The Express. — London, England, 1861-04-29 00:00:00

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Having made the mistake of entering into a I iesultory discussion on financial policy, which from 4 its nature was only calculated to dissipate en- 1 thusiaam and dispel whatever belief of earnest- 1 DIN existed in the Conservative ranks, the leaders I of that worst handled of parties are, it is said, ' about to make the second mistake of risking a general engagement after they had suffered their troops to gat disheartened and disorganized. The fear of being thought afraid is a bad counsellor at all times ; but in the present instance it seems to have betrayed those who listened to it into a double blunder. Mr. DISRAILI and his colleagues that were and wish to be, shrunk from the suspicion of being thought afraid to grapple with the financial exigencies of the year, after Mr. GLAIMITOX eft proposal to deal with them ; and now we are told by many, and we believe truly, that they have been taunted and treated by their irrational and incapable followers into resolving to convert what they meant only to be a general talk into a de cisive action, the issue of which they cannot hope to be other than a decisive defeat. For some days, it is said, they have been;tryinito beguile • certain malcontent Whig into offering himself se leader of the forlorn hope ; and if the conscious ness of already occupying a forlorn position on his own side is calculated to induce • man to take desperate service on the other, there may be • certain metaphysical consistency in the transition. Ito bag as the overt act, however, is uncommitted, we are willing to hope that a course so suicidal may not be actually taken. With or without a fraternal henchman, the defection of any second rate politician whose ambition may be greater than his ability to secure the object of his desires, must be an act of fatuous folly. It can make no difference worth speaking of in the general com parison of party strength ; bat it must tend to postpone indefinitely the attainment of those egotistical hopes which have treacherously prompted it. As a mere matter of personal calculation it is bad to be finally off with the old love before you are safe of being on with the new ; and • man who has been at the pains to prove that he is to spare, and not wanted on his own side, runs a great chance of being need, and let down by the other. Be this ea it may, there will, we are certain, be few deserters found when the issue is taken. Whether the division be to-night or on Thursday night, as some assert to be more likely, there will be little of what is called cross-voting. Not • few Tories, indeed, will probably be absent, and two or three cis-clerolit Liberals may not be at their posts; but in the main there will be one clearly and broadly defined issue between the parties, the great question being whether some rein or none should be imposed on a profuse and excessive public expenditure. For to this, after all, it must come. Is there a surplus or is there not 1 Mr. Batumi began the debate by alleging that the surplus, if any, was illusory and evanescent, and that we should want all the money our present rate of taxation could supply in the course of the next twelve months. The premises cautiously laid down by the Member for Huntingdon have been argued upon by every successive speaker on the reactionary and spend thrift side ; while few, we are sorry to ray, of the defenders of the Budget have with sufficient pluck and plainness claimed for it its one great merit— that of making a beginning in the direction of economy. Mr. GLADttrum s says that be is weary and conscience-stricken at the pub bc extravagance for which he is asked to provide ; that in the sixth year of profound pesos he cannot reconcile it to himself to refuse two small reductions of taxation, the one in the Excise, the other in the Income-tax ; and that if ho un dertakes to provide Seventy Millions for the current year, Gevernment must contrive to do with it, as he will be no party to taking more money than that out of the people's pockets. The advocates of extravagance deny all this. They don't want to be limited or fettered in the outlay of any department. Government by patronage— that is, government by corruption—is the good old way of Tory rule. That was the system in vogue during the glorious days of universal taxation and profligate borrowing, when Geosee 111. was King. That was the system by which Reform was stifled during the lifetime of whole generations of men, and by which we, their descendants, have come to be saddled irredeemably with Twenty-seven Millions a year. Mr. Otaroriers knows, by ex perience, that if he provides Seventy-one or Seventy-two Millions in Ways and Means for 1861, not a farthing of it will be forthcoming in 1862. Two years ago, when we had no Volun teer army in existence, we were told that it would be unsafe to reduce the cost of national defence below a certain point ; yet now, when we have from eighty to a hundred thousand men disci plined, equipped, and reliable for service at twenty fonr Lours' notice, we are told that in point of gross national expenditure it cannot make six pence difference, and that if we don't spend quite as much helicetorth on militia and troops of the line at home. we can all the better afford to oleander millions on experimental works of fortification and other jobs. The most costly mechanism of nile is the best in the eyes of Terrain ; the most frugal method of THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1861. administration is the best in the eyes of the friends of popular freedom and progress. For our parts the only objection to his Budget which we think Mr. GLAVITONS could not answer would be one founded on the personal interrogatory, " Upon " your own admissions regarding the mischief and " evil of vast and needless expenditure, and in the " face of the many privations which confessedly " bad crops and high prices have caused of late, " and are likely still to cause the mass of the " community, how can you consistently abstain " from remitting the war-duty on tea, not instead " of the excise on paper or the penny remission " of income-tax, but along with these I "—This is the spirit in which real representatives of the people are bound to contend at the present moment. Mr. GrAterroms despairs of persuad ing _ Parliament to do more than he has asked it to do ; and this is his excuse for not pro posing other reductions. But his forbearance must not be construed into a measure of the na tional content ; and if the present House of Com- mons were wayward and wanton enough to quarrel with the Budget as it stands, the country would speedily make itself heard in loud demands for am more frugaL Tim Board of Trade returns for March, which were published on Saturday, furnish flesh proofs of the strength of our general commercial position. In spite of the apprehended civil war in America, the famine price of money, and the drain in pay ment for food, the export trade presents a decided recovery. The total shipments of home pro duce and manufactures for the month are returned at 10,950,8301., against 10,393,4701. in March, 1860, and 11,313,2281. in March, 1859. Compared with the same month of last year, there is an increase of 5 per cent. ; whereas the exports in February, compared with the same month of last year, showed • decrease of 21 per cent. Conse quently, whereas the exports for the first two months of the present year were 16 per cent. less than in 1860, those for the first three months are oily 9 per cent. lest than in 1860. Both in the month and three months the figures relating to trade with the United States are, in most in stances, below those of the corresponding periods of last year, but the decline is not of much im portance, because, during the greater part of the mew& of March, consignments of goods were hur ried forward from this country, in order that they might be passed through the American Custom. house before the new harsh tariff came into opera tion. So far, therefore, as the month of March h concerned, it may almost be affirmed that our trade was exempt from the benumbing effects both of the political convulsion and the retrograde fiend legielation in America. This is shown, for in streme, in the case of " cottons," the exports of Ali in March were 252,0321., against 245,4041. in Mara, 1860, and 293,8051. in 1861. Future returns must be awaited before we can say to what extent our trade with America is crippled. Doi after all, America is only one of our cue. tamers, and if she withdraws for • time it will be arrange, because contrary to all experience, if we do not extend our transactions in some other quarter, particularly now that the rate of money has returned to a moderate point. Besides, it is not the whole, but only the Northern section of " the Union," that has amused itself, at • moment of national trial un equalled since the first settlement of the country, with devising means for the exclusion of the useful and cheap commodities which we offer. The Southern has not embarked in a war of tariffs. These are fair reasons why our mer chants and manufacturers may view with equa nimity even the disturbing events in America. The accounts received from several of the ma- nufacturing districts during the past week are marked by a more cheerful tone. The weather is better ; the money market has become compara tively easy ; there are no alarming movements of French troops ; and the Minister of the new kingdom of ltaly has virtually declared that the effort to wrest Venetia from the enemy will pro bably not be made this year. The impression with regard to the future is, therefore, of rather a more settled kind, and business, upon the whole, has slightly improved. THE Beams OF THE BUDGET. (Fran the 06serwra we have head at the last moment that the eon esreitive losaera—meabled at Lord Derby's—hare decided _ _ _ to pat their tonna= at the bawd of tb. ai.. Tim bay* ramolved upon a pitaltod batik what rodsotios of taxation, and.. are parasited a mutat party dividoa baton the work L oat. (From the Press.) Need we say more to convince the conservatives el the real gravity of the crisis It is possible that some al them may imagine that as the repeal of the paper duty is compensated by • concession ou the income tar t the arrange ment may be accepted aa • reasonable oomproniiae. It would be truly calamitous if the want of • little reflection should blind such well-meaning men to the nature of the net they are performing. The significance of the deed done will be measured, not by their estimate, but Mr. Glad stone's. He will claim to bare regained his reputation as a Minister of Finance. The radicals will be vociferous In muscling that claim ; and the compromising conservatives will have made their most dangerous foe the liberal chief for life. No won* calamity can befall not only the conservative party, but the cause and the interests intimated to their keeping. What ever dismiss; may mar the mixed oonstatutkei of &irked, —whatever new theories of govsnneset may acquire sway,—whatever wrongs may be Med on the educated, the pedeemieed, sr Ilamary ekes., the owners at lead sad assantalstad mivispa—ln a word, ea all Englishmen incept =OA* trailsre,—d &NO peat anieforttuies the :s -will ever weigh en thesenselemessad the goodie:mei every member mite pediment who has neither the hada genes to dimes ear tie usempiershie reselstion to resist evil. A brahem. ha. nesaand Climeellor of the lizedmipser restored to read" Islivarao, sad power, will be • national calamity of the first cedar. The priscipel mad alloboorbing news from Jamaica is the I account of the reception of his Royal Highness Prises Alfred, who arrived in the morning of the 2nd lost , and lauded midst every conceivable demonstration of rejoicings from the inhabitants. The festivities sad excitement are described as having driven the city place mod, and was looked upon as one of the greatest waste is the history of Jamaica hut the arrival of the Heine, with the melon =intelligence of the death of the Die&ese at Kent. suddenly put an end to all vuleognest eatereehnneate, and the Prince privately embarked on board the Styx on the whisk immediately steamed down to Port Royal. His Nooses was to leave Port Royal for Portsmouth on the _ _ Mr. R Peenefather, late civil secretary to the gevereneest of Gonads, has begs appointed auditor-paged of Ceylon, to the pips of Mr. Gibson, promoted to be air ela smeary of tat Weed. Mr. G. & Williams has Idea appended to a writersbip in the Ceylon civil service, hay* paned the assegary examined= before the civil germs eosamigicsera Mr. Brownlow Gray has Leos appointed attoreerpoond of Ilsreeeds. This gentleman, who is a setae of the colony. was milled to the bar at Lincoln'ainn in 1547, sad bee skin pasthall el the Bermuda bar. Mr. Gray in oleo a asailas of the Howe of Aesembly in that colony. Mr. E. W. Gradialte, 8.C.L., of the Oxford circuit, has bees appalled maglelsone el She Falkland Islands. "Si bPIICIAL MONDAY EVININU SERVlreg.—Yes berisy. the smell beaky evening services under the dome of Bt. Paul's were brought to a dues. The series was oom , meneed on Sandal, Jemmy 28, so that there have been only hareem 'emcee, being far lase in numbers than in merinos = l6. llie first seen.. we. preached by the Bishop of the last by the Rev. Dr. Cliristartiver Wordsworth, Cavan of Westminster. At the impainesdiate Berrien the eareasee Lave bee. premised by tbe Whop of Durham, the Mien el Clerk, tbe ef Rip" the bishop of Car ib* Llama Dale, sod easy suspense. At Westatiester Abbey. MA Wok iber• yea • eery large oceiregatise. ran awnl motes wee perferreed. sad the see eee was preached by the Rey. Frauds Veseittert Thornton, of Trimly College, (Ambridge, Paster of Brusru.Cendover, sear Andover, sad IlLsArt Oastiever 01•111~ School gDe Court. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Mice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, left Osborne at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, crossed from Cowes in the Fairy, royal steam yacht, to Gosport, travelled by a special train an the South Western Railway to the private statics at Vauxhall, and arrived at a quarter before 7 o'clock at Buckingham Palace, alighting at the garden entrance. Yesterday the Qiieenand Prince Consort, the Pinworm Alice, Helena, and Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leo pold, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and the domestic houeehuld, attended Divine Service in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturds? res t the ry official residence of the First Lord of the in Downing-street. The ministers present were Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll Sir G. Cornwall Lewis, the Duke of Newcastle, Lad Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Eight Hon. O. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. A deputation from the guardians of the Bolton union, consisting of Captain Gray, ALP., and Mr. D. W. Latham (chairman), had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, at the office of the Poor Law Board, Whitehall. Deopstebse were received as &tutlay at the Colonial- slice from the GOVIIIIIIM al Oareds. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Italian Minister, has been imddenly eurnmoned to Turin by the alarming illness or his mother. His excellency left on Saturday evening. The Marchioness of Downsiiire has permitted the see of her drawing•roome is Belgrave.equare to Mr. Passe for his morning miscast on Monday, the 3rd Jose. The Earl of Crawford and Balcarree and Lady Unary arrived in Berkelapaqvare a few days since from Haigh Hall, Lancashire. Her leglyship boa since left town on a Alit to Colonel and the fig& Has. Loyd•Liodsay at their meat la Berkshire. Visnount Milton left town on Friday for Liver pool, os his way to America. Lady Sondes will have an assembly on Thursday mut at her mildews is Orcevemor.equans. Lady Stanley of Alderley's dancing party is fixed be Tumidsy, the 7th of May. lady Emily Heaketh's ball is fixed for Wednes day, the 15th of May. Lady Worley and the Mines Woreley have arrived at Bawling!' Hotel, in Jermyn•etreet, from York shire. Tile Hon. Richard Caccia:Wes ball will teke place on Tuesday, the 14th of May. Mrs. Washington Hibbertis ball will take place on Wednesday next. Mins Coutte comes to town to-day from Holly Lodge, Highgate, far the season. Sir Andrew Buchanan, late her Majesty's Ambassador at Bpda, arrived at Lammlove last week ma • visit to the Dowager lady Blantyre, previa= to his pro. molls( to the Netherlauds se her Majesty's representative at that oourt. The Countess of Smileld is also oa a visit at Leaeorlove. • Viscountess Palmerston bad an assembly on Saieurley evening at Cambridge Home. Previously to the amenably 'recount and Vinoustre Palmerston entertained at dinner his Excellency the Aratmeedor of Frame and Min Elphinstone de Plebeian, his Emellency the Swedish Meter, the Marquis and Maroltiosess d Clanricarde. the Earl of setae, the Earl and Conners Sneerer. the Earl el Shafiesbary and lads Victoria Ashley, the Comte. Dowager of Tankerville and Miss Gorges. Vimouni and Viscountess Stratford de Radcliffe aid the Hoe. Miss (1•ooing, YU:madamsboa, Viscount and Viscountess Bury, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Hoe. G. Haathoote, ILP., he. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at dinner on Saturday the Marquis of Hutingtou, the Earl mad Countess of Tonkel-mile, the Earl Anne.ley, Viscount sad Viscountess Newport, Lord sad lady fikelmeredale, Mr Robert Peel, Y.P., and Lady Emily Peel, Col. the Hon. P. W. and Lady Emma Talbot, and Lord Stanley. Professor Owen delivered a lecture at the Royal _ _ Institution at Friday evening, "On the Scope and Appli- Ross of a Nation' Num= of Nautili History," It wee Profaner Owea's object to show that the rooms at the British Museum sow appropriated to the olulAtion of dif ferent deportation' of natural history aft very inadequate for the purpose, and to point out the exhibition spaoe whieh a tatiooal mono ought to posses in reference to probable sainonent acoestions to the collection, as well as to present requirements. ALMACK'S. —The first ball of the first subscription of those fashionable riunions will take place at Willis's Booms on Thursday next, when several of the ladies patronises, have &minted to be present with large parties of friends. A brilliant ball is folly anticipated. SPAIN. ARRESTS IN ANDALUSIA. The Spanish correspondent of the /adipeadance Beige up :—" Numerous arrests continuo to be made in Andalusia, under the pretext that the amused manifested an intention of embracing the protestant religion. At Malaga nine well-known citizens and one woman were arrested and kept in close confinement. All these arrests have been made upon information given by neo-eatholice." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (azirna's timaAme.) AMERICA. QtTEENSTOWN, MOIDAY. The Royal Mail steamship America, Captain McCauley, from Boston on the 17th and Halifax on the 19th inst., arrived here at 1 a.m. to-day. She brings 74 passengers, and 13,800 dole. in specie for Havre. The America landed the Irish and a portion of the English mails, &c., and proceeded at L2O am. All well. The following is a aununary of the intelligence brought by the America : NEW YORK, Aran. 18. Major Anderson and his men left Charleston on the 15th, in the steamer Baltic, for New York. Extensive preparations are being made for the defence of Washington. President Lincoln's call for troops has been en thusiastically responded to by the northern states. The New York Legislature has voted 30,000 men and 3,000,000 dollars. Virginia advice. state that it is anticipated that the secession ordinance will soon be passed. Kentucky has refused to supply troops to the Washington government. Official advicas have been received at Washington stating that General Santana surrendered San Do mingo to Spain on the 18th of March. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange unsettled-107 to 104 Stocks fall ing —Erie, 22} ; Illinois, 68}; New York Centrals, 73 ; Missouri Sixes, heavy fall—quoted at 61; Vir ginia Sixes, 57i. Cotton nominal. Flour heavy. The Fulton has arrived out. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX. NEW YORK, Aran 18. The North appears united, and volunteers are being rapidly enrolled. Money is liberally tendered from all quarters to support the government. President Davis has issued a proclamation, authorising letters of marque. The governors of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Missouri refuse to supply troops to the federal government. Maryland and Delaware sustain the federal administration. Troops are concentrated at Washington. The Confederate government is about to issue a call for 150,000 volunteers. It is understood that President Lincoln is about to make a second call for volunteers. The federal fleet has left Charleston for New York. Grifiintown the lower part of Montreal, has been inundated and damage done to the amount of 1,000,000 dollars. No lives were lost. The North Briton and Glasgow have arrived nut. NEW ORLEANS, Aran. 17. Cotton irregular ; freight for British ships, id. ; for American ships refused at fd. QUEENSTOW2f„ &mar. The Royal Mail steamship Africa arrived here at noon to-day, embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. All well. ITALY. DISTURBANCES AT NAPLES. NAPLES, APRIL 27 (Emma). The demonstration, mentioned ins previous tele gram, which was made by some insubordinate Na tional Guards against Signor Spaventa, arose from a circular having been issued by Signor Spaventa, prohibiting the National Guards from wearing their uniform unless on duty. In consequence of this circular about 30 National Guards entered Signor Spaventa's house, and uttered threats against him. The National Guard afterwards arrived and re established order. Prince Carignan has to-day issued a proclama tion, calling upon the inhabitants to maintain order and tranquillity. NAPLES, Amur, 28. The events of yesterday were the result of a Bourbon conspiracy. Four vessels having left Civita Vecchia for Naples, with Bourbon soldiers and brigands on board, an Italian war vessel has gone to meet them. The officers of the National Guard at Naples have, in the name of the entire corps, protested in the Pungolo against the events of yesterday, de claring at the same time that they are ready to defend the government. NAPLES, APRIL 28, 2.25 rat. Naples is tranquiL Thu Bourbonians are completely discouraged. Prinoe Cariguan's proclamation has produced an excellent effect. TURIN, MONDAY. In the oourse of next week a bill will be pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies for negotiating a loan of 500,000,000 francs. A despatch received from Naples to-day states that thu city is perfectly tranquil. SWITZERLAND AND ITALY. BERNS, Arum 28. The treaty between Switzerland and Italy for carrying a railway over the Luckmanier has been concluded. Switzerland is to contribute 48 millions of francs towards tho cost of construction. The treaty also stipulates that when 25 millions of this amount shall hive been guaranteed and five millions actually spent on the construction of tl•e railway, the kingdom of Italy will, within four years, contribute 20 millions of francs, which will not, however, bear interest. It ImB been further stipulated that the cost of laying the railway over that portion of the Alps between Dimentis and Olivone shall be defrayed by the kingdom of•ltaly. The canton St. Gallen has already voted five mil lions of francs towards the expenses. MONTENEGRO. SERAJEVO, Ann 27. Eighty horses entered Niheich on the 23rd April with provisions for the besieged. The Prince of Montenegro permitted the passage of the convoy through the Montenegrin territory. DENMARK. FRANKFORT•OLTHIPACATNR, Aram 28. In yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet, the Danish representative declared that the patent of 1859 would be submitted to the Estates of Holstein to receive their ratification, although they would have no power to cancel it. The Danish representative also refuted the objections recently rained by the Estates against the proposals of the Danish government. In the same sitting the Federal Diet wood a resolution respecting the federal military organisa tion. The division of the federal reserve is to be main tained, and an increase of the troops furnished by each cootingeut was also resolved upon. PORTUGAL. LISBON, SUNDAY, 1.45 r.r. The elections to the Cortes have passel oft quietly. All the government candidates have been re turned at Lisbon and Oporto. There is also a large majority in the provinces in favour of the government. All the ministers have been re-elected. WESTMINItria SCHOOL, A meeting of Old Vestminsters was held on Saturday in the school-room, on the invitation of the Dean, to receive the report of the committee appointed at a general meeting on the 13th of June last, " to confer with the Dean and Chapter on the state of Westminster School and College, with a view to improve them upon their pre sent site ; and alto to consider the propriety of removing the school to a more fit sod proper site elsewhere." The DIAN presided ; and there were present Lord Eburv, Lord Llanover, Lord Me tyre, Lord John Thynne (the sub dean), the Bishop el St. Asaph, the Bishop of Moray and Roes, Sir D. Dundee, Sir George Osborn, Sir Matthew Rid ley, Beth, M. P., Mr. G. C. Bentinck, M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P., Dr. Plullimore, Q.C.. Mr. 0. B. Phillimore, Messrs. F. Cat, If. Chester, A. Wrotteeley, Mare. Britle, and Revs. C. J. Williams, J. Henderson, A. Borrodaile, and • large number of other Old Westminster,. The committee made, in regard to the first portion of thole inquiry, nineteen proposals to the Dean and Chapter. the 'Libations of which was that there el:mold be a free communication between Great and Little Dean's-yard, and the a railing should be the fence be tween the latter and the college garden, which should be open to the boys ; that the cricket-ground in Vincent. square should be planted with trees, and a covered play pound made at the school, in lieu of the cloisters'; the school itself should be better glazed and ventilated, better warmed in cold weather, and generally kept in better repair ; that the discipline of the school be retained as heretofore; that the Westminster play should be re tained ' • and that the head and under masters should be men. To most of these recommendations the Dean and Chapter had given their salient. They, however, declined to remove the obstructions between Great and 1 Little Demes-yard, or to allow the boys into the college With respect to the play, the statutes of the col- Z de r l e h eydred the performance at Christmas of a Latin sod Jfillplay, either tragedy or comedy, by the scholars h ehoristers with a view to their improvement in pro mutation an d action • but in carrying out that refs they thought they were bo und to remember that the moral and religious interests of the school must be their first con sidenition. The appointment of the masters was not voided in the capitals: body. With respect to the second part of their inquiry, there Wee a difference in the committees opinion ; but they were unanimous in thinking that, even should it be desirable to change the site of the school, there were not available funds sufficient to enable them to carry out that object on even the moderate Neale recom mended by the Dean and Chapter. The proceedings of the meeting were of • very hennenious eimanister, and the speakers appeared to he imbued with the conviction that the Westminster School would long up held its good name. LORD STANLEY AND THE ICIRIDALE Os Wednesday evening the Right Hon. Lord Stepley, Y.P., chairman of the bench of magistrates for tho Kirk dale district, interceded a select party of gentlemen, con eieting of members of the bench, and of the bar connected with the Kirkdale sessions. The dinner took place in the Adel* Hotel. There Teri shout forty guests, among whom were thews. W. Hall, Theodore W. Rethbone, Georg* Artinstall, Robert Neileon, H. Gaskell, R. Theak skink Lieut.-CoL Bonnie, M'Corqundale, Mersa H. Royds, R. Guest, B. Pierpoiut, T. 8. Raffles, J. P. Cobbett, J. N. Lerma" H. Mamdield, 0. Bolton, &nest Ames, J. Cottingham, T. E. Mom, hc. As might have bola • iessi mited from • emspany so select, the party Da:i wr y pleasant ems.—Liempeel aim. IeVINOWTOWL—The Rev. W. Monk, of Cam bridge, • personal tried of Dr. LiMagetems, has rewired a letter from the intrepid sapiens, dated Kaagona, Feb. 9. D r , LMsgstome oriuse:—"On the afternoon of the 7th her Majesty's ship L yra, haying, it is believed, the bishop [Dr. Maekermie, of the Central African mimeo' en board, arrived eillta ils" borbear. TIN bar is rough, and has prevented conuannientioo. lam overjoyed with the pros. pest of the day which now dawns upon AJrica." Ad verting to the Pioneer, the vessel sent out to Dr. Living stone, the doctor adds :—" she is a real steamer. The Admiralty by their superintendence secured everything about her of the best description." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non au own oosansreunar.l PARIS, SUNDAY Evianio. The Opinion Nationale states u a " revelation " that Lord Dufferin resigned his commitaionership in Syria because he was disgusted with the "Machiavellian policy of England ;" that for a long while he did not "dare to protest ;" but that at length, being thoroughly persuaded that it would be all over with the Christians in Syria if the French army were to cease to protect them, he could not stifle the cry of his conscience, hich overruled all diplomatic considerations. An asser tion of this kind can scarcely fail to provoke some explanation. Both the Temps and the Opinion Nationale, with out having any authority to contest the " positive and personal" information upon which the Patric grounds its assertion that the French army will remain at Rome, take exception to the reasoning by which it is sought to justify the continued occupation. The Opinion, very well says that it is not the mere presence of French troops at Rome, but the prestige of France generally, which prevent' a collision between Italy and Austria. The occu pation of Rome prevents the organisation of Italy and encourages disturbance, but does not add one jot to the force of an expre ssed resolution of France not to allow Austria to invade Victor Emmanuel's dominions. According to the Nalionalith of Turin, Garibaldi's departure for Caprera will not take place so soon as Cita& announced. The general, it is said, intends to be present in the Chamber when his bill for a general armament comes on for discussion. The Arationantis expresses an expectation that the bill will pass with slight modifications. The general impression seems to be that Cavour made some concessions to Garibaldi at the interview which produced this happy reconciliation. The opera of Charles VI., after having been suspended at Bordeaux, was represented at Mar seilles, and is now interdicted there. Report says that it is about to be brought out at Toulouse, but if so there is little chance of its running more than a night or two without molestation from the authorities. It is not because Bahivy's celebrated work contains a song deprecating the " reign " of Englishmen in France that this opera is made a party political engine, and that the government will not suffer it to be loudly applauded. The true reason is that the glorification of the catholic sorceress and heroine Joan of Arc, whose memory is regarded in France with super stitions reverence, reflects upon the Emperor's Italian policy, and stirs the blood of the disciples of the Bishop of Orleans. The appeal of Madame Paterson and M. Jerome Bonaparte (Paterson) will oome on for hearing very soon. The first president of the Imperial Court has marked it for the first chamber. General Alexandra, governor of the palaces of the Tuileries, Louvre, and Elys6e, died yesterday. The Imperial Court yesterday, presided over by M. Devienne, heard an appeal brought by M. Mires against the appointment of provisional ma nager' of his journals the Pays and Consfitutionnsl. In the course of the argument, which for the most part was of no public interest, M. Mathieu, counsel for M. Mires, complained that he had been kept in secret confinement for an unusually long time, and that be (M. Mathieu) had twice endeavoured in vain to obtain booms to him. The Advocate-General denied that M. Mires had been treated with more severity than any other prisoner, and said that he had not been kept in strict solitary confinement more than a week. He took the opportunity of saying that in consequence of the extraordinary complication of the case, it was not to be expected, notwithstanding the utmost diligence of the Judges of Instruction, that the trial of K Mires could come on for some time. The court, without hearing counsel on the other side, dismissed the appeal. The war between M. Feart, the prefect of the Ile-et-Vilaine, and M. L6on, the mayor of Rennes, has been put a stop to by the suspension of the latter. M. L6on has come to Paris to state his grievances. The cause of the difference is not stated in any of the local journals, but as M. Leon was a noted legitimist in 1847, and Rennes is one of the strongholds of the ultramontanista, the pro bability is that the mayor has been abetting the priests against the government. PARIS, SArtraDATEviorata, The Prime referring to an expression used in a recent communiquil,.observes that the entire population of Rome is getting alarmed at the long continuance of the status quo. Certainly the Pope's friends in Rome seem to be doing their utmost to exhaust the French Emperor's patience. At a well-known club, on April 12, a transparency was exhibited repre senting Victor Emmanuel as a lion and Napoleon 111. by Lis side as a fox. The same club intends to keep Pius lE.'. fête day, May 5, with special re joicings, because they observe that it is a black day in the history of the lionaparterbeing the anni versary of the death of Napoleon L, Manzoni's Cinque Maggio. The Roman papists calculate, and probably on too good grounds, that they may safely insult Napoleon 111., because, quite irre spective of his love for the church, he has motives of his own for not relaxing his hold upon the Eternal City. The following note, the wording of which is re markable, appears as " Latest News " in the Yoirie : We have already declared, in answer to the hadqpen dance Bdye, that the rumour of the departure of our troops from Rome was unfounded. This journal Dow returns to the subject, and asserts that a convention relative to the evacuation by France of the States of the Church is about to be carried into effect. We believe we may again affirm, on the strength of pinions' and positive informatioa, that this news is not true • that the plan of which the Belgian journal igiealcs in not serious • and that at the present moment there is no question of the departure of our troops. France is at Rome to provide for the safety of the Holy Father, but as a consequence of the im mense onosideration,which France enjoys, the mere pres ence of her flag in that city assures to Italy s, pesos, which is at the preent time the greatest possible benefit, sinee it enables her to direct all bet attention to the development of her institutions and her internal orgaohiation. It is well known in the political world that our withdrawal from Rome, by depriving the two nations at issue of a mediating power like France, whose loyalty is appreciated by all pes tles, would leave the helligerenta face to face , and would soon lead to a conflict between Austria and iedmont—a conflict which all Europe would regret, and therefore it is that all the powers, and England at their heed, see without regret the prolongation of our occupation, which on other grounds I. called for by religious interests. The peculiarity of the above note is that it justi fies the occupation of Rome, not principally on the ground of any love for the Pope, but 'Cd111443 it is necessary to prevent war between Italy and Austria. I cannot help expressing, by the way, my utter disbelief of the atwertion that the occu pation is pleasing to the English government. The following gigantic canard is despatched from Paris to the provincial journals by a lithographed correspondence: It le curious to notice the rumours circulated hi certain (paters, where it is said seriously, that in ease of troubles at Rome the Pope will retire, not to Prance or Germany, but to Ragland, and to London itself. It is added that Pius IX. will ,take advantage of his exile to develop the Roman catholic tendencies of Queen Victoria, to encourage PapaltorYiricx, and thus to produce a great revolution from a great affliction. It is known that the Duchess of Kent died in the holy Roman faith. There is now exhibiting in Paris a curious spocimen of mediaeval ingenuity lately discovered in a convent near Florence. It is a confessional box, on the principal panel of which is seen a very good painting of Christ. But on touching a spring this picture is replaced by one of the Devil with horns, eyes of fire, and hair standing on end ; the same spring sets in motion an organ, which plays lugs. brions music. The priests in the 15th century resorted to such devices to terrify believers. At the Bourse a great deal of business was done in the Rente, principally with aview to the approaching settlement. The extreme prices ranged from 68.80 to 68.65, and the clotting quotations were 68.70, both for cash and the account, being in the latter came a rise of se. Mobilier rose 1.25. The transac tions in railways were comparatively limited, and there was very little change in quotations. The (supposed) oldest man in England, who died the other day at Chatham, aged 104, is trumped by a Frenchman named Bataille, who at Than, in the department of the Calvadoe l / 2 shuffled off this mortal coil on the 16th of April last at the age of 108. On the day before his death he played his usual game of cards. POLAND. Accounts from Warsaw of the 24th bring the following information. An incident has just taken place at Wilna, which has produced considerable sensation throughout the whole of Lithuania. The tanners, who carry on a business which is very im portant for the prosperity of that town, lately sent a petition to the Emperor, praying for the realisa tion of the privileges w hich had been formerly granted them by the Emperor Nicholas. The pe tition was sent back from st. Petersburg to the governor of Wilna, M. Nasimoff, who instead of giving his opinion on the subject as he had been requested to do, threw all the signers of it into prison. The authorities at Warsaw have withdrawn the permission they had given for the erection of a monumental tomb to the victims of the 27th February. It is affirmed that the sanc tuary of Notre Dame de Chewslowska is about to be closed for some time. The ladies of Warsaw were to proceed thither on a pilgrimage on the Bth of May next, but were informed that detachments of Cossacks would be stationed on the road to bar the passage. They replied that such a measure would not make them relinquish their intentions and that they were determined to incur any risk rather than renounce the pilgrimage. Under those circumstances the authorities, wishing to avoid fresh difficulties, resolved that the sanctuary should be closed for two months. THE CHANNEL FLEET. PLYMOUTH, Svlu&T, 6 P.M. The Channel fleet is now off Plymouth, beating in for the anchorage in the Sound against a north east wind. TIM WIBITIOP OP 1862. The King of the Belgians has, by s royal decree, dated the Wed of April, appointed oommistioners who are to direct and preside over the amusement" of the Belgian artists and manufacturers who intend to take part in the London Inhibition al 1861. Tke members include the pre sidents of Ilse Olmenbere al Commerce in the principal cities al Baigions. swabs= al the House of Represents,. Ivo; and some of eke lead* artists at the kingdom. THANES 007812VANOT. The following is the general report of the pro ceedings of the conservaton of the river Thames, appointed by awl under the powers of "The Thames Conservancy Act, 1857," from the lit day of January, 1860, to the 31at day of December, 1860 : "The navigation of the river Thames between Staines and Yantlet has been superintended and regulated by the conservators, with the 'instance of their harbour masters and other officers, during the year ending December 31st, 1880. The attention of the conaervators has been directed to the improvement of the banks and sea walls of the river; nob es are under their charge hive been Improved as much as was practicable, and those forth' repair and maintenance of which landowners and others are responsible, have, at the request olktheconservators,been greatly improved during the year. The public moorings in the river have been kept in an efficient state, and additional moorings have been laid where they were found to be necessary ; and with the view of improving the navigation and affording additional con. veniences to vessels engaged in the coal trade, the contr. waters have made arrangements for laying down moorings for 125 coal ships in Bugeby's and Callion's Reaches. The public landing-plane, steamboat piers, locks, weirs, arid towing-paths, have been repaired and maintained. Two new steamboat piers have been constructed and opened for public traffic—one at Wapping, near the Thames Tunnel ; the other at Lambeth, opposite Lambeth church. The important duty of deepening the river, and removing shoals below Londombridge, has been persevered in, without intermission, during the year. The following are the re. suits :—The outer part of the shoal off Charlton has been removed to a depth of 14 feet at low water, where there was only about 9or 10 feet. The shoals which obstructed the general navigation of the river in Bugsby's Reach, off the Victoria Dock', Bow Creek, and Blackwell, have been dredged to a uniform depth of 14 feet at low water, where before there was not niers than from 8 to 10 feet. The Limekiln Shoal, referred to in the last report, has been entirely removed from a depth of 7 feet to that of 14 feet at low water. The removal of the last-inentioaed shoal, which was greatly in the way of the navigation, was a won of considerable difficulty, owing to its extent the peculiar hardness of the material of which it was composed. Dune( the year siety•two vessels have sunk in the river, all et which have been raised and removed from the wig , ' the. Battersea and Putney bridges still rennin 55• rims obstructions to the navigation, rendering it both difficult and dangerous, and altogether exclude from the river vessels of sufficient size for the existing traffic to the Brenthool docks. There have been 18 grants made for embankments, and 33 for jetties, piles, and other accomor dations. Every exertion has bee n made to prevent pascal from illegally passing poisonous and offensive matter, from chemical, gas and other works, into the Thames ; sad the conservator' believe that their efforts have, to a considery hie extent, been successful ; but whilst persons are Pl' milted, unchecked and with impunity, to pass filth of owl noxious kind into canals and watercourses, which disthor into the Thames at every tide, anything like a pure date cd the river near the metropolis cannot reasonably be everts'. The fisheries of the river have been carefully preserve! for the reasonable use and recreation of the !milk. By 5 recent judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench it has ben decided— That the powers of imposing penalties 00, awl ' p rocuring summary convictions against, persons tramper Nag the rules and bye-laws made for the due preeervatios of the fishery, and which powers were panned by the corporation of London until the fishery was transferred to the coinervators, have not been pissed to them hr act of 1&57 ; it is therefore important that they should invested with these powers as soon as possible, and they trod that parliament will Reaction some measure for thet purpose.' The conservators have met for the despatch of business 132 times during the year, and have wade S.! yistll of inspection on the river." The Paris correspondent of the Tinto states that the French cabinet ministers were, with one exception. "d opinion that Prince Napoleon should ' call out' the Dab d'Aumele, by reason of his position in the army. One a the ministers was charged, or undertook the office of bil own motion, to draw up a letter to be submitted to the prism, and addressed in his name to the Duke d'Aumale. When the letter was submitted to the prince, he at oils wrote to the Emperor. He declared that lie was by no means unwilling to call the Duke d'A umale to account, ant he would readily have done so had it been so decided by the ministers immediately after the publicity given to the affront ; but as meaty days had been allowed to elapse bo• fore that opinion was come to, he submitted that if be were to do so now it would be attributed to pressure exercised on him by the government and by public opinion. For be part, 'he bad preferred from the beginning that the late d'Aumale's pamphlet should be considered as • nolino l demonstration, to be met merely by the free exercise of every mans priv il ege of replying ; and he at the same time repeated hie protest against the seizure of the penlPhil ter the prosecution of the printer, on the principle of allosioS free discussion to all parties.' There, I believe, the matte ended, so far as the prince is concerned." A despatch dated Singapore, March 23, rece iced in Liverpool on Warder, by the China mail , states:—The captain and aver of' the bremen schooner Willriudt'" on the 11th inst., reporting the total loss of vessel hi we for Dee Mho dill