The Express. — London, England, 1862-02-21 00:00:00

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The discovery of this defect sug gested to Dr. Triiru, of Rugby, the plan which has for wine years been adopted both by Oxford and Cambridge, of examining those who arc not members of the University, in order to test their knowledge. And the success of the scheme is due not only to the fact that parents have thus an e.tsy mode of testing the value of the teaching by its results, but to the fact that the candidates who succeed in satisfying the examiners establish for themselves an honour. able connexion with the oldest and most famous seats of learning in the country. It is of the utmost importance that a system which has hitherto proved so successful, and his conferred upon the middle classes benefits so considerable, should continue to prosper, and therefore it is very tit to remove any misapprehensions which may from time to time prevail as to the regulations to which those who submit to be examined must conform. According to a letter signed " A Dissenter," which appears in another column, there is some danger lest persons may withdraw their sons from this ordeal through misapprehension, and there fore it may be convenient to explain briefly the precise position which Nonconformists occupy in these examinations. The examination, which is held at • pre-ap pointed place, and is conducted by members of the University, consists of various sections. The wood nation relate, to " the Rudiments of " Faith and Religion," and contains two parts. The first part in thu present year consist* of the First Book of Kings and the t;ospel according to St. Matthew. The second part consists of the Cate chises, the Morning and Evening Service, and the Litany. Moreover, it is laid down that every can didate will be required to answer questions in both parts of this second section, unless his parents or guardians object on conscientious grounds. And it is also laid clown, that, although • candidate who objects upon consci entious grounds may, if he chooses, answer questions a n t gain marks in the first portion only, no one can be held to have satisfied the Ex aminers in the section without satisfyiug them both portion*. To the first regulation our Cor respondent seems to entertain no objection. No doubt it would have been more liberal and more prudent in eie Cuiversity of Oxford to dispense with uny statement of objection on conscientious grounds. Rut the deep-seated vein of bigotry and intolerance among the members of that University is too well known to render the existence of such an obnoxious regulation at all surprising. Nor, unfortunately, have the clerical members of Oxford yet learnt that the wont mode of promoting the interests of the Church establishment is to impose petty restric tions upon those who justly insist upon being treated as men standing upon • perfect equality with their fellow-subjects. Practically, how ever, no objection is taken to the declaration required. The difficulty of our correspondent arises with respect to the other regulations. "As " a Nonconformist," he says, " I cannot allow my " son to be examined in the Catechism, the Morn " iug and Evening Services, and iu the Litany: " and yet, unless my son is examined in these " subjects, he cannot be said to have satisfied the " exateincni in the Rudiments of Faith and " Religion. Upon what ground is my son to "be deprived of the advantages which a " knowledge of the Scriptures ought to carry with " it, because lie is ignorant of the peculiar doe " trines which belong to the Church of England I" The complaint is moat just, and if the facts were as our Coirespendent understands them there would be good ground for b's reluctance to allow his son to submit himself to the examination. Rut a few words will suffice to show that, narrow-minded as many nlxford people are, they are nut qiitte nw unjust and au absurd as seems to be imagined. It will be observed that each successful candi date is, according to the regulations, entitled to a certificate or testamur. These certificates vary in form. If the candidate has passed the second section, including both portions, the certificate de clares that he "has also satisfied the examiners in " the Rudiments of Faith and Religion." But if the candidate has not passed the second section, either because he has omitted it altogether or has taken up only one of the two portions of it, the certificate is granted without the words expressing that be has satisfied the examiners in Faith and Religion. The difference, therefore, between the Churchman and the Nonconformist is simply this, the; the certifi cate or testamur varies slightly in form. But this is really a miry formal difference. And although certain changes have been made in the system, there is nothing new in the varying form of the certificate. But besides the certificate, the o:ford Delegates publish bate of the successful cane;dates in the nature of Honour or Class Lists. So far r these class hats are concerned, the Churchmen and the Nonconformists are upon a perfect equality. A boy who takes in the first portion of the mooed SOO• bon is en.itleil to so many marks : if he takes in Use second portion of the second section he is en- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EV. titled to so many more marks. A candidatev who takes in the Bible only is entitled he the benefit of the knowledge whisk he dinghies in that subject, even although he may never have entered a cathedral or have opened the Pryer book or Catechism. It is no doubt true that the certificate of such a candidate will contain no words expressing that he has satisfied the exa- miners in Faith and Religion ; but in competing with the Church boy, he will get credit for every atom of knowledge, either secular, or religions, or biblical, which he may possess. According to the original system, no marks whatever were given for religious knowledge, nor were Dissenters allowed to take up the Bible as a subject of examination without the Prayer-book. tinder the present system marks are given for religious knowledge, and that religious knowledge may consist either of the Bible alone or of the Prayer-book ; but to each and every part separate marks are attached, and separate credit is given. It is clear, therefore, that in the Class List the Churchman and the Dissenter are upon a perfect equality. The form of the certificate will, undoubtedly, vary ; but the place upon the Class List is the important matter ; and in determining that place, every fraction of knowledge possessed by every candidate, whatever his reli gious creed, is taken into account. When the regulation states that unless the candidate takes in both portions of the second section he cannot be held to have satisfied the examiners in that section, it does not mean that the marks gained in either portion will be struck out, and the candi date not allowed the benefit of them. It simply means that the certificate will not contain the words that the candidate has satisfied the exa miners in the Rudiments of Faith and Religion. On this ground, therefore, while it is to be regretted that the examinations should not be conducted on the broadest basis of equality, it seems to us there is no reason why the ingenuous youth just over fourteen should not be allowed to grati:y his most laudable ambition without doing any violence to his father's convictions. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ' 1 We reed iu the Frankfort Jounia/ of Tuesday : " We are assured that the recognition of the king dom of Italy by the Prussian government has been actually decided upon, and may be considered an approaching eventuality. Admitted in principle, and imposed on the cabinet of Berlin by the daily increasing pressure of liberal opinion, this recogni tion will not in any case be made under the form of an express declaration. A correspondence, in which we have confidence, affirms that the Prussian minis try, far from isolating itself by this act, will seek, on the contrary, to weaken its meaning by appearing to submit to it as a necessity—a consequence of its relations with Italy." (sztrrn's msawas.) FRANCE. PARIS, Frs. 21. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a decree cancelling the decree of the 3rd May, 1859, which offered military engagements to volunteers for two years without any bounty. AMERICA. NEW YORK, FEL 8. (Pea City of Washington, via Queenstown.) The following is from the New York Herald of to-day : The well-matured plans of General M'Clellan are being worked out in rapid suomesion by the able officers who corn mend the different divisions of the army and navy in the interior and on the coast. The capture of Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, at two o'clock on the 6th, by the gun boats odder the command of Commodore Foote, is a moat important SUOMI& The fort was defended gallantly by the Commandant General Lloyd Tilghman, and his forces. The fort mounted twenty guns, and seventeen mortars. General Tilghman and his staff, together with one colonel, two captains, and sixty men, were taken prisoners. The battle was essentially a naval one, the troops of Generals AfcClernand and Grant not having been called upon to participate. The gunboats &MI, Caroodelet, cinati, St. Louis, Taylor, sad Lexington did the whole business. After a fight of an hour and a quarter the fort surrendered unconditionally, and Commodore Foote heeded it over to General Grant, immediately upon the arrival of that officer, which took place not loos after the flag was struck. The Essex was the only gunboat seriously injured, a shot having gone through her boilers, causing death to many of her crew by scalding. The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots, wounding :eight men, sad killing some. General Halls* announces the victory in • brief and graphic despatch, in these words : " Fort Beery is ours ! The flag of the union is re established on the soil of Tennessee. It will never be removed. " By command of Nakir-General Helleck." I _ A despatch from Cairo yesterday announces that our troops have taken possession of the bridge on the Memphis, sad Bowling Green is mit off from the same point. It is true there is a railroad indirectly conuecting Bowling Green with Memphis by way of Nashville, but if or. fleet can get up to Florence, they may be able to destroy the last connexion between Memphis and all the leading poiata east of it. If we may judge from the statement of the rebel jonruala, Fort Henry was almost impregnable The Memphis Appeal of the 31st ult., says that the troops in that fort and in Donnelson, on the Cumberland river, ware adequate to mist say Wick from the enemy. ' By our latest reports horn Paducah, it appears that Generals Giant and Smith were punning the flying rebels to the number of four or five thousand on each side of the river, and it was reported that many of the garrison of Fart Henry abandoned the fight, leaving the Artil. Ley Corp alone to defend it, not having much oympathy with the cause of rebellion. Several gunboats left Pads all yesterday for the Cumberland sad Tennessee rivers, and General Grant was to attack Fort Donuelson to-day. It is thus evident that the blow struck at Fort Henry is to be vigorously followed up by our generals. Not only has the battle resulted in a victory in Ten. nesser, but it has achieved a second victory for the country is Congress—for the bill appropriating ten millious'of dollars, to build twenty iron clad gunboats, which had previously passed the house, was immediately passed in the Senate yes terday, upon the arrival of the news from Tennessee. Hitherto the Senate objected to the bill, 03 the ground that iron-clad gun-boats were as yet only an experiment is Eng. land and Panes, as well as in this country, and that 10 millions were too much to pay for an experiment ; but on the news of the victory win by our iron-clad gunboats at Poet Henry, all objections were settled, and the bill, which should have been passed two months ago, at one became • law. The Count and Countess de Chambord have arrived in Venice. The magnificent album, representing in all its details the summer palace of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, bas just been deposited, by order of the Emperor Napoleon, in the library of the Palate of Compii4ne. This album, engraved in China by the missionaries, consists of twenty engravings, placed upon pasteboard, with silk mar. gins. At the taking of the summer palace, it fell to the lot et General de Montsubsn, who presested it to the Emperor. Another souvenir of the Chinese expedition has been placed in the ltdose des Souverains. This is the sceptre or 'Leff of command of the Emperor of China. This staff is in green jade, and at either end is sculptured in re hero the enema lotus flower. Mr. Macbean is actively engaged iu forwarding to the International Exhibition the contributions of Roman exhibitors, of whom the list is headed by the Pope himself. His Ho!'ness sends a magni ficent missal, bound in crimson velvet, with gold clasps and mountings, and enclosed in an inlaid ebony case, which, when opened, forms a leggin, or reading-desk, for the missal. This splendid work is entirely a home-maile,or rather Rome-made production, the paper having been made ex pressly at the government manufactory at Subiaco, the types mat for the purpose in Rome, the printingexecuted in colours at the Stamperia Cameraleaad the illuminated frontispieces painted by a distinguished Roman artist. After having been exhibited, this gorgeous specimen of modern mica& Is to be sent to Cardinal Wiseman as a sovereign souvenir from Pio Noon. His Holiness also exhibits an extremely handsome crucifix, which is ultimately designed to enrich the Roman catholic cathedral of St. George, in Southwark. Cardinal Antonelli sends two splendidly printed and bound breviaries, which, after having been exhibited, are also to be presented to catholic communities in England. Two magnificent maps are about to be published by the French War Department, illustrating the cam paigns of the Crimes and of Italy. They are to contain maps, plans, drawings, and views of strategic points, for tresses, and the fields of battle on which the French army distinguished Reef. The war departments in other coon tries are likewise executing topographic works. Spain is completing a map of the campaign In Morocco. The en gravings base been executed by artists attached to the staff during the campaign. The chromolithography of the itinerary of the Captain-General is said to be very remark. able. The officers of the staff of the Dutch army are actively eogspd in preparing a typographical map of Holland. The staff of the Grand Duke of Radon are like • wise preparing a typographic atlas of the Grand Duchy of ----- A communiattion from Rome of the 14th gays : " For the tint time this year, now fell here yesterday. It came down in large (lakes for about an hour, aed covered the streets and the roofs of the houses, but it soon melted. It. momentary appearance, however, was sufficient, accord• ing to immemorial custom, to procure a holiday for all the schools. In the country and on the mountains round Rome it has fallen more abundantly, and from the top of the Quirinal all the heights and plains around appear of dazzling whiteness." The authoritiee of Pau have just published the return of the number of foreign families who have visited that watering-place during the last four years. The totals are 391,422, 525, sod 613, showing a regular and constant increase. The number of individuals IBA year was about 3,000, half of whom were.lleglish. K About having published several letters in the provincial joarsals, in which be applies the expreesku, "cream of Paris blarlignords " to those who hired Gaetano at the Odke, the students have published an answer M a journal called Lc Transit, washed ia tams as inolent as the.. end by 11. About. .G, FEBRUARY ZXPRESS FROM PARIS. MON OUR OWN CORRISPONDIO73 PA KIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The debate on the address in the Senate began this afternoon, but nothing striking has yet occurred. M. Larabit made a speech in favour of Poland, and expressed regret that France and England did not encourage the Poke to rise during the war in the Crimea. He, however, moved no amendment, and I did not even require the ministers on the official bench to answer him. He saw nothing practical at the present moment but to appeal to the gene rous sentiments of the Emperor Alexander. The next speaker was M. Storm, who, referring to the paragraph relating to Italy, expressed the opinion that if the French government, without asking the Pope to consent to a compromise, which he would never voluntarily come into, had taken upon itself to make such an arrangement at Rome as it thought right the Pope would have submitted. He proceeded, however, to show that the arrange ment which in his view would be proper did not infer the loss of the temporal power, and spoke with considerable bitterness against what he called the aggressive pretensions of Piedmont. The Moniker denies that Prince Napoleon brought forward any amendment before the com mittee of the address, but does not say that be will not move or support an amendment in the course of the debate. The impression continues to be that he will. The announcement in the Moniker that, in spite of the smooth explanations of Cardinal Antonelli, the French government expects that the French bishops will not leave their dioceses to go to Rome, under pretext of assisting at the canonisation of the Japanese martyrs, is an event of first-rate importance, as showing the dissensions which exist between the court of Rome and the Tuileries. It is, moreover, a contrad iction of lies which have been very stoutly told by the Patric and other semi-official organs, which pro tested over and over again that France had not made the least objection to the congress of bishops. The Temps very roundly denies the position laid down as incontrovertible by Count de Morny in' the debate on Count de Palikao's dotation that the Emperor has a right to create titles of nobility. It argues with much plausibility that ever since 1789 the monarchs, who, in derogation of the republican theory, have created nobles, were thereunto specially anthorised by positive law. The constitutions of the present empire are silent on the subject, and therefore unless, which seems extremely difficult, the Emperor, whose power is derived from universal suffrage, is to be held to inherit the prerogatives of the old divine right monarchy, titles granted by him are acknow ledged only from subserviency (the French phrase for which is haute conoenanee), and not in obedience to any legal right. The hostile feeling against the pension of 60,000 fr. to General Montauban and his heirs for ever becomes more intense every hour. It is a real difficulty for the government. The objections in point of principle are fortified in this particular instance by personal considerations. There is a strong belief that this general has made abundant use of unusual oppor tunies of feathering his nest—not only in old times in Algeria, when he was a comrade of the cele brated Captain Doiueau, of Arab bureau notoriety, but recently at the plunder of the Emperor of China's palace. The Conetitutionnel contradicts, in the following cramped phraseology, a rumour of which I never yet heard, that the Emperor was about to under take a journey : Some journals have announced that the Emperor was shortly going on a journey. We behave the statement to be inexact ; nothing leads to the presumption that his M►- jesty thinks of absenting himself from Paris at the pre sent moment. It is hard upon the public that the journals pro fessing to be semi-official cannot affirm or deny • matter of fact in a plain way. The tortuous phraseology which their timidity and imperfect in structions compel them to use will, in time, cor rupt the French language. The Bourse has ultimately recovered to a great extent from the fall of the last few days, but the oscillations were violent, and, in the course of the day, quotations were lower than ever. The Ratite, after being done at 69fr. 35c. and 69fr. 60c., closed at 70fr. 10c. for cash and 70fr. 30c. for account, with a rise of 50c. and 35c. Mobilise rose 7fr.80c.; and the Italian Loan, 40c. The Orleans Railway rose 12fr. 50c. ; and Lyons, 6fr. 25c.; in the other lines there was little change. no Court. OSBORNE, Fza. 20. Earl Granville arrived yesterday afternoon, and had sa &Wino* of her Maiony. WINDSOR, F. 20. Yestenlay afternoon the Princess Alice arrived at New Lodge, Windsor Great Park, the seat of Bane Vaa de Weyer, her royal highness having travelled by the South Wasters Railway to the Ascot-heath St tics, arm Virginia Water, where she wan met by see of tbe royal carriages, which conveyed her to the reamed the Belgian minister. The constant devotional attendance of this amiable Princess on her illustrious parent under her severe affliction had rendered this change neeinsary to the re establishment of her health. Her royal higheer will re main at New Lodge, orraitiosally visiting Frogmore, luta the arrival of her Majesty at Windsor Castle, with the Princess Royal, Primer of Prussia, and the junior members of the royal family, who, according to the present arrangement, will leave Osborne on Friday, the 7th proximo. The Queen will make but a short stay at Windsor on this crouton. Her Majesty's annual visit to Balmoral will be much earlier this year than heretofore. Whether her Majesty, on leaviog Wiodsor, will go to Buckingham Palace or return to Osborne is not yet finally determined. Baron Van de Weyer has just forwankd to Mr. Cops had. of WMamt. an additional subscription of 201. to wards the erection of a local memorial to the late Prince Consort, which the inhabitant' are anxious to carry out, in addition to the sum of 5011/. already subscribed in this neighbourhood to the national testimonial. A deputation from the Association of Chambers of Com. meree had en interview with Earl Russell yesterday on the subj.. et of Treaties with Foreign Powers. Mr. Williams Fisher, of British Columbia, acoompaeied by Mr. Minima, Kr., Mr. C. Terser, Kr., Mr. W. & Lindsay, M.P., Mr. Brumley Moms, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P., sad Mr. Thos. /34. lees, Lad an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office, yesterday, on business cassected with the colony. A deputation from the Association of Chambers of Commerce had an interview with the Right Hoe. T. Milner Gibson, President, and the Right lion. W. Hutt, Vice resilient of the Board of Trade, yesterday, on the subject of registration of partnerships. The Earl of Roden has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. The Duke and Duchesa of Roxburgh° and Lady Charlotte loose bar have returned to the Clarendon Hotel, train Brighton. The Duke of Rutland is entertaining a select party at Belyoir Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde leave arrived at their residence in Stratton street, from leaked. The Marquis of Hartiugton, M.P., leaves Melton Mowbray to-day, oa a ♦isit to the Duke of Rutland, at Bayou. Castle. The Earl and Countess of Behnore arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, from the Continent, on Wednesday, and left for town the following day. Thu Earl and Couutess of Taukerville have mired at Claridge's Hotel from Heron Court, Christ• thumb. The Earl of Moruington arrived at the Pavilion fetal, Folkestaue, on Wedceaday. Viveount Bangor lies arrived at Claridge's Hotel tram Brightoa. The Bishop of London entertained at dinner, at Loudon House, St. Jamees-aptare, on Wednesday evening last, the President, Deans, Assistants, Librarian, Rod Fel lows of Sion College; the Rev. Dr. Magee, formerly of Quebec Chapel, Portmsnequare (now rector of Enniskillen); and a few leading persona being invited to meet them. Lord and Lady Ly veden arrived at their resi dence in Sevi'le-row, a few days since, from Farming Woods, Northamptonshire, for the season. Colonel White, the Irish Lord of the Treasury, has published his address to the electors of the county Loagford. He states that he has not taken office without the approval of numbers of the most influential electors M the county, and that he is " unfettered by any pledges whatever." Wearable of departing from the principles of his family, he declares that he will nee the opportunities which his office affords "to promote the material and social improvement of Ireland," and on the important questions of " education and the amendment of the poor law" his votes will be given in accordance odli the spin• toes of this constituency. "By these votes," he says, " I ask to be judged, resolved to prove that my independence will in no degree be affected by the duties of my new position." The Daily Express earnestly urges the Con servative gentry of the county to support him in the event cd a contest. Mr. and Mrs. Wigan commenced an engagement at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, on Monday, and were most cordially received. Mr. Toole is also fulfilling an Gapes meat in the MUM city, and nightly attracts the frequenters of the Queen's Theatre by his humour. The second aubecription ball, under the patron age of the Lug and Queen of Prussia and royal family, took place on Saturday evening at the Opera Homes, and was more crowded than the first, which was held a few days since. The splendour and the tasteful arrangements of the solic sad the elegance and &hoes, of the toilets were much admired. Their Majesties arrived about 9 o'clock, accompanied by all the princes and princesses of the royal family then in Beale, with the exception of the Crown Prince, and took their sesta is the proscenium, box, whence shortly afterwards they made their first tour of the em ptily. His Majesty, who wore the uniform of bis Cultist. err Regiment, domed Ent with the Prince.. Charles, end the with the Prises.. Frederic Charles. Tee COITZT-MAILTIAL ON CAPTAIN ROBIRTRON, ten DRAGOON GUABINI.—Dt ALiN, TIicRADAT.- -The court assembled to-day. The defenes of Captain Robertson w submitted to the court, sod the proosediap were adicianied. MEXICO. The Madrid journal La Epoca, of the 15th Mat., publislws the fullowiug corrtvonaence from Vera Cruz : - Vera Cruz, Jan. 14. The three nations have presented their several demands, es& in a separate form. Those of Spain are : 1, The nomi malice of a Mexican representative at the Court of her Ca tholic Majesty, charged to give suitable satisfaction for the insult offered to the nation by the expulsion of its ambas sador since the assumption of the supreme government in the capital of the Republic by the present President ; The immediate fulfilment of the Monelmente treaty; 3, Indemnity for the losses caused to the Spaniards on several points, of which mention bas been made, but which the person from whom we re (*ire this news has not present to his memory. 4, Indemnity to the amount of 40,000 piastres for the destruction of the Spanish frigate Concepcion. In case General Count de }tense and the French Vios-Admiral Jurien de la GraviOn absenting themselves from here, the English Commodore Dunlop is to remain is quality of governor-general in the name of the three nations; and M. Meodinoa is to he placed under his orders as deputy governor. The period granted the Mexican government to reply to the ultimatum is four days, from the moment of its delivery into the hands of the President by the com missioners et the commasders•iu•cbief of the allied troop@ ; the commissioners, nevertheless, are empowered to grant a further delay of two days, if they deem it necessary: I _ The following is the text of the proclamation to the Mexican people : Mexicana—The representatives of England. Frame, and Spain filial a mewed duty in making known to you their intentions on their snivel upon the territory of the repub lic. The faith of treaties violated by the various govern ments which have succeeded one another amongst you, and the personal safety of our countrymen incessantly menaced, have made this expedition necessary sod indispensable. Those persons deceive you who make you believe that behind such just pretensions are concealed projects of con I quest, restoration, and intervention in your politics and your administration. Three nations that loyally accepted and recognised your independence have a right to be regarded as animated by more noble, more elevated, and more generous sentiments than the wish to deceive you. The three nations we represent, whose first interest seems to be to obtain reparation for the grievances done to them, are actuated by a higher motive, and one of a more general and more advantageous scope ; they come to offer • friendly hand to a people on whom Providence had lavished all His gifts, but whom they behold with sorrow wearing out their strength and exhausting their vitality under the violent im pulsion of civil wars and perpetual convulsions. This is the truth, sad we who are charged to set it before you, will do so only with • view to make you labour for your own future which interests us, and not for Use purpose of making war upon you. It is you, yam ex clusively, without any foreign intervention, whom It behoves to constitute yourselves in a mild and durable manner. Your work will be a work of regeneration, which all those will applaud who shall have contributed to it. SATLIDAY. SUNDAY. N. Britalo.-I.W. to N.W. gale W. to N. and N.L, trek to fresh, rainy. some rain. Ireland.-B.W. to N.W., aa N.W. to N. and LN.L. shore. strong, to s gale. Central—W. to N. strums to W.N.W. to N. and N.E. moderate, fin*. moderate, fine. Coast.—W. to N. and to L, W. to N. and to X, mode- fresh to moderate. rate, fine & England.--8.A.W.t0N.N.W., N.W. to N.E. and ELK, mode. strong to moderate. rats, film. ESPLANATIOtf.. R—Basoreeter oorrected and reduced to 11 deg. at mean use level ; each 10 feet, of vertical rise, causing about one-hundredth of an Mob diminution ; and each 10 deg., above 3$ deg., causing nearly three-hundredths increase. IL—Espoeed thermometer in shade. IL—Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew point). D.—Direction of wind (tree—two points left of mag netic). 1.-1/Poroe (1 to 11—estimated). C.—Clond (1 L— b, blue *lcy Glenda (detached) : f, fog: 11. hall : 1, lightning; m, misty (hasy) ;o. overcast (dnlJ) r, rain enow; t. thunder. It or snow, or hall, Woe last report. la inches end decimal& B.—ilsa diatatbsoce (l to 9), 11.-11 Non. Tim Buroorr.—lt will be seen by our parlia mentary report that the Chancellor of the Exchequer hal announced his intention of submitting his financial state ment to the bowie before Easter, which falls this year on the 20th of April. THE REVIVED CODE.—Mr. Walpole has given notice that on the 11th of March he shall move that od • day to be then named, the Hones of Commons resolve itself into a committee of the whole house to consi der the best mode of distributing the parliamentary grant for education now distributed by the Committee of Coun cil on Education. He added that he would, upon going into such committee, introduce certain resolutions maraud. manta to the revised code. On Tuesday Sir George Grey will bring forward a bill for the an.entlinent of the acts relating to the pay. meet of the expenses of prosecutions. _ _ Mr. Cowper has given notice of a bill to enable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works to acquire a site for the erection of courts of justice, and of office; belonging to the same ; and of a bill to supply mean, towards de fraying the expenses of providing courts of justice, end offices belonging to the same. Mr. Wilkie Collins commences his new novel, entitled "No Name," in All the Year Round, on the 12th March. The Westminster Review will be published hence forward by Messrs. Trtiboar and Co., of Paternoster-row. "By an understanding come to with the Eng lish go►ernment," says the Moniteur, "the letters to and from the Free.* sub.ofilosus, soldiers, and sailors forming part of the Mexican expedition will be cal rind by the English steam packets, at the same reduced postage as is charged to English soldiers and sailors." . . _ Baron Ricaso gave another grand ball on the 17th. The Duchees of Genoa, the foreign ministers, and other distinguished personages were remarked there, to gether with upwards of 200 ladies. The Italian paper, the Tribuno, of the 17th, publishes the following latter from General Garibaldi "To the Italians.—The Trituno has raised its sympa thetic voice on behalf of the poor Lyonese ; let it be praised for it. In 1849 that generous populace uttered • cry of repro. bation against the occupation of Rome ; in 1859 it applauded the valiant French army, which flew to the rescue of en dangered Italy, and its cry was free from all idea of con quest and aggrandisement. Entire Italy ought, as one man, new to respond by deeds to this appeal of fraternity, and by ' donations worthy of her, show to these unhappy workmen of France that she has not forgotten their conduct, and that she is the sister of the peoples in bad as well as in good for tune.—G. GARIBALDI.—Capms, Feb. 15, 1862." A Warsaw letter of the 13th, says :—" The railway station here offered a curious sight on Monday night, when the archbishop arrived amongst us. A crowd of people, with lanterns * in their hands, were assembled in the square before the station, and in the street. through which his grace was expected to peas,while • detachment of infantry was stationed in the centre of the square, and pickets, sentries, and Cossacks were to be seen at every few steps. Only the military and ecclesiastical dignitaries were admitted into the station to bid his grace welcome. This was prudent and proper, but it did not please. The crowd, however, behaved remarkably well. There was no trouble, no confusion, bat also not the slightest sign of eathusiasm. When the archbishop appeared a voice was heard to say, ryes' (may he live long), hog it was not echoed. Another voice cried oat is answer, • Let biro ask that Archdeacon Bialobrseaki be set at liberty,' and this was repeated by a voice here and there all along the way hem the tumorous to the arsidepisoopal essideaos.* 21, 1862. tome by their opinions, others by their renown, and all in general by thelegood faith. The evil is serious, the remedy is urgent; it is now or never that you may achieve your own welbre. Mexicans, hearken to the voice of the allies, an anchor of safety for yon in the midst of the tempest by which you are encompassed; trust entirely in their good faith and their genirous intentions ; have no fear of restless and malevolent spirits your reso lute and decided attitude will suffice to confound them during all the time that we shall be impassive witnesses of the grand spectacle of your regeneration guaranteed by order and liberty. Such, we are sure, is the light io which the matter will be seen by the supreme government to which we address ourselves ; such will be the views of the illus trious men of the country to whom we speak, and in which good patriots will be forced to agree ; it is, that instead of having recourse to arms, it is best to give the lead to reason, which alone ought to triumph in the nineteenth century. Vera Cros, Jammu 10, 1062. (Signed) CHAIM= LINN= W TVA HUGS DUNLOP, E. Joins( Ds t.a Ganvrent, Dunous Di SALIDA; the Count Ds Blum WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS INTO HER MAJZSTY'S POSSESSIONS ABROAD. The following is a copy of a bill just presented to the House of Lords by the Duke of Newcastle : " Where the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster has lately decided that it had jurisdiction to issue and it accordingly did issue a writ of Wise corpus, directed to the sheriff of the county of York in the colony of Canada, and to other venoms in the said colony, commanding them, for the purposes therein mentioned, to !have before the said court the body of a certain John Anderson : and whereas there were and are lawfully established cootie of justice within the said colony of Canada, with full powers for the administration of justice throughout the said colony, including the power of issuing the said writ of habeas corpus, in all cases arising within the said colony, as fully as the same power is roesemed and exercised by her Majesty's superior courts of law at Wirra -1 minster within England and Wales : and whereas it is not expedient that writs of habeas corpus should issue out of England into any colony or foreign dominion of the crow n where her Majesty has a lawfully established court or courts of justice having authority to grant and issue the said writ, and to ensure the due execution thereof through out such colony or foreign dominion ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal' ►nd commons in this present parliament aseembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : " 1. No writ of habeas corpus shall issue oat of England, by authority of any judge or court of justice therein, into any colony or foreign dominion of the crown where her Majeety has a lawfully established court or courts of justice having authority to grant and issue the said writ, and to ensure the due execution thereof throughout such colony or dominion. "2. Provided that nothing in this act contained shall affect or interfere with any right of appeal to her Majesty in council now by law existing." WEATHER REPORT. Finn, YWCA"? 11, $ LIL V. I C. JAW INTELIIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before the Lords Juetieee (sitting in lunacy) Knight Bra...e and Turner, at Liacoln'm Inn.) IN RE . W..P..WINDIIA/d.-:- . THE WIN DRA - 11 cane __— This celebrated case, which has obtained ri mi ch notoriety during the protracted inquiry under the commission de lunetico inquireuclo issued at the hi...tant e General Windham, Lord Henry Hervey, and others, as to the sanity of Mr. Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, before Samuel Warren, Q.U., oneof the Masters in Lunaey, and a special jury, which resulted in a verdict that be w,.4 of sound mind, and capable of managing his affairs and estate, came on for hearing before their lordship. Mr. W. F. Windham hail, in consequence of the 6odin; of the jury, presented his petition to the court praying the. so much of the order of the 23rd November, 1861, made by the court as orders that all persons be res trained from in terfering in the affairs and concerns of the said William E. Windham, and from interfering, using, or disposing of any property they might have in their pouesaion, or ai m + . might come to their bask* or in any way interfering with his estate, without the authority of the court, be discharged. The petition then proceeds with the most material gees. tion, praying that the coats of Mr. W. F. Winlhatil of opposing the petition for the inquiry, the commission thereon, the costs of the proceedings before the court on the 11th, 12th, and 18th of December, and conseque nt thereon, as also the costa of the trial, be (paid by the isti• tioueni, Major-General Windham and others, or one nt them. _ . Mr. Rowcliffe (on the pert of the petitioner, Mr. W. F. Windham), without going into any statement, said he wa, instructed to ask their lordships to allow the petition to stand over. _ _ _ Mr. rkeOn, Q.C., who appeared for the respondent, Maj or . General Windham, mid he bed no objection to offer to the petition standing over. Their lordships said if it was not objected to, the petition might dead over es asked. Order accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sitting at Nisi Print at Guildhall.—(Before the Loal Chief Beene and Special Juries.) MEW AND APOTHEM e. THE RAILWAY rassitrawas A.L.a BANC* COMPANT.—" • XI 811111.10U8 DIAAPPEARANCIL" This extraordinary ems, part heard yesterday, was rt. 'timed this morning. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Francis, and Mr. Holland, were counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. Serjenot Ballantine, Mr. Lusk Q.C., and Mr. J. 0. Griffiths represented thedefendanty.. On behalf of the plaintiff, William Hue, carpenter, of Brighton. was recalled, and deposed that ha knew Frederick Damon }Borns ten or twelve years, and they had lodged together. Hiorns carried his luggage in a carpetbag. He identified that, and the clothes which he had worn on the occasion. Hioms had been ill before he went to Brighton, and was getting better when he made his will. He identified the signature to the will as that of Freak. Damon Hioma . . Mr. W. J. Scott, the plaintiff's solicitor, yea next called, and proved the correspondence which had taken place with the defendant's company with respect to the claim made against them by the plaintiffs for the payment of the 210/., for which the life of the alleged deceased had been assured A letter was then put in from the plaintid to Mr. Mullen, of Brighton, with reference to the article belonging to the alleged deceased. Mr. Mullane was recalled, and deposed that in the latter then produced there had been a piece of paper in which was written the number of Hiorn's watch, which he had handed to Superintoodent White. This Haled the plaintiff's case. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WRITE V. WHITS AND CATO.—(PAST HEARD.) Some additional (widowe having been given on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Macaulay sddreesed the jury for the defendants. lie commented on the absence of the plaintiff, the widow of the testator, from the witness box. Copal. deriog the plea which bed been placed on the record, attributing to her undue influence, she might naturally have bees expected to feel some anxiety about clearing herself from the charge. In the year 1845, when she was at the age of 30, she bad married a man 40 years her make ; and probably she thought that she should not ham had to wait any exorbitant time for the jointure of 2001. year settled on her at the time of her marriage. Nothing ' maid exceed her impatience to secure possession of a more abundant provision. It was clear that the deceased must =„y have been a shrewd man of bashing, but the went to show that since 185 G he had been utterly incapable of managing bis monetary matters. It was proved that though he lived in au inexpensive manner, he had latterly muddled away a large portion of his income, in a way of which no explanation could be given. It was under these circumstances that Mrs. Cato was called in to readjust his affairs. She found that the interest on his mortgagee had been allowed to remain unpaid ; his house keeper's accounts were considerably in &Mar, and the ordinary tradesmen's bills for keeping hie property were undischarged. Mrs. Cato's aid was gladly accepted by the testator, and it was expressly arranged that his daughters should also take charge of his house. " Him hire lachrytna." This wee the reason of the soreness which had arisen on the part of the plaintiff and the quarrel which she had fostered between her husbead and his daughters The learned counsel contended in conclusion that the testator had serious intention of depriving his daughters of his property. He had made a series of wilts from 1847 downwards ; and it was remarkable that the benefits he intended to confer on his wife gradually diminished until they came to the dere. taint before the court in which the daughters wholly disappeared, and the plaintiff took their place. The learned counsel submitted, therefore, that the instrument in die. puts did not contain the real will of a sane testator, but must have been procured by undue influence. (The learned counsel was addressing the court when we went to prem.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner olroyd.) IN RE LAURENCE, HORMONE, AND SCHRADER. The bankrupts were the partners in the well-known firm of Streatfeild and Company, leather factors, of St. Mary Au. This was an audit sitting. The proceedings were entirely of a formal character. The °As cial assignee has about 20,0301. in hand, but there are various pays euta to be made out of this, so that the amount applicable to dividend cannot yet be accurately ascertained. The dividend sitting is appointed for Wednesday next. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) G.LIERIC EN W ELL. SEIIIOOII CHARON OP SCALDING SIX PIRSOYS. 3opkAa Benaßr, aged i 7, the wife of a labourer at the Imperial Gas Works, residing at 14, Ashby-street, King'e cross, was placed at the bar before Mr. I)'Eyncourt, charged with violently assaulting six persons by throwing boding water over them, at Ashby-street, King's-cross. The case caused a great deal of excitement, and long before the hour appointed for the removal of the prisoners from the Platt-street station, more than 1,000 persons had assembled to catch a glance of the prisoner, it having been announced that one of the persons scalded bad expired during the night, This fortunately turned out not to be correct., although one of the children is so ill and in such a dangerous state that she was unable to attend at the court. Had it not been for polior sergeant Reeves, 14 8, who had charge of the prisoner, putting her in a cab, site would hava been seriously mal treated. As it was she was hissed and hooted and had several missiles thrown at her. Inspector Fraser, of the 8 division, linbded in a medical certificate which stated that all the parties were suffering severely, and one was unable to attend. The mines of the parties injured are Sarah Collins, ago] two mouths, head and face severely scalded; Martha Conine, aged 11, right side of face, neck, and shoulder severely scakled ; Kate Dunhurs t , aged 6 years, head and face severely scalded (this unfortunate child is io a very dangerous state, and cannot at present see, and it is feared that erysipelas will set in) ; Hoary Samoa, between 7 and 8 years of age, severely scalded about the head and face ; sod Helen Howell, aged 9, face and neck scalded. Mrs. Mary Ann Cox, of 10, finffolx•street, had also sane of the water over her arm, but fortunately she was not very much hurt. From the evidence it appears that the prisoner is known in the neighbourhood as a very violent woman. Yesterday ahe put a broker in the mom of one of her lodgers for 4a. rent that was owing. That canoed a great excitement in the neighbourhood, and a mob assembled round the house. A fight ensued between the broker's men and some one in the house. That caused the boys to hoot and throw mod and stones at the windows. As the children were coaling out of a neighbouring school, they also congregated round the harem 'This appeared to very, much memento the prisoner and she opened the parlou r window and ail that if the children did not go sway she would scald their guts out. Almost suiting the action to the word, she took up a tea-pot filled with hot tea, and bolding it by the spout threw the contents on the children. The tea leaver adhered to the chlldretulaces and theiremearna were dreadful. When the prisoner was spoken to about the inatt.r, she said it was • good job, and was about to throw a kettle of water on those rernaiaing, but was prevented. When Policesergenn• Reeves, 14 8, took the primmer In custody she denied the charge, and called the broker to prove that fact ; but he was the worse for liquor, and said that he did not know what she had done. On the way to the police-station she was pelted with all kinds of rubbish, cud she narrowly seamed being severely maltreated. The primmer in asewer to the charge denied the throwing of the water end said that she was assaulted, and while she had the tesitet in her hand some one shook her and that caused alit& of the Lot water to come out. It servedthera right. Ms had a witness who could show that she did ace throw the water. A woman of the name of Black wax called by the weer to prows this statement, bat she only said that the prisms, yea annoyed and threw the hot water over Ow children Is get them away. NADI. illllo=ll Lim Baum ADDRODINI GALWAT NOANDONo17•11. LIVILapiNO. V OINNITONN NANNuCTE LONDON Dovri iiiiFLl/1D.:.. PLYNOVIS .. I' was MOB 10.01 19.94 20.91 2E 1 .77 29.71 &ILL 12. & ILIV. &W. W.S.W. LL - ID aa 46 44 47 , 17 1 ao 1 LW. 8.6. 6.W. 8.8.8. 8.8.1 L 8.6. S.S.M. Ii