The Express. — London, England, 1861-08-01 00:00:00

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It is probable that some of those writers who have hitherto displayed a somewhat scanty 'mewled', of the merits of the American Commander-in. Chief will soon be furnished with facts which will enable them, if so disposed, to correct their judg ment. It is surely singular that Englishmen, who were impatient under the criticisms made by foreigners upon their favourite officers, should ex pect to find the Americans more patient or more tolerant. If the disparaging tons adopted by some persons in this country towards the American offi cers had been adopted by French writers towards British officers in similar circumstances, it is difficult to over-estimate the irritation which such language would have caused. It should be observed that since the beginning of the rebellion neither President Liecous nor General Sorer has laid himself open to any sub stantial criticism. It has, indeed, been said that the struggle should never have begun, but that the North should, without further debate, have laid down their arms and sued for peace. But setting aside this course as obviously impracticable, even if it would have been as wise as it would mani festly have been unwise, no suggestion has been made by which the North could have arrayed their forces with more expedition ; nor has any plan of campaign been propounded which excels that of General Sever. The only matter which admits of memo doubt is the employment of commanding officers who have not received a military education. Thome who have visited West Point acknowledge that no institution exists which turns out more efficient officers. It is well known that in the United States the army is extremely small, and therefore very many highly educated officers find it difficult to obtain employment. The conse quence is that it is by no means uncommon for officers, after taking their degree at college and serving in the army for some years, to return and to betake themselves to other pursuits. Some of the most distinguished officers in the Mexican war were men who had been engaged in mercantile pursuits, after haring passed through West Point; and General M'CteLtsnr, who commands the Federal troops in Virginia, was Vice-President of the Illi nois Railway. Unfortunately, so long as the South was dominant at Washing ton, the officers employed by the Federal Government were chiefly from the South. The most important commands by land and sea were in their hands. Such a man as WCtsuusw, for in stance, being a Northern man, found it impossible to obtain employment. The moseqamies has been that the Northern officers are generally wanting in experience, and in practical respects inferior to those from the South. It may be thought, per that such inexperienced soldiers may enjoy little superiority over energetic civilians ; and that General BA.WIF" if assisted by a good staff, may, with his power of arrangement and staunch loyalty, do the duties of an officer aa efficiently as a mili tary student who understands the theory of war, but hail had no experience in the field. It must be admitted, however, that if the American Govern ment is wise it will leave General Bcorr--hiniself • scientific soldier—the fullest discretion to em ploy whatever officer seems to him best. In the meantime it appears that General Bsetus, ones Governor of Massachusetts, and afterwards Vice- President of a Western Railway, has superseded General PATTERSON. According to the latest intelligence, which comes down to the 20th July, the Federal armies were still operating in three great columns. The largest, which consists of some 60,000 (although the exact numbsee cannot be stated), under General MaeriowllJ. or MACDONALD, has advanced about 30 miles westward of Alexandria, on the Potomac, to a plans near Mammas Junction, where a battle seemed to be imminent. The force of the Confederates is stated to amount to 60,000 men, and as Manassas Junction is a point at which many roads from the north meet, and the two main roads to Richmond branch off, it is by no means improbable that if the Confederates are sufficiently strong they will risk a battle. There is no reason why they should not by this time have concentrated all their available troops, nor is there any ground for be hoving that they will at any future time be able to collect a larger army. On the other hand, it is probable that the Federal officers must attack them with only one of their columns, and that if the Federalists are suffered to advance they will be strengthened by the junction of the column advancing due south under General BANKS on Mnrtinaburg and Harper's Ferry. Hut if any battle is delivered in the neigh bourhood of Manassas Junction, the result must be of the utmost importance to both sides. If General Scoff and his lieutenant, Macvnwrt.r., succeed, it seems by no means im probable that the road to Richmond will be opened without further resistance, and the rebellion in Eastern Virginia will be crushed. If, on the other band, these Federal officers are defeated, they will probably be compelled to retreat to the banks of THE IXP'SESS" - 4 4 the Potomac, and perhaps to recroie Oak In short, they will be obliged to begin thb advance afresh. With respect to the centre column, lately under General Perreiums, but now under General BANK; no doubt strenuous efforts will be made so to place it as to enable it to co-operate with the attack of General MACDOWELL. But between the two columns there lie the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it is obvious that a march through defiles upon the flank of the Confederates will, if possible, be prevented by the Southern Generals. It is doubt ful, therefore, whether General BANKS will be able to lend his aid to the force at Manassas Junction. It is to be observed, however, that since General PATTERSON crossed the Potomac and occupied Martinsburg, no intelligence has arrived of his subsequent operations. As to whether that general advanced to the southward or began to cross the mountains to his left, there is no informa tion which enables us to give any definite opinion. With respect to the third column, under General WCtstiAN, the news is most important. His object has been to clear Western Virginia, and to allow the strong Union feeling which exists in that district to declare itself. Accordingly he ad vanced with his Indiana and Ohio troops to Graf ton, on the Monongahela, about 50 or 60 miles eastward of the River Ohio. Having reached Grafton, he turned to the south. In his front he had the Confederate General Gtioiarr, with 10,000 men, in • strongly entrenched position. By pure strategy he succeeded in turning the sank of his enemy. By his orders General Romrseless marched through some defiles and came out in the rear of the Confederates. Geanarr had to retreat with the loss of all his guns, letwilmilai and "every "thing he had," besides 200 killed and 1,000 wounded ; whilst DlVentres had only 13 killed and about 40 wounded. 51 4 a.ziaen, according to the latest accounts, was at Hat tonsville, about 10 miles south of Beverley, in the Western States of the Allegheny Mountains. What his future operations may be is somewhat uncertain. In the meantime be is certainly justified in asserting that he has " crushed the rebellion in Western Virginia ;" and has amply vindicated the confidence which General &err reposed in him, as a man of true military genius. Whether M'Ctsm-ts will new attempt to cross the Alleghenies and join General &ems, or wait for the result of the operations near Manassas Junction, is a question which does not admit of an immediate 'elution. But there can be little doubt that the several columns are en gaged in one grand operation, of which Richmond is probably the first important object. Ilbt froun. OSBORNE, JuLy 3L The Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, sod Prisms Helena, attended by the Countess of Desert, Bareness Deheneck, and Colonel the Hon. A. Harding, drove est yesterday. Colonel Gordan, cominanding tho Engineers, south. western district, end Colonel Jeffreys, commanding the dert battalion at Parkhunt, had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps and Colonel the Hon. A. Handing, went to London this morning, and presided at a meeting of the Conseil of the Duchy of Cornwall, held at the Duchy-office, Beckingham.gate, St. Janwe's-park. There were also pre. sent the Keeper of the Privy Seal, Sir William Dunbar; the Attorney-General, Sir William John Alexander; the MINIUM Colonel the Hoes. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps ; the Doke of Newcastle, and the Lord Portmao. A deputation from the Royal Agricultural Society of Ragland had an interriew with the Right Hou. W. F. Cow per, M.P., at her Majesty's Office of Works, Whitehall. The depotatiou consisted of the Earl al Powia, Sir John Shelley, M.P., Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, the Hoo. Oolong Hood, Kr. Cantrell, Mr. Pain, Mr. H. Hall Dere, Bearably, sad Mr. Thompson, Y.P. Mr William Holmes, Provost Marshal of British Guiana, las bow appointed ComMixeioner for that colony to the In ternational Exhibition of 1862, and presented his credentials to ler Ilsjaßy's Commissioners yesterday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial• cake from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and St. Helen► Despatches were seat to the Governor of Gannon. His Excellency the Ambseeador of France and Mien Elphinetone de Flalesult arrived m town yeetanky, has Weimer Castle, Dover. The Marquis of Bristol and family have left Bk dsmsersgean for lekworth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton are expeoted to leave town shortly, on a tour in Germany. The Earl and Countess of Derby left St. Jams's square yesterday for Knowsley Park, Lancashire, for the autumn. The Earl and Countess of Mounteharles and family will leers town in a few days for the hle of Wight. The Earl and Counter of Powis and the Ladies Herbert leave town early next week for Powis Castle, . The Cotttams (Dowager) of Jersey entertained a select party at diner last ovimiog at her maltase la Beeteleyaquare. lier Ladyship loaves town to-day for Brighton. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe has left Far mass's Halal to ria the sari, oa board his yacht, off Erith. Omni and flaunters Alexander Stroganoff have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from the isle of Wight. Upon inquiry at Lord I Herbert'e residence, &i -gnite-square, yeeladay evening, we were informed that his lordship was somewhat better, and had left town in the aftemoce, amempasied by her ladyship, for Wilton House, sear Salisbuy. Lord and Lady Wodehourie will leave Bryanaton- Kamm early welt week for their seat, Kimberley Park, Norfolk. Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M. P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont are paining the aeaaon at Bretton Park, Wake- Geld, Yorkshire. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenorlate for Hatfield Romps, as a visit to the Marquis sad Mombasa.' of Salisbury. We (Tien) believe we may state with certainty that Lard Bela has toss appointed to succeed Lard Cea sing es Goesener•Genssal of India. This appointment les _ _ _ bees emitemplateS amd is itself an explittiation of the feet, mil& excited tam remark at the time, that Lord We obtained no eSea during the late elmages in the mlektry. Her Majesty has been pleased to coder the knighthood of the new Indies Order upon Lord Comber- Mere and Sir George Pollock—two veterans whose services in India, as those of men now living, seem scarcely credible. Lied Combermere, before he entered upon the theatre of kY peieripal exploits in the Peninsula, served with thee Colonel Wellesley, against Tippoo Sultan, sad spas "especially distiogiushed " at the battle of Malls stay, fought in 1799. After a long career of success is Europe he returned to India, and gaited fresh honours by the siege and storm of Bhurtpore, in MI Sir biomes Pollock did not, indeed, ears his first distinction in the last century, but be served under Lord Lake at the battle of Deig sod the capture of Bhurtpore, in 150.% m the first war in Nereid, in the first war in Burnish, and in command of the army which relieved Sir R. Sale sod avenged the disasters of Cabal in 1841. The Rev. C. A. St. John Milan - lay, rector d Chelmsford, bee been appointed by the lilahop of Reahee• ter to the vacant archdesconry of Eases, vacant by the reeignation of the Venerable Archdeacon JOOllB. - - Her Majesty has confirmed the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Conned, depriving the Rev. James Holman of his benefice, and the rectory of St. Stepney, has been declared vacant. • LATEST (arum's TZLIGRAIIL) ITALY. TURIN, Auaust 1. The subscription to the national loan is pro ceeding satisfactorily. NAPLES, Jour 31. The names of the two French officers and the Roman priest who were arrested here yesterday are M. Quartrebarbes, Colonel Devillani, and the Abbe Quais. TURIN, Jun . 31. The Official Ga:elie of to-day says :—" If any of the officer's now on service in the Neapolitan pro vincee abuse their power, they will be willed upon to rendcr a strict account of their conduct." Colonel Oalateri, the author of a proclamation which is published in the jouruaLs has been recalled. NAPLES, JULY 30. Several superior Wench o ffi cers in the service of the Pope, and a priest coming from Rome, have been arrested. FRANCE. PARIS. Auccerl. The Mositeur of to-day says :—" The Emperor returned to Fontainebleau yesterday evening. He will open the branch line of railway from Nevers to Moutargis." Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La Petrie publishes the following : " Commander Constantino Nigra, the minister plenipotentiary of the King of Italy, has arrived at Paris. He alighted at the hotel of the Sardinian Legation. Some foreign papers continue to an nounce the withdrawal of our troops from Rome. We persist in contradicting that statement. " The exact d.ty of the arrival of the King of Prussia at the camp of Chalons has not yet been Axed. We learn that the Ottoman government has given up the idea of au inveatigatton in the case of Rim Pacha." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUGUST 1. A semi-official article is published to-day, which gives a denial to the rumour of a sew loan, and says :—" The Financial Administration can cover all the expenses of the State until the question of the finances shall have found a constitutional solu tion. Even from Hungary no inconsiderable amounts are received, while the military expendi ture is decreasing." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Amon 1. The Peninsular anti Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra, with the Peninsular mile, arrived off the Needles at 11 a.m. AMKRICA. LIVERPOOL, JULY 31. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamship Etna, which sailed hence to day for New York at 3 o'clock, took 18,9431. in specie. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 27th July state that deputations from all parts of Biscay were arriving at Santander almost daily to present complimentary addresses to the Queen. The General Direction of Agriculture and Manufactures bad drawn up a series of regulations for deputing the Spanish part of the Universal Exhibition at London in 1862. The authorities of Granada had granted permis sion to the wife of Perez, chief of the insurrection at Loja (the man is still in flight), to carry on his business of shoeing smith, she having no other means of maintaining her family of five young chil dren. The captain-general of Granada not having approved of a sentence of death ou two of the Loja insurgents, pronounced by the military tribunal of that place, their cases bad been carried before the Supreme Council of War and Marine. The semi official Correspondancia declares that the govern went intends to have all oondemnations ou the in surgents rigorously executed. BELGIUM. The Belgian Moniteur publishes the following note at the bead of its non-official part :—" On the occasion of an incident which recently took place on the subject of the commercial relations between Belgium and England, explanations have been exchanged between the Belgian Minister in London and the English Minister for Fore Affairs. The government has bad reason to be satisaed with the explanations which have been glean, and negotiations will speedily be opened to biing about the conclusion of a now treaty con formably to the interests of the country." THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Union Company's Cape Royal Mail steamer Norman, Captain Boxer, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday evening. Her dates were : from Table Bay, June 21 ; St. Melees, July 1 ; and Anemias, July 5. /ler mails were landed sad forwarded to London that evening. She brought the usual general cargo, among which were: 425 boles wool, 300 bags copper ore, 155 tusks, 36 hales of skins, 48 hell sums and 24 qr. casks wine. Her passengers were fifty.four in number, among whom were : Captain Burnett, R.N. Governor of Aocensson ; Colonel Murray (Garman Legion) and lady, Coleco) Farrell (Madras retired lis.) and two children ; Dr. Dalloy, surgeon of the Narcissus. in %Aided ; Colonel Hill (Cape Volunteers) and lady, Moe. J. Xesenthal, _ _ ,/LL.O Assistant-Commissary-General, assitla, Lieut. 11oleswerth, R.K, Lieut. Currie, C.M.L. sad Mrs. Cure* ke. At the Cape parliament was still sitting ; the great ques tion that had occupied the principal portion of the session was the bill for the separation of the eastern and western provfrees lakoduced under eastern iefluences ; very lengthy +bates hod issued thereon, and when the Norman left the House of Assembly had rejected it by • majority of seven ; and la the Legislative Council, the voting having been even, the question had been postponed for • fortnight. It was generally felt that the bill stood ro chance this session ; but that ultimately, at some future time, the provinces would certainly be the mere distance between the miles — be ing —being alone considered an ire preterit iestigator to the change, and the great progress made by Port Elisabeth reude'ing it entitled under the circumstances to lay • claim to be the seat o: local oohs's' legislation. A hope was being entertained that the Impanel government would deal with the ques tion in the mine manner as at Moreton. Sir George Grey's well-known views a federation, it was thought, might also be brought to bear on the matter. Sir George had not yet left for New Zsaleod, and it was much desired that he should' put this ape difficulty in train for settlement Were he left. The finance committee had brought up their report, and having found that it would require X5,X3/. to make all things satisfactory, recommended that an iir.me diets loan of 200,000/. should be contracted for the service of the Ferment year ; and to meet the charges of this and other loans, and to provide • sinking fund, they proposed to lacrosse the reveuue by 100,0001., thus—by re-i m p o sition of transfer duties, 40,000/. ; increue of customs duties, '28,270. ; pea coinage charge on bank paper issues, 10,0001. i and for the remainder the stamp tans and a legacy and succession duty were suggested, but reserve.' for further consideration. It was believed that the colony could bear this increased taxation well, but it was thought to look an awkward policy, after parliament bad recently been remitting taxation. The general feeling of the co lony was increasing to view more favourably the vo luntary principle ; instead of stets grant for religious p • bill bad been introduced for the establishment orr:Oluntary principle, but was not considered likely to seemed this session. There had been no further news of Bishop Mackenzie or the Zambezi mission. The public works, under the control of the colonial surveyor, were re- Mam progressing satisfactorily. Winter, though late, elt in very severely, and trade had been much impeded by • succession of storms. The stock of wine was very low. The wool speculators in the Gaston province had last very heavily—ea much as 100,00 W. was named—through the deeeleen in the price of the wool at borne. The volun teers were Jealously continuing their meritorious efforts to attain proficiency in drill and rile shooting. Trade had been rather unusually dull, the may feature of novelty large speculations in tobacco and cigars through the rise in the duties. The barque Bernina, Capt. Pions, which left England March 25 with • general cargo widths following passengers for Table Bay—Mr. and Mrs. OBE mid three children, Mn. Pritchard (wife of Admiral's secretary) and three children, Mr. Van Boork, Mr. Hassell, Mr. Nicoll, sod • girl in the service of Mrs. Pritchard—was wrecked on Rabbets Island. Mrs. Pritchard's little boy and baby, Ma Old and two of her children, Mr. Van Boca, and airman. were lost. _ _ ThiAthens mail steamer arrived out at Table Bay June 10. The Norman left Plymouth on Wednesday night for Iformilmaspron. • ~ • r . I'HURSDAY - AUGUST 1, 'llBl. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom on owl, PARIS. WIDIIISDAY EVEMIG. The note in last night's Pays, reproduced in the Constihttionnel of this morning, is naturally the great subject of political speculation. If it were not that the Emperor is pleased always to proceed towards the accomplishment of his objects with du plicity, one might see in the semi-official avowal that there has been a Billingsgate quarrel between the French Commander-in-Chief at Rome and the Pope's Minister at War, • strong confirmation of the rumours which converge from all quarters within the last two days that a solution of the Roman question is at hand. But, as it is, all is doubt and uncertainty. The Opinion Nationals, which would be the first to rejoice if the hopes ex cited by current reports were well founded, only appends to its citation from the Pays this hesitating comment : " The solution of the Roman question has perhaps made a great step ;" and in its latest news it says :—" Notwithstanding the reiterated assertions of the Indipendanee Bolye, it appears to be unfortunately doubtful whether the French government thinks for the present of withdrawing its troops from Rome." The Pattie and Pays are instructed to say that the re port of the evacuation of Rome is untrue, and it appears that the only step taken by the French government for the moment is to ask the Pope to dismiss Mgr. de Metede. It is worth noticing that both the Pays and Consti tationnel call him not Mgr. but M. de Me , rode, and this must be done with a view of studiously insulting him. Some little time ago, when the relations of France with the court of Rome were friendly, the official prints frequently reproached the SiScle and other republican journals for not giving the title of Monseigneur to bishops. The Co•stitutionnel says of the note, which it re pests : It is easy to foresee the impression which this authentic relation will make on our readers. They will once more see how completely we were justified in attribu ting the faulta committed by the pontifical government to the deplorable clique who surround the Holy Father. In this particular instance the right claimed by General de Ooyon was opposed, not by the Pope himself or by Car dinal Antonelli, but by a secondary minister, Mgr. & He rode! The will of the Pope was plainly expressed, and the first minister coincided, but the resistance continued not withstanding, and in 'pits of the advice of the first minis ter! If this incident were an isolated case, it would only excite a smile of satisfaction. The conduct of General de Goyon was that of a French officer whom nothing stops in the exercise of his rights, and who fulfils his duty with that impetuous ardour so natural to our Rol ' dims. But this curious episode is a complete revelation. Who can be otherwise than grieved to see the temporal power of the Pope thus fallen into the hands of the satellites of a party equally destitute of religion and of popularity ? Who can fail to see in this latent disorder the dominant cause of the events which are coming to pass in the sphere of politics? It is not long since • great outcry was raised because we hinted our suspicions of this die astroua intervention in pontifical attain. We were told " The Pope is free! " Yes, bat what • liberty that is; just the kind that may be expected from parties! A hybrid system, which ham nothing of liberty bet the name, and is practised with the aid of the most intolerable of PRUSSIA. TlPreparations have been already commenced at Berlin for the fete of the coronation, which it is said is to be celebrated with extraordinary pomp. It will take place, according to general report, on the 15th October, the anniversary of the birth of the late King Frederic William IV. ; and the entry into Berlin will be three days after, the birthda y . of the Prince Royal. The King bas had sent to him at Baden several large folio volumes, contain ing drawings of all the ceremony of the coronation of King Frederic 1., which took place on the 18th January, 1701. The Augsburg Gazette states that the same ceremonial will be o bs erved at the coro nation of the present King. which ia not avowed. M. Nefftzer says in the Tempe that the Cwistitu (Smut., instead of talking about "parties," would have done better to give some sound advice to the French government, which stands in great need of It at this conjuncture. The Temps cannot under stand the publicity given to the extraordinary quarrel between General de Goyon and Mgr. de Merode if things are to remain as they are. The dismissal of Mgr. de Merode would be a very poor satisfaction. "The present position is absolutely intolerable, and the only thing for France to do is to recall her troops." K Peyrat, of the Prase, thinks it evident that "this solution cannot possi bly be adjourned ;" but I am greatly afraid he is too sanguine. I have reason to believe that great intrigues are going on at the French court to displace Baron Ricasoli, who is not supple enough to please Napo leon 111. It is stated in a ministerial lithographed sheet that General Fleury brought a letter to Vichy, in which Baron Ricasoli declared that he had nothing so much at heart as to prove his personal devotion to Napoleon 111. "in everything com patible with his duty as an Italian minister and the successor of Count Cavour." The qualification conveyed iu the last words does not please. I hear it stated very positively that Farini may be ex pected in France to confer with the Emperor ince9., and all the letters from Italy speak of a ministerial crisis as imminent. Commander Nigra has arrived in Paris, and will shortly present his credentials as minister plenipo tentiary of the King of Italy. The settlement in the Rents to-day resulted in the slight fall of 10e. for cash, and bc. for account, the closing prices being 67fr. 80c. in each case. MobiHer fell 21r. boc. The Orleans Railway rose etfr. 25c., and Eastern and Southern hfr. 500. each; there was no change in the other great lines. The Bishop of Laval, wishing to raise money to finish a church in the Mayenne, advertises that he will have sixty masses said for every subscriber of 5 110113. The irreverent Sack has made a calculation, from which it clearly appears that according to the bishop's prospectus he has undertaken to perform twelve millions of masses in • single church in five years, or seven thousand masses a day. It is further calculated that, to perform this episcopal contract with the public, the church must contain 250 altars, at which 250 priests must be constantly saying mass during five years from five in the morning till midnight. The Meek observes that, according to the economical doctrine that prices fall when goods are more offered than demanded, masses must just now be ate great discount. The Prince de Croon, formerly page to the Emperor Napoleon 1., died the day before yester day at the Chktean of St. Ouen. M. Coyle has just published a pamphlet en titled " Plus de Convents." The author, after having traced out the history of monkism in general, and Jesuitism in particular, concludes in favour of abolition of religious congregations and convents. Sisters of Charity are alone ex cepted. He, moreover, invokes the Galilean liberties of 1882, the edict of 1764, the decrees of the old constituent, and the organic articles of the concordat. Protestantism, by abolishing convents, laid the foundation for freedom of con-1 science. According to the author, the mainte nance of religious orders, or rather the tolerance allowed to them, is one of the principal obstacles to the solution of the question of the temporal power. THE POPE'S HEALTH. A letter from Rome, of the 24th, in the Preue, nays that the Pope's health is better ; but this better is only relative, for be is in reality afflicted with a chronic and incurable malady. His Holiness is oftener asleep than awake, and he sometimes falls into a state of prostration which ahirms his physicians. The New York Post says the Wall-street banker, oo the Ath subscribed the full amount of a five millioo loan in forty minute*. THE NEAPOLITAN INSURGENTS. A proclamation, dated the 11th, and published by the pretended provisional government of Cotrone (Calabria) shows what may - be expected from the insurgents said to be in the pay of Francis 11. : Wherever there may be several bands, let them elect a chief, and endeavour to fall on the great towns. Let them cover the country with guerillas ; fatigue the enemy by marches and by feigned retreats acmes the mountains ; lead them into narrow defiles, where a few men may racily de stroy them by rolling down rocks from the steep sides of the precipices. In order to prevent the manoeuvres of the cavalry in the plains, strew the ground with fragments of glass, nails, and pieces of old iron, and dig up the ground in places where artillery are likely to be plarsd Inter cept the principal roads by digging deep ditches at intervals of fifty yards, and, in places where it may be useful, break down the banks of the riven and cause them to overflow ar change their coarse. Be careful also to destroy all the beats, so as the more completely to embarrass the operations of the enemy. The authors of the proclamation recommend that all Piedmontese prisoners shall be sent back to their native country, but that no quarter is to be given to the !soldiers of the Hungarian Legion, who, as soon as they shall fall into the hands of their opponents, are to be banged on the highest trees near the road side. The clemency which the provisional government of Cotrone promises to the Italian troops is, however, but illusory, as the pro clamation concludes with the following words : "Shame and extermination to those who oppose our triumphant march." This proclamation is published in the name of the Pope and King Francis. AUSTRIA. It has been announced by telegraph that a tumultuous scene recently took place in the Cham ber of Deputies at Vienna, when several members were called to order, and the whole proceedings terminated by the departure of the Gallician and Tchdque members ea mares. The incident, how ever, had no particular result, as the offeneed deputies resumed their seats the next day, content with having publicly marked their dissetisfaction at the manner in which the Bohemian deputy, Dr. Branner, had been treated. The Debate refers to the circumstances of the scene in question, and expresses the opinion that it was M. Hein, the president of the chamber, who was moat to blame. The sketch of our contemporary is too lively and amusing not to be given : We consider, it rya, that the president displayed • greet want of experence in parliamentary usages when at the risk of exciting • tempest, he teemed the trained Dr. Branner. That deputy, at the commencement of his speech or the bill on fiefs, said nothing that was not per fectly innocent, since in endeavouring to show the differ. sues which exists between • Separatist and an Autonomist, sod between an Automatist and a Federalist, be pro nounced in favour of Federalism against the system of auto monies a warmer and 'oeparatioe. It afterwards pleased Dr. Brawler, who is well versed in Bohemian archaeology, to tell • rather long story about the diamonds of the crown. Al though the recital did notpeusees the same dramatic interest as the opera of that name, Dr. Brauer ought to have been listeeed to with patience. But the president of the cham ber had the unfortunate idea of sneering hint just at the time when, having long sines come lower down than the deluge, be was paying " • pions tribute of respect to the memory of his peat unhappy King Ottocar IL, 'who lived in 1270, an epoch relatively recent, and who energetically protested against the election of Rudolph of Hapsburg as Emperor of Germany. "Speak on the bill on fiefs," said the president. "Try to pass • good bill on the press," might have cried from his prison the unfortunate M. Kaczkowski, the principal editor of the Glos. But, no ! Dr. Branner, who is not • doctor for nothinr, stuck to Ottocar ; sod thereupon, the president deprived him altogether of the liberty to speak, we know sot why. Decided partisans of th e liberty of disoursica, we believe that representatives ought to be allowed to speak Seely on all they please, not even excepting King Mow. We cannot, therstme, blame the Takla' mad Galician deputies for having retired after the declaim of the president, since they must have believed that the liberty and irresponsibility of the whole chamber were encroached on in the person of one of its members. We, however, warmly congratulate them OD having the day after returned to the Reichsnith. If they listen to our councils they will occupy themselves less with Ottocar and somewhat more with the Austria& law, which subjects journals to the Remo of warnings without prejudice to the @metre derv. They will leave the universities, whose bari um@ it is to make on the virtues and misfor tunes of Kinp whoreigoed in 1270, and they will them selves endeavour to be the parikunest of the empire. . . A communication from Vienna of the 28th ult. sees: dome astonishment is felt here at the efforts of certain correspondents of foreign journals to establish the greater or less probability, if not of I% new alliance, at least of a sensible reconciliation, between the Imperial Courts of Austria and Russia. In support of their assertions these journals repre sent the two powers as being placed in identical positio s z one with regard to Hungary and the other to Poland hence they conclude that the union of their military loress would become necessary in order to put down the nook tionary movements which they expect to see break out si multaneously in these two countries. In addition to Russia finding herself placed with regard to Poland in a very diffe rent position from Austria towards Hungary, where danger is in a certain measure imminent, there is no pond of serious comparison to be established between the destinies of a na tion of from 11 to 12 millions of inhabitants, who always re mained before 1848 in possession of its charter and of its autonomy, and the fate of a nation reduced by the treaties of Vienna to a population of from three or four millions. However that may be, the reconciliation betimes the two courts so much spoken of is generally doubted in official circles. HUNGARY. A letter from Peath, of the 26th, nye : The committee of sixteeu, charged to present a report on the rescript, has requested IL Doak to draw it up. Nothing was more natural than to confide the defence of the address to the writer of it. In the rescript, the argument of real union reposes on the incontestable fact, that since the some- Ginn of the Hapsburg dynasty to the throne of Hungary, the kingdom has never been represented separately abroad. and has always been comprised in the concert with the European Powers with other provinces and kingdoms under the r :o% e : tine Lame of empire of Austria. Another argument for a more intimate union than a personal one is taken from Art. 2 of 1741, in which it is said that the foreign affairs of the country required the nomination of Hungarian members of the ministry. But if Hun 'sty hid been separately represented in foreign countries, there would have been any union between her and Austria; there would have been an alliance, but no union. Had Scotland and Ireland, before the real union with &g -land, ambeawdors distinct from those of the Kings of Failand ? Has Norway, which is united personally to Sweden, *odd replesentatives in the Courts of Europe! HAS Holstein, which undoubtedly forms part of Germany, a special representative different from that of the King of Denmark at the Court of Austria, or of any other country whatsoever' Hungary obtained by compacts the guarantee that, in Hungarian affairs, the tninisters of Austria should exercise no influence ; but since there are questions which may concern her interests, a Hungarian Minister must be able to watch over and control the acts of the Austrian Ministers. FRA G lACOMO AND MI Pots—A correspondent of the Slide says :—" Brother Gineamo, who attended the lateCountCavour on hisdeath-hed, bed bad his first interview with the Pope, who exhibited great displeasure on the oc otillo% After having heard the account of the last moment. of Count Cavoor, and learned that be hail made no retractetioe, the Pope and those who surrounded him were of opinion that the only way of settling the matter was to obtain from the monk an acknowledgment that be had failed in his duty, but this, though threatened with the terrors of the Holy Office, he declined to give. He said, moreover, that he followed the dictates of his conscience, and that he should be glad to see aU his parishioners die in as Christian a manner as CountChvour." EXPSNAIM OF FORTIFICATION& —From a return issued this morning with the parliamentary papers, it ap. pears that the ninnies raised under the Act Zi and 24 Viet. e. 102, up to July 1, 1861, amount to 360,0001. ; the amount of annuities created in respect of the monies so raised, via., annuities commencing April 6, 1861, and expiring April 5. 18145, is 22,8201. ; the monies issued out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the sum charged on that fund, under the said act, up to July 1, 1861, amount to 150,0001. ; the amount remaining to be raised ol the sum of 2,000,0001. authorised to be raised under the said ect,is 1,640,0001.; and the amount to be Wined or applied of the mid sum of 2,000,0001., is 1,850,0001. The total amount expended up to July 1, 1861, was 145,022/. 13s. ed. NORTH MIDDLESEX RIPLES. Yesterday evening a large number of the leading inhabitants of the north-western district of the metropolis assembled on the parade ground of Albany-street Barracks, Regent's-perk, to witness the presentation of a sword to Major Ross. Among those present were the two members for %style bene,'Losd Fermoy and Mr. Hervey Lewis ; Major Wilkins son, commandant of the 2ad Middlesex Administrative Bat talion; Captain and Adjutant R. Welders Jones ; and several officers of the corps. The testimonial, which was subscribed for by officers and effective of the regiment, and cost nearly 501., consists of as elegant and elaborately designed sword (the scaUsird sad hilt are of silver), from the; atelier of Messrs. Jones and Company, of Regent-street. The sword-blade Leers the following inscription: " Presented to Major Rosa, of the 29th (North) Middle. sex Rifle Volunteers, by the members of the corps, in testimony of the seal he displayed in the formation of the regiment, and as an expression of their esteem and regard-' _ . _ The effective' amembled on parade,having been formed by the adjutant into three sides of a square, Captain CAMERON on behalf of th e subscribers, presented the testimonial . to 'Major Ross, and in doing so dwelt in highly eul ogisti c terms on the incessant energy and per_ severance dyed by Major Ross in the formation and early history of the seeps. Amid all the difficulties, he remarked, which beset the 29th ,in its gradual program, Major Roes, who at length gracefully yielded the chief post to Lord Enfield, exerted Mona most assiduously for its extension sod welfare ; and he had by his conduct through. out earned for himself the respect and regard of all the members. Major ROBB, who was loudly cheered, expressed his deep sense of the honour conferred upon him, and his delight at finding that his services had been considered worthy ad such a splendid testimonial. In conclusion, he assured hie comrades that so long as he remained in the proud post. Lion of second in command be would do his duty to the best of his ability, and endeavour to secure their continued approbation. A dinner, which was attended by about 150 members of the corps and their friends, afterwards took place at the Oxford and Oambridge Tavern, Haverstock-hill. Osptain OANZRON presided, and the touta, which were in harmony with the occasion, wens drunk with enthusiasm. THE CENSUS OP SCOTLAND. The results of the census in Scotland have been laid before parliament, in a document presented by com mand of her Majesty. Like the other census returns, the document consists at cankerous tables, containing a large mass of statistics. From these we abst ract the most im• portant information. The total population of Scotland is 3,061,251, the females preponderating &lightly, their number being 1,614,269 to 1 446,982, the number of males. The number of separate families is 679,023, the number of inhabited houses 393,289, the number of vacant houses 17,167, that of houses build ing 2,692. The number of children from sto 15 attending school is 456,699. The total population in the various divisions is u follows: Northern 130,518 West-Midland ... 241,144 North-Western 168,715 South-Western.. 1,007,925 North-Eastern 367,832 Sonth•Eastem ... 408,808 East Midland In every division the ferules prepooderateover the make. The growth of the population mince 1801 is indicated la Table IV. In that year it was 1,608,430 ;in 1811,1,905,85 4 l in 1821, 2,091,521 ; in 1831, 2,364,386 ; in 1841, 2,620,184; in 1861, 2,888,742; in 1861, 3,061,251. Table VII. gives Um number of separate families in tbs most important towns—viz. : Edinburgh Leith Mune'bgh Portobello =ow 83,588 femme= krfr. A'serd e :en 1 820,28 9784 Stirling .......»...... 9,2114 , A LADY POISONED AT BIDEFORD. On Monday, great excitement was occasioned at Plymouth by a report that • lady, who bad been on • visit at Mr. Stephen NViloocks', had by some means or other been poisoned. The rumour turned out to be true ; andthe following particulars may be relied on as correct. The lady, who bad been governess in the family of Lord Clinton. at Bubb, for upwards of 20 years, came here to spend a few days with Mrs. Wilcoeks. Some part of their early life had been spent at school together. The deceased lady, Prance. Ann Rowland, who was 41 years of age,somplained of disc. &ma, but attributed her illness to change of air. Mrs.Wil cocks recommended • pesecnption which was made up of tincture of rhubarb and laudanum, and went to the shop of Mr. T.Grifiths, chemist, and asked for those-pennyworth of tincture of rhubarb, said three drops of laudanum, stating at the time that it was a prescription given her by case nurse Williams. On taking the medicine home, Mins Borland was engaged at her needle, but told Mrs. Wilcock, that she felt poorly and would go upstairs and lie on the bed. When M. Wilcock, subsequently went up, deceased said that she had been del. Mrs. Wilcocks poured out the medicine in • wineglass. sod Miss Rowland immediately , drank it, remarking that it was nauseous. Mrs. Wilcock. went down to dinner about one o'clock, and about two went IV stairs 'pin. The deceased said. " I have not been asleep;" she preferred lying still a little longer, and said smilingly, "I don't know how people feel when they are tipsy, but I feel very comfortable." Mrs. Wilcocks then left her. About three, or half-put, Mrs. Wiloocks went up stain again, sod when the blanket was removed she observed that Miss Howland breathed slowly: Her hands were leach 1, face swollen, and eyes shut. Mr. Wilcock., on being apprised of her condition, went for Dr. Jones, but Miss Rowland died. Dr. Jones, at an inquest held yester- day at the New Inn, before Thomas L Pridham, Esq., coroner, stated that the deceased died from a narcotics poison ; but the jury deeming further medical testimony , together with a postmortem examination of the necessary, together their inquiry at five o'clock until eight o'clock when it would be resumed. I Mr. ncledon Bencroft, solicitor, is professiondly engaged to watch the case for Mr. Thomas Griffiths. Western Morning News. HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OT DURHAM.—Letters received in London yesterday state that the Bishop of Dur ham is gradually improving, and that his medical adviser* now consider him oat of danger. He is, however, in so feeble a state that many weeks must necessarily elapse be fore be can resume his episcopal duties. His lordship has caused notice to be given to the clergy that the primary visitation of his diocese, which it was his intention to bold during the autumn, must be postponed until next year. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE DEA NKRY.- It was announced some days ago in the Exprear that the Bev. C. J. Ellicott, 8.0., Professor of Diviniti a i s a ter Xinfe College, London, had accepted the pommy of ~the revenues of which are very small in consequence of its dissociation from the mnonry, which formerly yielded its chiefemolumeeta. Professor Ellicott, who was also Hut. . can lecturer at Cambridge, had some hesitation about surrendering these means of usefulness for the °Limos cum dignitate of a decanal stall. The Bishop of Exeter has, however, found some congenial work for him, and has given the munificent sum of 10,0001. towards the establishment of a diocesan training college, over which the new dean is to preside. Colleges of a hke character have been founded in the dioceses of Bath and Wells, Oxford, Lichfield, Chichester ' and Chester • and the want of a similar institu tion in the diocese of Ex eter, embracing as it does the whole of the counties of Devonshire and Cornwall, has long been felt. NEW CHURCH FOR ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS.— A new church for a very poor district of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is in course of erection in Beilfordbury, and will be completed in the course of a few weeks. It is from the designs of Mr. A. W. Blom&Id, a son of the late Bishop of London,and promises to be a very commodious sad pretty structure. Among the subscribers to the building fund are her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, who contributed 250/.• the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Overstone, Mr. and Lady Mary Hoare, the Earl de Grey and Ripon the Bishop of Loudon, Mr. O. Sclater- Booth, J M.P., Mr. J. Hardy, M.P., Messrs. Combo, Debtfield, and Co., the Marquis of Kildare, and a large number of the leading parishioners. The site, at the corner of the Hop Gardens, was purchased for 1,9201.. but a considerable amount bad to be expended in removing the miserable tene ments which covered it. Schools of various aorta w:11 be attached to the church, the ministrations in which will be conducted by the Rev. Henry Swabey, M.A., of Pembroke College, and formerly Rectoi of St. Aldate's, Oxford, who has liberally contributed 300/. towards the fund. ETON AND WZMAINSTER BOAT-RAC F.—Both crews are in active training for this interesting event, which comes off to-morrow. Owing to the tide, the race will be started at an earlier hour than appears to have been gene. rally supposed, and the steamer conveying theWestminsters has been ordered for a quarter to 10, instead of the time originally fixed. Even then those must make all el eed who wish to see the race. We mention this fact generally to prevent disappointment. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT.—Yeatertlay morn ing Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, held an inque s t at Wap plug on the body of Willi am Boo th, aged 37. The decease , ' had been in business as a grocer in Aberdeen, but hail failed, and then obtained a bet th on board the Aberdeen steamship as stoker. On Saturday last, while engaged before the furnace, he fell suddenly on the floor in a state lof insensibility. He was raised and carried upon deck, when life was found to be extinct. When the ship reached the wharf at Wapping, Dr. Roes was called, who made a post otorfent examination of the body. He ascertained that death had arisen from effusion of serum into the ventricle' of the brain through exposure to exceptive hest. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this testimony. An establishment lately opened at Philadelphia "for mialtai l il and hething , including the R uss ian and Turkish baths, has been named "The Ratak,' iuni and Physical Institute." I 1 I 1 Is i f I' at NI ebiad Mr. whin haw ___ labdi Immo or IC from for pabli in t 1 curb bore/ cam or a colon mare aPcto rens his a owes lanai volw shin in co = buy table haft don diii; took Kai* wow the/ his 1 th• c c•Fix _ -d i 'l l C. wed vu, Sts der stre look stre her the acre sake be II it to took bad