The Express. — London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

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Tinto& Nelson, and the brothers Webb —And DRAWING-ROOM, SECOND ?LOOP., AND ATTICS. LYCEUM._ Tnts EVENIVO, A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. Mr.Wlddlootab an *Dr R. Lavenne.=And BEL DEI.IONIO. Warn Feebler, Brougham, Ruddy, 31orelaad, amiss, sad Jordan; Wow Tnrn , Crane, add Nieworilty, sad lira Lee. BRITANNIA ----- THIS Evionms. THE LEFT-HANDED MARRIAGE. Mrs. 8. Lane ana all the Company.—THE GREAT GIMAT EFFECT. —And THE FOC& MOWBRAY'S. Master Percy Roselle. KWH WAITS AT LONDON BILLDOIL NOS DAT Womb& 9b. Ora— .Aheresoa lab. 30 ea. Tooossow Morning" 11l lift.— Mtswas. 111 L 46g0 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 2. PARLIAatsa - r, at its meeting on Monday, will have before it a history of the negotiations carried on by Earl RUSSELL with Denmark and Germany down to the date of the letters inviting the Powers to meet in the proposed Conference. The fourth instalment of the " Correspondence with " Denmark and Germany " was issued yesterday. The former portion, it may be remembered, brought the history of the Deno-German dispute down to the summons addressed by Marshal WRANGEL to General BIZZA, requiring the evacua tion of Sleswig by his army. That now issued gives accounts of the interviews, manifestoes, de spatches, and mutual explanations which were made necessary by the passage of the Eider, and subse quently of the Schlei, the abandonment of the Dannewirke, the defence of Diippel, and the advance into Jutland, the various propo sals of a Conference, and the difficulties which at tended the arrangement of the conditions of its meeting. On all these heads the public has been so fully informed that it is surprising how little that is new is to be found in these letters. What first strikes the reader is the attitude of pain ful constraint in which those Powers which might have been expected to exercise • moderating influ ence on the course of events appear in these letters. All of them make apologies which imply a con sciousness that they are not doing what, under ordinary circumstances, might .be fairly ex pected of them. Austria, pushed hard to justify her aggression on Denmark, regrets to find that her MAJESTY'S Government is indisposed to attach sufficient importance to " the very grave difficulties in which Austria and " Prussia are placed with Germany in • state of " frenzy." Russia, asked by England if she will not co-operate to the extent of giving material assist ance to Denmark, explains that "the position of " Itusaia at the present conjuncture"renden it diffi cult for her to take a leading part in dealing ' , with this question ; and, lastly, England, directly appealed to by Denmark for aid, replies, "that " every step which her MAJESTY'S Government " may think it right to take in the further pro " grass of this unhappy contest can only be taken " after full considerat'on and communication " with France and Russia." Two only of the Five Great Powers—France and Prussia—form an exception to this remark. M. DE BISMARCK is seen cheerily plunging his country further and further into that conflict of " fire andsteel" by which alone, as he declared three years ago, Prussia could work out her exalted destiny. We see him here from first to last the inventor and instigator of every new measure in aggravation of the strife, rejecting all palliatives and compromises, and some way or other always convincing Count RECHBERG that he is right. France, again, plays a part that is very well defined. The EMPEROR., as was to be ex pected, will take no active part in arrangements for preserving the map of Europe. It cannot be said that he is absolutely indifferent to treaties, for they may be useful some day to show that other Powers by breaking them have placed themselves in the wrong. The EMPEROR contents himself with a decorous inactivity, satisfied to see the Govern ments of Austria and Prussia carrying into effect principles which will lay both those States open to him and such allies as he may easily find, - . - The character of the alliance between Austria and Prussia makes it difficult for foreign Govern ments to accept with much confidence the under tak in gs which those Powers are ready to give. Austria appears in these letters as the partner of credit who is put forward from time to time to give assurances which Prussia at the convenient moment unhesi tatingly annuls. It was so with the advance into Jutland. It was so with the proposed armistice, which was to take place on the basis of the retire ment of the Danes to Alsen. The Austrian Govern ment had led our Ministers to believe that it desired an armistice on those terms, and when Earl RUSSELL had written to various foreign Courts, asking co operation to bring about an arrangement of that kind, Prussia declined to accede to it, and Count REcHBILRG, its author, said that M. DE BISMARCK'S objections were unanswerable. Now that it is gene rally supposed that a Conference is about to as semble, we naturally look in this Correspondence for evidence of the intentions with which the two German Courts would enter upon the deliberations of such anassembly. And hereagain we find Austria making what she considers the fairest promises, declaring in a despatch of Count RECRBERG'S that the integrity of the Danish monarchy is in her eyes not only " consecrated by the Treaty of " London, but necessary to the balance of power." Cm the other hand, we have M. DC BISMARCK abstaining from all engsgements of that character; explaining to Europe in despatches, that although Prussia entered sleswig with the intention of re specting the integrity of Denmark, her re cognition of that principle might be forfeited if the Danes presumed to defend their own territory against an invasion. In a ministerial circular issued six weeks ago to the Prussian official organs in the provinces, it was said that England after doing its utmost, even having re course to threats, to prevent Austria and Prussia from going forward, but in vain, had asked from Prussia a declaration to the effect that she held fast to the London Protocol, and therefore maintained the principle of the indivisibility of the Danish monarchy. " But," it was said, " it is self-evident "that when one's antagonist has by his obstinacy " once driven one into war, treaties are no longer " binding, and consequently that nothing can be " promised for the future, but that everything " then depends upon the issue of the contest. " This is the sense in which our Government has " expressed itself towards England." While this was the language of the official organ, M. DE Bls vsse•d himself received a deputation, and spoke favourably of the Duke of OLDENBURG'S pretensions to Holstein. The public will understand now why the Danes made the recognition of the nego tiations of 1851-52 a condition of their acceptance of a Conference. These despatches sufficiently show that no preparation whatever has been made for the Conference. And if the Emperor of the FRENCH has only half the sagacity for which he gets credit, he will be able easily to transform it into the Congress which he proposed last November, with the additional gratification of seeing it convened by the very statesman who defeated it before. THE Mundford Bench of Magistrates have re ceived a wholesome lesson, and it is to be hoped that the rest of their game-preserving brethren throughout the kingdom may profit by their fate. It was predicted from the first that the arbitrary and inquiaitorial powers conferred upon the police by Sir B.\ LDWIN LEIGHTON'S Poaching Act would certainly be abused, because country gentle men are too much interested in the suppression of poaching to restrain the exercise of such powers within reasonable limits. Experience has amply justified this prediction. The Mundford magis trates not only violated the law by unjustly con victing au innocent man, but they persisted in a gross act of injustice after the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and the other Judges of the Queen's Bench had warned them of their mistake. They have at length learned by the verdict of a Norwich jury that they cannot thus transgress the law with impunity. The case which has thus ended has long been notorious. Indeed " the Mundford game case" may truly be classed among those which lawyers call " leading." It may be remembered that more than two years ago a man called FULLER, who fol lowed the business of a " higgler," was seen by the police about three miles from Wretham, where a gentleman named Bracy has extensive preserves. This man had only one leg, and was therefore by no means physically fitted for the active service of a poacher. But, on the occasion in question, he had his cart, and in it were found a hare, a partridge, and four rabbits. It is true that he declined to give any satisfactory account as to how the game came into his possession. But, on the other hand, he had no dog with him, no nets, no gun; nor indeed was there anything to show that either the birds or the rabbits had been recently killed. The Act of Parliament declares that any person may be searched when there is good cause to suspect that he is coming from land where he may have been unlawfully in pursuit of game or aiding any such person, and having in his possession any game thus unlawfully obtained. But, as the CHIEF Jcirriee said, there was no evidence of the sort. If indeed, he added, the plr'ntiff had been found at three or four o'clock in the morning with nets and instruments by which game was obtained, or if he had been standing waiting for the game while other persons were taking it, or if he had been found with game warm and recently killed, he might have been convicted of the offence charged against him ; but all these elements were wanting. In short, the evidence proved con clusively that the man FuLLER had been going about collecting game but not taking it himself. Notwithstanding th;‘, the magistrates convicted FULL6II, and he was ordered to pay a penalty of 51., and 11. 4s. 6d. for costs. The injustice of the decision was glaring, and a case was demanded in order that it might be brought before the Queen's Bench. The magistrates refused this reasonable demand, nor was it until the Judges at Westminster issued a writ of mandamus that the Mondford bench yielded. When the matter did come before the Queen's Bench, the Judges found it impossible to quash the conviction for certain technical reasons, but they were unani mouldy of opinion that the magistrates ought not to have convicted Fruxu, because there was no reasonable evidence of his guilt. After such an intimation it might have been thought that the Mundford magistrates would have taken warning and released the unfortunate higgler. But they were not to be baulked of their victim. Again and again FULLIA was summoned before the bench, and at length, on the 30th of September, 1863 a year after the conviction—he was committed to prison. This was surely a little too much. Any judge or county magistrate is liable to fall into error. And so long as be acts bond fide he ought not to suffer. But neither a judge nor a magistrate is entitled to gratify malice, or to strain the law in order to bring any person within its penal provisions. Had the magistrates of hfund ford done sot This was the question tried on Thursday last before the LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE and a jury at Norwich. And after some deliberation the jury came to the conclusion that the magis trates had strained the law in order to punish FuLten, and had so far exhibited malice. It would be grossly unjust to the body of English magistrates to say that they systematically violate the duty which they owe to the community ,by straining the law against the ucfortunate wretches who are brought before them. The gentlemen of England are too deeply imbued with the spirit of fair play. If in any instance they do transgress, it must be because their inter eats and their prejudices are so strongly engaged that they are incapable of exercising their ordinary good sense and discretion. Nor does it need much discernment to perceive that of all questions the guilt or innocence of a suspected poacher is ona of those which very few English country gentlemen— especially in the county of Norfolk--ought to be calledupon to decide. How thendid the magistrates act in FULLER'S case ? They did not pretend that the opinion of the Queen's Bench, formed upon the facts which had been brought before the Judges, was erroneous. The real reason why they persisted in Fcitxa's conviction was explained by Mr. BARING, one of the Muudford bench. He was candid and explicit. He said in effect—We do not dispute the law laid down by the Queen's Bench, but if that court had known what an arrant poacher Fru.za was it would never have acted as it did. True, there is no evidence before us to prove that Futteit is guilty. But we know the man well. He has long been a notorious poacher, or mixed up with poachers. The spot where he was found was ominously near Mr. BIRCH'S plantation ; he had game in his possession trbt Court. THE =PRESS, SATURDAY hvErtING, APRIL 2, 1864. which he does not choose to account for, and that game may have been snared. We cannot shut our eyes to the probabilities of the case— we cannot divest our minds of our knowledge of Mr. Fi: use and his ways. We shall, therefore, convict him. In so doing, Mr. BARINt. and his colleagues violated the moat obvious principles of common law and common justice. In any ordinary case no doubt the Mundford magistrates would have been more reasonable. If, indeed, it could be supposed that these gentlemen are labour ing under the idea that the law of England, or any other law, permits a judge to apply his own private knowledge of a prisoner's character in order to establish his guilt or his innocence, the sooner they get enlightened the better. At all events, after the charge of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, they can no longer be per mitted to plead ignorance. The law, as explained by him, is clear enough. " Everyone," be said, " administering the law in this country is bound " to administer it according to the principles of " the constitution ; and one of the most sacred of "those principles is that a magistrate shall not " allow himself to be swayed as to a man's guilt "or innocence with reference to the particular " charge under inquiry by any consideration of " his antecedents. If Mr. BARI!4G and his col. 1" leagues allowed themselves to be swayed by the " plaintiff's antecedents they lamentably miscon " oeived their duty." " If," he afterwards said, " the magistrates, because they knew FULLER to " be a poacher or mixed up with poaching, with • " view to punish him strained the law and went " against their honest convictions, that in point of " law would be malice." Such was the opinion of the Jury ; for they distinctly declared that the magistrates had strained the law, and therefore brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. WLVDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 1. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena, and attended by the Countess of Osiesborough, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel H. Ponsonby, drove to Clivedee, and honoured the Dowager Duchene of Suther land with a visit yesterday afternoon. Princess Louise, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, drove out. Prince Leopold took a carriage drive. Her Majesty, accompanied by Priam@ Helena, drove out this morning. Colonel H. Ponsonby attended on horseback. The Hon. Emma lamellas bas succeeded the Hon. Lucy Herr as Maid of Honour. Major-Cienerul F. Seymour and Lieut.• Colonel du Plat have enoceeded Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel H. Pon sooby as Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wake, with the infant Prince, left Marlborough-hove yesterday morning for Sand ringham. Their Royal Highneves travelled by the Great Eastern Railway, and were attended by the Hai. Mrs. Bruce, Lieut.- General Knotty, Captain Grey, and Mr. Holzman. Captain Grey' has succeeded Lient.-Cokseel Koppel as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCM OF WALES FOR SANDRINGHAM.—Their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the infant Prince and Mt.. took their departure from the Bishoposate Terminus of the Great Eastern Railway, for Sandringham, yesterday, at 2.15 p.m. Their royal highnesses were received on alighting by Mr. James Goodson, the chairman ; Captain Henry Jervis White Jervis, M.P., deputyobairman ; and other directors of the company, mod Mr. J. B. Owen, the secretary, and conducted to the elegant new saloon carriage, which has lately been constructed by the company for their royal highnesses' especial use. The train left the platform punctually at a quarter•past two o'clock, amidst the cheers of the company of ladies and gentlemen who were invited to witness the departure of their royal highnesses. Colonel Palmer and other directors attended the Prince and Princess o their journey. The royal party arrived at Wolf erton at five o'clock. There was a good assemblage at the station, but their royal highnesses were received with unobtrusive marks of welcome. The children of the schools were drawn op to receive their royal highnesses. The Princess looked better in health and cheerful in spirits, sad proceeded to Sandringham by private carriages, arriving widely at 5.20 p.m. _ . His Royal Highness the Prinoeof Wales honoured the Countess (Dowager) of Jersey by • personal visit on Thursday, at her ladyship's resideoos in Banality 4orpere. The Duke of Newcastle has been enabled to leave Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley guars, for his residence on Carl too-house-terrsoe. The Earl and Countess Russell and family intend to return to Chatham-place on Toesday next, from Pem broke Lodge, Richmond-park, for the Damon. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have arrived in town, from Blenlieini Palma, for the eseacio. The Duchess of Somerset, accompanied by Lord Edward St. Mau and other 'seashore of the family, have arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Paris, from Loudon. The Earl and Countess of Wineb"see have arrived at the same hotel from England. The Archbishop of Dublin visited the South Dahlia Warkhown on Thursday, accompanied by Hrs. Trench. He spent an hour and a hall inspeetieg every portion of the establishment, which generally contain@ 'boat 2,000 inmates. On withdrawiog he expressed to Sir B. Shaw, the chairman, and the other guardians present, his gratification at the neatness, order, end comfort which distinguished the nahods, the wards, and the dormitories, and the efficiency with which the whole concern was managed. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAIVAI 28. Notice is bore* ghee that her Majosty's birthday will be oslehrated oa Tuesday, the 24th of May nut.—Gautte. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFIcE, Hama 31. Notke is hereby gime th at he Royal Highness th e Prioress of Wales will, by cosainsud of the Meese, hold drawing rooms at St. James's-palace, as behalf of her Majesty, ea Tuesday, the 3rd of May neat, on Saturday, the 14th of May meat, sod oa Tme‘y, the 14th of JUDO mut, at two o'clock. It is the harem's pleasure that praseatatioas to I s t i eLr i o d yal highness at these drawieg rooms shall he ma • eqgivalent to praseatatimis to her Majesty,— tlemitte. LORD CH •MBIRLA tN's-orv. Toraacii 31. Notice is hereby given, that hie Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by comenthd of the Queen, hold levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Saturday, the ith of May next ; on Wednesday, the Ist of June next ; and on Wednesday, the 22nd of June next ; at 2 o'clock. I It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Higbee., at these levees shall be considered as equivalent to presentative' to her Majesty. —Gander, WH IT RH ALL, APRIL I.—The Queen ban been =to constitute and appoint Major-General Melee oft Scott to be Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Goenthey. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 31.-- The Right Hoe. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of • despatch from ber Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Hamburg, enclosing a trans- Istioa of the regulations of an ordinance issued by the Federal Commissioners for the Duchies of Holstein sod Leuenburg, respecting the abolition of the Customs fron tier between the duchies of Ifileswig sod of Holstein and the establishment of a similar frontier between th e D uchyi of Sleswig and the kingdom of Denmark, and the same is published in last night's Claielfe. _ _ BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 31. Tbe Right Hoe. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Conseil for Trade bays received, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, an extract from a despatch from the Governor of the Bahamas, reporting the eogagement of a colonial steamer to be run between Nassau, Turk'. Island, and St. Thomas, for one year from the month of February last. —Gazette. THE ROYAL AC•DEMT.—The Queen has received from Sir Charles Eastlake an answer oe the part of the Royal Academy to the government proposals. In • few days that answer will be laid before Lord Palinerston's 001. leagues, sod by them before parliament. The details are, of coarse, ooefidentially communicated to her Majesty. but it is understood that the Academicians decline altogether the proper! to introduce lay members ; that they consent to enkrgo the Dumber of members to fifty, to abolish the separate clogs of engravers, and to admit the eminent cul 'store of the art to full membership ; that they offer to en. large the body of Associates, so as practically to bring all the beat artiste of the country who may be willing to join than into the corporation.—Athenausa. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE MEXICAN DEPUTATION. The Side, in allusion to the difficulty which has arisen between the Archduke Maximilian and the Emperor of Austria, remarks : . _ It is impossible not to feel some little commiseration for the unlucky Mexican deputation now dancing &Hoodoo*. at Miramar. Have those worthy wights crossed the ocean for nothing, after all? Will they h►ve to carry back to their own country the precious coffer containing the proch-ver- Deux of the votes of the municipalities of Mexico? To whom can they deliver the imperial crown, the globe and soeptre, if it be true that the Archduke Maximilian declines to receive them ? It is esay to imagine the em barrassment of the Mexican deputation on thus suddenly losing the Emperor whom it had been so difficult to pro cure. What can have caused this sudden change on his part! Some journals affirm that the archduke's relatives wish him to relinquish the intention of planting in Mexico a branch of the Hapsburg genealogical tree ; others ►mart that it is the archduke who refuses to sever himself com pletely from the parent trunk and renounce his right of succession to the Austrian empire. On which aids is the truth! Let us hope that it will soon be known. The creditors of Mexico are impatient, and it would not be proper to keep the Mexican deputation cooling their heels much longer. TILE CONFERENCE. "The two German powers," says the Indtlpend ante, "are not yet completely in accord on the bases of the arrangements to be advocated before the conference. Negotiations on that subject are still going on between the cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. In the latter city it is thought that the Diet will end by accepting the invitation. In that case the choice of the Diet as to the diplomatist who shall represent that body in the Conference would most probably fall upon M. de Beust, who is certainly one of the most able politicians iu the confederation. The question as to what diplomatists will be called on to represent Prussia is also being discussed in political circles. England having expressed a desire that I each power should have two plenipotentiaries at 1 the conference, Count Bernstorff, Prussian Ambas sador at London, and M. de Balan, who occupied the same poet at Copenhagen until the commence ment of the war, will, from their position and special qualifications for sitting at the green table of a conference, it is rumoured, be designated." (ELUTES'S TILEGL&II.) DISMISSAL OF OFFICIALS IN SLESWIG. HAMBURG, Amu. 2. According to news received here the Chief Pre sident Rosen and the whole municipality of Flens burg have been dismissed. An extraordinary war-tax has been imposed on the town of Flensburg, and will, most likely, also be levied upon sonic other places in Sleawig. CLOSING OF THE NORWEGIAN STORTHING. CHRISTIANLA, APRIL 1. The Storthing has been closed. The King, in his speech, said that Sweden, jointly with other powers, would endeavour to obtain peace ; but that she must at the same time be prepared to render assistance to Denmark against overpowering force. BRAZIL AND ENGLAND.—ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEDIATION OF PORTUGAL. RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 10. The Brazilian government has accepted the mediation of Portugal in the dispute with England. PORTUGAL. LISBON, KAace 31. It is said that the King of Portugal intends to visit France. THE LEGHORN RAILWAY. TIM M, AnuL 2. One hundred and thirty thousand bonde of the Leghorn Railway have been delivered to Mesas. Rothschild, Landau, Errera, Oppenheim, Rentach, Weilhichott, and the Italian Credit Mobilier. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, Fra. 27. Exchange, 47i ; ounces, 29 ; wet salted ox bides, 39; dry American, 26 (236) to 40. Wool, fine qualities, firm ; middling and defective, weaker. Tallow, 14. Lumber, 27 to 31, dull. Flour firm. Refined sugar, 18. Imports dull. MONTE VIDEO, Fn. 29. The installation of the New President has passed off quietly. Exchange, 52f. Wet salted hides, MN.) ; dry American, 490 ; dry German, 5.40. Number of beasta slaughtered at Monte Video, 118,000; Uruguay, 54,000. Wool scarce and un altered. Tallow, L 55. Importa more animated. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, ILtacH 90. The Valetta and the Syria, with the above mails, sailed at 8 a.m. this day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the sth, and the latter at Southampton about the 12th April. The following curious advertisement appears in the Cuurrier de Sdone-et • Loire ..—" Monsieur and Madame Cuillew, mechanical dentiste, inform the publie that they are about to quit Chalons for their country-house, and those clients who intend according them their confidence will find in their new Eden of flowers everything to =tidy their tsetse. The apprehensions usually raised by the sight of the instruments will disappear as by enchantment beneath the carpet of verdure of this delicious oasis," A Seville letter, describing the betrothal of the Count de Paris to his cousin, daughter of the Duke de Mootpensier, says :—"The palace of flaint.Teline, in this place, had been handsomely decorated for the occasion, the grand drawing-room sad adjacent 111a00014 the staircase of honour and the vestibule, being all lighted up a giorno. The future Counter de Paris wore • pale great watered silk dress and mantelet. Her head-dress consisted of • diadem of brilliants and pearls, with necklace and bracelets to match. The Duchess de Mootpensier wore • gold coloured silk dram trimmed with a profusion of white lace ; and the young Infanta+ Amalie sod Christin► were in white, trimmed with blue and rose coloured ribeads." We (Galigtutni) are happy to state that the ball bo Woof of the British Charitable Fund ham beau most succensful. The magnificent hall of the Greed Hotel was splendidly lit up, and extensive ea is it. area, may just suf ficed for the numerous company present, upwards of 1,000 tickets having been disposed of. All the lady patronesses made • point of attending, and several members of the diplomatic corps, including the Prussian Ambassador, were to be seen in the rooms. Ths British Ambassador and Lady Cowley were among the last to leave, and the Duke de Horny also remained to a very late hour. Straum's band was in great form, and dancing ins kept up with un abated spirit throughout tbe evening. The display of beauty was remarkabla A letter from Rome of the 26th ult. says : "The day before yesterday soother deep Metairie sus made in the Popes leg, for the purpose of giving vent to humours which threatened to corrupt the whole mw of blood, tad I learn this evening that the operation has been attended with happy results. A feeling of great disquietude pre vails at Rome, whit* is aggravated by the atetion of the journals. Neither the Clomale di Roma nor the Chmerra• tore R 01142140 bee made the least allusion to the Pope's in ner. His Holiness will enter on his 73rd year in the month of May. Yon are aware that he is subject to frequent attacka of epilepsy. For the last four years, in the spring, the movement of the humour, has caused great perturba tion in his organitm. He is also affected with permanent erysipelas in the right leg." AMERICA. (zzorza's Tar auks.) The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 23rd of March, arrived at Queens town at 4 a.m. on the 2nd of April, with 55 pia sengers and 140,360 dole. in specie. She landed 104 sacks of mails and 7 passengers, and pro ceeded for Liverpool at 4.15 a.m. All well. (Per the Australia/an, viA Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, MAscs 22, Evcruto. . __ _ General Grant has arrived in Washington, and reported that he will command the army of the Potomac in person. An early attack by Lee is ap prehended in the army of the Potomac. Stuart is reported as concentrating his cavalry at Fredericksburg and Charlottaville preparatory to making a raid. A heavy snow storm delays military operations in Virginia. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAaca 22, Emmy). Money easy. Gold opened on Monday at 61i, advancing since, under an active demand, to 64k, and closing to-day at 6.3,1 to 64i. Exchange on London, 176, 178 i. Exchange on Paris, 3.13 k to 3.15. The speculative inquiry in stocks continues, and large sales have been made ; New York Centrals, 139 ; Illinois, 137} ; Erie, 124 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 112. Cotton quiet ; middling upland, 72 to 73. Flour and wheat slightly firmer. Corn dull. Provisions quiet. Coffee inactive. Sugar and molasses good inquiry•. Petroleum quiet ; erude,3oto 31 ; refined, 49 to 51. NEW YORK, Yaws 2.3, Nuos. Longstreet'a forces are reported to be concen trated at Bull's Gap for a raid into Kentucky ; other accounts represent him moving to join Lee. The New York Tribune asserts that an attack on Norfolk, by land, and with iron -clads, from Rich mond, is expected. Porter's fleet and Sherman's forces have left Vicksburg for Red River. The negro colonists, who left the United States for Hayti, have returned unable to form a colony. The gunboat Styr spoke the brig Howard on the 18th, which reported seeing on the 10th a vessel resembling the Rd Galantuomo running south, with her topmast gone, but showing no signals of distress. It is considered probable that the Rd Galantuomo is safe. The steamer Norman has been destroyed in Suwannee River. The Confederates have returned Dabigren's body to his father. 00ILKERCL&L WTELLIGM,TCE. Money easy. Gold, 65 per cent. premium. Stocks steady ; New York Centrals, 139 f ; Illinois, lni ; Erie, 1251. (Per the Nora Bootiaa, out Greencastle, by telegraph to PortLod.) NEW YORK, MARCH 19, AFTERNOON. It is reported that General Lee has broken up his encampment on the Rapidan, and is moving in the direction of the Shenandoah Valley. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOBS, MANce 19, ATIVIDIOON. Money easy. Gold, 62 per oent. premium. Ex change on London : Bankers' bills, 17 - 7. Stocks, large speculative sales. New York Centrals, 1391 ; Illinois shares, 1381 ; Erie, 126 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 112. Cotton quiet : Mid dling Upland, 73c. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat, corn, and provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar very firm. Molasses steady. Petroleum quiet and unchanged. SOUTHAMPTON, Area. 1. The Hamburg and American steamship Bavaria, from New York on the 19th Much, has arrived off Cowes, with 50 passengers and 1,200 dole. in specie, for Hamburg. On the 27th Much she spoke the English steamer Hecla, and on the 28th the steamer Teutonia. Her news has been antici pated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROM 0011 OW EARLS, FRIDAY EVIDDIG. M. Limayrac's article in the Consfitstiowne/, adopting the statement of the Weimar Gazette that if the conference meets France will not hold the treaty of 1852 binding, but will vote for consulting the inhabitants of the duchies by universal suffrage, is considered important—though I incline to think it can take few politicians by surprise. All the Paris press applauds this policy—universal suffrage is so plausible and such a charming catch word. The Temps says:—"lt is superfluous to observe that the complete evacuation of the duchies by the bel ligerents would be the preliminary and indispen sable condition of the vote." Begging pardon of the Temps, Ido not see this at all. The Coestitutionnef does not say so ; and most certainly French principles ae illustrated by French practice would not require any such condition. The constitution of the coup &Etat was voted under the state of siege. Savoy and Nice voted for their annexation with the aid of French bayonets, and M. Pietri was sent from Paris as a special commissioner to work the election. Again, the Mexican people are said to have unanimously elected for their Emperor the Archduke Maximilian, whom they never heard of, but then an invading force superintended the opera tion. These precedents would certainly be cited by Austria and Prussia if the doctrine of the Temps were to be insisted upon. The Pays still speaks of the meeting of the conference as "very doubtful" and its success "very uncertain." The Prase says that the Emperor will visit Cherbourg next month to review the iron-clad fleet. A decree will appear in a day or two further pro longing the session of the Corps Legislatif, which is only at present authorised up to April 5. The telegraph will use the word proroge, the translation of which is "prorogued," but the word has not the same signification as in England. The continental press continually misunderstands this French word, which does not mean that the sittings of parliament are suspended, but that they are prolonged. The settlement at the Bourse has gone off very heavily. Rente fell 15c. for cash and 10c. for ac count, closing at 65fr. 75c. in each case, and Blo bilier fell 7fr. 50c. The France save that the Pope's health is far from showing any alarming symptoms. He suffers in his legs, and cannot always stand upright, but he has lately undergone an operation which has done him good. K Armand has arrived at Paris to consult with his counsel on the appeal to the Court of Caseation against the judgment of the Court of Aix. It is also said that the president of that court has come to Paris, probably to justify his conduct at the trial before the Minister of Justice. Although judges in France are irremoveable, they are " pro movibile," and that circumstance makes them naturally very anxious about the opinion of the highest authorities. It is calculated that M. Armand's trial has cost him at least 4,0001. sterling, and as his friends think he can never safely go back to Montpellier, be will very probably sell his property there at a loss. THE WAR IN DENMARK. THE ATTACH ON DYBBOL. The second edition of the Times contains the account, from their special correspondent, of the above attack. "We are fully repaid," says this writer, "for the many weeks of weary inaction and baffled expectation. The Prussians have attempted a storming movement on the wliole Dybbol line, and have been fully repulsed ; so completely foiled and worsted indeed, that it is questionable whether they will renew their attack for some time to come. Three such days as this would go far to establish the impregnable stru,h of the Dybbol line, and compel the Germans to give up the siege as the very worst of jobs." ' Among those who took a most active awl heroic I p ar t in thedefence were three Englishmen, the Hon. Oberon Herbert, brother of the Earl of Cameron, his travelling friend, Mr. E. W. Hall, and Captain Alfred Bond. The Prussian infantry appear to have hung back, and refused to obey their officers when ordered to charge the Danish cannon. The Danish killed are officially set down at 14. The number was probably understated, and Ils ay have risen to 24 or 34. Among the dead are three officers. The wounded were 110 to 120 ; atnong them six officers. The Prussian prisoners were 25 ; four officers among them—one captain awl three lieutenants ; the latter wounded. Five Pru , ian dead were also brought in. The Prussian soldier evinced a great deal of unseemly mirth, awl wade fun of the disgrace and humiliation that have fallen upon them. They are mostly Pu , nanian Poles. The Elleswig troops (10th Regiment) iu the Danish service behaved with distinguished bravery. In some momentous juncture they asked that the post of honour should be confided to them, and nobly they redeemed the pledge they had sponta neously given of their fidelity. The Prussians asked for and obtained a two hours' armiatia., to have leisure to attend to their dead and wounded. Only four of the Danish regiments were engaged ; the reserve remaining ranee an bras in the second line. "The Prussians," writes the correspondent, " will try to make out this affair to have been a mere reconnoissance. But such movements do not generally take place in the middle of the night. My own impression is that they tried what .urprise would do for them. Being repulsed, they returned to the charge again and again, and only gave up the attempt when it was proved to be an utter failure." (mom oca ous comeroximer.) . HAMBURG. MARCH SO. There are bad accounts filliiisilrussiii;a7ms from the seat of war to-day, owing to a cleverly executed manteuvre on the part of the Danes in the shape of a masked nocturnal sortie, from which they retreated after some skirmishing, and inveigled the Prussians into the trap set for teem, who were then vigorously attacked by a large body lying in ambush, thrown into great disorder by the sur prise, and obliged to retire with a very serious loss. The brigade in this action was that of Major- General von Raven, consisting of the King's Own Regiment, the 18th and the 35th of the Line. Colonel Greifenberg, of the first-named regiment, was killed, together with about a hundred of his men ; the 18th had more than 300 wounded, and there are still a large number missing, supposed to be killed and made prisoners. The 35th was stationed as a reserve, and as it only came under tire to cover the retreat its loss was not heavy. The division of the Prussian Guards has been sent for, and is expected to arrive before Thippel to-day. A few days ago the body of a Danish lieutenant killed iu one of the late encounters was sent with a flag of truce to the outposts and delivered up to the Danes. With chivalrous gratitude for this act of kindness a Danish officer appeared at t h e out posts yesterday under a flag of truce and set at liberty a Prussian lieutenant, an Austrian non commissioned officer of the Imperial Rifles, and a sergeant of the Prussian Hussars, all lately cap tured by the Danes, and now returned uncon ditionally in acknowledgment of the above act of courtesy on the part of the Prussians. From the army before Fredericia we learn that the Austrians and Prussians have constructed to the left of bnoghoi four batteries of rifled guns and two of howitzers, from which they bombarded the fortress for five days ; in consequence of this, the so-called Frederick's quarter and the old town have suffered severely, but without much loss of life, as the inhabitants for the most part had pre viously abandoned their houses and taken shelter on the island of Fubnen opposite. One of the batteries (No. 2) had constantly directed its fire to the principal powder magazine of the fortress, but it was so carefully protected that all their efforts to blow it up were in vain. The allies continue the siege with vigour, and will shortly proceed to attack the entrenched camp, mentioned in one of my previous letters, erected by the Danes close to the sea, so as to be able to keep open their com munication with Fuhnen, where they have large magazines of ammunition, provisions, and other supplies for the garrisoe. His Royal Ejighneas Prince William of Wittiest berg, late Colonel of the Austrian regiment "King of Belgium," and now promoted to the rank of Major• General, who was desperately wounded at the head of his regiment at the battle of Oversee, in the beginning of last month, is so far recovered as to be able to be moved, and arrived in this city last evening, taking up his quarters at the Hotel de l'Europe, where he will remain for the present till his wonzda are healed and he is enabled to rejoin the army in the field. VIENNA SINGERS IN LONDON. The Vienna correspondent of the Times writes respecting the Vienna artists who are about to wake their d'.at before the British public : "Mdlle. Dation, M. Wachtel, and M. Schmidt, who are distinguished members of that operatio company which is under the immediate protactios of the Emperor of Austria, ate to sing at Mr. Gye's theatre. Mdlle. Louisa Liebhardt end Millie. Caroline Bettethairn (who is also a member of the imperial cowpony) will sing in her Majesty's Theatre. Mdlla. Ds& tins, who sang at Petah before she was engaged here, him • fine figure sad a good contralto voice, but the is more food of employing the 'tremolo' than is agreeable to the critical frequenters of the imperial Opera Houma. Mille. Destine has made great progress sines she has been here. bat I doubt whether she will be able to give the part Fides in Meyerbeer's Prophite as it was given by Mdlle. Czillag, M. Wachtel has • fine Moor voice, but it is not very likely that he will become a favourite with the London public, as he is sot • ' finished' Wow. M. Schmidt, who is • doctor of law, has a magnificent bees voice, which he uses with equal skill sod judgment. As Mdlle. Liebbardt sang in London last year, and predated a favourable im pression there, it is but asonary to say that the whabitiusts of this city are sorry she has ceased to be • member of the Vienna company. Mize Caroline Bettel beim, a girl of 19, who has only been three years on the stage, is a great favourite with the Vienna, who predict that she will become • star of the first mama. tads. The young lady has a powerful and agreeable coo tralto voice of extrsordinary compass, and it is evident that she is rapidly acquiring the power of using it to the great est possible advantage. Madame Moyer-Dustwann, the find soprano in the Vienna opera, has no engagement in London; but she purposes visiting that city in - the mouth of May. after having snag at Aix-Is-Chapelle, whets there is to be a grand musical festival. Madame Meyer-Dustmann, who was Isere on a par with Mdlle. Tietjeoa, will probably sing in the Philharmonic and other eakiets of note. M. May. *choler, who has • good bass •voice, is also • weather of the Imperia Opera, and he is going to England to sing German songs, which he doss to the perfect satisfaction of this city, which, as you must be aware, was the birthplace of Schubert, the composer of many of the bast German Lieder.' " The decree of the United States District Court in the eon of the flume sot ooly orders the ship and cargo to be restored to the owners, but re...mamma& that Liontommt Demme% who shot Mr. Grey, should be tried by courtesorilal for the murder. Tb. queolimis of conspeasetion to the widow sad to the owners of the vessel have bees reserved. p