The Express. — London, England, 1860-04-25 00:00:00

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Two opposite fictions have ken relied WI for the purposes of deprecia tion and detraction. thi the one hand, it has been alleged by sham Liberals that, as compared with the measure of 1832, the present Bill was not really worth having ; on the other hand, it was declared by panicinungering Tories that the noddle chimes in towns would be completely swamped by the admission of working men to the franchise in vastly excetding these which Government professed to contemplate. Both these fiction , have bei-o tried, condemned, and gibbeted together. The lucid statements°, Sir Gomez Lewis oil night, and the logical inferences drawn by him from the (seta and figures of the case, are conclusive and unanswerable. Disposing, in the first 1112,111,11.1', of the ignorant or hypocritical pretence that as a suffrage bill that of 1860 was unimportant c pared with that of 1832, the Hoes Sante- T•RY showed that while the borough electors of England and Wales were then augmented by no more than 81,869, they will now be increased by double that number. Regarding the county con stituencies, the case, upon the comparison of the two periods, is even still stronger ; but as no con tention is raised on that head it is needless to dwell on it. Turning then to the rival calumny, which attributed to Ministers the design of letting in twice as many democratic suffrages as they ven tured to avow, Sir 11 rotten Lewis demonstrated incontrovertibly that there was no foundation whatever for such a .large. The Government rearm lied been rudely branded as fallacious by those who either did not understand the law of rating or the practice under the law ; but weeks having elapsed since the slander had first been uttered, pains had been taken to sift thoroughly the statiatica relied on, and he was prepared to stand by and defend them as essentially and sub stantially correct. He asked for no allow- SIKC to be made ne the score of inadvertence ma the part of the parochial authorities--for no indidgence on the score of haste on the part of the Poor-law COllllllllllllll/11. The data on which the Bill had Iweni keeled had been carefully col lected, scrupulously compiled, and conscientiously given to the public without reservation in any par ticular ; and having had the opportunity of re vising and re -.• g them iii the course of the is three weeks, Juni of referring back to the local authorities every detail which had been, however the right hon. baronet not only Mt bound deliberately to endorse them on behalf of I self anal his colleagues, but to brand as men dacious iiiisrepreientations the attempts that had been made b. impugn thew. Sir Gromir. Lewis Is, perhaps, of all men in England the meet competent authority on this t. For ten years he presided over the department to which has been confided all that rile., to rateability, rating, and the payment of rates. A . .., 1 0.. , • quibbles about the meaning of this or the other phrase in the various statutes that affect these matters, or flippant assertions made in debate on the authority of anonymous correspon dent', go for nothing when brought to the touch. stone of practical knowledge and long experience like that of the right hon. baronet. One after anther he laid hold of the miserable canards that had been whining and cackling about the Bill, and wringing the neck of each threw it aside con temptuously. All that we have ourselves so often saril reganlitig the delusiveness of supposing that the occupiers .4 eiiiiiameid tenements would or could become rated instead of the owners, was unequivo cally rielfinued by the Hoes filecaereev. He further pointed out the practical absurdity of pre suming that all who might be rated personally in respect of their dwellings at or over 61., would er could be stristervil as parliamentary electors. Thousands and tens of tl sands now rated at and over 101. a year have never been, and will never be, inscribed upon the burgess roll. Indifference, forgetfulness, ueglort, absence, removal, and death, each Of them exacta an enormous dis count from the total awn. " This ass shown "us the returns in regard to Liverpool, where " thieve rated above 101. numbered 39,730, while " the tidal number of electors on the register was " only 18,000 ; and in the Tower Hendee, where " the number of registered electors was 28,000, " while the number of occupiers rated at 101. and THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1860. " upwards was 67,859. Then it niust be borne ' "in mind that change of reaidenes, and other " circumstances which tended to reduce the num " her of electors as compared with the number "of occupiers qualified by the rating value, " would be greater aunder 101. than above ; and " with a franchise he would undertake to say " that the addition estimated by the Government " was the full maximum, and a maximum which " would be liable to serious deductions." Instead of spouting rhodomontade about revolution and de mocracy, we should recommend the chatterers and coxcombs of the Carlton to try and answer the force of facts and arguments like these. Peeing from the dry statistics of the question, the Roils Bacaersaz proceeded to grapple boldly with the true practical philosophy of electoral re form. The aim of the Government he declared to be, not the realisation of any speculative dream of curing arithmetical anomalies, but the substantial and solid benefit which would be attained by securing to every locality of any importance the privilege of direct representation, and the confer ring upon the best and most intelligent of the working classes the privileges of citizenship. All the evils and mischiefs now prognosticated as likely to flow from further Reform had been foretold from the step which was made in 1832. Yet, what had been the consequences of that memorable proceeding I Was the throne less firm, or the aristocracy less potent, or property less safe, or the law less revered f Had not society, on the contrary, been greatly benefited by the removal of the dis contents which had then been dealt with I And would it not be wise, ere those which still remained assumed the tone of menace and the language of disloyalty, to deal with them betimes? The present might be truly called a precautionary measure. We heard much talk of foreign inva sion ; we were called on to adopt vast military estimates ; and the demand was loud to fortify our coasts. But there was something better than all these which might be done to render the country impregnable. Political contentment might be given to important classes of the community by means of wise and moderate enfranchisement. The latest and most eloquent chronicler of the fall of the first French Empire had lately shown that notwithstanding all the reverses of 1812 and 1813 France could not have been successfully invaded and her capital taken by the Allies, had the govern ment of NAPOLZON been loyally sustained by the mass of the people. It was because the great 'conqueror had never trusted his subjects thoroughly, and because his government was carried on without their participation or assent, that in the day of his reverses he was allowed to all. All that had been done in 1832, and all the moral and social consequences that had ensued therefrom, justified the further steps now pro posed in the same direction, and warranted the best hopes of equally good fruits. It had always been the policy of the Tory party to stand still until external pressure became irresistible, and then to yield without shame what could not longer be refused with safety. There might still be some who advocated such a policy ; and who would seek by factious delays and mere talking against time to waste the present legislative year. Sir Gsome Lawns challenged the Oppo sition to meet the supporters of the Bill more worthily and manfully. Evasion would be calculated only to undermine the influence of the present House of Commons, and to reveal to the =- enfranchised community the meanness of the mo tives by which their exclusion was prolonged. Eventually it could not succeed ; he might have added that in 1831 it had been attempted and persevered in for several months, but in the end the Itevrixess and Mowrsous of that day had only drawn down upon themselves more complete and ignomin ious discomfiture. rbt court. The Queen held a levee yesterday afternoon in 81 James '• Paha*. Previous to the levee Pi/Ad-Marshal Lord Beaton was presented to the Queen on his appointment as ffisid-Marshal. The Queen and Prince Consort were aatesded by the Mar chioness of I2e, officiating for the Mistress of the Robes, and the officers of the royal household. Her Majesty wore a train of black corded silk, trimmed with a ruche and rosettes of black crape ; the petticoat to correspond. The Queen wore a black jet circlet sa headdress. The foreign ministers were introduced, when the following preeentations to her Ma j esty took place in the diplomatic circle : By the Belgian minister—Baton Oscar de Mesnil, So'xre tary of Legation. By the Prussian minister—Prince Fenlinand itadaiwitt, Baron yonßarnezow. By the Secretary of State—Le Bares H. d'Esaen, Score. tar, to the Legation of Sweden and Norway. By the Swum minister—Mr. Neville, Secretire de la Ilte"Bakes. diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Am. hamador, tke an. Bavarian, Hanoverian, Sardinian. Greek, Nethwia.nda, Portuguese, Prussian, United States, Am, _ Seam, Ranieri, Spanish, Danish, and Han s a Towns Midden • Mr. Auguste de k Rave, Envoye de Ls Confederatio n Suisse ; the Sicilian Charge d'Affaires, the Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Salvador, the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires; Lord John Russell, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and Lieut. - General the Hon. Sir Edward Cost, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the.CIMPII)0111i611. The genera circle was attended by most of her Majesty's Ministers and Officers of State. Mr. Colin Blackburn, Judge of the Queen's Bench, was presented to the Queen by Sir George C. Lewis, and had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by her MaMr.jesty. Plaided Wilde, Baron of the Exchequer, was presented to her Majesty by Sir George C. Lewis, and re ceived from the Queen the honour o f knighthood. About ZiO noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to the Queen. Among them were the fol. Major Alison, A.D.C. to Lord Clyde, on his return from India, by the Duke of 011111,1144 e. Lord Ashburton, on his marriage, by Sir P. Baring. Sir T. Powell Buxton, Bast., by Lord Montesgle. Colonel Hon. George Cadogan, on his return from a mili tary mission in Sardinia, by the Lord Chamberlain. Major-General Cameron, on appointment to the com mand of the troops in Scotland, by the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Ernest Clay, first paid attaché to her Majesty's Leption at Mexico, by Lord John Russell. Mr. C. R. Oockereß, RA., President of the Royal Insti tute of British Architects, by Lord Broughton. Capt. J. E. Cracroft, late Deputy Commissioner, class, in the Panjaub, by the Right Hon. Sir J o h n law. moos, G.C.B. Mr: Cuthbert, High fiberiff of Northumberland, by Lord Bavensworth. Lieut. E. St. John Daniel, KN., on promotion and re turn from foreign service in India, and on receiving the Vktoria Cross, by the Duke of Somerset. Mr. Alfred Dick, her Majesty'. consul, Relates (Society Islands), by Lord John Rumen. Dr. J. Fraser, Deputy Inspeetor-General Army Medical Department, by the Director• General, Dr. Gibson. J. B. Gibson, M.D., C 8., you appointment as Director- General Army Medical Department, by the Duke of Cam bridge. irajOr Charles Gough, on receiving the Victoria Croon, by Lord Seaton. Rev. J. P. Herrin, late chaplain to the garrieon of Luck now, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for — The Pert of Hopetoun, on his marriage, by Sir Archibald Hope, Hart. 31r. W. Jeekeon, jun., of New Orleans, by the United Eastern Minister. Major-Gen. Lawrennon, on appointment as Inspector Genend of Cavalry, by the Duke - of tkmbridge. Deputy Inspector-General Lougmore, on sppointment as Professor of Military Surgery at the Army Medical School, by the Secretary of State for War. Mr. J. S. Lumley, Secretary to her Majesty ' s Embassy at Constantinople, by Lord J. Russell. Vice-Admiral Martin, on appointment to the comma,' of the Mediterranean squadron, by the Duke of Somerset. Hon. R. Pachees, of California, by the United States Minister. ler Augustus Rawlings, of New York, by the United States Minister. J47lll:Boers, M.P. by Lord Vivian. Major - lien . the Hon . Sir Jaynes ficariett, K.C.8., as ap pointment u Adintant•Genersi, by the Duke of Omb Mr. Silney Smith, Postnuuder.General of Canada, b y the Duke of Newcastle. Icmifitafford,un his marriage, by the Lord Chamberlain, in the absence of the Luke of Norfolk. Mr. William Follett Arnim, Secretary to Her Majeetv's Special Minion to Central America, on return home, by Lord John Ruseell. SitgAii;r:i3eneral Brook Taylor, on appointment to Aldershot, by the Duke of Cambridge. Sir J. S. Trelawny, Rt., M.P., by Mr. H. Rus.ell, M.P. Major-Oen. Sir A. Tolloel, K.C.8., on promotion, by the Duke ef °Ambridge. Major-Oen. Horatio Nelson Vigor*, on promotion, by the Duke of °Ambridge. Mr. George Wilkes, of New York, by the United States Laker. Lie;si.T. N. Walker, on hie return from Delhi, by the Secretary of State for India. The Queen and Prince Conaort returned to Buckingham Palace after the levee. The Duchess of Kent arrived at Rockingham Palace yes terday front Frogmorc Howe, on a visit to her Majesty. In the afternoon the Prince Consort presided at a meeting of the Council of the Zoologiail Society in Hanover-square. - Despatches for the Governor of Canada and for the Lord High Commiaioner of the to blends were sent yester day from the Colonial-Ake. His Royal Rig Mires the Prince of Wales and suite arrived at Dover town Calais at six p.m. yesterday, and, after dining at the Lord Warden Hotel, left by 7.30 a:pre,. train fur London. Hie Royal Highnese the General Commanding in Chief will held a levee et one o'clock on Monday next, the 30th instant. The Earl of Radnor is expected at his house in Orosvenor-street next week, from Berkshire. This vener able peer, although in his Alit year, is in the enjoyment of mound health, and still takes an active part in the load busi. Dens of his county. The Earl and Countess of Erne have arrived at their mansion in Eaton-square for the season. The Countess Appouyi has issued cards for an as sembly on Saturday neat, at Chaodus House. Frances Cotudeas Waldegrave has issued cards for an aseemby on Wednesday, May 2. Lord and Lady Vivian have arrived in town from Cornwall. His lordship has taken a house in Cliesham• place for the season. The Countess (France.) Waldegreve and Mr. George C. Harcourt, M.P., gave a sumptuous dijedaer yes- terday, at their residence in t`arlton.gurdens, on the eons- Won of the nuptials of Miss Mary Harcourt, youngest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Harcourt, Vanua of York, and granddaughter of the lute Archhishop of York, with Mr. George De la Poor Bercafonl, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Beresford, Bishop of o ru, solemnised yesterday forenoon at St. Martin's.in.the.Firlds. Lady Caroline Towneley gave her finit ball hut evening, at her mainline in Cluirleast met, Berkeley-square. Among the company at Brighton am the Earl at Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn titanhope, Lady Digby, the Canute= its Hamnail de Mania, Sir Robert Fitzwy pani, Lord Vase, Lady Villiers, the Duke of Rutland, Major la Touche and Mn. La Touche, Sir John Thorold, Hart., Lady Thunild, and family, Lord and Lally Nigel Kennedy, kc. Mr. Ingram, on Friday, will ink the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his attention has been called to the notice of a public auction for the imme diate letting of certain toll-gates in the metropolis. And also, whether he intends to take step to prevent such auction, and to introduce to the house a measure to abolish turnpike-gates within the nietrrpolis. _ . . _ Mr. Buxton intenda asking the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on Friday, what steps the government are taking to stop the slave trade in coolies between China sad Cuba. Next Monday Mr. Alcock will ask the Chief ementisainuer of Works whether he will have any objectioe to allow • certain number of Thkllll4l watennen to hays baste on the Serpentine, and other waters in the Royal parka, during the summer mouths. On the 4th of May Mr. liaillie Cochrane will ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken by her Majesty's government to protect our commercial interests in Japaa. Yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the Guildhall Colfee•hnuae, in consequence of a circular issued by the Secretary of the Parliamentary Reform Committee. The original object of the promoters of this meeting hail been to protest against Mr. Marey's prep sal to refer Lori John Russell's bill to a select committee. Several ruolu• time were passed, and amongst others one to the effect that "in tho event of any further delay or postponement of Lord John Russell's bill, Mr. Bright be requested to bring forward his meuure in the Rouse of LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PROGRAMME FOR THE CON FERENCE. VIENNA, WEDNIEDAY. The great powers having nearly agreed upon the assembling el a conference, there only remains to fix its programme. The Court of the Tuileries has framed one which is now submitted for the accept ance of the other interested parties. nano° thinks the object of the conference should be limited to a simple examination of Art. 92 of the final act of Vienna, which contains the stipulations relative to the neutralised districts of Chablaia and Faucigny. To render tle teak of the con ference still easier, France adds that for her part she is quite ready to assume the same obligations which Art. 92 imposed on Piedmont in favour of the neutrality of Switzerland. Should the con tracting powers of the final act of Vienna be of opinion that those obligations require modification —as, in consequence of the incorporation of Savoy with the French empire, the strategic conditions of Switzerland undergo a change--Franoe will accept every new combination which would not in any way involve either an alteration of the rights acquired by the treaty of the 24th of March, or any dismem berment whatever of Savoy. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mow oua owe CORRESPOWDENT.) PARIS, TUDIDAY EVLICING. The Pays oontaina the following somewhat oracu lar paragraph : Nothing new about the Swiss affair. The question will only be treated of after the vote of the Turin parliament. There is a serious talk of conferences to take place at Paris. The idea of a congress is entirely laid aside. Whether this is meant for an admission or for a modification of the news yesterday telegraphed from London (which news, by the way, the Consti tutionnel inserts without the " reserve " made by the evening papers last night), it is difficult to tell. The distinction between "conferences" and a " congresa" has not been hitherto taken in refe rence to this particular question. A passage in Bullier's latest correspondence uses the two ex pressions synonymously : We learn that the Swiss difference is in the way of an arrangement. Russia and Austria are said to have proposed a "conference," to which Prussia will adhere in the first instance and France afterwards, the latter admitting the participation of the Federal government, but on the con dition that Sardinia also is to be represented. Take this news, however, as conjectural—just as I have it. In mat ters of "congress" one cannot be too much on one's guard against deception. It is curious to notice in junta-position the com ments of two French journals upon the debate in the House of Lords upon Lord Noruumby's motion. In the independent Preset., M. Prevost Paradol, after giving an analysis of the discussion, as known by telegraph, says : But we will no longer fatigue our readers with de bates and usages which have no practical interest fur us, since there is nothing whatever analogous to thorn in the mech►nism of our institutions. The government Pays, whose business it is to run down constitutional practices, says : All this is merely lost time. This debate has been of no use either to the ministry, the opposition, Lord Cowley, or Switzerland. What, then, was the use of it? The dissolving view of the French troops evacuating the Roman states continues to be represented oc casionally for the amusement of the credulous. Paragraphs from the Toulon and Montpellier journals, to the effect that preparations were mak ing in the southern ports for the reception of General Goyon'a army ou its returu home, have gone the rounds of the press for the last two days, but the Patrie now soya that " nothing of the kind has been decided." The Ocean of Cherbourg states that the imperial yacht Aigle is about to proceed to Nioe, there to await the orders of the Emperor. M. Senator Laity is expected in Paris to-morrow on his return from his electioneering mission in Savoy. M. Lamarche, an old and esteemed journalist, for some years past a writer in the Mode, died yes terday. General de Cambiaire has died at Nimes, from the injuries received when thrown from his horse at the review which I lately spoke of. The Bourse opened well, but became very heavy in the after part of the day. The Route, after being quoted at 70fr. 35c., closed at 70fr. 20c. for cash and 70fr. 50. for account, with a fall of 15c. and 25c. Mobilier sustained the further considerable decline of 16fr. 2.1 c. The Northern, which was the favourite railway, only fell lfr. 250., and Orleans was without change; but Eastern fell Sir. 75c., Western 3fr. 75c., and the other lines about 2fr. 50c. each. The Pram mays in ita weekly commercial review Trade remains everywhere in an expectant attitude, wait ing for the solution of the different questions raised by the reform of the tariff. It is to be hoped that the final settle ment of these matters may be hastened as much as pos sible, for iu the meanwhile there is no prospect of anything like ►ctivity in business. The stagnation caused by the suspense alluded to is aggravated in regard to spring stuffs by the extraordinary backwardness of the WAWA. The latest accounts from Rouen, Mulhouse, Roubaix, and Amiens state that sales are almost entirely suspended, and that there is a fall in all sorts of woven goods. Business is equally dull at Lyons, where the absence of orders from North America has compelled some nusnufacturers to diminish their production, while others offer novelties at very low prices, in the hope of tempting buyers and setting the fashion. English agents have lately bought some fancy goods by way of patterns, but not to any great extent. Sugars are in a dead calm, waiting fur the passing of the new law. Cereals are firmer, in con sequence of the prolonged cold weather. The young wheats, howeeer, are not looking ill as yet, but a speedy change in the temperature is much to be desired. A rise in wines is looked fur at Bercy, but for the present prices remain with but little variation. It is said that the vines have nut suf fered so much from the extremely severe frost of 1./...cember as might have been expected. HARWICH ELECTION. HARWICH, TCSSDAT Evmnwo. The polling commenced this morning at the usual hour, and the result of the vacillation duple ) ed by the lido rrls in the selection of a candidate won apparent. The victory of the coeservatives is to be attri buted to the united and vigorous meaner in which they have from Aral to bat conducted the contest, and the evil effect of discord on the liberals is shown in the fact that while the Hon. W. F. Campbell obtained as their candi• date 134 votes twelve month. since, Mr. Donaldson could only muster to-day 116. It in stated that thirty liberal electors hell aloof anti refused to vote. The election was virtually decided in the Ant three 13011711. The liberals claimed • majority of six at 9 a.m., but at 11 they admitted that Mr. I loneliest had obtained aely 91 votes as against 97 reconlel fur Colonel Rowley. &only after four o'clock the numher• were officially stated by the mayor (Mr. F. Halm) a. follows: _ For Colored Rowley For Mr. Donaldson ll6 His worship accordingly declares, the hon. end gallant gentleman duly elected. Colonel Rowley briely expressed his thanks. and stated that he should do his utmost to promote the prosperity of the town without referen.e to party considerations. Mr. Donaldson also addressed the meeting with mach good humour, sad the proceedings closed with a vote 14 tplakll to the mayor. (MOM LAP? 10011Ye4 ()AMITY.. ) • BUCIIINOILIM-PALAR, APRIL 21—This day had audience of her Miipiety the Commutudeur Targioni, envoy estmordinars and minister plenipotentiary from the Ring of the Kingdom of the Two Sallies, to deliver hie letter of recall; to which audience he was introduced by the Right nom. Lori John Rumell, her Majesty'. Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and conducted by Lientelmat-General the His. Si, FAIMIXI Cust,K.C.H., her Majesty'. Master of the Ceremonies. MT. Jamas', PALACA, AI'IIL 17.—The Queen has Leen pleased to appoint Captain Bir William Legge George Host*, Beat., R. N. , to be use of th e grooms in waiting in ordinary to berltalesty, in the room of Rear- Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Koppel, K.C.R., resigned. INDIA-OP/IR, ARIL 23.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to 11101111i118441 and appoint Sir George Rumen K.C.8., to be governor of the presidency of Tut R6VIMED ARMY FATIMATIIW—These esti mates eirrs issued this morning. Theamount alreadyeeted ; the amount yet required to be voted for MIMI is 10,991,r4ed. The net iucrosse over the previous year is 1,9,44,24 W. Bt!Saar •ND TREATIN.:. —This morning the folkering return eras booed by the Howie of Iconla of the number of member. unatiatol for bribery or treating, alkinguialting those unaeated for treating only, fix all the borough* of the l'nital Kingdom for the three Ire t parliantenta. Parliament bewailing 1 047-4+l —Boroughs: Treating. 8 ; bribery, ti ; bribery and touting, t total, 20. l'outities : nil. Parliament beginning lah2l,s - : Treating, 3 ; bribery, II ; bribery and treating, 17 total, 31. Counties : nil. Parliament beginning 1811 - Ih.naigha Treating, 0; bribery, 4 ; briber) - and treating, 2 b,tal, O. Counties : nil. Casl • • LTI MN IN LUNN/N.—This morning a return wen lamed by Sir R. Mayne, to an onler of the HMSO of Lotnin, .4 the uumher of pinions killed or injured by car riages within the nietmpolitan police district from Jas. 1, 16514, to March 1, 11400. In 18514 the number run over and killed was 4.'1; of maimed or "therein.. injured, 065. In 1650, 51 were killed, and 6112 injured. In 1800 (2 months), 11 have been killed, and 110 injured. About two-thirds of these came were nut wituesaol by the polies themselves, but the particulars were obtained at the time from other per. sons. Is • great number of mem of those maimed, kc., the injuries were slight. Loma's Rini BRIGADE.. —A meeting of the council was bold at hfeAhluartent yesterday : Mr. Alder man knee, Vice-President, in the chair. A deputation from the noe.commissiontel offlosre of this corps attended to state their opinions as to the most desimble mode of mak ing future apimintniente of soflcors. The council enured the deputation that it was their earnest desire to consult, as far es practemble, the feelings of the brigade generally, and that at as earl y day the commandiagmilloer and vies. president would cell a meeting, when the matter should re. reive the fullest consideration. In the niesutime no other appautniema ahouW be made. ITALY. TURIN, Aram 24. Count Cavour returned yesterday. NAPLES, Aran. 21 (via Marseilles). The reported insurrection at Trapani and in the towns of the littoral districts has been denied. The pursuit of the insurgent bands still continues in the interior. ROME. Ann. 21 (via Marseilles). General Lazuoriciere has gone to Ancona, where he will reside for some time. PARIS, Ann, 25. The Paris papers publish a telegram, dated Chambery, yesterday evening, containing fur ther information, according to which the num ber of votes is as follows : For the annexation, about 45,340 Against 2lO Abstained from voting At Tarantaise and Chablaie the same unanimity prevails. The numbers are not yet known. TURIN, Ann. 24. The King of Sardinia, following the friendly advice of France, has for the moment abandoned the idea of taking the title of King of Italy. The court of the Tuileries represented that such a change of title would only complicate the existing international difficulties, without giving any prac tical advantage to Piedmont. INDIA AND CHINA. CALCUTTA, MAacs 23. Disturbances are reported to have broken out in Cabul. CANTON, ]fries 14. The rebel disturbances are increasing throughout China. Thu state of affairs in Japan has become worse. The foreign community are living iu great appre hension, two Dutch captains having been murdered in the streets of Jokuhama without giving any offence to the Japanese. SHANGHAI?, MAK% 8. It is rumoured that the four vessels which pre ceded to Peebelee Rivercarried an ultimatum to the Chinese government. HOMEWARD CALCUITA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA (viL Marseilles), APRIL 21. The Camila arrived at Suez on the 17th instant, with 177 pessengers and 1,806 packages of cargo. The Pera, for Southampton, in sight. The Panther, for Marseilles, hourly expected at Malta. The Alhambra arrived at Malta from Corfu on the 20th. OUTWARD BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Manailia, which left Southampton on the 12th, reached Malta at 11 a.m. on the 21st lest. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, WKDWIJOAT. The Adriatic has just arrived. She left New York the 14th inst. She brings 730 passengers. She has for Havre 40,000 dollars. The Persia had arrived out ; also the Edinburgh. Advice.' from Vera Crux confirm the raising of the seise by Miramon, owing to the want of provisions and munitions of war. He but 2,000 out of 6,000 men. There was a strong feeling in the city in favour of a war with the United States. begone& had gone to Tampico to enter upon a campaign. News from Harannah is to the 10th instant. The sugar market was quiet. Molasses quiet. Exchange on Loudon, 121 to 131 prem. But little business of importance had been transacted in congress. In the Senate the hill for the admission of K 3113411 into the union wu referred to the Committee of Territories. FiNANciAL —The extraordinary coincidence of • strin• gent Money Market at 41 per cent. in London, awl an may Money Market at 5 per cent. in New York, w.is causing • good deal of comment in financial circles. Loans are offered freely at 5 per cent. on call. Foreign exchange inactive. Bankers asking 10f to 109 for 60 days' sterling bills. Stock Market active with a daily increase in spoon. Cotton market embraced about 1,000 bales, closing dull at 11 ie. to 111 c. for middling Uplands. Southern flour in good request. Wheat less active. Corn heavy. Pork Muter. Sugars active. Freight steady, with shipments of 2,000 bales to Liverpool. Nrw OrLEArw—Cotton sales: 4,000 bales at 101 c. to lle. for middling. Sales of the week : 22,500 bales. Ex change without alteration. Mobile cotton.—Sales lest two days' : 7,000 bales. Mar ket* um:hinged. Elavanoah cotton fine. Sale* : 6400 bales. Charlestown cotton advanced on the week. Sales to day : 1,200 bales. Sales of the week : 12,000 bales. THE POPS AND HIS ARMY. The Opinion Nationale makes the following observations on General de Larnoric&lre, and his Papal mercenaries : " For the last eleven years the power of the Pope In Rome has only been maintained by French bayonets. The recall of our troops is now decided in principle. IN the Pope able to organise • rational force having its pant d'appri among hie Italian subjects? No such thing. He calls in a French General, a Republican turned Legitimist, he recruits soldiers in Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzer land ---everywhere except in Italy. In order to pay thaw pretorians he levier taxes upon foreign catholic. and ap points • committee of three Cardinals, all foreigners, to receive voluntary contributions. Can there be more ran elusive proof that the miserable sovereignty to which the Pops clings so tenaciously is not only hated by Italy but is altogether foreign? It is a tree without roots, drawing no life from the soil, and kept up right merely by external props. There is nothing like this in Europe. The Sultan himself, rotten as is his system, lives on his own resources ; he has an army exclusively composed of his own subjects. His officers and soldiers are Turks. Ile may be • • sick titan,' but his disease is that of his people, his race, his religion. There is in all that ear rounds the Sultan • certain cohesion and homogeneity, a certain notional organisation ; and whenever he falls, the power sod supremacy of the race which lie represents will fall with him. The position of the Pope ?ad Prince is far from being so good. He seems to delight in opposing every aspiration of Italian nationality." ".t decision has just been come to," says the Nord, "that no officer on the list of the Belgian army shall ob tain from the government such • leave of absence as would allow his taking service abroad, even in • tetuporary man ner. To the applications made the War Department re turns the following answer If the officers who are desir ous of prooeediug to Italy, to place themselves under the order, of General de Lamoriciere, persist in their intentional, it only remain. , for them to tender to the King the resigna tion of the rack they hold iu PRUSSIA, AUSTRIA, AND FRANCE. A meat spirited debate took place in the Prus sian Chamber on the 21st Met., on the motiou proposed by M. Vincke, approving the course followed by the government in the Federal Diet with respect to the affairs of Electoral Hesse. We need only briefly rewind our readers that Austria and the faithful majority of the petty German status which follow her maintain that the Hessian constitution of 1831 was abolished by the act of the Diet in 1352, although the Diet hail no legal tight to abolish constitutions. Prussia has denied at Frankfort the cetupetency of the Diet, and reserved liberty to take her own *mote in the matter. M. Sehlemitz, the Prussian Minister of Forei Affairs, has declared in the Chiunber that t he Hessian question concerns every German state, and goes to the very root of the fundamental law of the confederation ; that the Prussian goveniment iu denying the isenputeucy of the Diet, knew the con sequetams of its act ; that it renounces the policy of the Carlsbad congress, and will pursue a course of policy such as the honour and power of the country demand. This was the conduct which M. Vincke asked the Chamber to approve. M. Duucker, member for Berlin, delivered a speech which made a groat impression on the house. He showed iu detail how theme articles of the final act of Vienna which premixed constitutional government had been deliberately and systematiudly violated, and that the policy of M. Metternich had made the Diet a mere police institution. Since 1848, he said, whoa the legal authority of the Diet was buried with the hatred and contempt of the whole Germau pimple and with the consent of the Princes, Austria had in cessantly attempted to drag Prussia into complicity with tier system of politics. It was now to be seen whether this attempt, which bail succeeded during the unhappy ten years of the 3f:intent/el adminis tration, would equally succeed under that of Prince Hohenzollern. To give way now would he to submit to a defeat more shameful than that of Olmutz in 1850. This part of the hon. member's speech was much applauded. He isnitinued I shall perhaps be told that I am expaing the weaknem and divisions of tlerreany at a moment when the *minion enemy is at the gate. (Great ezeiteunit.) Gentlemen, I do not lose sight of these dangers; I know what th e s e wont, mean- sig ht c'est la psis." Europe has beau divided ; thereupon the mask is dropped, and the theory of indent) frontiers has been substituted for " ideas." It is of no importance that this theory has been taken up in some cases and repudiated in others. Every document which I cronies from France is stamped with the suite indiffereum to the rights of others, the same determination to take areount of ue interests but those of France. Have the European powers found anywhere the strength necessary to resist this en• I enieehing policy ? Are they takhig care to safeguard the I , common law of Europe in Switzerland, and to defend the rights which were eonferrod on that state for the geed of all? It cannot he said that they are. Russia has her own in ternal difficulties, and is thinking how she can make good her designs in the Fast. Austria or meditating vengeance on the Italian parvenu, and perhaps also ou the German par venu. England, formal) so proud—England, which in the 'time of the great Prince of Orange could rally Eurls: around her—has almost :nude up her mind to sell her luith. right for that mesa of pottage, a treaty of commerce and Davi. gation. Is it not, then, time for the monarchy of Frederiek the Great to take in hand the tank which formerly devolved on England, and to render all other alliances superfluous by a close and intimate union with the German people ? (Loud applause.) This necessary union, w. iniperiously demand. ..t by the dangers of the future, would be gravely comm , inis,l by signs of feebleness in dealing with the Hessiau question, and thus the course pursued by the government is out nut only of howur b ut o f pruden t *. T o alsindon it and mini ' flee the interests of Germany to a fallacious agreement with the governments of Germany and Austria, would be to augment and not toavert the dangers which hang over us. (Loud cheers.) N. puncher went on to say that he felt sure that the government would persevere in the course on which it had entered, and that the Chambers of Germany would imitate the example of the Prussian parliament. lio hoped the motion of M. Vincke would be carried by au imposing majority. A letter from Berlin, of the 22nd inst., says " The resolution of the toniiiiittee on Vineke's motion respecting Hesse has been adopted by 217 votes to 68. The interest taken in the debate was very great. Long before the doors were opened every approach was thronged by _person.; eager to get Prince Frederick William was present both days, and the gallery set apart for the diplomatic corps was quite full ; the English Ambassador was present. The result of the vote was received with loud cheers. As the vote implied a vote of confidence in the government the ministers abstained from voting." MUSIC. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Grisi alai Mario last night limit, their first ap. pearance in La Faruritte. °tiers engagement is only for twelve nights ; and, though not expressly announced, it is underst4wid that the last of these will Err the night of her farewell to the public. The home was crowded in every part; and on her appearance, she was greeted with a burst of welcome prolonged for several minutes. In limb she was unchanged since last year, or if changed at all, it WAS for the better. Sine had all her characteristic dignity and grace, and that perennial beauty which seems independent of youth. In her voice there was no falling off. It had all its rich and mellow sweetness, with that sympa thetic quality which has always given so much pathos to its very tones. Tho istrt of Leonora hieing written for a mezzo-soprano, all the music was within her compass, and she gave full effect to its melody awl expression without straining or effort. The unrivalled beauty with which she personatea one of the most affecting characters on the musical stage is too well known to require any description. Lest night it was us beautiful and as pathetic as ever. Mario, toq had the warm &nil even enthusiastic reception which he so well deserves. The part of Fernando has always been one of his happiest efforts. His acting, as WWI was full of passion, rind his singing had that inten sity of tenderness which no one lois ever surpassed. In the " Anglo' d'Amom," that cry of a broken heart, hie very voice was full 44 tears. Occasionally, in bursts of passion, his voice failed bull somewhat ; but his soft and subdued tones were as exquisite as ever. The character of the King was shuiralsly sustained by M. Faure, who sang beautifully, notwithstanding a slight hoarseness. And the stern yet benevolent priest was well acted and sung by Zelger ; though it is impossible to see Oriel and Marto in this opera without associating with them the image of the lust Lablache. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WA Y ACCIDENT. STATE OF THE SUFFERERS, ke. The fearful accident which took place on the Great Northern Railway, at Hatfield, on Monday morning, has resulted in much more serious consequences than were at first anticipated, as, in addition to Mr. Pyle and the un fortunate platelayer, who were killed on the spot, it appeals that several of the tairsciuiens are suffering front concussion of the brain. The injuries sustained by the deceased Mr. Pym were oof such /I frightful character as to be almost beyond deiscription. He was literally cut in twain upward, and although alive when picked up from the de&ria of the shattered carriages, death in two or three minutes afterwards took place. The Rev. Wm. T. Twedlle, who is a Wesleyan minister, residing at Wendsworth, being, next to thorn killed, the moat seriously in was placed under the especial care of Mr. Kirkwood , who, at the rev. gentleman's earnest en. treaty, after dressing his wounds, b u d him brought to town, and conveyed hint iu his own carriage to his residence at Wandsworth. The Rev. Mr. Tweddle's injuries were a frightful cut behind the left ear, and various wounds and contusions about the head, face, and body, with concussion of the bruin. Mr. Kirkwoial visited the rev. gentleman at Wandsworth twice yesterday, and reports hint to Le going on favourably, but by no isie.uis out of dink,•er. There are ensue other cases of a similar nature under the care of Mr. Osbabliston, and several who proceeded to their own homes. but were not much injured. With respect to the actual cause of the accident, it is be. bevel, from examtuatiou, that the platehiyers. iu repairing the line, must have left one of the keys of the sncketm, into which the rails tit, up alsive the level of the line, and not properly driven home, as it appears the engine took a per fect leap, which could only have been caused by coming in contact with some fixed subteen above the level of the rails themselves, which the tremendous aleck at once ilia. placed. HEALTH OF LONDON. The return of the Registrar-General states that the deaths in London were 1,•.54 in the week that ended last Saturday, and exhibited a decrease uu the number of the previous week, which was 1,407. lu the ten yews 144)10.) the average number of deaths iu the week corra -1 spending with List week was 1,073 ; hut as the deaths in the present return occurred in an increasied populatiou, they , should be compared with the average tubed iu proportion to the itierease, umnelv, with 1,150. The comparison shows that the deaths of list week were more numerous by 104 'than they would hove been if the average rate of mortality for the middle of April had prevailed. Though the mean temperature of the air was lather higher than that of the previous week, the weather continued cold, and was re markably cold on the bait three 1161.• Last week the births of leM boyn and 334 girls, in all 1,757 children, were registered in Loudon. In the tea cor responding weeks of the year. 180-3t4 the average number war 1,685. The Italian princea appear inclined to fix. their residence* on the banks of the Lake of t'onatanre. The Otand Duke Leopold haa Amon the villa Louchtenberg ; bid iou, the Grand Duke Facilitate!, ie to inhabit the villa Anima', belonging t.. Prince Leopold, of ilactrid ; and the Duchess of Panne has routed a rciiileum at Kreuzlingen, near Conatance. The Duke of 31ieland tuaking prepa rations to leave Vienna for Hungary, where he posseasea ouneitkirsble property. The fun& of the Suffolk General Hospital have just been enriched by the following legacies :—Lady Her. haul, 5001. ; Robert Buck, EN., 41KM., flee of duty. Tour Sayers and the I.lauiera Hoy mut upon the N e wmark e t reope•rurao on SloiaLly, and aleark halals at the betting ring, where they were mint loudly cheered. Losiwn SccriiiTY flow TEACHIN(I THE BLIND rt., REAM.—Thin society livid it. annual meeting at St. Janica's hall vesterclicY, Under the presidency of Dint Henry Choi. miaideley. The report showed an Meitner of micelles clueing the lest year in the education of the pupils, b u t stated th a t the funds hail considerably fallen off. There were at pre.ent 50 pupils in the school, who were taught reacting, writing, history, geography, music, atel worsted *cork. The Indus. trial arts, such a. linwh, basket, awl lint making, were also taught, and many former pupils were able to earn au Mile. iainleut income in these departmeuts. mimic, the I prrincioner of revencl lied been MO grant 11, t.. 1011.111 V (Or them good engagements. 'i'hu income of the .teirly was stated N. be totally inadequate to it. roilisiscinrid., being I only 5001. iu donations mad about 360'. in annual subscrip. Lions, lout at. appeal was male for itteivamil iiipathy aux! support. A selection of 'music (nun Handel, Ilexes, and MeltdelaaohO was. adminility performed by the under the direction of Mr. Hanes. The Inicoling was culdnimal the Hey. 5. Minticii, Mr. H. Hiirwincl, the Ike. Mr. Vciti , , sad other menus of (lie society. THE ASSOCIATII/N IN An. or THY. DEAF ANC. Dina.—The annual meeting of this icessiati.4l was tell at Willis'amonts yestentity. In the alwele..• e t th e Himhei...f I LoUtlou, who sent a letter of time takee by the Duke of Marllonutgli, who loriede ...Isis:Acid mild I claim' of the weiniatiou, as taking iip Die object. of its benevolence at the critic.il sZ,, sling they left the 'lntim• lions for deaf awl dwell children, and indeac , .llllll4 to pnivide for them the Illealt4 of suly.i.teie., also of religious iwitructiica. Time ineome of the elation trio' the pint year wan slues 1.. t Ile It to ho 01t1y4321., of which 3/01/. loud 1144'11 1•%114'11... Mr. Shirley Woolliner moved the adopting of I' icrft• calling the atteutiim of the aindiug 1 , tlic that there were, iseeimlitig to the lest c.c.."' turns, 17,000 deaf awl ducal in Ilniat !tritium wiw l . l about 1,700 were resident in Loudon, awl were the sc.. ail objects of the care of the association. a hick aa. , one in Landau hi which an adult deaf ;mil dumb could turn for amiatauee. Ile wa, vonvinceil it ea• gvuenilly humeri, or it ...RIM be better ..aui ,•rhqi fre.or Owen moved a ne-,olUtion 'dodging the tinseling n• every exertion to obtain icier...nisi tion, which tiersleil, he smut, uo eliciienn• t.. ,anux o.i .t fur, though t i. .°Neel. , of it. rare were dead. t pike -d as to excite sympathies which might edirate the country, an d the si...oeintinll WWI Cif a. practically reicesting mime of the miracle. of the who made the deaf to hear mud the dual. w spark. =