The Express. — London, England, 1858-05-24 00:00:00

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Weep Ou r: Joikwaro.-41ad NT WITT OUT.—Oloirosoilli poolL HIGH WAIN& AT LONDON 1117001. TIN IST—lNfoloo, SS Ns OS .s. Tomesass—lesubs. Oa .... lb. No. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24. Tut House of 031112120111 has, by the compromise of Friday night, given its sanction to the views, respecting the controversy raised by Mr. CARD watt's Resolution, which have been advocated throughout in the Express. Lord Pstasisros and Mr. eIiKOWELL, moved by the threatened de tection of the Independent Liberals, have desisted from peering a vote which would hare been equiva lent to an expression of approval of a coadesstary policy in Dude. Ministers, by allowing Mr. Caurrirati. to withdraw his Resolution, have abstained from seeking en expression of approval of the Despatch to Lardeismuo. It is evident, therefore, that the sense of the Howe of Commons is against a system of confiscation in Oode ; and that it is of opinion that the Despatch was unduly harsh and peremptory as regards Lord Csuitiuo, and dangerously unwise in its resuscitation of the controversy mpecting the policy and justice of annexing Onds. - - The objects, therefore, which we have kept in view throughout this discussion have been attained. The representatives of the British people, while re training from expressing an opinion so positive as to hamper the local Government of India, have suffi ciently indicated their desire that • policy charge- Prised by justice and leniency as well as &mime should be adopted towards all Indisa insurgents who have set taken part in cold-blooded murders. And the Liberal party have been spared the discredit of advocating a cruel and rapacious policy, lees with a view to its effects in India, than to the effects of an adverse vote of the House of Commons upon their political rivals' tenure of office. We revert to this subject in no spirit of undue and selfish triumph. At no time would we place upon record facts or opinions which might have the effect of prolonging any sense of irritation in them who must be our permanent allies, did it not appear to us that they taught an important lesson. The excitement and canvassing of the last fortnight and their result are pregnant with warnings against rash legislation for the future government of India; and it is to this consideration that we would invite atten tion. Many of the supporters of Mr. CARDWELL'S motion now tura round upon us with an sir of triumph and say " Now you see the injustice that " has been done to Lard CANNING—you see how " promptly he softened the terms of him Proclarna " tion in deference to the remonstrances of Sir Jesus " OCITZAK." We are not, we confess, entirely Wis. fled that the coneeerion made to Sir JAMES OCITILAN is sufficient to arrest the evils which that gentleman foresaw. We await with considerable apprehemkm the intelligence which the next few mails will bring us respecting the effect of Lord CANNING'S Procla mation, even in its modified form, upon the popula tion of Oude. Bat we gladly admit that for the manner in which Lead CANNING acknowledged the weight of Sir JAM'S Orrism's representations, and for his partial yielding to them, his Lordship deserves great credit. We mast, however, at the same time, take the liberty of reminding those persons who now praise Lord CANNING for abating the stringency of his confiscatory edict, that before they knew he bad done so, they praised him quite as much for making it so stringent. To them the policy pursued by Lord CANNING is a matter of indifference; it is enough for them that it is his; he is the Governor- General of their party, and they will approve of whatever they believe him to have said or done ; and they will abide by their approbation even after they have discovered that what he has said or done has been directly the reverse of what they at first be lieved it to be. Now this is only a fair sample of what the home administration of India, if vested in a Minister of the Crown, responsible only to Parlia ment, will necessarily become. Under a Parliamentary Government we must always lay our account with changes of Ministry from time to time. We must also lay oar account I with constant samisions and accusations by the Opposition against Ministers of jobbery, oppression, unwise policy, and so forth. Opposition and Ministers will be pretty sure to take different views of Indian policy as of all things else. Whenever a change of Ministry, therefore, shall take place we shall incur a risk of party bickeringe about the Governors and Government of India such el we have just witnessed. The Governor-General will continue to act in the sense of the party to which be belongs, and by which ►e was appointed. The New Ministers will wish his to set in their sense. Controversial correspondence will, as a mat ter of course, arise between them. Its tallow will transpire and come to be die. cussed in Parliament. Ministers will be suspected and accused of wishing to make the Governor- General's position uncomfortable, with a view to induce him to resign. Motions will be submitted about the matter in both Houses; "whips" will b e made to ensure a majority one way or other t mei. monious debates will ensue ; and the question will be decided, not with reference to the interests of India, or even of the Empire as indirectly affected by the fortunes of India, but with reference to the strengthening or weakening of Ministers. If the present perilous state of affairs in India has been insufficient to deter members of the Legislature from indulging in a faction fight of this kind, what will be the case in more trawled times ? This it clay OM d many evils that will neaps meily twat from the direct sod coostant inter !mos of Parliament in the administration of India. To place the whirls home government of India—with an its power and patronage—in the hands of a Miaister whose tenure of office (and the tenure of alloe of all his colleagues) is dependent upon a Par liamentary majority, is to make India the foot-ball of Parliamentary factions. Every imaginary griev ance from laths will be greedily laid hold of by Opposition ancksonverted into political capital. Every TEE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1858. nal grimace will be denied to exist by Govern meat—the nine mad= of it will be nented as sa bapntation ea the wisdom and justice at emir policy. Every question relating to Mite `will be dragged before Parliament, and there debated, entirely irrespective of its merits—simply and solely with a view to its effect on the balance of Parliamentary Parties. Such a system of govern ment must inevitably produce and perpetuate mis rule and appeal*, in India I sal misrule and op pression most necessarily lead to the loss of that dependency. We are far from deprecating all Parliamentary interference with India. It is the right and duty of Parliament—and especially of the popular branch of Parliameet—to canvass freely the actions of every department of Government. To the occasional inter &neer and censers of Parliamest, we are indebted for much that le good in the Government of India. But at the same time it has been of immense advan tage to India that the interference of the Home Go vernment and of the Legislature in its affairs has been only indirect and occasional. We have no in tention to discuss at present the merits or demerits of the Company's government. We do not insist upon our readers admitting at present that the Com pany's rule has been honourable to itself and bene ficial to India. We do not ask them to conoede that the Company is still as capable of wielding the dele gated sceptre of India as it has been at any period of its existence. We reserve those questions for future discussion. But we do claim their assent -now, without loss of time—to theproposition that the Company, by being interposed between the (aeoessarily) party Government of England and India, has in a great measure saved the latter coun try from the dangerous inflames of English party spirit ; and that if the Company is to be deposed, good care should be previously taken to construct and establish some machinery which, when substi tuted for it, may have the same effect. To the necessity of framing such a substitute for , the present Government of India, and to the miens of doing it, the attention of the Legislature can scarcely be said to have been directed as yet. Nor are the Resolutions now before the House of Commons either in form or substance such as a legislative measure ought to be based upon. They ere not so much Resolutions expressive of funda mental principles as the heads of a Bill. And the most important of their provisions are yet to be discussed. The debate upon them cannot be resumed before the 4th of next month. What time will the subsequent part of the Session afford for debating them fairly and freely in the House of Commons ? for obtaining the sanction of the House of Lords to them in the shape in which they may ultimately emerge from the Committee of the Whole House? for patiently and maturely scrutinising all the details of any Bill that may be based upon them in both Houses P Any measure for the Home Government of India that can possibly be introduced and hurried through Par liament after this advanced period of the Session, mast necessarily be imperfectly considered and hastily patched together. It is not compatible with the honour—with the safety of Eng land, that the decision of the Legislature regarding the form and organisation to be given to the future Home Government of India should be come to in such a heedless and hasty fashion. The same Re awakening spirit of independent judgment which has negatived the proposal of a rapacious and spoliatory policy in Oude, ought to prompt a nega tive upon the attempt to improvise a new constitu tion of home government for India, originated solely with a view to divert the attention of the Legislature from the question of Parliamentary Reform. Tax operations of the London General Omnibus Company are conducted upon so extensive a scale that the progress of the undertaking cannot fail to be regarded with interest by the denizens of this vast Metropolis. The capital of this Company is so less than 900,0001.; its total receipts exceed 800,0001. per annum ; it disburses upwards of 140,0001. per annum in the mere wages of driven, conductors, I housekeepers, and other labourers, and spends more than 200,0001. per annum in provender for horses; so that, excepting always the railways, all former attempts towards providing London with the means of communication sink into insignificance, compared with this enterprise. We all remember the sensation which was excited amongst us Londoners when we first heard of the invasion of our streets by this great French Associa tion. The event took puce at a time when our lively neighbours on the other side of the Channel were pluming themselves mightily upon their talent for financial organisation. They professed to have dis covered some grand and bran new system, by the application of which the financial sceptre hitherto tacitly accorded to Great Britain by the nations of the earth was to be stricken from her grasp and transferred to France. The notion was not by any means flattering to our insular pride, any more than the means by which the change was to be brought about were clear to our insular understanding. We were assured, however, that this very downer of comprehension merely furnished additional evi dence that we could not get on without the light of the financial intellect which was work ing, or about to work, such wonders in France. We were told to watch, with due respect and admiration, the brilliant success so rapidly achieved by the Credit Mobilise Society of France—which, solely through the wonderful powers of organisation pos sessed by its founders, would pay in perpetuity dividends at the rate of 40 and 60 per cent. per saunas. In fine, we were assured that, whilst we deserved the utmost credit for our painstaking and indomitable perseverance, we really had no genius whatever for the science of organisation and of grand and complete combinations. Still, we were told not to despond : the French would bt very happy to do the needful for us in the cause of Metropolitan inter communication. By an organised system, simple yet perfect, they would remodel and vastly improve oar street conveyances, and ensure such expedition and other economical advantages as London, in its most sanguine mood, had never dreamt of. Well, we all doubted, but were content to await the upshot of the affair. We saw our streets in vaded, and our omnibuses premed by hundreds into the service of the new Company. Whole regiments of men found new masters, and thousands of hones new owners. A reasonable period has been allowed for the elaboration of the Company's arrangements; and the result 6—public disappointment. We have net secured any really important improvement'; the fares are not lower; the slow rate of omnibus travel ling is still loudly complained of ; and although some of the Company's vehicles have been rendered more commodious, the Londoner fears that the prospect of his obtaining a really comfort able public carriage Is almost as remote es ever. But it is chiefly in its financial aspect that the un- 1 dertaking ha. fallen lamentably short of the expeo tations raised. The Company's capital stands at a discount of more than five-and-twenty per cent in the market—in other words, the 41. share commands rather less than 3L. The natural question is, how happens it that a project which promised so well his beeoms so unremunerative to the original share holders P In seeking for an answer it may be useful to giants at the last Report of the Gent* sad Osumi! of Supervision presented to the general, amlir t the Geopany f rwhisit was !g Paz on t. ax *et phi*, the Englich publi& as &general 1 , el will not reps* confidence in an teatirpeise, the lesalifgament d which is *elusively foreign, and beyond their control. As the bulk of the shares are held in England, why should the general meetings be held in Paris? Practically, English shareholders are totally deprived of a voice in the management of their property. Remonstrances on this subject have been repeatedly made, but hays as yet been fruitless. The report remarks that the last "general " meeting, on the motion of several shareholders, " expressed • desire to see the Company " transformed into an English Company, in " order to reduce the general expenses by the sup "ipression of the Paris house se the central point of " the Company, and to simplify the administration: . This is a perfectly reasonable demand, for its adop tion would laid to an immediate saving of several thousands of pomade annually. The only informa tion accorded by the Gdrants upon this most impor tant point is contained in the absurdly vague remark that " A day will doubtless come when that question " will be submitted to you at an extraordinary " general meeting." A day will come !—yes, but when ? It seems almost incredible that shareholders will submit to be dealt with in this pick-tooth fashion by their own servants. The reluctance of the (threats and Council of Supervision to move in the desired direction justifies • suspicion that the gentlemen who enjoy the benefit of the Company's large and unneosmary expenditure in Paris are very loth to yield up their share of the loaves and fishes, unless under strong pressure. The chief point, however, which excites grave dis trust of the permanently remunerative capacity of the undertaking is the lavish expenditure by which it has been distinguished ever since its first inception. For 600 "omnibuses and appurtenances" the Com pany has paid the enormous sum of 400,0001., or no less than 6661. per omnibus. The sum includes, of wares, the " goodwill" and " times" of the various lines of omnibuses purchased by the Company, and incorporated into its system ; but, after making every allowance, the price paid seems perfectly pre posterous, especially if we bear in mind that, as the Company has already found to its cost, our streets are perfectly open to the competition of any person or association of persons who may choose to place new vehicles upon them. But even this 400,0001. repre sents only a portion of the expenditure of the Com pany upon its working stack. The balance-sheet ' , includes in addition 17,7711. spent in " construe- 1 " tion," 8,3711. for "sundry materials," 17,6911. for " new and surplus omnibuses and improvements of " rolling stook," 38,1611. for " horses" (balance of, this account), no less than 47,0381. for " purchase of I " leases and law charges thereon," and the utterly unjustifiable sum of 78,1071. for the expenses atten dant upon the" first establishment" of the Company. Pretty pickings some people must have had. Even, within the last six months the "Capital Account" has been burthened with an additional sum of 24,0001., described as "compensation to con- 1 " tractors for relinquishing contract for de " livery of 210 omnibuses, as per award." The addition of this amount to the already exoessively swollen "Capital Account" is in par -11 wince of a Resolution which was obtained from a general meeting of the shareholders prior to the announcement of the arbitrator's award. The way in which this sum is dealt with does not meet with the entire acquiescence of the Council of Supervi sion themselves, who delicately hint at the " pro " priety of placing certain Rims to the Revenue or " Profit-and-Loss Account, rather than the Capital " Account," but remark that they " deem it right to " respect the Resolutions of the General Meeting." The point is of the more importance because this 24,0001. cannot be cavalierly disposed of as a perma nent addition to " capital :" according to the Company's statutes, this sum, together with (as we understand) the enormous amount of 76,1071. set down for the expenses of the Company's " first establishment," must be cleared off by the annual operation of the sinking fund. In other words, these sums represent an absolute charge upon future profits. The extent of the Company's liability in this respect may be estimated from the fact that the total profits for the last twelve months are stated at 63,4381., and that the half-yearly dividend of 3 per cent. recently declared absorbs 17,9981. The meeting held on the 15th April, 1857, considered it most convenient to postpone the obligation of forming a reserve fund ; but this year the " regular course " is returned to, and a sum of 3,2071., or the prescribed 16 per cent. of the net profits, is carried to the credit of this fund. Did space permit, it would be easy to enumerate other points of an unfavourable character in the Company's balance-sheet. The large sum of 20,8751. (or considerably more than the amount die tributed u dividend for the last half-year) charged against revenue for " administration and chief " abets," requires explanation. So does the 28,8161. charged against the half-year's revenue for " main " tenance and renewal of hone stock." This 28,8131. is got at by the following proems: the Company's horses had cost, up to the 31st Decem ber last, 180,9901., and were estimated at that date to be worth 154,3751.; ergo, the depre ciation represents 28,8161. So much, however—in cluding the question of the bona fides of the dividend—depends upon the accuracy of the 'elu tion, that the Gerants might surely have pat for ward some certificates from independent and trust worthy judges. There is still another point : of the Compapy's nominal capital of 900,0001., shares to the amount of 200,0001. have not yet been created, so that the actual capital is 700,0001., of which shares representing loopia remain In the Company' hands. An open " capital 'mount" is always re garded with suspicion, and the knowledge that a further large amount of shares may be thrown upon the market must permanently prejudice the share holders' property. Why not finally close the " capital account" at 800,0001. ? In these remarks we disclaim all liretilty towards the London General Omnibus Company. In common with all Londoners, we should be de. lighted to No an effectual remedy applied to the inconveniences and shortcomings of the existing system of Metropolitan onsinunieation from any quarter. But the London General Omnibus Company has been established and administered with such fla grant disregard of the first economical principle' that the public, we fear, will never derive real advantage from its operations. TIM BALLOT Monox.—Many friss& of the Ballot thought that the tote cm Mr. Crdwell's motion would lead to an early dissolution of par liament, and that the motion for the ballot,now fixed for Tuesday, June 8, would consequently not be made. The proceedings of Friday evening, how ever, removed the impediment to Mr. Berkeley bringing the measure before the house—and the committee of the Ballot Society request ne to state they hope their friends in the provinose will not delay communicating with the members of peril*. sort for their respective localities urging their at tendance at the house on the Bth June, that there may be the fullest possible attendance and division I on the question. fat gratin* OSBORNE, MAT 2*. n. Prince Cowart kft Osborne yesterday man ia, ke Weybridee, sad astanded the funeral of the kete _ MOtheas of Orleisa. The Prince warn attended by Lord Baia, lord in waiting, and Lisa -Colonel Ponaonby. Lord Polwarth, lord in waiting to the QUOIN also 'Angled the bawd on behalf of her Majesty. The Dachas of went, attended by Prince Laningen and Prase Victor of Hohanlohe, arrival yesterday at a visit to bar Majesty. The Panes of Wass Maeda by Viscount Valletort and Mr. Gibbs, and Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, have also arrived at Osborne. The Priam Ccaeort will leave Oakum tar the Candased as Thursday away mad will be attended by Lieutemat- Coked Pomemby. His royal ideation wal proceed to =cm a visit to hie lumber, the reigning Duke, where meet the Priam and Primer Fredwick William of Pamela. - - Hi royal highness is spooled to return on Monday, the lill ci Jain. of Kant, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Cooper, iaft Clarence Hones, St. James's, on Saturday mornin, for Osborne. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in Downintstreet. The Minister, present were —The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, ,s the Earl of Hardwicke, the Chancellor of the FT hequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmeebury, Lord Stanley, General Peel , Sir John Pakington, the Right Han. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. The Bishop of Fredericton had an interview with the Bad of Derby on Eistardsy, at his otScial residence, in Downing -street. A meeting of the Cambridge University Coinmiasioners was held at 6, Adelphi-terrace, on Friday, the 21st Instant. The commissioners present were—the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., the Right Hon. Y. T. Banes, M.P., the Right Ron. the Lord Justice Turner, the Right Ron. Sir Lawrence Peel, Vice-Cbanotdlor Sir William Page Woed, the Very Rev. the Dean of Ely, and the Rev. Dr. Vaughan. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 22. We have had to-day an unusual number of visits from royalty, and the royal yachts hare been peuMng up sad down Southampton Water, or moored In our dock, frm an early hoar . At lalf-past 10 this mornMg her Majesty's yacht Petry, eceemanded by the Hon. Caps . Denman, entered the dock, sad the Prince Consort, attended by Ikea.-Colonel Pemeoeby, equerry in waiting, landed from her. His Royal Highness was attired In deep mourning, and on landing; he immedlately proceeded by 'peeled train to the Weybrtdge Statlca, on his way to attend die funeral obsequies of the horde mad unfortunate D.chs. el Orissa,. . . . . At 2 o'clock this afternoon the naohess of Kent arrived hare by special train, accompanied by ded Priam Leiningen and Prince'Victor of Hoheolos, and attenby Lady A. Dawson, Lady is Waiting, and by Colonel Hr George Cooper, Equerry in Waiting. Her Royal Helmer and the primes and suite embarked on board the yacht Fairy, and proceeded to Os borne on a vide to the Queen, to participate in the oelebra tke of her Majesty's birthday on Monday next. The Dachas. of Kent and the Prinors mho accompanied her were la mourning for the Durham of Orleans. The Prince Consort returned here Ikons the funeral of the Duchene' Orleans at 4 o'clock this stoormom and mound to Caboose in the royal yacht Men, Master Commaador 11416t°11. At 6, an., the Prime el Wake arrived hers by train he, his rani sna, at Richmond, attended by Lord Velment, Erma, in Waiting, and by Mr. Gib* his tutor, and pro- ceeded to Osborne, in the royal yacht Fairy, to join the family party now assembled at Osborne to celebrate the Queen's birthday. The Prince of Wales wee also attired in =weft for the Duchess of Orleans. Hu royal highness Is now dressed es a rasa, and is much improved is appearance. He wee, es usual, aside to the dock and railway ofilciala, who bad provided for the conveniences of hie embarkation. The Dachau of Kent and the Plume of Wales return through Southampton to their respective residences on y nest. The Arrogant frigate, lying in Southampton Water, near the Royal Victoria Hospital, saluted the royal yachts as they passed to and from Osborne and Southampton. Messrs. Godson and Beach, on the part of the South Western Railway Company; and Mean. Hedger and Levy, on the part of the Southampton Dock Company ; nosiest the royal personages in the docks. The royal railway terriers were Weight into the Sontheraptos Dock., and a crimson carpet covered the pomp way on the dock quay and steps which led to the plate of landing and embarkation. It will be recollected that the Queen a short time dace caused a monument to be tweeted to the Princess Eliza beth, daughter of Charles 1., in Bt. Thomas's Church, New pert, We of Wight. The monument, designed by Baron Marooltetti, chiefly assisted of as exquisite reclining figure of the unhappy and youthful princess. The Hoopspekint distraitr states that her Majesty has now had two coloured windows placed in the church, and that the softened light from these windows toils on the peaceful and gentle face of the princess and brings out the gentle repose so characteristic of her feature'. On the window swat the attenuant are the woods " Blessed am the died whisk die la the Lard," and " Sorrow not ss those which base as hops." Over the wet door of the church a statue of St. Thomas the Apostle, to wham the church is delicassi, has bean placed. This statue is by Mr. Baker, a Southampton sculptor. __. _ _ _ The Marquis of Dalhousie: accompanied by the Lobes Bum and Edith Ramsay and Col. Ramsay, hie enfold at the Albemarle Hotel (late Evora's) from Mahe. —. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley ban left Carlton House-terreoe for Westbrook Howe, on a vteltto the Hon. Mr. and Lady Georgians Ryder. The Earl de Grey, as President of the Institute of British Architects, bad a son season on Friday night at hie house in St. Jamss'e•gsare. The Earl of Powis received the Earl and Countess Delswarr and Lady Arabella 8. West, the Countess of Macclesfield, Lord William Graham, Lady Bray Foley, Hon. G. Hamilton Russell, Mr. Grey, Mr. Knightley, Mr. Chant, do., at dinimr, on Friday, at hie mansion in Barkeiry square. _ The Berl Cowper ham left town an a ♦iait to Frances Countess Waklemma and Mr. Heronut, M.P., at Strawbarphill, Twickenham. . . Viscount end Vieconntees Contbermere will give a grand entertainment to their Royal Highness the Dachau of Cambridge and the Primer Mazy on the llilt proximo. Lord and Lady Foley have left town for Worksop Manor, Nottingham, fora few days. Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kenison have left lowa for Broom Hall, Norfolk, for a low days. Viscountess Paimerston "received" on Saturday enntsgst Cambridge House. Previously to the ammably the noble viscount and viscountess Illitartsiaed at dinner the Marquisof Donegal, the Berl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Vidalia Ashley, Lady William Rural, Visoosat and Vimountess Goderich, the Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, ILP., and Mrs. Cowper, Hon. Frederick Byng, Hon. R. Bdersrdes, Hoe. Gilbert Heathcota, Sir James Brooks (the Itajah of Sarawak), Kr. Arthur Ransil, to. The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained the Bari d Fowls, Lord and Lady Forester, Lord mid Lady William Powlett, Lord and Lady Charchill, Lord Join Mu ses, Lord Alexander Gordon Lemnos, Hon. F. and Lady Elisabeth Villiers, Hon. Mies Hardioge, Sir Archibald and Lady Alison, Major-General Sir R. Ahoy, Mr. Stanley, and a select party at dinner, on Satarday, at the family mansion In Berkeley-square. A small circle assembled after diuner. _ Many of the gentlemen attending the funeral of the nachos of Orleans on Saturday had come over from Paris =primly. After the ceremony the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale strolled about the lawn, and shook hands with each of the visitors very oxdially. The extensive estates of the Earl of Granard, situate In the county of Westmeath, have been sold by pri vate contract to Colonel Folks Griville, Y.P. The per money was 12.5,0001. An article on University Reform in the Dublin Uniformity Yegazine for May hu sorely Irritated the Heb domadal Board at Hobbit. Taking a het from our neigh bolus ammo the Straits of Dover, as auks Ix libel 'guinea the editor of the =guise wee line thought of, but the Idea wee dismissed as untenable. The stabsppy publish.s, who an the (allege bookseller% were the ant mast obvious victim°. They wens summoned behee the board, end sow palled to abandon the publics.n of the magealais—a logs which, estimating the prate MA, small we of 10/. per imam, may be set down as a peonalary sant of 6001. The Mll imposing a penny stamp on &Kase is to mum into operatics so-morrow messing. Is caw whets money is paid error the counter to the drawer of a cheque himself, rich cheque being "10 self," sad sotto alder, ao stamp Mil be nquisita, the awes eeetemspialed to the various gasp eels bag them cal, la which s Wed party is em award, and which ere bald es lAso oat of treeseetleea at pleat. Treader greets for Customs gad older payments trued by Wakens against stamped elegem fen the anus of 'security will also bs exempt. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova OWN 001DANPONDINT.) ?dila, SUNDAY Enema. The Emperor and Empress, the Queen of Hol land, the Prince Royal of Wurtemburg, and the court, left the Tuileries at two o'clock this evening for Fontainebleau. M. de Pane passed a very bad night, and was at one moment at death's door. He is better this morning, but his state is most dangerous. I have now to transmit to you some very extraordinary facts in relation to this affair. It would appear that the letter of MM. °rangier and de Commingues, officers of the Guides, withdrawing their challenges against M. de Pine, when they heard he was mortally wounded, has been con strued in certain quarters as a weakness on the part of those officers. The Constitutionnei contains a paragraph which must be " communicated " from some more or lees authoritative source, which depre cates the supposition that MM. " the officers of the Guides did share the sentiments of their comrades in other regiments on the subject of the duel with M. de Pane." Their only intention "was to with draw after the calamity which had happened, and to express their hope that the result might not be fatal." That is precisely what they said in their letter, but the object of this communique is mani festly to affirm that they approve of the system of hunting a man to death by successive challenges from military men. Yesterday forty-two officers in uniform went to the office of the Industrie, of St. Germain, and delivered in person the following To the Director and of the Industrie!. Gentlemen,—The officers of the garrison of Saint Ger main (let Regiment of the Cuirassiers of the Guards) re quest, and in awe of need require you to insert in your next number the following letter, which they hare jut waived from their comrade, M. Roge, officer of the 9th Choosers: (Signed) Captains DEIKAUTICHAMPS, OSUIPAVD, Sci Loam, GVILLON, - COLLOT, Di Buu.iy, Diauza, irtizaaa, exammairauta, Coaataa, Du Botssmaola. Lisatamats Da Varsaisa, SLOVEN TRISTAN DE VIEZRAOLT, LOUDIN, A. Pima Hmaica, A. Ilasc4. Di Maui., &lb-Lieut.:mita GAIERT DR BANTIRAR, Baamaaa, Taisaay, BRISSON, Mous, Di Cot:moire, Paaxiox BAS, Firm., Darmaol., LAMER DIRIATAIID, LACLZDIBICQIIIT, CRATELATN, LAPON, Lwow, BIOOI7LIT Di TARRAGON, Di SLANGY, GIODIRLIN. " AbbavMs, May 20. Gentlemen,—Figsro, In Its number of May 8, famited an snide which was an insult to all the allows of the army. In giving an account of a soiree this Journal said, ' Remark . able impinvement—the inevitable eub-lieutenant was not there,' &c. On reading this article, M. Courtiel, *sub lieutenant of the 9th Chasteurs, in garrison at Audios, ed deemed a letter to M. de Pkie (the ' Nemo 'of Igoe), the author of the article, calling upon him for satisfaction for the insult. Almost simultensoualy M. Hyenne, an officer of the same regiment, in garrison at Abbeville, also sent a challenge to M. de Pine. No answer was sent to either of these letters, but Aggro, of the 13th, contained a second article, replying, in scans terms, to M. Courtiel's letter. Thereupon this diem came to Paris, accompanied by his tee seconds, MM. Hymn* and Roe. The meeting between H. do Pine and H. Coertiel took place in Velma wood. H. Courtiel having received a wound in the fore part of Ma arm was compelled to renounce the caged which had been of very short duration (one minute). H. Hymns, then approaching M. de Pane, &dimmed him with the meet per fect coolness, and the following dialect's occurred I also, sir, wrote to you on the retbject of your article, and I signed my name to my letter. Do you remember it t' Yes, sir, I do.' ' Then you owe me satisfaction, and I demand it of you." But it would be very difficult for me to fight with all the officers of the army." You have insulted them all, and they have all the right to force you to draw the sword.' I refer to my seconds.' In this state of things the seconds having intimated their intention to leave the ground, M. Hymns urgently repeated his demand to fight. He told these gentlemen that he was determined to fight M. de Pine, and that if a meeting were refused be should be under the painful necessity of insulting him. M. de Pine and his seconds oen tinning to refuse, H. Hymns, after a last entreaty, which produced no effect, used an insulting gesture (a ehinietsood) towards his adversary, who thereupon asked his seconds what he shotdd do. They replied ' You must fight.' But one of them objected that M. Hyenne ought not to be allowed to memo swords with an adversary whose method of fighting he had just had an opportunity of studying. M. Hymns, who bad pistols about him, insisted that M. de Pine should choose the arm which he preferred. The sword was ahem, sail. de Pine received two wounds. We think it nsermary to give you all the details of this double meeting, in order that your opinion may not be added by reading the contradictory and malicious comments of certain journals. For instance, in the inthattriel of St. Germain, which first gave an account of the duel, it was stated that after IL Caudal was wounded H. Hyenne thought fit to take up the affair. This way of tell ing the story is insulting and incorrect, for M. Hymns did not avenge H. Courdel, but the entire army. This Is the proper place to mere in the most unequivocal manner that M. do Pine woe respomible for his article, not only to an in. dividual but to a thus. In the Apo" hq►esssss of the 17th, M. ds Viliwnessant, In allusion to the energetic and calm intervention of M. Hymns, calls It an' bedew:Mehl* some.' He takes care to notice only t h e provocation, sad perm over the entirely proper conduct of that officer. The army, which is each a good judge in affairs of honour, will appreciate the faces. The officers of the cavalry and artillery of the guard, as well as those of the 84th regbnent, have spon taneously assured me of their entire sympathy. Gentlemen, my desire is that the army, to whom the original insult was addressed, should know precisely in what way it was avenged. (Signed) "Roos, one of the emends." The above document makes a bad matter in finitely worse. The doctrine is avowed in cold blood that the French army as a body ap proves of the system of calling out any ci►ilian whom they may consider to have insulted their caste until he succumbs. The forty-two heroes of St. Germain think it right that a second, who is, I ba leave, thought in England to have a judicial capa city, who should be cool, and, although a partisan of his principal, impartial in all that regards conduct on the ground--should be provided with various arms, and ready to fight on the spot on his own account in case of his principal getting the worst of it. The ease is frankly stated. Do the armies of Europe sanction the St. Germain principles? This being Whit-Sunday the evening papers are not published. An Italian gentleman, named Dal-Oegaro, has' . reoeived a perastelery order to quit Trews. M. Dal-Ougero is the Italian trembler of Racine's neirs, which wee reprimand at the Maitre Francais a few nights ago by Madame BIM& A day or two after the mimosas:4 he I twelve& a gammons to attend the prefecture of police; he was then Wormed that orders had been girls for his expel -11408 from the Fres& Unitary. He inquired the rams, but wee told that mem= for this mode of premising lasepitality were not wally ghat; tMre was nothing for It bat sob- I adeion. With teopeat to his passport, be wits Informed that he should have on. for Algeria, or for any she °angry that would not infuse to receive Wien teepee, - inglaad. The Royal Mail steamer Tamar, which left South ampton with the South Amertean sidle on the 10th bet., arrived et Liaises es the soornieg of O• lath and started for fit. Timed on the evening of the mine day, The Team had beeratital weather from Southampton to Liam. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY Korot lmo. The Arabia brings New York dates to the 12th, 183 passengers, and 458,156 dollars specie. The steamer Vanderbilt, from Southampton, ar rived at New York on the 10th inst. The Persia heap arrived on the 11th inst., and the City of Baltimore hence was going in when the Arabia sailed. The bill admitting Minnesota into the Union was passed by the House as it came from the Senate by a vote of 167 to 38. The preamble to the reproposing the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, in which it is declared that the treaty had been the source of discord be tween Great Britain and the States, was rejected in the house by a vote of 99 to 67. The Senate had confirmed James M. Buchanan as United States minister to Denmark, and Colonel G. W. Morgan as minister to Portugal. A frightful catastrophe had happened on the New York Central Railroad, near Utica, by the breaking of a bridge as an express train, Cincinnati, was passing. Eight or nine persons were killed, and forty to fifty others wounded. It is attributed to the rottenness of the bridge. The Treasury had negotiated a new 5,000,000 dole. loan, at an average of about 4 per cent. We have news from Camp Scott, Utah terri tories, to 30th March. No movement of importance had taken place, as General Johnston was awaiting the arrival of Captain Marcy from New Mexico with supplies of animals. The health of the troops was very satiafkotory. Serious charges of fraud and embezzlement had been preferred against three of the directors of the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroad. One of the parties, named Henry Dwight, had been arrested. Six warrants had been issued against him, in which he is charged with the fraudulent issue of coupons and canal bonds, &c. The New York Herald says it is the most enormous and startling charge of fraud yet brought to light in America. The Washington correspondence of the Courier and Inquirer states that the Collins line of steam ships will not again be put in operation until an appropriation shall be made for the whole of next year, and if not thus provided for they will be sold to the French government. A telegraph from New Orleans gives news from the City of Mexico to the 4th inst. The news indi cates the speedy downfall of the Zuloaga govern ment. Vidaurri's forces had won one of the hardest battles ever fought in the country. Ening& is re ported to be distressed for the want of money. bares, the constitutional president, who went out in the Tennessee, was welcomed at Vera Cruz. The New York stock market was without essen tial change. Money rates ranged from 4* to 7 per cent, and banks were at a loss to know what to do with their surplus funds. A fair business had been done in exchange, and bills on London closed at 1091 to 110. Ashes firm. Coffee quiet but firm. Cotton quiet, but prices sustained. Flower and wheat rather lower. Corn scarce, and rather dearer. Scotch pig iron dull and depressed. Spirits of turpen tine advanced to 60c. Crude inactive. Oils steady. Pork irregular, and 1 dol. to 1 dol. lower. Beef unchanged. Lard dull and lower. Sugar firm. Tobacco steady and firm. Freights again firmer. Flour to London, 2s. 6d. ; beef, 4s. 9d. NEW ORLEANS, MAT 11. Cotton firm at 111 d. to 12d. for middling. Re ceipts of the week at all ports, 85,000 bales, making the total receipts of the season thus far slightly ahead of the same date last year. LATEST. The Arabia not having mailed from New York until the afternoon of the 12th, we are placed is proweesion of the following information in advance of its publication in New York. The stock market on the 12th was dull, and lower for most of the leading securities. New York Central shares closed at 87i ; ditto Bonds, 97. Erie shares, 24; half ditto, third mortgage bonds, 77. Illinois Central shares, 911; ditto Bonds, 90. Pa nama Railroad, 1001. In the produce markets flour and wheat were steady, but Indian corn was dull. Provisions were quiet. The arrivals at New York on the 12th included the steam ship City of Baltimore, and the ships Dreadnought and Constantine from Liverpool, and the Fairfield from Havre. WASHINGTON, Nay 12. The HOlllO of Representatives is engaged to-day upon the affairs of the territories. IN DIA. The Times' telegram of the Calcutta mail has the following particulars : " Kooer Singh is said to be trying to get into the Behar districts ; a reward of 25,000 rupees has been offered for his apprehension. _ " Sir Colin's head-quarters and Staff left Cawnpore on the 19th of April, and marched by Futtyghur toward' Rohilennd. " On the 14th Brigadier Walpole attacked the fort of Raxour, in Oude, and lost 100 killed, including four offioers. The enemy evacuated the fort in the night. " The Oude Begum is said to be in a fort near Lltyrabed with about 3,000 adherents. " Brigadier Jones had attacked and dispersed a body of rebels 2,000 strong near Kukul. He inflicted a heavy loss and captured four guns out of six ; many of the rebels had dispersed to their homes; others, with two guns, had gone to Nujee Boded. _ _ " Aohmed Pasha, elder son of Ibrahim Puha and hair apparent to the Pashalio of Egypt, vru killed on the 13th by an accident on the railway steam ferry. The carriage in which he sat rolled off the platform of the ferry into the river." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (se m.acran twisoasra.) crams ova own ooaaserossiniv.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The steam-ahip Alhambra, with the Psoinsular mails, is now in the river. 8013TH MEW EMIGRATION.—ThIII Qaesa, Bleak rawer, "what OS granniey Item Ler peel far Alva lkin Mick 368 emigrant', Ably &Odd leeebenike fad eispbeede, Weds" by the pate for the Hoe. Yr. PIA from the Cape et Good Rope. 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