The Express. — London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

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W.ddlcomb, Jordan, Potter, J. G. Shore, Garden, Cathcart, and Moreland ; Mantuan Henderson, Ilswortliy, and Carlotta Lealeroq. NT. JAMILTS. TIN Rvirmo. Nrkii.-YRIINDO OR FORM. Messrs. Viole t s, Dewar, Benson. Mat.bews, Mesdames lierle,.rt and Matthews.—And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. Messrs. Ashley and Dewar ; Mks Kate Terry.--Conuneoca at 71. It styAm N lA. TIDO ItilDNO, OUR Mesdames Lane an Craufont —Entertainments by Mem I. Pearce, ADM*. Celeste Stephan, and qr. Maelagan.—TlND DOGS OF IND.—And THE GReEli. 0 I RL. IL Clayton.—Commence at el. HlOll WATKA AT LONDUS BAIDOZ. Tiff. DAY —Morning, 4h. 45ta. Iv.4los.sow—Morolnic, si. Som.. Afternoon, brs. 20w. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 3. Tin prospect& of Italian unity have brightened a little within the last few days. General DE Govoir, it is now announced with authority, is at length actually recalled, and the visible chagrin with which the Ultramontane journals record this unwelcome conclusion of a lingering dispute, amply justifies all that has been said or suspected of that gallant and devout officer's " proclivities." The Imperial Government may search the muster-roll of the French army through without discoveriug a General so well adapted as M. DE G , IVON to the peculiar military duties which de volve on the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Occupation in Rome. With the exception of an occasional " moral slap" from the Papal Milner= • or Anus, General DE GOYON returns to Paris with undiminished reputation as a soldier ; and we see no reason why he should not be received with equal favour at the Tuileriea and in the Faubourg St. Germain. That martial figure will be missed by the Roman citizens on the Corso ; those Royalist sympathies will be wanting to the royal circle at the Farnese Palace, and those genuflexions will be remembered with regret at the Vatican. But the General will probably find his reward in a seat in the Senate, whether as a devoted servant of the EMPEROR, an ardent protector of the Holy See, or the generous patron of a Bouneow fathily in distress. So far so good. It is to be hoped that his successor in command will be more strictly military in his qualities, and be content to know himself a per functory personage. Doubtless the French troops are heartily sick of performing the work of a con 'tabular), force among a rabble of priests who grudge them so much as an honest blessing. But it was only when General DI GOYON was desired to lend a hand to the suppression of brigandage on the Neapolitan frontier, and no longer permitted to wink hard at the conveyance of arms and ammunition from the Papal arsenals to the enemies of the King of ITALY, that he felt his occupation gone. M. DI LavaLarra was nut the man to accept the position of a dupe ; and as soon as he found that the representative of France was expected to be nothing more than one of two puppets, of whom the other was the privileged re presentative of a certain inner circle in the Impe rial Court, the high spirit and acute perception of that eminent diplomatist demanded the recall of one or of the other. So, after the usual series of con ' tradictory rumours and official mystification, M. DE LAVALITTE holds his OWD, and General DE Govow comes back to France. The report that Marshal Mix is to go to Rome as military and diplomatic representative of France is revived. To replace a Commander-in-Chief who never saw a shot fired on a field of battle, by one of the ablest and most renowned Marshals of France, whose name is written on the ruins of Se bastopol and Bomarsund, is an act which cannot fail to be regarded as significant in a military sense, and the Italians may remember with satisfaction that it was Marshal nut. that was com missioned to survey the frontier fortresses of Piedmont at the outset of the war of indepen dence. It can scarcely be imagined, however, that this distinguished General of Engineers is to be entrusted with a mission to the Holy See for the professional purpose of surveying the recon at:noted fortifications of Civita Vecchia, to which it is rug ;ested the French occupying force would retire to " concentrate itself." A foreign army at Civita Vecchia would intensify the dis trust and jealousy of the European Powers, without retaining the colourable excuse of " pro " tecting the person of the HOLY Farman." Even the " Catholic world " (which somehow or other appears to exclude the people of Rome) will not pretend that a foreign force at Civita Vecchia is indispensable to the safety of the HOLY FATHER when an Italian army holds the gates of Rome, and keeps guard in the Quirinal and at the Vati can. We are far from suggesting that the conti nuance for a while of a French garrison at Civita Vecchia should be regarded as hostile to the rights of Italy ; but that, if prolonged, it must become an object of suspicion to Europe without gaining any credit from the " Catholic world," is too obvious • to require explanation. A mixed garrison at Rome is another " middle term " that has been more than once proposed ; but in what manner or degree such an intermediate arrangement would satisfy the susceptibilities of the Papal Court, or why an infusion of French soldiers should be pre feasible to an unmixed Italian garrison, we are unable to conceive. Italian soldiers are prob a bly at least as good Catholics as their French allies. The rumour that sends Marshal NIEL to the Court of Rome in a double capacity, as Commander in-Chief and Envoy Extraordinary, describes the object of his mission as "to conciliate, if possible, " the protection which France owes to the Holy " See with the rights of the Italian nation." This formula has not the recommendation of novelty, though it represents precisely the policy which, according to the bewildered organs of the Tory party, Lord Mauessanar and Mr. DISRAELI ate p:epared to pursue if they return to office before WitF4lll3, •SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1862. • tho Temporal Power has become a libingkif Yodel!? day. Marshal Nisi, has bailkered down son*, strong works in his time, and we daresay he can calculate the capabilities of resistance to a nicety. But to " conciliate " the Court of Rome, which in sists, as a preliminary condition, on the restoration of its lost provinces, with the claims of a nation which demands Rome as its natural capital, is a task that defies the utmost resources of military or diplomatic engineering. Lord Itisamssiluar, perhaps, is equal to the task ; since, according to his unhappy apologists, he was the firmest friend of Italian independence when he was exhausting his good intentions in attempts to " conciliate" Lom bardy with Austria. On the whole, it is certain that the Roman question has advanced of late a step or two to wards the only possible conclusion. The recall of General DE GOYON was known on the same day at Naples and in Paris. Vicros Fassuxuses visit to his southern capital is already working won ders for the consolidation of the unity of the king dom. The bluff, honest face of the royal soldier, albeit unused to the coquetries of kingcraft, is dispersing rebellion and disaffection as the dawn disperses the ugly terrors of the night. The Nea politan populations, systematically debased and corrupted by the BOURBONS . , must be coerced into liberty and self-respect ; while they are ready to lick the dust before any Monarch who will treat them to gewgaws and rareeshowa, and throw them bonbons and coppers to scramble for. But the reception of the King of ITALY at Naples is some thing better than the blind idolatry of a fickle populace ; all the wealth, intelligence, and en lightened patriotism of the people recognise in him the living symbol of national unity and strength. Nor will his constitutional advisers think their work accomplished by a week's galas and acclama tions. They will study on the spot the needs and demands of a people sunk in long corru;:tion and misrule, and will labour to elevate a slavish and unstable mob into a race of energetic and re sponsible freemen. LLTEO • GRIISCE. - (FROM ♦ 00111,13P01D/1117.) LL . ATHENS, APRIL 21 It was yesterday, April 20, at noon that the royal troops entered the citadel of blauplia. But the insurgents surrendered not to the King of Greece, but to the English and French. Fifteen of the non- amnestied leaders embarked on the 19th on board the English corvette Pelican, and three on board the French corvette Enmenide. 120 non-com missioned officers and soldiers who were included in the amnesty said they had no confidence in it, and insisted on following their chiefs. These men were received by the two corvettes, which forthwith sailed for Smyrna. Do not suppose that the surrender of Nauplia was an act of despair, nor that it was the result of dissensions among the rebels. The political queston was overruled by considerations of humanity. The peaceable citizens of the town would alone have suffered from the royal bombardment. Do not suppose either that the rebellion is over in Greece. Unless the King shall give unmistakeable evidence of his intention to respect the constitution to which he has sworn, the general discontent in the country will show itself in action. There is a talk of the convocation of the Cham bers for May 6 to entertain the bill for the organ isation of the national guard. But the nation has no confidence in the present legislative chamber. A dissolution and the fair election of a constituent assembly, together with a change of ministry, is the only feasible course to avert a catastrophe. It is, indeed, reported that ministers are:going out, and that M. Tricoupi will be charged to form a now cabinet. Admiral Touchard, with the French division under his command, leaves to-morrow for Smyrna, and the English, Austrian, and Italian flags will alone float in the Piraeus. The French sailors are delighted at their change of quarters, for they hate the Piraeus, and are very fond of Smyrna. The French minister at Athena is understood to have expressed an opinion that, in consequence of the important events likely to occur in Greece, the head-quarters of the Levant naval division should be the Piraeus, but his advice has not been fol• lowed. ATHENS, Aran, 25. The most important occurrence since the sur render of Nauplia is the royal decree convoking the Chambers for an extraordinary session to vote a bill for a national guard on the Belgian model. But people do not believe in the royal promise. The general opinion is that the first act of the drama of Greek revolution is over, but that a second is about to commence. The country is apparently resigned, but is not discouraged. The object of the ministers in convoking the Chambers is supposed to be to get a bill of indemnity for their conduct during and previous to the insurrea tion. The promise of the national guard is thought to be a snare. Rumours of a change of ministry continue to circulate, but are considered very doubtful. Within the five days that have, elapeed since the fall of Nauplia a battalion of procureurs, judges of instruction, &c., has beenDient forth from Athens. You know that an amnesty has been proclaimed ; but in spite of that many arrest warrants have been issued against liberal citizens of Nauplia. The officer who commands the arsenal, and who was not excluded from the amnesty, is prosecuted for having allowed the insurgents to get possession of the arms and ammunition, and his property is placed under sequestration. [lt is known that the arsenal, the principal one in Greece, was found empty, and that thirty thousand stand of arms which were in it are DOW in the hands of sympathisers with the rebellion.] The English corvette Pelic►n has returned here from Smyrna. The Pitch& readily consented to receive the Greek officers, but made some difficulty about the soldiers, who were provisionally confined in the lazaretto previously to their being , conveyed to the Archipelago. The French divi ' aim, which was to have left us on Tuesday, has received counter orders, and will not go till the ' Ist of May. She brings 197 paammgere, 42 of whom are for .England and 155 for Hamburg, and 193,800 - dole. in specie for Prance, and 1,000 dole. for Hamburg. On the 24th ult. ebe spoke the Pride of Canada, bound west; on the 27th the Globe of White, bound west. The Bavaria's news has been anticipated. TEI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. • same crowd of visitors that used to throng about the case on shilling days in '5l. But the Koh-i- Noor will not be alone to its glory this time, fur a great rival, exhibited by IL Coster, and said to be worth a million sterling, has come in from Amster dam, and also made its appea rance yesterday. This is "the Star of the South, " a single brilliant of immense size, and weighing no less than 125 -earatet It is set in the centre of a magnificent star of brilliants, each of which, though large and valuable, is a mere foil to the glittering centre atone. • The Crown Prince of Prussia and Prince Oscar of Sweden paid early visits to the Exhibition yester day. Their royal highnesses arrived at 9 o'clock, and were conducted over the building by Sir C. Wentworth Dilke and Mr. Sandford. Both of the illustrious visitors were gratified with all that they saw of British and foreign art and industry. The por tions of the building which appeared to have the greatest interest for Prince Frederic William were the ceramic courts, and that of military engineer ing. The charming productions in majolica ware of Mr. Minton and the highly artistic production. of Messrs. Copeland, Rose, Daniell, and Wedg wood, were examined with great care, and his royal highness expressed an opme..n that finer works could not be produced at Berlin or Dresden. The Armstrong gun was examined with much intermit, and the prince appeared to be thoroughly se quainted with the peculiarities of its construction, and its efficiency as an instrument of war. The prince was received in the Prussian department by the commissioner, and the representative of Sweden was in attendance to conduct Prince Oscar over the Swedish court. The opening of the Exhibition has brought in the summer in its pleasantest aspect The weather yesterday was beautiful, not too hot, nor too dusty ; perhaps if it had been a little lees hazy it would have been all the better for the myriad objects in the great building at Kensington. With respect to the Exhibition itself, it was evident that the season ticket-holders who had assisted at the ceremonial of the previous day were resting themselves, as the attendance was far from numerous. We were sorry to observe that in the case of those who did come, the " hitches" which were, perhaps, inevitable from such an opening, had not yet terminated. The visitors on presenting themselves at the entrances by which they had been admitted the day before were at once stopped by the distracted police who bad just received their fourth set of orders for that particular morning, and were peremp torily directed to go round to the western dome, which, we need hardly add, had been up to that moment a terra incognita to the general public. As we arrived at our appointed " south-east tower" we observed that several small indignation meetings were being held about the door, at which protests were made against being on so hot a day sent upon such a very long voyage of discovery. A dis tinguished member of her Majesty's Government, who was in charge of two ladies, was warning a policeman in the most solemn tones at the second entrance from which he had been repulsed, but with no other effect than to find him an uncompro mising and impracticable member of the opposition. At last the malcontents filed off, and full opportu nity was afforded for admiring the marvellous facade that faces the Albert-road. At intervals along this wonderful wall several entrances lay pro vokingly open through which we could see the in dustrial treasures of the interior ; but they were all inexorably " tiled," and we were obliged to go the whole journey, and for the first time had the op portunity of admiring the hitherto unseen western dome. Various theories were started as to the cause of this sudden closing of all but one of the turnstiles. Some persons said that the ticket-takers had forgotten to come, it being the first day, but the majority were of opinion that the rind object was to make the public and the western dome a little better acquainted. On getting inside we were not much sur prised to find that all the hammering which had been suspended on the previous day was now resumed. The throne and the chairs and tabs rota were being taken away, and labourers with dusty planks on their shoulders were moving about in every direction. At the opposite end the great Lord Ashburton, as President of the Royal orchestra was in ruins, and persons who wanted to Goggraphieel Society, will hold an evening reception at see any of the staff bad to climb over piles of tum- Bath Hones, on Wedneeday, May It ble-down timber, and finally to dive through a trap , The Council of the Society of Arts have issued door. We took a closer look at the great " trophies cards for as evening reception at the South Remington in the nave, which had so cruelly cut up the w uesam es weile . day, Nay 7. vista on the previous day, and found the moot The French Moniteur reports a valuable present obnoxious to consist of enormous plates of gleam set in upright framed, and in themselves car- to the Loam by a young Pole' Coast T i lskiewieg ' which tainly very worthy and attractive objects. But ommilta of a rich collection of Egyptian antiquities. they could easily be placed in a more convenient gathered on the spot. Among 140 bronze objects, 76 small position. They might stand "fore and aft," as the .dews, representing different Egyptian deities, are Per sailors say, or be set against the aide, where they *char Coasoi•••41 by their beauty. would be out of the way, and the public would have An " event" of some importance has taken place full opportunity for admiring their extraordinary la the musical circles of Paris--the return of Thalberg to dimensions. As for the Dutch candles, we hardly the scene of his former triumphs. Id. Thalberg has already know what to recommend, except that they should gives two riences at Erard's rooms, and although (or, pea -Ibe all lighted and allowed to burn out as haps, because) hewas the sole performer, both were &needed rapidly as possible. The great organ has withaudiences verydiffereut both in appearance and numbers been cleared away, and is to be set up in the gal- item those habitually seen at musical entertainments; in lery at the expense of the commissioners, and no- Paris. In addition to several of his former compositions, gotiations are, we understaud, in progress for a M. Thalberg played, at his lest soiree, two new pieces—on further clearance. We observed a large company the romans of the Barbiere, on an old air of Gretry, and a in the French court, speculating on the contents of fantasia on the frovatore. the still unopened boxes ; and a still larger in the A Lyons letter of the 30th alt says :—" The Italian, which every one said is likely to be one of besieger dose in the silk market of this town during the the great lions of the show. Victor Emmanuel and bat week has been completely insignificant, the sales by Garibaldi are great attractions, 'and there was an animated discussion going on in front of Gibson's suction not having exercised any influence. In the South active than Venus on the question of colour or no colour. of France and in Italy business is not more For Some were for the pure Feriae, whilst others con- here, and mites differ but little from their fanner quota tended that the only fault of the sculptor was that Cons. au instant, hopes of an approaching pacification in America had canoed an upward movement, but a he had not gone far enough ; but opinion was reaction afterwards took place, and rates have resumed unanimous as to the faultless form of the statue. their f orm er levels It is needless to say that the stalls of the great M. D. de Romanoff, of the Russian telegraph London jewellers were well attended. The koh-i- has view the United Stales, to inspect the ale moor looks twice sa well in its present form of h system in use there. Is a few months the telegraph brooch, and the general opinion of the ladies was 17 :"' ruby should be submitted to a in Asiatic Russia will be extended to I rtotuk near that the Lahore similar process. The Devonshire gems bad their lake • Italic a. A can thee be sent from London to Pekin rid in fourteen days. From Irto k the troops of admirers, and eager inquiries were made . le _,__ w „_,„ l us , as mour to the value of the different articles. Anyt h ing /rues . Ousuree the "" which was stated to be worth leas than two or tree riven to the Sea of Ochotak. The dis tance of the south thousand p oun d s was at once passed b y w i t h western coast of the Elea of Ochotek from Belong Straits is oontetupt. But there was nothing as yet like sari- sad from the eastern side of the straits to one or orderly inspection. The public were evi- Oregon, the terminus of the American telegraph lines, the deafly dazzled by the extraordinary richness and distance7oo ' am l na f e w y ears ___, ll l " wiu St. be ass profusion of the various articles, and flitted from continuous lan d wir stret ching sir'" east ward Fetit one to another like butterflies in a garden of flowers. burg in the Gulf of Finland to Cape Race in the Atlantic At one moment they paused before what appeared Ooma, through 270 degrees of leagitada to be a finely executed painting, but which turned A letter from Beyrout states that the mulberry out to be only a specimen of French paper-hanging trees are in fine condition, and that a good crop of silk framed and glazed. In the next they stood admit- worms is anticipated. Advises from Aleppo declare that tingly before the gorgeous Italian furniture in the the crops in that neighbourhood are most flourishing, not nave including a wonderful mirror, the carving withstanding the appearance of locusts ou the banks of the and gilding of which must have been the work of a Euphrates. lifetime. Poor Venice, every one paused in her The state of New York has raised an army of little corner, which looked as sad as her own for- 103,307 men, sad the state of Pennsylvania an army of tunes. If it were not for an exquisite model of St. 109,616 mere. Mark's, in ivory, she would have sent us nothing p s oposzo Yowling= Dzmozognunox AHD EN but her good intentions. osieruzirr AT BOITTHEND.—The Secrets?! of State for War Sir William Armstrong's department was never and the waw a commendievin-Chief having b een pleased clear of the ladies, who fondled the terrible engines be a p •of a demonstration for the defence of the town as if they were so many pet spaniels, and tested el Southend, by volunteer carp, to take place on the after. the rifling reckless of the consequences to the most noon of Saturday, the 14th of June next, and the encamp dedicately tinted glovee. It is • pity that some meet of such corpus as may be able to do so for two nights short description is not attached to the Fins, as they is the vicinity 07 that te „ a, the emaramahmt caws o f look terribly mysterious and incomprehensible to volunteer., who may desire their corp . to take any pe rt in the uninitiated. Perhaps this is not an improper these proofed' are requested to communicate their place to say a word or two respecting the refresh- wishes to the Secretary of State for War, through the lord went rooms. We have dined both with M. Veil- lieutenant . o f t h e i r count i es , es ear l y as pos at e , stating lard and Mr. Morrish—not on the same day—and the boar that it will best snit them to bring their cor p s to In as far as one visit enables us to judge, must give Southend, whether by railway or steamboat, and the duties the preference to the English contractor. The dinners they are ready te mutateke. The railway companies coo in the French restaurant are given a la carte, a seder' with Southend will be prepared to gnat return system which is entirely too tedious for days when tickets upon very moderate terms, from Saturday, the 14th, people come "at a rush," as Mr. Henley says. An >mt Teaeday, eh. 77th Jess. interval of a clu.arter of an hour between your soup and your fish is too much even for the most leisurely ci rewstog el the National Rifle Assoc i a ti on s be hell at Narionsx. Ririe Assocurion.—The May general appetite, but another quarter of an hour between the latter and the piece de resistance is too much Willie's Rooms, on the 17th inst., at half•past two o ' c loc k for human patience. And yet, without a regiment His Royal Hig h ness the Duke ol Cambridge, LG.. Ma' of waiters how is it to be otherwise, when there is dent of the association. in the chair. an army of hungry people ; and be it remembered, Lases or Amines TO Sim THE EXHIDETIO. -- he that nothing so sharpees the appetite as the con- F As "dee I he re e lat e d e le k i n: d dire the Gann:J:6l7:llmi nrgnatod• templation of the beautiful. In Mr. Morrish's le r a e l to ee nt in i e er th e officers o f the establishment you pay a fixed sum at the door, and several „ gamete ender their summand leave d absence, find within that solidity and abundance which for the purpose of visiting the International Exhibition — agree beet with the English constitution. Here, : the have not to erased one mostb.—United Smite too, however, there is • deficiency of attendance on COTT • Oeretze-ON AT LIVIZPOOL.—It is computed that at present crowded days, for which the excuse is that more . But this SOO time the stock of cotton at Liverpool atomicts company had come than was expected is to 118,750 hales American, spinet 818,210 for the come no excuse. There should be plenty of attendance, which is as indispensable as plenty of food. Each 46.1,00 • w h is t 42,790 ; West j u do, 2,910, nal° table accommodates six persons, and there should • 19,0140 ; and 166,0611 Surat, against 110,730 for the u :s2 i tr: period of last year ; 34,410 Brasil, against 17,0 3 4 ; be • waiter to every table. If Mr. Morrish attends simsdPag Period of last_ , s ___Yesr• 111 addition, there was 11 ., 4 1X PM, wiaereal? the presses is noes .v ogz foreign oompetitors. to this point he will have little to fear from his ,Anseetre et the ereTeeffeen.en, Pissed of lest Var - over. Frans East Indies these is now des at Lt for tke first time. It attracted round it almost the 235,000 bales were d os from the same sauce. • Yesterday the Koh-i-Noor made its appearance 170,000 bales. At the coiverponding period et bit Pg. The umber of penone present at the opening ceremony on Thursday ianowapproximately known, and is 33,000. . _ The juries of the International Exhibition begi n their labours on the 7th inst. The council of chair men, which regulates the affairs of the juries and which forms the only court of appeal in regard to their awards, meets to-day (Saturday), at 12 o'clock. Vitt Court. BALMORAL, MAT 1. Her Majesty the Queen, with the Royal Family, arrived at are o'clock this day at Balmoral. OSBORNE, MAT*. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstooe aad the Rev. W. It. Jolley, returned in her Majesty'. ship Vivid yesterday afternoon from s cruise in the Channel. The Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Coact RAI., and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe, visited the International Exhibition yesterday. Hie Royal Highness dined in the evening with the Duke of Cambridge, at his residence in Piccadilly. The Crown Prince was attended by Count Puckler, General Baron Hiller do Gaertringen, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de Res. A deputation of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the imb ject of the pilotage clauses in the Merchant Shipping Ant Amendment Ball. Mr. J. C. Molting (Cape), and J. B. Barry, M.LC., had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at tha Coloniaboffioe. The Japanese Ambassadors bad an interview with Earl Russell yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. A deputation to the President of the Board of Tiede, from the Liverpool Shipowners Association, had an inter view yesterday with the Right lion. T. M. Gibson. The deputation was introdnoed by Mr. Moretall, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. C. Tamer, Mr. John Laird, ALP., and Mr. Bmmley-Moore, M.P. Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson bad an interview yester day with the Duke of Newcastle. A deputation from Liverpool had an interview with Se cretory Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputatio n of members of the Steam Ship Owners' Associations of Liverpool and Belfast had an interview with the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson at the Board of Trade yesterday on the subject of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Bill. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and St. Helena. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL FUND. The total amount of contributions received for the Memorial Fund up to yesterday is about 43,560/. The following are some of the amount marived during the week :—The Right Hon. Lord Auckland, 1001. ; Final Contribution from Windsor, per the Mayor. 1371.15 e. 6d. ; Officers of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hur►rs, 1001. ; Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, 521.105. ; Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, 211. ; from Bridgnorth, per the Mayor, 261. ls. ; Lord Londesborough, 501. ; Load Limnos's; 501. It his reportedl(saystthe'United Service Gazette) that the Channel eqoadron;tuiderithaeoramand of Rear- Admiral Smart, Kit, will visit the 13altio this summer. The St. George, with Prince Alfred on board, will form part of the squadron. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will arrive at their house, in St. James's-square, on Thundsy, from Paris. The Duke of Leiueter has arrived at his resi dence, Carlton Howe-terrace, from Carton House, May nooth, Ireland. The Duchess of Northumberland has issued invi tations for " receptions " on Wednesdays in the present month, at Northumberland House. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has arrived at she Duke and Duchess of Argyll's villa, at C a mpden• bill, Kensington, from Clie[deo, near Maidenhead, and intends to remain about a fortnight. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aileebury arrived in town late on Wednesday night from Paris, where they were called by the fatal illness of the late Earl of Pem broke. The noble marquis and marchioness b►re since gone to Tottenham Park, near Marlborough, to pass a few weeks In retirement. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster sad Lady Theodora Grosvenor arrived at Grosvenor Home on Thursday from Motoombe House, Dorset, for the 01:41101k. The Earl and Countess Grey have returned to Carlton Hooae•terrooe from Peri% after passing the winter at Nice. The Earl and Countess of Verulam are expected in town in a few days from Gorhambury-park, Herts. His lordship has taken a house in Upper Grosvenor•street for the season. The Earl and Countess of Erroll have left Graf ton-street for their seat, Blaine Coat* N.B. The Earl of Carnarvon has taken a residence in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, for the sewn. The Earl Cathcart has arrived at Maurigy'a Hotel from Thornton-le-Street, near Thirst- Lord and Lady Areland and the Hon. Mimes Heatheoto have arrived at their mansion, in Belgrave square, for the season. Lord and Lady Colchester have returned to the residence, in Berkeley-square, from a tour of visite. The Lord Chancellor has appointed C. F. Skir row, Esq., solicitor, to the office of taxing roaster of the Court of Chancery, in the place of the late B. IL Baines, Fag. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OPTIC; MAY 2.—Notice is hereby given that the state apartments of Windsor Castle will be open to the public, under the natal regulations, oe and after Monday, the 12th instant.—Garette. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 2.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel Thomas Rawlings Mould, of the Royal Engineers ; Colonel Alfred Francis W. Wyatt, of the 611th Regiment ; Lisittenant•Colonel Arthur Leslie, of the 40th Regiment ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Carey, halting, 40th Re giment, Deputy- Adjutant• General to the FOteell in Australia, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Rath.—Gazettr. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAT 2.—The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have remised from the &crater, of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambaaaador at at. Petersburg, enclosing a copy of the regu lations recently issued by the Russian government relative to the importation and sale of tea in Ittissis.--Gazette. THE CONSPIRACY AT MILAN. The following particulars concerning the military conspiracy cliscoveied at Milan a few days ago are given by the Lombardia, an official journal : All Milan is in a state of excitement Occasioned by the discovery of a reactionary conspiracy concocted on a vast scala, with powerful means at its disposal, and which would have made many victims, bad it not been providen tially discovered. The horrible plan wee to be pet into execution this evening. Several soldiers formerly belonging to the Neapolitan army, wbo were in the military hospi tals of St. Ambrose and Monastero Maggiore, had been pro vided with arms and abundance of money by the mac tionist party, for the purpose of commencing a brigand warfare in Lombardy. General Darando, accompanied by the colonel of the Carbineers and several officers of the staff, proceeded to the above hospitals at 2 o'clock after midnight. A minute search was effected, and upwards of 40 soldiers were arrested. It is stated that mural monks and two nuns employed in the hospitals are implicated in the affair, and have been arrested. A military commis sion bas this morning visited all the barracks and other military establishment.. The Persereranza of Milan adds that the soldiers in question are members of the camorra of Naples, and that they were endeavouring to introduce a similar system into the Italian army. The camorra is a kind of secret society for the per petration of all kinds of nefarious practices, which grew up and acquired great power under the Bourbon rule at Naples, and is now very difficult to eradicate. Such is the tenacity of this society, that even under the present system it does not abandon those of its members who have got into, trouble ; and the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that several comerristi who had been arrested at Genoa some time ago used to receive pecuniary assistance even in prison from their brethren at Naples. (marries mini re.) WARNING TO THE " CHARIVARL" PARA MAT 3. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Cliariixtri has received a warning, on account of an article entitled " Quiquoproa Goyon." AT NAPLES. NAPLES, MAT 2, Emma. To-day the King received a deputation of Sena tors and Deputies. _ _ _ KING VICTOR In replying to the address presented to him, his Majesty expressed his affection and gratitude at the splendid reception which he had met with. The King concluded his speech with these words : " The public works will increase in activity. Public safety is not yet re-established, because Rome is the centre of conspiracies, but believe me when I say that, as much as the Italians wish to recover Rome, the French wish quite as much to terminate their occupation of it." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Bavaria, Capt. Iddrer, from New York on the 19th ult., arrived off Cowes this morning, on her way to Hamburg. THE JAPANESE MISSION. Yesterday the Japanese ambassadors ha,' au interview with Earl Russell, by appointment, at t h e Foreign-office. On coming to this country they had at ' once notified their snivel to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and asked him to appoint a time to receive them. Lord Russell as promptly returned an answer, tisitig yesterday at 3 o'clock, and accordingly the three envoys, with the Vice-Governor, two of the chief of oers of their suite, and an interpreter, by whom they are accompanied to Lag. land,. with Mr. Mainald, an attache of the English 64, ties in Japan, who is specially deputed to take charge of the 'Minion, paid the Secretary of State en official visit. An autograph letter from the Tycoon to the Queen had been previously forwarded to her Majesty, Si had also to Berl Russell a communication addremed to his lordship by the two Ministers for Foreign Affairs in their own cum. try. The ambassadors went from Claridge 's Hotel, in Brook-street, where the/ are staying, to the Foreign-office, in private carriages. The visit was purely complimentary, and there were present at it, besides Earl Russell, Mr. Lay. aid and Mr. Hammond. In the course of the conversation the Secretary of State told them he had presented the letter of the Tycoon to her Majesty, and they expressed their grateful sense of the considerate kindoess of his lordship for having made arrangements enabling them to witness the ceremony of opening the International Exhibition on Thurs. dayorith which they were greatly delighted. On leaving the Foreign-office they were driven round Hyde-park and then returned to their quarters in Brook-street, over which a very handsome flag now floats, and which has been displayed at their special request. The material is of white silk, with a large red disc in the centre, intended to represent the rising run, their national emblem. The mission consists of 3ti persons in all—namely, the three ambassadors, a vice governor, a confidential adviser, 18 affirms, and 14 servants, besides Mr. Macdonald (not major, by the way). The principal minister is a man of fifty -too and the two others are some twenty years younger. T he first two, besides being envoys, are governors of provinces in their *alive country, and the third holds rank there equivalent to as under-secretary of state with ns. Their primary sad ostensible object its visiting Europe is to urge upon the governments with whom they have treaty powers the gradual and careful opening of the porta of Japan which their government have stipulated to open for commercial in preference to an attempt to develop. with anythis g like inconsiderste haste relations of that kind with the Japanese, which might possibly lead to disturbance, and so defeat or unnecessarily retard the ends which enlightened men on all sides have in view. For this purpose they have been empowered to treat with the governments of France, Eng land, Holland, Frown, Ramie, and Portugal ; but they are, over and above, strongly animated with the desire to see as much as possible of the arsenals, camps, dock yard', and the various manufacturing processes in those countries, which they will visit in turn. France now ex cepted, returning there, however, to embark on their voyage homeward. They will stay with us for about a mouth, cud will visit, among other places, the arsenal at Woolwich, the camp at Aldershott, and several of the manufacturing district.. They have brought with them • number of mad tefar her Majesty, which will be shown in the Exhibition, so will also many of their natural products, amenelly mi n erals and specious. of their native industry. It may be mentioned that the ambemadon have accepted an invitation to attend the Civil Service Volunteer ball at Willis'iproorm on Monday night. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (now out on PABIS, Fam.tr EVENING. Bullier's Correspondence—which, though often (and sometimes purposely) misinformed, never speaks without thinking it has a pertinent hint— says to-night that there is a rumour that the Roman question is on the eve of a solution, and that it is "not prepared to say that there is no foundation for the report." The studied concealment, up to the last moment, of the fact that the French Mediterranean fleet was ordered to convoy Victor Emmanuel to Naples, the false news as to the destination of that fleet de signedly proulplgated in the official journals of Toulon, the arsertion even now that, although it was ordered to Naples, it fell in with the King of Italy merely by an accident, must, I suppose and hope, be considered as artifices resorted to out of tendernessto the ultremoritaniata, whose feelings must be severely hurt by the recall of General de Goyou from Rome, coupled with the fact of that recall being known in Naples before it was in Paris. Prince Napoleon's organ, the Opinion Nationale, feels its advantage, and in the follow ing observations throws into strong relief the im portance of the news, which has been kept back as long as possible : The imperial government, in escorting the elected King of Italy to the sanest capital of the Bourbons by a French squadron, throws off in the face of Europe all the reserves with which it has hitherto environed its recognition of that sovereign's kingdom. Oar cannons, in saluting Victor Emmanuel, have told Francis 11. and Austria that we are on the side of the peoples, and not of divine right; sad that we glorify Magenta and Solferino at the farthest extremity of the peninsula. We applaud the conduct of the French government without any reserve, because it marks a step in the course of tho Italian question, and be cause it permits us to hope that we are at length ap proaching the much desired solution. If this manifestation have in reality the importance which, we trust, we are justified in attributing to it, the recall of General de Goyon must be considered as the first of a series of events equally haricteriatic. The settlement at the Bourse having gone off well, all kinds of securities were buoyant. The Route rose 25e. for cash, and 55c. for account, clueing at 70fr. 750. and 711 r. Mobilier rose Mr. 75c., the Italian Loan lfr. 25c. The only great rise in railways was in the ease of the Southern, which rose llfr. 25c.; the other lines were only lfr. or 2fr. higher. Cakes Mixt% was in demand, and rule 10fr., closing at 143 fr. 75c. _ _ _ At the general meeting of the shareholders of the Crddit Mobilier Company, just held, a dividend of 50fr. per share was declared for the year 1881. As 2&r. have been already paid in *Avant*, is much more is now to be distributed to the shareholders. The drawing of the bonds of the two Plans con tracted by the city of Paris in 1852 and 1857 took place yesterday at the Hotel de Ville. In that of the former year, No. 20,419 gained the premium of 50,000 fr. ; No. 27,024, 20,000 fr. ; No. 6,988, 15,000 Fr. ; and No. 10,039, 10,000 fr. In the latter, No. 99,207 gained 100,000 fr. ; Nos. 182,074 and 132,860, 10,000 fr. _ _ It is said that the Japanese ambassadors will re turn to Paris from London next week, to be pre sent at a grand review of the army of Paris which the Emperor proposes to pass in honour of the King of Holland. FRENCH CORRESPONDENTS AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION. The Paris journals of to-day contain accounts of the opening of the Exhibition on Thursday from the pen of their " own " correspondents. In the Dibeits the descrip tion is written by M. J. Lemoinne. The singular uniforms whioh were worn by different members of the procession seem to have much amused him ; it is even irreverently hinted that the high authorities looked very much as though they bad "left the collection at the Tower of London." M. Lemoinne strongly condemns the exterior of the building, and compares the domes to wir►gauze dish covers. " Happily," he says, " the warbling is better than the plumage," and as an Industrial Exhibition, this one is far superior to that of 1851. "As to the English," he adds, "any one who bad not seen them aloes the first Exhibition would scarcely know them again ; one would think they had been changed at nurse—they all have bear-'a and mustachios ! Where are the old caricatures in which the traditional Frenchman of Leicester-square used to figure with his uncultivated whiskers? Now it in the English who have the aspect of gorilla. The Englishwomen, alone, have not changed. There they were, with flaming toilets at noon, always dazzling in freshness, and extravagant in colours—droved lilies and roses at the Belk Jardinitre." The correspondent of the Preset characterises the build ing as heavy, massive, and without grace. " Ladies," he says, " were present in great numbers and beauty. Imagine two or three thousand English women in summer dresses, and a similar number of Euglishmen,whe are the bee t combed peo ple in creation, and you will have an tiles of the spectacle. For the rest, a half -silence,very different from that confused buzz which is heard in all public assemblies at Paris ; few words, few gestures, a grave demeanour, but without stiff ness or awkwardness. Really I have never seen anything more beautiful." The lame correspondent is fully persuaded that the French industry will take the first rank, although the American war and the treaty of commerce have prevented French manufacturers from devoting much time to the undertaking. The latter class, moreover, dislike a visit to London. "It is very costly and still more ennoyenz." This, he thinks, is the last International Exhibition which will be held in London. "At heart the exhibitors of all nations, the Eng lish excepted, prefer Paris. They are better treated 4 there; they are not overcharged; great pains an taken to attract them. At London this is all reversed. The English nation has great qualities ;it is is. telligent, brave, persevering, intrepid, but it is not boapi ; table." . - . The Sleek is more liberal in its prelim and admiration than any of its cootemporarieL The writer, however, has slightly misunderstood a portion of the oere away. He says, "After Meyerbeer's Overture, spe. eially composed for the occasion ; after the Orand March of Auber, which was hailed with frantic ay- plena. ; after ► cantata, which was equally well re. oeived ; after a sort of alleluia intoned by the Bishop of London—the Duke of Cambridge," &a. The per formance of the " Hallelujah Chorus," sod the reading of the prayer by the bishop, appear to have mystified our friend of the Slick The Tempe devotes nearly a page to s deecription of the scene. The uofuruished state of the different department► is a prominent theme of the writer, and some rumours are given of internal dissensions of which we have heard nothing. The moat imposing part of the ceremony was, it is stated, the music. The correspondent, however, notices an °mina's. " What has been done with the diplomatic corps If I am well informed, tbo ambassadors are not very satis fied with the neglect, which, to say the least, is very extraordinary in an international assembly." A letter from Chantillon-our-Saone state+ that a shock of an earthquake was felt at half-past 8 on the morn ing of the 17th of April. A priest was at that moment celebrating mum. The congregation in the church was numerous, but in the twinkling of an eye everybody fed. The priest alone remained at the altar, with the clerk who was serving mass. It was thought that the church was stout to fall. The Merrier de Vogt., state, that a similar ' shock was felt at the same hour in several communes of the 1 canton of Lamarche.