The Express. — London, England, 1862-11-13 00:00:00

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The new almanacks are coming out ; the annual Cattle Show is talked of ; and a hundred out-door sights foreshadow the approach of Christ mas. What a strange English Christmas this next will be ! Thousands whq proud of their ability to _ . . . . . work, and trusting with undoubting faith in the industrial economy under which they lived, until lately not only never knew, but never feared want, will this Christmas eat the bread of charity, happy if indeed they can get it to eat. We do not want to appeal to tie sensibilities of our readers by re presenting instances of harrowing distress, actual or impending. It is not necessary, for we see enough every day to convince us that if our brethren in the North are not relieved moat effectively this winter, it will not be for want of either the readiness or the ability of the public to help them. But we should like every Englishman to be able to eat his Christmas dinner with a clear conscience and a heart cheered with the memory of fraternal acts. We are already doing • great deal to miti- gate the distress in the North, and on all hands we see signs of individual and associated activity which tell us we shall soon be doing much more. But still there is danger. We have to go to the bottom of this distress, and to take care not only that many shall be succoured, but that not one shall perish. We are not making sure of this at present. One of the last letters from the North we have seen contains this passage : " My pastoral visits from day to day bring me I " into contact with cases of most harrowing dis tress. I have just had our town missionary " asking me to look after a number of families in " a most distressed condition. At the first house " I called at I found nine persons, all without " work from Saturday until Tuesday. They were " without tire, and all this family had to live upon " for the last seven days was six pounds weight "of oatmeal. At the next house I found ten " persons, all without employment, the wife just " confined, and for the last week this family had "to live on 3s. 2d. At the next I found eight " persons, all without work, the wife just con " fined of twins ; one of them was lying dead on " the bed, no food in the house, and without a " farthing to bury their dead child with. At the " next house I found nine persons, all without " work ; one of the children bad been actually " eating the potato-peelings. At the other houses " I found they had sold their best clothes, Lion " kete, dm., in many cases even bedding, to get food." This passage occurs in the letter of the Reverend ALFRED F. Aartarr, of Heywood, near Manchester, written on Monday last. If these things can happen before the winter has well begun, what may we not fear when it is upon us in all its severity ? Now, happily we have not to wait in perplexity while the means of getting the money wanted to prevent the worst consequences of this distress are being discovered. The way is plain, and already in many places it is being followed. We hear of some striking instances of liberality. Thus, Mr. SFS:P.OEON collected more than 7001. last Sunday at his Tabernacle. The association of alms-giving with religious worship is so natural, that we look to our churches and chapels for large revenues in aid of the distress. It has been computed that if as many public worshippers as were registered in the census of 1851 were to subscribe only one penny weekly, the result would be 40,0001. a week. It is satisfactory to know that weekly col lections have been instituted in many of our churches and chapels, and it may be hoped that the practice will at once become general. The Bishop of Ox roan's notion of putting off the collection to the day of a Church festival which will not be due these six weeks, is one which we should be sorry to see adopted. But no liberality on the part of one portion of the population can dispense the remaining portion from its obligations. There must be a house to house visitation under a suffi cient local sanction. Here again the practical spirit of the English public has anticipated sug gestions, and we are merely insisting on the neces sity of doing that universally which is already being done in different parts of London and in other large towns. No other plan is so well cal culated to realise the public and national character of the calamity and to bring the duty of con tributing home to all classes of the community. But if these two sources of pecuniary supplies are to produce a fund equal to the exigencies of the case, they must be opened on all hands. It is getting to be recognised that it is not by a single violent effort, but by steady and sustained endea vour that this crisis is to be met. The injustice of throwing the burden upon one class or upon a few classes of persons is also apparent. But it is still necessary to in►ist that the work is one which should be taken up in all parts of the country. This consideration was stronglypressed upon the Central Relief Committee by Mr. CODDIN on Monday week, and was the motive of his proposition to make that committee national. A national com mittee would be entitled to survey the whole coun try, ascertain what portions were backward in con- i ; . THE EntESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1862. tributing, stimulate their zeal, 4 thin diffies the burden with approximate fairiseHrs over the whole community. It will take a long and a strong pull to get our unemployed factory opera tives through this winter. The nation is cer tainly more than equal to the work, if only the labour is not thrown exclusively upon the few. Nothing could so well prevent this unfair distribution as a National Central Committee. Some are asking, But is it possible to sustain a vigorous effort for a long period, and would it not be better at once to appeal to the national exchequer 4 Well, it is truly the national exchequer, though not the treasury of the State, which is now appealed to, and we shall soon see whether the English people, so rich in self-help, will be driven on this occasion to confess its impotence and resort to the machinery of taxation. For our part, we shall not believe it until we see it, and we believe we shall not see it. Only the greatest mismanagement on the part of those who have undertaken to be leaders could render such a course necessary. A million sterling could be raised for Lancashire this winter without anybody feeling the poorer, if only the contributions be anything like general ; and if they should not prove so, it will be principally for want of an organization adapted to call them forth. A Nonconformist clergy man writes to a contemporary :—" A domestic " servant was observed to place gold in the plate "in my church on Sunday last." And so it will be; the frugal, industrious, and willing will do the work if nobody else will, rather than it shall go undone. But it will be disgraceful if it is cast upon them. At present the public hes no satis factory account of what the wealthy classes of Lancashire are doing. We hear of millovrners giving month by month to their operatives larger sums than the single subscription which the greatest territorial magnates think a sufficient contribution in aid of the distress. And yet the employers are the very class selected for attack by some of our public writers. But what of the great speculators in cotton and cotton goods who have lately been making more by sitting still with folded bands than they ever made in their lives by ac tivity ? The Mayor of MsiCHffirEa, on retiring from office, confesses that this class have not done what they ought. " The manufacturers had done " nobly, but warehousemen, merchants, and " others had not done what might have been ex " pected—some of them bad done nothing." And what of Liverpool, where, it is said, more carri ages have been built within the last twelve months than in five years previously ? Surely, when our maid-servants are fetching half sovereigns out of their savings to give to poor people whom they never saw, rich men will put their hands into their pockets to help their neighbours. ON the 15th of last September there was living in Northumberland-alley a sweep named SAMUEL GARDNER. In the same house lived his wife and child, and a servant-maid named HUMBLER. GARDNER had been married seven years. But about five years ago the girl HUMBLER came to live in the house, and GARDNER had undoubtedly carried on an improper intimacy with her. How ever, about a year ago, HUMBLES married, being then only 18, but in about six weeks after that event she returned to GARDNER'S house, and the improper intimacy was renewed. There is evidence, and it is by no means improbable, that this girl was in the habit of annoying and insulting GARD NER'S wife. Indeed, according to GARDNER'S statement, corroborated by another witness, the girl had notice to leave the service. There is nothing to prove that GARDNER was in the habit of using violence to his wife, although the evidence is ample to show that the girl was very fond of Guernqu, jealous of the wife, and distracted at the idea of leaving her paramour. It appears that on Sunday, the 14th of Sep tember, this man GARDNER went to bed u usual with his wife. HUMBLER also slept in the house that night. At a quarter-past 3 a.m. a police constable awoke GARDNER, and from that hour until about 8 o'clock he was seen by various per sons at various places pursuing his ordinary avoca tions. About eight he returned home, and found the woman HUMBLER, the doctor, and his wife dead upon the floor. The body lay near the bed. The throat was cut ; the left hand was placed across the chest leaning towards the throat, and the right hand was also across the chest feebly grasping a knife. When the woman HUMBLER went to fetch the doctor she said that Mrs. GARDNER had com mitted suicide. But when GARDNER came in and saw his wife on the floor, he said, "What is " thief" then stooped down and took tho table knife from the hand. Presently GARDNER looked towards the woman HUMBLER, and said, " You wretch ! you have done this." HUMBLER fell on her knees and protested her inno- mice. That the woman was murdered there seems to be no manner of doubt. Both surgeons agree that the wounds could not have been in flicted by the deceased, and that if she " had died " with the knife in her hand it would have been " grasped or clenched tightly. " Nor, indeed, in the subsequent trial was any attempt made to set up a case of suicide. If the deceased did in fact commit suicide, the Judge, the Jury, and the Counsel on both sides have made the grossest mis take—for GARDNER now lies under sentence of death. A foul murder was, therefore, undoubtedly committed, and the only question is, who was the perpetrator of it. Both GARDNER and IlEsinsa were jointly in dicted. This course was adopted in order that " certain statements made by one of the prisoners " might be given in evidence against the other." No one seems to have thought that both were guilty. One certainly did the deed. Which of them was it Y The prosecuting counsel, however, upon the suggestion of Chief Baron Poxxocw, think ing that the evidence against the woman was weaker than that against the man, let her off— but called her as a witness against GARDNER. If indeed the law of England had allowed the accused to be examined, this difficulty would not have oc curred, for then the evidence of both prisoners might have been obtained, and both might have been tried separately if necessary. But GARDNER was tried, and has been found guilty, upon what evidence, however, it is difficult to discern. If indeed the woman HUMBLER, who was undoubtedly present in the house at the moment when the murder was committed, had given distinct evidence of his guilt, there might have been some reason for the verdict. But she insists that it was a case of suicide, even after GARDNER accused her of the crime. Moreover, according to her statement, there was no noise during the night, although it is tolerably clear that there must have been something at least of a struggle ; and there is evidence to show that cries were heard proceeding from the bedroom of GARDNER about 6 o'clock, whilst GARDNER was out, and his wife was alone in the house with HURDLER. So far, therefore, as the evidence of HUMBLER goes, there is nothing to show that any murder took place at all. The only evidence against GARDNER was, that the murder must have been done some three or four hours before 8 o'clock, and that some blood marks were absent from the shutters opened by HUMBLER en the morning of the murder which were found there some days later. As •to the first argument, the doctors examined wore not positive as to how long Mrs. GARDNER bad been dead. Three hours would not be long enough, for Gianrcut had left the house before four. And although those who can perpetrate such a crime as that of which GARDNER is said to have been guilty are not wanting in coolnesa, still the calmness with which he pursued his avocations during that morn ing, and the fact that he desired the police-con stable to call him at the very moment when he must have been about the deed, are facto deserving of grave consideration. Indeed, they tend strongly in GARDNER'S favour. As to the marks of blood which were pointed out by GARDNER to the pollee-constable upon the shutter which Houma opened on the morning of the murder, it is difficult to rely on this as con clusive proof of guilt. If it had been proved that these marks were placed there by GARDNER, or if there had been any other circumstances to show the guilt of GARDNZE,such a fact would have been most material. As things at present stand it proves little. No one saw GARDNER commit the murder —no one seems to have imagined it probable that he would do violence to his wife—there was no object in his perpetrating the crime—his whole conduct both before and after it was much more consistent with his innocence than with his guilt. But it is very different with the woman Ent- BLIP. She was in the house during the whole night, until eight in the morning. She waa pas sionately fond of GARDNER, and jealous of his wife. For four years she had been his paramour, and, after spending six weeks with her newly married husband, she had returned to the embraces of GARDNER. That very Sunday she had been exasperating the wife. She had re ceived warning. She had retired early to brood over her wrongs. When she came back for the last time she declared her resolution never toleave the house again. And if this wretched woman did perpetrate the crime with which she was charged, it would not be so very inconsistent with human nature ; for it must be remembered that when MOBBR, the police-constable, asked GARDNER why he thought that his wife had been murdered, he replied, " Because the girl HUMBLER was to have " left his house on the same day," and he added, " that he had gone to HUMBLER ' S " bedroom one morning before she was up, " and saw a knife sticking in her door, and " when he asked her what that meant, she " said that she did not intend he should have " found her alive ; moreover, he said that he had " frequently seen her sharpening knives on the " sinkstone, and when he asked her what she was " doing that for, she sometimes said they were for " herself, and sometimes for him." These ex pressions ought not, of course, to be construed too literally, but they certainly tend to show the passion the girl had for GARDNER, and the jealous feeling she must have entertained towards his wile. There are no doubt difficulties in this case. But, like that of Jugs's M`Lsciii.AN, it shows the im perative necessity of some Court of . Criminal Appeal, instead of continuing the jurisdiction which such a court ought to exercise in the hands of a Secretary of State. For Inspector of State of Niagara. For Clerk of Court of Appeals—Frederick A. Tall madge, of New York. The Republican State ticket is as follows : For Governor—James S. Wadsworth. For Lieut.-Governor—Lyman Tremain. For Canal Commissioner—Oliver L►due. For Inspector of State Prisons--Andreas Willman. For Clerk of the Court of Appeals—Charles Hughes. tylord J. Clarke, THE PRINCE OF WALES AT ROME. NONE, Nov. 12. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, arrived here this morning, on board the royal yacht Osborne. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DESPATCH OF THE FRENCH CO. VERNMENT ON MEDIATION IN AMERICA. (ILICUTZWIS TZLDGRAMS.) PARIS, Nov. 13. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, dated October 30, proposing to the cabinets of London and St. Petersburg to come to an understanding, in order I to cause a cessation of the hostilities now waging on the American Continent. M Drouyn de Lhuys says that these hostilities I provoke sacrifices and efforts of a nature to inspire a high idea of the perseverance and energy of both peoples. The minister recalls that France has considered it a duty to observe a strict neutrality, and con tinues :—" But far from imposing upon the powers an attitude resembling indifference, neutrality should dispose them to render themselves useful to both parties, and aid them to emerge from a position which at present appears without issue." The despatch proceeds to state that the situation of the belligerents does not permit a hope of marked advantage likely to accelerate the con clusion of peace, but points out the opportunity for an armistice, to which, in the present state of things, no strategic interests appear to make an obstacle. M. Drouyn de Lhuys continues thus : " Dispositions favourable to peace begin to manifest themselves in the north as well as in the south, and would second steps for the conclusion of a truce. The Emperor has charged me to propose to the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburg to come to an under , standing to employ their influence at Washington and in the Confederate States, in order to bring about a suspension of hostilities for sir months, during which all direct or indirect acts of war should cease both on sea and land. " These overtures would imply no judgment upon the origin or issue of the quarrel, and no pressure upon negotiations which might be con ducted. Our part would solely be to smooth away difficulties, and only to intervene in the measures determined upon by both parties. "The accord of the three powers would impress the step they might take with an evident character of impartiality. If our counsels were not listened to, we should have fulfilled the duties of humanity ; and even in remaining without result our efforts would nut be entirely useless, for they might encourage in American public opinion a movement towards conciliatory ideas, and assist in haatening the moment when the return of peace might become possible:" The 3foniteur also announces that it was never intended that the inauguration of the Boulevard Prince Eng One should take place before the be ginning of December, when the Emperor will be present at the ceremony. AMERICA. (Per North American via Cape Race.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3, Emilio,. The advance of the Federal army continues. General Pleasanton met the Confederates at Phil lipmont. After skirmishing they retreated to Union, whence they were subsequently driven by General Pleasanton, who occupied the place. Heavy firing has been since heard, but the result is not known. The Confederate prisoners captured at Corinth report that the Federals bad captured Mobile, but the report requires confirmation. A rumour was current at Port Royal that the Confederate ram Savannah was coming down the river. The Confederate steamer Alabama has captured eight more American vessels, and destroyed them all but two, which gave bonds for 86,000 dollars, payable to President Davis after the declaration of peace. The Alabama was last seen in lat. 39, lon. 69 W., ofL Cape Delaware, directly in the track of the Californian steamers. The Federal cruisers have captured the British steamers Anglia and Scotia off Charleston. The Edinburgh arrived out on the Ist inst. The Bohemian passed Cape Race on the 2nd inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 301 per cent. prem. Exchange, 144 to 1444. Cotton quiet and unchanged. Provisions quiet. Stocks dull. Breadrtuffs heavy. POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE NORTH. The following is the New York Democratic plat form : Resolved.—That the democracy of New York, waiving the expiesakai of their views upon questions not rendered imperative by the imperilled condition of their country, hereby declare : 1. That they will continue to render the government their sincere sod united support in the use of all legitimate MOMS to suppress the rebellion sod to restore the Union as it wis, and maintain the constitution as it is, believing that that sacred instrument, founded in wisdom by our fathers, clothed the constituted authorities with full power to accomplish such purpose. 2. That by the following resolution, unanimously passed by Congress in July, 1861, the government was pledged to the policy inculcated therein, and which cannot be departed from without violation of public faith, viz. : "Resolved, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States, now in arms against the constitutional government, and in arms around the capital ; that in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged, on their part, in any spirit of oppression or forany purpose of conquestor sub jugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to de food end maintain the supremacy of the constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that se soon so these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease." 3. That we, having confidence in the loyalty of th e citizens of the State of New York, reiterate the sentiment. heretofore expressed by the democratic party—that the illegal and unconstitutional arrests and imprisonments of citizens of this State are without the justification of nixes city, and we denounce such arrests as a usurpation and a crime, and that the freedom of the press, equally protected by the constitution, ought to be maintained. 4. That we are willing to act in the coming election with any class of loyal citizens who agree with us in the prin ciples herein expressed ; that we hereby incite the co-opera tion of all citizens in giving the most emphatic expression to these principles by supporting the ticket nominated by this convention. ' - • • The following are the conservative nominations : For Governor—Horatio Seymour, of Oneida County. For Limit-Governor—David R. Floyd Jones, of Queen s. For Canal Commissioner—William I. Skinner, o 7 Herkimer. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 12. The King is progressing favourably. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHLMFTON, TIICIMDAT. The Royal Mail Stea m Packet Company's ship Seine, with the above mails, passed Hurst Castle at 1.20 p.m. to-day. The following telegram bee been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 12. The Euxine, with the above mail, sailed this day for Marseilles. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mail, left yesterday for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 24th inst. The Benares brought the wail to:Suez, arriving there on the 10th. OUTWARD MAIL OF SEPT. 20-26. The Northam and Columbian left Ceylon on the 22nd October (correct date) for Australia and China respectively. PRUSSIA. Public opinion in Prussia, which had at first viewed with comparative indifference the spectacle of feudal agitation, has begun to bestir itself since the reiterated replies of the King to the loyal addresses have evinced the profound impression which the latter have made on the mind of this monarch. The Volkszeitung proposes a general petition from the country, in order to enlighten the King, and to bring home to him that loyalty and devotedness to his person do not ex dude fidelity to constitutional institutions and a conscientious regard for the real wants of Prussia. GARIBALDI AT PISA. The Movimento of Genoa gives a long acoonnt of General Garibaldi's trip from La Spersis to Pisa, from which we extract the following : The general was transferred on board the Monealieri in a bed of curios' mechanism scot to him from Germany ; he himself commanded the manoauvres to be executed. A tent formed of standards bad been prepared for him on deck. He was loudly cheered by the population of La llperia when the Moncelieri weighed anchor at ha pset 8 a.m. At first the general had intended to go to Piss through Leghorn, but he changed his mind, and canoed the lioncalieri to stop at the month of the Arno, where he got himself let down into a boat, and rowed up the Limo to Piss, when be arrived in two hour, and was received with enthusiastic cheers by the population that had 'rambled to await his arrival. Eight strong young men carried the general in his bed to the hotel of the Tre Donnell., where an apartment had been prepared for him. He was accompanied by his phy sicians and his eon Menotti. An immense crowd remained for several hours before the hotel under his windows. THE ITALIAN PRIESTHOOD AND THE POPE. It was lately stated that Father Passaglia had collected the signatures of 10,000 priests to an ad dress to the Pope, praying his Holiness to restore peace to Italy and the Christian church. The address is now published, and it bears the names of 8,943 members of the Italian clergy, of whom 76 are episcopal vioars ; 1,095 monsignors, canons of cathedrals or collegiate churches; 783 arch-priests, provosts, or pariah rectors ; 317 chap lains ; 861 parish vicars or curates; 343 doctors, preachers, or professors ;167 schoolmasters in orders; 4,533 simple priests ; 767 monks or members of the regular clergy. Other subscribers, whose names are daily printed in Paasaglia's journal, It Mediatore, will swell the list to the number of 10,000, as formerly announced. The real spirit and aim of the address is contained in these few words : Behold, most blessed Father, from cue end to the other of this our Italy • unanimous voice resounds—a voice of religion, of catholic piety—" Long live the Pope !" but another voice is also heard, a voice of patriotism and of national independence—" Long live Rome, the metropolis of the new kingdom!" If these two voices, instead of joining in UaiBoo, are jarring and conflicting, there is no spiritual or temporal evil that we may not fear ; there is no national and religious blessing that we may reasonably hope for. Who, then, shall be the holy man destined to bring these voices to harmonise, to turn them into • beginning and source of so great • happiness for the nation and for the papacy, for society and for the church ? You alone can be be, most bleeped Father, as you alone can efficiently repeat that voice which you i•herited from the Prince of Shep herds, and which, starting from the Vatican, would fill Heaven and earth with exultation. Let, then, this voice be beard from your lips, 0 Pius Let Italy, which looks upon you with filial love and prays to you, hear this word— " Peace !" Yee, Father, do you announce Pace. and we, in our own name and that of Italy, swear to you immortal gratitude. Father Paasaglia describes the myriads of priests who have countenanced the movement to which he gave rise as belonging to the "second" or middle order of the clergy. The Arinonia informs us that there are in the Italian kingdom no less than 34 vacant sees, about one-seventh of the whole number. Seven of the Pied montese prelates, six of those of the Island of Sar dinia, one in Liguria, two in Lombardy, one in Parma, six in Tuscany, three in the Marches, two in Umbria, three in Naples, three in Sicily—are either dead or have been turned out of their dio ceses owing to their political misconduct. In the event of any vacancy a consent of the Pope with the King is necessary for the appointment of a new in cumbent. So let the war between Pius IX. and Victor Emmanuel continue but a little longer, and every Italian community will be brought to the condition of Turin, which has been without its archbishop for the last nine or ten years, and has managed to thrive without Lim. Since the failure and flight of Mr. L. Laurent, banker, of Parma, the following houses in Italy have sue pended payment:—Giovanni. Guilin's, G. Prosper rini, and Ballerini, of Bologna; 801 l and Co., of Ancona ; C. Bertandli, of Cremona; G. and F. Saotirdoti, of Ham ; and Cipof►to, of Venice. It in supposed that over advances to week cotatractors for public works have occasioned the failure of most of the above houses, and it is expected that other diluters will follow. For the first time a native lawyer has been ap pointed a judge of the High Court of Calcutta. The NM" tleman upon whom this high distinction has been am jarred is Baboo Sumbhoo *lath Pundit, a lawyer of the highest reputation at the Calcutta bar. Cbt Court. OSBORNE. Nov. 12. Her Majesty drove out yesterday, attended by the Countess of Gainsborough. Field Marshal the Duke of Cambridge arrived yester day evening on a viait, and returoed to London to-day. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. A deputation of gentlemen intareatad in telegraphic com munications between Great Britain and America bad an interview yesterday with Lord Palmerstou. The deputation consisted of Sir J. D. Hay, Bart., M.P., Rear-Admiral G. Elliot, the Hon. W. Napier, W. Vivian, Esq., W. 11. Smith, Esq., Captain Rowett, and Mr. Francis Edwards, solicitor. Maria Marchioness of Aileebury has returned to town from a tour of visite. Field-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Corn homers have arrived at Wolverton Villa, Clifton, from Ounbermere Abbey. Viscount and Viscountess St. Vincent and Major sad Ma. Warrender have left Brown's Hotel. Lord and Lady Chesham have left Grosvenor square for Brighton. Sir Andrew Buchanan and Hon. Lady G. Buchanan have left Fenton 's Hotel for the Hague. The marriage of the Earl of Longford with the Hoe. Selina. Rice Trevor, third daughter of Lord and Lady Dynevor, was solemnised yesterday at All Saints' Chinch, Knightsbridge, in the presence of • numerous circle of friends and relatives of the two families. The marriage was celebrated yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover square, of Mr. Melvill to the Hon. Elizabeth Lister, sister to Lord Ribblesdale. The bride and bridegroom arrived at the church about half-past 11 o'clock, where they were met by • large circle of friends, and above 100 children belonging to the Sailors' Orphan Home, of which the 800. Miss Lister is at the head, dressed in blue and white, with silver badges. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Edward Hartopp, principal of Erase nose College, Oxford. In a letter to the Morning Post Bishop Colons° replies to • review of his work on the Pentateuch, which has appeared in the columns of our contemporary. He concludes with saying :—" Although the reasons which I have already given for denying the historical truth and Modes authorship of the Pentateuch, are. as it seems to me, amply sufficient ; yet it will be seen, when the second part of my work is published, that there are other reasons as strong as these, though of • different kind, which compel us, as I believe, to the same conclusion." There is a requisition in course of signature, calling upon the Mayor of Cork to convene • meeting for the purpose of relieving the Lancashire distress. The Cork I?xamixer says :—" We are glad of inch a step being taken, for it would be an eternal reproach, and a just re proach to us, if we, who were sedated in our distress by the people of England, forgot them in the hour of need. But the fact is there are in all the manufacturing towns of England, those of Lancashire in particular, large numbers of Irish. In some of those towns the number of Irish workpeople is as great es that of the English. And thus, not only are we bound to exhibit gratitude to the English people who generously came to the relief of Ireland in the hour of her appalling misery, but we should think of our own—those of our race and country—who have been com palled by the pressure of poverty at home to seek a dwelliog- I o hm i n another land. This, happily, is purely • question of charity and humanity, in which all can meet on common ground ; and we anticipate, from the names which are being attached to the requisition, that the meeting, when it will assemble, will represent the city thoroughly." A case of hardship is reported from Rochdale. Twenty-five of the operatives there were summoned for non payment of poorrate, and the magistrates, who said they could do nothing in the way of excuse without the consent of the guardians, issued distress lemmata against all who had not paid the rate. One man, • sample of the lot, said he had a family of six, that he was working for 2a. lod. • week, that he got from the guardians +W. • week, and • little meat sod bread front the soup kitchen. This was all he had. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nos ous owl conalmosossr.) PARIS, WED :MIDAS EVENING. Everybody acquainted with what has been going on in Paris for the last month is aware that the political event looked forward to with the greatest interest was the presence of the Emperor at the opening of the Boulevard Prince Eugene, on November 15. Extraordinary preparations had been made for his reception. The recollection of his important manifestoes in the month of Novem ber, last year and the year before, coupled with his well-known love for anniversaries, had raised the expectation of a sensation speech on Saturday next. It bad not escaped public notice that the day wag the Empress's fete day, and many con jecture4 were made whether his Majesty would choose this occa sion personally and publicly to explain the new policy indicated by the appointment of M. Drouyn de Lhuya. A recent report was that the Prince de Lenchtenberg had been invited to the fete, in order that organised cries of " Viva Prince Eugene" might be taken as the recommendation of the French nation of his candidature to the throne of Greece. In short, the public was on the tip-toe of expectation, and now that the day fixed is so near at hand, no event would, in the natural course of things, more attract the attention of Paris journalists, or call for fuller details in case of any sudden and unexpected change in the arrangements. This being so, observe what has happened. The Constitiationnef says :—" It is erroneously that several journals have announced that the Emperor is to inaugurate the Boulevard du Prince Eugene on Saturday." This short para graph leaves it open to suppose that the inaugu ration will take place on Saturday, but withoutthe Emperor. The France, however, in an obscure part of the paper among accidents and offences, mentions that it has been found impossible to com plete the works in time, and therefore the ceremony is indefinitely adjourned. The Patrie adds, from its private sources of information, that the day is "not fixed." Bnt, according to the Temps, the event is only postponed for three or four days, because the Emperor wishes to pass the Empress's fete day in the bosom of his family. When such lame explanations are given it is not wonderful that the public should believe what I heard on Monday, when I hinted at the probable absence of the Emperor—that a plot has been dis covered. All the world is talking of one to-night, but I have heard no particulars. The Petrie gives as "latest news" the fact which appeared in my letter of Sunday last, that Mr. Slidell, the envoy of Jefferson Davis, has been received by the Emperor at Compiegne. The France says that M. de Flahault's state of health compels him to resign the London embassy at once, instead of waiting till next year, as the Emperor had requested him to do. The Bourse, after some fluctuation, ciceed with animation and considerable firmness. Rente rose 20c. for cash and 25c. for account, closing at 70fr. 60c. and 701 r. 75c. Mobilier rose 151 r. and the Italian Loan 65e. Railways were only from lfr. 25c. to ter. 50c. higher. An accident has occurred on the Bourbonnais Railway, near /fevers, from the bursting of a loco motive. The engineer was killed on the spot and several workmen were injured. DINNER TO MR. R. O. W. HERBERT, COLONIAL SECRETARY OF QUEENSLAND. Last night a number of gentlemen, connected principally with the colony of Queensland, met together et Willis's-rooms, to pay a mark of respect ti Mr. R. G. W. Herbert, the colonial secretary of that colony, who is it present in this country on leave of absence. About seventy persons were present, amongst wnom were Sir Charles Nicholson, Earl Duets, Lord A. Churchill,, M.P., Sir Fret Rogers, Mr. Lygoo, M.P., Mr. Herman Merivale, Mr. Manh, M.P., Mr. Bramston, M.P., Mr. Durrell, Mr. Peter, Colonel Oealow, Messrs. Gordon, Mangles, Mackay, Rodg• son, A. Denison, Dr. Bersays, Captain Ramsbothami Mr. Pemberton, Sir D. Cooper, Rev. W. F. Gore, Messrs. Ellis, Douglas, Ramsay, Comings, M`Ewan, Grant, Os low, km Sir C. NICHOLSON presided. A Turin letter of the 9th says The King of Italy is indulging just now in a aeries of those rapid jeer• nays and Ridden goings and comings which render him such a phenomenon to his idle Florentine and Neapolitan sub' jects. For instance, on Thursday he went from here to Milan—four hours' railway—reviewed the garrien, which, including the march peat, mast have been an affair of some hours, for there were thirty-two battalions d infantry, four of benagheri, eight companies of arid pn, three regiment. of cavalry, and eevesty•rire gams, and then gave a banquet to the authorities that finished, the party adjourned to the Sails — where, as usual on royal visits, the ballet prezedel the opera—here they assisted at a MiLuiete ballet 01, say, as seta ; after which the King received the Syndic, and the* returned to Turin! On Tuesday be has a reiiew at Pia. cense, and on Wednesday inspects General Ciaktini's sioo at Bologna, and returns again to Turin. Amos the crowd s.eembled on the Piazza d'Armi at Milan on Thus day were a group of military spectate's, to whom the 14 eas must have been very familiar, though, probably, they Itare not visited it since 1859 ; these were the military gofer. nor of Verona and a party of Austrian offioers (rein the different Venetian garrisons, attracted, of course, by that love of !tieing a review which pervades soldiers of OM country." A Berlin letter says :—" "The disappearance of the Prince of Hobeulohe has produced a great 'muscles here. The prince belonged to a inediatised German fs and bad married the Prince Elector of Hesse's daughter , issue of his morganatic union with the Princess of Hann The Prince of Hohenlohe, who has left debts to the a mount of 2,850,000 fr., has taken refuge in America. His gen; M. Morahan!, who bad got his bills diaceuuted, drepremed at the same time." The Unirersal Gazette 'of Berlin states that no less than eight press prosecutions are papas; before the courts of Konigsberg. Madile. Patti has arrived in Paris, and the re bearish of Il Berfiere di Serif/ha will commence iron. diately at the Italians. It is stated that Madame Carvalbo is to slug leading part in Belle's Bohemian Girt at t h e Theatre Lp the rigue, Paris. A Paris contemporary writes :—" On the revival al of La Masette at the Grand Opera, Fenella is annueceil Milne. Emma Livry, who has to prove her powers SS 1 mime. M. Auber has written some new dunce moic it was originally intended that the Muni:dello should fg Ni• ichot ; but, wisely, the aumagetnent decided to Signor Mario. There is not the whisper of goy 0°1'2.1 novelty forthoorning, save the two-act opera by M. Yaw. Rossiors Moist, however, is to be revived." The French Academy has decided that it N , ill " t proceed to elections or to the reception of member: ako.al chosen until April nest. The motive of that postposeeth ot is said to be the departure of a great number of a r,airear chum for warmer countries, where they will reinsia for the winter. An influential meeting of importers, cornfactelii shipowners, and broken engage.' in the Bediterrnees e srf Bieck Sea grain trade is being held this afternoon Obi sale-rooms of the Baltic Coffee-house, with the ric" altering the present mode of paying freight on Brs measure to that of paying on weight, as lately nits:dog" by merchants in the American trade. Last week's number of Punch, whose cartoon represented King Otho and Francis li. of SsOl warning the King of Prussia, has been confiscated 13613'. Snow km fallen pretty generally all over InlavAL In the enmities of 110110210131011, Galway, and Leitrim th the e' have been heavy falls, and the same report oodles frOTa neighbourhood of Belfast. Stooks of con, it is steel, Of be seen embedded in the snow in some places. 5 F r,