The Express. — London, England, 1862-03-10 00:00:00

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Robins, Mat'hows Nesdasees Herbert, It.imer, and Slatthows.—And PELSZVE AND ANDROXIDAL Sir. F. 11.itthews sad Miss liertert...Conimses at 71. - - lIIITANIfIA. Ten Immo, scaNlFlViiii CHICLE. Van Hare's Wonderful Equentruns. —Till SONS OF COLONS! A.—Aml THE GAM DLER'e WI rt. Wren. Islelohls and Drummond; llra 8. /Amt.—Commence at S. HIGH WATER AT IMMO% ILIDON. roe orii7=moritiZaitsiii7.7. — Ariare«Z e L ea.. To-aisasoir —Morning, /IL Ma-- Afteissas. NIL faa LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 10. Aiewto the Governments of the Continent, France, Prussia, and Italy are those to which the world has lately been accustomed to look more than to any other for action affecting the inter national relations and the public life of Europe. And it is precisely these three which are just now rendered conspicuous by unmistakeable symptoms of internal weakness, and a corresponding unsteadi ness of aim. It seemed at first that the French Go vernment might easily recover the consideration which it lost by the publication of the Emrzeos's letter to M. Forte; but its subsequent conduct has been marked by the opposite errors of rashness and irresolution. The London loan, the Psueaodota tion, the appointment of M. ELNIIIT RINAPI, and the representations made to the Pore, have proved so many occasions for the world to exclaim—This man began to build and was not able to finish. The weakness apparent at Turin was not weakness of character ; it grew out of the circum stances of the Government. We may have any number of explanations of the re cent Ministerial crisis, if we care to read them : it was a lady's resentment, it was Tuscan pride, it was intrigue, it was sheer weariness of the virtue of Avikrinza. But although it may veil well have been any or all of these, none of them, nor all together, would have prevailed against a Minister able to satisfy the first demand of the country. Baron RICASOLI has fallen because he found himself unable to carry on the work ho was appointed to perform—the completion of Italian nationality. A successor notoriously weaker has been called to the same tea, and, in the peculiar circumstances of Italy, the paradox may hold good. The latest Ministry to succumb is that of Prussia : Count lic•xsroarr and his colleagues have resigned. rin Friday last the Chamber adopted, againat the wishes of the Government, a resolu tion calling for a more precise specification in the budget of the use to be made of the money voted by Parliament. The acceptance of the 8106111 by the Ministers would have tended to assimilate the Prussian system to that of England, and given the Chamber • greater hold than it now has upon the general policy of the Government. There seems no reason why it should not have been so accepted, none except that instinctive reluctance to part with power which survives in all political bodies the reasons which once justified ita possession. It is only a week, however, since the Prussian Ministry intimated to a Committee of the Chamber of Deputies which had recommended the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy, that the Govern ment could not recogn;se the right of the Chamber to exercise an influence on its European policy ; and the discussion of M. Hausx's motion incited the MINISTER of FINANCE to declare that it was an encroachment on the func tions of the Executive Government It passed, however, by • majority of 171 against 143 votes, and on the follow"ig day, Saturday last, the Ministers after requesting the President of the Chamber to suspend its sittings for a few days, placed their otlices at the disposal of the Kixo. Prussia is thus undergoing not only a ministerial but a constitutional crisis, one which under any cir cumstances would be grave, but which the declared views of the Sovereign invest with peculiar gravity. The Kixo, it is well known, was much touched with the manifestations of loyal attachment which greeted him at Berlin and Konigsberg, so soon after his deliverance from the hand of an assassin. But as his MAJEwrr was unable to conceive that a people might be loyal and devoted, and at the same time desire a re-distribution of political power conformable to liberal ideas, ho was pro foundly troubled by the return of a Parliament, the immense majority of which wee bent on bringing the course of the Government more into harmony with tho wants of the nation. In the Kuco's eyes the election of a Liberal Parliament was • falsification of all the professions of loyalty he had heard, and he did not conceal his astonish ment and perplexity. Such, then, is the origin of a most interesting conjuncture, which the next few ,lays, it may be hoped, will further enlighten. Tile new Italian Ministry had not been fully! constituted when a Paris journal, whose relations to the French Government it would perhaps be difficult to fix, undertook to announce its policy. Thu f'sdri. said that Signor Rarazzi would frown upon the agitation of the Boman question, resist , the influence of the popular societies by which it had been carried on, and rely upon France. We forbore to remark at the time upon the wanton disregard of the respect due to an independent and! friendly Government shown in this announcement, : because it was nothing more than the short and sharp admonition of 13aron Iticsatiu which ap peared a few weeks ago in the Metiitetir' slightly transfigured. It was a duty of the! friends of Italy to wait for the explanations which the Minister would be sure to make, and in the meantime to believe that, when made, they would correspond to the occasion. But after the expla nation of his policy which Signor RATAZZI made in the Chambers of Turin last Friday, we must acknowledge that the Pafrir had rightly divined. When the Italians, disappointed and deceived, ref/died to popular manifestations as pacific and orderly as they were imposing, the /41..,.;0-or severely condemned them in a note of three lines, declaring that "the news from Italy " shows in • convincing manner that the Kiwi's " Government must take measures to restore legal " order in a country so steady excited to ebulli " tion." It was a remark which would have been unmannerly even if it had been just. It appears, however, to have supplied the inspira tion of Signor RATAZZIN speech. In the only passage of that address which the world will in quire for, that relating to the Roman question, the Minister, after making the rather superfluous state ment that he did not wish to compromise the peace of the world, thereupon said, " We would " secure the friendship of other nations by the " wisdom of our conduct, and by provoking "no one, either by deeds, speeches, or de " nionsfrations." Certainly there are more ways than one of arriving at an end, and we can only hope that Signor RATAZZI has taken good hostages of success. But a Minister who, with such a task before him, when called to ex plain the difference between his own policy and that of his predecessor, can only condemn the harmless signs by which the political life of his country is manifested, ought to feel very sure of his ends. It may be that Signor RATAZZI is a chosen vessel, and that language which sounds only too much like that of subserviency, is intended to prepare the Italians for the free and unmerited grace of an illustrious patron, in the gift of Rome. We know what is lost when the leaders of na tional parliaments can speak thus : what is gained only the event can show. TZADE generally throughout the kingdom pre sents no indications of revival; but neither does it appear that the stagnation has increased. The number of operatives unemployed in the cotton trade seems to be much the same as for some time past, but it is obvious that the longer they con tinue out of work the more pressing must their necessities become, as their little savings and pos sessions get exhausted. At the moment, the atten tion of the houses interested in cotton and in the products of cotton is absorbed by two causes of anxiety. One is the absence of response in the Indian markets to the stimulating advices sent out from this country on the dissipation of the apprehension of war with America. Were prices to rise in India, our spinners and manufac turers would of course be the better able to go on working for those markets even at the present ex orbitant price of cotton ; but the dulness in India, caused by the magnitude of the stocks and by the effect of the present range of prices in check ing the consumption of goods amongst the natives, re-acts with great force here. The second cause that is tending to dislocate the cotton trade at the moment is the Federal successes. Were it pos sible for the American war to come to a speedy end, the very sandy basis upon which rest the prices both of the raw material and the manufae.l tared fabric would immediately become appa rent. The first effect of the Federal victories is, therefore, to cause buyers of goods and yarns, both for home use and for exportation, to pause. At Liverpool, however, the price of cotton has fallen, and as every rise in the price theta up mills, a fall must perhaps be regarded as an advan tage. The benefit would be of a more tangible character did it come in the shape of an increased supply of the article. The total stock of cotton at Liverpool is now computed at only 430,000 bales, against 881,000 last year. Moreover, at this date last year there was a large quantity on the water from America, and a still larger quantity in the American porta awaiting shipment, whereas now that source of supply is entirely stopped. As regards East India cotton, the quantity now at sea is not much larger than it was at this time last year, being about 178,000 bales, against 150,000 in 1861. Our spinners and manufacturers are thus being gradually overtaken by a dearth of the article. trbe Court. WDIDSOR CASTLE, Yams 8. The Queen, with Princess Alire and Prince Alfred, drove out this morning ; Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood attended on horseback. The Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) and Princess Helena also drove out. The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Viscountess Jocelyn u Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Prince Alfred rode out on horseback in the afternoon, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hanhoge. SUNDAY. The Princess Alice, Prince Alfrcd, and Princess Helena, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service this morning at the private chapeL The Hon. and Vic , / Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi ciated. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Tcrasury in Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lori' Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Sur Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T:10111aS Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The following clergymen of the eastern districts of Load= bad an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of ties Exchequer, at his official residence in Downiog.street, on the subject of the Finsbury Prebend : -The Rev. E. R. Jones, Rector of Limehouse and Rural Dean, and Rev . G. T. Driffield, rector of Ilow ; Rev. A. G. How, vicar of Bromley ; Rev. G. H. W. Gill, incumbent of Christ Church. Watney-street ; Rev. F. Simms Lea, incumbent of Trinity Church, Stepney ; Rev. Morton, curate of Christ Church ; and Rev. W. Macrorie, rector of 'Wapping. A deputation from the ratepayers of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, consisting of Hr. R. Baxter, and Ir. J. M. Clabon, had an interview with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers on Saturday, at the office of the Poor-law Beard, Whitehall. Dr:vetches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial ofßce to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and to the Governors of the Falkland Islands and Canada. The Marquis and Marchiones4 of Abercorn and Lady Georgi,,,, Hasilto• will leave Chesterfield House in • few days for B►acket Hall, Herts. The Earl of Veralam has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-oquare, for Bowneanonth. Lord and Lady Raglan have left town for the Earl Ilesuchamp's seat, Hadrestield Court, Woresater. Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild and Miss de Rothschild have left Kingston House, for Frank fort. The Speaker gave hi. fourth parliamentary full dreu dieser ow liatarday evening to the following members of that Lower House :—Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Henry Scott, Hon. Agar Ellis, Hon. F. G. Tollemache, Sir William Codrington, Colonel Bartlelot, Colonel Vendslour, The °Volum Don, Mr. Somerset Beaumont, Mr. E. Ball, Mr. flescroft, Mr. T. T. 11.:rnaril, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. H. A. Brow, Mr. Cobbohl, Mr. Farren, Mr. Fenwiek, Mr. A. Finlay, Mr. Whigs Goshen, Mr. Derby Griffith, Mr. &asp toe Gordon, Mr. Pope Henoeeey, Mr. Edward Holland, Mr. Hopwood, Mr. Hereby, Mr. W. J. Legh, Mr. W. Mar shall, Mr. Wykeham Martin, Mr. Martin T. Smith, Mr. John Walter, Mr. W. W. E. Wynne, Mr. Barrow, Captain Starkpool. Mr. Bleocowe, Mr. T. M. Weguelin, Mr. W. E. Forster, Mr. J. T. Norris, Mr. Alfred Denison, an,l Rev. H. Drury. The following were unavoidably prevented from being present :—Mr. Brockleburat, Mr. Butler. Mr. Gard, Hoe. J. L. Cole, Mr, Greenall, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. P. Mao- Maw, Mr. Peacockc, Colonel Smyth, Sir W. Gallway, and Mt. Braes. The annual ball of the Civil Service Rifle Volun teen is axed to take place as the Mb of May at willies ROMA. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1862. of 40 millions of francs to be negotiated by the bankers Oppenheim. M. Mellinet, the French consul, arrived here to-day. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH CHAMBERS AND THE FRENCH PRESS. SPEECH OF M. JULES FAVRE. On Saturday the sitting of the French Legislative Corps was of a most animated character, the occasion being a masterly speech by K Jules Favre in support of the amendments proposed by the five members of the left. M. Favre de fended individual liberty and the liberty of thepreas, and denounced in the strongest terms the interference of the government with electoral and municipal proceedings. He examined the report of K Fould, the letter of the Emperor, and the consequences which had resulted to the institutions of the coun try, and asked if it was wise, or even safe, to keep the public mind under government tutelage. He said that at present there is in France but one jour nalist--the Emperor ; all others are but vassals, obliged to bow their heads before a warning or a communique—things which constitute a usurpation of the judicial power, and a penalty arbitrarily applied, amounting to confisca tion of property. Elections, as now conducted, he observed, were a negation and a mockery, for all the mayors are compelled, under penalty of losing their poets, to make the official, vote in the sense determined by authority. Ho concluded by bit terly attacking the law of general safety, so called, he said, doubtless " because it alarms everybody." The speech caused great sensation. M. Baroobe, the President of the Council, made a reply, in which be contended that the government only interfered in elections when it was necessary, and that the press had rather too much liberty in France than otherwise. The dissuasion will be resumed to-day. The Presse is grateful to M. Fevre for his speech, and in reply to K Baroche, who said that the government would continue to maintain the laws which had been attacked by the deputies of the left, remarks that time, which has already taught him something, will teach him yet more. "He will," it says, "end with seeing that the ob stinacy of keeping intact a system established 10 years ago is really a perilous thing, and that every kind of danger flows from it ; that that which may have been a remedy at one epoch may become the very principle of evil at another ; and that it is this remedy, rashly and inopportunely applied, which supports the mischief. Arbitrary measures, exceptional laws, are not the columns upon which the edifice of a good government can rest," The Debate contrasts the "soft murmur" which is permitted to the press with the boldness of the language used ou Saturday by M. Fevre. Our cotem porary, however, is so impressed with the delicacy of its position, that it preserves no ordinary caution in its praise of the celebrated republican's speech. The Ami de la Religion► has received a com• muniquf from the Minister of the Interior, on account of its remarks on the speech in the Legislative Corps by M. Ko3nigswarter, which are declared to have passed the limits of " loyal and moderate criticism." The Freese observes that the communiqui hitherto has only pretended to rectify facts, but now it undertakes to comment upon and interpret discussions. " Where will it stop r' The Debate humourously observes:—" The Inde pendence Belge has not reached us either yesterday or to-day. The Augsburg Gazette must have been suppressed by the Bavarian government, since we see no signs of it now. However, we receive very punctually the grave and prudent Vienna Gazette, which leaves us ignorant neither of what is done by the magistracy of Temeswar, nor how much snow has fallen at Rosawits." AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. A letter from Vienna, of the sth, to the Cologne Gazette says : "Eight or ten days ago the cabinet of Vienna addressed to M. (7.e Metternich at Paris a note, in tended to be communicated to M. Thouvenel. This document relates to the Roman question ; points out the view of Austria conformably with the stipulations of Zurich, and invites France, as a catholic power, to adopt towartLi the Pope a frank policy, and one which is in agreement with its former promises, so as to put an end to illusions which its attitude encourages in the two contend ing parties." THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN PRUSSIA. The late cabinet of Prussia was composed of men of different political parties. The ministers Auerswald, Schwerin, and Bernuth were liberals ; Messrs. De Roon and De Bernstorff represented the royal mind rather than the majority of the chamber; and the same may be said of M. Von Der Myth, a relic of the former Manteuffel cabinet. The Cotoune Gazette does not apprehend any scrim.' consequences from the retirement of the ministry ; but other journals take a different view, sod speak of a dissolution of the Chamber as impending. Otavren's THE REPORT OF M. FOULD ON THE CONVERSION OF THE FOUR-AND-A HALF PER CENT. RENT= AND OBLIGA TION TRENTENNAIRES. PARIS, MARCH 10. The 3foniteur of to-day publishes the report of M. Fould on the conversion of the Four-and-a- Half per Cont. Reute and Obligations Trentennaires into Three per Cent. Rente. M. Fould states that 602,575 obligations have been presented for conver sion out of a total of 675,160 issued. The amount of Four-and-a-114f per Cent. Rente which has been converted is 131,250,000 fr. There still remains 42,893,750 fr. unconverted. But Rentes are held as dowry, or by minors, persons deprived of their civil rights, and others, which by legal ob stacles are kept iu a state of almost forced immo bility. M. Fould estimates the amount of these Rentes at 30,000,000 fr. The report concludes as follows :—" The grand object of obtaining the consolidation of the public debt is therefore attained. The result will allow • diminution of the floating debt by more than 155 millions, and afterwards the preparing of measures for causing the remainder of the Four and-a-Half per Cent. Route to disappear." THE PROVVEDIMENTO COMIHTTEM. GENOA, MARCH 9, Evrzinca. The committees of tho Provvedimento held • meeting to-day, at which the vice-president said :—" The presence of Garibaldi among u. will testify to Europe the concord of Italian democracy, the programme of which is the execution of the plebiscite of the 20th October. We are with the government, as long as it wishes, like us, the unity of our fatherland, which we will strive to obtain by legal means, with Rums for our capital." (Loud applause followed this speech.) The report of the proctAing sitting was then read. The passage relating to the petition for the recall of Mazzini was ructivo.l with cries of " Evrira Mazzini !" THE NEW EGYPTIAN LOAN. ALEXANDRIA, RAH= 9. The Viceroy has signed the contract toe the loan LATER FROM AMERICA. RETORTED CAPTURE OF NASHVILLE. BOMBS POINT, NEAR QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY AFTERNOON. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from New York on the 26th ult., has arrived. NEW YORK, Fs& 26, Arrnmeoon. (Per Asia, sin Roches Point, near Queenstown.) Contradictory despatches have been received of the evacuation of Nashville by the Confederates and its occupation by the Federal troops under General BnelL The New York Times credits the news. The New York Herald thinks that Nashville is virtually evacuated, and that no stand will be made there, but that a battle may occur in its vicinity. The Tribune says :—" The Confederates under Generals Johnston, Pillow, and Floyd, have stopped twelve miles north of Nashville, and are preparing to make a desperate fight for that city." The reported evacuation of Nashville is generally credited in New York. The New York Tribune does not think that the governor of Tennessee will return to the union. The Memphis Journal predicts that Columbus will have to be abandoned. The Cincinnatti Gazette states that 3,000 of the rebels taken prisoners at Fort Donnellion had asked to be enrolled iu the Union army. It Is stated that no opposition was offered to the Union army on Cumberland River. The President has taken military possession of all the telegraph lines, and military supervisors of messages have been appointed. Journals publishing unauthorised military news will be punished. Jefferson Davis was inaugurated at Richmond on the 22nd of February, as President of the Southern Confederacy, for six years. In his address, after reviewing the events of the rebellion, he says, "Although the contest is not ended yet, and the tide for the present is against us—the final result in our favour is not doubtful. The period is near at hand when the North must sink under • load of debt which has assumed dimensions which will oppress future generations." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. EXECUTION OF DITMOLLARD. (710 K 041 OWN PAWS, SUNDAY EVIIIMIG. The evening papers are full of details of the last moments of Dumollard. He was informed at four on Friday afternoon that the Court of Caseation h►d rejected his appeal, and that he would be executed on Saturday morning. He answered quite coolly, "as well to-morrow as later." The chaplain of the prison and the curd of Bourg came to visit him a few minutes afterwards, and he pro mised them that he would "confess" before he died. That expression must be understood as re ferring to the sacrament of confession according to the Romish church, and not to any public revels tion of his crimes ; for all the accounts confirm the telegraphic statement that he made none. At six o'clock his irons were struck off, and be seemed greatly pleased at this relief. He asked to see his ' wife, whom he had hitherto refused to see, took supper with her in the presence of the chaplain, and was formally reconciled. He spoke to her very sensibly, and advised her, if she should obtain a pardon, not to go back to her old home, because she would be pointed at. When the time came for setting out for the place of execution, he was allowed to change the prison dress for his own clothes. He picked out the worst for his own wear, and put aside the others, saying they were fur his wife. At 11 o'clock he left the Bourg prison iu a cart, spread with straw, and, accompanied by the chaplain and two gendarmes, travelled through the dead of the night, arriving at Montluel at 4 in the morning. During the journey his conversation turned upon the most trivial subjects. He cal culated distances, spoke a good deal of his furni ture, and said that somebody at Dagueux, whose name he mentioned, owed him several days' work, which he reckoned up as amounting to 27fr. On observing the crowd as ho passed through Chalamont, he said, " They are very curious to see me die." On arriving at Montluel he was placed in a room prepared for him at the Hotel de Ville, the lock-up house being out of order. His first request was to have some fire to warm his feet. A cup of coffee and a glue of sherry were then given him, which he Nipped with much relish, taking especial care to melt the sugar. On the cure of Montluel being presented to him he said, " I know I am very guilty for having followed bad advice, but I pay for others." After this he was alone for nearly an hour and a half with the curd and the chaplain, and whatever confession he made must have been at this interview. At G o'clock the justice of the peace who had arrested him, and who was charged with the direction of the execution, informed the two priests that the hour was approaching. He afterwards pressed Dumollard with many questions, urging him to make a full confession, but the latter replied that he had nothing more to say, and that if he had bad any declaration to make ho should not have waited for that eclaanu—s mercantile term, signi fying the moment at which a bill is due. He re peated frequently, " I pay for others." He re mained quite firm until the executioners made the fatal toilette. Then it was observed that his nerves seemed to fail him a little. He, however, insisted on walking to the scaffold, although a carriage was in readiness. His waistcoat was thrown over his shoulders to keep him warm. He mounted the steps of the scaffold with assistance, embraced the chaplain, helped the executioner to take off hie coat, and—all was over. According to one account there were shouts resembling hurrahs among the crowd. Dumollard's head was sent •a the Medical School of Lyons. PARIS, SATURDAY STrUNG, Great curiosity is felt to know the motive for the insertion iu the Meniteur of yesterday of a Vera Cruz letter, dated January 81, which represents the Mexican expedition as being grossly mik managed, spoilt by the preteuaiona of General Prim, and likely to turn out a failure. " unless the Emperor send, out large reinforcements." I suppose the latter phrase contains the moral of the whole—in rands miens. The Bourse, after being very firm during the greater part of the day, experienced a violent re action in the afternoon, from causes not clearly known. Bmdhrr'a Correspnulenee attributes the species of panic which prevailed to rumours of ministerial modifications, which it oontradicts but faintly, stigmatizing them simply as " premature." Another report is that M. Jules Favre has said some very strong things in the Corps Legialatif, which set people thinking. Whatever may have been the cause, the Bente, after rising to 70 and 70.60, closed at 68.80 for cash and 69.96 for se count, with a fall of 10c. and 15c. The Four-and a-Ralf, contrary to general expectation, now that the conversion operation is over, were very buoyant, and rose 40c. both for cash and account, closing at 98.15 and 98.60. I apprehend the reason why stock is in so much favour is that speculators well know that the government cannot pay it off at par, and that holders will continue to enjoy their four-and-a-half per cent. I have pertinent reasons for doubting the statement of theindependance, that a forced con version of the remainder of the stock is resolved upon. In all probability an undisguised loan will be resorted to very soon. Mobilier left off without change. The Italian Loan fell 20c. Railways were greatly affected by the panic in the Rents, and fell considerably from the highest prices of the day. Orleans left off 25f. lower, and Southern 7f. 50c. The latest quotations of the other lines were about those of yesterday. The Pattie thinks the present disturbed state of Greece a fitting occasion to urge the claims of the lonian Islands to shake off the yoke of British pro tection, and participate in the blessings of King Otho's government. It is of opinion that the day must come when Europe will " require " more " candour" and more " logic" from England on this subject. The Courtier du Dimanche, which it was rather thought would be suppressed, appears this evenin g , and announces that its editor, M. Ganesco, is still in prison, but that the reason for his arrest is totally unknown at the office of the journal. M. Auguste Scheurer, a manufacturer of Tbann, and a brother-in-law of Colonel Charms, has been arrested. The sub-prefect happening to be on cir cuit at Thann at the time, pursuant to a recent de cree making the sub-prefects ambulatory, the two assistant mayors, the majority of the municipal council, and the o ffi cers of the fire brigade, ten dered their resignations to him, on the ground of the sympathy they felt for M . Scheurer, who is universally esteemed in Alsace. It is said that a speculator offered a very large sum of money to Marie Pichon, the servant who miraculously escaped from Dumollard's clutches, to make an exhibition of herself, but that she oon temptuously rejected the proposal. This girl must be quite a character. She lately wrote to Dumol lard a long religious letter, exhorting him in appro priate terms, though not in very good spelling, to think of his latter end, but, with an eye to the main chance not at all inconsistent with scorn for money proffered at the cost of womanly dignity, she concluded her sermon by the expression of a hope that he would think it right to send her the pnce of the gown which was spoilt while he was trying to murder her. This has been a soft spring day—the first this year. At seven in the evening the people sitting out of doors on the Boulevards were surprised by a thunderstorm such as is seldom seen in the month of March. The forked lightning was sinTularly vivid, and made the gas look pale in the most bril liant cads. Count de Morny's indisposition was less serious than the Conditutionne/ represented it to be this the' morning. He presided in Corps Legislatif to day. The sitting was very stormy. M. Picard continued his speech, developing the amendments to the address proposed by the five members. He was continually interrupted by M. de Morny, and replied to him with extraordinary readiness, courage, and apropos. While pleading for a public trial by jury of press offences, instead of a secret trial by three pollee magistrates, he said that the government itself was distrustful of the judges. On the President declaring that that was an improper expression to use, M. Jules Fevre exclaimed vehe mently that the law on the press did in reality place the judges in a state of suspicion ; and it was monstrous to pretend that a representative of the people had not a right to say so. Count de Morny then ran off that scent, and told M. Picard that he would not allow him to attack the fundamental laws of the country as he had done yesterday. M. Picard replied at once that M. de Moray was not in the chair yesterday, and had no right to censure him for anything that took place there. Instead of admitting the obvious validity of this plea, M. de Morny, with all the insolence of a tyrant's minion, told M. Picard that he would censure him whenever he pleased, with the appro bation of the Chamber. (Loud applause followed this declaration from the deputies appointed by government, who very naturally felt indisposed to sanction M. Picard's motion for free elections.) A great deal of wrangling followed, in the course of which M. de Morny sought to hold M. Picard and his friends responsible for the failure of the repub lican government of 1848. M. Picard and Emile 011ivier repeatedly protested that they were not in power in 1848, and could not be answerable for what was then done. M. de Morny said at last that the opposition was not generous to the Emperor, since the more he disarmed the more tbey attacked him ; and that instead of using with moderation the liberty which he had granted, they acted in a way to deprive him of all temptation to grant more. I must observe that as far as the official report before me goes there was nothing like an attack upon the Emperor in M. Picard's speech. He merely argued in favour of thew amendments which you have seen, which are entirely conform able to the ideas expressed by Prince Napoleon, and which must, I think, be approved of where ever constitutional principles are prized. M. de Morny made it his business to pick a quarrel with the speaker, and to hold up the old red rag to excite the house against the amendments. I am told that Jules Fevre, whose oratorical ability is so great that Count de Morny will be slow to interrupt him, has made a great speech to day, but the report will not be out before the Monitcur is published. In the case of the Queen, at the prosecution of W. J. Armstrong v. Rev. J. Quin, for libel, which has =pied Mr. Justice Fitzgerald at Armagh for several days, the jury, after being locked up all night on Thursday, were discharged on Friday morning without agreeing to a verdict. Colonel White publishes in the Dublin papers an address to the electors of Longford, in which a petition is spoken of. This document is as follows:—" Gentlemen, —I have to express my gratitude to those amongst you who had the courage (in many cases at the risk of your lives) to record your votes in my favour. I had hoped that the antecedents of my family in Longford might have procured me a trial, and my well-known attach ment to the principles of civil and religious liberty would have prevented the contest from assuming a character so lawless and disgraceful. But every species of violence and intimidation was put in force to prevent my return, and no candid mind can accept the result as the fair expression of freedom of opinion in the county. If such results were submitted to, there would be an end to freedom of election, and I therefore feel it my duty to you to endeavour, by every means in my power, to expose those practices of which I complain, and to restore to you the opportunity of selecting, undismayed by violets°e or faction, the repro. sensitive of your choice." The Turin correspondent of the Unitd says that "Deputies Crispi, Mordini, and Bertani had yesterday (2nd ! inst.) a conference with the ex-Fromier, Baron Ricasoli, on the subject of the read of the great exile Mazaini, and he informed them he had removed all the difficulties and arranged all with the French cabinet. The only thing' wanting now was the King's signature." A Milan letter of the Gth says :—" Last night the King attended the performances at the Scala. Hie Majesty, on preseuting himself at the front of the royal box, Iwas received with several rounds of applause, and no cry wee raised except that of 'Viva it Re!' The only circum stance capable of bearing • political construction occurred during the representation of the new and magnificent ballet of Flik e Kok. Tho appearance of a scene representing the French upitid, with the accompaniment of a bat/chile exe cuted by a portion of the company habited as French sol diers, ean , inieres, Ike , gave rise to an attempted expres don of sympathy on the part of some of the audience ; but this attempt was met by a counter demonstration from the rest of the house. On the other hand, the following scene, representing Venice. with • dance of lovely young err eaglerrirti, elicited the most rapturous and prolonged applause." The most recent information received from Toulon by • member of the family of IL Horace Verret is of • nature to tranquillise his friends. His health hem ma terially improved, and there is every reason to believe that ha will soon be completely re-established. SALE OR PRE-RAPPAELITE PICTURES, On Friday and Saturday wax held, ttle.e,re. ' Christie and Manson's, a sale of Prettaffselite and other pictures, in the possession of the late Mr. Hint, of Leeds. The collection included some 333 pictures in oil sad water colours. Among the former were to be found many of the pictures which have excited fiercest debate and discussion in recent exhibitions. Here were sold Mr. Millais's "Car. pouter's Shop" (5251.—M00re), exhibited in 1850; the same painter's " Proscribed Royalist," exhibited in 1853 (51311.:x. —Agnew), and his "Black Brunswicker," exhibited in igid (8191.—Graves); replicas in email of his " Huguenot " (1361.—D. White), and his "Recaps of the Heretic" (1331. —Gambert), with unexhibited pictures by him, a small female head, called " Wedding Cards" (1266—Grindley), and a pretty figure in a garden of a bridesmaid, prepared to fling the old shoe after the bridal cortege (135 1 .—Meore). Next in interest comas series of Mr. W. H. Hunt's land scape studies in the Holy Land ; "The Plain of Rephaim" (1264—Agnew); "Nazareth" (1516—ditto); "The Dead Sea from Siloam" (661.35.—M00re); "Jerusalem during Itrunazan" (1054—Agnew) • "Cairo, with Sunset on the Gebel- Mokattum" (1051.—ditto); repetitions in small of his " Scene from the Two Gentlemen of Verona" (2211. 10s. Avow), and his "Claudio and Isabella" (210i.—Cox); Noel Paton's " Dead Lady" (1781 10e.) ; Mr. Windex's " Bard Helen" (367/. 10a—Gernbart) ; and Mr. Luard's " Crimean Hut" (2101.—Grindlay) ; " Nearing Home" (4704 10e. —Moore) ; and "Th. Girl I Left Be hind Me" (1051.—thunbart). Here were Mr. " Elaine" (4986 15a—Agnew) ; " Return from Marston Moor" (1411. 154.--Senith) ; " Marten in I Chepstow Castle" (2321. la.—Anthony) . ! and his " Gondoinnr Watching aleigh's Execution (1904 10s. —Smart); Madox Brown's "Last of England" (an emigrant and his wife sitting at the stern of a ship which is carrying them to their new home) (4304 10s.—G•mbart) ; his "Christ Washing Peter's Feet" (94!. IN.—Smith); A Head of an English Boy" ( 4 7 1 . GIL —Gomblrt), s finished sketch of his great subject, designed to illustrate English poetry, a triptych, with Idealised figures of English poets on the and in the centre "Chaucer reading the Legend of Om to Edward 111. and his Court ;" and a large and mast elaborate water-colour picture of the Virgin, as "Oar lady of Good Children" (ki/. lls.—Crofts). There has bees no such good opportunity as this sale af forded (oteseves the Times) for testing the public taste for the pictures of this class by that coarse British gauge of "market value." Taking the price -list, it is evident that in water-colour art, where there seems to be • clans of purchasers willing to give good prices for even the most eccentric and fantasise medievelisms in the styles of Mr. Rossetti and Mr. E. Jones, the works of Turner and his contemporaries, I). Cox, Do Whit, and Copley still command a decided superiority in the marhi. Among the oil pictures Mr. Millais's later and less eccentric works obtained far better prices than his earlier productions. These productions reached their height in the 81W. paid by Mr. Chores for the "Black Bras iswicksr," the painter's hat exhibited picture. The first day's sale (of drawings) realised 5,2691. 19s. 6d. ; the wood day's sale (of oil pictures), 13,1216 lie. 6d. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL FUND. . . The subacript i one in sad of the above fund seem to be generally on the dearesee. It a to be the general opinion that an obelisk can be raised at a small expense, but it moat be understood th:Te ati fen quite the contrary. In the filet place, although an obelisk has been decided upon, it has also been decided it shell be nos of such grand proportions as totally to eclipse anything of the kind hitherto erected in this or any other country. It must be remembered that the expeneeof obtaining a great monolith must of necessity be very great ; for although in • great measures blasting is resorted to in q , still far such a purpose it is necessary that the stone should be en trely perfect, and there should be no flaw or imperceptible injury, which might affect, as might happen, its durability if the use of gunpowder were resorted to. That article nowt therefore be entirely dispensed with, and the stone will have to be cut away, an operation which must neon. eerily involve a large amount of manual labour, and con. eloquently increase the expense in a vary large degree. Again, from the enormous weight of such a stone its removal will be • work of great coat. It is also intended that the base of the obelisk shall be ornamented with sta. tuery, and different devices in stone work illustrative of the fine arts. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, the expellee of railing such a structure se is proposed will be considerably more than most people have any idea of, and far exceed the amount of the present contributions. The total amount received up to Saturday afternoon was 39,3001., of which about 1,6001. came to hand during the week. The following are a few of the principal amounts received in the course of the week:—From the Duke of Devonshire, 1031 ; Viscount Castlerosse, 601 . ; Lord Chief Justice Erle, 504 ; the Right Hon. Edw. Cardwell, M.P., 506; Earl of Warwick, 601. ; the Lord Chancellor, 501. ; the Marquis of Northamptoo, 506; Earl of Darnley, 501.; Earl Beverley, 501.; Earl of Verulsm, 301. ; Viscount Sydney, 50/4 Gay thorns Hardy, Esq., M.P., 306 ; Marchioness of Ely, RN • Earl of Ifalmesbory, 251. ; Major-General Sir R. Amy, 266; Lady Forester, 251.; Earl of Sandwich, 256 ; J. R. Gardiner, Esq., 251 .: Dal of Tankerville, 211.; Lord Loraine, 20/4 Lord Bolton, 211. ; Lady Mazy Vyner, W.; Slr Hugh Hill, 201. ; "The Frie&rcranz German Glee Club," 371. ss. 6cl. ; 190 children of the Orphan Asylum, Realism, 21. Gs. 2d. DEATH OF THE REV. J. HAMPDEN GURNEY. We regret to have to announce the death from low fever of a typhoid oh/wetter of the Rev. J. Hampden Gurney, Rector of St. Mary's, Bryanston-squaw, which took place on Saturday morning at hie residence, &I, °lon meter-place, Portman-square. He was eldest son of Sir John Gurney, who was one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and was born in Serjeants'-ion, August 15, 1802, and wee ooesequently in his 60th year. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and took his bachelor's degree in 1824, being third classic, Eva to the Chancellor's medal lista, in the first classical tripes. In 1848 he was presented by the Crown to the district rectory of St. Mary's, Marylebene. He was the author of two volumes of Demons on " Old Testament Histories," and " Texts from the Epistles sod Gospels for particular Sundays ;" of three volumes of his torical sketches entitled "The Age of Discovery," "St. Louis," and " God's Heroes and the World's Heroes; " also of pamphlets "The New Poor-law," and "The ootch Church Question," and of "Pour Letters to the Bishop . of Exeter on Scripture Readers." In Hr. Gurney the parish has lost a most earnest and popular preacher, and the church one of her stanchest and most faithful ministers. During the 14 years that he has been rector he has so won the esteem of all who knew him, that his loss will be deeply felt. Yesterday morning the Rev. Robert Rutland, the senior curate, preached a very solemn and impressive sermon on the death of the late rector, and the whole congregation ap peared to bo deeply affected at his sudden (Incase. The Indian government purposes erecting a second telegraph wire between Calcutta and Bombay, in consequence of the large amount of tragic on the present single line of telegraphic communication between the two According to the last adrices from India, the Ant of the line of French man steam packets intended to mu between India and Suer was espocted at Point de Gallo the latter cud of last month. From Galls she wu to pro ceed to Calcutta, and commence her first voyage to Suez the end of the present mouth. This pioneer steamer is 3,500 tons burden and 500 horse power, Lord Canning has assured the French Mail Packet Company's superintendent at Calcutta of cordial support and assistance. Mr. W. C. Sergeaunt, of the Colonial-office, has been appointed one of the ..kqents.Goneral for Crown Colo nies, in the room of Mr. E. tkirnani, deceased. Mr. Loftus Hughes has been appointed a Clerk in the Foreign-office. The total amount of subscriptions received at the Mansion -house up to Saturday afternoon in aid of the Hartley Colliery Fund, wan 20,2777., of which about VOL came to hand during the pant week. The donations re ceived in aid of the Merthyr Tydfil Fund only amount to 188/. _ . . HIIILALT OF MR. Cut's, M.P.—We are glad to hear that the Under-Secretary for the Home Department is steadily progressing towards recovery. THE PROP:MED OBELISK.---Considerable miscon ception appears to prevail as to the size of existing ancient obelisks, and it may be useful if we give a few dimensions. The highest in Rome, and, we believe, in the world, is that of San Giovanni, in Is-Arena°. This is 10'2 feet in height, exclusive of the pedestal on which—rightly or wrongly we ' will not now discuas—it is mounted. It is nine feet four inches square at the base, diminishing to six feet four Males where the pyramidion commences. It weighs 43; tons. The total height with pedestal is 147 feet. The second in order of height is that now in front of St. Peter's. The height of the shaft is 81 feet ; the width at the base 8 feet 4 inches. The third in height is the Flaminian ; its present length is 75 feet, and its width at the base 74 feet. That of Monte Citorio is 69 feet in height ; nod that in the Piazza Savona is 52.1 feet long. The obelisk from Luxor, now is Paris, may be called 78 feet long, and is S feet 2 inches square at the base.—Buitiltr. Fox CLrn.—The second meeting of the Fox Club this year took place on Saturday evening, at Brooks''. Present: Marquis Townshend, Colonel T. C. B. Challoner, E. K. Trachea, Esq., Colonel the lion. Weisman Coke, M.P., Frederick Dttedas, Esq., M.P., Hoe. Hamilton H. Duman. Lord Llanover, General Sir Henry Ferguson Davie. Batt., M.P., Earl of Ceeperdown, Hon. Edward S. Russell, Hon. Frederick W. Cadomin, Lord Cretnorne, John St. Aubye, Faq., M.P., John Cotes, Esq., Lord 8 Indy*, Edward Oboe, pin., E M.P., Earl of &Baud, Edward Ayshford Sanford, :x sq., , Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart., Bart of Fife, Viscount Bromley, Viscount Falkknd. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING'S-CROSS.... Number of patients for the week ending March 8, 957, of which 334 were new cases.