The Express. — London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

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AND A SDAWIEDs. Hr. F. Matthew, ar, 1 Ht 4. Merton THZ DuARDING SCHOOL Mfei Herbert, M. Mistook awl Mrs r. at 7, SILITANXIA. Ten ?mimeo. THE VIE KING or TEL ••1:11E. , . Yn & Yearn Roby, Louie Newham, rhe 01AL:retie Family : Mate. C. Stephan. and Stn. 12reu tento•et:0160111000 at li. _111011_,A:1111 AT lASDOS WIISL MT! DA1•1/EfIlla Afifitfe/O. ra lam. To. imam —lllselis, 111. Ma-- Abase" Oh. sm. L9IVDON, SATURDAY, PEB. 22. IT may he doubted whether those who have ad mired and honoured the genius and courage of Count e tvori: will love his memory less when they discover in his private letters an almost boyish ardour, and a trustfulness that in a states man may be called romantic. It was not weer- to i,e tintil after his death that he had been habi- Nally di.weniingthrough a confidential almoner large and secret charities, and doing good by stealth, even to his ecclesiastical enemies, who were calum niating inceseently their unknown benefactor as only ecclesiastical enemies can calumniate. This obscure yet prodigal benevolence was another of the romantic characteristics of CAvoim, which it may be well to reca] when we find him at the Congress of Paris in the summer of 1856, taking his place among the repressntatires of hostile or neutral States, diplomatists trained in the art of indifference, and accustomed to treat international questions as moves on • chessboard, and in that cold and forbidding Council denouncing the wrongs of Italy and challenging attention to her claims ; intent in season and out of season, at all times and in all places, to win new friends and powerful allics fur his country, and to prepare the ground fur the settlement of Southern Europe on a Ltes of lilerty and justice. What wonder if the man we now know CAVI.UR to have been, sickened and discouraged as he must have often felt during those three summer months by contact with the frivolous mediocrity of the pigmies whol peraonitied great empires, among whom the pleni- I potentiary of little Piedmont towered in intellect and an dam; like a giant—what wonder, we say, if be would sometimes solace his thirsting spirit ! with a mirnp of fancied promises and visionary Lopes, and whiiper to his friends at Turin the generous dreams that haunted and beckoned him on ! It is the way with sanguine natures to for tify themselves against despair by taking for granted all they desire. Such, we believe, is the simple explanation of those passages ii. Count Cocottes private letters lately published, which frightened Lord Cr.s xarru from his propriety, and brought the retired Plenipotentiary of 1836 up to town in a hurry, to vindicate his official and diplomatic re putation. Count C•voca had credited the noble lord with all that " reserve" of character which on the C intinent is usually described as "quite Britannic ;" yet he had attributed to the British statesman casual utterances which, if uncorrected, would crown him for ever with an aureole of ressen,e, but strip him without mercy of that mantle of " reserve" to which as • Plenipotentiary be might be warranted to cling. Lord C REN I , ON, we m u st say, acquitted himself last Monday evening of a peculiarly delicate charge with equal tact and felicity ; neither failing for a moment in respect to • great memory, nor shrinking from his own personal responsibility. It was already known to all the world that the British Plenipotentiary ui 11438 had earnestly and ardently supported Count Corot WS appeal in behalf of Italy, in spite of the remonstrances of the representative of Aus tria. Lord CLAIIiNDON, therefore, might well feel the less hesitation in avowing that he bad more than once, in private, assured Count CAVOVII of the sympathy of the British nation and govern ment for Italy, and had on one occasion gone ae far as to sli;gest, that should Austria attack Pied mont the Parliament of England would give rut tiest proof of its disapprobation. Moreover, Lord O. RF. N lot oN had repeatedly takenpart—at least the part of a not unwilling listener—in those strong appeals to the sympathy and support of the Western Powers which formed the staple of Count Csvoi . e's conversation during his idle hours in Paris. Is it not the commonest every-day ex perience in private life that unwilling listeners are credited with all the malignant scandals poured into their ears, as willing listeners are always sup posed to give a silent assent to opinions and principles not their own 1 So it was between Lord CLARENDoN and Count CANOVA in Paris. Csvoua talked incessantly about Italy, and Lord Ci.snesuux listened with indefa tigable patience and unfeigned sympathy. On all this friendly and familiar converse, agreeing as it did, at least in tone and tendency, with the British Minister's official language, CAVOCR cha racteristically enough raised the airy and imposing fabric of something like an offensive and defen sive alliance between England and Italy. It may be that when the Italian statesman conceived the masterly policy of sending a Sardinian contingent to the Crimea, the dream of British and Sardinian standards waving together on the plains of Italy flitted across his brain. For in the political, as In the moral world. the imagination and the heart are present in all great thoughts and reso lutions. Assuredly, Lord CLARENDON had no need to assure Parliament that he had never pro miaed a British contingent to Italy. knother point remains, however, into which we cannot now enter at length. Indeed, it is a question which can only be answered at Turin. By whose authority, or at whose instigation, or for' what object, or to profit whom, were these inti mate letters of Cavoca thrown with reckless and unblushing haste before the public? It is impossible not to sympathise with the dig nified and touching protest of the Countess Aurae —that beloved niece of the lamented Minister— whose melancholy privilege it was 10 soothe his last hours with the tender solicitude of affection, to smooth the pillow for the fevered brain, and temps.: the dying eyes. Tb. Imbileation of l these letters is worse thin an ellfbri and. as the Countess Arms/ remarks, it could not be intended as a homage to the de ceased, but rather to serve some party manceuvre. If it was for no more sufficient or less absurd pur pose than to prove that CORM Cavot•a had confi dence in Signor RATAZZI, the latter gentleman owes little enough to the obsequious friends who have done him se ill a service. In them, at all events, it is clear that Count CAVOUIL'I4 confidence would have been sadly misplaced. Without dis respect to Signor RATAZZI, we cannot affect to be lieve that for the sake of famishing him with fresh credentials it was requisite to perpetrate such an outrage upon good manners and good feeling as this, nor can we imagine that he would have sanctioned it even with a tacit acquiescence. Better that he had rested content with a " permit " from the Tuileries, and with the disinterested compliments of that " French party " which represents Impe rial, but not Liberal France. THE Qum( has signified her wishes respecting the National Memorial of his Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT. Her MAJESTY, after acknowledging in cordial and gracious words the sentiment which the universality and spontaneous ness of the movement reveals, declares that a Memorial more directly personal to its object than an institution bearing the PRINCE'S name would be moat in accordance with her own feelings. This intimation of her hiknarrv's prefer ence will not only put an end to con troversy on the subject ; it will, we are con vinced, be accepted with gratitude by the country. The lofty usefulness of the PRINCE'S life will be more honoured by simple commemoration than by a weak endeavour to eke it out. The form of the Memorial approved by the QUEEN is an obelisk, with figures of statuary at its base, and its site, that of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Beyond this the QUEEN intimates no decision. Her Ma- Jr..sry has, however, called to her assistance a small committee to assist her in the selection of artists to design the Memorial and execute its details. The Committee will doubtles feel that the choice of an obelisk rather than a statue as the central object in the monument increases the importance of the statuary at the base, and makes it more necessary that the groups should satisfactorily represent the various aspects of the PRINCE'S beneficent life. Provided the obelisk be massive and grand, and the statuary expressive and characteristic, we shall have a monument worthy to endure. THE Church Rate Abolition Committee have published resolutions endorsing the policy of Sir John Trelawny in deferring the presentation of his Bill for the second reading until time has been allowed the supporters of Church-rates in parlia ment to bring forward a measure of their own. It has been long and strenuously maintained that the decisions of the House of Commons in favour of abolition formed the obstacle to a settlement of the question upon a sounder basis than that of simple abolition, and the Speaker acted on an assumption of that kind last session when he gave his casting vote against Sir John Trelawny's Bill. The supporters of Church-rates therefore lie under the responsibi lity of success. They must either produce a bill such as they can recommend to Parliament and the country, or confess that they are unable to de vise such a measure. Any attempt to evade this obligation, whatever the form it may take, will show the hollowness and unreality of the profes sions that have hitherto been made. The friends of Church-rates must now either show the way in legislation, or confess that they have no policy, but mere obstruction. From the lan guage of an address put forth by the body known as the Committee of Lyman, in which Members of Parliament are called to unite in rejecting the Abolition Bill, "and thus devolve on Ministers of the Crown the duty of upholding the rights and revenues of the National Establish ment," it would appear that it is only on a negative policy that the supporters of the rate are able to agree. A few weeks, however, may enable them to take up a worthier position. It is for this purpose that the second reading of the Abolition Bill is delayed. It will not be right, however, to put it off fur long ; and if Sir John Trelawny should wait till Easter the public will probably think he has afforded ample opportunity to the statesmanship of his opponents. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1862... !EE ALBA!" MILMORI444 The gages' committee of the Menseit:ial Fund 'met yesterday, at the Mansion-home, the Hight Hon. H'tLt[rt[ Cram , Lord Mayor, in the chair. The Loco MATO it said that in accordance with& resolution pawed at the last meeting a letter had been forwarded to her Must Gracious Majesty the Queen, to ascertain her feeL lags in regard to the memorial to the late illustrious Prince, and he had received a reply to that letter through Lieut.- General the Hon. C. Grey. The letter ran as follows : " Osborne, Feb. 19, 1862. "My Lord,--I have had the honour at receiving and of submitting to the Queen your lordship's letter of the 18th instant, communicating the prooeedisp which have taken place with a vice to the erection of a national memorial monument to the much lamented Prince Consort. " The Queen feels grateful from the bottom of her heart for the universal sympathy that has been expressed for her in her deep affliction. But it is still more soothing to her feelings to know that the sable character—the truly princely nature—of him whose tom has bowed her to the earth with is sense of desolation and Rimy that every day, alas! serves only to Laal•r-is appreciated by the country ; that the benefits he has been instru mental in conferring on the nation—the good he has brought since he first came amongst us, to effect which be may be truly said alone to have lived—are understood and ethoowledged. "The Queen is also much touched by the feeling which has led the prmuoters of the movement for erecting • na tional monument to the Prince to leave the nature of that monument to her decision. It is a subject on which there mast be necessarily much difference of opinion. Many, in fluenced doubtless by the belief that there was nothing which the Prince himself had so deeply and constantly at heart as the promotion of whatever might tend to the ad vantage of the community at lane or any portion,. of it, have thought that the most appropriate monument to his memory would be to commemorate his name wit►' seine great work that should have that end in view, and the Queen cannot but be gratified by this proof of • just appre ciation cf his character. "Bat it would probably be difficult to procure anything like agreement as to the nature of the institution which should thus bear his honoured name, and it would be hu m. pressibly painful to the Queen ware any controversy to arise on such a subject. " It would be also moreln accordance with her own feelings, and she believes with those of the country in general, that the monument should be more directly personal to its ob ject—should be, in fact, more than what is commonly in dicated by the word. Even so, it is probable that opinions may differ as to the character that would be most appropriate for such a monument. " But the Queen is confideet that the same good feeling which has led to the reference of the subject for her deci sion will lead to a cordial acquiescence in it, to the cheerful abandonment of individual views, and to an unani mous working together to effect the object all have at heart. " After giving the subject her bast consideration her Majesty has come to the conclusion that nothing would be more appropriate, provided it is on a scale of sufficient gran deur, than an obelisk to be erected in Hyde-park on the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, or on some spot immedi ately contiguous to it ; nor would any proposal that could be made be more gratifying to the Queen personally, for she can never foegerthat the Prince himself had highly approved of the idea of • memorial of this character being raised on the some spot in remembrance of the Great Exhibition. " There would also be this advantage la • monument of this nature, that several of the highest artiste of the day might take part in its execution, for there would be room enough at its base far various groups of statuary, each of which might be entrusted toe different artist. "In the *election of the artists to be employed ie the choice of a design and in the consideration of the details of ex& cutlets the Queen would wish to obtain the best advise, and she would therefore desire to call to her assistance • small committee, consisting of persons in whom she could feel satisfied that the country would repose entire can. Mince. " I have written by her Majesty's commands to theme whose assistance she thus desires to obtain, and will lam no time, as soon as I have received their answers, in cow muuiciting their names to your lordship. " I have the honour to be, " Your lordship's very faithful servant, (Signed) " C. Geer." The Lan Mayoa said in the same envelope there was another latter, which he conceived to have bees made asps. rate and supplementary, in order that the committee might exercise their judgment and discretion as to whether or not it might be made public. It was as follows : " Oeboano, Feb. 19, 1862. "My Lord,--The Queen wishes me to add • few words to the answer to your letter, which you will receive with We, expressive in • more special manner of her Ms- Penes personal wishes. " ithe is aware that she could sot with any propriety cootribute, ea • wife, to • monument to her husband ; but she is also the sovereign of this great empire, and, as such, she eannot bat think she may be allowed to join with the lotion in the expression of a nation's gratitude to whom it owes so much. " Who has • dearer interest than the Queen in the well. being and the happiness of the people? And if it has pleased God to make her reign, ao far, happy and prosper ous, to whom, under Divine Providence, is this so much owing, as to her beloved husband—in all matters of doubt or difficulty her wise counsel, her unfailing guide and sup port? " No one can know, as the Queen knows, how his every thought was devoted to the country—how his only aim was to improve the condition of the people, and to promote their beet interests. Indeed, his untiring exertions in furtherance of these objects tended, in all probability, to shorten his precious life. "Surely, then, it will not be out of place that, following the movement of her people, the Queen should bo allowed to consider how she may best take part with them in doing honour te her beloved Prince, so that the proposed monument msy be recorded to future ages as reared by the Queen and people of • grateful wintry to the memory of its benefactor. " I have the honour to be " Your Lordship's moat obedient and faithful servant, " C. Gary. " The Right Hoc. the Lord Mayor," he. Sir EDxusD ANYROBUS, Bart., then moved, "That the committee desire to 'sprees their deep gratification that the measures which they have tam for raising a national monument to the memory of the late illustrious Priam Consort have been honoured by the approval of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen." The motion was seconded by Mr. T. BA2IIIO, M.P., and carried unanimously. Mr. Gar/MON, M.P., moved "That • sub-committee be appointed hereafter to co-operate with the committer to be named by the Queen, is coming out more tally her Ma jesty's wishes io the cluilos of • deign i its exec-id/oa, and the selection of the artist to be employed." ~ This motion was seoeodedby , Mr. Worawoats, filiiisat. measly agreed to.- - '• " , Mr. Alderman and Calera WILISON then moved, "As* the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to Lientensat-Geserel the Hon. C. Grey, with a request that they may be laid before her Majesty the Queen." This motion was seconded by Mr. ErraiLL GOMM, Q.C., and also carried unanimously. The Queen has signified her intention of giving a portrait of the Priors Consort to the National Portrait _ . (1;llery. This 'gracious announcement (observes the Atheneum) leads to the thought that her Majesty's own portrait would also be a moat gratifying addition to the collection. - - - A meeting has been held at Cambridge to con sider in what way a memorial to the Prince Catmint could he promoted. It was resolved thet there should be a statue. Coatmittece have been appointed both in Cambridge and Laudon for Vie purpose of carrying oat the plan. Dr Whei;ell has received the thanks of the rani vanity for his presentation to that body of Xr. Lawranoe's portrait of Proteror Sediwick. _ Lord Granville will preside at a meeting of the friend. , of a North London Gallery, Museum, and School of Art, to be held oe Wednesday evening mat at the Islington Literary Society. The Artiste' General Benevolent Fund Society's annual dieser will take place this year on the 29th of March, at the Freemasons Tavern. Mr. C. Maim has promised to take the ehair. Tan Cara oa Ma. Dtoer Sirmotra, Q.C.—To the Editor of the rinses.—Sir,—l am directed by the lOW tare of the bench of the Middle Temple t 3 inform you that a copy of the judgment of the bombers in Mr. Digby Sep soar's owe, sad copies of the Wit4ool/ sad pecosedisas as which it was founded, were furnished to Mr. Digby Sey mour by the heartier, before Mr. Digby Seymour made his address to hie constituents at 13oathansptee.—I ana your obedient 'torrent, T. H. DLITNB, Cader•Treeaster.— TremurpodSco, Middle Temple, Feb. 21. CI): Court. OSBORNE, PIEL 21. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce sad Major neeeral Seymour, drove out yesterday. Count Gleichen arrived on s visit. Princess ff"henlohe, accompanied by Count (Niches, left (bb-rue this afternoon for London on her return to the Continent. A deputation on the Indian tariff on cotton goods, yams, he., had an interview with Viscount Palmerston and Bar Charles Wood yesterday. A deputation from the steam shipping interest had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson and the Right Han. W. Hatt, on Thursday, at the (AO of the Board of Trade. Her Majest's Commissioners for the International Esti Wks, 1:462, held • meeting at their offices in the Strand, JAY• r, FAIDAY.—Her Serene Ilighneite the Prisons Hohadohe (half Mater to the Queen), SODOM ponied by her eon, Count Glechio, landed in the docks this afternoon, at a quarter before 3, from the royal yacht Fairy, Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8., on their return from a visit to her Majesty. They were received, on landing, by Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. J. Levy, of the Dock Company, and Mr. R. Beach, of the South Western Railway Com pany. The princess and her eon left by the 3 o'clock train for Buckingham Palace, and will take their departure for Germany on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinatoue, Lady Bruce, and Major. General Seymour (Equerry-in• Waiting to her Majesty), ass smenpanied the prisons to the docks, and returned in the Fairy to Osborne. Sir James Clark, her Majesty's princi pal physician, also embarked in the Fairy for Osborne. The Prince of Wales employed some of his short stay in Munich in sitting to Herr Albert, the court photo. (Timber, for one of his life-sire photographs. The Price's portrait wail finished in five hours time, and it is at the Prince's own desks that it h to appear in the Exhibition. Th•• Earl and Countess of Verulam have arrived at Critehill House, Dorset, on a visit to Mr. sad Lady Charlotte Sturt. Lord awl Lady Foley will leave town early neat week ea a visit to the Duke of RuUead at Belvoir Caffille. Lord and Lady Sondes and family will come to lowa on Tuesday wit !rum Elmhaso Hall, Norfolk, for rho Non. Lord Wenlock hae taken a residence in Upper Beigra•e-street. The noble lord sod her ladyship will came 10 town early next month for the season from Patrick Park, Torkshire. Lord slot Lady Colchester have issued cards for agars pith this svaniag sad Moat* east at their nisi. is in Barkalaynquars. Lord Edward Ba, Maur comas to town to-day from Ilai.ten Bradley...llollW Witt& The Speaker will give his second parliaments dinner thin ovenissi at Wain'luster Paso*. APPROACHES TO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The Thoroughfares Improvement Committee of. the Kensington Vestry have presented a second report of their proceedings with reference to the International Exhi bition. They give ant the outlines of a plan for the improve. ment of the Brompton-road. which was @niftier' to them in the name of the Committee of Council on Education This plan, which was very comprehensive, required the taking down certain houses and buildings from Nos. I to it, both inclusive, in the Brompton-road, interfering with the parochial schools, further taking down the houses in Qeme's-buildings, between Queen's-prdens and Newetrest, also the chemist's and stationer's shops at the corner of (Anal-place, also Brunswicic.place and the lodge to the Oniony, besides interfering with the pleasure-gardens of Bromptosequare and Brampton churchyard. It would oast at lag 60,000/. _ . • Tbe ecennuttee state that they inquired of the Committee al Cenneil in what manner it was thought the funds could be nisei, but have been unable to obtain any answer to that question. The plan was subsequently brought tinder the notice of the Commissioners of the International Exhibition, with no bettor success. Another plan, proposed by Mr. James Broadbridge, Nur veyor to the Vestry of Kensington, and comparatively inex. pensive in its details, was to improve the width of the road by taking off a part of the land in Queen's-buildiogs not built upon, and 20 feet or 25 feet in width of the append waste land in front of Brornpton-row, also the open space is the front of Michael's-place, now only enclosed by railings. But after considerable trouble about ascertaining the die. position and views of the owners of She property, it was found that the amount of compensation required was so large as to make it hopeless for the vestry to effect its ob ject by negotiation, and it could hardly be expected that the vestry should apply for an act of parliament. The committee express their opinion that the vestry is not called on to take up this improvement single-handed, _ _ . . ' ' and that the Turupike•road Commissioners (under whore care the road is placed), the Metropolitan Board of Works, the Committee of Council as Education, the Exhibition Commissioner+, and the Royal Horticultural Society, being all interested in the matter, should unite to carry out so large an improvement An spplicsition for the temporary opening of the Queen's. road, Kensington, was answered by the following letter : " Office of Woods, he., Feb. 19, 1862. " Sir, —1 am directed by Mr. Charles Gore to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., requesting, by direction of the Kensington vestry, that the Queen's-road, Kensington, may be thrown open to the public, either ritzily or for such period as the International Es till/Tit:Vl may continue in operation, and to acquaint you that the Crown, under the engagements which it has entered into with the lessees of the houses abutting upon the road, is bound to keep it private. Mr. Gore has therefore no power to entertain the application of the vestry. —I am, &c., R. Green, Fag." " Flan. ADAMS. It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report that a curious accident happened to Mr. Cowper's bill last night. The Stabat of Signor Rossini will be performed M the next concert of the Sacred Harmonic Society, on the 28th. -- Mr. Bentley is preparing for publication the sporting adventures of Mr. Baldwin, who has recently returned from Southern Africa and just been made afellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Mr. Baldwin, it is said, spent eleven years in Southern Africa, during which time be is said to have rarely seen the face of a Europe►n, once going eleven months without doing so, and never slept under the roof of a house. _ _ - --- - The anniversary festival of the Royal General Theatrical Fund will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern ' on Monday, April 14. Mr. Alfred Wigan will occupy the chair on the occasion, end be supported by a strong master of the celebrities connected with literature, the drama, and the stage. Miss Amy Sedgwick will return to the Olympic Theatre on Monday evening, re-appearing in the comedy of Time Tried All. Mr. Robson will also appear in a new comic drama, to be culled A Fairy's Father. At the Strand Theatre a new farce will be pro duced next week, called Vondin ; or, Caught in a Liar. At the St. James's Theatre a new comedy by Mr. Horace Wigan, adapted from the French, will be produced an Monday week. At the Surrey, a dramatic version of the popular novel of " Adam Bede" will be brought out. _ At Astley's a new spectacle, in which some ex traordinary performing elephants will appear, is to be the attreatios pelt Yoaday. . _ . A new and original drama, in five acts, called The Life of CM Actress, written by Mr. Dion Bondman, and in which the author and his wife will appear, is to be produced at the Adelphi on Saturday next, the Ist of March. M. Fechter re-appears at the Princess's Theatre , on Monday, the 3rd of March, as Ingo. The Era states that the testimonial to Mr. Chas. Kenn will be presented by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, at St. James's Hail, es March 22. It will afterwards be removed to thershibitioa, a space having been reserved for its reception. The Pythoness is continuing to perform her in cubatory duties with true maternal perseverance, the bunches of eggs being carefully gathered within each coil. The serpent has not yet broken her fast, bat appears in excellent health. It is expected that the proems of incu bation will occupy about three weeks longer. China is a great rag country—for the Chinese are a people in rags. A sagacious gentleman of our (Atilt• wants) acquaintance, On the paring of Mr. Gladstone's bill, seat out to China for • cargo of rigs. A ship is now on its way to the Thames, and will arrive to Sod the quotations for rags lower in Loudon than at Canton I The Archbishop of Tours awl the Bishop of Angers, accompanied by several other imelesiastios, have arrival at Rome. A Cassel letter of the 16th says :—" The Hessian government has refused to pay the deputies who voted against the indemnity doe to them, but has paid it to the only two members of the Chamber who declared in its favour. The liberal party, considering the settlement of this indemnity as • debt of honour, opened • subscription, sad in • few days the deputies will receive the amount due to them. The total sum will afterwards be claimed by judicial proceeding, from the state, the deputies selectiog one of their body to bring the action." A new system of telegraph has been submitted to the Emperor Napoleon, to which its inventor, M. OMSK has given the name of "pantograph." This telegraph has been already worked at Florence sod Leghorn. It trans mite autograph messages and drawings with all the pubic does and defects of the engirds. As inhabitant of Leg hero wrote four lines from Dane, and they appeared in the same handwriting at Florence. A portrait of the same post was painted at Leghorn, and it was reproduced at Florence he for line and shade for shade. A bin of exchange was drawn in the same manner, sad its authenticity admitted. A Paris letter of Thursday says :—" A grand ball took plan last night at the Tuileries. It was very well attended, and the °theist world, in spite of the press cif business that mot have weighed upon it, mustered num,- rowdy. The marshals and generals coasted more than half wdozen, and H. ffeckeren was everywhere that the eye could turn. The Russian amlasiadams was as brilliant as she could be made with precious stones. Indeed, so were the ladies generally, whose combs, with hardly an exception, were studded with the brightest gems, or in any case the perfection of French paste, which answered the purpose ' feet as well. The Princess Regent of ht hipline and her son, the reigning prince, are content in their attendance at the hells. It would have answered the purpose just an well had the Princess Regent of Miugrelia kept, away. But her highness, who is a woman of very striking appearance, is °natant in her attendance at the court balls, and wean • necklace of diamonds of the largest aim in which it is pomihle to make such an ores meut, as well as of the purest water. They are so he that it is impossible to distinguish well their shape, the blase of light they emit concealing it. The princes@ is very food of • scarlet velvet dress made after the costume of Ler coun try. She also wears the decoration of some orders on her breast. Neither she nor her son, by whom she is in variably aocempaand, ever dines. The latter is not more than fifteen years old, and, whether owing to his good looks or liagrelian costume, primate • vary striking appearance. Ifs sever usicorers his bad, which is surmounted by • surinualpshaped scexist velvet asp. The rent of the drams is of the same material, with the inception of the sash that eadrelse his waist is heavy folds of rich blue silk, and a pair of large and eialicsatsly embroidered boots, into . which are etuffed • pair of very wide and gold.embroiderecl trousers." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIA AND ITALY. A letter from Berlin of the 19th says :—" The recognition of the kingdom of Italy is now a fait accompli. The King yesterday signed a document which implies it, namely, a note to the Prussian Minister at Turin, and which was immediately com municated to Count de Launay, the Minister of King Victor Emmanuel at the Prussian court." AUSTRIA. "The news of the approaching revision of the Concordat of 1856," says a Vienna letter, "has been received in this city and throughout the whole of the Austrian empire with great satis faction. It appears that the court of Rome itself feels the dangers which would result for the Austrian catholics from the rigorous execution of all the stipulations contained in that document, and has consented, at the request of the Emperor Francis Joseph, to send a special legate to open negotiations for an amicable revision. The Cologne Gaulle says that the court of Rome has granted modifications in such clauses as are in contradiction to the new political institutions of Austria, and consequently inexecut►ble. On the other hand, the Austrian government has not hesitated to admit the con dition laid down by the court of Rome, that those negotiations should not in any way interfere with the liberty of the catholic church. The negotia tions will be carried on at Vienna, Mgr. de Ranscher, the Cardinal-Archbishop of this city, and the Papal Nuncio being charged with them." THE INTERVENTION IN MEXICO. The Paris journals publish under their " Latest Intelligence " advisee from Vera Cruz to the 16th of January. A council of war was held at that city on the 15th of January, at which the admirals and allied commanders were present. It was decided that no military operations should be undertaken before February, so as to give time to the popula tion to pronounce themselves. The sanitary con dition of the troops continued to be excellent. ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS IN FRANCE. The Cor following : of to-day publishes the Th. Minister of the Interior has ordered that hence forth all English newspapers shall be distributed imme diately on their arrival, without any previous examination. Two or three journals only, little known in France even by name, and of no credit in England, are excluded from this liberal measure, because those journals trade upon defama tion, and only speak of France and the government she he selected to insult sad calumniate both. They are journals of scandal, not of discussion. All true friends of liberty in France and England will applaud this measure taken by Count de Persigny. They will also remember with satisfaction that the minister who now establishes the free circulation of ideas between the two countries has already inaugurated the free circulation of individuals by the suppression of passports. This is all sound policy. BAKE COBURG. The Diet assembled on Monday last, in order to sanction the following project of law :—" We, Er- nest, Duke of Coburg Gotha, &c., decree—ln the event, after our death, of one of our nephews, princes of Great Britain, &c., being called by the fundamental law to succeed us in the government, and being too young for it, the regency shall re vert during the minority to our cousin Prince Auguste Louis Victor, Duke of Saxe." The Prince Auguste was born in 1818, and married to the Princess Clementine of Orleans. (LClrfnea TitiGRAX/S.) FRANCE. PARIS, FIB. 72. The Moniteur of this morning announces that up to the evening of the 20th inst. the amount of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Renton presented for conversion was 35 millions Rents, the property of 49,618 holders. AMERICA. 801TrliAMPTON. F. 22. The Hamburg and American Company's steams Bavaria has arrived here. She brings 77 passengers, 189,650 dole. in specie for England, 254,973 dole. for France, and 19,600 dole. for Hamburg. Her news has been anticipated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (BON ova OWN PARIS. FIIDAT Evans. In the Senate this afternoon, Count de Persia' ny rose to reply to the violent personal attacks made on him yesterday by the Papal champion, M. Seger d'Aguessean. The report, down to post time, merely gives the introductory of his speech, and contains nothing salient. He began by saying that, as a minister, he should feel it easy to defend bis conduct, but the constitution did not give him a right to address the Senate in that character. He respected the constitution, and was silent. He bad, however, been insulted as a senator, and that in an assembly every member of which habitually set an example of moderation and respect towards his colleagues. He would not reply to personalities by personalities ; but, since he had been compared to an unfortunate minister (Prinoe Polignao), be would reply that we live under a government born of universal suffrage—a government which owed everything to the national will, and could neither be lost nor saved by any minister whatever. _ _ . „ (Applause on several benches.) What be desired, in common with the Emperor, with the oountry, and with that patriotic assembly, was a strong government, to maintain order and tranquillity, which were the bases of public prosperity. He was also for a prudently progressive and liberal government, such as that which had issued the decrees of Nov. 24, and proposed the senates con sultum recently voted. Such was the imperial government as he understood it, and to that govern ment he had devoted his life as a faithful servant of the Emperor, his son, and his dynasty. (Applause.) The Bourse was steady to-day, without a very large business doing. The Route rose 25c. for cash, and 20c. for account, closing at 70fr. 35c. and 70fr. 500. Mobilier rose 3fr. 75c. Railways were from 2fr. 50c. to Ur. higher. You may remember the indignant denials of the Moniteur and other French journals of the sack of the Emperor of China's summer palace by the French army. The original statements of the English correspondents ou that subject were, how ever, completely borne out, and from time to time paragraphs have appeared in the departmental ' papers about the large fortunes brought home by I private soldiers of the Chinese expedition. Further evidence, if any were wanting, k afforded by a curious paragraph in the Moniker de Edretir. An officer of rank, whose name is not mentioned, but which I lately saw in the advertising oolumas of the Paris newspapers, has announced the sale by auction of "a curious Chinese and Japanese 11 Museum, consisting in great part of ardeles tikes from the summer palace of Yuen-Ming-Yuen, the property of a superior officer who belonged to the Chinese expedition." The officer in question, who probably fancied that the scandal of the affair had entirely blown over, has made a miscalculation, The Moniteur de r Arm& states that the Emperor, considering " a speculation of this nature dis graoeful to the character of the officer and injurious to the dignity of the army," has ordered him to be removed from active service. The moral of this is, that French officers with plunder from China must sell it privately or keep it for their own use. ♦ Marseilles letter of the 19th states that the municipal council was surprised on that day by the announcement that M. Oufroy, the mayor, had sent his resignation to the Emperor. The cause is not exactly known, but the general supposition is that the mayor has had a dispute with a de Maupas, the senatorial prefect. Some of the journals of the south of France give the following as the epitaph of Father Lacordaire, composed by himself, and inscribed on the tomb stone at the foot of the stall which he occupied in the chapel of the college of Soreze : x.u■ MTN rawassa ..... 1 GUAM ..... 1101110au0011. Inmiivor VALKOUIIt LONDOIL Dora LW. I. i &LK I &W. 4 iI a s.s.w. s XL . i - 1 LLL I LL I SM. 1 iiiiiiAiO:.:l ruitears ..1 - 8. - i 1 & R. 6 2.&& 6 SL 4 i IL&Z. W. 4 N.W. 111711 ID. 11011 DAY. N. Britsln.—W. AT to N. and N.W. to N.L, trvah to mode. LN.L, Arca& sows Mnr ur Ms. now. Ireland.—W. to N.W., and W. to N. and &N.!, trash to N.N.Z., alemegto trash. moderate. ClantraL—W. to N. and NIL, W. to N. and N.L, moderato Z.=to imamate. to light. .—N.W. to N.Z. and N.N.W. to N.L and M.& &L, straw to modulus. moderate. $. lostsrol--W.N.W. to N. N.W. to N.E., mod rate. sad N.N.L. trash to mode /SW. "Sze Viventi sepulcrum, Morieotl bospitium, trdique beneficium." Thus translated :—" Soreze ! A tomb for the luau when living ; an asylum for him when expiring ; benefit in either case." THE FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT CETHIN COLLIERY, NEAR MERTHYR. Mr. William Jbllea, the manager of the Cyfartbfa Works; Mr. Kirkhame, the colliery manager; and Mr. Moody, with Mr. Leveret*, colliery manager of Plymouth Works, descended the pit immediately after the accident, and worked nobly in order to rescue those who might yet be alive. But the task was one of great danger. The insidious choke-damp, or carbonic acid gas, which is evolved by an explosion, combined with • most offen sive stench from the omen of singed bodies and burnt borer, rendered exploration most difficult, so much so that two volunteers were dragged from the bottom of the pit insensible, and nearly all suffered extremely. At length, by forcing down large quantities of water, which fell at the bottom and (attired a great draught, the ezplorers were en. abled to penetrate with safety. When they reached the four-foot seam the spectacle was harrowing. In every di rection bodies were met with, in every conceivable form of death produced by violence. Some, it is true, looked as tranquil as if they slept ; but the mass were bruised and battered, and the workings were destroyed to a ruinous degree. One by one the bodies were found and placed near the bottom of the shaft, and when the number of 47 had been collected, and the greater part re cognised, preparations were made for taking them up the shaft. At 7 o'clock, on a dark, dull night, the rain falling, and the hills narrowing together in appearance and adding to the solemn gloom,tbe first batch of bodies was brought to bank. Thousands were &rambled around, and on these, among whom, here and there, were the sorrowiog bereaved, the flame of torches glared, making a fearful and most gloomy picture. Batch by batch, tram-full after tram-fall, they were brought up, and then conveyed by the Cyfarthfa Railway to Merthyr. In every corner of Merthyr the sorrows of crushed homes were revealed that Light, every group in the street had some new horror to relate,and general mourn. lag and earnest sympathy abounded. Mr. B. T. Orawdry, sou of the proprietor of the colliery, writes to his father, who is in town : "Cyfarthfa, Feb. 20. "My dear Father,—l grieve to repeat the axident at Cethin yesterday is a most awful ons-46 men killed in the whole and four horses. It is most dreadful, and the whole place is quite upset by it. AU the men being killed, there is no means of knowing exactly the cause of it ; but it seems by all to be thought that it arose from an air-door being left open. The men were at dinner in different places, and in some of their mouths bread and cheese were found ; so these must have died most instantaneously, and no mark of injury on them ; their feature wen quite placid, being killed by the • afterdamp e others were burnt sadly, and some frightfully bruised—their heads split in half. It was 7 o'clock before they got all the bodies up, as the fells prevented the men getting to them. It is a most dreadful oconnemoe, and makes us all feel quite wretched. We are, of course, doing all we can in every way, and last night carpenters and sawyers were working all night at coffins cad new air-door. The mine inspector will be here to- day, and I will let you know all that takes place. By all I can hear, I believe it must have bean by leaving an air-door open, for there was no fear of tire-damp in that place. The colliers are mostly all oat throughout the works, and nothing doing underground, so I expect mina and forges will be idle to-morrow. The poor fellows will be buried on Saturday. "ROBERT THOMPSON CT/AVM/A." Mr. Crawshay, ee•., says :—" For more than fifty years I have myself, with the best professional assistance in the different departments which I could procure, 000 ducted my works at Merthyr Tydvil, and during this period I cannot remember more than • single death at one time from accident there. lam quite appalled at this present awful and calamitous loss of life, and would ere this have been upon the spot ; but, entering, as I shall in • few days, my 75th year, and suffering severely from rheumatism and neuralgia, I do not feel equal to the melan choly task. I have, however, directed my son that nothing be spend for the relief of any poor creatures who may be living and injured, and I tam sure his own feelings will have insured this. 1 am also earnestly desirous that the most searching and public inquiry may be made into the cause of this lamentable accident—that my pita, engine, air-ways, and all connected with the colliery, be subjected to the closest scrutiny of the best professional skill sod knowledge to be procured upon the subject. Every possible oppor toady and facility of inveatigation shall be afforded by my sou ; and I am as anxious as you or the public cos be to kiwi,. whether I am deceived or not in the professional talent which I employ, at greet expense, to conduct, regulate, and carry oa my works of all kinds, underground and above ground, so that every advantage of ventilation and safety may be afforded to ray workmen ; and I shall hope to find, after the closest examination of all the facts of this deplo rable case, that it has arisen from accident, neglect, or em issaries@ of the poor matures themselves, rather than from want of proper means provided for their safety by their employer ; and I am, I think, sanctioned in this expectation by the long-continued freedom from soy very severe acci dent at my works." WEATHER IRT.-(THIS DAY.) SAivasn, mosioAar Itt, • A.X. U. L o 4 • • • • lir GAO b 1 b •▪ • • 121 • I • • I 4r 0. • W • • • • • u • Ir 0.11 . 11 ; 2 4NAT10 1 5._ 11.—Ilevaadie aemeted and nd — aeiti . to IS des. at seas 10 0 *nil ;sok la task at aallaal ttaa, ceadas about onatitindrelta at as look and and P dad. above SI deg., Omaha ale* Itallabmbedthe benne 11.—lapeeed tbermotatter la Oak X.—Yo_ased MU Por evaporation and dew D.—Dtreettoo at abed artia—two paparata We of ta retrat V.—Pores (1 to le—entimated). C.—Cloud ato 9). 1~; : Mae t dea (daamebe th d) tes IND • 1 . =WYsy : Maar (4011) : rata : 161 00. thnodm , rata-talk or .ae ban, ewe Ws report ID inches and (lemmas. 11.—Iloo (1 to Ij. L-•Cato'