The Express. — London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

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It was a great occasion, and though the familiarity of circumstance obscures from us the wonder and the grandeur of the event, it will loss nothing of its significance when it is withdrawn from the vulgar glance of the passing hour to be contemplated from a distance in the broad relief of History. It is not in the nature of Royal Speeches to rise to the height of any great argument ; perhaps because they seldom have any great argument to rise to. King Vievoit EMMA:a:ILL has set an ex ample in this, as in many other respects, which few, we fear, of his brother monarchs on the Con tinent are likely to follow. Chief of a Royal House than which Europe cannot show one more ancient or more illustrious, he occupies a posi tion as a monarch which many Sovereigns must envy rather than approve. A KING beloved and courted by his subjects, throned in their hearts and rising with their destinies, taking a royal share of all their risks and dangers, personifying all their hopes and aspirations, one with his people in heart, will, and strength ; a Knee who has kept his honour unstained, his good faith uncorrupted ; who has vindicated the memory of a martyred father by his gallantry in hard fought battles and his unwavering honesty in the Council—this is a Kim; who has done more for the cause of Constitutional Monarchy in the nineteenth century than a million of bayonets could ever do for the right divine of perjury and bloodshed. It seems: to be the new destiny of Italy to be once more the teacher of political Eu rope, and to regain at a bound the foremast rank in civilising freedom. It is not only her ancient promise% war, but her consummate statesman ship, her organizing power, her skill, activity, and prudence, her singular sagacity in the adapta tion of means to ends, her mingled suppleness and decision, her patient temper, her sober judg ment, and her steadfast co-operation, that have surprised the most incredulous observers, and the least indulgent critics into admiration and sympathy. Not lees by her confident equanimity and determined moderation in crises of discou ragement than by her heroic ardour and boldness in the mastery of opportunities, has New Italy shamed into unite surprise the Courts and Cabinets of many old established States. The recent Italian elections, by their orderly conduct, their public spirited independence of choice, and their patriotic discernment, might put the electoral bodies of England to the blush, if an English constituency were still capable of self-respect. An English Speech from the Throne is not susceptible of com parison with the most suocessful of imitations, for, on the principle that happy is the country that has no history, the admirable quality of an English royal speech is, that it has nothing to say. It is no idle compliment, however, to the constitutional ad visers of the King of ITALY to acknowledge that they have put into their Sovereign's mouth a masterpiece of kingly dignity, manly eloquence, and strong simplicity. Tres, it is sot every King in our days who could address his people in these ringing tones. Imagine a Fitaxem Jussra, or even a Wittieu 1., not to speak of • Bavarian or Saxon Prince, speaking a language so frank, cordial, firm, and full of trust. A King must have staked his life and Crown for hie country, or at least have kept his word like a gen tleman, to be so completely unembarrassed in his talk by the transcendental jargon of ordinary King craft. No man understands how to manage the sisifi. , r dr roi in these latter days better than Vona Emmen - Et, but the trumpery old trade mark is not to be found on any of his pro ductions. In his speech we find a smack of the hero of l'akstro, more than • taste of Geateat.ot, and a good deal of the country sports man, who is more at home in the field than in the palace. But all these racy characteristics are finely and subtly mixed and qualified by the finished art of • Minister who is without a competitor in skill or in fortune in any Cabinet of our day. The Kinn Elect of Italy remind, his Parliament that they are in some sort a Constituent Assembly, since it falls to their lot to establish the political organisation of the common country. The fullest amount of administrative liberty compatible with perfect political unity is the problem to be solved ; and, happily, to be solved by an Assembly unsur passed in qualifications for such a task. With • justifiable pride and an admirable instinct the KING takes credit for the support' which public opinion in the most power ful and enlightened states has given to his government. The French Government, it is true, has protested against what it deemed an excess, by recalling the Imperial Envoy ; but France is still the friend in need of Italy, and no trifling difference, can efface the immense debt of gratitude due to the conquerors of Magenta and solferino. England, too, though she had not fought for Italy, had cast her moral influence into the balance, and the moral influence of " the an " dent home of liberty" is one of those living forces that move the world. Gratitude like this is not only good in policy, but wise in statesman ship : and while it is not the part of Englishmen to say how much of it England deserves, we may frankly and heartily own that France, thanks to the Emmen, deserves it all. The mention of General LA MAILMORA'S mission to Berlin, to testify to the Km) "our sympathy for his person " and for the Gennan nation," is a generous re sponse to M. DE VINCLE'S motion, and is equally unexceptionable in taste and in policy. The immediate duty of the constituents of the first Italian Parliament is very plainly and broadly laid down by the Kola. Italy must, in the first place, " complete her armaments." But these armaments are not to compromise the safety or to " risk the existence " and the fate of the nation on rash adventures. The Italian army and navy, " and the Volunteers," have won a renown at Ancona and at Gaeta which "gives the country a " just confidence in itself." Italy, therefore, can wait without yielding or waiving ono jot of her possessions or pretensions. The Kiwi, with a noble reticence, speaks sparingly of the capture of a formidable fortress. FRANCIS IL was the last of a lino of sovereigns, he was allied in blood to the House of Savoy,—he has fallen. There were motives enough for this generous re serve of VICTOR EMMANUEL. The continental adherents of FRANCIS 11. are not so cautious in their admiration. It may be well, therefore, once for all, and for the last time, to examine the title of that predestined monarch to public sympathy. The plain truth is that the heroic resolution of Faxxi•ts il. to . do or die at Gaeta exhausted itaelf as soon as General Claming, was free to operate with full effect on the fortress, and General MK:teens Cs heavy siege guns were in a position to concentrate their line of tire. The end was never doubtful from the first ; though all the horrors of the final bombardment might have been spared but for the humane interference of the French fleet, which for three months and more was insufficient to persuade the victim of a cruel destiny that its only mission was to bear him away from the rocky promontory in which he had resolved that " the monarchical "principle " should be interred with his bones. When GARIBALDI stepped ashore at Mar sala, the Rovases monarchy was struck to death ; when he " blew a blast" at Reggio it vanished like a deadly night-mist. The decisive campaign of Piedmont in Umbria and the Marches trampled out the conspiracy which Austria and the widow of FERDINAND, the Duke of Moolms, the Grand Duke of Tug esxv, and General LANORICIRRE had elaborately organized. True to his appointed fate, Fasmcis 11. turned at last, and faced his pursuing doom—too late, except to consecrate for the last time the hereditary treachery of his House in blood. No one not a slave at heart will feel a moment's pity for Fasiscis 11. Nor is it as worshippers of success that Englishmen will congratulate the Sardinian Government on the complete suppression of a civil war on the eve of the meeting of the first Parlia ment of Italy. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1861. HUNGARY. PESTH, Tn. 12. The judicial conference has adopted the press law of 1848 with trial by jury. K Asboth, general of the Honved regiments of 1848, has been arrested at Lugos and conducted to Temeevar. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Feb. 19 BOMBAY MAILS. The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 1 a.m. this day. The mails left for London at 10 a.m. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mails, &c., left Malta at 9 p.m. on the 15th, and may be expected at Southampton on the 24th inst. The Bombay brought the mail to Suez, arriving there on the 11th inst. OUTWARD MAILS. The Indus, from Southampton on the 4th, and the Vectim, from Marseilles on the 13th, both reached Malta on the 15th inst. The Candice, with the London mail of the 20th 20th Dec., left Gallo for Madras on the 24th of January. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Her Majesty has signified her pleasure to appoint the following gentlemen to be of her counsel learned in the law :—Williatu Dugniore, W. A. Collins, A. Cleasby, H. W. Cole, John Fraser Macqueen, Thomas Chambers, K. Plumer Price, Josiah W. Smith, Richard Baggallay, Henry Mills, the Hon. Adolphus F. 0. Liddell, W. Baliol Brett, John Burgeon Karslake, William Digby Seymour, John Duke Coleridge, Hon. George Denman, George Melliab, and to confer a patent of precedence on Mr. Serjeant Hayes. ebe court. —e-- The Queen and Prince Consort walked yesterday morning in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The queen, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Beatrice, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. The lion. Horstia Stopf cord and the Equemee in Waiting attended. The Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louise, rode on horse back in the forenoon in the riding-house of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty had a diaper party hit evening. The com pany hicluded the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesa Alice, sad the Prince's Mary of Cambridge, the Ruesian Anibemador sod Baroness Brunnow, the Hanoverian Minister, Count K ielmansegge, the Marquis and March inane. el Salisbury, Lady Em my Howard, the Lady in Waiting Ics the Duchess of Cambridge, Lord Edward Howard, Via meat and Viscountess Sydney, Lord Churchill, Hon. Hear- Admiral nit F. Orey, and the Equerry in Waiting to the Duchene of Cambridge. The Bud of If; Oremedier Guards performed during dinner the Overture, ..D4chter end Bauer' Waltz. flereviretta" laurvnt. Ivelection. Lurtine,' areenged M a GOMM Wallace. Quadrille, The 41mi:s Cam; iiempased for the WI at Moulted IU boom el the Print. of Wales Overture. " Rabb 114.11" Her Majesty's rivals bead performed ailerwasia Is the Draiwing.room taaa overture. -.Libels" mette. FA V.ta" Artrtle."Jemy firll - Turku - Mr. Train had an interview with the Right Hoa. T. Mil ner Gibson yesterday, at the aloe 01 the Board of Trade, and submitted a model of • street railway. A deputation of the Street Railway Company (Limited), emmisting of Mr. George P. Train, Mr. John Gress, M.P., Mr. Robert Baxter, Mr. James Memuel, O.R.,Mr. G. B. Bruce, C.B. «ad Mr. Richard Muggeridvs, had an interview with the Right Hos. W. F. Cowper. P , yesterday, at the Milos of aB her Majesty's Works sad Pebbc Bidldinp, In The Judichd Committee of the Privy Council est yester day. An impost from the High Court of Admiralty— " William aid others v. Gulch sad others ; ship Chancel lee—eme heard. The lords present were Lord Kings. = e t Master of the Rolls, Sir E. Ryan, and Sir P. were received yestenlsy at the Colasisl-oillos fretV bs. of the North Americus provinces, Her nib. aM British Columbia. Dispatches wore sent to the Governor of Milts. Their Royal Higlinearly.% Prince Arthur and Prime Leopold, accompanied by Colonel Sir C. B. Phipps, honoured the performance at the Princess's Theatre with their presence but evening. The Lord Bishop of London and Mre. Tait have removed from Fulham Palace to Loedee Howe, St. Jamee'sequare, for the seeem. General Sir de Lacy Evans has arrived at the games Hotel, Upper Norwood. On Thnreday Lord Edward Howard will ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs " whether her Majesty's government will use its inflows.° with his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel to prevent bloodshed La kis present hour of success ; and will instruct its diplomatic sad consult: emote to keep it fully informed of the measures ordered or adopted by the present de facto government of Southern Italy, for the purpose of re e ttebbaliing order." The liberal party in the county Cork have eombined to support Colonel R. Roche against the tory candidate, Mr. Leader. This combined action on the part of the liberal (says the Cork Reporkr) is sure to result in 111.10:41116. At the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries on Monday last (Feb. 14) a very interesting discovery wu amiotinced by Mr. W. H. Black, F.S.A., the well•knowa paleographer awl chronologist. It is that of the will and administration to the effects of that great artist Hans ffolbein, who, it has always been asserted, died in Eag land, and as late as the year 150, though no certain trace of him has been found for many years before. It Is new proved that he died in the year 1541, four years before the death of Hoary VIII. This discovery will affect the reputation of many pictures that have been attributed to him, particularly the great picture at Bridurell Hospital of King Edward VI. founding the London Hos pital, in which Holhein was mid to have introduced his own portrait. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (non tem ows colazsroanzier.) PARL% MONDAY EYENING. The conference on the Belgian treaty of commerce met to-day. The oouference on the Syrian question will posi tively meet to-morrow. It is stated, not, however, without some reserve, that Francis 11., when he leaves Rome, will go to Cadiz for two months, and late in the spring will proceed to Munich. Although it does not appear that he was put under terms not to head the insur rection in the Abruzzi, it is satisfactory to find that he does not entertain any such wild project. According to another report, however, the King went to Trieste this morning. M. Peyrat writes in the Prase : Although no:one knows exactly what is the real and posi tive object of the pamphlet everybody is convinced that it indicates consequences which it does not state. . . But, notwithstanding the mysterious reserve of M. do la GUN , ronnii.re, his conclusions are evident, and we are sure that we state them correctly while we strip them of mystery. . . . When people ask who is to be the Luther, Calvin, or Henry VIII. of the present day, they forget that heresies imply a lively faith, which is now nowhere to be found. Luther', Calvin, sod Henry VIII.'s are now as impossible as they would be useless. In this age of rifled cannon, w'no cares to use coaletrinra . . There is only one solu tion for the Roman question—the total absolute fall of the temporal papacy. This solution u certain ; it may be de layed, but it cannot be avoided. The Bourse was much agitated, and the Rents, after fluctuating between the extreme points of 67fr. 90c. and 68fr. 15c., closed at 68fr. 10e.,aith a fall of 15c. Mobilier fell 7fr. 50c. Railways were a little lower. The Caisee Miris fell 27fr. The Minister of Commerce has just addressed the following despatch to the Chamber of Com merce of Amiens, in answer to various letters praying that the full operation of the new tariff may be suspended for the longest period possible, according to the stipulations of the commercial treaty with England : Messieurs,—la your letter of Dee. 21 you return to the question of the maintenance of the full delays which we are empowered to insist epos by the commercial treaty with England, and you state that the manufacturers of your district are disappointed at the silence of the Muniteur of December 1, as to the periods at which the new tariffs are to come into operation. You persist in thinking that a premature application of these tariffs would be injurious to your principal manufacturers who use flax, ' hemp, wool, cotton, and goat's hair. You add that the reasons which militate in favour of postponing the tariffs as long as possible, derive additional force from the low duties exacted in England, and from the financial and com mercial crisis in the United States. The markets, you say, are glutted with English stuffs, which are sold at a loss; and; nevertheless, the English manufacturers find them- selves compelled to send their surplus goods here, not being able to place them anywhere else. You infer from this situation the necessity of suspending the operation of the treaty. iFor otherwise, you say, the French market being prematurely thrown open to a vast male of merchandise, there will be • crisis, our neighbours all the while thrusting their goods upon us at any price. The question whether the period for the execu tion of the English treaty shall be shortened or not is under the anxious consideration of the government, which in pre sence of the divers opinions emitted by the various interests concerned will endeavour to find the solution most conform• able to the general interests of the country. But as to the presumed glut of English produce in our markets, I must observe that in there times in which we live, there is such a solidarity between commercial natio.s that a crisis occur ring with any of them necessarily reacts upon all. Now, w►en these is • crisis, speculation is checked, buyers are timid, opportunities to effect sales are rare and difficult, notwithstanding all the temptatiou of extraordinarily low prices. It follows that the mere sending of merchandise into a country does riot ensure the sale of it—buyers must be found, and buyers are not forthcoming when sales are preened. We therefore need fear no inundation of English products ; for they will remain unsold in our markets. The Eagliah have too much experience in business not to under stand this most thoroughly. The Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, Rouses. The Nouse:lists of Rouen publishes a piece of news which may serve as a comment on the pamphlet of Viscount de la Guerronnire. "At the same time," it says " that the new pamphlet appeared, M. Thouvenel ad. dressed to the French diplomatic agents 'abroad, • circular intended to explain the motives which have decided the French government to leave its troops at Rome. Accord ing to the terms of this circular, France will continue to keep garrison in the Pontifical states until a congress shall have determined on the reorganimation of Italy." A Toulon letter says :—" It now appears certain that an expedition to Cochin. China has been decided on, in order to settle all questions in dispute in those distant countries. The whole difficulty consists in the efficacy of the means to be employed. There is no success possible except in a bold march on the capital. The Emperor of Annan* —whom his courtiers have persuaded that the capture of Pekin is a fable invented by the foreign barbarians—will not be convinced except by the actual presence of danger, and the taking of his palace and of his treasures will have much more influence on his decisions than the occupation of three. fourths of his empire." Dentu, the well-known publisher at Paris, has protested against the act of piracy immolated by several French journals, which published the whole of M. de la Guerronoiere's pamphlet, and thereby enabled the public to buy for three sous that which would have cost them thirty at his shop. He abstains from a prosecution this time, but gives it to be understood that he will not be so indulgent in future. There can bo no doubt that M. de Is fluerrouniere's profits have been considerably diminished by the piracy in question. . . . - . , . Mme. George Band has arrived at Marseilles, and intends to remain there for some time for the benefit of her health. She is accompanied by her son, M. Maurice Sand. On Saturday the Empress, accompanied by the Prince Imperial, visited the new greenhouses of the Jardin d'Acclintatation In the Bois de Boulogne. Her Majesty was received by IL Drouyn de Lhuys, M. Geoffrey Belot-Hi laire, and the directors. The Empress passed nearly an hoer in examining the magnificent photo collected there. The Milan Gazette of the 11th states that, on the preceding evening, Victor Emmanuel was at the Theatre of La &ale, together with the Durham of Genoa, when General La:cannon& entered the royal box, and presented his Majesty with an autograph letter from the King of Prussia. Very nearly at the same moment the telegram simmering the fall of Gaeta was delivered to the King, who, after oricamonicating it to the duchess, g►ve it to General Lemennora, requesting him to here the welcome intelligence made known immediately to the public. The announcement was received with enthusiastic cheers fur the King, who, acknowledging the compliment, retired. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PROJECT OF A PERMANENT CONFERENCE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Under the above heading the Northern Bee of St. Petersburg publishes the following despatch, and an article founded upon it : " According to accounts from Constanti nople of February 7, France, as Russia bad previously done,lias addressed to the Turkish government a note, demanding the meeting at Constantinople of a permanent conference. The notes of the two powers are almost identical in expression. The Porte replies that it is preparing reforms." The Ruaxian journal observe" of the above : This despatch is very important. It is a new phase of the Eastern question. It is not `Service only, or Moldo-Walla dna, or Syria, but Turkey herself that it is sought to place under the protection of the great powers. The per• rnanent conference proposed by Russia and France will be the last resort for all the Christisn sub jects of the Porte in their complaints against the government of the Sultan. The control of Europe will thus extend over the whole of the empire of Abdul- Medjid. As we see, the Porte opposes the scheme, but the thing is inevitable. The initiative in this matter belongs to the Russian envoy at the Sultan's court, Prince Lobanor-Reetovski. We have already stated that the Prince had addressed a protest to the Turkish government against the incorrect statewide made by the Grand Vizier, Kipriali Pach►, in the account of his journey through the Christian provinces of Turkey. As the amounts received by the Russian minister, and the investigations of the secretary of the Russian embassy at Adrianople, were altogether at variance with those of the:vizier, Prince Lobanov.Rostovski annexed to his reply an energetic note, demanding the convocation at Constantinople of a permanent conference, composed of plenipotentiaries of the great powers, who shall occupy themselves exclusively with the fate of the Christian populations of Turkey. The French Ambassador, M. de favalette, has, as we have seen, supported the demand of the Russian envoy. MODENA. The Courrier of Cremona gives the fearful news that the warlike Duke of Modena meditates— " meditates" is the word—the re-conquest of his duchy, and has made preparations to invade the Emilian provinces at the head of an army of 18,000 men. It has been remarked for some time past that reactionary agents are very busy endea vouring to debauch the peasantry. (azirnit's TamaAins.) SOUTHERN ITALY. NAPLES, Fes. lg. General Cialtlini and the army have assisted at a mass for those who died in the late struggle. General Cisldini has published an order of the day announcing the taking of Gaeta. The tone of the order is very moderate. It concludes as follows : "Death throws a sad veil over all human quarrels. The dead are all equal. Be generous towards the vanquished. Your hatred cannot List. As a soldier, Victor Emmanuel fights and forgives." The Sardinians are actively engaged in clearing Gaeta of its ruins. The city has suffered enormously from the bom bardment. Count Ausperg is dead. Typhus fever is ravaging Gaeta. ROME (VIA MARAZILLES), En. 16. Illuminations have taken place on the Corso in celebration of the surrender of Gaeta. The committee for the furtherance of the unity of Italy have recommended the citizens to illumin ate the city on the day of the opening of the Italian parliament. MARSEILLES, Fi.. 19. According to letters received from Naples, a riotous assemblage attacked the palace of the arch bishop during the fetes on the occasion of the fall of Gaeta. The windows of the Spanish consul's residence were smashed by the people. Commander Nigra promised to give satisfaction to the consul, and to punish the guilty parties. Several hundred Bourbon soldiers were found by the Sardinians at Gaeta suffering from typhus fever. It is asserted that General Cialdini will receive the title of Duke of Gaeta. BONA Fs& 17. Francis 11. and his Queen will leave in a few days for Bavaria, aouxbuipanied by the Queen Dowager. The suite of Francis 11. speak in high terms of the bravery of the Piedniontese. The Pope has ordered the publication of diplo matic documents as a reply to the French govern ment. On Thursday an energetic popular manifestation took place on account of the taking of Gaeta, and was not opposed by the French. The pti3lic mind at Rome is much agitated, and it is thought that it will impossible for the govern ment to resist the national movement. It is rumoured that the influence of Cardinal Antonelli and Mgr. de Merode ix much shaken. OPENING OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. TURIN, N0x0...Y, Noox. The Sardinian Chambers were opened to-day by the King in person. His Majesty in his speech to the Chambers said : "Italy, almost entirely free and united, confides in your wisdom, and it is on you devolves the tank of her organisation. You will establish the greatest administrative liberties, taking care at the same time that her unity be protected. Public opinion is favourable to our national tendencies. The Em peror of the French, although assuring to us the benefits of non-intervention, has deemed it fitting to recall his envoy. This act has excited our keen regret, without, however, affecting our gratitude. At Magenta and Solferino Franceand Italy have rivetted ties of amity which will be indissoluble. England, the ancient home of liberty, has recognised our right to dispose of ourselves. We shall preserve an im perishable remembrance of the support which her good offices have afforded us. "An illustrious Prince having ascended the throne of Prussia, I sent my Ambassador, in order to testify to him our sympathy for his person and for the German nation. " Yon will assist my government in completing the armaments. "In the consciounneas of its strength, the king dom of Italy will be able to follow the counsels of prudence. " My voice was once raised with boldness, but it is aa wise to wait at the right time as it is to dare at the right time. "Devoted to Italy, I have risked my crown for her sale ; but no one has the right to risk the ex istence and the destinies of a nation. The taking of • formidable forteen has worthily crowned the exploits of the army and navy. Thus they, as well as the volunteers have acquired a re nown which has given the country a just confidence in itself ; and it is with pleasure that I express to the first parliament of Italy the joy which as King and soldier I feel on this account." ITALY. (nom ors own comizsroznmrr.) TURIN, Fn. 13. The reconciliation between Signor Rattazzi and Count Cavour has taken place, as I announced last week that it would. Count Cavour has offered to present him to the Chamber as ministerial candi date for the presidentship, and he has accepted the offer. In this way the third party, which possessed little vitality, loses its head and is broken up, part of it going to swell the ministerial majority, and part joining the opposition. This opposition will be of a very heterogeneous character. The only tolerably united group will be composed of the men who took wt in the government of Sicily and Naples during Garibaldi's dictatorship, and of those who most con tributed to the differences between Garibaldi and Count Cavour--and possibly derived advantage therefrom, hurtful as these differences were to the pmft and resources of the State. A hundred mil lion lire will not make up the deficit eocasioned by them, and it is on this account that the electors have sent very few of them to the Chamber, s and have excluded therefrom their leader, Dr. Btrtani. The King is at Milan, where he has been wel comed as cordially as his sons have been in Central Italy. The King and princes will be here on Monday, for the opening of parliament. General La Marmon arrived here from Berlin yesterday afternoon. This morning the ministry received a minute account of his mission. He has given us the strongest evidence that the recent satisfactory vote of the Prussian parliament finds an echo in the country generally, for the Prussians are tired of being made the tools of the feudal party--a party which has not only been always barren of good to Prussia, but has prevented her reaching that stage of development to which she would have attained if she had followed, while adapting it to the times, the policy of Frederick the Great. Turin has been crowded with strangers during the last few days ; they came to witness the Car nival, which has just ended. I suppose there "lever were so many strangers in Turin as on this occasion. In our newly organised and increased army the Minister of War has decided that there are to be thirty-six regiments of riflemen, making altogether six divisions ; there will be also a reserve division, consisting of six other regiments. Our government has been much praised for having recalled General Pinelli, who had published a brutal order of the day. The selection of his successor is less approved of. General Mezzacapo is considered by no means the best man to rid the Abruzzi of the Papal and Bourbon banditti AUSTRIA. The declaration of the state of siege at Fiume, announced by telegraph, is variously explained. The Austrian, Gaut& endeavours to depreciate the political significance of the disturbances, attribut ing them mainly to the appointment of an unpopu lar "Judge of the Capitanate." The following letter from Vienna, dated Feb. 13, published in the Currenpolulance Bullier gives then) a more serious aspect : Fiume has been declared in • state of siege. This is • purely defensive measure adopted through fear of a dis embarkation of Italians or Hungarians. The population of the town and district of Fiume is hostile to Croatia, who seized on it in 1848, and treated it badly enough, and it stretches out its hands on the one side to the Italians, and on the other to the Hungarians, begging the favour of being re:incorporated with Hungary, to which it was united for so many centuries. It appears that the government, dis trusting the temper of the population, fears lest the Hun garians and Italian. should choose this district as a secret place of rendezvous and as the basis of operations fur a Garibaldian expedition. It is supposed that the precautions taken by the military authorities are only the commence ment of a series of ordinances which will be applied with the greatest rigour to the whole of Hungary. There is • merlons split in the ministry on this subject, sad the rumour of the retirement of the Hungarian Chan cellor, Baron Vey, is widely believed. It is explained by the Schmerling-Plener party's having voted in favour of these measures for putting an end to the Hungarian agitation, and its having prevailed over the opposition of the Hun garian ministers. The latter will refuse to lend their sanc tion to acts of violence ; they will prefer to resign and keep their popularity, already somewhat compromised. This ticklish situation has produced • 'sort of panic on the Bourse, and I fancy one that will Let some time. The following is the note from the Austria,' Oczette, announced by telegraph, on the statute of the empire : The provincial statutes u well as the statute concerning the Council of the Empire, have been sent to the imperial print.ing.offiuo, with a repo rt from the Minister of State that serves as an introduction to them. The provincial statutes will be sanctioned at the same time for all the provinces of the empire. The provincial Diets will have some rather extensive attributes, and will consist of • rather large num ber of members. The Diets of Galicia and Bohemia, for in stance, will have nearly 210 members. The smallest coun try of the crown, like Salzburg, will have • Diet consisting of 20 member,, that of Lower Austria will count nearly 70 member,. The captain of the country will be elected from among the members of the Diet, but be nominated by the Emperor. The elections will be made by categories representing the interests—that is to say, large property, small property, and the towns. In the large property only noble estates will appear, paying • certain taxation, which for Lower Austria will be 200 florins as land tax. The only persons who will enjoy votes by virtue of their status will be the bishops, rectors of universities, and the president of the Academy of Sciences at Vienna. Artisans nod tradesmen will be represented, moreover, by deputise to be appointed by the chambers of commerce. The Council of the Empire will consist of about 350 mem. bars of the second curia, to be elected by the diets, circles. and districts. The first curia consists of holden of estates through primogeniture, of high personages in the church and date, in dunces and art. They are all appointed by the Emperor for life. These er?jecta have been adopted in principle by the council of minister,, but the details are still under discussion. The Council of the Empire in its totality has to deliberate on every subject assigned to it by the second article in the letters patent of October 20. The subjects relative to the general laws, that were hitherto only common to the non- Hungarian countries, will be discussed by the Council of the Empire without the participation of the Hungarian members. The sittings of the Council of the Empire and of the provincial diets will be public, and these bodies will have the right of initiative. THE NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE AT TURIN. In a space between three and four mouths (writes a Turin correspondent), and at an outlay of half • million of frame, the Engineer Peymn has built a wooden shed or barracooe, which, all things considered, must be looked upon as a masterpiece of art. Imagine a semicircle, cor responding in size and shape to oue half of the Roman Pantheon, only oue metre and a half less in diameter, and full as lofty, with two most elegant rows of old Lom bard or Bymntine porticos supporting galleries, and with the high vault sloping up to the broad skylight with • graoeful verve, enclosing an amphitheatre with 500 or 600 of the roomiest and easiest seats the most refined luxury could delight to 101 l in. The walls all round are bung with the shields of all the towns in Italy,—all those that figured in the old oval chamber of last year, plus all those of the Marches, Umbria, Naples, and Sicily, and miens, alas! those of Chambery and Annecy, Nice and Mentone. Nothing could be lighter and more airy, m thing purer and chaster, nothing lovelier than the design. The eye rests pleased on every side; the faults of the edifice are not faults of the architect, but the locality. The dimensions, as people conversant with the proportions of Agrippa's Rotunda must be aware, are decidedly too gigantic for ao assembly of other men than !Renters. There is something appalling in the look even of the empty building ; and a man need have no trifling faith in his lungs if he venture to demander In payola when all those seats are tenanted, and those galleries thronged. Moreover, the semicircular form is by no moans so well adapted for sound as the oval ; and members ad. dressing each other from the two opposite ends of the mon. streets diameter can hardly hope to make themselves heard, or distinctly see one another. The archi tect, however, had no choice ' • for the limit was traced before him, beyond which he could not go, and had he adopted the oval form he would have been cramped for apace. On the other hand, had he reared his vault less ambitiously, the building would have lost its charming proportions, and, as the semicircle has been from necessity abruptly cut short at the diameter, the wall th a t t e rmi na tes the building on that side not only cannot fail to look blank and heavy, but leaves no depth—no alourlo—for the president's chair and those of his offim.'s, for the ministerial beeches, for the shorthand writers, and, oa the occurrence of the royal sitting, for the threes, which are to be placed on the side facing the assembly, and which must, therefore, come ton far forward into the centre of the building. However, neither chairs, nor benches. nor throne are yet in their plaees, soil it would not be just to judge of the effect from mere anticipation. On the some. what blank wall forming, as it were, the apaceato of the building, besides the King's ecileeed portrait, are two in scriptions merely bearing the dates of the 4th of March, 1548, and the 15th of February, Iffilt.—the opening of the first Sardinian and of the first Italian National Parlia ment/. GREAT FRAUDS UPON THE COMMERCIAL BANK. It has transpired that another Metropolitan Joint Stock Bank has been made the victim of a great fraud, extending over a series of years. It was intimated in the Express of yesterday that arrangements have been made for the transfer of the business of the Commercial Bank of Loudo n t o the London and Westminster Bank, and that the former now virtually onlyexista as a branch office of the latter. The following is the circular issued npai the occasion by the Commercial Bank to its cus tomers and depositors : The Commercial Bank of London, G, Lothbury, London, Le., Feb. 16, 1861. I beg to inform you that arrangements have been made for the transfer of the business of this bank to the London and Westminster Bank, who will, fur the present, continue the business at our banking-houses in Lothbury and Hen• rietteetreet, Covent-garden. The directors of the Commercial Bank, therefore, equally with myself, will feel personally obliged by your trans. (erring your account to the London and Westminster ILIAC, or any of its branches which may suit your convenience, and they will be ready to afford you every banking facility.—l am, &c., ALFRED R. CUTBILL, Manager. This document does not allude to the cause which has made the transfer necessary. This is nothing less than the discovery that a person named Darden, one of the ledger-clerks at the only branch possessed by the Commercial Bank, namely that in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, has de frauded it to the extent of about 60,0001. Darden has been twelve years in the bank's service, and during eleven years has acted as ledger. keeper. It is believed that he has been robbing his employers during nearly the entire period. It is a remarkable fact that, like Pul linger, he was most assiduous in the performance of his duties, and that during a period of eleven years he had not a single holidays On Thursday he was seized with a paralytic fit, and when his duties were temporarily entrusted to another officer of the bank it was at once discovered that the sum possessed by the bank was 60,000/, less than it purported to be by the books. As to the manner in which the fraud has been committed and so long concealed, full particulars will doubtless soon transpire. As soon as the fact reached their knowledge, it was seen at once by the directors of the Commer cial Bank that its publication would probably cause alarm, a ruu upon the establishment, and, perhaps, a disastrous stoppage. They therefore, with commendable promptitude, addressed them selves to the directors of the London and West minster Bank, who met them in an equally prompt and honourable spirit. An agreement for the transfer of the Commercial Bank's business and liabilities was quickly arranged, and the whole of the latter are now covered with the powerful gua rantee of the Westminster Bank, into which the Commercial is entirely merged. There is, there- fore, no occasion for any alarm or difficulty. It is, at least, to the credit of the management of the Commercial Bank that their first impulse was to make their depositors and other customers per fectly secure, leaving the onus to fall, u it ought, upon the shareholders. There is reason to hope, however, that the position of the latter will not prove disastrous, for, assuming that the amount of the fraud does not exceed the suns already mentioned, it will be entirely covered by the reserve fund, which was stated in the last re port at 75,0001. The realisation of the assets, with time, ought not to involve much loss. It may be needful to explain that, although the Westminster Bank takes the business, there is no merging of the capital of the Commercial into its own. The Commercial Bank is now defunct, and the share holders will receive back their capital, wholly or in part, as the realisation of the assets proceeds. On Saturday the Commercial Bank shares of 1001., with 201. paid, were quoted zoi to 21. Yesterday no price could be quoted for them. The transaction will of course redound to the advantage of the Westminster Bank. We will merely remark further that the Commercial Bank, like the Union, had no auditors. SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR RYDE. A man named Henry Lacy, who occupied a mall farm at Weatridge, known as Old House Farm, situated about • mile and a half from Hyde, Isle of Wight, is in custody on the charge of murdering his wife. He is the sea of a labouring man in the neighbourhood, but becoming possessed of some means by his marriage he was enabled to take this farm, which he has ucocupied now for ten or twelve years. Lacy is a giant both in size and strength. The farmhouse is situated in a lonely spot, there not being a habitation within half a mile of it, and the only inmates I were Lacy and his wife, and a niece of the deceased. In November last a summons was issued against lacy for en assault upon this woman, but the matter was arranged without magisterial interference. Lacy is said to have been of very intemperate habits, and had been drinking freely at Newport on Saturday, which place he had visited accom pinged by Susan Wilder, the niece. He returned to the farm about ten o'clock at night. All that is at present known may be stated in a few words. The poor woman had bees confined to her bed for some time, and on Sunday morning Mr. 011ard, her medical attendant, was called upon by the farm.ceater, and requested to visit his patient, as she had reel with an accident by falling down stairs. When that gentleman arrived he found Lacy in a violent state of excitement, and evidently under the influence of drink. Lacy refused to allow Mr. 011anl to see his wife, and the answers given by the niece respecting the condition of the woman were by no means satisfactory. Mr. Oiler/ at once communicated v ith the police, and on his return he was accompanied by Policeeergeant King, a constable, and Mr. Pillager, a surgeon. As soon as Lacy saw the police. officers he made a furious attack on the constable, but the puliceeergeint immediately closed upon him, and after a short struggle the handcuffs were placed round his wrists. On proceeding upstairs a most horrible sight presented itself. On the bed lay the body of the un fortunate woman, her features presenting the strongest evi dence of her having been brutally murdered. Her head was one mass of bruises, and there were wounds on various parts of the body, which was reduced by disease and want of nourishment to that of a mere skeleton. The nightdress in which she had been murdered bail been taken off, and was not to be found. The corpse had been carefully wosbLd and laid out. Sergeant King. finding Lacy likely to offer great resistance, returned to Rile tor A carriage and waist ance. The officers were compelled to strap his legs, and it was with great difficulty he was brought to the station. It was not till the following morning that he became conscious of his awful situation, Au itopost will be held on the body this day. FRENCH SPOILS FROM CHINA.—The articles taken I from the summer palace at Pekin, and offered to the Em. peror and Empress by the army in China, are now exhi bited in the gallery of the ground floor of the Pavilion Marian, in the Tuileries. Visitors especially remark among them several gigantic vanes in enamel of different colours : • magnificent logo& in bronze gilt, chased, and several idols iu gold and enamel, with singular features and patures ; also • figure seated on an estrade with the splen did costume of a Chinese Emperor, con sisting of several garments placed one above the other, some decked with gold, others with steel, and all surmounted by a silk mantle of the imperial yellow colour, richly em broidered, and decked with buttons of gold and pre cious stones, and ou the head of the figure is • helmet in gold and steel, having somewhat the shape of • tiara, and terminating iu • ion; steel point. Two sceptres of gold, ornamented with jade, are to be men ; they are in the form of the letter C very, much lengthened. There are likewise two figures of monsters in gilt c opper, each of which weighs at lewd 300 kliegs., and is of such complicated workmanship that wonder is felt how it could have been tatst in one piece, as it evi dently has been. Among various admirable articles in porcelain, attention is attracted by a large vase of the wrest imperial yellow, ornamented with representations Of brewobes of • tree of • charming green colour. Some blinds of extmordinary dimensions are also remarked, The wore palely also contains the fine collection of ancient armour of Europe, which belonged to the ca'anet of Prince Soltikoff. A suit of steel armour, inlaid with gold, of the most beautiful workmanship, is more particularly to he noticed. There are in all about forty snits, which occupy all one side of the gallery_ . ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAM.... The nuniber of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending kid). 16, a:., 2.,'912; of which 73'd were new alell. DEPUTA' This di Lord Paime p urpose of I tion of Mr. State Paper The dart Captain Je FlUmptre, Professor B Poniard, Pi other gentle The Mani tation, and i Professor Lord Paul had tinder my of all let rr to be a mat Lord Norman to be a qur4 eartain appoin I had represei to communica