The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-05 00:00:00

BEN RY BRETT and Co.'s "0. D. V." RX BRANDY, 19., par Gallon, renninnended Uni medical pi (mina. In acme foe the wawa, Kw. IA or railway ca. ciage.—Roaborn.tan, and 34 ingent4trost. upon them. A young grading manner in which become familiar with' is compelled by his the erprtoo. rich offering; to • 1 tures to take his his duties ; and confesses that he has +EMENTA mod no forwarded to Wears. J. W. lowa- Mon a 3033, 3, tautteatrost. A 'tabard. add* Batton garden •h. rawdally appointed rida. MATMAII.IIITr. Tlllq %V 1 ,14, TAB RROXEN-HEARTED CUM—DAVID tuoutior. Mama ileMmern.Demkehme, Room, tad tar Ronan) , —WI AMI ULM M. linciitode and Itt 00•4 440 . FA JAE& Mr. Compton. - _ PRINCIIIB%, THIS Lr :mew, ARRAN NA POCIUR. Mr. and Mrs. 1). Boa tic:snit, • Mb;, llessra. Dominick Murray, &Shore Milißar ore. Addis—After which THE OCTOROON. Mr. and kin , molconit, Mr. J. 8 Clarke, Mr. Vinkis,* 7111 M SIMMS. Tan R • OLD SALT. Mows Zoon, Belford, holm Vie! • Moore —PAWS. OR, VIVI LIMPILLARR. ileum JAMS, Thorne, Hoboes, and Teuton ; tloodoioso Bwanbocough, Harland, Johnstone, Holt, &c.—Aud COAL AND CORK TRN V., XTLIG, THlt YARMT.R 11? IvOLRWOOD rninT. Mesars. it molda. Ctisetton, Leda.. Bianand Mesdames CM , tenay, Os, my, & Booth.—Mne Kate Clifton : Mu J. F. Brian; Mr. J. W. 'Askant —And ALL EU t ONE. Mr. Reynolds, to HIGH WATISI AT LOTOON BR IDOL VIZI DAT —Sorahs. 10A Naa......Attrass, 111 A 20s. TOXORIIOII-Itonalais. Eh Om NOTICE? sad BRIMS, 11/RI3IAOII, en l DEATHS. are received sail 12 ..'‘,loek for Inastisa same evening. rrls. Ss. 41d. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1 1 THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE NEW GOVER.NMENT. Amore the topics to which Mr. Manama's acces sion to the Premiership has given occasion, and on which explanations may be looked for this even ing, one is conspicuous by its absence. The foreign policy of the government is no longer a theme of contention or alarm. The state of the two continents which form the civilised world is cri tical. Internal questions of the deepest moment en gage the statesmen and rulers of France,of Prussia, of Muni ia, of Russia, of Turkey ; and the external reLations of these powers are uneasy. They are all arming. Their deli:moire preparations aro taking place on a scale which makes them offensive. In the United States there is no longer re bellion of the South against the Federation, but there is an internecine war between the Executive and the Legislature, and a fend of races which it may tax a higher statesmanship than the exigen cies of the situation have yet called forth to reconcile and subdue. England has her troubles and anxieties. She has her Ireland, her Abys ainian war, and her Alabama claims. The Fenian, King l'iiromnix, and Mr. SIIWARD are all of them ugly customers. But almost for the first' time in modem history her difficulties are exclusively her own ; has no partnership in the etabarrassmenta of foreil,m nations. She looks on with interest at their struggles, with dis tinctly marked sympathies, with generous hope, but she has no partnership either of limited or of unlimited liability in their concerns. A policy of absolute sequestration from the affairs of Europe, an iron ride of non-intervention, is nut in harmony, either iilt the history or the impulses of the British peoolt , . But the present detachment (to use Father 'Si:a - males phrase) of England from continental politics is fortunately timed. The Parma M:NI,TV.It, will not be able to follow the example of his most successful prede cessor, and to make foreign difficulties an excuse for domestic inactivity. I!., will not be able to plead our interests on the Danube or in the Medi terraiter.n as an excuse for ne•4lc.3iNg our interests on the Shannon and roe Liffey, or to postpone the reconcilement of Iratn , l to an alliance with Franca or Austria. Zeal for the Catholics of Poland cannot be made a pretext for neglectingthe claims of the Catholics of Iv,: tail, nor the educa tion of our own poor is. forizotten in regard for the fee-mini of Nai:!:.•Fi er the emahripmlls of 1tr. , ./61. If the condition o; Poland or Hanover were made a British question, the state of Ireland might be made a Euriipeau lovst ion. The present attitude of England towards frreign nation is singularly opportune, ns it eu dales the government to approach home dittieulties mientbarrasaed by ex ternal dangers and ounpl'e itii.ns. It would be uncandia avity that we owe this state of things to the Iw:tactic° and sagacity of Lord STANLEY. Thu e.e,!'actice which is felt by men of all parties in the conduct of our foreign relations venues in him. Its con tinuance depends largely uit Mr. DLSRAELeS willingness to leave his colleague supreme in his own department, and iu his declining to exer- Mae that degree of authority which the PRIME MINISTER claims above all in the deter mination of the exterwil policy of the country. Mr. DISRAELI is a great in sezret di plomacy, in machinations anti counter-machi nations, in-intriguing and , -!:-intrigning, and in all the paraphernalia of lende politique. He is essentially a .0 boner, and, like all schemers, credulous. Ito has ideas about the balance, which, if he La 1 th: opportunity of car rying them out, would le..ve kept the Bounaoss at Naples, would have preserved his patrimony to the Pore. would have post , et, l the reconciliation of Hungary to Austria, wouhl have made England the humble follower of Fra , .l,.e, and'earned for her the lasting enmity of Prussia and Italy. Upon the American question, Mr. Di+nar.ti exercised an exceptional prudence. The taunts which once or twice escaped even Lora r INLEV ' M well guarded reserve were never sanctioned or imitated by him. But Mr. Difntastes present a dleagues abundantly atoned for his almost I nu t tte ret :cence. Lord CAIRNS, Bir Joux PAKINUTON, and tit,: rest of them did as much as men out of office can do to make England's neutrality impossible in the American war, and to render an amicable settlement of out-standing differences, after the rest.T.A on of peace,as difficult as the preservation of it had peen. Lord STANLEY'S best qualities of statesmanii) have nut, perhaps, their amplest field in the cohati A of foreign affairs. But he gives England that sense of security from external danger. ulthli is essential to her approaching the to-itiideration of home questions in a calm and so'ler temper. In being a good Foreign he is practi cally a good Home l‘li-ist.r too. The beat diplomatist is be of wb,,54.• di p!oulacy no one talks. To keep out of difficulties :s a higher wisdom than to surmount them. The ~'.:cLee which prevails as to the external relations of 1 - ::,;land and the small space 'which they occupy the public thought at this time, is the best trio i!.. hich can be paid to the Foreign Minister. THE two volumes in which Miss MARY CAR rxxxiis records the remark:ill: incidents of her " Six Months in India," leave a vivid impression upon the mind of the de gradation of Hindoo and of the disastrous effect that their cndi..ioa produces upon Indian society. Enlightened Hindooe them selves are aware that tlleir race is be coming deteriorated he tiro customs which the *mama of their women contrundes to fasten THE EXPRESS, ThuItSDAY of his household to see his child sacrificed to the folly of witchcraft, and helplessly exclaims, " Some " men may boast that they have moral opuses., I " have not ; who can curb a woman 1" Miss CARPENTER believes that much may be done to assist the emancipation of the native women by the introduction of female teachers from Eng land into the schools su2ported by natives, and these can be supplied only by the establishment of a female normal training school. The Government of India has long adopted this course in finding male teachers for boys' schools, and with great ane mia, but for the girl.' schools established by natives in India, there are no female teachers at all. The training of the latter can be effected only by English women, and Miss CARPENTER is able to state that many educated ladies here are anxious to go and enter themselves as students in training until they have obtained sufficient knowledge of the vernacular to prepare natives as teachers; but the countenance and support of the government Are necessary, the more so if Mims CARPER REA'S plan be adopted, from the fact that they would work independently of the missionaries. The memorials which have been presented on this subject to the Secretary of State for INDIA by enlightened Hindoos receive from Miss Can even:es investigations fresh elucidation and sup port. Her volumes contain also a great many suggestions of vital import to the well-being of the Indian empire. THE accounts of the Grand National Steeple chase yesterday read like pictures from some seat of war, and the conflict for the stakes seems to have been as exciting and nearly as hazardous as that of a battle field. So widely spread, more over, is the interest felt in this event that the lan guage of the Grand Stand was polyglot—the plains of Hungary, the steppes of Russia, the banks of the Seine all having sent contingents to witness the struggle and victory of " The Lamb." Such names as " Count " KAZOLYI " and " Mr. E. Bouitotrzr" stood side by aide in the list of the owners of horses running, with members of the English and Scottish peerage of nearly every rank ; and no clement of " scratching," of " dark horses," or I of differently favoured " favourites " was want ing to complete the picture. Twenty-one horses competed, over a course of four miles and a quarter, for a prize of many hundreds of guineas ; and early in the race Lord COVENTRY'S Chimney Sweep, who was first favourite at starting, broke his leg and was destroyed. Another favourite, Fan, on refusing to jump, was taken home ignominiously ; and her example was followed, for similar reasons, by two other animals of hes note. At one great fence a horse of Lord STAMFORD'S "blundered and fell," threw his rider, and henceforth galloped with the rest out of an abstract love of sport, and without thought of his owner's interests or his jockey's fate. At a spot which apparently presented in close con tiguity if not conjunction " a canal aide," some " bushed hurdles," and " a water jump," The Lamb got to the front after having landed safely at the head of five competitors. This good fortune was not followed by the three luckless steeds who came next, for The Nun fell on landing, knocking down Wnain.as in the process ; while poor Kings wood fell on his head and turned a complete somersault on the ground. Soon after this the field began to thin, but four horses re maining in the front, and finally two gallant animals, Lord Pouisres "The Lamb," and Sir Osottua Womawszis " Pearl Diver " were seen competing for the lead over the fence, and the race was won by the former by two lengths. We do not read of any serious accident to human life or limb, but the whole record is ono of peril to man as well as to beast. tintiophisti cated people may be excused for wondering whether the riders of steeplechases realise that they are about to risk their lives, and whether the tremendous excitement of yesterday, an excitement which drew visitors half over Europe to participate in it, is related in any way to that strange mysterious instinct which leads men to delight in the cannon's roar, or which cried of old, "the Christians to the lions." , ORARIES. Yom, . Lord DAIL He will relimisab-ieriitaly - repose and attempt great things of one esti or .04ser. .Whisthee they will be wise things or whet, be will aoromplish them im opea to doubt. tin measures for which Mr. Disraeli has been naponelble had always bad a charade, ef their own. The Reform Bill of Lord Derby'. tint government and the India Bill of his sseeod, thigh fentodis and im practicable, were bold sad original 111411111071111. The manage ment of affairs and legislation last dation was not marked by defeat of audacity. It is possible that by taking a de risive dude Mr. Diaraeli may break up his cabinet ; but lin boldness is his only hope. The (loaded of the liberal party and its leader men, of course, be shaped by that of their opponents. To co-operate in just measures, should they be proposed, and to resist Illusory schemes and half hearted compromises, should they be offered, are dear duties. Aclear declaration of principles and of planed which to gob the country,and with which to coins before thenew House of Commons, is what the liberal party expects, and has • right to expect, from its leader. To attempt more than this would be premature, and would be playing into the bands of the enemy. Ireland, says the Times, is the immediate battle field. Having to ascertain how far his supporters are pre pared to go in the great work of Irish reooll - Mr. Disraeli might well wish to ermine himself to the lend question, which he Gadd meet by a revival of Lord Mayo's bill, and leave the religious difficulty to the stronger hands and more decided opinions al the reformed parliament. Bat, if Mr. Disraeli hesi tates, the other side will make its bid, and has already made it at regards the religions difficulty. Aeeording to the Poet, Mr. Disraeli's friend' have been urging on him the necessity of being exceedingly circum spect in the conummitatieas which he proposes to make this afternoon. Indeed, if he speaks as they would prompt him, he will say nothing that anybody cares to hear, nothing that the country wants to know. The Star assumes that there is pluck enough in the liberal party to force the government to declare its inters floral on testing questions of policy. Of course, if the opposition fall into political lethargy, and believe the country can be saved and peace and round promoted by permitting the new Premier to sit smiling on the Treasury bench, he will succeed in keeping his party together until some explosion takes place outside to waken up the liberals from their dreams. The Times asserts that the real cause of the impeach ment of Mr. Johnson is the determination of the republican party to carry the next election, at any cost. The im peachment of the President in Heel( would injure them, but if it could be pushed forward to the end by the pre sent Congress, or if Mr. Johnson were but suspended and a Republican put in his stead for • seams, the power of the presidential patronage would be thrown into the hands of the party, and might secure a majority in the College of Electors. The Times believes even now that this scheme will presently be discovered to be • mistake. The reaction it must produce will, in all probability, be so great that the managers of the impeachment will suffer the proceeding to abate for want of prosecution. For the safety of the Union, the Times looks primarily to what Mr. Disraeli calls the territorial democracy, which has, on former occasions, rescued the nation from the profligacy of parties. The Dailg News remarks that in the attempt to remove Mr. Stanton, and to pass over General Grant in defiance of the Tenure of Ofiloe Aot, Mr. Johnson committed a mis demeanour under the act, and exp-sed himself to its penalties. It was just the one thing needed for the legal justification of a step which bad been morally justified long ego. It gave his wary and skilful opponents exactly the opportunity they needed. Hehad long deserved removal— now he could belegally and constitutionally removed. Should two-thirds of the Senate concur in • verdict of guilty, no further punishment than suspension from office and incapacitatiuu for it can be pronounced, and the ordinary penalties for infraction of the law can only be inflicted atter an ordinary trial and conviction before the court?. But no such further trial will take place in Mr. Johnson's case. His removal from oMee is all that Congress needs ; and there is but little doubt that the removal will be accomplished. The Daily News thinks it unlikely that any large party in the country will rally to Mr. Johnson's support, and the effect of his removal on the south will probably be recognised at once as • national benefit. Opposition to reconstruction will col lapse when it is no longer patronised at Washington. The Telegraph says Mr. Johnson has committed no crime, no offence, and is charged with none, " except the political offence of disregarding • law which he does not consider to be binding on him." the Court. WINDSOR OASTLIC, ILucs 4. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Pri..oese Louise. Prince Leopold also went out, attended by Mr. Duckworth. Major-Central Sir T. M. and the Hon. Lady Bidditlpli had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Sir James Clark has arrived at the Castle. It is understood that Professor Donaldson and Mr. Street, to whom the eight Pets of designs for the new town•hell st Manchester were referred, have reported in favour of the plans sent in by Mr. Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of the assize courts. The Prises of Wales rode out yesterday, attended by Captain Ellis. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Counter of Morton. Despatches were received et the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor-General of Canada Despatches were sent to the Governce-General of Canada. There in a prospect of at least a show of oprosi- Oen to the re-election of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A gentleman who signs himself " Frederic R. Lees," is unable to mist " the request of many" of the constituency that he should offer himself as a candidate for the vacant seat. The names of Viscount Mahon and Commander IL G. Nelson, B.N. (GentLiman Usher-in•Weiting to the Queen) were accidentally omitted from the list of attendances et the levee on Turtle, last. THE COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP'S PRESENT. —The gift which is to be presented by the Worcester Guildhall committee to the Countess Beauchamp on behalf of the city and county is on view as the Royal PoreeLsin Works. The present consists of • set of three vases the centre one standing about 72 inches high, and the side ones about 18 inches high. The colour is " royal blue," for which the Worcester Porcelain Company has always been very celebrated, and it is similar in tone to what connotsseurs call "Bleu de Rot" The form* are drawn on classic lines, and are admirably salted to the decoration which is placed upon them. This decoration is a speciality of Worcester porcelain— being what is called Worcester enamel. It consists of painting with an opaque white on the blue ground, thus producing • very delicately toned picture in a greyish white colour. The pictures are very appropriate for a wedding present. The centre subject, beautifully painted, is from Correggio's picture in the National Gallery, " Mammy instructing Cupid." These of the sides, equally as beautifully executed, being " Diana and Cupid," sod " Venue and Cupid," from Raphael. The decoration which form the framework of these pictures is mosibeautiful,andisintheßapbseletiquestyle. Onthefeet, neck, handles, and pedestals are introduced masks, heads, and scrolls. The whole is in the style Of the Italian renaissance. The dessert service presented by his lordehip's tenantry will consist of • number of compotes.= and centre dishes of new design. The plates are with • gold ribbon painted with roses, naming through • basket-pattern edge traced in gold. In the centre is a flying Cupid bearing • shield on which is *lied EMI Beaechemp's monogram and coronet. Worcestershire Chrouick. COURT MOCRSING.—We are authorised to state that the Court will go into mourning on Sunday next for his late Majesty Louis, ex-King of Bavaria, but that the Queen has been graciously pleased to dispense with it at her Majesty's draw ing-room on the 12th inst., excepting for her Ma jesty's household, on account of the injury which might be occasioned to trade. THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker gave him third parliamentary full-dress dinner lain evening to the following noirleinea and gentlesout :.- Vireount Craabome, Lord Ernest Brun, Lord Hotbato, Right Hoo. B. P. Beaune, Eight Hon. J. W. Healey, Right Hon. Edward Hartman, Eight Hon. Robert Lowe, Right Hon. General Peel, Right Hon. Sir William Hutt, Sir Wm. Stirling Maxwell, Sir Edward Colebrooks, Sir Fred. Heygate, Admiral Walcott, General Dunne, Colonel Stuart, Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. Thomas Bering, Mr. Ckne, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. C. Forater, Mr. Hugh Adair, Mr. Buil Woodd, Mr. W. Ewan, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Roe huh, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Minas Gaaludl. Mr. Winn Knight, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Earle, lir. Lang, Mr. Thorium Flukey, PAL Dr. Merivale, chaplain ; Mr. Alfred Denison, private seentary. His Excellency the Spanish Minister and the Countess de Vistabermosa entatelind s *elect tarty at dinner lain evening at the Spanish Legation, in Mansfield. street, Porthind.plase. DEATH or LORD BYRON.— The death of Lord Byron on Monday last is announced. His lordship was born in 1789, and entered the navy at a very early age, eleven years. He was the son of C a pt a i n George Anson Byron, R.N., second son of the Hen. Admiral John, who was the second son of William fourth Lord Byron, by Hen. AMU, daughter of Mr. Robert Dallas, of Dallis Castle, Jamaica. In 1816 he married Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the late Mr. Sacheverel-Chsados Pole, of Radbourne, Derbyshire, by whom he leave s a numerous family. He wasoseded to the title in April, 1824, at the death of his eosin, George Gordon Byron, the celebrated poet. He was so admiral on the !earned half-pay list, his commission as n bearing date 7th June, 1814; rear-admiral, 94th December, 1849 ; vico-admiral, 19th Muth, 18ell ; and admiral, 80th May, 1982. The late lord had bow ow of the lords-in-waitinto her Majesty for several years, but resigned in 1880, when be was appointed an extra lord in-waiting to the gyms. He is succeeded in the family honours by his Wert son George Anson bourn in 1818, and married is 1843 to Limey Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Werromb, rector of Laagford. He was formerly in the army, slid, sa captain Of the 19th Peat, retired in 1843. Lord Cremorne, ILP., ham been dangerously ill at the Earl of Dartrey's seat is Ireland. His lordsbip has been suffering from erysipelas, but we are happy to learn that all denier is past. The CotOsisaißerusterff held her first receptices this means at her inkling on Carlton-house-terrain last evening. Provionaly to the reception her ladyship inter tanked the Duke of Lelurter, the Marquis and Marabioness cilia/Mary and Lady Mary Cocal, the Bari and Comities of Bradford, the Bari Connell, Franoes Countess Wald,- pass mad the Right Hon. Chichester Forknoni, M.P., Viseoust and Viscountess Holriesdsla, Right Has. Bea- Juan Disraeli sad Kra Disraeli, Bight Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Lady Moloswortli, Hos. Harris Temple, Mr. sad Mr. Poem, Mr. Alfred Boma Leo, M. it Krauss, be., at dinner, List night Mrs. Gladstone had an aaaanally at the family residuum on Caritaslono-terran. Me um- P• 1 17 isoludad • large ntlinkr of the lioness of the Naga et Osommoras. MUTH OF TIM EA.ILL OP RObEßEllli.—We INgt. to aluaotuace the death at the Earl of Bombert , wh took pleat yesterday M his tows residsket, held router for the die station, Tod smiled upon kt witaems his soma to become -shish ha was the . nth % pissed. Greece is 70,000. The Central Relief Committee the evidence she gave when before the magistrates. At Elisabeth Spinks was called, and repeated in subdues the legations at Ammo ;the itileler prisoner s trition, has made an appeal on their behalf' to all tote sovereigns of Europe ; think she make. • Whisks whin had promised to support the application. The she l says Jane screamed after I shot her, homes she never Pope had rep li ed by sending 3,000 fr. ; the "P ak. Tbe wd Co rone r—Don't make s abatement English Minister, Mr. Erskine, had alone re- I w k .ll havepportunity of doing " that afterw ards. fused You fused to transmit the request to his govern- 1 ValLy:i n d,:eon, the housemaid, said that after the Pi ment. Other old men and women to the I'M:, atg was lanthle(vt—) flash sad h ear d for d misinsa r Zi number of 2,000 were awaiting vessels to embark of a pistol shot in M.. Plow's ga bed-room. Two the mea , who from Candi& The Cretan Committee had declared i lwx 4 " 2 ,, w i w irs , we'd bi th te that room, and aeatuad that the Grand Vizier was detaining in prison at y --- o e u P have 'e ic . ' - her ;" an ess . d dile " Y oe rePlied ith a are a smile " Hersclion some Turks who were suspected of know that, for I have seen her." He added, " It will be preparing a fresh massacre of Christian. From a warnrettaXutllar you will not tall •"y more talc" had said he " witness Constantinople the dates are to the 20th February. would be yeveoged. n that the p o T u li t e prisoner— m lwoald like to know how it was that wher;inusthrde beenafte r eo M f r r a. P d lowaturred There was a rumour in that capital that the 1 Montenegrin difficulty was about to terminate by Team the So so uth. ore a compromise proposed by M. Bonnie. The Witness—Mrs. Plow y o u me alad the der servants delegates were present at the latest ball given by 1 jr l i , t4 w ;, ral w k ou m " g i t7 y" .. : . totro you ng M ou forbeTi be ing that Sarah the Ambassador of France. Midhat Pacha, Prisoner —Sidn't you tell me that Ja ne - Smith told governor-general of Bulgaria, bad returned to his I tale' post. The ministers were preparing the reorganise- Prisoner—Didn't you say that Jane Smith was a regular tion of that province according to the principles ~ bad One? 14 I adopted in the case of Crete. The latter is to have ' The Coronero4onurv er did say it. i e ) you know that J ane a governor, as the Libanon has, but is not to be Smith told tales? be independent. The Grand Vizicr was expected don'e t link I h e e diV g i. h l hare bten d t Zi em e a d o i n o e r t te n lillig taless b" at Constantinople in order to conclude the awing'- myself, but I never did. merits respecting this matter. The provisional l Prisousr—lr l sa know perfectly well that Mr. lad Mrs. about me going to the house at the time concession of the Roumelia Railway to an Austro j u rad rer :: 3 Belgian had been signed on the 24th by the Turkish Witness —Jane did threaten that she would tell, but I Minister. am not aware she ever told. Priscner—You have told me that in the streets. You are committing yourself. The Coroner (to witness)—Do you know that the prisoner bad been forbidden to go into the house ? Witness—Yes ; I believe he was forbidden b Mr. Plow. Prisoner—Do you remember Mn.s Plow, or Jane, saying to Sarah Ha, " Will you have a weaver?" Witness—l have heard Jane say she would not have a weaver, but I never heard Mrs. Plow say anything about it. THE EX-KING OF HANOVER. According to the Scurelliste of Hamburg, there is no foundation for the statement that the Emperor of Austria has written a letter to the ex-King of Hanover, which determined the latter to leave Austria and come to England. The Austrian government, it says, confined its action to remind ing Count Platen of the circumstances under which the King and his little court asked for the hospita lity of Austria. The relations between the impe rial court and the family of the ex-King are not changed in any respect. On last Friday they were invited to the imperial chateau. The fact that the ex-King has directed the funded property he has in London to be sent to Vienna shows that he has no intention of quitting the latter place. Prisoner—Did you ever hear that Sarah was talked to about it by Mrs. Plow? Witness—l do remember her being talked to once. Mr. D. M. Cockcroft, surgeon, said he had made an examination of the body of Jane Smith. lie found two severe wounds on the right wrist, which almost severed the hand from the arm. There were four severe cuts on the bead ; one cheek was much burned by the dame of powder, and there were two bullets in the brain. Death must have been instantaneous. Mr. George Stanatteld repeated the evidence he gave on Tuesday night. Police-constable Taylor, who searched the prisoner, said he found in his pockets a powder flask, 2G pistol bullets, and 30 percussion cap ; a small bottle which bad con tained brandy, and photographs of the mimes'. and Sarah Bell. Tile witness charged him with the murder of Jane Smith, and the prisoner replied, " Yes, I know she is dead. I would have made a slaughter, but for the servant girl upstairs, but I did not want to hurt the ianooent." About fear o'clock on Tuesday morning the prisoner said, "Do you know whether Mr. and Mrs. Plow are dead? I hope they are not." Soon afterwards Le said that when be was aiming at the deceased, in the dieing room, she said, "Please don't." lilt he said to her, " Where is my Sarah ?" He added, " Then I shot Ler, and the bullets cracked." The prisoner was asked if he bad anything to say. He replied, "If you want to know what was the cause of tills grievance I will tell you." The Coroner—You are at liberty to make any statement you like ; you must exordia your own discretion. Prisoner—Then I have nothing more to say. The Jury found • verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner, who did not seem at all moved when be heard it. Whilst the jurors were signing the inquisition, he said he wished to make • statement. The Coroner repeated the caution ho bad previously given, that anything the prisoner might say would be used as evidence against him. The prisoner then advanced to the table, and said— I have only got a few words to say, for I think the worst has come to the wont. Had Mr. Plow given me the privilege I once asked of him, I should now have been • religious and devout Christian. I should have been a teacher inyooder school (indicating one which could be seen from the window of the room), and a communieant of the church, for I would have taken that holy feast to make • mock of it ; and I should have been on the way to Heaven, instead of deetruction. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Plow will forgive me, and I hops God will. The prisonersobbed during the latter part of his remarks, but the traces of emotion soon passed away. The Coroner formally committed him for trial at the ensuing wins in this city; but he is retained in the lock up at Todmorden until the inquiry by the magistrates is completed. ng collegian d* e se tot s the OUR CONTEMP4 hich the young who ...,--..., i 1 the highest In sturoN - l i, i (T 1 I ferule relative* te I 1 .1i , e. AJD hideous idol before 'he \ t he Doi! nu I na ref morning meal sod go n g i a native judge ' publicly or Ja the li be oonidtst to b I been compelled by the women exigence and administrator of 1 EVENING, MARCH 5 1:6: ......-Arm _ . F IIIP: , N 4 N NEWS. i.. T .--- ' , 'EN TRAGEDY. ' $ $ UM. . = DAY.) 4- M uesti in . cue was he i 4 . Kr. eibe • eputpeoroner to 40444csei MECH. , • 'in the 'a : near the railway ab Ad ens to the 27th ul One present. Hs sin the huge crowd that had Wed to : sabred. ' Hellenic Independence stave tt- arrival, bat es the inquiry preoseded he mina he number of Cretans who hare taken refaM in Ilistilezudble of the P eri k" Pc." l " in whie - a ~ ABYSSINIA. The correspondent of the New York Herald in London has received the following despatch : " ANTAL°, Dn. 15. "Arrived with advance brigade. Short halt made here. Then Magdala. Napier meets Kauai of Tigril on the 20th to propose peace. Grand re view of native chiefs then. Envoy from Kasai treated badly by Merewothor. Peace doubtful. We are in enemy'■ country now. Stragglers shot. Six Arabs shot. Enemy mutilated [them] horribly. Three English officers disappeared. Theodore ad vancing with 30,000 men. He cannot march over three miles a day. Waeheite and Mendel( sur round Magdala. News from prisoners last week— all well. No forage beyond Antalo. Fifteen days short marches to Magdala." • Ai reoeivad. (BELTIII . B TRUGRAIIB.) INDIA. INSIJRRECTION OF THE BHEELS. (via Malta.) BOMBAY. Fee. 14. The Meela have risen at Punch, on the frontier of Cashmere. A force has been despatched against the insurgents. Fears are entertained of distress in Madras. The cattle disease is prevalent. CHINA AND JAPAN. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP NYPHON. HONG-KONG, Fse. 12. Intelligence received here from Japan announces that the conflict between the Confederate Daimios and Stotabashi, the Shogoon, continued. Further fighting had taken place. The Foreign Ministers had left Osaka. Admiral Keppel has arrived at Hong-Hong on board her Majesty's ship Rodney. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Nyphun has been lost together with her cargo. AMERICA. THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. (BY ATLANTIC TILIGIAPII, TIMODUR NIL UUTtled Acutucy.) WASHINGTON, Ileum 4. _ The House of Representatives has adopted addi tional impeachment articles, charging President Johnson with high crime in having denounced and denied in public speeches the legality of the action of Congress. A committee of the House of Representatives presented the articles of impeachment to the Senate to-day. ---- - OUR PARIS LETTER. (nom ova OWN coaassronsurr4 PARIS, WIDNINDAT EVENING. The latest phase of the Kerveguen matter is that the editors of the Liberte, Opinion Nationale, Revue du Deux Monde', Siiek, DOW., and Arcuir National have this day signed the following re quisition, couched totidesn verbis, in the terms dic tated by the Pays, as containing the guarantee which it requires : We, the undersigned, authorise the journal, the Pays, to publish all the documents which it says it possesses, and hereby expresely IRSOINIOE all right to iwrtitate a prosecu tion tar =At publication.—E. DE °IRANIAN, An. Otraou LT, F. LAZA, L. SATIN, E. F. ERWIN, JCL2B Yeats. Elam* 4,18613. LOSS OF FIFTEEN SEAMEN. Some details of the total loss of the ship Devonshire, of North Shields, with all hands, reached that town yesterday. The Devonshire was on a voy age from Alexandria to Grimsby, with • cargo of cotton seed, and had • crew of fifteen hands, all told. She was is command of her owner, Mr. Clark, and had been caught in the northwest gale of Saturday last, while coming down Channel. About 10 o'clock on Saturday night the peasantry upon the French coast be i tween Ambetetue and Andressells were alarmed by the intelligence that • vessel had driven ashore on the Lange de Chien, about 300 yards from where the Australian ship, the Messenger, was wrecked in January last. The cries of the perching mariners could be heard in the lulls of the storm, bat there was not a lifeboat or rocket apparatus on the coast and no assistance could be rendered them. The country people, however, kindled fires and fired guns, to let the marina, know that they heard them, and kept watch. About midnight the cries of the seamen suddenly ceased. Soon afterwards wreck began coming ashore, showing the vessel had broken up, and that every soul aboard her had perished. The vessel's logbook and other articles Dave been washed ashore. There is reason to believe that she had a passenger on board s as some luggage has been found with • direction "E. FAO, passenger, London," on it. FAILURE OF A FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY: We have to announce, with much regret, that the Victoria Freehold Land and Building Society, which has its offices in Union-street, has been compelled to close he operations. Yesterday the directors planed the affairs of the society in the bands of Mr. W. B. Allen, - with a view to the pre sentation of a petition to the Court of Chancery, ander the winding-up act. The liabilities are not yet precisely deertaMed ; but we believe that 30,0001. is ;due to de po sitors, and that the deficiency amounts to about 7,0001. A meeting of members and creditors will be celled at an early period, when a full statement will be laid before them. In the meantime, the manage meet of the proceedings is in good hands, and the persons concerned will best consult their own interests by abstaining from action opposed to that instituted by the directors. The failure of the society has, we understand, arisen chiefly from the depreciation in the value of the land purchased by it at Vauxhall and at Wed Brom =d . S . l . ll ... deurulatic eiring w oLitte t rr e t owing to the prepsrty i been held. =her cause is inherent in the constitn a ken of the society. Usually land and building uncle ; ties charge premiums to purchasing members, and to Made requiring advances; whereas the members of the Victoria Society have been allowed to purchase land at net cook the institution conaecreently deriving no peneniary benefit from the sales. The Victoria Society, which is registered under the Friendly Societies Aet, was ostahlished in July, 1848, on a conservative basis, other freehold land so n ties having been previously banded in connection with the liberal party. Since I the date above-mentioned, the total receipts of Vistaed have amounted to newly 200001. a S abeirest of account from June, 1866, to Jew, ; (the last dined), shows a total receipt for the year of 11,4451., and 12,15681. repayments to members end de , pashas, and errandes of management. ‘, 4tooording to the node repent the society was under the patronage" et Lend skorps sad Mr. Nowdegate, M.P. The prodded wee Mr. Edward Gem, and the vice-president Mr. Charles l itatediff.--41iriatingskim Post The committee's report upon the amendments to the Press Bill has improved with a vengeance upon one of the most absurd of them. The majority of the Chamber approved of M. Guilloutet's sugges tion that any " ill-natured" statements relative to private life, though not coming within any of the known legal definitions of • libel, should be punishable by a tine of 500 fr. The committee has struck out the word " ill-natured" (malcriliante), and the clause an sent up, proposes to enact that any statement whatever relating to private life may be punishable, &c. What will become of the papers that live by gossip and cAroniqusa I It will no longer be lawful to say that Madame Trois &odes had • reception on Thursday het, in the Champs Elysees. A curious, paragraph appears in the Frouce. Re- ferring to .a telegram stating that a London journal! at DIM OF a Dermarratc OLD WOILAII.—Thad whichparrea es a special organ of Lord Stanley and Neon fflodit wry 27. an eccentric old lads.' Mr. Disraeli had contradicted the rumour Za kw" ter lie elle! of Miag Hall, at the ado of of On alliance between " England and the t y e = l l llll lid liVia m d al"e m , for mmy rasa in • Continental powers ;" it says that what'i l ai g Ani *hough AM 7 1 iitif of kaowa was meant to be denied Ina • state- I aim of she Li psi for tweet; el mut of " certain foreign journals " that sad.__ .sewafibh Sh• IP" feast Mal ea Me Ma "Ow England bad made an alliance with Pressis. The waw0": 1 ,2 41 . 1 the1"08 whew _,_asd 'hater were fir Ibir insinuation of La France is that the alliance of shivi F t e r eme disir er p h orsaf ee with lf V et Wa l a "r England with France and Austria may yet be true. wa s and in their search y dimmed 'This wish. I hope, is father to. the thought. SUMS mow to Us 'repeat of 2 la lid. , The Bourse waa dull. Rent* closed at yeater- I jeweils", asd Mk* &Malt slid it 1 ,71 0 . ed ;is am • day's price for cash, and at 69fr. 274 c. for account, agar/ la t i t at Moo, Oil with a fall of nc. Italian roes 20e. ; Ur. 'III 4= i ll= Ir e ! :mar r n Credit Fancier was without gunge, and eQinPieje; umbel& IN& Mahe the memo by, 111afeb d'Eteentepte 3fs. The. &ow all* ?MATHER RIPORT.-(TBIS DAY.) TECIMIDAT, MLL.,II 5, 8 AM. B T. w 40.81r1e W.N.W. alowdem 19.891 N.W. faith inNoman 51.4811 11. W. OromessUo Bl nen N.W. Walsall. ... 8/881 N.W Cape a uns tparl, N.W. Rodur's Pt-18878P W. 10.48 - W.N.W. INA.ft I:I W. Punnets . IVAN 1 W. Izest _ .Lortont. 80.!01411 B.W. Noobalott 30.3008 N.W. Plymouth Weymouth lll.B4BiN W.B.W. FortamouNa lt 83t W.B.W. Looklun 129.71p511 W.B W. Irormoutb :2) 67 8 W. loarhormmh' . ..9.44 N.W. %Mirka IB.IS VE i N.W. Slam % o Urg- I = 6 Von 30.031'88 E. 1 1:13 , ; S. of n. 1 6 ' rb 0.10 I 7 ! 3.4.7 ; aw. 7 ••11 • e.w. " tl I , W. c.., • 3 N 9 w. 9 W • • ; • '8 W. 9 W . ' ' 10 W. n nrt ' S • WM. Uu _ j gat on ,, ter corrected and reduced to ae• letter. r i tldniL f tfehrlal. a :steadyl hulic:te mottoaotttamerenrywithlu list 1 hours. Thernon,..,- in shade_ 1 streme fore., with Its direettoz doriaz lAA 2i ...emm. It tither: b - blue ski; r.—eonds - fog ; 1- . m.—miser Jury, • _ • (dun); r.—cain ; a.--wow; —jhuad d r. ut a . „ .IA hW trotted), dm %g last 24 Myra Bea disturbance. • REMARKS. There has been a .'ergv diminution of barontariezlt.r... t ,,, , all stations Mace yet tenter, Whkh bar been groat,: coast of England. Pic•ce last evening the re.viina. • of lrtglaaa .h ow a rag, et decrease, white i,. the fall has been km ,conaiderable, and has hqrun to recover kalif at Naha and .1:', between readings at Aberdeen sad liechefort Temperature on our south and wet coasts is Ilia's 1„ north, where a Illntinution has occ tarred, It is •E..- atattla-westerly winde , wl.ich were rs United arlicrtiaa blowing at Penzance. hove continue I during ti.cl,idd on the Irish coast and lit the Irish and Imglisit i h..e,.. gale ls still blowing front the wettest d In the Each,:, but on the coasts of Ireland and Scotland the wind ',as the north-west and hes moderated. Rain has 1111 • .it tt baa been very heavy on the Irish cr!egrt, where 4 ,1 .- • noticeable. The sea is high In the tin oh Chanu.d. were Issued yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Dudley (says Worcestershire Chronicle) are cruising in hi 3 yacht is the Mediterranean. They are. we heliere..a present in the neighbourhood of Corsica and s i 3, where the noblo earl spends a portion of his time slio-tii.; snipes and woodcocks, which are very plentiful in these islands. His lordship purposes returning Lome early 1 4 April, in time for the Easter quarter sessions. . _ We (Times) have authority to state that ill, :e la DO foundation whatever for the report which appe.,r dis the Owl of yesterday, that Lord Derby has confelie6 as English peerage upon Lord Barrington, or rose.' .Ir. Gerard Start, of Critohill, to the peerage. News has been received that the tloatin dc;;; it St. Thomas's, which was sunk by the hurricane a: , ,l.ltth• quake there, is likely to be raised. Slight shocks of ~...tth• quake are still felt in the neighbourhood of St. Thon , a's. The Gulf-stream current has recently increated The currents of the Carrilmin Sea are continually alt,t,u; in speed, and even iu direction. This has been tti ' , turd to the alteration in speed and volume of the great the mainland when swollen by tropical rains-. sac:: i” • for instance, as the Orinoco, Magdalena, Rio t :ran h, . A letter front Route of the 29th saes :-- Pope has always a number of applicants for a,1,1', about this season, but be seldom btu; to iecei,.iii ; with such claims to public gratitude as Mr. Ueol,4e body, who, with the Hoa. R. C. Winthrop, W4 , 111(101., to bis Holiness last week by Mr. Hooker, late Se.,•iit . ~, , the United States Legation. The Pope was fully • of the character of his visitor, whom, with Y. Winthrop and Hooker, be requested to be in his presence, an uniumal mark of distim A delicate token of I'iu Nono's appreciation of Peabody's universal benevolence was ittfonhel the Latin quotations from Holy Writ, showing blessed quality of charity, which he wrote with his band under some photographic likenesses of hiur.vlf he presented to the party a. souvenirs of the visit. ~ a retiring from the Pope's audience, Mr. Hooker i.r 7:. his friends to Cardinal Antonelli. The conversali,i •. .l on the hospital of flan Spirit*, among other cliarit.. , I. it, siltation', and Mr. Peabody no sooner return, d t.. Lit hotel than be forwarded a cheque for I,ooofr. to 1111. nal in aid of that hospital's funds. Mr. l'eAr.!y kit Rome fur Naples on Thursday. Admiral Eirra:;ut ;, the next American celebrity we expect in the Holy City.- The Royal Mail Company 'a new mons., r ,tv.i. Neva will, it is expected, be ready for sea in May. On and from to-morrow the Hatubar; American Company will commence conveying a mail to New York. BOMBAY MAIL.—MALTA, Maw it 4. —TI:e lb :la leaves at 7 p.m. for Marseilles, where she may lw Co; :: 4 on the 7th inst. The Ceylon left at :t p.m. to do) ~r Southampton, where she may l o expected shoot the I .t!. inst. The Rangoon brought the mail to Suez, ankle; there on the 28th February at 8 p.m. 01 TWAaii) M ~. OF 12-18 FiBRFART. SUEZ, FEBRUARY 28. Ile a....fnAtic left for Bombay, yesterday at 7. TDB REPRESENTATION OP SCOTLAND. —At lire` meeting of the Dundee town council on Tuesday l'i ~ st Hay stated that he had been in further connelni. - •:, with Mr. Laing, M.P., on the subject of addition,,,: r . .• sentation for Scotland. He had received en ans . . t D reply, to the effect that he (Mr. Laing, had atroug f: • for believing that government were prepared to a ,. ten additional members to Scotland, via.. oar es-. Dundee and Aberdeen, and probably a third to t:ilii.' , if they were encouraged to do so by seeing that, if, :, t . for the concession, they would get some substantial Al. port from Scotland in carrying the reform bill. T.,e fa , vcat expressed the hope that all the Scotch n.,i, Lea would be unanimous in reference to this matter, nd hot split up on abstract questions.- Glotowe 11 , rnhl. STATE OF EDUCATION IN BIRMiN..II 01- Vr. George Dawson, in the comes of a lecture .11 W . LIM A education, just delivered in Birmingham, said:-"ft ntt was the state of education in Birmingham—the aente , of civilisation, the chief town of democracy, the town I,aa which liberty radiated to all the world, ic.! They ought to have seen in the newspapers a report by a genticion whose honour was above all question, and win., n r tn tion for ability the report admirably maintained. He examined childra in manufactories. He did O. ope:y, and with the consent of the manufacturer'. Of Its bidas 42 could read well, 18 moderately, by which he fi.t ant badly ;40 not at all. Writing : 34 could do it lkowly. 32 moderately, which meant badly ; 44 failed, or wok ao wretchedly that they could not be said to write at AIL Most of the writing that was done, and moat of tli, education given wee beneath contempt. Some of thee, poor people . who were supposed to be able to wt its a:a it with • physical agony. They put out their toogurt. ark eyeballs glared, and they squared • bit, and the resat vs celled writing. Spelling: 18 did it decently, 11 f loat- Tritely, sad 71 indecentl y —entirely t —entirely wrong Arithmetic i 01 out of the 100 were at it, 8 moderate, and 84 ke el nothing at all about it. And these people were tent oat into the world in that state to spend their three word years and ten—and this was in the centre of citilisetio , chief town of democracy, and so on. la general know ledge "7 had got some, 19 had got a little, and 7 4 bit D° knowMge at all. (Laughter ) These were the e bibbee to iks :o th ot: Y t an d slave a n l ew ave and whose poor undeveloped nature had to he hum , el into the world to earn their weekly wages. Let tbei .eo bow the girls fared. Of mune they would say, tiady thebefLeactotlyeyActiudtoproteebtoomte,samdenebaot h:111. would do worse. For even eesiska men bad not con:a to 4tili bui norsenses yet with regard to the education of woo s. still looked upon women as • convenient alluditc: edusefal slave, or an inferior helpmate. Well, PE at 04 girls could read well, 24 moderately, and 48 not at all, a no badly aa not to be worth calling reading at all. That arrs 72 girls who could not read • letter from a lover. For. li =mild not read • printed book, it would go h a l a latter. Let them look again at the cspvitY. these angels for writing. (Laughter.) 16 of them Well Wife WWI, 20 moderately, and 84 email not write at all M to spelliog, ladies' spe ll ing was always pretty fall° I .1 Ninety-five out of • hundred educated ladis, spell "independent" with a "dent." of the girls could spell well, 5 moderately, and DA all that wee licentionsly—(laughter)—they dia 1 &boarding to the sound. In erithmetac there was one '4 , 5 . -r-be would not mention her name or she would Imo tat assay sultons—(lsoghter)—whe meld am well, tour lac*. retain end 96 net et all. In knowledge, , h7 dl one girl—perhaps the same— good general knowlialP,, , 10 moderate, and 89 failures. Let them look at that Wu. It won a bill of shame, a bill to make an Englishman blok and hide hie hod" L MELANCHOLY BOAT AMIDE/ST.—A sal acciaeut happened yesterday afternoon, shoot a mile from Una , 'ter. Four young men and • lad went for • row on tto ' river Lune. There was • Woes wind blowing at the time. and they had not far before the boat WA 'filled with water, the waves dashing OCTy l! f ; (Licghtet.l it coluiegagitly sank, and a fearful struggle for Itib: 2111 Three of the pm* snesseded in reaching 11 ,_,_•st 4 t 0 7. but the ether two—Mr. J. Bradshaw. if ="r.t. ....an • lad, mama William Cross —were aremnavr, It siesta, wee muleavourieg to is ee Ms however, held hisses tigtly flea the yea rin hils. no Maw wimp rewind la 91- . NM* .~ r