg beteg . assidastally entangled in the wheels of • ihreshing-mmaine. In order to prevent a re petition ri like misiortenes, the jury reoommand teat all snob machinery should be protected, and a greater amount of light thrown upon mask mochince. The jury beg also to lay that they attribute limo to William Hollins, tbm fore man attending the ninables, far allowing the boy to promos& to kis work by an unusual passage during the time the machialry was in motion.*—ForksAirs ©melts. METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKs. The weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday, at the office in Spring•gardens ; Kr. J. Tnwarrns in the chair The following is the report 'of the committee appointed to consider the clauses proposed to be inserted by Mr. Aydin] in the Metropolis Management Act Amendmeut Bill: " The objections to the proposed changes am twofold first to their form, next to their substance. They are sought to be introduced in committee, oo en unendlog which has been thrice read a second time in the House of Commons, and has twice passed that hou,e die t a full investigation by a select committee, and are of so fundamental and organic a chem.,, u imperatively to demand that full and free alienation which they would receive if embodied in a bill, but which is impossible if introduced in committee. ! The substantial are even stronger and more numerous than ' the formal objections. The Metropolitan Board of Works is chiefly an executive body, which has after much careful study matured plans for a great metropolitan work—the main drainage--for completion of which parliament 11. 4 assigned a date, via., the 31st of December, letred, within which period they believe their duty will be discharged, sa Imore than half their work is already done ; but if it is e t this stage to be taken out of their hands mad confided te a committee of 24 selected from a body of 172, many of whom would necessary ybe new to the subject, delay would b e inevitable, and &age. probable. The utmost discontent would proven in the districts unxptesentel in such a com mittee, the present obligation on aH committees of intr o i t . tiug their acts for the approval of the board being (livened with. No such organic alterations as quiulrupling the num. bars of the board. and making the ratepayers instead of the vestries their constituents, have ever been demanded by the public, and could only be justified on the grounds of proved incapacity or increased duties. Their two most important works, the main drainage and new street in Southwark, are rapidly approseldng completion, and have been carried on in a way to receive the confidence of the public. The Thames embankment will, it is She i la con fided to a select committee, consequently by far r ger portion of the 172 members would have to occupy them selves solely with 'administrative details, involving the 'ale portionment of heavy (taxation, interference with private convenience for public benefit , and the necessary impose than of burdens and restraints on their fellow citizens which coo never income their popularity, nor offer any induce ment to popular and busy men to devote their time and thought to the public service, without a prospect of Taiping any corresponding advantage. Add to this the fatigue sod cost of an election little inferior in either respect to that for a member of parliament, and it will be obvious that it will be even more difficult than at present to induce men of wealth andtposition to undergo the disoomfort of a contested election, which will inevitably fall into the hands of small cliques. Experience and precedent abundantly justify the mutiny for a permanent head of an executive body, to preserve official traditions, to advise in doubtful cases, sod to recall attention to previous proceedings. The re-election of the same speaker and chairman of committees in successive per. limes* together with the permanence of the latter are in thenpper branch of the legislature, shows that even lege. Wive bodies acknowledge the same necessity. The.duties of the Metropolitan Board of Works are chiefly executive, sad to require the annual election of their president noddles to transfer the real executive to the chief officers thin permanent AWL" The report was received and ordered to be printed. Some routine business was disposed of, and the board adjoursed. The course of free general lectures at the Working Men's College has been arranged for the next three months as follows The Meaning sad Use of the Word Ovilisa ties," by the Rev. F. D. Maurice; "The Mexican WE,' by J. Ludlow, Esq. ; " Life and Character of Sir John Falstaff, Knight," by Wm. Mallssoo, Esq. • " The Gold Coast, and the Future of the Negroes ," by ihes. Hughes, Bog. ; " A Greek Play," by J. W. Hales, Esq., or "Robert of Bruen% and Feely English Life (1303)," by F. J. For. nivel', Fag. ; "The Poet Wordsworth," by J. R. Seeley, Esq. • "Thomas Carlyle, writer of books," by Verses Liwhingtoo, Esq. ; and "New South Wales," by H. Parke; Eaq., government commissioner from the colony. A further heavy batch of correspondence on the RN/A of the revised educational code, forming parts 2,3, and 4, was lensed this morning from the malamute, printing-odes. A private view of the exhibition of the Incorporated Society of British Artists was held this day at the Gallery in Suffolk-street. The three principal anniversary dinners in the Art-world are near at hand. That, of the General Theatriail Fund takes place on Monday, the 24th, with Mr. Alfred Wigan in the chair; that of the Artists' Benevolent ' on the 25th, Mr. Charles Dickens in the chair ; while Granville will preside for the Literary Fund, the date which is not fixed. The opening night of the Royal Italian hes been fixed by Mr. Frederick Gye for Tuesday, of April, and the full prospectus will be issued on Monday. It is rumoured that the retirement of Dolma Grief, eV ioduoe the director to give the lighter opera" of Resaini other composers the prominence this mason, and that lyric, tragedies of Norma and Lucretia Borgia will v sa heretofore, the only features of the programme. Patti and Signors Mario sod Tansberlik will be among principal artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. The first New Philharmonic Concert will plum on April I'. The benefit for Mr. Love, the celebrated pol) phonist, will take piece at Bodeen Wells on Battu the 29th inst. Mr. Henry Rumen has consented from his retirement for this night only, and Madame Saina ton• Dolby, Mdlle. Pampa, Miss Poole, Mr. J. E. Comm ter, and other popular vocalists will combine to reek the night's entertainment complete. The Adelphi farce of Private In is to be produced on Monday. Mr. Fechtm is preparing for representation a pia) entitled The Golden Dagger. It will be produced at ' Princess's Theatre in a few days, Mr. Pechter in t' Pert. The report of the Rev. W. Denton's speech, as one of the deputation who waited upon Lord Sy tire to the subject of opening the theatres in Week, contained the following:—" In the CM) manager in the north-we of London whom he had Mr. Phelps, the manager of Sadler's- wells—that ger bad said that his conscience would never allow open his theatre in the Holy Week, whatever re{ the Lord Chamberlain might make." Mr. Phelps a.. " The rev. gentleman must have greatly misunderstood , I do not remember during our interview to have the subject as a matter of conscience. The a made use of were in favour of opening the Passion Week, not as being of so much importance to the managers themselves as to the large body of workmen sol women, besides actors of inferior degree, who, in the erect of their being closed, were deprived of a week's "dam while all other places of amusement, even those of ' questionable tendency in • wrong direction than a w ducted theatre could possibly be, were allowed to their calling as temples& by the law." Monday next will probably decide the stet will be taken by the London theatres in Passion the Lord Chamberlain hes summoned the London a to meet him on that day to discuss the question. The Memoirs left by Thomas Bewick are in press. They are to be edited by his daughter, trated by several vignettes not hitherto publish. ther with the finished outs of his work oil " Fishes." Letters received by the last mail front Fern, Po report that Captain Burton, in company with Spanish Judge Senor Calve and Mr. Gustaf Mama scaled the unknown Cameroon mountain. At I,o' above the ma the climate was delightful, " birds tilt in Europe, 45 deg. at night, and a sun which one may • in." A real African-English Forget-me-Not (either Myosotie or Cynoglostum) was found at the plaice cal half-way house, where we (Gardeners' Mruntele) to add that the captain was laid up by a severe cat foot. On Thursday afternoon, a student named Gio` syneki was tried before the Paris Correctional Court, r charge of having formed part of the students' modem, in honour of M. Henan on the occasion of his " sus9vh""' and for the graver offence of striking a police-offivz. had collared him. The defendant pleaded that be la 4 merely acted in self-defence. It is to be supposed the O. authorities are inclined to propitiate the schools. se. td wart took a mild view of the cue, anal sentenced II 0 0 zynski to six days' imprisonment only. The French Minister of Foreign /Miro oeived a letter from Abd-el-Kader, in which the ex•Eroir mama that he is sending to the Emperor Napo horses from Yemen, of the purest breed which Arabia, and which, according to the writer of the are descended in a direct line from the famous mare oi prophet. The precious stallions are shortly .94 04 ' 1 France, and it is said to be the Emperor's inteutise 10 place them in his breeding' stud in the South, who Arab blood meows& admirably in regenerating the Fre at race of horses. CRYSTAL PALAOI. ON/1 SHILLING 1:41:;:' FRIDAY, Mason E 2.— Admissions on, par not, ditto by season tickets, 283—total, CO3. wt. LW *MAY )y Thos. Hughes, Esq., or "Robert )," by F. J. Far. ' by J. R. Seeley, poke," by Fenn les," by H. Parka, o colony. pondenoe on the forming parte 2, I, the parliamentary dbition of the waa held this day r dinners in the General Theatrical 1, with Mr. Alfred Benevolent DIM chair ; while Led Fund, the date d al Italian Opera 3r Tuesday, the eat o issued on Monday. Madame Grisi toll perrui of Rossini and ,sawn, and that tie Borgia will not to, rrogramme. MEL will be among the Pert. )oncert will take celebrated poly. la on Saturday nett, consented to emerge and Madame this. Mr. J. E. Ceram combine to reek Inquiry is to be resentation a play, be produced at the 'echter in the lead* lat.on'a speech, as on Lord Sydney rely theatres in Palos In the case of ow whom he had seen- rolls—that gentleman never allow him to whatever regolatires Mr. Phelps writes:- tly misunderstood me• riew to have brutal a. The argumenu I ening the theatres each importance to Or body of workmen al tee, who, in the mg d of a week's Baler! , even those of a um lotion than a welloor ere allowed to points I ceD e eek, a t q ue s es tion. inue w e e 70 , e dno step s m_w a daughter, and Bo [porta published, t° o ' as work on " Briink nail from Fernando a company with the Ir. Gustaf Mean, contain. At 1,00 0 ted tful, "birds singings an which one may W k rget-me•Not (eit h er i at the place called the nen' Chronicle) Molt by a severe cut co lo cadent named Ml` Tractional Court, on the students' rnanifestaol ion of his " ensennsio n • to'lgreigns e s t h e Yt;eblPmw::'P:drlx)ew !° a7 , PA: shortly iwt the e el" e d u : lyhn' of N t se 4‘ e e l ; Gt flit ; ct : nt abe wh r