The Express. — London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

It he Orpreisfs. TO O.OI!.IIIMPONDWNIS. uPpertimesente hiliaide - d - for " ' TA* lltxpeste tondos Fps Paper. neat be at the often 10. Bouverie4treet. by Two • Jock is the day of publication. SHAKESPEARE IN HIS GARDEN. FUME sad LUBTif lave DUITILLID several FLOWERY', Malt en Gwent el their fragrasee. are arts. alluded to by Eltalsespeare. n• groat Bard's love cot lovers mad their per. *miry will be sees hy the following quotations : Were net sours distillations loft A liquid prisms" peat in emits of glass, Itestity'selfect of bewail were bereft bur It, am no remembrance what it but Sewers distilled, though they with w inter meet, Leese but their show, their substsn e sti.l lives sweet WHITE BO SE.—PIEBSE and LUBIN. 2.. ed. Thee will I tette Welt the milk width rate. ith whose sweet smell the sir .hall be perfumed... EGLAN TIN E.—PIESSE and LUBIN 24. ud. Quito over canopied with inseloas woodbine, Yr ith sword tunai roan and eglantine." NODDING vtourr—PIESSE and LUBIN. 20. dal _•'The forward violet thus did I chide. Sweet thief wheat,. llitlit [llOll steal thy sweets that smell. It not Irmo my lore's breath 1- M IN USIC and ODOUR.—PIESSE and LUBL Complete £3 .la. each. . . "That strain wrath . . . . • It earn. toy ear like the sweet south That breathe. upon • baua of violets, !Stealing and giving odour... AMBERGRIS. -PIE SS Gloves as sweet as rude antl amber, rertutue (cr a lady's chamber." 24. bd. USIA.—PIESSE and LUBIN. •'Swelling so sw3,,Uy—all musk." MU S K ROS E—PIESSE and LUI3IN. " The race leeks lair but 'Airer we it deem kor Yawl sweet odour willeL dotl3 SY it live." Si %S. MARJORA3I.—PItSSE and LUBIN. Lear—Gll e the word. &Iwo —Sweet AliaJoram. I.c.a —Pass. IM. Od. R OS EMAR Y.—PIESSE and LI:131N. ta. There's rosewary—that's for remembrance.' bpaetalay in Ilunimay 1t awr. FLOWER of AVON.—PIESSE and LUBIN. •' Veruna's summer hall. nut such a flower." Hum. laud Juilet. Act I. Scene 3. Lipeelelly wade fur the Alskyute.a ui zt:utiv.d uu•Aroa, Yrs. blower. VICTORIA BEL:IA.—Pik:SSE and LUBIN. r. tid. " host excellent An.l ACCJruollshed lady, The bea*vua raiu craw, s ou you. - - SPRING TIME FLOWERS. I'IESSE and IA BIN. 24. lid. "01 awre: aeAtitl e .“.ettest odours toad,' BREATH PASfILS.—YIEE awl LUBIN. ts. N ath her breath she itul perfume the air : A melluluous bri,th as i ww A true ►utght _ ! CI VET.—PIESSE Anil LUBIN. s. 6,1 Give we an ounce of civet, To sweuten PoUNCET BOX. —NESSE and LUBIN. 2....... L. _ . . . . •''TMlst hie huger and his thumb he held A poLLUt et but, Mludi eSct and saw. lie bale IW Line THE LABORATORY.—PIESSE and LUBIN. dace we not been Thy pupil long : Lt.t tluut not to-artitt no how l'o nuts• perfumes biotin That our grott Abuse.: dont vitro us oft it. our ellnoWeltiletl4.- MAY BLOSSOMS.—PIESSE and LUBIN. 23. W. " He .studs Aprl: and May - - SMELLING SALTS.—PIESSE and s.td. " A good nose is reodisite ahw, to amen out pork for the other S AC H ET S.—PIESSE and LUBIN. 1..&L A strange Wei Able perfume bite the SCENTED LETTER PAPER.—PIESSE and LI:BIN 4d. Puna trEspague, I.lllr Ol.Lizalyetb's favourite. •• Take your pvers :on, AuJ IN me lat e them ter, perfunid, ►'or the a tweeter thug: perfume :teal To whom tt. go. • CHA PLET of FLOWERS.—PIUSE & LUBIN. 2s. ed. eLO " An ochrous chaplet of ow, et summer buds." E SACHET.—PIESSE and LUBIN. 21n to at. ...There cloves the Count seat me. they are an excellent poems.- L OVE-IN-IDLENESS.-PIESSE and LUBIN. fin id. Yet marled I where the s.iit of Cupid fell : It I 41 upon a bilk western dowse, - Before, milk white now purple with lovit wound, — And maidens an it, Lore•iu-idksees' INCZNS E. —PIESSE and LUBIN. la iwr yard. Han sweet wood sod wake the lodging. Go eta" SHAKESPEARE IN HIS GARDEN. --- Ilirthß 'tad LUBIN have the most rare antique and deli- Now. BODKIN PILREUMM and to cotwnrmor►te " Ascot Wallop" have Brewed thaw above named by him. LABORATORY OF PIAJWILIIS 3, I lfW BOND $T&i . • BENSON, late HUDSON and Co., CIGAR lIIPORTZRA, ld°, 01rORD4ITERET. W. BEMON ream lion) inform. the nobility and gentry that taw More old-established buinnete has been REMOVED to ow where. In future. au order. are ft-yawed to be addressed. 13$, Oifordetreet. HOW COLD IT FIAS BEEN.-NEGRETTI mad ZAMESSAA celebrated THE1211031E7F.13 will ore wetly resider the lowest temperature. Price 3e. Qd. -1. Hattori , Core= 153, Fleetetreet ; sad la, Itogesi-slnet mated. TN what Happy Land can I see you after the .1. ••Opera?' I wily Inow aon "Happy Lust' In which a enticsism nay imp—RVANcl, Covaniatues. wy Mar Sallow ! REDUCTION of FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. Insurers la the NORTH BRITISH and MERCANTILX FEU OrrICII wfil receive the fall benefit of the Eltrit - CTION In the DUTY on WOK WARE;, and 51LACHANDISE. being Mock le Trade and Machinery. Plaques, Implemanta, or Utensils used for the purpose of any manufacture or trade, on all policies falling due on and after the .sth June next. and new pnlicleA on Like property now effected will be charged the old rate of duty only until the 25th June pert, and for the re mainder of the term at the reduced rate"( is lid. per cent. GEOBGE H. WH VTING, Manager. Innd o, 68, Tluradneedle.street. April 21, lost. BAYWAIMPE THIt4 Z nntnlo, 11761" SIN. Mews. Pothers se d Duckstone . Misses Angel, Herr* Snowdon.—BCNlLL'll 11 OLLltit. Mr. ttothern —Acid VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton. ranee . Misses Keeley, goosreloo. N. Moore, Rogers. PRINCE/kr& Tffre EYMina DON NioliCNA. Neeen Wining, IT. Vertu. Dietaon. VU4W/Ir ; Nesdases Car. on and B.Veztn.—TH QOM WY Of =ROM. Mem* Vining. Nation, and the Brothers Webb. —Led DRAWING-ROOM. ithOOND ILOOB, AND ATTIC& !XCII7IL . Tins Ire:Arlo. A DAY THI TAM. Alr.Wlddleesal And NW It. lAveuue.—ked IIL DiIdONIO. Mean. F. Morton, Alroughaaa ►asery. Moreland, Charles. said Jordan , MOM Terry, Lorimar, and Ilaverthy, sad lbs. La► /I . ItITANN f k Timm Erramml, THE LEH:ifCRISED MARRIAGE. Mra d. lass and all the Company —IBE GREAT 01108 T EFFECT. —DR&I I.KAR Master Percy Bowels and Vila C. st. Cu... —sad the atfth Act of JANE SHORlL—Corantenoa at 6h. W411113 . 4T Tnerpox BRIM, ME DA[ llorettag. 26. 12m ...Ationeeem. 26. 24.6. todsOKRO• 26. 4..a.....Mane5a. Wt. :.Ist LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22. IN the Housa of Loans, the Joint Stock Com psalm Foreign Countries Bill was read a seoond time. The Union Relief Aid Aot Continuance Bill and the Land Drainage Provisional Orders Bill were read a third time and passed. Lord CHELMSFORD called attention to the returns made to the house under the Land Transfer Act, and pointed out that no such results as were ex pected from the measure had•been obtained. Since the act passed only fii".. applications for registra- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1864. tion bad been made and eleven estates registered, 46 eases remaining 'indisposed of ; while the office was so far from being self-supporting that the amount of fees received amounted to only 1801. The act bad been a complete failure. The LORD CiisiicaLton contended that, consi dering the short period during which the act had been in operation, and that . property to the value of two millions had been registered, and numerous applications were pending, it had worked favour ably. After some conversation the subject dropped. In answer to the Earl of CARNAIVON, Earl Russm.i. said that the cause of the adjourn ment of the conference to Monday next was that the Austrian and Prussian plenipoteutialies had received instructions not to take part in it until the representative of the German Diet was pre sent. The house then adjourned. IN the Houss of COMNONS., Mr. CHII.DIRS took the oatLs and his seat on his re-election for Ponte fract, after his appointment as a lord of the Ad miralty. In answer to Mr. KINNSIRD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in re ference to the rumour that General Garibaldi had been induced to curtail his visit to this country by representations from a member of Ler Majesty's government, that he had received a communication from the Duke of Sutherland to the effect that Garibaldi's health would he likely to suffer from over-exertion, and he asked him to attend a con sultation of the general's friends on the subject, who came to the conclusion to advise the general to contract the programme of his visits to the provinces. He (Mr. Gladstone) personally gave an opinion to the general iu conformity with the result of the consideration of his friends. The general, however, declined to draw dis tions between one town and another ; said that his purpose iu coming to England was accomplished, namely, to return his thanks to the government and people of this country for the sympathy they had shown to Italy ; that by visiting the metropolis he had addressed himself to the whole nation ; and that hereafter he hoped to see his old friends in the pro vinces with less formality than had characterised present visit. Mr. ScULLY asked Mr. Gladstone whether in his conversation with General Garibaldi lie stated that the feeling of the metropolis of England represented the feeling of the people of Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcaECWER said that he made no allusion to the feeling of the people of Ireland ;as to that of the people of England, lie left it to General Garibaldi himself to judge of it. Mr. Burr, on the consideration of a petition on the subject of the Lisburn election, moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances of the dissolution of the Lisburn Election I Committee. . _ The motion was opposed by Mr. Ht..7.cr and the Arroaxse-GLNERLL, and negatived. On going into committee of ways and means, on the proposal to alter the duty uu tire insurance, contained in the Bud s ,et, The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEurEs pointed out that a notice of motion given by Mr. Sheridan on going into committee was tantamount to an effort to pledge the house to an alteration of the plan proposed by the government, by reducing the duty generally to one ahilling. He urged that it Lad been shown that everything Lad been done towards the reduction of the duty ..0 tire insurance con sistently with the available 'surplus at their disposal. Having only '230.000!. of the surplus left, the government was not in a pueition to go further in the matter of reducing this particular duty. He contended that the pro position he made to reduce the duty on stock in trade by Is. 6d., was the only safe course, in order to teat the recuperative power of the tax after re duction. . kir. H. B. SHERIDAN, who bad a notice of motion to the effect that in order to carry out a resolution of the house passed last year, a uniform reduction of Is. per cent. on all descriptions of property liable to the duty should be carried out, argued, and pro- duced figures in proof of his argument, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a sufficient sur plus to enable him to make this reduction, and if he had not, it was Lis own fault, fur, having • large surplus to deal will, it was his duty, in obedience to two resolutions of the house, to provide for the diminution of this particular duty. He urged that there would be great difficulty iu defining what were stock and utensils in trade fur the purposes of fire insurance. Mr. Manama stated that ba was of opinion that Mr. Sheridan's amendment was founded on the right principle, as compared with that on which the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was based ; but be did not think that any speciFc change should be made in the financial plan of the government, and therefore, though be should vote for the amendment, if it was carried he should, when it was put as an origin'd motion, more the omission of the words "one shilling per cent." in the resolution. On a division, Mr. Sheridan's amendment was rejected by 170 to 117. The house then went into committeeof way► and means. On the resolution reducing the duty on fire in surance on goods, wares, merchandise (being stock in trade), and machinery and utensils used in trade and manufacture, to Is. 6d. per cent., - , Str H.WrimotrOMßY moved to substitute " houses and buildings " for stock is trade, eke. After a short debate the amendment was with drawn, and the original resolution agreed to. On going into committee of supply, Colonel Dicx.sos moved for a select committee to inquire into the claim of Mr. John Clare, jun., on the government for compensation for inven tions and designs supplied to the Admiralty in connexion with iron ship building and the con struction of gun-boats. Lord C. Pacer stated that Mr. Clare bad filed a petition of right in vindication of his use, which Lad been tried in • court of law, and • decision given against him, finding that no in fringement of his patent had taken place by the Admiralty ; and this was a conclusive answer to the case now revived. The motion having been discussed,was negatived. Sir J. Paarscrros stated that from information he had obtained, he had reason to believe that the Channel Fleet was not in such a condition of efficiency as was necessary, owing to the difficulty of getting repairs done and obtaining coals and provisions at Portland ; and if an order was sent for the iron ships to go on foreign service it would be impossible for them to go, in consequence of their being so foul and nut having been cleansed. Re also urged that the reserves in the home ports were in a very inefficient position, and inquired what steps had been taken to remedy that state of things. Lord C. PAGIT said that the squadron was ordered to be ready for sea by the 15th of this month, and they (the ships) were eo ready ; and he had reason to believe that there bad been no particular delay in coaling or provi sioning them. As to the iron slaps, some of them had been afloat so short a time as not to require docking, and the others had been docked not very long ago. With regard to the reserves, there were more ships now in reserve than bad been the case in former years. The house went into committee of supply, but objection being made to go on, the chairman re ported progress. The Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill passed through committee, as did the Fish Teiuds (Scot land) Bill, and the Summary Procedure (Scotland) Bill. The Charitable lumnranoes Enrolments Bill was read a second time. In committee on the Bridges Ireland Bill, it was objected to aa applying to all Ireland a measure which was intended to benefit the city of Kilkenny only. On a division a motion that the chairman do leave the chair was carried by 128 to &i. The Select Committee on the Government An nuities Bill having been appointed, Sir M. FARQUHAR moved that the committee have power to send for persons, papers, an d records. This was opposed by the Czawcitmon of the Ex empt/is, and an animated debate ensued, at the close of which, on a division, the motion was lost by 127 to 104. The other business was disposed of and the house adjourned. IN the House of Lords, last night, attention was called to the second postpeoement of the Conference. As the public is aware, the day originally fixed for the meeting was the 11th inst., ; but the time was extended to the 20th, to suit the ' 1 convenience of Austria and Prussia. Accordingly, last Wednesday the English, French, and Danish I Plenipotentiaries were in readiness to enter upon the business for which they had been called together. But no Ministers from Germany , presented thesseelves, and the Conference could , not be held. It appears from Earl RUSSELL'S ex planations, that the Ministers of the belligerent German Powers had received strict in structions not to attend the Conference until the arrival of Baron Bauer, the repre sentative of the Diet. The Austrian and Prus sian Governments seem rewired to attribute a very high importance to the Germanic Confeders tion in the approaching negotiations. A little while ago the Confederation was held of small amount by the two Powers : its resolutions were disregarded, its army of execution was rudely thrust wide, and no pains were spared to show the world that Austria and Prussia were the true and effective representatives of Germany. Nothing has since happened to change the relative im portance of the two Powers and the Confederation. If, however, Austria and Prussia wish to favour the extreme pretensions sometimes put forward in the name of Germany, their conduct in aggrandising the importance of the Plenipotentiary of the Diet is intelligible enough. Of the parties invited to send , representatives to the Conference, the German Confederation is the only one which is not bound by the Treaty of London, and it may very well be that Austria and Prussia are willing to stand in the background as spectators while Baron Bsuirr pre fers demands in the name of the Diet which for very shame they could not make themselves. The public will judge for itself the conduct of the Austrian and Prussian Governments in refusing to permit their Ministers so much as to enter upon the formal and preliminary business of the Conference until the arrival of an agent whose principals have not struck a blow in this war, and who have no rights of any kind over the country which is its seat. It will be difficult to persuade impartial spectators that the brutal lust of carnage of which we have seen so much of late is not the reason why the German Powers avoid the Conference. As Lord STRAITORD Di REDCLIFFE observed last knight, hostilities are not now being prosecuted with any reasonable and legitimate object, but in a " murderous spirit." We hear from Berlin of an intention to take forcible possession of Jutland and besiege Fredericia ; SondeTborg is also to be attacked sad Alsen occupied ; and to inspirit the army for this fiendish work the King of PRI:FALL suddenly appears on the scene. It is satisfactory to see that both of the great parties in the State, as represented last night in the House of Lords, were agreed as to the character of these proceed ings, and rate at their just value the professions of the German Courts. Monday is now named for the meeting of the Conference, but, after what his happened, no one can feel sure that it will assemble on that day. EDINBURGH was this week the scene of One of those popular demonstrations against the Annuity Tax which, according to the local journals, have recently increased both in number and seriousness. The occasion of the excitement was the seizure and public sale of • portion of the goods belonging to a member of one of the many Free Churches of the city, to meet a tax imposed for the pur pose of paying the salaries of the minis ters belonging to the Establishment. According to a comparatively recent arrangement, this eccle siastical impost is now classed with the more strictly municipal burdens, the Ministers' Money being collected with the police, prison, and registration rates. Mr. DUNCAN M`Lseinr, a temperance hotel keeper, whose goods have just been seized, declined on conscientious grounds to pay this ecclesiastical portion of the police rates, amounting, it appears, to about a fourth of the whole. While offering repeatedly to pay the whole of the claim for the police rate proper, he refused to meet the demand made by the collector for the Ministers' Money, on the broad ground of the tax being essentially unjust and oppressive ; and in this refusal he appears to be supported by a large and resolute body of his fellow-citizens. The municipal authorities are of course anxious to collect as much of the tax as possible, and Mr. hPLAKEN's refusal was followed by a result which sometimes in extreme cases fol lows the refusal to pay church rates on this aide of the Tweed. His furniture was seized, or " poinded," by the official collector, and advertised for public sale at eleven o'clock on Tuesday last. Long before that hour, however, there were deci• sive signs of the strong interest excited by the threatened proceedings, the ratepayers and the po pulace gathering in crowds opposite Mr. DULA lora: 's house. By eleven o'clock the street was almost impassable, upwards of three thousand people having assembled, the house and its approaches in particular being sodensely thronged that it seemed at first doubtful whether the officials who arrived at the appointed hour to conduct the sale would succeed in getting in. At length, however, the sale was proceeded with amidst considerable noise and confusion, the greater part of the goods being bought in by Mr. lit'Lsass and his friends. A few articles of furniture were, however, purchased by the official creditor, and these being at once singled out as objects of popular vengeance were thrown into the street, broken up, piled into a heap, converted into a bonfire, and reduced to charcoal on the spot, the act of destruction having been completed without any attempt at inter ference on the part of the police. It is of course impossible to justify in any way the act of violence that accompanied this popular demonstration, but it sufficiently illustrates the strong feeling that prevails in the city against this ecclesiastical impost. The fact that such scenes are of frequent occurrence in • city like Edinburgh will probably suffice to con vince most impartial observers that there must be something not only very exceptional, but peculiarly odious in the tax that produces them. That • large body of respectable citizens should determine to suffer almost any amount of personal loss and inconvenience rather than pay a comparatively trifling sum, and should in this refusal' be actively supported by the mass of the, people, would, in the eyes of a re ' fiective legislator, present the strongest prima fucie argument against the justice and expediency of the obnoxious impost. Of course only a small proportion who object to the tax as unjust and oppressive would, in any such case, go the length of actually refusing to pay it, yet the number who do this with regard to the Annuity Tax iu Edinburgh is relatively large. There is, it is true, some dispute among the local authori ties as to the precise figures, the oppo nents of the tax numbering the recusants by thousands, while its apologists and defenders maintain that they do not exceed five hundred. But, taking the figures at the very lowest amount, even three or four hundred respectable citizens in a considerable town do not deli berately refuse to pay a local tax, end brave all the inconveniences of this refusal—the lees of their goods, in some cases of their personal liberty— without 1100211 good and substantial reason. The case of the recusants is not at all so simple as the local apologists of the Annuity Tax would have the world to believe, and cannot be satisfactorily dia -1 missed as merely another illustration of that desire I to evade legal obligations which undoubtedly I affects certain classes of the community. Mr. M‘Lsza:r, we are told by these apologists, attempted "to transfer the payment of his "municipal taxes to the shoulders of his neigh ' " hours," and was thus " seeking to plunder " those who are under just the same legal oblige " tions as himself." But we apprehend that, apart from the question of motives, this is hardly a correct description of the facts. Mr. M`Lanarr, it appears, was quite willing to pay the great bulk of the police rates, and had repeatedly offered to do so, and had the police rate proper far exceeded the amount for which he was summoned, in cluding the Ministers' Money, he would have been equally ready to pay it. The theory of a natural love of plunder, therefore, will hardly meet the case ; and even supposing it true in one or two instances, it would argue inexcusable levity or something worse to bring such a charge against three or four hundred citizens of character and respectability. Such a body of men would adopt the extreme course of resisting the law only under the pressure of some powerful public, and, in their own judgment, absolutely sufficient, motive. Nor is the motive far to seek. It is, as Mr. M`lanzs states, the sense of injustice and oppression, the most intolerable of all to Scotch men as well as Englishmen. The injustice of the existing ecclesiastical tax in the city of Edinburgh lies on the surface. Once, no doubt, when the majority of inhabitants belonged to the Esta blished Church, it might with some plausibility have been considered a tolerably equitable arrangement to pay the clergy of their church by a tax on the whole town. Now, however, the Establishment demands the support of a mere fraction of the citizens. While the Free or Dissenting Churches have multiplied with extraordinary rapidity, those belonging to the Establishment have, we believe, actually diminished in number. The members of the Free Churches contribute largely to the sup port of their own clergy and their own religious organizations ; it is not surprising, therefore, that they should resist, as &peculiar injustice, the claim made upon them to support the clergy of their richer fellow-citizens of the Establishment. GENERAL GARIBALDI'S MOVEMENTS. (THIS DAY.) General Garibaldi, having expressed a desire to meet the Americans resident in London before his departure, accepted an invitation to breakfast with the Hon. Freeman H. Morse, Consul of the United States, at his residence, 2, Kensington-gate, at 9 a.m., this morning. There were present : Hon. F. H. Morse, Mrs. and Miss Morse, Mr. Adams, the United States' minister, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Moran, of the United States' Legation, Hon. W. M. Evart.% Mr. J. S. Morgan, Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., and Mrs. Forster, Mr. C. W. Field, Mr. Rossini, kc. ke. Subsequently, a large number of American ladies and gentlemen were presented. General Garibaldi expressed himself warmly in favour of the United States in the struggle with the slave power, and said he would go there at once and tender his ser rims if they were needed, but happily they were not. He also said he was proud to acknowledge himself a citizen of the United States, and that he oould claim them as his adopted country. They were the great bulwark of human liberty. England and America united in sentiment, would keep the peace of the world. INTERVIEW OF GENERAL GARI BALDI WITH HIS ROYAL HIGH NESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.- (THIS DAY.) On leaving Kensington-gate this morning, General Garibaldi and Mr. Seely, M.P., proceeded to the residence of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Grosvenor-square, where they re mained until nearly 12 o'oock. At the latter hour the general, accompanied by the noble earl and Mr. Seely, left Grosvenor-square in an open carriage and pair for Stafford House, arriving there at 12.20. Very few people were about, it being generally supposed the general had left town. Great interest, however, will be felt in the i announcement which we are enabled to make, that at Stafford House a meeting took place between his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and General Garibaldi. His Royal Highness reached town this morning at an early hour and proceeded to Marl borough House. The Prince, with two gentle men, appears to have then driven in a brougham in the direction of Buckingham Palace, and to have there alighted and walked on foot to Stafford House, entering at a private door without attracting any observation. The Prince of Wales remained at Stafford House for upwards of an hour. It was intended, we believe, that after the de parture of the Prince, General Garibaldi and party should proceed to Cliefden, the residence of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, where he will remain the night, proceeding to-morrow to Ply mouth. tribe Cam OSBORNE, Aran. 21. The Queen and Royal Family, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Welting, arrived at Osborne at half-put seven o'clock last night, from Windsor Castle. Ilex Majesty's health, though still requiring cars, has not suffered from the fatigue of the journey. A deputation from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. Gnarlier (president), Mr. C. Ball, and Mr. Clark, bad an interview with Lord Palmerston, at Cambridge-bonae, on Wednesday, on the subject of the Consolidation of the Customs and Inland Revenue Depart ment. The deputation was introduce/ by Mr. Horefall, M.P., Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., and Mr. C. Turner, M.P., and was accompanied by Mr. Thomas Thaws. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor of Cicada. The gold medal established by the Society of Arts, in memory of its late president, the Prince Consort, to be called the " Albert Medal," and to be bestowed, from tiros to time, " for distinguished merit in promeMeg arts, mann factures, and 001111311101," has been adjudged to Sir Howland Hill, !C.C.S., in recognition of his eminent services to all classes of the community, in the creation of the penny post age system and other postal reforms. -On Wednesday last the Rev. John Rush worth Pilling was licensed to the perpetual curacy of Loogham with-Worldling, in the county of Norfolk, on the needs*. tion of her most gracious Majesty the Queen. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE INVASION OF SIESWIG. If the war should continue, Denmark will proba bly lose Jutland in a few weeks, as Fredericia alone cannot bold out long. There would only then re main to King Christian the Islands of Zealand, Fionia, Leland, Bornholm, and the small isles in the Danish archipelago. In that case it would be impossible to keep up an army of 40,000 men, for it is not ablebodied men merely who have joined the army, but students and even pupils from the ool loges. The population of the Danish archipelago does not exceed 900,000, including those of Born holm, who have the privilege of not being liable to be called on to serve out of their island. THE CONFERENCE. On the news of the adjournment of the con ference till Monday, the Opinion Nationale says : "Austria and Prussia must be very proud ; they have mocked at England to their heart's content. The English government had flattered itself that the representatives of the great German powers would take their seats iu the conference ou the 20th. But no. The burial certificate of Denmark is not yet quite ready. England, France, and Sweden are begged to wait a few days longer—just time enough to take Sondenborg and Fredericia and kill 8,000 or 10,000 more Danes. As soon us Wrangel has quite done his work, they will con descend to have a little chat ; nay, they will be generous, and give back to Denmark some shreds of what they have stolen from her, and enjoin her to behave well." ROME. The Press of Vienna states that the Pope is about to mark his satisfaction towards the Abb4 Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, by makiug bins Cardinal. Still more important views are said to be attached to the person of Prince Lucien, going so far as to designate him as the probable successor of the Pope, as that combination would guarantee to the Holy See, says the Press, the protection of France for the defence of its temporal interests. The correspondent of the Times at Naples, after giving an account of a visit be has just paid to Santa Maria, in which the monsters whose recent trial awakened a sentiment of horror throughout Europe are confined, proceeds to observe : From the evidence which I elicited yesterday, the fol lowing points appear clearly :—that men at whom humanity shudders find refuge in the Papal States, either residing there in peace or confined at the disposition( of the police; all this happens with the full knowledge on the part of the Papal govern ment and of the French embassy of their atro cious crimes; th►t when the world has rung with their crimes, sod with one voice cried "Shame!" they are sent off as indvatnarti—a title the most honourable in modern times—under the protection of the Heys and the Eagle ; and that finally they are sent off to • country which is re presented at the Court of the Bourbons, which accords to them all its sympathies, and has for several years, 1864 included, sent out fresh bands to impede the rising fortunes of this gk ['qua pm:Paula. Should a great nation like the French q,.ietly permit so black sod too well merited s reproach to rest upon them! They prop up • mediaeval power which folds to its bosom a corrupt and dying dynasty, and which, as we are informed by the journals, recently mat afectio•ate!y received an es-royal in whose name coespiracies are at the wowing hatching in sight of the Vatican,. These are not sensational state manta. A fresh baud burst over the Papal frontier within the, last fortnight ; emissaries have, bees going backwards sod forwards within the last few days; • fresh con spiracy has jest been detected, and many arrest' have been made. For all this the French, as protectors and supporters, are clearly responsible, and is this a position worthy of that great ratios! If the Emperor is still bent on propping up a man of straw, at all events let him forbid the committal of crimes under shelter of its shadow, and one moat effectual mode of doing this is to demand the dismissal of the Bourbons. In the name of humanity, of cas;limition, of French honour., the Bourbons most not be permitted tommaia in Rome, where to remain is necessarily to plot, even though thrice the force now in possession were to occupy it. (ItitlTZVe TIZAGIUMIL) THE WAR IN DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Aram 20, 7.30 rat. Nothing occurred last night except occasional shots being fired. The enemy has erected a battery near Bastion No. 10 of the Dybbol entrenchments. COPENHAGEN, Aillit, 21, 4.4 P.N. The enemy continues to throw a few shells, but none have reached Alain. A battery is being created opposite the Danish work at Suurslokke. All else is quiet SPEECH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. RENDSBURG, Aran. 22. The King of Prussia, on his reception at the railway station, said : " The cause of the Duchies is sacred to me. The work which we have commenced with such earnest ness shall be completed in like manner. The people may be assured that the blood of my children has net been shed in vain." KIEL, Aram 22. The magistracy and town council of Kiel have sent a deputation to Flensburg to pay their respects to the King. They requested all the Holstein communes, by telegraph, to join them. RESIGNATION OF COUNT FORGACH. VIENNA, Aram 22. According to the Prase of to-day Count Forgach, the Hungarian Aulic Chancellor, has resigned, at the request of the Minister President. He will be succeeded by Count Hermann Zichy. AMERICA. )N, Aran 22. The North German Lloyd's steamship America, Captain Wessels, from New York, on the 9th, arrived here this morning. She brings 136 bags of mails, 44 of which are for England ; also 171 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 49,100 dohs. in specie for France, and 1,000 doh. for Bremen. The America briny; a cargo of 1,000 tons of mer chandise, 300 of which are for England. On the 17th instant she spoke the English ship Constitution, steering eastwards. The American encountered strong easterly winds throughout her passage. A writer in the Petit Journal, of Paris, who signs himself "Timothy Trieson," ems no reason why other English mlebeithe should not be honoured in Frances' well as Bbakeepssm He says that Tuesday, the 19th, was the 40th anniversary of Lord Byron, and that the noble post who died for Greece deserves to be oommemorated no lees than the divine William ; and Byrom wrote to " his friend Sir Thomas Moore" not to forget him amidst smiles and wise. "Theo," he concludes, "in this period of Shakes pearian fentivities let as remember the peat lord, the great soldier, the great poet who died exactly 40 years ago. " A letter from Rome of the 13th says —" Yester day Irma day of commemoration bare. His Helium, after &misting at the brief religious ceremony which awaited hie arrival at fit Agnew, was addressed in an Italian ode, allu sive to the circumstanee, and to the times, by the young <mood= Jew, Edward Madera, whose abdwition from his family at Bologna, and subsequent education as a Roman catholic, have furnished inch matter for newspaper discus• Moss, Jewish deputations, sod diplomatic remonstrances." LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SiWay id Boaeo.—mare Lord Chief Joatice Ede, ►nd Justices Williams, Willer, add Keatiog. TODIZ T. TRH QIIIIX.7IJSZTZUCTION QE ♦ SUPPOSED star= This wee • proceeding by petition of right, the sup plest claiming to recover against the crown the loss which he had sustaieed in consequence of the de. @traction of • ship of his upon the coast o f Af r i c . , by Captain Sholto Douglas, of her Majesty's ship Espuir. m• vessel had been destroyed in the belief that she wee engaged in the slave trade, but the suppliant'. case was that this was a mistake, and that the vessel had been employed only in legitimate traffic. The case was arg ue d in Hilary Term upon demurrer, the question raised being whether there was any ground for sustaining a prooeediog by petition of right, or whether the only liability, if auy, rested upon Captain Douglas. The zourt now gave judgment. The Lord Chief Justice said that the statement in the petition of right showed a wrong for which an action would lie against Captain Douglas, but it did not show a con.- , plaint for which • petition of right could be had agam s t the Quell, and for supporting this decision the court relied upon threw grounds—best, that Captain Dougles was sect, in seizing the vessel, acting in obedience to the COTllloackl her Majesty, but in supposed obedience to a duty itune*.l upon him by an act of parliament, seeing that if it were assumed that he was acting under the Queen when engaged in seizing slave traders; yet that he was not acting upou bas supposed authority when seizing • vessel which was not in fact engaged in the slave trade, and third, that a poi it me of right could not be maintained to recover unliquidated di. magas for a trespass. As to the first ground, if the r,- ;e ; had been lawfully seized, Capt. Douglas would have per• formed a duty rest upon him by as Act of C.,.irge I V., which 'loads that vessels engaged in the slaye trade should he seized by commanders of the ships of has Majesty, and though it might be taken for granted that the captain was appointed to his ship by the crown, and was eioelo' by the crown, still the c o urt tho ug ht th a t hi s d u t y in s'ela• tion to the slave trade was not created by command of the Queen. Slave ships were not seized to make them the property of the crown, but the captor, wets bound to seU them if they should be coodemoid, and it was not until after this that the interest of the crown in the produce of the sale would commemo according to the statute. Upon the second point. Capt,ie Douglas in seizing a wrong vessel, would not be acting within the scope of his authority so as to make his principd liable for the wrong. When the Secretary of State hetet! his warrant to apprehend the author of the N.,rr4 I c '.,,,, and • wrong person was apprehended, it was held 'hat the officer was liable. because in what he had done he had not acted in obedience to the warrant. His lordship, after reviewing • number of cases in reference to master and servant, said upon this review the come were of opinion that the supposed analogy between the relations of the Queen end a captain in the navy, and those of master and servant felled. The Queen did not appoint a captain he her own mere will, as • master did his servant, the will ”1 the Queen did not control him in his movements, but a seem of professional duty ; and in this case the act was tot done by order of the Queen, but in a mistake of • sun. posed duty. As to the third point, the complaint woe i reference to • wrong done in destroying a ship; and damages were claimed the same as if an action had been brought against • trespasser. Now, the sovereign could not commit any wrong, and therefore could not be called upon to pay damages for a wrong of which she could not he guilty. The maxim that the king could do no wrong was true in this sense—that be could not be sued civilly or criminally for • supposed wrong; that which he did personally the law supposed not to be wrong, and that which was done by his servants unlawfully was held to be done without command, and therefore the servants were responsible. lo support of this view his lordship quoted pewees from Lord Hale, Coke, and Brae. ton, and proceeded to refer to numerous authorities in re ference to petitions of right, pioneers's' de droll, and tra verses of office found. It seemed that there were annoy instances of petitioes of right in respect of property wrong. folly taken, or withheld from • subject by the crown ' • but there was no instance of • proceeding for • supp osed wrong done by the crown ; and this negative evidence was very strong, because there must have been many in. stances where wrong was believed to have been sufferedat the seizure of the estates of outlaws and property of per. sons dying without heir. If proceedi ng s could be coin in thoed by • subject for • supposed wroog, civil or military, suffered in any reign, the COollenplinidle would be extremely pernicious. For these reasons the judgment would be for the Crown on all the three grounds. Judgment for the Crown. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Banco.--(Befor• Lord Chiet Baron Pollock, and Barons Bramwell and Pigott.) - . lilliZAT O. THOMPISON. This was an action teed at Liverpool,before Mr. Justice Willis, in which the verdict pawed for the defendant. The plaintiff had purchased from the defendant &small picture, represented to be a genuine Turner, and the only question was whether the defendant gave a wamntr, the painting having eubeequently turned out not to be the production of that artist. The Lord Chief Baron said this morning that the court, having consulted Mr. Justice Willes were of opinion that there should he no rule for • new trial. Rule refused. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WILLIAMS r. HZ:MIT. In this will caw which occupied the court the whole of yesterday, his lordship, after hearing Mr. Dowdeasrell on the part of the defendants, said he would consult the teamed judge who tried the issues, Mr. Baron Pigott, with regard to postbag a rule nisi for a new trial, and would postpoas his dociaion on the question of costa. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (More Mr. Cosunitriaeor Goa Mara.) ng Si ruccza.—CHASOZ 01 MISDENRADIOCII. The brokTuptiothia nee, Francis Tucker, was a bill-broker, of Old Brced•street. He passed hie e.uminatiou on amounts, showing liabilities of 4,2464., with sada of 2001, property held as security, 24211. Oa his application for order of discharge, it was intimated, ca behalf of Messrs. Shoolbred, that they meant to charge the bankrupt, under the 159th section, with "acts amounting to • misde meanour." The order of discharge was accordingly ad journed, and to-day was appointed for the trial of the bankrupt. The proceeding is under the 159th section of the new act, the terms of which are as follows :—" If, on the hearing of any application for en order of discharge, the assignees of any creditor shall allege, and if, with or without such allegation the court shall be of opinion that there is monad for charging the bankrupt with actions or conduct amounting to a misdemeanour under this act, the court shall, if the bankrupt commit thereto, direct a dear statement in writing of the charge to be delivered to the baskrupt, and shall appoint a day for trying the bankrupt an such charge, and if the bankrupt re quire it, shell summon a jury for such purpose, and may direct the creditors' aasignee, or the official assignee, or any of the creditors of the bankrupt, to act m promoter oa such trial. . , If, on such trial by a jury or by the commis sioner alms, the Makrupt shall be convicted of any offence by this act made a miodemeaeour, the commissioner shall, in addition to the punishment awarded for the off epee, have power to direct that the order of discharge be either wholly refused or suspended during such time and upon such coo dittoes es be shall think fit." _ _ _ Mr. & Griffiths appeared for the prosecution; Mr. E. Reed for the waives* ; and Mr. Serjeant Atkinson Lod Mr. /trough for the bankropt. N the interval winos the " elsar statement of the change in writiog" had been delivered to the bankrupt, a role nisi had been obtained by the prosecution, asking to be allowed to awed thaw charges; and this rale first mono on for argument. Mr. Serjeant Atkinson submitted that the court had no power, wider the 159th section, to allow the diary lobe amended. It was in the nature Cl a criminal indictment in which them was no power of amendment after it was found. Knowing the importance of the inquiry he had gone care fully through the charges, and found them most confused and entangled. His amour observed that there were two questions, whether the court had power to mead, and whether it was expedient to do so. Mr. Serjeant Atkinson further contended that as the pro secutor was bound to deliver to the bankrupt a clear state ment Cl the charge in writing, no amen dm ent could be allowed ; otherwise they might go on mood* from day to day, and thus the bankrupt would beembarrassed in his &limos. illsilosour was isclined to the opioion that the court had the power to amend, but the question remained whether I it would be expedient or fair to the bankrupt to do so; ad that would depend upon the affidavits. Mr. Berjeasit Itkinam said they had had no notice or copy of the affidavit's. Mr. Griffiths said that they were glad with the proceed* Ilia Honour said it was necemary that the affidavits should be Bled tour clear days before the case *WO for argu ment, and notice given to the parties affected. Mr. Griffiths said that they had been filed on Saturday bat. Hi Houma said there mast be as affidavit of the four days' notice and service. Mr. Griffiths said there was no ouch affidavit on the pro oundisp. His Bomar said it would then be a question whether the ride should be discharged, or ealarged. He would only adapts it on payment of all the costa by the prcescotor. It was lemarkable how frequeatly the rules of the beech were violated or seglested in res to matters of *once sad affidavits. The rule would he tirged on all the costa befog paid after being taxed by the master. Mr. Griffiths asked that the question of costs should be reserved. Hr Honour oould not aosenot to this. These repented adjeuremeste siiiht work mat injury to the benkrupX Mr. Griftiths rend noose, than be fixed with those costa he would sheikdom the rule. HI Honour maid in that caw he should diecharp the rale with eats. Mr. Griffiths would then prefer to take an enlargement of the rule, on the terms first mantiosed by hie Honour. Xr. 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