The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

AN EVENING, AUGUS" 12, 4864.

FRID.
AniST ELLIG.,2IOE.
.1103 AIMD THEAANLSH
A Berlitiletter in the Prase eayrr '*
The rough and abrupt manner is which be. acted
at Randiburg has produced an unfavourable Imprensa on
some cabinets, even out of Germany. There an positive
proofs of that fact. It is affirmed that the Noe press.
meat his declared its opinion with much finimensalliwegli
with moderation oo this subject In a despatch which the
French representative received from Paris, the goverment
disapproved of the act of violence which carried attaint to
the rights of the Germanic Diet and irritated the petty
State* of Germany. The Fria& despateh is said to have
also *sinned the drift for Prawn sot to proceed farther
in that path, or France might think it her duty and her
interest to depart from her peewit neutrality. All the
German cowls have been informed of that dispatch, sad
mat of them feel peat satisfaction at it. Ido not take on
myself the responsibility of this wows, I merely state what
is talked of in all political risible her..

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Cireermselle 10.31%2 W.9.W.
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Cape Clear 30.35 59. 9.
Queenstown 30.27 42' H. H.
Liverpool WIN 116!, HILL
Holyhead 39 56. IL9.E.
Pembroke 30.3065 Z.
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SATURDAY. OS NoeNumesi SUNDAY.
W to M. sad LE., vs- Ohm& BE to B.W and N. W.,
riable, moderate ,o fresh. equally. *bow-
treab, generally fine en In places.
Xto 8. and 8 W., woman. As above,
dente to strong In
places, moms rain.
N.E. to 8.8 variable SOUTHIRJR S. W. to N.W. and to
and to 8.W., fresh, N. X. In plans,
flue generally. fresb, with some
shonen.
Variable, modelle to RANTIOUI. As neat above.
fresh, generally flue.
Navenenamacotland. Weslinembetand, Wales, and ad-
taesaster. floisthent=xnetne Chime& and Bay of Blesay. aseters
siZedsrard linglaud sad Novenae&

A double crime was committed three days back
at the farm of Verigur (Hasp-Bates). A man tamed
Joseph Maim, who resided then, attaelted Animate We,
his fatherie-law. with a Bail, end killed him. After taking
possession of all the wormy he could find, he left the place
in search of his brother•in-law, who was at work is the
fields. Finding him in company with other workmen. he
culled him aside, sod. *airier him he the collar, disebsiTed
a pistol at him. bat fortunately may inflicted • slight wowed
in his teas. Blain the ran off sad loot refuse in the
woods, tint has Sil2olllwas arrested.

Piar or THE °ANL—Some of the expedients
resorted to by oar mew at the frost (before Petersburg)
to dimlye the seamy are intereeting. A few days ago at
one point the nun pet a length of a eteve.pipe in position
to represent a piece of artillery. Four shots, fired by the
Ni, pawed through this pe during the day. Just at
sightu eerier, the adjutant of the regiment, was looking
through the pipe at the eaemy. whets a well-diseoted shot
.stored his brain, killing him almost hartaittly.—Per York
Timm

EXPRESS FROM PAi
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PARIS. TOIIIIIDAT ISVIR7IO.

The Paris journals oentinue to speculate upon
the probable future of Denmark without the
Duchies, and the Patois is of opinion that an
alliance with Sweden and Norway is inevitable.
It is argued both at Copenhagen and Paris that
there is no possible alternative between a Scandi-
navian union or becoming the vassal of Germany.
Surely this reasoning is fallacious. Denmark,
denuded of her German possessions, may very
well remain a little independent kingdom. The
Germans have not the spirit of invasion and
aggression in • higher degree than the French ;
yet Belgium has maintained its position, unaided
and single banded, and why should not Denmark
do the same ? The real weakness was always
these duchies, and, despite the bitter lamentations
of the King of the abandonment of Europe, it
was, in truth, almost impossible for Europe
to interfere by arms, just because, and
solely because, Denmark had not the right
completely on her side. This is no excuse for the
barbarous conduct of Prussia and Austria ; but it
takes away the sting from the charge of having
abandoned Denmark in her hour of need. The de-
tails of the cession of the Duchies are being elabo-
rated at Vienna by the lesser lights of the Congress,
the greater luminaries, Bismark and Hochberg,
having other fish to fry—the former to keep his
royal master "in the way be should go," the latter
to receive and pacify Hungarian deputations.
Francois d'Amise, King-Consort of Spain, will
be the lion of the fetes next week, and no effort
will be spared to cement the alliance between
France and Spain, to which the Emperor attaches
immense value. I know that some time ago, in
speaking to an English diplomatist on the subject,
his Majesty observed that he could not understand
the persistent uncomplimentary language of the
English ministers (Palmerston and Russell) to-
wards Spain, as in the case of an European war the
friendship or enmity of that power would make the
difference of 100,000 men on the Rhine. Now,
however that may be, I think if anything may be
predicated as quite certain, it is the impossibility of
a cordial alliance between a Bourbon and a
Bonaparte.
It is not known when the appeal lodged by
Gamier Pages, &c., will come on for bearing, but
no one can doubt what the result will be. The
Procurenr Imperial will again assert that the law
is " one and the same for all, and all must respect
it." Of course all should respect it, and most
especially the government itself ; yet every day the
law is flagrantly violated by the official journal of
the empire, the Moniteur du Soir, and it is in vain
the Patric and other papers whose interests are
gravely affected endeavour to recall the government
to'a sense of common justice and fair play ; the
more they remonstrate the more the Moniteur is
loaded with illegal favours ; and the difficulties of
journalism, already most onerous, are materially
increased by this unfair competition. When the
proprietor of the Patric requested his old col-
league, M. Fould, to allow the weekly statement
of the Bank of France to he given to the other
journals at the same time as to the Moniteur du
Soir, his modest request was met by a refusal on
the ground that the returns of the Bank acquired
their official character by appearing in the Moniteur.
This was merely a "dodge," as the signature of
the governor of the Bank is the real and only test
of their official accuracy, and that signature once
appended acquires no more validity by appearing
in the Moniteur than in any other paper. When
honest men like M. Fould resort to such evasive
answers, it calls to mind the story of the Marseilles
merchant who enjoyed the "highest reputation"
for honourable conduct. He received a cargo of
coffee, for which the broker would only offer him
60e. the lb. Desirous of a larger profit, but equally
anxious to remain within the strict limits of the
truth, be descended to his kitchen, and, addressing
the cook, said, " Will you buy the cargo of coffee
just arrived "Master must be joking," replied
the cook. " Not at all ; make me an offer above
60c., and I will consider about it." "Very
well, sir, I offer 70c.," rejoined the cook.
"Which offer I refuse," added the mer-
chant, and left the perplexed cook to her
cooking. When the broker returned, repeating
his offer of 60c., the merchant cried out,
" Listen to me ; you know that I have never been
guilty of uttering an untruth ; now, I pledge my
word of honour that I have just refused an offer of
70c. for the coffee ; give me a higher rate, and you
thrill have the cargo :" Of course the advance was
given.

The Prince Napoleon having a horror of all
Bourbons will not honour Paris with his presence
at the fates to be given next week, but will return
in time to receive his brother-in•law, the Prince
Humbert, sou of the King of Italy and heir to the
throne. It is rumoured that the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales are to visit Paris next month on
their way to Denmark—a rather circuitous route to
Copenhagen !
The elections for municipal councillors at Mar-
seilles have just terminated in the return of ten
opposition candidates. At the head of the poll
figures M. Bory, one of the 13 condemned last
Saturday. The " process " is already bearing its
fruit.

The Bourse was flat, and Rentes lower than yes-
terday-661r. 25c.

A HAPPY CITY. —A Warsaw letter, says the
DThats, which we fiat in the Moscow Gazette, contaies the
following curious details :—" Warsaw has recovered the ple-
nitude of life which belongs to great cities. It has the
French theatre • it has excellent aerobia. in the S wise Valley ;
it hu music in heJardia dr Saxe and the park of Duran.
Everywhere the pablio usembles in great number; but
more than elsewhere they meet once a week at the station of
the railway from Warsaw to St. Petersburg. This fashion-
able promenade assembles each time from 4,000 to 8.000
persons. There is music there also, but of a particular kind ;
tears, sobs, groans. This promenade. entertainment, amuse-
meet—call it what you will—is owned the adieus with
exiled political criminals.' The fashion has been recently
introduced by agitators. Although the day fixed for the
departure of the convoys is always kept secret, each time
the whole of Warsaw learns it through the night ; at 4 in
the morning the precincts of the station are encumbered
with a compact mass. Only some doses persons are banished
at a time, and thousands assemble to bid them adieu. The
police appear not to care about it" People will see, says
the Datil e, that nothing is wanting to this pretty picture ;
what grace, what delicacy, and whet good tote ! It is an
idyll. After that let alums deny that Warsaw amuses
iteelf, sod that joy and happiness have returned with calm,
justice, and liberty under a paternal sdministratioo !
Tee STOCK or CorroN.—The stock of cotton
sootiness to be (silly maientioed at Liverpool, although in
commerce°, the immensely messed consumption there
is a sever strain upon the quantity accumulated. The as-
noted figures .bow the movement al the stook at Liverpool
during the Mat .ix weeks of the entreat quarter as cont.
pared with the ocereepoediog periods of 1863 and 1862 :
lest 111.4 L 110'4-
- .

Bales.
Week 4004114 July 1.. 166.110 .. 362.001 its 616
~ 7.
11: I
n 171.430 .. 261,200 .. Ikon
„ If .. 101.000 .. 216,600 2E7,076
Avg. 6 .. 114760 .. 161,020 .. 266,1101
The position of the cotton supply question may be very
tamely snowed up. The total receipts to June 30 this
year of mw eotton amounted to 397,260.4161 b., apiast
Z 10,033,94011%. in the eorreemoodiar six months of 1063, end
183,106,0961 b, in the correapondier ,is months of 1002.
Them agave show that the cotton famine may virtually be
nunidend st so ad.

(DAY CIIILDIISIN POISONED AT LIVER-
POOL.--ONI DEATH.
(From the Larerpriet Mercury of this day.)
About 1 o'clock yesterday the greatest excitement
Weneaßsd in the neighbourhood of Parliament-street and
Greenland-street, in consequence of a rumour being prow
lent that upwards of 60 children had been poisoned byeating
toms oboosions beaus. Unfortunately the rumour proved to
be too well founded. It appears that betweou I and 2 o'clock •
little girl named Mary Ann Fodor was takes to the Southers
Hospital by some females. The child was in greet suffering,
and the surgeons of the hospital were informed that she
had bees eating some beans, which she had gathered from
• heap of rubbish that had been thrown from • cart on
some vacant land in Gnmenlendatreet. Dr. Cameron, and
Dre. Wollaston and Evans, the resident house surgeons,
immediately attended the child ; but before they had time
to administer the remedies considered necessary for her,
about twenty other persons arrived with children in their
arms suffering in a similar way. The medical gentlemen, see-
ing that the ease was an urgent one,and that thechildren were
evidently suffering from • narcotic irritant poison, brought
into requisition the whole resources of the institution, and
antidotes were applied to counteract the effect. of the
deleterious Anti which the children bad taken. The core,.
tog room at this time presented • heartrending appearance.
The poor children teemed to be suffering acutely from pain,
and many of them were retching violently, while their
mothers or friends were crying most piteously. From 1
to half-past 3 o'clock about forty children were taken to
the hospital. One of them, named Michael Rummell,
six years of age, who resided with his parents in New
Bird-street, died about tea minutes after he was
admitted, although all means were taken to save him.
This is the only case, up to the present, where fatal re-
sults have occurred, but several of the children are not by
any means out of danger. The oonsareoces would no
doubt hate been much more serious had it sot been foe the
prompt medical assistance that the children obtained. The
remedies applied were the stomach pump, emetics, stimu-
ln
ats, ,fcc. The symptoms which the children exhibited
were somewhat peculiar although they clearly showed
the sufferers bad taken some poison of a deadly
nature. The children were pale, very sick, and exhausted,
and when they attempted to walk they staggered about as if
they were drunk, although they had the use of all their
senses, the poison which they had taken evidently not pro.
dating that stupefy* effect which results from the taking
of opium. Their pulsation was at flint very low ; some of
them became feverish and drowsy,an3 their eyes were bright
and protruding from the socket's; and in some of the worst cases
the pupil of the eye was contracted. The quantity of the
beans which the children stated they had eaten produced
somewhat different effects. In one case, where a girl had
eaten twelve, her recovery was easily accomplished ; whereas
in the OM of another child, who stated that she had only
eaten two beams, it was for some time feared that fatal
results would follow. The child who died ate, it is stated,
only six of the beans.
From regale's( made by the polio as to bow the children
got the beans, it appears that about 11 o'clock in
the forswore • art, belonging to some person at
present unknown, deposited a lot of rubbish on some
vacant ground belonging to the corporation, adjoining the
schools connected with Great George. street Chapel, in
Greenland-street. Some children began to scraps
amongst the rubbish and found a quantity of large, oily
looking beans. The little thine, in their ignorance, ate
some of the beans, as they had not an unpleasant tote.
The news of thediscovery quickly spread among the children
in the locality, whose parents generally belonged to the
poorest ease, and a number joined in the search sad
partook of the beans, with the results already
stated. Inspectors Moore and Sontbwell, bearing
of the occurrence, ordered the rubbish ea the

ground ...t0 be taken elargeOfby an a rnier of policemen:
Subsequently they caused it to be riddled, when upwards
of • bushel of the beans was obtained. The master of St.
Barnabas School, which is doom by, also took a large quantity
of beans from some of the children attending the school. The
bean found is known by the Dania of physostygorna rens-
nom. or "Calabar bean," is mid to be used for dyeing
and tanning purposes, and is a deadly poison. The rubbish
from which it was obtained in so large • quantity by the un-
fortunate children is said by some to be ship sweepings and
ballast taken from a vessel which has just arrived from the
West Coast of Africa, while by others it is alleged to be
the sweepings of a warehouse door; but, from the nature
and appearance of the rubbish, the former seems to be the
most likely supposition.