The Express. — London, England, 1861-04-30 00:00:00

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Kiss IL Terry. —A SCRAP OF PAPS'. Wilen. A. arand Dewar Ilie : Maw llert awl MA A. Mem—AM PACMIA oF rtzuoo.-ommismo howens t. igir!AwirLa. Tin Memo. TOL itaifici - omszanow. The Little weeder. —TIM Mali rowan'. OMR J. Awe° kts and T. livememed . 71reLClyerawe lbs.& Lara..—.ll■4l AUDI N MOO. Mime IL Jamie me Dwelt. ZION W4M . g . !.OIIDOW . 1111111b01. rim DZR-lorsies7siiTaii.7.7itio - a17:: 614. 7•1. • Teausam —Mariam. 66. 341 m...., Abaraosa. 7b. Us. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 30. THE general discassion raised by the Opposition on the Budget was brought to a close last night, and certainly neither the Government nor the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has the least cause to be dissatisfied with the result. The debate has been from the outset, indeed, suffi ciently desultory and wearisome, but it has never theless accomplished an important end. It has given Mr. CLALMToNE a splendid opportunity of vindicating his financial proposals, and securing by anticipation a parliamentary triumph for the whole scheme. The House has rarely heard even from the same lips—the lips of its most powerful and persuasive speaker—a more masterly state ment, a more decisive and unanswerable reply. In a speech which combined the fullest display of detail and the closest reasoning with brilliant illustration and irresistible eloquence, the right bon. gentleman utterly demolished the far-fetched and laboured criticism of his opponents, sweeping triumphantly away the wholo lido of false statements, feeble logic, and envenomed rhetoric with which during the past week he has been so industriously assailed. Had the Conservatives been as anxious to exalt the Cassel:laza of the Excus er:ut in the eyes of the nation am they notoriously are to degrade him, they could not have pursued a course more calculated to secure this object than the policy they have adopted in dealing with the Budget. They themselves admitted at the time when they were made, as all impartial judges still admit, that the financial propositions of the Government were on the whole fair and just. Certain details might be open to criticlim, as in every scheme so comprehensive will naturally be the case. But speakers on both sides of the House admitted that the estimates of revenue on which the surplus was based were not extravagant, and that it would be wise to turn the surplus to ac count by getting rid at once of an irritating cause of dispute between the two HOUSE& But anti pathy to the statesman who proposed them seems to have speedily triumphed over the satisfaction which the Opposition confessedly felt at the just and moderate character of the proposals. This feeling has taken the extraordinary form of a resolute attempt on the part of the Opposition to force on the Government larger supplies than it has 'asked the House of Commons to grant. Speaker after speaker has attempted to demon strate by the free use of false figures and imagi nary foots that there really is no surplus at the disposal of the Government. The Opposi tion has, in fact, laboured as zealously to augment the burdens on the people as most oppositions have hitherto done to diminish them. And they have met with the success which such a singular and ill messed attempt deserved. For three long nights the active members of the party, small and great, bays paraded all the hats and figures that could be pressed into the service. They have indulged to a most unusual sod most imprudent extent In hasty statistics and questionable arithmetic. Thdy have searched every corner of the globe for rummies of disturbance and omens of war. They have in dulged in the gloomiest prophecies, and eagerly caught at every symptom of social, commercial, or political disaster, as though it were a perfect god send to the country. And all for what ? Only to enhance the CHANCELLOR of LllO EXCHEQUER'S triumph. Only that this exhaustive pile of feeble and far-fetched objections might be mattered to the winds, as they were by Mr. GLaveroxa's tri umphant reply last night. Little nerd be said in detail of the debate. Mr. BOWMAN SUfftElealy demonstrated to the House that whatever preferment mother directions his un appreciated merits might deserve, nature had never intended him for a Chancellor of the Exchequer. 13* far from being able to criticise the financial statement of the Government, he proved that be had not mastered its plainest and moat obtrusive details. The whole point of his speeds turned on certain figures, which he not only quoted but repeated over and over again, impressing them on the attention of the house in the moat pompous and solemn manner. Ho earnestly entreated every member to keep these figures before him while listening to the seductive eloquence of the CHANCELLoR of the EXCHEQUIE to refresh, their memories with them during his speech, and to be lieve their eyes rather than their ears when he had done. But the point of this solemn appeal was rather spoilt by the fact that these figures which were to work as a spell against the charms of Mr. GLADOTONE'S eloquence, were simply a mistake— an obvious and elementary blunder on the part of the hon. member for Stroud. In making up the de ficit on which he so emphatically insisted, Mr. Hiniexam had reckoned the same figures twice over. however much at home the right hon. gentleman may be in the region of fancy and spe culation, however gifted he may be as a political prophet, he evidently is no great arithmetician, and should, if he is well advised, avoid figures for the future. To the political topics introduced by Mr. Rotundas into his vapid and discursive harangue, Mr. Iletorer's forcible speech furnished an ample reply. Mr. Gwerroer addressed himself to all the financial arguments that have been urged during the course of the debate. None were passed over; nor in the caw of any single point of any importance did lie satisfy himself with a mere general reply. He went mi nutely into details, giving the exact figures and pre cise calculations on which the estimates which have boon recklessly and ignorantly assailed were founded. It is impossible to refer to these points in detail. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, ' 1861. One may suffice as an illustration of the triumphant manner in which he replied to the special exceptions to his statements, which had been taken by objectors who really had weight with the House as men of business, and to some extent, therefore, authorities in matters of finance. Mr. Morrarr, for example, had asserted amongst a member of other adverse statements that the 600,0001. which the Chartemooft of tne EXCHE QUER anticipated from the Paper Duty would not come into the Exchequer if the duty were taken of in August next. The men fact that the duty was to be removed so soon would so arrest the manufacture that he ventured to assert that the CHANCELLOR of the Excamium, in stead of raising the large amount he bad stated would not receive a single penny. To this Mr. Guitioroxs's reply was simple and decisive. Owing to the system of drawbacks which prevail in this branch of the excise, much of the duty is paid beforehand, and the right hon. gentleman stated that at least a third of the esti mated amount for this year has actually been paid into the Exchequer. This is a fair specimen of the kind of reckless and unscrupulous criticism with which the Budget has been assailed, as well as of Mr. GLADSTONE'S triumphant reply. It is too late for the party who have instigated this suicidal attack to retrace their steps, or regain the ground they have lost in the eyes of the country. Their leader did his best last night, but the day is already lost, and his gallant efforts to retrieve a false and foolish step were vain. Thei House gladly went into committee, and notwith standing the efforts of Mr. Batumi and his friends to defer the vote on the Income tax till after the paper duty had been considered, passed the first resolution on the paper. THE BUDGET. MR. HOREPALLI3 AMENDMENT. The amendment which Mr. Disraeli said last sight was to be moved by Mr. llorsfall, now appears amongst the parliamentary notices. It is as follows : " Ir. liorafall—ln committee of ways and mesas : Ifeselutkin 3, line 7, leave oat ' Tea,' and at law sad of the reseintioe insert ' Tea until the lst October, 1881, dill , wards la. per lb.' " The resolution, se amended by the opposition, would run as follows : " TIA AND SUGAR. "g. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, the duties and drawbacks of customs now charged and allowed on the articles undermentioned shall continue to he levied, charged, and allowed on and after the lit July, 1861, until the let July, 1862, on importation into Crest Britain and Ireland, or on exportation therefrom to foreign parte, or on removal to the Isle of Man for consumption therein, via. :—{Here tea is omitted}—Sugar, as deco. minatcd in the tariff ; sugar one juice ; molasses ; almonds, pole of ; ebonite, dried ; cornets. dry; confectionery, ginger, preserved ; marmalade, plums, preserved in sugar; miceadee, including all traits mad vegetables preserved in sugar not otherwise enumerated. Tea, until the Ist Oct, 1861, afterward. la per lb." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. --.-- AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Tummy MOUDiG. The Royal Mail steamship America, Captain Moodie, which touched at Queenstown yesterday (Monday morning), arrived in the Mersey about midnight, bringing advice. from New York, raid Halifax, to the evening of the 18th inst., a tele graphic summary of which has already appeared. The whole of the Northern States were raising and organising troops with great energy, in answer to the call of the President, and some had already proceeded on the march to Washington. The New York Herald of the 16th says : The war spirit of the North is now fairly roused. The Gall of as President for troops has been promptly responded to, and with an enthusiasm beyond description. Naseachusette Is first in the field. The governor yesterday, in a koonic despatch to the War Departmentonnounced that her quota of troops was ready. New York has voted 30,000 menisci 3,000,0000/dollars. In Pennsylvania the war feeling in intense, while at all the other point. heard from, a determination to support the government with men and money to any amount is clearly maintained. At Washing ton the War Department are pushing forward arrange ments for the protection of the capital with great vigour. General Souk has established his head.quartme at Wash ington. Twenty-five thourand troops will be quartered in the dis trkt of Columbia wrth all speed. In New York city yesterday unmistakeable evidences in favour of the policy of the administration as set forth in the President's proclamation was plainly observable. Mayor Wood bad issued a proclamation, ad►ising the people to forget past political differences and rally to the restoration of the Constitution and the Union, and to unite for the preservation of order and the protection of property. At the Brooklyn navy yard the pealed activity prevails, sad the meeof•war and transports thee* ars being fitted out with all dispatch. The proceedings of our State Legislature yesterday went highly important. A bill was introduced in the Assembly authorising the Ooveruor to call out the militia of the State to the number of 30,000, to be placed at the disposal of the President to midst him in the maintenance of the Union and the Constitution. The bill appropriates three million dollars out of the State treasury to defray the expenses loci. dent to carrying out it. designs. The bill pained the as sembly by a decisive vote of 102 yeas to 6 nays. . . . , A Washington telegram of the 16th April, to the Boston journals, says : The Governors of Kentucky and North Carolina have positively refused to furnish the quota of troops required from those states, and the President has sustained the Secretary of War in ordering volunteers here immediately from Massachusetts, to furnish a brigade of four regimenta under • brigadier general. One of the regimenta will be sent to Fort More, Norfolk, and the other three retained here. Measures are being taken to socure the railroad line from interruption, and ensure the safe transportation of the troops. No orders have yet been issued for the blockade of the southern ports, or for the stoppage of the mails in the seceded states. It is under stood that General Scott wishes to have mots regulars and some volunteers here, but to concentrate armies of volunteers at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Cairo, Illinois. . . A despatch from Washington, to the New Yurk Times of the same date, says : Flags are suspended over many private residences, indicatins their um by the troops and batteries 'bleb are ported at each of the bridges ever the Potomac. Seven' officers have been reported as denouncing the government and will be summarily dealt with. All the statements of a difference between General Scott and the War Depart ment are untrue. One thousand volunteers from Bal timore have tendered their services to the government iD Maryland's quota. The Secretary of Wm mys tenders have been made of money enough to carry on a raging war far two years. establishment of a great book of the pablic debt el the kingdom of Italy. The minister also stated that the loan of 500 millions of lire was required to cover the deficit, which amounted to 314 million*. HUNGARY. YESTR, Ana Ste (Evening). The funeral of President Palvesy has taken place to-day. Nearly all the inhabitants were pre sent. No disturbance took place. All the houses were draped with black. Notional songs were sung by the students and patriotic speeches were delivered. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Ann 29. To-day both houses of the Austrian Provincial Diet appointed their Presidents and Vice-Presi dents. In the Upper louse, Prince Charles von Auersperg was elected President (the Archduke Albert having declined the appointment), and Baron Straus Vice-President. The Chamber of Deputies elected Dr. Hein Pre sident, and Herren Maszuchelli and Hamer Vice- Presidents. The Imperial speech was to-day the subject of a protracted discussion in the Council of Ministers, more especially the part relating to Hungary. It will be read to the Chambers on Wednesday next. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. LISBON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamship Tyne has arrived here with the Brazil and River Plate mails. At Rio, on the 9th instant, exchange on Lodon was quoted n 26f. Coffee, good first, 6,200 to 6,400 reis. Ship. ments since last mail, 182,112 bags, of which 61,360 were for the Channel. Stock, 40,000 bags. Freights, 655. to 70s. At Bahia, exchange on London was quoted 264. Sugar, whites, 2,400 to 2,500 reis ; browns, 1,900 to 2,000 rein per arroba. No cotton in market. Exchange ou London at Pernambuco was quoted 264. Sugar, whites, 2,600 to 2,700 rein per arroba ; browns, 2,000 to 2,100 reis per arroba. The Tyne will leave at noon for Southampton, with 132 passengers, 104,0001. in specie, and 2,300 bags of coffee. HUNGARY. At Pesth, on the 23rd inst., the members of the National Club gave a grand banquet to the pre sidents by seniority of the two chambers and to the bureau of the Chamber of Deputies. Count Ladialas Teleki was present, and made a speech, thanking Count Michel Esterhazy, president by seniority of the Upper Chamber, for having in his opening speech recalled the memory of Count Louis Batthyanyi. Baron Kemeny, chief editor of the Peati Naplo, spoke hopefully of the complete re establishment of the constitution, and demanded the inflexible maintenance of the laws and respect for the Hungarian nationality. Count Teleki pro posed a toast iu honour of Kossuth and the emi grants. The banquet lasted till midnight. The Pesti Naplo publishes the following letter from General Klapka to the preaident of the elec toral district of Bogdang : M. le President,—The electoral district of Bogdang, in naming me deputy on April 4, his given me the finest re. ward that I could desire for the services which I have been fortunate enough to render to my country during the last thirteen years. I return the sluices say rout sincere thanks ; but as my forced residence abroad does not permit me to ree -1 pond personally to the confidence which ham been shown me, and u, moreover, at a moment so decisive, I should deem it a great loss for my country that even a single seat in the Diet should remain unoccupied, I beg you to in form the electors of the district of Bogdang that while I feel greatly honoured by their choice, I deeply regret that I cannot accept the election in present circumstencee ; and I beg them, at the same time, to honour again with their confidence the esteemed patriot who was a candidate be fore my election, and who retired under the influence of noble sentunents. ()solos KlArua. Geneva, April 15. The Jews of Gross Kumanje have published a memorial, expressing their hope that the Hunga rian Diet will soon permit the political emancipa tion of the religious communion to which they be long. They recall the fact, that in 1848 and 1849, 25,000 Jews served in the national army. gbe Coun. The Queen gave audience yesterday at Bucking ham Palace to the Right ltev. Dr. Phllpott, to do homage ow being appointed Bishop of Worcester. The Right Hon. Sir George Cornwall Lewis, the Queen's principal Secretary of Sista for the Home Department, ►nd the Rev. John Van*, M.A., Deputy Clark of the Closet i• Waiting, waisted at the ceremony. Sir George Lewis had an audiewe of the Queen. Her Majesty was attended by Lord De Tabley, Lord in Welting. The Prince Consort, attended by Major Du Plat, visited yesterday afternoon the works of the New Horticultural burdens at South Kensington. A deputation, remelting the Amendment of the Sale of Ow Art, had an interview with the Right Hon. tfir G. Oornewaf Lewis yeeterday, at the Home-odice. Governor Keats bad is interview with the Duke of Neweamtle yeeterday, at the Colonial-office. The noses Committee of the Exhibition of 1862 met =l"at the ollece of her Majesty's Coenatiminesn. Fori Onaville, the Mamie of 011uolos, Mr. Fair. balm, the _Might Hon. R. Lowe, Y.P., Sr Alexander Hart, Mr. Edgar Bowling, Mr. T. F. Meal, 1771:•4 Thing, and Lord Frederick esvendielt (fieoe tap to lb. essamater), Mr. P. K. Samdfard, imorstary to her Mole sty's Commiesioners, sod Xr. J. J. Mayo, j..... 0f10w• were in attendance. were received yertirday at the Ceirmial-odlee froVa7lovernore of the West India Wanda sod the Lord High Oornmissioser of the lonian Islands. His Highness Prince Doris Pamphili has left Cleridgee Hotel ter Pares Hie Excellency the Persian Ambassador and wisp Isere odomed W Claridge's Hotel from Buis. The Duke at Reiland has removed from Prinoes gals to kis ass goddess* is era:l%4l4ml, Booth Kea sinks. The Marchioness of Dowel:hire gave her second &snag party het evening, at the family mansion in Bal• Th• Earl aad Colludes& of Cawdor arrived in town last eves* tram Na Ossibmit, for the mom. Viscount and Viscountess; Boyle have taken Lord Wham& lles house, in Curaniatreet, for the seam. . . Lord and Lady Portman are expected in town early next week from Bryanctone HMI, Donned**. Lord mid Lady Raglan have arrived at their maid/nice, in Rutkod-gata, from Um Pen of Boamhamp's mot, ilndrorkold Court, Womestoreidro I*dy Theresa Lewin will have a morning concert on Monday, the 6th of May, M lent Hogue. Mn. Farquharson (of Inveroauld) has isouoil card• for • daocio4 party on Monday, May 6, at her mi asma is Park•leoe. Miss Briniest Coutts ha. arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Their Royal Highnesses the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, Abeamhe-street, for the aeaeon. The Count and Countess Albert de In Corrlaw have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. Mr. Cobden and his family have arrived at Mar seilles Ism Algiers. On Friday afternoon Lord Palmerston will move rsolations to give effect to the reeommeadations of the sleet committee on public litislacm, given in the Express of Wednesday last. A paper of aiendments--eoren pages in all—to les proposed fee committee on the Bankruptcy and Insol mmey Bill, b► the Lord Chancellor end Lord Chelmsford, 1116 Woad with the rotes of the House of Lords this monis& Rome continues to empty taut of foreigners. It generally continue• pretty full till well on in the month of May, but this year, owing to Easter having come so early, aspartame hay. begun much sooner, ►od by the lit of nest month there will be very few foreigners left, although May is perhaps the most unstable month of the year u regards climate in Roam end its environs. Among recent dew. tares is that of Sir John Doering, who has just recovered from • long and dangerous illness. Tho Press of Vienna announces that rather serious disturbances took place on the 23rd at Pistil, in cormameoke of • charintri given to a master tailor, a muoicip•l representative. It appears that this person had proposed to the corporation to prevent the workmen from keeping holiday on Mondays, and from wearing spun, as it WAS impossible to distinguish magnates from journeyman tailors ; and, lastly, to oblige them to work by tho week, instead of by the piece. On being informed of this proposi tion, the workmen resembled, and went to the house of the master tailor, and socked it. The inhabitants of tin neighbouring houses having also received some damage, the affray bonnie general, more than 2,000 perms taking part in it. The interference of the troops was mosesary to restore order. Tho Noredadea of Madrid states that vessel• on tie emote have been ordered to keep up • strict watch to proves% the ot Dos Jam, ossrs at bu die- ap pavanes hom Lames !swift bops mind. RUSSIA AND POLAND. The Russiiin government protests in the columns of the Journal of Bt. Petersburg against the criti cisms of the European press upon the reoent in cidents at Warsaw. It affirms that the demon strations oommenoed under the pretexts of reli gious ceremonies finish invariably with provoca tions and insults to the troops, and the throw ing of logs of wood and stones. The offieial journal declares that the institutions granted will be conscientiously carried out, and that the Russian government will second every movement of progress which is in acoordannn with legality . A letter from Warsaw lays : The late orders about not ;maxim mourning, carrying sticks, &c., have given rim to all sorts of absurdities. Ti.. s►opkeepers wire ordered to take all signs of mourning drama, U., out of their windows, on which they all, with COO mead, exhibited things only of the two colours red and gram—the former signifying bloodshed, and the latter hope—and actually • fresh ceder has been issued forbid ding them cabers to appear! Everybody is obliged to may • lantern who is out after 10 o'clock at night, as you know, so all sorts of devices have been resorted to to render this order ridiculous ; two school boys were seen , marching through the streets, between 9 and 10 ia this leaning, with a tiny lantern suspended as • huge pole, in the 1111115 DK in which the soldiers carry their soup. Again, between 5 and 6 in the evening, • man might be men bow leg two lighted lanterus suspended on each end of • stick ; and ►nother with a lantern fastened to his coat in trout in the fashion of an order. Another made the tour of the town in • dyeable' with an enormous Chinese lantern on each side of him, and so on. When the order for leaving off mourning first appeared the English and Prussian consuls-general went to the prince and told him they had been ordered by their own sovereigns to wear mourning, and they therefore intended doing so, but they decidedly objected to the idea of having it forcibly torn off by the patrols appointed for that pur pose ; so the prince caused papers to bo drawn up contain ing a permission to wear mourning, "or anything they liked," which were gives to the British comel-general, vier °maul, chaplain, and to the Prussian consul, who now ac cordingly walk about the town each with his crape on hie hat and his " permit" in his pocket : bearing the autograph of the most merciful General Zablocka. POSEN, Aram le. An ordinance of the Governor of Poland has been publimhed at Wane, to-day, ordering pro ceedings to be taken, without any reserve, against all clergymen who may excite the people by their preaching in the churches. A number of the principal inhabitants have been forbidden to receive company at their boom A project fur organising the Council of State has been submitted by the government to certain of the Polish inhabitant. of Warsaw in whom it placed confidence, requesting them to express an opinion thereon. They have, however, declined to do no. ITALY. TURIN, Aran. 30. The Italia of to-day announces that the Emperor of Morocco has recufinised the kingdom of Italy. The young men of Pavia honoured Gariba:di with an ovation while he was visiting a friend residing near Pavia. NAPLES, APRIL 28 (En:lmm). Arrests continue to be made. Troops have been despatched to the Roman frontiers. MEIN, Ann, V. The Opinsont of to-day says :—" The disturbances at Avellino have terminated." NAPLES, Arm. 29. Up to the present tranquillity has not been dis turbed in the provinces. Duriug the late event' the whole city of Naples was tranquil. The news published yesterday in the Naples journals of Bourbonist movements iu the provinces Las nut been confirmed. TURIN, Aran. 29. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deptdies the Minister of Finance presented a bill far the THE GREAT EASTERN. The Great Eastern will positively nail at 6 o'clock, n y), from Milford Haven fOrniew p are numerous, and the saloons will be wer i fill w ed. rB A special train will start from Paddington, with the directors and pas sengers, at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (110 x OUR OIRII PARIS, MONDAY Evertwo. The Patric, which appears to have received a special commission to defend the French occupa tion of Rome, returns to the subject in conse quence of the perseverance of the Indipenel ante Beige and several French journals in maintaining the position that the evacuation will soon take place. By the pen of a writer, bearing the irrefutable name of " Tren chant," the Patric now desires to give a "categori cal" explanation. It considers the presence of the French army in Rome under three heads—religious, political, and military. The first of these points— the religious one—it disposes of summarily, by say ing that it is not ripe for a solution, and therefore the statu quo must be maintained. There is in this argument an assumption very much at variance with the sound doctrine of the separation of the civil and religious powers dating from 'B9—the as sumption, namely, that it belongs to France to settle religious questions all over the world : but let that pass. The next point is that the "object of France—which is to assure the independence of Italy by peaceable means "—would be frustrated if site were to withdraw her troops from the states of the church at this moment. Here the Petrie reiterates the assertion which I denied the other day, that all the governments (including the Eug- HA) approve of the oonopeaiaa. The third oonsideration—the military one—appears to be only treated of separately for the lore of No. 3—just like Sir Robert Peel's cele brated throe courses—for, in point of fact, it is merely a repetition of argument No. 2. Taking direct issue with the Opinion Nationale, which con tends that the influence of France in preventing Austria from attacking Italy would be just as great without as with an army in Rome, the Petrie argues that the withdrawal of General de Goyoa's force would open the floodgates of war. At pre sent, it says, the army of the quadrilateral is forced to remain upon the defensive, because it could only take the offensive upon the Mincio or upon the Lower Po. In the first case it must call away its troops from the Po, and so leave the quadrilateral upon on that side, and in the second it must abandon the line of the Miucio,and so expose the quadrilateral from the north. The argument is that the French army of Rome is, in point of fact, a reserve force of the King of Italy, acting the part of an army of obser vation on the Po, so as to enable the bulk of the Italian forces to be concentrated on the Mieoio. This point of view does indeed leave the religious question very much in the background. Notice has been taken of the disposition shown by the bulletin of the Mon kur to put the worst construction upon the recent despatches reporting disorders in the Neapolitan states. The heaviness of the Bourse is by some attributed to this cause. It is to be remembered that the severe letter said to have been written by the Emperor to Prince Murat on the subject of his pretensions has never been autheutioated, awl it• is quite certain that the contemporaneous rumour of the prince having been banished was not tru3. All that is known, therefore, of the degree of displeasure with which the Muratist proclamation was regarded at the Tuileries is that an official censure of it ap peared in the Moniteor, and that, Booth to say, is not much. The latest news to-day is that, both in Naples and the southern provinces, tranquillity is completely restored. We shall see what the ifoniteur will say on this subject to-morrow. All the evening papers announce that the powers, including France and England, have agreed with the Porte ou the union of the Danubian princi palities during the life of Prince Couza, and that a conference will moot at Paris to regulate the details. The Prase adds that the Porte admits the principle of the union generally, and not merely for the life of Prince Couza. Here is a great European question settled. M. DuminEray, the publisher of the Duke d'An male's pamphlet, has received notice of trial for Saturday, May 4. He will be defended by MM. Dufauro and HEbert, two of the most brilliant members of the French bar. Amidst the excite ment occasioned by this publication, the question whather after all it contains any libellous matter in a legal point of view has been quite lost sight of. That question, we may be mire, will now be thoroughly argued. At the Bourse the Rent* fell 100. for cash, and sc. for account, closing at 68fr. 60e. and 68fr. 86e. Mobilier rose 2fr. tiOc. Railways were rather better. ROME. On the morning of the 20th inst. a great demon stration took place at the University of Rome. In consequence of previous disturbances Cardinal Alfieri had expelled 17, and suspended 10, of the students. On the 20th the students mustered in the court-yard of the university, shouting, " Long live Victor Emmanuel King of Italy !" Their demonstration had to be put down by a body of gendarmes. They also circulated a great many copies of a protest, in which they say, "As catholic we venerate the Pope, but we hold in horror his shameful government, whose injustice and cruelty we have too long suffered." The Turin newspapers report the arrest of Signor Alberto Mario at Ferrara, and the protest of his wife, Ma dame Mario, formerly Miss Jessie White. The mamas of this incident, as far as I (correspondent of the Pima) have been able to ascertain, are the following :—A certain num ber of political exiles from the Venetian provinces bad as sembled at Ferrara, and the government had positive inform ation that some of these refugees, lured on by the Austrisa authorities, and anxious to provoke an outbreak of hostilities at any price, were plotting an expedition Sams the Po; a resolution was therefore taken to remove from that frontier city all the emigrants established there. Signor Mario, who, as a Venetian exile, had received notice to quit, infested on his right to reside in say part of the Italian kingdom he preferred, and protested he would not move from the spot unities he woe drives away by the cambineers or gendarmes, whereupon the authorities ordered him to be arrested. The Lutheran church in Prussia keeps every year twdast and thanksgiving days, one in the spring and the other in the autumn. That for the former season took place at Berlin on the 23rd. AU public amusements were interdicted, the Bourse and government offices closed, and some of the journals appeared. The Patric directs attention to the protest of M. Coulmann, Vies-President of the Society for encouraging Primary Instruction among the protestant' of France, against the extraordinary declaration of If. Outset, the president of that body, in favour of the temporal power of the Pope. "The language of K. Guisot," says Galirsani, " produced the greatest astonishment among the persons present at the meeting, and that feeling has since extended with great rapidity among all the member' of the protes tant persuasion in France." A few days since tenders were received for the supply of 40 locomotives for the Russian railways. There were numerous offers from English and Preach saitatifee. turers, but the contract, its said, is given to Coekerill and Co., of Liege, who presented the lowest tender, 63,000 fr. the engine. A manufacturer at La Villette, near Paris, has ob tained a contract for the supply of 500 waggons for the railway from Alicante to Seville. Another Paris manufac turer has obtained a contract for the supply of 1,200 tons of iron for the same company. The Emperor of Morocco has sent the King of Portugal a present of four beautiful Arabian horses. The animals were delivered to the Portuguese Cassel is Tangiers by Muley El Abbas, Caliph, and brother of the Emperor, the Moorish ceremonial observed on such occasions being fully carried out. The Gotha Gazette has the following communiepri: " Count Stolberg having written from Berlin to the eommander of the regiment in garrison here to ask him if the officers would contribute to the subscription which is being made in Germany for the purpose of presenting a shield of honour to King Francis IL, H.R.H. the Duke of Coburg Goths., seeing in such a subscription • political demonstration, has forbidden the dames at Coburg Gotha to take say part in it whatever." Loss or • Fait:CH Irl•IILNG 811•CIL —DOVILR, MONDAT.—At $ a.m. the French fishing smack Alin was run down off the South Foreland by a Hamburg vessel. Part of the crow, six in number, were picked up, and azo safely lodged at the Sailors' Home. It is not known what has bec om e of the remaining portion of those who were on baud. The men now at the Henn will be forwarded to Calais' by the marl packet. &lemmas Dastm.—There was a curious circum stance connected with theatre of John Ham, burnt to death at Dedham, by his clothes retching fire from his pipe, and who we learn was the brother of !Er. Ham, carpenter. of Moultham. ' At the inquest a gentleman, residing at Dedliam,stated to the sooner that many years ago he bad a dream of Ham's death by an event similar to that which has actually occurred ; and that, knowing the man, he bad felt it his duty to relate it to him, and caution him as to his mode of life, which be bad frequently done • and that be only recen d. tly again reminded him of his dr:tem.—Es= Mereil j Or A VOLUNTEER POE LEAVING THE RARER wrntovr PLIUTIAMMIC—Sonte little feeling has been excited among the members of the Colchester Volunteer Corm by the dismissal of private 8. B. Liesimore, the charge against him being, that on the 10th inst.. while month ing from Naytand, he left the ranks of his compiny I without permission, and did not rejoin the ranks, " not , withstanding that the corps was thee on duty and had sot been dismissed from attendance." Mr. Lissimore has forwarded • letter to a contemporary, in which he admit, the irregularity of the act, but urges in as tenuatiou that the practice of leaving the mike without permission on a return march, when • volunteer was paring his own house, has been constantly practised and winked at from the first. He adds—"Of course 1 cannot submit to such an arbitrary and unjust sentence without endeavouring to dud some court of appeal is which my are may be fairly beard. But pending this, I feel it duo to my personal character as a civilian in my native town to appeal to the public at large, by placing the circumstances of the case in contrast with the decidon of • else court, in which I am not permitted the hearing neces sary to a just conclusion, and by the laws of the lead accorded to the miaasst or most outrageous criminal."— &au Herald. __-• Tits QUaliteS COLLEOR, BIRMINGHAM.—A meet ing of the finance committee was held on Wednesday last, Mr. J. B. Payn in the chair. A report from Mr. John Buckling was read, stating that all the college creditors tinder 5/. bad been raid in full, that the first instalment had been paid to all the creditors above that sum, and who are to be paid also in full, and that the agreement bad been signed and enrolled. M r. S ands Cox reported that be had had the gratification to mauve in the kindest terms, in answer to an appest now in coons of circulation, from the &riot Harroehy, trit. ; from klatVeneral Whylock. 25/. • from Wingfield Digby, 251. It is confidently believed that the fineness commi ttee, from the attention they are now giving to the finniseial position of the college, will with the generous aid and assistance of ,the friends of education, very soon &pia place the college on a healthy footing. and that exams of expenditure over income for the future will be avoided. THI KENTIMI PLANTATION/.—During the past week the weather generally has been colder than that of the previous week or two, with frosty ni gh t., and keen winds from this north and north•east. This has greatly checked the growth of the bine, which in many grounds looks sickly mid weak, and although it is yet too early to express any decided opinion as to the future prospects of the growers, the provost aspect of the grounds is far from promising.— Soma Eastern Gawk. ART UNION OP LONDON.-(TIIIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the members of this union was held this morning at the Adelphi Theatre, " for the purpose of receiving the council's report, and for the distribution of the amount subscribed for the purchase of works of art for the year 1881." Groace Goowne, Fag. F.R.S., then read the report. " Various eirecunstanoce have concurred to render the sub. scription for the present year less than it has been on some previous occasions; it amounts, however, to the sum of 10,882/. 4s. The subscribers of the current year have received the ingesting after Turner's picture of ' Each guinea paid for the issuing year will entitle the crab. scriber to an engraving by Mr. C. W. Sharpe, from the picture by Mr. F. Goodall, A.R.A., called ' Raising the Mayp o l e .' The painter has expressed hie entire mtisfaction with the work of the engraver, In which the council concur, and they have no doubt that the public will ratify their judo. meet. The plate is now at press, so that there will be nn delay in the issue of the impressions. For coming years the council have placed several fine works in the hands of engravers. In reply to the offer of • premium of 100 guinea for the best series of designs in outline, illustrative of the 'ldylls of the King,' forty-three seta were rubmitted, consisting of 540 drawings, and wen exhibited publicly for fear weeks with the prizes. After due examioatioa, the council awarded the premium to • set which peered to be the work of Mr. Paulo Priolo, resident in Edinlities. The artist has undertaken to engrave them in outline, and copies will be distributed to all subscriber. of a future year, to the expenses of which year the amount of the premium will be charged. The council, to show the appreciation of the very satisfactory response made to the advertisement, awarded honorary premiums of twenty guineas each to two other sets, which were found to be by Mr. Edward Cori:veld and Mr. Alexander Rowan, In reply to the offer of two premiums of seventy guineas and thirty guinea for the best and second best statuettes to be submitted under certain conditions, eleven models were sent in, but were not found to justify the award of the tint premium. The premium of thirty guineas was adjudged to • group, ' Alfred in the Camp of the Danes,' afterwards found to be by Mr. Thomas Duckett. To fill two of the vacancies is the council, B. Westmacon, Req., R.A., mad Charles Itare7, Esq., have been elected. Th e council have had under consideration the desire constantly smartened by members to be able to become possessed by subscription of bronzes and statuettes produced by the society, and have made an arrangement by which this can be effected. Thus, a subscriber of two guineas for two chances may have a small iron tame in lieu of the prints to which he would be entitled. For three guineas the large iron taus, or the Clyne may be had with three chances. For four guineas the Avian statuette of Innocence, the Dancing Girl, orNarcieres, with four chances ; and so on through a considerable range, in. eluding the bronzes. In each case, if only one chance in the distribution of prizes be desired, the subacriptioa re quired is less. In making this arrangement, the mere cost of producing the several works at this time has alone been considered, without including any part of the large sums originally paid for the model' and designs. From en early date in the history of the Art Union the council have expressed their anxiety to assist in the cultivation of fine art as applied to manufactures. Following out this policy, with special reference to the schools in connexion with the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Educatims, pentium' of 10/. each and of 5/. each, to the extent of 1001., hats been offered to the pupils of these schools on certain published conditions. Especial attention has been directed to the value of the study of the human and animal forms, and • variety of subjects for design, such as • bronze candela. brum, • garden flower vase, a majolica dish, an ornamented tease, and • pedestal for the bast of (Apia, or the Belvedere Apollo, have been named. The expenditure will be charged to the year in which the designs are made use of. The statuette of Caractecus,' by Mr. Foley, R.A., has been produced in breeze by Mr. iiatfield and by M.... Ellington. A certain number of these will also be distil. buted. The following im a general statement of the receipts and disbursements:—Amount of subscriptions, 10,8821.45. amount net apart for purchase of pictures, bronzes, and other prizes, 5,5404 ; cost of engraving of the year, 2,101/. 14a. 7d. printing report, almanac, and Cir. ciders, advertising, agents' commence, exhibition, de., Be., including reserve of 24 per cent., 3,2401. 9a. sd. The accounts have been audited by two mambos' of the general body of subscriber. , Mr. donee and Mr. A. Jigs, to whom thanks are due, and three members of the finance committee. The reserve fund pow amounts to the suer of 10,0261. The sum of 5,5404 has been set apart for prim under the following simusgensente, viz., for works to be selected by the prizeholdne themselves :-34 at IW. each, 28 at 151., 26 at 201., YA at 251., 16 at 301.. 7 at 404, 4 at GU, 5 at 751., 3 at 1001., 2 at 150/., 1 at 2014 and 20 brawn,' Caractacus,' 30 silver medals of Wilkie, 10 chromolithographs, 250 porcelain busts of 'Apollo, 164 seta of photographs of Rome, and 270 volumes of 12pho tographa —maker in all 830 prime. The mode of allotting the porcelain bustsand photographs will be somewhat mo- dified, with • view to produciog a more equable distribution of them. The picture prizes, bronzes of Canteens,' medals, and chromolithographs, will be drawn from the wheel as heretofore. A cardinal number will then be drawn from the lame wheel, and every seventeenth name in the list, reckoning both forwards and backwards from that number, will be entitled to one of the minor prises, in order as the names stand, with this proviso only, that if any name so determined have already gained a prize today, the other pries will pass to the next succeeding name. Those who become poesemors of the bronze Caraclacue will have good reason to congratulate themselves." On the motion of the CH AMMAN, seconded by Nr.1 1 112; the report was adoptod ; after which thanks were voted to the council and the honorary secretaries, Mr. Godwin and Mr. Po'ock, and to Mr. Benjamin Webster for lending tbe Neaten. Mr. Luxmore and Mr. Taylor having been appointed scrutineers, the drawing for prises was proceeded with. The following is a complete list, so far as it extends, including the principal prize of 2001.:- 6,782, Major Murray, Army and Navy Club, 201. ; 5,566, Mrs. J. H. Graham, Newtownborry, 601. ; 2,791, J. C. Hancock, Devonport. 10/. ; 1,373, E. Dyke, Faringdoe, GO/. ; 7,979, Mrs. H. Collier, Allston-rise, 151. • 7,224, H. Baker, Ledbury-grove, Bydenluim, 75/. • ' 9,514, Dr. 'Fake, Albernarleatreet, 151. ; 10,397, Roberta sad Ody. York-buildings, Adelphi, 201. • 2,99,4, Dr. Marks, St. lees, 231. ; 7,991, F. C. Parry, Rinks. lane, 201. ; 1,151, F. Caaemore, West 231. ; 8,340, IL J. Mumford, the Minories, 10/. ; 6,1 J. W. Long. Clapham-rise, 101. • 7,840, R. Coleman, South. fields, Wandsworth, 201. ; 5 , 602, the Hon. Mrs. Bataan. Grosvenor-place, 301. ; 3,578, the Rev. W. Metcalf, Hadley*, 901. ; 1,377, G. Judd, jun., Faringdoe, 901. ; 9,116, D. Laurie, Kilmarnock, 30/. ; 664, Lady Brio, Royal Crescent, Brighton, 2001. ; 5,719, Mies, F. Treherne, Bridge-end. 301. ; 1,166, J. John." Huttoti•in-the.Wold, 151. ; 5,316, W. C. Heckle, Hones Plantation, Berbioe, 251 . ; 343, R. fleanders, Exeter, 9DL ; 6,222, J. Hutt, Moorpote-nreet,lo/. ; 4871, M. DOOM" of the Hogue, 101. • 1011, , C. Aldroyd. Dewsbury, 9!.; 2,090, Geo. Gibs on, Hanover-equare, Leeds, 301. ; 5,2 A, P. Homer, fignyrea, 101. ; 10,189, R. Lloyd, (interbank. street, 206 CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-(THIS DAY.) This morning the annual general meeting of the members and friends of this society was held in Exeter Hall. The Earl of CHICHEBTER, the president of the society, took the chair at 10 o'clock, and was supported by the Bishop of London, the Bishops of Durham, Winches. ter, Ripon, and Victoria, the Right Hon. Joseph, Napier. the HOD. A. Kinnaird, M.P., and a vast cumber of clnngmen. _ _ The Noble CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the pro. needing; The Rev. Joint VENN 8.D., reed the repett It stated that the income of the society had amounted to 120,1824 fie. 4d., including a sum of 4,3824 ss. Od., 'real subscribed for India. The local funds raised in the mission', and expended there upon the operations of the society, but independently of the general fund, were not included in the foregoing statement. The amount exceeded 20,0 1 t 4 , making a grand total from all sources of 149,182 f. The society had 148 stations, with 258 clergymen, of whom 42 were foreigners, and 66 natives and East Indians. It had also 32 European laymen engaged, including tclioolmattere and other agents ; 13 European female teachers. e xclusive of missionaries wives ; and 1,!8111 native and country•lor , catechistaand teechersof all classes not sent from home. The number of communicants was 20,417, but the latest return' from the Indian missions were not yet received. The Bishop of LONDON moved the adrlition of the reort, and took occasion to advert to the gratifying results of the society's missions in India, China, Ceylon, and various other places to which Be speculations had extended. The Right Rev. dun gen Naeign, late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The meeting was subsequently addreasedhy the Bishop of Victoria, the Bishop of Carlisle ; Lieutenant-Colonel We, of the Bengal Army ; the Rev. Wm. Cadman, N.A.. Beets of Trinity Church, Slarylebone ; the Rev. T. D. Bernard; the Rev. John Mee, sad other gentlemen, their resulutsm having reference to the native church in India, the church in China, and the duties of the church at boom. [The meeting is to be resumed in the evening, when Colonel Dawes, of the Bengal Artillery, will deltv.;r s address on " The Puripiub and North•wast Provinces . , :114 the Rev. Lal Behan Singh, on " INDIAN FAIITNE RELIEF FOND.—Among the num' berlerless subscriptions received yestenlay in aid of the Indian Famine Fund were 381. Os. 6,1 , collected at the Chapel Royal, per Venerable Archdeacon Utterton ; 1: 01 4 being a further collection at Hull ; 50111. from Roclables rer the Mayor; and 4001. from Blackburn. The tota amount received is over 71,0001. MR. Euwix JANIS, Q. C., AND THE. R. --WO hem it is the intention of the handlers of the um of court to all an early meeting of their body, to inquire int" the truth or falsehood of certain rumours prevalent with refer epos to Mr. Edwin James, Q.C.—Hcra/d. MUSEUM OF PATENTS, SOUTH KENNINGTON. Number of visitors for the week ending April 27, 2,24 Total number since the opening of the museum free daily (Nay 12, 1858), 356,812. evE Ch ths ths sea the the , res for eho Vk ILle in 1 faoi , • • I ng it wa jgg had . . fi .eicei Ulna t 4 eke