The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, $63•

The discussion of public reassures is not only
tolerated but honestly aotopted by the Govern-
went as one of the conditions on which the benefits
of constitutionalism are to be realized. We may
remind M. EMILE DE GIBARDIN that there have
been times lately when the liberty of the press at
Vienna has been envied even at Paris. Not that
Austria and her Government are all that English-
men wish. Far from it. Her false and unfortunate
relation to Venetia must come to an end, with the
harsh methods of rule which possession of a foreign
territory involves, before she can have our full sym-
pathy. But her tendencies are in the right direction.
And in comparing Constitutional Austria with Im-
perial France it is fair to rememberthat if the former 1
still holds Venice under arrangements sanctioned by
Europe fifty years ago, she does not go about the
world attacking one community after another to set
upend maintain a hated rule as the French EMPEROR
has done at Rome and in Mexico. There are two
qualities in the Austrian Government which
Englishmen are quick to appreciate, and which will
weigh in their j udgment whenever they want an ally.
These are frankness and good faith. The Emperor
of Ausraia does not affect to be inscrutable.
The policy of the earlier years of his reign isknown
and judged. By assembling a free Parliament he
has broken with that policy for ever. He could not
return to it if be wished. But sofa from wishing
to turn beck, he takes the greatest possible inte-
rest in the working of the new system. His Minis-
ters appear in the Reicharath to explain and re-
commend their measures in language deficient
indeed in lofty generalities, but on the other hand
always capable of being translated into English.
Those measures, moreover, are liberal, and will
become more so as the constitutional system is
developed and confirmed. Nothing but ignorance
or stereotyped judgments, inherited from a state
of things which has passed away, can hinder the
growth in this country of a cordial sentiment
towards Austria while its Government advances in
its present course. But • friendship formed on
such grounds cannot give umbrage to any enlight-
ened Frenchman.

trig court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Die. 2.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia,
Princes Helena, and Princess Louise, the Countess Hoban.
that, the lady Caroline Barrington, Count Funitenstein,
and Major Vail achweinitz dined at Frogmen with the
Priem and Prisons of Wales yesterday.
Prince Leopold went in the evening.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Queen's Household bad
the honour of being invited at the evening party.
The Queen, scoonapeaied by Princess Helena, walked and
drove in the grounds this morning.
Earl Roma had an audience d the Queen.

The Prime 4 la Tour &Auvergne, AMbeseador of Prance,
was presented to the Queen at an audience, by Earl Rural.
Count Roepetorff, envoy ezteaordiaary from the Bing of
Denmark, bad as audience of her Mii}esty, and was pre-
seated by FM Russell.
IL de Bills, Danish minister in London, was presented
by Earl Rummell to the Queen at an audience.
Prime Leopold (attended by Mr. Buff) and Princess Bea-
trice (attended by Madame Needs) have taken their anal
carrier airing.
Earl Russell arrived at the Outtle.

Deepatehee were received at the Colonial-office yeeteeday
from the Governors of Coylow, Hoag Kong, Gibraltar, and
Malta.

The Duke of Brabant arrived in London last
meshy& Hie royal Maims' leaded at Dover from the
Belgium steemer la the eftamoos, sad, after perteking of
buicheee at the Lard Weide& Hotel, continued hie journey
by train.

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Lord and Lady Ashburton have been residing at
the Grange, Haste, AIM July, but have rationed to the
Continent. Lord Ashburton's health had been media'
sines his return home, but during the last few days he has
not been so well.

The Earl of Shrewsbury bas left Ingestre Hall,
Staffordshire, for Blenheim Palace, Oxon, on a visit to the
Duke and Dachau of Ifarlbotoesh.

The Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mn.
Peel have left Cheshem-plese, far Avionics House, near
Winebester, Hampshire, on • visit to Mr. John Shelby.
We (Post) understand that telegraphic news is
expected in London from India by the members of Iced
/Ws family in the mine of to-marrow (Friday), whim the
result of Um noble earl's •160011 MONS will be leaned.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of
the Province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued in the
Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, by the Vicer•Omeral,
Dr. Travels Twin, under • 401111•140111 bon his grace the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbuy, Pig Mill al All England
and Metropolitan, pursuant to the royal writ, until Thurs.
day, Januar, 14, 1864.

The Iris?. Times says :—" We are authorised to
state that the coolecratim of Dr. Tema, as Archbishop et
Dublin, is fixed for the Ist of January. the Yeast of the
Ciroaracisioa. The ceremony will take plass, as at present
wronged, in Christ Church Cathedra The P(0(1111101 of
Frieleciastical History in the University of Dublin, the
Rev. Dr. Gibbing*, has been annotated one of the axa-
miabig chaplains to his grace. The admirable introductory
hectare delivered by Dr. Gibbing. at the opening of the
Divinity term is a guarantee that a sound knowledge of
ecclesiastical history will be required from candidates for
ordination." The Rev. Dr. Lee. F.T.C.D., Pretence of
Divinity and author of a work on 'aspiration, is another
ei tte irelibiehopie exantioiag ohapisioe. He will preach
the consecration sermon.

Mr. Peter Paul If'Swing, a Roman catholic,
Ime bass uoanimoosly ideated Lord Mayor of Dublin for
the year 1854. He is the heed of one of the large Web-
Hamada in that city celled "monster bowman

Mr. Johu Francis Maguire, M.P., bee been
noaalateasly elected ow yor of Cork for the laming year,
which will be his third year oeswasatioely is office.
_ .

A Carlsruhe letter says :—" By superior order
negotiation, had been opened between the admiebtration of
the court theatre and 3i. Wags.,, the musical composer,
for his eagagement as coodueter. The condition. desnaded
by the musician were 6,000 florins 115,000(r.) • year foe
life, an apartment in the palace, and the used a carriage.
The court would have perhaps acceded to these demands,
but M. Wagner likewise required that his sew opera of
Tristan should be brought out immediately. His protectors
then saw that there was no limit to kis datheada sad the
nsgotiatioes were blokes off."
Mi. EDWARD FOETRIL TER CRETEWALLIARL—
Cbge DerbyMaleurpcitaioit
s(roM;•. T. ierencet2
Freereivoilailsokfolli:w4
Derby who has recently attained his 101st year):—" 10,
' Downing-street, Nov. 25, 1863.—8ir. Is reply to your Letter
to Lord Palmerston of yesterday's date, I have to lateens
yyooau that a fortnight ago Lord Palmerston directed that a
desntiss of 601. should be presented to Mr. Edward Fester
ant of the Royal Busty Fund.--I remits, your obsdiest
savant, EVILS! assimr. Thomas Roe, Esq., Mayor,
Darby."
Tas LATE MR. SHEZPSHANES.—One day an
snit friend, either Mulready or Leslie—the writer forgets
width, though be was himself living at Blackheath at the
and heard the name mentioned—opened the garden-
gets lesdisg to the house. sad easing some one hard at work
gessise gardener's habiliment.. inquired. "Do you know
if year meetele at home, my man'" The " man " turned
round to the speaker, who found him to be the muter
histeett Oa smother music*, some other artist with
whom he was on familiar terms called and met
with him similarly occupied. After staying some
time the visitor was shout to depart, but as
the two bad got into a lengthened and interesting
djoemoses, Mr. .fteepshaske said be would accompany him
amen Mae heath to the railway station ; so they started
=
, the host not mein about putting himself into
cry attire, bat retaining his flannel jacket sod
bread-brimmed t, the latter not so corernmely worn is
these days as they are sow by gentlemen, eve. en their own
donnas.. Os machine the station, the dimension wee
not toresiaated, sad Mr. Sheeptheake ould have eetessd
the carriage—s Inn clue—with his companion, to finish It
as the way to London-bridge, but that the railway Wine&
who probably did not know him, positively refused to allow
Ishii to lake hie seat in such homely clothing. We ineutice
these easedotee so, show the simple oiled and uneateatatious
thesseter et the man who must be numbered moos' the
sailea's greatest benefactors.—Art Journal for Deeernber.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE NEW LOLL
(nom ma ows oosassrowDzirr.) •
PARIS. WZDNIISDAY MIMIC

I am informed that the loan will only be for
300,000,000, and not the larger figure which has
been recently spoken of. Explanations of the rea-
sons for the loan will represent it to be a purely
economical measure, and, without of course refer-
ring directly to the rumours of war, will by impli-
cation entirely dissever them from the loan. It
appears that the deficit of the budget of 1862 is
32,000,000, and that of 1863 43,000,000. This
makes • total deficit of 75,000,000 during
M. Fould's administration. This deficit is
attributed entirely to the wall in China and
Mexico, which are calculated to have cost
already 270,000,000, thereby absorbing all the sur-
plus revenue, and so neutralising the financial
prosperity of the country, and leaving besides, as
above stated, 75,000,000 unprovided for. The
laggregate of the deficits of preceding budgets is now
brought up to 971,000,000. EL Fonld thinks this
Wcouvert (as it is called) too large an amount to
leave outstanding. He mentions that the Mexican
government (!) has admitted a debt to France to
the extent of 210,000,000 ; but, (with amusing
naiset4 in so grave a statesman, he avows his
opinion that the recovery of that sum is too
" contingent " to be prudently reckoned upon
as • resource. Therefore he proposes a loan which
will reduce the &concert to 671,000,000, which
amount he shows at some length to be not too
large.

You will probably find that tho above resume,
which reaches me from an extremely good source,
will be borne out as far as it goes by the Moniteur.
I think the news may fairly be considered as
favourable to the peace of the world ; but of course
it will not do to be too confident, because a war
loan may very well come between this and the
spring. There does, no doubt, remain the awkward
fact that till very lately the loan was strenuously
denied in official circles, and it was hardily asserted
that all the expenses of the Mexican war were met
without it. I do, however, fancy, and am glad to
say so, that the war party seems to be discouraged
within the last four-and-twenty hours ; the govern-
ment journals have lowered their tone and are less
aggressive.
You will see from the report from Galujnani
which I enclose that the court-martial on Lieutenant
Fleury, yielding neither to esprit de corps, the high
official connexions of the prisoner, nor M. Lachaud's
eloquence, has manfully done its duty. It has not,
indeed, passed a capital sentence—and the admis-
sion of "extenuating circumstances "in even the
worse cases is so common in France that I cannot
blame the court-martial on that account, but it has
passed upon the officer of the guards, for his tool
and dastardly murder, the terrible sentence of 20
years' imprisonment with hard labour, and surveil-
lance by the high police during his whole life.
There is little change at the Bourse. Rente fell
20c. for ash, but rose tic. for account. Mobilier
fell 20fr.

The Gazette du Midi has received a warning, and
the Daily News is seized.

HOMICIDE BY A PRINCH OFFICER.- ADUL.

TERM AND JEALOUSY.

On Tuesday the Military Tribunal of Paris tried
lieutenant Fleury, of the 4th Regiment of Voltigeure of the
Guard, aged 28, on • charge of having murdered, on the
18th August last, • married woman, named Petit, • clear-
searcher, who had • shop in the Passage de Cherbourg.
The fade of the (am, as ascertained by the prisoner's con-
fession and the evidence of numerous witnesses, may be
briefly stated as follows :—Ou the 10th of April the prisoner,
when paring through the Passage de Cherbourg, saw
the woman Petit for the first time, and once con-
ceived • stress minion for her. He returned in the
evening with the intention of obtaining an interview.
In this he succeeded. and was much chagrined to learn
that she wee married, and bad • husband living, who
was • painter by trade. This discovery, however, did not
deter him, for IMO saw her spin as the following day, and
she thee consented to visit him at hie own lodgings. She
kept her word, and remained with him alone for several
boors. A day or two later the primmer west to the
woman's shop, under the pretest of having linen to wash,
and was introduced to her husband. From that time he
spent all his leisure hours at the shop, often going in full
uniform, and sometimes stayed all night, sleeping on • bed
made up on purpose for him in the same room where the
wife and her husband slept. This continued for two months,
when the woman persuaded him to leave his lodging in
the Rue de Vienne, and to partially furnish an apartment
which the had hired in the Rue f3t. Nicholas, and from
which they afterwards removed to the Rue Laborde. Here
they led a very gay life, frequently giving perttes,which were
attended by the prisoner's friends, accompanied by their
mistresses. Os some of these occasions the woman Petit
excited the prisoner's jealousy by her conduct towards the
male visitors. This was especially the cue on the
9th August, when a lieutenant named Giuganti and
his mistress were present. The prisoner was so
much offended on this occasion that be then threatened
to elms all mosezion with her, and even wrote
to his father for money to enable him to settle
his accounts with her. Unfortunately the money was
refused, and the prisoner's resolve to break with his mis-
t:am was not carried into execution. Oo the cootrary, his
infatuation became greater than ever, and the woman Jeri. ,
toted him more and more by having rendezvous, the object
of which she refused to explain. On the morning of the
18th she promised to be at Lome when he came, but was
absent, and he then learned from one of her wmherwomen
that she was out with a gentleman. A few minutes later
he saw her alight from a hackney coach at the end of
the passage, and he received her with reproaches, which
she answered in the most offensive manner. She
even told her workwomen that if 13..1.6 (such was
the nickname given to the prisoner at the shop) were ever
troublesome, they must smack his face and turn him out.
Peace, however, was restored by the arrival of a stranger,
and the prisoner afterwards asked pardon for the language
he had used, and aid that he would come and take her out
for • walk in the evening. She replied that she would not
go with him, umbel had an engagement which she intended
to keep, but would sot say with whom. The prisoner
then exclaimed, " I will take care to prevent your going."
He soot' afterwards withdrew,returned but just before
eight in the evening. After his arrival the four women
who were hoeing in the shop fancied they smelt gun-
powder, and one of them went out to see if any boys were
letting off crackers in the street. The prisoner appeared to
take no notice of what bad hoes said. About 9 o'clock the
woman Petit. wising Lieut. Giamatti passing before the
shop, called him, and said. "How proud are you! won't
you come in and kin mel' Giuganti did as she wished,
and afterwards asked her to go with him and the prisoner
to the latter'. lodgings which the refused, saying that she
had an engagement elsewhere. About 10 the woman Petit
sent one of her women after a man who had just passed the
door. In a minute, the messenger returned and said
, that the gentleman was waiting for her mistress in the Rue
d'Aojou. The latter was going oat at the back door when
the prisoner seized her by the hand to detain her. She re-
fused to atop, and he thee discharged a pistol at her head.
The ball did not penetrate the skull but stunned her, and,
leaning on a table, she exclaimed : " My sight is going! . .•
She had seareely uttered these words when the prisoner
stabbed her to the heart, and rushing into the street gave
i himself into the custody of • sergent de villa. Giuganti,
' who was present when the pistol was fired, seemed to have
' loot his wits, for instead demisting the murderer, he ran
' away ea fast as he mold. All these facts were fully estati-
-1 lished by the evidence given in court, and the only doubtful
I points were whether the murder was premeditated, and
whether the prisoner was inane at the time. A great many
witnesses deposed that his family, both on the father's
and mother's aide, were subject to humility. Two of
his grandmothers had died raving mad, and be has •
sister at the present moment in • lunatic asylum, who
: fancies that she is the spouse of Jeans Christ, and
• has bees told so by an angel. The medial wittiness
zgrhojave evidence respecting the prisoner's sanity all
that, whatever he might have been at the moment of
' the crime he has not been mad since. The prisoner's counsel
(11. lambu') endeavoured to show that the disease, here-
ditary io his client's family might reasonably be supposed
to have been the cams of 'the aims. The tribunal, bow.
' ever, did not consider such to be the ease, for it declared
I the prisoner guilty at wilful murder, hut with the benefit of
• extenuating circumstances, and unanimously condemned him
to twenty years' had labour, military degradation, and to
be under the surveillance of the polies far life.

A Californian paper eetimates that the gold yield
of the Pacific minas for 1863 will be about 11 mallow
sterling.