The Express. — London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

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MONDAY, 713. 7. ltfretteeas hays gives meth* of their immediate intention to intrudes* semmteen Bills on as many different subjects. They have also announced that it is slot their intention at present to introduce a Reform Bill. The reason assigned for the indefinite postponement of the latter is that it had better be deferred " until the urgent buiiness of the country tt shall have been disposed of." For some hours people were wondering what the urgent business could be that formed a sufficient excuse for each unexpected delay in dealing with a subject which of all others has been for some time confeseedlyupper most in men's thoughts. We have now, however, the explanation before us. There are seventeen questions of such national urgency, that they must be enter tained by Parliament before anything elm. The settle ment of a question upon which the hearta of the industrious and intelligent community have long been fixed, may be deemed by some men important; but its importance is nought when compared with the disposal of the seventeen pressing particular' disclosed on Friday night, concerning the most of which it would probably be too much to say that one-Neventeenth part of the community felt the seventeenth part of a sensation. If we except them tice given for leave to introduce a Church Rate Bill, and that which regards the transfer of land, there is not one affecting England which can be designated as occupying a place in popular srxpee tation ; and out of six notices of Bills having special reference to Ireland, there is but one about which it can be contended that any general interest in that country is felt. We are not now discussing the probable merits or demerits of any of the measures forthshadowed. They may be good, bad, or in different; when we see them we shall be able to tell. But what we have to do with here is to weigh them in their collective capacity—a capacity which foe their own sake and that of their authors we regret should have been unnecessarily imparted to them. A Bill to regulate the sale of Poisons may possibly be desirable, and a Bill to amend the leer regarding Lunatics in private asy lum/ no doubt is so; but why pre-indispose all plain-dealing people to listen to arguments in favour of one or the other, by thrusting these unpolitical projects in the way of political change, and labelling them "matters of urgency"? An Act for the com pulsory Registration of Deeds may or may not be • useful addition to the Statute-book; and au Act for the extension of the Encumbered Estates Court to Great Britain may perhaps be deemed advisable. But it is nurse than a farce to endorse either the one or the other, " pressing and immediate." The same remark applies to the notice given by the Arruefree-Oxiies: it for leave to introduce a mea sure fee the complete consolidation and classifica tion of the Criminal Laws of England and Ireland. Theoretically, nothing can be considered as more expedient ; practically, few things that could be at tempted are likely to call forth a greater amount of diversity of opinion. Only one thing is clear—that nobody unconnected with Government dreamt of such a proposal being made at the commencement of the maim, if at all ; and that since the defeat of the Conspiracy Bill, badly anyone has troubled his head about the assimilation which that ill-starred measure sought iu one instance to effect. With all its faults, however, the Conspiracy Bill could with truth be tanned a matter of urgency; not so in any sense or form the huge measure of Criminal Codifi cation which Parliament is now called on to consider. The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Amendment Bill is to be introduced this evening by the LORD CHAN CRLLoR in the Upper House. This we are willing to subtract, t hers Lae, tram the catalogue of obstructive measures. Bat with this exception, and that of the Church lire Bill in the Lower House, we feel com pelled to say that a more suspicious-looking list we have seldom perused at the commencement of • session. Nor is this all. Ministers have already spread these stop-the-way measures over every Go vernment night for the next fortnight. By the name{ the Ileum they arc entitled to give questions of ways or means, or minietterial motions like that on Indian Finance, prsret , ence of the orders of the day. The last named !opie has already been died for this night week, and a st.temtnt by the First Lord of the Admiralty regarding the navy is genemlly expected on an estly dxy. The result is, that while the seventeen urge rat Hill, are kept upon the threatening notice paper, their discussion may be deferred from night to n Ott. ar.,l from week to week until the present month is spent. Then will come of necessity Committee of Supply, and the unavoidable dis cussions on the &tuna's for military and naval pur ports during the current year ; so that if the House consents to he tri!led withAstock ofexemes is already provided for nut entertaining the question of Re form until after Easter. But will the House submit to be dealt with in this fashion? The divisions which have hitherto existed io the Liberal party may to • certain extant still weaken its capability of use fulness I bet it is Mill • decisive majority in the House of Commons, and it is still animated by in stincts and prucipies irrtooneileably at variance with the c turas which Government appears unad visedly bent on adopting. We do not wish to see a sudden or premature collision take place within the walls of Parliament. We think there are some one or two matters of a special and exceptional nature which ought to be dealt with promptly, and if possible with calm ness and in a spirit of unanimity. The financial defirit 4 1.; the Indian revolt meet be ecnnehow provided tor y sod whatever is neeewary to plane our steam tleet on a proper footing Parliament ought to sanction forthwith, and with ea little loud and angry talk as may be. But these things done, the °pantry expects to hem from Ministers explicitly what they are prepared to do in the way of else. tonal change. Never were men treated more con siderately or generously than they have been. After yeses of weary waiting and procras tination the people cemented to give them another twelve menthe to consider what they would do shoat Reform. If they do not know by this time they will never know ; and if they have made up their minds, and are prepared with a mea sure, the sooner they lay it on the table the better. Bat to expect to be entrusted with the disposal of large additional votes in expenditure before they have redeemed their word to the country is not to be endured; and the House of Commons would abandon its duty if it were to sit down at such a juncture as the present and occupy itself with the Addle-fiddle of legislation to the exclusion and soglost of the great and urgent business of the hour. Cbe Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Po. 5. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, sosompanied by Poisons Ake, Primer Helsel, Pewee Loughs, Pilaw Arthur, sad Prince Leopold, wore point at • Pee& W gives by the Doke d last ant Propene, es Poky swim is news oldie Ur* oiler post grandson, owl the Qom and Pepe Cowes Est pusdchild. The suite In ettendses etealstod d tho Cater of Deed, the Le. Bessie Byss, the Has. Logy Cothoart, Lord Cosi ne, Colonel tho Hos. A. Lidefil, Cense F. H. neysteur, and Major Shristaistoso, RI. A Wee party had the honour of Wag Invited so asst bit may, See Msjesty received the Mewing telegram this morning : " Prom Su Juice Clark Is the Queen, Windsor Castle. " Berlin, 10.4 " The Princess's recovery tow far advanoodthat no more ntedioal WWl= •ill brimmed. The young Prince to pit well" Tie Qom, with Princess Louise end Primo Leopold, walked and drove la the Hoen►pub this morning. The Prime Consort, exompsnied by Priacess Alice awl Priacese Helm., rode out on homesick. Lord Claud Masailton, the Trespassr et the Howathold, arrived la the foremost with the *debar boo the Hors of Commas la newer to her Majesty's Speech bow the throes as Tbsoky. Tbs Deans of Kent, attended Ly Ledy Pauly Howard, Maid Tab Iwo Msjeety. T h e party also hadaded Cent ?wraiths: awl dm Hon. Mrs. Biddeiph. !Midst the lad We Guards parkemsd daring dinner : aehresisa t ial= tie sear sober. Lannon mu, Vann. 064 flankow. use Majesty's private boa ersrards played La the Draw ing-room the following visor : M r 17 13 11.4:! V: Jawed.. , ... .... a Ct d. ab= • Pon 4:4 * • "*" .w DminUL t.et. " L LOW Prodlgas" AWN. SUNDA; FEL 6. The Queen end Prince Contort, Princess Alla , Princess Haas, and the Durham of Heat, tho Ladies sad Cailo asa of kb* Cowl, and the dogmatic household, attinded divine service this acening in the private chapel. Th. Hon. mad Vary Bev. the Dean of Windsor ofkiated. • deputation of gentlemen interested in the colony of Western Attaining, consisting of Captain Menem, M.P. Ilfr James Stirling, Mr. Lee Steele, Mr. Louis Samson, Mr., P. Wlttenoom, Mr. J. H. Monger, Mr. H. Manning, and Mr. Wallace Felgate, had an intorriew on Saturday with Lord Stanley at the India.hoorie. • deputation, consisting of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Mr. W. Gordon Thomas, Mr. Ilawkahaw (engineer), Mr. Metall, Mr. Toogood, and Mr. Smiles, had an interview with the Right Iles. J. W. Henley and the Bari of De cough more at the Aloe of the Board of Trade on Ilatavday, eat the subeet of the London4xidge and Charinperees Railway. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council oaten Suter day. An appeal from Nu* South Wales, " Kerchata Venue," was euneludid. Despatches were vent on Saturdsy from the Culonial-oßtre to the Governor of the Cape of Good Ifor. TILE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1859. consent to the war, and Lord Derby's assertion that 1 France had promised not to support Piedmont in a war of aggression, would put a stop to the loss. Several deputies of the right said—' Our ministate are either deceiving us or are deceived themselves.' All these doubts and conjectures disappear before the great fact of the bill having been presented. The preamble was received with great applause by the left and centre, and after the reading several deputies came up to the minister to say that their only regret was that he had not asked for more money." NAPLES. MARSEILLES, Ems. 6. Advice, have been received from Naples to Tues- day, February Ist inst. The Archdukes Raynier and William and the Archduchess Maria arrived there on the 30th January and departed again for Bari, where the marriage of his royal highness was to be celebrated on the 4th inst. The Neapolitan government has replied officially to the Council of Advocates respecting the Taranto Railway, in the matter of the seizure of the com pany's caution money. Government declares the Council contrary to law and deserving of censure for having discussed a question which had been already decided by the Bing, the only judge. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. BERLIN, Fes. 5, 11.30 A.M. The Princess Frederick William and thi Infant Prince being well, no more bulletins will be issued. (Signed) Dit. SCHOENLEIs. Da. Wzotiza. Da. ALUM. ?he Marchioness 44' Salisbury held her first assem bly t►is swot on Saturday evening, at her mansion In Artinglenentresh Oa t►e previ.ltut evening, the marquis and mareMetassa oalartabtod at dinner the Martial, af Exeter, du Lie c 4 Malataabary, the Earl of Caraarroa, Lord Bodes- Ida, Lady Corday, the Holt. P. W. Talbot, Mr. Alfred Mosticateary, kc. The Count Perponcher has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel, from Berlin, with despatches for her Majesty. Hie Excellency the Coast and the Coaster Limonite' and snit* have loft the same 4stablishment for Brighton. The Countess; d'Apponyi will hold her first u seably for the present team to-morrow 'vulgar, et Chasid°, Renee. The Earl Howe and the Hon. Col. Curzon have let South Atullry-ereel for dopaall Hall, Lelositanhlre. We regret to leant that Lady Chatterton, wife of General Sr. Lilacs CLuitta tan, mot with • wrera accident on Thursday Lo ►t Naiihridge, sear Dublin, having broken bar collar bane by as •ec:dental fall. _ _ Lady KeUy, the wife of the Attorney-General, gave birth to a daughter, at Dover-ttroot, en Friday lest. The mortal remains of the lamented Earl of Ripon were interred is the (sadly rau't at Norton, Lid-01481dr,, ova Fr day I,at. Ms funeral, which was eisiducted is ► private saitime - r, wee atttnded by the Few; t esti, the Earl De Grey, aad a fee caber relatives aad fricadg. The Council of Military Education, under the pre dict/ay of Majnr-0.-neral CaItIWOB, commenced the tam:nine lire of aaadidAtea Cr direct oalatlssions to-day at lily lingtoa 8e.... The ezouineti..a will take plan daily dur , n; the weak, except Thursday neat. Arningemente have been entered into at Woolwich, with the sanction of General Willmola, commandant of the prises, 6.r a contlimmtios of ketone, to be delivered in the Royal Artillery Regimeslel Achool-room, co aubjecta tending to develop a swot niefol branch of tautly is the suit odinate ranks of the attlikry Mr. Geo►ge Arnold, a clerk in the military.store devertawat of Woolwich Arsenal, has bees appointed sob impactor of military Worse at the India Coated departatont In Leedenhall-etreet, at a Wary of 3601. per mama We (Derizes Gazette) bare authority for stating that, In the event of Mr. L•ng's Wirt-nowt from the ri.pre ambition of the nertlyrn division of Wiltshire at the cbiie of the present patlineseut (of which there I. no doubt), Lord Ernest Brute will be brought forward ea a ean.letste; aml it is added thit be will be eupportel bye large and in fluential body of the elect The debates in the House of Lords and in the Hon.,. of Common/1 en Thure , ley night are roper:hued le peat length in the eon•hr• n•el journals. Nearly two of tle foot pipe d the Nerd of yertordny ere ocLupiwl in this we,. A "Public Reading Society" has now been eatal4liAel In London to provide public readings for the narking dares. It; pleas en So isms the ass of public belt., , iuinioin., and *thee eonveeient please, sad to eerily rr, rain; n , eine..444 from literritare sdaptsd to s general audience, oily • penny beieg charged f..r adroit 6"'. The lot Nonage a the acknety take place this evening at Crotty Hati, whine the readers will be the Rim W. 11. Brno/field, the Rev. J. M. Bellew, and tho two honnniry me , retariee. The steamer Lapwing is to remain ea the Corfu- Trieste rt dion, &A about a for niglit one of the clerks of the Colonial older, who woo the blew r of dlspatcheis for Mr. Cliedatone, wail obliged to charter on, of the et,oot re of the do-trim LI "la it gars ciliate," sake a corrosion den., "that the eleapatchra wre worth the 7001 , which wee *tiler their transfer tries Trieste to Cedar SPEECH OP THB EMPEROR NAPOLEON. (THIS DAY). (BT IC 'MARINE LSD aIIITIIIII TELPOI•ti.) (nom ova OWN col PARIS, MONDAY AITZLNOON. The Emperor Napoleon opened the session of the Legislative Chambers this afternoon, when he delivered a speech, of which the following is the chief portion : " MESSIELBS LES SENATEURS, " MESSIEULS LES DEPUTES. " France, you are aware, has seen for six years its welfare advance, its riches increase, its internal dis sensions extinguished, its prestige raised ; yet there arises at intervals in the midst of the general calm and prosperity a vague inquietude, an agita tion which, without any well-defined cause, carries away certain spirits and affects public confidence. I deplore these periodical discouragements without being astonished at them. In a society which has been so convulsed by so many revolutions, time alone can strengthen convictions, invigorate character, and create political faith. The emotion which has been pro duced, without any appearance of imminent dangers, might naturally cause surprise, for it testifies at once to too mush mistrust and too much fear. " Doubts would seem to have been entertained not only of the moderation of which I have given so much proof, but also of the real power of France. Happily the mass of the people is far from submitting to such im pressions. To-day it is my duty to show to you again that which seems to have been forgotten. " What has constantly been my policy? To m aims Europe—to give France its true rank—to cement closely oar alliance with England— and to regulate the degree of my friend ship Lwith the continental powers, in con formity with our own views, and the nature of their proceedings towards France. It is thee that, on the eve of my third election, I made at Bordeaux this declaration, L'Empire e'set la Pais,' wishing to prove thereby that if the heir of the Emperor Napoleon ascended the Throne, he did not commence an era of conquests ; but inau gurated a system of peace, which would not be dis turbed but for theldefence of great national interests. " As to the alliance of France and England, I have exerted all my perseverance to consolidate it, and I have found on the other side of the Channel a happy reciprocity of sentiment on the part of the Queen of Great Britain as well as on the part of statesmen of all opinions. Moreover to attain this object, so favourable to the peace of the world, I put under my feet on every occasion, the irritating recollections of the past, the attacks of calumny, even the national prejudices of my country. This alliance has borne its fruits—not only have we acquired, together, a lasting glory In the East, but even at the extremity of the world we have been opening an immense empire to the program' of Civilisation and the Christian religion. Since the conclusion of the peace the cabinet of .Vienna and mine, on the contrary, I say it with regret, have often been found at variance upon the principal ques tions, and:it has required a great spirit of con ciliation to effect their solution. For example the reconstitution of the Danubian Principalities could only be terminated after many difficulties which have prevented the full satisfaction of their most legitimate desires, and if it should be salted of me what interest France had in those distant countries washed by the Danube, I should reply that the interest of France is wherever there is a just and civilised cause to promote. "In this state of things, it WU not at all extra ordinary that France should draw more closely to Piedmont, which had been so devoted during the war—so faithful to our policy during peace. "The happy union of my beloved cousin,PrinceNapo- It on, with the daughter of Ring Victor Emmanuel, is not then one of those unusual facts for which it is necessary to seek • hidden reason. but naturally arises from that community of interest of the two countries and the friendship of the two sovereigns. " For some time pest the state of Italy and its abnormal situation, which makes it impassible to maintain order except with the aid of foreign troops has justly alarmed diplomacy. It is not however a sufficient motive for believing in war. (Co West pas neannso ins an motif saffisant de croire a le guerre. " While some call for it with all their hearts with out legitimate reason, and others in the exaggera tion of their fears, like to show France the dangers of n new coalition, I shall remain firmly in the path of law, of justice, and of national honour, and my government will neither permit itself to be led away or intimidated." THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Moniteur of this morning contains the follow ing message, addressed by the Consul-General of France at Bucharest to Count Walewski : " BUCHAREST, Fee. 6. " The Wallachian Amenably has etannimously elected as Hospoder of Wallachia Alexander Coin r, who had been already chosen Hospodar of Moldavia. The forms prescribed in electoral matters by the organic regulations of the cauntry (reglemcnta oryanique) and the convention of the 19th August had been strictly observed. Toe proclams. tion of the vote was received with demonstrations of joy by the inhabitante. In the evening the whole town was illuminated." The Mbats and the Nord of to-day attach much importance to the above intelligence, inasmuch u the election of one and the same prince for the two principalities is at variance with the Convention of the 19th of August. At Bucharest, the union of the two principalities is considered as indirectly achieved by the foregoing election. PIEDMONT. A letter from Turin, dated Friday, says: " You already knew by telegraph that the bill for a new loan wu prevented at half-past four this evening. People worn beginning to say that the Quesn's speech, showing that England would not a INDIA AND CHINA. (mow ova °wit CODNISPONDINT.) (IT BIIBILIIMI AND NIMIN TILIONAPN.) ALEXANDRIA, Fax. 2. The India and China mails reached Buz on the 13th alt., with datea from Calcutta to Jan. 9; Madras, 13; Oelle, 16; Aden, 26; Hong Bong, Dec. 13. The rebels! about Kirwee were dispersed by General Whitlock on the 29th Dec. Rajah Govind and his brother, with about 300 rebels, were slain. AU their guns and much cattle were captured. Colonel Benson, after • pursuit of 140 miles in five days, defeated Tantia Topee, at Zagapore, inflicting great slaughter. Calcutta produce was inactive, imports quiet ; inte rest raised 1 per cent. premium ; freights slightly improved ; exchange, 2a. to 24. opt.; Madras, 2.. Oid. to 21. lid. The Cochin China allied forces continued to suffer much from sickness. At Canton matters continued peaceful ; manufac tured goods were in great demand at high prices. This season's tea crop is scanty. At Hong Kong there was little doing; exchange 4s. 7d. to 4s. Bd. At Shanghai; imports were in improved demand; ex change es. 71d. to es. 9d. At Fooehou there was con siderable activity in tea. The ship Alert was totally lost near Chungwa, and the Mazeppa near Donbe Island. THE UNITED STATES. CDT IeIONNTIC TBLIONAPIL) (11101orz OWN 0010.11SPONDINT4 LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The steamer Niagara, from Boston, 26th t and Halifax, morning of the2Bth, has arrived. She brings 96 pumengers and 73,169 dollars. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, had made reports in favour of the proposition to place 30 millions of dollars at the president's disposal for the aquisition of Cuba. Impressions prevail at Washing ton that the appropriation would be made. It was rumoured that the Spanish minister had threatened to demand his passport if the bill was passed. The additional loan of ten millions of dollars had been allotted at an average of 1 and 2 per ant. Nothing had been done in Congress on the tariff question. _ The Berns Centenary had been celebrated with much enthusiasm at New York, Boston, and else where. California dates to the sth January had reached New Orleans. The amount of the gold shipped for a fortnight was 1,200,000 dollars for New York, and 468,000 dollars for Europe. Business at San Francisco was stagnant, and money scarce. New York stock market closed firm at about former rates. New York Central Shares, 841; Erie, 14) ; Illinois Central Bonds, 89 to 91. Money market unchanged. Sterling exchange steady ; 1094 for bankers' bills. Cotton steady ; had been active, but closed quiet at 121 for middling upland. Flour quiet. Wheat and corn firmer. Beef unchanged. Pork quiet. Spirits of turpentine firmer. Sales at 491 to ao. Tobacco steady. Freights quiet and uncharged. LATEST VIA lIALTFAX.—Nsw YORK, JAN. 27. The Bremen steamer from New York has arrived. Cotton dull but unchanged. Dealers awaiting later European advice.. Flour buoyant and dearer. Corn dell. Provisions generally dearer, except beef, which is quiet. WABBINOTON, JAN. 27.—The Senate his killed the Traffic Railroad Bill. Raw Ontsetts, lAN. 26.—Sales of cotton to day 12,000 bake, and about the same quantity middling, at 110. Market firm for better qualities. Receipts at thin port in three days, 37,000 bales; the southern ports, 122,000 bales. It is stated that the construction of the telegraph between Coneareinople and the Penian Gulf, so long pro mired by the Turkish Gosrrnmoot, is making progrees, and that ohs ruction from Constantinople to Bagdad (the prin cipal part of the work) will be completed in a few months. Already a certain porti .n is in operation. If the submarine cable through the l'orrian Gulf, from Kurrschee to Busao rah, wore in a state of preparation, wo might thus hope for a new and indet oudent communie +lion with India. A number of moveable houses are now being midi) in Paris for exportation to Coobin-Chlna, where Ad miral Rigault do °mainly is founding a city. Upwards of 25,000 copies of the pamphlet " Na poleon 111. and Italy" have been cold in Paris, and another edition Is to be palls& d. A LION AT LAROR ON BOARD Snir.—The Hima -Itya, screw troop ',hip, Coutmati ler John &womb*, arrived at Spitheed yesterday morning from the Mediterranean. She left Mala on the 21th ultimo. and Tangiere on the 30th. havng proceed,' thither to snip a number of pr.; ate t her Meje.ty the queen of Great Britain from the Emperor 01 Morocco. Thor.. prevents consist of one lion, one lopard, one hotel., one antelope, ten Arab horeee, and mix ostriches toiretle.r with eeverg caws of valuable shawls. rate, and curionitiee. An alarming incident occurred on the liimalaye'e p ...age home. On the hid in-tent, owing to 10100 cnroltww neea on the part of his keeper (a Moor), the lion, a fine full grown animal, buret through hie cage door and greedily cleared the noun deck of human icing.. As may be imagined, the utmost coast roe ion was tweiviimetif ow Do vd the ship, and the pit.- wag. re acid crew took the speedieet incooerve for they safety, the latter taking refuge in the rigging of the vend. The king of the Soma (and pro kw. of the ship Men) condeseended In hie short prminbaldicia to "small" tee buffalo. who was tied up in an adjoining well, and the latter showed fight by neftiog a 'erten, butt at his majesty, who minted the attack by flooring his opyr neat with etc stroke of the paw. The lien, it is raid, hal canopied of the deck f r roma tree, until a lope wee thrown over hi. heed and hinted tint. The animal atruegli d to free himeelf, but his legs were sseured, and be wee hauled bwk to hie dee. But for the energy and courage thus drudged some micebief might have oceurted; as it was, the lion was nit &MUNI until he had reached some hoary blows nn the head with a rearlingepike. Toe AMMITCAN MAILS.—On Saturday the British and North Anv rit an Melt etestrer Africa sailed from Liver pool for New 'reek with a I.rge cargo, 60 0118110JI ers, :sad the shoal EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (now or& owx PARIS, SUNDAY BYIKINO. An unusual amount of business has been done to day at the cafes on the Boulevard', where, since the crisis, an irregular Bourse has been half tolerated in the evening and on Sundays. The rise in the Bente is variously quoted at from 1 to I per cent. It mast, however, be borne in mind that the "Little Bourse" is not by any means so important as it was some time ago before the police made a determined attempt to put a atop to it altogether. Few of the principal mem bers of the couliese attend it; there is but small so eurity for the accuracy of the quotations, and they are often no guide whatever to the feeling of the Boone on the next day. The Press* explains the rise of yesterday in this way :—"People became alive all at once to the fact that the English cabinet is by no means opposed to a revision of the treaties of 1815, and many purchases were made in the belief that diplomatic negotiations would be resorted to be fore a rupture between France and Austria." Another reason for the rise given by the Press. is very droll indeed. It says, upon what data I have no idea whatever, that the present price of the Rents, 68fr., is not a war price, but merely an expectative quota tion, but that anything below 67fr. would be a war price, and therefore capitalists are ready to buy whenever the Rente approaches the latter figure, because they do not believe it would go much lower, even if war with Austria were declared. A more complete confession than this (albeit too sanguine) view of the extent of the monetary catastrophe occa sioned by the speech of Jan. 1 could not be. However, the leading featu'e of public opinion to-day is en impression that the speech to•saoerow will be pacific. Some go so far as to say that he will announce the opening of a conference on the Italian question. I utterly disbelieve this myself; but there is a disposi tion to back the Emperor's luck, and to think that he will devise means to withdraw, without palpable disgrace, from an untenable situation. He is said to be terribly disappointed with the result of the de bate on the address. The firm speeches of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli, showing that all the rhetoric of the pamphlet tending to prove that England could not help giving at least a moral support to a war by France and Sardinia was thrown away, have, it is supposed, discouraged him ; but Lord Palmer ston's defection is the " most unkindest cut of ell." He, too, talks about the faith of treaties. .Et to Brute' Was it for this that he played at billiards at Compidgne? We shall all see to-morrow what turn events will take. Meanwhile I hear that a letter from Marseilles annoances a momentary sup_ pression of military preparations. All the recent news of only a few hours' earlier date was to the contrary. The Gautte de Lyon announces that General Renault's division, recalled from Africa, is expected at Lyons in about a week, and that a part of it will be quartered in the camp of Sathonay. You will remember that the Nord wu seized one day last week on account of its containing this important news. The recall of an entire division all at once, is, I believe, an event without precedent, and one which certainly cannot be explained by any of the rules which govern the rotation of home and foreign service in the army. General Renault's presence at Lyons is a palpable war symptom. I called your attention some time since to the fact that upwards of sixty war transports were ordered to be ready at Toulon by March 1. I now hear that live divi-ions of infantry are under march big orders, to be at that pert by the same day. The theatrical performance at the Tuileries last night was a professional and not an amateur one. M. Bressant and Mdlle. Fissile, of the Theatre Francais, were the principal actors. The Prince and Princess Napoleon attended the usual mass in the Tuileries Chapel this morning. PARIS, SATEIIDLY EVENING. The Bourse was strongly acted upon by the idea that the speech will be a surprise in a pacific sense. Notwithstanding the news of the Piedmont's* loan the Rente rose 95 for cash and 90 for account, closing at 87.85 and 67.75. Mobilier rose 32.60 A large business was done in railways at higher prices. Orleans rose 30; Southern, 25 ; Lyons, 12.50 ; and the other lines about 10. The utmost activity continues to prevail in all the maritime ports. The council of the Admiralty has lately held several extraordinary sittings at the Ministry of Marine. There is a talk of a grand dinner and ball to be given to the Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clo tilde, at the Hotel de Ville. A municipal ftte of the kind is almost a matter of course. The only question is, when will it be ? A truly extraordinary case, involving a point of great social importance in the law of husband and wife, has just been decided at Angers. In 1813 a M. L— was duly married by the proper civil officer to a Miss N—. It appears that the parties, who were then both above 19, did notgo through the marriage ceremony with the intention of living to- gether immediately as man and wife, but merely for the purpose of placing the husband in the category of married men, and so giving him a better chance, according to the regulations of the time, to escape from military service. They did not go to church on leaving the Mairie, but there can be no doubt the lady contemplated a religious unction to the marriage as soon as circumstances might allow it to be made a marriage in deeds. well as in law. Her intentions or expectations on this subject were, however, it must be observed, utterly immaterial according to the Code Napoleon, which sees in marriage a civil contract only. M. and Madame L— were therefore man and wife to all intents and purposes— except indeed in the forum of their own intention end conscience, but those are of no account in law. For reasons not explained the marriage was never consummated, the emits never lived together, and for a period of 45 years the lady has remained a virgin wife. The husband had some fortune of his own, and moreover for many years gained a good income as factor to a man of property. The wife up to 1849 lived entirely upon her own resources, lead ing a life of honest poverty as a village schoolmis tress. At that period some negotiations took place between the husband and wife on the subject of her maintenance, and in consideration of her renouncing all claim to community of goods, he allowed her a very small antuity. As years roiled on the hue band's circumstances improved—the wife, on the contrary, became infirm in her old age—she became linable to work for her Hein, her pension was insufficient for her maintenance, and she con tracted some unavoidable debts. In this state of things, after having submitted for nearly' half a century to the melancholy position in which she was 1.-ft as a wife without a husband, she resolved to institute a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights. The husband, after some hesita tion, consented to receive her into his house, but he refused to celebrate a religious marriage, which she insisted upon as a condition precedent to cohabita tion. Thereupon she brought a second action, de manding a separation el niensa et there, and proper alimony, on the ground of what in Doctors-com mons language would be called &arias, or, according to Article 214 of the Code Napoleon, "a grave in sult "—the insult consisting in asking her to live with him without being married in church. The Tribunal of First Instance of Mayenue, before whom the cause originally came, dismissed the wife's suit, as being founded upon a misprisen of the French law of civil marriage. But, on appeal, the Imperial Court of Angers held that the husband, in offering to receive his wife into his house upon • condition incompatible with her dignity and con science as a Christian woman, he plated her in adi emrnabstweenressaining in the abandoned state in which she had too long been lift, or accepting a Po. sition which in her eyes was worse still—thst h e had thereby inflicted upon her the "grave insult" contemplated by the code and that she was entitled to the separation prayed for. I do not think that this judgment can stand in the Court of Caseation. The case is one of theee hard ones which " make bad law." It is impossible not to feel for the Wrongs of the wife. The circumstance of her being now an old woman can make no difference. It tint shock ev , conscience to see a husband insist upon his le marital rights acquired before the civil officer, when the wife always contemplated a religions mar. riage before the union could be considered complete. I am not aware that 'this question has ever before arisen. I cannot but consider it a great imperfection in the Code Napoleon that it renders it Rossible for a man to place a woman in such a position. The English law, which recognises either a civil or a reli gious marriage, according to the wishes of both par ties, as final and complete, is surely much better. The set of jewels presented by the city of Mar seilles to the Princess Clotilda is stated by the jour &eh of that place to be composed of brilliants, and the value 60,000 fr. M. Emile de Girardin has addressed a letter to the journals, stating that he had received a telegraphic dispatch from Algiers inquiring whether there was soy truth in an announcement that the Algerian railways had been conceded to him and M. Mires. "My reply to such absurdity," says the writer, " is is the fact that I am member of the Superior Council of Algeria and form part of the commission on Alge rian railways. I could not, therefore, obtain any each esscassion." INDIA. SUCCESSIVE DEFEATS OF THE REBELS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BOMBAY, IL% 11. The operations of the last fortnight, both in Oude and Central India, have been eminently successful- On the 17th December, Lord Clyde arrived in the neighbourhood of Baraitch, the head-quarters of the Begum and Beni Mandoo. On the 20th he entered the city, after driving in the enemy's pickets ; and on the 21st the Begum sent messengers to Lord Clyde's camp, to sue for terms of surrender. Her object was, however, frustrated by the rebel leaders, sad the Commander-in-Chief resolved, in conse quence, to evacuate Baraitch, and march upon Van para. He accordingly, with the head-quarters of the army, left Baraitch on the 24th December direct for Vanparsh, and pining through that place, which he found evacuated, advanced towards Chundah. At some distance outside Vanparah, he had, on the 26th, a running fight with the rebels, depriving them of six good guns, and making some havoc amongst the men. The only drawback to our success was a painful accident to the Commander-in-Chief, who directed the movements of the army. Whilst riding his favourite charger at full speed over some broken ground, the horse came down, and threw him with great force to ground, dislocating his shoulder, and hurting his face. Medical attendance was im mediately forthcoming, and the limb was put back, but hie Excellency was unable to ride next:day, and, has since been carried in a dhoolie. On the 28th the force appeared before Medjidiah, occupied byßeni Mandoo and several chiefs. It was a strong fort, on the very borders of the Send, and mounted with six heavy guns. The enemy were driven out by the artillery, and their six guns taken. The Nana Sahib did not wait at Churdah, to meet the Commander in-Chief. Al soon as he heard that he was approach: ing Baraitch he evacuated Chundah, and took refuge in a jungle-fort, thirty miles to the north-west. The fugitive aepoys from Oude have been refused an asylum in Nepaul, those that ventured across the frontier having been driven back by the forces of Jung Bahadoor. The minor columns in Oade have also met with marked success wherever they engaged the enemy ; so that altogether, the neck of the rebel. lion may be said to be broken. Ferozeshah is still at large, but his force has dwin dled away to some 700 cavalry, without guns and without resource. The blow struck at him by Brigadier Napier at Runnede proved most fatal to his interest. It prevented the people of the country through which he passed rendering him any assis tance, and his troops consequently melted away. His object now is to effect a junction with Tantia Tepee, although we cannot perceive any advantage he would derive from such a step. Captain Rice, of the 25th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, with a small force from Goona, managed to surprise a party of Ferozeahah's men in a pass amongst the hills,near Atone. Captain Rice's column consisted of two guns of Lieutenant Strutt'e battery, 20 Sappers and Miners, under Lieutenant Feeting, 60 of her Majesty's 86th Regiment, 76 of the 25th Native Infantry, under Lieutenant Waller, and 150 Mead's Horse, under Captain Cochrane, formerly adjutant to her Majesq's 86th. Tantia Topee is still at large, but he has sustained several severe reverses during the fortnight. The ex-Bing of Delhi has been sent to Rangoon, instead of the Cape of Good Hope, the colonists of South Africa having refused to receive him. A religious quarrel at Tinnevelly has terminated even more disastrously. On the 22nd December the Brahmins of Tinnevelly commenced a riot, by en deavouring to prevent • Christian funeral from passing along the road in front of their sacred edi fice. Three companies of Sepoys were celled in to restore order, and in doing so they used their fire arms and killed thirty-nine of the people. The murderer of Captain Hare was caught at Ashtee, in North Berar, on the oth December, and brought in to Ellichpoor, where he was tried and sentenced to be blown from a gun. On the way to execution he snatched a pistol from one of the guards and fired it. Fortunately, the lock only snapped. He was then tied to the muzzle of the gun and blown into pieces. Trade continues brisk. Increased activity pre. vails in our import market ; the slow arrival of sup plies was not sufficient to meet the previous engage ments made for goods to arrive ; and this, combined with a scarcity of stocks in the up-country marts, has caused a daily rise in the prices of grey goods and yarns, particularly those for immediate delivery. In the face of rather unfavourable accounts from home, the prices of our exports have been well maintained, owing to the continued scarcity of sup• plies, especially of cotton. A letter from Vienna sap :—" The subscriptions in this city IA Protestant 'emote are so large as to excite the j uloney of the Ultmenontaniste. hoeing three days the hots of the subscribers appeared to the first page of the 11 - ;,ner Zeitemg, bat when it WAS observed that many devout Roman catholic. were contributert ordeal were given that no more lists should be inserted They now appear as ntivertisements in one of the supplementary *hoot, of the Wiener Zeittneg." _ _ _ A few days ago the diligence coming from Bologna was stopped and plundered when at a distinct of about four Eng Hilt miles from Fl Imre, The headita carried a 2,000 midi, and an Englishman wan robbed of about a hundred napoleons. Although in the power of tho highwaymen fog more than en hour none of the painengere suffered any injury. The Roman catholic' of Sydney have been offended of late by the return to the colony unmentioned their bill to establish a Catholic College in connexion with the University of Sydney. In this bill the phrases "archbishop" and "arehdiocese" of Sydney were need, sad the bishop remonstrated against them, not by petition So the Assembly, but by letter to the goviroor, and privately by communicating with the high ecclesiattimil authorities at home. Lord Stanley sympathised with th I objection, and sent the bi ll bank to be amended. Resolte time h ave been several timer brought forward In the Assembly by the catholic party. strongly condemnatory of Lord Stanley's (fondant, bat they have born Availably mot by a can out.