The Express. — London, England, 1860-03-02 00:00:00

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P• . lkol loms.—•ad TEN ROOT OW • ALUM flaw Looada W Onsieri ;ra /L. Toadd. MOE WATS" AT LONDON SEDDON r en tL ikiebTh alleissmv. If. Os ...........law. Ilk Ma. . ft. Obi ---allimess. lib. 11m. LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 2. Tun great feature of the Reform Bill intro- I ductd by Lord J. Rtaistu. last night is its simplicity ; and in this respect it certainly pre sents a striking contrast to the ambitious and complicated scheme introduced by the late Government last year. The present Ministry have evidently resolved to profit by the fate of that unhappy measure. Their Bill aims at no " legiala " lathe novelties," and abandons " fancy franchises altogether. The old constitutional tests of owner ship and occupancy have been adopted, to the exclu sion of all the more modern and refined conditions of cititenehip that have been suggested by various philosophical speculators on the subject. We seed hardly say that of this feature of the new Bill we heartily approve. What the nation wants is sot sew franchises, but a large and satistec , ory extension of the old. In this respect the But introduced last night will not disappoint public expectation. The G ivernment propose to lower the cccupation fray. chute in counties from 304 to 101.—a reduction which will of course bring in a very large clam of new county voters. It is difficult to say what the precise number will be, but the lowest estimate makes the ad dition to the county constituency upwards of 300,000. In dealing with the more difficult quation of the borough franchise the Bill, if not equally liberal, Duthie at all events a large reduction of the present standard. The new borough franchise is to be that which has often bees suggested in thesecolemns stubs least that could ►e deemed satisfactory—that of a 61. annual rental. This will increase the present num• ber of borough voters about fifty per cent• It will raise the number at present on the register. from about 400,000 to upwards of 600,000; adding, in round numbers, 200,000 to the number of borough elector,. This is certainly not by any means a 11 . valotionary proposition, and we should fancy it would tax the ingenuity of the most bigoted op poshest to show that the safety of the Empire is at all threatened by such a moderate ex tension of the suffregp. No doubt a uniform 61. est fray will work very difierestly Indifferent towns. Is some the new voterswill tar outnumber the old,while in ethers the reduction will make comparatively little difference. Still, on the whole, a 61. franchise will enqeestioeably admit a very large body of the were sides, intelligent, and prosperous amongst the working classes, who have hitherto been excluded fres all share Is the representation. We conoot foe a newest admit that the Bill provides for the sdatiseisa of all whose proper place is within the pale of the constitution ; we feel sere that Lord June Russett. does not think so; bet it is at say rats a substantial measure of Reform, and it is made to pass. The Government show more of timidity and heel tatioo in riesling with the second branch of the sub. ject—that of disfranchisement And re-distribution of seats. The propiWals of the new Bill on them heeds are extremely moderate. Still so far as they go they are M the right direction, and are, we may say, wholly good. Under the Bill no bermes is abso lutely disfrsncbised, but a single seat is taken from all boroughs having a population under 7,000. The number of such boroughs is twenty-five, and this' is the number of seats therefore to be re•dutributsd. Of these weals fifteen are given to counties and nine to boroughs, the favoured counties being Yorkshires Lanesehire, Kent, Middlesex, Staffordshire, Lis colnatire, Norfolk, Essex, Devon, Somerset, sad Cornwall. Of the borough seats fire are g:ven to new coustituencies and four to old, the new being Kensington and Chelsea, formed into a single borough, returning two member.; and Birken head, Staley bridge, and Burnley upturning one each; while Liverpool, Manchester, Bir mingham, and Leeds are in future to re turn three, instead of two members each. The remaining seat is I. be given to the University of London. Three proposals are ell good so far as they go, and our only regret is that they do not go further. While the Bill of the Government justly claims to be considered as pre-eminently simple, safe, cud practical, we thiuk it might have dealt more boldly with the question of disfnui cliieement without losing these undeniable virtues. The creation 01 newt:erases of represen Entine is a great good, and, so far aa the 'measure aims at accomplish ing this, we bail it with satisfactioc. The reducing such a considerable ■umber of small boroughs to single representative is also an advantage, as it will destroy the possibility of the local political Wins being neutralised, as is at present often the cane r by each party returning a single member. These ars ell advantages w►ieh are net to be underrated Is general adman, el the measure. lioamr of the details in the Scottish and Irish Pi& form Bills intredased last night seem more epee objection than New el the Kaglieh Bill. Mope. posed admission of Irish Peers to stand far Irish mustiteemnise will naturally excite intense opposi- MSc, on the other side of the Channel, while the niggard justice granted to Scotland will be certain to provoke an animated remonstrance from the other side of the Tweed. Tax mathematisiaas of Lsputa were always look *: wit la tear and trembling for the brush of a mimes tail. The stock and share markets of Europe aft in a similar predicament on the opening of a =as of the Corps Legislatif over the water. This roe, however, that august body has stood at beery is the Palau of the Louvre, and has per- Sensed its Watery function of acclaiming the wisdoms that falls from its Muter's lips without friglitsaing any diplomatic old woman into fits. The Augustan motto for the Imperial Speech at the opening of the Legislative Assembly yester day would be—reesksirer undulate trios—in other words, "he backs out with a kick.' Last year, it seems, it was the duty of the only audible speaker of the Corps Legialatif to warn that public-spirited Assembly of a most undue apprehension of war. Twelve months afterwards it is the duty of the same coostitational authority to warn an impatient and impulsive Parliament against the rumours a state of pease prolonged for six months is apt to engender. Surely Relates and Consols will take heart of grace when the Emperor of the FRENCH declares vehemently that he desire's puce, and will do all he can to preserve it. We have got beck to the old text—" The Empire is peace"—which was so rudely disturbed by the parenthetical digression of the Italian war. The peace of Villafranca is once more explained by its au thor ; and what was its dominant object? To obtain the almost complete independence of Venetia at the cost of the restoration of the Archdukes. This is not exactly the independence of Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic; bat let that per. The sole object of the French EMPEROR we. to secure an arrangement which would be acceptable to the great Powers. Fifty thousand men in Lombardy and five thousand at Hoene are powerful arguments in favour of the policy of unambitious self-denial incessantly recom mended to the King of SARDINIA. To march across the Mont Ceois and to pour battalions into Gesos was strictly consistent with the letter of treaties, but to allow Sardinia to accept the voluntary allegiance of Central Italy would be to encourage a grasping and inoendiary ambition. King Vienna EMMANUEL therefore, was advised to speak Tuscany and Romagna fair, but to respect in principle the rights of the Holy See, and to be content with nine millions of subjects, whilst France, which had fought for an idea, remains faithful to a disinterested and chivalrous policy by simply demanding the keys of the Alpe and the oon cession of the mountain slopes. The great Powers could not fail to admit the equity of a claim which Nature herself dictated is a guarantee to poor weak France against the combined energies of nine mil lion Italians. The " emotion of a certain portion of the Catholic " world " at the events in the Itomagn• is a sad re turn for eleven years faithfal watch and ward of the Vatican. The Romagnols were invited by the pro slamation of Milan to be soldiers in order to be citizens of a free country, and they took the Libe rator at his word ; but could Perugia have been sacked if Gener►l DE GOTOM had not held the Romans in awe ? The Est rzeott may well say to his Deputies—. foots speak for them " selves." The " principle of the temporal power of " the Pore remains intact. What more can the toast angry zealots demand? We tarn gladly to the" new era of peace" which the Treaty of Com merce with Great Britain inaugurate.. France, it appease, has already disarmed—that is, she has die. banded 160,000 men ; and but for the war in China, the occupation of Lombardy and Rome, and the Savoy guarantee, the Empire would be even now en a peace footing. The Treaty of Commerce is destined to fortify the alliance of two great nations, and to anticipate the reciprocal advantages which the future must inevitably sanction. The Corps Lkgislatif is earnestly recommended to adopt the necessary measures for earryiug out the beneficent initiative of the Treaty, by abolishing the duties on raw material, and lower ing the duties on articles of general consumption, How can the Senate and Deputies be churlish in the bee of a Budget which thews no deficit--asks for nothing and imposes nothing ? " The new era of " peace" is appropriately introduced by a balance of income and expenditure, abjuring taxes and for ;mewing loans. The protection of PROVIDENCE was so visible, remarks the EMPEROR, during the war, that it cannot tail to must • peaceful endea vour to promote the happiness of the multitude• This pious sentiment will be heartily echoed on either side of the Channel, and it will not be Eng. land's fault if the prayer remains unanswered. But the fulfilment of • prayer which ►tipulates for the same" of &commercial prospectus must depend in some degree on the observance of certain vulgar earthly °codifies'. Pesos is indispensable, and me adows, which is the life of peace. To make pests luting, great military empires must pursue a policy which calumny itself cannot call tortuous, fickle, restless, or domineering. It is not given to any mortal power to be at one and the same time self-denying and rapacious, grasping and chivalrous, revolutionary and dynastic; and any attempt to latter and betray friends and enemies indiscrimi nately can only result in the establishment of a self defensive league against the common disturber. It is the misfortune of the annual speech of the Emperor of the FAINCH to his Legislative Corps that it reads too much like one of those articles in the Mostitser whisk declare war in one sentence and proclaim eternal peace in another. If the speech were addressed exclusively to that resigned and well-regulated sadiseee for which it is eon stitutionally composed, it would be hardly amenable to foreigneritioirm. But it is in point of fact ad dressed to Europe, and we are justified in pretesting on the pert of England against any presumptive in. terference with the free will of the Italian nation on the plea of services rendered--disieterested services, for which forsooth nothing more than a province is demanded in return. Neither the British Govern. ment nor the British people will countenance such counsels or tolerate such claims. THE EXP. tot duurt. The Prince Otasort rods ea horseback yesterday merstai, etiesila y Calessi Ibb Hoe. A. lailittp. Tim Queen ead Pathos Otheirt, with Place Alfred sad the Pamirs Health, beassavd the Olyeryte fiesta, with their erssease ia mew& The royal seas esseliesd the Cowan at Oblides, Lard De Utiity, Lard Alfred Pa get, sad Coked the Ws. A. Lewd Alfred Paget (Clerk Maniud) end Wesel the Hod. A. Reattege have sacesedM Lad Choke rime, sad Usual: Camel the Roo. D. de Rol se the Rosaries is Wait ing to the (ISM awl Pelee Orrort. Prato, /Maui at am Waist vblted the Duchess of Kama oa Waisiolir at Iladiagliam Palace. A dopoielboi Mem ibe trietoskips of Essifiagley-cum - Burley sal Kirksee ll. Chattel Allertos sad Potternewtca, in the bora* of Livia, bid as Mervin, with Sir George C. Lewis yesitseday, et Mosieviits, point out eertein tw mismolies whisk wooll lio ymoinnol by tie Rigby*, Bill as airrtime lasewsk. eguistion as fits WOO Mombestar and Milford Railway bad so Man*, Vsoot Paimmoloa peter day. A dermidlos boas As Vastry of whit of Greenwich bad is tote/Tiro yeskisdny will Mr Oasis C. Lewis, at the Hommivelßes. The depastles ••••••s0 of the Bev. William AbistM llosmir,ll.A., visor ; Mr. Alfred R. Bristow. M.P.; Mr. Bisolkosil Carom, Yr . fleatual Nab* Mr. George Berm. Mears. W. Bolan sad Thome R. BantMy, ebsweliwardoos; sad Kr. Idword W. James, matey clerk; ma assompsoled sod lotroduoll by Visossat Holmm del% Y.?.; AManum Amid floismeso LP.; sad Mr. W. Aa = M.P. Bomillso had an latsrview whit He Duke of Newomils. Mr. T. B. Blackwell bad also sa taterview with Me Ones yesterday. w the Colonial-ofibmi The Lord Prevost of Edinburgh, Yr. Robt. Jobnoton sad Mr. R. B. Orion (megistretss), sad Ceptaia Real, R.N. (tows commit of Edinburgh), had an interview with Sir O. V. Lewis yesterday, sa lb. Horne-ofkos, on the subject of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill. Despatches were remand as the Colonial-o Mos yesterday from the Governor of Caudle. De spatcbts were sent to the Comm of the Wort Midis Islands and British Colombia. Her Majesty and the Prince Conant and the moor members ef the Royal family will leave Backing ham Palate am Thursday rust for Windsor Castle, where tae Quer intends to par a taw days before repairing to Whores. _ ----- We (Nottingham lootrosil) hear, apps good autho rity, that It la the intealles of her Majesty to pay a visit to Ws threes the Duke of Newcastle, at his seat at Clamber, sear Retford, during the ensuieg summer, and that during her Majesty's stay she will Mega the whole of the Ride Corps new funned in the county of Nottingham. A grand gals day la anticipated, should the weather prove propitious. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will leave Clarence House, Bt. James's, on Tuesday next, for Frogmore-lodge, Dear Windsor. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orsap, attended by Count Recbteres de Roam* Colonel Von die Bosch, and Colonel Seymour, Equerry to the Qum, hie arrived at Fenton. Hotel linee it tour. Hie Serene Highnew Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar visited her Royal Highness the Ditcher of Heat as Wednesday at Bachhigbals Pekes. . _ _ The Duke and Dachas at Welliagton give a road eatertaionteot to-morrow to his aoya Highness the Prime of Omar at Apiley Home. The duchess hu In vited a lugs circle to meet the Illnitrtoon prince atter Caner. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived at 17, Bruton •street. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere will arrive la town on Monday met from Leamington. VisoountGag• and the Hon. Miss Gage arrived at the Emily teiddenee in Whitaball yesterday, from Fide Pleos, Bares. his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, LG., held his second levee for the season at Dublin Castle on Wednes day. Owing to the absence from town of the judges and the bar, owned by the sae sees, the attendance wee not so large as on the lint oontedne. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoras. antertahrei to dinner last evening, in the Egyptian Hell, Manion-home, the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Lady Elgin, and a law diatieguished friends, end the goal*. men and their ladies of Talons wards of the City of London. Covers were laid for 240, and amongst the company were Major-General Sir Frederick Abbott, Lady Abbott, and Mies Abbott; Sir Andrew and Lady Lavinia Agnew, Sir Charles Napier, M.P., the Hoe. George and Lady Waldegrave, Ma. jar Cumwieg Bruce, M.P., and Mn. Brace; Rev. John Capes, Captain Fremantle, Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Sir !rem& Graham Maas, Bert, Mr. Alderman Moutons, M.P., Mr. Alderman Foods and Mrs. Finale, Sir Robert and LadyCardes, Mr. Alderman COM, M.P., Mr. Sheriff Phil lips sad Mrs. Phillips, Mr. She if Gabriel, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Meth', Mr. Cliamberlign Scott and Mn. Bootr, Mr. Richard Thorntoo, Mr. Rollin, Doctor and Mrs. Kaiak, Mr. John end Mies Critter, the Lord Mayce's Chaplain, Mr. ' Deputy ant Mrs. Harrison, and the geatiamen and their ladies of the Ward of Catskill; Mr. Deputy and Mrs. Lott, and the Word of Cardweluen ; Mr. Deputy and Mn. Lloyd, end the Wards of Cripple's** Within and Without; Mr. Deputy White, and the Ward of Dowgete; Mr. Deputy Holt, sad the Ward of Farringdon ; Mr. Deputy Barnard, and the Ward of Farringdos Without; Mr. Deputy Cowin and Mrs. Cowin, and the Werd of Langtearise; Mr. and Mrs. Harris, and the Ward of Lime.atreet Mr. Deputy end Mrs. Christie, and the Ward of Portiolum; Mr. Deputy Kalikow and Mrs. Rathbun,. mad the Weed of Queenhlthe; Mr. end Mrs. Berkley, end the Ward of Tower ; Mr. De puty and Mrs. Arehart, and the Ward of Thiry ; Mr. De puty and Mn. Fry, sad the Ward of Walbrook ; Mr. H. E. Fuller, chairman of the City Lands Committee; Mr. Under- Sheriff Osounce. Major-General Fox, who hu been mach indis posed, is, ere ere happy to learn, torch better, and to repik rossialog "stelogtb. A marriage is arranged to take pleat between Mr. E. W. Goodleks, mooed era of T. Y. Goodish', 800., of Wadley, Berkshire, sad the Hoe. Corolla' Wrolealey, (sly &miter of Lord red Lady Wroureloy. hia. Liao Btapheas died on Tuesday but at his tediasco at Roahamplan, alter a langtbtatimt In a latter to air Roderick - Murchison, dated at Kaaassa, the rot at sae of the mouths of the Zambesi which the Ilritieh expedition discovered, Dr. Livingstone melte; on the 10th of Dooloobar, fa good spirits, hie Velliei having been rendered arater4fght through the es/Mance afforded him by Copia& Berkeley, of her Majesty's Bblp Lynx. After impressing his great obligation to Admiral Sir P. Grey end the navel Aims for their friendly aid, he adds, *We ere is a spot where the set breeze plays emotionally epos us, and we et joy good health. Igo up to the Makolole country from this." Yesterday afternoon the first of two lectures on the sal,joct of Japan wee delivered, in Willie's Rooms, by Dr. liaosowan, the Earl of Shefteeliury tekiag the chair on the occasion. In Committee of Ways and Mom Mr. Garnett will move that the abatement of 'noose tax allowed to w omen soder 1301. be exteadoi to incomes alder 6001. Mr. Baxter will, on going into committee on Re pesentatien of the People Bill, move an instruction to the anninittes baying the allow c 4 inceeming the proposed nem►er at Inetahere for ileotland. In committee on Representation of the People BUI, Mr. Idles James Intends to more that the bowline be extended to the eocuptsn, upon certain conditions, of porno's of hour e w sub-tenants or lodgers; and also that the ;vomit of rates on or Ware a particular day shall no kager be the condition of registration. DEATH OF LORD 8017TRWLLL.—WO regret to emotions the death of Lord Vi.conct ffionthwell, tbo repre sentative of a °scholia family of great antiquity in the oount y allottinghent, Wana younger branch of whicie the pre sent holder ad the barony of De Clifford is desessited. Haring no soca. Lord liouthwell le succeeded la his title by ht. nephew, Thomas Arthur Joseph, sou of the late Lleatonaw- Coionwl the Holt. Arthur Framed. Southwell, by the oideet daughter of the late Thom.. Dilloe, Erg., of Meant Milos. is We county of Nadia. Thanow pwar visooaLt) woo boos la 1836. THEHYcrotT or Cllll9l6.—The valuable sulropolltaa restary of Chslata has boom* vacant by the death of the Rev. Marks Mark, M.A., which asourad as llts orating at Walessday last. The rev. Ct, was the Mow ee Kr. I.lsplay, the well merether, ethesseed et Moo Sussex Cali's% Cese- Whip, where Ise gratleatod is UK and won asisiald Seam owl praortat sirs `the sum par h 7 Dr. Haw, Bathurst, Mho, sf Norwich. Misr assolag BMW suer otiose in the eitereb, be Was prism,* is 18116, la She now, of Chains, whisk be his held op to ths plawat how. Vim whieh Is worth about 1,6001. • year, Ye in the gift of Ue• sit Cac Tim .:rlll.- , -At West Ashby near lionwstals, as lloaday last, the wits of Thomas 81 ' woma, as astkaltaral lekesnr, wee delivered of Ness &Adria, all =pirdi which this epaiilitlau. yrer likely to live. liarmas had ales huisme FRIDAY EV. TEN CURE AUCTION. DIY 21,111111 •8D ILSE 11/1011INTIO TILIODATIII.) DUBLIN, TlotuD•T. The following is the result of this day'e polling st nt: out of too polling plasm : Dewy Can*" 1663 Ti. VOLUNTEER LEVEL—WE (Nora BritisA Da* reef/ sftdowitaad that she rawer' have went tO mane et ate late eu sad tram Leedom hese voleatow Alamo rag heft This drain to attend bar liajwor a loose eft Ti d. 7 Nast. °dime will gin Wawa at balt-tfte, as Fit lholir aftinanoiese ft the waists, the delfts ft be ben obeli& se tb• 1011, Woad. Wlll.--" It dooms to be remarked, toe, that, Am iamb amoebae*, the elesepofto et wimp ease is be • awe, est et droabeams, bat et subsidy. The Iftlishlefteln Me vim emblem See koserel item eftwoons mle la Zonpe."—aime tlsittA's Wealta of Nations, 4, Chilt• MARCH 2, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. •••••••••.... SARDINIA. The *cord of to-day publishes a telegram, stating that the reply of the Piedmonts,e government to the new prepositions of Erases reached Paris oa Wednesday. The substance et the response is that the whole question mast depend upon the result of • vote by universal suffrage. THE ALLEGED ALLIANCE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, TEIIIUIDAY. The Journal de EX Pokrekiwi, speaking of the article of the Morning Chronicle, relative to an alliance offensive and defensive between Austria and Ramis, observes :—" We are authorised to declare positively that thin rumour has not the shadow of a foundation." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, WEDPRODAY. Prussia, replying to the communication of France, has expressed her readiness to take part in the free conferenoes should the proposition be favourably received by the other powers. It is rumoured that the Grand Duke of Taseany came here on the 22nd, in the strictest incognito, and that on the 23rd he went to Bans-tilotici to me the Queen, his relative. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. FRIDAY. The debtor and creditor sopa= of the National Bank for February contains the following item : Cash, 80,430,0006. ; notes, 461,636,000 ff.; foreign balls, 23,667,0006.; bills disominted, not yet due, 33,000,0006.; advanoee, 62,667,0006. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LIBBON, MAncii 1. To* Royal Mail Steam Packet CoMpaoy's ship Onside, Captain Lied', has arrived from t h e Brasil., and will Mare this a►ming for Southampton, with 93 passengers and 28,6001. in epsole. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PION Ottli OWN PARIS. TIONSDAT ETINING. You will have seen from the imperial speech that his Majesty deliberately takes that course which, so lately as the day before yesterday, Lord John Rus sell, out of the honesty of his heart, thought that "the Emperor in his wisdom would long hesitate before he adopted," and the agitation in regard to which his lordship ascribed to the "excited opinion" of " violent newspapers." Napoleon 111. " claims " an aggrandisement of territory towards the Alpe. How much he means to take is left in a state of con venient uncertainty. Neither the words Savoy or Nice occur in the speech, but the world is told that he feels it " his duty to claim the French slopes of the mountains." This description can scarcely, by any ingenuity of construction, be made to include Nice; and it is, therefore, possible that regard may be had to the important distinction insisted upon by the Daily News a short time since. The most striking feature of the official assertion of this " which, in the opinion of the English Minister for Foreign Affairs, must produce " distrust," is the absence of any reference to the wishes of the inhabitants of the districts referred to as the "slopes of the mountains." Hitherto the grand argument of the semi-official journals has been that Savoy and Nice wanted to become French. that their many young men longed to be drafted off to serve in Algeria, and that their citizens would like nothing so much as to enjoy the liberty permitted by M. Billault. Only yesterday the Petrie disclaimed any wish on the I part of Francs to have Savoy, but insisted on the I right of the Savoyards to give themselves to France. The speech is more frank. The populations are made no more account of than the sheep and goats which cling to the sides of their moun tains. The pretension put forward is that the coveted territory is already Frontal. It is not the mountains on the Freneh side of the Alps which are claimed, but the " French slopes." This expression is used to show that France proposes to occupy them, by virtue of the doctrine of "remitter," in right of her " old estate," and the theory so full of threats and danger for the future—the theory of " natural frontiers "—is audaciously broached by the phrase that t►e guarantee (!) required is indicated by " nature" herself. The speech affords the fullest confirmation of the news I sent you on Friday lest, that the Emperor opposes the annexation of Tuscany to Piedmont, and reserves the fats of the Romagna.. As to the latter point, the Presser con strues the speech as compatible with the scheme that the Romagnas shall be de facto annexed to Piedmont, the " principle" of the Pope's " rights" being saved by an acknowledgement of his sove reignty. This arrangement is not, in fact, abso lutely incompatible with the speech, bet it would be eminently unsafe to take it for granted that such a settlement is really to take place. The intention no ►doubt is to leave the subject in the dark. Upon the whole the prospects of Italy, as described in the speech, are so eminently unsatisfactory, so entirely opposed to the known wishes of the Italians them selves, and to the opinions of England, that one is astonished at the complacent tone in which the Em peror " hopes" that all difficulties are approaching • termination. At the Bourse the Rents fluottiated between the extreme points of 67fr. 93c. and 68fr. 30c., ulti mately closing at 68fr. Mo. and 68fr. l 6c., with a rise of 200. for cash and 6c. for account. Large speca lave sales were made for the end of the month. In Mobilise and railways there was scarcely any change. The Opinion Nationale mentions a report that the moment the telegraphic summary of the Emperor's speech arrives at Turio, Count Cavour will resign. This journal " hopes that the rumours may be un founded, and that the situation of Italy is not so very desperate in his eyes PA such a step would imply." The action of the &ears against the Bishop of Orleans for a libel is decidedly to go on, but it will not come before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. There is a special law in virtue of which complaints of a correctional nature, made against bishops and several other high functionaries, must be tried by the Imperial Court. The Procurour-General has summoned the Bishop of Orleans to appear before the First Chamber on the let of March. The bishop will not be at the end of the troubles brought him by his appearance in print, when this action is over. Another, in which Madame Beetle, a niece of his predesessoe, the Bishop Roesseau, is the plaintiff, will mime on before the same court in due course. This lady, who is 84 years of age, pro secutes Mgr. Dispaeloup for a libel upon the memory of her uncle. It is stated that MM. Jules Fevre and Beefed will plead for the plaintiff, MM. Berryer and Defame for the bishop, and that M. Chair d'Eet Aug. will act in person as Public Minister. Tba City of Wasbiortoo arrived at Liverpool yeetrdey Whersoca from New York, with dates to the 19th et February. She kiwis 60W. sod 86,800 dollars to epode, sad 153 peeeeagers. . 6ti • - 07W1 - 07' TER WRENCH CHAMBERS. '• The leffielative swim was opened yesterday at IMMO cellsek by the Emperor Napoli= 111. to tersoe, the eereseey taking plea is the sable hell le the New Loans, the Me die Ewe. Tha weathar being beautifully gas and bright. a crowd began to mulled as early ea Musa, to watch the arrival piths haadsonse equipages which conveyed the persona entitled to attend. The carriages soon after begaa to arrive, and am assed saisterraptedly mill coca. attar which no admission could be abashed. By far the greatest number of pubis soot red by the Pavilion Duos the entrance to which waa &denied with Arab; and dowers. The vertibulet Maids was taatefully ornamented with tri coloured lag., trophies of Ines, and evergruna, as sou the wide stairosee coadarthag to the law square waiting-room, which ludo into the Ballades Etats. The vest bell in which the Emperor was to meet the Chamber presented a mote finished appesranoe than on the lest eireasion, several of the ornaments, which were then only temporary, having been beautifully executed according to the original design. The whole was fitted up with dra peries of crimson velvet trimmed with gold, the principal coos being covered with the uses rich material. At the further end wee plated on a raised nestle a throne for the Emperor, as wall as a chair of state, on each side, for Prince Jerome and Prince Napo- Isom Behind were arranged seats for the other primes of the Imperial family, as well as for several et the greet allows of state. On the left were placed the other ministers, the deputations of the grand crones of the Legion of Honour, the Grand Marshal of the Palen, and the Grand Hartmann. On the right, places were allotted to the President, Vioe- President., and member. of the Council of Beats, the Presi ded, Vico-Presitlesta, and Secretaries of the Legislative Body, and the depute. ; while in front of the threes were the President, Vioe-Presidents, and Grand Behrendary of the Senate end the senators. Along the sides wen deputaloss front the Court of Cas eation, Court of Aceounte, and Imperial Court; the clergy of different denominations ; the Prefect of Pollee, the Prefect of the flee., deputations from the Tribunal of Pre. Ware Instance, the general commanding the National Guard the generals end colonels of the Imperial Guard, the generale of the lst military diviaitm, superior offiosrs of the army end navy, nembers of the Institute. &a. The galleries which run along the aides above were filled with elegantly dressed ladies. Beton twelve every plate was cocupied, with the wimp lion of those reserved for the high personages composing the imperial cortege; and a little before one the private can versattooe ceased, as their Majesties were then known to be approaching from the private apartments of the palace by the long picture gallery. An eater of the ceremonies having announced, " The Empress 1 " the whole assembly rose, and bar Majesty catered amidst load ales of " Vire r Impend** I" " Vivo le Prises Im perial!" Her Majesty proceeded to the right of the plat form, preceded by SOON of the officers of the household and eamnipanied by the Prince's Clotbilde, the Princess MsthlWq sad the Princess Lucien and Joachim Murat. The great °Mame of the Empress's household, the grand mistress, the ladies of honour, and the ladies of t►e palace followed. The whole petty were dressed In morning attire and in half mourning. The Empress and the other ladies proceeded to a tribune on the right, on a level with the platform, the corresponding one on the opposite side being occupied by the members of the diplomatic corps and the ladles of their families. Her Majesty had just taken her seat when the thunder of the cannon at the Invalides announced the approach of the Emperor, end immediately after his Majesty. sertip entered in the following order :—A master et the cereseeeles, the equerry on duty, the Prefect of the Palace, the chum halals on duty, the Adjutant-General tf the Palace, the Grand Master of the Ceremonier, the Grand Chamberlain, and the Grand Martha' of the Palace, then came the Emperor, dressed in a mann; uniform, fol lowed by Prlnce Jerome, Prince; Napoleon, the princes of the impedel family hewing rank at Court, the (hand Almoner, the arde-de-temp on duty, the commander of the Cant-Garden, and the Alone of the households of the imperial princes. His Majesty was greeted with repeated cries of " Vies l'Emperour i." " Vire rim piratrict !" " Vire is Prince Impirial I" His Majesty took his seat on the throne, the prisms of the imperial family nem him, and behind the peruse fords( their Majesties' comige. The Grand Muter of the Cerenunles then In a loud voice requested all to be seated, and the moment slier all had re soused their please amidst the moat profound silence. The Emperor then rose, and in as exc....tingly distinct voice de hewed his speech. The address was several times greeted by bursts ofapplease, and at the terentsatioa load cries of Vivo r Empsreur 1" ''Viva l'lmperstrice I" Viva le Prince Impdriai I" ware, uttered. The Grand kLaster of the Ceremonies having takes the orders of his Msjesty, iefisrmed the Minister of Etats that he was then to receive the oaths of such senstors end members of the Legislative Body es had lately entered those bodies. The hon. minister then read aloud the formula, I 'weer obedience to the Constitution and fidelity to the Emperor," and as the attars of the new inemlaire were polled over each advanced and took the oath. The Minister of &ate next declared that the session of 1860 was open, and requested the members of the &mate and Legislative Body to assemble in their respective places of meeting for the despatch of business. Their Majesties then withdrew in the seine order as bad marked their arrival, and amidst renewed scolainatiocui, whilst a second salute of artillery intimatei that the ceremony had urrmlasted. " A letter from Suez," says the Petrie, " make known an inierestieg fact. The members of the French minion to Absattinis arrived on the 28th Deo. at Zotilia, a port in the Red Bee, at a ►hort (lunettes from the Wand of lismonah. The Emperor Theodore had sent one of the grand offioers of his houssholl to conduct them to Gondar, a tows of Abyssinia, situated firs days' journey from the coast. The prince propose to receive the envoys of the Emperor ales French with the greatest distinction, and intended to meet them with a guard of honour of 1,600 men at Ulrich, a large village about ball way to the capital. The mission is composed of Captain de Russel, of the French navy, sad MK. Gemmel do la OUSTOCI2I66 and Martin de Boastsage, euesignes de videmen." The Brussels journals record an extraordinarily audacious robbery :—The cabinet of the King of the Bel gi►ns in the palace at Brussels was entered the day before yesterday, and two paintings by Verbosckhoven, and a cloak indicating the date. and the masons, were stolen. To our, of the pictures sully, the thief removed them from the frames. The clock, which it la said was a present from Quern Vides* was highly prized by his Majesty. Of course the police were Immediately set on foot, and they discovered that the cloak had been pawned ; but of the thief end of the pletures they have thus far obtained no trace. The Courrier de la Gironde says :—" One of the Fret bilk whlchwill be preesated to the Legislative Body will be that relative to the great lines of transatlantic packets. As we have already said, the new company which will have the concession of the line is fuly and legally organised : It has totalled all the conditions of the cahier du ciargt., end only welts for the sanction of the Legielative Bud; and the Senate to commence operstions." A letter from Rome, in the Petrie, mays that even General de Goyoa dimpproved of the foul MOWN resorted to by the polka, to check a popular demonstration at the Porta- Pia, namely, the beading Jack Ketch to walk on the grand promeaade. The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com pany', steamship Cheerier' sails from Galway to-morrow (Saturday), for st. John's, Newtown'land, and New York, with her Majesty'. mails. DEFENCES or LivearooL.—At the meeting of the Mersey Duck Board had yesterday, • menial committee reported that they had bean in c irremoodenca with the authorities of the Wer-..glee revive:bog the defences of the port, and they heel informed the governmest an. thotiiies that the sites articled by them for new torts could not be turroadered without 'met loommnio.l3o.. Several members sired that the inventions of Mr. Whitworth end Mr. Armstrong had so nomplehly revolutionised the art of war, that forts aufliciently Vroog to defend sas port could now be emoted on most admirable sites at a oosaidteable dlr mace mem the docks at both rid?. of the Merry. After a vita Am as the part of Mr. Moth to refer the proceedings beck Is. eoseitiaratioe, the report of the ODUlCialliell wee FACILITIES FOR TESTING CIIAINS AND ANCHORS AT Lientrool..—The chain cable sod anchor inatufac tants and dealers of Liverpool bays metatorielith,l the Mersey Desk Board in favour of an establialtumat fur testing chaise and cables to the Liverpool side of the Merry, and water log groat the expenditure of 10,0001. upon a tering spa. hitehmest et Birkenhead, which would involve an sumer try expenditere mad trouble to the rnthefemorers sad dealers oa the Liverpool aide. The memorial were that Ike filaffsed skire dealers bare all their stores as the Liverpool side. The board will most the memorialiste on %turd., to discus the gabled. Till ACCIDENT 01 THE RALITIEN COUNTLEB IMILWAI. Yesterday morning Mr. Humphreys resumettat the Lecture-hall, Tottenham, the inquiry into the dream • stances attending the deaths of &tweed Stokes, Timothy Satchel), William Rowell, and Phillip Cornwell, who died from the efkcte of the accident which occurred on the,above line on the morning of the 20th elk It will be recollected that amongst the wounded ponces wee a gentleman camel Besse, 70 years of age, a miller of Powedon. He sustained yeti serious iejuziee, both legs and both thighs being broken. Hs was ceoveyed to the White Hart lun, where he remained ins vary precarious condition until Wednesday evening, who he expired about six o'clock, The inquiry yesterday bed 114111111108 to the death of Mr. Bereso• •• the other deceased persons. Tbs company were represented by Mr. Serjeent Baliaa tine, instructed by Mews. Crowder, Maynard, and Co., solicitors. A number of witnesses were examined including Mr. 131a elan, the locomotive engineer. That gentleman gave it as hi. opinion, after a careful examination of the please of the tin of the engine wheel, that the breaking of it was caned by an Imperfection I. the welding—that defect being pro bably canoed by • little dirt getting in. It would be im possible to discover it externally. It was quire clear that the driver had discovered the accident, and wee taking every means to stop the train. The inquiry was further adjourned. Captain Tyler, the Government Inspector of Railway., was present during the day, to watch the proceedings on bast( of the Board of Trade -.- 1 &nos the last inquiry the names of several ether persons injured by the accident nave transpired. Toe most serious can is that of Mr. Haylock, a fanner of Haggerstose. He lies at the Omen Dragon, Mario te-street. Both legs were broken, and he had sustained other serious injuries. One of his legs was amputated yesterday, and last evening he was in a very dangerous condition. The other iojured partlea am proposing as favourably as the serious nature of their injuriee will permit. Mr. it. Beane (whose death we milord above) had we understand taken the precaution to take out • first-class instunnos ticket in the Railway fassengere Assurance Company before starting on him journey, the remit of which la that be has received 1,000 for refs family. Mr. Satchell, another of the sufferers, who has died from the effacts of the accident, in like manner leaves • provision of 6001. to his representatives, secured by a second-Mau policy, or assureace ticket in the sense company. THE VOLUNTEER BALL.---NO effort, apparently, b being neglected to make this ball one of the best of he kind. All the columns, capitals, cornices, archer, and, in abort, ell the ornamental ironwork of the interior of the Opera Floral Arcade have been gilt, and now stand out in bold relief from the pale deli cate lavender tint with which the walls of the building have been coloured. The decoration, will be entirely formed by wreathe of artificial room, which will be twined round the white and gold columns. and suspended between them along the aisles. Long festoons of the same dowers will alto be hang all round the dome, and trained up to meet In the centre in deep folds. The mode of lighting on this occasion will be both novel and beautitul. A line of flue gas jets springs from each point of the cornice we have mentioned through out the entire length of the building, and • similar line of light from the lower and upper rings of tke lofty dome. Is fact, the track of light bends obedient to the architecture of the building, so that its slim columns and general proportions are made conspicuous fea tures of the whole decorations. In the arches between each column, also, chandeliers, draped—if we may um such a term—with wreaths of roma, will be hung, and the same style of decoration adopted from under the central dome. Near the Bow-street entrance of the building a raised dais is being erected for the accommodation of the ladies phero mones and their immediate friend,. The mapper will be served in the large bar/bent story beneath, which will also be lit up and decorated like the Arcade above. When this bell hue taken place preparations will at once be made for opening the Arcade for the pupae, for which it has been bath. TEE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the society's hones, in Hanover. square, the Right Hoe. 84:0. Clerk, Bart., V.P., la the chair ; the Hoe . Gerald C. Talbot, Captain A. E. Wilkiesoa, and Mr. Edward Bt. John, were elected fel lows of the society; and Liento-Colonel Ste ele, 9th Lancers; Major C. W. Hamm Bth Huesan ; and Messrs. J. Mo rsel, H. Pledger., G. Cockle, J. Pearson, and John Hep burn, jun., were proposed as candidates for the fellowah* The report front the council stated that among the additions to the meaagerie was a fine African leopard, presented by her Majesty the Queen ; that the number o f visitors to the sardess during the month of January and February hod ex ceeded 15,000. The report also stated that the council had presented the &flyer medal of the society to hie Excellency 81r George Grey, K.C.8., In acknowledgment of DUMMY valuable dorudiona to the messgerle ; and also to the Hon. G.C. Talbot for the valuable swimmer° et 'tiered by him whilst acting as private secretary to the Governor-General of India in the introduotion of Himalayan phoneme; into England in 1857. DEPUTATION TO THE FIRST COMMIRRIONER OP WONALL—A deputation from the Vestry of St. Luke'e, Chelsea, waited upon the Right Hon. W. Cowper yesterday, to represent to him the bad condition of the new road leading from Lower Sloane-street to Chelsea Suspension Bridge. The deputation was introduced by Mr. W. Tate, M.P., and consisted of the Hon. G. H. C. Dyne, M.P.; the Rev. R. Borgne, rector of Upper Chelsea; Masers. Gable, Lae* Miles, Perry, and B. - 0. Seymour, vestrymen, and Mr. Laker vestry clerk; and Mr. Peuiterton, solicitor. Mr. Tile :aid the object they had is view in welting on the right hon. gentleman was to induce the Commissioners of Works to comply with the act of parliament—the 9th end 10th Viet., oap. 39—and pave the footways on huh sides of the new street above alluded to; or, If they were still of opinion that they bed done all the act required them to do, to consent to the matter being relmred to some eminent barrister, and to abide by his decision. The vestry had it in their power to go to the Court of Queen's Bench fore man damus, but this they were very unwilling to do, es their &ohs was to avoid litigation. The First Commisiloner cf Works said he had reed their statements and had taken counsel's opinion upon the questions in dispute, and he had been advised that hie predecessors had done ail that they were called upon to do aeder the act, and, therefore, he could not °meant to the reference asked. As trustee to the fund he must rather allow the mandamus to Maus against him than voluntarily make such aco cession. The same application had been made by St. George's, Hanover-square, and refused, and that pasha had been content to take to the reads, and ware satinied with a gravel pathway, and there was also a gravel pathway on the road Lading to Vauxhall bridge. He, therefore, thought they might be satisfied with the same. He regretted he could not consistently with him duty °amply with the's, request. ROYAL LOLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—The following nations were admitted member. of the college at the Cellulite Major& held on Tuesday, Feb. 28, antler the tone pottery by-laws:—Donald Cochrane Campbell, M.D., Brent. wood, Saes • Randle William Faloeser , M.D., Bath; Charles Rook s Prance, M.D., Plymouth; Martin Heck,- cher, M.D., llsnotteeter ; John Kelk, M.D., Scarborough; Edward Howard, M.D., liallitll, Surrey; John Ramsay Brush, M.D., Clifton; Joseph Cantina, M.D., Sr. Lawrence, Ramsgate; Henry Frederic Augustus Goodridge, M.D., Bath; William Alexander Greenhill, M.D., Hastings; Duncan Stewart, M.D., Worley Depot, Brentwood; Henry Oxley Stephen., M.D., Bristol ; Augustus Hess, M.D., Artillery- place, Finsbury; Thomas Sudan Watson, M.D., Bath; Adolphe& Abort Frederick Reach, M D., South. street, Finsbury ; Hoary Amellus Powell RoberbsomM.D., Bristol; Jetties Tetley, M.D , Terquay• Berries Madden, M.D., Torquay; Edwarn Dents de Vitte, Lumater ; Henry Mendel y, hI.D., Cheadle, Cheshire; Edmund Dapples, M.D., New Bondmtrest ; George Mathis. son Ogllvie,ll.D., Bombay. AUSTRALIAN MAHOGANY.—At the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board yesterday (Thursdey) • letter was mad from Mr. Andrew*, relative to the tu.ho t tsny tree of Wane= Australia, and its utility in the conetioction of dark gates. The Australien mahogany, Mr. Andrews elated, it not aeon by dry rut and other causes of decay in timber, sod it is sow mach wed in the construction of the Indian rail ways end in the English dockyards. Mr. Andrew's lotted wee referred to the =glum. 1/RATIL OP ROBERT COOStisEs. The renowned veteran Robert Curettes expired a few days slate, in the County Lunatic Asylum for Maidstone. He was perhaps the mon celebeated man that ever rowed on the London river, and Is add to hove rowed his races la the fasten time. He was for seven )eare holder of the chatopionehip of the Theme, although virtually oluimpion some ',ems t,fore he end Charles Campbell contended in 1840 for that title Campbell then hating champion; and Combas remained beel man till, in IPB2, when upward, of 44 years of age, be WWI beaten by Thomas Cole, teary years his junior. Coombe"' leaves a widow anti tour children, One d whom. Alioe, is ea presents oudidate fur admission into the Licensed Victuellere School. A ME:tat:nal! IN AFt -The travelling col lection of wild beasts, known as lidniondi - en oil ~hoot of Wombwell's—has mot with bud fare down in toe frosty north. Some years ago, George Newcombe, a Chelmsford man, was satiated in the ir pupa of ato 'ideate as a lion tuner, and he writer that they nave just @soaped from a three week.' bivouac in the snow in the midst of Middleton Moor. The caravans stook fast in the drifts of this bleak region, with not a village near within 10 miles, tumble to distinguish the road from the wild moor, and with moun tains of snow about them. The bores were taken off sad secured is the barn of a little farm two miles distant, which they were twelve hours in reaching ; but otherwise men and beasts ware left in a state of starvation. At length some adventurous forager mode his way through the snow drift, discovered a house, and having securrd some oatmeal, rit ' turned and cheered the hearts of the faneebing with hot Ce=Great hardships were 'adored before • thaw libuation and relief; and =sly of the beasts died hoes cold anJ want of meat. Only three of the performing lie*s were hilt; but the writer states that young one. have been procured and brought into training to supply the pleas of the defonct.—C l / 4 ther ford Chronicle. LINCOLNSHIRE LABOURERs.—A gentleman is Whittles.) , neighbourhood anxious to engage rosa, their wives and families, to go to work at a cotton-manufactory in Lancashire, paying their Wee, and offering good wa ge., houses to live in, sad schooling for the younger bran ches. Though work Is so seance hero, very hw cos be got to move, they preferring poverty and parish relief at home to work sal good Using abroad.—Shasford Itocury. ■ I