The Express. — London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

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Oa. ........Mbersbes. Ob. Oa LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL 23. Tent vote of the House of Commons on the motion which is this evening to be submitted to it by Mr. feateu C. may lead to the moat momentous imam It may decide whether there is to be peace or woo in Swope. The ominous prelude to the storm may already be heard muttering in the distance. Yes terday the dat refusal of the Neapolitan Govern ment to °assent to the claims of Sardinia in the ease of the Cagliari, was intimated to Count CevOnn; and letters from Naples speak of the movement of Neapolitan troops towards the frontier. The inveterate hatred which Austria bears to the Sardinian Government is notorious. It is the most envenomed of all hatreds—the hatred of fear. Every sew indication of the prosperity and influence of Piedmont is resented by Austria as a temptation to its oppressed subjects in Lombardy and the Venetian toevitory to throw of its yoke. Every measure adopted by the Austrian Government on the shores el the Adriatic is more or lees a menace to Sardinia. There exists an emirate cordial. be two. Vienna, Naples, and Rome; and the esnisat of this good understanding is the nom mos' bar and hatred of Sardinia entertained by thee* three Courts. When this enmity cannot find vent is injariss it breaks out in insolence. Re lying on the conntenance and support of Austria, the King of NArt.sa has refused to do justice to Sar dinia in the matter of the Cagliari. The Govern ment-controlled press of Vienna bas been encouraging the King of NAPLIER thus to set Sardinia at defiance. The Oit Deutsch* Post, after sneering at " the " newly-constitated Great Power," declares that, ." The toticeesion which a menaced Government may " make to as over-powerful State [England], the " King of Km.= will never make to as Italian " neighbour and rival [Sardinia]." Thus threatened, Sardinia naturally begins to look about for friends who may be disposed to support her just claims against the Triple Alliance. The eyes of the Sardinian Government were first turned though with considerable mis giviogs—to England. The systematic, contemptuous neglect with which Lord CtaarirDow treated all representations from Turin bad sufficiently shown that no sincere or effective support from England could be expected so long as he remained in power. The advent of Lord MALIINSBURT to office did not ranch mend the aspect of affairs for Sardinia. Still, the language which had been held by Lord akin- DON with regard to the seizure of the Cagliari on the high seas appeared to be such ea must bind any Emilia Government to make common cause with Sardinia in that affair. We speak not of the lan guage of Mr. Easura's note, but of the language of Lord Cuartisnov's despatch. Add to the strong language which is found in that letter this con sideration: It was proved on the inquiry into Mr. Stns mak that it was the practise in the Indian department of the late Government to transact mush important baleen by means of con versations and " confidential" letters of which no record was kept. We have good reason to believe that a similar policy prevailed in ether departments, and specially im the foreign department of that Go vernment It is whispered that the Sardinian Government had reavoos even more valid than the strong language in Lord CLARENDON'S despatch for relying on the co-operation of England in the affair of the Cagliari. But the conduct of Lard MALKIN ICILY has, to say the least, been very equivocal. The pother made about Mr. Eaanntra inter polation bad very much the appearance of a preparation te bask oat of any pro mise, explicit or implied, to make emanate cause with Sardinia in the affair of the Cagliari. And now the opinion obtained from the law dime of the Crown may be used u an apology by Minis ters for leaving Sardinia in the lurch, if the King of NA FLU will only comply with the Eaglish demand for sompensation. If, therefore, the Home of Com mons refuse to declare—in the words of Mr. KING LARS'S motion —" That this House has hoard with " much regret that some doubt exists whether her " MAJZSTT'S Government will adhere to the princi " plea and the course of action indicated and " suggested to the Sardinian Government by Lord " Ct.taannon's despatch of the 29th day of Deeem " bee; and this House trysts, that in the demands " rids by bar Majesty the Quests, and by the King 0 of SARDINIA, in relation to the capture of the " Cagliari and her crew, the two Governments will " be able to act in cordial concert"—the only inter pretation that can be put upon its Wand will be that England intends to desert and betray Sardinia. Mill can be no doubt that Govenment have exercised • sound discretion in resolving lot to pro ceed farther with the charge of ocaspireey against Dr. BIRJAILD. Tee charge of conspiracy war sir-. teaks involved is the graver charge recently tried before the flpselal Commission. The evidence which meet have been relied on in order to establish a case of esespiracy was precisely that which had been before adduced in support of the prosecution for the capital offence. Under there circumstances, to have proceeded with the subordinate charge would have been a manifest violation of the wise sad humans principle of our criminal law —a principle upheld with jealous eigileau in all ages of ear history—ghat no man shall twice be pat cm his trill to eariaw the same accusation. The palsy and Julies of the rule are manifest. Any degartare from the maxim, Nemo dela fit swarri pre *Mae nensi, would obviously load to practically tharwasa saw 'Noonan. A Government fooled in • hat afausapt at prosecution by a failure in the animas, night, la THE the shims of each a rule as this, Isdeavoiv to ripply on &mond ooeasion the defeetive liar os proof by means the most objettiesebls. Uslr es the _ _ verdict of a Jury once solemnly given on a r riminal charge were to be regarded as conclusively disposing, not only of that charge, hut of all ot►ers intrinsically and substantially involved in it, the persraal liberty of Englishmen would be at once deprive d of one of its meat efficient and valuable esfeguard.s. On principle, therefore, the isogon of the Govern ment s perfectly right; its squally right as a matter of prudence. Had the present Arroartsv 01DIZZAL made any saideaveer to stretch the law, had he attempted te tabs advantage of a mere technical distinction in seder to evade the appli cability of a plain legal maxim, there cos be no doubt that s.eh a emus of proceeding would have resulted is a second acquittal of the accused. It ie not for a moment to be supposed that a Middlesex Jury would have been lees inclined to require rigorous strictest@ of proof than the twelve " good • meet sod owe whe pronounced that memorable verdict in the sty of London. It is, indeed, abun dantly clear that the fact of the law having been stretched is order to secure a verdict of guilty, would have afforded to the prisoner's counsel an ad ditional sad as intsietible topic for urging a verdict of aaptittaL bag a result would merely have in sured the deaseved unpopularity of the Government, and added te the mortification of the Tuileries. If this kw advisers of the present Administration really will la stand well, not only with the more democratic portion of the public, but with thinking and rational men of all shades of opinion, they will not stop here. The prosecutions now pending against the publishers T11:111LOVE and Tcuzazowsu - - for writings alleged to contain criminal i ncent ives to tyrannicide, cannot be regarded, in the existing state of public feeling, as having the slightest chance of MOM& With reference to the publications thus incriminated, it is not now necessary to say more, than that they would never have been deemed de serving of the notice of the ATTORNET-GILNERAL at any other crisis than the present. With out going so far as to affirm that theme pro secutions have been instituted at the express instance of the French Government, it would be affectation to doubt that they have been instituted out of deferenoe to the known feelings of that Government. Their failure, If persisted in, must be regarded, by all those qualified to form a judgment. as beyond a doubt. But their failure would do more than even their abandonment, to irritate and annoy those whom they were instituted to conciliate and appease. Is it worth while to imperil the popu larity of an Administration for a result which may endanger an alliance? Whichever way these pro oredinp terminate, the effect upon public feeling here as regards our own Government will be almost equally disastrous. If they terminate, as it is almost certain they will, in failure, the effect upon public feeling in France, or, at any rate, upon military feel ing in the barracks, and Imperialistic feeling at the Tuileries, may be calculated by the experience of the last few days. Why ran this risk? Why should the pre sent Government, at the hazard of incurring wide-spread odium in this country, take upon themselves the task of demonstrating to NAPO LEON 111. that the heart of England is tho roughly alienated from the system of sombre des potism which he is inaugurating ; that English Juries, chosen from and faithfully representing the middle classes of English society, will sturdily refuse to lend themselves as accesearies to the de fence of a Government whose principles they supremely dislike, or to the punishment of those who have expressed that dislike in the bold language of vehement denunciation? The result of the proceed ings against Dr. BERNARD has made one thing clear, and that is, that no change in the mere letter of the English law will ever accomplish the object of converting England into an outwork of the Imperial dynasty now entrenched in France. There must be a change, not only in the letter, but in the spirit of our law—not only in our Statute-book, but in all our rules of evidence and all our modes of criminal administration ;—aye, mere than this—there must be a change in English con sciences and English hearts, before the middle classes of this country will consent to become the instruments of that spirit of espionage and vindic tiveness with which the Empire seeks to hunt down its foes. If a feeling of this kind produced the re ' salts we have just witnessed in such a prosecution as that brought against BERNARD, what can be anti cipated from it in inch prosecutions of the press as those now pending against Tannovg and Tons govrext LORD DERBY begins to find out how very unlucky it is for him that he has so long been in the wrong, and he talks very like a naughty boy that is tired of getting the worst of it, and would rather like to behave better in future, if he only knew how. But bad habits are hard to get over ; and it needs genuine moral courage in a ringleader of mischief to look his delinquent followers in the face, and confess that all this Use be has been doing nothing but leading them astray. Bach is about the meaning of the petulant but peni tent Prime Minister's observations last night on the Oaths BBL At the suggestion of Lord LYNDHURST the measure was read a second time without oppo- sition : it being obvious that in Committee the old battle of intolerance might as fully and more fairly be fought as on the previous stage. Lord DIZZY no longer commie his conviction that the struggle has been protracted farther than can serve any good purpose. If anybody would only persuade him that his opinion on tbe subject has hitherto rested on error he would be particularly obliged to nim, but as conversion is not to be had, and desertion would be rather dangerous, all the Con servative leader can say is, that ft any noble lord shall move to omit the clause from the Bill which would admit the Jews, he should vote for such amendment. For the last ten years Lord Dziter has uniformly taken the ini tiative himself in the course of obstruction. He now declines that office, and carefully reminds all waverer, and waiters upon Providence that three members of the Cabinet be has recently formed are decided advocates of the removal of Jewish Dis abilities. The net result is, that as far as the Ministry are concerned they are quite willing to have done with the controversy it their dull and bigoted supporters will only take the hint. Their chief has declared that the removal of Jewish dis abilities is an open question. There appears to have been no disposition on either side of the House to misspend a fine April 'using in a polernicopolitical debate on the Second Reading, especially as that infliction would have to be andused in any OM when the Bill should be in Osnittse. Two exceptions only were Band, in the room effort 011 T and the Earl of Wicaumw. The ham noble kA owes ea though he ►d gene down to the Hesse with the weal amnia: el disagreeabl e *here to lay. and notwithstanding the abounee of the anticipated oldigatien be Mod it impossible net to say them. His spook woad have been somewhat to the popes hod Loed Dim done jut the memo of what he aotaally did, and pro- 'RES& FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 18511. Foil to thtsw oat •the Bill on the fleeted Read-1 lug. But aiming at a flag that was ally raised half time" high, Lord °KEY'S projectiles necessarily mined, and fell, without touching any definite object, into the unremembering waters. A short essay an the constitutional docility which becomes the House et Lords wham permanently placed in antagonism to the House of Commons, is all very well in the lest resort. Bat we cannot help thinking the lecture might better have been deferred to another eseesims. Still more untimely and injudicious was the direct reference made by Lord GREY to the threatened pro ceeding by way of resolution en the part of the Commons. To that alternative we have long felt the affair might come. Of the power of the Commons, and ef its duty to exercise that power, all other means having been tried and found unavailing, we have ourselves had a doubt. But it does strike us as ineffably clumsy and maladroit to thrust such an argument as this into the hem of as assembly like the House of Leeds, just at the moment when many suppose the majority to be wavering; and when it would clearly be more respectful as well as more politic to assume the fact to be so. There is not a member of the Upper Home, however idle, thoughtless, or i II -informed,who does not know that a large section of the is already pledged to resort to this alt f need be. But is it one thing to be tacitly sway y that prudence erna gions which is the better part of valour, and it is another thing to yield to the public threat of being kicked or 1 having one's nose pulled. And that Lord Gear, of all men in the world, should volunteer for the pre mature, and perhaps superfluous duty of snubbing and bullying that irresponsible order of which he is so proud, does appear the oddest caprice of even his lordship's whimsical nature. But he was not destined to be left alone in his: Quixotism. Lord Wtomow could not reconcile it to his conscience to let so placid an occasion peas un-dis-improved. He had always voted in favour of Jewish emancipation, and therefore he must enter his loudest protest 'gonna the present Bill. He could not deny that the Lower Howe might, if they pleased, take the law into their own hands and admit the long-excluded ram to seats in their Assembly by simply pealing a resolution ; but he had the ooneolatioe in that case of feeling assured that if thus rendered 'dutiable not a single Jew would ever avail himself of the privilege of entering the Hones of Commons. Truly the legislative mind of our hereditary senators is not logical. The present Bill may, in the estimation of some, be lees artistically drawn than some of its predecessors, but to all intents and purposes it is founded on the same principle, and would establish the same equal and righteous practice as they were intended to do. Why, then, a nobleman of Lord Wwittow's character and experience should take it into his head to vote against it on account of so®s verbal or technical differenes, we cannot see, and It were useless to inquire. Equally irrational is his lordship's mode of looking at th e consequences of a resolution by the Commons. If ever the popular branch of the Legislature deems it neceseary to take such a step, it will assuredly find a way to make good the Name, and to guarantee the objects of its favour from all legal penalties. To dislike the exercise of parliamentary privilege is intelligible, but to doubt its omnipotence when exerted is simply absurd. •14% Mot Conn. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOK. The Queen held a Drawiag-roasa in St. James Palace yest erday afternoon. Her Nlainsty and the Prime Cowart ant ved at two o'clock from Buckingham Palace, and wen loosivoi by the great °Slows of ante. The Niko ci Cambridge tad Prism Ildwerd of axe Weimar were preen% at the Ara Before the r* «Oen, bee lltg ma. aotarding to amid =tore ro , eived m depgtaio• from C. Htaplial In the The deputation, which Wes rim= lo ihe royal presence by Htr William Madan Oendenien trier Wastintz diMA of Mr. W ter Gilpin. the trimmer; e Darby, and Carer Biwa (H.C.R.), two of eta governors el the institution, accompuded by dr L. Willie= Hebert, ILA., the nutheratisal master, lir. Wiliam H. Beck, the drawing rasseer, end the 40 be= ol the Royal illadmenstiod dobool, Mai= by Ring Merles 11., end was tat= gra end, reedved. The Doke of K. 0., Presidio= of the Inetlat tic= awe Cou prawn la the brarroten with her Majesty and ?dna - The 4raini iitrisecemdtid to inspect the charts and draw ings of the boys, sad to express her 'probation of their pmformeness. Her Majesty wore a train of white moire antique, trimmed with white blonde, and bouquets with cerise oleanders end green leaves. The plethora of white metre salvo, trimmed with two deep flounces of blonde and bouquets GI OMAN olean ders, to correspond with the train. The Queen's head dress wee formed of a wreath of cerise oleanders, eamemented with diamonds and feathers. - The forciisnibaWitdors and ministers were introduced, when the whin preeentatkes to her Majesty took place In the diplomatic circle: By Mn. Who, wills el the United &ides Minister, Mrs. Jared Sparks., of Hafts, Msesschuntte. By the Countess of lialmesbnry, Madame Alfred Rucker, sae d'Arinjo Abram, wili of the Minister Resident from the Hanes Town.. By the P Minister, Mr. Edward Teixidra Sampayo, Attach to the Portuguese Minion in Denmark. By the Austrian Minister, Le Baron Nathaniel de Botha child, dle du Benin Minden de Rothschild, l Timm. By the Minister from Sweden and Norway, the Baron Schwerin. Byilaßussion Minister, 11. Nicola. Wassiltchlkoff, Sp antane de l'Amtnesede The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkiah end Preach Ambeasedors; the Belgian, Bavarian, Renovetioa, Sardinian, Greek Netherlands, Portuguese, Prandial, United end Alumna Ministers ; the Minster trom Osateenala al ma s d la §ew Grande; the Swedish end Norwegian Barter; the Danish end BAlMian Madden ; the Insister Resident from the Hanes Town,, the Spaniels Marge d' Affable, the Chanyi d'Affaires of Heti, and the &snit= Chargi d'Affeires. - The *de *de was numerously attended. The °Doering presentatkes to the Queen took place, the muses hevinelosta previously left at the Lord Chamber lain's Missend s!kmdtted for her Majesty's approval : ldiss Mil =ral Leda . MIL AmpbbsMtral7kP" - . 1 lady Hsislst . so bet monlbps, by *a oobbiass of Plaftss. Isom I Sr*. Jobs Lew Ar d. rlatg Osmium Dsossombe. Nis lisylp, tsrs im . M a.. ,is• bp La* Dana Ploosss ia. . 111: . sa .„ :118Li t ss is tiesb o. orgl a y m =1 . . m erle:ad. Mrs. s. 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The Nara ad Prince Consort, attended by the ladies and Oestlemen in Waiting, returned to Buckingham Palace after thedrawing ram The Qum and Prince Consort, with Prince Arthur left We Beckinglaans Palace at 25 minutes past eve o'clock yes terday afternoon far Aldershot Camp, Weeded by the Commas of Cantles, Me Hos. Flora Macdonald, the Has. Mary Bultsel, Carnal the Hos. A. N. Hood, Captain Du Plat, end the Mestes of the Hc2usehold. The Hon. Florailiacdonal7l has etitineded the Hoe. Lucy Hen u Meld of HOO9B/ be Waiting to her Majesty. A depettatioa of teirobants trading with Morocco trans acted besieges yesterday at the Padre -office on the subject of the graveness emir whit* British subjects labour la carrying on cesserelel telatlons with that country. A dolmens= to the Baud of Trade, on behalf of the Scottish Meteorological Society, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yeeterday. The deputed°e ors 'misted of the Marquis of Tweeds* Lord Joha Hey, R.N., M.P., Lord Dotfaio Sir Joni Sewn Forbes, Bort., Sir William Jardine Bart., Liestamme•Gemsral the Hon. H. Arbethest, M.P., Sir Ale:midst Beessey, Bat., M.P., the Lord Provost of Glasgow, the Lard Dens of Owild, Glasgow, the President of the Cheashar of Commas of Glasgow, the Vica-Presideet of the Cheetahs ef Cameence of Glasgow, the DOW& Commas of the nodes of Glassy, Sir Jenne Ma- Ha Ban., M.P., Mr JAMS Clerk, Bart., the Hsi. Arthur ssled, H.P., Major Cumin( HMO. H.P., Mr. Adana Bleak, M.P., Mr. Alex. Desks, ILP., Sir Jam Ogilvy, Bert., M.P., Mr. Chaise Cowes M.P, Mr. George Deeds, M.P., e Mr. A. cementer, Almedeenabint, Mr. ir Malt , M.P. land M Sykes, Owed tablee, sad re.ltirlter were soave yesterday at the Colonlal-erne, fret r an Goversure of the Okada as the West Coast of Africa. Her Majesty and the Prime Consort intend to remain at the Herat Pavilion at Aldershot to-sight, and return to Bncattnerhara Peke* to-roonow afternoon. Their Highnesses the Prince and Prinosss Trou batake, and mite have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Bt. Jennie, from Bt. Petmebarg. The Duke end Duchess of Bnoeleuel and the Wife Scott arrived at Montage Howe, Whitehall, yester day, from Bowhill, hla grace's seat in Salkhicahire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Hamilton retuned to Orwe yesterday, from Ruston Hall, where ber greet hos to= geseferr a few weeks. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven dish arrived at Devonehtre Hones yesterday, from Mika Hall. The Countess Dowager of Ewes 'ad Mies John ekes bars arrived ht tows otter epos tin the whom. is Yule. The Earl and Countess of Beetive have arrived at Theme's Betel, Berkeierepen, fee the memo. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Erteby have ar rived cut the Tome, Plottedlily, area Gristetheepe, Lb collimates. Lady Chelmsford had an nillenibly last evening at bre melemos ta Nalawamiers. A Neagh dispatelt ssys:—" A nob of th• Ports tspeeeehr the Viceroy al Eqpt fec is ant im • War dteamehie te tha pima* the Mom ft Om sod sedges I btu le Wm as MA" slop la Ow seam" • e t,, i Tr. riutair BANQUET 7 MAMMAL THAW DM' DB JEALIZOPP. -....- At the above benquet last night at the Senior llnitnd Service Club, his Royal Highness the Duke of Catommos occupied the chair, having the Mike of Malakoff en ku right, sad Admiral the End of Hardidelre upon his left hand. The guests were 130 In lumber. The tout to her Majesty having beset duly honoured, the Duke of CAMBRIDOB proposed the health of the Emperor and Empress of the French. He observed that whatever shade of politics might prevail smug them—and, no doubt polities of every shade had their. representativi. in that room ...still there wan not a man, there was not a heart among them, but rejoiced at the providential Ille•;41 of the Emperor and his &spree from the lees diaboli cal attempt to asseashista them. (Cheers.) He had blase& a particular satieffeetka In proposing this Pest, for if ever there wee ea individual who had received marked attendee from his Impaial Ma jesty, he was that individual. He bad the opparbodebe of ' coavenbig with the Emperor under all Made of dream stemem, sad at moments of satire privacy, sad be maid mat econientionaly state that every expression and every senti ment of his Imperial Majesty was in consonsace with the public opinions he had expressed of the value of the mutual miliaria. of France and England. (Load asses) He for one attached great importance to that an' Sae.. He wan deeply sensible of its importance, whether in peace er war, and therefore nothing gave him so mach satisfaction se recording his hope that thin alliance might endure till the end of thee. (Cheers.) Though there might be little difference' of opinion —and differences of opinion would always arise In the management of even the same political systems—he was confident that alliance would can dam, sad Inner/ate to the good of the universal world. (Ap plause.) His Royal Highness concluded by proposing "The health of the Emperor and Empress of the French," which was drank with great enthusiasm. His Excellency tha Duke de MALALOP7, when the eheer ing had subsided, acknowledged the toast in French. He said :—Your Royal Higimen and gentlemen,—The toast which you have given to the Emperor and Empress will be particularly agreeable tothensony conviction being based upon the empathetic language addressed to me by my sovereign when I had the honour to take kayo of him on departing ler the coasts of old England. (Loud cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE nest proved "The health of . the Prince Consort, the Prier. of Wales, and the rest of the royal lamily," which was drunk with all the honours. The Duke of CaItRIUDO/1, on again rising, said be must now, after the hake of the toad-master, call upon them to drink • " bumper toast "—" The health of their illustrious Bart, Marshal the Duke of Malakoff." (Loud applause.) It would be unneeessary for him to dilate upon the reasons •hy they were assembled on the present occasion to give a dinner to the Mustrinus warrior who sat on his right hand. The fact was, as ricers of the united services, they were melons to take the earliest opportunity of showing their eathnatioa of the who bad been associated with themselves in recent events which would occupy so grand a page in European history. (Loud cheers.) It was their desire to show how English gentlemen—withers and am lloes—th knowledged, recognised, and sympathised with those great qualities as a soldier and a general which had elevated the illustrious marshal to the eminent position he now occupied. (Cheers.) He wee persuaded that his excellency was already well acquainted with the appnwiation in which the mem bers of the united services held his great ability and genius, sad he was sure his gratification would be great in renew iag in this country the associations and hiendships which he had formed in hours of mutual peril in a distant land and Ina most difficult 'orrice. (Applause.) It would not become him to venture upon any lengthened detail of the services of their illustrious guest. He could boast the honour of having known the marshal's great prwleesesore— Bt. Amend and Canrobert—ead that knowledge satisfied his that no one better than Marshal Pander could have eanducted to a enoosedul termination the grand operations which had been initiated by the allied generals. (Hear, ham) Their distinguished guest had been for • long tins associated with the British army, and had learned with himself to valise the advantages of the alliance. That alliance, he was prepared to contend, would be as for tunate to both nations in peace as in war, and it was their duty to both countries to avail themselves of every oppor tunity to cement an alliance which tended so much to ad vance the interests of the whole world. (Applause.) En tertaining theme sentiment, himself, and believing they were reciprocated by the whole empire, he was only leo happy to fill the chair on an occasion when the members of the club came forward to do honour to whom honour was due. (Loud cheers.) He should not detain them by making a leas speech, but b• thought it only reepeetful to give utterance to the eationate which he iadividually felt, end In which ha was Mt they all sympathised. (Chem.) He gave them the health of " Marshal Pilinier, Dub de Malakoff." This toast was welcomed with loud acclamations, and drunk with great animation amid general cheering. His EXCELLENCY (speak* in the French language) re sponded ae follows —Your royal highness and gentlemen— I have infinite satisfaction in hearing the friendly expres sions you address to me, and I thank you for them in all sincerity. In appearing among you, I confidently remind both countries of the most glorious smerair of their aims, and my liveliest deein, believe me, is to be moslved as the symbol of a loyal, dignified, and firm policy. (Cheers.) My conduct shall always be free from all arriers-penny, and I shall not cease to find motives for it in this great idea, that after having had so many occasions of estima , ing it face to fox, or side by Ode (ers face as wire a eda), • solid sad durable alliance between twogrott peoples implies es a necassaryeondttion that the honour of the one shall never be ratified to the honor of the other, (Renewed applause.) I mote to you Modeling you • very friendly hand. I come to you fall of respect for your institutions and for your gracious sovereign; and It is with all my beam that I again emaciate myself with the toast to her august person, and that I drink to the prosper ity of England, and the perpetuity of its alliance with the noble country which I represent amongst you. (Coati :mod appinee.) The Duke of CAItBIMIGI next proposed the " Armies and Navies of England and Flume," formerly gallant foes, and well ocamions of mob other's merits ; but now haying stood toga her, be hoped they would long and always continue to do so. (Applause.) His ExciLtincv acknowledged the compliment as fol lows :—Yoh have bestowed loyal eulogies upon the French army sad awry ; they will be sensible of It doubt not, and will know how to dissever in the noble reoollections which you evoke all that they dictate of cordial esteem and frank consideration far the British army and navy. _ _ _ The Duke of CAXIBIUDOI followed with s few brief and (onside mato= on behalf of the British united ea vices. His Enema/nee presently rose and said—l us baggy to au your Royal Highness presiding at this noble trains, which mishaps, to day into their midst. lam glad to use again amongst so may brothers In arms ono of the Out soldiers of the Crimson army, a friend of the Prank sassy, and I encoarsge the hope that if we aro asseublod wider the auspices of asks, that which ought to reign %awn us vie be henceforth sten& Permit are • sinews toast to yew Royal Highness. The Duke of Cannunxia, fa acknowledging the compli ant, said he felt extrmasly gratified at the honour conferred as him. He could truly say that no one had a higher ad miration than himself of the French army and envy. He had seen its gallantry and devotion in war, and skated Its good feeling in the peaceful vale of Chalons. The concluding sentence of his Royal Highness's address was last is the universal applause which acknowledged the sentiment, mad In the midst of this plating sialkaosat the patty retired to the drawing-roes, Beim. leiving the henquet-rnom (says the Morning Ibet) the If @rebel obeemd Rut, although his ignorance of the Raglish havap geeeested him from knowing exactly the meaning of his Royal Highness's words, be had understood these with his host if sot with hie fan, and he could sot bow envois the eletti=eat with with& they inapired him thew by asking of the Duke of Cambridge pendent= b give Nm " a hearty shake-heeds," es he weld sot le se with eR the illustrious teem New peasant. Tie Inky= Naomi produced a strowg sentatiew of anthaelana The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough enter- Inlaid at thaw ca Wednesday, at their naldisee et Chest ilteahopwareet, the Rai tad Cowart of Csalssee, 8 Cornwallis and Lady Cada@ Alcestis, Lady Ras Os.lDs, Lord George Paned, Oat. the Hos. Maria, Mrs., and Miss Gore, Mr. end Hoe. Mrs. G. Harcourt Vasco, Hat. Mr. sad Mrs. Richard Csandisk Mr. sad Hess Yrs. W. Hoes, Mr Hairy Coastal, and Osn. apnea Bleabors. The secretary of the Society of Arts has received • ceemiskadesttes the exeouteis al the late Mr. R. Hoes era day, to the ellatt that he has bequeathed to the moiety the NM et 1004 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FINAL REFUSAL. OF THE KING OF NAPLES TO COMPLY WITH THE Su. DIKIAN DF.MANDS. (IT 1111711N.LAIN1 AND Jamie rscsouirc) (PROM ODA 01IN 00111111PONDENT.) TURIN, TUDIADAY. The =ewer of the Neapolitan government to the last Sardinian note about the Chelan has been officially communicated to-day to Count Cavour. The Neapolitan government gives a flat refusal to consent to the Sardinian claims. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (11.011 OLIN OWN PARIS. THURSDAY EVEXING. A bill has been presented to the Corps Legtslatif for definitively reversing to a considerable extent the decree of the provisional government of April 27, 1848, which rendered French citizens incompe. teat to be slave-owners even in foreign countries. By that decree, all Frenchmen were prohibited from buying or willing slaves even in foreign countries, or from any way participating in the slave trade. Any infraction of the decree was punished by the loss of the rights of a French citizen. The operation of the decree was, however, suspended for three years, in order to give time to the persons affected by it to make their arrangements, and this period was by a law of Feb. 11, 1851, extended to ten years. The extended time will expire on the 28th of this pre sent April, 1858, and the government has made up its mind to confirm for ever in their possession of slaves—lst. All French slaveholders who were is possession of the slaves they now hold prior to the decree of 1848 ; and 2nd. All those who may have become possessed of any since by inheritance, gam marriage. The interdiction is only to be maintained with regard to future purchases. After the Emperor's speech at the opening of the legislative session, expensive of regret that too much liberty had been granted at the general else. Lions, it was to be expected that lees would be allowsd on the occasion which has now arisen for filling rap the three vacant seats for Paris. But the masers of liberty which the Emperor thought so large, was, in fact, so restricted, that there is very little margin for cutting it down further, without having recourse to a flagrant violation of the imperial constitution, and this it is wished to avoid as long as possible, for obvious reasons. The opposition candidates have therefore been permitted to placard their names on the walla, to issue addresses (they being first slaty registered), and to print and distribute bulletins with their names upon them. At the last &dies the placards stated that MM. Cavaignac, Cern o t, and Clondchaux, were candidates of the " demo. traria opposition." MM. Lionville, Jules FIVITS, and Picard, have struck out the word demoeretie from their cards, but whether they have done this pursuant to command, or merely in accordance with their own taste, or ea • prudent precaution, Ido not know. This is a very trivial matter. The only other apparentdifference that I can think of betweia this election and the last, is that the independent newspapers the Debate, the &isle, and the P, which were suffered to write with a good dale( freedom in favour of the opposition candidates, lass now been told that they must confine themselves is publishing the names of the candidates withouteens went. The electors of Paris, however, are so MY& ligent that I apprehend this restriction will ha very little effect upon the result. The men who bff a few months ago voted for Cavaignac, Carnet, est Gondchaux do not want any excitation to vote ace for their political successors, and they certainly vnll to a man—unless any more stringent devioes ma imagined for keeping them away from the poll in. were had recourse to before, and this is not esq. Although, however, it is almost a reflection upon the zeal of the officials who had the management of the last elections, to suppose that they would have Id any stone unturned to prevent the dreaded melt ef a majority against government in Paris, its to be remembered that the administration being Now armed with the law against suspects and sap;etasits,. is able to exercise arbitrary power more unscrew lonely than it could before. It is difficult to estimate the deterrent force of the terror which may be brought to bear upon the electors. It would not in. deed be potable for want of prison room in the country actually to arrest a sufficient number of rid wens to produce any appreciable effect upm the else. done, but u Fielding'e partridge sagaciously observes, although a single bullet can in all probability kWh bat one man, yet a thousand would do well to me away from one gun, because " who knows" but that he himself might be brought down. It is, I op pose, upon some calculation of this sort that many thousand voters have been struck off the lib with. out the smallest pretext. It is thought that very may of them will not like to make themselves marked by claiming to have their names restored. Very litth confidence is, however, felt in the efficacy of slido means that can be devised to thwart the ells* 'ion of the undoubted opinion, of the majority eft% electors of Paris, and the Pays of yesterday, im' seeing a defeat, argued that it would be till:thole queries. "These two or three partial elotitmet said, " arereally not worth the condderatioa whites thought it right to give to the general electieur el lest year." If the government should 01/01/811 OM lain a majority, I fancy that we Nall leo a wonderful change in the Pays' views mis the im portance of the event next week. Thcseelettiaare hr Paris, where alone, and in four or five other imp cities of France, the ballot-boxes escape the coetrille the authorities, and it is just at this moment dory considerable importance to know whether ad inhabitants of Paris are under the influence of tal "indignation" at Bernard's acquittal, which vs ire told the government find, so much difficulty * keeping within bounds. The Pays imagism tbs right of any man to call himself an "opposition eill' didate," now that a senates consultor has berme upon every candidate the necessity of taking* , oath previous bo the elections. It reasons thus`- 11 r oath permits of no opposition to the oonditstillt neither does it to ministers, because the Empeart* whom fidelity is sworn, is alone ropewalk for that acts. " What then is there to oppose ? Brian ewes f Oh !on that head the government h am tainky nothing to fear." This is a very ersiatils doctrine certainly, and comes very near to the aP eovery of perpetual motion, es far as govensai are cowman/. It has been stated that Baron de Beeralar d departure for Vienna has bees delayed oo soars* of the serious illness of his mother-in-law, what ild had gene to visit in the country. News d hlf death haa arrived this afternoon. M. Imes Fay had en sudieoos of the Dee. yesterday. The Beene was inanimate during the greatsP W. of the day, and closed heavily. The Beat Ni : loth fee welt end amount, okein/ 84 e ett • Oefr. 6c. Moldier, in whisk there woe anal si t ; tuition, owing to caatradietory report " te amount of the approweine dividend, end e! THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE CAUSE OF SARDINIA. LAIdARTINET REPLY TO OEN. LA. MARMORA. The Presse of last evening publishes the following reply of K. do Lamartine to the late speech of General La Marmots, Sardinian Minister of War, In the Chamber of Deputies at Turin " Sir,—Wirowe respect to existing powers ; we ham nothing but bed pleasantries for fake ones snch is the maxim of certain statesmen on both sides of the Alps. I have not the honour to know Goma La Mezarms. I believed him to be a swims man. He shanties to as to day in his comio-heroic speech to the Turin °busker mime absurdities and puertlities which ass would blush to esonle to so Idiot of the Alps. According to tide stemmas, when to Alesseadria in 1846, I mistook soros Piedmontsse sappers in their shirt sleeves for Austrians ; the chamber laughed, me the report of the sitting; it would ham laughed a good deal more if it had known that I have never set foot either in Alsenendrie or in Piedmont since 1822, when cue of my inthnate Mends, General Marquis de Fanerges, commendnd the pr Leon end mused me to admire the gam Platmeatme troops ander his command. Aoootding to the same General LA Mamas, I replied in 1848 to as envoy of Kis( Charlie Albert, who .ought of me Priori intsrventlas in Italy :—*Net, I will Rem solar the Mediterranean to beams an Italia like.' Inatome* el laughing at this, the Chamber of Depths' at Turin ought to have bees lased with great ambition at such extreordnery foresight; for with what prophetic genius meat he be endowed who could dread the monopoly of the seas by three AMU triples and the five or mix lap al the Sardinian navy in th. promisee a the ionamenthle Preach end English vessels which covered the ems with the shadow of their sails. This elnioet equals the =Mime faith& of that British newemonger who feared the monopoly of the ocean by the galiot of St. Cloud 1 There mast be a peat hued of credulity In a Minister of War of Turin who toad seriously attribute such kilns to a minister of the republic ►t Perim. The fact I. that I never bad any relations, official or non-oftloith with King Charles Albert in 1848 bat through the rothectable sad loyal Mar quis da Brignole, minister d that unhappy prince to the Preach republic; and if I had tallith such stuff to that MC of good seine and hoe, he weld have thought he was Lasting in the °ingress of Charestoo. " To speak seriously, all the foreign policy, irreproachable policy, cif the republic while I directed it, waa procielmoi in what is cialhd my ' nmaifasto to Europe.' All the special policy of the French republic with regard to Piedmont, policy which woe scrupulously honest, oonsiated in these two facts .-1. Not to adrift King Charles Albert to an offensive, inopportune, sod rash war with Austria; bemuse a great power like France is morally and jointly responsible for the acts to which it has instigated on allied power inferior in *length. 2. If Piedmont, badly advimd, entered upon war, and if, after an impolitic aggression, it incurred dangers to its existence se en independent nation—to descend the App W Is rid* end to take between Austria and it the position of an armed mediator. Why otherwise did I useable the day slier the revolution of February the army of the Alps, if It was not fur this policy ? Such is the whole mystery. - - - - "As to the policy of General Cavalgnac after me I have not to reply thereupon. While impeding the motives whith doubtless animated It, and of which I ate ignorant, I mid myself at the time that there was between my policy and that of General Cztvaignao Q. width of the Alps ; that I. to ray, that he kern the army of the Alps on thin side of those mountains, and that I would have pima it on the other; but to judge of the Malty of the tribune-recollections of Gomel La Mar iners respecting General Cavaignoa by them which concern I little doubt that those mallectioos, upon which I pre judge nothing, will ass day be oomeeted oe memento! 'pea by those oho are the natural guardians of that parer@ He geed, bat in history the Mite of @soh mot speak best—Receive, Sc., " Lassawristn, " Fame !Oilier of roro l 6ll Alain of ttl'a lie is. "Par* April 21, 111511." bans sensation had been canoed at Madrid by Mow Vaisso bona( setannd a battier to du Qeanyiny bar fiat in aiimpain ansoiaseleast bar biabsal bad bees nand by penned maths( This Misr ess Inane tad dr salsas. ; ad Iln plain bad MOO rash tee barbs/ petaled is ward enneernsisa. Thee Jew& slats that Wanda Virago was essestrlne better. r il