The Express. — London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

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A. ildbm—And LA PI NOtt IYAIIOOa. ..mieloL Matiaika.and Pmessha—Oarsomai at Wilson. HAYMARKET. Warne, LONDON 4111IIIILAIOR limeades'les,R•les. trrawl a. Yeawe • Em. Mathen.-Tllll DAVOHTII lirGUADLLWlnk—ift•irnow as Amos. wt. 11126•••—••• POW la • 1111 it T. •Piariosnirateditar. 7.2,w °111 2 1 1. 1,16 4 a n ri . . l ?l•l l .• elszea. irTUAS. SSW kWII.I itionlTlT.L.°ll.9l°J. HIGH WATER AT LONDON DAIDOIL N I.af—MNINI. 411, Oa— ----Allmon& ft. 4la. • 0u...-11.esins. IR lbs. LONDON. SATUJI.D.AY, OCT. le. SPORTL'O3 4 SPECIAL EDITION of the *EXPRESS," sentaining the results of the day's Hanes, is pub lished every evening daring the Sporting Season, at ins o'eleeL THE diligence of our Paris c3rrespondent enabled us yesterday to lay before our readers one of those romances of real life which abundantly illus trate the trite adage that truth is stranger than fic tion. From time immemorial, in matters of love sad matrimony, the daughters of Albion have been represented as the prey of the foreign spoiler; it is the " sallow sublime sort of Weather faced man" who, in the " Fudge family " or oat of it, has been fatal to the peace of the Br i tiah spinster. The "blanche Meese' is the legitimate victim of gentlemen copious in beard. rich in ribands and crosses, but scantily furnished with cash balances at their bankers. This time the tables are turned, the wrongs of British womanhood are avenged, and we behold a Gallic gentleman be coming the prize of an English adventuress. The facts of the came, when eliminated from the mass of irrelevancy with which it is the nature of • French process to encumber them, are somewhat as follows. Miss Auce Km= B— is the heroine of the tale, and M. Caitat Da X— its hero. For some mysterious reason the parties throughout are only designated by the initials of their SHTIMMOIL As B." may gaits as probably stand for Brows Cr Butcher as for Belgracs or BlllaNlOnf, the lady, it may be, is a gainer by this reticence. Let us call her " ELLEN," and her lover " Caen." In the autumn of 1866 Madame C—, a resi dent in Pan, came with her husband to Ladbory, in Worcestershire. ELLEN'S father was, and it seems still is, a small farmer, occupying land in the neigh bourhood of that town. That they were people of ✓officiently humble position is plain, from the fact that one sister was barmaid at an inn in Worcester, and another in service with a private family in the same town. Madame C —,an invalid, wanted • com panion: ELLEN was recommended for the place, and proving qualified, returned with Madams C— to Pao, where she remained till October, 1867. It was in the lane of that year that she first saw M. CHEW. CHERI was the only child of a gentleman of ancient family who owned land in the immediate neighbourhood of the old capital of Basra. The grandfather of Carat was physician to Loots XVI. ; his uncle, in the days before the great Revolatioe, had been an officer in the body-glutei of CHARLES X.—then M. D'ARTOII. Tlie family was better than the estate. A chateau, 120 acres of land, including woods and vineyards that yielded annually 70 barrels of wine--such wee the property of the old Bearnois gentlemen. Cesar, the hops of the homes, had been well educated : the bar was his profession, the post of boss-Prebt the ultimate bound of has ambition, and the not impro bable reward of his industry. Such were the parties. In June, 1867, they first met. It was the day tithe Psis Diets at Pan. Sines that Easter-morning when Prraeace at Avignon first beheld his LansA—aad long before—the festivals of the Church have boa the trystiog-time for lovers. CHEM going to Madame C—'s to wittiest' the procession tom a window, saw the young English dome ds coteposetis, was introduced, and fell in love. It was a genuine peatioe—of that there can be no doubt. As lite. as ELLEN. remained in Pan the lovers met fro. l gauntly, almost daily. When, in the Osesior of 11187, the girl retuned to Ledbery, ea active eorrespoadesce was kept sp. C=wt's peed= grew with absence he sold ao longer comsat his attach mot fans lie father, and dotted his ermssat to the salon. This exist the aid gentismalt naturally enough declined to give, till medalled me to the lady's mesas sad position. Cuaat's readier/6er was deputed to sake the seesseary inquiries. The letter which she wrote to the young lady is a model at polite yet beeisees-like frankors. The easel petition of her grandson is stated with entire aareserve, sad • similar coandemos is ow. gemmed in roan. This request was eseiplied with and this frolumes responded to, by a letter which was a very mameopieee of fraad—a Owe et heal lies from one sad es the other. This daughter of • small Linear, with ems shear • Issermaid sad the other • barmaid, with as property in the world, and no expectations except &probable loges, ef BOL, soured the rook lady, by return of pest, that she had 4,0001. is reedy money—a gado sad two holds which would sell toe 9001. mere•—• loge kr lame coming boa an aunt—three sidles, all well married, co to a physician, tmeethier to • barrister, and a third to a chemist bee /nosiest, she added, was ell ready, nothing was voila, except that bar beloved CHEW shall amt at saes to England and make her his. ?hem 'Luanda sad wicked lase were believed. The eld rattlers wee ratified: Carat started flu Mistimed with • friend, who, Eke Wong wag utterly [gamut of the Leagnage. The silage wee sale beetled at Ledbiary with tempering splendour. The Worcester barmaid sod the physician's wife with brilliant success, and took the young couple to and from church in her own carriage—in all probability the surreptitious loan of the ostler. An odd little circumstance occonred with regard to the par son's fees. They were paid by a cheque on COUITS'e signed by ELLan only. The cheque was lIIIP THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY returned, but only, it was maid, because it I wanted the husband's signature. This being and no more heard about the matter, CHERI wan of course confirmed in his belief u to the balance of 4,000/. Besides, how could he doubt? There wu a railway receipt (forged) for his wife's luggage, which had been sent on to the Paddington Station— enumerating among other articles a pianoforte and two horns, one white and the other black—par ticular pets of mamma's, her own wedding gifts to her beloved child. Had CHERI been disposed to doubt, here was proof to confirm an infidel ; but he was all hope and confidence and love, and away he whirled with his ELLEN to spend the honeymoon at Malvern. At that charming retreat • little hotel bill for KIL wee soon run up, payment was asked, and a cheque on Courts's tendered and taken. When pre sented for payment, the short answer was, " No " effects." The undaunted ELLEN was not beaten yet. Producing a man of papers, which ohs made CIBRI and his friend believe to be title-deeds, she induced that unhappy friend himself to go up to town to present the dishonoured cheque in person. Then the bubble bust; the faithful .4cliiriss had a narrow escape of being arrested. The luckless CHERI was committed to Worcester Gaol as a foreign swin dler. Had it not been for the zealous and disin tweeted exertions of almost the only performer in this strange tragicomedy who is not anonymous, and whose name it is right to mention to his credit— M. Bauman, of the Penton Hotel—then is no say ing how poor Cuzafe troubles might have termi- Asked. Rescued by M. BRUNIZZ'S exerti ons h e Ibastened back to Pan. The woman had the auda city to follow him there and claim him as her hus king. The father, acting under legal advice, served her with a citation to show cause why the mar riage should not be annulled. The nese cameos to be tried before the Civil Tri bunal stPain The facts came out substantially as ws have stated them, nor was there much difficulty in the application of the law. The express provisions of the Code Civile, Art. 170, left the matter entirely free from doubt. On the general principles of jun*- , prudence, the rule may be taken as settled, that the validity of marriage, except in cues of polygamy and l incest, is to be judged of by the laws of the country where the marriage ceremony is celebrated. Accord ing to this rule, se the marriage between Cum and ELLEN was celebrated in England, and regular according to the law of England, there would, on the general principles of jurisprudence, have been no possibility of declaring it void. But the 170th Article of the French Cods substitutes express legislation for the vagueness of general rules, and declares posi tively that a marriage celebrated abroad between French subjects, or between a French and a foreign subject, shall be void, or voidable, in the same cases as they would be, if celebrated in France. Now, a mar riage contracted in Francs by any Frenchman under the age of 23 is ipso facto void if celebrated without the consent of the father. CRIRI was under twenty-five; his father, the Court found, and rightly found, had never consented to the union, for consent obtained by fraud is no con sent in law; and the tribunal was therefore enabled, without violating the strict letter of the law, to pronounce a judgment which was certainly in entire accordance with the equity of the case. The marriage was adjudged to be void, and Canal was declared to be free from the consequences of the contract into which he had been so scandalously entrapped. Had this young Frenchman been a mere fortune-hunter, the satisfaction caused by this result would have been of course considerably ;modi fied; but this was not so ; the case on his side was one of sincere attachment. Even when writing frost the prison at Worcester to the woman from whose fraud he knew himself to be suffering, he declares it is she and not her fortune that he has married—that his own means are sufficient for their maintenance, and that he has nothing to ask, except that she will tell him the whole truth. Bach is this very singular came. Who is Miss Mace ELLEN B--, of Led bury ? The name ought to be known, not indeed for honour, but for infamy. The state of the French marriage law which has thus been disclosed, can hardly, it may be hoped, operate as a warning, for we cannot believe that there is another Englishwoman to be found who would disgrace her country by such a bass and unwomanly fraud as that which was prac timed on this young French gentleman by Mims ALICE Bung B—, of Ledbury. ISTBAOIDIII.IIr PROM RIWCASTLA We have reeehled from a corresponded at New oatl►ea-Tyse the Moving sanative of some extraordinary proovedlap of white that town hoe this week been the nee : • prospect of the municipal eleefficme in Newcastle-on- Tyne a great deal of popular excitement exists, especially in the Westgate Ward. Mr. Wm. Dunn, a Ronan catholic gentleman of considerable influence and wealth, repopulate that ward, and a strong feeling of antagonism hes been aroused 'grind him on account of his faith. The Daily Arpreia has taken up the case in thin sense with great mho mince, and letters and articles have appeared commenting with unqualified severity on its opponents, and the means adopted by them to further their electioneering purposes. On Tuesday morning lest a lever appeared in the Daily ihrprets, attributing to the French Consul, the Count de Marioourt the agent, as it celled him, of the arch-traitor and plotter against his country's liberty, Lads Napoleon —an interferesos with the canna, in the ward. The son of the consul, lately an officer in the French army, who wee staying with his father at the time, called at the office end left a card for the editor of the Deily Erprus, =Ohthat that gentleman would meet him at the smoking ba Central Exchange next morning. The letter further threatened to chastise the editor so his own house if be did not keep his appointment. Of wane the appointment was not kept, and M. de Maricourt returned home. Bhortly afterwards he obtained a copy of the Daily Bores. of Wednesday, and found an article in It reflecting on the count in the most violent manner. " Now," says the Daily Ezpress, " there are two kinds of French oounta—if a proforma of anything from language or legerdemain comes from America, the chances are that he m a major or something between that and a general ; If on the other your necrimanoer or dancing master comes from Fenno@ he is pretty certain to be a count. There are no doubt real counts sa well as pinchbecks, but whether M. de Maricourt belongs to the one clue or the other, whether his affinities connect him with the Count Monta• lambert or Count Barmen, the most impudent Impostor on the treadmill, he is o ity precluded from interfering with the course of an E election." The article concludes with this deice " endear moat follow Maoism." To understand the last allusion it is necessary to explain that " Madame" was the keeper of a notorious house In Newcsatle, so notorious that she was handed out of the town by the police. On the publication of this article, M. de Merl court, the eon of the consul, proceeded to the alio of the paper, demanded to see the editor, end on the hesitation of the people to tall him where he could be found, the young man pulled out a pistol, and threatened them if they would not inform him. On kerning the place where the editor could be found, he drove thither in a cab, and entered the library where the editor was sitting ; on inquiring if he were the editor, ha ordered him, with similar threats, to come to apo logise to the count, his father. A mod humble apology was made, and the editor of the Deily Rcpt.'s. wee nlsasd from detention. On investigation, we learn that the count denies having ever interfered in the Motion, and that he was, more over, entirely ignorant of his son's movements till the editor I was brought Into his room In captivity. An address of sym- I pathy and confidence to the count is in course of preparation by some respectable inhabitants of Newcastle. The Count de Mericourt, the consul. has addressed the following letter to She Newcastle Deily Chrooiois " Mr. Editor,—lt is well understood by the enlightened classes that diplomatic agents in all countries are forbidden to intermeddle in the affairs of the internal government, or I to appear before the tribunals of the state where they are' accredited. Oa this amount theme agents are surrounded by that kind of immunity which protects women and members of the clergy, to whom custom and propriety hare prescribed that they should remain without defence in the reseece of attacks which may be directed against them. During all the time of my residence at Newcastle I never had cosh to complain that, with treed to myself, tote privilege hes been violated. On the contrary, I have always enjoyed, in my relation with the auth or iti es an d t h e hthabitanta of the town, not only the consideration and Zrwhich my o ffi cial position d emaa d s , b ut t h e esteem f et Tiendshit of private life. I am only attribate tbie kindness to the mutant oars which I have taken to con form to English kinitutices submitting myself at the • ame time to th e rides prescribe/ by my government. I think it therefore isanasseser y to repeat that the &mention directed refer me by the Neralern Doily JO:press of having Interfered la the munialpi error is otathistel without foundation. It Is the with as mare as pain that I me myself is ens of the }euraele of a estratry it which I chair a predrill area the odgeot of a grenadier attack against which I trace &dead myself by mess which are open to others. trader these eirmarteasse I contented myself to submit in siker to the personal attack directed agairt me, in the full cosildere that the good sense and loyalty of the English people weald do me justice, which has indeed ready her deur. Bat, cioupkd with the attack on me personally, were words weeping aa outrage upon the Emperor, which I should bass tlergbi It my duty to submit to his Ifejerty's Ambassador hi London, swatting in Alsace his instructions. This disuse I should have pre served, suer for a chassises amerced by me. I ha,, a son who fought aide by side with your country men in the Chimes, and who boo, Is oar enamor, learned like myself to appreciate their good qualities and to cherish /or theta the same esatiments of esteem mid affection with which I myself am animated. Stung by the insult offered to his sovereign, whose uniform he wore, as well as that offered to his father, this young man of two and twenty has thought It eight to take lath his awn hazels the duty of avenging these harts. Carried away by the teensy of youth, he has committed an Infraction of the laws of this country, which kali, both on a diplomatist end • father, I must deplore. The only which I as make la to plead his youth red view which has already been taken of his radar by • jolter' like yours, capable of appreciating the Eseta, end mime ty le admitted by the public. —I have the brow to ko., the Consul of Prance, Cte. be MAILICOUST:' The Royal Naval Club of 178.5 will commemorate the Mg-third anniversary of the memorable viotory off Cape Trafalgar, on Thursday, at WI IWI Room, King-Wrest, Bt. Jews's, the Tbatraid Howie Tavern being gill occupied by the United SWAM Clab. Vioe- Admiral the Bel of Egmont, who was a midshipman of the Orion, at Trafalgar, will maids en the easeeks. At the time of the demon of the Great Dube, pabbo attend= inn Mamie& to the possibility of the duke dom of Wallington bimodal( satinet, sod it was suggested ekes the title sheold be ioderged sad nude beredirable by the °distend brenshen of the home of Welliebry. " The ang motion," .eye the Awe, " will probably receive fresh atten tion in conampiente of the bumeted death of Lord Chicks Wellesley. The Marquis of Douro is not Malty to have a family, though the oristiegusey h net itopeedble, and pre servation of the title el Wellington will feebly depend upon the lives of the two sees of the noblesse thorium& The Amities of Marlborough sad Nelson wire male permanent by the wishes of the mike, sad • Wellinglia' is a title that ought to be preiervid ea one of the mead glories of the Mimeo." On the evening of Thursday last Preform Creasy, ILA, toperri the anion of the Chkbeeter Literary daelety tad liseheake lastlase for 1156-611, b 7 (layering it leave 4, Oa la Prudes] sad Ikisettde Study of Blakey," Oa Mouday evening Protestor Owen delivered & looters ia the Albseacus, Leassatir, "0. the ocuttezion between eeketiAo reran* in the deperteteat of natural history, sod the reekriale apes which met of the Dem- Berko, cavaisra, sad duteaciss dills depend." The Middlesex Aitereloglial Society bold their mat aseether ea Weasee M BMW& The chair Is to be takes it ON o'clock by Load lbw', sad the amebae ellaireale dime tesethir et as.. A eostriliatiei to litorarybkitory by been brought to VA In the elope of Pope's Carrespinkses with Breese. The. MU.. ties in the heads d M. Peek* mad Simms, d Pireeldly, tee .s by andisa, eiselel et seer see hooked kW" sway el the In the heel at Pope, and - oil Waft le the Sembilied el Se Odyaily. ere sell to thrOW new Held en the relative sham k that sort ot Pope, the is% Mr. Bsosaiik sod Kr. helms. The Sunday Taw was that Mr. E. T. Smith Is mond the oandlisleo kr becoeilei has. of Her Keyser" Theatre. John, revived lay Mr. Merles You, will he wawa! at Ilar Pets ar's Main au Ikeda, moist, wltk an the splandow yid& abaraeawlasd las tottmatioo to dap Nap at the period referred law Ilettry dhe liftA is spoken of ea the Shake poise play to be revleed at Baer's Welk dada( the pre sot mom Mr. Nolo= Li. is osistrot by Mr. Basjonik Wastar to oonty Ns emote moo fir r. .w Add* Natkathes. Oa Moodae Cardinal Wiamea will lay the earner Awe of a raw Roma cathelis sr Is Ilerseepi. OPINING al THI VALI 01 CLWYD RAIL WAY.— The epealag of the Vohs of Clwyd Railway, emtemdfig batmen Ithyi mod Dmabish, took pine ea Thursday, with • fa otesnosee of the gOluallYis ciabsaisey en mach sow ebbs. Plemmtrelkos far the mutt had oetsrpledl the steatite of the authoritime mad of the tahalitaato of Denbigh, It. ' Aryls, mad lthyl, for • commiderable period peke le the gating. At Denbigh the eiremmesdel mom maenad d Ina Valor* fa the worming by a pommies to meet Toonteltiod l i Malavartur, Fos, M.P., end Ms lay sad feta', The I prosodic cousleted of the mmyor mad corperarima of Denbigh, the director; of the Vail of MRS Dam% NM the Waft Ishabltente et the Own. A y 106,1111 was meted is treat ef the Town-WI, sad &Admires delivered. M fa the mew there wee a pablie Maur. EXPRESS FROM PARIb. (MON OUR OWN 001Z1SPONDINT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVINING. The sews which I gave yesterday, that M. de Paiva was about to leave Paris for Lisbon, is this morning confirmed by the Debots. I have reason to know that the " ultimatum" will be kept back until M. de Paiva has had an opportunity of pre venting the necessity for its presentation. A tele gram from Nantes, dated this afternoon, states that M. de Paiva embarked from St. Nazaire for Lisbon this day, in the Ville &Cadiz, and that the report was accredited at Nantes thatthe object of his voyage was to facilitate an amicable settlement of the difficulty. This news is susceptible of an interpretation which would conciliate all the principal rumours which have obtained credit. It may be, and probably is, true that an ultimatum has been prepared by the French government to be presented in certain con tingencies, and yet it may be more than probable that some concession to French vanity may be con trived to be made, while the substantial question shall be left to the arbitration of a third power. That—if (contrary to all present expectation) things should come to the worst and a deplorable rapture should take place —the withdrawal of the French ambassador from Lisbon will long precede any hos tile act cannot, I think, be doubtful. The Boone opened under very favourable auspices. The revenue for the last nine months was shown by the Moniteur to have augmented by thirty-one millions. The bank returns were con sidered to argue a revival of trade, and scarcely a doubt was entertained that the Portuguese difficulty would come to nothing. Nevertheless the Rents, after rising 20c. for account, became heavy, and closed at yesterday's price, 73fr. 350. For cash, there was a rise of 10c., the last price being 73fr. 26c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 60c. The railways were all lower. Western fell Bfr. 76c.; Northern, 7fr. 600. ; Southern, 6fr. ; and the other lines about 2fr. 500. For several months pest the returns have shown an accumulation of specie in the Bank cellars, not only without any corresponding increase in its dis count, but with a gradual monthly decrease to a considerable extent. Now at length the Bank ap pears to be giving some assistance to trade. There is an increase of 331 millions, under the head of bills discounted. It is stated very positively from Marseilles that Prince Napoleon will embark from that port for Algiers within a fortnight, on board the Reins Hortense, whose arrival there to await his orders I have already mentioned. ITALY. --.-- ROMAN STATES. (11011 001 OWN 001 ROME, Ocr. 6. Your readers will recollect the chivalrOns atten tions paid to his Holiness by the reigning Duke of Modena last year, when Pio Nono waited the domi nions of Este, from the neighbouring City of Bo logna. The time has now come for a return of civi liues on the Pope's part, the Duke and Duchess of Modena having arrived in Rome, on Friday, the lit inst., when they were immediately waited on by Monsignors Paco" and Borromeo, the Pope's Maestro di Camera and majordomo. On the fol lowing morning their Royal Highnesses, with their noble suite, were received at the Vatican with all due benevolence by his Holiness, and the Doke subse quently honoured the Cardinal Secretary of State with • complimentary visit. Yesterday morning the Pope repaired to the Piazza del Popolo, with a cortege of eight state carriages, and a double escort of dra goons (the noble guard, for some inexplicable reason, not being on duty), to visit the Duke and Duchess at the Hotel des Iles Britanniques, where he remained in affable colloquy for some time before returning to the Vatican. The month of October is devoted by the Romans of all classes, from the Sovereign Pontiff to theTrasteve rino, to holiday keeping and jollifications of all aorta, previous to entering upon the lugubrious solemnities of All Saints and All Soule in the beginning of No- vember. The nobility honour their kends with an annual visit at this period ; landed proprietors migrate to their vineyards and caeini to ibperintend the operations of the vintage, and to eat colossal bunches of grapes ; whilst the plebs, with mando lines and tambourine*, crowd the suburban taverns and oat/miss, drinking new wine and eating new chestnuts to a fearful point of indigestion. The clergy, with the sober hilarity consistent with thei r cloth, emerge from the metropolitan cloister's shade, and engage, according to their age, either in theolo gical discussions, or in boisterous bowls or football, under the " nut-brown shade" in the gardens of their country colleges; and the Pope himself de scends from the high and mighty regime of ponti fical etiquette and solitary repasts, to dine with his ministers, courtiers, and noble guards at his country seats at Porto d'Anzio, or Camel Gandolfo, or at one °fpe many monasteries which rejoice in the presence of the sovereign in their ample refectories. The hospitable Benedictines, of whose dinners I shall always have the most grateful recollections, are annually honoured by a visit from the Pope in the month of October, when the noble hails of St. Paul are crowded with the gorgeous suite of the palace, and the best of viand, keep up the reputation of the order. On Thursday next the Due and Duchess of Modena are to share with his Holiness the Benedic tine hospitality, enriched with the culinary science of the apostolic palace, and the claustral prohibition against the presence of members of the fair sex within the conventual walls is to be dome away with, in the present instance, in favour of her Royal Highness, by the Pope ' s sovereign fiat. This is to be the commencement of convivialities which are to last for the remainder of the math, it being reported that the royal guests will protract their stay in Rome foe that period. We have travellers at present in Rattle who were passengers in the Hennas, when that vessel ran down the ill-fated Arcadia, in the Straits of Piom bino. The reckless determination with which the two steamers bore down upon each other, in a featly calm and bright moonlight night, is as something inexplicable save by the sup position that each was expecting (until too late) that the oast would deviate from her coarse. After the first Lass doss crash there was a gh as tl silence; then officers, and crew rushe d es deck, and waittd with fearful anxiety to see which weal was The downward tendency of the Amain rocs this, and transferred tha smismis palempos i s eat Meg from their labia tedetwthe leek of thalamus, all being saved mime a pelmet, who was too late to escape the rush of water tleaugh the battered midshipa. Even two dogs were g$ over with their masters, and a refrac tory kitten we atm seer bringing to a watery grave the 1111.1 r Mad who was hunting for him to the last afiewat. The seimgaent submersion the slaking vessel, oteenehieg air dm ma of th em e Sem and the Maidiewm of peed ei geweinow to Seel *eget me damoribod by eymeritnemes, at Ss Ashman se a taw bet, es having an awfal and eaver-tmbehrgatten effect. Tee we rewired intelligeace of another steamer to the same oompany being wrecked botbe Straits of Boulfamio. Moog elwe to be plencital bees, is elsewhere. re : k bez i r tike asdon i), 4;: ii. Ronuul Consols, 914. The enigma German writer, Varaltagen von Kew, died at Earl, suddenly and tuartpectsdly, os the 106. Alamos% the deeenand rewind the advanced age of meranty-four yam yet he enjoyed good health tip to the veep mument of hie death, whist eurprieed kW at s pow erases, astl was bro.& to by a At al palmed, apoplay. 'G, OCTOBER 16, 1858. gin court. BALMORAL, Oar. 13. The Qoeen and the Prince Consort drove out. Prises Alfred went oat densenilking. The United Sista Minister had an Interview with Sir B. Ealvor Lytham yesterday at the Colonial-tam Me Alight Has. J. W. Healey left r oudon yesterday for Ids we Is Othedaltire. Dope%am were tesstvid yesterday at the Coioalsl•ama ken the Owasso, of the Wirt Wu Islands. Despatches tare mat to lite Gamer at Meads. ARRIVAL or SRI DUMB AND DUCHBEII DE MA hazorr.—The Deis is iedissl4 atonspanted by bis bride, dead readily ediresse et Bleak wall-pier, from the Trate mew i 1 peat Ls Cone, Captain Violates de a11V11711% Their Izesihmeles debarked at Dieppe as Tbsisier sauguess. The mkt hi amain up the thee bad to being tip et Nodded it tee er thew boars. The eased embed Bleikwell-pier sheet halt-peat two o'cleek, sail ea the Dike sad Deader deadly, they were chewed by • doge dew& welsh bed seerabled as the pier. Their Hz edhetelee Indelletely aired a erring which was fa wait tam sad daperiell Ete Albertiste. Hi Highness the Maharajah Dhnleep Singh is szpiesi at MAW' Hoed *today, treat atalstsee Castle. His Highness the Prince Potignac has left the Brand& Hotel. far Park. T►h. Bart and Comatose of Daraloy have left Ch ridge'. Heel hr Nene HA °ravened. ire me glad to be informed that the atatament smgenleg Leal Lyme. aroma mem at ankh has ban assisposaiL HY dialsair Me sired from aii of Us Al dark, Ist ids Mans Wad say a shot period, sad baa atm oft* be Wm. The W;olero Time sista that Lord Ebringtoe is Men bis mole to Madeira to pees the 'timer ht that Awls with Lay librisslito mad family. TV Htes. Charles Trefitsie, M.P., retuned yes twiny es Nardi Devoe with kis bride. The swot was salshrolsl by • Maser &ea by Lod Chaos at Mouton getrivOa "Tie whole st the oslghbeerhsol," says the Moors Moen teas] sot of one mita to shy • sordial vishowit W the loopy woo* ; • oesseetedetory ammo vco pomaded lie Lori Mots% sad goseral festivity prevailed." The Hoe. Mrs. Samoa C. Whitbread, of Carding- M, As *seat se cos of lie woohereibr Beaked sod of do Omaha of Lskoatar, eled so Weineeder hot et Wim bledon. whither she bad nosivol kr cheese of air. Hoary Dove Bolt. Seq., of Bt. John's Coi ls" Orebeidos, who shed first is the list at swoosh] sm. Maio fa do tompOillre essisioatton for the Civil Semis, of the Zest lona Compowy MA &WI a law weeks Waco, we regret h say, et Ilainspon Seorol, of fever, Nod 26. Lisbon looms stets that the Queen is in an in. torestiog coaditiott. At tits civil marriage, Mdlle. de la Paniega, now Duchies et Malakoff, wore a white carriage &sea of nob" soapy a white boom* sad s largo shawl et white has, Hoed with oink. As the rellikone caramosty la the arming, trreryese was Is phda wooing dress, sac-pt the Doke de Malako( who wen lb rood stators. The bride barring drooped bar drew, mem a low i.e. robe, with a wreath el Map 60111“, sad keg Mor re& RUSSIA. A letter from fit. Petersburg of the 6th instant contains the following extraordinary revelation : The great topio of the day in all circles Is the dinfovery of one of the most extensive, barefaced, and impudent Rends ever committed on this or any other government. In lids country, we are accustomed from our youth upwards to the peculation, of the ill-paid government officials, hem the General of an army of 100,000 men on paper, who cen only produce a third of that number of effective soldiers when an inspection takes place, down to the keeper of a lock-up house, who multiplies the number of his inmates to obtain ration, and allowances for prisoners who are not in exist/we. But all these are trifles compared with the disclosures now made, which involve peculation, to the value of no less than twelve millious of roubles. Many people ask, with a shake of the head, "What is the practical use of astronomy fe' One answer is, that in this instance science has the credit of having made a discovery of the greatest importance to the State in • pecu niary point of view. The result of the calculations lately made by the well-known astronomer, Professor Struve of the University of D or p a t, relative to the true geographical positions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, and the distance between the two capitals of the empire, is, that the actual length of the railroad is, by as tronomical observatione, no lees than 881 wersts (about 60 mike) shorter than its nominal length of 607 worsts, or in other words that the government, for whose account the rail road was constructed, has had to pay about one-seventh of the value, or twelve millions of roubles, more than it ought to have paid. As the rolling stock of the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railway is furnished by an American company, who are paid for the same at so much per worst, it follows that in this quarter the government have been paying also • most fearful overcharge. The poles erected along the line to denote the distances have been systematically fixed is the wrong places, so as to mislead both the government and the public. The Emperor wee in the most violent state of excitement on learning the above, and gave immediate orders for the strictest investigation into the facts of the case to be made, with the view to inflict the most summary judgment on the parties inculpated in this nefarious transaction ; but as so many persona of the highest rank and important* are com promised in the affair, it is not likely that the investigation will be continued, but on the contrary the matter will be bushed up to prevent the public testicle' of the real delinquents being exposed and made to suffer the penalty they so richly de serve for the share they have taken in this atrocious fraud. BULL FIGHT. The Peninsular Correspondence of Madrid his the following deesription of a bull fight which took place in that city on Sunday loot. " The spacious amphitheatre was tastehlly adorned with Gags ; the boll. fighters glistened in silver and gold lace; not fewer than 17,000 spectators 'rambled and ahouted impatiently for the day' s sport to begin, and there wee en immense crowd outsi de r who, dia. appointed in getting tickets. had at least the satufaciien of hearing the frantic applause of their more fortunate fellow. amateur" within, and the pleasure of contemplating the bees, tomb of dead horses and bulls which the gaudily capariaomg mules of the amphitheatre every now and Men dragged into the outskirts of the arena. Within the arena, the dia. playof skill and courage was unearpeseed. Daring the tastier, metonhs, the waterer who bare monopolised the glories ti roma have had to see the applause of the public bestowed on a new corner, who is declared to be likely to revive the traditions of the Monte. and the Romero.. to o new aspirant for twiromachic fame is a handsome clout. limbed youth, with a mild boyish face, which has got him the some of el Teto (the milksop), a sad misnomer with re. ference to his moral qualities, for si Tato is both mouth:gang bold. No tauresdar can more unerringly tell ate Flak e whether the animal te be fought with is short or long sightog (a matter of vital importance to the lancer or the swordsman), a bull of intention '—that is to say, cunning and calculating in it. attacks—or any other of the various kinds mien*, noticed in the learned treatises on Tauromachy which are to be found in every Spanish nobleman's library. This die. tinguished personage figured on the 0CC46100. The speets began with a 'bull of intention,' almost as cunning as ltir tormentors, just the kind of animal to require the tactics of the Tato ; and the Tro's skill was each as to draw forth demonstrations of delight from the assembled thousands, succeeded by witty sarcasms and inquiries of the old mantra whether they could do as well. These vetersea, who try as much se poesible to economise the powers that give them fame, were obliged to put forth ely their reeonrcee, so that a series of hairbreadth escapes, strategies, and daring deeds followed, pre,. lug that the alleged degeneracy of modern TOArg• sway only exists in the j aundiced imagination of th e old and querulous. Luckily, no accident happened, te e Virgin of Colminor and the holy patrons, of Muncie, tr, whom sll devout ball. fighters pay their vows, having bey propitious. During the last hoar of the ' (melon,' the rail poured down in torrents, bat the last two bulls were of the elms celled boyantss,' which are never tired of attacking and therefore well worth in the eye of a connoisseur the soaking inourred. Altogether this bull-fight was the most splendid of the season? WILLS.—The will of the late Right Hon. Alex. ender Sinclair, of Hey, Earl of Caithnees, Baron of Befit. dale, and Baronet of Nova Scotia, was administered to in London, by the present earl, on the 6th of October instants having been first proved in Scotland, fn March, 1866. The will was dated 16th Dec., 1856. The second surviving eon, the Hoe. Alex. George Sinclair, was appointed sole executor, to whom were bequeathed the estates in Edinburgh an d Midlothian, and who, though he survived his father, did 004 prove the will ; and, there being no residuary legatee named therein, letters of administration, with the testamentary dispoeition annexed, were granted to the present earl, u the nearest of kin, to whom were bequeathed the pictures, furni ture, and plenishinge of Barrigill Cantle, and who sweets to the entailed estates.—The will of Omura Charlie Payne, R.1.C., late of Motley, near Plymouth, was proved by his widow, the sole :egatee, and Fred. W. Prager as vireos, Req., the other acting executor; power reserved to Jedadiah S. Tucker, Esq., of Trecnaton Cantle,—Th. IQ of Phillip Fonnatteen, Esq., of Flintahlre, was proved ender 10,0001.; and that of Abraham Samuel, Esq., 30,0001., who has left bequests to charitable institutions of the Intik pereussion.—Jllertreted Loudon New. GRACIOUS ACT Or HER MAJESTY.—We stated some five or six weeks ago that a woman named Jones the wife of a poor bat industrious man, residing in Taylor's. court, Church-street, Orear-gardens, had been delivered of three children at a birth, and that the infants, with their mother, were .11 doing well. The week before last the pox woman wan persuaded to send a statement of her coos to Al Queen, and her Majesty, with the true womanly feeling which she has manifested on several similar occasion', lam no time in directing her private secretary, Sir Charles Phipps, to make inquiry into the moo. Sir Charles at once communicated with the Rev. Precentor Caley, of this city, who kindly waited upon the parties, end hay ing obtained a outificate of the birth from Mr. Crosby Leonard, forwarded it, together with a report from bils4 to Buckingham Palace. On Wednesday lot Mrs. Jones re. calved from the royal puree a gratuity of 31., aceetepardll by the following letter Sir Charles Phipps has meted the commands of her Majesty the Queen to forward to 11m. Jones the sum of 81. to Eska her in consequence Ober cow finement with three children at one birth. The Rev. Rebut Llewellyn Caley has kindly undertaken to be the hearer et her Majesty's donation, with thin letter, to MIL lase. Buckingham Palace, Oct. 12, 1858." We learn that du three children have been respectively christened " FIN" t• Hope," and "Charity," and—adds oar informant— " Charity ie much the finest child of the three."—liriald Mercury. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY SOUTHWARDB.-001all way from Sunbury to Edinburgh, on the 19th :—AOcto ,ber fM royal train will stop et the following matinee bsideee, 1 p.m.; Stonehaven , 1.34; Forfar, 3 12; Perth, 4.7; Las bort, 5.26 ; and arrive at St. Margaret's station at 6.24. Her Majesty will resume her journey the next morning, the train leaving Edinburgh at 8.16 a.m., reaching the following sta tions et the hours annexed :—Portobello, 8.20; Loegniddry Junction, 3.46; Cockburnapath, 9.13; Berwick, 9.46; New castle, 11.27 ; York, 1.46 p.m.; Donouter, 3.11; King's Caw laminae. 7.20; Lew Junction, 7.49; and arriving at Windsor at 8.90. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALllB.—The usual autumnal meet*, of the Congress tionel Union of England and Wales are about to be held at Rah:, commencing on Monday next, and continuing throughout the week. On the evening of that day thin" to be a patine devotional meeting, tibia an Wren delivered by the Rev. John Kennedy, of litnetey. flWhr will be held in adjacent places, with a Thy le rtete r at i t e churches in the district in the amending tithe Union. The first session for deliberation will be Tuesday morning, when the chair will be taken by the Rm. Dr. Albeit, who will deliver as inaugural address. It blh leaded to have a paper reed on • The data of Coupe.- donde* in Wslea." by the Rev. Thome Rees, of Bowist. The Rev. Dr. Fergueon will read a paper on a =Meat whigt M t occupies a large share of denominational 'MOM formation of a fund to assist aged miniateine to retie hose the active work of the ministry. Diannadms will he is vited on the subject, end an opportunity will be afforded el remarking on pastoral Incomes and church fill&DOO gensrelly; after which a resolution will be propoeed ?sodium the ihslt subject to a committee for euntdderatios. In e the m a public meeting will be held in farm of d einussehdia effort, at which Mr. Basad Morley will made. Brief addresses will be delivered on Home. Ireland. the Colombo, and Chapel Building, and a preludes will be inthilleed i hvoer M thew objets. Oa Wedneiday nom the aMI tairdandoe of the sem whereby the Gerold way be new folly Mended by the dirsoleadon mum lbs = If i the estatiy wM be bins up. The subject be by a wpeeppert hos the Rev. J. C. Barden. h the maim of Welasuday a *ISM will be held fa the illuelrellia and eakiresseat d oomgentstionsl principle' At the sening assess et Thursday Wa Rev. Dr. Prettiest of Now Crap, will deliver a lecture Oder Heywood, err swig licasenfennity in the border country of Lanembhe sad Torkellibm" The mensinder of the maser will be leveled to a nondagration cd the venous Mob may miss Ia the melee a sense will be presced the Sm. &meet Xenia, of Wiesslisiter o = nimbi the Moth sail impernies of the Board et Incedie seal b istataiaid at breekhilis aild = with**, subset of paid* ithethaa te The Great Nathan tai Imithritie and Torkeldre Bads wigs the have theseeoed ear Mold= of Issetg term *that * a single fore. Unisex etiv.sioAt an early hear on nuts* swim our panful city we Wows Reba state d g guilismat, by the followlag thromemess Abe* ,meethese desalt in_ ilipmeeine. a comet sad isd Mit* olds ammo al aZTAINIteIe saw the alty, end after several thla _te led ea Mal =Leis.altlemsedt was litho lie the WS s ainia The therinee cesteleed the M woo • t ear Meg pike brim seresethid aWA sad the objets of their was a air rung wa ft 1110 11 1100 M • eitemed woe tidiest's' s . rat) who had Ms so Mimed its b slap wth • pus( mom for bar lath* sees. It pc ha Say had lift the teeth her threats 16r rids, attended by her pees. bum& et Air the siessionied amiles, they bad side • the usenet ;meting-town, red there moth a • Yogic. where they arrived aa Wednesday wee la the et erresideg the hegitivele an the thief meth& Ind preseedd to 'Seek, W • war niallow d Wmeg liar. LAs am, when ineseth se imprimis sem& the cild etheebte bpi hie IMO* sed toeireidge= k sea Math aid at this pestheied b the ef Mg aid ocestabla, who was quickly sessest Ibis fa lit en, and bis eireporithie wee soured. Awry did was lithe to desers ie Whembeete of the ro sad wee pieced bi a stet= eat a wit e the ll t i ls= l reall it ask imports* feeither ries et as uthissethehin aa beer. Ii was eier Weed that the Mr lady end her Mee led resoled is Yet sad' 9.51 gm, whoa they Mt siesoled by the loath et trete, sad It le supposed that Notthethes was the lOU *at Wo b ins learilthe resale. I * did the ping lei* presered rimy imediethe peptid? bar ewe AAA— Terkstire Oessits. Wilts M Ms. BAtom.—The Mesh d Mr. ' Befaithislltantegbes. have resolved to the at Ms vide es As 27th Math to isthe list • Moms Atheilb, la shims to lids maw Tiossileyetheteg, sad tithe is emy tenth le the hie, gialliesa wines* thelethelies A in el Yr. lefties Mends se lessibrese, inseemaia exisenion to Ilimterdiest sa bat k le the boa. mailima's own tors arts of tarnishes amenliv tha le le OWN le elms= 11111 asesmailple THE AFFAIR OF NAMTOW. (MOM LAST NIOZT'S OAZITTL) War-Office, Pall-Mall, S.W., Oct, 15, 1858. The Secretary of State for War has this dazz e e i calved a despatch, of which the following is a copy, ad to him by Major-General C. T. Van Stesubenzes, C. 8., com manding her Majesty's land farces in China : Head-quarters, Canton, Aug. 21, 1858. Sir.—By last mail I had the honour to report that a naval and military expeditions wee to proceed the next day to exact retnbation for tiring upon a Bag of truce sent to Nam tow, at the request of the Governor of Hong Kong. I have now the honour to report the result of that torpedi don, which was assembled .1 Tyahan Island on the afternoon of the 10th instant, when, with Commodore the lion. Keith Stewart, I went as close in shore as was practicable, from the state of the tide, to moonnoicre, and decided that the landing on the following day, which could not take plane before 10 a.m., in consequence of the tide, should be to the S. W. of the walled city or fort, under cover of the gunboats, Sm. On the morning of the 11th, soon after nine o'clea, I found the gunboats getting under weigh, and hammed, *a my 'mil, to join the Commodore, and found that in time quence of the rocky natured the western side of the bay, end greater shoelaces of the water the Commodore had directed the landing to be in the villa gei or suburb south-east of the city. This obliged our moving through the suburbs, and I at once decided to move, as far as practicable, in two parallel lines, one along a canal or wet ditch, which intersected the suburb, the other close to the se+, the boats keeping slightly in rear of the heads of these columns. I mart here remark that, as the gunboats, &c., were moving towards the shore, several shots were fired from a newly-erected battery to the south-west of the walled town of Namtow, and does to the beach, which was soon silenced by the stimirable fire from the gun-boats, the precision of which was moat striking. The landing was effected before eleven o'clock, end the ad vanced party consisted of the Naval Brigade, under Captain bar Majesty's ship Banspareil, who was very soon en gaged, a heavy tire of Oceans and matchlocks being opened in front and from the streets running at right angles with those by which we were advancing, the Chinese retreating as we advanced. During this advance, • most geilmat and promising officer, Commander Madden, of her Majesty's ship Clansmen, was most dangerously wounded, with several men. The inner line wee composed of the 69th Regiment, led by Brevet-Major Romer and Captain Bush% of that corps ; the Royal Marino Light Infantry being in reserve, but constantly under fire from the right flank, as also the 14th Madras Native Infantry. The heat being fearful, I halted frequently wherever the trees or sheds afforded oover horn the sun, and where the men were not exposed to the enemy's fire. Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford, Assistant Quartermaster- General, having reported to me shortly after one o'clock that the ladders were ready, and having well reeennoltred the wall, I directed Captain Slight, of H.M.S. Bensperell, and Commander flatimeree. of H.M.S. Cormorant, to lead their men to the assault, covered by the 69th Regiment, sad sup ported by the 12th Madras Native Infantry, under Captain Mach, our right flank being protected by the Royal Marines, under Brevet-Major Foote, Colonel Hope Graham, C. 8., having disposes' direction. Before two o'clock the fort was in our possession. Commander Saumerez's party was accompanied by Captain lAmbert, of the Royal Reposers, who was mortally wound by the accidental discharge of a firelock of one of the mem crowding up the ladder after him. Hs was a most gallant and talented offloer, and his lots to the service andlo his triton& is deeply to be deplored. During the escalade of the walls, the force under Colonel Graham wee attacked by' several hundred Braves, who were gallantly repulsed by Brevet-Major Foots end the Royal ]grimes though sot without lose. The well pewi t the inesey fled, leaving the interior almost wholly imenni; the p lace was gives up to destrec- Soo, end the prbelpal gates 13 own in. The tows bivouacked in the tort that night, and the re embarkation which wits most satisfactorily sesieMed aim Captain Hand, of her Majesty's ship Bespedi, sad Comm soader Lacy, of bar e ship Adelman% sift Dent.- Wesel lion. H. ass effected by ten i.e.. tbe Mow ing areidsg, briaglag sway tee large bruin gum I owe wig exam se ell esiestnel lib gallant little air, tame, sen-eassiestemel aims, aid mem sr both earrkes. and mks this morpoitral easemlleg the MIMS et ▪ premisantly eroplop Limatess Ilikeplessess, C.D. onaliant ettleavatipossal ; Lisoluma-Osionel Rea. H. blifford i. V.C., amissep giereenpaeltp, gni Lintesaat girl, Royal Mig esdn~ne* se my aidirde-amp. Colonel Rope Graham, C. 8., 60tb lisgissat, who sin trent tir sientspsay me as rased In eamesesti ; 311.14 bar . liejest ionsiediesi i7l ° l= essmoilsg Rigel fsg rosen tle Osimis Pater. =l4lelfery; Ikeverlftte Ye" Il e g =agsg aili nialt Madras Naive ufeatA Rs. W. Le per Trot* RuZ i C ul insin. lleppets; she Dateess.7ol . 4 Nefiee ebeediel is ix less i Bon Ins wet te tsn as barV il lg um RIM ragtoestlimisl iledorge et a ef sae el the Ott whoa *best r menthe& He was a mast pro. aloft ye diem, end is mask regretted by the twee. I mast else twist ay same of the caseumy with with& Cam mein* she Afts• Huomalt ••••,•••••/ milk►lL Am ea. esesieni alai my tbseas are ine (= ... itaid, tor it Op a rt Ilsmemite her *OM) • s~rMniasems, Il sot es en the 1111•108 ourriad ingA gunboats fiat et eaeisfWs and miasma copineal is also ap pimied.—l/aues. C. T. Vas flafan slurs Major. General. Commailleg belt Majesty's Forces in Cbisa. The Welt Ron. the eranurry of /Ws for Wer, Re., Pall.meL • Royal 3 am% K aireeenseissiemed elbows sad sass; Sept g Iliven-essimitsiened *am' mg not; ilarlass Lt. IMel% le Hal alarm "Ism ' 106 same mum ishaseam, ellems. WO r he re s, m; moral =:= 111. 41:4 11 =4 6111 111 430 ma- A Paris letter in the Word states that a difference has trims between Proem end Bravl. A FMK& merehent haviag diet at Perambulate leaving ohgdren leder cgs, the Pres& Weer, Count de Lomat, eased the noel camel ie pat wee on hie premium The keel Rothstein mistalset that he bad no right to do so, as by Bonilla law the &Aires of keeigmere tom la &eta ace Brodihme, sad icelablet io the law of We orman7. Os appeal le the Poem of the pee*, he &Weal that the legal +amides went in the right, sad the was were removed. lea mass. areas Coat de Lomat struck his deg, in aim to lemit hi. laminations of the Preach govennasat. Prior to the departure of the twenty musette at the genie= et Pere, the he et ell at the will ensue to-morrow (ilientle)), at two o'ineek, is the Palen of L. &miry, a rend =finery oriole, in which 1,200 nemitlees ealimikapiet. The weals of Ile fee are &Wad Mite emagenee of asixtuaste artists.