The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

SECOND-HAND PIANOFORTES. rItAIIIIII. BtALE. add C. Ws a MM. awitatedt ut 14,..a,11ttn.1 Plan.dortes. At tht most estrented ozakrrs, at Iltwatl) te.ln - I tdi.vp Iteatatdtreet. ST. .1 AMES'S HALL RESTAURANT, a year .roes and flecadUty. banchenne, MUM,* %at.*Uvw k. far Fi Ittee, Ladles , and , kwttlerson. WM. DIPMALD. Propildur. Vbe express. .ro . CIAIL9PONDRICIII td•rrthernents I 'tended for "11;litriroo;" London I'vooleg Pips emit b‘ at tho oiler, 1I louverlo•strtet, by Two ociosk on the day of pubtkalace. li t tY_U4=ZT. MS Evtwee, slit: ri;iors To CCONnit. cla p . ndak .u 4 rrrilly •ftirlhaz.—And HUEVN LADY NIRO %S 1 HEN CHILDREN Or. Hadatialn and a llolitr ou rtrv. Herr C..te. rhaLa:krvq.. 311.6 V.Wright 111.4 Weakca. PRINCE-4NA. TAM Er Rl'Y M.A.( Strom.. Vechter. Rail Putter, MArri• the pant,mlrne. ROBINSON . or. llsrb.pnu tool llo• Klnz the ( Airibi.e I.llasols. Eapillem. It JI. Uurailatrr, Mr. A. Forint. AT. JASIVCS. TOM EYEmign, MY WIVES Jot RNAL-TIIY. lALE OF ST. Tts•PY2 and Kum", Mrs. Itnckinottarn White. Awt KNI6Y MIAIN Sau zhty thatCrfe.l f.rrtbeloon. lfeaan C. Young It Belooner . taws M.( Am*, Ilerbtat. Ruiner. BIUTANNIA. . —..... TRW WIDOW TFIN minx AND THE OGRE Messrs. rtes, Parry. Few% bow. Lary. sad Newham 31.111. , NI. A. IF , •••insr, Mrs. W. Oraketord.—Arl A ‘16...D1C VVCnft TIIE II.A. Nevi. Reynold% awl Pro)tlu. , t.. %Ds. L. Vars.,ld. NION WATER AT LONDON LOUDON To DAT —llarsAng, 181. Aftersees. I lA. Ansisual. 06. A=. LONDON, WSDNILYDAy, JAN. IM. is many remarkable respects the position of th e country and the 4;ot - eminent regarding Reform resembles closely that of thirty years ago. The • history of the period commencing with the year 1828 and ending with the year 1832 is indeed full of instruction ; and some new gleams of beacoielight have recently been cast upon it well dvsening of notice. We allude to the publication of several interesting and important letters ad dressed confidentially by the great Anti-Reform leader of the time to some of his most influential supporters, and which have now fur the first time been given to the public in the concluding volumes of the politimil ~,,, /ha, of Betainykain. During the ten preceding years the expediency and justice of some general measure of extended franchise and re-distribution of seats had been discussed in the pole and in the Legislature. great diversity of opinion prevailed, however, amongst Liberals as to the nature of the changes required. Nearly all admitted that the growth of the country in wealth and population having been gnat, yet very unequal, some scheme of re-adjust ment and concession was necessary to restore the constitution to its ancient vigour and its ancient freedom. Sonic, like Lord Dr anAm and Sir FRAM. I. BURDETT ; were for going much further ; while others, like Mr. CANNINIi and Lord 31staoritsr, could not make up their minds to move at all. Thu consequence was that the various general projects of Reform brought for ward from 1818 to 1828 by Lord Joust RUKARLL and others feU to the ground ; and, in despair of anything better, many resolved to try what could be done in the way of bit-by-bit Reform. Lord SAN mos undertook the charge of two Bills in the Session of 1828, the first of which proposed to transfer the two seats that had belonged to the corrupt borough of Penrhyn to Manchester, and the other of which proposed to transfer the two seats similarly forfeited by East Retford to the town of Birmingham. Both Bills passed the Corn ; but ill the Lords the Duke of Wettis.asor agreed to amendments that virtually amounted to their defeat, and the consequence was that Mr. 111'..LIVIIPN, with the more liberal Conservatives of his Cabinet, resigned. It was the last time of asking, and all compromise thenceforward was felt to be impossible. The Court end the Conserva tive classes generally believed that they had crushed the hope of popular progress, and that they had only to remain firm iu their position of resistance to keep things permanently as they were. The Duke of Wra.wrirros adhered to this convic tion, as we now know, steadily to the end. Ina letter to his Grace of BVLIIIINUII*X,datid March 24, 1831, and written after the second reading of Lord Gees's Bill in the Lower House, he sap : " There is no course open to me excepting to per " severe in my opposition to this HilL I can see " no reform, however moderate, that will not vio " late some principle ; and f cannot for the life of "me lee that any reform is necessary. In my " opinion, the fault of which those have been " guilty who oppo.se the measure is the admission " that any reform is necessary ; which, if they " will examine their own opinions, they will find "to be inconsistent with the truth, and to be an " admission which leads to all the consequences of " the measure now under discussion. . . . 1 "quite agree with you in respect to the effect of " the Reform Bill now depending ; and I certainly " never ester the Homo, i f Lord, from the " Mane that it paws. I shall continue to serve " the King aa long as I shall be permitted to do " so with honour ; but I will not be degraded " even with the House of Lords." Here then we have front the greatest and wisest Tory leader that has bets' in England since the days of Mr. PIT r, a frank and full confession of the policy of resi+lance, not spoken in haste, but deliberately written with a view to the conduct of the obstructive party, and acted upon consistently from first to last. The threat of personal secession from Parliament was indeed never realised, and serves now only to indicate the depth and earnestness of the veteran's feelings on the subject. But as we have said, from the beginning to the end of what may be termed the first Reform period the Duke of WLLLIN.:TON spoke and acted, in and out of Par liament, on the persuasion that no enlargement of the suffrage whatever, no re-distribution of seats, was wanted. Translated into the dialect spoken at Knowsley, at Hawick, and at various other high places of resistance at the present day, the creed of Anti-Reform is still the same. Who has forgotten the exclamation of Lord DEASY, that "fur his part he could not find out that any " body wanted Reform ;" or the declaration of the present Earl Garr, that if any change in the constitution were requisite it was in a different direction, insomuch as "the power of government " as now constituted has diminished, is diminish " in 4, and ought to be iecreewd "! The difference betw,•en the anti-popular chiefs of 1831 and 1881 consists iu the consistency of their conduct rather than in the logic of their principles ; and the com parison, we must say, is upon the whole favourable to the f. inner, not the latter. Without the probity or the pluck of the inflexible Dues, the chief oppo nents of concession now•a-days seek to achigve the same end. They will neither promote tentative and gradlial measures when brought forward, nor coin pn:heusive schemes for " st :ding " the question. They believe, or at least they profess to believe, that in a country of rapid growth and constant expansion, signal powers of organization and unexceph:d enlightenment, it is possible for that 1, 114 ;ed proprietary in alliance w.th the ; Church to maintain unmodified a system Of national representation, which every year ceases more palpably to represent the wants and feelings of the nation. What might have happened had Lord tiaNuoN's Bills been suffered to pass. in 1829, and had some reasonable extension of the franchise been sincerely proposed by the Duke of WELLING TONS Government in 1830, who can tell t Other and further claims would, probably enough, in the course of time have been brought forward ; and it is possible that some of these being rejected on specific grounds, and others conceded on their in trinsic merits, we should by this time have got into the way of dealing with our Constitutional House as we do with everything else of value that we possess ; and that instead of waiting heedlessly until a tire or a storm renders wholesalen:construc tion indispensable, we should act upon the ancient wisdom of our race, which used to make and mend, modify and rebuild, disfranchise and en franchise, here a little and there a little, from time to time, as occasion seemed to require—never rash or whimsical in discarding what was old, and never obstinate against adopting what was good because it was new. In the true spirit of Conservatism there is indeed no other wise or permanent policy than that of cautious but constant progress. But the party of Resistance would not listen in 1828 or 1831, and they will not listen now. They were then, as they usually are, utterly disconr filed ; and they will no doubt be discomfited again. For the people the example and the parallel are fraught with salutary lessons of encouragement ; and it is, therefore, the duty of those who would advise them truly to dwell on such admonitions. In the coming Session Ministers are pledged to obtain as much of concession as is possible ; and if this cannot be done in a single measure it may be done in several. But history, prudence, and good faith concur in warning them against passive com plicity in the obstructive policy of their competi tors for power. Vbe Court. • -- WINDSOR CASTLE, JAL 2. The royal dinner party yeaterilay included the Prince.. Altos, FriUM Philip of Wortemberg. the Hon. Mr.. Grey, and M..por-General aed Lady Emily Seymour. The bead d the Scot. Feather Guards played dm.* dinner— The .neliMer" Wean Meyerbeer. " Also " _ Nemec seleetine, •• Leeffee' able. • hr, as et the Chem" Canal holds Need" Nix farren. Her Meieetl,'e pried, heed performed afterwants in the drawid;•room the twprture, ** Lee Nome de herseelie" Ter sotto. . V Ave de alast a eer Herehe, " laefeet Prodheee The Qom. saboalad by Lady Maraissaid, walked in the Imam of the Castle this memehsg. The Pr Wee Consort, with Prim Arthur, skated in the licenelark, attended by this OuriOmen in Waiting. The younger enembers of the Royal Runny were present. The Duchess of Kent viand her Iliiiesty, and took luncheon. hoed Riven and Captain Sr W. Monte. R.N., have sue. needad Lord Camoys and Lientenant.Coloael Kingvote u Lord and ()axon ili Waiting. A deputation of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society respecting the present state of New Zealand had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colunial.oftioe. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Chichester. president ; Hon. A. Kinuaird, M.P.. Hon. Cap. tans Maude, R.N., ILsjoy•Ceueral Alexander. Messrs. J. F. Thomas. A. Lang„ I.'arish, J. M. Strachan, and W. Dug more. Rey. J. Relgeway, Rev. S. Gedge, and the Secreta ries. the Herr. H. N , eon, Rev. W. Knight, Rey. T. Clap ; man, Major H. :Ankh, and Colonel Dawn% and was ac compulied by Mr. C. J. Selwyn, Q.C., M.P. A deputation from the Artistic Cm/right Committee of the &musty of Arta, oonsistiag of Sir Charles L. Eastlake, P.H.A., Sir F. Landover, Mr. W. Mulready, ILA., Mr. G. T. Do% ILA., OM Thomas Phillips, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. E. W. Field, Mr. I'. Le Neve Faster, Mr. A. W. Red. grave, sad Mr. J. M. Dodd, had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis, at the HamesaMos yesterday. His Excellency the Minister for the Howse Towns wall return to the residence of the Leptiou us Friday from the Coetiteet. The Earl Brownlow comes to town to-morrow from Belton House, Lincolnshire. His lordship will shortly leave England for the Continent. Thu Earl of Wilton is about to receive a succes sion of visitors at F.gertoe Lodge, Melton Mowbray. Lord awl Lady FrVerlthalll left town yesterday far Oak Hill Park, Herta. Lord and Lady Cranworth come to town on fietarday next from Hohromi Park, Kent. The marriage of the lion. George Waidegrave with the Countess of Rothe, wee solemnised yesterday at All Souls Church, Langhain-place, in the presence of a hags party of relatives and friends of both families. The cereenwey was performed by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lewd Bishop of Carlisle, brother of the bridegroom. The bride was givei away by the Hon. and Rev. Henry Cour limy. Yr. J. Bwreeford Herbert acted al best man "to lie bridegroom The brklesauaids wore surfs of the Leslie tartan, of which elsa the bride is the bead. After the cere mony the bride and bridegroom, with their friends, repaired to Chapinan's Hotel, Cavendish-square, which had been Salm for the 00011400, and partook of a mag nificent &holster, at which a large patty assembled. In the afternoon the newly-marrial pair left town in a caning, sad four for the Norwood station of the Brighton Railway, en route for Folkestone. On Monday and yesterday the health of the Duke of flatherlaad materially improved ; so much so that the Marquis of Stafford and his family have left for their seat at Lillsehall House, Shropshire, sod the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk arrived at 'heathen yesterday afternoon, ow • visit to the duke and duchess. We read in fike;frutiti:—" Sir James Outram, celebrated for his long and valuable services in India, is at present in Paris. His numerous tripods will learn with regret that the hon. baronet's health has been very severely impaired by his long residence in the List. He is now under medical treatment, with, we ace happy to state, the beet hopes of his speedy restoration to health." VINT or Mesas. 5e HOLEFMLD AND BRIGHT TO TITRNINOHAD. —lt has been arranged (says the Birasitaigettat Aid, Pan) that our two parliamentary representatives, Meows Acholefield and Hr 4" ht, will address their consti tuents on the evening of Tuesday next, the 211th instant. The near approach of the *maim of parliament, and the ingsninnt questions of nuance and foreign policy which will engage attent.on. ins est the opiiiions of such a power in the house as Mr. bright with greet interest. MR. AIERLY, M.P. AT LA NARK. —Mr. Merry, IL P. fir the Falkirk D istrict of Burghs, addressed the elector. and nomelectors of lanark in the Connty Build ings. on Friday night. Mr. Merry, in a short address, stated that be had voted for the Iteform Bill and the French treaty, cud with the Holm of Commons against the Lords on the leper duty question. Ile said lie approved of the volunteer movement, and thought dud our army and navy should he maiatainerl in its prment position, end concluded by sayiu4 that. though he could not refer his comtitnents to any 'pearly' he had made, he eould refer them to his votes and conduct to show how •trduotiely he had wrought in their service. After answering some iumaities, the meet. `ing gave three cheers for Hr. 31erry , and the proceedings terminated. Itr.racirrrATioN or Sot iti Witrs.—A meeting of the comervatives of south Wilts took place yesterday at Mlishuiy, at which a requivition signed by upwards of 1,200 electors was presented to Lient..Colonel Bathurst, sou of Sir F. H. if. Bathurst, Bart., of Clarendon Park, re. vesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for the neat vacated by Baron Hobert of Lea, iti opposition to Mr. Grove. The pliant colonel expresse.l his wil lingness to stood, and in the course of the day Israel an address, in the course of which he ay.:— C Mg with the ropiest so largely and influentially put forward, I am very much influenced by an earnest desire to vindicate the entire independence of this division of the comity. The political opiutons on which I seek your vote are ennservat:ve. I come forward on no individual interest, but 1 will give my au pert to and, rioakmite measures of re form as are likely to lao beneficial to the people at large. I am not for the aladition of ehmeh-rates, 'but any measure which, whilst ameliorating the law is that respect, does not deprive the chlireh of her proper tines, will receive my care ful coos:der . ..tom. lam a strong advocate for maintaining, in a proper state of efficiency (as muck in coeformity as posisitle with strict economy) our forces both by ma and 1...4 I will ala.,ra alidr•rt those measure. which are ,alculate.i to uphold the integrity of our glorious consti• tutaen." THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1861. LATPAT INTELLIGENCE. GARIBALDI AND THE VIGILANCE COM MITTEES IN ITALY. General Garibaldi has addressed the following important letter to the Central Committee of Vigi hume at Turin : Capron, Jaa. 13, 14461. Honourable Committee,—Considering the note of the Bth of this month, which has been sent me by the Central Committee, I sum up my reply in the following manner :-- In accepting the presidency of the Association of the Vigilance Committees, and in giving my adhesion to the three articles drawn up by the General Assembly on the 4th, I appoint Gen. Bixio as my representative on the said committee, authorising him at the same time to substitute fur himself, when necessary, some other person possessing his entire confidence. The Central Committee, in appealing to Italian patriotism, will energetically urge the other com mittees to mill forth fresh donations amongst our fellow. citizens, and to procure all the necessary means of facili tating to Victor Emmanuel the enfranchisement of the rest of Italy. Another of the principal duties of the Ceti tral Committee shauhl be to form committees upon all the points of the Peninsula where none now exist, in order that from one extremity of Italy to the other, not except ing Venice and Item., the issociation may be organised and act simultaneously, in casaart and promptly, obeying one impulse. The Central Committee ought, u the end d'ordre of every day and every instant, unceasingly to repeat to all the committees, and to seek by every means to penetrate every Italian, with the idea that in the spring of this year 1861, Italy must have a million of patriots under arms—a means of making us powerful, masters of our destinies, and worthy of the respect of the world whose eyes are fixed upon us. I believe it right to warn the volunteers that no enrolment is formed or advised by me for the moment. A journal entitled "Rome and Venice" should be at once established at Genoa. Inspired with the above ids is it should preach a holy war, and remove the shame which weighs upon Italy. It should also inculcate upon electors, as one of the best means of attaining this object, the choice of deputies who, having so their find thought the enfranchisement and in tegrity of Italy, shall obtain from the government the arm ing of the nation. G. GARIBALDI. TURIN, J.%N. 22. The Opiai.ow contains an article showing that all combinations for the formation of a united Italy will be in favour of France, to whom Italy is naturally allied. The same article expresaes a hope that the French chambers will coincide with the policy of the Emperor. " The deliverance of Rome will then become more eaay, and the tranquillity of Europe be better immured." 11ILAN, JAN. 22. The Per raw.a states dud Garibaldi recom mends the conciliation of parties, and that lie de clares himself ready to act in political unison with Count Cavour. GAETA. GAETA, J. 19, via Marseilles. It ix a. , :svrtvil that Spanish frigates are about to be stationed off Civita Vecchia. THE REACTIONARY MOVEMENTS. ROME, JAN. 19, vii Manta lee. The reactionary movement in the district sur rounding Aguas has been suppressed by the Piedmoutese. Several prisoners were shot. A column of 2,000 Sardinians has been disem barked at Civita Nova, and are marching on the province of Teramo. It is asserted that the reactionary bands, after having taken Tagliacozzo, were defeated. Numbers of royal officers and Roman peasants continue to enter the Abruzzi. ROME, Jex. W. Admiral Le Barbier de Tinau has pre v ented the departure from Gaeta of a steamer laden with cannon and aohliers, destined to aid the reactionary it in Calabria. The reactionary movement in the Abruzzi is directed by the Dowager Queen and Count Trapani. Several membera of tho San Fodisti party have left for the Abruzzi, whither arms and ammuni tion have been sent from Rome in charge of Ricci, the Chief of the San Feulists. NAPLES, JAN. 19, via Marseilles. Numerous arrests have taken place. Many royalist officers have been dismissed. HUNGARY. MOTH, J►u. 22. The official Pesther &limn) of to-day publishes the Imperial ordinances fur the convocation of the Hungarian Diet, which will assemble ou the 2nd of April at Buds. As regards the elections of the members of the Diut, the 6th article of the electoral law of 1848 re mains in force, with 6011Ie unimportant niodificat FRANCE. PARIS WCIDNOWAT MORNING. The Monifeur announces that a Senatus-Cousul tum has been presented to the Senate, ordering that accounts of the sittings of the Senate and the Corps Logi&latif shall be placed at the disposal of each journal every evening. A commission has been appointed by the Senate to examine this pro ject. No speech was held. THE UNITED STATER. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Cunard steamer Kotler, whielt mailed for New York at four o'clock this afteraoou, took 9,750/. in specie. The Espono of Madrid states that the lady of honour of the Countess de Montanolin died on the game day as the princess. A communication of the 16th, from Constautina, in Algeria, says :—"The temperature which we now c uj, is truly exceptional. The lust few days remind us of those of the month of June, the beat of the sun being almost insupportable." AMERICAN SHIP'S VNDER THR BRITISH FLAc. At Liverpool, within the last few days, several Anieri.nia vessels have been registered under the hritisb flag, in order to enable them to carry salt to South Carolina and return with cotton without fear of capture. Pasisruirra tx SWITERRLAND. —The executive authorities of the Swiss Confederation have just addressed the following circular to the cantonal governments :--" Dear confederates, An arrangement having been entered into between France and England relative to the reciprocal ' abolition of passports, we have been r eques t e d to con sider whether • stroller measure could not be adopted between Switzerland and other sates. Having decided on occupying ourselves with this subject, we think it moper in the first plaice to consult the cantonal govern ments, to order to ascertain whether and how far they would be disposed to lend their co-operation in case the I use of passports could be thus abolished. We admit before hand that the suppression can only relate to purposes of travelling, and will in no way do away with the necessity of producing the pauper papers for a long residence or for • perminent establishment in the country. Begging you to inform us of your views on this subject, we are, Lc., J. 111. Kamm., President of the Ocodeder.ttion." EXPORTATION OF POTATOES. —The Doblin Eren iso Mail says :—" During the lost three weeks • moot active trade la potatoes has been carried on in the west of InelamL Doyen from Dublin attend the 'net Ica* and pur chase largely for England, the railway affording too ready a mese of sweeping this popidar food out of the country. Prices have advanced considerably, with brisk demand, sal are likely to be much higher, in proportion as the supply diminishes. They are already quoted at M. per stone. Great alarm prevails (mous the poor labouring classes end midi householders, who see their staff and hope rapidly passing away before their eyes. Ac cording to the present weekly snbtr.sction from the com- ' mon store, it can scarcely he expected to last beyond Easter. Alter that the sole dependence"( the people must be placed ia Indian corn and oatmeal. Turnips, which have often. of , late years, eked out the scant fare of the poo r , w ill no t b e available to any extent , fur the crop was very deficient last ' year, and will by no means suffice even for the require meets of the stall feeders. The ProVect is anything but mooring." EXPRESS; FROM PARIS• (rsom ous OWN ooftsmromszyr.) PARIS, Ter DAT Ermuso. The new rule that reports of the debates of the Senate and Corps Legislatif are to be supplied to the newspapers every evening, has not produced any tangible effect with regard to the meeting of the Senate this day. As the sitting did not take place till two o'clock, there was scarcely a poesibility that the evening papers, which are printed between four and five, should contain any report of the debate, but it was expected that they would have M. Troploug's opening speech. None of them, however, have a word about the great event of the day—they do not even record the fact that the Senate has actually assembled all is re served for the Moniker to-morrow morning. The work turned down for the senators is extremely restricted. They are merely called upon to sanction the Emperor's wish expressed on November 24 that their own debates, as well as those of the Corps Legislatif, should be made public ; that "a report" should be furnished to the newspapers at once, and that a full shorthand report should appear the next day in the Mumitee. It is doubted whether they will assume au initiative and travel out of the pro gramme to answer the questions which the hide pendent press is now asking with much pertinacity. At the same time, one dues not see why they were convoked so long before the meeting of the legis lature (February 4) if they are intended to do no thing but vote the senates convene,* before them. Upon second thoughts I ant not altogether sure that the Moniker itself will say anything about their proceedings to-morrow. The govern ment has, indeed, shown, by two or three recent precedents, that it is only at its good pleasure that the Senate is entitled to enjoy the secrecy which was at first thought to be an in violable rule of the constitution, but it may possi bly allow the grave and reverend senators to de bate in secret for the List time, now that they are required to give up the privilege—or emancipate themselves from the restriction—whichever they may call it. One hundred and fifty sailors of the squadron lately at Gaeta arrived in Paris yesterday from Toulon, and were at once despatched by rail to Brent and Cherbourg. It appears that there is not now a single French ship before Gaeta ; the Muette is not there, as was stated yesterday, but at Naples. It is announced, however, that the Solon is to be sent from Toulon to Messina, with orders to stop at Gaeta. There is no doubt whatever that extraordinary naval and military preparations are now going on in France, the excuse for which is the menacing attitude of Germany towards Denmark, and the speeches of the King of Prussia. There is a talk of a creation of sixty or eighty general officers of the navy. I hear that Mr. Cobden has arrived in Paris from Algiers, and that, after seeing the Emperor to-morrow, he will proceed at once to London. The Bourse opened with hesitation, but became firm when it was known that Consols had risen per cent., the inference being drawn that fears of the consequences of the American crisis had abated in Loudon. Notwithstanding the high in terest charged by the Bank of France, money is not very dear in Paris for good paper. Rothschild's, Hottinguer's, and Fonld's bills are freely done at from 3} to 41 1 per cent. The Rente rose 10e. both for cash and account, closing at 67fr. tiOc. and 67fr. 50c. Mobilier rose 3fr. 7be. The Orleans Railway rose sfr., but there was little change in the other lines. The thaw, after a little coquetting on Saturday and Sunday, is now decided, and the ice hes disappeared with wonderful rapidity. There is now scarcely a vestige to be seen on the Seine of the great icebergs which almost blocked it up three days ago. The wind is south-west and the thermometer ranges from 4 to 6 degrees upon zero (Centigrade). Madame Casimir Perier, the widow of the cele brated minister, died on the 18th and wan buried yesterday. She had lived, since the death of her husband, in complete retirement, and, in obedience to her own express desire, only near relations were asked to the funeral. ITALY. _~. (PION OUR OWN COl TURIN, JAN. 19. Immense is the public anxiety here to-day to know whether the armistice, which expires this evening, will be followed by the departure of Francis H. or by the bombardment of Gaeta. Two new and powerful gunb3ats—the Palestro and the Curtatone—left Genoa on Thursday, and the steam frigates Carlo Alberto and Ruggiero will be by this time in the Gulf of Gaeta, at the service of Per sano and Cialdini. At the same time, two regi ments have left to reinforce our troops in the provinces into which the Moat Holy Fa ther is sending Bourbon soldiers, after re cruiting them with victuals and his blessing, to burn and sack in the joint names of tyranny and relon. And yet the Italians iu general, and the Piedmontese in particular, are reproached if they do not show themselves friends of the Pope, and do not desire the continuance of his temporal power. At present the Pontifical States resemble Morocco and the Riff of former days--places in which male factors and pirates of all kinds could provide them selves with arms and other means of attacking the ships of civilised nations, awl hindering commerce and the relations between people and people. For a long time the more civilised nations of Europe were base enough to pay tribute to barbarous powers in order to be unmolested. The same thing takes place to-day iu the case of Papal Rome, but it is to be hoped that this baseness also will have an end—this nest of conspirators be scattered to the winds as the others were. Count Cavour has given a grand diplomatic din ner in honour of the Persian Ambaasador, Hawaan Ali Khau ; and a dinner has also been given by the officer„ of the national guard of Turin to a regiment from Umbria. It is stated with mocha confidence that Count Minister of Public Imtruction ; Signor Jacini, Minister of Public Works ; and Signor Vegezzi, Minister of Fivance,will resign their 13ort foliue,—not from any disagreement with Count Cavour, but in order to make room for one or two Neapolitans and Sicilians. It is a fact that Signor Vegerxi has repeatedly asked permission to retire from the ministry, which lie entered merely to oblige Couuteavour, and on the understanding that his tenure of office should be imovisional only ; but even in his ease no absolute decision has been ammo to. ' Nevertheless it la nearly certain that there will be some changes before long. That there should bo a considerable number of aspirants fur place is a natural result of free constitutional govern ment. There ix scarcely an advocate or a pro fessor who does not think himself qualified to be a Minister of Public Instruction ; almost every banker's clerk thinks he would make a good Mi nister of Finance ; and an agitation ix often got up for a change—uot of system, but of men. Meanwhile an unscrupulous party has persuaded the unsuspecting anal simple-minded hermit of Caprera to sanction a list of candidates whose triumph would be full of danger for Italy. Six or seven respectable names are brought prominently forward as a means of inaugginig in the rest. Yet Garibaldi does not imagine that he is acting hostilely to the government of the King ; he still cherishes the siuere•rest affection for Victor Einimauuel, and Las sent him a message !> eloquent of attachment, respect, and gratitude, by General Turr, who has now returned from Ca prera. I have myself heard this General assert that Garibaldi evidently desires concord ; that he was much moved by the King's splendid present to his daughter Teresita, as well as by that to himself from his followers of Marsala and Calatatimi. There is no doubt that if Garibaldi were only left to his own noble instincts, and could clear his mind of some delusions which mischievous people spin over it fur their own purposes, he would be a pure fountain of good to the Italian cause, and our future would be free from :constantly threatening schism. (fox OUR OWN COMUSPONDYNT.) NAPLES, JAL 15. From Aquila we have intelligence of hard fightimg for five hours between the bands of Bourbonites and the national guards, in which the latter, though victo- rious, lost 15 men. In or near Chiese a large body of the former, amounting, it is said, to 1,200 per sons, engaged with the national guards and a por tion of the Piedmontese troops, the latter defeating the invaders, who lost 130 men in the attack, and 38 men who were arrested and shot. The Prouey came in from Gaeta this moniing, and reported the French vessels still there, but re ports are in town that the Saint Louis and the Im perial were leaving directly for Toulon, and that the Bretagne and the Parteno were to leave on the 28th. Great quantities of provisions and luxuries for the court are said to have been landed at Gaeta, having been brought there by the Archbishop of Patras and the Marchesa-Reuda. From Sicily we hear that order has been restored for the present, and that the public mind is occu pied with the elections. La Farina, on leaving Palermo, had gone to Messina, where he had attempted to create a party, and had addressed the people, but without any results. Later in formation says that the communal elections were over in Sicily, and that several of the chosen, at Crispi, belonged to the extreme liberal or repub lican party. Immediately on the appointment of the new councillors the order for the arrest of several of the citizens who had resisted it was annulled, and those who had been embarked, and sent to Genoa, were set at liberty. _ JAN. 16. The official journal of this morning publishes a decree which goes in some measure to the root of our social evils, and which promisee a more prompt and vigorous course of action. "We have decreed, and do decree," says Victor Emmanuel, " that the centralfinances of the state are authorised to anticipate to the treasury of the Neapolitan provinces the sums necessary to imme diate commencement of public works, to be executed in the same to the amount of ten millions of lire, to be hereafter reimbursed." In addition to the information which I gave you from the Abruzzi, I have heard that in the districts bordering on the frontier the greatest disorder exists ; bands of armed men are continually crossing from the Papal States, committing all kinds of ex cesses, and compelling the inhabitants to fly. Giorgi had invaded these provinces by Cansoli from the Papal States with certainly a thousand men, sacking and murdering in every direction. The worst part of it is, that whilst the local force is too small for the necessities of the case, there is no disposable force to send, as it should be sent, into every part of the kingdom if reaction is to be crushed and order to be re-established. Had the Garibaldi force been recognised and kept in quar ters, there would have been a body of men equal for any circumstances ; whereas I hear that the fine force of Birds) is now reduced to nine men, who are all at Caserta. J•x. 17. At last we have official intelligence of dilTMinis terial arraugetnenta in the non-official part of the official journal. It is thus addressed, and I give it to you entire :—His royal highness, Prince Lieutenant, has accepted the resignation offered by the Councillors of Lieutenancy, who will continue however in office until the composition of the new administration. The following gentlemen have been tailed by his royal highness and have accepted the charge of forming the new administration : Sig non Liborio Romano, Giovanni d'Avossa, Paolo Imbrieni, and Silvio Spaveuta, with the co- 1 operation of Baron Poerio, the vice-president of the Consults. It has been asserted on the very highest authority that Romano would on no ac count accept office except under extraordinary eir cumstances and on certain conditions • it is to be conditions l presumed, therefore, that these have been demanded and accepted. Undoubtedly Romano is a popular man here, notwithstanding certain awkward facts which Dumas bas been very active in bringing to light, though with what pee aible reason, except to fill up a column of his journal, no one can divine. Romano repreneuts the revolution which terminated in the flight of Francis 11. and the arrival of Garibaldi, and there , fore I look upon his appointment as a concession to the Neapolitans, who have been complaining of having been ridden over by the Piedinoutese. As I am posting, a French sloop of war is enter ing the port. LOWER AUSTRIA. The Lower Austrian landed proprietors met re cently in the Palace of the Estate's and signed a political programme, which in substance is as fol lows : 1. We look on the Imperial diploma of the 20th of October u the point of departure fur the necessary change iu the form ..f government. When the sovenrign and his people are firmly united, there are few difficulties' which cannot be overcome. 2. We consider a proper representation of the people the fundamental principle of a constitutional form of govern ment. _ . _ 3. N e hereby decLue that the former system of estates, and the spet•ial privilege. derived from the same, are in keeping neither with the spirit nor the necessities of the times. 4. IN e share the opinions expressed by the Minister of State in his circular relative to the freedom of the press, judicial reform, public education, self-government, and civil, confessional, and national equality. 5. In coosiderlition of the dangers which menace the pine--dangers which daily become more immincut—we must express a wish that a general assembly, which shall repre sent the whole empire, may be convoked u speedily as possible. SCHLFSWIG-HOLSTEIN. The WIWI' GaLetto affirms that the Danish government is willing to consent to the construction of a canal from the Baltic to the North Sea across Holstein ' on condition of that duchy being declared neutral, and of its neutrality being guaranteed by the powers. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 22.—The Rizbt Bon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade hereby give notice, that the Moniteur of the 19th inst., contains a French imperial decree reducing the value above which goods will have the privilege of admission into France, at duties levied on their net weight only, from 40f. to 10f. per 100 kilograisimea—Gazette. RIOHTFI OP CLERGYMEN IN CABEI4 OF DIWIPLINE. —About a twelyenionth ago John Farquharson, beadle of the episcopal church at Melrose, raised an action of damages against the Rev. Mr. Hyde, the rector of that congregation, in the Sheriff Court of Ituxburghshire. After a good deal of discussion, and a lengthy proof on both sides, Mr. !Sheriff Substitute Craigie has pronounced a final judgment. In his interlocutor the sheriff repels the objection that the plea of privilege cannot be pleaded by the defender on the merits of the case. He finds that the existence of reports injuriously &Hectic; the character of the pursuer and his wife had reached the ears of the defender ; and that, his being made aware of these reports, "it was not only within his privilege and jurisdiction as pastor of the congregation to inquire into the truth of them, but that in the pinfonnance of his duties towards the parties them selves, as well as to the other members of his congregation, it became his solemn but painful duty so to 110. " :he sheriff finds further, "that the communications made by the defender to the tartice on this occasion were of a strictly private and confidential nature, and that any publicity whizh has been given to them has been occasioned entirely by the pursuer himself in making them the subject of judicial investigation ; and that nothing is proved to have been said or done by the defender in the course of the inquiry which eun justly subject I • in any damages for defamation against the pursuer or his wife." The sheriff therefore sustains the defences, and assoilties the defender from the conclusion of the libel ; the pursuer being also found liable in expense.. In coucluding his note to the interlocutor, Sheriff Cmigie says :—" If the pastor of AI flock is to be punished b actions of damages for slander for the firm and ciescientimes diseharg. of his ministerial duty, the result would Mad inflic t a grievous idow on the hatreds of murality ' UNITED SOCIETY OP cffnuirs AND DRUGGISTS.-(THIS DAY.) -•-- A meeting was held this morning at the City of London Coffee•hount, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of pro. meting the objects of this institution, which are to form themselves into such an organisation as should fairly represent their interests as a trading community. There , asi du cipretty uurncrous attendance, and the meeting w as ~ , v r ea over by Mr. Alderman DAKIN. The OHALEDIAII, in opening the proceedings, stated that having been waited upon by a deputation who solicited him to preside on that occasion, he had much pleasure in eamplyum with this request. The society was by no means intended to oppose or in any way interfere with that old and excellent institution, the Phar. maceutical Society, but, on the contrary, it would in his opinion be a means of strengthening it. There were some 15,000 chemists and druggists in the United Kingdom, but taldng into account the assistants the number would be raised form forty to fifty thousand, and hence the neces sity of such a society as this, while from the numbers stated there could be nodoubt as to its beingwell supported. He then went on briefly to state the objects of the society, which were to afford relief in sickness, old age, and death, to promote early and Sunday closing, to watch the progress of legislative enactments affecting the trade and other im portant points connected with the trade which would be stated to the meeting by those who would follow him. Mr. WADE, of Westminster, then moved the first run. lution, which was, "That the member', of this meeting, impressed with the fact that so numerous and intelligent a body as the chemists and druggists of the United Kingd om have no organisation which fairly represents their interests, as a trading community, form themselves into &society to be called the United Society of Chemists and Drugging." This society would embrace all the chemists and druggists of the United Kingdom, and it was time that they should do so, for at present they had no means of taking action to any measure brought into parlianent in respect to the trade. Mr. Am:manors, of Dukeatreet, Manchester-square, se. conded the resolution, which, on being put from the chair, was cordially agreed to. Mr. MORGAN, of Cannon-street, next moved the second reaolntion,wbich was that the following so far as they can be prudently carried out be the objects of the society 1. The establishment of a benevolent fund for the assistance of members in sickness, old age, and death. 2. To carry out, by district meetings and a combined action, any improvement that may be deemed neces sary for the welfare of the trade, such as early and Sunday closing, or any other arrangements that may be of advantage. 3. To watch the progress, support, or oppose my legislative enactment that may affect the interests of the chemists and druggists' as a trading community. 4. To enable members to have an analysis of any article by an able analyst, and any Iwl questions answered, free of cost. To keep a registry tithe transfer of businesses, of re. (faired partnerships, and situations for assistants, SE, and to be the general recipient and exponent of any trade requirement. 6. To establish a rudi. meutary school for members' children and a club. mom for members, and that the subscriptions of members be five shillings per annum. In commenting on the objects of the society, Mr. Morgan stated, as exemplifying the benefits of shortening the hours of labour, that he had himself reduced the hours of his assistants two hours per day and had conceded to them the Saturday half-holiday, and that he bad in consequence found his business much better done and to a much greater amount. (Cheers.) Mr. LINDEN having seconded the resolution, it was um. nimoualy agreed to. On the motion of Mr. IYAUBENET, seconded by Mr. Aatwr, a committee was appointed to carry out the object of the society and organise the means for doing so. The proceedings closed with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman. THE ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. HEREFORD, TUFADAY EVENING. This afternoon Peter Warburton, EN., the city coroner, and the jury previously empanelled, re-as sembled in the board-room at the railway station here for the purpose of • the inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of • Lowe, the daughter of a gen tleman of property, residing at Curzon Park, Dear Chester, and Mary Jones, daughter of Mr. Jones, of Upper Bremton, a few miles from this city, who lost their lives through the disaster which occurred near the Moreton station on the above line of railway. It will be remembered that the accident took place on the afternoon of Friday, the 4th inst., when through the break ing of a tire of one of the wheels several of the car. rimes left the rails, and were hurled off the line into a dike containing several feet of water, and that the two deceased were drowned in a second ekes carriage in which they had been riding. 31i. Peel, solicitor, of Shrewsbury, again attended on be half of the railway company ; and Mr. Owillim, solicitor, of Hereford, represented the relatives of Mils Lowe, aeon the previous occasion. Mr. Lowe, father of one of the deceased, and several of Miss Jones's relatives, dressed in deep mourning, were also present, and appeared considerably affected during the pro ceedings. A number of witnesses having been examined the room was cleared, and after about half an hour's deliberation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," accompa nied by recommendations that the Shrewsbury and Here ford Railway Company should use a better quality of iron for tires of the wheels of their rolling stock, and that there should be a communication with the guard and driver. The inquiry then terminated. ST. PAUL'S FEsTivaL.—For the convenience of those who are going to the cathedral on Friday to the per formance of the Ife,seialt, we give a short explanation of the plan of admittance which has been matle by the committee : —The pink tickets, with the capital letter A, and the sub divisions into blocks As, Ab, he., by letters of small type, and the dark red tickets, with the capital H, &c., are ad mitted at the south-west door—that is, up the great flight of steps leading from the west area, but at the south nide of the portico. Carriages with the holders of these tickets .et down at the gate in the iron railing opposite Doctors'- commons. The bine tickets, with letters B, C, Band their subdivisions, and the yellow tickets E, Le., are admitted by the corresponding door to the North of the portico, sod •aaaarrrrtraaggees~set down at a gate ou the north side of the churchyard. There are three gates in the iron railing en closing the west MA; the central gate is up posit. Ludgate hill, and the other two are the gates above referred to. At the gates, as well as at the doors, will be uotices in large type. The blue ticket', F, he., with the yellow tickets, dre., will be admitted at the north door—viz., the usual door of access on ordinary occasions. Wwvrow's Music HALL.—The proprietor of this establishment has announced a benefit to take place on Friday next, the proceeds of which will be given for the relief of the poor of St. Giles*. THE IRISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.—On SUlldley last, • circular letter from Dr. Cullen wax read in all the Roman catholic places of worship in Dublin, communicating the late allocution of the Pope. The chief topic in the letter was the hash educational system, as affecting Ronan catholies ; and which, as may he supposed, is spoken of in the most noodemnatory language. MR. DAWSON, M.P., AND THE ORANGEMEN.— On Friday night., the city of Londouderry was the scene of one of the most disgraceful displays iu the annals of the Irish Omugeism, or the 'prentiee boys of Derry. Sonic time age Robert Peel Dawson, Esq., one of the members for the county, consented to deliver a lecture to the members of the Londonderry Mechanics' Institute. It happened, how ever, that at the time of the Derrymacash affray, the bon. member, in hit place in parliament, strongly condemned the proceedings of the Orangemen, and deprecated the con tinuance of the July displays, which had resulted in so much outrage and bloodshed In consequence of this, it is said the 'prentice boys and Onangenien of Derry ex pressed the bitterest feeling aguieet Mr. Dawson, and threitened that if he came to deliver hia promised lecture, thee would give him a reception on the model of that ace welled on a recent manatee to the Bishop of Down and Con nor by the Belfast "brethren." They kept their word on Fri day night, for such was the wedged opposition on the part of the crowd who filled the building, that though there was a body of come 2 of the constabulary present, Mr. Daw son was unable to deliver his lecture, and barely escaped personal violence. A GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—A few nights since a murderous attempt was made upon a gamekeeper in the employ of Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith-park, Here fordehire, bye navvie employed on the Worcester and Here ford Railway, and known to his companions by the emi4ri quel of " Lank." It appears that Nutt was out upon hie beat when he mine upon a man beating a field of turnips on a farm called Freetown, in the occupation of a gentleman maned Pitt. He observed that the poacher had a gun and was watching the operations of the dog, and be therefore advanced towards him without attempting to warn him oif, but the fellow, on seeing Nutt, milled upon hin, to " steed hack," or he would blow Lie brains out. The keeper was about to close with hie antagonist. when the fellow raised the piece to his shoulder and deliberately shot hint Provi diurnally the man partially avoided the charge by a ilex terous ruirreitient of the lolly, hut several of the shuts struck him in the face, and one of his eyes is injured and discoloured, though it is thought he will not tome his sight. As soon as Nutt recovered himself he made another attempt to capture the fellow, who had in the meantime taken the precaution to reload hie gun, and who swore that he would either cheat him (bed or beat his brain. out with the stock before lie would allow bimetal' to he made a prisoner. As discretion in such a crisis was certainly the better pert of valour, the keeper bruteaed home to have his interim satellitel to, and to inform the head keeper of the formidable opponent he had met with. The fellow, too, at once de• camped, and, although the police have heeti very active in endeavouring to effect a capture, they have not succeeded in their object. CITY or LoNDoN HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF TEIII CHEST, VA - TORIA-PARK.--The number of piitiente re- Reveal at this institution during last week was SIC, of which 169 were new cases. METROPOLITAN FREE HOAPITAL, WILDA; CRY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending J4ll. 19 was— Medieul, 9•22 ; surgical, MO; total, 1.321 ; of which 496 wore new mows. RoVAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROA:A The ouniher of paCenta relieved et this howpital doing the week ending dau. 19, wal ; of which 696 were wie t