The Express. — London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

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BRITANNIA. TRIq Evrqmo. 'DAME }mow . or, The Relief of in. know. —The Erothera Conrad will give th,•er Mo.kall and Aerobatoal Ent. rt tiontent —THE W %MAW): lor THE fiLEN.—and THE EItINCE TUE OGRE. Herr Conrad and ions Mn. 74. Lone. aloe WAT&Z AT LONDON BRIDGE. T DAT —Mania& DA DIAL Afternoon. Th. eonn. TlMMlLAnif—Nrauffes, ID. Oa.— Afternoon, 4h. 27es. LONDON, WEDNILIDAY, FEB. 27. Tat division on Sir Joint Tact.xwxy's Bill to-day will be the critical vote of the session, and one party in the House of Commons at least is fully alive to the fact. During the last few days the Tories have made extraordinary exertions to secure the attendance of every member who usually sits on their side of the House. The new Conscir ',afire whip, anxious to rise with the occasion and to prove his fitness for the post, has devoted himself to his arduous duties with untiring energy, and it is certain that every available man in the opposi tion ranks will be to-day et his post. Whether there has been equal diligence and zeal on the Government side of the House a few hours will decide. But if any timid or lukewarm Liberals are still disposed to regard the vote on this measure as of secondary moment, none of their opponents share the delusion. The Conservatives at all events perfectly understand the supreme importance of to-day's division as a trial of party strength. That is, indeed, its true significance. With the Tories this resistance to Sir J,PHN Tszi.svrev's motion is a mere party struggle. Their aim is purely negative—to defeat the Liberal party on a question of first rate Importance. For the rest they have no principle to defend, and no counter-policy to pursue. So far as the question of Church-rates is concerned they are really fighting for nothing, or at best for a Isere chaos of contradictory opinion. It is the MOWS important to insist on this, se some moderate Conservatives may feel inclined to vote against Sir Joys Tastsw NY's Bill in the hope that if it is debated a compromise may be agreed upon. There is, however, no chance of this. The perfect union that exists amongst the opponents of the rate, and the hopeless division of its professed friends, squally conspire to prove that compromise is now impossible. Thu moment the Conservatives at tempt to deal practically with the question, they are split up into sections as strongly op posed to each other as they are to the abo litionists. Mr. DISZACLI denounces the plan recommended by the House of Lords and the Episcopal Bench as shortsighted and even suicidal. Archdeacon I)ast+us undertakes a crusade against Mr. Hellealltis scheme, pronouncing any attempt at compromise as treason against the Church. Nay, so hopelessly divided in opinion are the friends of the rate that they cannot venture to hold a public meeting lest the speakers should contradict each other. This actually happened the other day at a private meeting amongst them selves, Mr. Beer... Foal) Hoer having risen to protest against the opinions expressed by Lord ROBIULT MuNTAGr. While there is no union in opinion or pulley amongst the friends of the rate, the subject has, however, excited a good deal of feeling, and needy politicians, like the leader of the Opposition, who care nothing about the Church, and simply want a cry, are naturally anxious to turn this pro rate excitement to their own account. They are of course glad to use it as a party instrument, and eagerly hound on their followers in the hope of gaining a momentary triumph. The ablest organs of the Church, as well as her wisest and most earnest friends, deprecate this political use of the question, and justly urge that a barren victory on the question of no compromise would ulti mately prove far worse for the Church than a de feat. They know well enough that on the Tory side of the House there is no principle at stake in this struggle ; they know the Church can gain nothing by it, and that it is only a desperate effort to delay an inevitable triumph. But while a barren victory on this question might be • serious evil for the Church, it would undoubtedly prove a great gain for the Tory party. They have not only made the rate a political question, but have given it • prominent place in their party programme, and rallied the whole force of their party organization in its support. If the Op position gain a majority to-day, the Liberal party, and the Government that depends on it, will re ceive the heaviest blow that has been dealt them for many a day. The Liberal party will, in fact, not only be defeated, but disorganized. It behoves every member of the party, therefore, every man in the Houie calling himself a Liberal, to consider the meaning and result of to-day's vote. Many members en the Liberal benches have possibly no particular interest in the subject of Church rates. With some the matter is simply a bore they would gladly be rid of at almost any price. Others are in favour of a compromise, if it could in any way be brought about. Many Liberal members are thus indifferent, if not actually opposed, to Sir Juan TILZLAWN v's Bill. On reflection they must, however, see that in the present position of the question they are no longer at liberty to consult their individual feeling in the matter. Though abstractedly perhaps in favour of a compro mise, they must see that it is now impos sible. The opinion and example of expe rienced and leading statesmen like Lord P %TON and Lord JOHN RUILSELL are decisive on this head. The total abolition or partial retention of the rate, instead of being, as it once was, a mere detail of ecclesiastical legislation, has become a po litical question of first-rate importance. It is one of the two great questions that divide Liberals and Tories. And public men who have heretofore perhaps been indifferent to the question are called to consider it in its new aspect. If they have any care for their own position or that of the party with whom they act, they cannot afford to neglect it any longer. It would be diffi cult to estimate, and perhaps impossible to over rate the importance which this question has now acquired not only in this House, but locally in the panty and borough constituencies, as well as in the mind of the country at ism,. It is one of the few questions i-n which Liberal constituencies are determined to make a stand, and they are not in the mood to be trilled with. It is one of the few THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1861. questions on which the united action, if not the very existence, of the Liberal party depends. Reactionary Liberals may perhaps smile at this description, and affect to make light of the matter. But if they venture to act with levity or indif ference, they will soon be undeceived. Whether the Government gives the measure a hearty and united support or not, their tenure of power really very much depends on the decision of to day. The temporary abandonment of Reform has gone far to divide the Liberal party, by alienating its more earnest members ; and if Sir JOHN Tax. Lswxy's motion is defeated, the disorganization amongst the supporters of Government will be complete ; their action will be paralysed, and their power gone. It matters comparatively little how long the Government remains in office after tho only great questions on which the Party and the country are interested have been abandoned or defeated. It will exist on sufferance and may be overthrown by a parliamentary accident at any moment. But, whoever may still be disposed to treat the question with indifference, it is quite cer tain that the Liberal Constituencies will not. The division list of to-day will be most carefully scru tinised, and if any Liberal members are absent from their post, or unfaithful to their trust, the defection will be noted and remembered by their constituents. Those who have hitherto trifled with the question had better look at it seriously to-day. If they have never voted before, they must make up their minds now. They must decide at once, and their decision—the decision of hesitat ing lukewarm Liberal members—will sot only determine the vote on Sir Jolts THELAwsr's motion, but in the long run much else besides. Ebi court. The Queen and the Prince Consort left Bucking ham Palace, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and were attended by the Countess of Cahalan, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Alfred Paget, Major. General the Hon. Charles Grey. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, the Master of the Household, and Major F2phinstotie. The Queen and Prince Consort were conducted to their earriege by the Earl of St. tkemiuis, Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Viscount Castleroue, Lord Creroorne. Lord Oliorge Lennox, Sir Henry Bentinck, Major• General Wykle, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de ROIL A detachment of Light Dragoons escorted the Queen from the Palace to the private station, at V►uahall, of the finuth Western Railway. The royal party left by a special train. The Countess of C.aledon has succeeded Lady Churchill as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Colonel the Hoc. A. Harding, has relieved Lieutenant. Cilia:lel the Hon. 1). de Rom in his duties as the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince Coosort. A deputation from the Manchester and Glasgow Cham bers of Commerce bad an interview with Viscount Pal merston ea Friday, on the subject et the government and the resources of India. A deputation from the vestry of St. Martin•in-the. Fields, on the width of railway bridge.' over the thoroughfares of the metropolis, °wasting of Mr. Glazier, Mr. Fetter, Mr. Goodebild, and Mr. Dangerfield (vestry clerk), transacted hernias yesterday, at the office of the Hairdo( Trade. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, from the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Liman. De spatches were seat to the Governors of the Australian Oolesite, Hoeg Kam the Mauritius, and Gibraltar, and to the Lai High Oomatheiceer et the lonian Islands. MINI LAW NIGHT'S GAZETTL) WAft-omcs, Irss. 28.—The Queen has been =di t z ge least a th en e lete for ! re th t e ire, ar r iatreas eri al ear rayor-Oeseral el I and Supenoteodent of the Grea t Trigonometrical Survey of that country, to he an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Com panions, of the Moot Honourable Order of the Bath. - warrniALL. Fn. 2.s.—Tbe Queen bits been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Lad Mayor of the City of ',mien ' • Major-General Sir Joshua Jebh, K.C.B. ; John Thwaites,Esq., Chairman of the Metropolitan Ballad of Works ; Captain Douglas Gallon, of the Royal Engineers; Edward Borstal, Eiej-, Commander in her Majesty's Navy, of the River Thames Conservancy Board S • ' Henry a s r e rhrKunt, Esq., Surveyor of her Majesty ' s Wo rks and Public Buildings ; and John Robinson teams, Esq., to he her Majesty's Commintionen to examine into plans for em banking the River Thames within the metivpolis. - - Foams-ernes, JAN. 3.—The Queen hal been ly pleased to appoint Laurence Oliph a nt, E sq ., t o ras eW e i z ia stary to her Majesty'. Leption in Japan. - - CRoww-oFrice, Fee. 22.—The Queen hen been by letters patent under lb* Great Seal of the ailed Kingdom, to give and grant to George Hayes, Ser. joant.atelosr, plam and precedence at the liar next after Archibald John Stephens, Eat., one of her Majesty'. Onweeillaarsed in the law. FM 23.—Tlionms Wheeler, of the Middle Temple. Lon. doa. LLD.. was this day called to the degree of s sor r:a:titis, by writ, under the Gnat Seal of the United The Prince of \Vales has given twenty guineas towards the support of the ride corps at Shepton Hallett. His Royal Higbneee is lord of the manor. The Marquis of BreadaThane took his departure yesterday for Berlin charged on a special mesuge to the King of Prussia, for the purpose to invent hie Majesty with the Order of the I iiirter. The noble marquis wu accompa nied on his mission by Lord Frederick Paulet, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, and Sir Charles Young, the Garter King of Anus. The Princes a Wansiltehikoff has left the Claren don Hotel, Bold-Strad, foe Aria. The ex-Queen Maris Amelie, accompanied by other breaches of the .:•royal family of France, arrived at Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard'aon•Ses, ye.. 'inlay, from Claremont. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar have arrived at Camper's Hotel, Torquay, from LaMar. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Constar Appouyi entertained at dinner last evening, at Chandra Howe, the Duchess of Wellington, the Earl of Cloroadon, the Dossers Dowager of Westmoreland sad lady Bose Vase, Lord sad lady Herbert, Baroness de Bury, Xs George Cornwall Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Mr. Hoary Heave, Mr. Bartholdi, Mr. Mesel, fee. Later in the evening the Countess Appozyi had en assembly. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coantess Berostorff entertained at dinner on Monday even. Mg, at Prussia House, his Excellency! the Portuguese Minister, the Duchess et St. Albans and Lady Diana Beau. clerk and Viscount Falkliad, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Viscount sod Vi.mounteee Sydney, Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley, the Light Hos. C. P. Villiers, 31. P., Count Blucher, &c. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor will cane to town on Friday, from Calverley Park, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess of Motive have loft the Lodge, Virginia, for Park-street, Westminster. The Earl of Munster, with his two sons, Lord Fitsclarmice and the Hos. L Fitsclarence, left the Cavan. dish Hotel, Jermyn•etreet, yesterday, for Hastings. The Countess Stanhope has issued cards for assemblies on Fridays, the lst and fith of March, at the family residence is Groeveriorplace. The Countess of Craven has arrived in Charles streak from Brighton. Viscountess Palmerston's assembly, announced for Saturday next, is unavoidably postponed. Viscount Mallon Las arrival in town from Viscount Canterbury arrived at the Pavilion Hotel cm Monday lest, sad left on the following day for Nara. Lunl Crewe has left Hill-street for Crewe Hall, Cheshire. The late Mr. J. R. Juain, of St. Thoman'a. Num*, iiackaoy, tea left a legacy of 100 &oaks, free of legacy duty, to the National Lifeboat Institution. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA. THE NENV CONSTITUTION. VIENNA, TUNSDAT NOON. The representation of the Empire will retain the name of Reichsrath. The Reicharath will consist of two Chambers. The Upper House will be composed of hereditary members, and of other persons nominated for life. The Lower House will consist of 343 members, who will be elected by Provincial Diets. The Reich.- nab will have right of legislation and of initiative. Its sittings will be public. A bill becomes law when it has passed both houses and has been sanc tioned by the Emperor. The Reichsrath is to fix the amount of the Budget, to legislate in all matters of taxation, to manage public loans and the National Debt, to audit the state balance-sheet, and superintend the affairs of the bank. The restoration of the former constitutions of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, and Transylvania within the limits of the diploma of the 20th of October, 1860, is decreed. For the other provinces liberal statutes, withrepresentation of the interests of the people, will be given. To towns thu repro. 'mutation will be at the rate of five per cent. of the population. In rural districts it will be below five per cent. The Provincial Diets are to legislate for their respective provinces, to have autonomy, the right of initiative, and publicity. The Provincial Diets are to meet on the 6th, and the Reschsrath on the 29th of April. (azurn's TELEGRAM.) VIENNA, W=l4E/MAT. The imperial patent granting a constitution to the state, defines the constitutional rights of all the German and Sclavonian provinces. As regards Venetia, orders have been given to draw up a project of constitution on the same prin ciples. For the present the congregations are to send members to the new council of the empire. The latter is composed of a Chamber of Lords (Herren haws) and a Chamber of Deputies. The present council of the empire is dissolved, and a council of state instituted in its place. The Hungarian, Croatian, and Transylvanian Diets are also summoned to send representatives to the council of the empire. ITALY. TURIN, TVISDAT ETWING. The Senate, in its sitting of to-day, pawed, by 129 against 2 votes, the project of law granting the title of King of Italy to Victor Emmanuel and his descendants. TURKEY. vIENNA, TUIVIDAT. The insurrection in Butorina has proved to be so serious that Mehmed Pacha, having only a small body of troops at his disposal, has not dared to attack the insurgents, but has retreated. VIENNA, TUESDAY. Revolutionary disturbances have broken out at Sutorina. The insurgents are receiving, reinforcements from all parts. Mehmeil Pacha, at the head of a force, is marching against them. A conflict is imminent. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WZDNISDAT. The Cunard screw steamer 'Cedar, Captain Muir, from New York on the 14th instant, has arrived here. The electoral vote for President and Vioe-Presi dent was formally counted by the congressional committee on the 13th instant. Lincoln and Hamlin were declared to be duly elected. The scene was very impressive. On reaching Columbus, in Ohio, Mr. Lincoln made a speech before the Ohio legislature, in which be said that all that was wanted was time, patience, and reliance on God. He continued to receive perfect ova tions during his progress. Nothing has been yet done by the Peace Con ference. The Montgomery Convention was debating the subject of a flag for the Southern Confederation. The Virginia State Convention assembled on the 13th inst. Its President made a Union speech, but said that Virginia would insist on her rights as a condition of remaining in the confederacy. Preparations for attacking Fort Sumter were being continued at Charleston. 12,000 troops at Pensacola were threatening an attack on Fort Pickens. The Secretary of the Treasury demanded an immediate loan of 8,000,000 dole. to meet indis pensable payments. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. FEB. 14. Money quiet and easy. Sterling exchange dull and irre gular. Bankers' hills, 100 to 105. Stocks hare been drooping, but closed steadier at following quotations :—New York Centrals, 771 ; Illinois. 77 ; Erie, 32 i• Cotton k lower. Flour and whea t • shade cheaper. Cora steady. Pork heavy. Beef unchanged. Freights firm but quiet. NEW ORLEANS, Fin. 13. Cotton firm. Middling Upland, 10i to 11c. LIVERPOOL, WZDNEND %T. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com pany's steamer Etna, which sailed to-day for New York, took 250,000/. in specie. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL 13017TRAYPTON, Fen. 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer lialora, sailing to-day, takes out for Bombay specie, value 206,7971., of which 195,490/. is bar silver, 5,000/. bar gold, 6,0001. sovereigns, and 3071. of sundries. BOARD OF TEAR; WHITEHALL, FRS. 2G.—The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair., a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's eonsolsgeneral at Warsaw. reporting that the cus toms duties on won imported into Poland have been reduced to the following amounts:—lron, in hare, rails, and brag ments, 35 copecks (Is. W.) per peal (NI lbs. avoirdupois); assorted iron, 43 copecks (is. 4d.) per pool ; iron in aheeni or plates for tinning, 70 copecks Ps. ld.) per pood ; cast iron (pig), 5 copecks (If.L) per pool—nareffe. SUDDEN DEA FR OF THE COUNT/0/14 OF RODET. It iswith regret that we announce thedeath of the Countess of Rodeo, who died suddenly on Monday afternoon at the family mansion in Cavendish-pure. We are informed that the estimable countess, who had been in delicate health for some years poet, had may left ber room to meet ber daughters, the Countess of Gainshorough, the Marchioness of Londonderry, and Lady Marie Forster, who had assem bled to take luncheon with their mother, when the countess was attacked with an apoplectic stroke, and in less than half an hour afterwards was pronounced dead, to the ex treme anguish of her daughters present The Earl of Roden was absent from town at the time, but reached London in the evening to receive the melanc holy news. THE STRAND BUILDING% EAGLE-COORT.—TIDI annual meeting of the shareholders took place yesterday, at St. schools. In the absence of Viscount Ingostre, Mr. Itorlit.e H. Adams took the chair. Mr. George Morgan, the lion. secretary, read a satiefactor, report of the pmeeedings of the company ; and it is gratifying to add that the principle of self support, the basis of this institution, has been fully carried out. A wash -1 ouse, to all the inmates, bad bees tined up with every convenience, and its use is fully appreciated by the tenant.. The repair fund has bees generously increased be contributions from the Duchene Dowager of Norfolk, the Harolds of Westminster, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, and other shareholders. Desi.ite the bedpan of the season. the lettings have secured a good dividend. The retiring direc tors were re-elected and the usual complimentary votes paned- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nos ous OWN coiassronzwr.) PARIS, 'TUESDAY EVENING. The Corps Legislatif is decidedly becoming vir tuous—it has just annulled another election, merely because it was illegally conducted by the government. There is a law which says that when-' ever a vacancy occurs the new election must take 1 place within six months, and again, another law enacts that no public functionary shall be eligible until six months after he shall have resigned his place. On May 11, 1860, M. Alengry, one of the members for the Aude, died, and M. Dabeaux, the prefect of the department, took a fancy to have the vacant seat—et least so we are told—but as the change 1 1 involved a considerable pecuniary loss, it is very pro bable that the government, wanting to get another prefect, thought the opportunity a good one to pro vide M. Dabeaux with a velvet cushion to fall upon. But here a serious difficulty presented itself. The utmost delay allowed by law for the new election was Nov. 11, 1860, and that date could, not by any process of arithmetic, be made to correspond with the period of six months from the day of the prefect's resignation. Under these apparently difficult circumstances the prefect and his powerful backers took the simple course of fixing the day of the election for Dec. 16, in open defiance of the law. M. Dabeaux, little suspecting that the principles of legality, justice, and publicity were about to be brought into fashion (as they subsequently were by the Persigny decree of Nov. 24), made a triumphal progress through the department, taking an affectionate leave of the inhabitants as their prefect, and at the same time, with all a prefect's authority, canvassing their sweet voices on his own behalf. His succes sor, duly instructed, backed up his pretensions and got him returned by an immense majority. Now, there is no doubt in the world that at any time before the little coup &Nat of Nov. 24, such an election, notwithstanding its flagrant violation of the law, would have been confirmed by the house. The grumbling observations of the four indepen dent members for Paris would have been scouted, and they would have been told by M. Baroche that as the house must be thoroughly convinced that, whether a little sooner or a little later, the free and independent electors would certainly have returned M. Dabeaux, all their legal quibbles were miser able, pettifogging, and factious. But now—great and much-to-be-admired change !—the reporter of the committee on the election lays down the doc trine (which is stinted by cheers, recorded in the Moniteur) that "if the Corps Legislatif wishes its own decisions to be respected, it must set the ex ample of respect for the law ;" and submits that the election must be declared void. M. Billault, wbo represented the government on the " non-port folio " ministerial bench, felt that in the present temper of the times the case was utterly indefen sible ; and, although he was an accomplice in the illegality, having been Minister of the Interior at the time when the Dabeaux job was plotted, he contented himself with saying that if the house "desired to maintain the extreme application of the law, the government would submit." What I have above recounted is merely the lead ing feature of the drama played in the Corps Login- Intl/ yesterday. But there was a little bye-plot which deserves a passing notice. Besides the one fatal objection to M. Dabeaux's return, a variety of minor ones were brought forward with great force and humour by M. Picard, such as the con fiscation of opposition bulletins, the open violation of the principle of the ballot by mayors,who thrust M. Dabeaux's bulletins into the hands of electors as they came up to the poll, and, in manyinstanoen, the counting for M. Dabeaux of votes given for his opponent. To all those secondary counts of the indictment, M. Billault denied as much as he could, and treated all the rest as of no importance. His argument is the convenient one, which for the last ten years has panned unchallenged, that it being impossible to suppose that any amount of government pressure could materially influence such a vast machine as universal suffrage, a little ille gality in small country villages did not matter. The committee, while not grounding their recommen dation that the election should be annulled upon this part of the case, were so much struck by the disclosures made, that they recommended the pur chase in every commune of a secure ballot-box, with a double lock. This is • remarkable official admission, that hitherto there ban been no security for the truth of the returns. It was proved only the other day that a mayor took the voting papers from the hands of the electors, put them into his pocket, and then went into his private room to make out the return. M. Billault attempted to parry the attack founded upon these pleasant ir regularities by the statement that a government inquiry bad proved that they were not so bad as supposed, but Vicomte Lemercier told him very seriously that the inquiry was doubly worthless -Ist, as being an infringement upon the privileges of the house, and, 2nd, because it was carried on in the presence of justices of the peace and gendarmes, who intimidated the witnesses. Although habi tually a supporter of government, be (Vicomte Lemercier) voted against this election not only on formal but ou substantial grounds, and be thought it high time to change the whole system. The election was declared void without a division. This debate must be considered as marking a great and decided step in the path of political liberality and honesty. The Bourse opened with some degree of firmness, and the Rente advanced to 68fr. 20c. A false despatch was put in circulation, representing that the Bank of England hal raised its discount to 10 per cent., but the firmness of Console prevented this news from being believed. In the afternoon there was a sensible reaction, attributed to ru mours that the Syrian conference was broken up owing to Prussia and Austria having decided to vote with Turkey and England. The closing prices of the Rente were 68fr. and 68fr. fic., being a fall of fic. both for cash and account. Mohilier fell lfr. 25e. The Caisso Mires rose Mr., closing at 100 fr. Ports of Marseilles rose bfr. The shareholders in the latter security are thought to be less injured than those in the Mires and other undertakings. This evening's Prraw says : Everybody must be struck with the vague and undecided clutracter of the draft address of the Senate. A great body of the state should be more clear, more peremptory, when it speaks to a government which asks its opinion in the face of a listening country. The government should know what the Senate thinks of its policy, and the nation ought to know what it is to think of the Senate. Now from the terms of this address, it is impossible to extract any opinion or any guide for conduct whatever. _ _ _ A pamphlet, by M. Louis Venillot, entitled Le Par et la Dip&made. is announced for March Ist. It will no doubt be more amusing than that of the Bishop of Orleans, and quite as bellicose. M. Solar, whose signature appears in the Presse to-night for the first time since the arrest of M. Mirbs, tells the Bishop of Orleans that it ill be comes him to speak so slightingly as he does of pamphlets, since he himself is more a journalist than a bishop. THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE. FIFTH DAY.—(YzertimAy.) The hearing of this remarkable case was resumed this morning. The court was not so inconveniently crowded aa on yesterday, owing to the more effective arrangements of the police and the officers in charge of it. His lordship having taken his seat, The Rev. Dr. O'Connell was recalled and examined by Mr. Whiteside, as follows :—Dr. O'Connell, were you in court yesterday when Mr. Mooney was examined! I was.— Will you state was that an original marriage, according to the church of Rome, which he described as celebrating! (Question objected to by Mr. Serjeant Armstrong.) It was a valid marriage. The Chief Justice—The ceremony as described by Mr. Mooney, assuming it to be true, is a valid marriage accord ing to the doctrine of the church of Rome Witness—it is a valid m►rri Sergeant Armstrong renewed his objection, on the ground that the answer of the witness was in no way evidence. Mr. Whiteside mid he did not want a bill of exceptions, and he would withdraw the evidence. His Lordship—l do not think the objection well•foundod, but I will allow the evidence to be withdinwo. Rev. IL. V. Molloy examined—l have been a missionary in the East. I was at Constantinople daring a great portion of the Russian war. I became acquainted with Miss Long. worth while abroad. I have known her for about four months. She was in a convent or hospital managed by the Sisters of Charity. She was a postulant, as far as I know —that was at Galata. Mr. Waldron Burrowes examined by Mr. Whiteside—l reside in the county Down, and am a magistrate. I belong to Mr. Mooney's congregation, and know him.—liadyou any conversation with that gentleman some time ago about this marriage? I had.—Where was it? It was at his own house, and occurred in the month of Marzh, 1855.—What was it ? I began to banter the Rev. Mr. Mooney about the scrape he had got himself into, and it was in reference to that the conversation began. He very earnestly assured me that he had incurred no ecclesiastical censure • and in • very significant manner informed me that he had made the parties man and wife—Had you said anything to him previously, from your knowledge of law, about a marriage between • protestant and Roman catholic ? I had at his instance. I told him for the purpose of taking "a rise" out of him that he might be transported.—What did he say? He said that he had completed a perfectly valid marriage, and volunteered expressions complimentary to the personal de portment of this lady. Mr. Henry Hill Lancaster examined by Sergeant Sulli van—l am a member of the bar of Sootland ; I hopol am acquainted with the laws of Scotland as to mamages. The only thing required to constitute • marriage in Scot land,is consent—no form is required—no ceremony—no lie notice—nocohabitation—noteven witnesses—perfectma trimonial consent, and it may he interchanged without the presence of any third party.—ls there, by the law of Scot land any particular way in which this consent must be oved? No; it may be proved by subsequent acknowle dgment, written or verbal, or by oath of the party, or, in fact, by any evidence. A marriage proved in that way is • marriage according to the law of Scotland.—Can either party after that consent revoke it by the law of Scotland? There is no power to do so.—ls the consent the less binding or otherwise from cohabitation? Cohabitation is no way requisite—it does not affect the matter one way or the other. I have heanl the evidence in this came. I heard the Rev. Mr. Mooney state that Major and Mrs. Yelverton knelt at the altar. I heard him state that they agreed to be hus band and wife. Ime the entry in the book at Doan Castle, " Mr. and Mm. Yelverton," proved to be in the handwriting of Major Yelverton. I heard it proved that they lived as man and wife in Scotland. I heard the letters of Major Yelverton read, and I heard the courtship at Mrs. Gamble's proved.—Having heard that evidence, is it your opinion that Major and Mrs. Yelverton are man and wife according to the law of Scotland? Question objected to by Dr. Ball, Q.C. Sergeant Sullivan submitted that the question was a proper one to be asked. His lordship said that the witness had already described what constituted a Scotch marriage. Sergeant Sullivan said he would not, therefore, press the question. (To witness)—ls subsequent acknowledgment of a prior consent evidence of a marriage aoconling to the law of Scotland !—lt is nut necessary that a particular prior consent should be proved. Cross-examined by Dr. Ball, Q.C.—Most undoubtedly the acknowledgment of a marriage per verbs de preeenti without the presence of a third person, constitutes a mar riage according to the law of Scotland, if it be properly proved ; the fact of • man and women passing as husband and wife without acknowledgment will not constitute a mar riage, but it is a circumstance from which a court and jury mayinfer • marriage ; I do not know of any case in which the law accepts evidence of habit and repute in support of • marriage when the man happens not to be a domiciled Scotchman.— Is it a fact that you cannot use evidence of habit and repute where there has been a ceremony, but most stand and fall by the ceremony ?—lf a ceremony be proved which involves cement, you cannot use evidence of habit and repute. The Chief Justice—lf there be a consent per verb* de pesenti in Ireland—such as would be valid in Scotland — but which is void according to the law of Ireland, and if there be a subsequent living as man and wife in Scotland, what is your opinion think the parties would be man and wife in Scotland—with this explanation—that the court, looking at the acts in Scotland, and looking . at them as having taken place in pursuance of a ceremony in Ireland —the court under such circumstances would hold that there was sufficient to enable them to rule that a marriage had taken place between those parties at some time or in some place. To Dr. Ball—l never said that consent out of Scotland would be a marriage. My opinion is this, that when the court applies itself to settle such a question as I have de scribed—namely, here are letters and acknowledgments between the parties; are they sufficient to prove that con sent has taken place!—They *inn% trouble themselves with saying where or when the consent took place. My impres sion is that they would, in their own minds, have assumed that consent took place in Scotland. The Chief Justice—Suppose the parties took each other for husband and wife in the necessary solemn manner, but that the woman would consider cohabitation under such circumstances would be living in a state of sin, and there fore refuses cohabitation—would such a marriage, according to the law of Scotland, be a valid marriage ' Witness—My opinion is that such a state of things would have no effect whatever in invalidating the marriage. There is a case in my mind, in which the judges held that where a woman had no idea, even, of the effect of what she was doing, when the usual ceremony was gone through, yet they held that the marriage in that case was a valid one. The certificate of the Rev. Mr. Mooney was then given in evidence, subject to the evidence of Mr. Brewster. Mr. Whiteside then ►pplied to his lordship as to whether the letters written by the elder brother of Major Yelverton would be received as evidence in thecase—the writer having acted ae the agent of Major Yelverton in those letters. His lordship decided on not receiving the letters at that stage of the proceedings. The letter written by the Rev. Mr. Mooney, in reply to Mrs. Yelverton 's application fur a certificate, was also . re fused as evidence. _ _ Mr. Sergeant Sullivan—We close now, my lord. Mr. Brewster then commenced him address for the defers• dant. He represented his client as having constantly and determinately endeavoured to avoid Mrs. Yelverton. She was determined to unite herself with him, and it was a question whether she did not in this matter work herself up to • sort of frenzy that would enable her to stop at nothing for the attaining of her purpose. The learned counsel was proceeding to animadvert strongly upon the frivolity of Mrs. Yelverton, as shown in some of the letters that had been read, and was proceeding with his address, when our report left. HEALTH OP LONDON. The Registrar-General's return states that the deaths in London in the week that ceded last Saturday were 1,318, the number in the preceding week having been 1,:t28. The average number of deaths as obtained from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years. 1851.60, and corrected for mem,* of population, is 1,414. It will be seen that the deaths registered last week were nearly a hundred less than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had ruled. The mean temperature of the air, which in the previous week was 37.6 deg., was so high as 45.9 deg. last week. On Thursday, when an unusually heave gale occurred, the mean temperature was 48.6 deg. In the corresponding week of 15.1 the mean temperature of the sir was only 26.7 deg., and the deaths then rose to Loot Zemotic diseases in the aggregate were fatal last week in 2rti caws, whilst the corrected average of e.g. responding weeks is 272. Seven very young children died from small-pox ; 20 children from measles ;3d from scarlatina ; and there were also 11 deaths from diphtheria. Whooping-cough carried off 78 children. Ten deaths, 7 of which were of children, were caused by syphilitic disease; sod there were 2 from iotemperanco, besides 2 from deli rium tremens. The most fatal disease in the list is bron chitis. which was fatal in 188 cases ; the next is phthisis, fetal in 149. The mortality of the former differs little from the average ; that of the latter is below it. Eleven deaths were caused by suffocation, 7 of which occurred in bed. rind :t were by the impaction of food or other substance in the throat. Two children were burnt by their clothes taking fire ; two by other MOMS ; five children were fatally scalded, among whom was a hey scalded by drinking lint water from a teapot. The deaths of two centenarians, a widow aged 100 years, sod w man 102 years, were recorded in the week. It appears that both ages are well ascertained. The former died at :4, George-street, Somers-town. She was a native of Lincolnshire ; her husband died in 1798 ; and she had lived for more than 60 years in London. The latter died at 1, Newburgh-villas. Islington. His relations were also remarkable for longevity. The wife of a shoe maker, seal no yams, died on the 7th inst. at 25. Nelson. street, Bethnal-green, from " inflammation of the lungs and want of the necessaries of life :" and a man who hail been formerly a master tailor died at the age of 78 years on the 16th inst. at 83, Milton-street, Cripplegate. freer "ossification of the heart, accelerated by want of proper nourishment." Inquests were held in both cases. Last week the births of 1,1r15 boys and 856 girls, in all 1,891 children, were registered in London. In the ten come. spending weeks of the years 1851.60 the average number was 1,781. CAPTURE OP FIFTY THIEVES IN MANCHESTER. --4,-.. Yesterday afternoon, a p icked body of p o li ce, acting tinder the orders of Superintendent Leary, of the it Division, paid an unexpected visit to several well-known haunts of thieves in Charter-street and Spier-street. The result was the capture of 50 thieves, who were immediately taken to the Livesepetreet Police:st•tion. The reason of this disturbance of thieves' comfort was an attempt mule hy three men to enter the dwelling-house of Mr. Alfred Turner, Johnson-street, Queen's-reed, Cheetham, on the previous night. The constable on duty in that street, about two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, was sitting on a stone step in the roadway eating his supper, when he fanci e d be heard some sawing going on. He crept cautiously a few pun to a small gate which opened on to a Lawn is front of Mr. Turner's house, and peeping through, he saw a man on his knees working away with some instrument at the shutter, while two other men stood by looking on. The constable immediately sprang over the wall and attacked the burglars ; one of them he knocked down, but the others came to the rescue of their " brother," and between the three the officer received a goof heating, his clothes were torn, and the fellows escaped. This incident, together with the nu. merous attempts at burglary lately, inducesl the domiciliary visit of the constables. The seizure was made about three o'clock. As soon as the constables made their appearance in the neighbourhood of thief dom," the innumerable scouts hanging about the corners of the streets carried the information of their approach to the well-known haunts, and the capture was therefore compare. tively small. The beerhouses in Charter-street and Spier street are like the runs in rabbit warrens, easy to enter but difficult to thread. There are all aorta of odd-looking doors, ricketty staircases, and projections outside window', enabling thieves to "bolt" on intelligence of the enemy's approach. The landlord of one beerhouse complained that the police had taken every customer he ha d in the Image, sod said it wouldn't be fair if the police dein t pay a similar complimentary visit to some houses in Deanagate. The men who had not been sharp enough to get off submitted very readily to the wishes of their captors, and walked away with them, chatting and laughing merrily until their arrival at the police-station. They were then searched. One man, who was very respectably attired, hail in his possession three valuable diamonds wrapped up in a bit of dirty paper, a gold watch bearing the name of one of the first London makers, and 40f. in gold and notes. This " gentleman " was one of that very important class known as thieves dealers, and had not arrived from London many hours before he was arrested. The property found upon the others consisted in the majo rity of cases of • few coppers the indispensable " Lacey. box " and pipe, and • good strong clasp knife. Trade, not. withstanding the number of burglaries, was decidedly bad. "Times is 'ard, and money's scarce," one of them remarked on the search only resulting in the finding of a half penny. " I've got nought, and never 'ave nought," another maid with a leer, who had only just returned from a convict ' establishment with a ticket of leave. A third mu had nothing on him bat what he called • "red staffed pipe," which evoked the laughter of his companions. News of the apprehension was sent to the detective office and to the various police divisions. The principal officers from each station immediately went down to see if they could recog nise among the thieves any who were " wanted particu larly." Several gentlemen were also in attendance whom houses had lately been entered, and who caught "sight"— nothing more—of the burglars. The men bail been placed four and five in a cell, and on the arrival of the detectives and others, were brought out in front of a strong light for inspection. Several of the thieves recognised certain of the detectives, and nodded to them quite familiarly. The pound of familiarity in each instance proved to be the fact that the detective had on some previous occasion given evidence which had transported the man. All the men were known. Seventeen of them were returned convicts, and were "ungainly" looking fellows, and all of them were known to be either pickpockets, burg lars, ce garotters. One, whose flash name was ' Smasher," had lost two fingers and the thumb of his right hand ; his left hand was also bandaged. He earned his " soubriquet" by the cruel manner in which on several occasions be has treated young policemen, who have interfered with him while in the pursuit of his nefarious practices. He was recognised by the constable who was hardy enough to attack the three burglars in Johnsonatreet, on Tuesday morning u one he had seen loitering shout the neighbour hood of ianeen's-road, but it was not wise to detain him, as the case against him was but slender. A youth was also identified by the old gentleman who disturbed the bur glars in the house of Mr. Mothereln, at Old Trafford, • short time since, when one was captured and the other escaped, as very closely resembling the one who had escaped. Of course, the youth denied it, but Superinten dent Leary thought there was • strang case of suspicion against him, as be resided in a street adjacent to the one in which the burglar who was caught lived, and both of them appear to be about the ems age. One of the thieves was noted for having eased a detective of his pocket handkerchief upon one occasion. A very respectably. dressed passable-looking young fellow was pointed out to us as being a very clever pickpocket. He was sharp at his trade, and lucky in escapee- from justice. One wore an Inverness cape, the proceeds of some robbery, and he was recognised as having given an officer " leg bail" • few nights previously. Amongst others were some characters noted for their pugilistic in addition to their thieving capabilities. One was named " Black Larry," another " Punch ;" both of them bore unmistakeable marks of "peniehment " upon their faces. One steady-going, denture-looking, middle aged man was nicknamed - " The Old Horse," on ac count of his long servitude to thieving. Another rejoiced in the patronym of " Toni the Divine," given him, pro bably, on account of his atrocious ugliness. Then them were "faddy I Go," " YsiLir," • trummagem duo " California Torn," and others, fellows whom crimes had earned for them these distinctive titles amongst their com rades. " You know I'm not a burglar," one of them said to Inspector Buckley, "you know my trade—l'm a stick," the slang title of those who aid women to rob men. After having been looked over several times so as to enable the officers to recognise themon future oCtilltionß, the men were brought from the cells into the office, where the property of each was returned to him, and be was then dismissed.— , Moniarafer Excoriate. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. —(THIS DAY.) This afternoon the half-yearly meeting of the above railway company was held at the London Tavern. The following is the substance of the report sub mitted to the meeting, and adopted :—During the peat half-year considerable progress in the works of the undertaking has been made. The purchase moneys for by far the greater part of the property required fur the railway have been determined, and a large portion of the land is in the hands of the contractors. The agreement has been concluded with the Corporation of London for the purchase of their vacant land on the eastern side of Victoria street, and the directors have made arrangements for the sale to the Great Western mei Great Northern Railway Companies of so much of this land as will not be required for the Metropolitan traffic. The directors have also concluded an arrangement with the Great Northern Railway Company for the passage of its traffic over the line between King's-cross and Victoria-street ; the tolls which will become payable under this arrangement cannot fail to produce a very considerable revenue to this company. The directors understand that the Corporation of Leaden are taking active measures to carry out the extensive meat and poultry market in connection with the railway as authorised in the last session of parliament. The directors have deemed it advisable to introduce into parliament two bille—one has for its chief object improvement in the means of comma• nieation with the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross and with the new markets of the Corporation at Smithfield. This bill also contains enabling. but not compulsory powers, to widen the line between King's-cross and Farringdon. street. The other bill is to authorise an extension of the Metropolitan system to Finsbury-pavonieut, in accordance with the views explained at the last half-yearly meeting, and which then received the general approval of the shareholders. This extension, scarcely more than half a mile in length, will be a most important adjunct to the unilertakiag, and is very favourably resented by the (;rent Western, Great Northern, and Loudon, Chatham, sod Dover Railway Companies. The line has been carefully surveyed. and it is found that from Smithfield to the corter of Moorgate-street and Fore-street it will pass through property of an inferior description, and at its terminus a large area of gmund can be uncovered at comparatively enroll cost. it will, in effect, extend the systems of the Metropolitan. the ttrentWestern, the Great Northern, and the London, Chatham, end Dover Companies, to a point admirable adapted for the general passenger traffic of the City. By mains of the authorised lines of these companies, and of the prolsesnl railway along the Thames embankment to Westiniusterbridge, and et other projected plans now before parliament, for the ex tension of the railway system of the tretropolis.a rontinuoni railway communication, of which the extender' hue will form the main trunk and terminus, will Ire established between the great centres of business in the City and th e northern, southern , and western portions of the metropolis and its suburbs. Tax BLACKBVRN Weav rm.—There wan only a radial resumption of work on Monday by the operatives of Blackburn, Wittoo, Liveser, and Accrington ; and the weaves" of Mahlon, Great liarwood, Church, and Lower and Over Darwee still refuse the tern" of the masters. At Blackburn, although nearly every one of the mills was pre. pared for the operatives to begin work on Monday morning, little more than one-half of the wt-tvelvt returned to their looms, and the number of unemployed in Blackburn, Wilton, and L:vesey was estimated at 9,0011. In some of the mills now running there ate only about twodhirds of the hands; but as they increased during the day it is very probable that the full complement will be at work this ( Townies.) morning. At the mina of Mr. Ittillough and Messrs. Dickinson the operatives commenced work at six o'clock, and left again at eight, in consequence of some unpleasantness. The opera. tires connected with from 20 to 30 mills are still out, though it is thought a large minder of them will begin work this morning. In some instances, however, the opera tives who from the first have protested against the roasters terms are as firm as ever, and declare that they will only return to their looms on the conditions they have before submitted to their employees. A lar;,e out-door meeting of the Over Darweu operatives was held on M o nday morning. Mr. Walkden, secretary of the Over Darwen Weevers Ass anciation, was elected to preside, and after several addresser a resolution was carried, with one dissentient, to the effect that the meeting adhere to the resolution passed at a meet. ing on the 10th inst.—dfauclicsisr Gounlian. sta 'U Ulf l'ic thi Ui cot Li of wa eon Co ho e th, IP