The Express. — London, England, 1861-10-24 00:00:00

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PHILLII O IiaII."A ND 1114 MONKEY The Wee Mackary. —11.111 a. Waite Stephae. —CAUL') I , IIIIZAKI. —And ME 111 NY AND Tll %111)% MAN. 11r.1.1 Nada* sad Yrs. W. ersalord.—Cuatattacro at half past Et .!1011 WATIII AT 103.1111011 . MASA TO DAT—Monaim 416 M 5..... Mew" sh. I'm. IV-11111111011—Simies 116.1ba. Allsesses. &h. - - - - - - LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 2s. TO OUR RIADIRS. -~-- SPORTING ENTELLIG ENT F:. A !ate edition ul the Krpress iniblkheill every evening during the racing neason, containing the results ul thu day's races. s t • it cases of despicable sad revolting ♦illany as that brought oat yesterday at the Central Criminal I . ourt in the trial of the Italian artist, Vas. i.NT CoLteCi, are fortunately of rare occur rence in the respectable circles of English social We. Breaches of pecuniary trust, instances of swindling and en.benduwunt in every form, are in deed only too common. The rapid growth of ex travagant habits, and the spread of a passion for display, which are amongst the most serious and menacing symptoms of modern English life, tempt many men of position and established cha racter into unscrupulous acts which are repeated until the wretched perpetrators become entangled in a web of fraudulent transactions from which there is no escape. But even the worst of these cases are generally free from those hateful fea tures of meanness, cowardice, and treachery, which mark the shameful thefts, the base and heartless robberies of this Italian artist. YIN. ENT CoLVelli is not only a rapacious swindler, but a merciless knave and contemptible poltroon. His victim may have been weak and foolish, and no doubt to some extent was so, but she had been most generous to him in the time of his alleged distress, and seems never, even at the period of their greatest intimacy, to have forgotten what was due to her sex and position. In return the scoun drel extorted large sums from her by threats that were worse than blows, and in the end robbed her at oou stroke of two thousand pounds by a dastardly trick that oven a swindler with a spark of common manliness would have shrunk from. The main facts of the case, as brought out on the trial yesterday, may soon bo told. ViNerrer Coxt-i•ci, the culprit, was a young Italian artist, who four years ago was living at Brampton, and had there, it seems, acquired some reputation for hie skill in painting ladies' portraits. He would probably have been described by the ladies who patronised him as an interesting foreigner, of considerable ability, great accomplishments, and engaging manners. Min FREDICRIC• JOHNSTOSA his victim, was introduced to him by her conain, Lady CAROLINZ LINNOX, who spoke of him in the highest terms. Min Joatorrows was fond of art, had a number of pictures at her villa near Twickenham, and invited CogAreer to see them. He was no doubt a good judge of the appearances that indicate wealth, and lost no time in improv ing the acquaintence. During their early inter course he first asked to bo allowed to paint her hand as a model of beauty, and then her por trait. These requisite were calculated to awaken suspicion, and possibly would have done so from anyone but an interesting foreigner of such atom plished manners and so highly recommended. The last request with regard to the portrait was, how ever, granted, and this, of course, led Miss Jon x- Bross to thu artist's studio at Brompton. Here COLCCII seems to have commenced business at once by bringing into play the machinery of extortion familiar to this class of designing adventurers. He assumed an air of profound melancholy, and heaved at intervals the most touch ing sighs. On his visitor inquiring the cause of his grief, he explained that his mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, was on her death-bed, and he was unable to go to her for want of means. Miss Jouxerings at ono. offered the money she had at command, fifty pounds. This sum, however, it appeared, was not sufficient for the purpose, as an exacting creditor was about to arrest him for a much larger amount. In the end Miss Jonsirross supplied him with 2501., and he started for Italy. Courect, as may easily be imagined, had been extremely assiduous in his attentions, and Min JOHNSTON, had so far re ceived them that a correspondence had taken place, in which marriage was talked of. Nothing, how ever, had hems mottled, and soon after Mimi Jonseroxs had a severe illness, during which she determined to give up all thought of an engage ment. tin CoLverff's return from Italy she in formed him of ber resolution, which does not appear to have diagramed him much. All he asked was that they might still continue intimate friends as before--or, is other word', as the event proved, that he might 'till draw upon her resources as before. The intimacy was accord ingly continued, and in the course of the next two yeses he succeeded in extorting from the lady in the shape I , f Maas, adveatos, and the like, about two thousand pounds. This system continued till the spring of the present year, when Miss Joan eni•E determined to break off the intimacy alto. gather. in learning this (Natives tone and manner suddenly changed. Ile adopted the meet violent and menacing language and in the end demanded money, larr,e sums of money, accompanying his demands by cow ardly and atrocious threats. His sole oh. ject evidently was to extort as much as possible, and ho scarcely attempted to conceal it. The mask of accompliahed manner was entirely thrown off, the reptile meanness and coarse bruta lity of his nature appeared without dis g uise. He strove to alarm and terrify Miss Joitxmitint to the utterrneet, and as he fancied he had her in his power, he shrunk from no threats likely to asoomplish his purpose. She was alone, weak, lienified, comparatively helpless, and as he believed without any protector, and he resolved to take every advantage of her defenceless situation. He bed of nurse carefully retained the letters she THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1861. had imprudently written to him iu the days of their early intimacy, and these were the instruments he ruthlessly employed to work on her excited feelings, and terrify her into compliance with his extortionate demands. The letters appear to have been really harmless enough, containing nothing more damaging to the lady's reputation than indiscreet expressions of friendship and sympathy, no doubt artfully evoked by her designing correspondent's simulated misery and despair. Rut Coixeci's threats of exposure were not confined to the letters. He indulged in other insinuations of the most dastardly nature, that were as cowardly and brutal as they were false. He menaced stabs at her reputation more cruel than any assaults on her life could have been. Minot the persecuted lady, driven to her wits' end, asked him plainly what he wanted—in other words, for how much money he would restore the letters. He named 2,000/., and solemnly pledged himself to deliver them all into her hands for that GUM Alien J OHNIITONS agreed to pay the money and be free. At much inconvenience she obtained the sum from her bankers, met Cotreei by appointment at the Pan theon Bazaar, and gave it to him in exchange for a parcel which he solemnly asserted contained all her letters. On opening it, however, the parcel was found to be filled with old newspapers, excepting a single letter placed just under a small hole pur posely made in the wrapper. For once, however, the craven scoundrel had reckoned without his host. Miss deuNsroNz had a brother, to whom she at once communicated the fraud, awl measures were promptly taken to bring the criminal to jus tice. AU the facts were clearly proved against him, and ho was yesterday most righteously sen tenced to three years' penal servitude. The moral of such a story, against hastily confiding in accom plished foreigners, is obvious enough. But few could have expected in a young artist of reputation and position such a combination of baseness, perfidy, and crime. HER :STY'S RETURN FROM SCOT LAND.-{THIS DAY.) At half-past 8 o'clock last night her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the young branches of the royal family left St. Margaret's Railway station, Edinburgh, for Windsor. The royal train consisted of twelve curios and two break vans, and was under the personal direction of Mr. Seymour Clark. The train wee timed to arrive at King's-cross goods station at 7.15, re•stert at 7.20 on to the North London line at taamden•town, and thence on to the Kentish-town Junction, posing Ha:nutted at 7.23, linchley-toed 7.33, Edgeware-road 7.37, Acton 7.44, and reached the London and South-Western railway station at Kew at 7.50, and arriving at Windsor at 8.30 THE PRINCE CONSORT IN EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH, WEDIIIZSDAY. This afternoon the foundatiou atones of the New General Poet-office in this city, and of the Industrial Museum of ." otland, were laid by his Royal Highness the Prince Coosfrort, in presence of an immense comourse of I people. The weather was extremely favourable, and bash ness was completely suspended in the city during the double ceremony. The route from Holyrood Palace to the site of the Post-office, immediately opposite the Register House, was hued by the military and several companies of volunteers, as was also the route along the north and south bridges, to the site of the Industrial Museum at the back of the University. The principal streets were gaily deco rated with flags ; and besides the crowds who occupied the two platforms from which a view of the cere monies could be obtained, the streets were densely thronged with spectators, although thousands could only obtain a view of the carriages forming the procession as they passel along. The Prince Consort left Holyrood Palace at 20 minutes past one, accompanied by Sir George Grey, the Duke of Buoclauch, General Walker, commander in-chief of the force. in Scotland, Colonel M'Lean, Major Hyde Page, and Earl Spencer. The royal ror4, , ye was pre ceded by the Lord Provost, and as the carriages primed along the Regent-road and Waterloo-place, accompanied by the hand of they Scots Greys, his Royal Highness was received with the utmost enthusiasm by the assembled crowd. On arriving at the Register House, his Royal Highness received a number of noblemen and gentlemen who were to take part in the ceremony, and proceeded across tha street to the sits of the Post-office, accompanied by the Lord Provost, wiegisleates and council, the Lords of Session, the mem bers for the city. and the other gentlemen who had been presented to his Royal Highness. The procession having taken their allotted positions round the stone, the Lord Provost of the City presented an address to the Prince Coo. sort, congratulating his Royal Highness on the safe arrival of her Majesty and the Royal Family in the city, and thanking him for his presence on that occasion. The PAINS Consort, in reply, congratulated the citizens of Edinburgh on the acquisition of two such important buildings as it was now proposed to erect, and expressed bis satisfaction at the increased facilities of communication by letter, which had rendered necessary the erection of a new Post-office, and at the fact that the advantages of speed and regularity in such communications, which were once the exclusive privilege (though to a much lees extent even aa regarded them) of the higher and middle classes, had now, thanks to the marvel lous development of the Post-office system, been brought within reach of the poorest ; while another great boon bad been conferred upon all classes by the facilities afforded for the safe transmission of money by means of post-office orders, thus constituting the Poet-office as it were a univer sel banking agency, resting on the security of the State, and brought to every man's very door. His Royal Highness also expressed his hope that the recent act of legislation with regard to &whip banks in connexion with the Post-office would confer further and most important benefita on the working classes. After con relegating the citizens on the extension to Edinburgh of the advantages already possessed by London and Dublin in the erection of an Industrial Museum, the Prince Consort concluded by expressing his thanks for an allusion in the address to the part he took in the International Exhibition of 1+451, remarking that the beat acknowledgment which the promoters of that undertaking could receive was the practical proof afforded by its repetition in 1862 that they bad correctly understood and appreciated the wants and requirements of the day. The foundation stone was then laid in the usual form amidst loud cheering, and the promedings terminated with three cheers for the muc ous of the undertaking, and three cheers for her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Her Majesty was not present at the ceremony, having visited the Botanical Gardena in the forenoon, but Prince Leopold and two of the younger Princes occupied a room in the Register House, from which a view of the proceedings could be obtained. Immediately after the above ceremony, the Prince Con sort, moompanied ao before, proceeded to the university, In *slugs grumbling's of which the Principal, Sir D. Brewster, sad the members of the Saugus Academicus were in wait ing to receive him. Sir David Brewster presented ea address from the Senator to the Prince Consort, which his Royal Highness briefly acknowledged. The company then proceeded to the site of the Museum through one of the windows of the university, where the ceremony of laying the foundation stone was gone through, the whole proceedings only occupying a few minutes. _ The Prince eonsort immediately after the ceremcay rer tracsid his steps to the front pte of the university, where the state carriage Ina in waiting, and proceeded amidst loud cheers to Holyrood Palate. Vi.count Bangor has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, Iron Izelaatl Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby entertained • select petty at dinner last evening, at their residence on the Terrace, Piccadilly. Lady Herbert i; expected in town on Monday treat Deal Castle, Bent, on her way to Wilton Houma Salisbury, Lady Robert Cecil was safely delivered of a son yesterday morning at her residence in Fitzroy-square. Her ladyship and infant are progressiog favourably. The Lady Lurgan gavu birth to a daughter on the 19th inst., in Dublin. Lord and Lady Areland have been entertaining a saccossioo of 'Whirs at Normantoo Park during the past axe*. The reatinnen al the party have had capital sport I. hi lordship's Ira-stocked panne& Mrs. 124;e Fox ha arrived at No. 31, Dover dna% audleft again for Haterldn. Meyrick, Lady Laura Meyrick, and Mho Ifeyriek, have peeped through town on their way to Espy Oast* Durham, on a visit to her ladyship's brother, the Duke of Cleveland. The Lady Milford and Mr. Eyre have arrived in Brooketreet from their seat In Ireland. The Countess Dowager of Westmoreland has left town for the Ship Halal, Dover. The Baron mind the Lady Mary Wildo hare ar rived at Longford Castle, Salisbury. The Duchess of Cambridge (says the Brighton Gawk) is expected this day in Brunswick-terrace, where every seceseary prevention has been made for her royal Miners's reception. The Marquis of Donegal and Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley have arrived at the Royal Crescent Hotel, Brighton. Baron and Lady Chapman purpose leaving Brighton on It/outlay for that town residence. Viscount and Viscountvea Ingeetre are among the latest arrivals at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Mr. Dunlop, M.P., rendered en account of his stewardship on Monday evening at Greenock. The hoe. member delivered a comprehensive address on domestic and foreign topics, and expressed his general approval of the conduct of the present government. In alluding to the queetion of reform, he said the bill introduced by Earl Russell in 1860 was defeated by the discouraging speeches of its profaned friends—members who had promised ea the landings to support a caesium of that character, but who in the Howe of Commons assumed sa anti-reform position. Mr. Dunlop mid that se the various coudituenciee M the eowetry IMO now aware of the real political principles of their representatives, it would indicate the eristeoce of an apathetic spisit if at the next general election a majority of sheen. and wart advocates of program were not returned hooked of the present pseudo-reformers. The annual meeting of the United Kingdom Athena wan held in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, last evening. 6,000 persona were present. Remolntim' against liquor traffic and in favour of the Permissive Bill were unanimously adopted. Sir W. 'Provolyan occupied the chair ; and the speakers were Sir J. S. Forbes, Rev. Ct. Fox, Her. W. Molesworth, Mr. H. Cosaham, Mr. W. Lawson, M.P., and Mr. Samuel Pope. THE LATE MR SEAR.VAN CRAWFORD. At 10 o'clock On Mommy morning the mortal remains of the late William Sharman Crawford were in terred in the Lundy vault at Kilmore Churchyard, near Crlonger, t'ouuty Down. The funeral was intended by the relative. of the decemed to have been private, and no public announcement was made of the hour and locality where it would take place. Nevertheless, a great assembly from Belfast and various parts of the counties of Down and Antrim aecoenpanied the hearse from Rin lemoe House to the churchyard. A very grateful and graceful teeti mcoy of the high regard and affectionate esteem in which Mr. Crawford was held by his oonstit.iency in Rochdale was given by the pee of Mr. Alderman Livesey and Mr. Alderman Healey, of Rochdale, who came over to Ire land specially to pay • last tribute of respect from them selves and their community to their former parliamentary representative. The hour and place of interment were not aonnuuniaited to the teaantry generally, but a greet Dum ber of farmers from the Fteslemon, Crawfordsburn, and neighbourieg estate. were present, expressing both in looks and words their heartfelt regret for the good man, good landlord, and 6 , sl fiieud whom they had lost. The funeral train, followed I.y a long extended nem-anion of moorages, wowed slowly through the woods of the demesne, strewn thickly with the fallen leaves of autumn, and reached the churchyard about eleven. The Rey. C. J. M'Alester, of Holywood (Coitarian), reed the burial service with great solemnity amid profound silence, sod then delivered an address, in the coarse of which he said :—" It is tree that the deceased had passed the ordinary span of beam life. He had seen the sun of more than eighty airman* and felt the frost. of more than eighty winter', but gin eye wee not dim, nor his natural force abated.' His mind wu still vigorous, his judgment still good, and his heart still warm with kindly sal generous affection. Meson to the het day of his life he woe busied with useful and philanthropic la bours, and lived in the enjoyment of his peaceful and happy home ; and calmly he proud from life, his spirit departing apparently without • pia or • struggle. It would have been pleasant far those who en deeply loved and revered him to have enjoyed that converse with him which sielcuess and approaching death so wonderfully con secrate ; bet for himself the removal was a happy one—• bloused and peaceful end to an honoured and useful life. Our departed friend held au exalted place in the public mind, but he owed that high position not to his rank or his wealth, but emphatically to his worth ; sad the sorrow which death has caused in thinned. end themends of hearts eloquently testifies to the esteem la which he was held. In Lis public career • saw .1 duty prompted him at times to maintain °Makes that gashed with the views of many ; but those who Mend from him most widely so corded to him their sincere respect, for they felt that he honourably and ably advocated the opinions that he honestly and disinterestedly held. With the political and social history of this country for more than half a century—its Artisan and its triumphs—his name is closely interwoven ; and be WU acknowledged by all, whether friends or opponents, to i l be • man of incomparable integrity end enlarged phase ! thropy, an ardent lover of fr eed om, and • devoted friend of Ireland. In the discharge of thepublic duties to which his high station called him, both in the United Parlia ment and out of it, he was active, patient, self-denying and faithful. I may further add that he was • sincere and earnest Christian, and to the &lomat though holding the scriptures he gave much of his thought' ; holding definite views of Christian doctrine, and feeling strongly the duty of professing what be believed, he was • stranger to bigotry ; and. in his labour to remove dos—to promote knowledge, and to elevate the poop be knew no party, no sect, ne race. To his countrymen he hes left • name which they will long and gratefully cherish—to hie children sod children's children, now plunged into grid by his removal, he has bequeathed, in his virtues, • legacy more precious than the largest posoessiona." By virtue of an ancient charter, the town of Mueselbargh, near Elinburgh, ponameee the right of coo 'erring honotus upon luso who by the successful discharge of public duties have distinvtished themselves. On Monday afternoon this right was exercised, the recipient of the honour being Mr. Willient Maw, M.P. for the Leith dis trict of burghs. The honourable gentleman was presented with the freedom of Mumelburgh, as a public acknowledg ment of his conduct in the House of Commons. Is con nexion with the premetation, a curious and ancient custom was observed, the town-clerk stepping forward and pre senting the newly-elected burgess with a roll of bread, sc. eornpanied with the remark, , •May you never want the staff of life." The further issue of the 100-pounder Armstrong gun has bale suspended from the (Masora stores at Porta. mouth until further orders, except where an exchange is required, as is the ease of the Hero, 90, screw, which semi to-day exchanges her 1010. pounder, which is damaged, for a perfect one from the store. The Warrior had the dui eeat•pieer of her Armatreoga yesterday exchanged for wrought tree ones• The Board of Directors of the Eastern Railway of France hare, in coaswinenoe of the dearness of pro visioos, granted to the permits in their employ whose sederire do not exceed 100 fr. a month an increase of 300. a day for mewled mem, and 20e. for bachelor.. This addi tional pay began on the let Met., and will continue until further orders. A Denman pamphlet has just been published at Nesielatiatitled, "Meant Coovenstioa of King William 1. Onspierna, ca 7th October, 1861, communicated seseittieg to a stenographic report by the Somnambulist Welds." ♦ ecormepOstiont of the Temp., in a letter dated Pomp Oil 17, denerlbee the following WOO as having Use whorled by himealf :—On cos of "the many fine days with width we km bum blared this autumn, the Pope, P • gold weed besmear, was walking in the country and =Peg all mote et Pod things to little school children who ewe allowed t• Ithe lei feet. A chamberlain by his thin eervied • bit Pao with little paper packets p the fees of hw•s of plenty filled with Pedals width lie Habra had Weird. The Pope issaiguly distributed thole among all the children who ap proached him, after babe asked them some little questions from the catechism, ro shoat the Immaculate Conceptioa, the number of pa, ise. One very little boy, who was not tell aosigh to reach the cornucopia which the Pope held te bb bead, attracted his *Ovation. His Hoboes', turning the three-cornered paper upside down, end at the None thee sqnsesieg it in the middle, so an to prevestany of the medals fres turnfiliog out, said to the child, ' Oh, dear —you see Here are n•, more!' Tee, I see,' said the boy. Well, now; rammed the Holy Father, •if you love the blessed Virgin nay such, she will make some come.' Emirs Maria P cried the young shaver, who appears to have been a sharp one. ' There !' exclaimed the head of the church, taking hold of the cornucopia by the point, and lotting the medals fall out, ' here they are.' The Pope, turning round to the prelates following him, laughed at hie own wit. Such mild joke. as these please him, and essentially beloog to his chsracter." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE AND ITALY. A Paris correspondent of the Itulf , pendanee Belga gives a rumour that the French government has invited the Italian government to hasten the com pletion of its military organisation, so as to be ready for any eventuality by the Ist of March. The writer observes that this statement is sure to be positively contradicted. So, he observes, have of late several other rumours, which have subse quently proved well founded. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The official journals of Vienna have published the imperial patent fixing the direct duties for 1861-1862, the justification for this step is thu fact that the budget has not yet been discussed by the Council of the Empire. The signature to the patent is that of the Archduke Regnier, the Emperor being absent. "This for mality," says the Cologne Gaistfe, "is of little im portance for the Germanic Slave countries, who con sider the archduke as the alter ego of the Emperor ; butfor Hungary, Croatia, and Transylvania, it is of importance that the first valid patent for the whole empire should bear the signature of the Emperor and King. It is not thought that it would have been better received, or more respected ; but the Emperor is at least, according to the declaration of M. Desk, the depository of actual power, the King to crown, while the Archduke Regnier and the Minister of Finance are for the taxpayers on the other bank of the Leith* but foreigners without authority. Who will pub lish this patent in Hungary , ? When published, who will give it moral authority ? What Magyar or Croat will conceive that it has the force of law in his country without having the signature of any of the authorities of that country ? The newly-ap pointed royal commissioners have not done well to take such a patent as this to the Magyars." SWITZERLAND. Several Swiss officers have demanded from the Federal Council leave to take service in the American Federal army. It is replied that the Swiss have not hitherto been prevented from entering that army, and that consequently the council has no leave to give ; that it would be contrary to the law to form in America a Swiss corps without the Swiss flag, but that individually every officer can do as he likes. (mina's Tnzatams.) FRANCK. PARIS, Ocr. 24. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the in terest on Treasury Bills has been hised to 4, 4*, and 5 per cent., according to the date of their fal ling due. ITALY. TURIN, Ocr. 24. The brigands have insulted the French Vice- Consul at Cerignola, in the Capitanata, and pil laged his residence. Rodi and Apricenna are in fested with brigands. TURIN. Oor. 23. A royal decree published to-day authcrises the last two-fifths of the national loan, which are due in November and January, to be paid in four equal instalments in November, December, January, and February next. Another decree abolishes the Lieutenancy of Naples and the separate government of Tuscany. HUNGARY. VIENNA, Ocr. 23. The Royal Commissioner Koller has proceeded to Pesth to-day, with instructions to the Commander Coronini for the strict maintenance of order. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Ocr. 23. The official Staatsattleiger of to-day announces that the King has conferred the Order of the Black Eagle on the Duke of Oaaana, General Della Rocca, and the Duke of Magenta. AMERICA. ismer BY TELEGRAPH TO CAPE RACE. NEW YORK, OCT. 15, Emma. The latest reports from Norfolk announce that the Confederate fleet of gunboats had attacked the blockading squadron at New Orleans, and after a sharp fight had sunk ono Federal vessel and driven the rest ashore. The Richmond, papers state that the steamer Nashville, with Messrs. Mason and Slidell, the Confederate Commissioners to England and Franoe on board, ran the blockade at Charleston on the 12th inst. OOMKERCILL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton firm. Breadstuffs and provisions dull. The stock market has been excited, but closed flat. New York Central, 781 ; Illinois Centred, 68 ; Erie, 32i. Exchange on London : Bankers' bills, WM IN, Ocr. 23. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Borussia, which sailed this afternoon for New York, took 200 passengers, 33,9721. in specie from England, and 37,500 francs from Havre. Telegraphic communications between Malta and Sicily have been interrupted since the 14th. A similar in. ten-option occurred about the acme timo kat year, from tempestuous weather. The ;part states that a new sort of visiting card has just been introduced in Paris by a gentleman of sporting celebrity, which seems likely to he extensively adopted by the higher circles of the fashionable world. The card simply bears a photograph of the owner's country seat, without the addition el any name or inscription whatever. For instance, a card with a view of Danspierre announces the Duke de Luna ; Dann, Count de Lagrange ; Vesenobre, the Marquis de Calviere ; Davinecourt, Count de la Myre ; Lagrange, Count du Chltel ; Chaumont, Viscount Walsh ; Piston, Count de Courvel, ke. Medals have been struck to commemorate the coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia. On one side aro the likenesses of their Majesties, with the inscription " William. King--Augusta, Queen, of Prussia," and on the other the national eagle with the bitten W.R., A.R., air. mounted by crowns, with the inscription, "Baum calque— medal of the coronation, 1861." Oaths rim, as on ordinary coins, are the words " God with ua." A correspondent at Brouea writes on the 13th "Sir Henry Bulwer left this on Friday (the 11th) after a us days' visit, in which he received a full measure ot all the honours from the Paths, the Consular body, and the leading members of the native society. He was to embark at Ghemlek on board the Banshee, intending probably to touch at Nicomedia on the retura voyage. On his journey hither be had landed at Moudania, and spent the night at the house of Mr. Gallas, the British Consular agent. The evening brim his departure, his Excellency dined with Mr. Sanding, the Consul, wham the Pasha and the leading local notables were invited to meet him." The Levant Herald (Constantinople) of the IGth sap :—" Ali Pacha, brother of the &hard of Mecca, was received at the pekoe yesterday, to tender the homage of the Arabian chiefs to his Majesty. The Schuttf has emit by him five magnificent Arab horses of the Nejid and Jof breed, as a present to the Sultan. It is rid that the Wahabees have recently manifested sis insurreetionary temper, which threatens to give the Scheriff full military employment during the corning winter months." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom OUR OWN PARIS, WI:DMIESDAY Evman. M. Ratazzi, who was to have gone to Compiegne yesterday, received an intimation overnight that the Emperor was coming to pass the day in Paris and would see him at the Tuileries, where 1 believe the interview took place. I find in Bullier's Cor respondence a laconic phrase which, I am afraid, fnUy paints the situation :—" K Ratazzi appears to accept the necessity of the adjournment of the Roman question." He cannot help " appearing" to accept this necessity. It is the Emperor's will to protract for an indefinite period the unsettled and distracted state of Italy, occasioned by the machinations of the Pope and Francis IL, carried on under the protection of the French flag, and, un fortunately, Napoleon LH. has the power thus to disappoint the hopes which he has encouraged, without giving his reasons to anybody. The Pre sident of the Italian Chamber of Deputies is to dine this evening at the Maison d'Or, with several French journalists and correspondents who were in Italy during the war. Ido not know whether ho is the guest or the entertainer. The Bourse was in a negative state all day. Rents left off heavily at yesterday's prices. Mobi lier fell Ifr. 25c. There was scarcely any change either in the quotations of the Italian Loan, or of French railway shares. There aro rumours this evening of disturbances both in Pesth and Warsaw. The theatre at Toulon has been closed by the municipal authorities, in consequence of serious disturbances having taken place in it. The Opinion Nationale says the provincial journals have been ordered not to publish any particulars of the event ; it has received a great many letters on the subject, but does not dare to publish any of them. The views of that section of the liberal press which refuses to join the &Me, Opinion Nationale, and Prase, in applauding the government for breaking up the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, are very clearly expressed in an article of the Temps this evening, from which I make the following extract: We see with pain the flag of liberty and democracy used to cover a system of denunciation which appears to us en unworthy of an independent press as it is hurtful to the cause which it is pretended to defend. In our opinion the beet way to strive for a rigime of liberty, undoubtedly much to be desired, is not to protest against any liberties *eyed by our adversaries but to claim the same rights for ourselves. We derive no satisfaction from the thought that our own hard case is shared by political enemies. If we do not like the clerical party, if we 111 V determined to fight it with all the arms of honest discussion, the main rearm for our hostility is that it is intolerant and illiberal. Our best argument is to show that we ourselves are liberal and tolerant. The Sack calls this fanciful—we call it logical—and we are astonished to arse the immutable prin. eipk• of liberty and democracy micrificed to an accidental hostility. Apropos of this question, I must correct a gross error launched by the Moniteur yesterday, adopted with ignorant glee by the Constitutionnel and Opinion Nationale, and which is likely to be repeated as gospel in every journal of France and Navarre. To justify the interference of the French govern ment with charitable societies, the Constitutiounel sneeringly says that the " example is borrowed from England, the boasted country of self-govern ment," and to make out this assertion it cites from a London correspondent of the Afoniteur a para graph about the labours of the English Charity Commissioners. Because there exists in England a special tribunal for the due administration of pro- perty dedicated to charitable uses by dead men, the French journals represent to the world that living Englishmen cannot form a society for cha ritable purposes without being subject to govern ment surveillant*. M. Netftzer, in the Temps, ex poses the mistake. A letter from Vienna states that the accouche meat of the Empress of Austria is expected to take plow at the commencement of February, and that her Majesty will previously remove to Venice. A painful accident happened at Liege just as King Leopold'a carriage was leaving the railway station. An immense crowd had collected in the street, and in the foremast rank was an old invalid with a wooden leg, who wanted to present a petitioa to his Majesty. Just as the royal carriage approached, the old man stepped forward, but was thrown down by the pressure of the crowd, and fell under the wheels, which passed o►er him, the cheering of the crowd having prevented the postillions from hearing the order to stop. The King and princes, who saw the accident, uttered an exclamation of horror, but were greatly relieved when told that the poor man had received no serious injury. His Majesty directed that every necessary attention should be paid to him, and also sent him a present in money._ The Bury and Norwich Post says :—" Among those who have been arrested by the Medan authorities at Warsaw on the occasion of the last popular demonstration and consequent declaration of a state of siege, is the son of the Count Zamoiaki. This gentleman has,we balieve, a pecu liar claim upon our sympathies, having been forsome time a resident in this town as a pupil of the late Dr. Donaldson, whose house he left to take his part in public life, and fit himself for whatever duties might be incumbent on the rightful heir to the Polish crown." FRENCH Pswpntars.—M. Dente, the well-known publisher of pamphlets, has addressed the following letter to the journals :—" The Mealier- of the 16th announces th►t the government, on account of certain recent publica tions, is about to take measures relative to anonymous pamphlet'. As publisher of most of those which have ap peared up to the present time, I cannot help feeling quietude at a note which menaces both the liberty of writers and the interests of the publishing trade. But for my part, I believe that it is not my publications which have in any respect excited that determination. If the personal interest of the publisher was only in question, any measure tending to diminish the grave re sponsibility which the present state of the law throws on him must be considered by him as an advantage. The publishing trade has not, in fact, participated in the liberal measures which have mitigated for journals the rigours of the laws on the prem. But in this matter a higher interest is at stake—that of printing a man's thoughts, which is one of the mast aimed rights of modern societies, and which the ifimitesir threatens to restrain, as if there were not already in oar laws enough of restrictive and repressive enactments." Novel, Cnaustuaa.—Tbe barristers usually in attendance at our Borough Quarter Sessions, finding nothing to do there on Monday afternoon of a legal character, thought they might as well amuse themselves in the constrained leisure into which they were plunged by a game at hockey. They forthwith visited our Grammar School, and challenged the boys to play. The Head Master, nothing loth, and feeling sure his boys would beat the barristers, forthwith gave them a boll. day, and the game commenced. The game had not gone on long before it was quite evident that the confidence of the master would be fully borne out by the skill of the boys, and that the barristers might retire to their benches satisfied of the present superiority of many juveniles over an equal number of men, if not in the solution of nice pante of law, certainly in the active cunning of the game of hockey. The challenge of the barristers was instantly and cheerfully accepted, the game was cleverly and skil fully played, but it is a fact to be mentioned in chancery that the boys banged the barristers.—Bury and Norwich Post. OOLCHNSTER OYgTER Fasur.—Thia annual enter tainment was held on Monday. In the course of the pro ceedings, Mr. Papillon, M.P., read an extract to show that the grand secret of suocessful oyster culture lies in the fact of the seed obtaining au immediate and permanent resting place. In order to afford points of attachment the French piscieulturista have hit upon the plan of sinking in the water a series of twines, constructed out of branches of trier, and these, resting upon an artificial bottom composed of tagmenta of stone and brick and pieces of broken ware, afford capital breeding ground for a te t i ry ie goyeters. As a proof of this 20,000 small found attached to a branch plucked from one Tt r o s Z e r. One of the official reports of the fisheries states that the total expense of forming an oyster bank was 221 fr., and if 300 famines laid down upon it be multiplied by 20,000 the number ol oysters they contain, it would be SOW that 6,000,000 were ned, which at 20fr. per 1,000, would products 120,0001 r. for the 221 fr. originally expended. NORWAY. CmOn A ORRISTI&NIA, Oct. 11; On the 10th inst. the foundation stone of the new Storthing House was laid, just forty-seven years from the day on which Christian Frederick of Denmark abdicated the throne of Norway. During the whole of the last winter workmen were busily employed in blasting and making prepara tions for the foundation, and it had been the gene ral expectation that the ceremony would have taken place on May 17, a day dear to the memot7 of every Norseman ; but for some cause or other it was postponed till the autumn. It was rather a singular coincidence that the ceremony should take place exactly on the anniversary of the ab dication of Christian Frederick ; it wag, however, purely accidental. The site chosen is on an emi nence at the beginning of Carl-Johan-Gade, facing the New Palace. When finished, the building will form a handsome addition to the growing beauties of the town. The previous days bad been exceedingly rainy and unfavourable for any out-of-doors demonstra tion, but a brighter October morning never dawned than that which ushered in the 10th. When all were seated, Provost Jensen, who offi ciated for the Bishop of Christiania, amid a pro found silence, stepped into the middle of the amphi theatre, from whence he delivered an eloquent and fervid address, briefly sketching the past history of Norway, the progressive steps it had made onwards in the march of civilisation, and concluding with the words " Here shall the nation dwell, here shall the nation work, here shall it write its history, here receive its guests ; and these guests are the counsellors of the King—the King himself ;" and pointing to the palace, " Yonder is the King's la,oe, here the nation's house, facing each other, front to front, while midway lies the seat of learning and science, a bridge between the two," &c. After which he offered. up a short prayer, when the whole assembly rose as oue man, ari l with bared head and uplifted eye heartilyresponded "Amen." Thereupon the first Stataraad, who, with the other members of the council and presidents of the last Storthing, were seated on a dais elevated in front, stepped forward and read a telegram from the King containing expressions of regret at his absence, and good wishes and congratulations to his faithful subjects, and descending from the platform and proceeding to the centre of the room, was met by the building commissioners, each be aring the usual implements. Then, having deposited a silver box containing coins in a cavity hewn in the block of granite, he adjusted the mortar and tapped the stone three times with the silver hammer, when, simultaneously, the fortress guns fired a salute. The other members of the Statsraad and high func tionaries next approached the spot, and each struck the stone three tun•is. The procession then left as it had entered. Viewed simply as a mere ceremony, I have never seen anything arranged better. Good reason had every Norwegian to feel proud of his free country and his free constitution on this day. Would that an abler pen than mine had been pre sent to convey to the world at large a more graphic account of this interesting, and to every lover of constitutional freedom, gratifying event. Precisely at 2 p.m. a procession, consisting of the various ecclesiastical, civil, naval, and milita ry functionaries, together with the Tore consuls with the chief officers of state, started from the University (midway between the palace and the new Storthing House), and wended its way to the enlivening strains of music down Carl-Johan-Gade, a distance of perhaps 300 yards, the centre of the street having been boarded and covered with cloth from the University to the site of the Storthing. On entering the precincts of the site a band struck up the national anthem, " Gamle Norge." It was a picturesque and heart stirring sight to see the cavalcade enter ing the amphitheatre (which will be the Wor thing room), their varied uniforms and waving plumes flashing and glittering in the sunshine, while outside were seated rows of elegantly dressed ladies, adding a plesaing finish to the whole. Thanks to the arrangement of boarding the ground one could form an excellent idea of what the dimen sions of the grand room will be, while flags bearing the names of the different districts represented in the Storthing, tastefully arranged round the out skirts of the building, showed at a glance the shape of the projected edifice. TRIAL TRIP OP THE STEAMSHIP BRITON. One of the most successful of our steam naviga tion companies le the Union, which has the contract for the Cape of Good Hope mails. It claims to have performed its agreement with such unvarying punctuality that the made have never been a day behind time, either on the outward o r homeward voyage, minim the contract has been in its hands. Thus it has not only secured the approbation of the Post-office authorities, but has developed a considerable and continually increasing trade in freight and passengers, call. ing for constant additions to its fleet, for which its revenue, it is said, provides the f ends, at ter dividing 10 per:cent. per annum amongst its shareholders. The new iron steamship Briton is the last of these additions, and yesterday she was sub jetted to the usual official trial of her speed and powers at Stoke's Bay. Them was a Lune party on board, numbering upwards of 80 persons, most of them gentlemen connected with the shipbuilding and shipowuing interests, attracted by the novelty of the principle upon which the Briton is onstructed. Amongst the company were Sir G. B. Poch.)ll, Bart., t „captain Golfe, RN., Captain McDonald, of the Indian Navy, Captain Strati, Mesas. Reed (Secretary to the So. ciety of Naval Architects), Barnaby, Seabright, Hamilton, Garwood, Alesander, Gilkiss,Wright, Murray; and officially, Captain Patsy, RN., Naval Mail Superintendent at South. ampton ; Mr. Massum, Secretary ; Mr. Luke, Admiralty Impactor ; Mr. E. H. Res, of the Post.office department, Southampton ; Means. Faudidl and Giles, Directors, and Mercer, Secretary of the Union Company, were also present. The test of speed was highly satisfactory ; the average rate attained, under steam only, with and against wind and tides being 10.81 knots, whereas the requirement under the builder's contract was only 91 knots. Great steam.power, however, Is not the object with these vessels—steam being used rather as an auxiliary to this sailing power, for which in the taut meats and wide-sprriding spars ample provision is made. During the voyage tl,e unsinkable prim ciple of the ship was explained by Mr. Langley, the builder, who, by means of models, showed the almost impossibility of her going down, even though one or more of her water ' tight decks were filled with water. The other advantages of the plan, in the way of subduing fire, ventilation, facile stowage and removal of cargo, and handiness under all circumstances, as detailed in a previous article in the Daily News, were also pointed out, and, after a critical examine. tion both of the models and the ship herself, elicited the expressed approbation of the scientific gentlemen present. Mr. Langley stated that his principle is capable of further development (for which he has provided in the specification of his patent) by the introduction of watertight wing com partments running along the sides of the ship, by MAIMS of which any water which might enter through the sides, in the event of the vessel going ashore or being run into, would be prevented from finding its way further into the centre, and would in fact be strictly localised. The dimensions of the Briton are, builders' measurement, 1,09'2 tons ; length between perpendiculars, 239 feet length over all, 264 feet; extreme breadth, 30 feet 8 inches; depth of hold, 23 feet 11 inches ; and depth from top of beam to top of keel, 28 feet. She is divided by ordinary transverse butt. heads before and abaft the boiler and 'nine rooms, The forepart before the boiler room bulkhead id divided below the water line into two entirely separate holds or compart ment by a watertight horizontal deck, and the afterturt of the ship abaft the engine room bulkhead is also divided in the same manner by a horizontal deck, thus reeking the two decks entirely i nd ependent of each other, and cutting off all oommunication between them. The euginot, wkia are of 110 hone-power each, are bypieure C. Day and Co., of Southampton. The trial was pronounced eminently succv.sful, and the Briton will be forthwith placed upon the station to take oil the next monthly mails. reports current A o T n lo 3 2 l 7 o. o da r y LlNCOLN. —Amongst a lti wa ter one to the effect that Mr. Painter would reach Lincoln by s late train, and address the electors on the present upset vi affairs ; but we have authority for stating that that gra& man has expressed a determination not to visit Lincoln during the contort in which we are engaged, unless Nye:will called upon to do so by his more immediate supporters i underu no circumstances; until after the funeral of Mart orp. ' !I I INLI