The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-18 00:00:00

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Evidence exists, moreover, sod will be produced, to show that the brother of the bridegroom, at the time First Consul of the French Republic, was officially informed of the intended niarnage some time previously thereto ; but that no intimation of any objection was made in reply, either before or after the celebration of the nuptials. It further appears from a main of cor respondence that the wife of J remit was re cognised at different times by various mem bers of the family, including the mother, and Jliffir pH, afterwards King of Spain, whom daughter it was proposed should wary her eon, the plaintiff in the present suit. This latter connexion did not ultimately Mks place, but upon his sehesquent marriage to swain lady, M. BON APAR= was magratulated in a MAW by his half brother, ths panne Priam Narouson JIMMY; and his half eisker, the Princess Mannuis, and by Them as well se by others of his paternal relatives be was treated with every mark of re spect. Finally, upon his presenting himself at Bt. Cloud, in 1855, sa the guest of the present Euramos, a formal instrument, signed by three of the Ministers of State, was placed in his hands declaring his legitimacy, and acknowledging him as cousin of his Mxisirry. Yet, strange to say, a few months later this gentleman was given to un derstand that his presence in Paris was considered e-mbarraming to the reigning family, and he was subsequently informed that he could only be welemuid to the Imperial Court under the title of Duke DE Seamen, a title which he declined to wasp', that beim& as he proudly objected, a " lomat "of bastardy." His father was simply MfellIMIR JZZONZ Boxerairra, when his mother was mar ried, and when be was born : the dignities and titles subsequently heaped upon him his son had never been permitted to share, and he did not lay claim to any. But se his mother had refused for ha , - eel( and him the compromising rank of Primates and Prince of SNALCALDEN, when offered by Ye father, then King of WESTPHALIA, so he must de cline the dignity, or indignity as he considered it, proffered by NAPOLEON 111. In the face of the facts thus briefly stated, and noun of which admit of 'lmpute, it may seem incredible that any serious controversy should arise out of M. BONAPARTE'S' demand, or that of is mother, to their distri butive share of the property of the late Governor of the Invalides. But other interests, more pow erful than theirs, abide the issue ; and it is un luckily impoeible, under the circumstances of the case, to do justice to the parties in question with out indicting serious and undeserved detriment on others hitherto occupying high stations in society. Jason' Bo was bribed and bullied by his brother, the first Derwin, into repudiating his wife, in 1806 ; and, failing to obtain a Bell from Pies VI. annulling the marriage, N•POLION induced the Archbishop of Paris to pronounce a false and fraudulent decree, declaring the union between his brother and Min ELIZA/OWN PAW/PA WN void and of none effect. A few months later Jason& contracted a second marriage with the Princess CATNILLINE of Wirteseherg, and in the course of the NM, year be was proclaimed King of Westphalia.' The Kingdom of Westphalia, its King and its Queen, bays vanished like other phantoms from the ambitious seem ' • but the issue of this sassed mks naturally refus es to admit its invalidity, a consequence legally inevitable if the previous one, celebrated at Baltimore in 1803, be recoipused as good in law. It is very much the same question as that which rent into rival fac tious the courtiers and divines of the House of Ti non. If Hmeav's divorce from CATagalat was Invalid, ASNI SOLITE NY not his wife, and Buzsasen was not lawfully begotten. The plant Parliaments of the sixteenth century were ready to vote and un-vote anything or everything the Prince's humour might require ; and querulous commentators had before them the pillory, the Fleet, or, it might be, the scourge and the imple ments of teeters. Royal families in the nineteenth century are not so well provided with the means of fabricating law to suit their family needs, and expo- clients for stifling contumacious criticism. NAPO LI/14i M. may have his views and wishes as to the issue now depending in the courts of law in France, but not even their notoriety can avail to quench the controversy or to settle the conflict ing rights of the parties otherwise than as public law and public justice shall exact. Prince NAI , LI4I/3 Jeamia has become the husband of the King of ITALY'S daughter, and surmise has more than once named him for conspicuous stations in the re-modelled chart of Europe. It will certainly not aid his political prospects if the son of the virtuous and beautiful American should be acknowledged as his elder legitimate brother. Reversionary rights of heir ship to the Imperial Crown may not be worth much in the market, as times go ; but they are not easily relinquished, or capable of compensation by merely subordinate dignities or honours. The ' Purim RovAt for a madame, large estates for an appanage, and the rank of Imperial Highness —all these may be secured to the son-in-law of VICTOR DIPS/011'M But the rights and preten sions of the eldest son of the es-King JEROISZ cannot be so easily disposed of ; and these are sow controverted before the tribunal of First !D -eism. There is something truly noble and touching in the constancy and courage of the remarkable woman who forms the not least conspicuous portion of the singular family picture thus exhibited to the world. Young, gifted, and beautiful, she found herself deserted by a worthless husband, and her place openly given to another from too. tii,s of the merest ambition. No lure could induce her to accept rank or riche, at his hands or those of his all-powerful brother. No temptation could beguile her into parting with her son, who, to do him justice, seems to have inherited the true dignity and spirit of his mother. In vindi ' cation of her own insulted honour and that of her family, the legislature of Maryland passed an act of divorce, by width she was set free, while yet in the bloom of womanhood, to make another choice for life. She did not do so, but was content to live single until her son had grown to man's estate, and her grandson had entered the army of France to win distinction in it. heroic ranks. She has outlived the man who wronged her and the princes, who supplanted her. She has lived to see the offspring of her girlish love recognised, after fdty years, ea the lawfully-horn kinsman of the Emperor of the FRINI:11; and she now only waits to hear the judgment of a French court of law acknowledging as her due that simple recognition which she never ceased to claim. A characteristic trait may be mentioned of this singular woman,' that indicates at once the moral and intellectual nature combined in her. When offered the estate and title above mentioned in 1808, her answer was, " Westphalia may in his opinion be a great " kingdom, but in mine it is not large enough for " two Queens." It were an intolerable wrong if such a woman should pass away before the battle of her life was won. Ut eon. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jut. 17. The following visitors arrived at the bootie yes terday afteranor :—Tbe Duke of Chartres. the Dula and Duclwas of Manchester, Laid esd lady Picky, Lord and Lady tnaalay of Aklerley, the Right Has. T. Miner Gibes, and Mr.Giblaa. Her Majesty's dinner party included. in addition to the above, the Prince of Wake and Prince. Alice, Major.Ge- Decal the Hon. R. and Xis. Brace, and Li, utenint.Colonel Tie Bead of the scot. Fusilier Guards played daring diaper : The Deveaner March. - overture... WWI= Tell" RasslaL Wink aia ampowl Moms lliarioito et Pr 111•••1° Q + weedier Godfrey , Jun. !Weave. Aida= Tame The Queen, with Pubs Ake, Prises Arthur, and Primate Louise, acompaial by the Lushes. of Manches ter and Lady Stanley at AMerley, drove to Virginia Water this morning. Ladies sad gentlemen in waiting were in attendance. The Priam Coneort, esoompaated by the Prince of Wales sod the Dais of Chartres, went out shooting. The Duke el Illaneberaer and Lord Stanley of Alderiey had the honour of asecoapaylag the royal party. Mr. Clark had the honour et shoaling Wilk the Priam. Leed Alfred Paps& bee enorooded Ccdosel the lion 1 NI Hood ea Eeptorty i• Waiting to kw Majesty, and Captain Grey los susecooded Lleihroarr‘Colossl Heppe! as Equerry is Waikag both' ?rheas of Wales A ememittee d tits Lords of her Majesty's most lioneeneble Prtity Omen eat yesterday to astride?. the petitions what tie ordinainee of the Scottish University Commindtmen with refeeenee to degrees in medicine and surgery. ir.Pdalt. Q.C., was hoard for the Sonatas Acealemicua cd the Uairamity of Edlabial*. The Lade preent were the Lad Chancellor, the Earl el St. GIVIIISMS. Lard Creawerth, Deeretory Sir G. C. Lewis, the Duke of Richmond, sad the Right Hes. R. Lowe. Maanow Ewan' or run Ancincria MAXIMILIAN. —We reed is the Atietries Osueree:—• oaWerineeday eves *. at IP o'elesh, the wield tuba which brought the Ami de& lesslisesd Yasimilies to Vienna, and in which were Liseemesst•ifehiaareisal de behleerUsg, Count Bornbellea mad edsis marshme ef Ids It/shames suite, had left Berlin hut haH as hear whoa the saloon carriage ought fire through the overlaid* of the hoteir stove. The Geese, fed by combustible materials, spread rapidly, and the emineziou with the other carriages of the train was cut off. Count de Hombelles, at the peril of his life, clambered on to the rod of the carriage, and his cries were at last beard by the eugine-driser, who immediately brought the train W a stessiMill. With some difficulty the velvet hangings were tees dews sad the furesture thrown out of window, sad the ire was estiagurabed with the aid of water and snow. The earriems was detached, and, the archduke having taken hie slat is amoebae, the train pursued its jonney." The Duke and Duchess of Manchester left town en Weisseday se a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Countess of Dalketth was safely delivered of • sea sad heir yesterday seem* at the Duke of Rue. elemies wassies is Beigrameeqsare. Her ladyship and the West are &lei well. Lady Henrietta Ogilvy has left town on a visit te tin Narl of Pomfret at Zemke Nooks, Northampton shire. "Argon," of the Post, says :—" The strong hos tility mislinstod by the Doke of Marlborough towards ' this Aid al our national sports,' as William the Fourth termed ream is 'mails, sea senastion in the Berkshire &stride, as not only will ha not cast lows to his tenants, hut ho alinsinisly forbids thous emoting stabling for now bow" or Is Lt dm gallops as their dowse. To ths hasp *of psghonnii hi. glom is mid to be s q ually ovens, so may ha w 0 Issaglosd how little arauseroest than who Mos the bower of nod* under him are esiskiked to par ish, of.* The &maim Professorship of Geometry at Odsal, which is sow meat by the death of this Bar. mem preen, NA., will be lillod tip on the 7th of irobery sat. 13e destais are the Archbishop of ummetiere. the Lent Cheesier d Ores' Britain, the Chamomile, of the tleiretsity, the Bishop of bindon, • Principal Steretary of State, the (Prier Justices, the Chid Baron of the aschaqtar, the Dina of the Arches, and the Weeds. of New Collage. The may atedilate at pretest seated is Mc Henry John Illevissa hut* N.A., fellow, mathematical lactanir, sad wake dess of Banjul College. It,. antith obtained is 11419 • GM ,hies is classics, and • ant in mathematic' ; is 1848 he pised the Ireland scholar. ship, sad in 1831 the senior isiethomstiest scholarship, and in IKti7 was appointed en* of the esessiases is the school of natural Memo. It is reported that the question between Marra. Newell aad Co. and the Had flea Telegraph Company, which was about to be tried ia a oourt of law, when the whole history of the disasters of that enterprise would have been extracted, ha. been got rid of by a comprornim, with the approval of the government. It is reported at Chatham garrison that a con siderable reelection in the army will be made by the governmeet at the end of the financial year, and that the army estimates to be presented to parliament are being pre pared in accordance with that intention. The details et the intended redaction have not yet been announced, bat It seems probable (says the Thiser)that &complete re-arrange ment of the present system of depot battalionna well be made, the authorities at the Horae.guards haring already taken the initiative by ordering each of the Indian depots attached to the various battalions to be reduced to half their former number. At the present time there are 33 depot battalions wition the united lawn', each of which, with its numerous staff, is kept up at considerable expense, several depots of regiments being attached to those bat talions where the hiud.quarters are serving at other eta. tons at home. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, ISS. fbe Spanish navy has received orders to act in conformity with the policy of the government, which is to remain neutral. CONCLUSION OF THE BEYROUT TRIALS. CONSTANTLNOPLE, J,&o. 12. The trials at Beyrout have been concluded. The Druse prisoners were sentenced to death, and the Turkish to exile. The Huai Tavilis have declined, but the rate of exchange has Amen. THE lINTTED STATE/3. SERIOUS ASPECT OF AFFAIRS. LONDONDERRY, FarDAT. The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer Anglo- Saxon, Captain Ballantine, from Portland, Maine, on the sth inst., has arrived here, and landed all mails. The Charleston Convention had passed a treason ordinance, making the levying of war against the state of South Carolina punishable by death. The same Convention had also passed an ordinance, giving federal judicial power to the state courts, and congressional power to the general assembly. It was proposed to starve out the garrison of Fort Sumpter and then to attack it on rafts. It was determined to sink the revenue cutter Harriet Lane if she entered the harbour of Charleston. The forte at Savannah and Mobile had been taken by the state troops. Advices from Washington, to the 3rd instant, state that the South Carolina commissioners had returned home disgusted with the unexpected attitude of President Buchanan. A combination was on foot to take possession of Washington, and prevent the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln as president. LATEST INTELLIGENCE WARLIKI MOVIMENTS. The Cologne Goat* states that the Porte is forming an army of 50,000 men, exclusive of the reserve, on the Danube, to be commanded by Omer Niche. This demonstration is directed equally against the Principalities and against Russia. The latter power has assembled a large body of troops in fiessarabia, alleging to Austria as a moon that Russia cannot allow the Principali ties to become a focus of insurrection. Accounts from Vienna, published in the National paretic (of Berlin), describe the mili tary measures of precaution which are being taken by the Austrian government with regard to Hungary. The feeling in the latter country is described as of the most revolutionary kind. The tax collector refuses to pay over the taxes to the state ; the Palatine does nothing to prevent the legally prohibited sale of tobacco ; the circulars of the superior courts are set aside by commit tees ; and the regular course of the law is completely stopped. The regiments which are being sent into Hungary consist principally of Germans. Twenty-five thousand men are concentrated at Grosswardein, a central point from which watch can be kept upon the Principalities, Servia, and especially Hungary. A correspondent of the Nord of to-day alleges that the Austrian government is on the eve of con cluding a treaty of extradition with Prince Michael of Berrie with a view to the refugees of the two states. "This engagement," says the Nord, "if carried out will evidently make Servia a vassal of Austria." VIENNA, FRIDAY. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says : "The violent proceedings of the Comitat of Neut.' towards the court of justice of that comitat have caused the government to oppose energetically this evident act of sedition. According to tele graphic advice, received here, the court of justice of Neutra has, without the employment of force, been re-established, and its officers have been enabled to fulfil their duties. " The National Bank of Austria has declared a dividend of 28 florins." CONSTANTINOPLF, JAN. 12. General Itlapka is in the Principalities preparing for a rising in Hungary. The Danube is now closed by ice. The arms brought by the Sardinian ships are to be landed in Montenegro, whence they will be cNipatched - to the Banat. THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS. M. Minghetti, the Italian Minister of the In terior, has addressed the following circular on the subject of the elections, to the Intendants-General of the various provinces : Grertnirmr, —His Majesty, by a decree of yesterday's date, invokes the electoral colleges for the 27th of this month, and parliament for the 18th Feb. Every one must feel how important is the composition of this perils. meat ; for it will have to judge the acts which have been accomplished during the last two years, to give a definite and stable organisation to the new kingdom, and to prepare that which may constitute its future grandeur. It may be mid with truth that the destinies of Italy are in its hands. However, the undersigned will be brief in hie in structions. He believes that the security and freedom of the electoral votesre the beet protectors of our constitutional *vets'', and the most &rental condition of its durability and perfection. To this end it is necessary that the autho rities should exhort all who possess the right to vote to exercise it, explaining that he who neglects this, as well as he who exercises it without disownment, violates the duty and interest of every citizen. If, then, it happens that the persons named by public opinion to represent the conntry, give place, for family reasons or from timidity, to persons less meritorious and lees modest, this will be a case for you to use all your means of parsossion to in duce those who have the confidence of the electors to accept the mandate, making them understand the importance of such a parliament, and that the sacrifice which they impose upon themselves will deserve the gratitude of the country. Abstain from proposing or naming any candidate. I say nothing of discreditable means ; that would be to insult you and to insult the government of his Majesty, who wishes to direct the destinies of the nation by the most scrupulous fulfilment and observance of his duties, and the most unex ceptionable morality. But though the government will scrupulously respect the freedom of the electors, and of public opi nion, it cannot remain indifferent to this electoral contest. When, therefore, two or more candi dates offer themselves, the government ought not to shrink from naming those who seem moat fitted to serve the national canoe, and the liberal principles which consti tute its policy. If the electors, filled with good intentions and devoted to this policy, ask fora suggestion or an opinion as to their choice, it will be a duty to comply with their desire. la say see the undersigned, in awaiting the report which you will make upon these elections, hastens to subecribe himself with esteem and regard, Turin, Jan. 4. The Minister Mlnownrri. The Debate of to-day is greatly pleased with the above circular, and, in expressing its approbation, reouinniends it to the perusal of the French prefects. THE NEW GOVERNMENT AT NAPLES. (nom °us smut coaaserommurr.) (ST SUSIIASISZ TSLEGIAIIII.) NAPLES, Jas. 16. The reactionary disturbances in the Abruzzi have been suppressed. Prince Carignan gave, yesterday, a great dinner to the nobility ; and the Dukes Sant Arpino and Bovino gave grand soi►Ees. Cavaliere Nigra and Baron Poerio have been charged with the formation of the New Connell of Lieutenancy. The Neapolitans have great confidence in the new government. THE WITHDRAWAL OF ,THE FRENCH FLEET FROM GAETA. ILiRBEILLE.II, Jan. 17. Three vessels coining from Gaeta and Messina returned last night to Toulon. The Fontenoy alone remains off Gaeta. THE GERMANIC DIET. FRANK PORTAN : THE-MAINE, THMIDAT. In to-day's sitting of the Federal Diet, the two committees appointed to consider the proposition of Oldenburg submitted the following proposal •` That, as the patent of the 25th September, 1859, and the financial law of July, 1880, must be considered as illegal, they not having been sanc tioned by the states, Denmark should be sum moned to wake a declaration within six weeks in reference to her fulfilment of the Provisorium, iu conformity with the resolution of the Federal Diet of the Bth March, 1860, avid that in the event of her non-compliance federal execution should be declared again , t Denmark." SPAIN. MADRID, JAL 17. The Prince of Asturias is oonsalesormi. The ministry has declared in the Cortes that the statement that the officers of a Spanish ves se l b a d given advice to the Neapolitans as to placing their guns in a better direction, is without any fotinda Lion. OOMMERCLAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 4. This being the day set apart for humiliation and prayer, all the markets remain closed. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 3. The cotton market is steady. Sales, &NO bales. Mid dling, lite. to 12c. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, JAN. 5. News from Charleston states that Fort Sumpter had not yet been besieged. General Scott had ordered all the available troops at Leavenworth to proceed to Fort McHenry, near Baltimore. The City of Manchester and the Fulton have sailed for Europe, the latter taking 17,000 dots. in specie. The stock market is dull. Illinois Central, 791 ; Erie, 38i ; New York Central, 781. Great indignation was arising in the free states. The cotton market is active and firm. Middling upland, l2ic. Breadstuffs closed with an advanc ing tendency. The provision market is steady. )N, PamAy. The United States steamer Fulton, Captain Wotton, with New York dates of the sth, arrived a the Needles at 11.15 cm. to-day. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA. A USTRA LIAN 8013THAYPTON, FIUDAT. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Captain Weeks, has arrived with the above malls. The Indus brings 59 passengers, including Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Lady Jane Hay. She also brings 29,1211. in specie. On the 7th inst. she spoke the Masaillia and the Valetta ; on the Bth, the Euzine • on the 9th, the brig Mary, of Whitby ; on the 1 0 th, the steamer Merchant. The British bark May Miller had tone ashore off Gibraltar. The steamer Euphrates rote her main shaft on her voyage to Cartba gena. She will be towed to Liverpool by the Milan, from Gibraltar. Upwards of 2,000 merchant vessels had been de tained nearly two months in the Mediterranean by late westerly winds. They were liberated by a strong Levanter on the 11th inst. At Gibraltar, exchange on London was quoted at 501) to 501 ; on Paris, 529 ; on Marseilles, 529 ; Genoa, 530 ; Madrid, Seville, and Valencia, at par. Freights unaltered. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FREDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Oneida, Captain Bevis, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 38 passengers, 394,335 dole. in specie, and 163 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 2nd inst., and experienced head-winds and a heavy sea throughout the passage. The accounts from Barbadoes are favourable as regards the coming crops. Exchange on London, 30 days, was quoted 490 dole. The Camperdown and the Merrie England had arrived at Demerara with immigrants from Calcutta. Manufacturing operations were drawing to a close. The crops generally showed favourable results. The Jamaica markets exhi bited no change in prices. Exchange on London, 90 days 1 per cent. premium. St. Thomas continued healthy. Affairs were tranquil in Bolivia. The political news from Valparaiso is unimpor tant. Business was dull. Exchange, 430..t0 430. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. The bulletin of yesterday's Moniteur has the fol lowing remarks on the speech of the King of Prussia on the opening of the Chambers : Except the paragraph relating to the conflict which exists between the Germanic Confederation and Denmark, every _ thing in this very lengthy document testifies a desire and • hope of seeing peace mai•teited in Europe, and it will be remarked that among the reasons on which the King founds his confidence he recalls his personal interviews with the sovereigns of the great states, which have made the rele• tions of Prussia with the principal European governments incresaingly satisfactory. Another feature of the speech from the throne is likewise a serious guarantee of peace. It announces that the Prussian government is on the point of entering into negoti►tions with the French government on the subject of the treaties designed to regulate the commercial relations between the Zollverein and France. The more commercial relations are multiplied between peo plea, the more prejudices are dissipated, interests identified, and the more profitable and necessary does peace become to all. The Count and Couutesx de Chambord have arrived at Venire, soil are shortly to be joined there by the Duchess of Parma. A letter from Naples in the Debuts nays : " Garibaldi has written to some of his friends here to may that he shall probably go to Constantinople before long." DEATH or DR. F. C. BAGS. —A letter from Tubingen announce. the death of this eminent person, whose name occurs so frequently in the prevailing eon troversim respecting the historical validity of the sacred writing.. For many years past Dr. Bear was the head of the modem school of destructive criticism, and has had the honour of being refuted by the most eminent scholars and theologians of Germany, like Neander, Langre, and Oblusuaeo. He was born in 1791, and became Professor of Divinity at Tubingen in Mai. A writer on the spot nays : " No one in Tubingen ever exercised such a strong personal influence over the student., nor took away from so many the &west treasures of their heart, the faith of their child hood, the fruit, of the prayers and tears of their and the tranquillity of their whole future life. %r a t attacked with apoplexy on the 15th of July, and although he recovered very soon from the lint attac k, he WAS very weak from that time, and was obliged to give aphis lectures. However, it was most astonishing how little inclined be was to admit that be was ill: bow he strunled against every thought of his apprceching death. He had a second attack on the 29th of November and although he still hoped to recover, and to returu to his former activita :o2 lre , prayed oc , c —' Herr gewahre mir sin =antler Enda.' grant me a peaceful end.") EXPRESS FROM PARIS. twos on on PARIS, ThuaaDAT Evistnie. Now that the Monitenr (happily) puts an end to all doubt as to the departure from Gaeta of Ad miral de Tinan on the day after to-morrow, Jan.l9, it for the first time tells the public why the fleet has been there all this time. "The object in view wan to prevent King Francis H. from finding him self suddenly invested both by land and sea, and to give a proof of the Emperor's sympathy to a prince cruelly treated by fortune." That these were the only reasons, Francis IL, we are told, was distinctly informed so long ago as October last, although (but this the Moniteter does not mention) he only lately boasted of the very practical and efficient support given to his cause by the French Emperor. According to the Moniteur, we are to believe that the French government is only just now alive to the fact with which all Europe has been ringing for the last three months, that the " presence of the French flag at Gaeta passed for an encouragement to resistance and became a material support," and was contrary to the " declared principle of non-intervention." The Presae thinks it very important to observe that the article does not contain a single word insinuat ing that the taking possession of Gaeta by Piedmont is to be contested, or for a single moment delayed by France. Al to the Russian interven tion spoken of a little while ago, and which, by the way, the French semi-official journals urged as an excuse for the position taken up by the French, there was never any foundation for it. The authorised journals of St. Petersburg repudiate the idea, and moreover it would be hard to say where a Russian ship for the purpose was to come from. There is no longer any Russian fleet in the Black Sea, and that of the Baltic is icebound at Cronstadt. A curious fact, showing the hesitation of the French government on the affair of Gaeta up to the last day or two, is that the much-talked-of Ariege, which was to carry out a month's provisions to Admiral de Tinan, and whose sailing from Toulon was several times stopped, at last actually got away just before the arrival of a telegram which countermanded its mission altogether. It will now probably return to Toulon with the admiral, after giving its eatable and drinkable cargo the benefit of a shaking in the Mediterranean. A lithographed correspondence claims great cre dit for the Emperor because he allows the Pater son v. Bonaparte case to come on for trial without interfering, as he might have done, with the course of justice. This flattery is very insulting ; no doubt, in the present state of the French courts, tho Emperor, had he so willed, " might " have in terfered, but he could not have done so by virtue of . any avowable right or prerogative. The Bourse has been dull and depressed. The story of a congress, which served a turn yesterday, is now at a discount. The Rente fell 20c. for cash and 10c. for account, closing at 67fr. 25c. Mobi- Her fell 61r. 25c. The railways were generally from lfr. 25c. to 2fr. 50c. lower. The papers are instructed to contradict the rumour of a difference between the Papal govern ment and General de Goyon. COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. The members of the Commou Council of the City of London held • oourt yesterday in the council chem. bar, Guildhall. The Right HOD. the LORD MAYOR presided. The =links of the former court were reed and confirmed, and some of the newlpelected members of the court took the usual oaths and their sesta. The Town CLOT reed e letter from the Secretary of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, thanking the court for it. muni ficent gift of 900 guineas in aid of the funds of that inatitutioo. The TOMI CLUE also read a communication from the Dean and Chapter upon the subject of the decoration of the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, and suggesting that the corporation should aid them in carryaoist the object. The suggestion was that all the wealthy of the city should assist, and that a portion should be ted by each com pany upon some general design, and the court use informed that five companies, namely the Merchast Taylors', the Skinners', the Grocers', the Mercers', and the Goldsmiths', bad already aignitled their mesa to the o4tWn. It was proposed that the portion of the mthe that was deco rated by the several companies should be embbizoned with their arms, as well as those of the corporation. Alderman Inure, in moving that the matter should be refereed to the Improvement Committee, said that, on a former occasion, he had made a motion upon the Mere sub ject, nod be was ijuita sure that the corporation of London would not be behiedhaud in lending its assistance to the decoration of this noble building, which was so great an ornament to the City of London. The motion was carried unanimously. Applications were made on behalf of the City of London Working Men's Volunteer Rifle Corps, and also on behalf of the London Welsh Volunteer Ride Corps, for permission to drill in the evening in the Guildhall. The matter was left in the hands of the City Lands Committee. DISTRESS OP THE LABOURING POOR. Mr. CONNal] tl;lli,r;l7.o6lllCirtilatil; 11102 1,0001. be voted by the court towards a general fund for the relief of the suffering poor of the City of London, inclusive of the coalwhippers and fellowship porters, the same to be placed at the disposal of the Coal, Cora, and Finance Committee, and that the citizens generally be invited to contribute to the amount to be distributed. He said he felt gratified that the court had allowed the motion to be taken out of its order, and he felt assured that the matter was one which would commend dealt to every member, and that it was quite unnecessary for him to go into the subject at any length. They were all aware of the great and almost ge neral distress that prevailed at the present moment among the labouring classes owing to the inclemency of the weather ; and he was sure that in this court, which was perhaps celebrated above all other things for its sympathy for distress and a desire to alleviate it, he should have no difficulty on the present occasion in inducing it to come forward. and alleviate that wide-spread misery which unhappily prevailed at the present moment in the City of London. He had himself been that day to some of the waterside districts, and he could assure the court that the state of destitution in which large numbers of working men were placed was quite dreadful to witness. He bad also received a letter from the. Rev. Mr. Atherton, the incumbent of St. dames's pariah, Ratcliffe, in which he stated that in that neighbourhood the state of ' distress was so great, that moor shops where provisions were sold had been plundered, and that a great many other shops were being closed by their owner., for fear they should be simi larly treated. Mr. Cocagarit. seconded the motion, and said he felt it uto add anything to what had been stated by lr, . 6 1.7=471, as he was sure that every member of the court must be aware of the great amount of distress that prevailed. They all knew how his lordship and his brother aldermen, in their magisterial capacity, had exerted themselves to alleviate this distress, and be felt assured that this court. would not be behindlmod with them in such • matter. He could bear testimony from his own know ledge to the great distress that prevailed among the coal. whippers, and their committee had voted 400 f. for their relief, which was all that the state of their ficances allowed them to otter, but this sum was quite insufficient for the required purpose. Deputy Elixir'r proposed as an amendment that 1001. per week be granted by the court for the purposes stated in the motion so long as the frost lasted. Mr. JOURSON seconded the motion. The original motion for the grant of 1,0001. was put to the court, rod carried bye large majurity. It was then proposed and seconded and carried magi mouldy, that the Chamberlain should be appointed treasurer to receive the contributions of the public in aid of the grant. The LORD 31 A I'OR subsequently announced that the Coal, Coro, and Finances Committee would meet in the evening, at the Mansion-bouse, ter consider what steps should at roes be taken to carry out the views of the court in alleviating the existing distress. A report was made by the Law, Parliamentary, and City Court. Committee, by which it appeared that a rule nisi had been obtained in the Court of k:xchequer. afflict upon the authorities of the Lord Mayor's Court to show Cause end establish their right under the proem of that court to attach property about to be shipped abroad. Mr. Cox said that the privilege of attaching such property was a very important one claimed by the Lord Mayor's Court ; and it was very necessary that the corne r-410u should support their rights. He moved that the matter be ref back to the committee to take lap! ad vice, and adopt any • they might consider ems., glary to r.:ppert the richt,. of e rerv.rat; on. The court shortly afterwards adloarted. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. The ordinary meeting of the Middlesex magis tracy for the mosidinlice of the boluses relating to the county was held ymisrday at the Court-house, on Clark enwelbgreen. Mr. POWIALL, chairman of the bench. Pm sided ; and there won nearly 70 justices present. On the report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes, the court made orders upon the county treasurer for the payment o f bills, nalaries, and demands upon the county to the amount o f 13,560/. 17e. Id. for the past quarter. On the °orogen' accounts, 19 fees were deducted from lb. Waldey's and three from Mr. Humphreys', on the ground that those inquests hod not been nocesser7 ; four of Mr. Bedford's were put off for further considerstioo. Mr. C. P. ALLI2I, the count/ treasurer, reported to the court that none of the pa:Mull] the county were in armor to the rate. — The committee reported that an application bad been made, end they had considered a letter from the Secretary to the Leaden" District Tabigraph Company, respecting the grant of a rite free of rental in scene convenient Nzt of the &Gems House, to be used during the sittings of the court only, as • telegraph station ; but, the committee thought it would be inoonveu lent to mike such an arrangement, and recommended the court to refuse it. The report was adopted, and its recommendation' agreed to. The annual statement as to the county finance was brought up and read by Yr. Remsheed. It appeared that the total expenditure on account of the county establish ments for the year, 1860, was 133,063/. 6a. 3d., being in ex cess of that for 1859, to the amount of 10,6121. 4s. 6d. The items of increase were anderthe following beads :—Cold Rath - fields, 1,478/. ; Harwell Asylum, 1,627/. ; on the coroners' accounts, 8161. ; Industrial echool, 4,268/. ; militia store. houses, 2,1531. ; aueieteate j udge, 300/. The principal items of decrease were—Hoese of Correetioo, Westminster, 3,980/. ; county lunatics, now merged into the asylums, 1,886/. • Colney Hatch Asylum, 561/. ; county bridges, incidental expenses, 1931. The cost of Hamra Asylum to the county was 13,340 L ; to the parishes, 27,2151. ; Cobeey Hatch, to the county, 37,2541. • to the panshea, giving • total for the two of 120,571/. With respect te the women' meow& the report Mated that the asiege cost of each of Mr. Waklsy's ,was 41. 3s. ; Mr. Hain Pdeys 3/. 13s. 6d. ; Mr. Belford* 31. 10s. 10d. Under an ad: passed in the lee smoker of perlisunent the court hes power to take an average of the remuneration paid in fees to the coroners for the last five years, and to Ix a yearly salary upon that basis is lien of fees, which would give Mr. akley a yearly salary of 1,707/. 12s. 3d., Hr. Humphreys 1,345/. 17e. 10d., Mr._ Bedford 369/. 6e. 6d., and Hr. W. J. Payne (Ducky of leacaster), 441. 7s. 2d. These salaries by a reecdutio• of the committee are to continue for 5 years, when a new brew will be taken. The total debt of the count y was 591,9Z1. being a decrease on the invading year of 3,4581., and the present Tontine an. maim, none of which had fallen on during the year, amount to 2,4311. The county rental on the basis of 1858 is 916,02101., upon which during the year 1860 rates equiva lent to 30. in the pound were levied, for the county service. The annual reports from the two asylums were brought up, read, and ordered to be printed with a vast amount of statistical detail. It appeared that in the two establishmenta there were 600 unoccupied beds, while parishes would not send pauper patience or were disin clined to do so. If the additional accommodation, provided at so great an outlay, were necessary the poor pauper patients ought to be sent, or if they were not to be seat it was not necessary. Sir Jac HAMMON said he thought that should be made known to the public and to the metropolitan parishes. Sir Arsx•erogit SP/ANNAN, chairman of the Hanwell com mittee, said he was bound to use what might seem a rather . harsh term, but the county bad been •• forced" to provide this accommodation, at a cost of about 200,0007., and the lunatic paupers ought to be sent there. Yet on the 31st of December there were altogether over 600 beds unoccupied, which ought to have been filled with pauper lunatic., DOW kept in workhouses. It was much to be deplored that they were not sent, and it was well known that there was abundant accommodation of superior description, and the best treatment for the patients. Mr. TURNER said this wee certainly to be regretted, but he was not surprised, as in the asylums the coat per bead per week would be about 10m, while in the workhouses the paupers could be maintained at about 3e. Recent cases were sent where there was hope of cure and recovery, but where there were imbecile or idiotic cases, a workhouse, if properly managed, was not an improper receptacle for them, and there was a clear weekly saving then of 7s. per head. At the same time it was not to be regretted that there was this additional provision at the asylums , as it might be called into requisition in proportion a. the population in. creased or iocurables decreased. In the report from Coldbath.fields prison allusion was made to the subject of flogging prisoners in p la. In three years. the whole number of prisoners there by order of the magistrate.. was 42, being in the proportion of 1 in 556; but the punishment was never inflicted except for some flagrant breach of discipline, in which no other punish:meet would be effective. At present there were there 1,320 pri soners, all males, end in the Westminster Bridewell 526 females, a less number than there had been for the last five years. In the House of Detention there were at the date of the report 216 prisoners, of various clause. The reports were received and approved. Upon the motion of Mr. NORTHALL LAIMIE, it was re wired :—" That the clerk of the peace should give notice by advertisement in some one or more newspaper or news papers generally circulating within the county, of the in tention of the court to appoint a committee under the act 20 and 21 Vict., c. 55, to enter into an agreement with the managers of any reformatory school, certified by the Secre tary of State, for the reception of female juvenile offenders of the county sentenced to be detained in a reformatory school." The other business was almost of a formal character, and the committees having been re-appointed, thu court ad journed. We (Manchester E.raminor) are enabled to an nounce, that at a meeting held in the Public Hall, Rochdale, Wt evening, A. Stewart, ER., in the chair, it was decided to invite Mr. Cobden to a grand soiree. It was also arranged that the hon. gentleman should be asked to ad dress a public meeting of his constituents at his earliest convenience. We have no doubt that, the men of Rochdale will give practical effect to this resolution, and do fitting honour to their distinguished representative. Last night an interesting lecture on chess was delivered by Herr Lowenthal, the celebrated Hungarian player, at the Sussex Hall. Leedenhall•street, to the mem bers of the literary institution in connexion with that building. He had, he said, discovered that there was a bond of brotherhood, or kind of freemasonry, between chess-players. Having been driven from his own country by political troubles, he found himself a perfect stranger in New York, without friends, and totally ignorant of the English language. He knew no masonic sign by which he might make himself known ; but seeing an illustration of a chess problem in an American newspaper published in the city, his despair gave way to hope, and having called at the office of the journal, ho was introduced to a chess club, where he received the greatest hoepitality and kindness, and where he found a language in which he could speak to • strange people—the language of chess. _ A public fleeting to celebrate the re-opening of St. Philip's National Schools, Stepney, was held yesterday evening, in the buildings behind the London Hospital. The Right Rev. the Bialop of London presided, and was sup ported by numerous clergymen of the district, and by the leading laymeu in t. onuemion with the church. The school room was crowded. RHPRISENTATION OF SOUTH WILT& —The con servatives appear at last determined not to allow Mr. Grove to occupy the sent just vacated by Baron Herbert, of Lea, without a contest. A requisition was yesterday (Thursday) being numerously signed m several . parts of the division to Captain Bathurst, son of Sir Frederick Bathurst, of Claren don-park, requesting him to allow himself to be placed in nomination. It is generally believed that the gallant cap tain (who is now with hie regiment in Ireland) will comply with the request, and if so the contest will undoubtedly be • severe one, the Bathurst influence being very conliderable in one of the most important parts of the divisiou. Mr. Grove will doubtless carry . with him the interest of the house of Peuibruke, which is also considerable. _ --------- - THE BIBLE MISSION IN ST. CLEMENT DANER.—A large and interesting meeting, representing all classes of the community, was held on Wednesday last in the Paro chial School-rooms, Stanhope.street, Clare-market, in sup• port of the Bible Mission which has been instituted in the parish of St. Clement throes with greet success. The Bishop of London, the Marchioness of Londonderry, Lady Victoria Noel, Dad Marc. Mario Forrester, Mho Twining, MINI Louisa Twining, Mrs. and the Misses Stillwell, Rev. H. 11. Killick, rector of St. Clement Dane., C. M. Robbins. H. Dicker, .1. 11. McGeehan, .1. J. Coichead ; Mr. H. Stillwell, Mr. Fr:reheat, and Mr. W. 11. Smith, were present. About 4UU poor perms wit down to a plentiful repast of tee and cake , and in the coulee of the evening addresses were d e livere r " airprte to the occasion to a deeply attentive audience. The :p of London having spoken, the Rev. R. Henry Killick, rector of St. Clement Dimes, explained the nature and scope of the Bible Mission. This mission had been ea tablished for some time in the metropolis under the auspices of a talented arid benevolent lady, well known to a urge portion of the public as the authoress of "The Missing Link," for the purpose of disseminatiug the Scrif.turea 1 among the poorer classes through the agency of female missiooartes. These missionaries are persona of a superior character, fitted to the work, and are chosen from among those who by personal experience are acquainted with the peculiar wants sod habits of the lower sections of the pope istion. They visit from room to room and dispcse of copied of the Bible, which are subscribed fur by the poor, and succeed ill many cases in obtaining a personal influence of the mast Denote:lel character over those whorl they Milt ; awl being able to give advice and insistence on OCell.lOllll which th. clergy rota would be unable to meet, are so im• portant addition to tire ordinary parochial stall. Fire of these missioaaries. each under the superinteodence of s lady, were at present at work in this parish, and their sue ems hitherto had been such as to raise a Lope that, through their operation, the most happy effects world accrue in the arneliuretion of the condition of the poor. I