The Express. — London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

THE DEATH OF THE CZAR. The solemn event of Friday last has produced an inspreesien throughout England, probably broader sod deeper than any eeeorrenee which the present generation can remember. The name of Nicholas I. calls up no men general and indefinite conception, but a clear and well & fined image before the mind. The man so represented insisted, while he lived, that the world should learn to refer to him every sot which gave character to the Kasai= go vernment. With him, therefore, were 'identified the trea cheries of tin. "confidential conversations," the massacre of &mope, and the aggressive war, w ich was rousing Europe against him. For forty years England has not bad to do with an enemy . . so strongly impersonated. The natural sensation of relief felt .t the removal of t►e Czar from the scene has on this account been permitted, in one or two instances, to find more emphatic expression than would have been chosen en reflection. In some of our metropolitan places of public rr sort intelligence cf tk.e event was received with rounds of applause. In all classes of society one encounters a sen timent of calm satisfaction mingliAl with a t hope that the new Emperor may have power and courage to give effect to those peaceful aispositions, which he is said to indulge. The solemn event having on Siturday been the engrossing topic at every mar►et and exchange in England, was yesterday referred to in almost all the places of worship in London as a subject either of prayer or comment. MANCIIESTER, SATURDAY.—The news of the Czar's death was known in Manchester as early as six o'clock last evening, and came with startling suddenness upon us. Au hour so before a telegraphic message had been posted in the Ezebange that the Emperor was at the point of death, but people looked incredulous and laughed. The news of his death was of course received with still greater Lucre delay. It is long since we have seen pester excitement, however, by any intelligence, and the tint expression was generally one of relief and thankfulness. It is said that in one of the club news-rooms in Manchester, the news was bailed with a shout of gladness. All along the lines of railway the guards of the trains scattered the news, impart ing similar emotions to the people, far and wide. As far up toward the north as Lancaster we heard of its effects, sem people readily crediting the news, and others as prompt *throw a doubt upon it ; even beta were made on the news, and men who had made them rushed i.ff to consult a Mend through the telegraph, to know if they had been our hasty in risking their money. It wu not until the newspapers of this morning appeared with serious reflec tions on the event that the news was generally credited, and I BM it became t►e subject of curious comment and specula lien in all circles. Of course the current of speculation moat generally turned upon the probable effect of the event upon the war, and the probabi.ity of the new Emperor being dis posed to continue the contest. Ot course, the general buzz of Istkfaction arose not from a triumph over a fallen enemy, cut j not by the sword, but by the mysterious scythe of Death, but from the anticipation excusable at first blush that the *west would be likely to put an end to the horrors of war, end relieve his own people, as well as more civilised nations from the scourge of a great tyrant. Nom/Wiwi, SATURDAY.—The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas arrived to Nottingham by telegraph about seven o'clock on Friday night, and spread through the town with almost electric rapidity. The sensation created amongst all classes was almost unprecedented. At the theatre, at the close of the first act of Donisetti's opera of Locks di Lammermoor, Mr. Oriniale, one of the corps div agated.; made his appearance is front of the drop scene with • late edition of the Nottingham Journal in his hand, and proceeded to read the telegraphic announcement of the death a the Emperor of Russia. The theatre was crow led at W time, and the information of the Csar's death was hailed with the most deafening applause, which was followed by the lusty chters of the company. The audieace then rising uncovered, immediately demanded the National An them, which was instantly played by the band. At the dose of the performance of the opera, the company sang the National Anthem, the whole of the audience joining most enthusiastically in the choruses. Another unanimous sheer followed, testifying most unmistakeably the popular feeling. The excitement produced was most intense. At the Commercial Exchange, on Saturday morning, when the morning papers had arrived, the intelligence of the event was read aloud to the manufacturers. In the neighbouring villages, which are principally manufacturing places, the event has caused great t xcitement. SOUTHAMPTON. Sarunime.—The news of the Czar's death was received here by telegraph last night. No poli tical news ever caused such a sensation in this town. This partly arose from its being totally unexpected. After the surprise was over people seemed overwhelmed with the magnitude of the event. A belief prevails here that the Czar did not die a natural death. This has been prompted, as doubt, by a knowledge of the practice of the Russians to worship their Emperor as a God and then to pat him to death, and also by a consideration of the miseries the late DM Must have brought upon his people by his insane ambition and bloody propensities. Lord Clarendon's inti mation in the House of Lords that the Czar's death was likely to alter the course of events excited considerable intend. The utmost curiosity is new felt here to know the particulars of the Emperor's &cease. If he died a violent death, then the settled policy of the Russian nation to extend its dominion is to be suspended for a time. It be died a natural death, the belief is that the western powers ought to urge on the war with the utmost energy, to strike a blow while the Russian people are paralysed by the loss of their great and fanatical chief. It is thought that the important event which has just taken place will hasten the union of the German with the Western Powers. NEWCASTLB-ON-TYN3. SATURDAY.—The death of the Csar was aonounced here by telegraph on Friday evening, and spread like wildfire. To-day business in the Corn-ex change was at a stand still, and scarcely anything changed hands. The startling intelligence from St. Petersburg is the topic of speculative discussion amongst all grades of the immunity, and opinion is divided with reference to its pro bable effect en the war. DUBLIN. SATIIRDIT.—The news of the death of Nicholas reached Dublin, by telegraph, about eight o'clock last even ing, and was soon circulated throughout the city. It is un necessary to say with what feelings the intelligence was greeted. The people long for peace, but the misgivings on the subject restrain the popular feeling. BLOCKADE OF RUSSIAN PORTS. ~. I , . 1 ' i (From Saturday's Supplementary Gazette.) Fureign Office, March 3, 1855. It is hereby notified, that official information has been received from Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., commanding her Majesty' 1 forces in the Black Sea, dated her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, off Sebastopol, February 11, 1855, that from the I , it of February last, " the mouth of the River Dniester, the Porta of Akerman, Ovidi• opol, Odessa, all the Ports situated between Ochakov Point and Kinbourn Point, including the Ports of Nicolaev and Kherson, the Rivers Boug and Dnieper ; also the Ports between Kinbourn Point and Cape Tarkan, including the Porta in the Galas of Perekop, the Port of Sebastopol, the Ports comprised between Cape Aia and the Streit of Kertch, including those of Fate, Aloushta, Boadak, Katie, or Theodosius. The Port of Kertch, the Strait of Kertcb, the entrance to and all the ports in the Sea of Azov, includ ing especially the Ports of Berdiansk, Taganrog, and Ambit; the River Don, and also the Ports of Anapa and Soujak, were strictly blockaded by a competent force of the Allied Fleets of France and England. "That the Ports of Eupatoria, Streltaka, Kamiesh, Knestch, and Balaclava were, and are, and will remain open sad free from all blockade until further notice ; and it is hereby further notified, that all measures authorised by the Law of Nations, and the respective treaties between her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and the different Neutral Powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade." ALLEGED EICENIVE FLOGGING AT SPITHEAD.-1 from a correspondent )— The Calcutta, 81, Captain J. J. litopford, still remains at Spithead awaiting orders. Re ports of a most painful nature arc in circulation regarding dds ship. Siam it arrived at Portmsquth, on Saturday last, rob. 2,, it is said that no lens than 144 I..shes have berm in 1 1 o p sweeew imparting", two granaenuaren, nein voice, with Intl consei , a great calm, and much - - pathies of the brother Emperors , on the score of the p!ovioions upon it for unless this ia done they will Lord it:a - My -- resew. of mind. Th . 6 . - - 11 bat di ffi culties of a new reign, and of the broken health disclaim all responsibility hereafter . — Daily Lord Mulgravo Sir B. HerriZ, — lria ibis ship. Sizieit it arrived at Port,nr , uth. on Saturday lasr, Mr J. Webb. Bat. Feb. 2i, it is said that no ler. than 144 Lishes have bean in- flirted en board. it is stated that (no boy rece i ve d thee, offence. The organisation of that army goes on not pa Is rm, postponed in order not to give Prussia a cause or •dozen on Wednesday, sad on Friday a marine got four withstanding, has a!ready been administered. The Emp bears of the DOWAGER EMPRESS, so likely to give way CRYSTAL PALLCL—The success which ham attended dozen, another marine three dozen, and an ordinary seaman I.* • up, and shows much resignation: "—Daily News. entirely under this sudden bereavement. Besides, there THE NEw LVNACY BILL.—Lord St. Leonardo' bill the establishment of a news reels la the Crystal Palace has two dozen. Nearly all her lieutenants have left her, and l h bo t h engt the o s ton are symptoms which denote that the Emperor of the to explain and amend the Louisa Regulation AM a 1883, induced the directors to asairsanza the fo rma ti on o f a free there is only one junior officer ie her that joined her on her At the Littleanßdoutrallee composition it ( i S o u n n o d f ay it ) t a l p ie Pe ß an en i te t in the House of Lords, has Just been issued. It is to Libra (available to visitors) in mannien therewith. The be* tag commissioned only a few months rises. No lam than in the morning at 73fr., being a rise of Funs may possibly find himself embarrassed by now w ble the Lord Chaacellor, in matters of lonia, to on- artistic and thieutifie works wilested for the use of the cow 80 men have deserted from this ship, and notw s ' staff Wilt form the nucleus of the aimwas done Tint SOUND DUNS:— domestic diMcnlties. Some recent measures of even ten the oommittee of *states to grant leases ding onithatandiog WV ftb . , h library. The the repeated drafts of men she has had. she is still . 160 short C net lot • nel and Tainie. following proposition has heel petsauted l to the Firs t. • Ch RI wonted severity in regard to the am matainar mee. 'lawmen° 00aaraoy nal forth large dens- of her complettient. It is to be hoped the Admiralty will Ur hoe, signed by menhirs of all panics : " Th•Ohazahrior 1 • • • Sooty WALES iLtILWAY —Traffic receipts for the from Mi . sus W. and was Chambers and other pub- ieuire into these alb gatioas: the awls that the system a b or t ofyes te a rd f rancayesterday , batan d i a n Emperor R • I insuid a precise at the new of Russia Dome that the z eat win seglkut SO opplartasity a l ight some arrests of parties 00 au • spicion of secret con- • week ending Feb. 26, 1855 4,16 M oe. 6d. ocurespoaa. Debora, at well as liberal promises of from man pursued by Captain 8 f d y tOp 41 . , when he commanded the "" avin g the atx)lit" th e B ‘thed crow" • spirsaiso, cannot have escaped the notice of our lag week, 1864, 4,2031.9 e. distingaished friends of education. Amason, has been the subject of animadversion. motion, stating that he was detiri.us to make Pea" • h th aff e cofrouruisetho; last h d°afilycsialrorklelmour • THE NEW RETTJRN OF NEWSPAPER STAMPS. The return of newspaper stamps just hissed gives ths &nowise results: First Quartsr. Seised Qsartar. • 819,191 318,044 303 000 200.000 . 205,000 223,000 102,500 156,000 . . 177,133 196,389 . . 175,000 196,C00 Daily News Kossisg Herald . Monis(' Post . Manias CYtwiala . Express Globe Bea . . . . 188,000 192,000 ilisadard . . . 103,000 106,000 etoxl . o%* TO CORRESPONDENT& AdeerMeseeeete !sten lad for "The Itapree," Leedom Zreeime yew, meet be es the 01110. Iv. Bosigniwiteet. by Two s4look os the Mg of yeedostke. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ton DAT - M vase, SO tflormaa. SY. na To.mosaow ,rotas. ft. 45a Mama. aOa LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD We have received from Berlin, Vienna, and the Rape, a number of telegraphic despatches repeat ing, with some additional circumstances, the im portant intelligence published on Saturday. The most important fact to be recorded is, however, the undisputed succession of the Grand Duke Alexander to the throne of his father. Alexander IL assumed the government on Friday afternoon, and received the homage of the generals and nobles present in the capital. The oath was to be administered to the pr rison of St. Petersburg on Saturday.—Daily News. BOULOGNE, SUNDAY MORNING. Lord Clarendon Leaves for London immediately. Lord Cowley proceeds at once for Paris. __ . The Emperor leaves for Paris at 1 p.m. His Majesty is now at the Camp, where he has been every day, notwithstanding the frightful weather.—Daily News. The Moniteur of yesterday records that on Satur day the Emperor visited the camp of Ambletsuse early in the morning, returned to Boulogne before one, and received Lord Clarendon, who bad come from London, in a private audience. On the morrow the Emperor was to visit the camps of Wimereuz and Honvault.—Daily News. WARSAW, PiLacu 1. The divisions of grenadiers have received orders to leave Warsaw, for Agustowo and the province of Samogitie. They will be replaced by irregular troops.—Daity News. SPAIN. MADRID. MA cu 2. The government has decided that no oath shallbe taken to the Conetitation. A loan is ooasidered as indispensable. The crops appear in very good con dition.—. Dolly 21 nos. PIEDMONT. The Sardinian Senate has sanctioned the treaty by 03 ont of 90 votes.—Daily titer. THE LAST HOURS OF THE CZAR. The Mimilair Priissies of the 3rd publishes the following details relative to the death of the Emperor Nicholas: 4, A despatch received yesterday from St. Petors burg announce■ that his Majesty the Emperor of Russia died yesterday (the 2nd) at 10 minutes past 12, alter a short agony. The despatches on the sub ject, previously addressed by Lieut.-Colonel Count Munster to the Adjutant in the service of his Majesty the King of Prussia, at Berlin, were as follows: "'ST. PETERSBURG, MAacH 1, 1.25. "'The state of the Emperor is considerably worse. The bulletin is thus worded : ' Yesterday a strong access of fever with inflammation of the lungs super vened. The fever lasted all night and prevented sleep. The ejections contioae without obstacle. A slight attack of the gout is remarked.' I may add that the weakness of the august invalid is much in creased, and that the state of hie Majesty. according to the opinion at least of his physicians, is very cri tical. Her Majesty, the Empress, keeps her health good. .4.TWRIITY_MINVTIS FAIT Fova, P.Y. ' The situation of his Majesty has not improved since this morning. Her Majesty, the Empress, ex penences palpitations of the heart, but is otherwise well. HALP•PAIT NINA, P.M. The state of his Majesty the Emperor has be come considtrab:y worn iu the course of the day. The ejections take place with difficulty, sad give in dications that the lungs are touched. Atrophy of the lungs is feared. Dr. Cared is very uneasy. At the request of the physicians the Grand Duke, the heir, has begged the Emperor to receive the Holy decrement of the Eucharist. 4, 4 Tax o'CLocx, r.x. The Emperor has refused to receive at present the sacrsments for the djiog. The ceremony is atljoutntd until to-morrow morning. The Emperor sees no one but the Empress and the Grand Duke, heir apparent. The Empress is cognisant of the dan ger, and begs me to inform his M jPsty the King of it, and to communicate the same iuformation to her august parent. at fitrslits. ... Mame 2, Six o'CLocx, A.m. " The Emperor has tranquilly received the com munication of Dr. Mandt, that an atrophy of the lungs is possible. He limited himself to ask ' When shall Ibo paralysed 1' The physicians were not able to reply with exactitude. The Emperor then asked Di. Care When shall I stop breathing P' The Emperor has taken the Sacraments. He has takes leave of his wife and of hie children, whom be ban blessed eeparately, also his grandchildren, in a AMR voice, with full conscionsnesr, a great Wm, and soni THE PRESENT ASPECT OF THE WAR. , THE death of the Emperor litmus may bai it tendency to promote the rtoution of pesos but it may also have the contra/ effect The most despotic of monarchs most, after all, conform more or less to the predominant prejudiees of those over whom he reigns. The most self-willed sovereign must make some concession to popular sentiment, if he would effectually lead his people. This is the cue in au especial manner with the Emperors of Russia, who are all-powerlul only so long as they work in the sensed that section of the nobles who can enlist the fanaticism or national spirit of the populace oo their side. The question of peace or war—in so far as Russia is concerned—depends less upon the new CZAR than upon the extent to which recent appeals to Russian fanaticism have succeeded in raising the warlike spirit of the nation. The late EMPEROR was, in this respect, what is called " master of the posi tion ;" had be sincerely desired peace a tout prix, he could have carried out his views. But will the new CZAR possess the requisite power? ALEXANDER is peace-loving—fond of his ease and pleasure. But those very feelings will incline him to fall in with the wishes—to adopt the tone of the persons by whom he is surrounded. He will also have to reckon with "brother CONSTANTINE," who is fanatical, warlike, and ambitious; and who, if his elder brother evince a distaste for crusading, may, perchance, snatch both "fiery cross" and sceptre out of his hands. Everything conspires to render it pro bable that the sew CZAR Will seek to swim with the stream; and therefore it is to us all-important to know what is the direction and force of the cur rent. _ _ . • This knowledge, however, the jealousy with which , the Russian Government bas ever laboured to pre- , vent foreigners from spying into the secrets of the prison-house renders very difficult of attainment. We have every reason to believe that the mass of the Russian population is in that rude state which en ables a few of the dominant caste to work effectually upon its prejudices and superstition. If we could ascertain the views of a few of the nobles who hold high offices in the state, and the extent of their in fluence, we should have a clue to what we seek; but unfortunately in that land of falsehood, the Russian court, even this knowledge is denied us. All that can be said is that the events of the last two years would seem to indicate that at present the Muscovite, or Solavonio party, is in the ascendant. CONSTANTINE, it is pretty well ascertained, is the favourite of this faction. At this moment more than one of the most important officee.ot the state are held by intelligent and energetic members of the party. SINIAVIN, who, under the instructions of ?TEASEL RODE, has acquired much of the knowledge and tact of his master, has long been at the head of the Asiatic department of foreign affairs, the most nume rously sad effectively manned of all the departments of the state. This man, who never mingles with society, and whose name may be unknown to many who have for years moved in the courtly circles of St. Petersburg, powwows, in virtue of his office, and of his having generally filled the place of Count NESSELSODE during the occasional absences of that statesman, an unequalled knowledge of all the foreign relations of Russia, and a mastery over the minds of the employes. Another important mem ber of the Sclavonic party is Count PRATASOPT, who is at the head of the Synod. Not less influential, from character and position, is Count BLOL:DOPP, who, besides being President of the Department of Lawe, and a member of the Coun cil for the Affairs of Poland, presided over the second section et the late EMPEROR'S Chancel Brie , Prices. MENTCDIKOPP, too, is Minister of Marine. This brief and imperfect resume may suffice to indi / cute to what an extent the reins of Government at • St. Petersburg are in the hands of the Sclavonio faction. Should ALEXANDER evince any disposition to deviate from the policy latterly pursued by his father, the partisans of CONSTANTINE command the garrison of the Cabinet. Nor will it be difficult to find a pretext for superseding the elder brother in favour of the younger. Though it is certain that NICHOLAS was averse to trench on the rights of his eldest born, the idea has been broached in Russia that the son of the EmrEaoa —the son born after his father's accession to the throne—has a better claim to the succession than the son born to NICHOLAS while yet a subject. Moreover, should CONSTANTINE or his partisans be disposed to try to dispu'e the claims of ALEXANDER, they would have the countenance of the clergy, with Purishrr, the Metropolitan of Moscow, at their head ; and however cavalierly the Russian may treat his priest personally, be bows before him with servile and superstitious dread when in discharge of his eccle siastical functions. The religion of the Russian is, in fact, more nearly akin to a timid belief in witch craft than to a rational faith. It is Fetichism, not religion. The general panic and apprehension of internal disturbances which this state of affairs is likely to diffuse through Russia cannot but exercise a paralysing influence over its movements in regard to its foreign relations. There can be little doubt that the commencement of negotiations at Vienna will be postponed in consequence of the death of the Cu.& Prince OORTCRAKOIT will allege that he cannot proceed until he receives in structions from his new master—meaning thereby until he knows who is to he his new master. The generals in the Crimea will in like manner pause and hesitate until they learn something definite re specting the arrangements at head-quarters, and the policy of the new Court. This is no time for nego tiations, but for pushing on our military operations in the Crimea with increased vigour. When there is doubt, and uncertainty, and hesitation in the enemy's camp, that is the time to strike home. We know that the views here ex pressed are not unlikely to prove unpalatable to many who have jumped at the conclusion that by the death of DitcnoLts all obstacles to the conclusion of peace have been removed. We should be but too happy could we entertain this view, but the circumstances detailed above convince us that at the least it will be wise to suspend our judgment, end to act in the interim as if all were to go on as before. • There is yet another consideration which must not be left out of view in our attempts to conjecture what turn events are about to take, and what ought to be the come pursued by England. It is a matter of &limey, but of too vital importance to be left untouched. We cannot conceal from ourselves, if we would, that with both of the Western Em perors the quarrel has been in some degree a personal one : who can say what change in the policy of Austria and Franco the death of the per sonal enemy may not bring about? It cannot be doubted that tender appeals will be made to the sym pathies of the brother Emperors, on the score of the - teii and of the broken health readmit; and likable information from Prance Ueda us to hellion that thin has of late been a natural of activity and audacity among the Red Republicans, inspired hr a hops that the Burma's departure for the Wawa might afford them more scope for action. We would be the last to deny the fresh sad straightfor ward loyalty with which the Emperor of the FILM= has hitherto acted ; still, be is•but a man, aad there fore liable to be influeneekttuelf-regarding consi derations. The ditty and interest of England and its Govern ment are clear. They cannot, consistently with the national honour and the national safety, withdraw from the contest until the object for which it was un dertaken has been attained. We have laid our hands to the plough, and may not draw back. But the ac tual crisis in the affairs of Europe is one which de mands cool and cautious judgment and " wary walking."—Daily New.. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY. THE second reading of the Newspaper Postage and Stamp Duties Bill is to be moved this evening. That the Newspaper Stamp Duty will be repealed, and a Postage Duty substituted does not admit of a doubt. The national mind is made up in favour of tbe change. But we may be allowed to remark that there are several points—two of them of paramount importance—for which no provision whatever is made in the Bill. • The first of these is registration, in the continuance of which the Public and the Press are alike interested. It is, indeed, a matter of secondary importance I I whether the sureties which are now required— to an amount about equal to that which is I recommended as the test of the respectability of parties hereafter applying for licenses to sell spirits—should be continued or not. But unless there be parties publicly rerignised as responsible for the Paper, against whom actions may be brought, the Public and Individuals may be put to great inconvenience. The Printer will be the only portion whose name is known in connexion with the Paper; and he will be a man of no means, and there fore only personally liable. The evils which now exist, even with a registration of sure ties, will be perpetuated—will be aggravated a hun dred-fold. The utility and abiding influence of the Press depends upon its character and respectability ; and every alteration tending to lower these, calls for opposition. The im perfect securities for the respectability of the Press, which the Public have hitherto possessed, are doubtless withdrawn on account of the difficulty felt by the Legislature in defining what a Newspaper is. It is not necessary to attempt to grapple with this difficulty. The late and the present Government having determined that all publications professing to give news shall be relieved from the tax to which they have hitherto been subjected, the only practical question remaining is, whether any, or what postal privileges shall be granted to certain printed matter? Registration stems to present the most obvious sad effective means of solving this problem. Do not make registration compulsory, but permissive ; cause it to be sought as a privilege, not evaded as a onrden. As the Bill now stands it is proposed to lower the rate on all printed matter whatever, was to bring it dArn to a limit that may approximate to the present rate of the stamp duty on Newspapers. Let this clause be altered. Let printed matter be still conveyed by post at a remunerative rate ; but let the owners of any serial publication who may register their names, &c., be allowed postal privileges on the terms contemplated by the Bill. If ordinary printed matter were to be conveyed by post at the rate of 2d. for four ounces and id. for every additional two ounces, and the owners of registered serial publi cations allowed postal privileges at half these rates, the Post-office would be protected from the losing business with which it is now threatened, and all Papers registering would be subject to the charge which is now proposed to be made. While on this topic, it may be allowed us to remark, that the com iplaint of our contemporary, the Times, on this head is simply ridiculous. At present the Times, and every paper of similar size, pay a stamp duty of lid. on every copy. It is proposed that the postal privi leges they now enjoy shall be continued, on their paying the same amount for postage. Even at the proposed rate the Post-office complain that they will be loans. It is clear that the pos tal charge ought to have some reference to weight, and the only question is whether the graduated scale ought not to begin lower. Our object, however, at present, is not to consider the matter in a financial point of view; and we therefore return to our position that Registration, rendered thus attractive, would afford the Public security against the abuse of the powers of the Press. The postal privileges ensured by Registration would be sought by all papers except those of very limited circulation; and the registered bona fide proprietors might be declared liable to be sued, by the parties injured, for any delicts of the Press. ' fib far we have spoken in the interest of the Public —we now proceed to speak for our own interest. We are entitled in jean°e to demand that the parties registered should be empowered to sue in the name of the paper at the same time that they are made liable to be seed for its offence& This privilege might be conferred without any detriment to the public; and would enable newspaper proprietors to obtain redress from fraudulent debtors and others, which, as the law now stands, they are obliged to forego. And this leads us to the second point of paramount important), which, we have stated, is entirely overlooked by the Bill, which is to be read a second time this day. No such measure bearing upon newspapers can be just that does not deal with the question of Copyright. A copyright in newspapers has already been recognised to a limited extent by the present Government. In the recent Convention with Belgium, relating to literary property, a copyright is secured to the Belgian jour nals. The Newspaper Press is entitled to a copyright for original composition; and also for special news obtained at great coat. A copyright of very limited duration would suffice ; and a simple mode of enforcing it ought to be provided. At present almost the whole of the foreign news contained in all the English journals is imported into this country at the expense— and a heavy expense it is—of four or five of the London morning papers. Even under the existing law they are shamelessly plundered by some of the evening papers ; but when the publication of news is thrown open to all, they are in danger of being systematically plundered to an infinitely greater extent by unregistered local aerials. There is no difficulty in defining the extent and duration of the copyright required, the evidence by which it must be established, and the process by which it is to be enforced. But Government ought, in common justice, to be made to pledge themselves, at the second reading of their Bill, to engraft such provisions upon it; for unless this is done they will disclaim all responsibility hereafter.—. Daily NOD*. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY Xi/ENING, MARCH 5, 1855. gbe court. The Queen end Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wiles and Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, sad attended by the Viseountess Canning, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Mejor•Genesal Bouverie, Captain Da Plat, Major•Gensral tie Hes. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phippe, Colonel Wood, C. 8., Assistant Adjutant- General, and Major Clifton, Equerry to the Duke of Cam 'bridge, proceeded at half-past nine o'clock on Saturday morning, escorted by a detachment of earbineers, to the Bricklayers' Arme Station, and thence by North Kent Rail way to Styled, when her Majesty was met by Colonel Rosa, and the heads of the medical and other departments. An addles, was presented to the Queen by the Mayor and Corporation of Rochester. Her Majesty spd the Primo, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Duke of Cambridge, attended ►y the General Commanding in Chief and the ladies and gen tlemen of the Royal suit*, then proceeded to Fort Pitt, and subsequently t the Invalid Depot, where her Majesty •i -sited the wards occupied by the wounded end invalided men lately returned from the Crimea, inquiring into the casts of the different patients. Her Majesty visited 450 sick and wounded men. Her Majesty, with the Royal party, then returned to the 1 Snood Station, and arrived at Buckingham Palace about three o'clock in the afternoon. An address wu presented to the Queen at Fort Pitt, from the Court Lest of the Borough of Chatham. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening ; the corn• pany Included Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Sardinian Minister, Marquis General Della Marmora, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercoru and the Ladies Har riet and Lonna Hamilton, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Elgin, Lord Punitive, Lord Stanley of Aldelley, Lord and Lady Oventone, and Genera l The Duchess of Run and Prince Ernest of Leiningen are staying at Buckingham Palau, on a visit to ths Queen. The Hon. Lacy Kerr and the Hon. Mary Balled have succeeded the Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Mary Sey mour is their duties as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended Divine Service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace; the Ron. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Duchess of Kent, yeaterday, at Buckingham Palace. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after noon at the Foreign-offios, Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Lord Panmere, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Sir Win. Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. The Earl of Clarendon was not present, having left town at eight o'clock in the morning for Boulogne to visit the Em peror of the French. The Council sat three hours. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday morning for Now Radnor. A deputation of inhabitants from a portion of the new road from St. Pancras Church to Hamilton-place had an interview on Saturday with the President of the General Board of Health at his office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Mama. Kemp, Fuller, Kirkham, Whitson, and Strong. Despatches were received from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope sad Natal yesterday at the Colonial office. Dams, SUNDAY.—Lord Clarendon arrived from Boulogne, per special steam packet, and left by special train for London at 12.26 p.m. It was currently reported yesterday evening, in some of the West End Clubs, that the Emperor of the French is expected to arrive in London on Friday. GovERNmENT APPOINTMENTB.—Mr. John Whiffen is appointed Acting First-class Clerk ; Mr. T. H. M'Ketlie is appointed Acting Second class Clerk, in the Accountant () l's Department of the Admiralty at Somerset-house. Mr. William Willis is appointed First-class Clerk ; Mr. T. Weigall to be First-class Clerk ; Mr. W. L. Anderson to be First-clan Clerk; Mr. W. E. Jenkins to be Secend-i lass Clerk ; Mr. F. Du Pr 6 Dyer to be Second-oleos Clerk ; Mr. E. C. Cockraft to be &cowl-elms Clerk ; Mr. A. H. Bather to be Acting Second-class Clerk ; Mr. Sommer IL Riley to be Actin nd-class Clerk; Mr. W. Dickson to be Acting Second-class Clerk, in the Transport Branch of the Ad miralty at Somerset-hovae. Mr. Charles Champ is appointed First-class Clerk ; Mr. Joseph M. Barron to be Second-eau Clerk ; Mr. Anthony Pike to be Acing First class Clerk ; Mr. Sunset Lewis to be Acting First-elms Clerk; Mr. W. Lewis to be Acting Second-class Clerk ; Mr. W. Kins man to be Acting Second-class Clerk, in the Comptroller of Victualling Department of the Admiralty at Somerset-house. Observer. The Right Hon. The Speaker will hold two levees at his residence, 89, Eaton•equare —one, Saturday neat, March 10th; the other, Saturday, March 17th, both at 10 o'clock. The Earl of Gifford is appointed additional private secretary to Lord Pawnor. . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, But., of the Treuury, to be his private seeretiwi. Sir John Young, the late Irish Secretary, who has been appointed Lord High Commissiorter of the lonian Islamis, will take his departure for Corfu about the end of the month. _ -- ----- Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave the third of a brilliant series of entertainments on Saturday night at their residence in Piccadilly. There was a select dinner party of about twenty, and a numerous evening assembly, given by her ladyship to several hundreds of the nobility and gentry, including the commander.in-chief of the Sardinian contingent, General Della Marmara. An accident happened to the Earl of Antrim, at Glensrm Castle on 'Tuesday evening, the 27th ult., by which his lordagip's thigh was fractured. We regret to announce the death of Earl Stan hope, who expired at 2 o'clock on Friday last, at Chevening Park, near Seveaoaks, having been UI only two days. " ' ' _ - - The Bishop of Durham u progreuing favourably towards recovery from his late accadeat. THE ARMY.-DIVISION ON LORD GODERICH'S MOTION. TOWNS WHOSE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED - - - --- FOE JUSTICE TO THE AUNT. Aylesbury Glugow Pontefract Bath Greenock Preston Birmingham Huddersfield Perth Brighton Hull Rochdale Bristol Halifax Reading Blackburn Lambeth Sheffield Bolton London Southwark Berwick Leeds Stoke-upon-Trent Cambridge Leicester Safford Coventry Leominster South Shields Chester Manchester Sunderland Carlisle Muclesfleld Tvnemouth Devonport Marylebone Westminster Derby Newcastle Wslull Dundee N•erthampton Worcester Edinburgh Norwich Wigan Exeter Oldham Warrington Finsbury Psis ley Windsor PEERS' SONS AND RELATIVES WHO VOTED AGAINST JUSTICE TO THE ARMY. Lord Castlemma Hon. C. A'Coort Lord R. Cecil Hon. F. Baring Lord Chelsea Hon. H. Brand Lord H. Cbolmondeley Hon. 0 Cavendish Lord Dalrymple Hon W. Cowper Lord Bialys' Hon. 0. Dencombe Lord Elalsy 1110n..7. B. Elliott Lord Boston Hon. H. Filmy Lord R Grosvenor Hon. Col. Forebter Lord A. Hervey Hon C. Hardioge Lord Bottum Hon. S. Herbert Lord A. Lenox Hon. W. Knox Lord H. Lenox Hon. G. Liddell Lord LOINAIS Hon. Col. Pennant Lord Mandeville Hon. W. Portman Lord Monk Mos. C. P. Villiers Lord Palmerston Si, F. Butt", Bart. Lord W. Paslett Sir °soros Urry. Bart. Lord Seymour Sir J. Graham, Batt. Lord Shelburne Mr. H. B. %nag Lord Stafford Sir B. Thering, Bart. Lord Stanley Sir E. Harrison, Bart. Lord Ma/grave Sir J. Walsh. Bart. THE WAR. Advioes from Constantinople of the 22nd ultimo state that the mortality at Scutari Hospital wag diminishing. A letter in the Perk/ay:la Maltese says : Travellers arrlvirg from the Caucasus state that the famous Naib Mohammed Emir Effendi is in Ahead, sag keeping up a very active correapoudenee with Schamyl. The plea of the two mountain chiefs for the nest campaign will be to invade the Crimea on the side of !inapt tad the Sea of Am.ff, and thus to co-operate with the allies is driv• log the armies of the Czar from the Peniniula. A lett er from Vienna, the Augsburg Queue, says :—The events which have lately taken place at Odessa have attracted more attention than natal to that port. It has now been traustormed into a for. titled place. During the summer of 1854 it had beat in contemplation by the allies to destroy Odessa —e measure which, although severe, then appeared to be called for by strategical reasons. Out of feelings of humanity, however, Admiral. Hamelin and Dandy wished to spare the property of so many mercantile houses, which, during the scarcity of 1847 and 1853, had preserved the half of Europe from famine. &hey consequently confined their operations to the destrtt. tion of a part of the military port and the establish ment of a blockade. What has since telt( n place at Odessa? All the warehouses have been transformed into military depots, and Odessa, which was the centre of maritime commerce, has become the pivot of the operations of Pi ince Gortchakoff and Prince Menteliikoff. 'This is why hostile operations are now about to be undertaken against that port from strate- gical reasons, and if the Russians do not evacuate it voluntarily, which is scarcely probable, Admiral Lyons will imm, diately proceed to effect its dextrin:- don. The allies also intend to bombard Theodosia— an undeitakieg with which Admiral Bruat will be charged. Grneral Luc!ma, who is now at Odessa, is to have the command of all the forces concentrated on that point." FRANCE. (THOM THE COI INDENT OP THE DAILY NEWS.) PARIS, SATUUDAY EVENING. Since the coup delat of 1851, I have never known 'any event to produce such a marked effect upon the public mind as the death of the Emperor Nichols. The streets ring with his nume, and people openly express their rejoicing as they walk along. Whether rightly or otherwise, a very few days will probably show—but at all events in fact—the present war was generally attributed to the turbulent ambition of the late Czar personally. It is the general impression that his son Alexander (the new Emperor) was dia metrically opposed to his father's policy, and is sin. cerely desirous of peace. Anxious fears were enter. tained this morning lest the regular order of succesaion should be set aside in favour of the Grand Duke Constantine, aho is at the head of the ultra war party. But when it became known that a telegraphia despatch dated Berlin this day, announced trom St. Petersburg that Prince Alexander had been pro claimed Emperor, and had been waited upon by all the official authorities the public confidence knew no bounds. Prussia, it was said at once by politi cians, must now necessarily join the Western alli ance, and the way for a speedy and happy termi ' nation of the V ieuna conferences is completely smoothed. The tradesmen one and all look upon the event as a providential occurrence just in time for the Great I.xbibition. At the Bourse the effect of the news was indeed extraordinary. The Dente rose in the course of the day to the enormous extent of 5f., and in spite of continual realisations of profits gave way but five centimes from that quotation. The last price was 71.85, being an ultimate rise of 4.90. Dank of France rose 301., and Credit Mobilier 61.25. In railways ' the rise was enormous : Rouen rose 52.50 ; Lyons, 45; Northern, 30; Orleans, 40; and most of the other lines from 20 to 25. The Austrian railways , rose 501. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated this morning, gives the ;ollowing details on the death of the Emperor of Russia ;—" Early yesterday (Friday) morning, the phyeiciane announced to the Emperor that but stew hours of existence were left him. Hie Majesty then summoned to his bed-side all the members of his family, took leave of them and gave them his blessing. Paralysis then gained the lunge, and the Emperor breathed his last." The news of the Czar', illness reached Berlin at 8 o'clock on Thuraday evening; the intelligence ot his death was conveyed in a despatch addressed to the King of Prussia, which arrived at the Palace at noon on Friday. It is noticed that some of the accounts speak of apoplexy, and others as a paralysis of the lungs se the cause of death, and many people openly insinuate that the Czar Nicholas has died the natural death of the Emperors of all the Hussiaa—that is to say, that he has been murdered. I know, however, from a certain source, that he had a severe attack of bronchitis at the beginning of Febr nary, and that he made himself much worse by going out on horseback when the weather was intensely cold. • M. Emile de Girardin, who for a long time put has abstained, for reasons which he has indirectly made known, from signing any article in the Presse, affixes his name this evening to the following curious paragraph relative to the Brussels pamphlet which has made so much noise : The government which possesses so many and such puis sant means ot investigation, having complained to the cowrie of law is Belgium respsctiog a pamphlet published in Isms eels, entitled, On the Conduct of the War in the But; the Crimean Expedition—a Memorial addressed to the Government of the Emperor Napoleon lll—by a General Officer"—must by this time know who the autbur is. How, then, can it be accounted for that the naked truth has not yet been brought to light, and that the stupid rumours which attribute to me some sort of participation it the composition and publication of this pamphlet have not thus been dispelled? All who know me must be certain that no con.ideration whatever would have induced me t Ten in carnival time, to disguise myself as a General Officer; and if the production which has been so much talked of during the last ten days were really the work of a general officer, it ie to be presumed that he would either not have announced his rank or that he would have signed his name. There are certain situations which do not bind men by halves, is there are certain characters which elude responsibility. M. E. de Girardin is such a consummate master of the art of speaking by the card that I will not attempt to be wise beyond what is written, and will not (to-day, at least) offer any comment upon the above: PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Emperor was to leave Boulogne at one to-day, and is expected in Paris at half-past six this even ing. lam told that when the Emperor received the sews of the Czar's death, he remained absorbed in contemplation for some time, but that the first letter he wrote to Paris commenced with these words," Ries n'est change," and he went on to order that all the pre parations tor the continuance of the war, the formation of the army of the East, and his departure to the Crimea, should proceed as previously directed. On the suggestion, however, of M. I)rouyn de Limy* who thought the event likely to have a very favour. able iallaeoce upon the negotiations at Berlin, the l alkdal announcement of the transformation of the army of Paris into the army of the East, which was to have appeared in the liloniteur yesterday, was postponed in order not to give Prussia a cause of - The organisation of that - -- on not