The Express. — London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

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Willie and Miss Constance Aylmer. —.And PERFECTION. Maass M. Oliver and Murray. BRITA NW I A. Tan Evrnoto, CAST OY THE MERCY OF THE WORLD. Mn.s S. Lane.—Singing byllessra Randall, Plumpton, and NW Coveney. —Mr. C. Burton and Mdlin C. Ntephan.—And LA BLANCREUSR. Misses lara St. Caw and M. Lacey. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BR! DOR. Tate DAY Morning, lb. 30en.....Afternoon. 10. bOnt. To4IIOUOIII-.4l4talni, to. 10a..... Afternoon. 2b. 30m, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. WHEN the old King of PHUSSIA heard of the fall and expulsion of CHARLES X. by the French, he said, " I would not have given them a consti " tution ; but if I had given one, I would have " observed it." It had been well for the present KIN.. if he had understood as well as his father did the radical incompatibility of the constitutional system with personal government. FREDERICK WILLIAM 111. knew that a King must either be above the law or under the law. For himself he preferred to retain all the prerogatives he had inherited from his ancestors, and steadfastly refused to grant a constitution. His son, the present KING, on assuming royal power found a different state of things established, and voluntarily and often declared his determination to abide faith fully by the constitution which his brother, FRE DERICK \Yuman IV., had proclaimed. His present conduct, as shown by the reports which are daily transmitted from Berlin, make it almost a duty of charity to suppose that his intelligence is below the average of his subjects, and that he did not know the meaning of his promises. He tells the fanatical admirers of the old absolute system who come forward to address him at this juncture, that he never thought the crisis would become so serious ; that he had placed his firm hope in the confidence of his people ; that he has been disap pointed ; but that it is his invincible determination to preserve unimpaired the rights of the Crown transmitted to him by his ancestors. The only objection to this language is, that it is that of the old arbitrary monarchy. The seriousness of the crisis arises from the attempt of the KING to re concile obsolete pretensions with the new system. In his eyes the foundation of the Govern ment is still the sovereignty of the Kmo ; his family origin is his sole title to reign, and he is responsible only to GOD and his conscience. There have been ages when a government of this character might be useful, just, and even popular : but they are over. There is no reason what ever, beyond the incredible folly of the KING, why the transition which has been made in every other European country should not have been effected in Prussia with the greatest ease and safety. The Parliament has produced no SIEYEB, no MIRABEAU : it was ready to grant all that a constitutional ruler could ask. But when the KING, taking a great national interest into his own hands, requires that the people shall " have " confidence in him," he quite misunderstands the first principles of representative government. A constitutional KING who, protected by the re sponsibility of his Ministers, cau do no wrong, takes his advisers from the parliamentary majority. When his Ministers are defeated he sends for the leaders of the successful opposition, and frankly places himself in their hands. For the KING to ask for confidence, is for him to assume again the heavy responsibility which attends the exercise of power, and of which the constitution should re lieve him. The old absolutist ideas come out in strong relief in the KING'S address to the deputation from Naugard. He complains that he has been inter fered with and embarrassed in the reform of the army, " a task which wholly belongs to him." He says that he began it with a view to the prosperity and protection of the country. But even the country is not to be preserved and protected like an estate. The KING cannot have a greater interest in Prussia than the people have. If there is any subject on which the opinion of the country ought to be consulted more than any other, it is this one of national self defence. Some Englishwriters, inclined on the whole to approve of the stand which the Chamber of De puties has made in 3efence of the Constitution, are expressing a fear that the deputies have made a mistake in selecting the war estimates as the ground of their opposition. We are unable to perceive this. We see no reason to doubt that the Chamber would have been ready to co-operate with the Ministers for the necessary reforms in the army as soon as ever they showed signs of a willingness to accept ita aid. But under WlLLisar I. the administration of the army is a department reserved by the KING for himself to the exclusion of the Parliament, just as foreign affairs were re served by his brother. The KING'S deprecatory references to a popular army which would be " the support of the Parliament," show what are the fancies which have taken possession of his mind. The same dominating prepossession reveals itself in his allusion to taxation. After admitting that he bad called on the nation for sacrifices for the pur pose of canying out his schemes, he says " But " where the demands seemed too heavy, I was " ready to lighten them. I consented to forego the " proposed additions to taxes. But was I thanked " for that ? No ; I was not thanked : this caused "me much pain." The notion which underlies this odd complaint is that he has given up some thing for which he has got no suitable return. What has he given up 1 Money No ; for he is not a contributory. Power No ; for the Cham ber is the legal taxing power. It cannot even be THE EXPRESS; THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1862. said the KING has given his esummt that tjes Chamber shall abstain from voting the addi tional taxes, for his consent is in nowise requisite. If the Chamber declines, then there is an end of the matter, and the Ministers must seek some other way of attaining their ends. There is reason to believe that the KING has gained much instruction within these last few weeks, and sees more clearly than he did the un pleasant relation in which he stands to the people ; his own words prove this. But there is too little reason to believe that he is prepared to profit by his better knowledge. To the Breslau deputation, which he received on the 13th, he said that he comprehended all the gravity of the situation, and that it convinced him that " the " constitution was imperfect." It was not, how ever, practicable to supply its defects by comple mentary laws; "therefore it was the duty of the " KING to intervene in virtue of the right which " GOD had given him, and do that which was the " beat for the country; and that was the course he " should take." The imperfection of the consti tution consiats in this, that it does not enable the KING to surround himself with the moral support of a parliament, and figure among the liberal Sovereigns of Europe, retaining all the time the personal power of a FREDERICK 11. This is an imperfection which will not soon be removed. MX Court. BRUSSELS, Ocr. 21. The Queen, and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended Divine Service at Laeken on Sunday morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold were likewise present. Her Majesty was attended by lady Churchill and Lady Augusta Bruce. The Service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Drury. BRUSSELS, OCT. 22. The Queen remains at Lacken, waiting for a change in the weather to embark for England. A storm of unusual severity still prevails. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador is ex pected at Chalfant House to-day from Brighton. The Countess of Ellesmere arrived at Bridge water House yesterday from Worley Hall, Manchester. Her ladyship will leave town in a few days for Harwood, Surrey. Lord Henry and Lady Enrico. Thynne have left Maiden Bradley for Worthing. The Hon. Lady Airey and family have arrived in Groevenor-plaoe from the Continent. Her ladyship will leave town in a few days to pass the winter at Brighton. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AT WREXHAM. ViRMLHAY, WEDNESDAY Evamso. To-day has been made a holiday here in conse quence of the visit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone and most of their family. The occasion of the visit was the cutting the first sod of the Wrexham, Mold, and Counah's Quay Railway, a ceremony which Mrs. Gladstone had gratified the promoters of the undertaking by promising to perform. The line, which will open up a very rich and hitherto almost unde veloped district, touching upon the River Dee at Connah's Quay, will be twelve miles in length, and its construction, including stations and other appurtenances, has been let to Messrs. Sevin and Ward, contractors, for the sum of 150,0001. It is expected to be completed for opening within two years. The tradesmen of Wrexham closed their shops at about 11 o'clock in the morning. A public proces sion formed in the Beast Market, and headed by the militia baud, with a troop of the Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry acting as a guard of honor to the carriage containing Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, and Mr. John Dickenson, mayor of Wrex ham, marched to the site of the ceremony, passing under several triumphal arches erected across the roadway. The line will ran into the Wrexham station, but the point of junction with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway will be about half a mile nearer Chester, and in a piece of ground adjoining the line called the Gravel Holdfield. The ceremony of cutting the tint sod was performed in the presence of about 2,000 spectators, comprising many in finential ladies and gentlemen from the neighbourhood. Amongst those on the platform, besides Mr. and Mrs. Glad , stone and family and the mayor and corporation of Wrex ham, were:—Sir John Harmer, M.P. for the, Flintshire boroughs, Mr. T. Mainwaring, Mr. Whalley, M.P., Miss Burdett Coutts, he. The weather, which bad been very boisterous during the early part of the morning, cleared up towards noon, and during the proceedings the sun shone out with great brilliancy. A exispimous object of attraction on the plat form was a very handsomely designed barrow and spade of polished oak, with elaborate silver mountings, both of course of miniature proportions. On the barrow were the arms of Mr. Gladstone on a silver shield, and its sides bore medallions engraved " Wrexham, Mold, and Connsh's Quay Railway Company, 1862." The blade of the silver shovel bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Mrs. W. E Gladstone, on the occasion of her cutting the lint sod of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway, Octo ber 22, 1862, by Thomas Sarin, contractor." After a suitable prayer by the Rev. Mr. Davis, of Wrexham, Mrs. Gladstone wheeled the barrow from the platform down a plank to the held, cut a fair sized sod, and wheeled it on to the platform amidst great cheering. Me Chancellor of the Exchequer did the same, and the example was followed by Miss Gladstone, and others amidst renewed plaudits. In the afternoon a dejeuner took place at the Wynnstay Arms, Wrexham. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone presided. Mrs. Gladstone being on his left, and the Mayor of Wrexham on his right hand. The company numbered about 200, and was a fashionable one. THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CANTERBCRY.—Yester day morning the congi d'elire, addressed to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, was presented to the Rev. Dr. Alford, who will proceed to the election within 12 days of the present date. Of course there will be no opposition. The last opposition to the election of a bishop recommended by the crown was in the case of Dr. Hampden, Bishop of Hereford, iu 1848, when the dean and one canon voted against him, the majority of the capitular body being in hie favour. In the event of a vote of the Dean and Chapter being adverse to a royal nomination, or if they should fail to elect within twelve days, the crown can appoint by letters patent. The Archbishopric of York will not be vacant until after the confirmation of the election of I)r. Longley by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury is com pleted at St. Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, and which will take place on or about the 7th of November. —The following address is in course of signature in the Archdeaconry of York, and will be presented to the Archbishop in the course of a few days:—" We, the under signed clergy of the Archikaconry of York, are unwilling that your grace should quit the diocese without some ex preerion of our regret at the loss of one whose wisdom, kindness, and self-denial we have largely experienced, and so gratefully acknowledged. We trust, however, that the change which we ourselves lament will conduce to the general welfare of the church. We rejoice that by your elevation, under God's good providence, to the primacy of all England, our national church will receive the benefit of the mature experience acquired during RD active episcopate of 24 years in the northern province. We pray that the blessing of Cod may ever met upon you, and that His grace may guide you in the discharge of the high functions of that office to which you are now called ; that you may long enjoy health of body and vigour of mind, and that you may be the honoured instrument of promoting what we are assured is the dearest wish of your heart, the glory of God, and the eternal good of man." INTERNATIONAL h/ •RITIBIE LAW.—At a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday, a com munication was received from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, stating that the directors of the latter body would be glad to receive the names of any member' of the Liverpool board who took au interest in the important subject of international maritime law. The chairman of the Liverpool board (Mr. Chilton) stated that Mr. Cobden would be an Manchester on Friday, and would give an ad dress on the subject. He (Mr. Chilton) believed it was the intention of Mr. Cobden and some gentlemen in terested in the matter to form an association for the promotion of the important subject of international mari time law, of which W. Cobden had for so long a time been so zealous and able an advocate, and he hoped that some of the members present would be able to attend in Manchester on Friday. Mr. Macao observed that it would be desirable to 00-operate with the Manchester Chamber, as it tended to increase the cordiality and unanimity between the boards, as the subject of international maritime law was only one of many other subjects which it was important they should discuss mutually. .+~ • 4161 PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin has the following : Our new atinktry does not appear to well know what it wishes to do, and the want of plan and fixed intent:lone, which showed itself so visibly during the last days of the session, has the appearance of becoming permanent. The King himself, se stated by those about his person, is de jected and he is fully aware of the gravity of the situation. The Queen, who seems not to approve of the present policy, has gone to Coblents, sod the Prinoe•Royal, not wishing to compromise himself, has departed for Italy. The King nevertheless persists in his determination to carry cut the re-organisation of the army without the least change, and if Count de Bismark fails in this, recourse will be had to Baron Idinteuffel, who is quite ready to return to office. (MITER% TILIGRANB.) FRENCH DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS. PARIS, Ocr. ti. The following appointments of first secretaries to French Legations have been officially announced to-day :—M. de Massignac to the embassy at St. Petersburg, M. Frozals to Berne, M. de Rayueval to Berlin, and M. Bonnihres de Vierre to Turin. M. Saint Ferrol will proceed as second secretary of Legation to Vienna. . . I. • DEATH OF SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE, BART., F.R.B. There is no member of the motlical profeas:iou in any of its branches who has more assiduously exerted tiLo' self to acquire scientific and professional information and ungrudgingly to disseminate that knowledge than the illus. trious surgeon whose decease took place at an early hour on the 21st inst., at his residence, Broome-park, Betcbworth, Surrey. Certainly no member of the profession had reached in modern times so high a position, or maintained that dis tinction for so long a period as the late President of the Royal Society. Sir Benjamin Brodie was the first surgeon upon whom this honour had been conferred. The deceased was the third son of the ltev. P. B. Brodie, 11. A., rector of Winteralow, an influential magistrate and deputy lieutenant of South Wilts, and of Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Collins, Faq., of Milford, near Salisbury, in which city a brother of the cleansed—the well-known banker, and late parlia mentary representative—resides, Sir Benjamin was born on the 9th of June, 1783, and consequently at the time of his decease was in his 80th year. After acquiring a sound pre lirninta7 education under the paternal roof, to which he often said he was mainly indebted for his success in after life, he was placed under the care of Messrs. Wilson and Thomas. These distinguished surgeons (the latter of whom became President of the Royal College of Surgeons, were at that time engaged in teaching anatomy at the Hunterian School, in Great Windmill-street. In 1803, he became Sir Everard Home's pupil at St. George's Hospital, and passed his examination as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on the 18th of October, 1800, imme diately after which he began to assist Mr. Wilson as de monstrator of anatomy, and continued in this office until 1800, when he was associated with his former master as lecturer on this subject. In 1808, when only 25, he was appointed assistant. surgeon to St. George's Hospital, and had the principal charge of Sir Everard Home's patients in that institution, as well ria for some years those of Mr. Gu•- niog, who was then absent with the Duke of Wellington'sarmy in Spain. In 1810 he was elected Croonian Lecturer to the Royal Society, and in the following year received the Copley prise from the same learned society. It was not until 1822 that Sir Benjamin was elected full surgeon six months later he made his detett as lecturer on surgery, and continued to give a regular course to a large class until 1830, when his increasing practice compelled him to relin quish all but clinical lectures. As a lecturer, he was plain and easy in his delivery—acute and always to the point. In 1819 he was honoured with the appointment of Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons, and held that office until 1823. In 183 r he was appointed Sergeant• Surgeon to William IV., by whom he was made a baronet, and on the accession of her Majesty she was pleased to retain him in the same office. From his own college he received all the honours that institution has the power to bestow, having been elected • member of the council, of the Court of Examiners, Hunterian Orator, and, finally, in 1844, President. Sir Benjamin Brodie had contributed largely to the advancement of medical and chirergical knowledge, and was an honorary member of several scientific institutions both at home and abroad. He leaves a widow, and two sons—Benjamin Collins Brodie, Fol., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford, who married a daughter of Mr. Serjeant Thompson, and the Rev. William Brod*, who married Lady Maria Waldegrave, daughter of the eighth Earl Waldegrave. LATEErr INTELLIGENOR THE HEALTH OF GARIBALDI. (BY SUBILUITMI AND BRITISH TiLZOIL&PH.) (MN OUR OWN oowassrownim) &PUMA, WZDNEBDAY, Ocr. Garibaldi has been removed here from Varignano. The pain of the wound was slightly increased by the journey. A Turin letter of the 20th, in the Prune, pub lishes the following letter from Dr. Prandiva, Gari baldi's principal surgeon : Claud, Oct. 16. I find myself here for the moment, having been sent for to perform an operation, but to-morrow I shall be at Vulg. nano with Garibaldi. . . . As to the existence of the projectile in the wound, that is a point which hu generally been considered as doubtful; the probability is that the projectile is there, but nobody hitherto has been able to find it. I myself incline rather to the affirmative than the negative opinion —agreeing, however, in this with all the practitioners who have visited the illustrious patient that any operation attempted with a view to discover the bullet would be more dangerous than useful. To open an articulation in order to resolve the problem of the existence or non-existence of an extraneous body which might remain quite innocuously in the part supposed, would be one of the most senseless of all surgical operations. Hitherto this opinion has been shared by Professors Porte, of Pavia; Zannetti, of Florence; Rizzoli, of Bologna; Gherini, of Milan; Partridge, of London; Tommasi, of Pin ; and the surgeons in charge of the general. It may happen, however, that the bullet should present itself in such a way as to indicate the propriety of taking an opportunity to extract it. Even if I were of a contrary opinion I would always consider myself as holding the last place, and would defer respectfully to the opinions of the masters of our art. I frankly own that there must be a new consultation, the responsibility which rests upon our shoulders being too great. But I say now that I will do my utmost to have Porta and Metal present, and that for many reasons ; Porta is the first surgeon in Europe ; and Porte and Rizzoli were both chosen by the government and accepted by the general. Zannetti and Tommasi will not make default. The first is a luminary of science ; the second is a great favourite with the general, because he made the campaign of 1860 with him. Zannetti has already seen him three times and Tommasi twice. Those who have already seen him may reasonably be thought more competent than so many fresh doctors. Moreover, whoever likes to attend the consults. tion will be welcome. Everything that has been done up to the present time has been approved of by all of us, without distinction ; and, moreover, we have been encou raged to go on with our treatment, without any modifica tion. That is now my only consolation. Dn. PRAND!L&. The Prase correspondent goes on to say that he has heard the above letter discussed by many medi cal men, and that the general opinion is contrary to that of Prandina's. Dr. Palesciano remarks on the simple inspection of the leg, a very sensible deviation of the foot. The articulation is open, the movement of the toes is almost imperceptible and very painful ; the wound smarts on being touched, and a sort of abscess has formed in front of the external malleolus. These are all reasons for not relying upon nature to perform a cure. Uneasi ness is increasing at Turin and in all Italy. The general health of the patient is excellent, he eats and sleeps well, and all the functions of nature are regular. The local conditions are favourable, and, therefore, it is not too late to proceed to the extraction of the ball, or even amputation if necessary. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AND THE ROMAN QUESTION. The /n4ii.i) . endance of yesterday says The nomination of M. de Malaria to the post of Minister of France at Brussels is regarded at Paris as a serious check to the adversaries of Italy. M. de Monteasny was their official candidate. Moreover, it is now said that M. de Mosbourg, whose opinions agree with those of M. de Montana, and who was to replace M. de Bellune as first secretary at Rome, will maintain his present position. Further, a mission to the Holy See, which was given to M. de /3ourqueuey, in order to prepare the propositions of which M. de la Tour d'Auvergne will be the interpreter, has been also abandoned, because after having reacted in favour of the temporal papacy by re placing MM. Thouvenel, Lavalette, and Benedetti, by Messrs. Drouyn de Lhuys, de la Tour d'Auvergne, and de Sartiges, the Emperor does not wish his policy to be interpreted as breathing ideas hostile to the unity of Italy. The correspondent who sends us this news has not exaggerated its significance. Another correspondent assures us that the actual crisis is the appli cation with new instruments of the last conditions to the court of Rome, foreshadowed by the despatches of MM. Thouvenel and de Lavalette, which were published with the Emperor's letter of the 20th of May. In other words, Napoleon 111. does not misunderstand the necessity , of discontinuing the French occupation of Rome, and he will be perfectly resolved to give to the Roman people the right of disposing of their sovereignty, if the negotia tions which M. Drouyn de Lhuys is to institute for bringing about a reconciliation between Italy and the Papacy shall again fall through. Our correspondent goes so far as to fix next spring as the period for the evacuation of the Eternal City. NAPLES. THE ESCAPE OF A BISHOP FROM PRISON. A letter from Naples of the 16th says : . _ _ _ _ There is much talk at Naples of the es.mpe of Siabop Cenati,lmpo. This prelate, you will remember, was accused last year of being the organiser of the conspiracy of Friss. The Grand Criminal Court of Naples sentenced him to fifteen years' imprisonment, together with Count de Christera and the Chevalier Caracciolo. The bishop was taken with the rest to Santa Maria Appa rent's, the prison in which political offenders are kept. The prisoners had been sharing in a great dinner, which bad been first fixed to take place on the 4th, the fete day of King Francis 11. ; but which, in order not to wound the susceptibilities of the director, was adjourned to the day before yesterday. On Tuesday, then, the prisoners were assembled at table before a splendid repast ; wines of the most expensive description had been ordered ; a service for ten persona was brought in several small baskets, and one large one, which was carried by one of the strongest porters of the Naples market. After the dessert, when several gaol keepers were half drunk, the bishop found the means of changing his dress, and he then got into the large basket, which was carefully covered with napkins and tablecloths. The porter raised the basket and put it upon his shoulder, and left the prison without exciting the suspicions of the door-keeper, to whom he coolly offered two cigars, asking at the same time for • light for his pipe. It is said that a boat with eight seamen awaited the prisoner on the shore at Ponc es's& It i thought that the bishop has succeeded in getting to the Pontifical States. Other letters state that the chief gaoler of the prison, who is arrested, has confessed to complicity in the escape. These letters also say that the bishop, not having been able to get an asylum on board any of the English vessels in the roads, remains secreted in Naples. SPAIN. The Debata says We lately mentioned the result of the prosecution in Spain of the Andalusian protestant'. Convicted of having hawked about other editions of the Bible than the Vulgate, Alhama and Matamoros have been condemned, at Granada, each to seven years of the galleys. The public prosecutor demanded ten years. It would be a mistake to suppose that that judicial persecution has been confined to those two persons. Seven other subjects of Queen Isabella were at the same time condemned to the galleys by the tribunals for religious propagandism. Numerous meets were ordered at Malawi, Granada, and Seville. Among the reel or sup. posed oo•reiigiooists of Matamoros, some are in prison and others in flight. Many of them were the heads or sup porters of large families. What odious laws are those which authorise such persecutions! What inconsistent law they are, when they are in vigour in a country like Spain, one of the countries of Europe in which the political press is the freest. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Ocr. 23. The Queen is still detained at Lacken by the violence of the weather. This morning, however, the hurricane has slightly abated, and her Majesty will, if possible, leave to-day. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (MX OUR OWN CORRESPONDCIIT.) PARIS, WZDAZSDAY EVINING. One of the last acts of M. Thouvenel's adminis tration was to concur in an arrangement by which the French Legation in Berlin and the Prussian Legation in Paris were to be raised to the dignity of embassies. The arrangement has, however, been deferred, owing to a sudden and, under the circum stances, most surprising scruple of conscience on the part of K de Bismark. He will not saddle the Prussian nation with the additional expense without consulting the Chambers ! As etiquette requires that the two nations should make the agreed change simultaneously, the Moniterir neces sarily defers its publication, and the Baron de Talleyrand will go to Berlin as a mere minister plenipotentiary—not as ambassador. M. de Bismark's journey to Paris to present his letter of recal to the Emperor is postponed. Some say he is annoyed at the appointment of M. Drouyn de Lhuys,whoee old Austrian proclivities he suspects- The Cologne Gazette hints at a treaty with Austria for the revision of the treaty of Zurich. The Bourse, which yesterday was affected by the false report of the death of Garibaldi, is a good deal better, but the amount of business done was not large. The Rente rose 20c. for cash and 30c. for account, closing at 71fr. 40c. and 7lfr. 50c. Mobilior rose Iofr. The Italian Loan fell 6c. In railways the latest quotations show scarcely any change. ITALY. (1/ZOIN 0113 OWN COIMPONDENT.) TURIN, Ocz. 19. It appears that within the last day or two the Court has been seized with a conviction that the Rattazzi cabinet is imperilling the fortunes of Italy. At the council yesterday and this morning the King manifested serious anxiety, and was not so gracious as usual to the Premier. Public opinion has gained access at Court, but Rattazzi has not yet abandoned the hope of saving himself amidst the wreck of his colleagues. Meanwhile he wishes to gain a month's respite, proposing to resign on the day of the re opening of Parliament, after be shall have delivered a long apology for his administration. They tell me that the King listened in silence to the speech in which Rattazzi announced this project. Hence it is inferred that there will be a minis terial crisis before the middle of next month, the time fixed for the meeting of parliament. Some talk of the possibility of an Azeglio and San Martino, others of a Peruzzi and Parini administration ; but these are merely g u ! as T: . . I will now report to you, if not as a true history at least as an historical romance, the causes which are said to have led to the accession to office of DL Dronyn de Lbuys. This event arose out of the Italian question, but not out of the Roman ques tion. It was under consideration between the Emperor, Signor Rattazzi, and Count Bismark, how to induce Prussia to adopt a policy favourable to Italy, sever her entirely from Austria, and give her the primacy in Germany. The Em peror, to obtain some advantages for France and to insure the triumph of the Italian cause against Austria, wished that the Italian minister should promise Count Bismark not to touch Trieste and Istria, and the Prussian minister assured Italy of the good will not only of Prussia hut of the other German states, and of their material aid in case of need. The Italian minister refused to give the promise required, and only consented to refer the matter to universal suffrage. Let Trieste and Istria be interrogated as Savoy and Naples were, and if they are willing to belong to the German Confe deration Italy will respect their wishes. Count Blamer'', although disposed to have recourse to universal suffrage on other matters, was not in clined to try it at Trieste and Istria, even if Aus tria could be induced to consent to an experiment so dangerous to herself. Rattazki wished to go to Paris to state his views to the Emperor and Count Biamare, and to arrange some other ex pedient, but the proposal was not accepted, and the negotiations were broken off. The Emperor, with out saying anything more on the subject to the Italian ministry, or letting any hint escape of the revenge be meditated, suddenly conferred office on M. Drouyu de Lhuys, the friend of the Pope and of Austria. So suddenly was the step taken, that two days before it Rattazzi was in expectation of one in quite the opposite direction, and tendjog to the settlement of the Roman question. Ms col leagues also were possessed with the same confident expectation, and one of them, Depretis, made it known to Brofferio, who hastened to the saloon of the Chamber, and imparted the good news to his brother deputies, accompanying it with emphatic praises of Rattazzi ; for the distinguished democrat is now a miniaterialist. But the mistake was discovered two days afterwards, greatly to the damage of the minis ter's reputation, and to the increase of his unpo pularity. That is my story. I have only to add that cer tainly it is not all a romance, and perhaps it will prove by and by to have been a genuine page out of a larger history. Dr. Bertani has now become one of the surgeons in attendance on Garibaldi. His name appears at the foot of the bulletins, but these do not yet state that he believes amputation necessary. My private information authorises me in stating that such is still his opinion, as it had been before he saw the wound. Prince Napoleon and Princeas Clotbilde are expected in Paris before the end of the week. They have been invited to pew some days at Compiegne immediately after their return. As sou the case last year, the principal members of the diplomatic body will form part of the first series of imperial guests ; Primp de Metternich, Count de Kisseleff, and M. Nigra are especially mentioned. Zhaire et dzos, belonging to tho repertory of the Open Comique, and La forum, of the Vaudeville, are to be performed at the court theatre at Compiegne. "Report mays," says the Entr'acte, " that Signora Barbara M►rchieio, the eantatrke, is about to marry General Cialdini, and will in consequence retire from the etage this winter." MR. GLADSTONE'S NEWCASTLE SPEECH. On the 15th inst., a letter vain addressed to Mr. Oladatone by a gentleman carrying on business in Manches ter, complaining that the language cued by the right hon. gentleman in his speech at Newcastle-uponlYne, with re ference to the American war, bad misled, not only himself, but the " whole commercial community of Manchester." He has received the following reply : " 11, Downing-street, Whitehall, Oct. 18. " Sir,-1 am directed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to acknowledge your letter of the 15th, and to state that he agrees with you as to the grave responsibility attaching to all public declarations made by any of the advisers of the crown. "He holds himself fully responsible for Lavin declared his opinion at Leith, nine months ago, to the effect that, if the Southern States of America were in earnest, the struggle on the part of the Northern States was hopeless ; and again at Newcastle, last week, to the effect that the Confederation which has been formed under Mr. Jefferson Davis has shown itself to be sufficiently supplied with the elements which make a nation, and with the will and power to defend its independent existence. "He cannot, however, be responsible for the inferences which, from your letter, you appear to have drawn from his statement ; the more so as they might, he thinks, have been checked by attention to other portions of his decla rations concerning America oa the same occasion, in which he referred to steps that might, under conceivable cir cumstances, be taken by the powers of Europe. And, generally, he desires me to remark that to form opinions upon questions of policy, to announce them to the world, ' and to take or be a party to taking any of the steps neces sary for giving them effect, are matters which, though coa -1 nested together, are in themselves distinct, and which may be separated by intervals of time longer or shorter accord ing to the particular circumstances of the case. "As you inform the Chancellor of the Exchequer that your impressions are shared by others, I am to add that you are at liberty to make whatever use you think proper of this letter.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " T— E—, Esq." " CHARLES L. RYAN. With regard to the movement for the gradual suppression of the public gaming tables in Germany, a letter from Homburg mentions that at a meeting of the share holders of the Kornai Company on the 13th inst., certain propositions of the government of the Landgraf were aocepted by the company, under the operation of which the future dividends will be limited to 10 florins a share for six months, and cannot, therefore, exceed 20 florins for the year. Any amount of profit beyond 10 florins a half year will be laid out in the purchase of shares at the fixed price of 25 0 florins, such shame to be drawn by lot. In this way it is intended to gradually buy np 32,000 of the 42,000 shares composing the capital of the company, when the remaining 10,000 shares will be entitled to all the profits, but nothing is stated as to the steps that are then to be taken. _ _ Major Bruce, of the King's County Rifles, was nearly lost in a gale on Lough Dearg last week. His yacht Lurline, caught in a tremendous gale on Thursday night. was driven aground and abandoned. The major, Mr. Hut ton, and the crew got into the small boat, and after an hour's hard rowing amid the billows reached a small island, where they were obliged to remain all night. Some valuable arti cles were left behind in the yacht and lost. An immense glass candelabrum, constructed by Mr. Defries, was last night lighted for the first time in the Exhibition building. The candelabrum weighs upwards of three tons. The base is rather more than 7 feet, and is surrounded with cut-glass shields 30 inches square. The centre dish is 36 inches in diameter, and is surrounded by a richly-cut crown and cushion and the fleur-de-lis. There are eighteen gas-burners. When lighted last night the effect was most satisfactory, and the whole work may fairly be pronounced a highly successful attempt in dealing with large quantities of glass. The metal is exceedingly pure in colour, and the form of the drops, the cutting, and general design reflect the highest credit upon all concerned in the production of so magnificent a work. Its cost has been upwards of 2,7001. TRADES GARIBALDIAN DEMONSTRATION. — A largely attended meeting of the officers and leading members of upwards of 20 of the principal trade societies of the metropolis was held last evening at No. 2, Bouverie street, Fleet-street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of the London Trade and Friendly Societies taking part in the proposed public demonstrations to Garibaldi ou his visit to England. A deputation from the London Trades Council was also present. Mr. Cromer, carpenter, having taken the chair, explained the object of the meeting, and • private communication from General Garibaldi baring been laid before the meeting, after sn animated and enthu siastic discussion, the following resolutions were una nimously agreed to :—" That this meeting, composed of officers and members of various metropoli ten trade societies, having been made aoquainted with the intention of General C,arilaildi, as soon as the state of his health will permit, to pay a visit to England for the purpose of thanking in person the English people for the sympathy they have displayed towards him and the cause in which he is engaged—the unity of Italy—and having beard that it is intended to give the illustrious Italian patriot a public welcome to London, hereby recommend the Trade and Friendly Societies of the metropolis to take part in each demonstration." "That every Trade and Friendly &Weil ;rifling to co-operate in 'such demonstration of welcome be requested to appoint a delegate or delegate to aid in carrying out the object on behalf of their respec tive societies, and that the persons present form themselves Into a pro►isional committee, to act until the delegates are chosen." A sub-committee wu then appointed to prepare an Willies to the trades, and the meeting adjourned. THE INTERNATIONAL EMI IBITI h ti e :en t e m il il Yegt d .e i l n Pe g .rtiE T . e 1 1: " : ) . nearnothing o a t ten d a n ce c t e h h final a t at mighthclosing h of have bi t was a large contingent of country people, and were no doubt much astonished by ail exhihiti,,,, wonder which was yesterday published for the tint time. A Spaniard named Jowl Gallegos cullect,-1 an immense audieuce in front of the Spanish Cour. by exhibiting a mechanical hand of his own inv, Lion, and performing with it numeroU/4.prOdigli, dexterity. With this hand he wrote his 114111.., picked up a sixpence from the floor, with nor, other feats which could not have been ex0...4,4 with the human hand. Taking for greeted that there was no trick, but that the mechanical h au l really performed all the wonders it appeared to p.r. form, the invention is of great importance, 41,1 fully entitled to the general curiosity and which it excited amongst the company yi"iterklai. Amongst the more distinguished visitors at (),„ Exhibition yesterday were the Duke of Cambrid ge, the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Earl of Saarb orou:h. the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, Lady lf.r. bert of Lea, and Lady Constance Grosvenor. Pr,,. fessor Leone Levi, of King's College, accompanied by his evening class, made a careful inspection .4 many of the courts. The commissioners of Fratae, Spain, Portugal and the United States gave na professor and his class every possible facility h. visiting their respective courts. The following schools and parties visited ill. Exhibition :—Wilton tenantry, expenses paid Lady Herbert, including liberal refreshments, r e. way fares, &c., 450 • tanners from Shrewsbury, Mr John Cook, 26 ; leadworkers from Shrewsbury. Messrs. Burr Brothers, 35 ;_labourers and reeidei;:. from the Liddletons, Evesham, WoroestersLir, Rev. H. G. Smith, Rev. 8. Yorke, and H. Simpw.i : Esq. ' 38 ; agricultural labourers from Mount 1.1. 1 . sant Farm, Buckland, Herta, G. Davey, Esq., agricultural labourers from Buckland House, Hem Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart., 70 ; agriculture labourers from Spray Farm, near Hungerford, Woodman, Faq., 41 ; agricultural labourers ins Woolhampton House Newbury, James Blyth, 23 ; St. George, Hanover-square, United Day. schools, subscription, 700 • St. George, Hanover. square, Stewart's Foundation School, Caktain 4. Stewart, 34 ; St. James's, Westminster, Halloo! ! School, subscription , 48; City of London Br i d ge Ward School, subscription, 33 ; City of Lmdos Broad-street Ward School, subscription, 102 ; Bloomsbury British School, subscription, 4d; Royston, Herta, Union School, subscription, 33; Halfway-street, Kent, Lamorly School, Lady Louis Mills, 32 ; Camberwell, Private School, B.,Speller, Esq., 8; Cranford, near Homerton, Private School, Rev. W. H. Thorkiston, 9. The highest temperature yesterday up to 3 o'clock by Negretti and Zambra's patent Met. mometers was :—ln the nave, 60.3 (leg. ; in the galleries, 60.9; in the weste rn annex, 66.0. The temperature of the dew point, 51.2 deg. The following were the total numbers admitted yesterday : By season tickets . By ditto fur Is. days By payment 751 3.1.151 Total .... $7,427 THE RECENT RIOTS AT MRSENHEAD. The prisoners remanded from Birkenhead Thursday, the 16th inst., on a charge of being concern the recent disgraceful riots in that town, occuwned b. attack of the Roman catholic party on the local "1 mastery debating society" on the previous evening, brought up for further examination yesterday at the Prias Court, Chester Castle. The utmost p were taken by the military and civil authorit serve the peace on the occasion, u it was that an outbreak would occur amongst the order of the Irish labourers here. Accordingll strong force of the county police, numbering 150 men, were drafted in from the neighbouring di and mustered in the Castle-yard at an early hour morning, and immediately placed under arms. ment of the Cheshire Militia were also called on duty, and posted in the square. As might be expea disturbances which led to these preparations caused excitement in the neighbourhood, and imp crowd,. populace continued to flock to the court, the doors le to which were perfectly besieged with people. The ft fog is a list of the prisoners apprehended :—ML" Patrick Fahey, James Tracey, Thomas Sheehan, . Curtis, Thomas Buckley, Patrick Fahey, Michael John Gorman, Thomas Larkin, Catherine Larks, Hogan, and Michael Hoar. The evidence was of able length, and fully identified the prisoners as' earned in the disgraceful riots. The case was Saturday for the formal preparations of the , after which the prisoners ere to be committed to for trial. CATHERINE WILSON. The following is a copy of a letter writte this woman after her condemnation. It is add:awed relative residing at Moulton, near Spalding " Gaol at Newgate, Oct 6. " Dear Uncle and Aunt,—With great pain I re , your letter, and with greater pain I sit down to it. ; for it recalls to my mind pest scenes too dwell upon. "My dear friends—all of you—l must decline very kind offer of visiting me. I could not bear u tsrview ;it would be too painful for us al four think of me as you last maw me ; that is for you to do. Twelve months ago, who could thought of me being here? Six months today have been in prison. How much better it no for r when 1 feared God and thought of pleasing llim mo than man. Although innocent of the dreadful crime wit which lam charged, I am a great sinner, and I Loehr in wickedness and sin. Though I could deceive the in I could not deceive the Almighty. May Ile be more card to me than man has been is my earnest PM Dunng my imprisonment 1 have received many letter seen many friends ; one lady from Boston bas riot• and written to me since my condemnation, but I got to answer it for me. "I felt that I would answer this to you myself. due say it is the last letter I shall write ; at least, I so. lam in ill health and cannot bear much. I receive visite from anyone now. I have this moni my solicitor ; he is a vary kind gentleman ; 1 have n great kindness from him and his wife. I felt the view very painfully this morning. I have remind from a gentleman at Lincoln wishing for an ins which I declined. 1 cannot see anyone excepting ligious ladies who visit the prison. My time upon earth is very short. I shall be elec , on the morning of the 20th inst., at eight o'clock in morning, I suppose. May God in Ills mercy mew soul Jesus is a present help is time of trouble; oe I cut my burden. It matters little how the 14, may Ibe found right before the judgment-seat 0: I care not what man thinks of me ; it avails maw, to me. My dear relations—all of you—l take it as a kindness you sencliog me this letter. You owe th , much of me. This letter has cost me many teas l often thought of you all. And now, clear Inen.ls. 1 you my dying love. Farewell.—From your unforta, relative, "CATIIKRINS WIL,ON• BETRAORDINARY BRIAR-DOWN OF A N ENerik TRAIL AND NARROW FACAPR.—An esenniee trine Midland Railway, from Birmingham to Gloucester, at the Shrub-hill station, at 9.25 yesterday (Tual9 l ing, to take up passengers. The train, which moot% over thirty carriages, wee comparatively empty. sa id was reinforced by the "Worcester Division," which Sued it. All proceeded smoothly until shortly ark icy Defford station, when the passengers were 6, startled by a smart (monomial, which threw thee front carriages from their seats. The train ea, arias soon as possible, and it thee became app.mut the large outside bar connecting the two wheels oo tt side had broken, and that the ends of the bar, one h freer mob wheel, had been ploughing the ground for a quarter et a nails. The rupture of the comes' right caused the coupling bar on the left to treat it is • marvel, under these circumstances, that the cot' broken pieces into the ballast of the line, which was jerked up and down by the thrust ia4 was off the rails, dragging the carriages a fter it. "i coesequences might have been most serious. laur steps were take, by the guard to prevent the porul a collision, by sending up and down the line, dot tenger. received the comforting assurance that all safe. The broken coupling rods were removed wheels and stowed upon the tender. and after a .1 , 4 twenty minutes, the train was got uneer weigh LP' proceeded at about ten miles an hour for the 101 of its journey, arriving at Gloucester nearly as b oar time, the engine presenting the appearance, o n T the station, of • bird shorn of its elage. -1 Chronicle. Birkenhead to ring conceroed occasioned be a he local " paL as evening, caw :May at the Vi mat promotes ithorities to pia t was rummest mst the low Accordingly a umbering abet routing distinn, early hour to ,nus. A d • led on the be expected, ns caused io p crowds of the doom I ple. The follow —Michael Marti; Isabela, Mahe* Michael fakes Larkin, Michel was of cord, oars as binges was adjouroeds the depo...tim ted to the anal • 'ter written by is addressed tot !We* Ott. pain I mond down to one too peofal decline yet not bear u loomJL • that is who could ha iontbs to-day I er it was (or 'stag Him ntt idiot crime wit and 1 have liv ecwite. the %cora Lis be wore net earoe , t prayer. many letters aol has visite' ow, but 1 got a laly n myself. ;I! at least, I ;cut much. I d. •: 6 bil 1110 f UM; ; 1 have I felt the me. received a ; , .:Lte or an iukrsec aceptiog teem shall he eletai t o'clock to * e rcy w ere si :rouble; 01 0 w the 14 rot-sent o: . el ails Dainty, sol he it to a ,u met the' y tears 1 4 ar (nett'. 1 our ttofort ass wa...us. is Eter l . 4o- - kaki lociterter, .- (Tuad) • hreh coiso.tol which near•. fy after en wde~ ea re n:the ten•> t 'n°ll 'uhir e pth.iln'tt° or, and the lit all era' I i