The Express. — London, England, 1860-02-23 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 23. New that the success of the Budget, as a whele, may be looked upon as certain, we may with advantage consider its separate details specifically and apart, and examine their completeness or capability of amendment. First in order, and in fivca: importance, stands the reduction of the Duties on Wine, which it is proposed should take plus immediately, from 3s. 9d. to &a a gallon; and Me tnally to somewhat lees, the minimum in all cane being la, and the probable maximum Is. 10do ac cording to the proportion of alcohol contained in seek sort of wine. It is said, and we think truly, that the revenue will lose by this twofold descent In the scale of charge ; for no one who can help it will take wine out of bond at three shilling, when by waiting a few months he may be able to do so at half that amount. It would, upon the whole, be simpler and better to reduce the import tax at once to • round rue—say two shillings ; and there permit the alteration to net. In favour of this plan there are, besides, still more serious arguments to b., urged than the mere avoidance of • temporary ions to the Exchequer. Persons of great ex penence and weight concur in the opinion that wh►t u called the alcoholic test will prove most objectionable and most unjust in operation. Applied to the varied descriptions of Spanish Winn, for instance, it will hare this effect, t►at the agree and cheap, i.e., the highly brandied kinds of sherry, wiil pay more duty than the hoer and more delicate sorts which are intended for the use of the coitsois serr. It is likewise alleged that there is an undesirable uncertainty in the actual ace of the best instruments as yet known for testing the moult of pure spirit chiseled in a cask of wine. A far graver objection, however, arises from the admitted inapplicability of the test to the wines of different countries. As between two hogsheads of Andalusian wine it would not arbitrate fairly, but as between • hogshead of sherry and a hogshead of claret it, would be a mere burlesque to say that it was competent to arbitrate at all. French wises generally 000tato, comparatively speaking, hardly any alcohol. Spanish, Portuguese, and Sicilian wines, as prepared for the English market, contain a good deal. To regulate the duty, therefore, by the proportion of an ingredient which is always found in the produce of certain countries and hardly at all in the produce of another, would ob viously be to create a scale of din rents duties in favour of the latter, contrary to the very principle on which both Treaty and Budget are pro fessedly founded. Nor is this all. We are strictly bound by engagements of old standing not to admit the wines of any one foreign country at a lower enure than that which we impose on those of others. Hitherto we have scrupulously adhered to ear engagement& It will never do to expose our- 111&III to the impetatlea- of tryhty a ene or 'Uplifts by srtdiesrily alabetitating• a test which elands* *Orb N, idly that. is point of fact, no eue man btemgosted to be lave that recounts to it would.have . INatbought or, win there not some onostensible purpose in view- If biz play be meant for the wiaas el all oar neigh bours, the alcoholic test ought to be at ocoe gives up; and if there be not some eery good moos, hitherto uasespeated either by the patolle at largo or by the tease, the Camiczu.oa of the 11xcitaanai would do well to substitute toe shillings for three in his resolution, before it is put from the chair in No minee to-morrow. tit Iff A great deal of anxiety is felt by theme who are ex tensively engaged in the import and sale of wise, in consequence of an extraordinary intimation given by the Treasury that a disposition existed to repudiate the pledge as to drawback on duty-paid stocks given by the Minute of 1843, and formally reiterated in that of July, 1862. The scope and purport of these engagements on the part of the Government were, th►t every trader who should comply with certain forms of duplicate warrants when taking wine out of bond, ahould be entitled to drawback on all that should be found in his stock whenever the existing Customs duty should be reduced, provided the retrospective aorount did not exoeed a period of two years and a half. It is well known that many merchants, in credulous as to further reduction taking place, neg , leered to oomply with the troublesome forms pre scribed. Bet many others did comply regularly and carefully with all that was required; and now they are startled by hearing it said that the former Minutes of the Treasury have been rescinded, and that faith is not to be kept with them in the matter. We cannot entertain any serious doubt as to the question thee raised. To us it seems simply impossible that such an injustice should be deliberately contemplated by a man like Mr. GLADSTONE. Tee true bearings of the case must have been overlooked amid the multiplicity of besieges; and now that attention has been called to them, we take for granted that no hesitation will be shown in recognising the indubitable claims of a numerous and respectable body of mercantile men. Had the pledge sever been given by the °ovens meat of Sir ROBERT PEEL, or renewed by that of Lord GMT, it would be a question for the free discretion of that of Lord PautensroN, whether it would allow drawback or not upon stocks in hand, and to what extent. But in the present in stance there is no discretionary right reserved. Each succeeding government, to nee the memo rable words of the present l'lttattit himself, tikes the place of its predecessor " with its engage ments." It can, if it pleases, put an end to such con tinuicg liabilities for the future, by public notice to that effect ; but meanwhile it is, and must be held to be strictly bound to the fulfilment of its inherited obligations. To disturb the national confidence in the observance of this fundamental role of taxation and trade, would be a grievous error in judgment and, we must add, a serious blow to public morality. It would be superfluous to say a word of its tendency to infuse into the conduct of all trades which have to deal with the Customs or Excise a spirit of gambling against the Exchequer. SIR G. C. LEWIS AND ME. GEORGE CLIVE ON PETTY LARCENY. 70 11111 ZDITOR OP THI EXPRESS. your report of the proceedings of the House of Commons for Friday night it is Mate], In effect, in reply to the inquiry of an hon. member es to the recast steistce in Hertfordshire of three years' penal servitude upon • ltbonriug ma for stealing a few sticks out of a hoes that " Mr. Chve, in the ateence of Sir G. C. Lewis, cm tiled that • report had been reproved at the liosaceoffire that Ittaltaird Cooke, the labourer referred to, had been twice before convicted of petty larceny. and sentenced reepectivoly at an ant nine months' imprisonment for those offences ; on emh °comb n that U. bras into an outhouse or building, and that, therstare, the punishment (first above mentioned) could hardly, under the circumstances, be ounsideted exces sive." I hope for the honour of the judicial bench that neither/ 14r. Clive, nor Sir 0. C. Lewis, his superior is office, are chairmen of quarter erivions, or recorders of any town or city, or we aught expect the administration of the law under their atuppicee to be after the fashion of Draw. Surely, if and nine mouths' imprisonment were deemed sufficient punishments for a small theft, in an out-hour or braiding, three years' penal servitude must be excessive for reeling a few sticks, not worth sixpence, out of a faggot rick in Okill sir. Can Si, 0. C. town (or Mr. Clive) be ignorant of the fear, that !may shit-bodied labourers is their own countless perhaps on their own wane, receive only nice shillings per week for the support of themselves and families, a pittance not adequate for food or clothing, saying nothing of foil. daring the inclement serou, for which latter purpose, doubt no% the miserable theft (if it can be so termed) wee committed. —Your, he., PUDOIL Temple, Feb. 18. VOTE OF CIiDit.—CHINESE Ex FEDMON.— This ramming was printed " an estimate of the sum which will be required to the pear ending the 31st Minh nem, to Betray the expenses which will be incurred for 'lava sad williary operation, in China, beyond the ordioary grants for is, navy sad army services for the year 1559-1860." The estm Suggestion is 830,0001. Mr. Blahs parpoeee, on an early day, to eel the attend la of the Haan of Commons to the state of indigent persons labltuing under diseases of the sight and total Madame in Ireland, and to move for the apprintment of a select c matinee to inquire into ani report on the bet means or alleviating their condition. _ _ _ Mr. O'Brien, " early after Easter," will move for s ssls3 committee to inquire into the manner in which select committees and committees to try election petitions are appointed, with a view of making such changes aa may 'mar *specifies. Mr. Kinglike, on the adjourned debate on Mr. De Caas'a resolution, will move he previous question. General Peel, to-morrow, will ask the Secretary of Stetre f.w ladle what is the amount and description of Iwo that has pr•oeedel, or is about to proceed, from India to Chien: 'pacifying, if possible, the regiment' of which the Earopsan portion of the force is compmel and what num • ber of British troops (winding the depiAs) he is prepared to pep for eut of the revenue of India donna the nest financial year. Toe law changes and promotions in Ireland con sequent upoa the promotion of Mr. J. H. Fitzgerald to the judicial beach am at leagth wry completed, Mr. Lassos ie the new serjeant, ew O'Hq.a, sad retains his poet of law adviser to the Castle. The vaceaties created in the county chairmanships have bees Ailed up by the appoint. meat of Mr. Henry West, Q.C., sad Mr. James C. Coffey. The appoistmenta to the canaries have am yet bees deter mimed, in coruequenoe, ft le said, of the heeitatios to ex cheap the East Riding of Cori for Kdoselabisa. Mr. West is a leading member of the Cessaaght bar, and, be longing to the Peel section of the conservative party, has always supported the goveratuest of Lord Palmerston. Mr. Coffey is a member of the Munster bar, and a Whig. Mr. Andrews, Q.C., represents the Unitarian body as a Commie Soper of seek:sal education, aid is a stanch liber a l. _ . _ On Shrove Tuesday the Spring Commencement. were held with the accustomed ceremonies in Trinity Col lege, Dublin. There were two features of special interest in 0312.12111110 S with the proonidinge—namely, the promisee of Me lisallesey the Lord Lientanont as a @peewits., and that of Sir Jobs Lawreeee, 0.C.5., who attended to receive the degree el LL.D. The Right Ron. Rickard Deasy ale renaved the doves el LL.D. The ceremony was witareeed by • large audience. Is the amain the Privy Council eat la Debits Castle, when Mr. Dewy, as Attoeney-General for Weal, took the usual oaths sod Ida place at the beard. THE Suazw mitre' Entannt.—We Si. informed that Mr. Hope fle-st sad Mr. reirjesat Base* on Whale( the Infant sea of the Duke of Norfolk, do not intend any La c e to contest the title of the But of Shrewsbury sad Talbot to then estates. Notice of appeal had been given t o th e geese "Cede against the judgment pronounced in k mu o f the awl by the Court of Etcher's'. Chamber, on Sawthiy kit; wal all /anima litigation having been then &mg, id o b r a* veil be pat in possession of A ties Towers, the wastrel annt tithe Rerl of !Litt/chary, to tkagorgablra, In the come of. Is, days. luidiyii.~ Ss envy COMA IMO le Os PM* Cowed ; Zed Gesadle, Lod Pisolist; _DODO MIA Lod rdrl Seel; Viecoset Palmilles, me Led d the Toomey ; Lied Jam brag, Seueleey el &de kr hedge Aida ; Duke el Ifeeneetle o lesieleey el Shoe kre Si. Odedls Shp Bled lies. Slaw Sorbed el alas ix par r ; the WWild Km W. 1L Maher Ohmeedler el the Dale el Sawed Thet Led al the Aebdrelly ; JIM d Si. mow. Ltd SewardVirmat eras ' , Lord Chem and Karl Spam, Groom el tie Sigh to the PM' Cermet. _ At the Council, Mr. William Had, by aammand ad the Clem, was sworn of her Majacity's Meet Eamourable Privy Comma. The right hon. gentleman wee &mimed by the Queen hs Council Vica-Prasident al the Boned of Trade. Charlie Seely, Esq., cram appointed aluriff tithe county of Southampton. Charles F. Thurston, Esq., was appointed shade of the county of Marionath. Bathurst, Clerk of the Privy Comma, attended. Lord John Russell, the Right Goa. Sides, Harbert, Marl Grenville, and Viscount Palmerston had andirons ol her Majesty. The Court was attended by Viecount Gough, Gold elkt is Weifiw ; Vimonat Castleroser, Vice-Chamberlein ; Lord Pro_ by, Comptroller of the Household ; L or d d e Tabby, Lord to Waiting. In Waking ; end the Bon. Mortimer Seekonk West, Groom The Qum, accompanied by Princess Allah, rode on horse back yesterday atoning in the riding-house of Backingbaga Palace. _ The Prince Comae rode out on horseback, attended by Lieut.-Colossi the Hon. D. de Roe. The royal dhsser_party in th e evening included the Prim mest &hoe and the Dake of Cambridge, ths Duke of Now nimbi end Lady Rosen Pelham Clinton, Earl Cawdor, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, and the Flurry to Welting to the Duke of Cambridge. A deputation from the Manebestor and Mukord Railway oonalsong of Sir Godfrey Thew, Captain Pryers M.P., Mr. Whalley, ld.P., Mr. D. Mewls, M.P., Mr. Chambers, Mr. Pm t, Mr. C. Rabbe, Mr. Lowrance, Mr. Marriott, Mr. Patton (engineer), Mr. Beathcal s er n eag), sad Mr. Hartissa, had an interview with Sir C. Lewis yes terday, at the Home-odlos. Mr. David Moore, late Minister of Land and Work., Mel bourse, had an Interview with the Duke of Newcastle yes terday, at the Coloniel-once. Despatches ware received_yeaterday, at the Colonial-office, from the Governor. of the North Anwelean Province.. HER MAJESTY'S SECOND LEVEE (THIS DAY). — Ilia afternoon bee Majesty, accompanied by his Royal High ness the Prince Censor, left Buckingham Palace, end held a escond levee at St. Jamee's Palace, the attendant)* befog very DOMIWOOM. Her Majesty the Queen has marked her approval of the Royal Volunteer Ball, which Is to be held in the Floral Hall, Covent Garden, on the 7th of March, by desir log that the announcement should be made as under her own especial p►tronage, in addition to that of the Prince Consort sad the Prince of Wales—the latter in this instance appear ing for the first time as the patron of any public festivity. His Royal Highness the Dake of Cambridge, a Commander- In-Chief, eaccarages the fete with his official sanction; and the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mazy allow their names to head a long list of ladies patronesses, among whom will be found the Duchess of Wellington, Viscountess Pal merston, sad almost all the ladles of distinction in political I and fashionable circles. A committee, composed of the cm mending officer' of the several volunteer corps of the Lopata district, have undertaken the supervision of the general ar rangements, through whom, as well ea through the com manding °friars of sll the provincial regiments, the volun teers will obtain vouchers for themselves and their friends. Other persona not volunteers will have to apply to some one of the ladies patrolman entitled to dispense vouchers. Lord Broughton has been seeing company daring the past week at Corahato Hone, Wilts. Lord and Lady William Powlett left Corabiun on Saturday last for Beth. The Duke of Buccleuch is slowly recovering from a severe attack of infincezi, which has confined him to his chamber her asarly a fortnight. . . Ednam, in Roxburghshire, from which the Earl of Dudley has elected to take his wooed title, is eel.- bested as the birthplace of Thomson, the poet, author of the "Seasons," " The Castle of Indolence," & s. A latter from Vienna of the 20th says :—" Tidy Augustus Lotto. has been seriously W, but her physicians have to-day told me that she is no longer in any danger." We learn from Belgrade that Mr. J. A. Long worth has been appointed Consul-General in &rine instead of the late Mr. Fonblanque. Mr. Longworth, who was for merly enipl, ei in Epirus and Thcsealy, and the Cancans, a cow at Crate. The rectory of Hatherop, near Fairford, Gloaces ienhire, value 3251., in the gift of Lord de Manley, hie become vacant by the death of fbe Rev. Ssckville G. Bourke, son of the late Dean of °carry, and nephew of the former Earl of Mayo, instituted to the living of Hatherop in 1839. The Bath Chronicle sty. :—" We understand that au Invitation bas just been addressed by the Rev. Dr. Wolff, rector of Isle Brewers, Sontersetahlre, to the patriarehe of the Greek, Armenian, and Syrian churches, to build to his parish colleges in which they shculd instruct the youth of their respective 00-religlonista, in the tenets of their respeoff vs churches, end in the science and arts of Europe, for which undertaking be was solicited by the drat men of the Armenian and Greek nation when he tea- Tolle' in Persia, Hindustan, dm, and which it seems they we still anxious to see accomplished. The money necessary for this object will be provided by the people who participate in its advantages." Toe late Mr. Henry Drummond, M.P., was a considerable benefactor to the University of Oxford. He founded in 1825 the Prokeiorship of Political Economy, which hu :been held by Mr. N. W. Bender, Archbiebop Whitely, Dr. Travers Twins, Mr. HMO= Merivale, and other distinguished individuals. Mr. Drummond ranked as a conservative ; but his crimervitism, like his religion, was tinged with ecoentriclty, and be wee opposed to the =- suml operation of emu of the privileges attached to the church astabbehmant. Mr. Drummond married, in 1807, the Lady Henrietta Drummond Hay, elder daughter of the ninth Earl of Sinnott', by whom he hu en only surviving daughter, Louise, married to Lord Loraine, eldest son of the Earl of Beverly, and whose sow, now gotta a child, in the coarse of nature must one day inherit the dukedom and princely estate* of the hues of Northumberland. A grand concert took place on Saturday evening at the palace of the Prince Regent, Berlin, at which U. Meyerbeer presided. More that 1,500 personages of Celina. dm wine present. Daring the 000 cert the Princes. of Prussia presented U. Meyerbeer with a valuable baton, as a token of her royal highness's admiration of his skill. A communication from Rome, in the Gaudio du Mid., ea, :—" The Count de Chamb,ed boo addressed a letter to the Pope. The contents are not known, but it must have been pleating to the Sovereign Pontiff; as he replied to It with his own hand. Pins 1%. lase, it to said, given to the head of the elder branch of she Bourbons the titles made/ by the hely me to the kings of France of ' Very Christian King,' and • Eldest Son of the Church.' " The Kaliniga Gaulle announces the arrival in that town of Schatnyi's family, ocuidating of dikes peruses, including hie two wine, two sons, and five daughters, with their husbands and children. &hazyl was reading when the approach of the party was announced, and he appeared at first greatly moved by the intelligence, bat axe recovered his composure, and knelt down to offer ap thanks to Heaven. He them eat down to table, and had jest begun dinner when his youngest son, who had ridden on Met, entered the room. The reception was very sere mission., though both were evidently much affected. Miss kissing his father's hand, the yowl, man retired to soma dis tance, awl, wending in a respectful attitude, answered schereyp s icquitirs. The rest of the family were received is the same manner, the men int and then the women. When all were in the room, Schamyl directed theca le iota hiss to returning thanks to Gel for their prosperous foamy. THE PRINCE 01 , ORANOE LNI SOUTH WALES.— His Royal Highness the Prince et Orange serlived at Raglan Cattle on Friday lest fm Trey. near Mosocath, one of the semi of the Doke o f Trey. The be was met at the castle by Lord Llwrover and Mr. Herbert of Lissarth ; and, alter lasoenting the relay bin royal high ness accompanied Lord Lianowr to Lianarik, and thence reidto Llanover, where the risco prowl the night. galrd d ay the phew, accompanied by Lord Liannver paid a visit to Merthyr Tydvil and tailestod the iroi works for which that plan is tisiebrated. Retrains to Llenover in the evening, his royal highness was primant at a banquet and ball glean la his honour. Oa Sunday the prince attended divine melon at Llavoiror Church, and Ca Monday his royal Wiliam took his leave of Lord and Lady Llanover and pevesedsd with the naszabors of hie sails to Iftestord: aid Ihew to Chester and Nam ,USTRIA TO' THE ENGLISH 'ROPOSALS. T=vasn►r. bearing the definitive answer of the English proposals left hare on the waning of the 17th that., fee Paris sad London. The reply of Austria explains the reasons why the Court of Vienna could not accept the English proposals as a basis foe an arrangement to which the lumourrenoe of Austria would be given by her signature. Count Rechberg explains that the proposal does not only essentially alter the basis of the European equilibrium which was founded by the treaties of 1816, but it is in open opposition to the fundamental principle upon which the legiti macy of governments in general, and especially the Austrian monarchy, is founded. In the third in stance the said proposals destroy the rights oft he Italian princes which were placed under the guarantee of Europe, and which the Emperor Francis Joseph has the sacred duty to protect in his quality of chief of the House of Hapsburg. If, induced by all these motives, Austria declines the proposed negotiations—she declares, neverthe less, that for the present she will not endeavour to undo by force of arms that which she cannot pre• vent, although reserving to herself full and entire liberty of action for the future. The tone of Count Rechberg's answer is exams& ingly moderate and polite. _ PARIS, THURSDAY. Prim* Metternich remitted yesterday to M. Thou venal an explanatory message containing the an swer of Austria to the four points of the English proposals. - The Vienna cabinet expresses its regret at not being able to give her adhesion to the said pro posals as a basis for ulterior negotiations between ike great powers. SARDINIA. A Turin letter of the 19th says:—" By order of Count Cavour a statiotieal return is now being pre pared at the Ministry of the Interior of the refugees from Venetia, whose numbers are daily increasing in an extraordinary proportion. The minister's object is in the first place to devise means for the relief of these persons, most of whom are entirely destitute ; and secondly to prepare a document which may at a given moment be hurled at Austria u a formidable diplomatic missile. The King, on his departure from Milan, which is fixed for the 28th, is expected to go to Genoa, where brilliant Utes will be given, if no political events occur to prevent them. Meanwhile the Milanese are enjoying them selves to the utmost. You may imagine the pleasure anticipated from the marvellous spectacle to be offered for three days by the celebrated Lombard Carnavalone, from the fact that a balcony on the Corso della Porte Orientals has let for as much as 40 napoleons." • EXPRESS, TETTRSDAVOMENDIG, PEER' tin " 4—r'-- WiF - "‘ --i ' ---4 suit: ... c L I IIT IO3 INTILLIGIC ay ,,, s 1 . t.',, —.--41---.. a. that.tteris Qom held 11 Vol* and Priii, Comma yes. ..........'s to I* alksvosa at >s • NEELY OF AUSTRIA TO ' THE 10 ght eir, At UMW 11. l[ the kbili !Unburden, had PROPOSALS. _._ as Wand of tbs Qum, tat to bar Tie'. runt trim lie Gahm E M Reaglaaer vas Itatrod m trb; VIRNNA, Ti WO. Lard San BARRA alta . =: u relp s i gummy et Oho , given be laidist Albin, arl by LitatAissasral the The courier bearing the definitive 1 Zee. Satilaward Cut, 1.C.H., her kisjaaty's Mow of the Austria to the English proposals left ht MIMI. chm.i. SPAIN. Most of the Madrid journals of the 17th are opposed to the conclusion of peace, and demand the occupation of Tangier. The Gatette states that as General Buceta, Governor of Melilla, in making the recent sortie from that place against the Moore, violated orders given him by the general-in-chief, he was to be placed under arrest and brought to trial. In the sortie the Spaniards were surrounded by the Moors, and had, not 182 men killed and wonaded, as stated by telegraph, but 200. A letter says that doubts were entertained that the Emperor of Morocco would accept the propositions of peace which are to b. =side to him; THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Hall, has arrived with the Penin sular mails, 20 passengers, 4,0641. in specie, and a fall cargo, consisting of fruit, eggs, &o. The Tagus left Lisbon on the 17th. She en countered north-westerly gales with heavy sea on the homeward voyage. Oa the 21st she spoke the Ceylon with the outward mails for India. The ships Asia, Amnesty, and Orontes put into Lisbon on mown of bad weather. The steamer lonia, from Liverpool to Palermo, and the Maria for Constantinople had also put into Lisbon short of coals. The intelligence from England that Portuguese wines would have the same reduction u Freoch wines gave general• satisfaction to the Portuguese, who, however, were dissatisfied with the English for expecting a reduction of the Portuguese tariff in favour of cotton and woollens. Large quantities of false paper money, manu factured for circulation in the Brazils, had been dis covered at Oporto, which, it was reported, com promises many in this country and the Brazils. On the arrival of the Eery&lua, with Prince Alfred, the court prepared to receive him at the Arsenal, where the royal carriages were waiting, but the prince landed incognito, and went on foot to the Palace. In the harbour of Lisbon were her Majesty's steam frigate &myelin, two Dutch frigates, and the barques Lady Alice end Nept ape. ktobange on London, 30 days, 63; ; 60 day* 631; 90 days, 64. Renter, Three per Cents., inte rests of the present year, 47i, 47i. Coupons, 461, 47. CENTRAL ITALY. FLORENCE, Fze. 21. The Electoral Committee recommends annexation to Piedmont u the only programme which the can didates should profess. Baron Ricuoli has forbidden the distribution of Onerszzi's democratic protestation, the views con tained in which are refuted in an article in the Go vernment journal, La Na:ione. The journals publish accounts of anti Pontifical demonstrations in the Marches. RUSSIA. • PARIS. 'WEDNESDAY. The Russian government has expressed a wish to propose jointly with Prussia a conference of the five great Powers. It is asserted that Prussia, with certain reserves, has eaussated to join in this proposal. ROME. ROME, TrastuT. M. Thotimmers despatch of the 12th was pre sented two days ago by the Duke of Grammont to Cardinal Autonelli. The secretary of the Roman States ham, in his reply, confined himself to stating that immediately upon receiving the orders of the Sovereign Pontiff he will place the Nuncio at Paris in a position to communicate the intentions of the Papal government. The most influential members of the Holy College affirm that the Pope holds in mediums a motuproprio, already signed, realising the promisee of Gaeta, but that before promulgating it, Pius IX. demands that the patrimony of St. Peter shall be guaranteed to him. 1860. Negotiations esartalls• ' PRUSSIA. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. between the Gnat Power. in refer- _... treatment of the Italian question are being vigorously pursued. The basis upon which a conference is to be held is not yet agreed upon. EXPRESS. FROM PARIS. (11011 OVR OWN 00111REPOWOINT.) PARIS, WEDNINDAY EVENING. The Petrie, for the second time, contradicts a re port that the French government think. of laying on an income tax. A correspondence of the Petrie, assumed to be dated from Savoy, gives it to be understood that France means to take possession of Mont Blanc. It says: The highest mountain of the Savoy Alps la Most Blanc, which Switzerland had the audacity to place in her geo graphy ; bat once Savoy annexed, and France will it, longer tolerate this impudent Lawny. A Paris letter iii the Nord says : An imperial domes which has just been Issued stating that the price for exemption from military service shall not be published until ten days before the drawing takes place is worthy of remark. Hitherto families have been informed at Moat six months beforehand of what thq would have to pay for the exemption of their sons, but sosarding to the present decree the minister is to delay it until ten days be fore ..he operations of the °male of revision. The motive of the change is that events, according m they may have a tendency towards peace or war, may sensibly modify the rate of indemnity for exoneration, and it is important to wait to the lmt moment before it is fixed. The amount has generally been published about the month of Jemmy, but new it will not be made known until about May. It cannot be denied that this measure tends to aggravate the rumours which I mentioned yesterday that war is considered very probable. The Bourse, owing to a considerable rise in Con sols and the prevalence of the belief that the com mercial treaty is certain to pass the House of Com mons, was better than it has been for a very long while. The Rents rose 30c. both for cash and account, closing in each case at Mfr. 30c. Mobilier rose Mr. 75c. Railways were in considerable de mand. Orleans rose 7fr. 60c. ; Northern, Sir. 75c. ; 7fr. 60c.; Southern and Western, 6fr. each ; and Eastern, 2fr. 60c. The government journals state that the Archbishop of Cambrai and the clergy of Lille having studiously omitted on a recent occasion to sing the Domine salcuns fac imperatorem, some students, notwith standing a general order against their singing in church, struck up the air and persisted in singing it through. M. Billault continues his crusade against the press. The Ocean of Brest has just received a second warn ing for having reproduced a part of the article which led to the suppression of the Bretagne. Tne Independence Beige has been seized on account of some conjectures about the contents of the Em peror's forthcoming speech, having particular refe rence to the relations between France and England on the subject of Savoy. The Austrian government, which borrowed most of its harassing regulations against the press from the inventions of Napoleon 111., now " betters the instruction." The Vienna journals have been or dered not to mention the fact th►t the Brea Gras of Paris is named Solferino. Nevertheless, Prince Met ternich gave 600 fr. to the directors of the procession, when Solferino visited the Austrian embassy yes terday. This has been a remarkably sad carnival, as far as regards out-door amusements, although there have been • good many public and private balls. The slush in the streets on Mardi Gras was so formidable that scarcely a Pierrot was to be seen oa the Boulevards. The gods and goddesses who ride in triumphal ears in the pro oeesion of the Brea Gru were shivering in the north-east wind and suffering visibly from catarrh. The only remarkable feature in the conduct of the annual ceremony was the abandonment of the innovation against which I remember protesting some years ago of sacking the fat ox upon the top of a car. This time he walked, as of old. Mr. Spencer, the United States consul, gave a brilliant ball but night, at his private residence in the Rue St. Arnaud, to celebrate the 128th anni versary of Washington. birthday. The new Anie rican minister, Colonel Faulkner, who only arrived three days ago, was among the guests, and the flit* of American impiety in Paris was pre sented to him. The roams were decorated with several devices in evergreens, among which were the names of Washington and Lafayette, and the date-1732--of Washington's birth. During the early part of the evening dancing was almost impossible, so great wu the crowd, bat towards 1 o'clock the throwing open of a buffet, groaning under the weight of gigantic salmon, traffied foie yras, roast pheasants, pine-apple jelly, and champagne in boundless profusion, made an important diversion, and the dancing salons be gan to exhibit the poetry of motion, which developed itself exclusively as the small hours advanced. Mrs. General Scott, the wife of the celebrated American officer who superseded General Harney at San Juan, was of the party. Some of the French journals state that it is ra moved that Catlin Wi.lewski is shortly to hays Paris fur Vienna on an extraordinary mission. THE EMPEROR AND THE Bisitors.—The circular of the Mtedettr 14 Public Worship, although copied into the whole of the Paris journal.. I. may remarked on by two, the Cossatitortimula and the died*, both being exceedingly brig in their observations. The first-tamed journal inertly Sip " This document is evidently inspired by the same spirit as that in which the two despatches of the Minister of Foreign Affairs were drawn up. It proves for the third time that in this Boman question, which it so delicate and so digioulr, the Emperor's government means to maintain to the end its moderation and firtonees." The Stith is scarcely longer in in comments :—" We find in these word. of a member of the government the expression of sentiments which we have always manifested on the conduct of several bishops and some other ecclesiastics. Time is not in the circular a single ot creation that we have not ourselves made, but It is easy to couceive the authority given to such remarks when uttered by • minister who is at the lame time a writer of indkput abl!talent." --- ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—We are re quoted to state that the sways intended for the adjadicauos of Lord Brougham, the Earl of Clarendon. and the Earl of Shaftes bury, must be sent In to the Rer. Dr. &Berton, Heave!] College, Middlesex. INDIAN Rivita NAVIGATION.—Yesterday one of a number of vessels building by Mesas. John Laird and Boos was tried on the Mersey, and excited a great deal of intense and attention from its novel appearance. The bull is 260 feet long and 38 fest beam, and is constracted of steel plates ands on Mr. Clay's principle, the vessel in general ap pearance resembling much the American river steamers. 6he drew about 16 inches of water at the bow, and ha bull appeared only about 8 feet abere the water. The whole i e r r=of the vessel and machinery is supported by arched The engines are 200-hors power. The steering apparatus is of • novel character, the stern being divided into two parts, resembling the ends of two antes tubed to gether, from which depend two hoards or rudders like lee boucle in shape, which ire raised alternately as the course is required to be changed from starboard to port, or ries yeas. Teas PaclFic Braani NAVIGATION COMPANY.— TEE BAN CAlLoll.—This !modicum and commodious new enamor ism sail from the Mersey today. Elbe barn been built by . Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of Glaegew, and Le the sixth awed (from the same builders) with engines an the double action principle which bee been lea* oat to the Panda by the eompsny. At the Admiralty trial trip on i Monde; she obtained • speed, under very adverse circum stances, of llf knots. The power was developed to about 620 hones, with a consumption of 14 cwts. et Welsh ooal rr hoer, or about lithe lbs. to the indtcated hone power. Tho Guayaquil and • small paddle steamer are being con arsenic! the same company. These vessels (like the San Carlos) will be provided with Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co.'s new patent boilers, which in the case of the San Carlos have been proved by the surveyor to the Board of Trade with a water mann ed 12011 e, to the square lull. SALE AT AtiTLETB ALMJIIITEBATBIL In consequence of Mr. W. Cook. hiring retired from the leasseship of Aatley'e Train, the whole of his valuable stud of horses was yesterday disposed of y Mr. J. S. Cower, the proprietor of the horse repository, tUrblean. and as may very well be imagined the sir crested a good deal cd *tenet, not only arsons the equestrian peolanion, but also the public geograliy. Amosig the profeesionals pre sent were Mr. Batty, under Whose mensgement the theatre will be re-opened; Mr. Rowse, of the Alhambra; Mr. Mel bourne, of the Qmsn's Theatre, Hell; llr. Messrs. Bishop and Colwell, of the Royal Surrey Girder; Mr. Retry, of the Portsmouth Theatre; Tom Matthews, Ci, Webb, Tanner, am The auctioneer had his rostrum upon the stage, and the ring was nearly filled with spectators. Mr. Rosen commenced the proottedinge by stating that be stood in rather an unusual position ,n this uoesaion, but they were swats that he had been entrusted by Mr. Willem Cooke with the leek of disposing of his stud if horetat—e stud than which none stood higher in the equestrian world, and which, he had nu doubt, had been seen end admired not only by those who were now prevent but by great number, of others who had wieneseed their extraordinary performanws. The whole of the animals he should have to submit to their notice, he said be was informed, were perfectly quiet for all ordinary purpose.. for which they might be required, and although, un doubtedly, a great many of them were very clever trick hones, he believed he could ware them that they confined all their tricks to the. ring, sod that any purehaser might be accred of portaging an animal thorougbly broken and docile in every respect. The sale of hones then commenced, the tint four lots that were put up bang fuse pretty little seam-coloured ponies—Psyche, Cupid, Venue, and Mars-- eleven and twelve hand. high. They were eold rewerkebly cheep, the whole four being knocked down, to different pur chasers, at a little under 00 gunnies. The auctioneer stated that they had all been accustomed to be driven together, and that they formed an almost inimitable four-in-band team Me next lot that ems pat op consisted of two ten hands high ponies—Blusbell and Vesta—wen known to all the Viditoll4 of toe theatre from their extraordinary performances, and who were not inaptly described as " two curer trick posies, tin ' equalled and admired by all the world." dor this lot there was • spirited competition. and the little animals were eventually knocked down at the astound ing price of seventy-nine guineas. Mr. Batty was the warm of Bluebell at eighteen guineas, and be Lid sixty guinea. tor her partner, but a private party bid another guises, and Mr. Batty not being inclined to spring any more, the two little pets were parted. It was stated that Vesta was purchased on behalf of a nobleman to be used as • child's pony, and that any reasonable amount would have been given for the animal. Childers, a spotted pony twelve heads high, stated to be an extraordinary jumper, toddled twenty-three guineas; and Prime, also a spotted pony, and who was de scribed as an excellent performing pony, was knocked down at twenty-four guineas. Attar the ponies had been dispoted of, the mg horses were brought forward, and some of them fetched very good prioes. Cassandra, • very handsome cream-coloured mere, brought forty-lour gainer ; and Lady Mary, another very good-socking cram, was knocked down at they-two gainer. Kathleen, also a cream-coloured mare, fetched fifty-two guineas ; and &lima, a very handsome dun coloured hone need for entso and double-horse acts, fetched fifty seine's. Amakoss, a white born, well known for his performers In Atateppo, was sold for forty gainer, and Tempest, another whits gelding, who was de scribed es • Billy Button horse, fetched forty-one guineas. Beauty, a cretin-coloured gelding, fourteen hand. high, and stated to be • clever " stage horse," brought tinny guineas ; and Napoleon, who was stated to be clever in tingle or doubts acts, was knocked down at twenty dye &nom. The three next horses that were brought fee ward were very handsome white geldings, Sultan, White Surrey, and Alexander. White Surrey wassremartably good looking horse, with fine action, and he was knocked down. after a spirited competition, to Mr. Batty for sixty guineas ; and the three latched one hundred and fifty guineas. A Brahmin cow was the last lot of the animal, anu the was meld for thirteen guineas and • half. The total price realised for the stud of forty steeds was about 1,0001. The divasl of some carriages concluded the sale. The celebrated " Mogen carriage," need by the eosepanyin their procession, being among them, and it only realised 71. 10s. The theatre will be thoroughly re-decorated, and in Metered to open on Easter Monday, under the management of Mr. Batty. TBE SOCIAL srm A correspondent writes to the fines :—" attended the meeting at St. James's Hall last Mike I enter tain respect for the motives which actuate the (oedema at the head of the midnight meeting' movement, but their energies are misapplied and their zeal is misdirected. Some 200 women were present lest evening. By far the greater part consisted of the halt, the destitute, end the aged of Weat-end prostitutes. Shabby mantles and tawdry dresses were in the ascendant. The real social evil, the metier fermata, who blazons her shame in Regent -street and the lily market, who saps the morale, destroys the Lealth and drains the pun of her teoughtless &rimiest., was, with few exceptions, unrepreeented. There were not 20 young and web-dressed women in the room. Tee or coffee and bread and tutter were offered to all owners, and gronps of eight or ten women were found round the various tables. There was no platform. The few clergymen present con versed with the women during tea, and afterwards formed in a group near the top of the room. Shortly before 1 o'clock Mr. Baptist Noel *dimmed the meeting in a speech full of kindness and sympathy. lie talked of the horrors of the present, the prospect of death, and the hope for the pultent. He produced no *diet whatever until he drew a most touching picture of the happy home they had forsaken, and of the mothers who wept over their mime. This appeal was responded to by sobs and tears. It went straight to the hurt, and was understood by all. Atter a few commonplace remerks by Mr. Bickenteth, a gentleman of strong lungs and potty presence addressed the inciting. He exhorted hie bearers to come at once to the reformatories. He promised that their hair should not be cut off, nor their dresses taken from them, and was proceeding to draw a sketch of the comfort, they would enjoy, when Le was checked by jeering laughter and' chaffing' remarks. The preaching was cmciuded with a statement that anyone desiring to eater a reformatory would bo taken there at the close of the meeting, and that the railway fare would be paid fur those desiring to return home. A rush was then made to the door by the great majority of the women, including nearly all the young and well-dressed. At the outer door was collected • number of 'swells,' attracted by ctuiesity, but unprovided with the necessary ticket of admission. Among them these women remained, until their reformed sisters were carried off in Gabs amid a shower of cynical remarks. They then plied their celling—apperently with considerable enema. So far es these meetings provide a home and refuge for wornout and hopeless outcasts they are productive of good. This object can, however be attained by other and better means than by making EL James's Hall a tuccurstk to the Haymarket, and by calling mi freight meetings of Lon don prostitutes. The homeless and destitute alone will accept the hard fare, unwonted re.traint, and pahsful reela ble!' of • reformatory. Such women may be found in any numbers Ly men who, like Lieutenant Blackmore, nobly de vote themeless to the search. But the more fortunate lorette is not likely to yield to the seductions of the tea and toast, or to the persuasive preaching provided for her at St. James's Hell. So long as there are men to supply her with every comfort, to provide her with every luxury, and even tually —se has too often happened of late—to place her by marriage in • rank of lite far above her own, so long will she refuse to abandon her carter. If another meeting be held in St. James's Hall let um offer a suggestion to the committee. Let • room be opened specially fur men, such es those who last night thronged the street in such numbers. Let them be there preached to until the hall be fairly cleared of the women. Stich a emcee will prevent the neut.', an of the 'swells' on the pate from overcoming the efforts of the reve rend gentlemen inside." A PAINFUL CAsn.—Aa inquest was held at Lancing, at the Horse Shoes Inn, on Saturday, under the following circumstanose : On Thursday last Mrs. Sarah Stedman, the wife of Thomas Stedman, of New Shoreham, was a passenger by the short train leaving Arundel et 830 p.m , and when the . train arrived at Lancing, Mrs. Stedman got out, and on giving up her ticket the statioc-master eaw that It was for Shoreham. He told the woman of her mistake on getting out at the wrong station, when she said, "Oh, dear, whet stall I do to which the station-matter replied, that as them was no otter train that night she would have to walk to Shoreham. Panuett, the station-master, says that she reeled two or three time*, and would have fallen had not one of the porters supported her. This he believed to have bear mused by drink, as she emelt very itong of come spirituous l'quor. The poor woman left the station with the Intention, no doubt, of walking borne, and nothing was beard of ha until the neat morning about five o'clock, when she was found in the area of a house belonging to Mr. Buabby, by a man who had gone to hie work there. The unfortunate wo man had fallen down the area steps, in the dark. and severely fractured her skull. The jury reinnael a verdict of " Accidental death."— West Sussex Gautte. A RICH AGRICULTURAL LABOURER STARVED 'fu DZATII.—An inquest was held at the New Inn, Emettneen, on the xo4h inst., before E. Hoskins, Esti , on view of tin body of William Silk, whose age was about 'a years. From the evidence it appeared that the decamped was a labourer in the employ of Mr. Ray, at Ripilton Farm, and was at work there on Thursday, the 16th. He was noticed by a man named Nellie when returning from his work to atop under neath a and on Neller's inquiring what was the mattes he was told b y the deceased that he had violent pains in his inside. He wes afterwards found near Eastmeon, helpless and almost insensible, as he only spoke once afterwards. He I died at 2 a.m. From the evidence produced by the different witnesses, it appears the deceased was in the habit of living on raw swedes, dry bread, and raw onions, for weeks toge ther, and has been known to go three weeks or • month without purchasing any animal food. butter, or *hawse, and btu been living in thin etas for years, on purpose to save his money. It must be an extraordinary state of existence, as he has saved nearly two hundred parade, and was only In the receipt of Bs. per woe. Verdict of jury—" Died from salvation."— Wert &sem Gamits. ROYAL INSTITUTE Or BRITISH ARCHITECTS.—At the ordinary general meeting of the comber. of the Royd lnalltuts of British Architects, held ea ilenday evening, at thedr rooms in Conduit' street, her Majesty'. gracious sanction to the mesa of the royal medal to Sydney Smirk., R.A., Pillow, wee duly announced by the honorary secretary.