The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

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Mora% herrn.. d Halle. M. Latrailatrv, Mr. A. loraat. T. JA3IIMIL THI% r(11111111% THE IRLE OV T. TIURPCZ. Mayan. A.WIRaa awl Emer) . Yes. Incklaituuu N bite.—Ropl .-ctracaganak en- IiNDICIUON Ilse NAil,glit) Bo) Will - vied foe thr*An. Yes sm. Young 3154 !Awry . Miura Steams, Herhert, Pc Rothrt. KRITANNIA. Tan IMAM. THE MINCH AND THE MIRE or, Que. n 1;1 milboppreuvl the Gin. W.lrm .4 Gina W.rres He►.t.. 11.1. rem. lean awl NeWitlllll • Meptian. Mo. A. Lime. )4m W. enmaturd. —And CHAILAV N RON WATICI AT LONLItniBRIDGIL Tll3ll OAT —lllnrales 5. T . Afteuseck '4IA Ithaftavw—llarstag. 1310 Aftsefses. I. .ris. LONDON, WIDNIISDAT, JAN. 2. V'iss last Allocution Of the KIPVIAKIGN PIoNTIYV is in many respects an improvement on most of its predecessors. It is more digintied in tone, and has less of penionate and imbecile vituperation than usuaL The HOLY FAT/11.11 speaks, or is made to speak, more in sorrow and less in anger than he has done of late, and the address accordingly contains comparatively few of those vindictive im precations in which the vocabulary of the Vatican is so peculiarly rich. Not that it is by any means wholly free from these rhetorical ornaments. Those disturbers of the Church, the King of SAROINIA and the Emperor of the FKLN4II, are still alluded to as " impious men who proclaim themselves the " sons of the Church, but whom we must call the " MOM of darkness." And after referring in detail to the recent changes in the government of Umbria, and especially to the new decrees relating to ecclesiastical property in that province, the HOLY PATMEacoatinues :—" This multitude of evils can " only be attributed to those who, styling themselves " the promoters of public happiness, have, in " order to extend their power in Italy, laid • " 'Nerds-glom hand on all laws, human and divine; " and who in their impious fury have left in their " track nothing save ruin and desolation." But in the present circumstances of the Holy See a slight outburst of this kind could hardly be re sisted, and may be readily forgiven. As a whole, the Allocution is, as we have said, more dignified and temperate, both in spirit and substance, than usual. It has, moreover, a touch of reality about it -something iniproaching to an earnest, practical nterence to recent and prospective events—that is in such a document a most welcome innovation. There is, indeed, cause enough for this change of tone. Roth as a temisiral prince, and as sovereign bead of the Church, the Port has now to lament over losers and evils that are no longer imaginary or prospective only. The Philistines are upon him in grim eareest. It is not simply the loss of his possessions at home, but the serious and threaten ing attacks on his power abroad, that Pius IX. has to deplore ; and both in Italy and Europe his foes are those of his own ecclesiastical household. The revolution in Italy has been effected by Ca tholic populations, and the monarch who has assumed the government of the Papal provinces is a Catholic King. It is, no doubt, a heavy afflic tion for the Hoi.v FATHER to have lost nearly the whole of his territory by the voluntary act of his nominal children, and he, not unnaturally perhaps, looked to the great Catholic Powers for sym pathy and help. They have afforded him neither. Ihr the contrary, both Austria and France have given the Pi oar re the cold shoulder in the hour of his utmost need— the very crisis of his fate. The representative of the royal house that has for centuries been the devoted servant of the Holy See—the descendant of that Roootru of Hapsburg who, at his coronation, used a crucifix for a sceptre, in token of his absolute devotion to the SocailLlON Posrirr—is on the point of abridging the power and privileges of the Church within his dominions ; while the " Eldest " Son of the Church" openly propounds • scheme for the abolition of the Pore's temporal power, and curbs with a strong and determined hand the mutinous prelates of his empire. These are more serious signs of the times than even the loss of • province in Italy, and as such PICK IX. evidently regards them. While the political affairs of Italy anly occupy a paragraph, nearly half of the Allo cution is occupied with indirect but sig nificant denunciations of the treason against the Church meditated by her eldest and most favoured sons—the Emperors of Ars-nos and FRANCE. FRANCIS Joiszen, it is well known, feels himself compelled by the political exigencies of his position to modify, if not to abolish altoge ther, the Bien Concordat with Rome, and the Pore accordingly seizes the opportunity of giving him • covert but severe lecture on the impiety of such a perverse and pernicious course. " In " truth, it is impossible," says the Houv FATHER, " not to deplore in how many countries of Europe " have penetrated the most pernicious errors on " the power and rights of the Church. In one, "they labour incessantly to invalidate the Con " cordate concluded by the Apostolic See on eccle " siastical matters ; in another, they devote all " pains to prevent for the future the conclusion of " Concordats with the view of regulating the " affairs of the Church, or at least that the civil " authority should interfere for the conclusion of " such treaties. We have experienced all these " recent contrarieties, venerable brothers, not " without serious regret." That one sentence referring to the country where efforts are incessantly made to annihilate the Concordat concluded with the Holy See, is indeed the only direct reference to Austria contained in the Allocution ; bat the minute details and long dis mown of the rejected Haden Concordat, with the e•nphatie papal protest against that impious proceeding, are all of course directly designed for the young EVI.IEOOIO4 instruction amid reproof. hi itself the Kaden affair is entitled to no such prominence in the papal manifesto. The rejection of the Concordat in that small State is Hot cry recent, and except as a useful text for the admonition of a great on ighbouring power it could never have occupied • prozai- Dent place in a Pontifical Allocution delivered at such • crisis. The Pores reference to the t e ndency of opinion in Franca is far more aceino m„al as well as mere direct than to that of A netrtn . The ground of attack is the well known pamphlet on the Papal question. recently pub lished in Paris, in which the spiritual supremacy of the POPE is summarily disposed of much u the temporal power was in the more celebrated Imperial manifesto, er.'aled " The Pol.*: and the " Congress." The SovrazioN P,PNTIFF re gards with the liveliest grief and indigna tion the ventilation of these audacious plans. "While a lively grief had seized us on " account of the state of the Church, anew placed " in peril in the (lrand Duchy, another source of "grief, produced by a most ittfusamts I..mphiti " lately published in Paris, has come to add to "our sadness. In that publication there are so " many things so completely opposed to truth, so " many absurdities and contradictions combined "by the author, that it is more fitting to throw " aside and despise it than to refute it. What is, " however, intolerable is the audacity and impiety " of this writer, who, not having feared to attack " the Civil and Ecclesiastical Principality of the " Roman Church, has endeavoured to contrive a " particular species of Church, to be founded in " the French empire, and organized so that it " should be removed from the authority of the " Sovusios PONTIFF, and completely separated from it. But what also is this than to overturn "and rend the unity of the Church?" Against the impious awl audacious suggestions of this pam phlet the Hol.ir FATHEZ appeals to the traditional fidelity of the French people to the Holy Sea, and especially to the well-known Papal zeal of the French Ultramontane ecclesiastics. " What " injustice," exclaims the excited Poseur, "does " the author of this pamphlet not do to the most " illustrious French nation in believing that that " nation, the moat attached to Catholic unity, " could allow itself to be drawn into schismatic " errors ! What boldness must not the writer " have who dares hope to detach from obedience " and faith to the Holy See the clergy of that " nation, and above all, those illustrious Bishops " who by word and acting have unceasingly corn " hatted for our rights and those of the Holy See!" This kind of appeal is a very natural one, and in making it Pirs IX. but follows the traditional policy of Itame. For nearly a thousand years his predecessors have pursued the same course towards every temporal Prince who showed himself disposed to resist their arrogant claims. They always endeavoured to sow the seeds of dis union between the nation and the ruling power, to stir up the people and the local clergy against the King who attempted to throw off the yoke of Papal servitude. This policy, however, did not always prove successful even in the high and' palmy days of BoNiesitz the Gazer. A French King dared even then to appeal to the French people against the despotic claims of the arrogant Pontiff, and he received the en thusiastic support of all estates of the realm. But if this policy failed then, it is hardly likely to succeed now. Louis NAPOLEON has resolutely opposed the rebellious efforts of the titramontans clergy, and in this the French people heartily support the Es/resort. Pius IX. has already alienated the " Eldest Son of the Church" by obstinately rejecting his counsels, and refusing to listen to his advice ; and he can hardly expect to secure his favour and support by striving to rouse the clergy and people of France against the policy of their Imperial head. While the Allocution is, therefore, in some respects more serious, and in its reference to current events more practical than usual, it shows no trace of true political sagacity, is still far enough from the dignity of a state paper, and can have no real in 'hence whatever. Downixo-atraaaw, 31.—The Quuen has boon plaided to appoint George Moutague, Eq., to be Deputy Nuneyee•Gesen! of the Cokey of the Cape et Good Hope. WHITEHALL, JAN. 1. —The Queen lota been LITto appoint Sir Henry Wellwood Moccreiff, Bart., . 4 , 4 t0 be Secretary to her Majesty's sole and only master misters Li Scotland. in the room of Dr. James Robertson, decesised.—Gozetle. ST. J•IdIDI'm PALACE JAN. 1. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Captain William Purey Cust to be one of her royal highness's equerries. —Gazette. DIFUTY LlKUTT.NANTS.—Cornminnionn signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hareford.—Lord Item Montague Graham, IL P., Richard Hereford, Esq., Evan all, Faq George Percival Smith, Faq., Thomas Hardwick Demme, Eaq., Major John Elirriegtoo, Lieut.- Colonel Robert Feilden, Robert Henry Lee Warner, Fail., Thomas Prosser Powell, EN., Richard Yapp, Faq., Thomas Sommers, Esq., Cheerios Vine Hodges, Eaq., Robert Manikin Lingwood, Eel., James Klapp*, Fe 9., the Hon. Charles Spenosr Bateman Benham, Richard Ark wright., Esq., Reginald Brook Boddingtoo, Faq., Henry Miles, Faq ., Colonel John Coke, Richard Frederick Webb, Esq., Tryns Dew, Esq., Thomas Reaveley, Faq., John Davenport, Marmaduke Charles &den, Esq., Colonel John Colvin, C.a. Audrey Rouse Boughton Knight, Esq., William Mame, Fp., Frederick Stokes, Esq., to be deputy lieutenants. Cortusiedmis signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Glamorps.—George Grey Rous, Esq., George Thomas Clark, Esq., John Popkin Traherne. Req., Richard Fothergill,Esq., to be deputy lieutenants. —Garette. ELICTION or AN ALDIUMILX FOR CANDLEWI4% Wawa—The election of an alderman to 1111 the place of Sir George Carroll, Hat, who recently died, took plop osier. day at two o'clock at the White Hart, Abchurch.kne. The Lord Meyer presided. The requisitiori to Mr. Dakin, which wen.signsd br every voter in the ward but one, having been lead, Mr. J. Xmas moved that Thomas Dakin, calms and Zeremaker, and deputy of the ward for sir years, is a able pines, qualified to be alderman of the ward, in the room sad Mead of Sir G. Carroll deceased, and there fore the mid T. Lakia be dieted. Mr. Green seconded the motion. The Lord Mayor then declared that Mr. lhkin eras sleeted, amidst loud and continued cheering. Mr. Dakin thanked his fellow citizens for the honour they had done him, and left amidst the cheers of a large number of ponces who had &rambled. AOSK or DlHTlNill:leiHrl) PERSON/.—One of the fashionable annuals ( Who Who) has been at pains to col lect and the ages of distinguished persons in the maks. The tables are calculated to the birthday of each PIMPS dark. 1560. It is striking to note how advanced in oars are meat of the persons who hold conspicuous Looking at the church we bad the youngest arch= (the Archbishop of York) is la while the A rchbishop of Armagh is 87, the Arehlishop of Canterhury 80, sad the Archbishop of Debits 73. The oldest bishop is the Bishop of Ensear, who is 83 ; nine other bishops are 70 sad upward@ ; sad is are 60 and upwards. The youngest is the Bishop of Carlisle, who is 43. The Youngest peer in parliament is 21 The Duke of Argyll is :Si, Earl Granville 45, the Earl De Grey and Rios:3.l, but most of the slates- Mall elms am older. The Earl of Derby is 61, the Marquis ef Laserkorne 80. the Earl of 1/otitis 58, Lord Chelmsford 61, the Earl of Clamed= 60, Earl Cowley 56, and the Earl et Ilkabereagh 70. le the Commons the sexageearkes abated. Amos( the younger men are the following :—Mr. 1:11=IS, Mr. R. T. Bouverie 42, Mr. Bright 49, Sir H. , Mr. A. W. Kileak• 0, Mr. Layard43, Mr. New -44.414 44,1 e Mr. R.Oshome 47, Mr. F. Peel 37, Mr R. Peal 36, Lied Oteay it Amore the older men are Mr. K. Banes, whip is 110. dir R. MUM OD, Mr. Cobden 56, Mr. Disraeli Rt. Mr. 61. &keret Mk Mr. W. J. Fos 74, Mr. M. Gilman 61 Mr. Madeline 51. Sir W. Hayter 66, Mr. Sidney Her. bat 10, Mr. Hanson 53, Sir F. Kelly 64, Sir G. Lewis 54, Sir E. B. Lyteen 55, Mr. R. M. Mines 51, Sir J. !adagios 61, Mr. Roebuck 37, Mr. Walpole 54, and Mr C. Wood 60. The ywngast Resator when the maks be ams will be the sew for Ripon, who is 22. Sir C. Burma the father of the boom is 86. The yarned, at the English judges is Bares Wilda who is 44, a year Urn Mr. Justice Wilke Sir J. Besse is 69. younger Chosen 50, Sir A. Cockburn 58, Sir Oresswell Croswell Mk ebier Justice Isle 67, Right Hoe. E. Limb . *too 78. Tke4.2macellor Wood 50. Sore tag. BWEVICItn AT ST. PAllL'A.—Arraw mist' have been made for commencing the special Sunday evenieg envier at St. Paul's Cathedral oe the 27th no, an which occasioo the Bishop of Leedom will preach. Amorist the eminent divines whose services have bees mound as preachers during the course Ana the Dean of St. pmrsok• Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Ripon, Bishop floorar, Cliseceller of St. Paul's, the Bishop of Oxford, and like Dna of Chichester. The new marble pulpit has been feed in its place, and the aew organ ills the upper part of the south tnnsept. The organ is to be publicly tried for the first time on Thursday, the 24th inst., when the oratorio of the Messiah will be pref.-mos& The orchestra will be placed under the organ is the south transept. The lUtaitly Lister has tumour to behave that the Pope will not confirm the recent ronniotion of French bishops, unless s change takes place in the attitude of the French government towards Rome. THE EMPRESS, Wryer. : ~:~'~': WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANVART i 2, 18$1. gig tout! WINDOM OAHU" JAY. 1 . The Prince Consort returned from Cambridge about half.past 5 o'clock yeeterday afternoon. in the evening her Majesty's dinner party included the Prince of Wale., Prince Alice and Princes Leiningen, the Prince of Leiningee, Major•Geeenl the Hon. R. and Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Ms. T. M. Biddulph, Beat 17o1mel Herat, and the following Sidon, who had arrived at the Castle : the Duke et Bonserest, Major the Hoe. A. Anson, and the Right Hoe. C. P. Villiers. The band of the Boots Fusilier Guards played during dinner the w~~ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, WM/MOLY . The Bank of France bas raised its rate of dis count from 4} to 5} per cent. inertnre, '• Robes Hood" Machreen. Quadrille... Plates" J. M. 'fully. %election. " Mance ammo" 17 C. Oman, Jun Beaufort" Selection. " McAdam's de la HAW Offenbach. Her Majeaty's private band performed afterwards in the dewing-room the PARIS, TUESDAY EVESIUG. The Emperor received the diplomatic corps at the Tuileries to-day. To Lord Cowley, who, in the name of the diplo matic corps, offered the customary congrs.tulations to the Emperor, his Majesty is said to have replied : " I thank you for the wishes which you have ex pressed to me. I regard the future with confidence, being convinced that the friendly understanding between the Powers will maintain peace." To the President of the Corps Legislatif the Emperor is said to have replied : " I have always reckoned on the cousurrencs of the Corps Legislatif." Overture, '• La Ylanc.bk du Brigand" . Belert4 u, •• nt. Paul - Andante and !tondo Him Meodelmohn. Hummel. Romance sod Proclaim" This being New Year's-day, the band of the Royal Hone Guards played a selection of favourite airs on the East terrace at 7 o'clock in the morning. The band of the Soot. Felber Gouda played also under the Doylies! of Kent's window at Frogmore Hone about the same time. Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and clothing to about (i6O poor persons of the Windsor and Clewer pa rishes took place to-day in the Riding-house of the Castle. At 10 o'clock the Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Princes. Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Ladies sod Gentlemen in Waiting, proceeded to the Hiding house to witness the dis tribution, which was under the direction of the Hon. sod Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the clergy of Windsor and Clewer, and the district visitors for the relief of the poor. NAPLES. (sr sumusnis rauteaara.) (11011 OM OW 00111ZSPONDIT4T.) NAPLES, Noxaar. Yesterday the Duke of San Donato was wounded by a private enemy. The health of Signor Parini is improved. Naples is tranquil. A reactionary attempt ham been apeedily suppressed, and the authors, who were paid by priests, were arrested. The members of the Clothing Club (established under her Majesty's patronage) received at the same time articles of clothing according to the amount of their contributions (as on former occasions), with the additions provided by her Majesty. After the distribution the Queen and Prince Consort, with Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, paid a visit to the Duchess of Kent at Frogroore. Poerio has been elected President of the Electoral Committee. (BY ME. ILIVTIen riumitAx.) NAPLES, Dm% 31, 4 p.m. An insignificant attempt at reaction was made last night, and was easily suppressed. Some lazzaroni, having shouted "Long live Francis II.," were arrested. The Duchess of Kent and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen visited the Queen, and took luncheon. The Duke of Somerset, Major the Hon. A. Anson, and the Hight Hon. U. P. Villiers, left the (Ninth in the fore -13001.1. A personal enemy of the Duke of San Donato has made an attempt to assassinate him. The report in reference to the death of the officer in command of the Marquis of Downsluire's yacht is without the slightest foundation. The Bourbon garrison of Civitelln, on the Tronto, jute burnt a Sardinian prisoner of war. Naples and the provinces are tranquil. Colonel the Hoc. A. N. Hood bas succeeded Major. Gen. Seymour u equerry in waiting to her Majesty. The trustee% for the International Exhibition of 1?142 held their ninth meeting, at the Couneil•office, on Monday, the 31st of December. Despatches were received at the Colonial-ofßce, yesterday, from the Governors of the West India lolanda, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. Despatches ware sent to the Governor of British Coinslia and to the Lord High Com missioner of the loeisa lands. RUSSIA AND FRANCIS H. Le Nord has the following : that the French squadron had been withdrawn from Gaeta has not been confirmed. It was simply a premature report. We take advantage of this opportunity to correct a false statement inserted in some of the journals to the effect that Russia had threatened to mead a Russian squadron to Gaeta should the French squadron be withdrawn. Our Feria correspondent given the most formal denial to that rumour. " The interests of Runde in Italy," be says, "and the sentiments of the Russian nation for that country, protest against such a decision, which, moreover, the Russian government has not had the oppor. tunity of taking. Whatever may be the personal sympathy felt for the midortunes of Francis 11., the Emperor Alexander, who has doubtless sent him friendly words, as he before gave him wise advice, has taken no engagement towards that Prince, or offered him any material support." HER MAJNETTS NEW MSS GIFTS. WINDSOR, JAN. 1. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Primroses Alice and Helena, and other members of the royal family, with their distinguished visitors and salt*, came to the riding-school at 10 o'clock this morning, for the purpose of being present at the distribution of her Majesty'. new year's siilts to the poor of the parishes of Windsor. the Holy Trinity, and Clever, and took their sta tion in the gallery at the east end of this spacious building, whilst a joyous psal was sent forth from the bells of the Chapel Royal al St. George and St. John's church. In addition to the committee, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Miss Russell, Miss Phippe, and many other ladies and gentlemen of Windsor, Eton, and the neighbourhood, were in attend ance. The distributions were according to the following re gulations : Perish of New Windsor.—Provisions : First class, 10 re cipients, 71be. of beef each, at 71d., 4s. a id.; 3cwt. of coals, at Is. 34d.. 3s. 9td.-Bs. 21d. each. Second class, 28 re cipient., Ma. of beef, at 70., 3s. 9d . • 2 cwt. of coals, at Is. 31d., 3. 2.1.-66. 11d. each. Third GLIM, 50 recipisets, slbs. of beef, at 7id., Is. lid. ,• 2 cwt of coals, at Is. 31d., St. 8141.-ss. Bd. each. Fourth class, 123 recipients, Ma of beef, at 74d., 2.. SW. ,• 13 cwt. d cools, at Is 31d., 1..14E -46.40. each. Fifth class, 137 recireats, Ms. of beef at 71(1., Is. 10id. ; l cwt. of coals, la 3 3a lid. each. To the poor of Holy Trinity and Clewer.—First claw, 3 recipients, 711 n. of beef and 3 cwt. of coals each. Second class, 10 re cipients, 61be. of beef and 21 cwt of coals each. Third clan, 30 recipients, 51be. of beef and 2 ewt. of coals each. Fourth class, 89 recipients, 41bs. of beef sad 11 cwt. of coals each. Fifth class, 32 recipients, 31be. of beef and lcwt. of coals each. THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, Dec. 29. The clerical party is very dissatisfied with the Emperor of Austria for granting liberal concessions to his subjects. The circulation of the lavt proclamation ad dressed by Francis 11. to the Neapolitans has been prohibited, although it was printed here. The reactionary movements in the Abruzzi are on the increase, the bands of reactioniats having been reinforced by huge numbers of Neapolitan soldiers. Recipients. Total amount New Windsor 457 Two officers of the Papal Zouaves have been arrested for theft. ... Holy Trinity t 1 " .. 36 16 0 Clewor ..... 34 17 0 The general conviction here in, that the Papal Government will fall. Total £l5lll 0 To the poor of the pariah of Clewer about oae-third of the above proportions were distributed. The beef and cosh were al the beet quality. The Royal Clothing Club. 11l First-clue depositors, paid in It. each £lll 0 0 203 Second-class ditto „ 15e. each 152 5 0 206 Third-clans ditto „ Bs. each . 83 4 0 Added from royal bounty 7B 6 0 AUSTRIA. BERLIN, Turatur. Letters received here to-day from Prague state that placards in the Bohemian language bad been posted up at the corners of the streets of that city, earnestly advising the Czec hs to remain quiet for the present, as the right moment for decisive action has not yet arrived. The placards further exhort the Czechs to observe the Hungarians, whose end is nearly attained, and finally to trust in Napoleon. £424 15 0 SUDDEN DEATH or THE COUNTIES or &MINTON. —lt s with deep regret that we aesoasee the sodden death of the Countess of Eglinton. The Earl and Counter of Essex received a telegram on Monday from Scotland, inform ing them of the sudden death of the countess, their daughter, who died at nine o'clock on Monday morning at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. The lamented countess so tuitimely cut off wee, to all appearance, in the best of health on Sunday, and, with tier noble husband, was about to receive s large circle of distinguished visitors at the cradle. Her late ladyship, Adele Caroline Harriet, yea the only daughter of the Fart and Countess of Essex, and was born 4th March, 182 S. She was married at Dublin io 1858 to the Earl of Eglintoo, thee Lord• Lieutenant of Ireland, being his lordship's second wife. We believe she leaves issue an only child. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, WcorrispAr. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, which left view York on the 18th ult., and touched at Queenstown yesterday, arrived hero this morning. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com pany's steamer Edinburgh, which sailed to-day for New York, took 106,0001. in specie. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven dish arrived at Holkar Hall, near Nikethorpe, • few days since, from Chatsworth, Derbyshire. A select family circle are staying with the noble duke. Prince Napoleon went on Saturday in the yacht 'Arnow Napoleon on an escundon towards the Isle of Jersey. The prince returned the next day to Havre, and is at pre bent in Paris. The Duchene of Hamilton and Lady Mary Hamil ton have left Arlington-street for Patric The dake and • •elect party have been at Brcslick Castle, Isle of Arran, and have had excellent woodcock shooting. His grace will shortly join the duchess and family in the French capital. The Charitari reprexente the year 1861 under the form of a smart young girl with a basket under one arm and • large bag, bearing the inscription of 600,000,0006., under the other. A sedate bourgeois, in a long great coat, and an umbrella in his hand, stops her and says, " Why, what • hurry you are in, 1861 ! One would think you are going to market T . " Why, so I am," replies the other, " I have something to petrel's* in Italy '•• A Turin correspondent, describing the arrival in that city of the king, says He wore • common officer's foraging cap, and was wrapped in the ordomeance ample riding cloak usual among the men and officers of the Sar dinian cavalry. There was nothing to distinguish him from the crowd of his staff, unless it were the extreme plainness of his attire, his secure look, and the peculiar briskness and decision of all his movements. He looked in the very best humour, and was evidently i n capital health ; there was not the least trace of fatigue in his rather burly countenance and stalwart frame, although be had left Naples at the obese of • state ball at midnight between Thursday and Friday, had posted all the way across the Abruzzi and along the Marches and Romagna, never stopping except owe at A DOOllll (where he dined with his lieutenant, Valerie)), and accomplished the whole journey, • distance of more than 600 miles, in 45 hours, along such roads as hie legal and Bourbon predecessors have left him to mend—rather • creditable feat, and which, indeed, seems to do away with the space lying between the extreme Northern and the Southern capital of a kingdom, the length of which is urged by many as an insurmountable obstacle a c uinst all hopes of future union." . . The Countess de Persigny was safely delivered of a daughter yesterday morning at Albert-gate House. The emit= and infant are progressing favourably. The Countess and the Ladies Craven have flit town on a visit to the Earl and Donate= of Clareodoa, at the Grove, near Watford. Count Blucher has arrived in town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Grafton, at Wakefield Lodge, Stony Stratton!. Lady Marian Alford and Lady Alwyn Compton, who left town last week for Paris, have left that capital for Italy, whence they go to Malta, where they will be met by Lord Alwyn* Compton, the Earl Brownlow, and his brother. The party on leaving Malts intend to visit the Holy Land. _ _ _ A marriage is arranged and will shortly take place between Sir David Baird, Bart., of Newbyth, N. 8., and the Lady Georgina Badlie•Hamiltoe, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Haddington. At St. George's, Hanover-square, yesterday, the marriage was celebrated of John Walter, ?d.P., to Flora, third daughter of the late James Mourn Macnabb, of Highfield Park, Hants. The ceremony of christening the infant son and heir of Lord and Lady Ingestre was (says the Wolrerhelmr• ton Chronicle) performed during the morning service on Cluistmas.day, at Ingestre Church, by the Hon. and Rev. A. Chetwynd Talbot, the rector. The sponsors were the Lady Ingestre, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, and 'Captain the Hon. W. Talbot, M.P. . . A Tuscan correspondent, describing &visit to that late favourite of the British public, Maria Pico°loinini, now the Marchese dell Fugue, says:—" I was during a fort night at a charming villa, three miles from Siena, the resi dence of the parents of our beloved and most celebrated artist, Maria Plocolornini, now Marchionesa dell Farina, of the Dukes Caetani, and it wee by a miracle that this dear creature did not find herself in tumult and great peril on the return of the Swiss, headed by that assassin, the toe inferno= Schmidt, in the city of Piero, of which I will speak by and by. When I arrived at the Villa Picoolomini I found all the family reunited. Her sister Laura had, on the Stir of October, married a young Sienese, 23 years old, very rice, who poemens divan villas and a beautiful palace in Siena. An heir t., the family of La Fargua is expected in April." It is with much regret (says the Woirerhampton ClFirosiete) we have heard of the serious illness of the Berl of Bradford, who was seised with so attack of paralysis, at his mat, Weston Park, in this county. about a week since. The advanced age of this highly-esteemed nobleman, who ia in his 72ad yetz, aaturally excites great anxiety amongst the members of hie • faintly, and we feel assured that all classes in the districts when his lordship's benevolent cha racter le so well knows, awl when his Merlins good (mai. ' ties excite each gosonel slokslkw, will hear of his WWII, with great regret. and 'eddy a hope that Ma Ultima may even yet take a favourable tura. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. DEATH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. (nlOll OUR OWN CORIUDIPONDENT.) BERLIN, WEDNEADAT, JAN. 2. PARIS, TUMIDLY EVENING. King Frederick William IV. expired at 12.40 From all I can learn of the lmig-looked-for New a.m. to-day, at Sans-Souci. Year'a-day's receptions, they have passed off with- I oat the Emperor taking occasion to say a single word of any political importance. The Pays, the only evening paper which appears (all the others making holiday), reports but a single sentence of the speech to the corps diplomatique ; his Majesty " hopes that an understanding between the powers will preserve the peace of Europe." It is unfortunately notorious that the powers of Europe are far from being agreed as to a course which would prevent war. All the news from Vienna tends to show that bankrupt Austria obsti nately rejects every suggestion for the peaceable I mission of Venice, and Victor Emmanuel, who has no choice but to play a great game, is raising every Svailable man to swell the ranks of the national army, which will be ready to do or die for Italy " one and united " before three short months are over. The rumour is revived that M. Foul(' may probably be sent to Italy on a " political and financial" mission. It is also said that Marshal Niel is going on a " military " mission—whatever that may mean. The New Year's number of the Mumiteur in augurates a novelty. It contains a " political bulletiu " which will hereafter appear daily. The opening specimen of the new feature of the official journal is merely a dry enumeration of items of foreign news, but it is intended occasionally to publish leading articles which there can be no doubt will very considerably take the wind out of the sails of journals that have hitherto passed for semi-official. The news of Count Teleki's release is given ex clusively by the Moniker. I cannot call the act of the Emperor of Austria a very generous one. He has taken advantage of the shameful arrest of the Hungarian refugee to wring from him conditions which it is sad to think he should have been forced to submit to. As the master is represented by the Moniteur, Austria reaps all aorta of advantage from her own wrong. She disarms a popular leader, and gets credit for magnanimity. ITALY. - THE SIEGE OF GAETA. (/1011 001 BPOCIAL CORRISPONDER. ) NOLA DI GAETA, Dir. 27. Should your readers look upon our siege opera tions as a kind of Penelope's web, which is always ' said to be approaching completion and never at tains it, they would, at least in appearanoe, be not far wrong. Two months have already elapsed since we came to this damp and dirty hole of Mole., and the much talked of bombardment bas not yet begun in thorough earnest. Almost every day one hears some such gossip as this—" Our fire will most positively open about the end of next week." The week passes, however, and the " moat posi tively" is again adjourned. But though public ex pectation has been so often deluded, I think that it will now be so no longer. The great event is now positively, announced for the sth or the 7th of January, and everything leads me to believe that General Menabrea will keep his word. Yesterday morning a new battery set up on Monte Cortola began its practice at 3,000 yards, and drove away the gunners of the enemy's battery opposite, after about 200 rounds. The Sardinian engineers every now and then seeing something to be gained by the erection of a work or battery at some point or other, set about the task with an activity which can only be fappreciated by those who are here to witness the daily difficulties they have to contend with. If, therefore, there has been a long delay in the completion of the work, it must be mainly attributed to the impossi bility of getting sooner from Genoa the material for carrying on • siege. The'storms which at this season of the year prevail in the Mediterranean make it almost impossible for the steamers to ar rive when they are expected. Accordingly five of the vessels directed to these shores are due, and they arc loaded with Cavalli's guns, carriages, platforms, powder, shot, shell, gabions, famines, staling ladders, and other siege materials. Our engineers, if not quite so numerous as they ought to be, are active and energetic, but the work they have in handle of • magnitude to fully account for the time they take in completing it. Meanwhile it is gratifying to observe that the besieging army, severely tried as it is both by the continuous throwing up of earth works and by bad weather, is in the enjoyment of good health. The men who were sent down to Capua to recover from disease or wounds are coming back as jolly and fresh as when they arrived here from the Marches, and resume their work with that good humour which is one of the prominent characteristics of Italian soldiery. The huts, or rather tents, which have been provided for them, afford as great an amount of comfort as can be ex pected by an army which is obliged to bivouac in the open air. Provisions are in abundance at the camp, and it must be confessed that the soldiers occasionally add to their stores by assuming the ownership of some stray fowl which is wandering about iu the fields, or of some bottled wine which has been forgotten in the cellar of an abandoned villa. The other day • young captain of Engineers happened to pass through the court-yard of a Casino which had been abandoned by the landlord, a certain count who has followed the fortunes of Francis 11. The Caiiino, which stands on a height opposite the Regina battery, hal been abandoned by the count .since the beginning of the siege ; there was no mistake about it ; the young captain knew it. What, therefore, was his astonishment on hearing the noise of • hammer coming from the inner part of the ground floor. It could not surely be the laiidlord, or any of his servants. They were at Gaeta. The young officer hastened to the place, the gate of which was wide open, and called out, " Who is there 1" Presently two lx:reag lien came up, and the officer inquired the cause of the hammering. "Nothing, sir," —ltalians when found in fault never fail to begin their answer with that word—" Nothing, sir ; we happened to peas here, and have just been having a look at the Casino." " Well, then 1" added the captain. " Well, we have broken open the cellar and found some bottles of Capri wine in which we shall drink your health. On the cap tain remarking that ma rauding in a friendlycountry was notpermitted, the bersaglieri seemed to think all objections obviated by their promising that after they had re moved all the bottles they could find, they would "shut the door of the cellar es it was before." The French papers have of late spoken of an address of thanks sent by the ladies of Mantua to the Countess of Shaftesbury, who, as you know, presides over the committee of the Garibaldi Relief Fund. I have been enabled to get a copy of the document, which by this time will have probably reached its destination. Addresses are very easily written and sent when they are drawn up in a free country, but there is always a certain amount of danger in getting them up under the Argus eyes of the Austrian police. This danger, however, did not prevent the noble demonstration of the Man tuan ladies, who are perhaps the moat patriotic of Italy. Here is the address : Madame,,—Our turn has arrived, sad 'we feel it oar duty to add our thanks to those which the rest of the women of our dear fatherland have already addressed to you. You, we feel certain, will accept them with that kindliness which is the first attribute of a generous mind. Not from to-day dates the debt of gratitude which the mothers, the alders, and the wives of Italy have owed to the women of England. History, unfortnentel), cow mewed in Is2l to register the wanes of those Italian patriots to whom your powerful country has given a gene roue arylum. Those of our children, brothers, and hue. bands who have returned have not failed to tell us whet gratitude they owe to the women of your country. But the debt of gratitude thus contracted was increased on that day on which, by the beldam of an Italian general and the patriotism of Victor Emmanuel, the despotic power of the Bourbons was for ever annihilated in the peninsula. It wu then that you took thought of our brave wounded of Calata. firm of Idelauo, and of the Volturno. It was then that you employed your generous influence in order that the love for Italy should be redoubled in this classical land of liberty. Unfortunately for us, we women of Mantas have nothing to offer you but our gratitude—the only sentiment, united with that of love for our country, which the Austrians have not succeeded in forbidding us the use of. But, believe us, that sentiment will never decrease, and this it will be our duty to prove to you in the day of our deliverance. PORTUGAL (nos ous ows ow LISBON, Mc. 27. The steamer D. Antonia, belonging to the Com pany "Union Mercantil" arrived five dap ago from the coast of Africa. She entered the river during the night, and was allowed by the authorities to come up ; the next day, however, it was discovered by the board of health that the papers of the vessel were not in order and that yellow fever was raging on the coast. She was ordered into quaran tine, although several of her passengers had landed with their baggage • several friends of passengers had also gone ou board, and they were also kept on board. The Count de Minerva has arrived here to repre sent King Victor Emmanuel at this co urt. The count is a liberal of the school of Cavonr, and has taken a prominent part throughout the recent events in Italy. T f lie weather continues wet and stormy in the extreme, and the winter promises to be one of the moat severe we have for some time experienced. Her Majesty's ship Centurion is in port. I believe that about two months ago a despatch was addressed to our consulate by the home Iso - respecting the falsification of British trade marks by foreign manufacturers. This evil prevails to a great extent in Lisbon, and much to the detriment of our Sheffield and Birmingham manufacturers. The Germans are the chief offenders, and some firms make no scruple of putting any English maker's name upon goods. T. take one small case out of many. There are the needles of "James Holyoake," which are imitated to such an extent that more of them are made in Germany than in England ; and many more instances can be quoted to prove how necessary it is for some thing official to be done in the matter. Since the departure of the last packet there has been a regular business transacted in foreign ex changes. The rates are—London 54i, 90 days; ditto, 54 to 54, 30 days ; Paris, 596, 3 days ; Amsterdam, 421} • Hamburg, 44 ; Genoa, 523. In stocks there ha's been no alteration in the quo tations. HEALTH OA LONDON. The weekly return of births and deaths in London, issued by authority of the Registrar-General, states that the late severe weather has not failed to produce its usual effect in an augmented rate of mortality, though the increase shown as yet by the returns is not of formidable amount, The death" in London which were 1,208 and 1,20 resew, lively in the two previous weeks, rose iu the last week of the year to 1,407. The average number of death's& obtained from returns of the fifty•second week in each of the last ten years 1850-9, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,525. The deaths of last week were, therefore, more than 100 below the estimated amount InDecember of 1859 there were two cold weeks, the second and third ; in the fourth week, when the mean tem perature of the air was as high as 45.3 deg., the deaths rose to 1,677. In the December of 1860 the last two weeks have been distinguished by the coldness of the weather, which has now relaxed, but may still be followed, as in 1859, by an increased number of deaths. In December, 1859, the lowest point attained by the thermometer at Greenwich was 14 dep. on the 19th ; theloweet point intim period thathasnow elapsed was 8 dep. on Christmas day ; the next lowest was 10 dep. on Saturday the 29th. The deaths from pulmonary diseases, exclusive of:phthisiy were in the previous week 270 ; last week they were 348. For the ten weeks (of 1860-9) corresponding with last week the average number after correction for increase of impala tion is 325. In the last two weeks the deaths by bronchitis rose from 146 to 217 ; those by pneumonia from 89 to 95; those by phthisis from 136 to 171. Scarlatina was fatal last week in 45 cases, 4 of which 'occurred in the west sub-district of Islington. Measles was fatal in 49 cases, of which 4 occurred in the south sub-district of St. Giles, 3 in the Colman -street sub-district. There were 7 deaths from syphilis, 4 from intemperance. Thirteen persons of whom 12 were children died by bursa and scalds; of these, two children, one the eon of • lamplighter, the other that of • railway labourer, were burnt by their clothes taking fire. The sou of • shoemaker, aged 3 years, was scalded fatally by drinking water from a kettle. A Chelsea pensioner, aged 70 years, was suffocated by the impaction of meat in the tenches. Seven nonagenarians died in the week, of whom five were women. . . _ . Last week the births of 734 boys sad 754 girls, in all 1,488 children, were registered in London. In the eta =responding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,655. . . . . At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29,540 in. The readings rose from 29.18 in. on Tuesday to 30.23 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 25.9 dogs., which is 11 deg'. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average through. out the week, and on four days it was from 11 dogs. to 16 dogs. below the average. The hi point attained in the week by a thermometer in the was 35 deg. on Wednesday and Friday. The lowest points were 8 `legs. and 10 dogs. on Tuesday and Saturday respectively. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 27 dogs. The mean daily range was 12.9 deg. A thermometer on the grass fell to 2 degs. on Tuesday. The difference between the mean dcw-point temperature and air temperature was 6'9 degs. The mean degree of humidity was 74, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. On Saturday the humidity was only 61. Melted snow in the week measured 018 in. The minimum temperature 8 dogs. took place at 7h. on the morning of Christmas. After 12 o'clock p.m. on Saturday a rapidthaw set in. KIIMINGTON (St Mary, Paddington ). — At 1, Chelmsford. terrace, on 21st December, the son of a &away-fitter, aged 8 years, " phthiaia ; brain weighed 3lba 8 or." Post mort. MAILYLICJIONZ (St. Mary).—Found dead at 8, Horace. street, on the 29th November, the widow of a labourer. aged 65 yews, " diseued heart ; fatty degeneration, aggro.. vated by want and destitution." (Inquest.) Poet mort. &miter (Shadwell).—At Wapping, on the 17th Decent. ber, a single woman, aged 52 yearn, • disease of heart acce lerated by exposure to the inclemency of weather!". (Inquest). GILLFSWICH (Woolwich Arsenal).—At Woolwich Cam. moo, on 22nd December, a domestic servant, aged 18 years. "suicide by poison (cyanide of potassium); temporary de rangement. (Inquest.) THE GRAIN MovitmENT.—The statistics' of tho grain movement are of pressing importance, from their inti mate bearing upon the state of our moue, market. We find that the imports of wheat in November were 988,024 qrs., against :327,278 in November, 1859, and 273,902 in Novem ber, 1858. The mere increase in the imports of wheat on the month, as compared with last year, makes a difference of about one and three-quarters millions sterling in the general balance of trade as between England and foreign countries. The quantity of flour imported in the month war 515,148 cwta., against 174,111 last year, showing like wise a great increase. For the eleven months the importe of wheat have been 5,014,236 qrs., against 3,729,318 qre. last year. The difference against us on the eleven months' transactions in wheat is not lee, than 3,000,0001. The cloven months' imports of flour have risen front 3,130,937 cede. in 1859 to 4,327.639 cwt.'. in the present year. And, as the great bulk of the increase, both se regards wheat and flour, is from the United States, the adverse balance is not ifficult of explanation. —Money Market Review. --- • EXPORTATION OF BARE FROM ALORRIA.--BOARD or TRAM; WOLTIOIALL, Dec. 31.—The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Airy Council for Trade hays received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs • copy of a French Imperial Decree, dated the 15th instant, abolishing the prohibition of the export of bark for tanning from Algeria.--Ganitte. TIDE TIRRORA OF RAILWAY TRATRLLING. Nord goys that since the murder of M. Poinsot on the chemin de fer de l'Eet there has been a sort of panic among railway travellers, and that while formerly they used to spread themselves pretty equally through the aamages of a train, they huddle together now like frightened sheep- An amusing story is told in illustration of this. An attor ney of Marseilles. starting at night, in the express, found every carriage full. A new one was attached to the train, however, and with many misgiving, he ensconced in this.. Immediately before the train started the door opened and another man mused up in a desk sprang in. The two from their corners eyed each other suspiciously in ted rain re d° fres l it i ent at ro a o the dim t et the carriage. Each afraid to sleep, spent his time in spying his companion , and exhibiting room the s pocket tion pistol..i the At last _ y t . he i two recognised each o Old friends. I