The Express. — London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

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Illessisal.mai 'War; aim sir.. . Tan livimsokii• mai piaraiftisollbe MB MU? Or I.lllsirt; we. liV ia. sad Rm. siml MU= 1411.1, itaybas.-Aad LAD HMOS ; .x.1.14115t EIGH WAT*Z AT LONDON 111111)131. r e jr—Veni.e. Mk. as .....---Aftimm. lb. 4.. w—ltaadmo. Ili. ant......---8/Parsam. Illb. Na LONDON. TUJIBD4Y. JAZ 3. ThrtlL vg rawmtly anti-Reformers of every degree clung to the hope that ere the Seusion of 1860 opened some crisis in foreign affairs, or emergency in domestic matters, would) arise suf ficiently grave to serve as a pretext for once more defining a change in our electoral system. Accord ing to thew worthies the system works admirably. Corruption by wholesale and in every variety of de tail cannot be denied; but the practical upshot is, that every man of good family and good position can get into Parliament if he only has the pluck to run a certain risk ; and what more is to be desired ? Great communities are indeed without representation, and greet classes of the very best of the people are without part or lot in the matter ; but what signifies their discontent? They are hardly deemed worthy of being admitted to enrol ment as volunteers; and as for being suffered to become voters, the notion is utterly hateful and absurd. The system as now constituted works well, too well for the working of it to be easily or willingly surrendered; and the country being tranquil, the people generally employed, and parties well nigh balanced in the State, there seemed but lately to be ground to reckon on the aooeptiuses of some plausible excuse for breaking the pledges given and promises made of a comprehensive measure of Reform. But the fear of an impending rupture with France is passing away ; and even the chances of serious complications arising out of the contem plated Congress are grown faint and dim. Instead of heading a reactionary league of the Latin nations against England, NAPOLION 111. has broken off relations with altramontrugans, affronted the Papal, royal, and imperial prejudices ot legitimacy throughout Europe, and frankly accepted the anta gonistic principle on which constitutionalism is founded in this country, in the Plather lands, in Sweden, Piedmont, sad Spas. A new bond of amity sad accord is thus likely to be established between England and France ; and when France and England are at one, the world is tranquiL Nothing can be more unpropitiose to the sinister purposes of our anti• Reformers in high places than such a state of affairs. But with the devotion of bigots to a bad faith, they are busily martin Wpm , tied devices for spoiling what they can so leapt bye to prevent. They denim not only to mac the ediascy of the nemare Ministers are bowed to lay on the table vim Parliament meets, bat they is scram to deprive it of all colour of earneetame calculated to rally amything resembling popularity. To accomplish these midi • notable suggestion has bees made :—to divide the arw» into two separate bills, one of which shall relate exclusively to the franchise, the other as exclusively to the redistribution of sesta. Both, it is recommended, should be limited to England and Wales ; and the subsequent introduction of similar measure, for Scotland and Ireland ought, it is Mil, to be conditional on the success of them, and cm the period of the minion when they shall have bees dis posed of. By this means it is hoped that popular confidence and sympathy may be kept is 'berme, and that seeds of distrust between different section' of Liberals within the walls of Parliament may be gradvally sewn. Proposals for the extension of the county suffrage to la, and that in ►oroughs ji Al., would, it is feared, enlist an amount of popular support not easily resistible if modest once for the Called King dom, therefore it is that the plan of division le in preference urged. Again, it I. felt and hued that if THE made part and parcel of one and the ours aware, it would bel l difficult to avert 1r ibiteituro el many corrupt and notninatian may, and the recognition of certain PcPcleAs and independent places se entitled to diree.'c representation. This %Mike of pewee from irreeponsible to responsible hands is what the oliwarchs and bureaucrats depre cate far more than Any moderate lowering of the voting qualification. They cling to the notion that, in spite of any limited expansion of the oon *Want body, they will still be able to exercise • considerable away over the returns for places of small extent. What they confessedly despair of doing is being able to browbeat or to buy really sound and substantial constituencies. There Care already too many of these as it is, limited in fact though their number be; and the greater is the fear lest they should be multiplied. Better keep hoary Gloucester and innocent Wakefield, Ponte fract the spotless, and Berwick the unbeguiled, to say nothing of the Ripon*, Thetford', Arundel•, and Eyes, than hazard the creation of new boroughs, or the addition of freely elected members in either amities or towns. And our anti-reform antago nists in this struggle wall know that, as things now stand, without the wave of national feeling caused by a Franchise Extension Bill the trans fer of seats would have no chance of being carried. Let a Franchise Bill be brought in separately, and separately passed, and let another and a distinct Bill be then proposed of Die [maritime:sent and Enfranchisement, and it is clear enough what would come of the latter. In Com mittee every item would be fought over with all the bitterness and inveteracy that characterises contests in which the combatants take an intense interest, and the on-lookers but little. In the general result the public would indeed be deeply concerned ; bat public attention cannot be kept steadily fixed day after day, and week after week, con topographical or statistical comparisons. This is what the plotters reckon upon ; and in their generation they are wiser than hamster men. There is another inducement held oat to Ministers to adopt this treacherous scheme, which is highly characteristic of the quarter whew' it emanates. Its authors coolly argue that to pass cos-half of • Reform Bill during the present session would be enough by way of redeeming the pledge given by the Whigs when they were seeking power ; and that the necessity of miming the other half in another session would be a sufficient pretence for retaining office in spite of hostile votes in the HOUR of Com mons. The transparent worthlessness and hollow ness of such • plea cannot, however, pass un observed. It was a sound and comprehensive Reform Bill—not the first of • series of broken and disjointed measures—that the people were promised at last general election. Of what that compre hensive and sound Bill was to consist, they were distinctly told by Lord JOHN Rieszu before the dissolution took place; and to his definition of essen tials the present PREMIER and many of his colleagues gave their public adhesion at the memorable con ference which took place subsequently at Rooms. Disfranchisement of from SlTS sad-twenty to thirty rotten boroughs, end the transfer of so much of the representation to large counties and towns, formed a leading feature of the plan then agreed to. As for the 101. county franchise, that has been consented to by all parties it can no longer, therefore, be regarded in any cease as a concession now to be made. At Liverpool the other day Lord DEIST intimated likewise that he was no louger stiffnecked about the borough frau chine, and Messrs. HENLEY and WALPOLE were,' as we all know, ready months ago to propose a €l. qualification. It is too late therefore to think of peddling or paltering about that. What will test the legislative skill and political sincerity of the existing Cabinet will be their mode of dealing with the old and new seats ; but all °masses in them would be lost if they attempted to sever that question from the only one that will enable them to carry it—that of the extended franchise. ept €.un. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 2. The Dude= of Kent and the Prince and Prinon M Widnes dined with her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and clothing to stoat 660 poor parsons of the Windsor and Clews perishes wok piece to-day in the riding-booms of the Cade. At ten o'clock the Down and Prince Consort, mown pulled by the Prince of Weiss, PAM Arthur, Prise s Leopold, Princess AWN Princess flekma, Princess Louisa, I sad Prinoses Bestride, sad sashed by the ladles and gentle. men `welting, monde' to the tiding-bona to whom the Mentibadon, which was under the direntioa of the Hoe. mad Very Rev. the Dean of Windier, the elm of Window end Clown, sad the district Ashore for the relief of the pew. The uswebers of the Clods* Club ((seabliehed valor her Majesty's petreasge) received at the Mall Mae articles of *Whim atwording to the mount el their centrthedene (se as Resew ecoriose), whit the Widows presided by her Maisay.. _ _ _ -- /Lfas; the distribotlort, tits Qom, with Primer Allow Priam, Helena, sad Primus Louisa, walks(' and drove is Its Her Park, sad visited the Duchess of Kant, at Presume: - - The Priam Conant went oat shooting, accompanied by the Mace of Welts aad Prism Leiningsa. In samba» win Cokeel Y. B. Seymour, Myna-Geserel gm Has. B. Brem, mad Beer-Admbral lhe Hes. IYr H. Koppel. The Denham s Lin and the Princess al Waleson Tinted the Qom at the Crate In the attienamt. Captain Otey let o snameled Linnment-Colond Yapped se - . . liqs;ny is W;itisi to las rib...iv/am Delphian were neslnd et the Camila-office yesterday tren the Onenere ef the Wen Ladle Islands, Bermuda, Peaked lakeia, Venenses Want, 11114 Canada. The Dab it Devendshe sad Lady Liana Caven dish loft Roar WA Wallowalad. yoolorlor, owl& to do Dohs owl Drams d llogholosi, ot Tswana Han, Illoloodohloo. TM Marquis of Hartissies bell arrived at Trout am, ea a Alit. elm Dik. sod Deem d Ostistliusd. fbe Earl and Caution of Derby and Lady Rama !Manley tat mars to soya en the 1106 lass. Irani Laewthey MIL The Bart and Countess Spencer are peeing sum ai Irk net, Altlaorp Park, liereamiplandike. The Earl of Guildford and Lord Lynd►urst eblibl, Is print id usu, le dela proesbree ever bob bream pools Thu hue belli rumba the ripe op of 87. Foliestag aro ere Viaroore Oombormere est the Bari of Cheoluesee. who are reopolively aged Si osi ft The bob of the War kla ids flObyeer. bases pun of parent len reeehed the .p of IA err hue puma' It. Led Barer hen le ern thou Meru* et the rue. ban is lib CA peer. The dirt uselmo of the Hum et Courree le We Oberlin W. Band, the usesber be New /broker, wire le le Le ideir you. Lord Monroe b 76; Lord his amok 67; Mr. Direoll, id ; Xr. Cobb, GI; 111.14 411. Lord Campbell le the dire juke epos the Mona Derah. He le TS yens of rope. Mr Jams wan i s a s res esse, bobs way 44. The Irbir Wadi b greed by the pauses of the eldest est as mop e& 'sip is the Vold Ilopiree—the Wight Hoe. Thaws Ldwy, Arles of be ileuto lies* aged sad Mr Wight Has. Wilber i. , aged a. Mr. I. W. ittibert km retinal from the patties of puma warp, of the Leaden eat Weitalomer Beek, Ilia hip Ms twit is lie broaden la L 44, ark Is __ m adb Ny. Bylaw, lb* MAW et Ms iiiiMitaigny Law& Mr. GOMA se et e* masmared..Ol ee mem sumili Is a me to ths Ihealloo at the ant reestleg. A Vienna letter I " The Governor of 8 Vienna to warn the Cabinet that Venetia .mold be ungovernable if conosedoes were not wile, and is conjured the Emperor himself to make thous maces dons, rather than have them imposed on him by the congress. The observations of the governor were, however, bet coolly :saved; THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PAMPHLET. ROMI, TVIIIDAY. The Duke of atammont has positively dated to the Holy See that the pamphlet "L 9 Pape et le Congrds" dodo, not contain the programme of the Preach go►e[ament for the Congress. This explanfr don hes produced an "excellent effect" on the Sove reign Pontiff, and hopes are entertained that his Holiness will not object to be represented at the Congress. of to-day publishes another letter of A Catholic Journalist: refuting the objeo. does of Monseigneur Dupanloup to the pam phlet " Le Pape et le Congree," and asking the Bishop of Orleans what solution of the Papal ques tion would be preferred by him. M. Orandguillot declares himself to be the author of the letters signed " A Catholic Journalist." AR. P.' .sisma .Nl7. MONDAY ITINDIO. Emperor's speech to the Corps Diplo matiqus can scarcely be called ambiguous. No doubt the repression droita reeoesse (acknowledged rights or vested interests) is, if taken by itself, ope 4 to more than one interpretation. The Pope, of amine, will may that he has a droit remiss to mis pram the Romagna, but then the people of that oonntry can rely upon the right of peoples to govern themselves—a right yea-gained in a very especial manner by the present consti tution of Pranoe—and upon that fait accompli so ominously referred to by the pamphlet as constituting an important practical element of political rights. The Emperor, it is to be remarked, does not promise ender all circumatanoes whatsoever to uphold and actively support droiga rec.:mesa, but merely calls to mind that he has always —or, at least, when be has been in power—" professed " the most profound re spect for them; bat this profession of faith is by no means inconsistent with belief that, in the particu lar case of the Romagnu, it would be both unjust and impolitic for Europe to recognise the sovereignty et the Pope in a part of his dominions which he has le facto lost. Moreover, when at the end of his short speech he promisee to do all that lies in his power to re-establish general confidence in pesos, the supposition is scarcely possible that he can mean to restore the Romagna& to Rome, because that could aot be done without war. Upon the whole, there fore, it seems to me that the speech, so far from bearing nut the rumour of yesterday that it was a sort of retract/lion of the pamphlet, goes rather to confirm it. You will have observed that the Pope's Nuncio, as spokesman for the Corps Diplomatique, confined himself simply to the compliments of the session in a single sentence. It is not of course that the Emperor's answer should have been pub lished in the Moniteur. Last year, it will be remem bered, the speech to the Austrian =humidor, which was big with the battles of Magenta and Solferino, only oozed out gradually to the public, and was never printed in the official journal. The knowledge that any words falling from the Emperor's lips at the reception of yesterday were looked for with intense curiosity, and would exercise an influence both upon the political and financial world of Europe, probably led to the exceptional publication of what he said in the Honig/yr: I do not think it likely that any other speech of importance was made by him. An additional proof that the speech is not con sidered hostile to the pamphlet may be drawn from the silence of the Pays respecting it. This journal immediately after a short paragraph announcing drily that the rest of the speech may be read in another column, says that Garibeldihulatelybeen at Milan, and that he there made a speech to the National Guard, in which the following remarkable passage occurs:—" The peace of Villafranca left open avert career for Italian bravery. France, who gave es her help to deliver Italy in part, has determined to leave to ourselves the honour of emancipating such of our brethren as remain oppressed, and of deliver► ing all our Rely by the force of Italian arms. It is above all things necessary to take up arms promptly and in great numbers." The Pays reproves this speech as tending to a breach of the treaty of Zurich, deed by Victor Emmanuel, and therefore as one at which he cannot accept the responsibility. It is reported that at the receptions yesterday the Pepe's Nuncio drew the Russian ambassador aside, and said to him—" I am afraid, excellency, that henceforth the catholic church mut rely upon schismatic Russia." There were unusually few priests at the lute, but on the other hand, the unusually large number of twenty-seven protestant ministers attended. There has been another serious fall at the Bourse, although the English funds continue firm. A telegram from London throwing doubts upon the meeting of the congress, had a very unfavourable effect. The Rents fell 6.5 c. for cash, and 70c. for account, closing at 68fr. 36c., and 68fr. 20c. Mobilier fell 28fr. 26c. The Northern railway fell 10fr.; Orleans, 17fr. SOc. ; Lyons, 16fr. ; and the ether lines from 2fr. 50c. to Sfr. After Bourse hours I heard a rumour that the Negress will meet on Feb. 12. The Pres.* announces that after the suspension of M. Emile 011ivier, on Friday last, under the extra ordinary circumstances detailed in my letter of that date, the Council of the Order of Advocates held a spsdal general meeting to consider the ow ; and being of opinion that the decree of the Sixth Cor rectional Chamber was an unwarrantable inter ference with the legitimate rights of counsel freely to defend their clients, they resolved that an appeal should be made to a higher court, and that M. 011ivier should be assisted not only by M. Plocque, the present billonnier, but by all the past bdionniers, and all the members of the council. TUESDAY EVENING, JAN INTELLIGERCE. EXPRRSS PROM MICR. t••ol Jein owx 00111.1 in the Color.* Galati! oar : Pesie , N I Venice went few dire ego to I think the Emperor's speech to PIEDMONT. TURIN. MONDAY. At the reception of the Diplomatic Corps yesterday CO official speech was sada. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. ILLDBID, Jaar. 2. Three vowels sailing under the English flag, and carrying ooatrabead of war, have been brought from Data to Airline. After a &scions fight the Spanish army, oom minded by (ewes! Prim, has defeated the Moors on the whole line, and advanced u far u Cutilligoe. The Humus executed several heroic charges and captured a flag. The Moors were 40,000 strong, and last at least 1,600 ; the Spanish loss was 400 to 600. The greatest enthusiasm prevails in the army. THE MORTARA CABI OF THE MODZNA, akX. 2. In consequence of a demand made by the family Mortara, who gave proofs to the Government that the kidnapping of their child had been ordered by the Rev. Father and Inquisitor Filetti, the latter has been arrested. Judicual proceedings have been instituted against him upon the charge of kidnapping • child. THE HAGUE, JAN. 2. Reports are current that the Ministers of Interior and Finance have tendered their resignation. THB BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, TUMIDLY. The following telegram from Lisboa has been received by Mr. Court, seminary of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association : " Rio Janeiro.—Ex " Coffee unaltered. " Arrived from Li 251. Carl Patter, Elizabeth Brown, Jaoobo, Caroline, Beam, and Christian. Swansea, to Pernambuco, put in leaky. Chili, from Liverpool to Bombay, also pat in die masted. "Bahia.—Exchange, 25. Sugar, 200 rein higher. " Arrivals from Liverpool.—W. B. Dean, Star of Hope, and William Fisher. " Pernambuco.—Exchange, W. " Cotton, 200 rah lower. " Arrivals from Liverpool.—Flying Cloud, Ever t= Fury, Ban Diego Hindoo, Panthsa. Accrington, Liverpool to Calcutta, put in, captain poisoned, and a large number of persons dead on board." THE IMPEROI NAPOLEON AND EICOOIIIBIO 116;11T8." The Paris Petrie has the following article, headed " Las Devito 3411=1011 4. What prod yeeterday has once more deceived ' ie tresbd adegtviap sad pertidioas alarms.' It had been gives oat that the Esspror would tabs the opportunity of the art year's reeeptisa to give the addends required by Austria sad Roar The Emperor, ea the contrary, minimised that ewe whisk beats the dignity of Frame, sad, while alluding to hi. respect for recopied rights, showed that lw mould faithful to the pried*. of his policy. It appeared at one time to be apprehended that the Pepe's nano would ad go to the Toads ; be was there, end spoke fa behalf of the Corps Diploteatlqd. The alerwhis lave their trouble for their pies. The noble end prudent delta& of the lisped hes disconcerted all their hostile anthipatioas. The Reepeeer's words are each or might have bed expected hoe his winks, leader add bg deasinianose. Seeped for reregaisel rights hes, la his polish ever been ads weniseed with the sympathies whisk hum ads fee edgy Jest end legitimate oases. The *kb tusgairmi by treatise led wily been modified by err India Lombardy bigooged to Asada by virtu of the lad eM d Igld. The Impede Nepokaa, vietoside at Masa, did net prooleita that treaties were at sa end, sad after fielides he wed to Villaftenos, se a pactilleater, le eland from the lads of the Empire of Aoatefe binuif the Ilberation ef that part of Italy. It was aot Pewee that abstraeled the Ramps. hem the moversigety of the May hen Hie achy died wee to relieve then from the isitiesey osapaties of Aneria. If her counsels had been Medd Mope would have Mimi to Its alleglenee to the Pops. Oa the other had, the tempo& power of the Pop le a *eh mew% by Welexy sad by treaties; the guides is hew test to preserve ft eariateally with the esseelly al Bumps ad the Weis of ashen essisty. The palsy of Prance is theketly Yard. She oppresses ads; ihe dew art re her legieldses hams. m ceseirela or to made; she resomenseds mood sad tadwatios to dl peoples. She haws bow le roped treatke even thrash they or. spied km wen beheads. This whey, rupectfal kr evespiel rights, epaptheeks ter all Just viand= sad pawns hied, is that whisk, es the awed hen as well odd, as shine re-satabilde conadenee sad peed These who ell tar say other patty an either widens awoke or glary Made." Prises Oortschake left Bt. Petersburg on the rib ult. for Parts. A kWh treat Peak says:—" Yowls Stage, eon of the Aid of the opposition party in Trearrylesele, hen Jed best pissed shier the enrwelllanoe of rake for ell fie, he MON; ea the eseeeion of the owing of the Terryieleine Xneenn given a tout to ' Oar brethren In 1 eche “ A letter Arm Kira ..y.:—" TM Carnival has tamed belly et the Sear with Draisettfe leauta, sad a bear with the sassy title of Giorris LIMN or lewals, at lawn, wiesedeg le the mime nada" kr He primers Si,. Is here sired area the seem Boa war ailed haw% sal here bra withdraws. TM hellet was ea tea betyympedelea of sa soyestrad, whkb bee herr obesity made ea milimeeseseleas, to espeasat seems oisealra &woman Ild by mem of pahmimie arra. The is a great mistake. Dig Island the me of speak the billet meet wholly aped gm Me variety of muds sari mad the plotareayse dem of Se peeplase. TM &made Maeda, which mast be mishied la 11111110111111111 of some aro/ dna and by the sham of sablede whirr here silt bees irrevocably ralgerrel by dolly ersoletisa, le didn't& dispelled by dr made riCi•• WS of the lati-oset, his, sad 15....., the Maar .d Isai alder of eamasailees lifs. The therm le hew dated, hut will re-opm shortly with the Treeria" ITALY. SARDINIA. mum on °ern 001111111111120XD11311'.) TURIN, Dec. 29. Count Cavour is gradually beooming more assured ; he dose not conceal from himself the immense respon sibility he is incurring, but believes he can predict that t h e Congress will do the Italian cause no great good and no great harm. " Time is working for its advantage," he said no later than yesterday to a friend of his ; " two things have become impossible already—the restoration of the Dukes and the reco very of the Romagna. by the Pope. If Central Italy remains firm and tranquil in its proposition of an nexation it will be impossible in other quartos to prevent it for any length of time." " But what proposals will be made to the Congress P . ' asked his friend with very natural curiosity ' • and the count, with that subtle but good-bumoured smile which lightens up his countenance, replied—" You ask me what nobody yet knows, neither the governments nor their plenipotentiaries ; will a congress have met with elements so various and contlicung, or with each an absence of preliminary convert. It is only we Italians who know in fact what it is we really do want. And, there fore, amidst all the difficulties of my task, I esteem myself at all events fortunate in this, that my pro papal will be most simple and immutable. Let the wish of the peoples be gratified. Should thereupon the Congress require a fresh demonstration by the inhabitants of Central Italy of their firm and general will, I neither can nor ought to oppose it. Be sides, I have the complete conviction that they would respond to such an invitation by renewing the vote they have already given more than once. Any other proposal will be contested by me." "Some one," observed the friend, " may propose the sale of Venetia; what would be your conduct then P" "Ah, then," replied the illustrious statesman, "my resolu tion would have to be modified. If the Austrians quit Italy, her destiny will be arranged in a more pleasant way by diplomacy; but I hold any cession of the sort illusory, nor can I believe that Austria will ever listen to good ono, or be induced to give up Venetia by any arguments save those of cannon. Be that as it may, one proposal will assuredly be laid before the Congress, and that is, the creation of a central kingdom detached from Piedmont, to consist of Tommy, Modena, and the Itemagnas. France will be tlie chief usooter and supporter of this pro ject, and I believe England will not oppose it. It may so happen that I shall be left alone inlay op 'Rion to it. but then I shall be backed by the Italbm peoples, whose desire for the annexatica will be Y 3, 1 arm. Before such a proposal can be carried, they Will have at lest to break through the 'kind* of non-intimation." The conversation gae ssittinned mach Leger, and other particulars were touched upon. I have made no scruple in re kiln a part of it, because Cavour rightly says, his diplomacy lives in a crystal palace, where all may ' see what he does. And, truly, the thoughts I have been retailing are those of all Italyy. I have men tioned the Count's opinion that England will not oppose the project of forming a central kingdom de tached from Piedmont, but I myself think, on pretty good authority, that the English cabinet has been obliged to make some concessions relative to this proposition, and but for which the Congress would either not meet at all, or Great Britain would take no part in it. In the meantime Cavour is receiving deputations from almost every Italian province. To the Vene tians he gives the advice that they must wait, for that he cannot plead their cause in particular before the Congress, where he has one thing alone to de mand—one thing alone to follow up assiduously—the annexation of Central Italy. In the same way he answers and advises those subjects of the Pope who are not Romsgnols. General Garibaldi arrived here last night. At Milan, when it was known that be had arrived in that city, although it was dark and snowing bard, a great crowd of people assembled with torches to greet him. It is a singular thing how he still maintains the prestige of his name, notwithstanding a few acts that were not duly weighed beforehand. That which renders him, however, still so dear to the whole nation is the knowledge of the people, derived from a thousand proofs, that he is an honest man, ever disinterested and noble at heart in all that he takes. CENTRAL ITALY. (1110lt OVA lIPICIAL oozusrownner.) ESCAPADE OF TWO ENGLISH LADIES. FLOB4INCII,.Dse. 27. In one of my former lettere I told you that among the numerous host of our countrymen who have planted their tents on the banks of the Arno, there are many who openly advocate the interests of the Lorraine dynasty. Some of these belong to a class of her Majesty's subjects who would never be met in good society at home, but whom everybody is asto nished to find moving in the highest circles abroad. Some others, though respectable both in character and education, have been induced to espalier, the cause of the dethroned prin.e only because they were much thought of by the court and always in vited to the balls and dinners of the Pitti Palace. The prototype of the last-named class was the Mar quise( Normanby, whose directions they constantly followed, for it was through his lordship that the invi tations were asked andobtained. Selfish,and totally un concerned about the rights of the Italian people, these countrymen of ours were of course greatly grieved when old and young Dukes were obliged to bolt, for they thought the days of feasts and dinners had gone for ever. They had settled in this fair country for amusement's sake, and they could sot endure the tliought of seeing the next carnival spoiled because it had pleased the Tuscans to assert their political rights. How foolish of the Tuscans to send away a prince who bad such a capital cook, and whose court was not, after all, so difficult to get into as that d Boskingham Palmas! What a pity to hays all the ducal raree-ehow stopped under the ridiculous pre text that Italians have taken it into their heads is claim their independence ! How could the ladies especially, old and young, endure such an enormity f They, at any rate, must protest against the govern ment of such snobs as Baron Iticasoli and his col leagues; they must protest not only with words, but acts. It was their duty to make a determine/ opposition to the national government of Tuscany, to summon the absurd people of Florence to as immediate revolt, to uphold the interest of their deer old Duke and their young Ferdinand IV. This is what was at last done yesterday, in the Piazza del Duomo, by two fair countrywomen of ours, who are perhaps mere instruments in the hands of the crafty ducal party, for invitations to the Pitti and to the Calcine were regularly sent to these two heroines — Miss Lydia and, Miss Mary 13--. A large sheet of paper was soon provided, the words "Viva Fer dinando IV! Abbesso it Governo !" (Long live Ferdinand IV ! Down with the Government! were quickly written in big letters upon it, and the fao- UOU6 paper was posted up at the corner of Cocomero street with more than Spartan courage. The two charming royalists did not even choose the dark hour of the night for their purpose, preferring one o'clock in the afternoon. Now this is a very dangerous hour for such pranks. The Flo rentine* are fond of walking up and down their splendid Piazza, and the two fairoonspirators accord ingly got themselves into a scrape. Four or five pastors by caught Misses Lydia and Mary in *grants elicto ; a great row ensued, and popular indig nation was excited. Had it not been for Major Ginori, who happened to be passing, the two young ladies would have found it hard to get home as safely as they had left it. To the remonstrant*, of the major, who speaks our language fluently, the dear little things had nothing to answer, bat that they were longing for the return of their beloved Duke, and they had resorted to that rather extra legal method of expresaiog their devotion to him. The police were not likely to share this heroic enthusiasm for the runaway Duke, and the conse quence was that the ladies were politely taken into a cab to the nearest police station. The peculiar and rather dangerous situation in which they were placed did not, however, subdue the ardour of our two fair friends. Ducal ani royal supporters must, of course, show courage to the last. What made them look more like two agents of the ductal party is the circumstance that they are residing in the house of one of the intimate friends of the old duke, and a near relation of a Marquis Medici, who has followed the Lorraine princes in their flight. In spite of all this, in spits of their foolish attempt, Baron Russell of proper to have the ladies dismissed from arrest, for he was convinced they bad acted under other people's advice. It would, no doubt, have been perfectly competent to the Tuscan government to have had the two English girls brought before the judges of the country, but a month or two's imprisonment would have perhaps spoiled their fair complexions, a thing which the civilised rulers of this country would never think of doing. All this, if I am well informed, was fully explained by the Tuscan Premier to our able charge-d'alfaires, Mr. Corbet, who at the first tidings of the arrest had hastened to Palazzo Vecchio. At 3 o'clock the two tremendous anti-republicans were meat home, advice having been given them to join the Prince, if they longed so much to dance with him, for it was certain that they would wait till doomsday if they hoped to see him again in Florence. The two mischievous girls will, however, be allowed to remain here if they like, for the national ' government of Tummy is in so danger from them. But let us consider what would have been the pro bable fate of these young ladies had they posted up a factious paper on the walls of Verona or of Padua? They would moat assuredly have been tried and con demned in the same manner that Countess Contarini and Marchioness Arrivabene Gonzaga were at Venioe and Mantua. Even Lord John Russell could not have protested, for the laws of the country would have been undoubtedly violated. It is not the busi ness of foreigners—even when they are young and fair ladies—to interfere with the affairs of other nation.. English people are as math res pected in Tuscany as they wen under the Lorraine dynasty ; it is, therefore, their ditty to keep oat of all factious demonstrations. If they do not like the national government which the Tuscan people have given to themselves, they are at liberty to leave the country and go to Germany to pay their court to the dethroned Prince they like so mush. The ridiculous, but highly reprehensible escapade of these two foolish English girls is a warning to those countrymen of ours who are disgracing the time of our free country by conspiring against the nascent liberties of Italy. Last night an agent of the Sardinian government arrived here with the mission of discussing, with Ccearessadatore Baca compagni and the ministers, the political matters relating to Tummy which will be brought before the Curer. You know already that the goyeranasols of Central Italy, although not admitted at the Ow , gums, irtalmsd to Paris their roproseatatiroo, who will aid the Sardinian plenipotentiaries in their work. Commendatore Minghetti, one of the ablest men of the Legations, will represent, together with Count Centel'', of Parma, and CavaHere Mamma, of Modena, the three states which are under the governorship of Faith. Who Baron Rims°li is going to choose for such an important mission is not yet known. The name of Marquis Ridolfi was spoken of, but I hear on good authority that the Minister of Public Instruction has ►lready declined the honour of going to Paris. Com mendatore Fortieth, the same gentleman who gave Lord Normanby the famous public rebuke, will, together with Signor Fabbrixi, accompany the Tuscan charge d'affaires when chosen. The last named gentleman, a Corsican by extraction, is an intimate friend of Senator Pietri, a fact which fully justifies the choice, when we consider that the former prefect of the imperial police is one of the most in fluential advisers of Louis Napoleon. Yon see by this that the rulers of Central Italy know well how to manage their own affairs, for backstairs influence —nay, Corsican influence—is a very appreciable element in French imperial policy. BIIBPEOTID POISONING AT BOSTON. On the Bth of December, the wife of David Jack son, millwright, of Skirbeek, died after an Illness of three days. During her diner she had been attended by only one female, respecting whom, since the death of Mrs. Jack son, strange rumours were afloat. Although the medical attendants were of opinion, from a post mortem examination of the body, that death had resulted from natural onuses, etlll public oplaks celled ,for a more minute examiaation. Saperinteadeat Keaton, is whose hands the matter was to at once took seeps proems the necessary authority placed,te exhumation of the body, and on Friday lest an in quest was opened at the Queen's Head Inn, in Skirbeck, be ore J. C. Little, Eeq., coroner. David Jackson deposed—l am husband to the deceased. Oa Sunday the 27th of November last I was at home with say win, sly daughter, about five years of age, and Mrs. Taylor, a Mead of my wife's, who was visiting us. On that day we beds goose for dinner, of which we all partook. Oa the following mon* I Jett home to go to Spalding, wine I wend, Having my wife well. I thee promised that I would eon hems on the following Saturday night, which I did. When I one hems I found my wife ill; she told me she wee ink sad purged, that she was taken on the Mender algid provions, and she attributed it to the onions whisk were seed in the stuffing of the goose. On Sunday Mown she appeared a little better end eat up. At dinner On Mrs. Taylor took her a bit of rice pudding, which sits ate. She sat up until a short time before I went to bed. Mrs. Taylor slept with my wife. Next morning Mrs. Taylor Mu r t) end made the fire and prepared Dbesskkl2.tee for me. I went away I went into my wile's room to see her. Ohs said she felt • little better. I said to my wife, "If yea went another doctor, have one." She old, "No, I have two doctors , I em very well satisfied." I said, "If you want soother woman to wait upon you, have one ; don't spare." She replied, " I am well satlefted." I offered to stay at home, but she said there wee as occasion tor that. Mrs. Taylor promised me she wend write au Tansy, and also on Wednesday, to let me new how she was. I did not recedes any letter on liner Wednesday or Thursday morning, as expected, and I host le ani very uneasy. On Thursday mos I received a tolerant acquainting me with her death. I returned to Boston on Thursday summon. I saw Mr. Young, surgeon, who had attended say wlle, who asked me if he might open the body, as he thought It would be for the good of the family. I consented, if my wins bleeds were agreeable. Mr. Young's remarks awakened a 'mercies In my ailed. When I first reached home, I asked Mrs. Taylor why she had not written. She said she had done so twice, and said that little Martha had written at the bottom of it. I wrote to Mr. Anastroog, my employer, at Spalding, asking If there were say letters for me there, sad he wrote back enclosing the letter now produced, swag it was the one he had received, and which he had forgotten to give me. I also wrote to the at Spalding, saki" shoat the second letter, and M il tZ e ; er was that then was oily one letter for me, which he had delivered to Mr. Annear The letter was as follows, sad bore the poet maths "Hosts, Deo. tith," " Spalding, Dearth": Tuesday Evening. Dear Sir,—l am happy to inform you that Martha is very nicely with the measles; both mother sad etg daughtert cm is getting on nicely. Yen will see by your Me daughter's letter she is better at the bottom. With there bed of love, Hoping your quite well.—Yours respeatfully, Martha's letter. CATHEZINZ TILTLOIL followed a few Illegible scrawls by the child.) On after dinner, I went up stairs to the chamber where :;RIL lay ; Mrs. Trylor fo ll owed, and said, " ewe you I sum massy, and I'll pay you." I then unlocked the &am whin I keep my papers. I handed them to M. Toler en by cue, as I am no scholar myself. She read them over. The fret was a promteeory note toe 201., which as had given to my wife with my knowledge. Mo. Taylor said, "This is mins." I then gave her another, when she mid, "This is one from Stephens and White, for 1601." I rid, "I know nothing about it." Mee. Taylor then ail, " Oh, yea you will, there is Stephens the boilermaker, and White, the butcher, they may be the parties." fibs said, " You'll get your money again." I said, " I shell never get a fraction." Mrs. Clerks, my wife's mother, coo Ws the chamber and mid, " You're the woman times got the money, he my daughter told me so." Idrs. Taylor began to my, and said, " That's hurt roe more than anything." Mo. Tayker On paid ma 90 sowesigas in discharge of the 1101. mew My ___enntiokes were further confirmed by the die d lite I.llf. wee. I afterwards delivered this nee to Magna. When I weal to the honk I found that la ray shwas' wry wife had drawn out 1601. in two in as ths 12th November, and 901. on the 26th lfievomber, two days before she was taken ill. During my names Mrs. Taylor had gooses to all the drawers la the been She left my house oa the afternoon after the con versation alluded to. She appeared in low spirits. The 1601. note is not in my wife's handwriting. Adam Young depood—l am a surgeon, residing at Ike too. I attended the doomed. Mrs. Taylor first called upon me on Tuesday, the 29th of November, and stated that both M . Jackson and herself bad partaken of goose for dinner on the previous Sunday, and dace that time they bad been more or less sick and purged. Looking upon • disturbed stomach as the one of the complaint, I gays her medicine both for herself and Mrs. Jackson. On the next day, Wednesday, Mrs. Taylor called again , and said that she was better, but that Mrs. Jackson was still ill. I then told her that I should bedews is that neighbourhood, and I would all and see Mrs. Jackson. I did 1.0, and food bee free from fever, pales rid. I considered it rather • mild came of sickness and purging, with no dangerous symptoms. On Thursday I celled spin, and found the purging better, but the donee still continued. On F. iday my Farmer, Dr. Adams, called. On Saturday, I called and tound purging and slaloms had returned. During Sunday, Monday. and Tunny, I noticed no alteration. On Wed- Donley I comidered the symptoms very alarming. I be esine appeased.. that either the medicine was sot given her p•gerb , , or that something was being administered Non OM I Yaw ad I thaw suit for Mrs. Clarke, the warbar at the desessed, and told her of the dangerous con- Mika of her theaghter, at the same time wishing her to sit tip sad watch her. I oleo ordered her brandy and arrow root, which I requested Ma. Clarke to take down from her eta hotter, and to prepare the food herself, allowing some be left over. I asked Mr. Jackson, as delicately as pos te* te permit a post mortem examicutien of the body. I hem reed the letter produced, and I think the writer abbe what was untrue. Mrs. Jackson had no symptoms et jaundice on the Tuesday. On Thursday, the day of her leash, I, having obtained the consent of her freed., made a pea memo examination with Dr. Adams. I thought it Wary memo that the medicines administered should not Imo their wawa amt. On laying open the body on that esseelon, the of the visages generally did not show the reuses of any aorroslirs mineral poison. The stomach we removed my carefully, but we found no traces of en irritant pie. We replaced the internal organs, and to. day have reineved the whole of the alimentary anal, the liver, stoma, 'plus, and the whole of the abdominal vie. oera, for the perpote of being forwarded for analysts, which I consider to be highly necessary, and more sathtectory sone public. At present I shall decline to state what is my opinion of the cause of death, Dr. Adams confirmed the preceding evidence. At this step of the proceedings the coroner remarked that It would be batter to adjourn the inquiry not!l the chemical analysis of the Westin.. wattcompleted. He had written to Professor Taylor on the subject, and he an/nide:a ward him the stomach for analysis. The court was then adjourned. According to a telegram from Cadiz the total en port of sherry for the past year has reaohad 46,919 bans, against 28,729 in 1868, 60,707 in 1857, and 64,610 in 1866. The two largest exporters were F. W. Cusses, 3,661 bane; and Gonzales Dubow and Co., 3,680 butts. THE ONE HUNDRED GUN. AT ALEI6ANDRIA.--• The Minister of War at Turfs hes published an account of the subscription cumassuced in 1866 for the 100 guns to Aleseendlia. The am subscribed in Italy amounted to 106.469 francs; that subscribed in foreign conntrke of 47,464 francs • kakis( • total of 153,913 francs • besides a piece of ordnance treat by the citizens of Bo ston, and another sent by )f. Carlo Perla, of Amen. The above MI being esfictient to cover the engem* of 126 Bens already esed, the minister has given orders to place them all in the rodeo= of Alestandrle. Rich of them is to have engraved upon It the motto, "National Offering, 1866," and the name of one or more of the donors, the list of which is published with the above account. Amon, the names we end those of Victor Emmanuel 11., Norbert& Rosa (the originator of the enbecriotion), Mania, the press, the army, the Italienstudents, the Italians at Rio Jacob% Oda . Boston, Chili, Pau, Bologna, Breads, Aaran. The iosbousee in the Bois de Boulogne, which were lined daring the late frost, now contain 17,000 cubic metres of ice, conveyed daring a tot tnight by 260 carts, sad arranged In the same space of time by 300 mm. The above quantity, due allewesee being made for lops, will furnish 10 c l aims of idlopenntss kg the ttaalunptios of Pads. .i -, •