The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1855.

the tmesinatioe of the Vienna Congress, declares war 1
against Russia, to what interminable notes and
counter-notes, protocols, circular despatches, and alt
the pomp and parade of diplomatic feces, will not
this piodlibst give occasion P When the Allies look
fee Austria to take the field against Russia, they will
find it engaged in a paper war with all the potentates
of Germany. _ _ _

With people of this stamp there is only one way of
dealing. If Austria should attempt, after the Con-
ference, to postpone again its declaration of war
against Russia, until it shall have come to an under-
standing with the other States of the Germanic
Confederation, Franos and England ought curtly
to reply :--,' We can wait no longer. We have done
our utmost to secure the active 00-operation of the
Government at Vienna. It is the unquestionable
right of an independent Government to abstain from
participation in any war in which Powers with whom
it stands on a friendly footing are involved. But it
is quite u unquestionably the right of those Powers
to accept the aid of any other allies who may offer."
—Daily Nan.

tabs beneath each carriage, which cords can be linked
together by spring hooks, one end of the chain of
weds being under command of the guard, and the
other attached to the steam whistle.
Now, if Pm, Lords " had the power of hanging
all the directors of all the railway companies who,
in a month from the present date, had not adopted a
perfectly Clicient means of telegraphing from one
end to the other of the train, we undertake to say that
the thing would be done, and no hanging would take
place. We cannot pretend to any practical know-
ledge on theme matters, bat we saw an apparatus
only the other day which, we are told, has not yet
been tried. A small pipe of gotta perch* sliding in
a metal tube is to be placed under each carriage, its
ends being capable, by a neat arrangement, of being
quickly and tightly connected with the pipes of the
carriages before and behind it. At the guards' end
of the connected tubes are a cylinder and piston by
which the air may be suddenly compressed; and at
the drivers' end, or at any points along the course of
the tube are cylinders and pistons with alarum bells,
which strike immediately on the first piston being
depressed, through any length of tube that is ever
likely to be used on railways. Perhaps this appa-
ratus would not answer at all ; perhaps none of the
systems now in use are perfect; but they are better
than no system at all. The impossibility of consum-
ing smoke has been shown to be no impossibility ; the
possibility of establishing intercommunication be-
tween the driven and guards of railway trains
ought to be at once demonstrated by rendering it
oompuloory.—Doily News.

LORD Joirm RUSSELL leaves London this day for
Violins to take part in the conferences which are to
open in that capital. Yesterday afternoon the noble
lord arrived at Windsor Castle at hall-past two
o'clock, and immediately afterwards had a lengthened
interview with the Queen.—Doily News.

Vbe Court.

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WINDSOR; Mo. 14.
There wee no addition to the Rod al dinner party
yesterday.
liar Majesty sad the Prime, attended by the Ladies and
Gondola's in waiting, went last night to as evening party,
given by SO:l6am of Kent, at Frogmen Hones.
Prince Albert, attended by the Gentlemen in waiting,
skated In the Rome Park this forenoon. Several officers of
the garrison had the honour of skating with his Royal
Highness.
Her Msjesty, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour and
the Has. Matilda Feist, trimmed the scene.

The Countess of Dysart has succeeded the Marchioness of
Ely as Lady in waiting to the Qttewn.
...
... .

Lord deTata/ay sad Mr. Frederick Cavendish have sae•
aided Lord Waterpark and Major-General Berkeley
Draassoad as the Lord sad Groont in waiting.
Her Majesty honoured Mr. Taylor, of Windsor, yester-
day by inspecting his representation of the Private and
State Apartments at Windsor Castle.

Lord John Russell arrived at the Castle this afternoon,
sad had an audience of her Majesty.

A Cabinet Council was held, yesterday afternoon,
at the residence of Sir James Graham in the Admi-
ralty. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the
Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville' the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, Lord Penman the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir James Graham, Viscount Canning, and
Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three
hours.

The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens. oa Tuesday. The Commissioners present
were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Bland.
ford, M.P , the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Inndos
the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Yams:
Sir John Dodson, the Bar. Dr. Wordsworth, and the Be,.
Canon Selwyn.
The

also held a meeting yesterday, present
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and eight other members..
♦ deputation from the City of London Gas Light and
Coke Company had en interview yesterday with the Fred.
deat of the Geseral Board of Health at his dial, White-
ItalL The deputatioa.cosaisted of Mr. R. A. Gray, the Chair-
man of the Company, Mews. Tyrrell, soliciton, and Mr.
Millar, secretary.
Viscount Palmerston pre a dinner to the Cabinet Minis-
ters last erasing, at his residence in Piccadilly.

(From last sight's supplementary (Mugge.)
Lord Chamberlain's Offish Feb. 14.
Notice is hereby given that the court mourning,
which would have terminated to-morrow, will bro proloaged
another week for his lets Royal Highness the Dohs of
Genoa, brother of his Majesty the Hiss of Sardinia. The
court will go out of mourning on Thursday, the 22nd
indant.

Pantionc Furrn.—His Royal Highness Prince
Albert has signified his pleasure that a meeting of the
Royal Commitdoesers should talc place In the Palace, at
Westminster, on Monday neat, at three o'clock, to receive
the report of the exputive and Roane* committee.
Tai FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION. The Suisse
announces that M. Meyer, of Giten, has been nominated
Colonel of the let Regiment of the Foreign Legion. It
adds that General Gehbenseda will establish his head-
quarters at Beeancon.
Scsairm.—The Kars correspondent of the Danube
writes that Steamyl has made another bold and sueoessful
stroke. The Russians bad kedged nearly all their prisoners
in Tiflis, and at some time in January (not stated) they
ware sent from theses into the interior of Georgia • but
ficharayl attacked the convoy on the way, and released the
whole of the primers.

Homatrii.—The bill for abolishing the duties on
flour and the tonnage dues hag been introduced in the
Legislative Chamber of the Netherlands. The loss of the
Treasury. which will amount to Bye millions of guilders,
will be partially compensated by an increase of the property
tax. and the excise on sugar and spirits.

M. Boui.E.—The sate American minister at the
Spanish court is now In London, on Ms way to tke United
States.

A SMART SHOCK OP EARTHQUAKE We felt at
Trieste on Um 9th instant, et 4 a.a.

Vasome, Fr.a. 7.—ln order to provide moans of
subsistence for the destitute, 5,860 labourers have conti-
nued to be employed during the present iselement must
on the railways i• progress in the prosiness of Lombardy
sag Voile*, sad sloop the Tyrolees Ham

Mime Catharine Hayes has arrived at Calcutta.
The late amateur performance at the Bt. James
Theatre, is aid KO, Qimasas Army Fund, has leadam
saesesatal twat no area ad S 7& 18s. 4d. las bass h
over So the somilles of the had.