The Express. — London, England, 1861-11-13 00:00:00

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A !ate edition of the Repress is published every evening during the racing season, containing the results of the day's races. THE death of the King of PORTUGAL is an event which will cause only one feeling, that of pro found sympathy, in this country. He was young, having only just entered his twenty-fifth year. He had early been called to the anxieties of govern ment through the loss of his mother just eight years ago. Aud his character was on a level with his exalted destinies. Enlightened and generous, modest and sincere, Ptiitto V. was one of the best of those constitutional Sovereigns who on the continent:of Europe are gradually superseding the legitimate rulers, of whom FKANCIS of Naples was a specimen. The reign of the young Knto has been one chequered with public and private grief. His acces sion was auspicious, fur it united the Portuguese people around his throne. Queen DONNA MARIA, his mother, was the Sovereign of a party, and that, perhaps, not the most numerous party in her dominions. She had ascended the throne amidst civil war and with foreign aid ; and she had never headily adopted the constitutional system. The revenues of the country were consumed by an army which her want of confidence in its institutions, perhaps, rendered necessary. The nation was without credit or respect abroad, the treasury was insolvent, the pay of the soldiers was five months and the salaries of the functionari:l were twelve iminths in arrest, and the people were discontented. The young Kisii was welcomed as be who was to close this divided and precarious condition of the state, and introduce an era of honest conciliation and just and temperate free dom. The career of Dom Plea° V. has, on the whole, justified these expectations, and if in any point of view it has failed, the reason is not to be found in his conduct. Under his reign there have teed= court reserves, no secret combine tions, no personal proscriptions obstructing, embarreasing, and at last defeating pub lic liberty. His government has advanced with unequal step, but always in the one direction of improvement. The commercial, civil, and penal codes have been reformed. The press has been free, and successive Ministries have go verned by Parlieinentary majorities. The foreign relations of Portugal were im mensely improved during the Kiso's reign, and very much in consequence of his personal exer tions. He travelled much, everywhere inspiring respect and confidence, and exciting wishes for the prosperity of his reign. It seemed as though these wishes were about to be fulfilled in 1858, when he married the beautiful Princes' of Honenzou.cesr.fininsainote. But in little more than a year after their union he was called to follow his QUEEN to the grave. lt was in Unstops year that his constancy was cruelly tried in com mon with that of the nation, by the insolent and overbearing course pursued by France in the &Mir of the f 110E10'4 rt Geol.p. • The magnanimity with which lie supported this accumulation of griefs endeared him to his people. The nation will mourn for him as few Kings are mourned for. May longer life and greater happiness attend the Data of °roam, his successor. MS EDUCATION CODE. DIPOTATIOS TO LORD PALDIRWION. - - - A deptitatio . i on lb.. nob'e..t of the revised cod e had an interview with Lord Palmwdon at Lbmbridro Mwr yesterday. MO ilepowition consisted of members of th e tentml Commit-es. of Schoolmaster% representing the entire tasty of cort'ficsb .1 teachers. Several members of parliament had expremed sympathy with the object of the deputation, sod would pure arxrimpanied it on this occa sion, but the clay having Iseeo fixed by his lordship earlier than was at first espectol. there WAS not sufficient time to somneu them from the country. Yr. RANDALL and other members of the deputatiol soliirmosl his Inrd•hip, dwellim; more particularly mum the injustice done to certihcsted teachers by the with drawal id the aw,:mentatihn Kraut ; the fallacy of miyments for results as stu , :ied to the element•.ry education of the poor. owing to the no;•nitory ch., rac.er of the pn,ielation the esiiensiveuriei of the new -tom by the employment of additiorial Marches ; and the lowering of the a.antlard of education which would hdjo w the penis-m.l change. It was also urged that by the provisions of the reels d code, government aid voeuld lo withdrawn from p sir iamb, while schools •ri wealthy diatrirts wooed receive a large proportion of the grant. Several instances were also died to chow the extent to which schools would soles by the new regulationa. Lord PALifritirrod sail he wan always glad to obtain information from there who were in a position to impost it, and that be was at all times willing to listen to any ar guments that might be adduced he those who were 'meth rally engaged in the ednestion the people. His lordship also intimAted that the points which hid bees submitted to him should have doe ceouditeretion by the government in any future legalistic% vs the 'object. Plitt eft:W-0171M Nov. o.—The Queen hue been plumed to appemr• of honor TIMM. Ribeiro dos Santos as Couvul.Geeeral at Bristol, fig Mx MaiguY the Kiai Portugal eel the Algarve& —Gliandk. Tit': BOMOPille or GLOCCOSTKR.WHITZHALL, Nov. 11. —The Queen her bees pleated to order a mks! to pas, the greet peel, empowering the Dean and Chapt•r of the cathedral church of Gloucester to elect a bishop of the • ;loon. Vet and Mated, the game being wool 11- the teoe.:etion .4 the Right Reverend Father in God Cherie. l'rrio{, olortor in divinity, tote bishop thereof, to the we of ; :11..1 bar /14k.1iV has al.° been plessed to reenmnten,l to 1. e ~ellawn and c hapter the Rev. Will liem Thistly, ttt t ilowtoor ie .'11! Mitt'. to he by them elected bishop of the sad we of tilowmtet sal BeistoL—Gautte. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1861. THI UTZ KING OF PORTUGAL. • The late King of Portugal, Don Pedro d'Alcan tars, whose death is announced by telegram in :inflater c.lmnu , was the eldest son of Donna Maria the Second, da Gloria, and of the King Don Fernando, of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and was born at Lisboa on the 16th Sept., 1837. During his minority the country was placed under the regency of his father, who occupies in Portugal the same ! position which his Royal nighties+ , the Prince ' Cuosort fills in this country. In 1853 he visited England, as may be remembered, and his gracious and dignified deportment made • deep impreesion not only upon his royal heaters but upon all thole with whom lie came iu contact. He subse quently visited France during the Exposition of 18611, and afterwards made a tour of Italy, Switzer land, and Belgium, until, attaining his majority at the age of eighteen ytazs, he was called to till the throne which his death has now left vacant. He wax crowned on the 15th November, 1857. The principal events which signalised the regency of Lis father consisted of various treaties with France li and Belgium fur the extradition of criminals, and with the Southern States of America for the pro motion of navigation and commerce. Don Pedro V., which was the title that he assumed, preserved the ministry of the Duke of S.ildaulia iu power. That minister held the reins of government for four years, but at length succumbed to the opposition of the Upper Chamber, the King, upon constitutional prin ciples having refused to create new peers to form a majority in his favour. The Minister Louis, who succeeded Saldanha, was supplanted in 1857 by M. d'Avila, whose principles were more ad vanced than those of his predecessor. In the same year the young King married a Princess of the House of Holienzollern-Sigmaringen, a relation of the King of Prussia, and whose death, from diphtheria, took place on the 17th July, 1859. His late Majesty had no issue, but leaves sur viving him three brothers and two sisters, the youngest of whom, Prince Augusto, is, as our readers are aware, now lying seriously ill of typhus fever—the same disease which cariied off the late King, and his brother Prince Furdinaud— whose death we announced a few days ago. Thu crown of Portugal will now devolve upon his brother, John Duke of Oporto, who is in his 20th year, having been born on the 16th of March, 1842, and is a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Regi ment of Cavalry. He is unmarried, and as by the constitution of Portugal the King attains his ma- , 1 jority at the age cf 18, the count!' will not requite the government of a regent. RUSSIA. The present position of the St. Petersburg Uni versity (says a letter from the capital) is this :—lt is open, but the majority of the professors are too ill to attend. Those who are perfectly well find the lecture-rooms, for the most part, de serted. One eloquent professor held forth last week to an audience of two. In the midst of his discourse it suddenly struck him that it was pro ducing very little effect on his supposed hearers. He questioned them on the subject, when they both replied by signs that they were deaf and dumb. Of the 850 students who sent in their petitions for re-admission, or whose parents sent them iu for them, at least 200 are now in prison ; and out of the remaining 450 (if so many) not 50 attend or even make a semblance of attending such lectures as are still delivered. According to the official accounts, the number of students removed a few days since from the fortress to the prison of Cronstadt amounts to 283. There are now two commissions appointed to examine the imprisoned students and find out what they can against them. It is just possible that they may all be liberated, for it is said to be very diffi cult to prove a serious accusation against any of them. The Cronstadt Commission has shown much ingenuity iu dividing ite prisoners into as many as 27 categories. There is a category for students who, on the 24th ult., went to the University with the matriculation-books in their pockets, a category for those who had left them at home, a category for those who bad asked for them and had not yet re ceived them, a category for those who had never asked for them, and did not want them, tkc. (11Xffl7W11 TILLZOILIXB.) FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 13. The Monikur of to-day announces that the Em peror and the Empress went into mourning imme diately ou receiving news of the death of the K;-ig of Portugal, iu order to teit;fy their strong sym pathy with the royal family of Portugal. The celebration of the Empress' name-day, as well as the projected hunting parties, and other court fes tivities,have been adjourned. The Censtitutionnel of to-day publishes an article signed by Dr. Veron, in which it says :—" The re sult of the deliberations of the Council of Ministers, held yesterday, is that the adoption of the resolu tions which we announced yesterday as having political and financial importance has been ad journed. At the moment when the special powers of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of State were to be determined, certain difficulties carrying out the details of the proposed arrange ment are said to have presented themselves." M. Waleweki, Minister of State, has accompa nied the Emperor to Compiegne. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 11. . - Count Chambord disembarked hero yesterday, and took up his residence at the palace of the Viceroy of Egypt. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 13. _ _ Tho Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Seine, with the above mails, has arrived here with 72 paseengera, 736,163 dole. in specie, pearls to the value of 4001., plating to the value of 2,7301., and 1,103 packages of cargo. Considerable excitement prevailed at Lima on account of the elections, during which a disturbance had taken place, when the troops fired on the assembled crowd, killiog from eight to twenty persons. The French ship Infernal had been destroyed by fire at Valparaiso. The British storeship Nereus, which was an chored elope by, suffered considerable damage. Her Majesty's ship Cho arrived at Panama on the 15th, The Termagant left Panama for Mexico on the 20th. At Valparaiso exchange on London was quoted 44i for 60 to 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 4.60 to 4.62 ; on Hamburg, 3$ to 39. Bar silver, per mare, 10 doles 50c. ; freights unaltered. The weather at Barbadoes was fine, and the crops were improving. The import market was generally depressed. Irish butter was in better demand. Exchange on London, 30 days' sight, 494 ; private bills, 4R21. Demerara.—Mr. Hunks is to succeed Governor Wode house in the government of British Guiana. The import market is excessively dull. There is little produce for shipment. Sugars are advancing. Tonnage abundant. Exchange : Drawing, 90 days, per 1001., 480; purchasing at 472. At Jamaica the weather continued wet. Trade remained in much the same state as reported last mail. Coffee was scarce. Lard, 70. per lb. Irish butter, 130. Pimento, 13e., given freely. Rum, 2s. Rd. for proof, eighteen in bond. Sugar, fair quality, 19s. Exchange, 90 days, per cent. Premium ; t 4 days, 1 per cent. premituu. Freights dull. No charters. that the obstinacy of the public, in attributing an official origin to whatever he says, proves that his observations are pertinent and true (this is his logic, not mine) ; and he complains, moreover, in the tone of a courtier out of place, that while ministers readily grant audiences to their adversa ries, they only receive their friends at " odd times." The main result of all this pleading is that the late article of the Pays against M. Ricaaoli is no longer in the " situation." The Roman liberals having caused a fine paint ing, representing the Angel of the Resurrection, to be executed by the Roman artist, Cassimir di Rossi, in order to present it to Prince Napoleon as a token of their gratitude for his celebrated speech on Italy in the Senate, his imperial high ness, on receiving this present, has addressed the following letter to the committee entrusted with the matter : Gentlemen,—After a long absence I have just received the painting which you have offered me in the name of the Romans. Devoted to the cause of Italy, because it is that of liberty and progress, I am deeply touched with this testi mony of sympathy. I beg of you to express my acknow ledgments to your fellow-citizens, and to assure them that I shall not cease making every effort to have their wishes realised.—Receive, NAPOLEON (JEROME). ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE. tic Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 12. The Karl and Countess of Clarendon arrived yeenerday as a s:sit to her Majesty. The Doke and Duchess ot„Aumale and the Princess of Salem seikd her Majesty. Her Majesty and the Prince Corsort received early this morning a telegraphic menage anoomming the death of the King of Portugal, first amain once removed to the Queen and Prince. lo coosequence of the affliction caused by this melancholy event to her Al.jesty and his Royal Highness the court will remain in retirement for some days, and her Majesty's pro jected visit to the Pliers of Wales at Mediaeley Hall, sear Candi, idge, which was to have taken place tomorrow, is postponed. The Earl aad Countess of Clarendon have left the Castle. Viscount Torrington and Colonel the Hen. A. Liddell bare succeeded Lord Methuen arid Lieuteosat•Coluuel liiogscotia as Loral sod Groom in Waiting. The porninatioud sheriffs for the staving year for the counties of England sod Wales took place yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin). in the Court of Exchequer, before the following Lords of her Majesty's mat Honourable Privy Couucil, viz. :—The Right Hos. W. E. Invistone, Chan cellor of the Exchequer ; the Lord Chancellor ; Earl Gran ville, Lord President; Sir George Grey, &cretin/ of Slate for the Home Department ; the Lord Chief Justice Erie, sod the Lord Chief Ltsron. Mr. Helps, the Clerk of the Pt:ey Coupe", attended. Three gentlemen were now-naked for each county. Mr. C. M. Furlong, nom•oated lEk:tith Vice• Consul for Sim be lr lrantern, transact: d buswee yeetenlay at the FonhproMee. A deputation from Nott'lghani-park, consisting of Hr. NOWINIZA, Mr. Hine, and Mr. Wataon, had an interview yesterday with the Hight Hon. C. P. Villiers, at the offioe of the Poor-law Board, V. eitehall. Despatches were seat yesterday from the Colonial-office le the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the Governor of Canada. The Countess de Mahanit and Mies Elphinetone de Flabault Imre Coventry House is a few days fur Tor quay, for some weeks. - The k:arl Jermyn, eldest son of the Marquis of Bristol, is about to many Miss Geraldine Amos, youngest daughter of the hate Major•Goneral the Hon. Gimp Anson. sad mace of Lord Forester. The Countess Dowager Cowper im entertaining a 1111000M6011 of 'initial; at Wrest Park, lkda. Viscutniteas Jocelyn left town yesterday on a risit to the Counter Dowager Cowper, at Wrest PI rk. Colonel awl the Baronets North left towa a few day. aloes fur Wrorton Abbey, Ozoo. The Hun. Spencer Cowper conies to toe to-day from Paris. Mr. and the Hon. Mn. Balfour have arrived at Claridge" Hotel frocaElt. Auspb. Sir Thum* and Lady Arabella Hesketh bate lan llarklge'a Hotel for Raiford Hall, Laaoadthire. The Right Hoo. Sir Edmund Head and Lady Head mad the Mined Head have arrived at Parriaces Ho.l horn 1'41.4/111. It appears that Sir Robert Poel, on hie arrival in Dublin, paid a •ait of Con , :esy to Dr. Colon, but the doctor was not at horns for 13'^o. The degree of Doctor iu Divinity, confirmed by lettere patent under the Great heal, ban been granted by the Archbishop of Cauterbery, the sisitor of Dulwich Col lege, to the Rev. Alfred J. Carver, M.A., master of the college, and head muter of the upper school iu the lame. We (l'ust) learn that Mr. Brimsley Norton (bro. thee of Mr. Fletcher Norton, whose premature death we recorded two years since) still lieu seriously ill at the house of his mother, the Hon. Mrs. Norton. Should the mune fate attend Mr. Manley Nor:on air betel his lamented brother, the elder branch of the family will be represented by half Italian blood, Mr. Bromley Norton having married aNsapolitan, by whom be has a sou, now in his sixth year, who, after his grandfather, would stand in pre.umptivo swami= to the peerage of Grantley. Of the sone of Chief Baron Norton, in whom Rile peerage ie vested, only two survive ; the pretest pen., aged 66. and the Hoe. George Chapple Noeton,police magistrate, aged 62. Of the younger brothers of the present peer, Charles, who died ia let t a Imo, Charles, w►o is au officer in the at.ny ; and the youngest brother, the Rev. James Norton, of Auniopley, who died is lab& left a eon, Thomas, who has also entered the Queen's earths as a soldier. OYIIII6 JUDGE:.--MMLain and York—Mr. Justice Wig!Amon. Lancashire and Chester— Mr. Justine Crompton and Mr. Baron Channel' ; commission day, Nombre 8 ; civil business at Liverpool, pcceniber U. Monermah, Glamorgan, Gloucester, Worcester, and War wick—Mr. Justice Wilk.. Kent, llama, llevoo, and Bomereet—Mr. Justice Williams. Lincoln, Norfolk, Suf folk, Northamptoo, Stafford, and Oxford Mr. Baron Martin. MR. DAwsmc, M.P., AND TUE °NANDI:MKS.— Mr. Dawson, having been caked by the Young Mesi's Christian and Literary Association at Magherafelt to deliver a lecture at one of their public meetings, on the 6th instant, hu arrived at the court•hume at half-Feud seven o'clock. The chair was taken by Andrew Spotswood, Esq. The court-house was filled long before the ap pointed hour, by a large number of the people of the town and neighbourhood, who it was understood would not allow Mr. Dawson to deliver has lecture, owing to remarks mad, by bins in parlMment against the Derry awash proceesiouists. A large body of police were brought from the neighbouring towns, and stationed through the court-boum. (In the husinese being opened, the meeting iseroad determined not to let Mr. Dawson speak. Mr. Spotewouil at length prevailed on the audience to be quiet ; but Mr. Dawson could not be hoard for fully an hour, as there was a continued yelhog, hootiog,whistling, and calling names throughout the whole lecture. Mr. Dawson's ter rine was said to be 'woken on going away, amid the grimes of hundreds also followed it, calling offensive Datum. — Caere. its CAruaicie. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BELGIUM. OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS. Yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the legislative session of 1861-2 of the Belgian Chambers was opened by the King iu person. His Majesty, who was accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, was received with enthusiaam. The King, having taken his seat on the throne, read the following speech : Gentlemen, - It is with great satisfaction that I again find myself among the representatives of this faithful nation, who have been united to me for more than thirty years by the ties of affection and coutideuce which time has only served to strengthen. The relations of Belgium with foreign countries are maintained under circumstances which are favourable to its interests and in harmony with its duties of neutrality. A treaty of commerce of the highest importance has been concluded in the course of this year between Belgium and France. Its result will be to cement more and more the good relations between the two countries. The same prin ciples will be applied in our negotiations with Great Britain, and will serve as the basis for those which we shall have to open with other states. We continue, moreover, tdeoconrage our cornmereeas well es our agricultural and indu►trial productions, by adding new ways of communication to those numerous and varied ones by which our country is already Intersected. A convention recently concluded with the Netherlands has put an end to the difficulties which had arisen relative to the direction of the waters of the Meuse. This arrangement will help to maintain our neighbourly relations with a friendly nation, whose illustrious chief I was happy on recent occasion to meet in the patriotic city of Liege. The accounts of our harvest are less unfavourable than was at first imagined. Abroad the barrage in those coun tries which export their cereals are generally satisfactory, and the liberal regime adopted in Be!skim allows us to state that the deficit will be easily supplied by commerce. Several important laws presented in the sessions of 1831/ and 1860 will, I hope, be diseumed and voted in the course of the present session. Other projects, not lees interesting. will be submitted to your deliberation. Our militia laws have for some time demanded reform. A bill will be laid before you which, in cotrectin3 from an administra tive point of view the vices of the present system, will have for its object to ensure an equitable compensation to those who devote a portion of their youth to the noble career of arms for the service of the state. ThN reform will, I doubt not, have the happiest consequences as re spects the good constitution of the army, so worthy of our solicitude. TllO civic guard rivals it in patriotism and seal, and the greet suxes► which the national rifle prrctice obaiu_d in its ranks shows its desire to perfect Its in struction. Public education in all its branches, letters, science, and the fine arts, participate in the general progress of the coup try, and meets from my government. as in theChambers,with sympathetic ■nd persevering assistance. The last Exhibition at Antwerp has cans: I the 'WILLI' school to shine with new brilliancy ; and the artists of all countries, assembled in the midst of our commercial metro polis, met with the hospitable reception which was due to them from the ministry of /Whets and Vandyke. In spite of the crises of divers kinds through which we are passing, the financial situation is satisfactory. The execution of the measures prescribed by the law fur the revision of surveying operations is in active progress. Personal con tribution gives rise to well-founded complaints ; the law which Las established it n ill be reveued. The abuses which have been disclosed in the exercise of electoral rights, and which cannot become general without tarnishing the honour of our representative institutions, call fur repressive measures which concern the interest and dignity of all classes of opinion. The necessity is also re cognised of filing up the chasms which existing legislation presents both in the foundatiou and the alministration of properties appropriated for purpose of study, and for the management and control of those which are consecrated to worship. Finally, gentlemen, the examination of questions relative to the judicial organisation havits,4 been terminated, a law will be presented to you for the regulation of this important matter. The numerous works which are ready for the activity of the Chamber permit us to hope for fruitful results from the present session. Representatives of the natiou,—May the spirit of experi ence, moderation, and calm which distinguishes the Belgian Chambers continue to govern your deliberations; may tho same patriotism inspire you ; and, thanks to the active and friendly concurrence which f ask from your confidence, my government will know how to consolidate and peKect the nation►l work undertaken in common and placed under our common protection. PORTUGAL. A despatch from Lisbon says " The death of the King has caused a display of deep feeling among all classes of the population. The grief is great. The churches are crowded with people ; the shops and public establishments closed. All the ships and vessels of every nation at anchor in the Tagus have lowered their flags half-mast high, as a sign of grief. " The Portuguese, French, and English ships of war will fire each of them a gun every hour for two days, from sunrise to sunset. "The members of the diplomatic body have waited upon the father of the late King to express their sympathy. "The Duke of Oporto, born on the 31st October, 1838, has been proclaimed King as Dom Fernando 11. A Portuguese frigate, accompanied by a French steamer and an English steamer, left Lis bon on the evening of the 11th, to meet the steam corvette Bartolomeo-Diaz, which is bringing the new King. The Minister of Marine is on board the Portuguese frigate." ROME. A letter from Rome, of the 6th, says : Route is perfectly quiet ; foreigners are beginning to arrive, and the public lectures are about to commerce. The Pope has for some time past displayed gre►ter confidence. Outlined Aotonelli has given a kind reception to the new Auditor of the Rot► for France. The day before yesterday, Wag the festival of tit. Charles Florromeo, the Pope went to the chr-ch of St. Charles, in the Corso, to hold what is culled ► papal chapel ; his holiness wu accompanied by two of the new cardinals. A demonstration in favour of his holiness was expected, the walls of the church were deco r►ted with inecriptiou in Latin and Italian, and the King of Naples was is a balcony facing the sacred edifies. but heavy rain fell an the morning, and prevented the popula tion from appearing in any number. Yesterday, at Catti sari, the church of St. Chalk., which hes just bona metered by the Sern.ibitee, was reopened ; it is one of the prettied cditiiwr in Rome, and the interior is profusely decorated with marble and gilding. Father Souaillanl, who ban for some days boon at Rome, leaves to-morrow for France. POLAND. The Polish Gazette of the Bth Met. says: Eleven stockists of the University of Mew have appeared before the tribunal of police, charged with having sung prohibited hymns at the funeral service for Lelewel, on the 28th of September. Three other students were arrest.,,,t the 15th of October for the same offence. The authoritieJ have warned the etnploys that it is their duty, under penalty of dismissal, to denounce those who may sing in their presence in the churches. On the 9th the same journal says : A coosiderable number of individuals arrested in con sequence of the affair of /fondle have been transferred to the prisons of the fortress of Kiew. Our Polish deputies did not go to Konigsberg. The Archbishop Puy'saki pro ceeded there alone. He has found no opportunity of speaking to the King ; but Prince Charles having asked him why so few of his compatriota were at Konigsberg, the archbishop replied that the deputies of the duchy had in recent times met with so many difficulties and obstacles on every occasion when they sought to make known the wants of their country, that they considered it expedient to 'besot themselves. The prince asked the archbishop if he desired that that should be repeated to the King ; to which the archbishop replied that it would have been very easy for him to say it him self to his Majesty, but that if he should not find no oppor tunity of doing so, he be;gel the prince to be kind enough toast as his representative. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (rum ins mit 001 PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. I believe there can be no doubt that at the full council of ministers held to-day, and which was attended by M. Fould himself, his appointment as Finamss Minister was signed by the Emperor. No one knows exactly what is the great accompanying "political and financial event" announced mys teriously by Dr. Veron in the Censtitatiound. If he means to refer to increased powers of the Corps Legislatif with respect to voting the budget, that is no news ; for M. Magno distinctly made the promise last year, and it has been long known that the Senate (now convoked for Dec. 10) was to make the change this autumn. The Pattie surmises that the Ceastitatielniet alludes to "a transformation, by the unification of Rears, of a part of the public debt." This revelation is not very explicit. The Opinion Nationak Ewe that the eusiseitutionitel is too sanguine in its prophecies. The Bourse was very thln. It is hoped that on Thursday the Bank of France will lower its dis count. The Rents rose 3i,c. for cash and 25c. for account, closing at 09fr. 30c. in each case. Mubi lier rose Bfr. 75c.; the Italian Loan 10c. Most of the railways were 2fr. or Mr. higher. M. Grandguillot has no luck—in French phrase, it a'a pas de chance. A solemn article which lie launched in the Pays a few days ago, the gist of which was that M. Ricasoli was used up, and that M. Ratazzi wax to supuraede him as the Emperor's delegate, came out unfortunately just at the moment when the Sphinx of Compiegne made signs which have been universally interpreted as signifying a reaction in favour of Italian unity. There is now every reason to believe that Ratazzi goes back to Italy as the supporter and not the rival of Ricasoli. The Opinion of Turin has given a positive contradiction to the article in the Pays. M. Grandguillot is now reduced to fall back upon his individuality and independence. He disclaims auy " superior influence or inspiration." Proudly he asserts that the " Pays is a voice, and not an echo." The misfortune of his position is, however, th►t the more he proves himself to be a " voice" the less he will be lis tened to. His only claim to possess the public ear is the official position he held on the Constitution/id; for before M. de Moray placed him there, he was not a journalist at all, and nobody had ever heard of him. As an independent writer, if lie now be one, his reputation is to be made. He now argues SHIPWRECK AND LCAS OF LIVE& The heavy gales which prevailed last week were renewed with great severity on Sunday night and Monday, and in the Channel the weather was awfully stormy, with tremendous seas running. The most conspicuous disaster as yet reported (writes oar Liverpool correspondent yester day) is the foundering about eight miles north of the Bell Buoy of the barque Prompt, Captain Whittle, bound from Rangoon rid Akyab to Liverpool (laden with rice and other cargo), and the loss of fifteen lives. The official despatch on the subject posted at the Underwriters' Rooms, Liverpool, is as follows : " The Prompt (Whittle), from Rangoon, bound to Liver pool, foundered eight miles N.E. of the Bell Buoy at 4 p.m. yesterday, in eight fathoms of water." It is feared that the vessel was carrying too much sail, and that being struck by a tremendous sea she was thrown upon her beam ends and went down almost immediately. Fifteen of the crew perished, and the remainder, consisting of the captain, mate, pilot, and boy, were rescued by the steam-tag Brother Jonathan, and landed in Liverpool this afternoon The gale was raging furiously at the time, and it was not without groat difficulty and danger that the men were picked up. The Prompt was • vessel of 767 tons burden, was built at Quebec in 1853, and bad • large quantity of cotton on board in addition to the rice and other cargo. Captain Whittle (with whom our correspondent bad as interview yesterday afternoon) made the following statement : —" We left Rangoon on the 15th June, with a cargo of rice, and on the 6th November we left Queenstown (where we called for orders), for Liverpool. Our crew consisted of eighteen men and boys, and one of the crew, Nicholas Johns, was left at Queenstown unwell. We took on board Shaw, of No. 3 pilot boat, at Point Lynes, on Sun day. We ran up to the north-west light-ship on Monday morning, intending, if passible, to enter the port when the tide answered. The wind at this time was blowing very fresh from W. by S., with thick weather. We tried to work off the ship to the N., with close-reefed topsails, so uto deer the banks. At about noon, and while about ten miles distant from the Bell Buoy, a heavy beam-sea struck the Teasel and at once disabled her. By the pilot's advice we out away the mixes mast to ease the ship. About 3 o'clock, when the vessel was on the point of founder itig, the steam tug Brother Jonathan hove up and tried to take us in tow. She threw us a hawser line, and seeing the ship was likely to settle down forward, five of the men tied themselves to it. The rope, however, got entangled in the cat-head, and though one of the men got on board the ' teenier, the other four went down with the ship, which soon After went over on her beam-ends, settling down for some time previously at the bow. At this time I was in the cabin with the steward, and he was trying to put on a life bolt, when the sea broke in upon us. He was drowned in the companion way. I managed to work my way up by the hold on the wheel house. From there I was washed into the sea with John Murphy, the first mate, and a little boy named George Murray (who could not swim). While in the sea the wheelhouse broke from the ship with a fearful noise, and with great difficulty we managed to reach it. The sea capsized the wheelhouse several times, but by obeying my directions Murray always managed to bold on, while I and Murphy swam about at intervals. The ship drifted to leeward, and soon foundered. I don't know what became of the other men, for all the boats were smashed, and the cargo shifted. while the sea was fearfully high. At last the crew of the Brother Jonathan threw life buoys to us, and hauled us on board completely exhausted. Nothing could surpass the kindness of the captain and crew of the steamer, who lent us dry clothes, and gave us hot coffee and other fool." The following are the name@ of; the sav:d and drowaed— Saved—Captain John Whittle, Murphy, Ist mate, George Murray, apprentice, and Shaw, pilot. Drowncd—Kelsick Wood (of Maryport), 2nd mate, Robert Mackenzie, carpen ter, John W. Hall, steward, Goo Vigilant, cook, Thomas Swainson, Hugh Letherick, Simon Reyes, Wm. Gill, John Fenson, Thomas Jenkins, and George Nicholson, able sea men. Apprentices, Chula Edward Prosser, John Mac kechny, and Wm. NeilL The Prompt was owned by Messrs. E. Whittle and Co., of Liverpool, and was thoroughly refitted when last io port She was fully insured. and the canto of about 950 tons of rice was consigned to Messrs. Sinclair, of Belfast. Another sad oacurrence was also reported yesterday, but fortunately unattended with loss of life, although the crew underwent much suffering from cold and exhaustion. It appears that the schooner Young Gipsey, from Newport to Liverpool, with • cargo of bar iron, was caught in the gale on Miiuday, while off the port. For several hours the vessel was knocked about in the most lamentable manner, the sea making • clean sweep over her, carrying all movables overboard, soil it was with the utmost difficulty that the crew could keep themselves secure. Ultimately, however, the vessel became unma nageable, and sunk when off Ith)L The schoonet's boats had been washal away long Mons, and the only hope of succour for the crew lay in the rigging, which they, after much difficulty, succeeded in ginning. While here, the sea continued to make a clear breech over them, and with the utmost "determination and love of life," as one of the poor fellows not inappropriately termed it, they clung to their precarious support, in the hopes thst daylight would discover their position to some vessels near. Their hopes were fortunately not destined to be disappointal feria an early hour they observed a boat m king towards them, and after some tame had elapsed they made her out to be the Point of Ayr lifeboat. coming to their rescue. At 10 o'clock the beat reached them, and in a few minutes after the poor fellows, seven in number, were safe. THE STORM AT BRIDLINGTON QUAY. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, TUMMY NIGHT. Although the loss and damage to the shipping during the gale wee of a most serious character ' so far as we have learnt there has been no loss of life off this port. The reports, too, of the wrecks on the north of Flainhorougtt Head are, we believe, exaggerated, as there are none within tho district of the Lloyds' agent here, which extends nearly to Filey. With respect to the wrecks on the beach to the north and south of this place, strong hopes are entertained of saving most, if not all, of the stranded vessels The Eupheuna, of Ipswich, has already been got afloat and brought into the harbour. The William and Jane is a complete wreck, but her stores are :aced, and her cargo is being Eroded. We have already given the names of the vessels stn.uded, and below we give the names of those injured ie the harbour: The Albion, of Lynn, bows stove in, and has of spars sod sails; the Spring, of Limekiles, l ees of bowsprit, (oremaat, sails, &c.; the Sarah Ann, of Lynn, bulwarks, &c., lost; the New Isabella, of Yarmouth, loss of bowsprit, foremast, sails, fa. ; the Agnes, of Yarmouth, stern knocked in, bowsprit and bows in- jured ; the Isis of Yarmouth, 100 of jibbooin and sails ; the Albion, of Wisbech, considerably damaged; the Agnes, of Colchester, considerably damaged; the Cesar. of Col- ' cheater, slightly damaged ; the B. H. Hayfield, of Malden, bows stove in bulwarks, sails, &c., danusgexl ; the Yar, of seriously Lynn , se:aly injured by corning iu collision with the Laura, of Woodbridge, also slightly damaged ; the Yiolet,of Hartlepool, seriously damaged, and full of water; the Hope, of Blyth, partially damages ; the Pandora, of Lynn, damage to bows, boat hull, and sails ; the Sophia, of Fowey, from Liverpool to Sunderland, damaged and sunk in the harbour ; the Ellen Murray, of Jersey, bows stove in and broadside damaged ; the Anna, of Arbroath. lea of boom, bulwarks, kc., and leaky ; the Squirrel, of Whitby, slightly damaged ; the Earl Grey, of Hartlepool, bow and quarter stove in ; the Stockton, of Whitby, slightly damaged ; the Albion, of Yarmouth, and the James , of London, slightly damaged. The scene in the harbour during the storm was of the most fearful description. The sea made a clean sweep over the south pier, and as the weasels succeeded in crossing the bar they ran into each other and were dashed against or it another with the greatest violence, and at ono time the har bour presented rather the sppearanco of a haven of destruc tion than an harbour of refuge. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Williams and Byles.) WALLING= V. OURNEY.TACTION AGAIHST THE amain ►OI AN PaSCAPE. The plaintiff in this case, having recovered a judgment against a person named Knight, issued a capias into Surrey, and he was taken upon the writ, but upon his producing an interim order of protection the officer allowed him to go at liberty. The plaintiff, however, contended that the protection only applied to process in existence at the time the petition was bled, and not to a writ like the one in question, which was issued upon a judgment signed after the filing of the petition; and, therefore, that the officer was wrong in letting hie prisoner escape. The Lord Chief Justice, in delivering judgment, said that the statute enacted that it should be lawful fur the court to give protection against all process whatsoever, either against person or property, until the party appeared for examina tion. The words of the order in this case expressed an ab solute protection against all process, and it would be incon venient ito require the sheriff to understand that such abso. lute words meant only a qualified protection. The court was of opinion that Knight was protected against the plaintiff's copies. Judgment for the defendant. DRAPER N. STLPHIINSON AND OTHERS.— PROHIBITION. Mr. Brett moved for a rule calling upon the judge of the County Court of Lancaster to show cause why be should not be prohibited from proceeding in this case; and stated the following circumstances. The plaintiff was a member and the defendants were the committee of management of the Royal Liver Friendly Society, of which there were 150,000 mem bers. The plaint alleged that the defendants had been im properly elected to their offices ; that they did not duly per form their duties ; that they had delivered false and garbled accounts ; that they had improperly employed the funds of the saciety in establishing a printing company ; and that they had improperly increased their own salaries. The petition presented prayed that the defendants might be re moved from their office by order of the court, and restrained from holding any office in the society in future or until the further order of the court, and that a receiver might be ap pointed until the election of proper officers. The learned counsel, whilst admitting in the words of Mr. Justice Byles that, "The county court has all the powers of the Court of Chancery, and something more," submitted that it was beyond the power of the judge to grant the first Fart of the payer of the petition. The plaintiff represented only himself, and possibly the secretary of the society, who was believed to be the real plaintiff, and the court surely ought not to determine the dispute without hearing somebody on behalf of the other members of the society, most of whom were against the plaintiff. Further, it was submitted that the matter should have been settled by arbitration, in accord acme with the rules of the society. Rule granted. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. Before the Judge OnHoary, Mr. Justice Keating, and Mr. Bayou Wilde.) The court commenced its sittings to-day. There are 86 causes for trial, of which, however, several are part heard. The list List year was nearly twice as long. HILL V. HILL. This was an appeal against a decision of Sir C. Cresswel, in • suit of judicial separation. Dr. Tristram, for the appellant, Mr. Charles Wil loughby Hill. • lieutenant in the Ist Bombay Lancers, recapitulated the leading facts of the case. In 1856 Mr. Hill, who was then under 20 years of age, be came acquainted with the petitioner, Miss Clarke, a young lady of 17. Au engagement followed ; but Mr. Hill before his marriage went out to India, and served with distinction in that country. Having had twelve attacks of fever and a serious accident, he returned to Europe in 114.19. In the meantime the petitioner's mother had married • courier at. Hom burg, who, it was alleged, had treated Miss Clarke with great harshness. She had therefore left her home, and went to live in the family of the Rev. Charles Wood, of Pantry Court, near Aberzavenny, where she stayed till her mar riage. That event took place on the 17th of May, 1860, and wan followed by • very brief cohabitation. In the following October Mrs. Hill commenced • suit for judicial separation on the ground of cruelty; and soon afterwards the husband retorted by charging his wife with adultery with Mr. Wood. The hus band's suit was tried on the 17th and 18th of June last be fore a special jury, whose verdict acquitted Mrs. Hill. On the 3rd of July the lady's case came on, Mr. Hill having instructed an attorney named Finney, and left the country. Mr. Finney had told him that if he agreed to a decree the judicial separation would follow as a matter of course, and without the production of evidence. He had, therefore, consented in these terms, which were contained in a note addressed by him to Mr. Finney : "My dear sir, I authorise you to consent to a decree against me in the suit my wife has in stituted against me for • judicial separation, such decree to extend to the payment of alimony at the pre sent rate, with liberty to her to move to increase the same if she should be so advised; and that it shall also be di. rectal that her costs shall be paid by me.—Yours truly, C. WILLOUGHBY HILL" The case came on, evidence was produced, and the decree was made. Mr. Hill then instructed his counsel to move fora newtrial,on theground that be had been deceived by his solicitor t and that though lie was willing to live separate from his wife, he did not admit all the charges that had been brought against him. The court, however, refused to grant even a rule nisi. The learned doctor contended that • great hardship had been indicted upon hie client. Very disgusting imputations hail been cut upon him, and the learned judge had said that the charges were so odious and so calculated to affect Mr. Hill's position in society and hie character as a gentleman, that be could hardly imagine him consenting to a verdict against him if he could have oome forward and disproved it. Sir C. Cresswell—Justso. The charge was made in the petition ; and if he consented to a venliet, he, in fact, con fessed it. Mr. Justice Beating (without hearing counsel contra) thought there was no ground for granting • rule. Mr. Baron Wilde agreed with his learned brother. It was not contended that there had been any failure of jus. tine ; and the respondent merely complained that more evi dence had been brought against Lim than he bad enpected— a ground of appeal never before heard of in Westminster. hall. The motion was, therefore, dismissed with costa. THONPSON r. THOMPSON AND STCHMPELS. Francis, on behalf of Mrs. Thompson, appealed spied an ad interim order of Sir C. Creswell, refusing her aeons to her children pendent. lite. Sir C. Cresswell said the fact was that he had read all the affidavits, and thinking that if the respouilent were allowed to see the children she might make another row, he had thought it better, during the short time that would elapse before the trial of the cause, not to make any order. If ho recollected right an oiler had been made to allow access, provided that. the respondent's attorney would either go with her or find some one to go with her and keep the peace. if the attor ney palm* from entering into an eugagenient of that kind, it was not marvellous that the court should fear a recur rence of the disturbance. _ The court, without heanog Mr. IVoollett for the hushing, disco ssed the appeal COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) II( RE PEqUOIR.—AITLICATION FOR DIeiCHARuL—FOVEL CABZ. The bankrupt wan described as manager to a commercial house, of Water-lane, City, now &prisoner for debt. Mr. Philp npplied for his discharge. The bankrupt had acted as agent in this country for a com mercial house in Genoa; in that capacity he bad bees induced to accept a bill for them. on the assurance that it would be taken up when due. This was not done, and the bankrupt had in consequence been thrown into prison here, hie wife and family being at Marseilles. He had only one creditor, the bolder of the bill ; and the amount of his debts was only 105/. . . Mr. Bagley - Opposed the application on behalf of Massie. Blodgett, of Lawrence Youutuey-l.u r •, thu detaining ero• ditors. The bankrupt now sued in forma pauperie. In Meptember last, being sued by MC161111% Blockett, he had been required by Mr. Justice Keating to give bail, on the ground that he was about to quit the country. The bankrupt &epodesl against that esparto decision, but his appeal wo dismissed with costa, and be we taken in custody. Ho now asked, upon this pauper petition, to be discluoged from prison ; and if he were so, no ono living oouli doubt that he would never again he seen iu that cond. This Ita lurking a use of the bankrupt law which no one ever dreamt of making before, for the effect of letting this man out of prison would be altogether to supersede the decisive of the common law courts, that he was about to quit the counts•. His Honour said that those applications, under the 112th section of the old act, were applying that ute to a par. pose for which it was never meant ; for these prim:ions who now applied bad been bankrupt under the new act. The account rendered by this man was • singular one. He put down as his only liability um, and stated as the cause of his failure •• nomremittaoce of funds to pay the amount." It was a perfect farce to put such an account as that upon the file as • full, true, and accurate account. The proper way of tleiding with the case would be to order that the bankrupt should not he dip charged, unless he gave sufficient secu rity to be forthcoming to his creditors. He would either do that or dismiss the petition, whichever the advocate for the bankrupt might think beet. Mr. Philp—i think it will he better to have the petition dismissed, and let him take the chalice of being discharged by the registrar. The Commissioner—Theo the order will be that—it sp. peering to the court tiu.t the bankrupt had nut onnplied with the 93rd section of the act, and that the statement rendered by him was not such a statement es that section contemplated—the petition is thereupon . dismissed. Then he will be left to be dealt with by the registrar. IN RE DODCR.—A BlicoND APPLICATION POR DiscilAßGF. The bankrupt in this our a oornlnereial traveller, bat applied fur and obtained his discharge by the mutt cm li tie Cel sp4 Pel gat eau d►i evc Pt' IN On Pal Me