The Express. — London, England, 1862-12-13 00:00:00

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WA and Patentee, $l, Weet Strand, MAPPIN BROTHERS' WEST-END HOUSE is giddy and dhiftetV at It!!,REGENT-BTREET. For 50 years MAPPIN BROTHERS Manufactures have been Fafnir* celebrity and a good name , but it is quite a mistake to suppose that they are sold in Orford-street at W. Established is Sheeteld A.D. MO LZn 110t16E-67 and 6S, KING WILIIAM.STREILT,LC. Magtradroar—Qtralles PLATS d CiritdaT Wouo. SRESsilan. HMI WATIR AS LONDON =DON TIM DAT Month& R lica.77.ithisTrooou:(lh. 26a. So-VOssow—licetilag, M. 48a.....Afternoon, 7L 15e. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13. 'Owes more has Italy manifested in the face of - Europe her admirable fitness for constitutional government, and her rich political vitality. A fortnight since the moat hopeful of her friends were anxious; the most insidious of her enemies hopeful and confident. A Minister strong in the favour of the KING, and patronized by the KING'S most powerful Ally, had fallen like autumn leaves before the first breath of a parliamentary storm. Tenacious, and almost defiant, to the last, he would fain have sought a momentary reprieve from an inexorable sentence by appealing from an ang:y Parliament to a still more angry people, even at the risk of convulsion and confusion. Happily the KlNG—not that he regarded the Minister less, but that he valued his kingdom more—declined to sanction this desperate alternative, and nothing remained for M. RATTAZZI but resignation. Since, however, he had anticipated a vote of censure, he might without offence to the Chamber have considered the defeat avoided as no defeat at all, and have advised the Crown to ap point a provisional and perfunctov admiristration to carry on the urgent business of the State while Parliament and people were cooling. If this was M. Rsrrizzes advice, it was happily not' followed, or it failed. But it is due to that eminent though ill-omened statesman to record that his con stitutional and patriotic inatinctspreserved him from that last and fatal error, and th►t the fruitless attempts to patch tip what in an odious jargon is called an "Administrative Ministry," were foreign, if not contrary, to his counsels. Whether the idea came from Compiegne or the Palais Royal, it was very soon abandoned by the strong good sense and good faith of Vicroa Emsurrur.L. The chiefs of the parliamentary majority were "sent for," and within the week an Administration perfect in all its parts, not easily surpassed in character or in capacity, was announced in the Official Gazette. The KING had imposed silence on his personal likings and antipathnss, and the royal example was contagious and commanding. The present Cabinet of Turin is no coalition of the chiefs of adverse parties ; it ie an open conspiracy of patriotic devotion and goodwill among men of whose services any Parliament and any country might be proud. It may be affirmed without hesitation that the oldest constitutional State in Europe could not have come out of a political crisis with greater honour and advantage. There was no more agitation, difficulty, or delay than we are Accustomed to under similar circumstances in Eng land. It is remarkable how thoroughly the Italian monarchy has mastered the principles and assi milated the usages of Parliamentary government. Not one of our ministerial changes in England within the last twenty years has been transacted with more dignity and regularit; than this change from Rsrrszzi to num'. And when we consider the task which the Rarrezzi policy had bequeathed to its successors, the courage and self-sacrifice of the men who have undertaken to administer to the effects of such a policy seem doubly to deserve respect. It was an ill day for the secret and open enemies of Italy when Vicroa EMMANUEL appealed to the patriotism of a Pasousx, a Pasuzzi, a DELLS ROVERE, and a FARINI. It is scarcely too much to say that--always excepting one irreparable loss—since Piedmont became a constitutional king dom no Cabinet of Turin has equalled the one over which Rumex now presides in all the qualities of which Italy stands most in need at this moment. Always excepting CAVOUR, there has been no go vernment of Piedmont or of Italy which has con• tained so many unquestioned superiorities. It is not so much a Ministry of all the talents, as of all the virtues of public life. High birth, ancient lineage, scholarly culture, stainless character, civil and military genius, diplomatic tact and skill, experience and activity in the conduct of affairs — all these titles to esteem and confidence are found in this Italian Administration, while in England we should often be content with a few, and not perhaps the most important, of them. Here is one of the most promising characteristics of public in Italy : social rank is respected, yet not predomi nant ; there is no exclusion of capacities, no pre ference of classes or professions; it is a true equality—as different from the envious uniformity which is called equality in France as co-operation from communism. The reticence and retirement of RICASOLI during the recent debates in the Parliament and the crisis that followed, have added, if possible, to the high respect in which that true aristocrat is held by all classes of his countrymen. And be cannot fail to regard with mere than complacency the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVE E NIt4G, DECEMBER formation of a Ministry which might own • hint for its chief. The ablest of b orilleagnas ase in power. The guiding spirit cube PARINI Cabinet, the most eager politician, meat vigorous satin* trator, is nearly allied to 'rum by blooa, STOACAIIIof that ancient house of the PERUZZI who lent to EDWARD 111. of England In his need a sum of money which to this day has not been repaid. General MIEYABREA, the new Minister of Public Works, and General nrax.s HOVERE, were conspicuous members of the Cabinet which Rarrexis sup planted, and their names are a tower of strength to any Government. Count Pasourres assump tion of the portfolio of Foreign Affairs not ()Ply gives weight and dignity to that important depart ment, but derives peculiar importance from the tact that like his colleagues, FARIS' and MINORTITI, he was once a subject of the Port, and, what is more remarkable, an intimate personal friend of the M ASTAI family. Were it possible to imagine Pius I.C. yearning in heart to his old and early blend, there might even now be some better hope of the only possible reconciliation of the HOLY FATHER with Italy than we can find in the re ported conferences of four old frightened yet obstinate Cardinals, whose project of reform is to consist of a Consultative Finance Commission, and quasi-elective municipalities. All such hopes are idle. Count PARDUE; we may be sure, neither asks nor expects any conciliatory message from Rome, while a PASSAOLIA, a pillar of eccle siastical learning, a model !of religious purity and fervour, a priest to whom the POPE confessed, the founder and finisher of a dogma which for centuries held the (Church in doubt, continues excommu nicate. Still the presence of three sometime subjects of the Temporal Power in the Cabinet of Tulin is not without its significance. It is a gus rantee to Italy and to liberal Europe that the Court of Rome will have to deal with men whose character is unassailable by calumny, and who will listen to no fancy compromises and marketable iegotiations. The quality of the new Minister of the Interior will probably be tested by the pacifica tion of the disturbed Southern provinces. F the brigandage which the POPE blesses, and the BOURBONS pay, and the Emperor of the FRENCH countenances and sustains, can be destroyed by any Minister at Turin, as suredly Signor PICRUZZI is the man to destroy it. In this Herculean labour he will be powerfully aided by SILVIO SPAVENTA., that martyr of Bourbon misrule, whose services as Prefect of Police at Naples after the annexation were of the highest order. Even the statesmanlike tact and temper of FARINI failed, it is true, to pacify those distracted provinces ; but he failed where none have yet succeeded. And as President of the Council his experiense acquired at Naples will not be lost, if his sadly wasted health will permit him to take an active part in the deliberations of the Cabinet. In its relations with foreign Powers the Italian Govern ment will be faithful to the policy of independence and discreet reserve which it has announced in unexceptionable terms to the Parliament. Neither subservient in its friendships nor exclusive in its alliances, it will rally to the cause of Italy, united in heart and purpose, the irresistible sym pathies of liberal Europe. LLT: . (aguilmes Ticapiums.) FRANCS *ND swriskuaND., The following, being the full fitt of the treaty concluded between France and Switzerland, in set tlement of the Dapper Valley question, has boon received at Mr. Renter's office : Art. L Switzerland makes over to France that portion of the Depose Valley, comprising the Mont des Ts sad ita declivities, as far as and together with the road from Les Rename to fauville t sod to the eastward of this rued sod along the same a strip of land 150 metres in breadth, or 500 Swiss feet (the entire cession consisting of 704 hectares). In exchange for this, France makes over to Switzerland, that is to say, to the Canton Vend, a pieoe of landof equal alas, extending from the junc tion of the St. Carries and Fiorillo) reads, along the decli vity of Nomnoot to the boundary of the Valley of Joax. The St. Cergues-road (from Ls Cure) is included in this cession. Art. 2. Neither of the contracting parties may erect military works upon the ceded portions. Art. 3. The inhabitants of the ceded, portions will be- Dome citizens of the country to which they are allotted, but will be entitled, within the space of a year, to declare whether they will retain the nationality to which they be longed hitherto. If they prefer the latter course, they have the right of retaining for the future their domicile all heretofore. Art. 4. The existing roads called Los Landes shill be made passable for vehicles, and be led into the St. Catguts sad Familia roads at the above mentioned point of junction. This road shall be completed within two years, and sable' quently kept in remir by the two contracting partite upon their respective portions. Art. 5. The road connecting that portion of the Canton of Vaud situated in the Valley of Joax with St. Cergues upon the Bois d'Amont road, shall be free from all transit taxes and custom' dues. The Federal post shall also pass unhindered upon this road over French territory, and be liable to no taxation. Mt 6. Wood, hay, and other produce of the soil, obtained I from the ceded portions, shall be permitted to be conveyed free to the domicile of the proprietor. Art. 7. Private rights acquired previously to this treaty are not affected by its stipulations. Judicial sentences of prior date also retain their validity. Art. 8. After ratification of this treaty, staff officers of both countries will be appointed to determine the precise position of the frontier, and to lay it down upon maps and in protocols. Art. 9.—This treaty shall be ratified, and copies thereof exchanged, by the contracting parties u soon as possible. In a separate protocol Switzerland reserves her right to lay the treaty before the powers present at the Congress of Vienna. She will request those powers to recognise this modification of Art. 75 of the Vienna Congress treaty as an inte gral part of the international right of Switzer land. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 13. The Parliamentary Committee, consisting of members of both houses, has come to a decision upon the propositions made by the National Bank. The committee has determined to vote the payment of a million florins interest on the proposed loan, such payment to continue only until the dividend paid to the shareholders of the bank shall reach 7 per cent. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG. Dac. 13. The announcement that Russia has consented to the candidature of King Ferdinand of Portugal for the throne of Greece is without foundation. The Imperial Bank of Russia has reduced its rate of discount from 4 to 5 per cent. ITALY. (non on OWN TURIN, DIM a. Hawses Pontificern—the ministry is formed, and although not yet officially announced, ie already known and accepted as an important improvement. Count Pasolini, the centre around which the new cabinet was formed, has never held office before, but he has filled important posts at Rome, is Central Italy, and at Milan, has gained in those posts general respect, and is now Prefect of Turin. Yesterday evening the leading men of the city were at his house. He hesitated a long time before accept ing the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, impelled by a delicacy of sentiment which does: him infinite honour, and which took its rise in the intimacy he formerly maintained with the Maatai family, and especially with Pius IX. It is reported that the Bing said to him, in connection with this subject, " It is not your fault Count, if the Pope has changed his opinion& I want you to be my Foreign Minister, because the Pope will know then that he has to do with an honest man, and will be unable to plead ignorance of you, or to say that he believes you to be a demagogue." Count Visconti Venosta, who was formerly secre tary to Signor Farini in the Emilia, is to be Secre tary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a young Lombard, exceedingly well informed and of good address. Two months ago he wtote an article in the Perseveranza, which terribly annoyed Signor Quadrio, a writer in the Unita Italians, who replied in terms not remarkable for politeness, and a duel with pistols was the result, in which fortu nately neither of the combatants was hurt. Of Signor Übaklino Peruzzi, who has the port folio of the Interior, I need not say much ; you I already know that he is a Florentine, and a descen dant of those celebrated bankers of Florence who possessed enormous wealth in the thirteenth cen tury and who lent money to England. In the Rattazzi cabinet he held, with much honour to himself, the portfolio of Public Works. He has been violently opposed by the Rattazzi party, every effort being made at court to keep him out of the ministry. His secretary-general is Silvio Spaventa, one of the most serviceable men to the government the Nea politan revolution has produced. Even against this latter the recently vanquished party has uttered its slanders, with the view of un dermining him in the favour of the King. But Victor Emmanuel, after some hesitation, per ceived that if be listened to these calumnies, he should be supporting a selfish and dishonest party ; he therefore consulted with some of the most expe rienced, faithful, and intelligent men, declared that there should be not the slightest deviation from constitutional usages, and welcomed accord ingly with much cordiality one of the chiefs of a parliamentary majority, which bad overthrown, in the full exercise of its rights, and for the best possible MUMS the Rattazzi ministry. I need scarcely speak to you of Generals Mena bre& and Della Rovere, who belonged to the Rica soli cabinet. The former was formerly Minister of Marine, and now will be Minister of Public Works, Tor which poet his technical knowledge and his busi ness habits admirably fit him. With the exception of the Finance department, General Menabrea would efficiently fill any office in the ministry. General Della Rovers returns to the War-office, to the great satisfaction of the army, who look upon him as one of their most distinguished and most efficient generals, and the public is not less pleased to see men of his stamp return to power. As for the President of the Council, the minister without portfolio, Signor Farini, I will merely say that, despite the slanders of Lord Normanby, be is universally respected. Unfortunately his health is so bad just now that he strengthens the cabinet with his mere name rather than with his abilities. In my enumeration of the new ministry I have forgotten Signor Minghetti, who will have the finances under his charge. Though not perhaps a great statesman, he is at least superior to Signor Sella, who, though a very estimable, scientific man, was without financial experience. You will see from the above that the crisis, which the enemies of Italian unity considered in surmountable, has been successfully overcome. M. Drouyn de Lhuya, instead of humiliating Italy, has rendered her a service. Ho has, without intending it, emancipated her from an unpopular ministry, and cleared the way for more acceptable and more efficient men. The loss of Count Pettiti, the late Minister of War, has alone been looked upon with regret ; not because his successor is a whit inferior to him, for he is perhaps superior, but because it was known that Della Rovere assisted him as a friend ; so that without any change the same ad vantages might have been obtained. For full two I years the Ministry of War has been singularly for tunate in its ministers, and the army accordingly has gone on improving. The Monde and the France have already begun to think the victory their own ; and I know that one of the writers in the latter journal offered to lay a wager that by January 1863, the Southern provinces would be separated from the kingdom of Italy. Perhaps he built upon the new proclama tion of the silly pretender Murat, the unpopu larity of Signor Rattazzi, an unpopularity which was increased by the malicious eulogies of La France, and upon the appearance of a new separa ties journal in Naples named after that city. To support this journal for a year 50,000 francs have been sent from France, 80,000 francs from Rome, and 50,000 francs have been col lected in Naples itself. This sum of 180,000 f., you may be quite certain will be so much money thrown into the sea. The present change of ministry destroys at a blow the very basis upon which the new journal was, established. A friend of mine, a man of considerable influence in Naples, has received from that city a despatch thus worded :—" Reactionaries, separatists, and Mu ratista are in despair at the new ministry. The people are pleased." A letter in which Garibaldi states that he did not shake hands with Cavour on a certain occasion has produced an unpleasant effect. Garibaldi was ill-advised when he wrote it, and his statement will injure his reputation as a man of noble and generous character. The Gazzetta del Popolo expresses the universal feeling when it says, after publishing the announcement, " Shaking Cavour's hand would have been better than writing this letter." "A magnificent white Carrara marble staircase," rya the Paris rht " which is to cost not less than 150,000 fr., is at this moment being prepared at Vangirard. It is to be seat in piens to Baron de Rothschild, of Lon don, in whose residence it is to be placed." The late M. Verhaegen, of Brussels, bag be queathed 100,000fe. to the University of Brussels. Other clausal of his will give 50,000 fr. to the charitable institu tions of that capital, and 50,000 fr. to the Masonic Lodg e des Amis Philantropse, of which be was the venerable. The authorities at Naples have determined to put an end to the impositions to which foreigners who wish to see the curiosities of that city aad neigbboutimod, par ticularly the ruins of Pompeii and of Herculaneum, hare beep long subjected. An order has been issued shat for the tutors the guides shall may dame 9fr. foe each perms, and lfr. for rook child, and aay iithaetka of this ceder will be se►erely punished ItI7BBLL At a recent reception given by the Emperor of Russia to the nobles at Moscow, his Majesty ad dressed them as follows : It is particularly agreeable to me, gentlemen, to see you assembled in our ancient capital, which is doubly dirr to me, as it was my cradle. I am satisfied to be able to repeat to you what I said to the nobles of Novogorod on the day of the celebration of the thousandth anniversary of the Russian empire. lam accustomed to place my ooefidenoe in the sentiments of devotion of our nobility—an unshaken devo tion to the throne and to the country, of which it has so often given proof by its acts, especially at periods of sad trials for our country, as was only recently the case. I am sure, gentlemen, that our nobility will continue to be the most firm support of the throne, as it always has been and ought to be. This is why I pat my trust in you, gentlemen, in your unanimity in aiding me in every thing which tends to the welfare and power of our country. May God aid us in this task, and may His blessing be with us . And you, gentlemen. members of the nobility of Mos cow, know that I hold it a special honour to be one of you as proprietor of this province. I thank you for your cordial welcome, which I know how to appreciate. This appeal of the Emperor to the nobles pro duced a great effect upon the assembly. The Grand Duke Michel, the Emperor's brother, has joined the Emperor at Moscow. Prince Albert of Prussia, who is on his return from a tour in the Caucasus, also proceeds to Moscow. ,-(THIS DAY.) IS, I A.I. Ilbt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 12. Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon. The Prince of Wales, attended by General Knollys and Captain Grey, went to London this morning, and visited Marlbnrough•bouse. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Ted. worth-house, Marlborough, on Thursday, on a visit to Lord Broughton. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colooid-office from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, and the Mauritius. THE PHINCDIS ALlca'a PHYSICIAN:3.—We learn that Dr. Arthur Furs is appointed, in conjunction with Sir C. Loomis, to attend the Princess Alice in her confinement, which is expected to take place at Windsor next ApriL Dr. Arthur Faro's appointment will be stamped by the profession with universal approbation. He has earned his reputation by study, hard work as a lecturer and clinical teacher, and by an immense experience amongst the patients of his hoepital.—Medical Times. On the 16th inst. the Crown Prince and Princeas of Prussia will visit Vienna, where they will be received with considerable pump and ceremony. There will be a ifitdtre purl in their honour, a military review, and a grand dinner in the Imperial Palace at Sehiinbruno. The Duke of Newcastle has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Clumber Park, Worksop. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton have arrived at Nioe, mid propose to reside there during the winter. The health of the marquis has improved during him sojourn in the south of France. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath hare arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkelspequare, from Long hate. The Earl and Countess of Derby have been honoured by the pretence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge during the week at Knowsley. A select circle, including the Duke of Rutland, the Duke and Dueller of Manchester, the Earl and Lady Coostanos Grosvenor, the Earl of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Lord Stanley, Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Sc., have been present to meet his royal highness. The Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Rutland, and most of the gentlemen have been daily out shooting, and have bad capital sport. The party will separate to-day. The Earl and Countess de (hey intend to leave Putney Heath on Monday next for Nocton Park, Lincoln shire, for the purpose of being prompt at the consecration of the new church erected by the Countess (Dowager) of Ripoc to the memory of her husband, the late earl, which is appointed to take place on Tuesday next. The church has been built from the designs of Mr. Gilbert Scott, and is destined to contain a handsome monument to the late earl by Mr. Noble. Earl Manvers has left Long's Hotel. The Earl of Shrewsbury and the Ladies Talbot have returned to Werke Hall, Staffordshire, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House. Herts. The Archbishop of Canterbury will probably preach for the BM time in the Cathedral to-morrow, a. Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury. He will oleo pay an early visit to the adjacent Minim:au College of St. Augustine's, erected a few your ego by Mr. A. J. B. Hope. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rev. William &abbe, DL A., vicar of Nevado* and late Fellow of Trinity College, Ozford, w the office of librarian and keeper of the M. at Lambeth Palace. The librarian will, if all is well, enter on his work after the Christmas holidays. The vicarage of St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet, vacant by the death of the Rev. Flinders= Robins, and worth about 6001. a year, is in the gift of the Archbishop of Oanterhary—the first piece of clerical preferment which has fallen to his grace since hie elevation to the primacy. Mr. William Henry Gladstone, eldest son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, took his degree at Oxford on Thursday, 'moist obtained, alter leaving Eton, a dadaist ship of Christ Church, a lest class in moderations ; and, for his degree, a seem' in classics, and a third in law and mo dern history. Hie father took a double first as a student of Christ Church. Rear-Admiral Sir John Kingcombe paid a visit oe Thursday to the maim damn of the Oetion and the other Premier' corvette sow In Plymouth Boned. Om leaving he was complimaoted with the meal We* which wia aokaowladied by his ship, the wow stamultip liatlej, 61, Cas &mealy, whkit sills' la the imolai for her statism la the Pacific. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROlt OUR OWN 001101PONDENL) PAIII4 FELDAY EVINING. There is perhaps, when rationally considered, not much to lay hold of in the Emperor's speech to the new Russian ambassador, M. de Budberg. I should have thought that the complimentary expressions it contains were merely of course. Some of the French papers, however, see in it something more. The France says, " the profoundly sympathetic terms of this speech will be remarked." The Temps is struck by its " significant cordiality ;" and the Opinion Nationale observes that it establishes " the maintenance, and perhaps the progress between the two governments of an understanding the import ance of which in the view of the eventualities of the Eastern question will be readily under stood." In connexion with the latter idea, the Opinion Nationale observes that there is at present a great " tension " in the diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey. The following paragraph ap pears in the Wanderer of Constantinople : I know from a good source thee theCar'sambsesadm, Prince Labenoff, lately said, in a diplomatic circle, " My situation here is intolerable, and I must leave Constantinople ; un less the Turks become reasonable we shall be obliged to send them another Mentehikoff." The threat (adds the cor respondent) has already been put in execution. Prince Labaooff had his audience of leave with the Sultan on Se turday, and has gone away, under the pretext of a rotor, for some months But the way in which he bade adieu to the Legation sod general personal friends leads to the sup position that be lute little hope of seeing Coottaotioople again in the spring. We read in the Pease : Yesterday morning the Masts announced that the Senate and Corps Legislatif were °amok( 1 for January 10; in the evening the France said the 12th was the day fixed. Which of these journals is the most correctly informed! Would it not be more ample to wait for the Moniker ? What is the use of attempting to anticipate fonts by oonjrctures ? The Constitutionnel is very angry at the assump tion of a London journal that the Greeks dislike Roman catholics more than protestants, and that the religion of King Ferdinand of Portugal may therefore render him ineligible in their eyes. For the second time it denies that there is any truth in the assertion, and asks with a confident air " Why should the Greeks detest a religion which is that of a part of their fellow citizens I" Now this question can be answered. There are a great many reasons for the opinion which the Constintionnet would contradict, and which I believe to be, in the main, correct. The hatred of the Greek church for the Roman catholics dates from the Crusades. The mailed champions of Christianity committed such atrocities in the Eastern churches and con vents that one of the Popes stigmatised them as "worse than barbarian Turks." The bad treat ment of Greeks by catholics, whenever and where ever the latter were predominant, very nearly pro duced a fusion, at one time, between the Greeks and the Lutherans. To this day members of the Greek church who live in Venice and Rome are ex posed to a variety of petty persecutions. In the Holy City a dead Greek is buried furtively in the night, like a malefactor. The Bourse was at first disposed to construe the Bank of France returns favourably, but in the course of the day opinions on the subject seemed to undergo a change. At all events, the Route, after rising to 70fr. 750., became heavy, and it closed at 70fr. 450. for cash, and 70fr. 60c. for account, with a fall in each dace of Sc. Whaler fell 7fr. 500., and the Italian Loan 6c. In railways there was no marked change. M A. Royer ia superseded in the direction of the Opera by M. E. Perrin, the director of the Opera Comique, whom he will replace at the latter theatre. M. Veuillot is about to publish a brochure in reply to the allusions of which he has been the object in M. Emile Angier's comedy. The Daily NM. is seized. 13, 1862. WEATHER REPORT. SATORDAT, DI3MINER B. Nan ... 20. SO - &ammo l9.atin tans 29.87145 911111011 !29.70142 ALDNINILIN t 19.0.145 9011‘11111 119.0242 GALWAY 19.8743 411.05 1 11 aur=" •:•: , " laisaroos • : 29.82 7 PZIONOIII.. ~29. 4' P 104141101 130.0 0 161 Pianos,— _ .0149 JIMMY .21/46 Wzym..crra 3C1.03,49 POWINNOOTB 30.0747 Doviz Loom* .06 44 TAamooof . . 00.0642 ACA 91109009 i 29.7843 914112.99 .7146 HIM/GOLAND 90.21.42 LW. SUNDAY. W.N.W. to S.S,W. SCOTLAND. strong to• gale, min% W. to S., strong, rainy. LAILAND. As next above. W. CWITILAL S.W. to N.W., fresh, B.W.ENOLUM. thowers. _ _ _ fresh. squalls. B.F. EIIGLUID. 0.41 0.40 004 0.34 NONDAY. 8.8. W. to W.N.W. tog to eramodtee.: rate, showers. W. to N., unsettled. W. to N., moderate. (OUt. Al next above. W. to N., groin. equally. The Council of the Art-Union of London offer a premium of 6001., under conditions, for a statue or group in LAW*. The competition is to be by plaster work•, sod will be open to artists of all nations. A special general meeting of the Geological So ciety will be held previous to the ordinary meeting on the evening of January 7, 1863, to consider certain proposed alterations in the constitution of the society relating to foreign members. The new hall of the Leeds Philosophical Society is to be opened on Tuesday with a lecture by Protonic, Owen. During hie stay be is also to deliver a course of four lectures on "Natural History and Palsioutology.” The programme for the session includes lectures by Sir R. Aloock, her Majesty's consul at Japan ; J. Scott Russell, Fey. ; Sir C. Nicholson, late Speaker of the House of As sembly at Sydney; Major-Genersl Chesney; G. Gilbert Scott, Esq. ; Sir Meaty Perko ; and other persons of note. Mr. Woolner is to execute the statues which are to decorate the new Manchester Assize Courts, now in course of erection from the designs of Mr. Waterhouse. These comprise, externally, statues of Alfred the Great, Edward the First, Henry the Second, Banulf de Glanville. Gargeolgars, Sir Thomas More, Bacon, and Sir Matthew Hale. These are to be life-tine. Above the gable of the mini porch, which rises higher than the roof-lineof the building itself, is a datal. of Moses giving the law, 10 feet high. The interior decoration is to comprise at least two other statues, besides large medallion pertain; of Lords Brnugbam, Scarlett, and other worthies connected with the Northers Oirmait. . . . 13alte ham nearly completed a grand opera, which, it is said, will be the next novelty (after the paatuoime) a the Royal English Opera. Miss Anna Hike, whoee successful d6but at the Royal English Opera in The Bohemian Girl we have already recorded, is to appear this evening in Wallace's Mari/ono. The Messiah will be given on Monday at Exeter ball by the National Choral Society, with the following cast —Ws Banks, Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Santry ; conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. The band and chorus, con rating of nearly 700 performers, will have an extra re hearsal this evening. On Monday week Mr. Paul Bedford, of the Adelphi Theatre, will take his annual benefit, which will be under the direct patronage of Viscount itsnslagh and the officers and gentlemen of the South Middlesex Mr. Sothere, of the Haymarket, will, for this night only, , present himself in a new character on the Adelphi boards. Mir Marie Wilton, Mr. B. Webster, Mr. J. L Toole, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Avonia Jones will also appear. A new piece, Lea Diablea Noire, by M. Victorien Ssrdou, the sucoreful author of Les Gaitacka, is in rehearsal at the Paris Gymnase, and will be produced on the 24th inst. _ A writer in the Times states that, crediting the depositors with the interest that has accrued upon their accounts between the Ist of September. 1861, and the Ist of September, 1862—in spite of the excess of withdrawals, and ignoring per form the full oounter.action of the Poet-office — the capital in the old savings banks of the cotton manufac turing anima of Lancashire and Cheshire must have been at the latter date three millions and three-quariers. Sir Walter Crofton, writing on the ticket-of leave system, soy. :—" I am entirely favourable to a well developed system of deportation which eon be curled on satisfactorily to the colonise., and I believe that our present convict outlet, Western Awdralia, can by the exercise of great care be nude capable of receiving as many convicts em we may find it necessary to send—assuredly more than any new penal settlement, if found, can absorb, after incurring a very heavy expenditure, and presenting no immediate relief. So far from despairing of our present power to grapple with difficulties which I have repeatedly predicted would sooner or later arise, I am prepared to maintain that we can satisfactorily do so under present legislation. RIM our practice must be more in accordance with our theories, and the protection of the public be more considered than the interests of the liberated convict." An important event in connexion with the completion of the Royal Sovereign shield-ship took place at Portamonth yesterday—the bending to the required shape of the first of the armonr-plates for that vessel. The Army and Nary Gazette says that nothing is yet officially decided respecting the Indian reliefs for next year, excepting the return home of the Bth Mtwara, 92nd Highlanders, lit battalion 13th, 68th, 69th, 74th, and 43rd. The last-named corps will be relieved not by a regiment from home, but by the 91st from Madras, in which presidency there is an 13201:411 of infantry above the establishment as newly find upon. One cavalry and five infantry regiments will go out in the course of the year 1863, but no particular corps have been yet selected. The Rev. James Shore attended and voted for Mr. Pander on Tuesday. . It in stated that negotiations have been opened between the Swedish court and Prince Christian of Den mark, of the house of Sonderburg-Olneksbnrg, and future father-in-law of the Prince of Wales, respecting a matrimonial alliance between the eldest son of the prince, bora in 1843, and • imptain in the Danish army, and the Princess Louisa- Josephine, may daughter of Charles XV. of Sweden, born IR 1881. Another throne to which will mead, on the death of the reigning sormetga, • member of the family of Olnekdrarg I The Paris dioniteur says :—" By a decree of the Bth inst., the Emperor, on the proposition of the Minister ef War, has conferred the military medal on Corporal W. of the fispenrs-pompien of Paris, who has &Wordlist himself at soma fires, and recently got seemly burst fa bath heads sad the left wrist in preserving tant solids ' 41116411 NB satin at the Opera." PRISON DISCIPLINE. The following report, upon the subject of pri,,,„ discipline and the treatment of criminals. by the Rev. m e . Davis, the ordinary of Newpte, was yesterday published. After alluding to the advantages that have been oUsiiim i t by the recent alterations that have been made at this pris m , and the system of separate confinement of prisoners before trial, Kr. Davis says: " But this is not the conclusion I come to with resi.o:t habitual, hardened criminal'. It is well known to al of us who see much of these men that they leave prison with tht intention of returning, as soon as they can, to their odd habits and pernicious mode of living. We are now receivie; at every monthly session old returned penal servitude teen, who have been twice or thrice tiansportod. The imed ue t e r many of these men is not lad in prison. They discharge the duties assigned them with diligence and assiduity, sot frequently leave gaol with a good ' prison' character, bu t they have not reformed and do not mean to amend then ways. They have weighed the results of imprhouneut, sod are content to bear the inconvenience of renewed pew servitude if again detected. Attempts have been made it, Ireland to apply • remedy to this state of things se a u f, as we can hear cocsiderablesucceas has attended this worthy endeavour. Four of the visiting magistrates of the Wed Riding of Yorkshire, well acquainted with the intendi s h. nagement and gener al effect of the Wakefield County !lous e of Correction, part of which is a government convict eau. blishment, went over to Ireland last autumn to inspect awl judge of the results of the diwipline exercised in that kingdom upon convicts. They published/ statement upon the Rubj«ct, in which they compared the two methods of treat:teat adopted towards convicts; in England and Ireland, awl, i f those statistics a re correct, there is • highly import:set sad new feature in the discipline in Ireland that ought t o have the profound consideration of all to whom them subjects are a care and a duty. It appears that the !rah system makes gradations in the different prieoos suited t o the 'taste at which the convicts have arrived. The first is probationary, separate confinement, and low diet; to work is allowed, and this is found a severe punishm ent. The mooed stage gives employmeut, and ' mares' ere assigned in accordance with the conduct of the prisoner. la the third gradation farther privileges are conceded, sod th e ticket-of.leave is made to depend on the Mt,' shown by the convict for liberty. The rule is that the sea. tence passed must be carried out, and will be shortened by nothing but the confidence created by the offender's own conduct. These gentlemen state that the result of such treatment is that few convicts are re-committed to prison ; gametal of the Irish convict es t ablis h men t s have been closet . . for want of prisoner, and that since 1&54 no Irish c;;;: t has been sent abroad as a transport. In the treatment of English prisoners, under the present system, there is no attention paid to the fitness of a convict t o b e anti listed with his liberty—many • one leaves the prison with • full determination to return to his old ways, companions, and habits ; they become a much wane class of offenders, and almost ell the garotte robberies and crimes committed with violence pro ' coed either from them, or from others under their Untrue. Lions. When twie.e or thrice subjected to penal servitude with the same result, it seems necessary to have a sentence of imprisonment for life, to be relieved only by the hope of improvement in the criminal himself. The Icrishire magistrates I have referred to express an opinion that the Irian system of treating convicts would have the same suc cessful issue if adopted in England, and my owe impression is that it is well worth trying, but st the same time I believe it is a hopeless task to expect such advantageous results from the English incorrigible convicts. These men are de voted to crime—the adventure, excitement, and plunder are attractive to them. They amoebae with men and women to whom these great and intolerable crimes are no degrade. tion, and, being nursed in hardship, imprisonment dues tot oppress them. They dread long sentences of penal soli tude, but we seldom see any moral improvement in them. Their conduct in prison is often exemplary ; the work . thi do is well performed ; arid they show that, with ' firm discipline, modetate occupation, and a little hope lessening their term of imprisonment, they no conduct themselves with propriety. But they have not abandoned their evil White, nor given up a life of crime. There is so opportunity to steel or plonder, and nothingto be gained by it ; the stuiender of it for a time is only a matter of pm. deuoe— it serves their purpose better. As soon as ever they get their liberty they return to their old ways, and become much more pernicious and dangerous offenders. No system, except • determination to show them that they will never recover their liberty d again convicted, will keep them from crime. There are also serious detach; in the English treatment of convicts which the Irish system would obviate. The men are permitted to associate without much discrimination as to character io the public works. The result is that manageable convicts, well-conducted men in prison, gain information from other thieves, and are told where end how to go and introduce themselves, and many come to London from the different convict establishments whose previous life has been spent in other parts, and they are consequently not known to the London police. Many penal men, however, are not habitual thieves. More than is generally believed do well on their liberation. With regard to them the system of penal servitude and imprisonment answer all the expectations of the public. It is not with these men the difficulty lies, but with the hardened, incorrigible criminal, whose conduct is irreproachable in prison aced execrable when at liberty." In reference to the crime of infanticide, the Rey. Mr. Ding makes the following observations :—" I greatly fear thstthit crime is very much on the increase in the metropolis. Hardly sufficient protection seems to be given to young women who fall into immorality to enable them to support their infants. No person, for half-crown a week, will undertake to keep • child, and the wages of a female servant are not sufficient to provide for the child what nature and necessity require, and this lamb to the result to which I have alluded." The Bishop of Worcester has given notice that on Sunday, the 21st of December, he intends to hold an ordi nation in the church of St. Phillip, in this town, at half-part 10 o'clock in the forenoon. The sermon will be preached by the Hoy. and Rev. G. H. Yorke, Prebendary of Lichfield, Rural Dean of Birmingham, and rector of the church. This is the that ordination that has taken place in Birmingham since the annexation of the archdeacoury of Coventry to the see of Worcester.—Birminghani Gazette. HER MAJESTY AND DR. NORMAN M`LHOD.— Her Majeaty, on reading in the newspapers of the death of the late Dr. Norman M'Leod, of Glasgow, expressed bon deep sympathy and 'grief that be bad been cut off in the full career of a life of wide-spread usefulness—a sympathy intensified by his connexion with memories of her visit& to Balmoral. One of the ladies in attendance expressing her Majesty's feeling. on the event, the wools fell on the ears of a Scotch lassie, a servant to Lady Augusta Bruce, who rep tared to remark that it must be the father of Dr. Norman M'Leod, of the Baroay, and not the Dr. M'Leod who matched before her Majesty at Balmoral. The Quee r being informed of this, desired the girl to be bent into bet presence, and the lassie explained the points that she thought inconsistent in the short and inancerste paragraph her Majesty bad been reading. In consequence, a telegraph was despatched to Sir Ambilald Alison, of Glasgow, who confirmed the girl's story ; and soon after a feeling letter of sympathy_wee sent to Dr. Norman M'Lecd by the Merchio • ooze of Elyy by her Majesty's commands—Nortt British Daily Moil. VISIT Or MR. CAIRO , M.P., TO THE NORTHERN SrAvset.—We (Stirling Odierrer) understand that Mr. Caird, M.P. is &boat to leave Scotland for a short tour through the , Northern States, with the view of satisfying himself as to the effects of the unhappy civil war on the trade end institutions of America. MEETING!! or SCIENTIFIC SOCIRTIESL—Monday• -• Asiatic, 3. Royal Academy, 8, " Anatomy." Prof. Par. fridge. Architects, 8, "Efuegerford Market." Mr. Fowler; " Monastic or Coaventnal Arrangement& of Can Rev. IL Walcott. Tuesday—Ethnological, 8, " Australian Aborigines " Mr. Preis.; " Molliallies inhabiting the Ctrs. vary 'dills:" Dr. Short" ; "Cniniometrical Seggestioes,.., Mr. Blake. Statistical, 8, "Statistics, British Goloaies, Mr. Hammick. Engineers, 8, Annual General. Kedoewlet — Society of Arts. 8, " Mines and Minerals of the United Kingdom," Mr. Hunt. Geological, 8, "Skiddsw Slate Series," Prof. Berliner ; " Fond Estherim," Prot Jams ; "Flora, Devonian Period, N.E. America," Dr. Damon. Thursday—Numismatic , 7. Linnean, 8 , • Yamada Foci. mai, British Fere'," Mr. Church ; " Welwitechis," Dr. Hooker. Chemical, 8. Philological, 8 . Rural, gi• Apti . queries, 81. DEATH Or Mats. W. H. Swastioxoucar.—We regret to announce the sodden decease of this lady, while ca a visit to her mother at Rochester. Before her marriage to Mr. W. H. Swanborough, of the Strand Theatre. the was well known in the profession as Miss Kate Kirby, and was for some years principal deflector at the Olympic, Strand, Sadler's Wells, and other metropolitan theatres. She was a most amiable lady, greatly respected by auch ll who knew her, and her very sudden death has caused m sorrow to her husband, as well as relatives, and numerous friends —Sea. Tan PANTOIMIti! A ETlSTal.—Tlin following will show the distribution of the various pantomimic artistes at each establishment as yet arranged :—DrolT... Harlequins, Connect and St. Maim! , ; Columbia*, tweeo"_ Boleyn and the Misses Gunn Clowns, Harry note. end E. Lauri ; Pantaloons, G. 'Tanner and debuts' Coveut-Gerden—Harlequin, F. Payee ; Glows, H. Par! Columbine, S. Adams ; Notelet's, W. A. Boom Poo esele—flarleqeht, Milano ; Clown, Power ; C,olombia• Nellie. Marie; Pantaloon, Belford. Adelphi—ilarie9a O4 J. Lauri ; Clown, Bildyard ; Columbia', C. Adams: Fslo taloon, Paulo. Aitley s Harlequin, Dupree : Clen. Online ; Columbine, Annie Cashew ; Panteloon, Sylvedri. Surrey—Harlequin, Rowena ; Columbine, Morgan Hildebrant ; Pantaloon Genial Victoria--Cloen , "• Tanner ; Pantaloon, Pa rker. Sadler's Wells—Clowo. Hen' demon • uin, Ash , _• Columbine. N athan. Hen' demon • Harlequin D'Autan ; Columbia , D'Auban. Standard l Clown, G. H ar lequin, ; Pae E. talooo, G. BolenBolen ; Harlequin, A. Roby ; Columbine, Home.' Ire. Consumes Moiety TROY A SINOULAR Sore". —At a meeting el the Improvement C7onunissioner s last Wednesday, s Tunbridge Wells, the following commuoia . ; ties was tad. It was written is " text band." ere. sheets( set* paper :—" A little boy. who has had the mu' lisrisnete break Gm of the street lamps by thoughtless l y threering a deew encloses eighteen-pence in postage situps to repair the injury done." The commissioner. were Ma* riallenbly amused with the letter, and Mr. Colebran he bed leo dlbt tke writer was a good little boy. -11 " . ' geavaide, I