The Express. — London, England, 1861-03-25 00:00:00

QiCOND-BAND PIANOFORTES. t*R•llla. Kum saw Ow biro • large aseariment et 9 .34.4 b Ur I•••• selsomed woken at grostly r•duce.lprkve.—Nl. ispet4l•l4. Its erpreso. 9A■ iLtaviT. in Raer►' NIowYAY. A - 611111 lilivlncrurter4. Megan Boon. Clark and Vllllrn . Mn. mi,h u ,, Mn. Poynter Ml= Y. 11.0nn. and %h.& I. MILL!'' sad His Id KN —Commence at T. JA WPM op "urn PP tr. 11Y wirrs JOV IN AL —TRIP. MI fl► fINI►KL Marra %Pisan sad ismy: Mims Yerlw•rt am! Pale Tem. —Pad TYR VI ItsT :mar. MISR Ent( 11, Demote, sod A. Wipa ; Avrovv—Osumoseall haltpast 7. Eton Warn AT unaar MM. TO Day —Nanksg, 411 L ..Alassaa. Dl 14m. Tu-Ausaow—aiderlos, 11 a --Morass% M. 57a. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 25. ON the 30th June, 1858, a Commission was ap pointed to inquire into the state of Popular Education in England, and to report upon the mea sures required for its extension. The Commis aioners were the Duke of Newesirrte, Sir Jon N CoLERIDGE, two Clergymen, the Protegee". of Modern History at Oxford, Mr. SENIOR, and Mr. Jlis it. The selection was judicious, for, besides their general eminence, these gentlemen were dia tingnisheil fur their interest in the subject of edu cation. They had the additional advantage of representing more or less faithfully the various opinions which are held in this country, the important subject into which they were di rected to inquire. It was not, therefore, to be expected that seven Commissioners, starting with views so divergent, should be brought to an agreement ; nor indeed, as appears by the Report which has just been laid before Parliament, has entire agreement been ob tained. But it is certainly remarkable that, notwithstanding all these difficulties, the whole of the Commissioners have signed the Report, and therefore the public are entitled to assume that upon the whole its conclusions have their sanction. Although it may be thought that the publication of this Report has been somewhat delayed, it is fortunate that the inquiry took place when it did. Ten years have elapsed since 1851, and a new census was to be undertaken. The difficulties of obtaining a complete educational census were con siderable, and imperfect as it might have been it would certainly have cost the country many thousand pounds. It appears that this expense has been saved, and judging from the statistical part of the Report before us, it must be admitted that more complete educational statistics it would be difficult to obtain. There is DO subject upon which statistic are of more vital importance than in the matter of education. There are, however, scarcely any existing statistics on which less reliance is generally to be placed. Even in America, where education excites univer sal sympathy, the complaints are general —espe cially in the large cities—that the statistical accounts are by no means trustworthy. We shall not pretend, within the compaas of a single article, to give anything like an analysis of this voluminous document. But if the time consumed in its preparation has been long, it must be admitted, on the other hand, to be an ex haustive Report. Those who will take the trouble to read through these five hundred and fifty pages will have a tolerably complete view of the present state of popular education in England and Wales. They will find an account of the leading institutions--public and private—by which the education of the poor is superintended and assisted, and of the different classes of elemen tary schools. They will be able to ascertain the general character and ability of the teachers, both public and private, and the sort of education fur nished at the training colleges to the pupils who are destined to become elementary teachers of the highest order. The Commissioners have followed these teachers to their schools, tested the merits of their instruction, and inquired into the regu larity of the attendance of the scholars. They have not confined themselves to the children of the inde pendent poor: they have inquired into the schools for pauper children ; into the factory schools ; into the ragged, industrial, and refor matory schools ; and into the State schools for children and adults in the Army and Navy. In short, they have investigated the various machinery which exists for the purpose of edu tating the various sections into which the most numerous classes are divided, and have stated their opinion of the value of each part of that machinery. In the course of their inquiry they have occupied much time in discussing the system of government aid and inspection, which has now been established for twenty years, and which absorb an annual mum of more than 800,0001. Whilst the Com missioners admit them* benefits which this system has conferred upon the country, they are not in sensible to its defects. They point out its growing tendency to indefinite expense, its inability to assist the poorer districts, and the complicated business which encumbers the central office of the Committee of Council. They object, therefore, to the extension of the present system, and propose a substitute. This is, indeed, the only part of the Report which is quite novel, and it is one which invites criticism. In substance their proposal is this. Whilst retaining the leading features of the present system, and simplifying its working, they propose to combine with it a local system which "may diffuse a wider interest in edu " cation," may distribute its burdens more equally, " and may enable every school in the country to " participate in its benefits." In short, in addi tion to the sums obtained from the Committee of Council, which are henceforth to be much re stricted, they propose that educational grants shall be paid out of the county and borough rates, "in " consideration of the attainment of a certain " degree of knowledge by the children of the " school during the year preceding the payment." These are matters which must excite discussion, and on which there will, no doubt, be great dif ferences of opinion : though the main object of diminishing the increasing demand upon the gene ral taxation of the iountry is one to which no one can object. But there are two subjects upon which the Commissioners seem to be entirely agreed, and which demand the instant attention of the Government. It has long been ascertained that the real source of nine-tenths of ignorance and crime is the children of paupers. It is once more declared that the influence of the workhouses on the children educated within the walls is per and that great Moral evil has resulted from educating children in close oontact with adults, many of whom are of • corrupt character. This, if there were nothing else, is sufficient to account for the fact that pauperism is hereditary. But great uis the evil, the remedy is easy. The children must be separated from the adults, and educated in district schools. This change is essential, and ought to be made compulsory on Boards of Guardians. Besides this, it is proposed that the children of out-door paupers should not be permitted, as at present, to grow up in ignorance in the streeta ; and the guardians are to be obliged to make the education of the child a condition of the outdoor relief of the parent, and to pay the necessary school pence out of the rates. The pauper chil dren cannot be neglected. They must be cared for. Any measures which are essential to make them useful citizens are a distinct necessity which cannot be ignored without a continuation of the serious evils under which we are now suffering. The other subject upon which the Commis sioners express a most decided opinion concerns the charitable endowments. Those which might be devoted to education do not fall far short of half a million. Christ's Hospital alone has an I annual income of more than 60,0001. At present these splendid foundations seldom produce as much benefit as they ought to produce, and in some instances they produce positive evil. The Commissioners have obviously been greatly struck by the importance of this part of the sub ' jest. They have devoted about • fifth of their Report to its elucidation. They have actuall proposed a scheme by which " the charities given " for the purposes of education, and others which "appear justly available for that object, may be " employed in a more advantageous manner than " is possible at present under the limited powers " of the Charity Commissioners ;" and they con dude their long Report with these emphatic words : "We desire to record our conviction that no " scheme for popular education can be complete " which does not provide means for adapting • " large portion of those charities to its service." Such are some of the leading features of this elaborate Report. It will require further discus sion. In the meantime it may be interesting to know that in the last fifty years education h made great and rapid progress. In the year 1803 there was only 1 in 171 of the population at school ; in 1833, 1 in 111 ; in 1851, there was 1 in 8.36 ; and in 1858, lin 7.7. According to those whc have most considered the subject, a country is in a satisfactory condition where 1 in 6 of the popu• lotion are at school, and, in fact, it appears that in the matter of education England and Wales superior both to Holland and France. In I The funeral of her Royal Higi lel Kent took place at St. Windsor, this day, according to menial previously announced. The only strangers present were %. of the press and some members ,princess's household. The servi, i lseene were deeply impressive. Tin lwad; not more than half-an-hour. The body was removed this mi. more to St. George's Chapel, W: was received by the Vice.Chamberk jeaty's household, and there remain, charge of the officers appoint Lord Chamberlain until the the funeral service. At half. those who Lad the honour Queen's commands to attend ut who did not take part in tin witted to St. George's Chapel the royal family and other royal led iu the Chapter-room of St. 1 / 4 from which they were conducted the procession by the Lord Ch. and Canons of Windsor, attended ived the body at the ante-chapel, and then joined the procession. The remainder of those appointed to take part in the procession haviu reviously assembly.' in Wolsey's Chapel, form 'n the following order in the nave of St. George' hapel :—The members of the late duchess's house hold, and various members of the royal house hold ; together with the representatives of absent royal personages. Baron de Luewenfels repres.- the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and the King of - was represented by one of his aide' lien followed the choir and clergy of Windsor coronet of her late royal highness, Lord James Murray, equerry to her ' highness ; the Controller in the *lain's department ; the Lord Chamberh. the Vice Chamberlain. Next came the bed) the following ladies acted as supporters of ' :—The Lady Fanny Howard ; Lady ce ; Lady Susan Leslie Melville ; herine Vernon Harcourt ; Lady G. the Dowager Lady Coupe?. The body , followed by the Garter King of Arms then came the chief mourner (the sort), supported by tie Prince of the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by , Groom of the Stole to his Royal Hi , procession closed in the following order : - the Duke of Cambridge, the Count , the Duke de Nemours, the Duke de r Duke d'Alencon, Duke Philip of NV ince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg, Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Upon arrival within the choir, the coronet were placed upon the coffin. The sat at the head of the corpse, Prince of Wales and the Prince of sat on each side of his royal hip ladies who supported the pall °cc vim' P . - side of the coffin. The Lord Cl at the foot of the coffin. The other royal the procession were conducted to ate The attendants on their royal seated. Thereat of the procession ly advanced towards the remained there during the ceremony, ) order in which they entered the chs The Dead March in Saul" was played wl procession moved up the chapel. The service and the anthem having been , the corpse was lowered into the entrance iyal vault, and the dean concluded the 1 - upon which Garter King of Arms the style of her late royal bight which the royal family and other royal were conducted out of the chapel, oosing the procession retired. A honour of the Soots Fusilier Guards - the ceremony at the entrance to St. however, the proportion of the population school is 1 in 6.27. It must not, ' ever, be assumed that because so. of the children are in school their cation is all that could be desired. attendance is often short, and more But the fact of so large a number of being at school conclusively shows that the ing classes desire that their children should educated, and appreciate the assistance they received in furnishing education to theit If anything further were needed to show would be found in the fact that in • school for their children the working classes almost entirely " to the efficiency with which " things as tend to the advancement in life " children are taught in it, and to " and discipline." Whatever may be the -• • - - religious difficulties in the way of a national education, these difficulties are generally felt by the working classes of country. in Windsor wax closed. metropolis, the shops, at the time for the funeral, were very - _ _ The great bell of St. Pa its solemn note, and the usual public mourning were visible. At Woolwich, Is were fired per hour, commencif Artillery gun-park battery at 4.16 p. . by the guns of the flagship Fisgard, off the dockyard, and the Royal Artill j, until sixteen minutes past 6, when standard hitherto floating hall-mast high and over the government offices =tent of her royal highness's down. The battery guns were 7 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery, and the seamen gunners of the ship. The g, regulation,' for the guidance of officers of the fleet, and the Royal Marines with • to the general mourning have been . the establishments at Wo. itely carried out, not only by but universally also in the cis the State. Auto-guns were also fired from the 'ortanwouth, and the various forts arsenal, extending from Cumberh wof Langston Harbour, to Fort V; Needles, at the west end of the lie time occupied in the firing • 6 p.llll. irmouth, minute-guns were fired, the citadel to the east, and oontinuil of forts to Mount Wise, and Mount on the weft, after which the firing • by all the %hips of war in oommiasion mimic halls and the ordinary entertainments will be closed this eve • announcement has been made • the aiwientigned proprietors of pahlir -• the decease of her Royal Highness , of - Kent, and out of respect to notice, that this evening (the day Nal of her royal hig hness) oo entertal __ in our respective halls which will we recommend the proprieto rs of meek ba of entertainment in the province., to goy , Stanley. eanterburphall, Westminster-ro „Ad Lacey, Philharmonic•hall, Talington. o and Soenhammer, Royal Pavilion. nehbottraeotr ee t. i Tindal and Villiers, South London Mask-hall, Loudon-) John Wilton, Wilton's Music-hall, Welklose-square. Fri Win Williams. Knightsbridge Music - hall, Kniettabridge. Richard Preece. Winchester Manic-hall, Southwark. Robert Gear. Borough Musk-hall, Union-street. Borough. William Rotting. Marvlebone Music-hall, Marylebone. Henry R. Lamb. Pantheon Music-hall, Orford-street. R. G. Grimes. Oriental Music-ball, Poplar. Edwin Wieder, Middlesex Music-hall, Drury•lane. Frederick Frampton, Fusion Maxie-hall, Easton.road. Henry Hart, Raglan Music-hall, Theoba INTELLIQE: Yeaterritiy the parish church of Windsor was crowded by a congregation all in deep mourning, when a funeral sermon was preached by the vicar, the Rev. H. J. Ellison, who took his text from the 13th chapter of Acts. and the 3Ath verse : " For David after imbed served his own generation by the will of Clod fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and law corruption? The pew of the royal Michela, also the pulpit, the mayor's seat, sad the aqua loft wereeovered 1 with black cloth. and previous to the congregaticm leaving the church I Sr. Elroy, of St. George's chapel, played thei •' Dead March is llaaL" THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1861. EMANCIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN SERFS. IMPERIAL MANIFESTO, now before us the text of the manifesto announcing to his subjects the eman . the serfs. His Majesty tells them ascending the throne he resolved in all acquire the affection of his subjects rank and condition—" from the warrior carries arms for the defence of his the humble artisan engaged in works from the functionary who pur career of the highest employments of to the labourer whose plough furrows ' His Majesty proceeds to glance at ttriarchal relations which have hitherto `-feen the peasants and their proprietors, that as simplicity of manners has dia ls condition of the serfs has been ly affected. He was convinced, therefore, amelioration of their lot was a mission to was called by Divine Providence. The have been taken in consulting the no torming the committees, and in consider trions propositions, are successively de ' the mode of emancipation ulti- agreed to (the substance of which has been given in our columns) is described at length. The co-operation of the nobility is warmly spoken of in the manifesto. " Russia," says his Majesty, " will never forget that the noblesse, moved solely by their respect for the dignity of man and by the love of their neighbour, have spontaneously renounced the rights which the ,erfdom now abolished had given them, and have aid the foundations of a new future for the As." They are then called upon to carry out fully and conscientiously the regulations which been deemed fittest for the great end in view. ..iesto concludes : When the first news of this great reform meditated by overnment became diffused amongst the rural popnla who were scarcely prepared for it, it gave rise in es to misunderstandings amongst individuals upon liberty than mindful of the duties which But generally the good sense of the country not been wanting. It has misunderstood neither the natural reason, which says that every man ie freely the benefits of society owes it in return fulfilment of certain positive obligations ; nor the of the Christian law, which enjoins that , one be subject unto the higher powers" Paul to the Romans, xiii. 1) ; and to " render to " and above all, to whomsoever it belongs, ..., fear, and honour. (Ibid, 7 v.) It has under the proprietors would not be deprived of rights except for a fit sad sufficient indemnity, lantary concession on their part ; that it would opposed to all equity to accept this enjoyment of the by the proprietor, without accepting also equivalent charges. Aral now we hope with confidence that the freed serfs, in the Nice of the new future which is opened before them, appreciate and recognieo the considerable sacrifices the nobility have made on their behalf. They will the blessing of an existence supported upon Arad property, as well as a greater liberty ation of their goods, entails upon them, .4 towards society and themselves, the oblige. lying the protecting designs of the law by a judicious use of the rights which are now accorded For if men do not labour themselves to ensure wellbeing under the shield of the laws, the beat laws cannot guarantee it to them. only by assiduous labour, a rational employment of and their resources, a severe economy, arid, an honest life, a life constantly inspired by the tee Lord, that they can arrive at prosperity and pment. a entrusted with the duty of preparing by cures the execution of the new organisation, at its inauguration, will have to see that this Wished with calmness and regularity, taking the requirements of the seasons, in order that ,tor may not be drawn away from his agricultural Let him apply himself with seal to those labours, be able to draw from an ►bundant granary rich he has to confide to that land which will be for permanent enjoyment, or which be has for himself as his entire property. w, pious and faithful people, make upon thy fore scrod sign of the cross, and join thy prayers to ' down the blessing of the Moat High upon thy - the sure pledge of thy personal well-being public prosperity. Given at St. Petersburg, the 19th day of February (March of the year of grace 1861, and the seventh of our reign. ALEXANDZIL The above manifesto was read in all the churches St. Petersburg and Moscow on Sunday, the instant, and was followed by solemn for the preservation of the health prolongation of the life of the Kin- The manifesto and the accompanying MDR are being sent as rapidly as possible to the chiefs of departments, proprietors of land, communes of peasants throughout the empire. '- of copies are, of course, required, and it is said, must elapse before the re number cau be distributed. TURIN, SUNDAY. In the Senate M. Storm has formally requested the government to take steps to induce France to withdraw her troops from Rome. Count Cavour has announced to the Chamber of Deputies that the ministerial programme has under gone no change. VENICE, MAics 23. In consequence of the popular demonstration which took place here on the 18th inst. in honour of Garibaldi five persons, natives of Udine, two from Pardinone, two from Verona, and one from Treviso, have been arrested and conveyed lo Ohnittz. Two other persons have been conveyed to Iglau and Hrubschitz. -' id and wales are . re coronet of ranee. In Prussia, by Lord Jame° the population at 'Yal highness must not, how Chamberlain's ,cause so many and the Vice Chs chool their edu- and the following ) desired. The' ' ll :—The I*dy ore often irregular. Bruce ; Lady tuber of childre Katherine Vera ws that the work lid the Dowager hildren should be 'mrnediately folio isiatance they hay and then came t to their offspring. onsort), supper d to show this i d the Prince of at in selecting zpencer, Groom o irking classes 100 he procession cic y with which such Arthur, the Duk vent in life of thei Paris, the Duke (1 its general cysts the Duke d'Alene iy be the supposed Prince Edward of rof a system o' f Schleswig-Hole liculties are no . if Hohenlohe-Lan g classes of th' Upon arrival w ushion were pla ourner sat at t• the Prince of , n eat on eac fiTLE. MARCH 13 ' he ladieewho sal retell at Winds° rf the late Duchesseither side of the stave of the Duke of . tood at the foot ( . in the afternoon, to naafis in the pr is of Kent on Monday he chapel. The SONDAT. messes were also a Corning in the private having previously Very Rev. the . . the choir, remain, dean p erformed a arr • the same order in r Ma esty, the PH... a Crown Princess o " The Dead Ma ma, Prime" lenli ' e • the procession an the lkochess of Cam• oe Leiningen, and the i art of the servioe ormed, the corpse his day, Monday, th. be royal vault, a ' Her koyal Highs) •rvice, upon wl rtusents at Hampton lairued the styli fter which the on Saturday at th. Wewere co n rk rd of the Treasury, ' n tent present we . 'there composing l Chancellor, Ear if honour of the Aort.l John Russell, uring the cereinc erbert, Sir Charge ha /m i. Exchequer, th . Every shop in 1 Hon. T. Mils . In the metropc eorge Grey, Lord On. C. P. Villiers, trounced for the nl well. r ially closed. Vithd Fliehleh'enn • orth its solemn n on Saturday with the office of the Board o f mourning wen dr. William Ridings, minute-guns were Mr. John Jaren), he Royal Artillei ,rd Hindley, condo D. Coultas, Midla ollowed by the (f r. Thomas Southam, tioned off the doe 'en on Saturday f.. Iternately, until rday at the Colon' iyal standard h , and u s , oui d s. b. he garrison an d governors of the set he announceinen co and of the No • AA hauled down. the 3rd Brigade I y, the Prince Con us by the seame 1411111 to Buckingha ment regulations if the last Duchess d . y, the fleet, at in a day or two Doe to the gene me for Osborne, whe hronghout the time in strict reti minutely car rt Journal. Victot of Hohen- niform, but uni .• ents of the Stab 'a Palace on Saturday, Minute-guns we funeral of her Hoye tt Portsmouth, al '•serene highness Id be arsenal, esti be mouth of Lao Prince Holstein ear the Needle wthin's Hotel, from 'ight. The tim "con until 6 p.m. ►tholl have arriv At Plymouth, 'ng at the citadel therland and Lail) he line of forts t relay for Cliefden, nes umhe, on the w ken up by all t retirement. he pat. town on Saturday, All the music Craven at • • eek entertain's] he following ani ice Grosvenor Id , We, the andensig .vs with the Duchess leeplv lamenting t/ en Park, nest Maiden late Duchess of Kt erehy give notice, or the funeral of he left Curzon Ho • • e place in our ttherstone. .. we recommend • issued cards for '' n',.ctOf entertain Wednesday, the lit. ?4orton and Steal Sanders and Lam ell and family left lAn't and B"'"nh".' IERAL OF THE LATE DUC LAT OF KENT.—(THIS DAY.) HE EMA, funeral of her Royal Highness the Duch Il ent took place at St. George's Chapel, We have n this day, according to the order of core- the Czar, 1 previously announced. ipation of only strangers present were the representatives hat on race 3 press and some members of the deceased incerity to as's household. Tho service and the whole f every nu were deeply impressive. Tho time occupied who nobly more than half-an-hour. untry, to body was removed this morning from Frog- f industry to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, whore i sues the car mired by the Vice•Chatnberlain of her Ma- the state, to household, and there remained under the the fields." of the officers appointed by the be patriarc Chamberlain until the hour fixed fo xisted betwe uneral service. At half-past 10 o'clock, nd to show who Lad the honour to receive th apperred tin 'a commands to attend the ceremony, nfavourably ho did not take part in the procession, we hate great az ed to St. George's Chapel. At 11 o'cloc which he was mal family and other royal personages seem- taps which h the Chapter-room of St. George's Chapel, Ality, in fon which they were conducted to their p ing the varic procession by the Lord Chamberlain. TL tailed and nd Canons of Windsor, attended by the choir, ately agree% eenfels represented I the foundation le King of Hanove peasants." They are his aides-de-camp. faithfully and couscie lergy of Windsor ; I ave been deemed tit l highness, born. he manifesto conclui erry to her late When the first news of er in the Lo he government became Lord Chamberlain, ions, who were scarcely someinstances to minim at cams the body, more intent upon liberty supporters of th • it imposes. But general] I ; Lady Augus • .as not been wanting. Melville ; Lad inspirations of natural re Lady Gardiner, who accept+ freely the be The body w e fulfilment of certal ter King of Arms teaching ev e ry of the ne bc b ebr ji rner (the Prin (St. P ry anl o to the Ro ma, Prince of Wel. all their dues," and abo attended by Earl 'bate, custom, fear, and is Royal Hi g h ness. stood that the proprietor sing order : Prin egal ly acq uired, except t p, the Count el: or b . y a vol untary m e n i c e e il ; opposed to Duke de Chartres, . • ansiteded by the I pof Wurtemburg, towards them equivalent Prince Frederic And now we hope with c urg, Prince Victo Presence of the new futa will appreciate and mei the coronet an which the nobility have nderstand that the bless Nall. The chic the boss of guaranteed pr the corpse, an 'n the administration of Prince of Leinin with new duties towards I I royal highness. ion of justifying the prot 00c un i e d stoo b i 0 I oysl sod judicious nee of .. ‘ord 'C hamber them. For if men do their own well-being end, Le other royal per of th ose laws canno t gnat oducted to stalls • It is only by assiduous their royal high their strength and their n of the procession, boy* sill, by an honest lit ands the centre o i fear of the Lord, that t the ceremony, i Imre . su its deve u l aa npm en ent. utered the chapel. j , measures the was played Ishii. •of presiding at ita luau' chapel. The firs • ork is accomplished with n having been per 'ate account the requirem Ito the entrance . the cultivator may not be 'eluded the b bou that ts. Let be l tn ly d i ing of Arms pro he seed which ma he has to royal highness. Mven him for permanent id other royal per • uired for himself as I be chapel, and th And now, pious sod tail retired. A : • sad the sacred sign of th Guards moon first f ree f t o call labours, down the the hie s ace to St. George', aura oil of the public presperi Given at St. Petersburg med. 3), of the year of grace 11 at the time an a very general] The above manifest )f St. Paul's toll f St. Petersburg an mat public signal. th instant, and Woolwich, thirt h yen for the I commencing f , nil prolongation 0 Ltery at 4.16 p.m., L. • or. The manifm ship regard, eta gulations are being e Royal Artill.. lithe chiefs of daps s past 6, when the • rid communes of pea half-mast high in Myriads of copies al anent offices since me weeks, it is said, highness's death quite number can be as were manned 13 and the Fiagard' ship. The govern We (Times) have re eof officers of th - from our Malta e°rre " Urines with refe have been p os t e d "M. Hensken, the at Woolwich, an. mister at Jeddo, Ja only by officers in " The Foreign Mit i the civil depart- tired to Kanagnawa m the ships of " The Prussian tree forts surronndin: mberland Fort, a • to Fort Victoria, On Friday morning end of the Isle .aputation of the Cl he firing fro • • address in reply t re fired, commen- is Majesty said to th and continuing on lie sentiments which and Mount Edge- learned to appreciatet As the firing was rough which we he in commission in I have no need to roc ordinary p ass i on . t this moment prude osed this evening. t or the rest, wbatet been made public . ,ow they may rely If public music•halb, It is stated in el Royal Highness the sped to her memory, official notification of (the day appointed being made, the Itali no entertainment will which will 0 0 .. d, will receive the ti of music balls sod James Hudson, the rioeee to pay Simi • urin, will be raised JAPAN. We (Times) have received the following telegram our Malta correspondent : "MALTA, bals' 22, 8 P.Y. " M. Hensken, the Secretary of the American Mater at Jeddo, Japan, has been murdered. " The Foreign Ministers are reported to have to Kanagnawa. (1) " The Prussian treaty has been signed." ITALY. On Friday morning the King of Italy received the of the Chamber of Deputies bringing _ in reply to the speech from the throne. 'Jody maid to them, "Thank the Chamber for Itimente which they have expressed. I have v-) appreciate the Italians in the difficult times which we have passed. lam aware that have no need to recommend to you concord ; but this moment prudence is equally necessary to us. the rest, whatever may happen, the Italians they may rely upon me." It is stated in the Turin papers that, on the notification of the new title of King of Italy le, the Italian plenipotentiary at London receive the title of ambansador, and Sir Hudson, the English plenipotentiary at will be raised to a similar rank. (armies TZLIGRAIIB.) NAPLES, )(mica 24, 4 P.m. It is asserted that Francis IL will leave Rome for Bavaria on the 2nd of April. Neapolitan noblemen are daily returning from Romo to Naples. Prince Dentice has arrived at Naples. The formation of the new ministry at Turin has roduced an excellent impression here. The office of Director-General of the Post has been sup- Public opinion at Naples is favourable to the centralisation of the administr.ition now being carried out. TURIN, SnuiDAy. A preliminary convention was signed yesterday between the Minister of Public Works and Messrs. Mani and Co., relative to the construction of the railway in Southern Italy. ROHR We read in the Nord :—" In a secret consistory held at Rome on the 19th, the question of the Pope's departure was discussed. Several prelates, Austrian, French, and Bavarian, were in favour of this step ; but the Pope declared that he would not leave Rome; his age, his infirmities, and, above all, his convictions of duty, prevent him, he says, from abandoning the seat of his power. But this resolution of Pius IX must not be regarded as a prelude to negotiations with the Italian govern ment ; he is more unshaken than ever in his Ideas of resistance." POLAND. WARSAW, MARCH 22. On the demand of the National Committee, M. Muhkanoff has been deprived of his functions as Director of the Interior and of Public Worship, on account of the circular recently issued by him. [The circular which is alluded to in the above telegram urged the peasants to seize all the agita tors, even if they were their own employers.] POSEN, MOZIDAY. M. Muhkanoff took Ma departure from Warsaw with great precipitation. He was unable, however, to avoid encountering popular demonstrations at the railway terminus, which were repeated at the other stations on bis route. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MADRID, Masai 22. M. A. Barrot, the French Am b assador, has re mitted to the Queen of Spain an autograph letter from the Emperor. Letters received here from Lisbon state that some delegates from a popular meeting spoke in favour of the union of Iberia. The Minister Saldanha in his reply said that he had always been an ardent partisan for au union of the states of Iberia. TURKEY. CONSTIMINOPLE, NAitcH 16. The Bulgarian Bishops have been excommuni cated and sentenced to exile by the Greek Patri arch. Sir Henry Bulwer and the Dutch minister have, however, interfered, and prevented the execution of the sentence of exile. The issue of guaranteed and redeemable paper money is now under the consideration of the government, and is likely to be made. SCHLESWIO-HOLSTEIN. ITZEHOE, MAUCH 24. The committee appointed to examine the consti tution proposed by Denmark has made the follow ing additional proposal : " That the Diet should declare that the Danish government has not submitted a budget to the Estates of Holstein, nor even declared itself ready to do so." MONTENEGRO. , VfENNA SATURDAY EVIDINO. _ _ _ The Outerreichische Zeitung of to-day says : " The Russian Ambassador here has been ordered b 7 his government to officially declare that Russia disavows any participation of Montenegro in the insurrection in the neighbouring provinces, and that Russia had sent an energetic note to the Prince of Montenegro. " M. de Balabine, on receipt of this notification, made the necessary communications to Count Rechberg and Prince Callimaki, the Turkish Ambassador." SYRIA. PARIS, SATORDAT. The Paris papers of to-day publish a telegram, dated Constantinople, 20th inst., stating the Porte had consented to the prolongation of the occupa tion of Syria. The international commission at Beyrout had demanded the prompt execution of the condemned Druses. Vely Pacha would leavo for Paris on the 27th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur of to-day says : "The Emperor, on receiving the deputation with the address of the Corps Legislatif, replied : I thank the Chamber for the sentiments ex pressed in the address, and for the confidence reposed in me. If this confidence honours and flatters me, I believe myself worthy of it, by my constant solici tude in considering questions from only one point of view —viz., the interest of France. " ' To be of one's epoch, to preserve of the past all that which is good, to prepare for the future by freeing the march of civilisation from prejudices which obstruct, or from Utopian ideas which com promise it—such are the means by which we shall bequeath to our children peaceful and prosperous days. " Notwithstanding the animated character of the discussion, I do not at all regret seeing the bodies of State approach questions of so di ffi cult a nature as those of foreign policy. " The country will in many respects derive ad vantage from it. " ' The discussions of the Chamber will instruct, without being able to disquiet it. "' I shall always be happy to find myself in ac cord with you. Sprung from the same universal suffrage auk guided by the same feelings, we shall mutually assist in contributing to the grandeur and prosperity of France.' " The Mats of to-day contains a letter from the Bishop of Orleans, ridiculing one of Lord Plunkett's, in which a protest was made against • sermon announced to be preached today at Paris, by the bishop, on behalf of the Irish poor. "lie is • very clever man," says the bishop, "to know what lam going to say. I avow, with all humility, that lam not so well-informed as he is. He does not deny that there we poor in Ireland—it is enough that I ask charity for them. But who has made them poor? I pretend to accuse no one, nor do I contest Loi?d Plun kett's right to send his tenantry out to winter. I only con gratulate him on not being • bishop in the papal states. To what accusations would he not in that Can be now exposed throughout England ? For me, a catholic bishop, whereever I see poverty, if I seek its cause, I seek more especially to alleviate it. That will be the entire object of nay sermon—not to displease Lord Plunkett, whose case has been sufficiently judged, and about whom it is Out my intention to concern myself." Colonel Gowen, the American gentleman engaged in raising the sunken fleet at Sebastopol, writes on the bit instant:—" My enterprise ie clearing the harbour from the sunken fleet is progressing quite favourably, and I hope to have it entirely completed within the present year. The harbour is now practically clear of all obstructions, only sight verde being left to raise whole. It is exceedingly difficult to pass chains under the keels of the line-of•battle ships, which are imbedded in the soft mud to the depth of twenty-six feet ; but by perseverance we succeed in mining under." According to the hirlEpendanee, the finance com• mlttee of the Belgian Senate has etwided by five votes to four to prop°. the rejection of the bill pent up from the Lower Chamber fur reutienog French gdtl a legal tender in Belgium. Int Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Yaws Baron de Loewenfele in expected at W , Castle to-day, to attend the funeral of the late Do Kent, on Monday next, as representative of the Bims Cobourg. The Prince of Leiningen arrived in the afternoon, attend the funeral of the late Duchess of Kent on' - next (We day). SUNDJ Divine Service waa performed this morning in dupel of the Castle by the Hon. and Very of Windsor. In the afternoon the dean vice at Fmgmore.hoose before her M Consort, the Prince of Wales, the (..1 Prussia, Pricers. Alio*, Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. the bridge and hincess nary, and Prince household of the late Duchess of Kent. We are authorised to state that no this 25th instant, the day of the funeral of Her _ the Duchene of Kent, the state apartments at Court will be closed. A Cabinet Council wee held on ba.. edictal residence of the First Lord of the in Downing -street. The ministers present Viscount Pabuerston, the Lord Chancel Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Lord John Use Duke of Newcastle, Lord Herbert, Sir Wood, the Chancellor of the Each , of Somerset, the Right Hon. Gibson, the Right Hon Sir George Ge Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. 0. P. and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. A deputation from titelacine,Drivers'and Fire' Hears Asaociation had an interview on Satanist) Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, at the °Mee of the Teas. The deputation 'assisted of Mr. William leinsashir• and Yorkshire Railway; Mr. John Great Northern Railway ; Mr. Ed werd V anal Ninth Western Railway ; Mr. D. Railway ; Mr. R. R. Dimes and Mr. LL.D., atssensv. ORM& %. Right Hon. W. Hutt left town on Saturday Deepatchee were received on Saturday OSos from the Osman of Malta 0- - pitches Ives sat oo Saturday to the g _ Memento on the west oast of Africa and of ilk§ Americas provisos. It is expected that her Majesty, the sort, and the Royal Family will return to Pal•ss basoadistely after the funeral of the last Kent. Tb• Court will probably remain • Loudon, and her Majesty will then leave too the Queen and Royal Family will continue in strict 'seat for • mouth or five weeks.— Court Journal. His Serene Highness Prince Victo'r of lobe- Laagenbarg arri red at St. James's Palace on from Germany, in order to attend the funeral of ber , Highball. the Duebees of Kent. His serene highness town yesterday afternoon for Windsor. His Sereno Higlinees the Primo Auguateaburi bag arrived at Howehin'a Hotel, Germany. The Duke and Duchess of Atholl have at the St. George's Hotel. The Duchene (Dowager) of Sutherland and Blantyre left Stafford House on Saturday for Cliefo lairlealread, to pass several week■ is rrtiremeot. Tbe Earl of Sefton arrived in town on Saturda ' from viaitiag Qs Earl and Coaster el Craven Park, Barks. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor town on Saturday to pass a few days with the (Dowager) of Sutherland at Clidditu Park, Used. The Earl and Countess Howe left Curzon es Saturday for Goiasll Hall, near Atherstoue. The Countess of Sefton has is s u e d car d s dance es Thursday, the 11th, and on Wednesday, the 171 of April. Lord and Lady John Rutted' and family left Chesham•place oa Saturday afternoon for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, for the Faster holidays. Viscount and Visminntesa Palmerston intend to leave to to-morrow far Torquay, to peas the parliamen tary recces. The Earl end Countess of Shaftesbury and family are sopurning at Torquay. The *able viscount while visiting at Torquay, will go to Tiverton for his re election. A marriage ia arranged to take place on the 16th proximo between Lord Cburston and Ilia Caroline New., man, third daughter of the late Sw Robert Newman, of, Mansbead Park, Devon. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has let his private resident.. in Carlton Housaternice to 11(r. Tel jambe, 11 P., and Selina Visonunteas Milton, for the season. The right hon. gentleman will remove, during the roomy to his offleial resilence in l)owning•street. Sir Benjamin and Lady Brodie have left London' far Brooms Park, &arm. I EXPRESS FROM PARIS. EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL. (Isom ova OWN PARIS, SUNDAY EVENINU. At the :Assize Court of the Isere on Mardi 21. was tried for the murder of his own daughter, and the attempted murder of her lover, a criminal of no ordinary stamp. Benjamin Reynaud, the cul prit, a man 66 years of age, with snow white hair and beard, a man of education, respectable position, and easy fortune, is not a Brutus, thinking, with barbarous virtue to wipe out the pollution of a Tarquin by immolating his own flesh and blood, but a hoary letcher who killed his daughter from the vile motive that she was cognisant of bis havin g been laughed at by one of his mistresses. This M. Reynaud went in early life to the Isle Saint Denis de la Reunion, where he became receiver of stamps and taxes—a post of much consideration in the colony. In that colony he married, had tire children, and lived for many years much respected. He returned to France a few years ago and settled in a country house, at Clary, near Grenoble. His wife found the residence too dull, and without any positive quarrel, although she knew that he r husband was guilty of many infidelities, soon left him to return to the colony, where she had married daughters. One of the daughters, Madame G'arli 'aline, a lady of free and easy manners, separated from her husband, in consequence of a scandal the circumstances of which are not explained, and came to live with her father in France. That elle, to his knowledge, had a lover prior to the one whom the father attempted to assassinate we distinctly proved on the trial. He, a Lothario of threescore years and upwards, notoriously intrigued with all the women in the neighbourhood whom he could influence by money, social position, or by that moral ascendancy which, notwithstanding his age, he appears to have been able to exercise for im- moral purposes. One of his mistresses was a young married lady, a Madame Baudrand, the wife of a notary. This Madame Baudrand, after becoming, much against the grain and with frequent remorse and repugnance, the mistress of the father, was also the confidential friend of the daughter, and knew of her liaison with M. Lobinhes, a young receiver of stamp duties, who had lately come into that part of the country. It happened one day that as M. Reynaud was expecting a letter from Madame Baudrand to give him a rendezvous, a letter from her to his daughter Madame Gantiliume came to the house, when the latter was out, and the father took upon himself to open it. In that letter he found himself described as the "old one" (le view), whom she, Mdme. Baudrand,would contrive to get away for three or four nights, and she recom mended Mdlle. Gardilaune to make the beat use of the opportunity to see her lover, M. Lobinhes, of whom she was so very fond. Hereupon Reynaud, as he admitted on the trial, formed the deliberate resolution of murdering his daughter and her lover and killing himself. He left his house, say ing that he would be absent for three or four days. At the village of St. Marcellin he bought a brace of pistols, which he loaded, and a poignard. He wrote letters to his wife at Reunion, to one of his married daughters, and to a son who lives in England, telling them of his intention to commit the double murder and suicide. He fixed upon the notary and the advo cate who were to wind up his affairs after his death. Having deliberately made all these dispositions, he returned in the dusk of the evening to his own house, where he found his daughter in the drawing room. Not seeing her lover with her, he observed that he had probably arrived too soon, but he could wait. He then laid down the pistols and poignard upon a cheat of drawers, and coolly told her that lie had brought the arms there to use them ; that one of the pistols was for M. Lobinhes ; the poig nard for her ; and the other pistol for himself. M. Lobinhes, who was concealed in an adjoining room, heard the conversation, and rushed out. He asked for pardon, remonstrated with Reynaud, and urged him not to commit a dreadful act which he would afterwards bitterly repent of. Reynaud said, " I grant no pardon; take a pen." The young man took a pen, and was asked to write, " I admit my self to be an infamous suborner." He threw the pen down, and declared that nothing would induce him to write it. Reynaud then threatened to fire. "Give me a moment," said the young man; "let me say one prayer." A moment's hesitation en sued after this appeal, and Lobinhes rushed to a window and jumped out ; but while he was jump ing, Reynaud fired and wounded him. A moment after he stabbed his daughter in three places, plunging the poignant up to the hilt, and leaving her on the floor speechless and dying. He then tired the remaining pistol into his own mouth, and the ball carried away a portion of the upper jaw, but without inflicting a mortal or even very serious wound. Meanwhile Lobiuhea returned up the stairs, and seeing that Mdme. Gardilanue was in her last momenta, thought of nothing but endeavouring to administer to her some religious consolation. In a few moments she breathed her last, and the wretched father, when ho saw her with her bosom bared and dead, en claimed, "She was a beautiful girl, and a charming mistress." For this enormous crime a Grenoble jury has found extenuating circumstances—grounded, I sup pose, upon the fact of the bow files of the attempt at suicide ; and as the French law does not allow hard labour to be inflicted upon a man above 00, the sentence is only simple imprisonment fur life. Mdnie. Baudrand, Reynaud's last mistress, is missing, and it is feared that she has committed suicide rather than appear at the trial. M. Sainte-Beuve, a judge of the Tribunal of First Instance, was assaulted in the streets on Friday, and, the circumstances being exaggerated as the tale spread, it was rumoured at the Palace de Justiceyesterday that another "Jul" hail appeared. Except, however, in the single particular that the culprit has effected his escape, this affair, which is not a serious one, bears no resemblance to that of Judge Poiusot and Jud. M. Sainte-Beuve loft the St. Genevive library at half-past 9in the evening to walk to his own house on the Quai Napoleon, and while passing along the Rue St. Jaques, he pried on one side a man who stood in his way on a very oar' row pavement. As he proceeded M. Sainte-Beure remarked that this individual was following him, and on arriving at the Quid Napoleon, lie turned round and told the man that if he did not go swill he would have Lim arrested. Thereupon the wye• terious pursuer gave M. Sainte-Beuve a knock-down blow, and disappeared while the leasers by were helping the judge to rise. The injury receivel by the latter--a slight contusion occasioned by the fall —is of no consequence. The Paris Presse, 'Freaking of the conduct of the Free& bishop% says :—" There is no question of martyring anybody ; it is no case of the first s poetics of the churc h who died for th e i r ( K ith ; it i s s i mp l y • ques ti on of certain princes of the church who display en obstinate bitternee in defending their earthly pow . ..slow, which may Le nabob; but is certainly nut christian." The bankrupt friars, trading to adjourned certifk assets about 5001 5,1721. Mr. Pennell, ii la% paid a corm petitioned the c August last, hut , commenced in Or 1,2951., but he w available assets in realise 5001. The Australia, was as fall fur short of th Mr. Clarke (CI; assignees, said the not object to the b Mr. ! t ewrance w Hu Hooour said off with a third.cle badly kept ; and I could not plead uoi ... The bankrupts v street. The fail being upwards of pound have since ft oun is ex d. pected, will (Before The bankrupt wa This was tho OXIJ assets about 1,100 Messrs. Hart Broth Mr. Elmslie, for arisen whether the with his brother, I also a transaction wi on which further ii After an explenat Honour allowed Mn = THE Edward Hinton, whitt with the folio George Nokes, evening he was when, hearing a Cr 3 of the enclosure, at with a piece of rope end being tied round round his throat no being a knot ink, he' lugs and got a knife, prisoner's neck. been drinking, but t do it. Prisoner said he c happy he had not at great distress and ve Brennan, the port the prisoner was • the house, but disci Mr. Tyrwhitt orch a month, and gave taiuly saved the pris George Porter, in Queen-street, Edgwo use 8, of the Foli causing an °tetra:tic Mr. Herring anent sasuitant to Mr. Then way of business, at 7 Lewis, jun., for defog From the Inatome Satunlay evening Lu passengers in front of mg them into the goods in the wind great, was continued at length given io to cu and repeated the offer ginated in Mr. Thom' plan pursued by othe hour. He (Mr. Hen every man in &nines hour he thought lit, feel it his duty to infl Mr. Lewis submit' offence under the clai cussion upon the sul strongly as to the kiix say the least of it, hii censure, but be felt tl before him ; he woul be a matter for proce CHARGE Or I Mary Ann Crum female, was charged congregation at St. } service on the evens Mr. Oabb, the clerl service he heard a low on going to the place the prisoner with s several pair of slipper having her to be in a to come away, but sit and told him the her she should b @trance no use, he the church, and he not only disturbed, bi On Tt a ting her out a id i neva changed hi s oi and ring no doubt I duct being caus e d b; quinine of aberration ; gave her into custody. been at the court Oil complainant. Ou on been robbed of her p Altura, and on snot man with attempting of these occasions it ; In reply to the chsri. Gabb said that from respecting her, he fon roomed house, and vst ante, she set up a lou; Mr. Elliott directed house, with the view ---- We announce' snatches made by th for the semen ; Matthew have bees an Mootlay, May 0, et (with two bowlem on Monday, May 13, at soon. Monday, May 20, at fordahire . Hunt. Thursday, June 6, ■ Bar. Filursday, June 13, Foreseen. Juno 2V isci ehßugll F Tbe ri lite' n uu tL Y : gclan:Sc y hala uy , h : YY°°. :ly 12, at South Wales. The nnnwl dinner pavilion, Lord's grail president, Lord Skein MRLANCHOLY DI reonind in Newmath of Mr. John Burgess, resided for some time Borger, who has bee of Good Hope, left H es an expedition to meet with Dr. Liv several Europeans had three waggons, tits of proopow.ler. well until the Vivi neared asmall river, I bourhood of !dosele were drawn up side / B.urgess, who had he. tired, and contniry t the waggons to smoky 6 2, 0411 X round the fir e . urern • terrific explo. Hr. Burgess wan, wh gentlemen and two of the rest of the party waggons only one (to only 25 grea t l y f age : and wee setae CRYSTAL PALA SATURDAY MARCH ditto by • season Mike IN Hi MAli DETEKM THE EA THE 31 COL (Blare