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Mr. Matthews amt Nra Ilcriwrt.—And THE I JAEDIBO NCUW6 Miss Shrine, Miss lialisfiistlk and Mra F. Malltiii...—Cosuassesi at 7i. ISHITAWEI A. Tpn ZMIIIM Tux LAST BHILLINO.-BCINVI TN THE IlEct.T. yr Hare. W,mtkrtBl Nuestrimm—And THE KING OF THE CTRE.4.Roby, Loa* Newham. MM. C.Braplisa, Ws. Crsafort—Cosaence I. SION 1 / 1 1:11111 ... f.T [ANDO, 11&10611. Tim iii=isZiZ3iii72l:l77.:ArisTs;..7 aft. Cm. TO4IIIIIIIOII 16. Atisisacs. R aft. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 21 Ir is difficult to imagine how the French Senate, composed as it is, can continue to form • working part of the Constitution of the Empire. The framer of that Constitution has found it necessary to ad vance, and conform his policy more and more to the ideas and requirements of the age. A dynasty cannot be founded otherwise. The EMPEROR'S steps towards liberalism are indeed cautious, dissembled, and prevaricating. Yet, such as they are, they call forth, not only from the orators, but from all the benches, that is, from the large majority of the Senate, a degree of resistance and remonstrance which amounts to frenzy. It was originally thought that the formation of a Senate, composed of such of the notable persona of the country as would take the oath of allegiance to the Empire, was the best way to combine for the support of the throne the calmness of age with the interests of the higher classes and the ex perience of veterans in each prokssion. Instead of offering the dignified spectacle of this union, the French Senate is remarkable only as a museum of embalmed specimens of all the prejudices, ran cour, superstition, and pretension of bygone ages. It is to be doubted if the Assembly of lioblzs, which met at Versailles in 1798, did not form a body more liberal and more enlightened than the Upper Chamber which occupies their place at the Luxembourg in the year 1862. Yet there never was an epoch in which govern ments in general, and especially the Government of France, stood in greater need of enlightened advice and support from those classes which a Senate is generally suppoeid to represent. Owing to the unfortunate circumstances under which liAt‘ol,E4ol4 111. obtained the crown, he was obliged to rest mainly upon the clergy for support. They were allowed, in consequence, to develop their ac+ion and authority immensely. And they are now turning their great power against the throne, the cr.wn, and the dynasty of the EMPERoIt, because he will not re-establish the Pore in the plenitude of dominion and supremacy which his anteceasors enjoyed in the middle ages. There is this difference between the Conserva tives of 1789 and those of 1862, that the former were willing to accept a compromise, while those of 1862 will have none. As for the Cardinals, whether it ho the 31..evers and Goresens in Paris, or Atiroxtul 6i Rome, their exclamations are the same. All or nothing. What they demand for the Papal cause is the hiltless of reaction, or the fulness of ruin. So highly charged with this feeling were the minds of the clerical and re actionary party iu the French Senate, that they did not wait fur the paragraph upon home or foreign policy to be brought forward, but even while domestic policy was the subject disclaimed, rushed at once into the field of controversy. No party in Europe can certainly be more circumspect and moderate than that of the Liberals in France ; yet, because it combats the extravagant pretensions of the ultras to sacrifice Italy to the Pore, the Hot aims% and the House of ACNTRIA, )131. DE SE , 4I. a awl LA Iln nrrA. ql KLEIN denounce the liberal press, and the Government itself, for treating it with leniency. They actually stigma tised Pitem.•S as aPI oLIGNAC, for restraining the license of clerical prints, and not suspending alto gether the liberal journals. In the opinion of M. Da L A 11414-lii.l.ii-oI'ELEtN, it was as great • crime in the OlitOTlODelli nut to have opposed the election of M. HA%n , the editor of the Siick, as it was to recognize the conquerer of the RODIEglla as the King of 31. Pllaltl brought the discussion to more serious points, when, after recapitulating all that the Emeseoft had done for the Church, he de clared that whilst the lower clergy, sprung from the people, cordially shored the popular predilections fur the Enemies, the Prelates had joined the league of the malcontents of all exploded dynasties against NAnitroe. No doubt it was to give voice ai.d presence to this league, that a Council of Prelates had just been summoned at Rome, under the pre text of bunouriug the martyrs of Japan. Fur a definition of Rome, he said, we need go no farther than the words of Father LACORDAIRE, who de clued it to be eminently " a government of the " each,, Mein., without a vestige of civil, political, " or religious liberty." Tsuntslike th...se led M. us LA RO47IIEJAiNUILEIN to expatiate upon his favourite paradox, the supe rior liberalism and enlightenment of the here ditary rule of the Boresiets over that of the Bps at least in its present tenden cies. This in turn provoked Prince NAPOLEON JEROME not to await the opening of the Italian question, but to descend at once into the arena with the Legitimists on the subject of domestic policy. Nothing could be more outspoken, more eloquent than the PRINCE'S address. He began by declaring himself in favour of complete liberty of the press, the Government having no need whatever of the powers which it had retained ; and later be pro nounced what might be considered his political programme. This was—" Glory abroad ; the " reversal of the Treaties of 1815, as far as was "consistent with the interests and the forces of " France ; the support of Italian unity, as the best " ally of France in the future. At home, order, no " doubt, but order based on liberty, and, first of all, " on the liberty of the press ; popular instruction " widely disseminated, not doled out by religious " congregations ; the abolition of administrative " barriers and distinctions ; the welfare of the " manses ; and the getting rid of that bigotry of THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1862. " the middle ages which it was sought to re. in **congenial amusement of baiting an Irish " impose upon the nation." " independent member." It is for the interest of These were bold words, whoever spoke them, the rest of the empire that Ireland, with its and the l'aiNes deserves full credit for the warmth large population and great resources, should and frankness with which they were uttered. He be drawn closer and closer to England. But this went indeed still further at the Gloss of his speech, amalgamation is retarded, if not jeopardised, by when Da hinted in the words of Tama, it appears language which makes the position of a liberal to as, most idly and needlessly, "that if moderate Irish Catholic more difficult, and tends to reduce "counsels should fail, and even immoderate prin- Irish parties to Ultramontanists and Orange Tories. " ciples be acted upon, he should ever be found "of the party of the Revolution." Equally imprudent was his assertion in the middle of his speech, that the first Emperor had been welcomed back from Elba with the cry of " Down with nobles, entigria, and traitors." The greater part of the assembly thought the last word wee pram, which made the chal lenge and the aasertion more outrageous. These imprudences of speech are to be regretted, awaken 'ng as they do old divisions, and exasperating those passions which it was ono of the boasts of Louis NAPOLLON to have silenced. This very imprudence, however, may establish for the PRINCE that popularity which, strange to say, he has not yet attained, or at least must separate the dynasty more and more from those reactionista who would bind it to the retrograde spirit of the last century, in order to renew the ambition and intolerance of Long Qu Avonzr. If it was the intention of the EMPEROR thus to appeal, by one member of his family, to the popular masses and the reminiscences of the revo lution, whilst the governing power itself seeks to reassure the Church, and thus gain the acquiescence of the conservative classes, it was not maladroitly conceived. But if there be advantage, there is also risk in the double game, the success of which depends principally upon the skill with which it is played. THE House of Commons was compelled to diverge from its appointed course last night to take notice of a violation of its privileges. Of those privileges, one of the most important—the exemption of its Members from liability to be called to acoountout of the House for words spoken within its walls—had been violated by THE O'Dowoonue, the Member for the county of Tip perary, in the person of Sir ROBERT Pm. The matter was brought under the notice of the House by Lord PaLusneros, to whose speech we refer those who take pleasure in tracing the progress of a personal dispute through its various stages, free the first consultation of • friend tothe final refusal of satisfaction. Tam O'Dowoortus, feeling aggrieved by some re marks which Sir Roam Pill made in Par liament last Friday, remarks which he believed were deliberately intended to have an offensive personal application to himself, and which, at all events, had the effect of drawing the eyes of the House upon him, took the advice of a friend, Major Germ, member for the city of Limerick. Th• result was that the hon. and gallant member waited upon Sir ROBERT PEEL on Saturday at noon, convinced, as be informed the Rouse, that if he could only talk over the subject with the Right Hon. Baronet the result would be an explanation satisfactory to his friend. Major GAVIN took with him a copy of the words complained of, discussed them with Sir Rouse Pert, and told him that, in his opinion, they WWI such as one gentleman could not bear from another. To he in order we should here .tats that before Major GAVIN arrived at the Irish office, Sir Roer. Pau had received a note from Lord PALMERSTON preparing him for a visit from some friend of Taa O'Dosooses, and instructing the Right Hon. Baronet to refer the applicant to him. Although the prospect of taking the field with a backer dis tinguished by "pluck " even more than by position might fire any man's ambition, we must refer Sir Roeter's conduct to no other motive than • sense of the necessity of maintaining his words for some public end in all their offensiveness of meaning. The consideration that the Palmas was about to inter. pose the shield of privilege for his protec tion would hardly occur to • mind so simple and impulsive. Sir ROBERT told Major Gavin that he adhered to his words in their entirety, and that gentleman then requested him to "name • " friend." On Sunday the Major was informed by the Right Hon. Baronet that in compliance with the request he named Lord PALYzairrois. To the PREMIER accordingly Major GAVIN went the next morning, when he received from his Lordship a full and satisfactory explanation, not of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S words, but of the rules of the House of Commons. The Major at once observed to the noble Lord that if he took up the subject officially there was no use proceed ing further, and there the matter remained until Lord PALMERSTON brought it before Parliament last evening. Once placed under the cognisance of the SPEAKER, the subsequent form and course of the business were clear. Au undoubted breach of privilege had been committed, and it is to the honour of Tug O'Dosounue that the first words which fell from him, when called on by the Spruces, were words of deep regret that be had violated the privileges of the House. The hon. Member explained the course he had fol lowed, maintained that he was bound to seek some explanation at the hands of the right hon. Baronet, and showed that ho had pursued his object in an honourable manner. It is to be re greeted that ho did not confine himself to this brief explanation and apology, but attempted to indulge in criticism of the conduct of his antagonist, for which theoccasion was inappropriate, and in which he could not claim the protection of the rules of the assembly. With the hon. Member's apology, however, the matter properly ended. This incident may remind us how possible it is to be mistaken u to a character which we admire and feel quite sure wo understand. From the day when Sir ROBERT Peet took the Irish Secretary ship, wo had all been fascinated with the good natured gaiety of the man. He was rather bois terous, and • little thoughtless ; but ho meant well. Even his faults became his office, for were they not "so Irish" I The Hibernian' might now see that England too could produce a real Tippe rary boy, and so for the last six months Sir Roarer, with a shillelagh over his shoulder, has been trailing his coat for some one to tread on. It seemed on Saturday as if he were at lad about to be gratified, when Lord PAL mintnox intervened and robbed him of his joy. Although it is doubtful whether anybody will derive much lustre from this affair, it will not have happened in vain if it should lead the heads of the Government to review their recent Irish ad ministration from a point of view higher than that of persons and party. We invite them to consider what is the natural effect of habitual intemperance of language, and the adoption of • partisan style of warfare by the organ of the Irish Government in the House of Cuiumons. That this or that member, hopelessly impracticable, and it may be unpopular, feels him self insulted, is in itself, we allow, a matter too small to engage their attention. Their flatterers may even entertain them with accounts of the pleasure which these attacks give to • powerful and selfish faction in Ireland. But let them remember whose work the Irish Secretary is doing when he indulges LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ITALY. The Movintento of Genoa says : " The Deputies, Mordini, Crispi, and Miceli, have returned from Caprera. They are the bearers of a letter from General Garibaldi to the Italian liberal associations, which are to be repre sented at the general assembly on the 9th March." The following is the letter in question, addressed " to the Committees of Provvidemeuto and to all the Italian patriotic associations," as published by the Dirittu : Caprera, Feb. 17.. . . The meeting of the 9th March next may produce the best result., if all the Italian liberal associations are there represented. I therefore think it necessary that they should all send delegates to it. Convinced as lam that all the acts of assembly will be worthy of the practical good sense which distinguishes the Italians, and that the conclusions it may come to will respond to the legitimate expectation of the serious (deeds of liberty and to the wants of the country, I abstain from any recommendations. With the programme which led us to Palermo and to Naples, and with the great primnples of the Plebiscite of the 21st of October, 1860, the Italian revolution may be gloriously aocompliehed. If particular circumstances do not prevent me, I shall visit Genes on the 9th March, sad if I cannot, I shall here await the news of a result on which I may congratulate myself as an Italian. Salutation end fra ternity. J. GAILBALDL A Naples letter of the 19th says : The direction of the ecclesiastical treasury of Naples having given instructions for taking possession of the con vents which have been abolished, the inventories of their property have been proceeded with during the last few days by delegates named ad hoc, in the presence of municipal assessors and magistrates. Fourteen religious com munities of the city of Naples did not oppose the taking of the inventory; one alone, the Con vent of Donna Reline, resisted. When, after the preliminary intimations, the commission of the Frahm quarter presented itself, the door of the Donna Moline ersa found closed, and was obliged to be broken open. The ab bess, in opposing the entry, said that she was only acting In conformity with the prescriptions of Mgr. Lipeldi, Vicar of the Cardinal of Naples, and she made pro Awned her pro- test. It is well to mention that in this circumstance the . . . . . . . employment of foils rained scruples in the minds of some of the municipal authorities, but the people were not in any way moved. However, the Abbess of Donna Rejina, after this first act of resistance, lent herself with a good peas to all the formalities required by the law, preesating ' the registers of the community, and giving all the informa tion demanded, so that the inventory was completed yesterday without any [rob incident. Everywhere else the operation proceeded without obstacle. According to approximative estimates the value of the lands belonging to the Neapolitan convents amounts to 255 millions of francs, which, when private property, will become of three times that value. It is hoped that the sale will take plans as soca as parliament shall have divided the whole into moderate lots. FRANCE. The Indipandance Beige observes : The letter of General de Montauban to the Emperor. his Majesty's reply, and the insertion of both documents in the Moniker, form the chief topic of conversation ►t Paris. The imperial letter has placed the Legislative Body in the most painful and delicate position. It has been placed in the alternative of ceding, by making devo- tion take precedence of independence at the bidding el the head of the state, or of persisting in its opposition and upholding the dignity of the Assembly at the risk of exciting ► discontent not willingly met on the benches of the Chamber. The Paris journals are just as much embarrassed as the deputies will be, and most of them restrict them solves to reproducing the two letters without a line of coal meat, which is the more strange, as the publication of those documents has caused the most profound sensation in every circle at Paris. (MUTTS% 'r►LRCLM.) PARA Pm 25. The Moniteur of to-day announces that up to yesterday the amount of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Routes presented for conversion was 50,5013,000 fr. the property of 90,399 holders. The total number of obligations trentennaires pre sented for conversion was 273,779. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nos on ows PARIS, MONDAY MVIDaNG. There can, I think, be no doubt that the ten dency of the debates in the Senate, as far as they have gone, is to consolidate the alliance between the government and the liberal or old repub lican party. The Emperor must see more clearly every day what is already plain to such counsellors as M. Pietri, that it is only by conciliating this party that he can render his dynasty really popular. It is not enough to be master of the ballot-box by virtue of police organisation. The government feels the want of independent supporters among the intelligent classes, prepared to do battle for it as the representative of their own opinions, and able to give a reason for the faith that is in them. In all probability, one of the Emperor's motives for abolishing that article of his constitution which made the debates in the Senate secret was to appeal to the public against the hostility of his own creatures. Ten years is too long a period for a courtier's gratitude to last when he has no more favours to expect. It is now manifest that a very large proportion of the Orleanists and legitimists who were made senators in 1852 simply as a reward for their agility in rallying to the coup d'ilat are bigoted opponents of civil and religions liberty, and partisans of the reactionary maw throughout Europe. Such of them particularly as have strong ultramontane feelings are boiling over with rage at the thought that the Emperor, of whom they hoped to make a tool, now shows himself intractable, and is inclined to shake off their yoke altogether. The violent way in which a pack of these men baited the Emperor's cousin for an hour together, on account of his liberal opinions, makes it the easiest thing iu the world for the imperial government to hold them up to popular odium, and in spite of the official modera tion of the measured phrases of MM. Baroche and Billault, I have no doubt that this will be effectually done through the liberal press, which those rauk apos tates Laroebejaqueliu and Segur d'Aguesseau would put down. M. Pietri's speech was truly remarkable.l This old imperial prefect of police, who from his official experience must know more than most men what is the practical working of the constitution of 1852, recommends unconditionally the abolition of warnings, the entire freedom of the press, the re pal of all those exceptional acts called laws of " public safety," and, above all, freedom of elec tion. He does not object to the government desig nating its candidates, but is for sweeping away that vast and curiously organised system of pressure which makes universal suffrage a mockery, and only serves in his opihiou to "separate the Emperor from France." Such opinions from such a man are pregnant signs of the times. M. Pietri is a pare Buonapartist, a man like the Emperor himself, of Corsican blood ; he is an old and tried servant of Napoleon HI., and since he left office has been frequently employed by him on confidential missions of a highly respon sible character. It was M. Pietri who managed the practical details of the annexation of Savoy and Nioe ; and he has frequently taken soundings for government information in various parts of Italy. It is not too much, therefore, to suppose, when we see him come forward under present circumstances, with a written speech, advocating radical reforms, that he must be a precursor of important practical measures. You will observe, by the way, that the rumour of an amendment to the address being to be made by M. Pietri, and seconded by Prince Napoleon, was in effect correct, though not literally so. They have proposed no amendment, but they lead an opposition. ' Cardinal Mathieu flattered himself that the prince would not speak at all, but his wish was father to the thought. The prince's great speech is to come. That of Saturday, which provoked I such a tremendous row, was only a hors d'oeuvre. He gave notice that on the discussion of the para graph relative to Rome he will very plainly tell the clergy what he thinks of them. By the way, it is an historical fact recorded in M. Thiers' great work that the cry, "A bag les pretres !" was really uttered by the people during the triumphant march of Napoleon 1. from Gre noble to Lyons on his return from Elba. But then, as the Siiele justly observes, the people did not mean, as is insinuated by the devotees of order, to call for the blood of the priests, but merely to say—no more tithes, no more mortmain property, no more state religion. Although Prince Napoleon ultimately said that he had not been correctly heard, and that he had quoted the expression, "A has les traitres !" there is no doubt that he would join in the cry of "A bail les priltres!" at the present day as applicable to that priestly government which is the beau ideal of the senators who hooted him. At the opening of the Senate this afternoon, K President Troplong, who, like a worthy peda gogue, always does his best to make the senators good boys, read them the following lecture, which it is to be hoped they will profit by more than they did by the one pronounced on Saturday : At the last sitting, I addressed a few words to the Senate which, notwithstanding the iscidenta of the day before yesterday-end perhaps all the more on account of those incidenta—are, I bops, yet present in your recollections. What is the principal cane of those regrettable ebullitions? It is the interruptions which irritate monikers, throw them off their line of argument, and oust the object of discus sion into the shade. Now, interruptions are expressly pro- hibited by the standing orders, which say that no senator is to speak until he has obtained permission from the pre sident. To interrupt is to break the rules and to trouble order ; the Senate, therefore, will approve my conduct when I declare that whoever presumes to interrupt will be liable to the utmost severity of those rules which the president has the power to enforce. We live under a rigime which requires order as well as liberty, and it is inconceivable that when the motto of the empire is conciliation, pacification, and the organisation of the revolution, an assembly such as ours should not refrain from excesses calculated to revive the memory of anarchical times, equally detested by us aIL (Applause.) The Marquis de Larochejaquelin then rose, and, promising to be very moderate, proceeded to reply to some observations of K Baroche and Prince Napoleon, but said nothing remarkable down to the moment at which the report before me closes. The Bourse has been weak. The excitement on political subjects in the Senate occasions some un easiness, and diverts attention from the conversion. The Rents, after being as low as 69fr. 75c. and 69fr. 90c., closed at about the average prices of the I day, 70fr. sc. for cash, and 701 r. 15c. for account, being a fall of 10c. and 20c. Mobilier fell 6fr., and the Italian Loan 40c. The Orleans Railway fell Mr. and Northern 3fr. 76c. There was little change in the other lines. WEATHER B TWA (PORT.-(TBD3 DAY.) naIIIART ss, ft &al. 16. _2. ......36.10. _19...... O. _L 2. _B. 315111... 30.34 17 35 2. 3. Z. b - 2 assaran 30.45 40 119 A 0 - 4 law 19.35 41 39 S. r - 3 iamb= 30.18 43 40 1. 45 0.1 8 itaindsB9 30.31 41 49 IA • - 4 704!9068 30.19 40 19 5.1. o - 6 G•our 30.03 41 40 2. • - 1 88111.10. 30.13 41 14 LILL r - 6 691A09060001 30.80 40 U 28.19 4r 0.10 0 liuroowm 30.19 It - 1.8.1. o - 4 LIVERPOOL WU 60 18 I. es - 2 I 90160e10w4 24.44 49 43 2.8.2. 0 - 3 Vuaatia 90.98 45 46 1.8.2. 0 - 4 YA9IOUTE 10.25 49 38 2.8.1. r - 7 101110011 110.13 43 40 2.8.2.. UOTII - 6 POSTEMOUTII Pornam 30.06 41 80 2. 0 - I PI2IIOVIII - 5 lUnc•••• .. MU 46 44 IL 0 - 4 WIDIZIDAY. -- 11117221 PAY. N. Ittitain.-1. to N., fresh to Lto N. and N.W., moderato. moderate. some snow nr rain. Ireland.—Lß.K. to Nit. and As next &Wyo. N.N.W.,_tresh to moderate. CentralL7E. to N. alid N.W., ZILE. to N., moderate. fru to moderate, One. L Coml.—N. to N., troth, gams N.L. to 8.K., fresh. rain or snow. 8. Eeatimd.—E,S.E. to N.E. to 8.Z., fresh to moderato, truth, tine. Bne. SUMMATION. 9.—Bsrenesear corroded mall eedemed to IA deg. at mean Ni level :each 10 PA d Awelsel stn. (musing about one-hundredth of an Inch Siten • sal 'sale deg., above Sf deg., fanning nearly threednindreduse isseesse. I.—Ssposed thermometer in shade. N. —Noistemel Ingb (for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction d wind (Ins—two points WI of mar antic). 7.—lforo• (1 to 19--estlinated). C.—Cloud (1 to 9). I.— b, blue sky : e. clouds (detached) • f, fog ; 4 hail ; 1. lightning; m, misty (hat,); o. overcast (dull) : r, rain ; I. thunder. 8., ram-fall, or snow, or hall, since last report, lu Inches and decimals. it.-Beit.listurlouce it to 9). L—Calm. The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Moister of State and 3L. de Nieuwerksrqns, last week visited the palace of St. Germain en Laye, to decide on the system to be adopted for the complete restoration of that edifice. Workmen are already engaged in preparing a part of the palace for the reception of the Uallo•Roman Mu seum, sod a number of 0109411C3 and other antiquities have already arrived. The Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha on his African loamy is accompanied by the duchess antlby Prince Edward of Leiniugen and Prince Hermann of Hobanlobe. The suite consists of an side-de camp, Major von Reuter, sod his wife, of the duke's physician, Dr. Hassenstein, Kretechmann the painter, Gerstacker the traveller, an interpreter, and some 20 Chasseurs and attendants. At Suez the duke is to find an English vessel of war which has been placed at his dis posal The duchess will await his return from the interior at Mamma on the Red Sea. The applications to airtoinpany him on this journey have been extremely numerous, and several have been from persons desirous to attend him in the capacity of beaters at the lion and elephant hunting parties ! The Duchess of Parma arrived three days back at Munich, where she intends to remain for a few days. The Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany has also arrived in the Bavarian capital, and taken up his residence at the palace of Prince Luitpold. M. Ernest Reuau commenced his lectures on the Hebrew language and literature on Saturday at the College de France, Paris. A considerable crowd was present, and his words were at first drowned by cries of a hostile cha ncier ; but silence was soon restored, and the lecturer was . . listened to with great interest, and towards the end was frequently applauded. A number of students Afterwards proceeded to M. Reiniu's residence, with the intention of giving him an ovation, but he had not then returned. A considerable emotion has been just caused at Lyons by what is supposed to be an act of Vandalism, committed in the Park of the Tate d'Or, the keepers of 1 1 which, on Sunday morning, found no less than 150 of the gee birds—swans, foreign ducks, and other curious species —writhing on the ground in the agonies of death, appa rently from the effects of poison. and 130 of them have since died. Chemists hove been appointed to 011116116) the bodies to endeavour to ascertain the cause of this catas trophe, which entails a serious loss on the establishment. The Journal de Roubaix draws a melancholy Or tare of the position of the operatives in that town. It says that there is no business doing, the few buyen who visit the town aerie' prices which the manufacturers cannot accept. The manufacturers, expecting an improvement, had op to the present time retained in their service a great number of operatives, whom they are now forced to dis charge, no amelior►tion of the crisis having taken place. A letter from Tourooing says that there is no improvement la the <rade of that town. The wages of the writes Lye again been reduced. The demand for woollen rap, par ticularly carpets, is diminishing every day. MUSIC. ARMY ISTIYATES. This morning the Army Estimates for 1862-3 were issued. With to the numbers of the land forces there is a decrease of 1,194, and an in crease of 600 in the staff. The total numbers for the coming year are 145,450, against 146,044 in the financial year jut cloning. The sum required for the effective services is 13,172,012/.; for the non-effective services, 2,130,858/. ; making a total of 15,302,8701. The sum voted for 1861-2 was 15,246,1601. Therelia, therefore, an increase in the present estimates of 56,7101. The main item of increase is that of pay and allowances, in which there is an addition of 575,5961. Vbe Coun. OSBORNE, Fla 24. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by Lientenant-C'elonel the Hon. Dudley de Res, drove oat as Saturday afternoon. The Duke of Argyll returned to London to-day. Mr. M. B. Sampson, Coastal of the Argentioe Republic, trammed business yesterday at the Foreign-aurae. The Judicial Otaimittes d the Privy Council at yester day. As appeal from New South Weiss, " Lang r. Purees and others," part board, was resumed. The lords promo, were Lord Kimpelown, the Muter of the Rolls, sod Sir J. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Canada. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and to . . the Governors of the Settlements on the West Comet of Atria& The Triode Gazette of the 18th says :—" The Prince of Wales, who has been at Venice since yesterday, wee immediately after his arrival visited on board his vessel by the Archdakce Regular and Joseph, and shortly after the Prince went to the palace to pay his respects to the Empress, and remained with her for an hour. The Prince profits by the opportunity to see all the curiosities of the city. He sleeps on board." The Marquis of Sligo haa arrived at Howchin'a Hotel. The Earl and Countess of Beseborough have arrived in town from their seat in Ireland for the seseon. The Karl and Countess of Cork have returned to Graftoo4treot from Manton Howe, Somenatahira. The Earl and Countess of Home are expected at their residence im Groevenor-square in a few days from the Hirai, Coldstream, Berwick. Lord and Lady Colchester entertained at dinner but evening, at their residence in Berkeley-square, Viscount Mahon. lady Egerton of Tattoo and the Hon. Miss Eger ton. Mr. and Lady Elisabeth Russell, Sir Oenrge and lady Abercresaby, Sir Robert and Lady Dalian and Mims Dallas, Colonel and Mot Adair, Mr. Milbank% Mrs. Ford% Mr. Arnold Cori% Mr. Peel. &a. Lord Adoiphns Vane Tempest has taken a resi der's is Chester:sqoare for a term d years. Mr. Henry Tolin Lincoln le about to deliver at lb. Marylebone Institution two lecture. on the " Operatic Overture," from its origin to the present time. The lectures will be illustrated by a selection of overtures in chronolo gies' ceder, performed as duets on two pianos, showing the program and development of the Operatic Overture from Lilly to Neyerbeer. . . —. . E'row CoLcsor.—At a meeting of the Fellows of Etoa College, held yesterlay, 1)r. Goodford was formally installed u the new provost. At the same time the Rev. Edward Balaton, Fellow of Etoo, and formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and one of the assistant masters of Blom was elected to the vacant head mastership. THE BY-QUEEN OP NAPLES AND THE IiNGLISII ARISTOCRACY. In the course of last autumn a turret-shaped diadem. emblematical of Gaeta, was presented to the ox. Queen of Naples by a number of English ladies. The fol lowing is a copy of the adclwees and reply : "To SLR MAJZITT Maas Sonsot Amin, WHEN or THE Two Simms. " The undersigned English ladies, desirous of testifyieg their admiration d the heroic virtues displayed by her Majesty the QUAlle of Naples during the siege of Gaeta, venture to solicit her Majesty's acorptance of the accom panying offer. " Loodon, July, 1861." Caroline, Duchess of Richmond ; Louisa, Duchess of Leeds ; Charlotte, Duchess of Buccieuch ; Cecilia, Duchess of Inverness ; Cecil, Marchioness of Lothian ; Harriet, Megabit:man of Bath ; Frances Anne, Marchioness of b l d ; Maria, Marchioness of Normanby ; Lady Geireg a So m 7 r jodrington : lady Adelioa Norman ; Lady Eliza beth Drummond ; Sarah, Countess of Shrewsbury and Talbot; Priscilla, Dowager Counter of Westmoreland; Aim, Coyotes@ of Chesterfield ; Frederica, Countess of Scarborough ; Charlotte, Countess Poulin; Louisa, Countess of Kinconll ; liwisands, Dowager Countess Taiikerville • Saab, Dowager Countess of Jamey ; Anne, Countess of Warwick ; Mexandrina, Countess of Portarlington ; Diana, Countess Clara; Augusta, Constar of Kearns:* ; lad Louisa Thygoe ; Lady All.. Peel ; Mary, lady Frederick I Berrtiock ; Mary, Vieriountess Feilding ; Gertrude, Vis countess Calaboose • , Ida, Viscountess Catania' ; lady Caroline Towoeley ; Lady Harriet Potisouby ; Lady Caths ;as Wheble ; Lady Louisa For`ascue ; lady Louisa Stuart ; Lady Mary Craven ; Lady Anne Beckett; Lady Emma Aoder tan; Lady Herrietil l, Clair; Lady Claude Hamilton ; Mary, the Lady Gray of Gray; Lucy, the Lady Moister) ; Terns, the Lady Arundel of Wankel'. ; CeciL the Lady Colville ; Jane. the Lady Milford ; Emma, Lady Stafford ; Eliza beth, Dowager Lady Stafford ; Charlotte, lady Lovat ; Blanche, Lady Nsas ; Adine, Lady Forester; Louisa, Serpens de Cetto ; Hon. Arabella Heneage ; Hos. Cathe rine Stourton ; Hun. Frances Lady Marlyn ; Hoc. Augusta Bellew ; lion. Constance Vannes, ; Hoe. Lucy Carrington Smythe ; Hon. Amelia Scott Mummy; Hon. Emily Herd ing. ; Peelle*, Lady Beaumont ; Manche, Lady Dalton Fitzgerald ; Marianne, Lady Clifford Coustable ; Monica, Lady Gerard ; Harriet, Gerard ; Coratesmi de s. Torre Dias Vicomte' 'A lta ; Hon. Mrs. Roan; Hon. Mrs. Curt ; Mrs. Howard of Corby ; Mrs. Weld of Lalworth ; Mrs. Washington Hibbert ; Mn. Haillie Cochrane ; Mrs. Monteith of °imbibe ; Mrs. &rope of Dishy ; Mrs. John Towneley ; Mrs. Lisle Phillips; Mrs. Falser Driuninocal ; Mrs. Bodeobarn, of It otherwise ; Mrs. De la Darn Bodenham ; Mrs. Lawrie; Mrs. Uzielli ; Mm. Bklewell ; Miss Anon Talbot; and Miss Sloane Manley. Tat Qoamen REPLY. "Noble Ladies,—lt could not be otherwise than grateful and very agreeable to me—the precious gift which you have bees pleased to offer to me, the thoughtful delicacy that suggested the design of it, soil the flattering address which accompanied it. and in which I observe many of the best mom a of the noble aristocracy of England soil of that generou, Ireloal ; both types and 'samples of loyalty and of constant dm/otitis to the august sovereign who so glori ously awlqs their destinies. "In not seperatiog from my beloved husband, who so bravely contended for the holiest rights of his people end of thrones—in choosing to share with him, even to the end, the privations and perils of • long siege—in dedi cating myself to the best of my ability to alleviate the aid. fenngs and the pangs of so many gallant men who fell victim. to their duty, their unfaltering fidelity, the love of their King, and the independence of their native country, in a war the most unjust, I did nothing but fulfil ti's sacred duty of a Christian, a wife, and a Queen. Happy that I am if, in so acting, I have been able to deserve the regard of minds so noble, and of hearts so generous as yours. " Constrained now to live far from my adopted country and from a soil to which so many dear affeetioes bind me, and which 1 so much love; wounded to my very heart through the fratricidal and ruthless war, which spreads desolation and terror over the most beautiful r%ion of Italy, it is some comfort to me at least that even in that favoured England, where so many calumnies have been spread, so to deprive a just but unhappy cause of the potent support of public opinion and of au enlightened government, there are not wanting noble hearts that were moved by an unmerited misfortune " That thought will tell you better than I could express how sincerely grateful I am, and how very dear to me has been this spontaneous testimony of affection and of gym. pathy among the many others with which it was sought to honour in me a royal calamity borne with resignation, and not without courage. "Receive, then, my thanks, nue and all, whose names shall ever remain engraved on my heart, and believe in Um sentiments of my entire affection. "MARIA. " Bone, Sept. 21, 1861." MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. The concert of last night was rich in attraction, and would have been richer still but for the absence of Mr. Sims Reeves, who was prevented by indisposition from singing. His place, however, was ably supplied by Mr. Wilbye Cooper. M. Vieuxtemps, whose superb quitrtet playing has conduced so much to the excellence of these moor* made his last appearance this season. He played, along with Messrs. Riea, Webb, and Matti, fdandelssobn's Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, and Beethoven's Quartet in A major, No. sof Op. 18 ; each of them a masterpiece of its author. Meedelssohn's quartet is one of the works of his boyhood, having been composed before he had reached the age of fourteen. It is a prodigy of early genius; for originality of thought, graceful melody, skill in counter point, and masterly construction, it is worthy of comparison with the finest works of its class. Beethoven's Quartet in A is an especial favourite among amateurs ; and deservedly, for it is as remarkable for clearness and simplicity of style as for the exquisite beauties which abound in every move. event. The execution of both these pieces may be characterised as perfect. Miss Arabella Goddard played Woelfi's famous sonata, entitled by its author the Ne Plus Ultra. Woefi was a great master, who lived at a period when the school of the pianoforte was corrupted by a host of inferior composers, who perverted the public taste by an inundation of pieces written for display, and full of bravura passages and unmeaning difficulties. Woeld endeavoured in vain to oppose the tide of frivolity, till at length he was induced to swim with the stream, finding himself unable to strive against it. This, at least, is the theory of the able writer who enriches with his historical and critical remarks the books of these concerts. " Woelfit ways this writer, "in vain opposing the strong tide of popular caprice, at last hit upon an expedient which, he thought, might somehow mend the matter, and help to bring about a better state of things. Inwardly conscious that he could write display-pieces with • great deal more facility than any of the pretenders who were feat destroying the taste for pure and healthy music, and perform them with an equal superiority, he resolved to give the fashionable world a test of his ability. Hie fame was European, and he enjoyed the moat distinguished position as • teacher. Thus his influence was considerable, and he had only to feign ad. herence to the present style to swamp all his competitors. The Ne Plus Ultra was the fruit of his new r esolve." However this may be, it is at all events certain that Woolf! produced • work which surpassed in difficulty and outshone in brilliancy the utmost efforts of his fashionable rivals, nd which at the same time abounded in the real beauties of a legitimate work of act. The Ne Plea Ultra is worthy to be preserved among the works of the greatest masters of the pianoforte. Nothing can be more charming than the manner in which Arabella Goddard plays it. Under her fingers its difficulties vanish, and passages of the most dazzling brilliancy, executed with out the slightest appearance of effort, become quite simple, clear, and flowing. It was evident, from the manner in which every movement was received by the audience, that its beauties were fully felt and appreciated. Equally delightful, but in another way, was Mozart's Sonata in D, for the piano and violin, played by Miss Goddard end Vieuxtemps. This is one of the pieces for these two instruments which it is believed that Mozart composed for the famous female violinist Madame Strinadieschi, who was a great favourite of the Austrian public. It is in the composer's happiest vein—delightfully written for both in struments, and full of fancy, grace, and melody. Our two accomplished performers play with it (as well as played it) most deliciously. As we hare said, Mr. Sims Reeves's place in the programme was filled by Mr. Wilbye Cooper, who sang Mozart's beautiful air through Mr. Oxenford'e elegant words, ` The very angels weep, dear," and Beethoveu's " Ade aide," in which he had the advantage of Miss Goddent's exquisite accompaniment. The other vocalist was Miss Clari Fraser, who sang Mendelssohn's "Cradle Song," and the fine old English song, "The Oak and the Ash, and the bonny Ivy Tree," with much simplicity, sweetness, and feeling. It is scarcely necessary to add that the ball was crowded. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. ANDREW REED. (THIS DAY.) We regret to hoar of the death, this morning, at his residence, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, of the well. known philanthropic dissenting divine, the Rev. Dr, Andrew Reed. The deceased minister had obtained wide and honourable fame by his indefatigable efforts in the COMM of Christian charity. Many of the noblest philanthropic institutions in the country owe their origin to him. Among these we may enumerate the London Orphan Asylum, Clapton ; the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wan stead ; the Asylum for Father's= Children, near Croydon ; the Asylum for Idiots, at Reigate ; the Royal Hospital for Incurables ; and the Eastern Counties Asylum for Idiot' at Colchester. It was not his time, talents, and energies merely that he devoted to the cause of charity but also much of his private means. In 1811; the deceased published a work entitled "No Fiction, eighteen editions of which have been published. He was subsequently deputed by the Congregational Union of England and Wales to visit America, and to report on the state of religion and education there, and the nar rative of this visit he published in two volumes octavo. From 1811 to 1861 Dr. Reed was the minister first at the New•road Meeting and then at Wickliffe Chapel. Owing to infirmities consequent upon advanced years, and especially to a severe fall on the morning of the last Sunday of 1880, while going to his carriage, Dr. Reed, in October last, resigned his charge, having attained his jubilee. He was born Nov. 27, 1787, and was therefore in his 75th year. In the House of Lords on Thursday the Bishop of Oxford will present petitions against the Revised Cods o f Education, and call the attention of the house to the proposed alterations therein. There seems no probability of a lack of "pri vate business" in parliament this session. At the end of last week above 270 private bills had been already brought into one or other house. The railwsy bills propose the con struction of no leas than 1,800 miles of now line in the United Kingdom-1,497 in England. Lord Elcho has given notice that he shall call attention in the House of Commons to the present and uture provision for the exhibition of the national collection of pictures, and to the position of the Royal Academy is relation to the Bne arts and the National Gallery. On Thursday the Solicitor• General, in committee of the whole house, will move for leave to bring in a hill to amend the law relating to copyright in works of fine art. _ . .. - Mr. Ayrton purposes to ask the Vice-President of the Education Committee of the Privy Council on Thurs day " whether it is the intention of the government to ac quiesce in Mr. Walpole's motion for the house to resolve itself into a committee of the whole house to consider the best mode of distributing the parliamentary greets for edit cation, now administered by the Privy Council ; and, if so, to ask Mr. Walpole whether be will immediately lay on the table of the house the resolutions which he intends to move in committee." _ _ . On Thursday Mr. Wyld inteud.i to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if any communication has been made to the government of the United States upon the withdrawal of the American squadron from the coat of Africa ; if any attempt has been made by the British government to induce the President of the United States to prevent the use of the United States flag by foreign slavers on the WeatCrnst of Africa; and if any request had been made to the Presi dent of the United States to permit the British ships of war engaged in the suppression of the slave trade to ascer tain (during the absence of the United States squadron) the nationality of ships which may hoist the flag of the United States. Lord R. Cecil intends on Friday to ask the ViCO- Preeident of the Council whether orders were not issued, shortly after the promulgation of the revised code, that the portion of it which concerned the conditions under which pupil teachers were to be engaged should be acted upon forthwith, without waitiug for the 'sanction of parliament, and whether forms of examination, giving notice to that effect, were not printed. _ . Mr. Bonomi hike been appointed curator of the Beam Museum. The death occurred, on the 14th inst., at Wink field, Berks, of Mrs. Father Strike, who had reached the advanced age of 103 years. She possessed all her faculties to the last. She leaves three eons, aged respectively 79, 77, and 75 years, twenty-four grandchildren, fifty-one peat grandchildren, and two great peat grandchildren. The Official Gazette of Turin cleeLsres itself autho. rimed to state that there is not the slightest foundation in the story of an attempt on the life of the Marquis de Lava• lette, the French ambassador at Rome.