The Express. — London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

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JOON !ChM—WI AMERICAN COUSIN. Mom Ikkiedsos, L sad Boris rs. C Tome SIM T A RO / , I ANDALUSIA. Pore s !tier sod Senor Illeartla—Asil MY BMA ND'S 01DIST. ►tl HCi:.a•+• fiii4 reiunno, CAMI e. CUYID.—Mid TIIL GOLDP.N nto..En... Menne ' , niter. H. W ddleneed. G. Jordan. Yoder. J Ii Alton. Garden. ?attend". and Moreland ; Meeineare West.m, Hisnertld. and eariAla Lidera,. R. JAN TRW MIMI& ILYN —inuwam OR FORS Is la iriaiyi omit, Ildwant. Wheys. Madames Herbert Rol iiillbsgss.-4101 Ttt BOULDISO SCHOOL Messrs. Yaw sM Dews. Mies tabs Tony. —Cosmoses M sarrassca. fas I,_. OCR Wl' IN Ni*dernes ft. We ea' hashwiL—Ratertalasesis by Rios L Alarm, tddllo. Coterie %MAAA Marlaipm. —TUB DARK BLUR WATKRA. R LOCK OCT AND TIM RlACl:lL—Cosumeoce at (h. ■we WATIta AT LWOW. LUDO& Tan D:T7-I.,rn it Lienrosa7 lib. 10m. musum—Sonsiag, .... MI6 WA. LONDON, warastuur, APRIL Z. Tax Federal officers baring completed their military preparations, are now in face of the enemy. At present there are, in fact, two great alma* operating against the South, but the dis tance between them is so enormous that they may be considered separately. lu the West the object of the Federalists is to clear the Mississippi, and ultimately to obtain pos session of New t 'deans, at its month, and Mobile. For this purpose there is • flotilla of gunboats, under Commodore Foure„ and an army, under Hese& Guar. Hitherto Commodore FINYTE had not been able to get beyond the boundary of Tennessee and Kentucky, for at that point stands, Island No. 10. According to the accounts just re-' mired this island has surrendered, the Federal' haring taken 101) siege guns and 6,000 prisoners. These numbers may possibly be exaggerated, although we have no reason to suppose so ; but, at all events, the river is now open as far as Mem. plus, which Mends at the boundary line between the state of Tennessee and the state of Mis sissippi. The result is, not only that the troops engaged in the attack on the island will be able to advance southward akng either bank, but that these troops will be able to receive by water ammunition and other supplies to any extent which may be required. It was stated some few days ago that General Bea v ecia•no having taken the commando( the Con federates in the West, hail concentrated his army, to the number of some 60,000 men, near Corinth. This town is at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston Railway and the Mobile and Ohio Railway. So long as Corinth remained in the hands of the Confederates there wag a possible means of communication for the Confederates along the Border States. But if Corinth should fall into the Weida of the Federalists the line of railway in this quarter would be closed, and the only mode of railway communication would be between Mobile and Charleston, many hundred miles to the South. Corinth, in fact, is a strategical point of great importance, and General BILVILLOARD determined to defend it with all his power. But his force, after having collected all the available troop* from every direction, does not seem to have exceeded 60,000. Now, he knew that there was advancing against him an army of Fede ralists which would probably outnumber Ws. He might, perhaps, succeed in defeating them in their attack upon his entrenchments, but there was still the possibility that, instead of attacking him in front, they might get to his rear, and compel him to retreat by cutting off his supplies. The question, therefore, naturally occurred whether he could not attack the Federal corps before they could unite, according to the well-approved maxim of the great NAPOLEON. And certainly the position of the Federal forces in the first week of April was such as to offer powerful arguments in favour of some such attempt. In the' first place, General Butter, naafi probably knew that island No. 10 could not hold out much longer, and that the capture of that island would not only expose his flank and rear, by giving the enemy posseuion of the Mississipp;, bat would release a conankrable army to operate in that direction. Moreover, litaensoien knew that General ;RANT was collecting all the Federal troupe in those regions and was advancing from Nashville, so that within a few days, even if island No. 10 still held out, he would be com pelled to fight a general action in his entrench ments, or be compelled to come out and fight in order to prevent his position being turned. In short, &battle was inevitable, and the real question for BEAU aza.tau was to select the fit moment at which the battle should be delivered. On Saturday, the Zith of the island No. 10 still held out. General Gnaws. with some 40,000 men had advanced to within 7,0 miles of Corinth, having crowd the river T , ssee, over which the only means of communication was by boat. GZANT then was quite separated from Rum., who was advancing (nun Nashville in order to join him. Thus Ca %NT . . army was not only divided into several corps, but was separated by a broad river without bridges. Cutler these circumstances it is not difficult to anticipate the plan of an en terprising and skilful general like IleatAtecnian. His plan was to crush the 40,000 men of Gamer by making an overwhelming attack with his GO,OOO, and then either to advance with conquer. ing violence against the remainder, or to retire within his entrenchuienbi at Corinth ant await an attack. Accordingly, on Sunday morn ing, the 6th, IlEarßrilaan advanced with his whole army against GRANT, who lay elate upon the left bank of the Tennessee River, and made a virrous attack. Both sides seem to have fought with a desperate courage; and on both aides the generals seem to have displayed' considerable military skill. It is admitted oven by the Federalists that BLit:IMAM , and his officers handled their troops with admirable promptitude anti decision. It is tolerably clear jhat on the first flay the Confederates had gained the alvantsv, and indeed unless she officers had b e .. n aware that large reinforcements 1 ore at hand they would prNbably have abandoned the field. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EPIMING, APRIL 23, 188 L: But this obstinate courage wee *NW by the event. The battle was renewed= the Yelatay : but before day dawned the troops of By and others had arrived on the right bank of the Tennessee, and after some delay were enabled to cross the river, and to take the place of the exhatuited men. In the afternoon of Monday, Rams- ROCIAZD wee firmed to retreat to his entrench ments at Corinth, but the accounts of the battle prove that BILIII.IIIIOAZD adopted the right course in advancing to attack the Federalists, and at the same time conclusively prove that the military conception was carried into effect with a skill and determination worthy of so daring an enterprise. Whether the Confederate generals will stand the assault of the Federalists in their entrenchments at Corinth remains to be seen. This must depend upon the strength of the lines and the condition of the Confederate army as compared with that of the Federalists. It certainly does appear pro bable that every available man in the West has been collected by the Confederates for the purpose of taking part in the great action which has just been fought; and, if the army which has just been defeated, or at all events has been very roughly handled, is defeated • second time, it is difficult to understand that sufficient materials will be left for another great pitched battle in the West. But a crisis of equal, if not of more momentous, interest has arrived in the East. The army of the Potomac, under the personal commend of M'CtetiAN, amounting, it is said, to 150,000 men, had been @d ay landed at Fortress Monroe. It was no slight achievement to transport so many troops, with stores and ammunition, and with every thing requisite to take the field, from Washington to the fortress ; and, no doubt, the fact that the enormous fleet of transports necessary for the supply of so large a force had escaped the attack of the Merrimac and the other armed vessels adds to the merit of the Federal officers. In the mean time it seems that M'Ci.zu.ei, with HZINT/LZ MAN in command of the advanced guard, has pro ceeded about 28 miles towards Richmond. The scene of operations is along the tongue of land which terminates at Fortress Monroe, and is washed on the north by the York River, and on the south by the James River. At present the advance of the Federalists has been arrested at Yorktown, the very spot where, on Oct. 10, 1781, Lord CoaNwsi.us capitulated to the American rebels. Here General M'Gartunt is posted with 32,000 men, and it is obvious that if these men are amply supplied with provisions, and are well protected by entrenchments and natural obstacles, they may seriously retard the advance of the Federal army. The delay of eight or ten weeks is of the utmost importance to the Confederates, for the peculiar character of the climate, and par ticularly the excessive heat, almost prevents the possibility of military operations after the begin ning of June. The probability, therefore, is, that every means will be taken to put off to the veil latest period the arrival of the Federal troops before Richmond, in the hope that even if in the American Borodino which must soon be fought in the neighbourhood of that city the Federalists succeed, the time of their success may be so late in the year that any further advance into the South shall be rendered practically impossible. ADDRICSB OF LIBERAL PRIESTS TO THZ POPE. The demonstration which was yesterday re ported to have been made by a number of the lower clergy in Italy against the temporal power 4 the Pope, seems of even greater importance than the telegram indicated. It appears that the clergy of Lecoo, of the province of Otranto in Southern Italy, and of forty-four neighbouring communes, sent the following address to the Pope on the 10th inst., there being no less than 708 signatures of priests, curia, and canons appended to it : Blessed Father,—With all the respect which is due to the Vicar of Christ, with the affection of children for their common father, we, priests of the lower clergy of this extreme province of Italy, wish you to hear the frank and sincere leaguer which becomes the ministers of God. We, poor priests of the towns sad villages of the mum try, who are influenced neither by worldly ambition nor by the habit of command, we who live in the midst of the people sod who know their generous aspirations, we more than all others can discern the grave disasters which threaten the church in Italy. Blessed father, there is no Christian who believes, no Italian who admits without viol►ting his faith, his rights, and his honour, that a divine religion, destined to conquer the universe not by arms and blood, but with charity and the light of the evangelic:el word, which in the midst of the vicissitudes of time has always directed his eyes towards another life—that the church of Christ, is a word, needs au inch of ground to sustain itself, or bayonets and soldiers to defend it. Your voice fifteen years ago resounded throughout Italy and • unanimous cry was raised from all ride; to tam you. The church pined froth life from that voice ; now the church is carried away by • terrible whirl. wind, and we, the ministers of the sanctuary, hear the lamentations and groans of its sons without being able to console them; on the contrary, they curse us, they curse you, and 'perhaps also they will curse their mother, whom groaning they abandon. To you, then, to whom she is spe. cially confided, we commend the church. A word from you will dry her tears and heal her wounds ; and your blessing would finish the work of the unity and independence of Italy. Crown at the Capitol the most honest of kinp Victor Emmanuel ! Your name would then be blessed ; the church would flourish egain in all its glory ; peace would return to this Italy, which is your country also. Though you reigned no longer upon an earthly throne, you would have • throne more beautiful, more glorious, one Iworthier the chief of the church—a throne of love in the hearts of all your children. [Hare follow the signatures.] The Turin Gazette of yesterday publishes a cir cular from the Minister of Justice to the members of the magistracy. The minister begs these func tionaries to lend him their assistance in establishing judicial unity in the kingdom. He enjoins them carefully to watch the clergy, repressing all excesses against public order and the laws of the realm, but leaving to the clergy full spiritual liberty—on con dition, however, that it be not abused to the injury of the national institutions. The government will protect innocent priests who admit that the triumph of the national cause would not be at all prejudicial to the interests of religion. The Marquis de Mornay has organised a grand • MURDEROUS ATTACK AND ROBBERY BY A private theatrical representation for the benefit of TICK IT-07-LEAVE MAN. the poor. The performanoe will take place on the Yesterday, a ticket-of-leave man, named John 10th or 12th of May, in the riding-school of the Mogen, was brought up before the Wolverhampton magis- Hotel Sellihre where a theatre is being fitted up, trate*, charged with • daring highway robbery, with violence , , upon a tradesman of that town. It appeared that shortly capable of accommodating 1,500 persons. The before midnight on Saturday, Mr. John Norris, grocer, of the piece selected for the occasion is Alexandre Dumas' Old Church Yard, in Wolverhampton, but whose place of ar • on ie g tre e thirty *yards street (Lic ie hteldetrezt . ), ores Henri The different parts have been distri- bu , shop buted as follows :—Henri 111., the Marquis de from his residence, _carrying in his hand a basket, contain- Mornay ; the Duke de Guise, Count de Grabouski ; •m e g wita b gl t ee gll l .ll silver, when ' and he sia.r d ed e ry St. Mdgrin, Viscount de Magnieu ; St. Paul, Count the prisoner, who beat him unmercifully with a weapon (In Balleroy ; Buesy, Count de Grump ; Joyeuae, wh ich u h ar ad ds fo a rtn fi eg the leg arn of a bench. M age, misted .. bl a o i nZ, who Le per bitt the prist y siL ultimately secured f or 'on of th gth e ! Baron de Foneamiourt ; Ruggieri, M. Maurice Cottier ; D'Epernon, M.. de la Gireuuerie ; Arthur, bag 'and he contents, and then absconded, Irving Mr. 011ead 21fround ce. io blzedi ve ' r n e g prof use ly from Count de Choiseul ; Du Halts, the Marquis de Norris injuries are that ee he I' 4 Mime:ion ; La Chapelle, M. Goffin ; Catherine de in a precarious condition, and was not able to give evidence e Midicis, the Princess de Beauvau ; the Duchess de lar o ardaT. h Ybe be triaoner hi ls clearly identified by a woman was ca e ll w e e d e jrr. n h g e e cY n cu t ts he . Guise, the Countess de Cense ;Mme. de Cased, w cad The Th u :wit:ea attention , the Beronne Laureaceau ; and Marie, the Countess stance by the repeated cries of "Murder!" On leasing de Pourtales. her the fellow said, "You had better go to that gen. ! denim, for five or six fellows are about him, and The Japanese ambassadors arrived at Versailles they will murder him." Witness replied, "It is only at half-past 11 yesterday, and were received at Le.- The Sundayn n ear f "a d e lE:n o t at nce the Palace by General Path and M. Boulie, I w as committed. break It had been taken whe re from• bench in • Conservator of the Museum. Two hours were l bserboase in which the prisoner was drinking the same datecTO d oly he tl e i:l d e weeks manta, occupied in visiting the galleries and grand apart- rtai.Thel.he was arrested ticket-of -leave and manta, rolling arm-chairs having boon provided back, and about Moe months of his sentence of four years for the four principal personages of the minion, lad t i n: m e 'T a rt , Fl4:l or se a nt s " . ?T d too ter y that aa in P l:Yolvar od e t to prevent their feeling fatigued. They afterwards ham ton , w hich three other persons, all of whom were went on the top of the building, to view the Mmilarly punished, were associated with him. For the con venience of the police he was remanded for a week. extensive panorama of the town and surrounding country. After partaking of refreshments, they proceeded to Trianon, where they had another opportunity of admiring some fine specimens of Sevres porcelain, which they so highly appreciate. Their astonishment at all they saw was, however, raised to its highest pitch when they viewed the display of the grand water-works. LATEST LNTELLI9II4CkIi (asrmee manaits.) ABORICA. •T LATER ADVICE& t THE BATTLE NEAR CORINTH. CAPTURE OF VESSELS BY THE MERRIMAC. NEW YORK, Arna.ll, liounro. (Per Jura, out Portland and Londonderry.) - . Information from Yorktown states that the Con feder►tes have a force of 00,000 men, which is being partly increased from the neighbourhood of Richmond. The Confederates also having four steamers and sixteen transports in use, it is sup posed that when the roads, which are now in a wretched condition, permit the Union army to move the Confederate force will number 100,000 men. The Confederate entrenchments extend entirely across Yorktown peninsula from James to York River. They are reported to have nearly 500 can non of the largest calibre. Johnstone is generally reported to be in command at Yorktown. President Davis is also said to be there. A desperate resistance is expected. Further accounts of the battle at Pittaburg Landing (near Corinth) state that the forces engaged numbered 70,000 on each side. The Federal loss is supposed to be 7,000, 2,000 being taken prisoners. No official accounts have yet been published. The Cincinnati Times says that, after the second day's fight, the Confederates fell slowly back, keep ing up a fire of artillery as they retreated. The Confederates were driven beyond the Federal lines and pursued by cavalry. The loos of Federal offi cers was very large. It is reported from Island No. 10 that 5,000 Con federate prisoners were captured in the neighbour hood of the Island, as well as an immense quantity of guns and ammunition. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for • day of thanksgiving and prayer for the late vic tories, and on account of the danger of foreign intervention and invasion having been averted from the country. The Confederate Congress has passed resolutions that the Southern ports are open to the free entry of goods of every nation except the United States. President Lincoln has submitted to Congress a new treaty between England and America, regard ing the slave trade. The future movements of the Merrimac are re garded with some anxiety. The Neu, York Times says that persons arrived from Nashville report that • fierce civil war is raging in the interior counties of Tennessee, between the Union men and the Secessionists. Neighbours were daily killing each other in casual renoontree. NEW YORK, AMU. 11, Evrama. The Merrimac, with several gunboats and tugs, appeared yesterday at Newport News and Sewell's Point, and captured three small vessels. The Federal iron clad steamer Naugatuck and the Monitor fired four shots at the Merrimac, which thereupon retired to Cranny Island. Skirmishing has commenced at Yorktown. The Senate has passed the bill removing all disability from coloured persons to carry the mails. The Pious° of Repreeentatives has passed the bill for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia, by 93 to 39. President Lincoln has signed the bill for affording pecuniary aid to states wishing to abolish slavery. • LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND. NEW YORK, Arm 12, ANTELIIOOI4. General Beauregard, in his report of the first day's battle near Corinth, says :—" We gained a complete victory. General Albert Sydney Johnston was killed while leading the troops in the thickest of the fight." French and English men-of-war are in Hampton Roads to watch the approaching engagement be tween the Monitor and the Merrimac. The Confederate steamer Jamestown has bad an iron prow added to her armament. Southern accounts state that Fort Craig, New Mexico, has surrendered to the Confederates. The Federal' have occupied Hauteville, a place of strategic importance in Alabama. The British steamer Economist has arrived at a Southern port. The steamers New York and Asia have arrived out. The New York stock market oontinues dull. The cotton market is more active and improving. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Arm. 11, EVINING. The New York stock market has not been favour ably affected by the late military movements, being characterised by great dulness and a general state of suspense. New York Centrals are quoted 824 ; Illinois, 431 k ; Erie, 361. Money easier. Gold, 11 to 2 per cent. premium. Exchange dulL Bankers' bills, 1124. Cotton steady ; mid dling Upland, 274 c. to 27jc. Flour quiet, and prices drooping. Wheat good inquiry. Corn im proving: Provisions quiet. Coffee good inquiry. Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet. QUEENSTOWN, Area 23. The Etna, from Now York on the 12th instant, arrived here this morning, with the United States mails, 203 passengers, and fiBo,ooo dollars in specie. She lauded mails and Regrouping, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. Her news has been anticipated. MEXICO. CADIZ, Ann. 23. Newe received here from Vera Cruz to the 23rd tilt states that the Canada and Ascoodee had arrived, and disembarked a battalion of French chasseurs. A further reinforcement of 3,000 men was expected. . . . . General Lorencez had left for the interior with General Almonte, under the protection of the French flag. President Juarez and General DubLedo continued their exactions, imprisonments, and forced loans. The allies had energetically protested against these proceedings. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Aram 22. The Chambers resmne.l their sittings to-day. The ministry brought iu bills for the revision of tho Customs tariff and of the taxes levied for sanitary• purposm. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 23. The American ship Screamer, from the Cape on the 4th March, has put into this port. Her news is ten days later than that brought by the last mail steamer. . In the case of "Long v. the Bishop" the Su preme Court had given leave of appeal to the Privy Council, but refused to arrest the judgment pro nounced. Lung sickness had broken out badly in Name guahuid. Sir Walter Currie had been successful in his negotiations with Krell, the latter having accepted the offer of being taken under British protection. et court. OSBORNE, Ann. 21. Her Majesty drove out yesterday with the Primers Alice. Lord A. Paget attended as horseback. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-oaks from the Lonl High ecentniasioeer of the lonian Wands. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissiotter of the lonian lolanda. The Marchioness of Salisbury and family are slaying at the Pavilion Hotid„Menne.. The Marquis and Marchioness of Castellone, Chevalier liertarno, and K. Bargiai have arrived at the Bniaewiek Hotel, Jermy natreot, from Some. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Colonel the 800. P. W. Talbot sod Lady Emma Talbot are passiog the holidays at Knowsley. The F:Srl of St. Germans left town yesterday for Purt EISA, Caravan, for afar days._ Viacom at and Vincountwas Sydney will come to town on Friday, from Paris. . . . Lord and Lady Methuen are entertaininga select party at their sot, &reheat House, Wiltshire. Lord and lady Chunitou are expected in town in • few days trees Clwwston Ferrets, Devonshire. His lord ship has takes • residence in Brook-street, Crosvesce square, for Use sereaos. . . The Hou. George and Mr& Barrington have arrived at their residence, in Het tford.atreet, from Becket How, Berke, for the 11111111011. The Hon. Gerald awl Lady Maria Ponaonby left Upper Grosvenor-street yesterday on a tour of 'kite. Mr. Hwitiiii,n4 Rummell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell have left lowa far Woburn Abbey. Lieuteuaut-Geueral Bulkyley, M. P., has left town for Wiltelure to take the comumul of the volunteers in the south of the musky. _ _ The long-pending question of the right to photo gispli the Exhibition was settled yesterday evening, when the secretary announced that the tender of the London Stereoscopic Company had been accepted. A high price was paid to the 001111111111i004111 . for the privilege, end a still . _ higher sum must be impended by the firm to perform the ()Detract well. No photographs are to be sold in the building; no views to be taken after 10 ctn., and none at all without the consent of the exhibitors themselves. The Leeds Mercury says :—" A step in the right direction, and one which will probably lead to a better understanding between the colliery owners and their workmen, was inaugurated yestenlay (Tuesday) in Leeds. Most of the principe , proprietors of collier. iee in the West Yorkshire district attended • meeting called to consider the best means of establishing • fend for the support of the widows and orphans of those who should unfortunately meet their death whilst engaged in mining operations. There WAS but one opinion expressed in favour of the proposal, and • preliminary committee was appointed to prepare a scheme, it being wisely determined that the basis of the proposed union should be oo as wide • foundation as pos. able, and entbreci not only all the colliery proprietors in the district, hut also the parties who are immediately in tended, as w. II as the general public." The Bank ~f France was robbed last week by one of .ti marine rf , ! cease, who has absconded with 180,000:r. in notes. Oo the preceding evening one of the go►ersore of the tack had summoned before him the ms sew, of one of the Paris houses, wbo pretended having received I,llooh. too little, sad accused one of the garcons et the Mirk of havvic kept there. "Sir," said the go versor, in • stern voice, "know that the garcons of the Beak it, incapable of dishonesty." Venice is like a place in which some terrible split smic is raging. The hotel. are empty, business is at a standstill, the theatres are closed, the streets (canals) are deeertiel, and every man seems to wish to avoid his neigh bour. There is no communication between the inhabitants of the city and the garrison, and u soon as a military band begins to play the Place of Bt. Mark is deserted. Many of the nolde Vein t an families have been obliged to return to the city, aa their country houses are filled with troops. Thi• lar:i• quantities of fish caught round the Channel Islands have always been attributed to vast sup plies of sand eels found close to the islands on which such fish feed, sod them eels are supposed to be driven int* the shallows by porpoises. For some considerable time past • colony of sharks have been living in the Channel which bees driven sway the porpoise tribe,aael there has ever since bees ♦ great scarcity of the Ash which live upon the sand eels. Curiously enough the sharks have now left the Channel, porpoises have returned, and the fish which were so scarce ars as pkatifal as ever. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ow: Uwl owerosozza.) PARA TOILSDAT EV3111210.. The acquittal of Mires, which yesterday was only known late in the day, and then but to compara tively few persona, is now the universal topic of conversation. The text of the judgment fully bears out the telegraphic description. It is an unquali fied acquittal, leaving not even a moral stain upon the late prisoner ; and people, remembering the terrible philippics against him of three imperial pro cureurs in succession, and the stern sermons of the judges who condemned him in Paris, may well be astonished that, not upon any doubtful balance of evidence as to facts, but upon the appreciation of certain undisputed acts—upon a question of right or wrong—there should have been such a radical difference of opinion between the highest judicial authorities. The Temps has had the happy idea of publishing for public instruction the sentences of the Paris Courts of First Instance and Appeal side by side with the acquittal by the court of Douai. ' The three documents are curious reading for the legal student. At Douai the ovation given to Mires was most brilliant. When the audience per ceived, while M. de Monlon, the president of the court, was reading, that the judgment was to be one of acquittal, a shout of applause interrupted the judge. He ordered the ushers to arrest the dis turbers and bring them before him. These officers could identify only one man, and lie was simply turned out of court instead of being sent to prison. When the delivery of the judgment was concluded, applause burst forth again, and was not attempted to be repressed. Mires and his counsel, MM. Nougier and de Sete, threw themselves into each other's arms. Ladies pressed round the hero of the day, waving their handkerchiefs, offering him dowers, and overwhelming him with congratula tions. Mires made a little speech, in the course of which he said :—" At length I have attained the object of which I never despaired. My honour is restored. I pardon my enemies. I thank you, ladies, from the bottom of my heart, for your flattering sympathy. The town of Douai will soon see that lam not ungrateful." Although accord ing to the wording of the judgment of acquittal Mires was to be set at liberty "immediately," it was necessary in point of fact to take him back to the prison, there to go through the formality called la leek de pierce. In consequence of the crowd around the court, a good deal of time was lost. He was taken aback way through the advocate's library, and it was 5 o'clock before he could leave Douai. He was accompanied in the railway train by his wife and his daughter, the Princes+. de Polignac. The Prince de Polignac was not there, being de tained on duty with his regiment of artillery at Rennes. A crowd awaited Mires' arrival at his house, and cheered him vociferously when he drove up to the door at 11 in the evening. Re perceived among his sympathising friends two sinters of charity who had nursed him at Mazes, and warmly shook hands with them. The Caisse Mires has risen to-day to about Mfr., being four times the price of Saturday last. The Bourse was animated, but the Rents and all other securities (Caisse Mires excepted) left off with scarcely any change from yesterday. The Volontaires is positively to be played to night at the Porte St Martin, but the Emperor and Empress are not going. As much as 100 fr. is offered for a ticket, but it would be impossible to get one for any money. The whole house is, as I understand, taken by the police, both for to-eight and the next two representations. M. de Lavalette arrived at Calais yesterday, from London, en route for Paris, where, doubtless, he now ia. Letters from Cayenne, to March 20, state that Madame Tardy de Montravel, the governor's wife, gave a grand convivial ball, which was attended by almost everybody of distinction in the colony, whether black or white. One lady disturbed the fête by refusing to stand up in a quadrille with people of colour. The only consequence of this little scandal will be the exclusion for the future of the lady in question from the Government House. Prince Napoleon has left Paris for Geneva ; his Imperial Highness is to return to Paris in a few days. PREACHING AT THE EMPEROR. A Paris correspondent of the Ind#pendance Beige, writing on Monday, mays :—"This morning, at maas, the last sermon of the term of Lent was preached in the chapel of the Tuileries, by the Abbe Frappel. After reflections on life, death, and the resurrection, the preacher, turning towards the Emperor, addressed to him personally an--allocution. is this the proper word No, Ido not think it is. I will not, however, say exhortation—still lees panegyric; homily,' per haps, will be the fitting expression. My hesitation as to the choice of words arises perhaps from this—that that part of the sermon had not a very clear meaning. It was a kind of eulogium of the past and an alpha- Lion for the future—vague as the dreams of the poets. The preacher spoke of the providential men who appeared in grand crises to conduct humanity to its destinies. He recalled the glorious claims of the Emperor —France pacified, elevated to the first tank among nations, ' The world repeats, sire, mid he, ' nearly all your titles to the love of the people, to glory—all your greatness but the praises of the world do not fall from this pulpit. Voices of grader authority than mine might thank you for the protection afforded to the holy see, of which your Majesty, in the midst of difil• cult circumstances, has ever maintained the independence and liberty.' The orator next spoke of the visible pro tection' vouchsafed by Providence to the Emperor. Then, after having added that from those who had received more more would be demanded, according to the scripture precept, be concluded by wishing that Divine Providence might continue its protection to the Emperor, and watch over the august Empress, whops noble qualities constituted the ornament of the throne, and over the Prince Imperial,during the whole course of their mortal existence, and that after the crowns of this world God might accord to them those of immortality. As soon as the preacher addressed himself directly to the Emperor, his Majesty warned that impassive sir which is customary with him on similar emulous. At the conclusion of the sermon, and when taking their places before the altar, the Emperor and Empress exchanged a smile. Was this a piece of coquetry apropos to the immortal crowns!" On Sunday evening the Japanese ambassadors were presented to the Princess Mathilde. They seem to have been greatly struck by the splendour which surrounded them. After having inspected everything with great curiosity for some time, they manifested a slight preoccu• potion, and looked on all sides as though they were seeking for something. The Princess satisfied their desires by having a golden plate offered them, containing cigarettes of all descriptions. On this the faces of the ambassadors visibly brightened up, and they hastened to acespt the fragrant weeds, and went smoking about with great gusto. In France a circular has been issued from many departmental authorities to all schoolmasters, parents, I ' l ' l° g `" P uuu "'' "`• ""`" """" """ , ""s - -- guardians, &c., &c., enforcing vigilance what boyish in. Pe°l7.°ll°g ' terference with birds' nests during the season of incubation, with s view to the services feathered vermin•eaters render WEATHER BRPORT.—(THIS DAY.) agriculture. WEDIRSDAT, Aran, 211. 11 LI& A Berlin letter of Sunday says :—" This is the solemn festal morning of the resurrection and the B. Z. IL D. P.C.I I. IL nation is gay with many-coloured real cooked, and arti ficially sugar-made sod highly-ornamented ' Easter eggs; -- ..... —..... H -......—-. the slyly hidden and more slyly found nut Christmas NAnta . ..... WIT 51 47 &W. ! 8 21. 1626 4 a1D1M31.. • ? 26.18 SA 47 W 1 a e - 4 preeenta for the Easter holiday in all German families ; &s l i m - T A —'• 29.28 u 49 W . I 4• - a the globular valentines of ours, exchanged in many mil- &gimlet. ... WU 62 43 W. 6 b - I lions among loving parents mid children, friends t,,,,:r u s i r .....: ru n 4. 0 " 47 T lv i i . ,it ar 0.23 8 i 5 r - t and relations, brides and bridegrooms, and bashful GALWAY ..... - - - - -1 - - - - sweethearts ; some of these eggs being filled with yolks of = ll • •••• littfu 98 s 46i W.N.W. :19 a : 1 7 u : fluid gold in value-and with the moat astonishing our- HRI.IOOLAIID.. 19.46 47 46 OW. 418 re - S prim when opened with their nice, box-like two halves, ursaroot, .. Were 61 46 &W. II , 1 b - 4 5 e - I 211318TOtrii : 29.68 62 60 W. 6 1 The peasante have cartloads full of Easter cakes, with some 10 peculiar sorts for this only occasion, and are, much against Yammers .. 29.67 61 48 W. 6' i ; = i their habitual stinginess, very liberal this morning in die- Gm o ' 29.67 61 47 W. 6, 4 4r 0.10 - Darn 29.71 67 63 W.B.W. 4. 9 12r 0.16 8 tributiug large pieces of them to priests and schoolmasters, PoirralloOTß 29.73 47 46 W. a 8 & LA 4 the poor of the village, and the beggars from the neigh- ~,PealtAMO••••• 99.79 52 49 W. 6' l 2 83 .. 0.10 6 , bouring towns and cities. The post offices are buried r " Tit r ii : r 9 : 7 8 1 r i s 1 1 9 5 W. cis ; - 4 among labyrinths of boxes, hampers, and parcels, all heavy lIISIVI .. - '0.211 6 with cakes, eggs, and new dresses, and all imaginable agree- 21109.134& able surprises." TEITIMEAT. FRIDAY. A letter from Madrid says :—" The Chamber of N° 14 1 7. d „, 3IITAUL-W.". to W , some rain. N.W. and N " strong erate. Deputies is quietly continuing its discussion on the best InsiAlii% .- iCee. to li.W., W.O.W. to N.N.W. fresh, manner of strengthening parental authorities against cz,,, strong, roan- 1. 1;2.4. to 14.N.W , As ue w st r ilsove, some shower'. the inclination of minors to get married. This strong to moderate, showery. . Z. COM,T.-3.W. to :f. W., fresh W. to N. N.W., fresh to queotion, which the intervention of the civil autho- to strong, showery. moderate. city in every marriage renders so clear and simple & ESGLAND.-B.W. to N.W., W.B.W. to N.W., fresh. is France, is very difficult to resolve in Spain, : h tr" u ng to moderate, some a marriage to be valid only requires the ecclesiastical ° erL sanction. A proposition, tending to bestow on parents the EXPLANATION. right of disinheriting those of their children who marry R. - Barom ete r • each 10 feet, co rre cted of vortical ties, c u a c us ed ing to alo d unn at ehundr . nl e til without the paternal consent, has just been adopted ; but of an inch diminution : and each 10 deg., above 32 leg „ causing the resolution will not produce any great result, since it l i t: . er s l i f .. l s Teeilrete r g u t t t e i :r i r .u r l t . (f le ,- ExPos e t "'a i m = only touches those who contract the marriage, and leaves point). shade . M. - Moistened of wind (true-two poinis on tere of mar unpunished those who aid in its celebration." notici. F. -Force (1 to 12-estimated:.- G.-Cloud (I ton . 1.- The forests in Victoria, Australia, are chiefly l i e i gi t u n i i ii n i g . b 6 bi , le misty ;bury' e, ell.t , s ,ve detached idillii . f. r f 7ain n : c ha r i n i ew composed of gum trees. The timber of many of them is t, thunder. R.. i rate-fall, or snow, or hall. since last report. is Inches and decimals. 5.-disturbance-disturhance ato a. Z - cam. useful in house building, erecting piers and bridges, sad for fencing. The trunks are used for fuel, and make good char coal for gold assaying. The bark makes capital tannin, and ST. JA24118'6 PALACE, APRIL 17. Her Royal can be converted also into matting and paper. Decoctions Highness the Princess Helena was confirmed this day st of the woods and barks are medicinal, and yield also Whippingham church, by the Right Reverend the Bishop of Winchester, in the presence of her Majesty and of their dyes. The leaves give an essential oil, which Boyd Hur• finesses Prince Alfred, Prim . Arthur. Prince 1 is adapted for the preparation of resins and fur- Leopold, Princes Alice. and Princess Louise. The corg i nishing household artificial light. The odour is aro. moray wescoaducted in the most private manner, in conse• matic. The distillation of the wood and leaves also que nce of her Majesty being . in strict retirement mice her . gives out wood naphtha, pyroligenous acid, tar, and a Majesty's recent severe bereavement -Gazette. gaseous fluid adapted for street illumination. Three years 'fax BICENTENARY Moviramsv.—Yesterday even r ago, when the population of Victoria was only 500,000, the ing there was a crowded assembly at Willis's Rooms., to hear the second lecture of the course ' announced by the 1 importation of wood into the colony was to the amount of Central United Bartholomew Committee, The lecturer 5 750,0001. The formation of railroads into the interior, was the Rev. A. M'Laren, 8.A., of Manchester, end the [ towards the neighbourhood of the forage, will make the subject, "Fidelity to Conscience." Mr. Charles 011411 k colony independent of supplies of foreign timber and many i other articles which can be derived from the gum trees. 1 l i ii i ils"ters annilltifinnuendtietilelalymenn platform g to n S l ie led various dissenting denominations. Among them w n e noticed Mesas. CAPTAIN WILSoN, OF THE EMILY ST. PIERRE,— S. Morley, Win. Edwards, Dr. Lankester, E. B. Underhill , ' At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Mercantile Marine .W. Heaton, F. C. Teirberville, J. C. Williams; the Item Is Association yesterday, there was peasant Captain Wilson, ;W. Brock, J. H. Hinton Dr. Campbell, Professor Newth, of the ship Emily St. Pierre, whose gallant receptive from a Dr. Loodunen, N. neYdoft, B. Cox, J • C. Gallaway, E. Federal prize crew we noticed yesterday. Daring a tern- White, S. Manning , Ito- rlie t absence of Captain Wilson from the meeting, Cap- ! CRIMINAL 01 , 111NDERn (SCOTLAND). —A !A 4 twin aglefield, R.N., alluded in highly eulogistic terms to mentary return under this bead shows that the number of ~ his coolness, daring, and gallantry, Baying that he did not persons charged with o ff ences in Scotland, in 1 861 . was T care whether he were Confederate or Federal. The con- 3,229, exhibiting a decrease, as compared with 1860, of ', duct of Captain Wilson, he said, proved most satisfactorily 58, or 1.764 per cent In 18410 the number of males coin' • that the mercantile marine contained men who, in times of milted for trial, or bailed, was 2,306, and 2,256 in 1861 t h di ffi culty and danger, were in every way qualified to stand females, 981 in 18911, and 973 in 1861 . The total number aide b side with the officers of the navy. The remarks of tried, of both sexes, in 1860, was 2,642, and 2,667 in 1861. '66 thealant commander were received with loud applause. . The total convicted, outlawed, or found imam, in 1860 was i he following notification is to be substituted for 2,441, and 2,428 in 1861. In each year 4 were sentenced to for that which appeared is the London Gazette of the 4th of death, and in 1861 1 was executed and 3 sentenced to penal June, 1861. i-Foreign-effice, May 20.1681.-The Queen has servitude. In the year 1860 the number communed who Le been gray to Weiss Spenser St. John, req., could neither reed nor write was 674, sad in 11161 it was M. zw Pieesed , DOW ner s Coesal-Gewessl in the Island of Borneo, The number of persons nommitted for trial, or bailed, for -W he her y's Chargf d'Affaires and Consul-General to the five years ending 1856, was 19,120, and for the five ran the Beeeeblie el ileyii--fatette. ending 1861, it was 17,610. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. With regard to agricultural prospects in that county, the Suarez Advertiser says The peck of March duet' has come in April. In our last, we spoke hopefully of the change from rain to dry weather, though recording the prevalence of keen and cutting winda, and of an unusually and unseasonably low temperature. Since then a change has taken place • the wind, which had blown from north and north-east, veered round to the west on Wednes day night, and on Thursday the temperature was compara tively mild and genial. Still, though the wind has been westerly, it has not a genuine April or sp ring character. On the contrary, it has been boiste rous lout cold, and so drying as to bring the dust which was so anxiously looked for in March. The result, however, has been to produce the most satisfactory effect on the soil. Farmers have been enabled to get to work upon the land in good earnest, and everywhere the greeted activity has been dis played in getting in seed. It is to be hoped that the delay which has taken place in this respect will not be so dia advantageous as was at one time feared. The weather has been moss propitious in drying the surface of the soil during the past nine or ten days, and the previous reins will doubtless prove beneficial, should a warm temperature shortly be experienced. Indeed reporta state that a capital seed bed has been the result of the recent weather, and it is easy to believe, that should we shortly enjoy the blessing of a genial spring temperature, a very brief time will serve to compensate for put backwardness. With regard to vegetation generally, no doubt some evil was experienced from the frost and extremely sold winds VI& lately prevailed, but we do not bur of any serious densage. As a whole, vegetation is decidedly backward fee the time of year, bat nature is doing her work never. theless. Of the wheat crops, accounts speak favourably. Apprehensions were beginning to be felt at the end of March, owing to the continued wet, and the plant was in places looking spindly and getting • yellow hue. The =1 in the weather has already, however, done much to anxiety on that score, and an improvement is already visible. Altogether the general prospect is cheering, and • very little warm weather would produce a marvellous effect. The month of May is now so nearly at hand, that we may ' reasonably look for the desired change ere long, and when it comes we shall rapidly forget the anxieties and delays of I the past, and look with hopeful anticipation to the future. The weather prophets are resolute in their predictions of • hot summer, and if regard be had to the general 'grind tural aspect of the country, there is every ground to believe that there will be ample crops for the summer's sun to ripen." In the county of Kent (says the South•Baaters Gszette), up to the sth of March, the weather was generally favour able for a gri cultural pursuits. A large quantity of spring corn had been sown, and farming operations were in a for ward state. The remainder of March and the beginning of April was unusually wet, and put • total stop to sowing, so that sow, instead of being forward, we are much behind The wheat crop, upon the who le, is looking well, although the pleat upon the clover ays has been much thinned by slug and wire-worm, and a great breadth has been greatly injured in the low diatricta by being flooded. The spring corn sown previously to the wet came up quickly, and looked well ; but since the rain ceased, we have had sharp frosts, and • great deal of the barley and oats is upon • stand, looking very yellow, and fast losing plant. The backward sown, therefore sh o uld the weather prove genial, may be the beat when ha rvest arrives.. Beans and peas arms up well on the dry . soils ; hut complaint is made of the baud having rotted in the ground on the wet undrained lands. The clover plant, which generally, during the winter, did not look healthy, has su ff ered from the late frosts ; and the grad, which was getting very forward, has received a great check. Swedes and wurzel hold out better this spring than has been usually the case, and cattle food is now very plentiful, though sheep have done but badly through the wet, and • great many lambs have been lost. The sharp frosts it is feared have injured the forward cherries ; but should the weather henceforward prove favourable, we may yet have a fair sprinkle of fruit. The planting of potatoes has been much delayed, but is now fad In this morning a Plying ti might be incurred f Lord Jr witb,.ut expense it have deals his own se and of six petition a missed. Lord .11 Mr. Be., the notice before th thereby I petition. 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