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in hi favour. But it must be obvious that
it is eminently unjust to assume either
of these alternatives ; and, indeed, the
anxiety of the Master and the jury to protect
Mr. Wis mime against himself seems to denote a
foregone conclusion utterly at variance with that
impartiality which it is their duty to maintain.
There are, no doubt, caws in which the sex and
health of the alleged lunatic may render it expe-
-1 dint to dispense with a public examination. But
no such circumstances exist in this case. Day after

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without reaormcing their object, they would have

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pursued it with mesas not of such a character as to
entail financial ruin.

ITALY.

" A letter from Manisa," says lie bid/pendants
of Brussels, "affirms tint the Bourbosist commit-
tee at Malta has at last decided on making an at-
tempt in Sicily. Two bands are to be landed in the
Wand—one in the environs of Clirgenti, the other
near Patti, in the direction of Cefalu. Each band,
it is said, will consist of about 200 men. This ex-
pedition does not cause the least uneasiness in
Sicily, as it can only prove fatal to those who join
it. When all the efforts made in the Neapolitan
provinces have proved fruitless, it is absolute mad-
ness to make any attempt in Sicily, where the
Bourbon government has always been held in ab-
horrence."

The Marquis di Villamarina then requested
Baron Risersll to explain the passage in his speech,
" It may be that at this very moment our destinies
are ripening."

Baron Ricaeoli replied, "I expressed myself
thus because the Roman question, being a moral
question, makes progress every day." He re-
quested from the house an explicit vote either ap-
proving or censuring the ministerial policy.
The following resolution was then almost unani-
mously adopted :—" The Senate, being satisfied
with the declaration of the ministry, passes to the
order of the day."

day Mr. WI sousx has been sitting by his Counsel
and his attorniea. It is at his own request that
he is to be put into the witness-box and to be
examined and cross-examined upon his former

life. There are, no doubt, many circumstances
as to which both the Muter and the jury would
desire to question him, and with respect to which
they would in fact question him. Nor is there
any conceivable reason why these questions should
not be put in public. On the contrary, it is almost
essential to the right administration of justice
that the questions should be public. It is not,
sorely, proposed that the summing up of the
Master should be with closed doors. The events
which take place during the interview will un•
doubtedly form part of the evidence before the
mind of the jury, and may require some comment.
It is emends!, therefore, that both the counsel and
the public should know whether the Master in
these comments has fairly represented the facts of
the interview, end whether he has good ground
for the observations he may think it his duty to
make.

AKICRIOA.

The following is the text of Prince Humbert's
speech on the opening of the national rifle-match
at Turin :

LIVERPOOL, THITESDAT MORNMG.

The Canadian mail steamer Nova Bootian, from
Portland, Maine, on the 4th instant, arrived in the
Mersey about 11.39 last night.
By this arrival we have received the following
late dispatches from New York to the afternoon of
the 4th :

CkaVireo—My erisfactioo on assuming the honourable
oaks of your Reader, as my first step ia political life, is
greet for various rearam, and I am thankful for it to my
behaved father, who indulgee me in my rent desire of be-
girds( to be of some service to the corky. lam ilrmly
creaviseed that the institution we are fostering will prodoos
la Day these admirable results of which it has bees kvah
elserlimaii. We will endeavour to direct it towards the
object d immeteleg the strength sad defamer of the coun-
try, and tearing the youth of Italy to arms, so that all
may ria I. the aecorglishment of the national madertsking.
The pretest time is propitious for our purpose, boars Italy
wants to be merit that on the day of the draggle sad of
donor she may lad a soldier in sveryeae et her bold
Maras. Already do Italians see the symbol sad proof of
'miasmal meaty in the army, which is proud Deft of its
aaeleat sad more reser glary, sad I. the bravery of its
generals; the wrederfid eaterprieme of the brave voiunteers,
collected from all the rocker of Italy, prove to us what
we can expect from our people by diffusing emoeg them the
rawhides sad um of arms. By accustoming the motion to
this melds umenies we shall maintain alive the sentiments
of Beira .sword, sod that civic lithosimat width is dis-
played is mature pleas. lam happy is being able to aro.
date my efforts with yours, gentlemen, for the raft of
this national institution. To save the comatry is my aer-
ial ambition ; I have acquired it from the history of my
family, sad the radios made by my illostrior grandfather.
I bare acquired it, gentlemen, from the peat spectacle
which Italy has proseetwl during my youth.

The Richmond Enquirer of the 30th ult. says :
" Mr. M. Browne, an Englishman, formerly
editor of the New York Journal of Commerce,
has been commissioned as acting secretary of state
during the temporary absent* of R. M. T. Hunter."
This confirms the report that Hnnter,with Brecken-
ridge, had sailed from Halifax for Europe.
The Richmond papers of the 28th ult. say that

It may possibly be that under the public exami-
nation to which Mr. WINDHAM is ready to submit,
the Master or the jury may desire to have a
private interview. But even admitting this, it is
very difficult if not impossible to understand the
ground upon which Mr. WINDHAM is to be pre-
vented from answering in public any questions
which may be put to him, and thus furnishing the
most conclusive evidence which can possibly be
furnished on the question of his sanity or insanity.
It is to be hoped that the counsel of Mr.
WINDHAM will insist upon his claim to be
examined publicly, and that neither the Master
nor the jury will any longer oppose so obvious
and so satisfactory a test of the real condition of
Mr. WINDRAM'S MOW faculties.

Charleston was fired in several places on Sunday
evening, the Meth. Several wooden buildings of
small value were destroyed.
It is almost certain that the English will occupy
Matamoros with a design, it is feared, of opening
communication with the rebel states, by way of
Brownsville,exporting cotton and importing contra-
band goods.
Five hundred bales of cotton had arrived at
Panama from Peru en route for England. A much
larger amount is going vitt Cape Horn. Efforts
were making to raise a very large crop the ensuing
year. It is stated to be of superior quality.

HESSE CABBED

IMPRESS FROM PARIS

The territory of Hesse continues in a crisis in

consequence of the dissolution of the chamber. The
ref oral to pay the taxes was suddenly organised,
sad spread rapidly. The seizures effected on the
refractory tax-payers had no other effect than to
show the want of power of the authorities, and the
obstinacy of the public resistance. The Elector,
it would moor, proceeded to the coup-d'ltat before
beiag sure of his army ; and Prussia, it is said, is
decided on not allowing any foreign intervention.
♦ letter from Camel hes the following in reference
to the opposition manifested by the population :
The peat Minas to the 11111161.11109 of the me-
ridge's authority is Elsetend Hers he that the odious
sad soldiers of the army share the ssattassab of the people,
so that the goverment hem geed pounds for dentaieg the
fidelity et the heaps in me of $ mash Fears are
eaterteined that the seine moms will reser es in IJtO, when
may edam who had fain the ess► I. the =Map eon-
stetialies reaped their oceasiodoes nem UMW perjure
thsesslves, sad entered the service el foreign Met...

(nom 011 i OWN

f be Court.

PARIS, WIDNZIDAT EV2IIIIIO.

OSBORNE. JAL 15.

An extraordinary abuse, which challenges the
notice of the Minister of Public Instruction, has
just been brought to light by a governess, Mdlle.
Daubed, who, after passing the examination which
most people would tell you is indispensable before
a woman can be a schoolmistress, actually received
a bachelor of arts degree from the University of
Lyons, while the question whether women were
eligible for such a distinction was sub fedia
in the minister's office. In a pamphlet entitled
"Du progres dans l'enseigneuient
Mdlle. Daubid explains the meaning of a phrase
of which not one Frenchman in ten thousand ever
heard before—" A Letter of Obedience." It appears
that pursuant to a custom which took its rise under
the Bourbons, was abolished by K Csrnot in
IBM, but was revived by Louis Napoleon during
his flirtation with the church, a "Letter of
Obedience," signed by the superior of any convent,
is deemed and taken to be equivalent to a oer•
tilicate of capacity to fulfil the duties of a school-
mistress. Mdlle. Daubid asserts that in the pro-
vinces the "Letter of Obedience" has practically

The Kipgg et the Belgians left Osborn. this'
men* for 100 visit ma Mario Ansel* from
IVIHOOD bis Majooly proossded So Poem.
Tb• Kis( Is Nimbi by Osoot sod Dr.
Komi.
Lord Hart* Laud la Wails sad Oskosi H. Poomoby,
ars 111/0 IS SiSIISIIMOS SS hi7llsjeft essisos I& My la
Looks.

TM Hiatt d the Hakim arrived has Olaremeat at
Palace oboe* before (oar o'clock mien*
atteraoce.
Her Majesty's Hearamlieleame kr tire lateraasined Nald-
bilks et 1862 Mid a moths at Weir offices, in the Wand
yorterday.

TN. Comm.-4U Fag, royal screw yacht, SIN
rived at Pertemosilt yorboolay„ sl L3O a.m., boat Osbors.,
wit►► his likiseby Leopold L. Lisp d the Bolpiarie, is
board, acoompaoled by Irk loyal Ifiglesem the Priam et
Wake sad hie Royal lljgbwoo Prism Laois el Ream Tile
Kiai disembarked at the LP* Clenearyird. and pro-
aided by :pedal bah M Lowirra. Bta Wady Maras to
Worse os esaday. Albs the depaatrese d the Zing for
Leads. York Royal Hislmomen the Priam et Wales aid
Prime Lase of NOM Alibi bar Xrperly's peddle yacht
Vittoria mad Albert ad bar lisjoilty's sailing yacht Royal
fro rp. At the sessiwdea of tisk immeetion of the royal
yeasto their royal blibaseees retersed in the Fairy to
Osborne.

PRUSSIAN POLITICS.

The Debats of to-day has the following :

All that we know, ap to the mama moment, of the
speech made by the Kin o Prussia on the opening of the
chambers. is bat the programme of the difficulties spinal
which the cabinet of Banjo is forced to struggle--pm-

baps without Mint U we affillts the obionte
to mid* Kb* Wilts would fiaIIINIUT to exttnell
his NA ti M*, ered the Pemba booder, we shall ant el
aB led the Nang qss et Sitleswig•Holstein, whist
amens likely to be es het& in diplomatic notes tide
year as in any previews one. There is, however,
one point gaisedi,&wilria and the Frankfort Diet
an agreed with Pi spinet Denaork. But as there
is nothing to show that Austria sad Prude have ems
any agreement respecting the intend attain of the Goma
aplirderstion, the effort' which King William has swiped
lowielte—whether "tilting about a reform of the Foaling
eweYldia seellowlehly with the interest and the power
dile emus wearky," or " to establish uniformity," that
le is ry level Omura, a hegemony without the putiel-1
potion of Pt "in the military institutions of the
Games slater."—will probably end in 18620 e thy have in
1861, Is woneelwile parleying. Neither is it probalgo 1604
it the rankled Diet is determined to uphold the illeekel
sews, who sticks to the constitution of 1880 in onto
dem to his subJetts, who demand the more libiseal
esnetilwewe el 1101, which was abolished with the comment
' Ihe arm* ardor ci the Diet, the King of Prisesia
as rani Ile people of Sew any other mapper: than that
al Mr iced ebbs'. If, indeed, the King were to intervene
with an well Issue is HOW spinet, the wishes of the Diet,
whilst helves sisalfsg despatches to Oopenhagen on the
welded of eiblerreg, Europe, which affords instances at the
peoset mere of so many false situations, would not
wink an torr 'beard than that of • government which
wadi ell spine the Diet in a Orme territory, whilst
&cleft Weil reedy to uphold by force the resolutions of
the Mond power in a pri.vince outside of the Ger-
nes Nielsealliew As to the questions which divide
Plunk bewoll, we have already indicated how the
Ay oblesi la placed between the contradictory
sea Weals premiers' of different parties. The least
empilleeted eta wtikilte Prussian cabinet has in hand
is Ow beep of enewasso with France. We hope it will
be coerealel as ewe as possible, because it is the only
propitious esoodon which will probably for a long period
be mended to the Penedos cabinet of concluding any-
thing.

superseded the certificate, which, in virtue of the
print4ple of 'B9, " equality in the eye of the
law," every professional instructor of youth ought
to be provided with. While there are thirty thousand
schoolmasters, with lay brevets, the church has
so completely got the direction of female educe"
tion that the number of schoolmistresses not acting

Tat TNSTIMONIAL TO TIM LATE PUNCH CON-
son. —This mama' memesint, so Nippily inaugurated by
the Hight Hos. the Lend Mayer, appears to be programing
favourably. la the memo of retarder the eommittes,
which sat at the Illaniewheese, received various saienata
towards the fund, bet at present there has sot been
time to take as met sament al what has already beim
received. It may be mesitimed, however, that Earl Roma
eoatribetedl OM, sad tieLcod Mayor also 1001. It is
anderstood that no public smourseement of the vatima
sums received will take plows until Moeda,. amt.
The Marquis of Bresdalbane has returned to
town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Buck'ngham
at Stowe Hopes. _ - .

by virtue of letters of obedience is only 5,400.
In Paris and the large towns ladies of the
highest capacity are vainly seeking the most
humble situations. while the provinces are inun-
dated with pretenders, whose gross ignorance is
eovered by the certificate of the convent.
Mgr. Cbigi, the new papal nuncio, has arrived
in Paris to-day. He is only 52 years of age. In
1847 he was one of the Pope's noble guards ; in
1856 he was made Bishop of Mirra and Apostolic
Nuncio at Munich. Now be is a first-class nuncio,
and in al: probability will have the conduct of
negotiations of unexampled importance to the
Papacy.
The Bourse, in spite of prophecies of reaction,
very well maintained the rise of yesterday, which,
however, made no further progress. There are
many vague rumours of financial projects of M.
Fould, such as conversion of the Bente, unification
of the debt, and the emission of " cinquantenary"
obligations. The Bente left off at yesterday's
price, 69fr. 20c. for account, and at 69fr., with •
rise of bc., for cash. Mobilier fell 2fr. 50c. The
Italian loan rose Sc. The Orleans Railway rose
2fr. 500. In the other lines there was scarcely any
change.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have been
eatertaining a select party at the Grove, Watford, daring
the poet week.
The Earl of Yarborough left town yesterday for
Brockheby, Lincolnshire, is order to be present at the
Sanwa of his Gothic, which takes place to-day.

The Earl of Eglinton is passing the sOILIOD at the
Bedford Hotel, Brighton.
The Countess of Kinnoull has arrived at her
residence at Reiland-gate from a tour of visits
Lord and Lady William Osborne have arrived at
their residence in Hill-sheet Men Toroay.

Letters received at Portemouti from Van-
coerce assesses the death at Lieut.-Conamander Robeoa,
of her Majesty's gunboat Forward. It appears to h►ve
berm part of the decoded ofileer's duties to superintead the
masagernent of several lighthouses aloe( the coast. While
11 proceeding oa honeback to a part of the coast where one of
these wan situate✓ the animal he was riding became fright-
ened in passing a large Bock of sheep, and threw him. He
received such severe injuries that he died shortly after-
ward,.
No 3110011111110 T has yet been appoint el to the Rev.
Dr. Grigg is the chaplaincy of Trinity Church, Dubin,
vacant by lk is peeo.ootiom to the an of Cork. Two
abegyiase are spikes of ia connexion with the poet—
the Bev. P. H. Thome', of l'arystort Church, Blackrock ;
and the Rev. Mr. Clneg, of Belfast, ma of the bishop
elect.

A gathering of Devonshire Conservatives took
place at Torquay cm Tuesday. Lard Charlton presided, and
the two mealy is ler the Neatheis Divide& were
preseet.
Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of inangu-
Ming some sew vacate erected for the poor of the district
el St. James's. Hampstead-road, St. Psucraa, by the Lord
Bebop of London, took place in the newly completed build.
log, Willissvenset., in the presence of a large number of
the ladies and gentlemen resident Is the locality. Kr,
Harvey Learn, M.P., Ned the Rev. Canoe Cbanipneys wee.
amongst Uwe who took part is the ceremony.
Lest evening Mr. Edward Mial I, of London, de-
; livered as address ou parliamentary reform to the Bred
Political Calm.
I The Fishmongers' Company have made a dolls-
' non of fifty guineas in aid of the fund for the adsrgsmeat
oldie Orphan Working School. Haverstock-hill.
Wei have to record the recent death of Mr. Mat-
' thew Oates Wyatt, whose name, if sow parlialy forgot-
ten. me well knows nearly MU • eatery ago ea one of
lbelemsvot sculptors of the day, sad who has just paned
way at his modem at at the ripe . al 84
years.
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF OSIAT BILITAIX.—At
Zorisj=al lossOug of this Montalto°, bell on Monday,
address so belt Majesty, is reformire t
mica
o the
elemsen...7iraa Royal linkmen the Prises Consort,
ginsunid He isatitation„ wee unanimously adopted :—" We,
the minnow of the Royal restitution of (IN.'S MUM, re-
aeons to 'sprees to your Majesty oar Fief be Iles
11=11= has fallen upon the kingdom, upon eec WIWI.
' Men end. OA exceediog weight, upon veer Majesty per
mg a pales.. Gad, who gnats °Desolation fri His
era dos thaw le give is 1e year Majesty, eves while your
=esze dbmeted tome& Inn Oat gam, and may the
.1 MR Mewls ilder whilst in life have be
Wiese Memo tee seal ins the may millions who have
hand el sod 'Yelled le ble ems."
Onowesweit Roam ow Lennon. —The next
meetlem misty wit be bag es Bruilagion-houen
Jon *B4 The isli.oVs will be reed
"Oe lhe briber di a isephavista is gravel
' ern Itelleri" By Janne ice, 7.0.8. 2. "Oa
11=ealsei at Wools/ nor Wigniirty
I stills giaalt&s:.(l..b) Moat te
Weleerneaptee. By the Bee. W. liter, .0.11.

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